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IZARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
and the rt,Hc for their continued support and patrot:sge, and
to anno.thce that their Pub:le Sties of Railway Shares, &c.,
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HE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 7.
TUERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, ; Noon, 41.
BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND E., rain.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGF: THIS DAY.
horning .. 16 minutes after 5. Evening .. 33 minutes after 5.

regeneration... B expecting the details by which the
principle, th ey 1C .av e determined on supporting, can be
best effectu ate, _it is most likely that they are Lily
undergoing: alteroslon, according to the varying in-
teliigence. -which iis, .constantly srri%ing from Leland.
Whatever may be. their preliminary, or corollary
measures of relief; for removing the diseased
symptoms which at present so fearfully disfigure
the social features on the other side of St.
George's Channel, ttere can now be but little
doubt that the main object will be to render them all
conducive to one great end, viz., that the land shall
be rendered primarily a ad substantially liable for the
support of the population born and bred upon its
respective divisions and localities. This is the pri-
mitive principle of society in its rudest form, and
flows in direct accordance with the prescribed dictates
of nature herself. We cannot analyse the history of
any nation, civilised, semi barbarous, or in what is
termed a strictly primeval condition, without severally
discovering in their earliestages the universal prevalence
of the principle in question.
"Whenever, through the artificiality of legislation,
this sound base of all social organization has been com-
promised, or lost sight of, the infringement of the mo-
ral laws of nature has always been rendered palpable
by the disastrous consequences which have ensued. No
matter how ingenious the devices resorted to by men
who had acquired large possessions, and were am-
bitious of retaining their territorial influence, re-
gardless of the
.duties inseparable from their acqui-
sitions, and to the faithful discharge of which
the native peasantry possessed an inalienable
claim by nature,— no matter how subtle
may have been their selfish efforts to shift
their legitimate burdens upon the shoulders
of the industrious classes, ill capable of sus-
taining them, it only amounted to a putting off of
the evil day. Invariably has posterity been called
upon, sooner or later, to suffer for the delinquencies
of their ancestors. These historical lessons are most
fruitful in their beneficial effects. They teach men
that they are not to live for themselves alone—that
if they disregard the wants of the contemporary poor,
themselves or their descendants shall not escape with
impunity— and if the latter, then that they are only
dishonest stewards for those who must succeed to their
possessions. In fine, man is hereby impressed with the
salutary truth, that he is a link in a mighty chain
reaching from the confines of remotest antiquity, and
gradually extending itself into the vista of futurity—
and that his individual actions contribute to that
summation of national conduct by which, for weal or
woe, the destiny of his country will be regulated.
It is quite clear that a Bill for the reclamation of
waste lands in Ireland will be among the earliest of
those which. the Government will
.introduce to the
e.‘tsate: It is equally Cleat that no nece's.sity ought to
have existed for such a measure had the Imperial Par.
liament and Irish landlords long ago discharged their
respective and appropriate duties. However, except
as a warning for the future, jeremiads on this head
are utterly futile. In regard to the mode in which
the reclamation of the soil should be undertaken,
much of valuable light is imparted in a letter, just
printed in the form of a pamphlet, from Mr. RIGBY
WASON to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It cantains the

substance of a series of letters which have appeared in
our columns, which renders it unnecessary for us to
dilate upon it at any length. This gentleman ably
insists upon the principle to which we have referred
in our foregoing remarks. lle points out that the
primary cause of the evils which afflict Ireland is not
the failure of the potato crop, inasmuch as, if it were,
the same evils would have afflicted Scotland, where,
in parts, and very extensively, a similar visitation has
been experienced. The distress has originated in the
want of employment occasioned by the cultivated
land in Ireland being divided into such small
possessions that employers of labour are not
to be found, except with the greatest dyficulty,
and then at the lowest wages. The perni-
cious consequences of this state of things is clearly
elucidated by Mr. RIGBY WASON, and the remedy
suggested is to create a class of agricul•
tural labourers, for whom there is at present
no regular demand, by rendering their situation better
than that of the occupier of the existing small posses-
sions. To this end, we have the recommendation that,
out of the land to be reclaimed, there should be con-
stituted large farms, say of 250 acres, with a few
of about one-fifth the size, the latter to act as an incen,
tive to the honest and industrious labourer to become
a farmer himself. A calculation is made that, if
3,000,000 acres of land were, when reclaimed, to be
partitioned out upon this principle, permanent em-
ployment would be given to 120,000 heads of
families, exercising a moral and social influence
in Ireland of the most regenerative cha-
racter. Considering that the expense calculated
for the accomplishment of this scheme is insignificant,
compared with the object to be obtained—that the
scheme emanates from a gentleman who has himself,
during the past ten years, succeeded in profitably re-
claiming waste land at Corwan, to six miles in extent,
we think that his suggestions are entitled to a most
favourable consideration, and that the Government
might derive much benefit from a perusal of Mr.
WAsoN's remarks respecting the real origin of the
aggravated evils of Ireland—Melius est petere fontes
quay sectari rivulos.

One of the most alarming features in the present
condition of Ireland, which justifies a gloomy fore-
boding for the future, is the total and almost un-
accountable negligence evinced by the farmers
generally with respect to the cultivation of their
several holdings. There has been an almost universal
cessation of agricultural labour, the fields lie fallow,
and uncared for, there is no tillage going for ward or
preparation of the lands for the ensuing harvests.
The favourable time is passing away, moments that
cannot be recalled, flitting by ; while the small holders
look on in listless apathy, and take no steps to remedy
a state of things which, if persevered is, must pro-
long the sufferings of the people, and produce another
year of national distress and destitution, greater, if
possible, than that which unhappily prevails at pre-
sent. Last year was signalized by the almost
total destruction of that species of food on which the
great bulk of the population were supported. A loss
amounting fully to 10,000,0001. sterling has been
sustained; but that loss occasioned a greater amount
of human misery and wretchedness than one of
double the amount, if happening to any other deserip.
tion of edible. The very poorest, those who, in
ordinary seasons, would have had a bare sufficiency, a
scanty support from the produce of their potato
ground, were deprived of their all, and plunged into
the most abject poverty. The high prices obtained
and obtainable for corn of every kind, in some degree
compensated the larger farmers for the failure of the
potato; but that which had perished was the only crop
to which the cottier could look, and when it became a
mass of putridity and rottenness, not worth the labour
that would be required to dig it out from the land,
nothing remained, he was ruined, reduced to ab-
solute and hopeless destitution. But lamentable as
was this calamity, and fearful as the suffering thereby
occasioned, there was something to fall back upon.
There was food in the country, although of a diffe-

rent and more expensive description than that usually

consumed. Although there was a necessity for
large importation of breadstuffs, yet the expenditure
could be met; and although individuals and districts
suffered severely, and were exposed to the horrors of

•
famine, yet the country generally was preserved from
that fate by the gigantic and praiseworthy exertions
of the Government. An arduous and difficult task
was undoubtedly imposed on the Executive, which
was greatly increased by the manner in which every
thing was cast upon them by the landed proprietors
throughout the whole kingdom, with some few ho-
nourable exceptions. What was intended to hare been
only an auxiliary to private enterprise was looked to
as the sole means of providing for the people, hence
that, which if duly and properly carried out in the
spirit in which it was conceived, would have proved
a most valuable boon, was turned into a means of in-
flicting on property heavy charges, and little benefit
was derived from the vast outlay. An important
change was authorised by the authorities, taking upon
themselves a grave and serious responsibility. There
was no longer a necessity for making the present-
ments for public works of an unproductive character.
Presentments for drainage were sanctioned, pro-
vided certain conditions were complied with by the
parties whose lands were to be improved by the ad-
vance of the public money, but here again something
was wanting; all were not compelled to join in such , I

expenditure, the measure might have been more perfect
and in place of taking advantage of the opportunities
aff'ortial of doing the utmost will the means witliin
their power, much valuable time was lost, and heavy
UueJcus entailed on the land, while the majority of
the proprietors stood with foldel arms and uttered
loud complaints because they were required
to do anything. Again a regulation--mirabile
dicta—almost universally approved of was intro-
duced; but still, although a great benefit is
conferred on all those who are willing to avail them-
selves of its provisions, the usual and ordinary occu-
pations of the people are suspended, and no means
are taken to sow the lands or to provide for the ensu-
ing crop. Small fanners have not only ceased to
employ the quantity of labour usually occupied upon
their holdings, but they have themselves sought to
obtain daily wages on the public works, to the utter
neglect of their t'Alementv, and in contempt of their
own bests interests. It would appear as if they
supposed that the crops were to be put into the
ground, cared for, and attended to at the national
expense, and that they were to reap the fruits they
did not toil or labour for. Such an insane couree,
if persevered in, must occasion a dearth of every
description of produce, and render neriessary
an expenditure perhaps greater than the State, with
all its resources, could bestow. There is yet time
if the people will be warned. The national disaster
may yet be averted if the parties will only bestir
themselves, but if the golden opportunity is lost the
result will be frightful to contemplate, and those by
I will prove the first
vwilictoismes.neglect it is occasioned

It would be the first duty of the landlords to look
attentively to this matter in sufficient time. The
persons who are so neglecting their holdings should,
so far as the landlord was empowered to do, be com-
pelled to take active steps for the due and proper
cultivation of their farms while there is yet time ; if,
on being remonstrated with, they still neglect or
refuse to till the land, their reasons should be ascer-
tained if it was really owing to distress that they
had not the means of livelihood, save from the wages
that they could obtain for their daily labour, that
they were therefore unable to occupy themselves
upon their own holdings, or to procure seed to put
into the land; loans should be granted to them by their
landlords, or from the private subscriptions of gen-
tlemen connected with the neighbourhood, and every
means taken to render them due and adequate as-
sistance, so as to enable them to meet the emergency,
and successfully to encounter these difficulties ; but if,
on the other hand, they have had the power of culti-
vating the soil, and that they have been holding back
from a desire to assume an appearance of distress, not
warranted by the facts, and to obtain a portion of the
funds granted for the relief of others of a totally
different class—or to evade the first claims of their
landlords—or from any other improper motives, they
should be punished to the utmost degree—they can-
not be proper persons to remain in possession of the
lands, and should be got rid of as speedily as possible.
We trust that the Irish landed proprietors will at once
turn their most serious attention to this matter of pa-
ramount importance. They are fully warned, and if
they neglect their own interests, and that of their
country, which they are specially called on to pro-
tect, they cannot expect any sympathy for the future
sufferings they will be compelled to undergo, and
which will be entirely occasioned by their own in-
sane and criminal negligence.

The Augsburg Gazette has the following in a
letter from Rome of the 24th ult. :

" I learn from an authentic source that, by order of
the Sovereign Pontiff, the criminal tribunals aro to be
separated from the police tribunals, and that the former
will be exclusively composed of juris-consults belonging
to the civil order. These judges will be appointed for
life, and will receive a salary, wishing by this means to
render them independent and inaccessible to corruption.
There will be attached to each court a functionary to
defend the interests of the State. The police courts.
will henceforward have no authority but over trivial
offences."

The Voss Gazette gives the following from Bres-
lau, 29th ult. :

" The ultra-Danish party has made the following pro-
positions to the King:—
" 1. To arrest the Duke d'Augustenburg.
" 2. To cause all the functionaries in the deputies to
take an oath to maintain the letters patent, and to dis-
miss those who refuse.

" ' 3. To establish at Copenhagen a central Regency
for the Duchies.'

The Ambassadors of the two hading German powers
at Copenhagen were informed of these intentions, and
made them known to their respective Courts."

Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have been received.

from the Clamor Publico we extract the following
account of what it justly denominates "a scandalous
outrage," viz., the arrest, by order of the Govern-
ment, at Lozoguela, of Senor OLOZAGA
"SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE.—Wo have just learnt, with
the greatest surprise and indignation, that Senor D.
Sebastiana Olozaga, in returning to this court with his
passport in due order, and the official report of his elec-
tion, in order to take his seat in the Congress, was made
prisoner yesterday by a party of civic guards in the
village of Lozoguela, 11 leagues from Madrid.
" This attacko ns
supposed,
personalsed,h
te o
securityrderf
or of
thao citizen,ar arrest
e stof
of
a deputy elect, constitutes a grave responsibility on the
Ministry, if, as is s
Senor Olozaga proceeds from it."
It is said OLOZAGA has been sent to the citadel of
Pampeluna, where be is to be detained under arrest,
and that the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, who signed
his passport, has been dismissed. It was reported
that CABRERA had appeared in Catalonia at the head
of 1,000 men.
The Gaceta contains the royal ordonnance appoint-
ing the Marquis of Vir.r.umA. President of the Senate.
Intelligence of the defeat of BOMFIM had been re-
ceived at Madrid.

MADRID BOLSI., DEC. 30.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 33i for cash; the Five per Cents. at 201, ;
the Passives, at 6 5-16; the Coupons at 19.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The Constitutionnel has a long article on the con-
troversy now raging between the Debate and the
Presse on the subject of the English alliance. The
Constilutionnel treats both these journals as organs of
the Government (although the Danis does not admit
that the Presse is a Government organ), and then,
contrasting their opinions, argues that there must
exist great difference of opinion among the members
of the Cabinet, and that the Government of I‘l.
GUIZOT is anything but an united Government. The
following are the opinions expressed by the Constitu•
tionnel on the subject of the alliance between France
and England :
" What is in our opinion clear from all this polemic is,
that the alliance between France and England was
essentially one of principle; a defence in common of
the liberty of weak nations, and the maintenance in
common of European independence. If the efforts of the
two nations had been turned to this side, the alliance
would have produced for both glorious and useful fruits.
But daring six years our Government, timid, retrograde,
and desirous to pass for Conservative, annoyed by every
liberal idea, by every remembrance of the revolution,
desired to base the entente cordiale on the friendship of
Sovereigns and the interests of Cabinets. We have
aobbnlfeaectmneh,edde
whichat
destroyed
reoyr eewds
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ot snr
oaot fmretenhrdieserrapeindo
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interest.
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ethis
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ily
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than eretazorecnodnesrtietdu,tihonnwalevneart,iotnhse, tehnocumgiheamnofrahabpe
Europe prudent and circumspect. At any moment the
alliance could resume its veritable character and strength.
But once the last bonds were severed, the abfolutist
spirit knew no bounds, and Cracow received the blow,"
The opinions of the Constitutionnel on this subject
are more sound than those of any of its contempo-
raries.

However much Al. GUIZOT may be inclined to
admit the truth of the doctrines of free trade in the
abstract, he has not Yet mustered up courage suffi-
cient to defy the protectionists, and has refused the
application of the Northern Railway Company for
permission to import foreign iron rails. On this sub-
jectn the Siicle says—
" The Ministry, yielding to the powerful influence of
the
that
there is
no iron-masters,necessity haseces rejectedsi tr the application
the Northern Railway Company. The Ministry state
foreign countries, that it is able to procure in France the
to apply to
twenty to twenty-five tons of rails of which it has imme-
diate need; and that the only question is the price. This,
however, in such a case appears to us to be a question of
importance. The company would pay in England for
rails 2401. per ton, whereas the three or four iron-
masters iu France who have joined in making a proposi.
tion to supply the rails ask 3701. delivered at their
establishments, which is equal to -100 f. when on the
spot where they are to be laid. Now upon 25 tons of
rails this Is a difference of 3,250,0001., an exorbitant
price—an odious tribute to monopoly imposed upon the
tilie
cpmppliacialy made by
sdareholders, of the company. We have already said that
the iron-masters, overwhelmed as they arc with orders,
could not supply the 25 tons of rails. In fact, the estab-
lishments which have offered to deliver thtm at the
price of 370 f. per ton, have not the iron on hand, and
htheey
twhiul bine
acompelledbreach to
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branch
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monopoly. But even if they do this, and the Northern
Company accept their offer, it is by no means certain
that the rails will be delivered in proT2r titre. It i 3
probable, on the cintrary, that they will not be delivered
at the periods ,:tipulated for. But of whf,t, consequence
is it fcr 1k coar:try to plfir if monopoly Lt protected?
To mention an instance:—The works of the railroad
from Dijon to Chalons-sur-Sone are quite ready with
the exception of the rails. If they were on the ground
ready to be laid the road might be opened to the public
next spring. Now, of 40,000 rails which ought to have
been delivered before the Ist of the present month, only
4,000 have been delivered.' Owing to this delay, which
is imputable solely to the iron-masters, who accept more
orders than they can execute, the opening of an impor-
tant line will be deferred for an entire year, to the in-
jury of the company and of the public."
The KING and QUEEN of the BELGIANS arrived in
Paris on Monday.

The Three per Cents. closed at, 80f. 15c. ; the Five per
Cents., 118 f. 50e. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,257 f. 500. ;
Rotten, 9111. 25e. ; Havre, 680 f. ; Great Northern, 6401.;
Avignon, 8631. 75c. ; Vierzon, 6051. ; Bordeaux, 5611. 25e.;
Troyes and Montereau, 350 f. ; - Dieppe, 355 E ; Tours and
Nantes, 485 E ; Paris and Lyons, 5081. 75e.; Lyons and
Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4501. ; Spanish
Dol;eqie Debt, :11 ex div.

MAESEILLE,,, DEc. 31.—Marseilles and Avignon, 8871.
50e.; Northern, 653 f. ; I'aris and Lyons, 5101'.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 6.

Boulogne and Amiens, IPA—Central of France (Orleans
nod Vierzon), 131!,—Great Indian Peninsular, 2a—Great
Western Bengal, 26—Luxembourg, 34—Namur and Liege,
31:f.—Northern of France, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8A
—Paris and Lyons 814—Paris and Orleans, •19—Paris and
Rouen,36l—Paris and Strasburg, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 27.

UNITED HILLS MINE COMPANY.
(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the Ehareholders was
held to day, at the Company's offices, 5, Adam's court,
Broad-street—Mr. Clark in the chair.

A report was read, stating that the directors directors had been
compelled to suspend the resolutions come to on Nov.
12, 1846, to the effect that new shares should be issued,
and that 3,0001. of the debt should be liquidated. It
stated that 1,800 of the shareholders had refused to
take up new shares, and had offered their old shares at
a ruinous price in the market. The directors, there-
fore, could not go on. They proposed now creating
4,800 new shares, issued at 11. instead of 21. 10s., in hope
that the shareholders themselves would take them up,
and thereby enable them to extinguish the debt alto-
gether._

The CHAIRMAN stated that the debt was 4,0001., and
the additional 8001. would be very advantageously em-
ployed in sinking their shaft to a lower level.
The report was adopted and passed.
The resolutions of the 12th of November last were
then rescinded.

A resolution rescinding any clause or clauses in the
company's deed opposed to the creation of new shares
was unanimously adopted.
Resolutions based on the report, and creating 4,800
new shares, at U. each, to be offered to the shareholders
on or before the 21st January inst., were then unani-
mously passed, and the meeting separated.

ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY
COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the proprietors of the
above company was held at the company's offices, Mill-
bank-street, in order; to authorise the directors to borrow
such sums of money as were specified by the Act.
The advertisement convening the meeting having been
read,

Air. 11. C. LACY, the chairman, said that the business
which they were assembled to dispatch was brief, but
important. The directors sought to borrow certain sums
of money, to enable the company to proceed with the
works. For this purpose they required the assent of
the shareholders, and he should, therefore, submit to
them the following resolution :
" That the directors be empowered, and are hereby
authorised and empowered to borrow on mortgage or
bond, at Luch rate of interest not exceeding five per
cent. per annum, and for such period or periods as
they shall think fit, the whole or any portion of the
sum of 64,5001,, which the company by their Act of in
corporation is authorised and empowered to borrow."
One of the PROPRIETORS having remarked on the rate
of interest they were empowered to give,
The CHAIRMAN said they would of course endeavour
to borrow at as low a rate of interest as possible.
Several Proprietors wished to know whether the
Eastern Counties Company were likely to accede to the
proposals made to them by the company.
The CHAIRMAN said that they had refused already;
but he uncle' stood that they themselves would bring for-
ward proposals for some negotiation very shortly.
The resolution was then agreed to, and the meeting
separated.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
Tile Cotton-market at Liverpool, yestfrOr.y,
quieter. &des, 4,000 to 5,000 ba!es ;ig about Frid,7,3's
Shtires were steely.
A oriel reference. was math, yestetaay under this
head, to the subscription that has been commenced for
the relief of the disticssed people in the rcinote parishe:,
of Ireland and Scotland. We are happy to state that a
large number of additional donations are about to be ad-
vertised. It cannot be too strongly enforced that clothing as
well as money is required, and that to a very large amount
indeed, to relieve the poignant distress which too many
of our fellow-subjects are suffering at the present mo-
ment. All the aid that can be rendered to the
committee for affording the relief required shall
be readily given by this journal. Our advertise-
ment columns have already shown a goodly
amount of sab,criptions, and under the earnest exer-
tions of Messrs. Rothschild and Co., and others, it
may be reasonably anticipated that hundreds upon
hundreds of pounds sterling will be soon added to the
Relief Fund,

The announcement of the arrival of the West India
Mail steamer has just been made. It will be late in the
day ere private letters and the public journals can be
delivered. We must, consequently, wait a while fur a
summary of the details.

The illonsol Market has been firm this morning at
and fur immediate transfer the same values have
been borne. The Reduced Three per Cents. have been
quoted at 94. India Bonds at 20s. premium, and Ex-
chequer- bills at 14s. to I Is. premium.
In the Foreign market there has not been any consi-
derable amount of business transacted in the Bonds this
morning. The principal quotations are for Russian 111;
for the Spanish Three per Cents. 36k; for the Dutch
Two-and-a• Half per Cents. 594; and for the Four per
Cent. Certificates, 924,
In the Railway Shares End Scrip Markets business
has not been very brisk to-day.

OZCE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 .per Cent. Reduced Anns 93'g 94 94
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93% 933%
New 31% per Cent. Annuities 95 th% 95%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 9 13-16
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001. . ....... .— 2 O 2O 20
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Opening 93343/ 93%
Exchequer Bills, 10001. I%d. -... 14 11 —— p 11 p
Ditto, 5001
Ditto. Small - p 12 p

59
336
19%,
24%.

37%
11114
110%
26%
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Ne wc • ,stle and hi •r.viek 20
Newcastle andCarlisle..•loo -
Dl(to7':er 2O
~....
......
....
Ditto Quarter Shari-8 6!,;, — „
NI., nirl:-et&ebeci•fr,l 5- .... _ -
Ye.,.. port& ..kl,...gi.vetnty ,1", —
Newiy al_d Ealuiskilleu 7
Newry, Warren point,
and 110-6trever -
Norfolk .. ...... - 100
Ditto Half Shares .. 9 ...„. •
-
Do. Extension -
Do. Scrip, 1547. North
of Nor Col- — -
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 21/2 1%3/4 ig
North 13ritiy.li ... ..... ... 25
Do. Half Shan s ll ...... --
Do. Quarters • 14 —
Do. Extension . j8......._
Ditto Thirds 4
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (is,-,d. 5 dis.) 50
Do. Quarter Shares... 12
Do. New
North Staffordshire . 5 ..... 9%14 94
North Wales -
Northern and Southern
Connecting -
~ ,
North Western 2l/2 3% 3A
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..... 1%.....
Portsmouth Direct ...... 3is
Preston and Wyre 25
Do. 1/. Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
_ .

Reigate 3/. 12s.
Roystcn and Hitchen ... 1% 2
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12% . —.
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 ....
Ditto ditto, Class B. VA 2IA 14 2l/4
Shropskire Union
South Devon.... 4O
South Staffordshire June. 1/.. 13s. 4d 1% p l% P
South Eastern & Dover. 33% 4O
" Do., No. 1 20 -
Do., NG . 2.
Do., No. 3

•
Do., No. 4
South Wales .. 5
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 -
Taw Vale Extension ... 3
Trait Valley, Midland, ST,

Grand Junction 425. l% p l% P
Vile of Neath
Wakefield, Pontefract, &
Goole ..... 221/... ••• ......... •• ...-
Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... -•
Waterford and Limerick 2714 — ••• .....
Waterld,Wilrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, W aterford, and
Valentia - -
Waveney Valley ... 2
Welsh Midlavd -
West Riding Uni0n...... 42s
West Cornwall
Wexford and Carlow
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western..... ... 2 .... . .
W ilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ' ---,
York and Newcastle. . .. 25- .. ... 38% 3B Vs ,
Ditto New • 5. ...... 12%.... ..... •
Do. Preference ...... 2 ....,.. 73A% 7
Y ork and North Midland 50 ..., --

Ditto % Share 3..... ... 05
Do. Selby
Do. Extensior.
Ditto, Preference
13 l3
Do. East aN.d West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWATS.
Anglo-Belgian 4 .
Barbadoes 1
Belgian Eastern J unetn. 21,,
____ _

Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... 15:511
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 -
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... --
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk,andWest
•
Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond
Harbour ....... ..... ... 7s.
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast 1 ~ ... ...
Central of Frence (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 10
Central of Spain ... .... 2 ...

.• • • • •
Ceylon—
Demerara 2 t 4 -
Dendre Valley 4 -
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 6 - --
East Indian ... ..... ..;. ss.
Fampoux & llazebrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... ......
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 314 ......
Italian and Austrian. ... 4 .....
14
Jamaica &Mid. J unction 1
Jersey -
,
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ..- ........ 1
Luxembourg...-. ..... .. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Madras ...... 1
Madras. Nellore, and
Arcot % _.
Madrid and Valentia .... 2 ... ..
Mauritius - .....
Nanihr and Liege
10%
Northern of France. 8
.. ... WAN
North Jamaica 1
Orle.:-- id V' - --

Jrleans an- ierzon ... 10
8%
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 -
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d -
814
Paris and Lyons ... .... 8
Paris and Orleans 2O -
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 5 ..... --
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse...... 10 .... 43/4 44
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 -
StiLaurence & Atlantic
"fotrs and Nantes Con-

stituted ..„.........„ 5
Tourney, Jurbise, Lan- •
den, and Hasselt. 8 -
Trinidad VA — --
West Flanders ...... .... 6 -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
--• . ,
.
British North American 50 - ••• 44V%
MINES. ,
Real del Monte Unregd. ...... 31A...... ......

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS I)AY.)
LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind E., light breeze, and thick
weather. -
DEAL, Jan. 6.—Wind S.S.E. .to S.S.W., light—Arrd•
Lord William Bentine-k, Allan, Honduras; Dindalus, Self
Orleans. Arrd. fiorn the River, Bussorah Merchant, Beale,
for Sydney, New South Wales; Worcester, Ferris, Madras;
Lotus, Head, Barbadoes ; Naiad, Rose, Antigua. Sld. Sarah
Charlotte, Dunnett, Cape of Good Hope; Audacia, Bahia.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind calm.--Arrd. Patmos, Peter],
Rio Grande, sailed Nov. 6.
LIvEaPOOL, JAN. 6.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Acrd'
Favourite, Allen, Demerara; Emma Watts, Watte, I'
York ; Columbus, Cowan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ab-
botsford, Locke, Restigouche ; Alcyon, Hick, Quebec
Midas, Law, Montreal. Sid. Montezuma, Lowher,
Yoik. Off port, Leonidas, Denia, Lady Sale, and Devon
shire, —. Siam, Hong-Kong; Walker, Headwith, Mond
mein; Tweed, Hands, Rio Janeiro; Lady Mona, Perkins,
Valparaiso; Irt, Young, Pemambhco ; Madagascar,
purdo, Havannali ; Catalina, Riambeur, liavannah ; Glen'
lycn, Muirhead, New Orleans; Virginia, Eaton, New Orleans;
Oneco, Drew, New Orleans; Naomi, Wilson, Savannah;
Aurora, Henderson, Charleston.
CLYDE, JAN. 3.—Wind E.—Arrd. Agamemnon, M,Kandit
Quebec ; James Dunlop, Harvie, Honduras. SM. Liar
bararan, Ilavannah.
YARVIOUTIL—Arrd. Sandwich, Mann, St. Lucia; lireA
Indian, Rich, Sierra Leone • Margaret Evans, New York.
PORTSMOUTH, JAI:. 6.—Herl Majesty's ship Daphne has
returned to Spithead, having taken the ground on the gores
Sand.
11. w„ JAN. s.—The Ocean brig is on shore between
Grimsby and Clcethorp. The brig Stella is sunk near Grimsby
outfall. •
LYNN, JAN. 5.—A vessel, supposed a screw stealo„l
schooner rigged, painted green, with loss of mainmast, O
in about nine fathoms water, was passed on the 27th ult.,
abcut ten miles N. W. of the Dudgeon float light, by the
Vulcan, Hodder, of this port.
icob\uvratyo,n,Jtcuebe
.5.,.— Wind to S.E.—Arrd. Good Intent,
Wa
CARDIEF.—SaiIed, Splendid, Rawley, New York.
LLANELLY.—Arrd. Mercury, Hayton, Quebec.
DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—Wind S. E.—Arrd. James Fagan, Mor-
ris, Quebec.
KINGSTON.—Arrd. Kenella, Jones, Africa.
CORN, JAN. 4.—Wind calm.—Arrd, Brigand, Parker, St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick. The Giaour for Jamaica, has not
sailed, as reported yesterday.
CASTLETOWNSEND, JAN. 2. Arrd. Mary Alice, Mow
treat for London, with loss of topmast, bowsprit, and all het
canvass.
George Reed, Cuba; Gem, New York.
LONDONDERRY.—Arrd. Pere, Norris, New York; Superior,
Mason, Quebec; Clydesdale, Fraser, Quebec.
LOUGASWILLY, JAN. I—Maria, Campbell, New York.
LErrir ROADS, JAN. 4.—Pioneer, Seeger, Miramichi for
Sunderland, with loss of sails and spars.
SNIELDS, JAN. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Whitwell Grange,
M'Donald, St. Andrew's, N.B.
ImEaroon, JAN. 6.—A vessel, apparently a coasting
schooner of about 120 tons, was seen to capsize and founder,
3d inst., off Point Lines, by the John Campbell, arrived
here.
GREENOCK, JAN. 6.—The Little Aggie, of Berwick, sank
this morning off the port, after being in contact with the
Town of Dundee steamer.
lIt'LL, JAN. 6.—The Lady Ann, from Goole to Lynn, has
arrived in the Roads leaky, after being on the Whitton Sand

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Jan. 7, 1847, made up from the Returns of 04
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In Enlaud and Walt.'
per Imperial Quarter.
I wnw.IBABLZT.I OATS. I STE. I BEANS. 1 nui.
PRICE .. 648' 4,1 440 3f: 278 2d 468 10d 45s 10d 495 8d
DUTY... 4s Od Is Od Is Gd Is Od 2s Od Ni Od

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY).
us:r MATMETB.
SMITHFIELD.--Aleadow Hay, 215 s to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto,
315 s to 4/ 17s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. Both
Hay and Straw were in good supply, and heavy dema id, at
the above quotations.
CUT.WEICIAND.—DIeadow Hay, 218 s to 3/17s; Clover ditto
3/ 8s to 4115 s ; and Straw, 11 las to 1113 s per load. Trade
dull, at late rates.
WiliTEcirAritt,.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 16s; Clover
ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 128 per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.
NITUTGA.TEI AND MEA.DENECA.XL.
Our markets were rather heavily supplied, while the gene'
ral demand was in a sluggish state, as follows :—Beef, from
2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to
48.8 d ; and Pork, 33 8d to 48 8d per albs, by the carom

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