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13, Great Mariborough-street. R. COLBURN HAS PUBLISHED THIS THE NEW NOVEL. ENTITLED, •` LEONORA, A LOVE STORY," Which may nlv. , be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols, Just puh'ixtied, price One Shilling, B RITISH DIPLOMACY IN THE RIVER PLATE. London : Whittakcir and Co , Ave Maria-lane. MR. MARRYAT'S WORK ON BORNEO. On Tuesday, January 4, will be published, in One Volume, imperial Bvo., richly illustrated with numerous Lithographic Drawings and Engravings on Wood, BORNEO and the INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. By FRANK S. MARRY 4T, late Midshipman of H.M.S. Samarang, Surveying Vessel. With many Drawings of Costume and Scenery, from Original Sketches made on the spot by Mr. 3darryat, London : Longrnon, Brown, Green, and Longman. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Unler the Management of Mr. it. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H Farren ; Faulkland, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, ,r, Webster; Sir Lucius O'Trig ger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Brindal ; David, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. 11... - naprop, Mrs. Glover: Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett ; Julia, Miss Forteseue; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After which the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden /toff; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Lovell, Mr. Howe ; Freeman, Mr. H. Vandenhotf ; Philip, Mr. Rogers; My Lord Duke. Mr. A. Wigan ; Sir harry, Mr. Keeley ; Kitty, Mrs. Hamby ; Lady Bab, Mrs. Seymour; Lady Charlotte, Mrs. Caulfield. Will b - e performed Shakspeare's Corned; of MUCH ADO ABOU T NOTHING. Pedro, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Don John, Mr. Brindal ; Benedick, Mr. Webster ; Antonio, Mr. Tilbury ; Leonato, Mr. Ro gers ; Dogberry, Mr. Farrell ; Verges, Mr. Keeley ; Friar, Mr. Gough ; Beatrice, Mrs. Nisbett; Hero, Mrs. Seymour. To be isdowed by MT WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. Farren; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MY 11USBAND Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. P. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Humby. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web 'fez. 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, ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAII ; 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 be followed by a n:w Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Tamara Green: Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Lauty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Cullenford ; Policemin, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, entitled Tuts HOlsBi 2E SOLD :the property of the late Williaua Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &e., &c. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Priors open at half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under tho Management of Madame Vestrfs. liole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, mu be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TEA• GEDY QUEEN. To be followed by a new Cemic Drama called PEGGY GREEK. I ikfter whish, a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. ,To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called SOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Dross Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part et the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till six. The Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell et the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Madame ANNA L LON. TIIIS EVENING A new Conde Opera, entitled THE A3IBASSADRESS. Duke de Valben, Mr. Bedda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fertunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fiersehomberg, Miss Villars ; Madame Ilarneek, Mrs. Selby ; Ckarlette, Miss Anne Reiner ; Henriette, Madame Anna Thilton. To conclude with Shakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Mereutio, Mr. J. Vining ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Ryder ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman. Dress Circle, Ss.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRANC!' PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. :Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Cornedie of LA MARQUISE DE SEN. PETERRE. Cinq-Mars, M. Montaland ; Le Marquis de Senneterre, M. Fechter ; Le Commandeur, M. Cartigny; lleuriette,Mdlle. Bap. tiste; Marion de L'Orme, 3/dile. De Varannes. After which, LE CHEF-D(EUVRE INCONNIT. Maitre Michel, 31. fit. Marie ; Rolla, M. Fechter ; Stephan°, Mdlle. Baptiste. To conclude with the Vaudeville of ITIiE FILLS TERRIBLE. Anais Dumoulin, Mdlle. Lagier. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street and at the Boa-office et' the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 6. Boxes, 68. ; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. - TO-MORROW EVENING, THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Characters by Messrs. 11. Phillips, King, Hon - leastle, Rafter, lit wood, 3Pliahon, and Miss Poole. To conclude with GUY MANNERING. A. distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-titled). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the Principal Librarians ; and at the Box-silice of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proorietor and Manager, lir. William Batty. Ice Performance on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Batty'a performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Srectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scenes In the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. Te conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called Tali WHITE YARM. In preparation, a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which will exceed in spleadour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till b Acting and Stage .Manager, Mr. W West. TEE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, DEC. 22. THERMOMETBR, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 33 ; Noon, 32. 'BAROMETER, 29.84.—W1ND E.N.E.; cloudy. i.l.- o. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning... 44 minutes after I, I Evening .. 9 rninntes ttter 2 zty—, • s 411tAtv. ' P 1, ''' • jto • ( e _ VITIng '7'4,4441UL LONDON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1847, So much has been written against the elevation of Dr. HAMPDEN to the episcopal see of Hereford, and so much has been written, moreover, in vindication of his character and in extenuation of the course pursued by the Prime Minister in this particular selection, that it were superfluous to recapitulate the different conflicting statements which are already fa miliar to the ears of the community. Without any cir cumlocution, we will at once acknowledge that, at first sight, it does appear most reasonable that every one who is solicitous to secure (if possible) the tran quillity of the Church of England, and to allay the numerous heartburnings arising from polemical con troversies, should lament that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has chosen, of all men in the United Kingdom, as the successor of Dr. MuscnovE (now his Grace the Archbishop of York), that man whose orthodoxy has appeared to be the most du bious and enigmatical. We repeat that, at the first blush, it seeems to us reasonable that the aspirants after ecclesiastical peace and sacer dotal quiescence should regret the elevation of Dr. HAMPDEN to the bishopric of Hereford, seeing that his nomination was the most calculated to enkindle animosities and arouse opposition. For the very name of the Regius Professor of Divinity breathed of the ethical strifes of the University of Oxford—it was a reminiscence of a stormy condemnation—the memento of a violent and even acrimonious charge of heresy. Was it wise, therefore, was it judicious, was it expedient, was it necessary, that out of the whole army of clerical candidates, Dr. HampnEs should have been especially selected, that he should have been invested with the mitre, the apron, the law n sleeves, and the crozier, whose creed was con sidered to be the most questionable, and whose career as a teacher of Christianity was blurred by the ad verse verdict of an Oxford Convocation? Deliberately -- and we s a y i t, a f ter a mature consideration —we do consider that the selection of Dr. HastruEN, and his transference to the see of Hereford was not only wise and judicious, but expedient and necessary. the simple facts the case compel every ' dispassionate observer of arrive at this conclusion, and at this conclusioto alone. f In 1836, Dr. HAMPDEN incurred the displeasure arnpowerful party in the University. Either through o misapprehension of his meaning, or by a wilful distortioanPP the members of this party an p7uliar charg e d hi m language, with advo cating in his Bampton Lectures doctiT to Socinianism. In consequenc e of this extraordinary accusation, the case was brought before the broairr authorities, and in the midst of considerable anima tion tion (sufficient, indeed, to warp the judgment of thos-e who pronounced the decision), a severe censure Was enunciated against Dr. HaairDEN, and he stood befor e the 'whole country as a man branded as a he.reti.:, and convicted of promulgating the heterodox belief of the Socinians. Now it is anything but d ifflcult to impugn this condemnation as an act of unut :erable injustice. Without adventuring upon a theological discussion, it is easy to demonstrate the losufncicmcy of this Convocation in the first place, and to pr •ove in the second that Dr. HAMPDEN never favoured (in any sermon or lecture, at least, that has been published as his own production) those heretical doctri *ties which are said to have been in- tr:o3l STIN s ,LONDON I WED:NEST:IIAI .EVE culcated by him prior to 1836, and the articulation of which would have, ipso facto, constituted his (1.- fection from the cause of 'Protestantism. First, therefore, as to the alequacy of the tribunal before which Dr. HAMPDEN i 3 supposed to have been convicted of this important schism from the established religion. Was that Con vocation, we ask, qualified to decide as to the sound ness of the views of Dr. HAMPDEN as a Protestant, which (on the revival of the matter in 1842) included amongst his opponents only two professors, those professors being the redoubtable Tractarians, Mr. KEAY and Dr. PUSEY, and numbered also in the phalanx of his antagonists, Messrs. FABER, ST. JOHN, NEWMAN, MACMULLEN, J. MORRIS, OARELEY, CHRISTIE, RYDER, CAPES, WARD, FORMBY, NORTHCOTE, PENNY, TURNER, METRIC/I, COFFIN, COLLYNS, WATTS RUSSELL, LEWIS, and ORMSBY, all of whom have since departed from within the pale of Protestantism, and ranged them selves under the banners of Roman Catholicity ? Secondly, as to whether Dr. HAMPDEN ever really pronounced himself in favour of certain Socinian dogmas. We cannot but regard the following cir cumstances as conclusive testimony to show that the accusation was altogether erroneous. While we are assured by Dr. HAMPDEN'S antagonists that he questioned the august and stupendous mystery of the Trinity in the third of his Bampton Lectures, we find, on turning to the original text, that so far from his having doubted that mystery for an in stant, he bows down before it in astonishment and adoration. It may be said, however, that the quotations inserted in the columns of some of our contemporaries entirely disprove this, and justify those who consider the lectures to be heretical. In reply we would observe that those quotations are monstrously distorted and perversely abbreviated. As a proof of this we will give one example. Dr. HAMPDEN is made to write—" The dialectical spirit laboured to establish the Divine Unity amidst the Trinitarian distinctions." Whereas, on turning to the original (see Lecture on Unity, page 128), we find that the lecturer distinctly spoke thus:—" The various illustrations of the Trinity from natural objects, employed in the writings of the fathers and schoolmen, are instances of the same dialectical spirit which laboured to establish the Divine Unity amidst the Trinitarian distinctions." So much for the ac curacy with which Dr. HAMPDEN is quoted by his accusers—so much for the fair play and honest deal ing of the latter ! The truth is, Dr. HAMPDEN has a marvellous faculty for writing with the obscurity of mysticism, as where he says that GOD is " not the Teraphim of domestic worship, but the universal Go vernor, overshadowing all things with the übiquarian tutelage of his Providence." In expressing himself in language so cumbrous as this, he has afforded his opponents a rare opportunity either for perverting or misapprehending his meaning. We have demonstrated, therefore, these two impor tant points in the Hampden controversy, namely, that the tribunals which adjudicated upon the case in the University of Oxford, first in 1836, and after wards in 1842, were in no manner qualified to decide as to the orthodoxy of any man's belief in Protestant ism, and that Dr. IlialurnEN himself never in any one of his printed sermons or lectures advocated doctrines like unto those which constitute the heresy of So cinianism. By persisting in his invidious protest against the conye d'elire, issued by her MAJESTY under the Great Seal of England, the Very Reverend the Dean of HEREFORD is laying himself open to the penalties ofprczmunire. Let him retract betimes, and not be harried on into a dilemma by the turbulent and splenetic vituperations of that Right Reverend Father in GOD the Lord Bishop of EXETER. What- ever may be the consequence of this factious opposi tion to the liberal Bishop Elect of HEREFORD, our motto is simple—" GOD defend the right L" The recent returns of the Bank of England, and of the private and joint-stock banks throughout the country show a very serious diminution in the amount of notes in circulation, which must necessarily occasion considerable pressure to the mercantile and manufacturing interests. There can be no possible reason why the Bank of England should keep on the screw, and refuse the usual degree of legitimate accommodation which its customers have a right to expect, or why they should maintain a minimum rate of six per cent. when they have so large a stock of bullion in their coffers, and when the foreign exchanges are in so favourable a condition. In each succeeding week we find a con • siderable increase in the items of bullion—and of ", notes unemployed," while a considerable decrease is shown in the amount of other securities. The return for the week ending the 11th December gives the amount of bullion at that time in the bank ing and issue departments as 11,426,1761., and it is well known that daily additions have since taken place, while the amount of notes in circulation has been reduced to 18,320,9051., a sum very far below the wants of the country, and in fact inadequate to carry on its daily transactions. On the 30th of October the active circulation amounted to 20,832,7501., while the bullion was but 8,438,8741. We thus find that simultaneously with an increase of specie of nearly three millions of pounds sterling, there has been a diminution of more than two and a half millions in the circulation, and that there has been a decrease in the " other securities" or the amount of accommodation granted to the commercial interests of more than 2,800,0001. These circumstances alone are quite sufficient to account for the general distress and want of employment of the labouring classes in all parts of the country. But it is not the Bank of England only that has " put on the screw," its exam ple has been followed by its minor brethren, and a general contraction of the currency, and a want of the usual facilities for discount is apparent in every 4 quarter. The returns from the private and joint stock banks do not afford the same informa tion as to the amount of " securities " of any description, public or private. We are only furnished with the amount of notes in cir culation, and from that we are enabled to form a judgment as to the amount of accommodation which they may give. We have the evidence of Mr. JONES LOYD, " that upon a contraction of the cir culation taking place the amount of bills of exchange is also narrowed, and in a very inereased ratio ;" in fact, it is well known that for every pound withdrawn from circulation, discounts to six or eight times the amount are withheld. The proportion between the amount of money, including under that head every description of note payable on demand, and specie, and of bills of exchange, which it is well known in periods of ordinary prosperity amount to at least 250 or 300 millions will show that, after deducting the amount necessary for carrying on the every- day transactions, the sum applicable to business and discounts must be turned at least that number of times, or perhaps we shall be nearly correct in stating it to be so turned once in each week. Now we find that within the last month there has been a decrease in the circulation of the private and joint-stock banks of no less than 1,108,6391., while within the year it has amounted to 1,512,0491., and they are below the issues fixed by the Act of 1844 by 2,015,556/. ; we therefore, find that within the last two months, taking from the disastrous period at the end of October, there has been a decrease in the circulation of nearly four millions sterling. Can any statements we can make point out more forcibly the reason of so many mills remaining idle, so many factories unworked, so many operatives being out of employment as the enuncia tion of this simple fact. Greater profits are, however, made by the bankers and capitalists in this state of affairs, for, although, their money is not so often turned, they obtain a much higher rate of interest, and are consequently well pleased at the tightness of the money market when it does not reach the point of creating nume rous failures, and thus occasioning heavy losses for b a staaddteebts. Th e history of a single article in of transition from the raw material during the progress of manufacture will show the ab so l ute necessity of great accommoda tion, th e varied transactions, the whe e l s wit h in wheels, the stoppage of n seriously derang e t h e whole .y large a proportion of th e profitsit one owf ill of also s trade are which h mustw absorbedohow f by the discounter. A little p amphlet which wasb a lished during the past month, call e d "The Moneypu Market," instance a by a " Country Account an t , " takes, asn quantity of wool, which it assume s at first to be of the value of 1,0001., and to be purchased for cash, from the farmers by the woolstapler. It is then sorted and sold to the worsted spinners —say for 1,1001., payment being taken by a bill at two months. The spinning probably increases the value by 5001. more ; it is then sold for 1,6001. to the manufac turers of worsted fabrics, and, as before, paid for by bills. The yarn is then delivered to the workmen, and speedily changed into manufac tured goods worth 1,0001. more than the yarn. At this rate it is sold to the wholesale dealer, and by him speedily dispersed among his retail connexions in various parts of the kingdom, bills again being made the medium of payment in both instances ; we thus find (and a much more striking case might easily be selected) that the wool which was at first worth 1,0001., and which ultimately, by the labour expended thereon, became worth 2,7001., has given rise to bills of exchange to the amount of 8,0001., and that the discount on these notes, say each at two months, would, at six per cent., the minimum rate of the Bank of Eng land, and probably lower than any of the parties could obtain it, amount to 93/., which goes exclu sively into the pockets of :the banL ers, or bill dis counters. Any failure of the credit of any of the parties, any general want of confidence, will prevent the goods being sold or worked up, and will conse quently deprive the operatives of employment. Our space this day does not permit us to conclude our ob servations on this subject. We shall, however, return thereto on an early occasion. The army of Austria, under the command of Marshal RADETZKY, on the Italian frontier, is to be increased immediately to 60,000 men. Some sensation has been caused at Berlin by the arrest of Privy Councillor WEDECJCE. An affair similar to that of MM. CUBIERXS and TESTE is hinted at. The States of Darmstadt were opened by the GRAND DUKE in person on the 17th instant. The debate on the address in the Chamber of Magnates of Hungary has terminated, after a five days' debate, where the Opposition struggled hard for a majority, by the rejection of the Address as proposed by the States, where the Liberal party had obtained a majority. The prohibition on the exportation of grain and corn from Bohemia, from the Tyrol, and the Voral• berg, has been removed since the 10th inst. Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived. The Address in reply to the Speech from the throne was passed in the Senate on the 14th. The paragraph censuring the late Cabinet was passed by a majority of 75 to 6. A proposition made to the Chamber of Deputies by the Marquis DB TORRES, enacting that all persons elected to the Chamber should relinquish any office they might hold under Government, was rejected by a large majority. MADRID BOLSA, Dim 15.—The Three per Cents. were done at 28 3-16, at 50 days; the Five per Cents. at 16 ; and the Debt without Interest, at 5, for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Debats says— " It is announced that the Ministry proposes to present to the Chamber, on the opening of the session, two Bills relative to postal reform, and to the tax on salt, and also a third Bill for according to Prince Jerome Bonaparte, ex-King of Westphalia, who has obtained from the Government the authorisation to reside in Prance an annual pension for life of 150,000 francs." Certain Members of the Opposition are desirous of opposing the election of M. SAUZET to the Presiden tial chair of the Chamber of Deputies. Both Du- FAURE and M. DUPIN have been requested to become candidates, and it is understood that both have re fused. The Ministry, meanwhile, loudly declare that they will make of the re-election of M. SAUZET a Cabinet question, and will resign if they are beaten. As M. SAUZET has been for some years past Presi dent, and has given satisfaction to all parties by the manner in which he has conducted the business of the Chamber, there can be no doubt but that many of the moderate Opposition will support his nomina tion, therefore this talk of resignation on the part of the Ministry may be regarded as one of those pieces of fanfarronade in which M. GUIZOT is wont to in dulge when he feels certain there is no danger. The more practical leaders of the Opposition ideprecate l any attempt to prevent the re .election of M. SAUZET. The Constihaionnel says : " The Ministers announce that they will make a Cabinet question of the re-election of M. Sauzet to the place of President of the Chamber of Deputies; they think themselves sure, every one knows how, of their majority ; they are anxious that a first ad vantage obtained by them at the commencement of the session, on a question of proper names, shall weaken beforehand the effect which the discussion of their acts cannot fail to produce on men's minds. The Opposition, which is in a minority, and which does not pretend to balance by the number of its votes the numerical amount of the majority, attaches but little importance to the result of divisions ; it is the discussion which constitutes its force ; it is to the country that it appeals, certain of being considered absolutely in the right against a majority whose inten tions are bade whose conduct has been dreadful, and who have just covered with shame and ridicule the service of the counter-revolution. The question of the Presidentship of the Chamber appears to us, therefore, not very importaM and premature. How ever, we think it right to say that our friends, com prising precisely those who have been accused of in tolerance, will join in all the combinations that may be offere 1 on the eve of the session by those en lightened and independent Conservatives who are spoken of, and of whom, for our parts, we know neither the number nor the resolution. We shall not, therefore, throw any obstacle in the way of anything that may be proposed to deliver the Chamber from the yoke of a policy condemned alike by the instinctive feeling of the crowd, and the practical intelligence of men acquainted with government. But it is, above all, on a profound examination of that policy that we reckon to completely enlighten the country, to arrest the reaction into which France is orecipicated, to one day or other rescue the Parlia mentary majority from the joint responsibility of a Ministerial system which it blawes at bottom, but which capitulations of private interest have permitted to exist up to this time." The following programme of the preliminaries of the session appears in the Journal.des Dehats : " The number of the Deputies as ;yet arrived in Paris does not amount to more than 250; nevertheless, the meetings at the Palais Bourbon are sufficiently numerous and animated. On the 27th there will be a sitting with closed doors for the nomination of the provisional bureau, at which, probably, M. Sapey, as being the old es t M em b er present, will preside; be cause M. Dupont (de l'Eure), who is the oldest of all the Members, never now attends the first sitting. The four youngest Members, who are Messrs. de Merodo. de la Guiche, Oscar de Lafayette, and Calmon, jun., will perforia the functions of secretaries. On the day following the royal sitting, after drawing for the bureaux in a public sitting, the Deputies will retire into the committee-rooms for the verifications of newly returned Members, and for the organization of the committees. The little time these operations ordinarily occupy will, no doubt, admit of the Chamber resuming its public sitting, and confirming the reports of the committees, and in the /lame sitting elect its perma nent president and other officers. The Conservative party seems to be more than ever determined to vote for M. Sauzet, who at the beginning of the last ses sion had 339 votes against 223. It is expected that the Conservative party will also nominate and support three of the late vice-presidents, MM. Bignon, Lepel tier d'Aulnay, and Francois Delessert, and Marshal Bugeand in the room of M. Leon de Malleville, who was elected last session by a majority of only one vote, to be vice-presidents for the present session. The Conservative candidates for the office of secre taries are, it is said, MM. de Bussieres, Oger, Saglio, and Lanjuinais, all of whom were elected last year. Three preparatory proceedings will, most likely, occupy the 29th, 30th, and 31st, and therefore the Address Committee cannot be chosen until Monday, Jan. 3. In the interval between the last and present session, the Chamber has lost by death eight of its members, viz., General Schneider, General Count Meynadier, and MM. Jourdan, Cabanis, Cambis, de Castellane, Just de Chasseloup-Laubat, and Terme. They have been replaced by MM. Gudin, Dande, Bert, Pages, Germanes, de Contades, and Osmont. The successor to M. Terme remains to be named. Eleven deputies have been appointed to salaried offices. Seven of these have been re-elected, viz., MM. Jamin, de Ressigeac, Richond des Brus, Thil, Dejean, de Salles, an d G eneral Bellonet. Ge neral Dumas has been replaced by M. Baroche. The re-elections of MM. Moulin, Deesauret, and Marine will not be known for one or two days." The Union Monarchique: says--" The great affair of the day is the Presidency of the Chamber. The Cabinet causes it to be officially announced that it will retire if M. SAIIZET be not nominated. There was a great deal of talk last evening of Marshal BUGEAUD becoming a Ministerial candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the Chamber. In acting thus the Ministry fancies that it hits made proof of great ability, and congratulates itself on having anticipated M. THIERS, whose intention was also, as was known from a certain source, to take for his own account, and especially for his own advantage, the initiative of the candidateship offered to the Duke D'lsLy." The Marquis of NORM ANDY, who arrived in Paris on Saturday, had a long interview with the KING at the Palace of St. Cloud on Sunday. It is said that a serious difference of opinion exists between the KING and M. GUIZOT on the subject of the affairs of Switzerland. The KING is against any interference, while M. GUIZOT is anxious to join Austria in making a demand on the Vorort to rein state the Governments of the cantons of the Sonder bund as they stood previous to the commencement of the war. Russia, it is said, has refused to send a note to the Vorort, but would acquiesce in the deci sion of the other Powers. Prussia would join Austria and France in a conference, and the Germanic Diet has expressed . its ap proval of the notes of Austria and France, and has determined that if the form of the Federal Government in Switzerland is changed, the powers guaranteed to the Treaty of Vienna would be entitled to deprive the confederation of its neutrality. King LEOPOLD is covertly acting with the Jesuit party, as he considers that he owes his crown to their machi nations. There is nothing in these :papers tending to con firm the report circulated yesterday that it was the intention of King Lours PHILIPPE to abdicate in fa vour of the Comte DE PARIS. The news of the surrender of Ann•EL-KADER is not confirmed. The Monde ur Algerien says— " The courier of the west, who arrived the day before yesterday, has not brought the decisive news which might have been expected from the empire of Morocco. No event had occurred; still the firmness of the Emperor Muley Abderrahman had not been betrayed by any weak proceeding. The camps of the Moors were approaching the deira, and it was known in the column of Lieutenant-General de Lamoriciere that these camps surrounded it suffi ciently to be able to unite their attacks. The Kalifa Boa Hammedi had been detained at Fez. Lieut.- General de Lamoriciere has remained at the head of his troops on the extreme frontier, in order to be ready to act if any events should render it necessary. We must here recal to mind the reflections which a similar situation has already suggested to us, though the situation is better characterised to-day. What would be inevitable with other actors, remains doubtful with Abd-el-Kader on one side, and the Moors on the 4her ! The E m ir, h owever, appears to be on the brinl of ruin. With only 600 foot soldiers, and about as many horsemen, he is pressed between three numerous camps, whilst all the tribes have abandoned him, and second his adversaries. Still we must predict nothing." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 75f. 70c.; New Loan, 76f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,212 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 912 f. 50c. ; Havre, 478 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 5561. 25c.; Avignon, 577 f. 55c. ; Vierzon, 551 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 492 f. 50c. ; Troys and Montereau, 2601. ; Dieppe 2601. Basle, 163 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 416 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 400 f.; Paris and Lyons, 3961. 25c. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 26}; Ditto Passives, 31. MARSEILLES, DEC. 16 —Marseilles and Avignon, 551 f. 25c. ; Northern, 5411. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dec. 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 1 4t—Namur and Liege, 5 Northern of France. 11%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5%-- Paris and Lyons, sN—Paris and Rouen, 35 4 —Rouen and Havre, 18 1 4—West Flanders, 1%. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN-EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY This week's arrival of English W heat coastwise has consisted of 2,390 quarters, a fair average quantity for the time of year, yet the stands were scaiatily filled with samples. Selected qualities of both red and white moved off steadily at Monday's improved currencies. In the middling and inferior parcels only a, limited busi ness was transacted. There was a moderate inquiry for the best foreign Wheat at late figures, otherwise the trade was heavy. Although the supply of Barley was small, that article moved off slowly, at !barely stationary prices. Malt was a slow sale, but not cheaper. With Oats we were very scantily supplied, - nevertheless the Oat trade was in a very sluggish state, at unaltered figures. In Beans and Peas next to n othing was doing, but Indian Corn and Meal, as well as 'lour, were quite as dear. AItRIVALB. Wheat. I Barisy. Oats. I Flom-. English •• .. • . 2,390 qrs. 1.450 in. 320 qrs. I 660 mkt , . trish. . _ __ __ __ __ Foreign ...... 310 - 3,890 I -- Malt. 1,440 are. VIIIITECSAPEIr. Our market was very firm, and price; had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s ad to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81b5 by the carcase. EXTENSIVE FIRE.—(THIS DAY.) This morning, at a few minutes beft .re four o'clock, a fire burst forth from the lower part of the Coaehmakers Arms Tavern, Rose-street, Long -acre , the property of Mr. John Dunsten. At the time of the outbreak there were nearly a dozen persons sleeping i ii the upper floors. They were made sensible of the danger to which they were exposed, and they immediately a tade an attempt to get to the street door. They had, however, hardly descended half way down the staircas Ae than the whole party were met by a huge sheet of fla rue, which nearly prostrated them. By a desperate effoirt they succeeded the safety, of the pr e y v i ses , an d hav i ng i n reached returningth the a most pit eo is scene present e d itself—the whole of the i nmates we re, noticed on the parapet in their night cl o th es ; ar t he, same time the flames were rushing out o f t h e windol vs.. Owing to the roo to f in the exertions of the police and inhabitants a very per son wa y safely rescued. The engines of the :London brigade, parish, West of England, and county of fices, quickly at tended, but owing to the great quantity of spirits in the place the whole was soon one sheet of fire, which, mounting the stairs, fired every room i n th e b u ildi ng almost simultaneously . F ortunately there was a good supply of water, which was scattered into the midst of the fire, and after the lapse of two hours the flames were extinguished. The total damage is very considerable, but fortunately Mr. Dunsten was insured. How the fire originated could not be ascertained. FATAL ACCIDICT ON THE P4DINITURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAT.—On Saturday , an accident of a fatal and distressing character occurred at fettle, Fife shire, on the line of the Edinburgh and isT.srthern ilail way. It appears that while a passenger t; rain had just started from that station for Edinburgh, 1 , i young man, who acted in the capacity of guard, was in the act of stepping upon a carriage, when he missed his tooting, with tl le oth e r car rainadgefselolfbtehfeorteraiints, wwehnee t lg Ove w r b h i i e s h' body anc I killed him aoa respectable i nstantaneously, ryas manner. The deceased cterura,aagnsldinghim in a shocking rend. :vs the tie d,- a- what young man of hi g hlya dent mor e di s t re ssing is, th at he had complet ed arrange ments for his marriage o n an early day.— - Edinburgh Advertiser. cha chara cter, a PUGILISM.—JAMES MADDEN AND J Hi ROE'S MOUSE FOR 251. ASlDE.—These tiny ones mut, yesterday in battle array, near Horley, in Sussex. A.lec Keene and Bob Fuller esquired Madden. well known as a hope• ful chicken of Jem Burn's coop, while Macdonald and Herbert did the attention to " the Mouse," which was but right, as the last named second was lon g known iu fistic circles as " a Mouse" himself. An active, clever, and a resolute mill of two hours and. ten minute a ended in:Madden being saluted as the conqueror. In the earlier rounds the Mouse appeared. to have best of the out-fighting, but his game opponent would not be rlenied, and punished him in closes and in throws. The finale was a throw, from which Madden., by his lasting quali ties, cast the die of his opponent's defeat. INCREASE OF DRUNXENNEIS.—It is lament able to think that, while there is so much destitution a. 3d dis ease, drurkenuess should sti',l be on the increase . Be tween Saturday night and 'S un d a y morning sixtei in men and twenty-thr ee women• were taken to the ventralpolice-office i n a stata of beastly intoxication. The greater number of the above were so drunk th:st they bad to be conveyed in barrows. There were in a ddition twenty-three men, more or less intoxicated, takers to the office, making altogether sixty-three persons. The latter, however, were able, with a little assistance s , to Ni alk to " durance vile." The district officers bad, we are in formed, fully an average number of drunken cases, not withstanding Saturday last being what is 13e7.13 technically termed the " w ee pa ..,1 When we hev.r so much of sanitary reform, what, we wou ld as k, h as b ecome o f t h e advocates ailof th e temperance reformation ?—.North Bri. • AMENDMENT 0 . 1 . BUILDINGS ACT.--The Commit tee appointed b y Lord Morpet'a to consider the subject have held sev era l meetings to t ,ke evidence, and are now about to report. The consti' ution of the offices of the Official Referees and Registr has been the tnibjeet of some animadversi for remodelling k L i* sam e . ent u ii:ie - ly, with a view ,to render the administration of thie law more speedy and econo -41; and s ar gestions have been made mical to the public. The subject of " ape, rial super vision" hag also been. considered, and, indeed , it we are rightly info rme d , most of the principal object lions to the form and W or ki ng of the Act have received attention. We are sati s fi e d that any attempt to improve , , he present Act, by anoth er supplemental Act, will provea failure; and we earn est l y hope that the committee w ill not fail to recommend Lord Morpeth to bring in e .n entirely I new Bill in p re f erence to making such an en deavour.— Builder. Several of th e P olish refugees lately as quitted at Berlin, pr esented, previous to quitting that ea pita!, con siderable d onat i ons to public charities, in all l 'mounting to 14,000 th a l ers (5 6,000 f.) With a view t o i ts improvement and E xtension, the direction of the money-order department th roughout tho kingdom has been placed by the Po. itteaster- General in the hands ot . Ur. Rowland Hill. 1-N a* DECEMBR O NEY and COMMERCIAL N EWS. CITY, QUAt?TER TO THREE. The Co win Market at Liverpool 3 eqerday was Very heavy again. Sales, 2,000 bales. Railway Shares im proved a little. There are not any colonial arrivals of importance an nolinced this morning in the City. It is understood that the memorial of the East India and China Trade Association, pressing upon the Government the policy of increased protection being given to the Sugars of the East and West Indies, has , been forwarded to the Government by the East India Company, with the strongest request that the prayer of the memorialists should be acceded to. There is a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Trueman and Cook, the colonial brokers, who failed some time back, but the result is not yet known. It is expected that the statement of accounts will be a most satis- _ _ --- factory one. In the public securities the transactions to•day have been slight. Consuls for the Account opened at 851. and receded to 85. The report of yesterday of the in tended abdication of Louis Philippe is no longer a matter of remark, it having been entirely unsupported. Ex chequer-bills are somewhat flat at Bs. to lls. premium and India Bonds are at 12s. discount. The Three per Cents. Reduced have fallen from 841 to 841. The only quotations in the Foreig❑ Bond Market to-day have been in Chilian Six per Cents. at 88; in Danish Three per Cents. at 49; in Portuguese Four per Cents. at 221; in Russian at 107; in the Spanish Three per Cents. at 301; and in the Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. at 56. The Railway Share Market still continues to wear an unfavourable aspect. Since writing what precedes, the statement of the firm of Trueman and Cook has come to hand. The liabi lities are about 379,0001. to 381,0001 The sum of 20s. in the pound is to be paid thus :-ss. on the 18th January next, ss. on the 18th March, Si, on the 18th September, 2s. 6d. on the 18th January, 1849, and 2s. 6d. on the 11th April following, The concern is to be wound up under inspection. The chair was taken by Mr.Kingscote, and the business of the day went off amicably. One of the inspectors named was Mr. J. Bates, of Baring, Brothers, and Co. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF IMITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PUICEs 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 8.15 i 54%% 84% New 3 1 / 1 per Cent. Anne B 6 l / 4 1i 86% Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8% India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .—.... 12 18 dis 18 dis Consols for Account 85% 85 85'4 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500 i. Small .. 10 14 p corz CLOSING itICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..." BB 88 Ditto 3 per Cent 49 49 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 17% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 2 24 22 1 ,4 Russian Bonds ... ...... - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent 3O 29% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 56 56 PRICES Or PAID. BUSINESS DONE .CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 / 2 Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .. Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ••• •• ... .... Birming., Wolverli'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 115.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June-- 7% — ••• — Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 5 - •••• •••• ...... Bristol and Exeter BO Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s ... 3% dis 3% dis Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3% Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37% — •••••• ' Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfastJunc 2O Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D....... 25 •••••• Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ••• ... Do., 31. 10s., E. &H. 2 Eastern Counties 2O Ditto (B) 2O — Ditto,lixtension, 5 per Cent, No. I. 61. 135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13 5 . 4d... 1 4 dis l4 dig Do., York Extension.. 10 .—. 7% 7% Do., North. & Eastern 50 „.... ...... , .. .. 12% Do., New ...............23 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 12% _ Ditto, Thirds ........135. 4d — Do., (guar. 6 per cen t) — ... ...... ..... East Lancashire Ditto. New 8 1 i Ditto, New Quarters i , :ast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 22% — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9%...... .. „... Ditto, ditto, New . •-• 2 1 4 ... Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% — Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.65. 8d — Ulasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New 4U Do. Preference Consul. 12%.... Gi eat Northern lO% 4 14 % Do., London and York 2%..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of EnglantL.loo 0 26 223 225 225 Ditto, New 404 5 - Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 151.......... 6% ureat Western Ditto, % Shares :Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, fifths 2O Ditto, New 171 ...... -.. 7 Huddersfield & blanches. 22 •••••• ....... ..... .. Ditto, Thirds ..... .... 7 Hull and Selby 5O .. ... .• ..... —"- Ditto, Half Shares 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares 12% Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 ~..... - Do., do., and Norwich 15 - Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Carnb. & Ely) 2 1 ,x ..... . 54 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds lO Lancashi, & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto % Shares . Do. Quarter Shares... 14% Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - Do. Thirds (1teg.)....101. 4s. ... 6 ail 6 db. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 •••• •••• ..... Ditto % (late Hud- -' dersfield and Slieff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte- -" tract. & Goole -- Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/.25. 3 is dis 3% dis. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 14 Shares (A) 9 _•-•• Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedbra... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% — ............. Do., Branch % Shares 12 1 / 2 - ••• Du. New Branch( blue) 2% — .. Do. Extension (gre e n) 21 /2- ..„ . - % ...... -- 11 1/4 - 4IA, 55% 15% 7:% 4 Do. New Exteti . .k pink - ) 2 Leed3 and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New 20 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 34 — ...... o ... .. Liverpool, Crosby an d Southport .... .... Liverp., Mnchstr& New- castle Junction 21...... London and Blackwall..l6l. 13s. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, N o . 2 _ 4/ l3s. 4d.... --- ...... •••• ••• Do. Extension l7l /2 - ... London, Bright on , an d "' South Coast ... Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 - Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ••• ••• •• •.• ... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ._••••• Ditto, ditto 1852 50 Ln7idon and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... Ditto, Preference ... 16/17s 2d... 19 London and N. Western 100 146 145 147 145% Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., no., New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 4ul.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (Sf. & B.) A. 7' l / 2 — ... .. ......... Do. 10/. (51. & B.) B. 7 1 / 2 Do. 101. (.d. & B.) C. L Lond. & S.lVestern 41/. 6s. 13d...... ......... . •••• 49 Do. New ConsoL Bths 4f ) Do. New 50/. ... ..... 3'2 .i,.. .. 2 . 71 : Do. New 404 Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50 Ditto ditto Ditto, Thirds 6l_ 135.4 d.... 2'4 2 dis . 2 dis. London, Salisbury, and. Yeovil ......,_ ......... 14 Londonderry&G,leraine. 27 1 / 2 ~....... ........ Londonderry and Ennis— killen. ... .. "2 3 3 / 4.... .• ••• ..... ••••• • Mamheiter,l3uxton,andl Matlock. ........... .... 3 Manchester, Shetlielit,. and Lincolnshire ...ZOO ---• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 'l3 •••• .......... . "' — Ditto ditto (No. 2), .25 ... 4114 ..... Ditto ditto (No. 3)... ...... Ditto and Grimsby.... '25 ...... Ditto ditto . 7 ...... •••...•......• Ditto ditto •••• • 4% ...... • •••••••.. g 9 Ati . 7_ Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 71 ,2•• • Manctwst. & Soutbaiii pt. 2IA ...... Nlildand lOO 1)o. Consolidatud Prel.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares Do. Binn., and Derbyloo Midland Consul. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 l2O ilidliid, linst. & Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland ureat Western Irish 35 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 25 .. . Newmrket &Chcitertortl 18 1 A Do. Extension .........2/. 125.... ev, port, Abergavenny, and lieretord— Newry ..d _.• an, Enniskillen 7 •. New rv, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l2 Norfolk ...... ... ......... —BO Do. New 20/. .. 5 Do. Extensi on - Do. Scrip, 1847, North of N0rf01k............ 2 Do. do. Wsveney Val. 2 . ..... ••• Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Sharok 1 2 1,4...... 11 10 . T 8 Do. Quarters... ...... .. 4 3 4 3 3‘•••• . Lo. Extension Ditt , 'Thirds 2 Nortk Staffordshire 7 IA---- 6 %47i1.• ••••• North Wales North Western 6 - .•.... ••..• Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% Scottish Centrai Scottish Midland Ditto, New ......... ••••• 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ShrewsburYand Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. blin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 - Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ..... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 outh Eastern & Dover. 33 1 ,4 — Du., .No. 1 2O Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ...... :5 ...... Do., No. 4 South Wales south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - eel, 4.. ...... Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neatti ••• .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 1 . 5 .,.,,.. .. Waterford and Limerick 40 Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dubhn West Corn wall W hitehaven & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. ...... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth .. . York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 25 Do. Original New and Berwick .. Do. North Shields Pun 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 De. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... iiii.i:% 4 York and North Midland 50 — - ••• ...... Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... ... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ...... ... .. 4 ...... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... . —..-.. Luxembourg ..... ....• .. 6 ...... Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur aid Liege Northern of France. lO ..... 11 3 4% ...... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/ 31 4d ... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 — Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ..... 18 . ..... ..... Strasbourg and Basle... 14 rours a.d Nantes fournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 West Panders ...... .... 81, JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO BrazilianCocaes& Cuiba 30 ..... ...... .... . British Iron Bolonos Scrip Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) L•NDON, DEC. 22.—Wind E.N.E., lights airs, and dull weather. RAMIGATE, Dire. 21.--Wind S.E. to S.S.W.--Sld. Dispatch, Ri ver G am bi a. DEAL, DEC. 21.—Wind S.E. to N.W.—Arrd. from the River, Mary Rowe, Cuba. Arrd. from the River, and sailed, Zenobia, Calcutta ; Scotia Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Cheshire Witch, Rio Janeiro ; Co rona, Pernambuco. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Maria So phia, Boston LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Selina, China ; Hopewell, Newton, Macao. Sid. Ennerdale, Sydney, New South Wales ; Numa, Africa ; Storm King, Africa ; I)uuze Juliet, Senegal ; Messina, Mazat lan ; Julius Caviar, and Gossissum, New Orleans ; Lord Elgin, New Orleans ; William and Elizabeth, New Or leans ; Cumberland, Apalachicola ; Black Prince, Sa vannah ; Ark, Charleston ; Ezcelsoir, Boston. Off port, Henry Winch,—, Orr WEY MOUTII.—GreenIaw, Calcutta; Willian Gib son, Madras. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind E.—Sid. David Mal colm, Adelaide ; Orient, Swan River ; Louvre, New York. FowEr, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E.—SId. Miranda, An-, tigua. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Caernar von, Ellis, Sydney, New South Wales ; Etheldred, Bradford, Mculmein. Sld. Seagull packet, Brazils ; Indian, Brazils ; Ann Eliza, Porto Plata ; London, Ja maica ; Apprentice, Bussorah „ 21st Firmeza, Bahia ; Minors, Charleston. PENZANCE, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E., fresh.—ArrJ. Mecca, St. Domingo. BRISTOL, DEC. 21.—Wind S.E.—Sid. Ina, Jamaica ; City of Rochester, Mobile ; Argo, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, DEc. 20. —Wind N.E.—SId. John Scott, Ceylon ; Georgians, St. Thomas ; Catherine Pink, Ja maica ; Audacia, H avanna h ; Effingham, New York. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 20.—The Lady Brougham, of Sal combe, Liverpool to Santander, got on the rocks to day, but floated off with considerable damage. JERSEY, DEC. 19.—Arrd. Venus, Newfoundland. SHEERNESS, DEC. 21.—The Courogeuse Eugenia, Donadien, from Hamburgh to Cette, has been broug ht iutu thi s p ort w i th sa i ls d amaged, an d p um ps ch oked , . having expe r i ence d very h eavy wea ther, and been driven under the sunk sand. BRIDPORT, DEC. 20.—A quantity of railway sleepers have been picked up near here. whichH anerrnwenn,t on shore ej h oo e n r hen' beam ends and b ecome yesterday,f ro ri m I n ; l a A r n it b' h u a r sg DEC . hf a for le2 n y Sierra e T r h on e L a complete wreck; ber cargo and materials are being removed in a damaged state. MILFORD, DEC. 20. The Lord Canterbury, of Bridgwater, from Quebec to Liverpool, was fallen in with 16th inst., at 6 30, P.M., Cape Clear bearing N.E. 35 miles, dismasted and breaking up, and with the crew in the top, by the John, Hutchins, arrived here from St. John's, New Brunswick, which succeeded in taking off the mate and twelve of the crew. The me ater, two men, and two apprentices were left in the top, the heavy gale blowing at the time prevented any further assist ance being rendered. One of the apprentices was drowned in endeavouring to jump into the boat. BitisTat„ DEC. 2l.—The Solway, from Quebec to Gloucester, which drove on shore to the eastward of the river 6th inst., floated this morning, and is now at anchor in Kingroad. MUMBLES, DEC. 19.—The Hero, Har r i son , s t ruc k heavily w hil s t lying in the roads at anchor, and was assisted in on the flats for safety. JURA, DEC. 15.—The Sir Joseph Banks, Leith, of I Bylester, from Liverpool to Perth, drifted on shore at the entrance of the Sound of Islay this morning, and became a total wreck. DBATII Or AN ITALIAN CENTENARIAM—The Gtornale del Lloyd Austriaco, of Trieste, has the, follow ing :—" Our readers will remember the old soldier, Luca Brissiac, of whom we spoke four years ago in the Keleidescope, and who was then 112 years of age_ Well, this same Brissiac gave up the ghost a few days ago, in the hospital, at the truly patriarchal age of 116 years, having enjoyed hearty and robust health till the very last. A little wine and his darling pipe (which he did not abandon till the very last moment) were sufficient for his support. He was born at Trieste, and baptised at San Giusto, in 1731, according to the baptismal certifi cate, which we ourselves have examined.' 9p llp 14p 1 5 L,i - - .. - ,", - .p , w .k-- .T-•~ . . SECONDARIES.—(TIIIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) BROMLEY AND ANOTHER v. DALY. This was an action for a breach of covenant under a mortgage deed. Mr. WARREN, who appeared on behalf of the plaintiffs, said that the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, it would be only necessary to put in the deed—the breach was the nonpayment of the sum of 7,0001. and interest thereon, with 5001. interest, and 121. 12s. for insurance. It was not stated who the parties were. The jury gave a verdict Jor the amount. PETO AND ANOTHER V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND ON' FORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action on covenant. - Tce plaintiff. are the well-known builders and contrarltors. The Learned COUNSEL for the plaintiffs said the claim was for 21,600/. for work and labour performed on the Birmingham and Oxford line of railway. 13 Y a covenant entered into by the company, they under took to pay the amou n t o f th e plaintiff's account fort nightly, on produ c ti on o f a cert ifi ca t e f r om Mr. e Brunell that the w or k h a d b een proper l y p e rform d : One month's money was , h owever , st ill d ue ; but all difficulties in the way of a scer t a i n i ng th e amo unt was removed, as the d e f e nd an t s h a d a d m itt e d, under a judge's order, that th e y h a d en t ere d i n t o the venant stated in the de c l ara ti on , an d t h a t th e certifi cates had been duly d e li vere d, s h ow i ng that the work was of the value charged for. The Learned SECONDARY thought it would be rot a satisfactory to put the covenant in evidence, and th e jury could give a verdict by default. This was done, and a verdict given for the shore amount. MURRAY AND ANOTHER P. DROWN. This was an action on covenant. It appeared that the plaintiffs, together with other gentlemen, were proprietors of the Radcliffe Colliery, in Northumber land, and, with defendant, were also concerned 01 harbour improvements at Warkworth. It having be au deemed prudent to purchase several vessels t ° convey the coals from the colliery, and also to induce other vessels to use the h ar b our , which would he y " ,, been very benefici a l b o th t o the proprietors o f the colliery and to the harbour, defendant had s larg e sum of money d e p os it e d w ith hi m to purc h ase se"" vessels, which he did to the satisfaction of his 07- partners, but as they were purchased in his own nab" he entered into a covenant with the plaintiff $5 3 , trustee on behalf of all th e p ar t ners , th at h ew wo ld only employ the vessels for the use of the collier!, and at a certain rate of freightage, but notwithstau d. ing this, he had for some purpose or other, tel' eft the vessels out of the trade, by which a great loss t° the colliery had been sustained through not being r able to get vessels, the d eman d b e i ng so gre at I °' , bread stuffs, and also to the prosperity of the harbour, as other colliers would not go .in when their ovill vessels did not trade there. The defendant admitted the breach, and the que sl tion was therefore one as to the amout.t of damage; The evidence as to the voyages, &c., was draggl on at great length,! b u t did no t possess any point °, general interest, and was likely to occupy a CO " siderable time. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) John Phillips, who pleaded Guilty to stealing quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Joser: Evans, his fellow-lodger, was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour. Henry Williams, aged 16, was indicted for stealing five pounds' weight of pork, the property cf Thon 3 ° Slater. The evidence was clear a g ai ns t th e pr i son er, an the jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, ht The ASSISTANT-JU D G E said, s t range as it wig - appear, the only thing th a t cou ld g i ve t h e prisone r °( the slightest chance of d o i ng an ythi ng i n t h e v , .59 good would be to transport him. He was one of 0 0 most incorrigible young vagabonds that had ever appeared in that Court. The convictions against in° were almost numberless, while his residence Iv a l mostly one of the metropolitan prisons. He bt been tried with his mother at the Old Bailey. mother was now dead, and the prisoner's conduct had been so depraved that his father was compellfaci,t,: ° turn him into the str e et. S uc h b e ing this I .° l ll career the only chance for him was transPor tatto which, however, the jury should understand wvald not be carried into effect, as he would be sent nto_ Parkhurst, where he would h e t aug ht a trade, al if at all reclaimable, might be put in the way of ea rfl ing an honest livelihood eventually. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE then sentenced the prisoaaef to be transported for seven years. MARLBRO P -STREET—(THIS DAY.) Louisa Adam, a young Frenchwoman, of very pre' possessing appearance, was brought before .Mr- Hardwick, charged with stealing several scent bottles and a fur tippet, the property of Mr. Charles Lei ref 22, Great Castle-street, Regent-street. The complainant, who stated that he was a W est Indian, and had lost nearly all his property by -the emancipation of the slaves, said about three =firths ago he happened to visit a gay woman in the Qui td rant, where he was introduced to the defendant, o ,od after some conversation, consented to take her to h! lodgings. On arriving there they retired for rho night, but at five the next morning he was awoke, bf hearing the defendant groan as if in pain. He iln„ # mediately got up, and observed that she was very ' l "' and at her request ran for a doctor. The doetor subsequently came and saw her, and informed cora: plainant that she was d angerous ly ill an d m ust 3 3 °: be removed. He therefore was obliged to keep her .f °t more than six week s; at the expiration of which an,. she got better, wh en she told him that she had no holl to go to, nor any o th er c l o th es to wear. He furnis i te m , .tier with warm cloth es an d a f ur t i ppet. Some ' e after he missed th e f ar ti ppet, an d asked h er whit. 3 had done with it ? She replied that she had to get lined with pink silk. He told her that she hr acted wrong, as the tippet was not paid for, bu t ( : ) ,1 5 left with him for approval. A day or so e ' f ter" ; „ .-- .s, he had occasion to leave his residence on b u r s ; - h e ' and on his return discovered that she had le" ;, 3 4 home, taking with her the bottles out of his dressLer case and the fur tippet. He saw nothing m ore ef in till last night, when he saw her go into a ho use so Great Portland-street. He sent a note there sia seist her, requesting an interview ; but as she did not =Le a d s an answer, he went there about one o 'clock eey . morning, when he was told th a t s h e cou ld n ot lgr use . He then got a constable to go with hi m tote ,° oat and on seeing her he gave her i n c h arge . 1" char ye to the station-house, but did no t press the lamed against her. On leaving the stati on , s h e eomP. s of being very tired, and he took h er t o his lodgm g . to rest herself. She then told him that if he wep t with her to 85, Newman-street, she would Ore b l a his property. He went there with her and weir some time, when two men came out and turned boll out of the house. He then got the assistance of two constables and returned to Newman-street, and gale her in charge again. The defendant denied the charge of theft. The complainant took her to live with him, and gave het the fur tippet and the scent bottles for her own use. She left him in consequence of his ill usage. Mr. Itutnwica. said the complainant had not placed himself in the most respectable position, inasmuch as he had taken the female into keeping as his 'ilia.. tress. The defendant denies stealing the property , and alleges that it was a free gift for her own use and keeping. As there had been no proof offered to the contrary, he must discharge her. The complainant then said he had other charges to prove against her, amongst which was one of an famous nature. __.... Mr._ HeftDwicx ' on being informed of the nature of the case, which was of too disgusting it nature to mention here said he had nothing t o d o w ith 1 1 other charge ' but the one he had already di s posed ° , f. and said the complain an t h a d b roug h t i t a ll on hio3el WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY') Sylvanus Lyons, a commissLn traveller for a h a. Moss, chair manufacturer, in the Bethnal-gre en : road, was charged with embezzling various sums °I money. The prisoner, who had formerly been in the ern' ployment of Mr. Moss, as a journeyman, had lately been allowed to sell for him on commission, and i t was his duty to hand over to the prosecutor the money as soon as he had received it, but it bad been discovered that he had both received and given is re' ceipt for the cash in several instances to the full amount. Several eases were proved against the prisoner, whO was remanded to give the officer time for further inquiry, as it was stated that others of greater niag.• nitude would most probably be brought against him. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOClET2.—Yesterday after noon a quarterly court of the corporation for the relief of seamen in the merchant service, was held at their office, 25, Birchin-lane; C. Davison Kerr, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the last court and the cash ac counts for the quarter ending 30th September last were read and approved of, and the meeting then proceeded in committee to consider the cases of upwards of seventy applicants. The secretary stated that during the present year there had been 1,440 applicants to whom temporary relief or permanent pensions had been granted. A CHEAP TOWNSHIP.—At the Bury Petty Se s " sions, on Friday last, the overseers of the township of Ashworth applied and had a poor's-rate of threepence in the pound allowed and assigned, *mounti n g t° 151. 12s. bid. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have been favoured with the following extract from a letter:—" Graham's Town, Oct. 23.—The news from Kafirland is very cheer ing. The chief Sandilla has surrendered himself; and we have seen a letter from Captain WLean (official agent for Pato's tribe), who anticipates that Pato will do the same as soon as the rivers subside. All the rivers are just now impassable, from the unprecedented rains. The frontier is in a finer state than I ever saw it before so far as the crops and pasture are concerned." 107 401 ~... 1:0 10% 3 7 4 , 6% 19 1 4 1 ..... 2% 7 3 / 4 .••• "'-. ,••• 29 11 1 , 8 % 73 .. 271 h 14M 4 1 ,4 3 1 ,4