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13, Great 3larlborough-street. MR. COLBURN HA.S PUBLISHED THIS DAY, THE NEW NOVEL, ENTITLED, •` LEONORA, A LOVE STORY," Which may new be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Just published , price One Shilling, B RITISH DIPLOMACY IN THE RIVER. PLATE. London : Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. MR. MARRYAT'S WORK ON BORNEO. On Tuesday, January 4, will be published, in One Volume, imperial Svo., richly illustrated with numerous Lithographic Drawings and Engravings on Wood, BORNEO and the INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. By FRANK S. MIRRY.IT, 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. Marryat, London : Longmon, Brown, Green, and Longman. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Viler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H Farren ; Faulkland, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, t it. Webster; Sir I,n dus ter, Mr. Hudson ; Fag. Mr. Brindal ; David, Mr. Keeley ; \Yrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Julia, Miss Fertescue ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After which the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden bnif; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Lovell, Mr. nowt ; Freeman, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff ; Philip, Mr. Rogers; My Lard Duke. Mr. A. Wigan ; Sir Harry, Mr. Keeley ; Kitty, Mrs. 11r,naby ; Lady Bab, Mrs. Seymour; Lady Charlotte, Mrs. Caulfield. s Will be performed Skakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOU NOTHING. Pedro, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Don John, Mr. Brindal ; Benedick, Mr. Webster ; Antonio, Mr. Tilbury ; Leonato, Mr. Ro gers ; Dogberry, Mr. larren ; Verges, Mr. Keeley ; Friar, Mr. Gough; Beatrice, Mrs. Nisbett; Hero, Mrs. Seymour. To be followed by MT WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. l'arren; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. liudd, Miss Julia Bennett. •To conclude with a new and original Farce, 'called WHO'S MY HUSBAND? Doctor Mall, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. S. Ymckinahain ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Tlumby . Stage Manager, Mr. Fan en ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, la. Doors open at Halt-past Six, I",:rioirnance to eommenCe 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 OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Manyard, Glennaire, Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, asd Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE QACY. Turnem Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Luny Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD "the property of the late William shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messri. Wright, Cullentord, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ibrd, Mr.:. Laws, Scc., &c. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. . _ Pnors open at Hatt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the 3lanagement of Madame Vestrth. hole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, _ _ _ Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRA GEDY QUEEN. ro be followed by a new Comic Drama called PEGGT GREBIT. Vifter which, a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. s ; To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. ituckatone, and Mrs. ]lac. samara. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, Is. Ne half-pries to any part of the house. The New Box-otrce, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Pabiie ev ery day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Hnulwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Madame ANNA THILLON. THIS EVENING A new Comic Opera, entitled TILE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de Va Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Villars; Madame Barneck, Mrs. Selby ; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer ; Ileuriette, Madame Anisa Thillon. To conclude with Shakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Mcrcutio, Mr. J. Vining ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Ryder ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. MINCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedie of LA MARQUISE DE SEN NETERRE. Chu:l-Mars, M. Montaland ; Le \laiquis de Senneterre, M. Fechter ; Le Commandeur, 31. Cartigny; Henriette, Bap tiste; Marion de L'Orme, Mdlle. De Varannes. After which, LE CHEF-IXIEUVRE INCONNU. Maitre Michel, M. lit. Marie ; Rolla, M. Fechter ; Stephano, Mettle. Baptiste. To conclude with the Vaudeville of UNE FILLE 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 Bond-street ; and at the Box-office Of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 3. Boxes, 65.; int, 3s. (;d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, is ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mn. F. Davidge, Ne. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-read, Surrey. TO-MORROW EVENING, THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Characters by Messrs. 11. Phillips, King, Ilorncastle, Rafter, Att wood, 31`31ahon, and Miss Poole. k To conclude with GUT MANSEP.ING. A di,tinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the erincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-of:11:m of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Prorrietor and Manager, Mr. William _Batty. No Performance on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the V.stahlishment. in the various modes of equestration. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THR WHITE FARM. In preparation, a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and stage .Nlanaga, Mr. W West. ' 7 :I P: WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Dxc. 22. THIIRMOMETER, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 33 ; Noon, 32 BenosisTEß, 29 84.—WIND E.N.E.; cloudy. WATER AT LONDON-B=DGE Tnis DAY. Morning.. 44 minutes after 1. Evening .. 9 minutes after 2 etrieldry 11 THE I cash, from the farmers by the woolstapler. It is then sorted arid 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 931., which goes exclu sively into the pockets of :the haulers, 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. culcated by him prior to 1836, and the articulation of which would have, ipso facto, constituted his de fection fronihe cause of Protestantism. First, therefore, alto the adequacy of the tribunal before which Dr. HAMPDEN is 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. KEAT and Dr. PUSEY, and numbered also in the phalanx of his antagonists, Messrs. FABER, ST. JOHN, NEWMAN, MACMULLEN, J. MORRIS, OAKELEY, CHRISTIE, RYDER, CAPES, WARD, FORMBY, NORTHCOTE, PENNY, TURNER, MBTRICK, 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 illustration,: 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 fur perverting or misapprehending his meaning. We have demonstrated, therefore, these two import tent 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. HAMPDEN 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 conge 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 of pnemunire. 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 !" The army of Austria, under the command of Marshal RNDETZKY, on the Italian frontier, is to be increased immediately to 60,000 men. Same sensation has been caused at Berlin by the arrest of Privy Councillor WEDECKE. An affair similar to that of MM. CUDIERES 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 da } s' 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 DE 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 Boma, DEC. 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 tke 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 France 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 ,deprecate any attempt to prevent the re .election of M. SsuzET. The Constitutionnel says:— 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 11 th 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 20,832,750/., while the bullion was but 8,438,874/. 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 quarter. " 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 the►uselves 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 bad, 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 important 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:i 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 precipitated, to one day or other rescue the Parlia mentary majority from the joint responsibility of a Ministerial system which it blames at bottom, but which capitulations of private interest have permitted I to exist up to this time." 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. MUSGROVE (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. HAMPDEN should have been especially selected, that he should have been invested with the mitre, the apron, the lawn 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 say it, after a mature consideration—we do consider that the selection of Dr. HAMPDEN, and his transference to the'see of Hereford was not only wise and j udic ious facts cious, but expedient and necessary. Thesimpleof the case comp e l ever y dispassionate observer to arrive at this conclusion, and at this conclusion alo ne,ln 1836, Dr. H AMPDEN incurred the di s pl easuret g a powerful party in the University. Either throu g h misapprehensi o n o f hi s meaning, or by a wilful distorti o n the members of this party charaedofh.lns language, eating in his Bampton Lectures doc tri nes with advo peculiar. to Socinianism. In consequence of this extraord inary a o rd nar y acc usation, the case was brought before the bo a r d authorities, and in the m idst of considerable anima tion (sufficient , in deed, to war p the j ud g ment of those who pronounced the decision), a severe censure Was enunciated against Dr. HAMPDEN, and he stood befor e the whole country as a man branded as a her etic, and convicted o f promulgating the heterodox belief of the Socinians. Now it is anything brit difficult to impugn this condemnation as an act of unutterable injustice. Without adventuring upon a theological discussion, it is easy to demonstrate the insufficiency of this Convocation in the first place, and to prove 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 doctrines which are said to have been in- 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 hare 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 increased 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 bad debt s . Th e history of a single article in a state willduring h great ac s od o a w the a b so l ute neoe tion, th e varied transactions,ssityof the wh ee l s w ithi n of e wheels, the stoppage wholeny. it oneof which m us t seriously derange t h e of the profits of trad e a arelso show how large a proport ion w meil by the discounter. A little pamphlet which absorbed u pub fished during the pa s t month, called The Market," by a " Country Acc ountant," tak es , as anY which hit assume at first be purchased f or to ins b ta e n o e f e t a he qu v a a ri u ti e ty of o f woo l, oooand to The following programme of the preliminaries of the session appears in the Journal des Debats : " 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 oldest Member 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 Merode. de la Guiche, Oscar de Lafayette, and Calmon, jun., will perform 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 same sitting elect its perma nent president and other officers. The Conservative party seems to be more than ever determined to vote for tli. 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 Bugeaud in the room of M. Leon de Malleville, wh o was elected last session by a majority tof 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, and Lanjuinais, all of whom were elected lastyear. 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 t o salaried o ffi ces. Seven of these h ave b een r e -electe d, viz., MM. Jamin, de Ressigeac, Richond des Bru3, Thil, Dejean, de Salles, and General Bellonet. Ge neral Dumas has been replaced by M. Baroche. The re-elections of MM. Moulin, Dessauret, 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. SAUZET 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. Ii acting thus , the Ministry fancies that it has made proof of gNat NT, LONE) O'N, WEDNERDAy EV.r_Nl.t;l4, DECEMRER, Asa, ability, and congratulates itself on having anticipated M. Dimas, 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'IsLY." The Marquis of NORMINDY, 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 Louis PHILIPPE to abdicate in fa vour of the Comte DE PARIS. The news of the surrender of ARD-EL-KADER is not confirmed. The Monitf 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 Bou 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 other ! The Emir, however, appears to be on the brink 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 Fire per Cents., 117 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,212 f. 50c.; Rouen, 912 f. 50c. ; Havre, 478 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 556 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 577 f. 55c. ; Vierzon, 551 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 492 f. 50e. ; Troys and Montereau, 260 f. ; Dieppe 260 f. Basle, 163 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 418 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 400 f.; Paris and Lyons, 396 f. 25c. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 26; ; Ditto Passives, 31. MARSEILLES, DEC. 16 —Marseilles and Avignon, 551 f. 25c. ; Northern, 541 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 21. Boulogne and Amiens ' 14- I ‘,—Namur and Liege. 5 Northern of France. Il3i—Orleane and Bordeaux, 5N — Paris and Lyons. sN—Paris and Rouen, 55 1 ,4—Rouen and Havre, 18 1 4—West Flinders, 1%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QVAI?TER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very heavy again. Sales, 2,000 bales. Railway Shares im proved a little. There are not any colonial arrivals of importance an nounced 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 Indite 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 buck, 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. Consols 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 fiat at Bs. to 11e. premium and India Bonds are at 12s. discount. The Three per Cents. Reduced have fallen from 84i- to 84k. The only quotations in the Foreign Bund 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 22k; in Russian at 107; in the Spanish Three per Cents. at 30k; 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 381,000 h The sum of 20s. in the pound is to be paid thus :-ss. on the 18th January, next, ss. on the 18th March, ss, 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. IntlTlSll FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 84 3 / i %N. i % New 3% per Cent. Amts. B6 ! 41 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 l2 dis Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 5001. . 8 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... . . 88 Ditto, 3 per Cents 49 Portuguese Bonds, 4 pet' Cent 2 2 14 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO7 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 56 BUSINESS DONE LN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONEIO'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Psa Saw. Aberdeen - Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — ...... to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. Birtningnam & Oxford Junc... 20 Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... Binning., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 7% — to Boston, Storni., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds - ...... to Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37%..... Ditto, Preference 8 Clarence. . 7 B IA ..... to Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ...... " to East Anglia, 251.& L , E. and L. & D. ... 25 Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ...... Ditto, U. 10s., E. & H... 2 Eastern Counties Ditto, ditto (B) • 20 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... to Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... 1 4 di& ... to Do., York Extension Do., Northern & Eastern SO Do., Quarter .... .. ........ ... 12%.... Do., N ew East ersn Union. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — ...... to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire 12% to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% — Ditto, New ... 3% — ...... to -- Ditto, New port.. ... ...... .. 9% — to Ditto, ditto, New 2 14 — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & CArlis!e..B/. 6c8d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 1 % Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% Great Northern lO% 4 4 14 .. to Do. London & York Exten. _2 l / 2 ..... to Dn. Seri _ Ditto, 24 5 Marseilles ••.•• • • • .... 26 10 110urdeaux......... • . 26 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 124 Petersburgh, Sit. ltble.. Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 20% to Great North of England 100 226 223... to 223 Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, Now 301 ... 30 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New 151 6 1,i...... . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ 7 ...... Huddersfield and Manchester 22 .. ... Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2%,..,.. Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds... lO Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4...... „•.• to Ditto Thirds (Beg.) ... 101.4 s 6 dis.... to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 33 Do., W akelield, Pontefract, and Goole 47% — Do., West Riding Union ...41. 25..... 3% dis to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9_ Re 1iu.... ... Vienna, effee. n 0...." 10 20 Trieste, lO 20 46 Cadiz liareelona ... .. isvWe.• •• •• •• . . . ' .... —.Jo, UO., I.l.coas. ....-- Ditto ditto ........ ......(13) 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradtord Leicester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Munches. 37 1 / — Do., Branch 1 ,4 Shares 121.x ...... Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 214 — Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — ...... to ...... Do., New E-xten. (pink)... 2 1 ,E — ...... to ...... Leeds and Thirek 36 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...••• to .... Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h port. Liverpool, Manchester, and .Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% — ...... to London , Sc filackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — - Ditto New, No. 1.. Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... . .... to Do. Extension Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 ... Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..... Do. Prot. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... Ditto, ditto 1832 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... 19 Londoa and North Western..loo 146 145... to 147 Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J. 25 Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 15 Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%..... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 1 / 9 . — Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d... Do. flaw ConsolidatedBths. 40 Ditto New 50/. Ditto New 404 .... ..... .. .. 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds 61.135. 4d... 21 dis. to 2 dis. London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 23% Manch. Buxton, & Matlocit 3 31anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto li t Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, If ; Shares (No. 3)... 7%...... Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto .. Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7 %...... Manchester and Southampton 214 — .. ... to Midiand 100 lO 6 Ditto, Consol. Preterence...100 Ditto, 40/. Shares Ditto, 50/. 5hare5.......... 10 ... 83, 1 1 t o 7 Midland, firm., and Derby...loo ..... 80 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per ceat....100 l2O to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 - Ditto ditto 71.93. .. ...... to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.) 100 ..., . _ ...... to 11.1i411(1. Great Western (Irish) 35 ...... _ Newoistle and Carlisle .....100 ...... Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterford 18 1 4....... ...... to Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Iferef. 6 Norlolk ......... ..... 100 Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ••, •• to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostreyor ,_18.17, N. of Norilk 2 .iorthern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares Do. Quarters 4i' t 3 714 .... to -- Ditto. Extension ... . Ditto Thirds ... .......... ..... 2 ..... 1 % t• North Staffordshire... North Wales 312...., , .... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1 A...... 71 to Royston and Hitchin ... ...... 1%...... A Scottish Central .... 20 Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 17 1 ,4. to Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) SECONDARIES.—(THIS 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 detault, it would he 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. Ditto Hal Yes, Ditto 8 . ... to Ditto, Oswestry l2 ... Ditto (New) - 1 Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 _ . It was not stated who the parties were. The jury gave a verdict or the amount. PETO AND ANOTHER V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND 01' Ditto, Preference 2O South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover 33% — t• Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 ...... ....... 17 _ . Ditto, New, No. 3 l 5 Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 7 [ Xi 5 14 to South Wales South ]orkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca- • meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 [lames Haven Dock and Railway 1714 — raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 134...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... .. Waterford, Wextord,‘Vicklw, FORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action on covenant. The plaintiffs are the well-known builders and contractors. The Learned COUNSEL fur the plaintiffs said tho claim was for 21,6001. for work and labour performed on the Birmingham and Oxford line of railway. BY a covenant entered into by the company, they under took to pay the amount of the plaintiff's account fort nightly, on production of a certificate from 3 1 r• Brunch that the work had been properly performe d. all One month's money was, however, still due ; but difficulties in the way of ascertaining the amount was removed, as the defendants had admitted, under judge's order, that they had entered into the co venant stated in the declaration, and that the certifi cates had been duly delivered, showing that the work was of the value charged for. The Learned SECONDARY thought it would be more satisfactory to put the covenant in evidence, a nd the jury could give a verdict by default. This was done, and a verdict given for the above amount. and Dublin West Cornwall Nhitehaven and Furness l2 ..... Windsor, Staines, and Sotith MURRAY AND ANOTHER V. BROWN. This was an actin on covenant. It appeared that the plaintiffs, together with other gentlemen, we re proprietors of the Radcliffe Colliery, in Northumber land, and, with defendant, were also concerned in harbour improvements at Warkworth. It having be en deemed prudent to purchase several vessels t ° convey the coals from the colliery, and also to indu ce other vessels to use the harbour, which would ha ys been very beneficial both to the proprietors of t° 6 colliery and to the harbour, defendant had a large sum of money deposited with him t o p u r c hase sev en vessels, which he did to the satisfaction of his CO: partners, but as they were purchas e d in hi s ow n nam e he entered into a covenant with the plaintiff 1 1 trustee on behalf of all the partners, that he coul d only employ the vessels for the use of the colliery' and at a certain rate of freightage, but notwithstan ° lug this, he had for some purpose or other, take n , s the vessels out of the trade, by which a great loss t" the colliery had been sustained through not being_ able to get vessels, the demand being so great f° ' bread stuffs, and also to the prosperity of the harbo ur ; as other colliers would not go in when their o e l vessels did not trade there. The defendant admitted the breach, and the que se tion was therefore one as to the amount of damage. The evidence as to the voyages, &c., was draggi n is t on at great length,l but did n o t p ossess an y poi i on' t 0 general interest, and was lik e ly t o occu py siderable time. Western s2s. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 - to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .... Do. Original New & Ber'cic 23 .. ... 29 Do. N ortli Shields Purchase 25 .. Do. Exton. No. 1 ( & N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland 50 ...... t• Ditto, Preference lO iJitto East and IYostßiding Extension .... — 20 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... Ceylon .... ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras 55. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France. - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4(3s 4d , Parie and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & _Nantes ... .. 8 fournay, Jurbise, Landen, _ _ and Hasselt ... ... .. 16 ...... ...... to West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... ........... Commercial of Loudon London Joint Stock .... lO London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — ..... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) John Phillips, who pleaded G u ilty t o Stealing S h quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Josef ~, Evans, his fellow-lod g er, was sente nce d t o s ix mont hs imprisonment with hard labour. Henry Williams, aged 16, was indicted for stealing' five pounds' weight of pork, the property of T130 1335i Slater. a The evidence was clear against the prisoner, and the jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, ht The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, strange as it 112i g appear, the only thing that could give the pris one f vi the slightest chance of doing anything in the al' °, good would be to transport him. He was one of th r most incorrigible young vagabonds that had eve ni appeared in that Court. The convictions against I ' l o were almost numberless, while his residence vi a mistly one of the metropolitan prisons. H e i/ h4 is 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 com turn him into the street. Such being th nati on, career the only chance for him was tra which, however, the jury should under,tand would not be carried into effect, as he would be sent s Parkhurst, where he would be taught a trade, tin ° if at all reclaimable, might be put in the way of ear ing an honest livelihjod eventually. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for seven years. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Louisa Adam, a young Frenchwoman, of very pre' possessing appearance, was brought before Pill . ' Hardwick, charged with stealing several scent bottles and a fur tippet, the property of Mr. Charles Lore , 22, Great Castle street, Regent-street. The complainant, who stated that he was a West Indian, and had lost nearly all his property by the emancipation of the slaves, said about three months ago he happened to visit a gay woman in the Quad:, rant, where he was introduced to the defendant, and after some conversation, consented to take her to 5 2' lodgings. On arriving there they retired for 0 h! night, but at five the next morning he was awoke IV hearing the defendant groan as if in pain. He i' .l l Y mediately got up, and observed that she was vet/ r and, at her request ran for a doctor. The doe° subsequently came and saw her, and informed af t plainant that she was dangerously ill and must o pt be removed. He therefore was obliged to keep her more than six weeks ' • at the expiration of which tide she got better, when she told him that she had no b°„a to go to, nor any other c l o th es to wear. lie furni d s' ap her with warm clothes and a fur tippet. Sot", s he after he missed th e f u r tipp e t, an d as ked her villa' t it had done with it? Sh e replied that she ha d se a d to get lined with pi n k s ilk. He told her that sheo;11 acted wrong, as the tippet was not paid for ;ft b e ti r t waer : : left with him for a pp rova l. A d ay or so he had occasion t o l eave hi s res id ence on i b , u f sin t het and on his return disc overe d th a t s h e had ,f,. o ,,sing home, taking with her the bottles out of his "' - `f het case and the fur tippet. He saw nothing mote of ja till last night, when he saw her go into s 11 ° 11 ,, to Great Portland-street. He sent a note tn e : - " ee ad her, requesting an interview ; but as she did Iv t his an answer, he went there about one o'ell e s een. morning, when he was told that she could note house, lie then got a constable to go with him to th e went and on seeing her he gave her in charge. c harg e to the station-house, but did not press the le i v ed against her. On leaving the station, she 0 4413 gs of being very tired, and he took her to his to rest herself. She then told him that if he with her to 85, Newman-street, she would gl v ted his property. He went there with her and hio some time, when two men came out and turne d ` 0 0 out of the house. He then got the assistan ce pt ore constables and returned to Newman - street , and g? Ditto, New Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican 100 — Astrian Mining Company ... 11 Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 21 Cobre Copper Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. likN to COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Arnstentam .......... 12 5 Dlt.o, at sight .• .... 12 1% Itpttcalarn 12 53 , i 26 15 alunburgh M.B. 13 15 .4itoua. Paris, 3 (lays' sight .. • . '25 70 Gibraltar.. Leghorn ........ • ..... 30 40 Genoa .. Milan .. • • . . • . • • • Venice.. .. •....... Naples .............. 39% Palermo, per ea........ 119 .......... uporto ................ 51N, Rio Janeiro ........ • • Bahia •••••••••••••••• Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PILE ON. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars • • .... 0 4 9 Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 'Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver is bars ...... • • 0 4 11). LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, DEC. 22.—Wind E.N.E., light airs, and dul weather. RAII6G/TE, DEC. 21.—Wind S.E• to S.S.W.—SId. Dispatch, River Gambia. 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.—Sld. 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 ; Douze Juliet, Senegal ; Messina, Mazat lan ; Julius Caesar, and Gossissum, Now Orleans ; Lord Elgin, New Orleans ; William and Elizabeth, New Or leans ; Cumberland, Apalachicola ; Black Prince, Sa vannah ; Ark, Charleston ; Excelsoir, Boston. Off port, Henry Winch, —. OFF WMlOUTlL—Greenlaw, Calcutta; Willian Gib son, Madras. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind E.—Sld. David Mal colm, Adelaide ; Orient, Swan River ; Louvre, New York. FOWEY, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sld. 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, 1)E41. 20.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrii. Mecca, St. Domingo. BRISTOL, DEC. 21.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Ins, Jamaica ; City of Rochester, Mwbile ; Argo, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sld. John Scott, Ceylon ; Georgians, St. Thomas ; Catherine Pink. Ja maica ; Audacia, Havannah ; Effinghain, 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 brought into this port with sails damaged, and pumps choked, having experienced very heavy weather, and been driven under the sunk sand. BRIDPORT, DEC. 20.—A quantity of railway sleepers have been picked up near here. 101111AY, DEC. 20.--The John Hermann, Lefrang, from Hamburgh for Sierra Leone, which went on shore yesterday, has fallen over on her beam ends and become a complete wreck; her cargo and materials are being removed in a damaged state. IvlthrosiD, 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 master, 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. BRISTOL, DEC. 21.—The Solway, from Quebec to Gloucester, which drove on shore to the eastward of the river 6th iest., floated this morning, and is now at anchor in Kingroad. UmBLES, DEC. 19.—The Hero, Harrison, struck heavily whilst lying in the roads at anchor, and was assisted in on the flats for safety. JURA, DEC. Is.—The Sir Joseph Banks, Leith, of Bylester, from Liverpool to Perth, drifted on shore at the entrance of the Sound of Islay this morning, and became a total wreck. her in charge again. The The defendant denied the charge of theft. er complainant took her to live with him, and gave P. ‘ the fur tippet and the scent bottle s for her own 05' She left him in consequence of his ill usage. Mr. lisanwicx said the complainant had not Pl c h himmelf in the most respectable position, inasaA c i , as he had taken the female into keeping as his le i d , tress. The defendant denies stealing the proV 4 i ici and alleges that it was a tree gift for her own use ' t ha keeping. As there had been no proof' offered to contrary, he must discharge her. The complainant then said he had other cha r d prove against her, amongst which was one of an famous nature. Mr. HARDWICK, on being informed of the es r t e li t re o of the case, which was of too disgusting a Di t h ii of ' mention here , said he had nothing to do Wi t " e d of, other charge but the one he had already disP ° .% 3 eli• and said the complainant had brought it all oD WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS D A ' fir Moss, Lyons, a commissi..n traveller fo r a ea' M , c h a i rnla with nuiscturer, in the B e thnal ui re s of road, vas charged embezzling various su m money. The prisoner, who had formerly been in the e p oyment of Mr. Aloss, as a journeyman, b ad lit been allowed to sell for him on commission, sl)ire was his duty to hand over to the prosecutor_pp money as soon as he had received it, but it bad ' er • discovered that he had both received and given a full ceipt for the cash in several instances to the amount. *h a Several cases were proved against the prisoner, bet was remanded to give the officer time for fur t inquiry, as it was stated that others o f greater lilt nitudo would most probably be brought against MERCHANT SEAMEN'S Socurr.--Yesterday fief noon a quarterly court of the corporation for the To of seamen in the merchant service, was held at t office, 25, Birchin-lane; C. Davison Kerr, Esq., in. l c , chair. The minutes of the lust court and the Casa 7 1 , 0 counts for the quarter ending 30th September 1.9, read and approved of, and the meeting then r°c ni in committee to consider the cases of u p wards applicants. The secretary stated that during the pres 4 eR i of 50 0 year there had been 1 , 440 applicants t o whom temper*" relief or permanent pensions had been granted. A CHEAP TOWNSHIP.—At the Bury Petty S es :f sions, on Friday lust, the overseers of the township 1 1 . Ashworth applied and bad a poor's-rate of threepFnujo in the pound allowed and assigned, amounting 151. 12s. 6id. CAPE OF GOOD lioi.E.—We have been favotirecio with the following extract from a letter:— G r ahara oro Town, Oct. 23.—The news from Kafirland is very ewer' mg. The chief Sandilla has surrendered himself;,:is i i wu have seen a letter from Captain WLean (011;vii agent for Pato's tribe), who a ntici p ates that Pat°,r. do the same as soon as the river s subside. All the _ are just now impassable, from the unprecedentecl.__Tie The frontier is in a finer state than I ever sa w it vs'v so fur as the crops and pasture are =curiae DEA,TII OF AN ITALIAN GENTENAmAx.—The Giornale 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." 'ow.* • -94% 6) ,1 4 „ \ '1 ; 1 1 6 .0. - .. E ;;;‘• . 1 1 Dig • .e., 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 scantily 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 Out trade was in a very sluggish state, at unaltered figures. In Beans and Peas next to nothing was doing, but Indian Corn and Meal, as well as Flour, were quite as dear. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barlay. Oats. Flint. 2,390 qrs. 1,450 qrs. 320 qrs. I 660 sks. 310 37890 I -- English • • • • •• Irish Foreign ...... Malt. 1,440 Gig. WRITECHAPEL. Our market was very firm, and prices had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s Sd to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. EXTENSIVE FIRE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning, at a few minutes before four o'clock, a fire burst forth from the lower part of the Coachmakers Arms Tavern, Rose-street, Long•acre, the property of Mr. John Dunstan. At the time of the outbreak there were nearly a dozen persons sleeping in the upper floors. They were made sensible of the danger to which they wore exposed, and they immediately made an attempt to get to the street door. They had, however, hardly descended half way down the staircase than the whole party were met by a huge sheet of flame, which nearly prostrated them. By a desperate effort they succeeded in returning to the top of the premises, and having reached the roof in safety, a most piteous scene presented itself—the whole of the inmates were noticed on the parapet in their night clothes ; at the same time the flames were rushing out of the windows. Owing to the exertions of the police and inhabitants every person way safely rescued. The engines of the London brigade, parish, West of England, and county offices, 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 in the building almost simultaneously. Fortunately 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. Dunstan was insured. How the fire originated could not be ascertained. FATAL ACCIDNT ON THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. --On Saturday an accident of a fatal and distressing character occurred at Kettle, Fife shire, o n the line of the Edi n b urg h and Northern Rail way. I t appears that while a passenger train had just started from that station for Edinburgh, a young man. who acted in the capacity of guard, was in the act of stepping upon a carriage, when he missed his footing, and fell before its wheels, which, with the other car riages of the train, went over his body and killed him almost instantaneously, mangling him in a shocking manner. The deceased was s young man of a highly respectable character, and what renders the acci dentthat he had completed arrange _ meers morefor marriage, on an early day.—Edinburgh Advertiser. PUGILISM.—JAMES MADDEN AN:D JOE ROE'S MOUSE FOR 251. ASlDE.—These tiny ones met yesterday in battle array, near Horley, in Sussex. Alec 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 th e l ast name d second was long known in fistic circles as " a Mouse" himself. An active, clever, and a resolute mill of two hours and ten minutes ended in; Madden being saluted as the conqueror. In the earlier rounds the M ous e appeared to hav e b es t o f t h e out-fighting, but his game opponent would not be denied, 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. INCREAS E OF D RUNKENNESS . — It is lamentable to think that, while there is so much destitution and dis ease, drunkenness should still be on the increase. Be tween Saturday night and Sunday morning sixteen men and twenty-three women were taken to the central police-office in a state of beastly intcozication. The greater number of the above were so drunk that they bad to b e conveyed in barrows . Th ere w ere i n a ddi t i on twenty-th ree men, more or l ess intoxicated, t a k en t o t h e office, maki ng a l together s i xt y- three persons. Th e l a t ter, however, were a b le, with a li tt l e ass i s t ance , t o wa lk to " duran ce v i le. " The distr i ct officers had, we are in formed, fully withstandin g S atur d ay l as t b e ing what is here tech n i ca ll y an average number of drunken cases, not termed the " wee pay." When we hear so much of sanitary reform, what, we would ask, has become of the advocates of the temperance reformation ?--North British Mail. AMENDMENT OP BUILDINGS AC To—The Commit tee appointed by Lord Morpeth to consider the subject have held several meetings to take evidence, and are now about to report. Th e cons tituti o n of the o ffi ces of the Official Referees and Registrar has been the subject of some animadversion, and suggestions ha ye been made For remodelling the same entirely, with a v iew to render the administration of the law more speed . y and econo mical to the public. The subject of " ?eclat super- Tien" has also been considered, and, inde ed, if we are rightly informed, most of the principal obj , !ctions to the form a n d work i ng of the Act h ave rece i s ad attention. We are satisfied that any a ttempt to improv e the present Act, by a not h er supplemental Act, will prc eve a failure; and we earnest l y hope that t h e C omm itt ee will not fail to recommend Lord Morpeth to bring in an entirely new Bill in p re f erence to making such an e ndeavour.— Builder. Several of the Polish refugees lately a cquitted at Berlin, present e d, prev i ous t o quitting that e apical, con siderable donations to public charities, in all , amounting to 14,000 thalers (56,000 f.) With a view to its improvement and. Extension, the direction of the money-order departmer it throughout the kingdom has been placed by the Postmaster- General in the hands of Mr. Rowland Hiff—