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violability of treaties ; for ensuring the preservation
of European tranquillity ; for administering to the
necessities of our populous cities; for fostering the
intellect of the British people, as well as advancing
the interests of British agriculture and British manu-
factures. That is a plain catalogue of the acts ex-
pected from our Legislators in 1847. If any one of
those advantages be overlooked in the forthcoming
discussions, the Parliament will have neglected a
matter intimately associated with the happiness
and prosperity of the multitude. We do
not, of course, ourselves anticipate that so
much will be accomplished in a single session—
we cannot, indeed, anticipate the realisation of so
many magnificent boons within so short an interval.
Could these changes and modifications be effected
with such a facile rapidity, the labours of HERCULES
would be eclipsed. Something, nevertheless, must be
done in each of the particulars we have enumerated ;
some distinct step must be taken for the realisation
of those national wishes. On the approach of
1848 the education of the people must not be
in its present neglected and lethargic state—
the peace of Europe must not tremble upon such
calamitous uncertainties—the population of Ireland
must not be in continual and imminent peril of
starvation and bankruptcy—the cities of Great
Britain must not continue to be polluted with the
odious sources of criminality and disease. None of
these wants must be left altogether unsatisfied, or the
Legislature will be responsible for the consequences
which will be inevitable from that procrastination.
We are not requiring miracles from the Govern-
ment—we are only requiring possibilities and neces-
sities. We do not expect the present Administration,
within the limits of the next twelve months, to render
Ireland a land teeming with riches like a cornucopia—
to reduce the nations of the world to an eternal
quiescence with the Gorgon-shield of diplo-
macy— to transform our towns into paradises of
health and splendour. We should be insane
were we to do so. But we do unquestionably
expect active measures towards the attainment of
those golden advantages from the Government. We
do expect, that before the arrival of 1848, the deplor-
able ignorance, and the still more deplorable
immorality resulting from that ignorance, will
be in a fair way of being considerably abated by a
national system of education—we do expect that
before the arrival of 1848 the recurrence of forty-
seven deaths within one,week in a single province of
Ireland will be impossible—we do expect that our
relations with foreign countries will be placed
upon a foundation of sufficient security to prevent
such compacts as the treaties of Vienna and Utrecht
being laughed to scorn, and their most solemn stipu-
lations violated—we do expect that before the arrival
of 1848, the mortality will give promise of an extra-
ordinary diminution in consequence of certain judi-
cious sanatory arrangements.

In the approaching session there will be no plau-
sible excuse for dilatoriness in the settlement of these
four questions. The Lords and the Commons will
not be enabled to demand any delay from the un-
expected character of the revelations. There will be
no longer that room for personality and
vituperation, which existed in 1846. Those,
who may indulge themselves in the utter-
ance of supplemental recriminations, will only
criminate themselves the more. One indisputable
excuse must, however, remain to the Ministers—the
multitude of reforms, each necessitating instant at-
tention. They are surrounded by applicants for
assistance in all directions, and consequently some
sort of hesitation is unavoidable. The landowners of
Ireland, the peasantry of Ireland, the manufacturers of
Ireland, the fishermen of Ireland, the municipalities of
Ireland, are all vociferous in demanding their extrication
from their difficulties. The number ofjuvenile offenders,
the prevalence of vice, the frequency of crime, the
populous condition of our penal colonies, the enormous
sums required annually for the administration of jus-
tice in our criminal courts, and for the maintenance
of our gaol establishments—all plead with a voice
that commands a hearing for that provision for the
social mind, which is, if possible, of more vital im-
portance than the nutrition of the social body. The
periodical recurrence of contagion in our towns and
cities, the pestilential atmosphere breathed by our
artizans and civilians, the noxious water imbibed by
so many thousands, the waste and the pestilence
resulting from our present system of sewerage, the
pernicious and irreligious results of the interment of
the dead within our places of habitation—all these
things impress upon the minds of our statesmen the
necessity there is for some novel and immediate
sanatory regulations. The uncertainty of our
understanding with the Cabinets of Continental
Europe, the trickstering which has deprived the Ibe-
rians of their independence, the. shameful intimida•
tion employed towards Switzerland, and the ruinous
duplicity exercised towards Cracow and the Polish
dependencies, prove beyond all denial the
impossibility of preserving international tranquillity
without some decisive arrangement and some em-
ployment of diplomatic astuteness. Besides a mul-
titude of subordinate matters, there are four subjects
requiring the most earnest attention of Parliament,
and the most assiduous support of her MAJESTY'S
Ministers :

1. The preservation of peace.

2. The improvement of Ireland.

3. The establishment of a system of national
education.
4. The passing of certain sanatory enactments.

The marked thanks of the community are due to
.he authorities of the horse Guards for removing,
even at the eleventh hour, the reproach that has so
long been attached to the British name. Yes, the
stain of ingratitude has been wiped away, and tardy
justice has, at length, been accorded to the veterans of
the Peninsula, whose gallant actions during a series of
heavy campaigns have immortalised the honour of the
English army, and preserved their native land from
the invasion of a hostile armament. The heroes, whose
indomitable courage sustained them on the sanguinary
fields of Talavera and Vittoria, at Badajoz, Busaco,
Albuera, and Salamanca, in every conflict from
Vimeira to Toulouse—who accompanied, and by their
unshaken valour achieved, the victories and triumphs
gained by their illustrious General in the greater
number of his " hundred fights"—who have hitherto
been undecorated, save with the scars of honourable
wounds, the records of many a well-fought field—are,
at length, to receive the medal so richly deserved, and
hitherto so unaccountably withheld. The hoary-
headed survivor of these fierce encounters will be
enabled to point with an honest pride to the testimony
of his bravery, to the mark of distinction, which he
may now bear upon his gallant breast, which he will
esteem as his highest and most valued treasure, and
which will be handed down as an heir-loom in his
family, that his children's children may exult in the
glory, and regard with veneration the military honours
of their ancestor. Their country's renown will, in-
deed, be brought home to them, and become dear to
their hearts, when they see those near and dear to
them clothed in its brightness. Let it not be said
that the humble soldier is regardless of this badge of
merit, or that honours can only be appreciated by the
wealthy and the high born. The private soldier will
display his medal at his parish church, or in the
simple festivities of his native village, with as deep a
feeling of gratified ambition, as pure a delight as the
highest Peer will his star and garter. It confers on
him increased consideration, character, and importance
amongst his associates ; it elevates him in his own
estimation and that of those by whom he is sur-
rounded. It has been said, and we believe truly, that
the sale or loss of a 'Waterloo medal by any of those
on whom it was conferred is wholly unknown. We
doubt not that the same may be said of every other
medal bestowed for similar services. Can there be a
stronger proof of its due appreciation by the recipients ?
Who can tell the privations that may have been
endured, the pecuniary difficulties encountered, the
temptations resisted by the soldier, without the oc-
currence of a single thought of procuring relief by
the sale of his treasured testimonial ? Such feelings
should not be despised or neglected, they are moral
engines of extraordinary power, of which the greatest
use might be made in the government and regulation
of our forces. If judiciously used, we doubt not that
a system of giving medals to deserving men, who
have preserved an unimpeachable character for a series
of years, and have efficiently discharged the duties of
their station, might be made in the highest degree
subservient to the maintenance of military discipline.
'We are convinced that it would, in the majority of

instances, be more efficacious than the brutalizing and
degrading " cat." Teach your soldiers to respect
themselves, and you may be certain that they will
desire to obtain and preserve the respect of others,
and more particularly of their officers and comrades.
Satisfy them that every deserving, meritorious man,
who has resisted the temptations of vice, who has
steadily attended to his duties, and has never been
punished for any breach of the regulations affecting
him either as a soldier or a citizen, will be sure to
receive his reward sooner or later, and you insure an
attempt to deserve it. All men will seek reward, and all
are disappointed when_it is placed beyond their reach.
The fear of punishment may be insufficient to deter
a high-spirited young man from some reckless or
foolish act, but if he has for years laboured for the
rewards that await good conduct, he will hesitate be-
fore he endangers that for which he has so long
toiled. Hitherto the chief, if not the only, motive to
good conduct has been of a negative character, viz.,
the punishment for bad. If he has sufficient skill to
avoid that punishment, which he may do by a little
caution and cunning, he is as well off as the most ex-
aniplary of his comrades. This is not as it should
be; the introduction of the principle of rewards would
hare the most beneficial effect on the charac-
ter and conduct of the soldier. What acts
of bravery and devotion were occasioned
in the French army by the opportunity afforded to
the humblest of her soldiers of being ennobled for
some distinguished action, for some extraordinary
service, in the ranks of the " Legion of Honour," and
wearing its cross on his breast, in company with
the highest and noblest in the land. That association
did not degrade those distinguiseed personages, but
it elevated the soldier to whom it was granted ; he
felt himself a different man after receiving this evi-
dence of his deserts, and his comrades, who knew
that they might attain a similar honour for equal
merit, were stimulated to the highest degree of
honourable emulation. NAPOLEON was a shrewd
judge of human nature, and he knew that a bit of
ribbon and some cheap ornament, that would confer
distinction on its wearer, would be more estimated
than a pecuniary recompense of many hundred times
its value ; and he was not mistaken. He was
idolized by his soldiers, who knew that they had
a leader who appreciated their conduct, and
conferred an immediate reward whenever it
was earned. He was aware that men fight
welt when prompt rewards await upon daring deeds.
Why have we not been taught by the impressive
lesson thus afforded ? We hope to be shortly able to
record that something of the kind is introduced by
our military authorities. Already many ameliorations
have been sanctioned, and we have reason to know
that others of an important character are under con-
sideration at the Horse Guards. Of this the persons
on whom the responsibility of making the changes
is cost may be assured, that the public will gladly
sanction any expense in reason to promote the corn-
fort, i., improve the condition, and increase the effi-
ciency of our military brethren.

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

emarking upon the late election of Lord Mayor,
we observed, " Should ever a reform of the Corpora-
tion of London take place, it will be urged on by the
folly of the Court of Aldermen." We had no idea
then, that the denouement was so close at hand.

A conflict has already taken place between the
Cottrt of Aldermen and the Court of Common
Council. The Common Council declare and insist
upoti their right, as independent representatives of the
citi:! ens, to originate and adopt such measures as shall
be t.o the honour of the City, and the advantage of
their constituents. The Aldermen, on the other hand,
prof est against such a doctrine, and declare that all
matters brought before the Common Council must
originate in the Court of Aldermen, and be by them
rec,:.mmended to the Common Council, before they can
be itiscussed.

Er such be the law, then an irresponsible body,
elected for life, governs the City, controls the re-
venue ; the responsible representatives of the citiaens
have no power—their boasted independence sinks into
a ,:nere court of registry. Shall such things con-
timste ?—can such things be admitted as reasonable,
and consistent with the onward progress of the times
and the spirit of the age ?

Ve have taken much interest in the matter, and
have inquired into the cause of the extraordinary
see tie which took place in the Common Council on
Th ursday.

" General Purposes" Committee was requested
to .superintend the drawing up of a bill to define
cle tirly the qualification of freemen to become mem-
bers of the Common Council. The Finance Corn-
init; tee was requested to prepare a bill restraining the
Cox trt of Aldermen from having any power over the
City purse, and giving the controlling power to the
Col amon Council, which consists of Lord Mayor,
Alaermen, and Commoners, in Common Council as-
sen:bled.

For the first bill the Aldermen care not a farthing,
but the second bill excites their dread. As a deter-
mi t led opposition to the second, after sanctioning the
first, would savour of selfishness, they have with
judgment chosen the first as their battle-field. If
they successfully oppose that, on the ground that they
in all such measures must take the initiative, then
it will form a precedent for their opposing the latter.
'Will such conduct be tolerated in these times ?
The election for Common Council takes place on
Monday, and constituencies should strengthen the
ind ependent part of the Common Council by return-
ing only such representatives as will vote for a reform
of the Corporation, by making the Aldermen respon-
siblie through periodical elections.

Intelligence has teen received from Lisbon to the
10th December. This intelligence (brought by the
Queen steam-packet) by no means corroborates the
ace ounts of the successes of the QUEEN'S troops which
were brought by the Tagus. Instead of Colonel
LA PA having enter; d Coimbra and cut off the com-
mumications between SA DA BANDEIRA, BONIFIM, and
DA's ANTAS, it appy2ars that the Colonel has not ad-
vanced further tha rt Leira, and at the time the packet
sailed a rumour was current in Lisbon, and was
generally credited!, that Colonel LAPA had been at-
tacked by Bolls IM: and defeated. Some marines from
the blockading squadron of Oporto have landed at
Valenta de IVlix Lilo, and taken possession of
it in the nmu e of the QUEEN'S Govern-
ment. .On the other hand, the forces of
the popular party' have taken St. Übes, the Govern-
ment authorities of which town have taken refuge in
Lisbon. Troops had been dispatched from Lisbon to
strengthen AN°, c Itanuvo, and enable him, if possible,
to take St. Ub 6.5, thus, of course, weakening the
garrison of the c cpital, in the outskirts of which the
popular guerillas have appeared in considerable force,
and have destro3 rud the steam-boat wharf on the other
side of the Tagu ‘s, opposite to Lisbon.

Madrid paper .s of the 9th have arrived.
In the new C lortes the Progressistas will muster
strongly ; and, : Is a proof of their increasing popu-
larity, we may a tate that Senor MENDIZABAL, who
was a member o r ESPARTERO'S last Cabinet, has not
only been retur) 14 •d for Madrid, but he has also been
elected at Santa v‘der, at Corunna, and at Seville.
Mr. COBDEN i at Barcelona.

MADRID BOLS k, DEC. 9.—The Three per Cents,
were done at 34 1-16 for cash ; the Five per Cents,
at 21; the Coupc as, at 191; and the Passives, at 61.

'e have rece.iced the Paris papers of Thursday.

The Journal des _Davis announces that in Cata-
lonia the Mode) radoes had gained 17 elections, and
the Progressist as 11. Senor AIENDIZABAL leaves
Paris for Madri a on Saturday, he having been elected
to the Cortes as one of the Deputies for Madrid.
The Journal Debats publishes, from the German
papers, what pu.‘ Torts to be the official reply of Aus-
tria to the speec ties made on the subject of Poland in
the British Hol ices of Parliament and the French
Chamber of De, 7uties during the course of last session.
This reply is mt 'rely a repetition of the allegations put
forth in the rece fitly published manifesto. It alleges
no new fact, and 1 brings forward no new argument.
The Three per C. tits. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs-
day at 80f. 95c. -, the Five per Cents., 118 f. 70c. ; the
Orleans Railroad SI tares, 1,262 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 907 f. 50c. ;
Havre, 660 f. •, Gr eat Northern, 6481. 75c. ; Avignon, 890 f. ;
Vierzon, 605 f. ; B ordeaux, 5621. 50c. ; Troves and Montereau,
355 f. ; Basle, 220 C ; Dieppe, 357 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasburg,
487 f. 50c. ; Tour s and Nantes, 495 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 512 f.
50c. ; Lyons ane /Avignon, 485 f. • Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ;
Belgian Two-ai id-a-Halt per dents., 553%; Spanish Three
per Cents., 381% r
' LYONS Dzc. 15.-Avignon and Marseilles, 8801. ; Vier-
zon, 592 f. 50c. ; • Korthern, 643 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5101.
BUSINESS D ONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDO- S TOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 18.
Boulogne a p.l (miens, 13%-Dutch Rhenish, 4r-East

Indian, lA—Luxembourg, %—Northern of France Consti-
tuted, 10:3/4—Orleans and Vierzon, 14—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, B%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% ex int.—
Rouen and Havre, 261/4—Sambre and Meuse,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
only 4,000 to 5,000 bales, and prices again with
a downward tendency. The sales of the week
are 110,330 bales, while the average weekly
consumption of Great Britain is under 30,000 bales.
The stock is 418,000 bales, against 910,000 bales at this
time last year. The advance this week is about id. per
lb. in America, and id. to id. in other sorts. Shares
again rather tended upwards yesterday.
ft At the sale of Railway Shares, yesterday, at Messrs.
Lamond and Co.'s, a good business was done. The fol-
lowing are a few of the principal sales :
Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... £0 3 9
London and Manchester (Remington's).. 0 9 0
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union
Leicester and Bedford
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 5 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 10 0
Newport and Abergavenny
East Indian
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire,New 0 12 6
Northern and Southern Connecting
Vale of Neath 1 9 0
Northern Counties Union
Taw Vale Extension and Dock 1 6 0
North British, Halves
North British, New Thirds
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyn e 2 6 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0
Belfast and County Down
Cork and Waterford
The Bank of England returns for the week ending
the 12th inst. gave the following results, upon a com-
parison with the items of the preceding statement :
An increase in the notes issued of 141,6301., or to
28,410,7351.
An increase in the rest of 5,1751., or to 3,437,3781.
An increase in the public deposits of 572,9831., or to
9,185,471 L
A decrease in the seven-day and other bills of
8,4881., or to 886,995/.
An increase in other securities of 26,7481., or to
13,879,9501.
An increase in the banking department of notes, of
221,5151., or to 8,623,8151.
A decrease in other deposits of 312,397/., or to
7,991,1261.
An increase in the stock of bullion of 150,6404, or to
15,153,5131.
I here has not been any late arrivals received from the
British colonies to-day.
Consols for the Account opened very firmly this
morning, and touched 95:1, but they have since receded
to 93k. The premium upon Exchequer-bills have been
firm at 105. to 12s. for the 1,0001. bills. Bank Stock has
advanced from 206 to 207.
The advices from Portugal are considered very unsa-
tisfactory. The Four per Cents. Converted are heavy
at 37k. Spanish Consols are at 26f ; the Three per
Cents. at 37i ; Venezuela at 40 ; and the Dutch Four
per Cent. Certificates at 924.
In the Railway Share and Scrip Market there has
been a fair amount of business transacted this morning.
Prices have advanced a shade in several instances.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock ' - 207

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ...... 941% 93%
New 31% per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9YB
Consols for Opening 95M41,4
Exchequer Bills. 114 d.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small l3 pm.
1 RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOM.
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 24
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Small
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted, 3 per Cent 3B VL
Ditto 4 Der Cent.
Ditto for the Account . 37%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840... 26%
Ditto Passive Bonds 5l/i
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. • PAID. rrs. SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — to
_. . .._

Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush lYi; — to
Belfast and County Down. .. 4% .. ..
Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425. ... . 51/.2 pto
Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......
Do. .New (iss. at 71/., dis.).. 171/2 —
Birmingham & Oxford June... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 23/4 ..... to
Boston, Stamf ,r& Birming... 225. - ...... to --
Bristol and Exeter
D0., New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O
Bristol and Liverpool June._ 21A to
Buckinghamshire..- B4s. % die. to
Caledonian

Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25
Chester and Holyhead... 27% — to
Churnet and Blythe ' 2
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford
Clarence. lOO
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford l% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Shafield Junction— 2% to
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich 1
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% B% to
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% — to
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ......

Eastern Counties l4/. 16s 223/4% ... to
Do. New l2/. 16s —
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... %3/4 pto
Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Do. Extension to Harwich 1%......
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% — to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New 5 — to
Do. (late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 ...... to
Do., do.,:New Scrip l4 — to
East Lincolnshire ll/4 2l/8 to
East and West of England... 1% — ...... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% —
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2
.. to
Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester WI
..:::: to
*lasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5
-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. 14 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... --1
Goole, Doncaster, blieffid., &c. 2
Great Eastern and Western... 2% — •••••• to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% 2B j to
Great Munster -
Great North o Scotland 2%...... • ..... to
Great North of England 100 ......
Ditto, New 5 - to
Ditto, New
Ditto, New ..... to
85
Great Western — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Qulrter Shares
Ditto, Fifths -
Do. New
Huddersfield and Manchester 13 ...... _
...... to
Ditte, Extension
Hull and Selby 5O ...... ... .. to
Ditto, Quarter Shares
to
Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% — to
Do. do. and Norwich
Lancaster and Car1i51e....... 50
Do. New
5 ......
Leeds and Bradford ............ 30
Leizester and Bedford l6s.
Leeds, Dewsbu ry, & Manches. 221/ — to
Ditto, Branch (Blue) .... 2% — to
Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2% — to
Leeds and Thirsk l7l/2 —
Ditto, New ..... ~ ... ...... . 5 • • •••• ---
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31,• • ••• -
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2l/
London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — to
Do. New 3
• —
Do. Extension ......
Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... to
_ Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ......
Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 ......
London and;Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... 9% to --,
Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to
London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . ....
London and North Western..loo ......195
Do. Quarter Shares . 2
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 8 ......
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ......

Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 .

Do. 10/. .. M. and B. 0.5 5
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London, Oxford, and Cheltm. . .....
London and S. Western.... 411. 6s 10d 63% to 6214
Do.NcwconsolidatedBths.. 40
Ditto New ......... .... ....... 22 q..., .. -
Do. New
Ditto Tenths 5 ...
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto

....
London and York.... 2}4 to
Ditto Extension
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/2 — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 15
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ...
Ditto Half Shares - 38 ...... 48%...... to
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ..—. 6i... ...... to
Do. Extension
Do. Liverpool and Bury
Do., do., Fifths
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. — p , ... to
Manchester and Southampton . 2
Midland lOO ... ..
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Ditto, New 2 , sr- -

Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... —10414 ...... to
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 -
Newcastle and Berwick -•
Do North Shields
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... _5%
...........
td
. to
......--
Newmarket and Chesterford 5
Newport and Abergavenny. . 2IA — ...... to —..
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 -
Ntwry, Warreupoint, and
Rostrevor -
NTorfolk
Do. Half Shares -
Ditto Extension
Northern:Counties Union
North British
Ditto Half Shares. ll
Do. Quarters O4
Ditto, Extension
./6 13.1 1.1.1.'1 .
...11.1....1
......
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Ditto Thirds . 1 ..... . 3% ...... to
Northern and Eastern 5O
Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 4512% —a- ............ tt° :
Ditto Quarter shares
Ditto New -
North Staffordshire 5 ...... 83/4%... W--
North Wales
31/4 -•••--...... to --
,North. & South. Connecting 2%. .... . ...... too
-- --
North Western 2% — ...... tO
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
to
verhampton
....
Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1 g .....
...... to
Portsmouth Direct 3% — ...... t--
Preston and Wyre
Ditto, Half Shares
to
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate Si. 12s -- di5..... ---
...:
tO •••
Richmond l5 - ......
tO
Royston and Hitchen 1"".• 5/ ...• ......
61 •-•
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .....
Sheffield and Manchester ...100
Ditto 14 Shares 8
Do. and Lincolnshire Junct. 14
Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10'
:--- ......... ... .... to
Ditto -:-......'-'
Do. do. do. Extension... 425. -
to ---
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 114 — ..... to
a:. to
Shropshire Union . 42s %%‘...-•"
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 - ...... to
to ...-
South Staffordshire Junction 21A — ...... - ...-
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%• ..,•
Ditto, New, No. 1 - ...... ,
to
Ditto, New, No. 2
.
to "•-
Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 15
to ••••
Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ...... 2% — ....
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and ''''
Hertford Junction
.. • to .....
Staffordshire and Shropshire 234 — ...... to ••••
South Wales
Swans. and Loughor and Ca- to •""
meron's Stm. Coal 2 -• ...... to
.....
'Yaw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Wakefield, Pontefract, and .to
Goole 22%...... -- .... to
Warwick and Worcester 425....... -*"" to •••
Waterford and Kilkenny ll ...... .... to •-••
Waterford and Limerick ...
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, to ''''
and Dublin
Wexford, Waterford, and to
Valentia -
Waveney Valley ... 2
Welsh Midland 2%
to "-
_
West Riding Union 42s. -
. to
West Cornwall 2
-- .. ...
to ""
Wexford and Carlow
Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 - ...... _
. tO "--
Wilts,Somerset, &Weymouth 15 ....•• "' .. to -**"
York and Carlisle
to
__
York and Newcastle 25 ... .. .. . to
Ditto, New 5 •• ••• --- .... to -'''
.
••••
Ditto, Preference 2 .. ... 7%•••". to --•
York and North Midland - '• to ...-
Ditto, Half Shares
••••
..
Ditto, Selby
Ditto. Extension
Ditto, Preference -
Ditto East and West Riding to
Extension
5 ..... , -- ....
FOREIGN RAILWAYS .to "..
Anglo-Belgian 4 •••••• -- ." .. to
Barbadoes - ..... to
Belgian Eastern Junction 2% ..... • .... to --"
Boulogne and Amiens l6 --to
Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 • -" .....

Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
.. to '
(Mackenzie's) 2 ..... -- ...
Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette to
( Espelete's ) - •••• .to -..
Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 ...... -- ...... to
Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. ..... ---
...... to ---
Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ....- --- .to --
Central of Spain - ....... to ---
Ceylon
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras 25544; .... .... ............... -174% ...................... ttlo! "--..!
Dutch Rhenish 6
.....•
... to
... -- ... to --•
East Indian
Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4 ...... ...... to
Great Indian Peninsular 55.."•
Great Western Bengal 5::.
......... : ---
....
ttOo --;
...... . ....
Great Western Canada
...... to
Italian and Austrian - to ----
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ......—
...... to
Jersey
1 ...... *—
... to ••""
Louvain ala Sambre 6 ......
.. ..
to
. to
4 ---
...... --' Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... . to •"'"
Madras -
.. to "'
to .... •••""
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... lA. —.
Madrid and Valentin
. to
Mauritius 1 -..... .....
Namur and Liege . 8 ...... ...... tO
Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 ...... 103/4.,.. .. tO ---
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 413 s 4d....
Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ...5%1/21,4 x int to
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ..
.... .
Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5
•""
Rouen and Havre 2O
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale
.....•
t
St. Laurence and Atlantic....
Tours & Nantes Constituted 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
.. to "-
and Hasselt
to
Trinidad.. ........ .........
to
'"-
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS. to -
Australasia
British North American
Colonial
Commercial of London
London Joint Stock .... - .... to .--'
London and Westminster 2O ...... --- ** ". to -
National Provincial of Engld 35 ...... -- ..... to
National of Ireland 22%...... -- '•• to --- ,
Provincial of Ireland - .... to "
Union of Australia --
...
Union of London ... 10 -
to "--
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(OS°
...-* 30 55
Amsterdam .... .. C.F. 12 4% Gibraltar.• •'' • • • •• • • 26
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1% Leghorn .• ••"•• • " '• ''''•
Rotterdam
.... •.2 U. 12 5 Genoa ••'•'•• • • • •• • • '',,i,/
"twerp • • ..... ... .... 25 95 Milan ....... • • .•• • • 40
Hamburgh ......M.B. 13 12 Venice ....... •" • .•' igo,l
Mtona.... ~ , , - •••• • • • • ••• • ' 53,,
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 65 Palermo, per oh" • •
Ditto, 3 months .. .. .. 25 90 Lisbon • • ....... .• •' f 6
Marseilles .......• .. • . 25 95 Oporto .• • • .... ••• • • ' '...
Bourdeaux.... ..... .. 25 95 Rio Janeiro • • ...... •• ,"
Frankfort on Maine.... 121 % Bahia ••• • " ... :. •; '''
Petersburgh, 3Us .... .• Buenos Ayres •
'',04.11- .."..._
Berlin .. . ...... .•• • • New York, 21 day '
..... 003.
Vienna, effec. flo .. •. • • 10 5 Philadelphia • • •irt:aorr, 111
Trieste, ditto.. .. .. .. 10 5 PRICES OP R . /01 AO,
Madrid ..... ..... .... 35% Foreign Gold 10 bsr: 1. 0"4 tOP
Cadiz .. •.. : ........ 36 LA Portugal Gold Coin p 0 0 0 ,
8i1ba0................ New Dollars • ',,'
~ 0 5 00
Barcelona ............ Spanish D0ub100n....., 0
Seville .............• • . Silver in bars • • • •
.A, 1

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—Ci--111SV/Iglig
5
LONDON, DEC. 19.—Wind this day at noon, '
breperatze,L7DdEdcu.lllBh.—azywrwinedatNh.eEr,.wtoitsh.Era„in. ly bre°.
—Arrd. Fortuna, Wilson, Abo, and sld.Pft3rl ..,,
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Wind N.W 'Civadesiste•r?„,r7,..
steamer Polyphemus, westward, with supplies roA
ward bound. „,b 1,
COWES, DEC. 18.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. li"1"-el
Savannah; reported leaky. VP°
SOUTHAMPTON DEc. 18.—Arrd. Queen steamer,
Gibraltar.
DAR'FMOUTII, DEC. 18.—Nearly calin.--A'—'
.i.d clett*
Cooper, Chester for London, leaky i; itsrrai.
LIVERPOOL,I2DEC. 18.—Wind S. to S.W., gbi‘o, I
Fidelia, Hackstaff, New York; Venus, Salter, dittverna;
Joshua Bates, Stoddart, China; Seraphina, Tai:lort orlet
buco; Swan, Taylor, New Orleans; Ben eing'ol.sll,o,
Mobile; Fatima (supposed), ditto; Caledonisbadely.:4
(supposed), New Orleans; Mononghela (ditto), rd 04. d,
FALMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Wind N.E , fresh..--emi".derb":
Bride, Bird, Honduras ; Hawthorn, Mir. amichi, for SO, reoght
.—Sid. 001"
BRISTOL, Dv:. 18.—Wind ,E.N.E., light.—All4. 'WI/4cl
Jop, Quebec; Monarch Merser, Honduras; terliiibrls'
New Orleans. Sld. Margaret Pollock, Pye, Neal
Agnes Gilmour, Anderson, ditto. „.,,b C.,,,,,rif
SWANSEA, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Lively, Moore, 14."-.....e p.'"--
MILFORD, DEC. 17.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.
to
M'Fee, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Ardrossan,' itontei
WATERFORD, DEC. 17.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd' 01/'
Sangster,_ St. John's, New Brunswick. 101APilit
OFF DUNMORE AST, DEC. 16.—Warrior, J 0
a 01
St. John's, New Brunswick, for Belfast. ~.., idrol3vA for
PENZANCE, DEC. 17.—Wind N. to N:N•v" --islat"
squally.—Dammaris, Thompson, Prince Edward's
11th,
Clonelly ; cargo shifted. Olt°. OP
RAMSGATE, DEC. 18.—The Walter, of and for iot otg_A
from London, got on the Main, near Shingle Eal,isciioS
and remains. About 50 tons of cargo have been "
Brio'
and landed here
DEChe is expected off next tide. ..,00 0.0
FALMOUTH, . 18.—A ship, apparently BriTenal3ll '
on Earysfort Reef, was passed 17th Oct. by the ~;ett
Bird, arrd. here. ri k, l'i'' t
ST. IvEs, DEC. 16.—The Marquis of LOTO, ...11rbeetI g°
went aground on the Western Spit I Ith inst., bss
off and put into Hayle, without much damage. DialDlo..at°
LYNN, DEC. 18.—The Chapman, Norman, frne! tre,ss, '..
Leith, which was fallen in Kith off Saltfleet in fife fpoir
loss e ieb
been brought into Lynn Roads, leaky, and with , yth
_,
sprit, &c. The Gipsey, of Sunderland (coal ladwendt,g. bt;
has been drifting amongst the ice for the last fe boot
been assisted in the channel, about half a nine
,T, Lo.shlicili
harbour, in a leaky state. ,_A I, A. f
YARMOUTH, DEC. 18.—An oar, marked .- • ~, ww-
N. 5.," a rudder tiller, and some bottom boards'
I"'
lttli
ashore yesterda near this place.the or
Maxonn, Die. 16.—The vessel seen on /pre ° fro PS
inst. near the Bishops, proved:to be the 11°P,
gonia, and she afterwards sunk on the Bass Ban
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MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DA"
COVENT-GASDAN. Der
Pines, Gs to Lis ; Hot-house Grapes, 4s to 6s per Ibts 119
serf Apples, 3s 6d to 8s; Culinary Apples, 23 to 49 .P.lii "bertot
to 16s per half-sieve - oranges, 14s to IBs per 100 Caboiteof
85s to 90s ; and Ceb 'Nuts, 95sto 100 s per 1001bs i A 0;
9d to Is ; Red ditto, 2s to 38; Brccoli, 8s to 14s Per 7.101 P
sieve ; Carrots, 4s to Cs ; and Turnips/
Artichokes, 3s to 6s ; and Jerusalem ditto, Is to 2s_Pe6d pet
dozen bunches ; Sea-kail, 3s to 3s 6d per punnet ; Al
Is to is 6d per pottle.
HUNGESIFOR.D• sal to-dill.
Full average supplies of most articles were 013 e_teo.
Generally speaking, the demand was heavy, at late r.
NEWGATE AND hereI.E.A.DESOAIi thif
There was a most excellent display of Meat ~r , tbe
morning; yet, owing to the change in the weather 2s 6d totrstro,oo
trade was very inactive :—Beef, from 2s Sd tBs 4:4105 ow'
ton, 34 8d to 46 8d; Veal, 3$ 6d to 43 Sd ; AO h '