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The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office In London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance. HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, December, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un er the Management of Mr. li. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOIr7 r NOTHING. Pedro, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Don John, Mr. Brindal ; Benedict. Mr. Webster ; Antonio, Mr. Tilbury ; Leonato, Mr. Ro gers ; Dogb-rry, Mr. Farren ; Verges, Mr. Keeley ; Friar, Mr. Gough; Beatrice, Mrs. Nisbett; Hero, Mrs. Seymour. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. Stage Manager, Mr. Fan en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, Is. ; Ytt. 3s:; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, PC`riOTMallee to eommence at Seven. TitEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. tinder the direction o'. Madame Celeste. THIS ETENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PILARL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, ulenn M aire, Cullenferd, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma 'larding, iss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, aid Madame Celeste. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the Married Man; and POLICRINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 45.; l'it, 2s. Gallery, Is. PAors open at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled nix TRA GEDY QUEEN. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. fesmara. Dress Boxes. ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. N. half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-otP.ce, 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. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. d. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-•tteet, Portland- place. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. THIS EVENING A new Ccrnic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke do VaP3erg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Villars; Madame Barneck, Mrs. Selby ; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer ; Henriette, Madame Anna Thillon. After which, the popular Farce of FIGHTING BY PROXY. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Conway. J. Vining, Ne ♦ille ; Mrs. Gelby, and Miss Somers. To conclude with a sew Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, Sc.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lane, Mrs. F. Davtdge, N.. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. TRIS EVENING, Will be performed the Tragedy of THE EARL OF WARWICK. King Edward, Mr. F. Vining ; Earl of Warwick, Mr. H. Hughes ; Puke of Clarence, Mr. Constantine ; Earl of Pembroke, Mr. 11. Horn oastle ; Margaret of Anjou, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BITTLEDOOR and SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Ball. (which made I distinct entrance to the private boxes has been all the Dave been re-fitted). p r ivate boxes may be had nightly of Principal Librarians ; and at the Box-eilize of the Theatre, which is open duly :rem Ten until Four. Boxes, •,2s • Pit, •,Is • Gallery Gd. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented an original Drama, entitled The CARPENTERS OF LAMBETH, in which Miss ♦lucent, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. For man wi I appear. After winch. THIS JACKET OF BLUE. To conclude with the grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and the Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap• pointmenta. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Harlequin, M. Lupin ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mdlle. Zitella. Boxes, is. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Half-pries to any part of the house. Doers open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING, The Grand Spectaele of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.. Entirely new Scents in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the r.stabliement, in the various modes of equestration. To conblade with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled MARLEQUIN DOCTOR popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour ant effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre. Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Rit4ll WATER AT LONDON-BILIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 42 minutes after 6, I Evening .. 2 minutes after 7. I liE WEATIIER.—Stm OFFICE, DEC. 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 35 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 30.02. WIND S.E.; hazy. 4... gt ' 1;•.-1. : i. , .....,''' • i 9 , 1 / 4 ,t 4 , ~ . .._. .) A.,,, .. 0 " 4 4 i , 7,5 ' J -amil .l, 'aik it t__ , llEcl - -* 7, _ elibli , i l i'' ... -4 t P ib . ; 1:-- , 0 7- 1016 i ,‘ --- 411 7 3 , ,A11./.. A . 1 11 , 1: - .. •° , it _ ... .E, , ,A17111111, RA% . ~q ,;,:,,jr, t ; - a r „,,, ' --, f-rikri.C:, kitzmuto''. - ca 5 •• gi a' 2. -.4 t>.;.:s,gt k 'IA , LONDON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1847. In spite of the declar ed o pp osition of thirteen Bishops, in spite of t he p resumed objections of the Primate of England and of several other members of the episcopacy, in defiance of the scorn—the vociferous and acrimonious scorn—of HANKY of ExOTER, in the teeth of Canon HUNTINGFORD and of Dean MERE WETUER, in contempt of protests, remonstrances, and petitions, the Rev. RENN DICKSON HAMPDEN, Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, has been duly and formally elected to the see of Here ford. According to the intimation contained in the cone d'dlire, the nomination of Dr. HAMPDEN by her Most Gracious MAJESTY was to be confirmed on Tuesday, the 28th day of December, 1847, by the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Hereford, and in compliance with that ordinance three certificates have already been forwarded to the Crown, to the Bishop elect, and to the Archbishop of CANTER BURY, announcing the acceptance of the divine re- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ENG, DECEMBER, 29, 1847 e curred? How has Dr. MEREWETHER been quieted? How have the refractory been silenced ? Knowing that according to the express provisions of the rubric the votes delivered in on such an occasion by the Dean and Chapter must be unanimous, or that otherwise the election is null and insufficient, it certainly becomes a matter of considerable in terest to discover how the difficulties of the case have been evaded. As far as the proceedings of the Dean of Hereford, of the canons residentiary, and of the prebendaries of the cathedral can be comprehended—obscured as they are by the quarrel some and almost belligerent dispositions evinced by several of their reverences—Dr. MEREWETIIER has persisted boldly and conscientiously in his opposition to Dr. HAMPDEN, and has only subscribed his own name and that of his associate, Canon ritINTINOFORD, as a form of ecclesiastical etiquette. We are com pelled to arrive at this conclusion from the solemnity with which the Very Reverend the Dean yesterday enunciated his objections to the Bishop elect in the Ladye Chapel, "in the sanctuary of the MOST HIGH GOD." Language could not be more explicit than that employed by Dr. MEREWETHEIt. He pro claims, in the most explicit manner imaginable, that his opposition has originated not merely in the cir cumstance of the condemnation of the University, but in the conviction that the decree pronounced by the Oxford Convocation was pronounced in justice—a conviction produced by a careful perusal of those writings of the Regius Professor of Divinity which had been declared to be heterodox. Satisfied: as we may be that the opposition of the Dean of Hereford has sprung from an erroneous in terpretation of certain metaphysical passages in the "Bampton Lectures," we ,are nevertheless impelled to regard the course of that distinguished ecclesiastic as in every way creditable to him as a minister of Christianity. His conscience is evidently implicated in the discussion. His whole career is an attestation that he speaks now out of the zeal of his heart, and in obedience to the dictates of his judg ment. The insidious rumour that he has been in any manner influenced by motives of ambition or avarice, we treat with the contempt and derision to which it is entitled. The position taken up on this unfortu nate occasion by the Dean of Hereford is can did, is comprehensible, is manly, is peculiarly and throughout consistent. We believe him to be in error, but we respect - the line of conduct which he has from first to last pursued, because we are satis fied that a sense of supreme and imperative duty in stigated his objection to the appointment. " Here," he exclaimed yesterday, " here, in the sight of GOD, in the midst of His temple, and in the performance of the priestly office, I solemnly protest that it is no deficiency, in the smallest degree, of loyalty and humble devotion to our SOVEREIGN ; it is the dictate of my conscience, the conviction of my mind, which constrains me so to act in avert ing the progress of infidelity, mockery of religion, and profanation." Contrary as our opinions are (in reference to the fitness of Dr. HAMPDEN to the office of the episcopacy) to those entertained by Dr• MEREWETHER, we do conceive that he is entitled to the respectful consideration not only of every lesser dissentient, but of the Noble Statesman himself, who penned such a laconic answer from amidst the festivi ties of Woburn Abbey. Whether the pertinacity with which the Rev. Dean has clung to his opinions will eventually subject him to the penalties of premunire, or whether the election of the chapter is altogether so miserable a farce that a mere pretence of unanimity will be deemed sufficient, must be shown immediately after the re-assembling of Parliament in February. Vhatever may be the ultimate decision of the Legis lature, it seems to us that some instant modification of the statute 21 Henry VIII. is become absolutely necessary. Is it, we ask, in accordance with the generous spirit of our constitution—is it, in fact, consonant with the doctrines enjoined by our religion, that a man should be subjected to the cruel penalties of premunire, because he will not declare in the presence of the DIVINITY that he is willing to aid in raising an individual to the august and holy respon sibilities of a bishopric, whose opinions he believes, in his conscience, to be heretical and blasphemous ? To be plain, we cannot perceive any earthly or unearthly use in an ecclesiastical election, by exercising the imaginary rights of which a voter plunges into the perils of outlawry, subjects his goods and chattels to confiscation, and his body to perpetual imprisonment ! It obliges a man in Dr. MEREWETHER'S position either to perjury himself on the consecrated floor of he cathedral, or to rival in his sufferings the most :amour confessors of antiquity ! The Irish remedial measures are to be brought Forward immediately after the recess. The most im? portant of these—that which must be placed upon a satisfactory footing with the least possible delay, if we desire to restore peace and tranquillity to Ireland A-4s that for the improvement of the relations between landlord and tenant. It is mainly owing to the unsettled state of this question, to the- existence of a custom in one part of the country which affords pro tection and encouragement to the occupants of the soil, and induces them to expend their capital and labour in the permanent and lasting improvement of their holdings, without a fear of being de prived of the fruits of their industry, while in the other less favoured districts no such security is afforded, that the small farmers and cottiers have entered into illegal combinations to obtain for them selves that protection which the law does not afford, and to extort from their landlords' fears those equitable and reasonable terms which they cannot obtain from more honourable motives. It is unneces sary to say that whenever there is a departure from the restraints imposed by the law—no matter to what it may be attributable—many additional outrages will be committed, which were not originally con- templated by the conspirators. The confederacy, solely organised for the purpose of regulating the letting of lands, and carrying into effect an agrarian code framed in direct opposition to the free exercise of the rights of property, will be used for many other purposes. Evil-disposed men will through its instrumentality be enabled to gratify their vindictive feelings, and to wreak their deadly vengeance upon those who may have incurred their displeasure, and there is no description of crime that will not be increased by the existence of such a body. The concession of a just and equitable law, by which the real grievances would be removed and a system introduced that would be mutually beneficial to all parties, affording protection to the tenant, and per mitting the landlord to enjoy the fruits of his estate and to exercise all the rights of property which a fair and upright man would be disposed to claim, would at once dissolve these secret conclaves, and deprive the miscreants, who are already outlawed for the offences of which they have been guilty, of the great source of their power and influence, and restore peace to the country. Nine-tenths of the outrage: and offences perpetrated in the sister kingdom may he traced to an agrarian origin. If the causes are removed it is only reasonable to suppose that the effects which result therefrom will also cease. The great object, therefore, is to ascertain what enact ments will be sufficient to effect that purpose; and in entering into this consideration the difficulty of the task must not be slighted or underrated. A much slighter measure of reform would probably have answered every purpose, if established a few years since ; but the question has now gained additional strength, and demands are put forward far beyond anything then contemplated. A compensa tion for the unexhausted improvements actually effected by the tenant, as suggested in the able report of Lord DEVON and his fellow Commissioners, If granted before the agitation had assumed so for midable a pos i t i on , wou ld h av e put an end to every dispute. N ow fi x i ty o f t enure i s i ns i s t e d on, and that the occupier should never, under any circumstances, be disturbed in his possession, but that he should be at liberty to sell or dispose of his tenement to whom he pleased, without the consent or approbation of his landlord, who would remain a mere rent charger, without any power or influence over that whi c h w's. nominally his property. Probably this, if carried to the extent of the wishes of some of the parties, wo uld be found almo s t as mischievou s , although in a different way, as the present system; but there is a just and intermediate course, which has already been tested for a long' series of years, and proved to be most efficacious, and which has produced prosperity and tranquillity in every locality in which it has been recognised. This is what is following account of the late proceedings of ABD- to the Holy Ghost, and a Veni Creator was chanted by the Archbishop of Paris, on the occasion of the opening of the Chambers. But, instead of cele brating that mass at Notre Dame, as was the custom under the Restoration, it was performed in the chapel of the Palace of the Luxembourg. The Duke Pas quier, the Chancellor, the Duke Decazes, the Grand Referendary, and about 100 peers assisted at the ceremony." A preparatory sitting of the Chamber of Deputies was held on Monday. The Dad., says— "At three o'clock the Deputies, in number 250, assembled ta ith closed doors in the Hall of Conference. The President of the Council and all the Ministers who are Deputies attended. M. Dupont de l'Eure, the oldest member of the Chamber, not being present, the questors invited M. Sapey to take the President's chair by right of seniority. The four youngest members of the Assembly, MM. Portalis, Oscar de Lafayette, de Merode, and de la Guiche, acted as secretaries. Those officers will preside at the first sittings of the Chamber. The President balloted for the deputation of 20 members who are to receive the King on his arrival on Tuesday at the Chamber. The deputation is composed of MM. Costs, Gilloa, de Grammont, Meilheurat, De las Cases, Louis Rey baud Demenfoe, Francois Delessert, Boulay (de la Meurthe), Lacrosse, Calmon, jun., Potier of Porn meray, General Esperonnier, de Falloux, Lecoulteux, Esnault, Lemasson, de Staplaude, Lapene, Abbat tucci. On Wednesday, the 29th, the Chamber will be occupied with the organization of its monthly Committees, with the examination of the qualifica tions of the newly-elected Deputies, and with the election of President. The Conservative party will support M. Sauzet. The Opposition, it is said, will assemble on Tuesday to agree as to the candidates whom they will propose for the functions of Presi dent, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Chamber. It is believed that M. Odillon Barrot will be the Opposition candidate for, the Presidency." MM. COLLORBDO and RA.DOWITZ were presented to the KING on Thursday. Their situation at present is somewhat singular. " Everybody," says the Union Afonarchique, "is astonished at the absolute silence of the Ministerial journals respecting the sojourn at Paris of Messrs. COLLOREDO and RADOWITZ, after the sort of eclat with which the same journals lately announced the proximate arrival of these two diplomatists. That mystery has been explained to us. On the ath inst. a double note, claiming in clear and precise terms the immediate co-operation of Austria and Prussia in an energetic intervention in the affairs of Switzer land, was addressed from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin. On the following day, the 9th, an extraordinary Council was held at St. Cloud, at which M. GulzoT men• tioned the decisive step he had taken the day before Most of the persons present approved the more readily what had been done, as on that point their opinion coin cided with a certain supreme will, which presided at the deliberations of the assembly. Nevertheless, two of its members had the courage openly to condemn it, namely, Marshal SEBASTIAN' and M. DUCHATEL, Minister of the Interior. Both those gentlemen en deavoured, by long and warm explanations, to demon strate the inexpediency and danger of the measure. The last argument which the eloquence of M. Du- CHATEL used, in that circumstance, was a formal menace to tender his resignation on that day, in case any project of intervention in Switzerland was adopted by the Council. After this stormy conference, two couriers were immediately dispatched at all risks on the road to Vienna and Berlin, in pursuit of the bearer of the unlucky note, who, having had a start of 24 hours, could not be overtaken in time. The re sult was, that the two last couriers met half. way MM. COLLORZDO and RADOWITZ, who had departed post haste on receipt of the first note, and whose arrival at Paris has become, as may be easily imagined, a strange embarrassment for our Government." On the same subject the Presse says-- "The Constitutionnel announces that MM. de Col loredo and Radowitz, the Envoys Extraordinary of the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin at the conference which was at first to take place at Neufchatel, on the affairs of Switzerland, arrived on Thursday in Paris. The Constitutionnel is correctly informed, but what it has omitted to say is that a courier had been sent for ward by M. Guiaot to recommend MM. Colloredo and Radowitz to turn back, seeing that the French Cabinet had changed its opinion as to the necessity of an armed intervention, or at least of an energetic de monstration. It would appear that the courier did not fall in with MM. de Colleredo and Radowitz in time, since they had arrived. But why has M. Guizot altered his mind, and returned the sword to its scabbard ? That is what we know from too good a source to be able to say." This last phrase is suggestive, when we recollect the many and frequent interviews which have of late taken place between the KING and Count MOLE. Count Kissxnisrr, the Russian Chargé d'Affaires at Paris, has received official notice of his appointment as Envoy Extraordinary, as the EMPEROR does not intend to accredit an Ambassador to the Court of France. We find the following statistics of the French imports and exports in the Press* t— " The sum total of the corn imported during the first eleven months of this year has attained the figure of 8,829,637 metrical quintals. This is twice and one-half as much as last year, and eight time as much as the year 1845. The duties levied amount to 3,000,0001., whilst last year they produced nearly 9,000,0001., although the quantity of wheat imported this year was twice and one-half more considerable. The difference arises from the import duty having been suspended by a temporary Bill which will expire next month. Our imports of cotton wool have suffered a consider able diminution. As compared with the year 1846, they diminished to the amount of 172,000 quintals. This is a p - roof of a considerable falling of in our manufactures. The quantity of coal and cast iron imported continues to increase progressively. This may be easily explained by our improved machinery and the development of our railroads. Notwithstand ing the exorbitant duty levied on coffee, the quantity consumed is daily increasing. Is not this an evident proof of the advantages which the Treasury would find in assisting this tendency by a reduction of the duty ? But the Government pre fers to reduce the duty on nankin, which produced during the year 1846 but two tons of freight, to diminish that on coffee, which produced 30,000 tons. It is thus that the Minister encourages and extends the mercantile navy. We cannot, therefore, be astonished that our flag should every day lose more ground. The last official returns demonstrate a serious decline in the number of French ships em ployed. For example, the number entered inwards during the present year is 272 less than in the year 1846, while the number of foreign ships is increased by 1,228. The outward-hound French ships have increased by 92, and foreign ships by 839. And the Minister of Commerce imagines that he will arrest this falling off by reducing the duty on Indian nankin 1 This would set us laughing if the matter were not too serious." The National bas the following on the occupation of Ferrara : "We had long foreseen that this would be the re sult of the diplomatic conferences between Vi enna and Rome. No attention has been paid to the protests of Cardinal Gonsalvi lately renewed by the Roman Government ; the pretensions founded by Au stria are not enforced; but they are not abandoned ; things are merely placed in the state in which they were before the attempt was made against which the three powers of the Italian Union have protested. We regret without doubt that this affair has not had a better termination, but we are glad to see that, after having made a step in advance, Austria has made a retro grade movement. What is incontestable at present is that Count d'Auersperg did not follow his fancy, but his instructions, when, after having filled Ferrara with troops, after having occupied militarily the gates of the town, he sent out detachments into the country parts, and caused the trumpet of war to be heard everywhere. Was it therefore afterwards to withdraw that he advanced so far ? That certainly is not likely. What is the truth is that Austria at tempted to arrest the liberal movemeat in the Roman States by the menace of an armed intervention, and to support, by occupying the legations of Ferrara, Ravenna, and perhaps Bologna, the coup de main, which the retrograde party were to attempt in the capital on July 15. But the vigilance of the people having led to the downfal of that plot, the plans of Austria were disconcerted. Afterwards took place the national demonstrations in the Roman, Tuscan, and Piedmontese towns, and the engagement entered into by the three Courts of Rome, Florence, and Turin to defend conjointly the territory against all foreign invasion. Then Austria made up her mind to let matters take their course, particularly as she could not easily prevent them from doing so, and renounced, at least tor the present, to engage in a matter which appeared so full of peril. Such is the explanation of her conduct." M. GraoiD, de I'Ain, Peer of France, who wa s at one time Minister of Public Instruction and Keeper of the Seals, died on Monday morning. Count Dußois, Prefect of Paris under the Ex. I'ZILOR, died on Saturday. He was in the ninetieth year of his age. The Akbar, of Algiers, of the 21st, gives the EL-KADER " Abd-el-Kader, being with his deira surrounded and deprived of resources, came to a desperate reso lution. Seeing no other chance of salvation than in a bold attempt, he decided on attacking the nearest camp of the enemy, which was commanded by one of the sons of the Emperor. He even, it is said, told the Arabs under his orders that those who did not feel that they had courage enough to attach them selves to his destiny were free, and might make their submission to the French. Hei fixed upon the night of the 11th for the attack upon the enemy's camp, and on that evening all his infantry was sent off, and he followed at the head of his cavalry. He had con ceived an infernal plan to cause a panic among the troops of Morocco and profit by their terror. He had sent forward camels covered with pitch and tar, which were to be set on fire when near the camp. This scheme had not fortunately all the success that was expected by its ferocious author. The sons of Muley Abder rhaman had by means of clever spies been informed of all the plans of Abd-el Kader, and had concerted together to defeat them. On arriving at the camp, Abd-el-Wader found it completely abandoned, and in his vanity imagined without doubt that his enemies had not dared to receive him. He ordered the camp to be pillaged, and waited for the next day to continue his march, but what must have been his terror, on seeing, at break of day, all the heights surrounding him covered with the troops of Morocco. Thus hemmed in by superior forces he saw no other chance of extrication than by forcing the line of his enemies, and boldly rushed forward with his cavalry. He suc ceeded, but the affair cost him dear, for he left on the ground about two hundred and fifty of his bravest horsemen, among whom were several chiefs. His intention was to fall back upon his deira, and re turn towards the tribes on whom he thought he could still rely, but he soon perceived that the direction which he took led him farther away instead of nearer to it. He was then forced to return, and with great difficulty reached, with his few remaining forces, Use banks of the Moulaya. We are assured that the deira was pillaged and part of it captured, and everything an nounces that his per.sonal position is now completely dangerous. What proves this abundantly is, that his brother, Sidi-Mustapha, has applied for the Amen to General Lamoreiere, and requested him to assign him a residence where he can in future live tran quilly. It is said that the General informed him he had only to present himself at the camp, and that the generosity of the French Government would secure vt f c ' hoai visit tt hptwihm:hf existence,, ieme x e h i -o t Eh h r r o pica ex-Emir aoe A hdsvue l e t g odn b e tt r taioh i Algeria tao obtained facilitate, tht i soni mAiwas ee ahcsaec France,adherents known hlwe n tenndtastipoitnp honour abletttahhhr the s Emperor. Thus, when she envoy of Abd-el-Kader, presented himself at Fez, the Li,. peror did not scruple to make him a prisoner. Abd el-Kader, without doubt, then thought that all his plans were discovered, and this led to the bold step which has consummated his ruin. His brother, Si- Haid, who had remained at the deira, has also written to the French authorities to offer his sub mission." M. GUIZOT has dispatched a copy of a note to the Cabinets of London, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Peters burgh, in reply to the refusal of the Helvetic Diet to accept the mediation of those Powers. M. GUIZOT states in that note, that the Diet having destroyed the federal pact, the Powers regarded themselves as re leased from the obligations they imposed on themselves by the treaties of the year 1815. A grand reform dinner took place at Rouen on the 26th inst., at which 1,800 persons were present. Among them were 20 Deputies, 1,400 electors, and nearly 400 citizens eligible to seats in the Chamber. The following notice was posted up on the Paris Bourse on Monday :- " The Council-General of the Bank of France has reduced, in its sitting of this day, the rate of discount and discount on loans to 4 per cent. "Paris, Dec. 27, 1847. " GARAT." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 75f. 65c. ; New Loan, 76f. 75c. ; the Fire per Cents., 117 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,217 f. 60c.; Rouen, 915 f.; Havre, 4661. 25c. ; Great Northern, 6551. 50e. ; Avignon, 5861. 25c.; Vierzon, 5551.; Bordeaux, 4921. 50c. ; Dieppe, 265 f. ; .Basle, 163 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 417 f. 60c.; Tours and Nantes, 3sBf. 76c.; Paris and Lyons, 408 f. 76c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 31. MARSEILLES, Dec. , ,23.-Marseilles and Avignon, 581 f. 25c.; Northern, 557 f. 60c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dac. 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 14%-Dutch Rhenish, 2- Northern of Franco, l 2 LA-Paris and Lyons, 61A,. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. THE KING'S SPEECH. The following is a translation of the speech o the King of the French, on the opening of the Chambers yesterday : " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies,—l am happy on finding myself again among you not to have any more to deplore the calamities which the high price of provisions has inflicted on our country. France has endured them with a courage that I could not behold without deep emotion. Never in such circum stances have public order and the freedom of trans actions been so generally maintained. The inex haustible zeal of private charity has seconded our common efforts. Our commerce, thanks to its pru dent activity, has been but feebly affected by the crisis that has been experienced in other states. We are reaching the conclusion of those trials. Heaven has blessed the labours of the people, and abundant crops are reviving everywhere comfort and security. I congratulate myself on it with you. " I reckon on your co , operation in order to bring to a conclusion the great public works which, by ex tending to the entire kingdom facility and regularity of communication, must open fresh sources of pros perity. At the same time that sufficient resources shall continue to be applied to that fruitful enterprise, we will all watch with scrupulous economy over the judicious e e n m t p t l h o aytmtehnet receipts th e swill iil public co revenue, ver t he and I expenses in the ordinary budget of the State, which shall be shortly presented to you. " A special Bill will be proposed to you for re ducing the price of salt, and diminishing the postage on letters to a degree compatible with the good state of our finances. " Bills on public instruction, prison discipline, and our customs tariffs are already submitted to your deliberations. Other Bills shall be presented to you on various important subjects, particularly on com mercial property, mortgages, the Mont de Pietifo, and the application of savings-banks to fresh improve ments in the condition of the working classes. It is my constant wish that my Government should labour, with your co-operation, in developing at the same time the morality and the welfare of the people. " My relations with all the foreign Powers give me the confidence that the peace of the world is se cured. I hope that the progress of general civilisa tion will be everywhere accomplished by a good understanding between Governments and people, without impairing internal order and the good re lations between states. " Civil war has disturbed the happiness of Switzer land. My Government had come to an understanding with the Governments of England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, in order to offer that neighbouring and friendly:people an amicable mediation. Switzerland will, I hope, acknowledge that respect for the rights of all, and the maintenance of the basis of the Hel vetic Confederation, can alone insure to her those enduring conditions of happiness and security that Europe wished to gurantee to her by treaties. " My Government, in accordance with that of the Queen of Great Britain, has just adopted measures which must at length succeed in restoring our com mercial relations on the banks of La Plata. " The illustrious chief who has long and gloriously commanded in Algeria has desired to rest from his labours. I have intrusted to my beloved son the Duke d'Aurnale the great and arduous task of go verning that French land. I flatter myself that, under the direction of my Government, and thanks to the laborious courage of the generous army that surrounds him, his vigilance and devotedness will secure the tranquillity, the good administration, and prosperity of our establishment. " Gentlemen, the more I advance in life, the more I dedicate with devotedness to the ser vice of France, to the care of her inter ests, dignity, and happiness, all the activity and strength which God has given, and still vouchsafes me. Amidst the agitation that hostile and blind passions foment, a conviction animates and supports me, which is that we possess in the consti tutional monarchy , —in the union of the great powers termed " the Ulster tenant-right," which we would gladly see extended throughout the entire nation. It is strange that so much controversy should exist as to what the " tenant-right" really is. It has ex isted for centuries, and yet you can scarcely find two persons to agree on a definition and description thereof. In fact, depending, as it does, on a moral rather than a legal obligation, being founded on feelings of mutual good-will, and fair and proper dealing between the parties, it varies very consider ably even on adjoining estates. It would of course be more desirable if the proprietors of the soil in other parts of the kingdom could be induced to follow the example of the Ulster landlords, and :thus that the necessity for legislation should be dispensed with, but that can scarcely be hoped for so long as a large proportion of the body are so heavily encumbered and embarrassed, as is unfortunately the case at present. The deliberate attention of Parliament must, there fore, be directed to the subject, and we sincerely hope that the Gcvernment measure may have the effect of satisfying the moderate men of all parties, of abolishing every real grievance, and restoring tran quillity, and, as a consequence thereof, prosperity to the country. We read in a Swiss journal 1 — "From a discovery made at Sion, in the Valais, it appears that the minutes of the third sitting of the Sonderbund, at Brunnen, contain what follows under date the 21st June, 1847 :--‘ Dr. Seigwart Muller read a letter from the Ambassador of Austria Baron de Kaiserfeld, dated Zurich, 16th June, which an nounces that his Majesty the Emperor of Austria has accorded to the little cantons 3,000 muskets, to be taken from'the arsenals of Lombardy, on the inter vention of the Landamman Vincent Muller and of the Secretary B. Meyer, and has ordered Field- Marshal Count de Radetzky to deliver them to the person charged to receive them. The Council has resolved to address its thanks to M. de Kaisersfeld, that they may be communicated to his Government. It has also decided that MM. Muller and Meyer shall also receive thanks, that mention shall be made of all the affa;r in the proces-verbal, and that Lieutenant- Colonel Alois de Reding shall proceed to Milan to come to an understanding with Count de Radetzky relative to the delivery of the muskets.' " At the sitting of the Grand Council of Friburg, on the 20th, a committee on ,tie constitution, com posed of ,13 members, having M. LANDERSEIT for president, was chosen, and also a committee of peti tions consisting of four members. The Federal Gazette of Zurich, of the 23d states, on the authority of letters from Milan, that General Sams Soamo, and Colonel EGGER and his sons, have obtained admission into the Austrian army. The ex-President of the Council of War of the Sonderbund arrived on the 18th at Dozen (Austria), from Verona, accompanied by his wife and two children. The plan for a new currency-law for all Germany, where the existing regulations are so great an ob stacle to the commercial interests of the country, has been published, in the form which was adopted in the Congress held lately on the subject at Leipzig, and copies have been forwarded to the respective states who sent representatives to the Congress. The Prussian purposes, we are told, adopting it imme• distely. The investigations into the case of Privy Coun cillor WIDEIEJLE, who was arrested by order of the Prussian Government, have commenced. The accu sation is one of peculation. He is accused of having received a bribe of 40,000 dollars to give a wrong estimation of the value of an estate relative to taxa tion. Herr WRDBEILE is reported not to deny the receipt of the above sum, but asserts that he re ceived it as a remuneration for his services. The influenza is prevalent at Berlin, and the Minister EICHHORN is suffering from it to a degree to be obliged to abstain from his public duties. The Diari• di Roma (the official journal of the Pontifical Government) of the 16th announces that a convention has been concluded respecting Ferrara. The conditions are as follow :—The Swiss guard in the service of the Porn are to occupy the posts in the town; the civic guard, the Castello, which is the resi dence of the Legate ; and the Austrians, the fortress. The question of right, however, says the Diario, re mains open to both parties, the Convention merely restores the status quo which previously existed, without reference to the right claimed by Austria under its interpretation of the treaty of Vienna. Cardinal CIACCHI, the PorE's Legate, arrived at Ferrara on the 16th. He was received with great demonstrations of joy by the inhabitants. The irnione of Rome, of the 15th, states that the insurgents of Calabria, commanded by Baron LONGO BUCCO, have penetrated into the provinces of Campo basso and the Abruzzi. Great regret is expressed by the Reformers of Italy at the ascendancy which the retrograde party is ac quiring in the councils of the Porn. A war against the press has commenced. The censorship is more rigid than ever, and the police had received orders to prevent the distribution of the Tuscaa Liberal jour nals in Rome ; but the order was countermanded on the threat of SAYELLI, that he would resign the post of Governor of Rome if it were carried into effect. We regret to read of these things. Surely Pius IX. will not abdicate the proud title which he had earned of Regenerator of Italy, and sink down into a mere Pope. A letter from Genoa of the 20th says—" The weather here is dreadful, snow having fallen since yesterday morning. Large crowds have paraded the streets, shouting 'Long live independence, and long live GIORERTI I' The latter cry was astounding when the crowd passed by the establishment of the Jesuits, of whom GIOBRRTI is the great adversary. Some of the crowd chanted the 'De profundis.' The Mar quis PAULUCCI, governor of Genoa, has been replaced by the Count DE LA PLANAROB, who was governor of Chambery. The Duke of LUCCA left this place yesterday, on receiving dispatches announcing the death of the Archduchess MARIA LOUISA." The Alba of Florence of the 18th states that the Tuscan Government had given orders for some refugees from the other states of Italy to leave Tus • cany ; but that public opinion having denounced this inhospitable measure, the Government had rescinded its edict. The Risorgimento of Turin of the 21st publishes an address signed by Count CESARE BALD°, and other eminent Piedmontese, intended to be presented to the King of the Two &muss, praying him to accede to the policy of the other Italian Princes, and to intro duce into his kingdom those reforms which the pre sent age imperiously demands. Prince METTERNICH has addressed two notes, couched in similar terms, one to the British Govern ment, and the second to his Majesty Louis PHILIPPS, apprising them that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has de termined to increase the number of his troops in the kingdom of Venetian Lombardy, but merely as a measure of precaution, in consequence of the move ment in the neighbouring states. Madrid papers of the 21st instant have been received. ESPARTERO is expected daily in Madrid. NAB vesz has of late felt his tenure of power very inse cure, and has, therefore, endeavoured, as much as possible, to conciliate the Yrogressistas. A junction between NARVAEz and ESPARTERO is regarded as by no means improbable, and out of such a junction would arise a trulvational party, the want of which has caused all the misfortunes of Spain. A division exists in the Cabinet on the subject of the impeachment of the late Ministry, a proposal which meets with the most vehement and uncompro mising opposition from NARVAEZ. The budget, which will show an enormous deficit, was to be presented to the Chamber on the 22d. The resignation of the Marquis of MIRAFLORBS, a• Master of the Household, has been accepted. General RAMON SOLANO is acting as Governor of Madrid. Senor PACHECO has lost his election for Cordova-. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 21.—The Three per Cents. were done at 284, at fifty days, with premium, and after the Bourse at 27 9.16 to 4 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 154 for cash; the Debt without in terest, at 5, for paper; and the Coupons at 104, cash. We have received the Paris papers of Monday and Tuesday. The Chambers were opened on Tuesday by the Kura in person. The Speech from the Throne will be found in another column. The Constilutionnel says-- " For the first time since 1830 s mass was offered of the State, sure means of overcoming ali those ob stacles, and of satisfying all interests, moral and ma terial. Let us firmly maintain, according to the charter, social order and all its con ditions. Let us guarantee according to the charter the public liberties, and all their develop ments. We shall transmit unimpaired to the generations that may come after us the trust confided to us, and they will bless us for having founded and defended the edifice under shelter of which they will live happy and free." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAR7'ER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather brisk. Sales, 4,000 bales, of which 3,700 were American, at 4id. to 6d. per lb. In railway shares there was but little doing, but the market was firm. The accounts from the United States, per Britannia steamer, are expected to-morrow, and the Message of the President will reach by that opportunity. From Rio de Janeiro there are advice': of November 14. The markets were dull for British manufactures, and had not been improved by the tenor of the accounts taken out from England by the Fury. The exchange had been as high as 23d., but was last quoted at 270. The .Six per Cent. Stock appears to have been in decided favour, and had advanced 2 to 3 per cent. The accounts from the Continent represent that trade was dull, and that the weather had become so severe as in most instances to close the navigation. The speech of the King of the French has not excited particular remark in the City, except so far as relates to the notice of the Reform banquets. The progress of these political alp:ions is viewed here with considerable interest and curiosity, not likely to be diminished either by any attempt to suppress them. The allusions to foreign affairs are of that indefinite character which excites no particular feeling, either favourable or adverse. The public securities have been very quiet to day, and have maintained their value. Out of doors money it easy, and the discount houses are allowing but four per cent. on " call." The failure of Messrs. Deaves', brothers, of Cork, and Messrs. Job, Wright, and Co., of London. both in the Russia trade, has excited a little uneasiness in the circle which it affects, but causes no general apprehension. There are parties who still anticipate considerable pressure in the American Money Market, and calculate upon its reaching here. Consols for Account have been 85i to 854; the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 861 to 4; and the Three per Cents. 854 to 4. Bank Stock is 1864 to 188. Exchequer-bills have realised Bs. to 12s. prem. JZOt vs.— 7-•__A„ giros vpry dull again, but Spanish have improved a little. The Three Fe. 4, and the Five per Cents. 184 to 4. Brazilian Small Stock is at 81. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 68, and the Two-str.d-a Half per Cents. 56. Railway Shares have been steady, with a moderate business doing. ONE .ICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 18 6 1, 42 188 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 85%3 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 8 6 3 /4 3a Long Anus. to expire J an. 1860 8% % India Bonds, 1,0001. ) IDitto under 1,0001..•...••••...... Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 5001. Small offE O'CLOCK. CLOSIN G PRICES 188 85% 8614 8% 12 p 12p 14p CLOSING nucEs. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small Bl .._ Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Litt% Passive Ditto, Indemnity Ditto. 3 per Cent 30% 304 Ditto, Account . 3 Ol 30% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41,4 per Cent Dutch, '2% per Cent., 12 Guild 56 56 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 854 85 1 / 4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES , Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2 5 A Ayrshire and Galloway.. .2% — ••• . _ Celfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... ... .... Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley ......101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 7 3 / Boston, Stamfd, Sc Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter SO Ditto, Thirds B uc ki ng hamshire 10/. 4s 2% dis. 2% dis Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares.... 3 3 / — ... — Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 / 2 — •.. Ditto, Preference .. 8 - •••••• ...... ..• Clarence 784 Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - •••.•• •• — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent.. lO ..... . Dublin and Belfast June 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, .25/., L. Es E. and L. and 1). ...... 25 Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. & 11. 2 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) 2O Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... 1, 4 die l4 die Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters ......... 12 1 / 2 ..... Do., New Eastern Union. . 5O .. ... 45 ... ........ 45 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,i Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d — .•• Do., (guar. 6 percent) Cast Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto. New Quarters... 3 3 4 r.ast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 54 .....• Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 4 ...• Edinburgh & Northern.. 22!i — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... Ditto, ditto, New . Exeter, Yeovil, ez Dorch. 2N — Ditto, New ••• Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.65. 8d — Glasgow, Kilinar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. 40 • Do. Preference Consol. 12 1 ,4.-- Great Nortlaern l O l,l — Do., London and York 2 , -h.. Great South. and West. (Ireland) GreatNorthof England..loo Ditto, New 404 5 Ditto, New 30/. 3O Ditto, New 151 6 l /2 — .. Ureat Western B5 Ditto, I ,l z Shares Ditto, , A Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171 ...... -.. 7 ...Attu, .. Eludderstield & Mooches. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O .. ... 99 Ditto, Ralf Shares.... 25 Ditto, 1% Shares.— .. 12i / , / 2 — Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds .. 10 ' Lanca.thirk, & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto L / ;. Shares . - Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 Do. Fifths 8 .. ... ••• ......... Do. Sixteenths...... - ..... - ...... Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 3 4 - ..... Ditto .1,, (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract.& Goole ..... 47% ...... Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 25....... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ...... 34 Do. t 4 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ••• 1 1 4 ..... 1% Leeds and Bradford...... 50 Leicester and Bedford.&c••.. 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, •. 37% Do., B ran ch 1 ,4 Shares 12%.. ••• • "• DoNew Branch(blue) 2% . -- • - Do. Extension (green) 2 1 / 2 _ — ... ...... .... Do. NewExten. (pink) '4: 2 — Leeds and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3iii — Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .......... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New- castle Junction 2%...... London and Blackwall..l6l. 13s. 4d. 4% •••••• ..... ••• Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/. 13s. 4(1.... Do. Extension l7', London, Brighton, and South Coast ... ...... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Gua.rant. 5 - per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ... - ••• Ditto, ditto ......1852 50 Landon and Greenwich 121 15s 4d B% Ditto, Preference ... 1811;s 2d... ............ .4 , hdon anc4N. Western 1(X) ......149 150% 149% Do., Quarte 1 43 L. &B. 17 Do., no., New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 5014S11ares (G. J.) 25 ••• Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) 40 ...... 60 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. ...... Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...... Lond. & S.Western 41/. 6i. 8d...... ....... •• • Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 .....• Do. New 50/. ..... 3214.. • Do. New 401. .. 26 Do. Tenths (ConeoL) 50 Ditto ditto .. .... .... 40 Ditto, Third 61. 133. 4d.... London, Salisbury, nd Yqovil ..... —. ........ PA.— Londonderry&Culeraino 27%...... ...••.•.•.••••• Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 3 3 / 4...••• ••• ,••••• •..• .... Manchester,Buxton,ani Matlock 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 71 ,4 Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - Ditto ditto . ........ 7 Ditto ditto . .. 4% — .. — Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7%... • .. Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 A ...... fitildand Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. 601. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo - ..•...••••••••• Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent. 100 Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto - Midlnd, Leicest. lk Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - Da Quarters NewmrY et & Chesterford 18% _. _ ....._._ Do. Extension ...... ...21..1725.... Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford 6 ..,.•• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 124 ...... •• ........ •••• Norfolk .......... ........ lOO Do. New 201. .. 5 - •.....••• .... Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 - ••• ..... •..•• Do. do. Waveney Yal. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 — North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares, 124 ..... Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Nortf Staffordshire 7 l/4--- 7 !i ii North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... ........ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 1 7 1,4 — • ••.. Ditto, New 10 — . ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Bird... 6 ...... Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 — Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 _Ditto New .. Shrewsbury and Here - rd. 4 1 •• ••• Shropshire Union South Devon... 4O .•..•• 22 ...........» . Do. Preference - .••• •••• •••• South Staffordshire South Eastern & Dover. 33% 30% 29% ..... Do., No. 1 20 — Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 ••••••• .•..•• 15 .."•• 9 1 4 00000 NMI •••••• Do., No. 4 South Wales ......... ...... li ...... 5% ... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - •......... Joe ..". Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17% —....— Vale of Neath ... .. 29% 1.... -- Waterford and Kilkenny Lek - Waterford and Limen Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall 4 ... .. ..... Whitehaven & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...... ......... 25 ..... 33% •.. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ...... 25 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensioa No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension • 20 FOREIGN KAILWATS. 40 Boulogne and Milieus... 20 — •..•......•. .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ........ 2 Ceylon .. .... ss. - Demerara Dendre Valley -- Direct Bombay and Madras - Dutch Rhenish 7 ..... •••••••• .. .— East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 ,4 - - Great 'Julian Peninsular ss. Italian'and Austrian.... 4 .•..• Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... . ..... Luxembourg.... ..... •,,, 6 •••••• ••-. •• ..... ft.. •• •"•. Lyons and Avignon Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. -- ..-- Namur and Liege - Northern of France.-- 10 .. ... 12 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 - Over Yssel 4l3* 4d . ... Paris and Lyons .. 10 ... .. 6% .. Paris and Orlean* 2O Paris and Rouen Faris and and Strasbourg 8 - Rouen and Havre - .....«........ —• Sambre and Meuse —.. 18 • - 6% Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 - rours aid Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasseit...—. 16 - West Flanders ...... ..... Bl ii — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - National Prov. England. 35 - Ditto, New ...... .. ..... 10 - British North American 50 Colonial 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock London & Westminster. 20 National of Ireland 2 2 1,4 — .., ........... Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 Union of Australia Ditto,New... ........ ... 2 1 /.' 2 — . - Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... - Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Heal Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S STIIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 29.—Wind S.E., light breeze and dull weather. DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, David Clark, Bombay. Sld. Dorothy, Calcutta; Herefordshire, Gibraltar and Bombay; Ori ental, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28 . — Wind N. by —w . to N• N • E • —Sid. Yorktown, New York; Dordricbt (Dutch trans. port), Surinam. Off port, Mary and Elms, New. foundland. JERSEY, DEc. 27.—Arrd. St. Helier, Dorey, Rio Grande. Sld. Jersey Lass, Cape Coast Castle. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 28.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Blakely, Milne, Demerara; Fairy, Rees, St. John's, New Bruns. wick; Chatham, Key, Miramichi. 25. Sld. Laidmans, Calcutta. 27. Manilla, Havannah. 28, Dover, Batavia; Balfour, Bombay; Wilton, Wood, Monte Video • Earl of Lonadale, Valparaiso; Lord Althorp , ditto; Molly Born, ditto; Isaac Allerton, Boston. The Monument, Trott, from New Orleans, did not arrive yesterday as re ported. KILRUSH, Dzc. 22.—The Eliza, of Yongbal, has been got off shore, and is now in the Creek. FALMOUTH, DEC. 28.—A calm.—Arrd. 27, Louisa, Carpenter, Callao and Liverpool. Crane Packet, Rio Janeiro. _ . TROON, DEC. 27.—Arrd. Harmony, Dalhousie. CLYDE, Dsc. 27.—Wind E.—Arrd. 26, Cashmere. Wilson, Havannah; Lockwood, Livingston, St. John% New Brunswick; Perthshire, Tait, ditto; Torrance , Paton, Quebec. DUBLIN, Ds c. 25.—Arrd. Clare, Allen, St. John's!, New Brunswick. Sld. Onzel, Galley, Trinidad. Cons, Dan. 26.—A calm. Arrd. Henry, Young, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Rockhill, Kew York. Off port, Middleton. Callao. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2g.—The Stilt Berlin, Dantaic to Shoreham, has put in here to-day leaky, twirl touched on the Ridge Bank. WHITBY, DEC. 27.—A quantity of sheathing, with • rail and a new topsail yard, has been washed on shore at Saltweek. WITENHAL, DEC. 28.—The Earl Grey, Yarmouth to London, which was abandoned in the Severn in • sinking state 24:h inst., sank the same night. CARDIFF, DEC. 27.—Sld. Betsey, Valparaiso ; L' nide, New York. MILFORD, Disc. 26.—Arrd. Charlotte, Cork for Car diff, leaky. 27, Sld. Eleonora, Jamaica. Lnawics, Dnc. 21.—A Kirkaldy brig (said to be laden with flax, hemp, &c.) from St. Potersburgh, wee stranded 19th instant, about twelve miles from here crew saved. ST. MARGARET'S HOPE, DEC. 19.—1 t Is re Forted that there is au Irish schooner (coal laden) wreek , Stromness ; crew, except a boy, saved. WESPORT, DEC. 24.—The Triumph (barque). VW' rick to the Clyde, with decks swept, bulwarks. etaF• aeons, &c., carried away, and with five feet water i n her hold, was spoken 18th instant, off Barra Head, by the Northumberland Maid, arrived here. HARTLEPOOL, Ditc.27.—About fifty. five feet of the toy sided of a vessel (apparently colonial built), with the in side planking painted light blue, has drifted on shore at Stranton. LONDON, DEC. 29.—The Tamar, Hall, loading in the London Docks, for Hobart Town, caught fire 27th inst., but did not sustain material injury. BYRNE THE HARPER.—Mr. Patrick Byrne, the celebrated Irish Harpist, who lately played before hii Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland with 510 11 success, ha; arrived at Ettiegham Park, Warwickshire/ o enliven the Christmas festivities with strains of Iry land's native music, 4 dis 8514 1% 15% 221, 2 56% 16 3 4 22% 33 1 % 42% 49% 46 1 4 ~••••. i IMO 2434 1 3 A 7% 13 12 93 73 PA