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LONDuN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 1, 1848.

Eighteen Hundred and Forty-seven has closed, and,
by the time our present impression is published, the
first day of Eighteen Hundred and Forty-eight will
be tolerably well advanced. It is not allowable to
become sentimental on political occurrences ; other-
wise we should find ample opportunities for the in-
dulgence of that mental faculty in the retrospections
of the past twelve months. In that interval how
much has been accomplished, and how much has
been 'left unaccomplished l—how many have ad-
vanced, and how many retrograded ! The recollec-
tions of the past year are forced upon us by the fact
of its conclusion, and by the sudden appearance of
its successor. Everything tends to remind us of the
birth of 1848, and speaks to us almcst in the language
of TENNYSON :

*. There's a new foot on the floor, my friend ;
And a new face at the door, my friend ;
A new face at the door."
Upon the European continent, 1847 has worked many
changes of no trivial importance. Russia has
strengthened its hold upon the commercial stability
of the Bourse and the Exchange by further invest-

ments of capital ; awl it has advanced towards the
true development of its immense internal resources,
by laying the foundation of that network of railways
which must ultimately connect Tobolsk with War-
saw, and form a line of communication between
Odessa and the Baltic. Austria has beheld its do-
mination over the Italian principalities " vanish into
thin air" at the voice of the Reforming PONTIFF, and
while it has confirmed its authority over the incor-
porated territories of Poland by the occupation of
Cracow, it has also confirmed the popular movement
in the Roman peninsula by the occupation of Ferrara.
Prussia has continued to flourish under the novel
auspices of a representative legislature, and has be-
come still more confirmed in its loyalty to a Patriot
King by the bonds of admiration and gratitude.
Sweden and Norway have accepted with passive
indifference the royal ordonnances of the son of
BERNADOTTE ; and Denmark has pursued its system
of self-tuition, comparatively inattentive to the expe-
riences of adjacent countries. In Belgium a fresh agita-
tion of a democratic character gives promise of further
concessions on the part of the administrative, and of
those rational reforms which are compatible with the
preservation of public tranquillity and the mainte-
nance of the constitution. In Switzerland, on the
other hand, an internecine war has but just ended in
the discomfiture of the Ultramontane party, and in
the unconditional transference of the supreme power
to the opponents of the now-extinguished Sonder-
bund. Of Italy there is much that is glo-
rious to be recorded and commemorated by
the historian ; and in France much that is
reprehensible and unsatisfactory. In the former
country the rulers and the people have emulated each
other in the labours of social, political, and re-
ligious liberation. Sardinia has afforded, in the per-
son of CHARLES ALBERT, an evidence of kingly mag-
nanimity such as must eventually kindle the flame of
patriotism, and excite the thirst of independence in
the bosoms of the population of Venetian Lombardy.
Tuscany has, in like manner, imparted a fresh sti-
mulus to the Great Movement by the co-operation of
the Grand Duke LEOPOLD. Additional measures of
emancipation have emanated from the Quirinal, and a
new Senate has for the first time been assembled
under the shadows of the Vatican. Even the
Neapolitan Bourbon, who wears the diadem of the
Two Sicilies, has evinced a disposition not altogether
inimical to the cause of legislative innovation. As to
the lesser principalities, the alterations have been in
many particulars remarkable. Lucca has escaped
from the sway of an uncongenial potentate, and be.
come merged into the dominions of the ducal eman-
cipator of Tuscany. Modena has, however, been also
aggrandised by the acquisition of a marginal portion
of Tuscany, and the death of the ex-Empress MARIA
LOUISA has rendered the duchies of Parma,
Piacenza, and Guastalla the possessions of the
late ruler of the Lucchese—unless indeed the
provisions of the treaty of Vienna be so
far modified in regard to Guastalla as to
conduce to the fulfilment of the first principles of
dynastic justice. While the Gallic stock-jobbers of
Athens have been deploring the decease of COLETTI,
OTHO has still held, though with an unsteady grasp,
the sceptre of Greece, and enhanced his preceding em-
barrassments by a frivolous contention with the
Sublime Porte. Spain has again witnessed the
malign influences which invariably accompany the
Duchess DE RIANZARES, although its present Mi-
nister, NARVAEZ, has evinced so much unex-
pected moderation as to compensate, in some mea-
sure, for the presence of CHRISTINA. Por-
tugal, on the other hand, has afforded additional
evidence of the faithlessness of MARIA DA GLORIA,
by recognising the increased importance attached
to the movements of the CABRALS and the opinions of
their partisans. In England and Francs the political
world has proved in a singular manner uneventful,
as far, at least, as actual changes of any sort are con-
cerned. Much, though in a small way, is promised
by the Speech just delivered before the Cham-
bers by his Majesty the KING of the FRENCH—
having reference to such things as salt, postage,
mortgage, savings' banks, and pawnbroking : and
much in a very large way is guaranteed to Great
Britain by the programme of the Russell Adminis-
tration—these improvements bearing in an especial
manner upon the sanitary question, the educational
question, and the religious toleration question, as well
as upon taxation, criminal jurisprudence, colonial
government, and our national defences. With the
exception of the electioneering excitement which was
experienced among ourselves, and the reform
banquets which have agitated the Liberal party
among our neighbours, quietude has been maintained
in both kingdoms. Peace and Preparation have been
the predominant characteristics of 1847: may Peace
and Fulfilment be the characteristics of 1848!

Some of our Contemporaries have severely censured
the line of defence which Mr. SEYMOUR, who acted
as counsel for REID on the occasion of the late trial
for the Mirfield murders, thought proper to offer on
behalf of his client. It was said that he, being
fully aware of the guilt of the party for whom he
was engaged, on the very best and most conclusive
evidence—his own confession—still attempted to ob-
tain REID'S acquittal, by imputing the actual com-
mission of the appalling outrage to the other pri-
soner, thus seeking to transfer the odium and
the punishment due to the crime from the
real offender, to a person of whose innocence he
was fully cognisant, and of which innocence he him-
self made a representation to the presiding Judge
immediately after the verdict of the jury was re-
corded. The Learned Gentleman has published a
letter (which will be found in another column) in vin-
dication of his own conduct, in which the real facts of
the case are set forth. It appears, then, that previous
to the trial REID had returned in confidence to his
attorney, in answer to certain questions submitted
to him as to the character of the new evidence, re-
plies which were almost conclusive as to his crimi
nality, " which (in the words of Mr. SEYMOUR),
tended very much to inculpate himself, but did not
at all exculpate APCABE from the suspicion of being
some way engaged along with him." These replies,
moreover, were so contradictory in themselves, and so
totally opposed to the evidence for the prosecution,
that they were not credited, and the Learned Counsel
did not in any manner depart from the line of
defence which he had previously decided on adopting,
a line of defence which had been resorted to on the
previous trial, by one of the most distinguished or-
naments of, the bar—Mr. Sergeant WlLE.isis, a
gentleman whose high character affords the strongest
guarantee that he would not have had recourse to
any unfair or unprofessional conduct. A line of
defence, too, which obtained the acquittal.of the un-
fortunate man on that occasion, the jury manifestly
believing that M'CABE, who was then examined as a
witness for the prosecution, was himself implicated
in the transaction. The entire facts of the case led
to the conclusion that two persons at least must have
been concerned. There were three separate murders, in
different apartments—several weapons used—the sol-
dering iron and the kitchen poker, in the first in-
stance, and subsequently the razor, by which the
throats of the victims were cut. There was
much struggling— the keys taken from the
pockets, drawers opened, the house plundered,
curtains drawn, doors and windows bolted, the escape
of the murderer or murderers, and all within a very
few minutes—ten at the outside; then there was the
great improbability of M'CAEE's statements, which
were hardly credible, until corroborated by the sub-
sequent explanations, the more explicit confession of
REID ;—all these circumstances combined together and
attentively considered, led to a very strong presump
tion of M'CABE's guilt, and it was not improbable
that REID might have desired at that time, to shield his
companion, and not to make any statement, even to
his own professional advisers, that would criminate
him. There is frequently a principle of rude fidelity
to their accomplices, that is regarded in the most
sacred light, and observed
i even by the most abati-
doned criminals. This s peculiarly the case in
Ireland, of which country REID was a native.
Mr. SEvstoun was therefore fully justified in acting
upon his own judgment, and leading others to adopt
the same opinion to preserve his client, even should
the conviction of M'CABE have been the result.

of his guilt. This necessity was imposed on Mr. SET..
MOUR, from the fact that M'Cane, who was then 611
trial along with REID, had on the former occasion
been examined as a witness against him. This was
one of the unfortunate results that attended the de-
parture from the usual course, by not only pro-
secuting a person who had given evidence on behalf
of the Crown, but doing so before the very same jury
who were empannelled to decide upon the guilt or
innocence of the man against whom he had then
sworn. A jury are certainly bound to return their
verdict solely on the evidence adduced on the present
trial, and to dismiss from their minds everything they
may have previously heard with respect to the trans-
action. But is this always possible ? Is it practically
the case ? Many of those acting as jurors on the
recent trial had probably been in court, and heard
M'CAUE's testimony on the former occasion. It was
most likely that there was not a single one of them
who had not read a full report of the case which had
excited such thrilling interest throughout the entire
country. Every one was well aware that M'CARE
had sworn that REID was the man who had opened
the door to him when he knocked at Mr. Wumat's
house. If this was true REID was certainly guilty.
No possible state of facts was consistent, with
his innocence, but the guilt of th 3 other prisoner, and
that his whole story was a fiction. Mr. SEYMOUR
fully recognised this necessity, and he would have
ill discharged his professional duty had he shrunk
from the responsibility which was imposed upon him.
Had he abandoned the former line of defence,
had he been silent as to the guilt of M'CADE
it would have led to an irresistible infe-
rence that the charge against his own client was well
founded. Was he, then, to blame therefore ? Cer-
tainly not. if any one could justly be censured it
was the counsel for the prosecution, who, by placing
the parties on their trial at the same time, and before
the same jury, rendered such a course essential to
the safety of his client. It should also be borne in
mind that Mr. SEYMOUR, in the course of his very
talented and able speech—a speech which, we are in-
formed, made a very strong impression on his au-
ditory—made no statements of his own belief of his
client's innocence, he commented strongly, and most
efficiently, on the evidence before the Court; but he
made no adjuration—he called not GOD to witness the
injustice of the accusation.
We venture to say, that on a fair consideration of
the facts of the case, on weighing every point ma-
turely, no person can justly reproach Mr. SEY-
MOUR for the course he adopted on the trial, and
which was, in fact, the only one he could pursue.
His subsequent conduct was in the highest degree
praiseworthy. Immediately after sentence had been
passed, and the prisoners had been removed from the
dock, REID confessed his own guilt, and for the first
time stated that his companion was in no way what-
ever connected with the murder. He then also stated
the several details of the melancholy affair, and ex•
plained every circumstance that bore most strongly
against M'Caue. The moment Mr. SEYMOUR leaned
this fact, and was led to believe that he had
been mistaken in the previous estimate he had
formed as to M'CAnE's share in the transaction, he
hastened to the Learned Judge, and related that con-
fession, and also the statements made by REID before
the trial. These confessions, or statements, hare been
confounded together, and it has been erroneously
supposed that Mr. SEYMOUR, when making his speech
for the defence, was acquainted with the real facts.
We have only space this day to allude to the first
part of Mr. SEYMOUR'S letter in justification of his
own conduct. The second part of his letter relates to
a most important subject, and one which it would
not be possible to consider fairly in a limited period.
The privileges of the bar are indeed a subject of the
deepest importance—not merely to the bar-
rister himself, but far more so to the public
in general, for whose especial benefit these
privileges were conceded. The question, indeed,
does not arise in the present instance, as Mr. SEY-
MOUR (lid not act in the manner alleged against him.
But a hasty view of the subject may lead to very
erroneous conclusions ; and it will be found that, al-
though the exercise of what is termed " the license
of counsel" may sometimes be strongly commented
on, that license could not be abolished, or even ma-
terially diminished, without the most serious injury
to the community at large.

A letter from Rome, dated Dec. 18, says—

"A great subject of conversation at Rome is the
probable end of the proceedings instituted relative to
the conspiracy of July 16. It is said that the Cheva-
lier Minardi and Count Bertola, now confined at
St. Angelo, are to be set at liberty. The other pri-
soners, sixteen or seventeen in number, will be con-
demned to a longer or shorter confinement. A
circular of the Cardinal-Vicario revoked, from
December 31, the authority given to all the confessors
of nunneries. New powers will be conferred on
January 1. This measure appears intended to put
down certain movements, and remove several confes-
sors without publicity. On Monday, the 20th, Mgr.
Ferrieri will set out for Constantinople, charged cs ith
the task of complimenting the Sultan in the name of
Pius IX., and of treating about the establishment of
a Nuncio in that city. Mgr. Ferrieri will afterwards
visit the missions of America. Mgr. Valerga, Pa-
triara of Jerusalem, left on the 15th for his resi-
dence. No person can yet say who is to be the
successor of Cardinal Ferretti. According to a
rumour now in circulation, Pius IX. intends pro-
hibiting the entrance of the Alba journal, on account
of its bitterness against the Jesuits. He lately in-
flicted a fortnight's imprisonment in a convent en a
priest who had spoken openly againt them.
We read in a letter from Rome, of the 19th—'
Pontifical Government has just adopted two measures
of considerable importance. Hitherto the Diario di
Roma, conducted by the Chevalier DE ANGELIS, was
erroneously considered in foreign countries as the
official organ ; it is only after Jan. 1 that this journal
is to be official, and that it will be conducted by
editors named by the Secretary of State, the former
editor retiring. From the same date, the political
journals, which hitherto were not subject to any tax,
are to pay two baiochs (12ic.) each number. These
two measures will have the effect of gravely compro-
mising the Bilancia, the Conservative print, and the
Contemporaneo, an ultra journal."
The Patria of Florence states that the POPE has
rejected the application of the students of the Uni-
versity of Bologna to be allowed to form themselves
into a guard, as has been the case with the students
of the University of Pisa, by permission of the Grand
Duke of TUSCANY.

A' The

The Alba, Florence journal, of the 23d ult., con-
tains the fcllo%ing letter, dated Mantua; 20th :
" An express arrived here to-day at noon from
Milan, with orders for the Hungarian regiment of
Ferdinand d'Este to depart immediately for Modena.
The advanced guard marched out at four o'clock, and
the remainder of the regiment is to follow on the
next day. The colonel posted off to Modena in all
haste to apprise the Duke of the arrival of the
Austrian troops. M. Nieuman, the Austrian envoy,
proceeded from Modena to Parma on the 18th."

The English squadron sailed from the Italian
coast on the 21st ult., steering in a south-easterly
dirction.

The Reforme of Lucca contains the following letter,
dated Ferrara, 17th ult. :

" Cardinal Ciacchi arrived here unexpectedly yes-
terday at four o'clock in the afternoon. He was re-
ceived with the most enthusiastic expressions of de-
light by the inhabitants. The Austrians were to
have withdrawn their guards from the city this after-
noon, and 300 Swiss troops were on their march to
relieve them, but an express was sent to prevent their
arrival, the Austrian General having declared that he
would not receive any troops. It is still asserted,
however, that the Austrian troops will withdraw, and
that the arrival of the Swiss had been countermanded
in consequence of an informality in the instructions
transmitted to them."

But he has been blamed for having acted as a " vo-
lunteer prosecutor for having aided the counsel
of the Crown in their efforts to obtain a verdict
against M'CAna;" and it has been said that he was
not justified, in doing so, even if perfectly satisfied

Private letters from Naples of the 18th ult. state
that the KING was more determined than ever to
make no concessions. The riots of the 15th, notwith-
standing their threatening character, had not shaken
his MAJESTY'S resolution. The troops, however, were
beginning to waver, and an ominous agitation had
already manifested itself in the division commanded
by General DESANGET. The Swiss regiments were
the only troops in which the KING could place any
reliance, and there was every probability that the
Radical Government of Berne would shortly recal
them, at the instigation, no doubt, of the Italian
refugees, who are aware that nothing serious can
take place in their country until Naples shall have
joined the movement.

A letter from Berne of the 26th says—" The
question of the adjournment of the Diet, without
having been spoken of at either of the two last

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sittings of that assembly, is resolved de facto by the
rlel arture of nearly all the Deputies to pass the
jour de l'an at their own homes. The labours of the
Federal Assembly will not be resumed before the
end of the first fortnight in January. One of the
first operations of the body, in full number, will he
without doubt to decide, if it be necessary, for the
question of the revision of the compact, to remain
contented with the nomination of the commission of
fourteen Members appointed in August last, or
whether it may not be more advisable to choose a new
commission, in which the cantons of the Sonderbund
will be represented."

Madrid papers of the 24th have arrived.
The intrigue to form a MON and PIDAL Ministry
has failed for the present. NARVAEZ continues to be
President of the Council, but without a portfolio.
General FIGUERAS is to be Minister of War. Senor
BELTRAN DE Lys will be the new Minister of Fi
nance, and will be succeeded as Minister of Marine
by RocA DE TOGORES.
Count D'ALCOY, who has been appointed Captain-
General of Cuba, is to leave for that island imme-
diately.
MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 24.—The Three per Cents.
closed at 28k, at 50 days; Five per Cents. 151. for
the 14th of January ; Passives, 5 paper ; Coupons,
10; each.

Since the above was _written we have received
Madrid papers of the 25th.
The Gageta publishes a royal decree, re• constitut-
ing the Ministry as follows :—General NARVAEZ
President of the Council, without portfolio; General
FIGURRAS, War ; MANUEL BELTRAN DE LYS Y RIDES,
Finance ; SARTORIUS, Interior; ARRAZOLA, Justice ;
BRAVO MURILLO, Public Instruction ; RocA DE To-
GORES, Marine.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The Ministerial candidata,s for the chair of Vice-
President have all been elected by large majorities,
the numbers being—For M. Bignon, 217 votes ; M.
Lepelletier d'Aulnay, 210 ; Marshal Bugeaud, 206 ;
and M. Francois Delessert, 195. The Opposition
candidates obtained—M. Leon de Malleville, 112
suffrages ; M. Billault, 110 ; M. George Lafayette,
86; and M. Abatucci, 85 ; and those of the dissenting
Conservatives—M. Lacave Laplagne, 50 ; M. Lanyert
69 ; M. Debelleyme, 27 ; and Messrs. Bignon, Lepel-
letier d'Aulnay, Bugeaud, and Francois Delessert,
having obtained the required majority, were pro-
claimed Vice-Presidents for the session.

The members of the Committee on the Address,
elected by the Chamber of Peers, were M. Renouard,
Baron de Barante, the Duke de Broglie, M. Ville-
main, Viscount Philippe de Segur, MM. Passy, and
Lebrun.

M. GUIZOT has received a note from the Swiss
Vorort, demanding the recal of M. Boss LE COMTE.
M. DESAGES, one of M. GulzoT's principal under-
secretaries, has been appointed to attend the con-
ferences on Swiss affairs, as representative of Prance.
A grand reform banquet took place at Grenoble,
on Sunday, at which upwards of 1,000 persons were
present. There were applications for 300 additional
tickets, which the committee were obliged to refuse,
as there was not accommodation for more than 1,000
persons.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Thursday at 75f. 45c. ; New Loan, 76f. 55c. ;
Five per Cents., 1161. 90c; the Orleans Railroad
Shares, 1,2111. 25c.; Rouen, 905 f. 25e.; Havre,
435 f. ; Great Northern, 651 f. 25c.; Avignon, 576 f.
25c.; Vierzon, 547 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 487 f. 30c.;
Boulogne, 365 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 260 f. ;
Dieppe, 280 f.; Basle, 161 f. 25c.; Paris and Stras-
burg, 4121. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 8131. Tic.;
Paris and Lyons, 4001.; Spanish Three per Cents.,
301 ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 26k.
MARSEILLES, DEC. 24.—Marseilles and Avignon,
586 f. 25c.

Since the above was written we have received the
Paris papers of yesterday.
They bring the melancholy intelligence of the death,
after a few hours' illness, of her Royal Highness the
Princess ADELAIDE, sister to King Louis PHILIPPE.
Galignani's Messenger thus announces this unfor-
tunate event :

"DEATH OE HER ROYAL HIGHNESS MADAME ADE-
LAIDE.—We have the painful duty of announcing an
event which we are certain will excite deep regret,
not only in France, but throughout Europe ; for the
esteem in which the illustrious personage whose death
we record was held was universal. Her Royal High-
ness Madame Adelaide, sister of the King of the
French, expired this morning, at half-past three
o'clock, at the Tuileries, in her seventy-first year,
having been born on the 21st of August, 1777. This
intelligence was as unexpected as it is painful, for
although it was announced some days ago that her
Royal Highness was affected with the prevailing
influenza, the attack was stated to be a slight
one. It appears, indeed, that the illness of Madame
Adelaide had not until yesterday become so alarm-
ing as to preclude all hope of ber recovery. Their
Majesties the King and the Queen were incessant in
their attentions to her Royal Highness during the
whole of her indisposition ; and when real danger was
apparent they did not quit her bedside. Yesterday
evening the whole of the Royal Family assembled
round the illustrious patient, and manifested, by their
deep emotion, the fervent attachment, amounting al-
most to adoration, that they felt for her. The Cure
of St. Roche was sent for about midnight to adminis-
ter religious succour in the solemn hour between sub-
lunary life and eternity, and soon afterwards the Prin-
cess breathed her last. The death of H.R.H. Madame
Adelaide will leave a void in the Royal Family, for which
no equivalent can be found. She was not merely the
affectionate and beloved sister of the King, his friend,
his companion, and his solacer, under the many trials
which he has experienced, but also a sister to the
Queen in every respect, as much as if the same ties
of blood had united her to her Majesty as to her
royal husband. Nor will their Majesties, who loved
their sister and sister-in-law with all the warmth
inspired by a knowledge of her attachment and
esteem for her virtues, have less cause to regret this
sad event than the other branches of the Royal Fa-
mily. The children and grandchildren of the King,
and the Princesses, who by marriage became part of
the Royal Family, were constant objects of affection
and solicitude with Madame Adelaide, whose charac-
ter was of a kind to command at once love and respect
from the domestic circle. She was religious without
bigotry, and her serious duties were always charac-
terised by a benevolence as cheerful as it was expan-
sive. And beyond the domestic circle how many
thousands can testify to the unwearied kindness of
this amiable Princess, whose adversities had made her
acquainted with calamity only to inspire her with a
desire, when brighter days shone upon her, to ad-
minister to the wants and necessities of her suffering
fellow creatures. Unostentatious as were the acts of
benevolence of Madame Adelaide, it was impossible
for her to conceal them all, and volumes could be
filled with instances of her known charities, but the
good acts that she did in secret far surpassed in num-
ber those which have reached the knowledge of the
public. Her reward during life was in her own
conscience—that of her memory will be the blessings
of the thousands whom she has succoured.

"In consequence of this lamentable event, all the
receptions and other Court ceremonies of the New
Year have been countermanded."

The Chamber of Deputies on Friday broke up
early, and the Members proceeded to the Tuileries,
to offer their condolence to the KING. The death of
the Princess ADELAIDE is an event of great political
importance. It was by her advice that King Louis
PHILIPPE accepted the. throne. His MAJESTY has
never adopted any measure in which the interests of
the family were involved without consulting his
sister. She was immensely rich, and has left the
bulk of her property to her favourite nephew, the
DUC DE MONTPENSIER.

The Ministerial journal the Conservateur contains
the following announcement of the entry of the
Austrians into Parma :

this letter comes is such as to leave us no doubt of the
truth of the details it gives us."
The official Gazette of the Duchy of Modena
announces the entry of the Austrian troops into the
duchy. The Patria of Florence of the 24th states
that the number of Austrian troops already arrived
was 800, but more were expected. This journal states
that, immediately after the arrival of the Austrians,
several arrests were made. TEBALDO CONDRENI
and two Israelites were taken up for having applauded
Monsignor CORBOLI, and GUISEPPE MALMASI had
been ordered not to leave his own house.
BUSINESS DONE 1N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dac. 31.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1414—Dutch Rhenih, VA—
Paris and Lyons, 53k—Paris and Strasbourg, 414—Sambre
and Meuse, 6%—West Flanders, 1%.

PORTUGAL.
(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LISBON, DEc. 23, 1847.

On Sunday last, the 12th instant, the electors of
the province of Estremadura met at the Town-hall
to elect the Deputies. No violence took place, not-
withstanding that the building was surrounded by
volunteers, and military in plain clothes, armed with
loaded bludgeons, and sticks shod with iron. These
desperate warriors, who have, for the last six months,
been most disgracefully tolerated by the authorities,
and have even attempted the lives of individuals who
served the Junta, insulted several of the electors of
the Opposition, especially on the day when they de-
livered their protest. To preside at the meeting the
Cabralist majority elected the Duke de Saldanha,
and the Opposition minority named Doctor Castello
Branco. The diplomas of the electors were verified
by sub-committees, chosen amongst the majority, and
the elections of five districts, where the Opposition
had returned voters, were impudently annulled. After
the proclamation of the electors for the several dis-
tricts, Dr. Castello Branco presented a protest,
signed by the electors of the Opposition (fifty-one
in number), and addressed the meeting in
a short and eloquent speech, which was
listened to with great attention. Soon after
Count Lavradio rose and presented another protest
against the illegality of the elections, declaring the
motives why he had not signed the general protest.
After some desultory conversation across the table,
the Opposition electors withdrew, and left the build-
ing amongst a few hisses from the Cabral forces. The
Cabralist majority then proceeded to elect the Depu-
ties, the total number of voters being 97, and the fol-
lowing individuals, all of them of the Court-Cabral
party, were elected, viz., with 97 votes, Bernardo
Gorjas Henriques (late Speaker of the House of De-
puties during Cabral's Administration), Oliveira
Borges (late Deputy at the said period), Jose B. Costa
Cabral (a brother of Cabral's, idem), Pereiro de Mellon
(a lawyer, idem), Joze Bernardo Silva Cabral dos
Conegos (the renowned brother of Count Thomar),
Jose Zereira Cresso (late Civil Governor of Leiria,
during Cabral's Administration), Luiz H. d'Aze-
vedo (a Cabralist), Viscount Fonte Boa (late Civil
Governor of Leiria, and a Deputy at the said period),
Augusto X. da Silva, idem, with 96 votes; Baron
d'Ourem (idem), Marcelli Peveira (Colonel of the
Ist Infantry, idem), Pereira Vienna (Colonel of the
Commercial Volunteers), with 95 votes ; Francisco
Antonia da Fonseca (a proprietor), Jose Elias (Civil
Governor of Santarem, and a Deputy with the
Cabrals), Joaquim Bento (Colonel of the Ist Cacti-
dores, idem), J. Falcao (late Minister with the
Cabrals, Colonel of the Arsenal Battalion, and for-
merly clerk to M. Santos, the fruit shipper, idem),
Farinha Rilvas (an obscure person, related to the
Cabrals), Jose Louvenco da Luz (late Deputy with
the Cabrals), Eugenio d'Almeida (tobacco con-
tractor, idem), Mendes de Carvalho (a proprietor,
a Cabralist), Antonio J. dos Reis (oil mer-
chant, idem (with ninety-three votes) ; Correa de
Lacerda (a clerical politician, late Deputy with
the Cabrals), DomingoslM. P. de Barros (a colonel
of cavalry, idem), Jose Julio do Amanal (Colonel of
the 3d Cavalry), and Lopes de Lima (late Governor
Civil of Coimbra, idem). Thus the entire of the
Deputies for Estremadura are of the obnoxious
faction selected from the most ultra section of the
~ Cabralists. The ame sort of choice has prevailed
through all the co ry, and at Oporto, and in dif-
ferent other districts Vixen excepted, where six of
the Opposition were ballotted), every Deputy belongs
to the Cabrals. It is lamentable that such an election
has taken place under a system of fraud and vio-
lence, as the result will necessarily be to keep the
nation in constant agitation, a Parliament so con-
stituted losing all moral strength by its corrupt

origin.
On Friday, the 17th instant, the Ministers tendered
their resignations, which were accepted by her Ma-
jesty, and on the 19th a supplement to the Diario
publisb ed the appointment of the Duke de Saldanha
as Prime Minister, with the portfolios of Foreign
Affairs and War Department ad interim ; Doctor
Queiroz, Chief Justice at Oporto, fore Ecclesiastical
and J-ustice Affairs; Doctor Albano, Councillor of
the Tryeasure, for the Marine Department ; Gorjao
Henriques, late Speaker of the Cortes, for the Inte-
rior ; and Falcao, late member of Cabral's Ministry,
for Fin ances. All the newly-appointed Ministers
were elected Deputies at the last elections, and it is
to be hoped they will show themselves competent for
the high mission to which they are called.
Five convulsions of the earth were felt here during
last week ; three on the 7th, the first at three o'clock
in the morning, the second at five, and the third at
a quarter after eight; the fourth and the fifth shocks
took plate e on Sunday, the 19th, by nine at morning
and by eleven at night. All of them were horizontal
in character, appearing to come from the east towards
the westward. The inhabitants have been rather
frightened, the chronicles of Portugal mentioning
that almost during every century this capital has suf-
fered m uich by the awful visitation, to wit, the last
horrible earthquake of 1755 ; and now, ninety-two
years having already elapsed since the dreadful event,
the circumstance fills many people with terror.
Sir Charles Napier's squadron left the Tagus on
the 52d .on a cruise, and to try the rate of sailing of
the different men of war against the Albion. Before
the depareture of the squadron the Portuguese news-
papers published the following article, which attracted
the attention of the Gallant Admiral :
" THE ENGLISH OF THE SQUADRON ON
CAES DE SODRE.
"On Wednesday night, or rather on Thursday morn-
ing, for it was within a few minutes of midnight
either 'way, two of the English subjects (not common
sailors) belonging to Admiral Napier's squadron,
having keen either turned out, :or refused admission
to the English tavern the Star, commenced to batter
down the door, and with gross and unseemly lan-
guage, threatened the people of the house with vio-
lence i 1 liquor was not instantly supplied them. The
neighbourhood at last got roused by the disorder, and
windows were flung up in every direction, and at
length the violence of the parties became such, that the
inmates of the Star were compelled to call the guard,
a side floor was opened, and a little lad belonging to
the h ouse was sent to the Caes de Sodrg for that pur-
poae ; being seen by the English gentleinen, they
directly pursued him, beating the child with great
cruelty, and this was in presence of the !guard, who
refuse si to comply with the call made to them for
assist. amee, or to protect the little fellow from their
brutal. usage. We refrain from comment, beyond
expre ,wing a wish that Sir C. Napier would really
exert . his authority to restrain in some measure these
daily and night occurring scenes of drunken de-
bauc heiry upon our most public promenade, by indi-
vidu alas of the force under his command ; and while
we t lisclaim anything personally offensive to the dis-
ting wished admirah the remark forces stself upon us,
that under no one of his predecessors has public
dece a cy, and the quiet of this city, been so outraged,
as si ace Admiral Napier has succeeded to the coal-
man d of the English fleet in the Tagus.
" k CA‘f the conduct of the municipal guard at the
Caes de Sodri upon this disgraceful occasion, it would
be th mere idling away of time to waste a word."
I s ught to mention the decree of the 9th, issued by
Franz ini, late Minister of Finances, is a death-blow
to ti le Lisbon Bank. The notes of the Bank from
the 2 oth instant forward cease to have a forced &r-
-cal( lt ion, they still will be accepted by Government in
par t payment of Customs dues, &c., but at the market
pri. e—this price to be regulated by the information
of s 'worn brokers, who are to make weekly reports,
and . the medium price of the past week will be
ass es sad as the standard of value for the week ensu-
ini while private individuals are permitted to make
co aft acts as they please, accepting Bank notes, or to
;ir exclusion.
exchange on London, 30 days, 531 to 54; 90
e *ye, 54 to 54} ; Bank notes, 40 per cent. discount.

" A letter from Turin of the 25th, coming from a
most respectable correspondent, makes us acquainted
with some very serious facts which have taken place in
the two duchies of Parma and Modena. Immediately
the Archduchess Maria Louisa had breathed her last
sigh, a courier was sent off to Genoa to invite the
Duke of Lucca, who in virtue of the Treaty of
Vienna is called to succeed to the duchy of Parma, to
take the reins of government. The Duke of Lucca,
or rather the Duke of Parma, instead of coming
immediately to his new states, set out for Milan,
where he had a conference with Marshal Radetzky,
who is Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian army in
Itoly. On the following day Austrian troops entered
the duchy of Parma, on the formal demand of the new
sovereign, who in the meantime went by Mantua to
Modena, where he held a conference with the Sove-
reign of that country, in which he urged him also to
apply for the support of Austrian troops. In fact,
our correspondent at Turin informs us that a squa-
dron of Austrian cavalry has already entered Reggio,
while Imperial troops of the line are in occupation of
Modena. We repeat that the source from whence

MONEY and _COMMERCIAL NEWS. I

CITY, QVAI?7'EII Ti) THREE.

The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm
Sales 5,000 bales, making 17,450 for the week. Tho
stock is 363,530 bales, against 430,030 bales at this time
last year. Railway Shares were not so good.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
steady upon most of the continental cities.
The followiug are the leading points in the Bank of
England return for the week to the 25th ult:—
Notes issued
Increase
Rest . ... 3,618,579
Increase
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits , 8,243,203
Decrease... 363,773
Seven Day and other Bills 807,198
Decrease 49,586
Government Securities 11,064,267
Increase
Other Securities
Decrease 179,278
Notes ..... 7,786,180
Increase
Bullion

Increase
Active circulation
Decrease 491,010

The Funds have been again rather heavy to-day, the
death of Louis Philippe's sister having had a trifling interest
attached to it by the Bears, who count upon another
event which may follow. Consols for the Account have
remained at 85 to 851, while the Three per Cents. Re-
duced have receded to 841. Exchequer•bills are a shade
lower, ♦iz., at 9s. premium. The new Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are at 86, and East India Bonds at
3s. premium.

There have been but two quotations in the Foreign
Stocks to-day. The Spanish Three per Cents. are at
29 ex dividend, and the Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. at 89.

There has been very little business doing in railway
shares to-day.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ... .. 35 84%
New 314 per Cent. Amts. 86% 86

India Stock —
Do. Bonds, 10001
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0001. ..... ...... 12 9 p
500/.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK..
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,4, per Cent
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pta SHADS.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — ...... te
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June-. 20
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... .
Birraing., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.148....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 734 — to
Boston, Stamf. , & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
kighhi Bucnamsre
10/. 48....11% dis. x int to
. _

Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead... 371,4
Ditto, Preference 8 -
Clarence.
__ 704 — ..... to
_ _,

Do.; Ist Class, 6 per Cont... 10 - . ...:to
Do., 2d Class, 3 per Cent... 10
Do., GOT. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 16
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
aad L. &D.
Ditto, Is/., E. &II l6 ......

Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 2
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 133. 4d...
D•., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... % dis.... te
Do., York Extension
Do., Northern & Eastern SO
Do., Quarter 12% .. ..
Do., New
Eastersn Union 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 124 — to
Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... . —
East Lancashire

Ditto, New l3
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire 124......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — ...... to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,x
Edinburgh and Northern ... 221,4 —
Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ...... S3/4 ...... to
Ditto, New port 81,4 — ...... to
Ditto, ditto, New 2IA — ...... te
Yeovil,
Exeter, & Dorchester 2%
%

Ditto, Now
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s. 8d... .. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to
Ditto, Now
Do. IA Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% .—..— .. ... to
_ Great Northern lO% 414 ex int. to
__ _

Do. London & York Eaten. 2V2 ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 40/ f
Ditto, New 301. 3O ...
Ditto, New 15/
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths

Do. New 171 7 - to
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. ...
Ditto, Thirds 8
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares•
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12l
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to
Do. do. and Norwich

Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 21,E — ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50

---.......... ...._
Do., Thirds.. _ -
Laneauhire and Yorkshire ... 13
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters -
Ditto Fifths

Ditto Sixteenths ..-....... 614 ..„.„ - ...... to -
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s - -
Do. Liverpool aid Bury... 34
Do. (Iludders. and Shoff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 471,4 - -
Do., \Vest Riding Union _4/. 25..... - -
De., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... - -
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 - to -
Ditto ditto ........ ......(B) 2% - to -
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedford -
Leeds, Dewsbury, Se, Manches. 371,E - -
Do., Branch % Shares...... 12% - to -
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2%
Ditto, Extension (green)... 21% - -
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21/2
Leeds and Thirsk 36
Ditto, New -
Do., do., Prefer., 8 per Cent. 31. .... _
...... t. _
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port. -
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% - ...... to -
London .1c Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d - -
Ditto New, No. 1, . -
Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13s. 4d.... - . .... to -
Do. Extension - ...... to -
Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ... -
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 .....
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... - - to -
Do. I'ref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - -
Ditto, ditto 1952 50 ..... - -
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - -
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... - ...... to -
London and North Western..loo 149 .... to -
Do. Quarter .....L. and 13. 17 ...... to -
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths -
Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J. 25
Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 15 -
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 „..... _ -
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 -1/2• .... - -
Do. 10/. .. 31. and B. (B.) 7%
Do. 101.... M. aid B. (C.) 1 -
London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s id... 511% to 501/2
Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40 -
Ditto New 50/. -
Ditto New 404 .... ..... .. - 26 -
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... -
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 -
_ _ _

Ditto, Thirds 6i. 6s. 8d ...
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 23%
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 11
Ditto, ditto (No. 2)
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7% — ...... to
Ditto Grimsby 25 — to
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 714...... _
61anchester and ScuLhampton 214 _ ... to
MidAand 100 lO 9
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 401. Shares
Ditto, 50/. Shares..... ...... 10 ... -
Midland, Bina., and Derby...loo .....120 ex int to
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per c0nt....100 ......
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34
Ditto ditto 71. 90...• ..
Miuland, Leices. and Swan-
Rington (8 per ct. gun. )....100 „.. .
Mied. Great Western (Irish) 35
Newcastle and Carlisle lou ......
Shareshesterford 1814 ......
Newmarket
and
c
to
Ditto Extension • 2l. 12s. — ..., to
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6
Norfolk
Ditto New 20/. 6 ...... to
Ditto Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847,N. of Norfik 2
Do. do. \Vaveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
Aertlarn Counties Union .... 4

'North Baltish
Pit.tt, ti..:r.SlaarEs
Do. Qaarters 43/4 — ...... to 7-
Ditto. Extension
Ditto Thirds
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 7% — to
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%...... ... to
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ..- ....... .... 171
Ditto, New lO — to
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8
..•... to
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
_ •

Ditto Halves, - Ditto S ... .. . ... to
Ditto, Oswestry l2
Ditto (New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. prof S ...... ...... to
Shrewsbury and Hereford
Shropshire Union .
South Devon ... .... ...... ... 40
Ditto, Preference
South Staffordshire

South Eastern and Dover 33%
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, No. 2
Ditto, New, No. 3 ls.
_ _ _

Ditto New,„ No. 4. 714 5% %xi to
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole
Swans, and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4
llamas Haven Dock and
Railway 17% to
Taw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath

Waterford and Kilkenny 131,E — -- -
t. .-.
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ...
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall
Whitehaven andiurness l2 ... ..
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western ...... 525.

Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... —to
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... .
Do. Origiaal New & Ber'ck 25 .. ...
Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ...
Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 10
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 13
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. II -to
_ __

York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 73
Ditto, Preference II
Ditto East and Westßiding
Extension ....
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
'Boulogne and Amiens 2l ......
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon) - to --
Central of Spain
Ceylon .... 55.
Demerara. ..........- ...... ..... b
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras 51. .... .
Dutch Rhenish 7 ..... ...... to ....
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 55....... - ...... t. -
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - ... „ to
Louvain ala Sambre ..... -- 7
Luxembourg
ta
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege........
Northern of France.
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. II
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 6
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale l4
Tours & Nantes .. - .. 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasselt .. •••• .• 1$ ..„.. -- ...... to

West Flanders -
% to
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 60
Colonial
Commercial of London 20 — to
London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10
London and Westminster... 20
National Proyincial of Engld. 25
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 221,4 — ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, Now 2% t.
Union of London ... 10
Union of Madrid

MINES.

....• a...a...
Anglo /lexicon .. ....
100 — to
Astrian Mining Company ... 11 ......
Australian
Blaenarvon Inn and Coal ... SO
Bolanos Scrip
British Iron -

--
Brazilian Imperial 2l --to
Galvanized Iron
Ditto, Now
12..1 dot 2S.ntp Unrsgisterea . 152 to --.
COURSE ON EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam ......•••• 12 7 Gibra1tar..............
MU), at sight ...... 12 3 Leghorn ........ • •
Rotterdam .•.. • • 12 7% Genoa • • .••• • • •• 26 30
Antwerp •• ............ 26 30 Milan
liamburigh —Mal. 14 1 Tenice........ • • ....
Altona •• • ...... Naples ...... • • ...... 31
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 Si Palermo,p HS
Ditto, •• • . ..
Marseilles •• ...„ .. 26 SO Oporto •••• • • 80%
„ • • 26 35 Rio Janeiro 23%
Frankfort on Maine.... 1243 Bahia ................
Peter sburgh, Sil. Able •• Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days'sight 4734
Vienna, effee. 50...... 10 23 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto.. 15 23 ?BIM OP BULLION, pin COL
Madrid 46 Foreign Geld Li bars.. Al 17 II
New Dollars ...... 0 4 9)6
Bilbao.. • Portugal Geld Coin .. • 0 •
Barcelona •• •• .......• Spanish Denbleesui .. 0 0 •
Saville.. • • Silver in bars ........ 0 4 1154

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN, I.—Wind E.S.E., light breeze, and fine
weather.

DEAL, Me. 31.—Wind A.M. S.S.W. to W.N.W.;
P.M. E.S.E.—Arrd. Liddel, Manster, St. John's, New
Brunswick, and sailed for Newcastle. Arrd. from the
River, Fame, Honduras; Bombay, —. Arrd. from the
River and sailed, John Calvin, Hobart Town; Juliana,
Algoa Bay ; Governor M'Lean, Cape Coast Castle;
Waterlily, Jamaica; Blonde, New Orleans; Gertrude,
New York; Cranston, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Charles Kerr, Cardiff, and Cape of Good Hope; Una,
Cardiff, and Sierra Leone.

PENARTM 110:DS, DEC. 30.—Arrd. John Hutchins
(of Bideford), St. John's, New Brunswick.
OFF HoLvnEko.—lsabella Harnett, Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, I)Ec. 31.—Wind N.—Arrd. 30th, Foam,
Kerr, New Orleans; Consbrook, Nazaire, Charleston;
True Blue, Oliver, Fictou; Charles Jones, Colthay,
Quebec; Britannia steamer, Boston, with 52,0001. m
specie on board, 31st, Parker, Riseen, Demerara.
Sailed. 31st, Gritldlay, Bombay; Esther Ann, Per-
nambuco;Nanny, Trinidad; Glaucus, Jamaica; Emi-
grant,l
obile;
Sir John Beresford, Apalachicola;
Switzerland, Boston, A small gig, with " Alchymist,
Francis Pearson," painted inside the stern, has been
brought in here.
SSARBOROUGII, DEc. 31.—The Young Charles, of
and for Flushing, has foundered of this pert; crew saved.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind N.N.W.—SId., Wm,
Bromham, Sierra Leone.

BRISTOL, DEC.3I.--wind N.N.N., fresb.—Sld.Lemuel,
Africa; George, St. Vincent.

NEWPORT, DEC. 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Janet,
Moore, Miramichi; 'Urania, Mills, Quebec.
&11331BLES Roams, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Alexander
llarvey, Alexander, Cuba.
MILFORD, DEc.l 30.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Han-
nah, Gregory, Quebec, and sailed for Mumbles.
WHITEHAVEN, Die. 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Sarah
Rawes, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 26.—Arrd. Isabella (of Prince
Edward's Island) Charboth, for Cork; Springflower,
Rickard, Quebec, fur Cork, with loss of bulwarks.
11 rLL, DEC. 31.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E.—Arrd. An-
dromache, Hunter, St. Stephens, New Brunswick.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The Numa, of Sunderland,
outward bound, with loss of mizen-mast, was spoken 25th
instant, in lat. 49, lon. 7, by the Coquette, Bruce, arrived
here. The Mary Caroline, Delany, of St. John's, New
Brunswick, from Hull, with loss of foretopmast, maintop
gallant-mast, fore-yard, and bowsprit, having run down
a brig the previous night off the Start, the crew of
which were on board her, was taken in tow yesterday
morning off Portland, by her Majesty's steamer Acke-
ron, which cast off at 21. 80. P.M., and saw her again
this morning with a pilot boat in company, five miles to
windward, making for the Needles.
CAMPBELTOWN, DEc. 29.—The Olive, Reeve., of
Cardigan, has been cast ashore at Carksey, 12 miles
south of this place.
CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 27.—The Hannah, Shaw, from
Miramichi for Mumbles, has put in here, having sprung
a leak during a heavy gale, and lost bulwarks, jibboom,
&c., and has been put on the mud to stop the leak.
BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 30.—The Oak, Bentley, sailed
from Newcastle for Lowestoffe sth instant, and has
not since been heard of.

MARKET NEWS.-- (THIS
COVENT-GARDEN.
Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with
both Fruit and Vegetables, the demand for which was
steady at but little, if any, alteration in prices.—
Potatoes, from 5s 3d to 7s 6d per cwt.; Onions, is 3d
to 2s Gd; Apples, is 3d to 2s 6d; and Pears, 2s 6d to 5s 6d
per half-sieve; Walnuts, 8d to Is; and New Oranges,
68 to 12s per 100; Greens, is 9d to 2s id ; Turnips, 2s
to 2s Gd; Leeks, 8d to is 4d ; and Carrots, 3s to 4s 9d
per dozen bunches ; Savoys, 8d to is per dozen; Pius
Apples 5s to 8s each; Celery, 9d to 15 6d; Horse•
radish, is 9d to 4s 6d; and Brocoli, is to is 9d per
bundle; Hothouse Grapes, 25 6d to 4s; Filberts, 6d to
id; and Cob•nuts, 7d to 9d per lb ; Spinach, is to 4s
per sieve.
NEWGATE AND IMAM ENR ALE.

For each kind of Meat we had a firm inquiry on the
following terms:—Beef, front 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton,
35 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s 2d to is 4d; and Pork, 3s bd
to 5s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. Turkeys, 3s 6d to
95 ; Geese, 4s to 6s id; Ducks, Is 6d to 2$ 6d; Tame
Rabbits, is to Is 10d ; Wild Rabbits, 8d to is ;
Pigeons, 61 to 10d; and roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s eaeh;
Surrey Fowls, 5s to 10s; ditto Chickeus, 3s fid to 4s 8d;
i;arn•door Fowls, 2s 6d to 5s per couple; Egga, Eng-
lish, 9s to I ls; and French ditto, 8s 6d to lOs per
100; Fresh Buttcr, is Id to is 4d per lb; Pheasants,
2s to 3s 3d; Partridges, is to is 9d; ilexes, 2s 3d to
3s ; Leverets, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 9d;