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Now ready at all the Librarieo, in 3 vols., post Rvo., ERNEST SINGLETON, BY THE AUTHOR. OF " DOCTOR HOOKWELL." The author is well read in theolog cal literature, and acquainted with living divines. He takes a clear and plain view of questions. The style of the work is toreible."—Spectator. " To the discussion of all questions, religious, social, and political, the author brings a min d enriched with various knowledge, and a style of composition at once elegant, logical, and discursive."—Bri tannia. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY . 11AILE3 BY PUBLIC SALE. MMESSRS. LAMOND and C o ., RiILWAT SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every WEDNESDAY, at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday and Friday, a.; hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle stseet, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions twith a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be f?rwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds tanne diately disposed of according to instructions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares effected by private contract, every day, as usual. offices. Hail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performud Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. II Farren ; Faulkland, Mr. Cl•eswick ; Acres, v. Webster; Air Lu cius O'Trig ger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Rrindal ; David, Mr. Keeley ; lirs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover: Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett ; Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After which the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden hotf; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, 55. • Pit, 3a. ; 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 a new and original Drama, called GIBRTET.I4I; r ,the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal thazar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Sigeora D'Ossuna, Miss Brooks. To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE- Turnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chnbblock, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD (the property of the late William Shakapeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford. Mrs. Laws, &c., Ste. To conebade with the original farce. called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS. WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb. Mr. Redmond Ryan; If ary Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, ls. Pnors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comic Drama called PEGGY GREEN. After which, THE RING DOVES. To be followed by a Conic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Miro conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX /Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. samara. _ _ Dress Boxes, 55.; tipper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Pablic every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The public is respectfully informed that the celebrated vocalist and actress, Madame Anna Thillon and Mi,s Cushman, Miss Hanna Iltantey, and other members of the Company not having as yet snf- Ilciently recovered from their severe attack of the prevailing Epi demie (as certified by medical certificates), there can be NO PER FORMANCE THIS WEEK. Auber's Comic Opera, TILE AMBASSADRESS, will be repeated immediately on the recovery of Madame Anna Thillon. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented the Comedic Vaudeville of LE PREMIER MALADE. After which, LE CIIEF-D(EUVRE INCONNti. To concladetwith LE REVELL DU LION. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Boa-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. lid.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidgc, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING, BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. D. W. King; Colonel Henry Ashton, ➢lr. M*Mallon ; Arthur Bucklaw, Mr. Rafter ; Raymond, Mr. S. Jones ; Norman. M. IL Horncastle; Lucy Ashton, Mrs. D. W. King; Alice, Miss Collett. ~ To be followed by the celebrated PAS DE FOLIE, from the Opera of Gustavus. To conclude with GUY MANNERING. Will be presented Shakspeare's Tragedy cf MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. H. Horncastle ; 3lacbeth, Mr. H. Hughes; Macduff, Mr. T. Fredeab:ks ; Banquo, Mr. F. Vining ; Hecate, Mr. 11. Phillips ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with Dibdin's Ballad Opera of THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. H. Phillips ; Lubin, Mr. LI. Horncastle ; Solomon, Mr. Attwood, ; Gillian, Miss Collett ; Iloretta, Miss B. Isaacs. A. distiact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the Brinekpal Librarians ; and at the Box-office of the Tkeatre, which is open -daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2a. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6,1. AriTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, froprietor and Manager, i,tr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Tins EVEN IN° The Grand Sy,eetaele of TIIE CAMP ON' SILESIA. Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, caned TILE WHITE FARM. Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and stage Manager, Mr. W West. MEETING OF PA RL lAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS "TFIE SUN „ CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. ** Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. rn WEATHER.—SUN OyncE, DEc. 10. Tiummoitwrza, Lowest, 52; Highest. 52 ; Noon, 51. BAIWKETER, 29.86.—W1ND S.W.; hazy. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 16 minutes after 3. Evening .. 34 minutes attar 3. - 44, vs LONDON, FRIDAY. DECEIIBER 10, 1847. The Bill for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage is Ireland was last night read the second time, Lord 'GEORGE BENTINCK having asijourned his motion, in consequence of the illness of the Premier, and Mr. CfsisnoLas ANSTY having (although with re luctance) acceded to the plain and unmistakeable opinion of the House, and postponed his address for documents. Mr. HUME and the other Members who had motionsjon the paper pursued a similar course, and the orders of the day were proceeded with. It is scarcely necessary now to advert to the arguments in favour of the Bill. They have commanded the all but unanimous assent of the British nation, and even of a very considerable majority of the Irish repre sentatives_ Those who have ever before appeared as the most uncomprising opponents of every descrip tion of coercion expressed their cordial approbation of the present Bill, and acknowledged the imperative ne cessity for protecting the lives of her MAJESTY'S peaceful'. subjects, and rendering it possible for them, without, - what may be termed foolhardiness, to reside on thei r respective estates, and personally to superin tend tt lose improvements and afford that general em- P i3e l °Yre t,r _ en ‘ t ,_e by which the national prosperity can best of t; An al; t d n . If any doubts remained in the mind of liberal feelings—if the long c(llf.eec dished in i ni t s h against every species of coercion pause bfweorehave participated), sh o uld in duce• him : to these doubts hi s assen t t o th e nisteri al measure , of that consistent would be removed by, the statement nsaisnbtouense boast on th ts idle _Litbheeralv—etethranat v,nninching reformer o f all M ,tuber for Montrose. It was man When he mate pe .rt of that Honourable Gentle d e " that no person was ever more constant t' ban he had been ag ainst ill- using the peop:(olftirrue a . I and ; that he had throu g hout a dvocated the removal of all ground of complaint, and that they should be treated in a manner to mak e them satisfied with the Government." In fact, the present is not a coercion Bill. There is no endue restriction of the popular liberties. The powers con ferred on the distinguished nobleman who now fills the Viceroyalty will not unnecessarily be brought into • operation. His Excellency must be thoroughly con . vinced of the pressing necessity of such a step, and oust also receive the sanction of the Pi ivy Council, b efore there is any recourse thereto. And it is only tf le would-be murderer, the embryo assassin, that will be affected, and his mfarious designs defeated thereby, an d the great mass of the people, the industrious an, 1 honest men, willing to labour for their daily brE .ad, yearn even more earnestly than the gentry the mselves for protection against the atrocities of the law less gangs by whom human blood has been s poured forth like water, and the districts which they selected for their temporary habitations disgraced by tha most inhuman outrages. _ Many of the Irish representatives have earned for themselves the respect and approbation of the public by the manly part they have acted on the present occasion. We have already alluded in favourable terms to Messrs. H. GRATTAN and DILLON BROWNE, who spoke out so boldly in support of the proposition, and established their independence of all control, and the fallacy of the claim put forward by the Member for Limerick to the leadership of the Irish representatives. Many others also deserve to be spoken of in terms of eulogy for their conduct. The public should know how few there are who have acted with Mr. J. O'CONNELL iu his attempts to delay the progress of the measure, attempts of which he has himself acknowledged the absolute inutility, when he said, " That looking to the period at which the Bill had been brought forward, and the certainty of a protracted session taking place after the Christ mas recess, he thought there was no chance of succeeding in that which, in common parlance, was called the.long game ;" and again—" He knew there was no chance of defeating the Bill, or even mitigating its provisions." How is it, then, with such convictions, that the Hon. Member perse veres in his futile attempts at opposition ? Are not the numbers on the division list sufficiently conclusive of the deliberate decision of the House ? Of the 105 Irish Members, but fourteen on one occasion, and thirteen on another, joined the Hon. Member, while 33 or 34 actually voted with the majority; and there is no doubt that a very large proportion of those who absented themselves from the House would, if compelled to explain their wishes, have appeared on the same side. Let, then, the Hon. Member withdraw from his vexatious opposition, and let him follow the example of one of the most sincere and energetic of his adherents (Mr. E. B. Rocuz), and, after the clear expression of the wishes of the great majority, withdraw from all [ further resistance to the progress of the measure. He may be well assured that he cannot render better service to Ireland than by so doing. Through all the derision which has been showered upon those gentlemen and yeomen who congregate upon the bucolic premises, No. 1.7, Old Bond-street, the indignant utterances of Monopoly have still pre vailed. The Agricultural Protection Society still flourishes—but its continued action is something like that of the Dutch burgomaster, whose skeleton per sisted in perambulating the continent with the assist ance of a cork leg, worked by steam, long after his decease. The skeleton of Protection still visits " the glimpses of the moon ;" its manes have yet to be appeased. It is ridiculous to hear the platitudes of the old system revived, as they were yesterday, at the annual meeting of the association. It is at once ridiculous and depressive; for the obsti nacy evinced by the upholders of those defunct principles which, until very recently, placed a mul tiplicity of restrictions upon international commerce, promises to survive when the League has become matter of tradition, and when the mercantile changes of 1846 are remembered as the achievements of a remote generation. Nothing will ever convince the bigots of Agricultural Protection that their political creed is a delusion or their logic a jumble of the most incongruous fallacies. Their reason is clouded by their superstition, and their whole physical and intellectual powers are pledged to the advocacy of an idea which is acknowledged by all the rest of mankind to be an absurdity and a chimera. While the late commercial alterations are recognised by every body else as the necessary consequences of a providen tial catastrophe, they have been incapable of regard ing them as otherwise than a series of unconstitu tional innovations, originating in the ignorance of democracy, and connived at by the renegades of Par liament. When the most enlightened statesmen of the age argued with themselves in 184 h, that the scarcity of provisions arising from the poverty of the general harvest, and the almost total destruction of the potato crop, would render the immediate opening of the ports essential, as a preventive against the starvation of the multitude, and when they saw as clearly as they s a w G on ' s 1 sunlight that when once the ports were I opened it would be a moral, and physical, and political impossibility to close them again—the sticklers for Protection still continued to babble the dogmas of Monopoly, and to term the pernicious operation of its tariffs the panacea for every national misfortune. The expectations of the Ministry, as well as those of the Liberal Opposition, were ful filled—famine followed immediately upon the scarcity, and the removal of the restrictiv e duties levied upon our importations became necessary, for the pre servation of the lives of the community. The die was thrown; there was no longer any room to retract. Free trade had proved to be a necessity. The artificial barriers of the monopolists were swept away by an irresistible flood of circum stances—by the breath of Nature—by the mandates of Drvrsi PROVIDENCE. And stil the Protectionists continued to babble over the advantages of a system which had proved so destructive to the popular in terests, and to lament as an overwhelming calamity the movement by which alone the. people were saved from perishing through inanition. In consequence of a succession. .of such extraordi nary privations, and the necessity which has followed therefrom of purchasing the produce of other countries with bullion, the United Kingdom. has been drained of gold to the amount of some 33,000,060/. An ex portation of money in such enorntous quantities has naturally conduced to the endanger orient of mercantile credit, to the diminution of ernplo yment, and to the reduction of the average comforts of the population. Seeing this position of affairs, the Protectionists, from the benches of the House of Corm nons, and from the platform of 17, Old Bond-street, proclaim the sole cause of our national disasters to be their favourite bugbear of Free Trade. As well might they say that a fire-escape was the cause .of a conflagration, that a ship's pumps were the cans. 3 of a leakage, or that the grain imported from Ame: rica has given rise o the two past seasons of privation, and famine. The wiseacres ! Free trade the cause of our present distresses ! What, in the name of common sense, would be the position of the coun try at this moment supposing the principles of agricul .aural protection had been maintained in 1845 ?—suppc 'sing the ports had been closed ever since against fo reign provisions ? supposing we had not been permitted to buy the food which has cost the inhabitants of these islands no less tYnan 33,000,0001. in gold ? Need we say what would have been the result of such a proceed ing on the part of the Legislature ; need we say Ca at, while we might have retained an abundance of In Ilion and specie in our coffers, hundreds must have :perished from want of the commonest necessaries of emistence ! And, yet forsooth, we are told, by the lugubrious politi cians of No. 17, Old Bond-street, that the present sufferings of Great Britain are attributable to the operations of the Corn Importation Enactments ! Assertions like these are worthy onl y of reverberating in the streets of Coventry, or of beirg swallowed by .. . -- ,:1 1 .;::: 1 0. 1 . 4 --- ....,4 jpo*s 4 iiii „ ?k ----,,- a.*-'.y 7, , ~ -4 1. . (0 4 . 4 .. A : , . , ~...±, TilE SUN, LONDON, it two letters from Basle, interceding in favour of nuns expelled from Bulle an I Montey. The New Zurich Gazette says—" We learn that M. FISCHER, of Lucerne, ex•editor of the Catholic Gazette, and second deputy of Lucerne to the Diet, had arrived at Milan. He was immediately received by the Governor, and on the following day was re ceived at Court, but all his efforts to obtain an inter vention were fruitless, and, with the Exception of some pecuniary succour, he was obliged to leave Milan as he came.." marines. The popular assembly in the V*;lais, held at Sion on the 2d, after a very warm discumsion, came to the following resolutions : " The dissolution of the Grand Coiuncil and Council of State.—The suppression of the immunities of the clergy.—The incompatibility between. civil and ecclesi astical functions.—The withdrawal fro in the Abbeys of St. Maurice and St. Bernard of the r ii;ht of collation to Govern parochial .. benefices.—The property of the clergy and of el licious corporations to be placed rx Oder the superin tendence of the State, and in case cd need under its control.--The legislative provisions oi! the provisional Conned be sanctioned by the G rand Council.—The to the nomination Grand December.— The be made whose existence tranquillity to be sup i udgments M cases be named in the col trAe of the month of Grand Council to p roc eed immediately es to t ) l f e the Council of State.—An inquiry Le borne by such religious e or " shall of the co n‘ents, and those r be found incorni )atible with public exptn ,sea of the war to it, or is and other per uPres7d.—All the laws, decrees, and r t t:e , tiched in its favour. 1544, to be null and ve l ; i o d. lti ?p l arc. s, rendered since sons as voted for it, advised it —The Assembly recommended grant naturalization to such •t• arms in defence of the country, et tzer and progress.—Civil instruction to 0 Grandlthav Council to oft lie causeunder e of taken sup er . libertyu 1) intendence and direction of the St: t. Th i- 1.-- --e expulsion of the Jesuits from the canton.—' Ch Q division of the canton, if it be not opposed by the ( .3on federation." M. DE Bois LE COMTB has r€ cognised the Provi sional Government of Friburg. lie bas addressed to A letter from Bologna, of the 30th ult. says— " It is asserted here that a convention has been con cluded between the Government of Rome and that of Vienna, for the evacuation of Ferrara. On the 4th of next month the Austrians will, it is said, leave the town, and retire to the fortress. They will, however, occupy the two barracks and the hospital, as hitherto, and will keep with the Papal troops the barrier leading to Ponte di Lago Scuao, on the Po. Count Graziadi replaces Cardinal Ciachi, ad interim, in the Govern ment of the Legation of Ferrara. The affair of Luni giana is not yet arranged between Tuscany and Mo dena ; but if it be true, as we are assured, that the Customs League is already converted into a defensive alliance between Rome, Turin, and Florence, Tuscany has nothing to fear. The 5,000 muskets bought in France, for the National Guard of Bologna, have ar rived ; and they will be distributed to-morrow, to the different quarters. The arms reserved for Ancona have also arrived. There have not yet arrived any arms destined to the towns of Romagna. The students of our university have demanded to be allowed to form a se parate battalion, similar to the University battalion of Pisa." The Florence Gazette announces that several cases presenting all the symptoms of Asiatic cholera had manifested themselves at Venice and in the island of Palma. Vesuvius has been giving new signs of life since the 13th ult. Ten torrents of lava, more or less large, have been flowing from the craters in a southern direction, towards Oltojana, Bosco-Real, and Torre- Greco, stopping only a short distance from the wooded plains which surround these towns. A new crater of about five yards diameter has formed itself on the mountain, and with great noise throws up incessantly stones, cinders, and flakes of fire, from which a strong smell of sulphur emanates. Madrid papers of the 2d have arrived. The Address was carried in the Chamber of Depu ties by a majority of 124 to 46, after an animated discussion, in the course of which Senor OLOZAGA promised NAZVAEZ the support of the Progressista party so long as he should adhere to, and fully carry out, the principles he had enunciated in his programme. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 2.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26i at 50 days ; the Five per Cents., at 151 for paper; the Debt without Interest, at 44 ; and the Coupons, at 10i. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. I. GUIZOT is evidently puzzled how to act with regard to Switzerland. The French Minister may say, with regard to the President of the Diet, " If I had known he had been so cunning of fence I would have seen him hanged ere I had meddled with him." The following article from the Journal des Debuts is written in the true Aguecheek vein : "What first of all strikes one in the note is, that it is addressed to the President of the Diet, and to the Pre sident of the Council of War in the Sonderbuud, so that, in the eyes of the Powers, the two parties present themselves with equal rights. The Powers do not re cognise, as the Radical majority pretended, on one side the Diet, that is, the regular and legal Government of the country, and on the other the rebels. No; they be hold legal Switzerland in the Sonderbund as much as in the majority, or perhaps even more. This point being admittted, there follows several consequences, which every one can understand. As to the past, it gives to the acts that have taken place their veritable significa tion, and are precisely contrary to that whieh the Radicals desired to attach to them ; as to the future, it will serve as a rule to the Powers, and will guide them in the choice of the arrangements which they intend to recommend to Switzerland, in order to put an end to the sanguinary differences which tear that country to pieces. But persons exclaim, the Sonderbund no longer exists ; it is vanquished. Undoubtedly ; but, after defeat, right still subsists. The cantons of the Sonderbund have yielded to force ; but the sentiment of right pro tests in every heart of that oppressed minority. It is this right which the powers take under their protection before the whole civilized world. They cannot do any thing now relative to the issue of the war, but they can do much with respect to the consequences which are only too eagerly attempted to be drawn from it. Thus, with a common accord, they lay down an important principle, which, under present circum stances, is the most precious guarantee that the con quered cantons can desire—viz., that no modification can be made in the compact without the unanimous assent of all the cantons. The compact is a contract which binds all the 22 sovereign states of Swiwrland, and it is an elementary rule that a contract cannot be modified but with the consent of all the parties concerned in it. Tlie,Powers, therefore, only proclaim and take under their safeguard a principle of common right. The Powers besides, to make this declaration, possess a double quality, which cannot be contested. On the one hand, they are parties to the contract which admitted Switzer land in 1815 into the European order, with the advan tare of its neutrality being guaranteed by them; and on the other, they are guarantees of the independence of each of the 22 cantons composing the Confederation. The majority of the Dint has, therefore, nothing to cppose to this part of the note. However, if we are not mistaken, it is that which will thwart their dearest projects. That they are desirous of modify ing the compact is not a secret for any one, not withstanding certain official denials. The Powers warn them that they cannot do so except in re specting the cantonal sovereignty, and in giving the most positive and most effective proot of that respect. It is evident that if they have done nothing to prevent the victory of the Radical majority, they are determined to prevent this victory from being fatal to the van quished. These two points appear to us to sum up the essential dispositions of the note; first, the right is denied to the majority of declaring themselves the Diet, the legal authority; and next it is declared that they must not meddle with the independence of the cantons. It is the five great Powers, France, England, Austria, Prus-ia, and Russia, who employ this firm language to Switzer land. This imposing unanimity will have, we trust, a salutary influence over the approaching determination of the Diet. As to us, it is impossible not to behold with a sincere satisfaction the great Powers of Europe, and England in particular, in accord with our Govern ment, in attempting a mediation for the purpose of at last pacifying the Helvetic Confederation. It is to be remarked, that if the tone of the note is firm, it is also amicable. No one wishes to wound the just suscep tibilities of this small and interesting republic, and France, in particular, will always consider it important to live in good intelligence with it" The Constitutionnel says— - "If Switzerland shall not accept the offer made to it is the note transmitted to it by Bois le Comte, what resolution will M. Guizot pretend to suggest to the five Powers ? Will he draw up some new piece of eloquence to address anew to Switzerland counsels which will be again politely disregarded ? Does he propose to enter with arms into Switzerland, to cause the principle that the Pact :;hall not be revised if the cantons are not unanimous to prevail for the future ? Are they speeches or soldiers which he counts in the present state of things to send to the twenty-two cantons ? The more one examines the invention of M. Guizot, the more one finds in it an inexhaustible stock of absurdity and ridicule. Decidedly M. Guizot has just accomplished a chef d'auvre which will immortalise his presidency, and cause laughter to the most distant posterity." The severity of these remarks consists in their truth. M. GUSZOT has placed himself in a position to be laughed at, and the man who has once rendered himself ridiculous is, in France, ruined as a public character for ever. M. GUIZOT may, however, perchance, " screw his courage to the sticking place," and, notwithstanding the lukewarmness of Austria, the neutrality of Prussia, and the opposition of England, may, by one last and desperate effort, " one alone," and single-handed, attempt an intervention in the affairs of Switzerland This would be the bold and decided method. As the Notional justly asks him— " Why do you pause? Do you not comprehend that this overflow of abuse is the most silly of hostilities ? Come, have the courage to act according to your hatred; the question is only to put down Radicalism, and in so small a country as Switzerland! Two millions of souls! an army of 150,000 men, and scarcely any money I The heroism of M. GUIZOT may be exercised cheaply. Let him then try the ad venture! Let him demand from France her gold and her men for this glorious expedition I": There will be a grand reform dinner at St. Denis on the 14th. The Deputy for the arrondissement, M.FER DINAND DE LASTEYRIE, will preside, and among the guests will be MM. DUPONT (de l'Eure), ARAGO, MARIE, GARNIER PAGES, BARROT, LAMARTINE, DUVEEGIER DE HAURANNE, LH➢RBETTE LASTEYEIJI the elder. The Ministerial candidate at Belfurt, General L'LLLONET, has been elected by a majority of 84 over M. RossEE, the Opposition candidate—the numbers b*ing, for General BELLONET 191, for M. RossEE 107. This victory, however, is but a poor compen sation for the severe check which the Ministry has received in Paris, where on the election of twelve candidates, from whom the KING is to choose the , mayor and deputy -mayor of the second arrondisse ment, eleven Opposition candidates were returned, FRIDA Y EVENING, and the twelfth was within six of gaining the actual majority, polling 125 votes:above the highest Minis terial candidate. But tlis is not the extent of the Ministerial humiliation. M. 13Enona, the friend of M. TMERS, is particularly obnoxious to the Cabi net, and the greatest efforts were made to prevent his obtaining a majority. He, however, was re turned at the head of the poll ; and in order to secure his appointment to the office of mayor, his eleven colleagues have agreed to refuse to serve if appointed. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, at 75f. 60c.; New Loan, 76f. 70c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 85c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,210 f. ; Rouen, 907 f. 50c. ; Havre, 481 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 553 f. 75c.; Avignon, 561 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 548 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 486 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 380 f.; Dieppe, 260 f.; Basle, 165 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 413 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 396 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 390 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 29k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 3 j 4 —Luxembourg, %—Northern of France, 1214—Paris and Lyons, e—Sambre and Meuse, 7 'Ai. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings at Nisi Prius in Guildhall. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE, and a Common Jury.) WATHEN V. VAUGHAN. This was an action to recover the sum of 691., being the amount of an attorney's bill of costs. The defendant was an extensive builder, and some months ago he applied to Mr. Dickson, a solicitor, practising in the City, to negotiate a loan on mortgages to the extent of 42,0001. Mr. Dickson, however, was unable to raise the money himself, and therefore as the agent of the de fendant he retained the plaintiff, who was also an attor ney to procure it, but the security at the disposal of the defendant was not sufficiently attractive to induce any capitalist to advance the 42,0001. Still the plaintiff did his best to procure the funds, and this action was brought to reimburse the plaintiff the costs he had paid out of pocket as well as to remunerate him for the trouble he had been put to in the course of the transaction. Mr. Dickson proved that the defendant invested him with full and unlimited authority to raise the funds in any manner he thought proper, and without any agree ment as to costs or remuneration. For the defence it was contended that a special con tract was made with Mr. Dickson, and the business was undertaken by him upon the understanding of "no cure no pay." In fact, it was alleged that tho arrangement made between the parties was, that if Mr. Dickson suc ceeded in procuring the 42,0001. he was to be paid a bonus of 5001., but if ho failed he was to receive nothing. _ _ _ Two witnesses were called to prove the defence. Mr. Justice ERLE said it was purely a question for the jury to determine as to whom the credit for truth was due. The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) At the sitting of the Court this morning a large number of undefend e d c a uses were disposed of. Several cases which were set down for defended were also dis posed of, but none of them presented any feature of public importance. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE LAWRENCE. The bankrupt had carried on business as a grocer in Regent-street and Ealing, and to-day was appointed for his last examination, which he passed without opposition. An application was made for a summons for the at tendance of the bankrupt's wife, to give evidence as to a debt on which the bankrupt had been sued. His HONOUR said he did not see how he could grant a summons for such a purp )se. The SOLICITOR said that it was alleged that the debt was due by the wife, who was milliner to her Majesty, and had carried on business as a femme sole. She had kept the books, and it was impossible for them to elicit the facts unless she could be examined. The fact was, that a settlement had been made on her, and she was liable; at all events, it ought to have been a joint action. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that under the cir cumstances he would grant the summons. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) There was only one case set down for hearing, but it was not of the slightest interest. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY). William Williamson, a retired licensed victualler, and James illandale, potman at the Broad Arrow, Chiswell street, were charged, the latter with stealing a 101. note, and the former with receiving it, well knowing it to have been stolen. It appeared that a Mr. Charles Rutland, went with a friend into the Broad Arrow public-house, and after having some refreshment at the bar Mr. Rutland took out his purse, when he dropped the 101. note under his seat. Ito left the house without being aware of his loss, and when he became conscious of it he put an advertise meat into the papers, stating the loss, and offer ing a " handsome " reward for its restora tion. The same day (the prisoner Williamson called upon him and said he had a clue as to where the note was. but he knew it would not be returned by the p arty having it, unless he was paid 5/. An information was then given to the police, when it was ascertained that Mandale had picked up and handed it over to WilUmson. The, prisoner denied any felonious intention, and Wil liamson said he merely accepted the note for safety until an owner could be found, and in order that Man dale, who was a simple minded fellow, might not be wronged in the transaction. Mr. TYRWHITT committed the prisoners for trial. INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB.—(TIIIS DAY.) An extraordinary general meeting of the governors and friends of the above institution was held at the chapel of the establishment, 26, Red Lion-square, Bloomsbury, this forenoon, for the purpose of deciding whether the committee should p e ti t i on t h e corporat i on of the City of London, with the view of obtaining losis tance towards carrying on the objects of the charity and on other business. WILLIAM EVANS, Esq., M.P., occupied the chair. al.l ter thu transaction of some preliminary business, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to say, that he had been particulary requested to attend and take the chair at the meeting, and he had don? so with great pleasure, although, for the good of the charity he was advocating, he could have wished some gentleman of greater ability and influence had been selected. It was surely sufficient to he deprived of the power of utterance and hearing, without being left destitute upon the wide world; he (the Chairman) need therefore say very little of the great advantages which that institution holdout to the afflicted class to which it had reference. If he pictured to him self a person deaf and dumb from his birth, he could not imagine how such a creature could have any ideas of general wordly matters, or of the existence of a Supreme Being, and yet in that institution he found that instead of being in a state of deplorable and helpless ignorance, they were in a fair way of becoming honest and useful members of society, able not only to communicate their ideas and understand the truths of the Scripture, but also by the trades which had been taught them in this asylum they would be competent to support them selves by their own industry. lie (the Chairman) him self knew a lady in Devon, who, from her own bene volence, established a school for the deaf and dumb; she engaged her own masters, and it was conducted by her personal superintendence, and what was the result in the course of a short time? Why, everybody was astonished at the proofs of understanding evinced by the inmates. If, then, the deaf and dumb, by kindness and attention, are capable of receiving such instruction they should not be left untaught and unprovided for; and yet by a calculation founded upon the best authority, he (the Chairman) found that there was not less than 14,000 deaf and dumb in this kingdom, wholly destitute, and without th.t means of attaining ideas upon any sub ject whatever. He (the Chairman) rt gretted to say that the institution which he was advocating—so thoroughly charitable in its object, and so benevolent in its details, was in debt to the extent of four or five hundred pounds. Towards the liquidation of this debt it was proposed to memorialize the Corporation of the City of London, and he doubted not that the noble character and pro verbial liberality of that body would not be withheld upon so urgent an occasion. effect dratl that of the the petition oriai J. G. SIMPSON, Esq., having read the report a n d a passed to the The routine bu s i ne ss h av ing transpired, thanks were voted to the Ch a i rman , a com pliment which was briefly nam slo r u es ld ol b u e tio adopted. The were acknowledged, and the meeting separated. Nearly twenty males and females, deaf and dumb (who are at present inmates of the charity), were present, and their general looks evinced the care taken by the charity in their management and general instruction. - - - - ADELPIII THEATRE.-Dlr. Sterling Coyne has sup plied this theatre with another of his amusing farces, the success of which has been of the usual decisive kind. The name of the present extravagance is A Tipperary Legacy, wherein Mr. Wright personates a Bristol dyer, who having gone to take possession of an Irish estate, the " Tipperary legacy," has not been heard of for some time, loading his friends to believe that he has been murdered by his tenantry. The absentee, however, suddenly returns, having been frightened away from his property by the threats of a local ruffian, much to the annoyance of his nephew, who had hoped by his death to gain possession of a certain young lady to whom his uncle had been betrothed. In order, therefore, to worry the unwelcome landlord, the nephew induces a low comedian of the Bristol Theatre to personify the ruffian in question, and dog the steps of his relative— the drollery of tho fsrce consisting chiefly in the terrors of the perplexed legateo. and his endeavours to throw the supposed Irishman off the scent by denying his own identity. It will easily be conceived that Wright makes a great d. al of fun out of these materials, and that ,fir. Paul Bedford, who enacts the comedian , avails himself to the utmost of his prescriptive licence to vamp and "gag." Mr. Munyard, who plays the nephew, is like wise a liberal contributor to the general merriment. In the manufacture of p i eces of this description— " screamers," as they have been characteristically termed —Mr. Sterling Coyne , has no competitor; and where is the audience that can resist his comic outrages upon sense and probability ? ~, DECEMBER 10, )847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, but at former prices. Sales 2,500 bales. Railway shares were firm, but there was not much doing. There are no later arrivals to-day, and matters gene rality wear a quiet appearance. The suspension of the firm of C. de Bruyn and Sons, of Amsterdam, it is sincerely hoped, from the tenor of the accounts received this morning, will not prove a " bad affair," as regards the ultimate realisation of assets. It is said that the debts amount to about two and a quarter millions of florins, which is less than waa supposed, and that the assets are about one million of florins in excess thereof. This surplus, however, is represented in part by the plant, &c., valued at less than half the cost, and by shares in several large companies. There seems but little doubt that the firm will have time al lowed it to wind up its affairs, the credi tors not being disposed to offer any ob stacle, while, in several instances, they have al ready taken up the bills of Messrs. de Bruyn, where such had been discounted. The Corn Market is steady to day. A simple but apparently ingenious plan for ascertain ing the position of any mercantile firm, has been devised by Mr. G. H. Boulter, an accountant. We are told that the.great convenience which a merchant would expe rience from any method by which he could ascertain his assets, liabilities, gains, losses, and present worth, either daily, weekly, or otherwise, without the tedious process of balancing his ledger, has induced the author to devise the plan. Its chief merit is its simplicity, as it requires no material alteration in the present mode of conducting counting-house business. The only alteration (though not absolutely necessary) is in the day-book, which must be ruled with four money columns. Two of these columns, called collectively balance, are devoted to assets and liabilities, while the other two are reserved for losses and gains. All business transactions are entered as usual, but the amounts are always entered in two columns. A single example, with an inspection of the day-book, will show the book keeper the principle of the proposed plan. The amount 300/. in the second transaction. " Merchandise Dr. to cash for purchases per invoice, 3004, would be entered in the ledger on the Debtor side of "Merchandiae," and the Creditor side of " Cash." Now the Debtor side of " Merchandise " shows losses, while the Creditor side of "Cash" shows liabilities ; therefore, according to our new method the 3001. is entered among the liabilities and also among the losses. Each transaction is treated in the same way, and at the close of the day or week, the amount of goods on hand is entered, and the four columns are added up. The smaller sum on either side is then de ducted from the larger, and the equality of the two pro ducts proves the correctness of the work. The other operations of book-keeping then proceed in the usual manner. This plan is also applicable to single entry, but only the two columns for assets and liabilities are re quired. This principle can be accommodated to the transactions of all businesses. For, example, the ordi nary day-book maybe used, and the amounts carried daily into another book, ruled with the four columns only." Although money is scarcer to-day in the Stock Ex change, owing to the delivery of stock sold a day or two since because of the closing this afternoon of the transfer books, the quotations are generally well sup. ported, and there are but few speculative sales. Consols have been 85f I. for:lpresent Transfer, and 86f for January. Bank Stock is worth 188 f. Exchequer-bills are 4s. to 7s. premium, and East India Bonds 20s. to 255. discount. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have bee❑ 85-1 Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds are 281 to 29k. Per tuguese Four per Cents., 22 to 23; Brazilian Small, 781- to 80, and Mexican, 171 to Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents. are at 551. Railway Shares have been very quiet, and remain at about the previous rates. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns. 8 4%% 84% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 85 3 4% 3 4 85% New 3 1 A per Cent. Anns. BS :Y3 7 1 e43 86 LongAnns. to expireJan.lB6o 8 9-16 8 9-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... Consols for Account 86 14% 86. 1 / 4 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 500/. Small ONE CLOSING nicEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK rincEs. Brazilian Bonds — 80% Ditto, Small BO 78% 78% Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 79 79 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent...... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 17% Ditto, Account 17 X 34 17% Span►sh 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Indemnity Ditto. 3 per Cent 29 28% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41,E per Cant . . Dutch, 24 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 554 554 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 84VA 84 3 4 PRICES OF PAM. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% — Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,E - - Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox- _ ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 14 .... ..... 14 Birm ing., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 7 3/ Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 I:ristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 101. 4s. Caleduniau Ditto, Half Shares..... 3 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 pa- Cent. ... 10 ..... . ...... Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25L, L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 8% 8 Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters • • . . .....• Do., New 23 Eastern Union 5O .. ... .... ..... .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2% Ditto, Thirds .......13s. 4d — .—. Do., (guar. 6 percent) EI St Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters... 3 3 / 4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh &Northern.. 22% — Ditto, New _ Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9 lei ...... .. • ••.. Ditto, ditto, New . .... 2 ExeterYeovil, & Dorch. 2%. 3 , 9% Ditto, New . g i )4 ......% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle B/. 61.8 d Glasgow, Kaman, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. 40 ~.... -- Do. Preference Consol. 12%...... Great Northern lO% 4% % 4% Do., London and York 2 V 2..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Northof Engla n d..lo o Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, New 30/. 30 Ditto, New 15/. 6% Great Western B5 lOO I 10011 Ditto, % 5hare5........ 50 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171 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 16 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Carob. & Ely) 2% Lancaster and Carlis1e... 50 Ditto, Thirds lO Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto % Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares... 14% Do. .Fifths 8 .. ... 88% B% Do. Sixteenths 64 - - Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s. ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. ( W. Riding Union) 41.2 s Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 — Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 16s. ••••• ......... Leeds, Dewsbury, &e.... 37% Do., Branch % Shares 12 1 4.. ... _ Do. New Branch( blue) 2% _ Do. Extension (green) 2 1 /Y..... •••• .... Do.NewExton. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New 17% ... ..... ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ... ..... ..... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport.... .... ...... 2 Liverp., Mnch str & New castle Junction 2% ...... London and Blackwall..l6l. 13s. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 41 13:i. 4d.... 1% di5......... 1% dis. Do. Extension 17% — ••• — London, Brighton, and South Coast .... Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 - ... London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Ditto, Preference ... 18/1:s 2d London andp. Western 100 ...,..153 154 154 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., d0., New Ditto Fifths Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M: & B.) A. 7% — .. — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% 1 1 34 1 1 34 Do. 10/. ( Al. &B.) C. 1 Load. & S.Western 411. 6a. 8d 55 Do. New Consol Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. .. 28%... 28% Do. New 401 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ~, .. Ditto, Thirds 6/. 13s. 4d.... 1 dis. 1 dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... ... ........ 1%....... Londonderry &Coleraine 27%. — .....- ..... S Londonderry and Ennis killen ... ........ ... 23 3 4...... ••• ..... ••••• . Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 3 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 --- ••••••••• •••••• ..... Ditto ditto Ditte Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 l / 2... ~ Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 4 • .. Mildand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 50/. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent. 100 ......119 118 1 % llB% Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 34 ...... Ditto, ditto 71.93 ••••-••• — Midlnd, Leicest. & S wan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish 35 — Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 New mrk et & Chesterton' 18% - - Do. Extension . ..... —2/. 125.... .. • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford . 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ..... Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 1 2 1% — -. ........ •••• Norfolk .... ........ —IOO Do. New 20/. .. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 ..• ••••• ••••• Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares. 12%...... 12 1 / 4 % l2 % Do. Quarters 4 3 j — • ..... Do. Extension Ditt , Thirds Nortf Staffordshire-- 7 1 ,4 ...... 7 1 4 7 . 7 14 Nor A Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...,.. 35 ... - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — • Scottish Central Scottish Midland 1 7 1% — . •••• — Ditto, New......... ..... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole - • Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ..... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 % Bl 30 3 / .. Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... :5 D0., No. 4 South Wales •••••• 15 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 - Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Sim. C0a1.... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale or Neath . . 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 , a — .. — Waterford and Limerick 37 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall ...... 4 ... . —. Whitehaven & Furness 12 W indsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525....... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ......... 25 .. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ...... 25 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. . . ... ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 — Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Ria ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS Anglo-Belgian 4 Bar badoes 1 ...... Boulogne and Amiens 2O .....• 14 Ih.. .... 1 4 1,! Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara 5 Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish Last Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 A - - Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... 5 s ...... Great Western Canada... 3!.‘ ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ••• _ Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... . ....„ Luxembourg...... ..... .. 6 .. ...... ... .. Lyons and Avignon 5 Madras 1 Madras. Nellore, an d •• Arcot lj Madrid and Valentia.... 2 .•• •• Namur and Liege Northern of France...-. 10 .. ... 11 1 / 2 % ll% Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4133 4d ... 2 dis 2 dis. Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and; Strasbourg, 8 Rouen and Havre 7 1 11, Sambre and Meuse ... .• 18 ...... 7 Strasbourg and /Sale ... 14 Tours aAd Nantes ...... 8 - Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 8 1 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Real Del.lllonte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 10.—Wind this day at noon S. by W., fresh gale and squally. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Wind W. to S.W., a gale of wind.— Arrd. British Isles, Robson, Cuba. Put back, Osprey, for Callao. Clifford, for Jamaica ; Laura, New Orleans; and a large fleet of outward bound vessels. COWES, DEC. 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Stately, Priceman, Truxillo ; Acadia (of Newcastle), Quebec. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. St. Hillier, De Jenny, Rio Grande ; Chapman, Brooks, Quebec. Her Majesty's ship Asia has arrived here with consider able damage. The Sam Slick, Kenny, London to Gam. bia, has put in with loss of rudder. DOVER, DEC. 9.—The Amicitia, from Odessa, put in here with cargo shifted, &c. FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Sarah Maria, from Ply mouth to Galway, has put in here leaky, &c., and with part of cargo thrown overboard. CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, DEC. 7.—The Phcenix, of Portaferry, Liverpool to Belfast, got on the rocks at Darleyhaven last night, and must discharge to be got off. CORE, DEC. 7.—We have had a violent hurricane all day yesterday and part of last night, from N.W. to W.N.W. The gale has abated to day. No damage in the harbour of any note. WHITBY, DEC. 9.—The Hellespont, of Rochester, got on shore to the southward during a gale at N., and is likely to become a wreck ,• crew and stores saved. YARMOUTH, DEc. 9.—The Poliga, of Christianstadt, Newcastle to Marseilles, was wrecked on the Scroby Sands this morning; crew and part of stores saved. The Royal Adelaide (steamer), London to Leith. has been towed in here, short of coals, and supplied. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 7.—The Crocus, Hamburgh to Sunderland, came on shore to-day, to the northward, and has gone to pieces. 8. The Dorothea (brig), of Whitby, ran on the rocks outside the N.E. pier and is fast. 7. Arrd. Friendship, Allan, Quebec, for Dundee, place; it is hoped she may be got off at high water. DEAL, DEC. 9. —lt blows very hard from th e south west, with thickweather.—The Amacitia, Cacao°, from eaky. LERWICK, DEC. 6.—The Hunter, of this port, for Mydell, is supposed to have been run down in a gale, 22d ult. RANSGATE, DEC. 9.—The Tennessee, of Bath, United States, was brought in here this morning a direlict. The pilgrim has boen supplied from hence with a stream anchor and hawser. The Salacia, Webster, lost anchors and chains in the Downs, and has been supplied with one from hence. 10th. The Pilgrim, Flood, from St. John's, New Brunswick, is ashore on the main near this Newcastle to Naples, has been in contact, and lost mainmast by the board, anchor, chain, &c. The Habeab has been in contact with the Queen Victoria, Ross, of New York, and has sustained considerable damage. The Fanny, Parkinson, of Southampton, was abandoned this morning off Hastings, after having been in contact with the Senhora brig, of Liverpool, which sustained damage to bows, and remains in the Downs; crew °law former saved. RYE, DEC. B.—The Cord ilia, Wheeler, from Shore ham for Dublin, which was on shore to the eastward of this place, has been got off and brought in here, with out oamage. PORTSMOUTH, DEC 9.—An American ship, on fite• was passed this morning, ten miles S.W. of Portlatad, by the Tagus steamer, arrived here. COWES, DEC. B.—The Royal Ezgle, Allan, froro Lon don to Waterford. which went on the Shrape mud yes terday, came off this morning. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 8. The Erin steamer, for Malta, &c., which put back yesterday, with damage, i s discharging. CRANSTOCK, CORNWALL, DEG. B.—The Marchioness of Cornwall, Hegerty, of Londonderry, from Quebec to London, came on shore here to-day, with ten feet water in her hold; five men are saved, and three drowned; the master and twenty men are still on board, but are ex pected to be got off at low water. SWANSEA, DEC. B.—The Garonne, Dunn, of Dublin' which was run ashore sth inst., at the Mumbles, leaky, has been got off and brought into this harbour. The Circassian, Cnrwen, from Cuba, which was driven ashore on the 6th inst., near this pier, has also been got after discharging a large part of her cargo, and brought in here. The Redwing, of Dublin', from Troon to Ott way, with coals, has been driven in here very leaky, and with loss of boats and bulwarks. SHIELDS, DEC. 9.—The Orion, Robertson, of Peter head, from Yarmouth to Leith, has put in here during the gale of the 7th inst., leaky, and with pumps choked. HULL, DEC. 9.—A sloop, laden with corn for Lend.' or Wakefield, lies sunk abreast the Lime-kilns, baling been in contact. It has blown heavily from Ito 8 -4. 314 to-day, but it is now, 4h. 30m. Pat. ; moderate but Wl' settled. OFF MARGATE, DEC. 9.—Astarte, Roberts, Si. Vie' cent's; Enterprize, Lomond, St. John's, New Brunswick• The Chasse Maru, Bienfaisant, received mueh damage here in the gale on the 7th inst. BRISTOL, DEC. B.—The Solway, Quebec to Gloucester , lies beneaped on the mud, with loss of false keel. LEITH, DEC. B.—The George does not seem to have received any material injury; will be docked. WELLS, DEC. 9.—A stern-board of a vessel, marked " Hope," in four-inch gilt letters, has been picked aP near here. LONDON, DEC. 10.—The brig Durham, of Sunder' land, is wrecked on the Goodwin Sands; crew saved• The crew of a foreign barque has been landed at al° North Foreland. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE.-(FRIDAY.) Scarcely any English Wheat has arrived for oar market this week, coastwise or by land carriage ; hen ce .. the show of samples of that grain here, to-day, 11 7 very small. Selected qualities of both red and white commanded a ready sale, at fully, but at nothing qaotab . ,i e beyond Monday's prices. In all other kinds very Hit e business was transacted at late rates. Although th e actual quantity of Foreign Wheat pressing for sale wa s by no means large, all knds moved off slowly as Val" tered currencies. With Barley we were scantily supplied. Grinding and malting parcels were (elite 0 1 dear ; but distilling sorts were neglected. On th e , whole, the Malt trade, especially with really fine parce l" was firm, and the prices were well supported. Vier; was a fair sale for Oats, at fully late figures. Beano se' Peas were a slow inquiry. Flour and Indian Corn wer e in moderate request, but not dearer. Wheat. 1,650 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. oats. Flour. I 1,710 qrs. 1,740 qrs. 670 JO' -- 2,380 I --- 2,310 .---- Malt. 2lO an. English •• •• • • Irish. •... •• Foreign 3,160 SMITHFIELD, Considering that the great Christmas market wild held here on Monday next, the supply of beasts on this morning was extremely inferior, in fact suar cev i fifty really good animals were on offer, and yet the DI trade, notwithstanding the unfavo ura bl e s t a te of n e w weather for slaughtering, w as somew h a t ac tive at of advance in the currencies paid on this day se'nnight , ( Q :P a quite 2d per 81bs. The primest Scots sold from 49 to 4s 10d per 81bs., and a good clearance was eff ected i; There were in the market 199 Oxen and Cora' ci Sheep, and 20 Calves from abroad, in very inferior the w all dition. Although the numbers of Sheep were barel / demand for that description of stock was beavY stationary prices. Calves were in short suPP I Y steady request at late figures. In Pigs very little bus: ness was transacted. Miloh Cows were dell ttf6. fromk 151 to 181 each, including their small C a s. i. to o• Second quality' ditto 4 0 4 in C o ar se -woolled ditto 4 0 4 '.; Southdown Weiler 5 0 Ditto eut of the wool Largo }legs . . 4 0 4 .• Small Porkers .... 4 0 5 „ 2 Quarter old Pigs .. 18 02$ v Lambs Per Sibs, to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferioi Beasts..... 3 2 8 6 Second - quality .. 3 Y 310 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots . 4 8 410 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 410 Suckling Calves ..20 0 28 0 Inferior Sheep 3 8 310 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I 11:474). I C fL ". I TO . NEIVTGATE AND X.EADENZULZ.Z. Prime Beef moved off steadily, at full prices. Other who, the demand was in a very sluggish state. Beasts. 1,107 At per atone by the Carcase. s.d. to a. d. I 11. d. to Beef, inferior.• .... '2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .. 3 2 middling .... 3 0 3 4 middling— 3 6 3 prime large .. 3 6 8 8 prime .... 310 4 6 prime small .. 310 4 0 Pork, 1arge........ 3 2 Veal • 3 8 4 6 -- small .• • • 4 • Lamb. Os Od to Os W. zonoucat HOP MARICZT. With really fine new Hops our market is some scantily supplied; nevertheless the demand for 0 0 °,4 in a sluggish state, at about last week's prices. In "`. middling and inferior kinds a very limited business 1: doing, at barely stationary prices. Old Hops 41. , nominal in value. Sussex pockets, 21 lOs to SI: 5 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 16s to 31 10s; Mid and .ba s Kent ditto, 31 to Si 5s per cwt. COLONIAL. macieb SUGAR. — There has been a qui e t mar k e t for PA;;;,. Plantation, and prices have not been supported. badoes, by auction, h as rea li se d 42 s 6d to 45s for nil' yellow, and 38s 6d to 39 s 6d f or m id. R e fi n ed: S E ta a n s ; dard Lumps have been at 52s 6d to 53s per uvrt" 0 500 India : Bengal has b een so ld a t re d uce d ra tes; bags went at 46s 6d to 47s for fine white, Benares at to 41s for low and mid, and at 41s to 46s 6d for di d yellow; 4,822 bags Mauriti us a n d 240 cas ks dec li ne 6d per cwt., except for super yellow ; low bl vv o yt 27s 6d to 28s, good and fine 30 3 t o 32s 6d, r yellow 33s to 345, and fine 39s to 410 114 cwt. Siam . 7,424 bags, partly found buyers T e d and good white at 41s to 44s ; d a mp and vi a ,,.. 9 , n g at 393 to 43s 6d ; and sound yellow at 393, low rates. Java was chiefly taken in at former Pr' c- a 815 baskets 2,569 mats being o ff ered ; damp greY 955 yellow at 39s 6d to 428, and a few lots sound grey yellow at 38s 6d to 40s. FORElGN.—Havannah brought barely former tit lut ! . ; tions; mid and good 403 to 428 6d. Bahia was taken at 378 to 37s 6d per cwt. Some washed brown Br ili 3 d sold at 12s to 13s 6d, washed yellow at 14s to 183, u washed white 16s 6d to 203 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—There has not been much doing in Britit Plantation. Low ord Jamaica 28s Gd per cwt. Na tl os Ceylon has been firm, and rasher scarcer. Good ord been at 34s to 34s 6d ; fine ord coloury Plantation 1 1 7, been at 45s per cwt. Mocha, good greenish, has resa le' 558 per cwt. Costa Rica went is lower, mid colottrf 45s 6d, and good ord 298 Gd to Sos per cwt. Cocas.—Trinidad sold at 42s to 49s 6d per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has been steady at 31d to 5-id pa r lb. Pepper has been scarcely so dear ; black, 21d ; and white 4d to 4id per lb. RlCE.—Bengal has been dull and a shade lower, 16° to 16s 6d per cwt. Fine cargo sold at 9 8 to U. C 8,1; lon sold 6d to is lower. Madras w as t a k en is et `" for fine bold pearl barley. SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta good strong grey, 41 Per - refraction, has been sold at 32s to 828 ed per cwt.,. Id llum.—Proof Leewards has been at i s 8d and r d o, per gallon; Mauritius, is sid to is 6d; and East Jo is 6d to is 7d per gallon. ofiC TEA.—The public sales of 14,600 packages rather lowel , and only 3,600 were ld. I P er TaLLow.—P.Y.C. on the spot i s 44s gd to 45 cwt. THEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH.. ..MY. Ilarris—' • n- English tenor, disappoi n t e d t h e gude f o lk s of % l oa burgh the other ev e ni ng . O n hi s arr i val he Was !hips, with the prevailing epidemic with relaxed br° ll " which completely prostrated him. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., in Grosvenor-place, the ~ v. 7- „.,,,,inteil° MahO nonth, of a son. Clatlg V e 7th inst., at Kidderminster, the Hon. Km ton, of a son. of Fiock' On the 6th inst., the lady of T. L. Crommelio , a son. On the 7th inst., at Iver, Bucke, the wife of the 14esr. L. Winter, of a son. ats of lir ' On the 7th inst., at Great Marlow, Bucks, the W Trew, Esq., surgeon, of a son. garcl e° ' On the 7th inst., at Glocester-terrace, Hyde-per-- - - the wife of R. A. Mitchell, Esq, of a daughter. ell, P it°. On the Bth inst., at Addington-square, Camberiv H. Hersee, of a daughter of On the Ist inst., near Chard, DlM Somerset, Mr. Greenslie4 Guernsey, aged 69. r liff• 0 On the Ist inst., at his residence, Goswell-stirea" Paynter, aged 79. , .p, Ford' On the 3d inst., at Mrs. Dickinson's, Staffera• Esq., solicitor, late of Great Ormond-street, aged 59 * Writl' On the sth inst., Mr. E. Jones, late of Budge-r or, brook, aged 73. all - On the sth inst., at her reside n ce, Waterloo-Pla ce ' mall, Mrs. E. Strongi'th'arm, aged 78. widow Onthe f J. 6th m i e n n s e t. t , o a n t e,Esq., aged 8 Newington-place,9. Kenningum, Sallib °li d' On the 7th inst., a t Y or k. p l ace , City- ro ad, Harriet soon aged 71. e ga e j 84,E l i t z h a e b 7 e 7th , inst.wido, atwidow o h f e t r he l residence ate j .Tabor,in Fins E b u 6q r y ... : 1 , On the 7th inst., at Reading, A. F. Bayne, of the Paragon, Streatham, Surrey. gen af t r t i i. :1 41 . f : On the 7th inst., at South Fields, Lewisham, beth, the wife of T. Ward, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Oxford-terrace, F. Secretan, aged 64. Kay,Ot the E 51. 7 , t a h re i l n , i s t t e . c , t a t t o Gower-street, e e n r ; s v t i r c e h e t h l o =r l t i s i ciurr e ild il ' ling Hospital, aged 72 - 430, London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y ° N o . 1 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , „„ a pty ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t he '- Middlesex, Friday, December 10, 1847.