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The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-05

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

Advices have been received from Vienna to the
29th ult.

The budget for 1848, which was published on the
28th, shows a deficit of 43i millions of florins, the
receipts being 112- millions, and the expenditures
156 millions. Notwithstanding this unsatisfactory
statement, public confidence is on the increase.
Prince SCRWARZENBERG has issued the following
address to the electors of the Wieden district of
Vienna :

" The undersigned President-Minister has laid before
the Emperor the address of the electors of the Wieden
district, in which they protest against Articles 2 and 3
of the project of Constitution of the Central Power at
Frankfort, and declared their adhesion to the manifest
of the Imperial Mir.istry. His Majesty heard with
pleasure this true Austrian expression of feeling, and
has commissioned the undersigned to inform the electors
that there is every reason to believe that a solution of
this delicate and important matter will be effected in the
interests of Austria and of Germany. Measures have
been taken to provide for the desired circulation of the
address to his Majesty, as also of the vote of confidence
to the Deputy at Frankfort of the Wieden district.
(Signed) " F. SCHWARZENBERG.
" OIMUtZ, Dec. 13, 1848."
The Wiener Zeitung, in allusion to the letter
published by the National, and written by a prisoner
of WINDISCHGRATZ, denies that the twelve students
were shot as reported by the writer of the letter,
because, says the Wiener Zeitung, no execution by
martial law took place but a report of it was officially
inserted the next day in the Wiener Zeitung, and
assuredly no list of twelve students was ever inserted
in that or any other paper. This tardy denial, how-
ever, by no means satisfies us that the atrocity, as
recorded by the writer in the National, never took
place. The execution did not take place by martial
law, because probably the students were shot
down without even the form of a trial, as many
hundreds were during the month of November by
the barbarian Croats of JELLACHICH. Will the
Wiener Zeitung venture to assert that no prisoners
were shot by the Imperialists save those who were
condemned by martial law. The contradiction as it
at present stands is a mere " swearing by the card."
The EMPEROR has appointed Count FE= ZICHI
Royal Commissioner for the two countries of Pres-
burg and Wiesselburg.
The Austrian Lloyd's has the following frdm
Trieste, dated Dec. 24 :
"The English war steamer Ardent has, just arrived
here from Venice. The fearful storm which has been
raging here for some days has prevailed there also; and
the English brig of war Mu tine was wrecked upon the
sandbanks. Three officers and two marines were
drowned, and several others had their feet frozen. The
rest of the crew were rescued by the Ardent. The Sar-
dinian fleet was seen at Otranto."
London, England, 1849-01-05

WESTMINSTER.

William Henry Jones, a young man described as a
labourer, was brought up for re-examination, charged
with uttering a forged note for 51. on the Bank of
England to Mr. Ridler, the proprietor of the Duke
of York, Regent-street, Westminster.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
The annual contribution of 101., being part of a
subscription of the members of the Union Club for
the poor-box, and Si. from Sir Richard Sutton, have
been received, an acknowledgment of bath of which
was requested.
London, England, 1849-01-05

THE ARMY.

Mr. Brian Hodgson has resigned Ithe appointment of
Barrack Master at (Canterbury, which he has so wor-
thily held fur the last twenty years, possessing the es-
teem of both military and civilians in the highest de-
gree. The latter will lose a kind resident, as Mr.
Hodgson intends leaving England: Mr. Hodgson is suc-
ceeded by Captain James Murray.
Canterbury barracks, being unoccupied during the
last six months, has produced a most disastrous effect on
the trade of the city, which depends to a large extent
on the service. The inhabitants have recently memo-
rialised the Horse Guards for an order of residence for
troops, but it is understood the barracks will be fully
occupied in the spring, by arrivals from India, Canter-
bury barracks being deemed peculiarly suited for that
purpose.
London, England, 1849-01-05

•
C_
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710,-
' FRIDAY, J-ANUART 5, 1849.

Considering that no reinforcements whatever had
been teceived even` towards' the close of November,
r the intelligence from
the Seat of war in the northern
provinces of Hindustan `nest
be 'regarded as in the
highest degree satisfactory, Our forces have not
merely maintained their position •
tne midst of a
general and organized insurrection, but they have
obtained several successes over the most distinguished
chiefs of the rebellion. Nor have these advantages
been merely productive of the eclat of a few batteries
captured, or a few cannon spiked, they have,
carrying dismay into the hearts of our antagon;eas,
and infusing into our own soldiers an
additional confidence in the superiority of
European over Oriental tactics, driven back the re-
volted population to the western banks of the Che-
naub. So dechive, indeed, have these movements
been in reference to the ultimate acquisition of the
territories surrounding Lahore, that the whole of the
eastern division of thePunjaub may now be considered as
again in our possession. Between the Chenaub and the
Sutledge not one solitary band of the Seikh multi-
tude remains to be routed. The satisfaction with
which these occurrences will he regarded must in-
evitably become enhanced when the details of each
event have been duly scrutinized. It will then be per-
ceived that the Anglo Indian forces have beaten back
the assailants in the teeth of an accumulation

of discouragetnen!s. In addition to the depression
41-Emrs.PAepolitetit upon the non-arrival of the aid so long
-, ._-_ .svinly looked for from Sinde and Ferozepore,
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London, England, 1849-01-05

THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE•

The important merits of the Quarterly Jotrnal
of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the Highland
and Agricultural Society of Scotland, will be best
described by an enumeration of its valuable contents.
The new number of this journal contains an article
"On the Use of Lime in Agriculture," by
Professor Johnston ; " Decisions in the Supreme
Courts connected with Rural Economy," " The
Farmer's Note•book," containing a variety of sub-
jects of agricultural information • " Annual Agri-
cultural Report," Tables of the Revenue, Prices
of Grain, Foreign Markets," &c. The latter half
of the journal is devoted to an account of the trans-
actions of the Highland and Agricultural Society,
and contains a " Digest of Experiments with Special
Manures," " Report on lately introduced Conifers ,"
" Report on Plantations in the exposed District of
Buchan," and " Report of the Directors on the ap-
pointment of a Chemist."

THE FREE2IIASONS" QUARTERLY

RETIEW.

This periodical is, of course, chiefly filled with
articles of Freemasonic interest. " With a joyous and
grateful satisfaction," it announces " the great stride
that Irish fraternity hiss made in advancing the mag-
nificent principles of the order." An article on " The
Solar Spots," poetry, and literary criticism, occupy
those pages of the Freemasons' Journal not devoted
to Freemasonry.
London, England, 1849-01-05

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived.
The state of siege has been removed in Ciudad,
Roderigo and Toledo.
The debate on the Address had commenced in the
Chamber of Deputies.
MADRID BOLIIIA, Dec. 28.--The Three per Cents.
were done at 201 for paper; the Five per Cents. at
10 ; the Debt without Interest at 4 ; and the Cou-
pons at 6.
London, England, 1849-01-05

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed TIIE ME' CHANT OF VENICE. Shylock,
Mr. Chance Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Chailes Kean.
kfter which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitle.]
CAMARALZAMAN AND BAD•URA ; or, The Peri who Loved
the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, MiTs
Dorton, and Miss Reynolds.

THEATRIC ROYAL, ADELPIII.
,nder ,le direction <X Madame 4 7elesle

Miring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
original designs by Digby Wyatt, Ese, , executed by Mr. Sang.
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Back.
added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.
London, England, 1849-01-05

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 4. At Gloucester market, on
wheat was again is per quarter lower.
At
te
W3Oothrceusltt., er,
same day, the currency of the previous
week was firmly maintained. Barley again rather
cheaper. Beans nominally unaltered. Peas very un-
saleable. Oats realised quite as much money, and fine
ones in more demand. During the present week wheat.
has been in improved request, at former prices. Barley
still neglected. Oats realise quite as much money.
Only retail transactions are reported in beans. Some
peas hare changed hands at a reduction of Is to 2s per
quarter. At this day's market there was a limited
supply of wheat from the farmers, and all qualities are
fully as dear. Barley is to 2s per quarter lower. Oats
maintained the currency of this day se'nnight. Beans
rather lower. More inquiry for peas, at very low rates.
BOSTON, JAN. 3.—There was more firmness in the
wheat trade today, and for finest qualities a slight ad-
vance was obtained. The supply was . limited. No
quotable change in the value of oats or beans. Wheat—.
red, 38s to 45s ;
white, 48s ; oats, 12s to 22s ; beans—
new, 22s to 30s; old, 40s per qr.
BRISTOL, JAN. 4.—Wheat: English, new, has come
to hand in an improved condition, and brings about is
per quarter under last week's rats; old is slow and
cheaper; for foreign, free, the inquiry is quite in retail,
without variation in value. Bonded parcels are held
with more firmness and at somewhat higher rates than
were last week attainable. Flour in wood consumptive
demand, at former prices. Barley, English malting :
there is a large supply, with more expected, and mode-
rate; of foreign the trade is very slow, and lower prices
by is to 2s per quarter are accepted; with distilling and
grinding qualities in lessened demand. Oats, without
improvement. Beans: foreign, about is per quarter
cheaper. In peas very little has been doing.
SLEAIORD, JAN. I.—There was little business doing
here,to-day. The price of wheat was rather lower than
last week, and other grain dull of sale. Wheat, white,
44s to 46a; red, 435 to 445; barley, 25s to 28; oats,
15s to 18s; beans, 38s to 40s per quarter.
GRlMSBY.—lteturn• of . sales to Jan. I:—Wheat, 290
qrs, 6291 Is (aver. 43s 4.1 d); barley, 165 qrs, 2041 lOs
(aver. 24s 9,1t1); oats, 4 qrs, 3/ 16s (aver. 19s).
MARKET RASEN, JAN. 2.—Not much business was
done; what little passed in the wheat trade may be con-
sidered at former quotations. Barley, oats, and beans
stationary. Return of sales up ;,to Saturday lase,
Wheat 120 qrs, 26706'er:44s td)e barley, 52s eirs,.:o4o
(aver. 260.8.
London, England, 1849-01-05

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JAN. 2.—The KING has addressed the fol-
lowing order of the day to the army :
" I address a new year's greeting to my splendid army
of the line and Landwehr. The sand of the melancholy
year of 1848 has now run out, and on this occasion I
must address a few grateful words to my army. During
this eventful year, in which, without Divine Providence,
Prussia must have sunk, the Prussian army not only
maintained its ancient glory, but it has acquired fresh
renown. The King and the people look with pride at
these brave -sons of their country. They remained un-
shaken in their loyalty, while revolt was undermining
the free development of those liberal institutions to which
I desired prudently to lead my people. Their banners
have been crowned with fresh laurels, when they were
called upon to aid Germany in the cause of Schleswig.
They overcame victoriously both fatigue and danger,
when &Sired to quell the inserreeden in Posen.
Their co-operation has maintained_ order in Southern
Germany, where the- Prussia:li name,; has gained fresh
honour—where, in short, an attempt" Was made to in-
fringe the laws of their own country, which called forth
the intervention of the armed force and of the Landwehr.
The brave teen of the Landwehr-cheerfully quitted
their
families and. their homes, arid all. both line and
femdwehr, justified the confidence •which I had ever
placel iii t4fmr and likewise proied •the admirable
urganizaion given by
done its duty.
bY the late King to eur army. Every -
where the army'.
Fee more thkalthese do tapprpsiare the
Edt'. by the ar:reT in these
.latter times; op
• terifkr,rilost• base 1.1
posing calumnies; an( .tobribery, As
exceiltift"Oirit ifnd"Woble, -tltriow my army
frormobittover part I called it, was ready in' discipline,
end-Unshaken -14ptity:'''Aha 11-Oops conleirOt have.
done more in the most glorious efforts of the Prussian
annals.
." I thank the generals, the officers, and • the soldiers
of the line and Land wehr, in my own name, and that
of the country. •

" FERDINAND WILLIAM.
(Countersigned) " VAN STROTHE."
M. TimmE, Director of the Superior Provincial
Court of Justice at Munster, and late a deputy to
the National Assembly, has been arrested.
London, England, 1849-01-05

UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.

The " Requiem upon Duelling" is concluded this
month. The writer, considering the courts of law
Utterly inefficient to discuss affairs of honour,, pro-
poses the establishment of Courts of Honour to
pronounce upon all cases that touch upon that " lex
non scnpta-comprehended under the significant desig-
nation of Good nreeding." " The Regeneration of
the.- Army" and " The Military System" form the
subjects of two articles in the United Service,
dedicated to the advocacy of military reform.
". Gbnquests. and- Encroachments of the Dutch in the
Iddian Archipelago," " The Indian. Army for Thirty
Years,"' " The last Campaign of Infer," " Biogiaphy
of Ibrahim -Pasha," and several fictitious narratives;
form the femaining •Contenti"6f"tfle' United "Service

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.
The agreeable anticipations with which we closed
our last notice of the number of this very able periodi-
cal for the past eventful year, have been fully realised
by the first number for the new year. We
have found it a most pleasing combination of
the instructive and the beautiful. It opens with a
well-written tale, entitled " Love and Mesmerism ;
some passages from the Life of the Countess of Ro-
senthal ;" the next is an interesting paper on the
" Life and Literary Remains of John Keats," edited
by R. Monckton Milnts. M.P. The continuation of
" Ceylon and the Cyngalese " is, as usual, light and
amusing. The " Fairfax Correspondence" will be
read with deep interest. It contains some quaint
and graphic accounts of scenes and characters
in a very stirring period of England's history.
The poetry in the present number is excellent, and
we scarcely know on which to bestow the palm—the
original or the translations. " A Provision for the
Roman Catholic Clergy, considered in a Letter to the
Editor of the Quarterly Review," is a cleverly written
paper, but our space will not allow us at present to
canvass the opinions of the author. The other papers
are "Ireland's Industry and Ireland's Benefactors,"
and " France, a Retrospect of the Year 1848"—alto-
gether, th• first number for 1849 has opened well,
and we have no doubt the genius and talent of our
sister isle, will continue to sustain this magizine in the
high position which it has attained in the periodical
literature of the day.

SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
The Colonial Magazine for January contains arti-
cles on " Our Colonial Relations," " The Cultivation of
Tea in British India," " The Establishment of Central
Sugar Works in the British Sugar Colonies," " The
Laws of the Winds," " Coral Reefs, a Cause of the
Fever of the Islands near Singapore," and an indig-
nant protest against the annexation of Cuba to the
Slave States of America, together with colonial in-
telligence and a variety of matter of colonial interest.
London, England, 1849-01-05

11,01-AL LYCEUM THEA"►I:E.
Under the Management of Madam: Vestri.s.
sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ida he %,E.
THIS EVENTN,,

Will 100 perfCrned A PECULIAR POSITION

After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF
THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve,
Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil-
ilam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Madnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L.
Miss Coleman, and Madams' Vestris.
To conclude with AN APPEAL. TO 'NIX PUBLIC.
Dress itoxe*, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, la. Ne
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, Nn. 3, Wellin7to, street, ts open to th(
public every: day, from Ten till Six.-

PRINCESS'S THEATLIF.I.
Mr. J. M.' Maddox, Sole Lessee and nnager.
During.the.Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and emhel •
lisited in a, superb and costly manner ry Mr Hurwitz. ♦ new Chan-
delier has been fitted, and the best arranz( ments have been made for
the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and tho counort and convenience
el the audience.

THIS ETENIN(4,I
Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBLN GOOD-
FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey,
C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kenwerthy, Mrs.
Weiss, and Miss B. Stanley.
To conclude• with 'a new grand Pantomime, entitles BLUFF
BIBG HAL or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin,
Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite,
Mr. De Barr ; Colimbine, Miss Fawcett.
London, England, 1849-01-05

JANTT AR Y 5, 1849.

property. In every other respect the number is
worthy of the highest commendation.

-, •
• • -TIIE ZOIST.
The Zoiet, a journal "of Cerebral physiology and
Inesmeri§M, and their lippliCation to human welfare,
is almost *holly devoted to the subject of mesmerism,
and contains an account- of many wonderful cures
effected by its instrumentality. Among its contri-
butor, The Zoiei niniibers Dr. Elliotsori.

JOUILVAIL 'O.P THE ROYAL AGRICUL.
7'UI?AL SOCIETY OF, ENGLAND.

" Mr. Spooner: on Farm-houses—Mr. Loft: on
Varieties of Wheat—Mr. Churnock : on the Farming
of the West Riding—Earl Lovelace: on Agricultural
Meteorology—Mr. Hutchinson : on the Air-drainage
of Land—Mr. Waters: Plcuro-Pneumonia—Mr.
Evelyn Denison, M.P. : on the Duke of Portland's
Plantations—Sir J. P. Monteath : on Preserving Wood
—Mr. Thompson : Report on the Exhibition of Im-
plements at the York Meeting, 1848 —Mr. Po•ey,
M.P. : on Paring and Burning Grass-land—Mr.
licary : on the Management of Cattle—Lord Port-
man : on Draining with Fir-hough—Mr. Wolfe : on
Taick and Thin Sowing—Mr. Tanner : on the
Farming of Devonshire—Mr. Milherne : on the
Farming of the North Riding—Mr. Chandler: on a
Water Drill—Mr. Pusey, M.P. : on the Putrefaction
of Bones—Mr. Rutley : on the Culture of Hops."
Such is a summary Of the contents of this valuable
number of a very important work, to which is
appended an account of the proceedings of the Royal
Society during the past year.
London, England, 1849-01-05

THE WAR IN HUNGARY.

VIENNA, DEC. 29.—A courier his just arrived
from the head-quarters of Prince Windischgratz at
Raab. He brings the intelligence of the defeat of a
strung party of Hungarians by the brigade of Major-
General Ottenger, whom the Prince had dispatched
in pursuit of the retreating Hungarian army, after
the occupation of Raab on the 27th instant.
General Ottinger led his troops a forced march to
Babolna, where he arrived at five o'clock in the
morning of the 28th. He found the enemy's rear-
guard occupying that town, and proceeded forthwith
to attack them. The main body of the Hungarians
continued their retreat, but a body of horsemen of
the late regiment, " The Prince of Prussia," were
surrounded by two divisions of the Wallmoden dra-
goons, who cut part of them down and captured the
rest. The Austrians made altogether 700 prisoners,
200 of whom were wounded.
London, England, 1849-01-05

THIS EVENING

Will he performed a new Drama, founded on Nix'. Dickens's Christ-
mas Book, entitled THIS HAUNTED MAN. Mr. ftedlaw, Mr.
Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr
Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Weolgar ; Mrs. Tet-
terby, Mrs. F. Matthews.
To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul
Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madams Celeste.
Te conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER
Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.
London, England, 1849-01-05

BANKERS'.

The opening number for the new year is enriched
with an excellent likeness of James William Gilbart,
Esq., the respected general manager of the London
and Westminster Bank. It also contains an interest-
ing memoir of the London and Westminster Bank,
the first of the joint stock banks established in the
metropolis. We are happy to find that it is the in-
tention of the proprietors to give similar notices of
the principal joint-stock banks throughout the king-
dom. The series cannot fail to prove both interesting
and instructive. The monetary review of the past
year, with which the number opens, points out the
fluctuations that have taken place in the value of
ateck and shares of ever) description, and proves the
signal failure of the Act of 1844 in one, at least, of
the objects contemplated by its framers. " Letters
to is Branch Manager " are continued with the same
former
contributions that has been so conspicuous in the
contributions of the author. The all-iinportant point
of " discounts" forms the subject of ,the present
epistle.
There are many other interesting papers
containing the usual amount of valuabFe mercantile
information. We regret. hOWci,t'i', to find
editors have given currency to one of a series` of
mischievous articles, the object of which is manifestly
to play the "Bearish game, and to depreciate railway
London, England, 1849-01-05

FRANKFORT.

According to the Cologne Gazette, in a sitting at
Frankfort, of the Commission of the Assembly, of the
28th ult., the important paragraph was adopted—
That the dignity of Head of the Empire was to be
conferred upon a reigning
German Prince.

RUSSIA
ST. PETEISBURGH, DEC. 23.—The St. Petersburgh
Journal contains the following statement respecting
the visit of the Archduke CONSTANTINE to Austria :
" His Imperial Highness quitted us for lA. Olmutz
on the 19th, being charged with the mission to pre-
sent the Emperor's congratulations to the Emperor of
Austria, Francis Joseph 11., on his accession to the
throne. Ins
illustrious son- for the purpose of testifying the high
Majesty has confided this mission to his
value which his Majesty attaches to the maintenance
of those relations which have hitherto united the two
Imperial Courts. From Olmutz the. Archduke will go
to PraPo, for the purpose of expressing those senti-
ments of
- sympathy and good will which his Majesty
v.ill ever entertain for the honour of his Majesty the
Emperor Ferdinand."

• HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE.—Our Government has resolved to
grant a furlough of one year to all officers of the
land force, who may ask for it, on condition of their
retaining two-thirds of their pay. The conclusion
drawn from
this act is, that the Government desires
at this moment to avoid all interference abroad. Count
ESTERHAZY, who has hitherto been the Austrian Am
bassador at this Court, is to fill this post at Berlin.
He will be succeded here by Baron DonnLuor.
NETHERLANDS FINANCE.—The chief difficulty of
the Netherlands is its financial state. The Govern-
ment has a thankless task in prospect; and the first
work of the new Chambers will be to give a helping
hand to rectify the absurd mistakes that have hitherto
been made in the unequal imposition of taxes. The
finances are the shoals on which the Government
vessel has often struck and received much damage, and
it is now high
time to avert a complete shipwreck by
some precautionary measures.
The deficit for 1848 and 1849 is estimated at
15,000,000 guilders. Something must be done in
this emergency,
but such is the state of the country
that fresh loans are out of the question. The nominal
capital of the national debt is estimated at
1,239.519,911 guilders. It is true that this is merely
ilotllt;alc,pital for 816,516,1001 are in the Two per
C-T.4'., 120.856,86111. in the Three per Cents ,
23,008,066 d. in the I
i tiree-aud-a-Halt per Cents.,
252,188 I
,950f1. in the Four per Cents., 8,000,000f1. at
London, England, 1849-01-05

THE CHOLERA.

At Rotterdam, on the 2d, 5 new cases ware re-
ported—deaths, 2; recoverie, 3. Total since com-
mencement of di;ease, I,2lo—deaths, 633 ; reenverie-,
426. At Dordrecht 3 new cases occurred and 1

death ; total since commencement, 115 cases—death;,
65 ; recoveries, 21. At Utrecht 35 cases were re
ported—deaths, 30; recoveries, 3 ; total since com-
mencement, 370 cases—deaths, 196 ; recoveries, 130,
At Schiedam 2 fresh cases were reported—deathi, 2
recoveries, 1 ; under treatment, G. At Groningen n‘:
fresh case occurred—deaths, 1 ; recoveries, 1 ; total
number of cases, 248 —deaths, 129 ; recoveries, 103
under treatment, 11.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 3.

DENMARK AND sCHLESWIG

HOLSTEIN.

The following is said to be the proposition of Lord
PALMERSTON fur the settlement of the differences be
tween Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein and the
Central German Power:—That Schleswig shall be
declared completely independent of both Denmark
and Germany fur the time being, and continua so
until its position and connexions shall be definitely
fixed by treaty, of which the mediating powe'rs shall
be guarantees. The territory would then be eva-
cuated by the troops of the Confederation and of
Denmark, ar,d left entirely to its own self-gover❑
ment, with the full enjoyment of neutrality. This
temporary independence would not, of course, affect
subsequent arrangements, or be construed into an
acknowledgment or prejudgment of claims. It is
said that Russia, France, and Sweden approve of
Lord PALMERSTON'S proposition.
London, England, 1849-01-05

MARRIED.

On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's Church, Paddington, John
Francis, only son of Captai❑ Hyde, of Hyde-end-house,
Berks, to Eliza, relict of J. 11'. Gudge, EKI., barrister, and
only niece of the late Major Collins, Assistant Adjutant-
General of the Royal iklarines.

On the 2d inst., at Bathwick Church, the Rev. Edward
Whitehead, Chaplain, 11. E. I. C.' to Charlotte, youngest
daughter of the late Rev. Edward Willes.

LIND.
At Brussels, on the 30th ult., R. W. Brandling, Esq., of
Low Gosforth, Northumberland, aged 74.
On the Ist inst., at Brighton, Charlotte, the wife of General
Sir Charles B. Egerton, G.C. M.G., aged 6w
On the ;at inst.'. at Cl ,riice-place, Camberwell-road, Louisa
Susannah, the wife of C. Morgan, Esq.
On the Ist inst., at Cambridge, R. Newby, Esq., aged 64.
inst., at Fitzroy-park, Highgate, Henry
On the 2d inst., in Connaught-square, A. Stert, Esq.
On the
Wugaelin, the infant son of W. Gladstone, Esq.
On the 2d inst., at Pearl-crescent, Pentonville, Mr. John
Hudson, aged 83.

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Middlesex, Friday, January 5, 1840.

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London, England, 1849-01-05

ITALY.

King CHARLES ALBERT is about to take up his
winter quarters in the fortress of Ale3sendria.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

A melodrama, entitled the Headsman, being a dramatic
adaptation, by Albert Smith, of a tale which appeared in
a recent number of Blackwood, was produced here la:.t
evening with the most complete and deserved success.
'1 he interest of the piece turns upon the law which pre-
vailed in the Law Countries during the middle ages,
involving the entail of the office of public executioner
upon the eldest son of the existent functionary, the
odium attached to the unlucky family in whom was
vested the exclusive privilege of wielding the re•
tributive axe often subjecting its members to
the insulting aid dangerous hatred of the populace.
The drama illustrates the agony of a young man, the
offspring of one of the denounced and outlawed dos r,
who is called upon to decapitate a felon in consequence
of the accidental inability of the father to perform the
duty. The drama represents his ignominious expulsion
from a cabaret, the heroic sympathy of his sweetheart,
and his ultimate appearance on the scaffold, when a
shriek from his betrothed unnerves his erre, and the fatal
axe, hanging over the head of the condemned, falls power-
less, amid the invectives and execration of the bystanders,
while the denouement is brought about by the disco-
very that he is not the son of the headsman, but the
illegitimate child of the reigning prince, and happily ex-
empt from the repugnant contingencies of his reputed
birth. The success of the drama depended chiefly upon
the gloomy interest of the last scene, when the spectator
beheld the scaffold in all its visible reality, lit with dimly-
burning lanthorns, and the wretched criminal, attended by
his ghostly confessor, awaiting bare-necked the impend-
ing blow. Mr. Leigh Murray exhibited the distress of the
youthful headsman with great effect, and his di:munch:-
dons of the loathsome task which devolved
upon him were delivered with much manly feeling.
lie was admirably supported by Miss De Burgh, as the
heroine. Miss De Burgh is a young lady new to the Lon-
don boards, and will become a great acquisition. She is
a most interesting looking girl, and her features, which
aro very expressive, have a pensive cast, which suits
eaaetly with the character. She has, moreover, a' sweet
voice, " a most excellent thing in wonean," and in her
acting shows great intensity and pathos. She will soon
be what Mrs. Yates was twenty years ago. The quaint
dry humour of Compton, who acted the part of u relic-
maker, was a welcome relief to the more serious parts
of the drama. The piece was announced for repetition
by Mr. Leigh Murray, amidst the enthusiastic applause
of a very crowded house.
London, England, 1849-01-05

THE CHOLERA.

At Rotterdam, on the 23, 5 new cases ware re
ported—deaths, 2; recoveries, 3. Total since corn
mencement of disease, I,2lo—deaths, 633 ; recoverie,
426.. At Dordrecht 3 new cases occurred and

death ; total since commencement, 115 caces—death::.
65 ; recoveries, 21. At Utrecht 35 cases were re
ported—deaths, 30; recoveries, 3; total since com-
mencement, 370 cases—deaths, 196 ; recovnies, 130
At Schiedam 2 fresh cases were reported—deathi, 2
recoveries, 1 ; under treatment, 6. At Groningen n,
fresh case occurred—deaths, 1 ; recoveries, 1 ; tots
number of cases, 248—deaths, 129 ; recoveries, 10S
under treatment, 11.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 3.

DENMARK AND sCHLESWIG

HOLSTEIN.

The following is said to be the proposition of Lord
PALMERSTON fur the settlement of the differences be
tween Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein and the
Central German Power :—That Schleswig shall be
declared completely independent of both Denmark
and Germany for the time being, and continue so
until its position and connexions shall be definitely
fixed by treaty, of which the mediating powe-rs shall
be guarantees. The territory would then be eva-
cuated by the troops of the Confederation and of
Denmark, arAl left entirely to its own self-govern
merit, with the full enjoyment of neutrality. This
temporary independence would not, of course, affect
subsequent arrangements, or be construed into an
acknowledgment or prejudgment of claims. It is
said that Russia, France, and Sweden approve of
Lord PALMERSTON'S proposition.
London, England, 1849-01-05

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1 Canirderin.q Abdt no reinforcements whatever had
been teceived even towards. the close of November,
the intelligence from the seat of war in the northern
' prOiinces of Hindostan mast be 'regarded as in the
highest degree satisfactory. Our forces have not
merely maintained their position in the midst of a
general and organized insurrection, but they have
obtained several successes over the most distinguished
chiefs of the rebellion. Nor have these advantages
been merely productive of the eclat of a few batteries
captured, or a fe w cannon spiked, they have, while.
carrying dismay into the hearts of our antagonists,
and infusing into our own soldiers an
additional confidence in the superiority of
European over Oriental tactics, driven back the re-
volted population to the western banks of the Che-
naub. So decisive, indeed, have these movements
been in reference to the ultimate acquisition of the
territories surrounding Lahore, that the whole of the
eastern division of thePunjaub may now be considered as
again in our possession. Between the Chenaub and the
Sutledge not one solitary band of the Seikh multi-
tude remains to be routed. The satisfaction with 1
which these occurrences will be regarded must in-
evitably
become enhanced when the details of each
event have been duly scrutinized. It will then be per-
ceived
that the Anglo Indian forces have beaten back
the- assailants in the teeth of an accumulation
iof discourageteen!s. In addition to the depression
nv..„.
..„ ---7-z" , ftseet upon the non-arrival of the aid so long
~ev.h iPly looked for from Sinde and Ferozepore,
z. _ had their ardour damped by the knowledge
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London, England, 1849-01-05

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JAN. 2.—The KING has addressed the fol-
lowing order of the day to the army :
" I address a new year's greeting to my splendid army
of the line and Landwehr. The sand of the melancholy
year of 1848 has now run out, and on this occasion I
must address a few grateful words to my army. During
this eventful year, in which, without Divine Providence,
Prussia must have sunk, the Prussian army not only
maintained its ancient glory, but it has acquired fresh
renown. The King and the people look with pride at
these brave sons of their country. They remained un-
shaken in their loyalty, while revolt was undermining
the free development of those liberal institutions to which
I desired prudently to lead my people. Their banners
have been crowned with fresh laurels, when they were
called upon to aid Germany in the cause of Schleswig.
They overcame victoriously both fatigue and danger,
when desired to quell the insurrection in Posen.
Their co-operation has maintained order in Southern
Germany, where the Prussian name has gained fresh
honour—where, in short, an attempt was made to in-
fringe the laws of their own country, which called forth
the intervention of the armed force and of the Landwehr.
The brave men of the Landwehr cheerfully quitted
their families and their homes, and all, both line and
Landwehr, justified the confidence which I had ever
placed in them, and likewise proved the admirable
organization given by the late King to our army. Every-
where the army has dose its duty.
" But even more than all these do I appreciate the atti-
tude assumed by the army in these latter times ; op-
posing to the most base calumnies, and to bribery, its
excellent spirit and noble discipline. I know my army
from whatever part I called it, was ready in discipline,
and unshaken in loyalty. The troops could not have
done more in the most. glorious efforts of the Prussian
annals.
•{ I thank the generals, the officers, and the soldiers
of the line and Landwehr, in my own name, and that
of the country.

" FERDINAND WILLIAM.
_ (Countersigned) " VAN STROTHE."
M. TEMME, Director of the Superior Provincial
Court of Justice at Munster, and late a deputy to
the National Assembly, has been arrested.
London, England, 1849-01-05

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Rotherstherpe (h b)...
Aurieula
EAebilea (h b)
Primrose
Sunnyside
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Burp,hley
Bedlam
Sir Peter Laurie
The Swallow
Ilyn mot
Emily
Ellen Loraine
New Forest Deer
Avenger (11 b)
Ch c by Harkaway, out

of Diana _
General Sale .
Ada Mary
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Delusion
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Blucher
Dough • 4
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Ellerslie
Medford
Clifford
Hag l e,y
FugletLan
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Pantomime
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Lamb's-wool 4
The Swift 3
Montague
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Escape
Jovial
John Cost:er (late Het-
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Prince Charley 4
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War Eagle~
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for the Mostyn Stakes, 21 for the Chesterfield, 7 for the
Stand Cup, 13 for Lord Westminster's Plate, 25 for the
Cheshire, 6 for the Wirral, and 5 for the Eaton.
*Cawroush, who had been backed for a considerable
amount fur the Chester Cup, died at Newmarket on
Wednesday.
London, England, 1849-01-05

express the wish of the French people. It is in that '
conviction that I have accepted with pride and gratitud•
that holy and pious mission. Military Invalides!—l
will watch over you as the Emperor watched over me
from my earliest years. The Emperor owed everything
to France, but his family owe him much more still:
thus it will never forget that, having sprung from the
people, there is no sacrifice sufficient for it when it has to
serve the people. Allons mes amis t Let us cry from
the bottom of our hearts, Vice la France ! Tout pour
la France! Rien_gue par la France !'
This speech MA received with loud cheering. The
new Governor, surrounded by the remains of the
grand armee, then proceeded to the chapel, where
prayers were said. He remained a considerable time
in the part of the church where the remains of the
EMPEROR are deposited. • He then visited the dining-
rooms, sleePing-Places, and infirmary.
The appointment of Admiral CECILLE as Ambas-
sador to the Court of Great Britain, and of M. DE
LAORPNEE as Plenipotentiary at the Conferences at
Brussels, are announced in the .3loniteur.
BOURSE--PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 4.

THREE O'CLocx.—The French Funds were weak
throughout the day, and closed fully one half per cent.
below the closing prices of yesterday. There is a gene-
ral feeling of indefinite uneasiness among speculators,
not proceeding so much from any positive facts, as from
the fear that the present Government is about to meet
fully as great difficulties as its predecessors. It is said
that bad news had been received by the French Govern-
ment from Rome, but the nature of it was not stated.
Exchange on London (thirty days), 25 27 ; ditto
ninety days), 25 20.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.

Boulogne and Amiens, VA—Namur and Liege, 534
Northern of France, B—Orleans sand Bordeaux, VA—Paris
and Rouen, 183/4—Paris and Strasbourg, 234—Rouen and
Havre, 97i.
London, England, 1849-01-05

PESHAWUR.

Major Lawrence was, at the commencement of the
Moultan outbreak, one of those who most earnestly
warned the Resident of the danger of hesitation and
delay, and vehemently implored him to show, by de-
termination and promptitude, that we were prepared
at any moment to deal with sedition wherever it
might show itself. He was then one of five Euro-
pean officers at Peshawur or that neighbourhood, and
had immediately under him six regiments of infantry,
four of cavalry, and thirty-six guns, about six
thousand men in all, of whom two thousand were
Mahomedans, and considered trustworthy. By the
most admirable management, and the coolest courage
and determination, he had Managed to keep these
men in a state of subjection, notwithstanding the
temptation presented them by each successive budget
of tidings of the impunity rind success of their
countrymen. He was pretty well aware that there
was an amount of inducement to join the insur-
rection that their loyalty could not withstand. The
Bu.nnoo defection was a severe trial to them—still
more so our retreat from Moultan; the movement of
Chuttur Singh, and threatened junction of all the
northern insurgents, was more than they could stand.
On the morning of Monday the 23d ult., accordingly,
the whole of the Seikh portion of the force broke
into open mutiny, and on the following day, about
nine at night, the Mahomedan regiment of Colonel
Meer Jungee, the one on which Major Lawrence
most depended for support, fired on the Residency
followed by the artillery ; and as the report of the
cannonade would quickly have brought down the
Seikh mutineers encamped on the eastern side of the
town, Major Lawrence considered that the time had
come for vacating his position, and that he could do
no further good by remaining. So, about an hour
after the commencement of the attack, Major Law-
rence and Lieutenant Bowle mounted, and with Mr.
Thompson (the apothecary) and his wife, under an
escort of fifty Afighan horse, moved out to the gate
at the south. All the Punjaubee companies inside
the Residency compound were turning against them,
and it was with some difficulty they got out at all.
Five minutes more, and they mast have fallen into
the hands of the enemy. The whole party arrived in
safety at Kohat, about ten A.M. on the 25th, where
they have since remained unmolested.
London, England, 1849-01-05

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE.—Our Government has resolved to
grant a furlough of one year to all officers of the
land force, who may ask for it, on condition of their
retaining two-thirds of their pay. The conclusion
drawn from this act is, that the Government desires
at this moment to avoid all interference abroad. Count
ESTERHAZT, who has hitherto been the Austrian Am
bassador at this Court, is to fill this post at Berlin.
He will be succeded here by Baron DODELHOP.
NETHERLANDS FINANCE.—The chief difficulty of
the Netherlands is its financial state. The Govern-
ment has a thankless task in prospect; and the first
work of the new Chambers will be to give a helping
hand to rectify the absurd mistakes th.at have hitherto
been made in the unequal imposition of taxes. The
finances are the shoals on which the Government
vessel has often struck and received much damage, and
it is now high time to avert a complete shipwreck by
some precautionary measures.
The deficit for 1848 and 1849 is estimated at

15,000,000 guilders. Something must be done in
this emergency, but such is the state of the country
that fresh loans are out of the question. The nominal
capital of the national debt is estimated at

1,39 519,911 guilders. It is true that this is merely
nominal capital for 816,516,100f1. are in the Two per
120,856.861f1. in the Three per Cents ,
23,008,066 d. io the three-ancl-a-Halt per Cents.,
252,188,950 A. in the Four per Cents., 8,000,000f1. at

four-and-a-half per cent., and 9,000,000f1. • at flit
per cent. interest, but the yearly interesttpaid is
36,271,811f1. 53c., and this swells the budget of this
small kingdom to,the enormous amount of 71,01?p,000f1'
Numerous retrenchments have bee❑ propdsed and
adopted, both in the Royal household awl otter de-
partments, but at the very outside they do not amount
to more than two millions.

The Ministers, it is said, intend, at the opening of
the Chambers, to propose the following new taxes, in
some measure to meet the deficit : a tax of 5 per
cent. on the net profits of all landed property, a kind
of income•tax; 5 per cent. on large properties and
pensions, and a lower rate on smaller incomes ; a
scale of rates on patents; which shall be imposed on
various trades and professions hitherto exempt from
any patent ; and, lastly, the most important tax of
all, 5 per cent. interest on all Exchequer-bills,
whether home or foreign. There can he no doubt
that numerous will, and must be, the objections stated
against all and several of these taxes; but even if
they should not be imposed, the Legislature niiy
be able, after discuss& in the Chambers, to
arrive at some co,nolusion, and discover some
method whereby the country may he saved
from the impgtiding ruin which awaits it in its
financial relations, unless some decided measure be
speedily adopted.
London, England, 1849-01-05

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Age., 0 i Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor-
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7- 1.
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