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The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-01

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Superb, 80, Captain P. L. Corry, at Portsmouth,
has a large number of shipwrights and caulkers, and
other artificers, at work on board her. New hawse pipes
aro being fitted. It now appears that the whole of her
lower rigging will be condemned, and she will receive a
new gang, fore and aft, so that she will have to be totally
dismantled. It is an unfortunate circumstance that her
late crew did not execute this operation, which they
could have done while her pay-books were being made
out. As it is, the shipwrights and other yard artificers
interfere much with the progress of the seamen in their
work, one party hindering the other ; so that it is a
query whether, even at this eleventh hour, it would not
be more economical and advantageous for the service
generally to turn Captain Purcell, his officers and crew,
over to one of the serviceable advanced ships, and allow
the Superb to be overhauled and regularly repaired.
The Calliope, 26, Captain Edward Stanley, was mus-
tered and exercised in Plymouth Sound by the Corn-
mander-in-Chief there, Sir W. H. Gage, G.C.11., on
Friday morning, when the gallant admiral expressed
himself very much pleased at the manner in which the
crew went through their usual evoluti,ms. Their firing
was most excellent. She was afterwards towed into
harbour by the Confiance to be paid off.
The Havannab, 20, Captain J. E. Erskine, ran the
distance (13,987 mime) from Plymouth to Sydney in 56
days (sailing.) The liavannah left Plymouth Sound on
the 6th of April, 1843, remaining ut Lisbon 18 days;
Madeira, 4 days; and at the Cape, 44 days; arriving at
Sydney and the Bass's Straits ou the 7th of August fol-
lowing—making 164 i miles per day from Plymouth to
the Cape, and averaging 200 from the latter place to
Sydney. She experienced several severe gales, but had
not a single accident.
A large number of shipwrights are employed on
board the Centaur, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, in the
construction of her poop, under which there are to be
six cabins, the after ones to be appropriated to the cap-
tain and commander.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.-1 t is expected that in the
course of the ensuing week three or four ships will be
commissioned, amongst them the Centaur steam-frigate,
and the Sappho, 16, at this port. The Arrogant, 46,
auxiliary screw frigate, 300 horse-power, will also
London, England, 1849-01-01

London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill,

Great Improvements will be effected in the forthcoming issue for
1849 of The
LADY'S NEWSPAPER AND PICTORIAL
TIMES; and among other striking Novelties will be given
a Series of Illostrations of the CELEBRATED BAYEUX
TAPESTRY, the only Pictorial Record of the Norman Conquest,
designed and executed by the Empress Matilda. Another new fea-
ture will be A BEAUTIFUL MONTHLY BOUQUET, with its
Botanical Description. The usual attractions of Fiction, Literature,
the Drama, Music, Chess, Court and Fashion, the Work-table, the
Fashions, Table-Talk, Parisian Correspondence, and all the Home
and Foreign News, Police, kccidents, &c., will be given in the
amplest form. Orders should be immediately given for the com-
mencement of the New Volume to any Bookseller or 3.ce sman,
the Subscription for which is, for the Year, 265. ; for the Half-
year, 13s. ; for the Quarter, 6s. 6d. If orders be sent to the Office,
they should be accompanied by Post-office order in favour of Mr.
Charles Provart.
London, England, 1849-01-01

FRANKFORT.

We learn from Frankfort, on the 24th, that the
Central Government had convoked all the plenipoten-
tiaries of the empire to communicate to them the law
on the fundamental rights of the German people.
Generally speaking, the plenipotentiaries expressed
themselves in a satisfactory manner. Austria, how-
ever, refused to publish the law, on the ground that
the relations between it and Germany were not yet
settled ; Saxony and Hanover declared that they
would submit the law to their respective Diets ; and
Bavaria expressed no opinion, having received no in-
structions. The Prussian plenipotentiary expressed
himself more favourably than any other.

BELGIUM.
We learn by an official return made to the Belgian
Government that the exports from Belgium in the
first eleven months of the present year were as
follows :—Coal 1,347,148,000 kilogrammes, bark
9,007,567 kilos. ; cast-iron in pigs 55,858 ; wrought
cast-iron 253,270 ; forged iron 785,563 ; nails
6,118,463 ; linen threads 603,124; flax 5,495,226;
books 126,964 ; machines 2,178,095 ; refined
sugar 9,001,291 ; tobacco 13,090; cigars 111,302;
cotton tissues 750531 ; woollen cloths 624,833 ;
other descriptions of tissues 36,286 ; flax-hemp
and other tissues 1,310,144, glass 1,578,023, zinc
13,149,071. On the whole, these exports, compared
with those of the corresponding period of last year,
show a falling off of only 352,360,127 kilos. The ex-
ports of arms in the eleven months of this year were
5,049,755 francs, being an increase on the same p!-
riod of 1847 of 935,034 f.; and on several other arti-
cles there has also been an increase ; the great falling
off is on coal, owing to the demand having greatly t",
clined in France in consequence of the stagnation 1
manufactures.

ITALY. issued by the
quite incompetent
The following is the proclamation
lisrssieolavesto which we were
Supreme Junta of Rome :
abged deliberating chamber of the
called by a decree of the
, ECiOUS of the extreme neces-
sity Ith instant, 'yet
to thAeltherilgehd dignity
b-eeinibe state a government, and public
sity felt by all to. c onsider
mission
give the
overcoming just hesitations we
the co-operation of the
literature an jegisrlous appeal o f the country. Our con-
obeyed the p
maintain internal order,
other r°!°ersdaelopment of free institutions, re-establish
promotc tn
,„rnong all classes, and co-operate with all our
prosPez."ll, realisation La in t e of national independence. But
we ' t
declare, a the same time, that we only intend to as-
µ.esum, these functions pro tempore, and until the Consti-
tuent Assembly of the Roman States shall have delibe-
ratedstrait solicitiundew,eiitiogenestbbeier
us to
as speedily
on our political order. That constituent, claimed
by the unanimous wish of the nation, will be convoked
viuces, confide in our zeal as we confide in your union
as possible. People of Rome and the pro.
and determination to crush the fatal design of our
enemies. Let us maintain order entire and unalterable,
as well as tranquillity and obedience to the laws.
" Rome, in our residence, Dec. 20th, 1848.
(Signed)
: GCoAeLBEINTIT.r.
" CAMERATA."
London, England, 1849-01-01

REPTEW OF THE WORK,

La'Mert on the Infirmities of Touth > nd Maturity.—" There are
scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf
Into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before us
such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and isttruct the
erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al-
ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style
of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of
philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally,
upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and
propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
pages Is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.

The work may be had price 2s. Gd., of Kent and Richards, 52,
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Fleet-street ; or, free by post, for forty-two stamps, from the author's
residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or
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BIRTHS.

On the 27th ult., at Campden-grove, Kensington, the wife
of Mr. Charles Elder, of a son.
On the 27st ult., the wife of James Oldham, Esq., of
Norton-square, Brighton, of a son.
On the 27th ult..: at Runwell Rectory, Essex, the lady of
the Rev. Thomas Knox, of a daughter.

--- On -the 28th ult., at ------- ----
' Glocester-crescent, Regent's-park,
Mrs. Joseph Gibbons, of a son.
On the 28th ult., at Tonbridge-well3, the lady of John
Bortoni Esq., of a sett and heir.
On the 28th ult., in Thurloe•square, the wife of T. H.
l autlet. ,0
fa
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hCe h2el6ttean h( ram,
et
rhoenilaaud)y
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nEt., S.
Frazer, Esq , of a son.
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London, England, 1849-01-01

WATCHES and their Management.—A. B.
SAVORY and SONS have published a Pamphlet describing
he constructions of the various Watches in use at the present time,
and explaining the advantages of each, with Lists of Prices.- It is
intended to give the information which should be obtained previous
to tke purchase of an article, the principal characteristics of which
should be accuracy and durability. It also contains remarks on the
proper management of a watch by the wearer. It may be had, gratis,
on application personally, o* by post.
A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Ccrnhill, London, opposite the Bank.
London, England, 1849-01-01

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL

Trrd;;Wiedlrection Madame Celeste.
During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Ess.., executed by Mr. Sang. A.
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
added to the Scats, and Stalls rendere
EVENING

Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ-
mas Book, entitled TILE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr.
Hughes : the Phantom. Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr.
Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; dilly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet-
terby, Mrs. F. Matthews.
To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul
Bedford ; rrospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste.
To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER.
Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.

EOTAL LYChTJAI THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madam: Vestris.
Solo Lessee, Mr. Charles 11.1 a* he s.
'VMS EVEtiftit,

Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION.
After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF
THIS PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve,
Selby, IL Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil-
I lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L.
Marshall, Miss Culeman, and Madame Vestris,
To conclude with AN APPEAL V) E PUBLIC.
Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, s ; Pit, 2 .; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, WeWngtoa-st e t, is open to the
public every day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATttIi.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decnrated and embel-
lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr liurwitz. A new Chan-
delier has been fitted, and the best ail-mi.:l men ts have been made for
the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the coutiort and conveaience
of the audience.
London, England, 1849-01-01

TN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see
BANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS-
SISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL,
Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions
every day during the holidays. This immense Painting is the
Largest in the World; and exhibits more than 3,000 miles of Ameri-
can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon,
at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock;
doors open half an hour before commencing. Admission, lower
seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is.
London, England, 1849-01-01

ITALY.

The Cenciliatore of Florence says that three
different projects had been presented to the Pope at
Gaeta. The first, which is that of the retrograde
party, breathes reaction and Austrian and Neapolitan
intervention. This Pits the Ninth has rejected.
The second recommends itself by enlightened views.
According to it the Pope is to name a regent for
the temporal affairs of the state, and himself to
travel through Catholic Europe, or rather France,
Germany, and Ireland, to check heterodoxy and
real schism. The PONTIFF is then to convoke a
groat European council, to bring about a solemn
pact of peace and concord between all the dissident
parties. Pius the Ninth commended this project for
its charity and grandeur, but objected to it from its
character being somewhat too Utopian for existing
circumstances, and impracticable. The last project,
which is that of the diplomatic body at Gaeta, is that
the Porn should go into some city of his own domains,
either Civita Vecchia, Bologna, or Ancona, and there
open conferences with the political parties, to bring
them to sentiments of conciliation, and effect the re-
storation of order. It is said that the Porn, pressed
to come to some decision, replied, " The madness of
the Romans still subsists ; I will wait until the eclipse
of their reason is passed."
Letters from Rome of the 21st state that the
Ministry has been reconstructed. It consists of
STERBINI, MARIAM, CastrEz.no, and another.
GARIBALDI has been obliged to quit Rome by the
intrigues of the retrograde party. Before the Consti-
tuent Assembly is convoked, it is probable that the
electors law will be
prevented. MAMI&NI resigns be-
cause he is opposed to the convocation of the Consti-
tuent Assembly. The Chamber of Deputies has almost
unanimously rejected the Bill for the expulsion of
foreigners from Rome.
Il Contenzporaneo of the 22d says : " To-day
tranquillity reigns in the city. 'Co-morrow the Junta
will occupy itself with completing the Ministry."—
Ii Nazionale of the 28d states that, at least 50 arrests
have been made at Rome.

The Monitore Toscano, of the 23d, officially de-
nies the statement made by several journals, that the
British Ambassador at Florence had presented a note
t 9 the Tuscan Ministry, threatening to blockade
London, England, 1849-01-01

diamond, which is of the value of 3,500,000 E (140,000/.
sterling), has bPen stolen, or done away with. 2. A
descent of the officers of justice took place yesterday at
the house of M. Jules Bastide, in the Rue de la Ferme-
des-Mathurines, 43, for the purpose of seizing important
papers. 3. Dreadful dilapidations have ben discovered
in the accounts of the last Administration ; and, 4.
Scandalous revelations are immediately to be made to
the public."
The Prince PRESIDENT is endeavouring, by every
means in his power, to ingratiate himself with the
troops. On Saturday he visited, incognito, the bar-
racks of some of the cavalry regiments stationed in
the Champ de Mars, and tasted their soup, bread, &c.
In the course of the visit he was recognised, and no-
thing could exceed the joy and satisfaction of the
soldiers. At last the pressure about him was so great
that he was glad to mount his horse and escape. He
was followed to the gate of the barracks by the whole
of 'the troops, who cheered him with loud cries of
"Vive le PRESIDENT !" " Vive NAPOLEON 1"
General CHANGARNIER, the Commander-in-Chief
of the National Guards of the Seine and of the Ist
military division, has issued a notice to the general
and other superior officers in Paris, that the PRESI-
DENT of the Republic will hold a grand reception on
Monday, the Jour de l'An, and v. ill receive them
at half-past eleven in the morning. The officers of
the National Guard will be received at two o'clock.
The officers wishing to he present are to meet in full
uniform in the grand gallery of the Louvre.
A few transactions were effected to day in the
Five per Cents., in the Passage de l'Opera, at 75f.
30c., being about the closing price of yesterday at
the Bourse.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TER
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.

Boulogne and Amiens, 814—Northern of France, 734
Orleans and Bordeaux, 23/ —Rouen and Havre, 93i.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 25th have been received.
Several persons have been arrested in Seville.
General VILLALONGA has caused the Carlist colonel
QUINTANA and two other Carlist prisoners to be shot.
The average price of wheat throughout Spain
during the month of October last was 35 reals per
fanega, which is about 375. per quarter, but the
average price in the province of Salamanca was only
24 reals per fanega, whilst it was 49 at Pontevedra,
Gallicia, and 51. at Barcelona. It was 32 reals per
fanega in the province of Madrid.
The average price of barley during the same month
was 17 reals per fanega, but it was 27 reals at Oviedo,
and 31 at Corunna ; whilst :at Saragossa it was only
11 reals per fanega, and 12 at Segovia and Val-
ladolid.
There was no Balsa.
London, England, 1849-01-01

DIED.

On the 28th ult., at Roehampton, Edward, fifth Earl of
Oxford and Earl Mortimer, aged 76.
At Inverness, on the l ltn ult., Mr. Lewis Grant, book-
seller.
At Funchal, Madeira, on the 29th Nov., where he had
gone for the sake of his health, Robert Mackenzie, Esq., of
Flowerhurn
On the 22d Nov., at Barbadoes, Captain John T. Hope, of
the 72d Regiment, eldest son of the late General Sir J. Hope.
On the 23d ult., at Judd-place, New-road, Mr. J. Ilogg,
aged 73, forty one years an officer of her Majesty's D,ck-
yard, Chatham.
On the 24th ult., at Clifton, aged 71, George Hilhouse,
Esq., late of Comba-house.
On the 27th ult., at Stamford-hill, Middlesex, Geddes M.
Simpson, Esq., of Great Tower-street, London, aged 74.
On the 28th ult., Samuel Johnson, Esq., of Upper Rana,
lagh-street, Pimlico.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
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Strand, in the Precinct if the Savoy, itt the %sway st
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London, England, 1849-01-01

YORK, NEWCASTLE, and BERWICK
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a Resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of "Extensions No. 1," (late
York and Newcastie Extensions,) and " Extensions No. 2," (late
Newcsstle and Berwick New) Shares in this Company, are requested
to PAY a FURTHER INSTALMENT of 51. per Share (making
201. per Share paid), on TUESDAY, the 16th day of January next,
at any of the undermentioned Banks :
London.... ....Sir R. Glyn and Co.
York ... .. The Union Bank.
Edinburgh 1 The City of Glasgow Bank.
Glasgow j
Interest at the rate of 5/. per Cent. per Annum will be charged on
all Calls unpaid after the 16:h day of January.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
ROBERT DAVIES, Deputy-Chairman.
By order,
York, December 20, 1818.

JOHN CLOSE, Secretary.
London, England, 1849-01-01

FEBRUARY.

3. Parliament met by adjournment from the 20th
December, 1847.

4. Harriet Parker tried and found guilty of the murder
of two children. to be revenged of their father, a me-
chanic, named Blake.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Howley, died
at Lambeth Palace.

11. A soldier, named Henry Ducker, shot through
the head, in St. James's-park, by Annette Meyer (a
French girl), his sweetheart.
14. The voters of New Yarmouth reported by a
Committee of the House of Commons to have been'
guilty of bribery in the election of Lord A. Lennox.
The Committee, at the same time, recommended the dis-
franchisement of the Borough.

21. Harriet Parker executed in the Old Bailey for
murder.

—. The people of Paris thrown into a state of con-
sternation by the determination of M. Guizot and the
Government to prevent intended reform banquets.
22. A revolution in Paris—many persons killed and
wounded. The National Guards took part with the
people. Guizot and the Ministers unable to keep their
places absconded.

- 24. It was announced in the Chamber of Deputies that
the King Louis Philippe had abdicated in favour of his
grandson, the Count de Paris, and conferred the Regency
on the Duchess of Orleans. The people and the Cham-
ber rejected the proposition, and appointed a Provisional
Government to summon the National Convention and
establish a Republican Government.
29. • The Tuileries and Royal Palaces in Paris in the
hands of the mob. The throne destroyed and royal pro-
perty to the amount of 3,000,000 f takes from the apart-
ments of the Princes.
London, England, 1849-01-01

AS. raixch AGAINST LOSS OF 'LIFE BY RAMP' iT
TRAYELLING. _ _ •

/SIETROPOf.TFA:-.14 COUNTIES
and GENERAL LIFE' ASSERA..NCE

27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, L')N.
INCORPORATED PILOISUANT 'ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

At the, pros 'nt day, wren Railway tra :ening has became almost
universal, protection ag:iins. the pecuniary loss.to which the families
of sufferers fre.n tittaccidents inc'dental to it are exposed, is one of
the requirements ()Trite age. To meet this general feeling, this Society
affords to all persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in
Great Britain and Ireland, the opportunityof insuring against loss of
life by accident whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of
Ms. per cent., in one single payment, for tho whole period of life,
thereby rendering unnecessary the payment of Annual Premiums, as
in ordinary Life Assurance.

ExAxtrLE.—A per Son may by one single payment of 51. assure to
his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his
°slag his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland.

F. FERCIU.SON CA.MR9 UX, Manager.

Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, and all information may
be obtained personally, or on application by letter, addressed to the
Manager, at the Offices of the Society, No. 27, Regent-street, Water-
len-place, London, or of any Of the Local Agents.
London, England, 1849-01-01

DOLMAN.

A new aeries of Dolman's Magazine is here com-
menced. We hardly.recognise the publication now
that it has changed its livery from Ailac to apple-
green. A story, headed " The Catholic at Sea"
leads off the periodical on its new adventure; and the
editor follows with a trivial but amusing account of
an incident which occurred to Mr. Anderson, " The
Wizard of the North," when travelling on a conjuring
expedition through Ireland. F. A. P. addresses him-
self in tones of indignation and:brernonstrance to the
Romans—speaking to them in Latin verses and Greek
verses. The latter are the better of the two, and
there is a sound of dignified sadness in the excla-
mation—

" zaspE, :cat El o:iyyr,v 6:7/2.5-^ci Oppowyroc
ctc,;;Eiv,
y/ igpct%:;*/ EV 0:-)14,SU PaXAEo 70vSE ?,Yr.dv."
Nevertheless, we coincide somewhat in the opinion
expressed by a celebrated critic, that if a man wants
to delude the mass into the idea that he can write
poetry he has only to string a few commonplace
ideas together and clothe them in the gorgeous ap-
parel of the dead languages. In the present instance,
however, the aim redeems the ideas, and thousands
will sympathise with the writer when he cries out in
anguish ;EU (El.) TYS fluviac. The Letters from Italy
commenced in this number, will just now be an ob-
ject of peculiar attraction to the subscribers to this
Roman Catholic publication.
London, England, 1849-01-01

YORK, NEWCASTLE, and BERWICK
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a Resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of " Extensions No. 1," (late
York and Newcastle Extensions,) and " Extensions No. 2," (late
Newcastle and Berwick New) Sharca in this Company, are requested
to PAY a FURTHER INSTALMENT of Si. per Share (making
201. per Share paid), on TUESDAY, the 16th day of January next,
at-any of the undermentioned Banks :-
- London • • . • • ....Sir R. Glyn and Co.
York .... • • • • The Union Bank,
Edinburgh 1 ....The City of Glasgow Bank.
Glasgow
Interest at the rate of 51. per Cent. per Annum will be charged on
all Calls unpaid after the 16th day of January.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
ROBERT DAVIES, Deputy-Chairman.
By order,

JOHN' CLOSE, Secretary.

York, December 20, 1848.
London, England, 1849-01-01

01ED.

On the 28th ult., at Roehampton, Edward, fifth Earl of
Oxford and Earl Mortimer, aged 76.
At Inverness, on the 11th ult., Mr. Lewis Grant, book-
seller.

VvAt
Funchal, Madeira, on the 29th Nov.. where he had
gone for the sake of his health, Robert Mackenzie, Esq., cf
Flowerburn

On the 22d Nov., at Barbadoes, Captain John T. Hope, of
the 72d Regiment, eldest son of the late General Sir J. Hope.
On the 23d ult., at Judd-place, New-road, Mr. J. Hogg,
aged 73, forty one years an officer of her Majesty's D,ck-
yard, Chatham.

. .
On the 24th ult., at Clifton, aged 71, George Hilhouse,
Eig., late of Combe.house.
On the 27th ult.. at Stamford-hill, Middlesex, Geddes M.
Simpson, 14:,,q., of Grelt Toner-street, London, aged 74.
On the 28:11 tilt., Samuel Johnson, Esq., of Upper Rene-
lagh-street, Pimlico.

London: Printed and Published by mußpo YOUNG; of
No. 1172, &rand. Printer, at, ne Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Of
Blvaday, January 1,1549.
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1 r Coffee .. ..
L Cocoa .. ..
2 Molasses ..
'Sugar .. ..

Total of sugar and molassesl

4 Spirits : Rum, • brandy, and

Geneva.... •• • • • .........
5 Wine •• • • ••
7 Fruits, viz., currants, figs„
raisins, oranges, &e
8 Spices of all sorts.... • •

Total of Die above articles .
9 Timber of all sorts • • ...... .

Total of do., including timber!

10 Wool, cotton.... • • • ... • • • • • .
11 —, sheep and lambs . ...

Total of Cotton and Sheep's

Total of the above articles

12 Silk, raw, waste, and thrown
13 Flax and hemp • •• •• ........

Total of silk, flax, and hemp)
London, England, 1849-01-01

Quicksilver ••.. • ••••.. • • • •
Barilla and bark . • • ........
Saltpetre ••..•••••• • • • • • • • •
Metals
Hides and skins • •
Tar and Turpentine •• • •• • .
Oil : Train, sperm, palm, olive

and coda-nut.• ....... • • •
Tallow ..
Opium ........ ..... • • • • • •• • •
Dyes and dyeing stuffs ......
Animals . ..
Bacon, beef, pork, and *hams
Eggs ...• •. • • ............. .
Butter......

29 Fish of all sorts, now nearly
alltree ...... ............
30 Corn : grain, meal, and flour
31 Seeds : viz., clover, rape, flax,
and 1in5eedt......,,..
32 Rice
33 Silk manufactures
34 Gloves
35 Other articles

Totals ........
Deduct corn ..

Totals exclusive of corn
Deduct provisions and seeds
Nos. 24 to 32, except corn
London, England, 1849-01-01

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MARRIED.

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of Camberwell, Surrey, to Sarah, third daughter of the late
John Selmes, of the former place.
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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—The arguments on the demurrer
in the case of Mr. Duffy, were brought to a close yester-
day, by the reply of the Attorney-General, who con-
tended that the facts charged having been admitted by
the demurrer, the judgment of the court should be final,
without the intervention of a jury, as in a civil case, or
a charge of misdemeanour. The Learned Gentleman,
however, threw out a suggestion that the Court Tar,
permit the withdrawal of the demurrer before judg
_nili
if the prisoner was desirous of pleading.
then
"de.
not be pronounced until Tuesday; and ic
pond on the decision of the Court whether
named for the trial. r determined to
Mr. Dnffy's counsel, however, :aPP
°tube Crown, that
d kv
resist the doctrine promulgate . e ,_,,1. Dis possible,
judgment on the demurrer must ~,,5..."
bo withdrawn on
however, that the demurrer
the a day shall be
trial would of course
ye:lowing to the continued
Tuesday, and in
proceed. _.5.....___...,...._,....2,..,
that case
Plit. RoEnticirmelfr,
the Member fur Bury
illness of Mr. 1 aaeter, precluding the bops of - ' whose
malady is of a char. pc his being
r rhamenta d •
attend to his a , ry titles for some time
able to .
contemplation,
it is in upon his resignation, to
to come,
.„,... J. A. Roe buck, the late Member for Bath, to
invite AL, . . •
stand in the Liberal interest.
DirORTATIONS OF POLLTRY.—Large importations of
poultry are taking place from the Continent. The quality
of the turkeys imported from France is reported to be
excellent, although, generally speaking, not so large
and fine as those produced in England.
A burglary was . • committed yesterday morning at
the houso of Mr. Josephs, a jeweller and watchmaker,
near Zion Chapel, Waterloo-road. Tho family were
aroused by some neighbours, who saw the shop door
open, and it was found that the whole of the stock had
been stolen.

Earl and Countess Grey left town on Saturday,
for Ilowick Ilan, Northumberland.
London, England, 1849-01-01

1838 51,319,113 4,188,159 47,130,954
1539 ... 51,720,748 ... 4,042,0( 1 47.678,687
1840 ... 53,440,257 ... 4,082096 49 357.691
1841 ... 51,1-14,053 ... 4.232,517 ... 49,161,536
18 12 ... 54465,318 ... 4,279,383 ... 50.185,729
1813 ... 55,223,873 ... 4,278,704 ... 50,943 169
1314 ... 55.501,733 ... 4,362,2:!6 51,139,513
1545 . . 55,103,645 ... 4.555,997 ... 50,547,648
1846 ... 53,873,063 ... 4,630,350 ... 49,242,713
1847 . . 53,583,025 ... 4,639,195 ... 50,943,830
1848 ... 59,230,413 ... 4,727,465 ... 54,502,948
Deducting about six millions of this sum collected
in Ireland, or say even 6,230,4131., there remains
53 millions of taxes levied in Great Britain ; to which,
it' we add poor-rates, county-rates, and countless local
burdens, at least seventeen millions, we cannot reduce
the whole taxation of Great Britain for the year end-
ing sth January, 1849, to less than 70 millions
-sterling.
The charge of collecting the revenue in the year
ending sth January, 1828, amounted to 3,966,4561.
The other payments deducted from the revenue, in its
way to the Exchequer, amounted to 1,302,0301. This
large amount requires some explanation. At that
time, the payments included other and extra deduc-
Cons from the Customs' revenue on account of a much
greater number of drawbacks than at present, on
various articles.cwhich had then paid, but now do not
pay, an Excise duty. These dut;e3 were abolished,
on printed calicoes, in 1831; candles, in 1832 ; tiles,
in 1833 ; starch, stone bottles, sweets, mead, and
home-mae wines, in 1834; glass reduced in 1835 ;
paper and soap, in 1836 ; and glass duty, nearly
abolished in 1844: and when those articles were ex-
ported a drawback was allowed, but the amount of
those drawbacks is not included in the other pay-
ments, which, with the charges of collection, are
deducted from the gross revenue, which latter is not
the whole revenue, but the gross, after deducting
drawbacks and allowances.
The charges of collecting the revenue in the year end-
ing sth January, 1848, amounted to 3,963,5391. ;
596,7001. more than in 1835.
The other payments from the different branches of re-
venue, in its way to the Exchequer, were the following:—
First from the Customs— £ s. d.
Quarantine expenses ... 16,291 0 0
Warehousing department ... ... 135,660 0 0
Officers connected with the Act of Na-
vigation, and keeping account of the
trade and navigation of the empire,
and Merchant Seamen's Act ... 10,075 0 0

£162,026 0 0

Payments on account of Trinity lights
and pilot dues, for difference between
charges on British and foreign
vessels 39,629 0 0
Compensations and allowances, coast
guard and naval officers ... 41,528 0 0
Judicial, paid out of Scotch customs,
for defraying judicial establishments
in Scotland .. •••
Civil government (Isle of Man)
Corn returns (incidental)
Miscellaneous payments

... 93,227 0 0

9,335 0 0
•••
- -

306 0 0
66 0 0
London, England, 1849-01-01

DOL4IIAN.

A new series of Dolman's Magazine is here com-
menced. We hardly recognise the publication now
that it has changed its livery from lilac to apple-
green. A. story, headed " The Catholic at Sea"
leads off the periodical on its new adventure ; and the
editor follows with a trivial but amusing account of
an incident which occurred to Mr. Anderson, " The
Wizard of the North," when travelling on a conjuring
expedition through Ireland. F. A. I?. addresses him-
self in tones of indignation and remonstrance to the
Romans—speaking to them in Latin verses and Greek
verses. The latter are the better of the two, and
there is a sound of dignified sadness in the excla-
mation—

za‘pE, Xat Et 99o7yriv svvacrai 0?-r,V0Vi.n
ominEly,
Tov Ppaxuv Ev evp-w 3r4XXEo s'ovcSa )oycv."

Nevertheless, we coincide somewhat in the opinion
expressed by a celebrated critic, that if a man wants
to delude the mass into the idea that he can write
poetry he has only to string a few commonplace
ideas together and clothe them in the gorgeous ap-
parel of the dead languages. In the present instance,
however, the aim redeems the ideas, and thousands
will sympathise with the writer when he cries out in
anguish Fu (T%-c: i avcxs. The Letters from Italy
commenced in this number, will just now be an ob-
ject of peculiar attraction to the subscribers to this
Roman Catholic publication.
London, England, 1849-01-01

COUNTY FIRE OFFICE,
2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS.

Established 1807.
The Directors beg to give notice, that the Christmas renewals are
now lying at the East-end Office, as above, where every facility will
be afforded to parties desirous of effecting insurances.
HENRY BEAUMONT, Secretary.

HENLEY and LONDON WATER WORKS
and NAVIGATION.
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any persons who feel an interest in the matter on application at
Messrs. Ilurchell and Co., 47, Parliament-street, Westminster.
London, Dec. 30, 1848.
London, England, 1849-01-01

At per stone by the Carcase.

to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef,inferlor...... 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .. 210 3 4
-- middling .... 210 3 0 middling.. 3 6 310
- primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 - prime .... 4 0 4 4
-- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.... ••• • 3 6 4 0
Vea1........ •..... 3 6 4 4 - small •••• .... 4 2 4 8

BOTLOUGII 310 P MA. I'.
There is a slight improvement to notice in the demand
for the best new Hops, in pockets, at fully last week's
quotations. The inferior kinds of new, as well as old,
Hops are very dull in sale. Now Hops:—Sussex
pockets, 215 s to 2/18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 8s to
31 5s ; Mid and East ditto, 2/ 12s to 5/ 17s per cwt.

33011.011G8 AND SPITALPIELDS.
These markets are heavily supplied with Potatoes
from our own coasts, as well as from Scotland and
abroad. Their quality, however, is not to say first rate.
The trade generally is dull, at drooping prices. The
importations last week consisted of 36 tons from Corotoi,
380 ditto from Rotten, 300 ditto from Antwerp, 82 ditto
fram Ghent, 100 ditto from Calais, 232 sacks from
Havre, 400 tons from Dunkirk, 124 ditto from Rotter-
dam, 156 ditto from Ilamburgh, 6 ditto from St. Valery,
and 50 ditto from Estcbrugge. Yorkshire Regents,
100 s to 150 s; Scotch ditto, 1008 to 120 s ; ditto Cups,
€os to 90s; ditto Reds, 60s to 80s ; ditto Whites, 60s
itsa 893 ; French Whites, 60s to 95s ; Dutch ditto 45s to
65. per ton.

WOOoo L.
Last week's imports of Wool into London were com-
posed of only lg bales from the Cape of Good Hope,
and 12 bales from Hamburgh. In the private contract
market there is a better demand for the best qualities of
.English and colonial Wool, at very full prices. Other-
ie
wise
the sae trade
large. is in a sluggish state. The supply on offer
y

-
T./LIAO VAP
Since our last report this market, from the heavy
stock of foreigu and home-raz 10
Tallow, h ts ruled ex-
ceedingly dull, at a further decline of from 6d to 9d per
ewt. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at only 42s per cwt.
The transactions for forward delivery are trifling in the
extreme. Town Tallow, 42s 6d to 43s per cwt. net cash;
Rough Fat, 2s 44d to 2s 5d per 81bs.

The Consolidated Board of Excise, Stamps, and
Taxes, is to consist of the following :—Chairman, Mr.
John Wood ; Deputy Chairman, 11r. John Thornton
Commissioners, Messrs. Hart DariQ, Thomas Harrison,
Henry T. Stephenson, Charles John Herries, Charles
P. Rushworth, Charles Pressly, Alfred Montgomery._
Observer.

LoLA MONTES.—This lady, who Forne time since
caused so great a sensation in Bavaria—consequent on
her elevation to the rank of a Countess by the ex-King
--is said to have arrived in London on Friday last.
London, England, 1849-01-01

DECEMBER.

3. Seventy-three emigrants smothered in the steerage
of the Londonderry steamer, between Sligo and Liver.
pool. The captain and two mates found guilty of man-
slaughter by a coroner's inquest.
8. News arrived of the abdication of Ferdidand, the
Emperor of Austria, iu favour of his nephew, Francis
Joseph, son of the Archduke Francis Charles, his
brother. The Emperor retired to Prague. Vienna
tranquil.
10. The election for President of the French Republic
commenced this day. Prince Louis Napoleon at the
head of the poll.
19. Parliament further prorogued to the Ist of
February, 1849.

20. Louis Napoleon elected and proclaimed in Paris
President of the French Republic.-
21. The coroner's jury, at Wymondham, found James
Bloomfield Rush guilty of the double murder of Mr.
Jermy and his son.
London, England, 1849-01-01

NATIONAL MERCANTILE FIRE
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DATID WADDINGTON, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
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PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, says that the
Prussian Ambassador at Rome received orders to
express to the Pope the profound interest which his
position excited in the mind of the King, and to beg
his Holiness, if obliged to abandon his States, to
take up his residence in the royal palace of Bruhl,
on the Rhine.
London, England, 1849-01-01

I.„,fir A A E.
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and broken health, are the groat hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
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neglect wound more sorely than pove-ty or misfortune. Reader, if
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THE REV. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, M.A..
Author of " Luther," &c., &c.
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FRANKFORT.

The Frank fort Journal informs us that the propo-
sition of the sub-committee of the German National
Assembly, to elect an hereditary Emperor of Ger-
many, has not obtained the consent of the committee,
who have adopted the following project :—The dig-
nity of Chief of the Empire is conferred for four
years on a German prince, to be elected by the
reigning Prince of Germany. The Prince so elected
to have the title of Vicar of the German Empire.
The election to take place on the Ist September
of every fourth year, at Frankfort, by a college of
electoral princes, the first election, however, to be
on the 15th February, 1849. Germany with
this view to be divided into seven electoral circles,
each represented by a Prince Elector, namely—
Austria, with two votes ; Prussia two votes ; Bavaria,
one; Saxony and the Thuringian States, one; Hano-
ver and the Northern States, one; Wurtemburg and
Baden, one ; the two Hesses, Lunembourg, Nassau,
and the four free towns, one; in all nine votes. For
each of the last four circles a special treaty will confer
the right of voting upon one of the most considerable
princes. The Vicar of the Empire to have a civil list,
to be fixed by the Diet for four years. The Vicar is
inviolate and irresponsible, &c.
M. DE SOLIKERLING has been appointed Plenipo-
tentiary of the Austrian Government to the Central
Power.