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O'Connell bas been zo named tie to raise impreesloo4
upon tho public mind unfavourable to me, I gladly avail
myself of this opportunity of acknowledging that yott
have done more than justice to our dispositions to offer
you such hospitality as our humble home affords.
" In receiving under my roof the distinguished author
of a very beautiful work on Roman history, I expe-
rienced no little disappointment upon findini4' that unto-
ward circumstances had deprived me oe the satisfaction
of spending an evening or two in evoking his recollections
of The Eternal City.'—l have the honour to be, yours
very faithfully,

" WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN."
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FREEMAN."
Dec. 18, 3846.

Sir,—A letter from Mr. O'Connell in the Ficcman of
this day, relative to our interview with him, demands a
few observations explanatory of the nature and object of
that interview.

IMr. O'Connell seems to have supposed that our con-.
venation with him was of a private nature, end declares
that in its being " made the subject of a newspaper pro-
tocol" he was "taken by surprise." While we unaffectedly
regret that he should have so widely mistaken itie cha-
racter of our interview, we cannot help expressing our
surprise that he should have fallen into an error, which
• appears to us altogether unaccountable.
On the morning of the day on which the interview to*
place, a written communication was addressed to Mr,
O'Connell, by the chairman of a public meeting, ap-
prising him that the four gentlemen whose names are
subscribed had been appointed by the meeting to wait
upon him. Before entering upon the subject of our
mission we distinctly informed him that we had come
to him as a deputation, and throughout the interview we
spoke as representing the sentiments of the seceders,
and as seeking information fur them, not for ourselves.
How such a conversation came to Le considered by
Mr. O'Connell as one not to be made public, we are at a
loss to conjecture. More especially as the deputation
was sent solely in consequence of the publication by him
of a conversation between Mr. O'Brien and Dr. Miley on
the same subject.
We came to Mr. O'Connell as a deputation from ii
public meeting. It is obviously the duty of such a de-
putation to report the result of its mission. Its duty
ends there. It is the duty of the meeting to which the
report is made to decide whether it shall be made public
or not. We had neither the right nor the power to con-
trol the meetin:4 in this particular.
Mr. O'Connell charges the report with inaccuracies,
and instances " the powerful illustration he gave of the
imminent peril of a prosecution for high treason which
the memoers of the association would incur if they were
at all to admit the physical-force principle." And he
asks, " Why was that suppressed ?"
We answer—simply because it had no relation to the
ob'ect of our mission. We were deputed, rot to con-
verse about the state trials, nor to argue upon the pro-
priety of admitting " the physical-force principle," but
to obtain an answer to the following question:—Whether,
supposing the point of law to be settled at the conference
to the satisfaction of both pArties, the remaining pro-
position contained in our written instructions would then
he considered ? Oar report states that Mr. O'Connell's
reply was a decPed negative. It represents him to
have said repeatedly, that in any case he would confine
the conference to the legal question alone. In this (and
it is the only material) particular the accuracy of the
report is not likely to be impeached.
So much in justification of ourselves and our report.
Mr. O'Connell a,l:s, " Why do the seceders object to
ascertain the law upon so vitally important a point ?"
And again, addressing the seceders, he says—" Settles
this point first, and I will settle all reasonable matters
with you afterwards."

No'w, we waited on Mr. O'Connell for the express
purpose of inviting him to settle that point first, and then
to permit the other matters to be settled by the con-
ference ; and amongst the written propositions which
we were instructed to submit to him, that relating to the
legal point was the firNt in order.
We wish to be distinctly understood that the ob3tei of
our mission to Mr. OConnell was not to decline, a con-
tere nce up.tn the " physical-force principle," but to ask
that this and the other questions should be submitted
to the conference, with a view to their final arrange-
ment.

As to the fourth proposition in the instructions, Mr.
O'Connell entirely misapprehends the spirit in which it
was framed. The caution with which it is worded did
not emanate from a full perception of the difficulty of
framing any precise rule upon the subject to which it
relates.

The seceders are so fully impressed with this diffi-
culty, that we believe they would be satisfied with n,
general recommendation from the conference on that
point, leaving the rest to the sense and good taste of in-
dividual members, and to the influence of public opinion.
Any plan which, without compromising the rights of
any class of repealers, will facilitate a cordial co-opera-
tion between all, will exactly meet the view with which
that proposition was framed.
The proposition will best explain the object for which
it was framed. It is as follows:
"4th. That inasmuch as the Repeal Association is a
confederacy to which persons belonging to every reli-
gious persuasion are invited, for the purpose of working
out the legislative emancipation of their common
country, it is desirable to avoid as much as possible the
discussion of topics calculated to excite religious dissen-
sions ; but that such understanding is not intended tc
prevent remonstrance against substantial grievances
which may affect the religious interests of any class of
Irishmen."
It is further to be observed with regard to these and
the other written instructions, that they were not put
forward as future rules of the Association : they were
simply what our report describes them, " propositions,
which the seceders would expect to have discussed at Coe
conference."

In conclusion, we have to state that each of us care-
fully examined our report previous to its publication ;
that we suppressed nothing which we thought material,
and inserted nothing which was not strictly true, If
Mr. O'Connell will specify any inaccuracy, however
trifling, we shall be happy to correct it.
JAMES HAUGHTON.
J. B. DILLON.
CHARLES G. DUFFY
RICH. O'GORMAN, ;it,.
We subjoin the note sent by Mr. Haaughttra to mi..
O'Connell :

" Committee-room, Nation-offirJe, Dec. 15.
"My dear Mr. O'Connell,—l am reqii,,sted to inform
you that, at a meeting of the seceders field this day, as
above, the following gentlemen—Mr, Duffy, Mr. Dillon,
Mr. O'Gorman, and myself—were appointed as a depu-
tation to wait upon yoa, and represent the feelings of
the
huur this day to meet. us. ; we shall be happy if you can appoint any
Yours faithfully, "JAMES HAUGIITON...
" Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P."

SHIP ON FIRE AT COVE.—A most alarming fire
broke out on board the ship Empress, of Halifax, 'Nova
Scotia, which was under repairs and at anchor in the
river, about three o'clock on Wednesday mornillg. The
fire was kept down until six o'clock, when the cables
were slipped, and she was put on the bank at the lower
end of the Harbour, and scuttled, and the ship and cargo
thereby saved from total destruction. The vessel wit./ be again floated this day, and will be immediately ells:.
charged. The cargo was very valuable, and consisted,
of magnesia, indigo, emery, gum, amaricas, soda
cement, carpets, cotton goods, and iron.—Cork Reporter.
THE WEATHER.—Fromthe severity of the frcAt since
Thursday last, the navigation of the canal has been
closed, to the great inconvenience of many ot the traders
here, whose goods are on board the boats, A fine thaw
set in yesterday morning, but it is agiti‘.l turned to freeze,
and is likely to continue for some time longer.— West-
math Guardian.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, with the infant Princesses,
hava to-day taken exercise in the Home Park; and this
afternoon the Queen and Prince Consort walked across:
the Home Park, as far as Frogmore, and through the
Queen's Aviary, to the Lodge, to visit the Duchess of
Kent. The royal dinner-party at the Castle this even-
ing is expected to be the same as on Saturday, including
the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Spetb, Lady
Fanny Howard, and Lord Palmerston. His Majesty►
the King of the Belgians is announced as an expected
visitant at the Castle before the 'close of the present
month.

THE CONDE .DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de
Montemolin on Saturday received and returned several
visits. Yesterday, after RtteudinF divine service, the
Conde took an airing and made calls upon several of the.,
nobility and gentry. Amongst the late visitors to the
Conde de Montetrolitt. Were the following : —the Le
,rd Mayor, Sir G. ()kernll, captain Duffill, R.N.; Mr. TILE. Hope, Mr. Latkpia.le, Major O'Doherty, Viscou-,it
lington, M.P., the Earl of Charleville, Lieutenan' ‘-Colonel it, buticlas •Campbell, Sir Augustus Foster, ar.e.
The Lords of the Admiralty have se.spended the
completion of the vessels intended to ree.eive screw pro-
pellers, for six months. We understat' that this delay
is occasioned by the wish to have Or., results of further
experiments upon the principle, in order that the sup-
posed advantages of the screw. plrAn may be clearly esta-
blished, previously to finishing the large number of
vessels now in progress.—United Service Gametic.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We have inquired into
the reports that Sir John Franklin had landed at the
Maekei,xe River, and shaped his course to return
through the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company.
and found, as we suspected, that they are altogether:
groundless, and the Hudson's Bay people know nothing-
of any such movement. It is possible that the expe-.
dition may have got through last summer, and Sir Jail,.
be on his way from Kamschatka to Petersburgh; and :to
that case, we would not give up the hope of 'seeing 'Ain
till the close of the year. But it is more than pro' oable
that they have not been able to get through la,st:he.
munitating
sewl:Zner
which 'appear* to have been very unfavouray e 1,3
America. If
navlßation, and that they are again shut fot:
so Far to the north as to prevent their coAwil
with the establishments of the Hudson's company
on the farthest shores of the continent gar_ ,ay
so, we have no reason to entertain
, an), fears for their
safety ornhimate success; but P.nouid we not hear of them by the end of 1847, it we: old be time to take mea-
sures to send
not afterbe th, whi.eh, however, we feel
Coo.
fident, will nece em;sary, but that we shall have
good accounts of them, long before that date.—L't t erary
Gazette.
dliend committedp r . ly
a forke trial,
o fg
that
a
Imrosrriort.---On Thursday week, a person callin
himself Dr.
,jfoosrephhavWinoglff ;d
defrauded
calling
T town,
he prisoner o f l/., titsn do enrp tohfe
ap
classret e ne of
gextthrtamctsienlgvehsi,s,cchoir.rnos:
-oulists.” He pi ofessed to extract corns withoutpain:
in
and his practice was, to conceal some substancehis
hand, which, on manipulating the foot afflicted with the
corns, he,pretended to extract. He charged
corn extracted.—This chiropodist rues apprehended
for each
apprehended t 4
Norwich—Norfolk Chronicle. •
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LITE RAT URE.

that Michael Warden never went away again, and
never sold his house, but opened it afresh, maintained
a golden mean of hospitality, and had a wife, the
pride and honour of that countryside, whose name was
Marion." Thus terminates this beautiful " love
story"—conceived in the most graceful vein—fraught
with a lofty truthfulness—painted with the sunniest
colours. Secondly, as to the character., :—Of Grace,
and Marion, and Doctor Jeddler, and Alfred Heath-
field, and Michael Warden, we have already spoken.
Then there are a brace of attorneys, called (very
euphoniously) Snitchey and Craggs—men possessed
of a wonderful office, containing, besides other strange
chattels, " tiers of boxes, padlocked and fire-proof,
with people's names painted outside, which anxious
visitors felt themselves, by a cruel enchantment, com-
pelled to spell backwards and forwards, and to make
anagrams of, while they sat, seeming to listen to
Snitchey and Craggs, without comprehending one
word of what they said." Snitchey, in his way, has
a smack of Tackleton and Gruff in his disposition.
But there is one Benjamin Britain—a superb fellow.
He is described as " a small man, with an uncom-
monly sour and discontented face." Having forgotten
himself by laughing while serving at Dr. Jeddler's
breakfast table, Britain is remonstrated with, by a
fellow-servant exclaiming—
" Do you know where you are? Do you want to get
warning ?'
" I don't know anything,' said Britain, with a leaden
eye and an immovable visage. 'I don't care for any-
thing. I don't make out anything. I don't believe any-
thing. And I don't want anything.'
"Although this forlorn summary of his general con-
dition may have been overcharged in an access of des-
pondency, Benjamin Britain—sometimes called Little
Britain, to distinguish him from Great; as we might say
Young England, to express Old England with a differ-
ence—had defined his real state more accurately than
might be supposed. For serving as a sort of man
Miles, to the Doctor's Friar Bacon ; and listening da)
after day to innumerable orations addressed by the
Doctor to various people, all tending to show that his
very existence was at best a mistake and an absurdity;
this unfortunate servitor had fallen, by degrees, into
such an abyss of confused and contradictory suggestions
from within and without, that Truth at the bottom of
her well, was on the level surface as compared with
Britain in the depths of his mystification."
In the subsequent portions of the book Britain is'
transformed—improved as a man, but deteriorated as
a comic character. "He was very much broader,"
says his biographer, " much redder, much more
cheerful, and much jollier in all respects. It seemed
as if his face had been tied up in a knot before,
and was now untwisted and smoothed out."
In the end he marries Clemency Newcome—
capital Clemency Newcome. This: is one of the
best pictures in the " Boz" portrait gallery. Cle-
mency Newcome is not a jot like the Opportunity
Newcome described in Cooper's: "Ravensnest.'
Opportunity has the coldest heart in a well-favoured
covering • Clemency has the warmest heart in the
oddest body conceivable. Mr. Dickens, however;
must speak for himself:—
"She was about thirty years old, acid had a sufficiently
plump and cheerful face, though it was twisted up into
au odd expression of tightness that made it comical.
But the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and
manner, would have superseded any face in the world.
To say that she had two left legs, and somebody else's
arms; and that all four limbs seemed to be out of joint,
and to start from perfectly wrong places when they
were set in motion; is to offer the mildest outline of the
reality. To say that she was perfectly content and
satisfied with these arrangements, and regarded them as
being no business of hers, and took her arms and legs
as they came, and allowed thorn to dispose of them-
selves just as it happened, is to render faint justice to
her equanimity. Her dress was a prodigious pair of
self-willed shoes, that never wanted to go where her
feet went; blue stockings; a printed gown of many
colours, and the most hideous pattern procurable for
money; and a white apron. She always wore short
sleeves, and always had, by some accident, grazed
elbows, in which she took so lively an interest that she
was continually trying to turn them round and get im-
possible views of them. In general, a little cap perched
somewhere on her head; though it was rarely to be
met with in the place usually occupied in other subjects,
by that article of dress; but from head to foot she was
scrupulously clean, and maintained a kind of dislocated
tidiness. Indeed, her laudable anxiety to be tidy and
compact in her own conscience as well as in the public
eye, gave rise to one of her most startling evolutions,
which was to grasp herself sometimes by a sort of
wooden handle (part of her clothing, and familiarly
called a busk), and wrestle as it were with her garments,
until they fell into a symmetrical arrangement."
Clemency's mode of writing has been already de-
scribed, almost in the same words in regard to
Christopher Nubbles. Here is a humorous narra-
tive of how Clemency Newcome brought a letter into
the drawing-room of Dr. Jeddler, and of how she
conducted herself after Dr. Jeddler cried out " What's
the matter ?"

- - -
BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story. By
Charles Dickens.

Those who have latterly seemed to rejoice in cavil-
ling at the Christmas books of Air. Dickens will find
some difficulty in discovering any theme for ridicule
or reprehension in this exquisite " Love Story." It
Contains no description of a race between a kettle
and a cricket, as did the " Cricket on the Hearth ;"
neither are its pages peculiarised by a dissertation
Upon tripe, as were those of the "Chimes." Among
its characters we can discover no William Fern, talk-
ing revolutionary sentiments in words of rustic etc-
pew,* ; among its incidents there is no narrative
DI a Lilian hurrying to the river to commit suicide.
Altogether, there is not here a single peg upon which
the most churlish reviewer could, with any degree of
plausibility, hang up his scarecrow objections.
There is no opportunity, in critscising the present
publication, for any one to vituperate upon the
author for what might be construed into an affecta•
tion of drollery or the indulgence of a spurious phi-
lanthropy. If ever Mr. Dickens wrote without
ostentation, he has so written in this little volume.
It is the most graceful composition he has yet penned.
There is less mannerism about it than about anything
he has ever produced. The author has written upon
the simplest plot imaginable, has introduced the
most natural characters, and has told his tale of the
human affections with the most delightful volubility
and the most genial pensiveness. As to the pur-
pose of the narrative, it is noble and unaffected
enough. It is so condensed into a single sentence
uttered by the hero, that we shall transcribe that
sentence entire. " I believe," he says, speaking of
the battle of life, "I believe there are quiet victo-
ries and struggles, great sacrifices of self and noble
acts of heroism, in it—even in many of its apparent
lightnesses and contradictions—not the less difficult
to achieve, because they have no earthly chronicle or
audience • done every day in nooks and corners, and
in little households, and in men's and women's hearts
—any one of which might reconcile the sternest man
to such a world, and fill him with belief and hope in
it, though two-fourths of its people were at war, and
another fourth at law; and that's a bold word."
Beautifully are these grand and elevating principles
expressed by the deeds recorded in this little book:
beautifully are these " quiet victories," these " great
sacrifices of self," and these " noble acts of heroism"
in men's and women's hearts, exemplified in its occur-
rences : beautifully are merriment and melancholy
combined in the materials of this simple fiction.
Scrooge was shown the foolishness of his misanthropy
by the visions of the " Carol.:" Trotty Veck was ren-
dered contented even with his miserable existence by the
nightmares of the " Chimes :" John Peerybingle was
convinced of the faithfulness of little Dot by the dreams
of the " Cricket on the Hearth." In the "Battle of Life"
a transformation is effected in one of the principle
characters, not however through the agency of gob-
lins, or fairies, or spirits, or other supernatural visi-
tors, but by the purity, the valour, the self-denial,
and the magnanimity of virgin hearts. Doctor Jed-
dler, at the commencement of the story, is described
as a great philosopher, the heart and mystery of whose
philosophy was " to look upon the world as a gigantic
practical joke ; as something too absurd to be con-
sidered by any rational man." Before the conclusion
of the book this same Doctor Jeddler is forced to ac-
knowledge that " it's a world full of hearts, and a
serious world, with all its folly ;" that " it's a world
on which the sun never rises but it looks upon a
thousand bloodless battles that are some set-off against
the miseries and wickedness of battle-fields ;" that, in
fine, " a world we need be careful how we libel."
So genial and purifying is the effect produced by the
perusal of this volume ; so generously is the mind
impressed by the nature of the truths embodied in it;
so vivid and so beautiful is the sentiment by which its
every passage is pervaded, that we close the leaves
with that golden sentence ringing in our ears—
" Heaven forgive us, for it is a world of
sacred mysteries, and its Creator only knows what lies
beneath the surface of his lightest image!" In saying
this, we are uttering no idle panegyric on the book ;
the justice of our commendations may be settled in a
couple of hours by the perusal of the " three parts."
First as to the plot :—The story occurs " once upon a
time," about a hundred years ago, and opens upon a
spot where, long before, a fierce battle had been
fought. "It was fought," says the historian, " upon
a long summer day, when the waving grass was
green." " Many a wild flower," he continues,
"many a wild flower, formed by the Almighty hand
to be a perfumed goblet for the dew, felt its enamelled
cup fill high with blood that day, and shrinking
dropped." The description of the battle-field is a
ghastly but instructive picture, even in the grim
fertility which is described as having followed the
carnage. Here, however, the author abruptly
changes his theme by pourtraying a pastoral land-
scape in autumn, and by especially directing the
'reader's attention to one particular orchard where
two young girls are dancing merrily together on the
grass, while peasants are gathering apples in the sur-
rounding trees :
"If there were no such thing as display in the world,
my private opinion is, and I hope you agree with me,
that we might get on a great deal better than we do,
and might be infinitely more agreeable company than
we are. It was charming to see bow these girls danced.
They bad no spectators but the apple-pickers on the
ladders. They were very glad to please them, but they
danced to please themselves (or at least you would have
supposed so); and ycu could no more help admiring,
than they could help dancing. How they did dance!
Not like opera dancers. Not at all. And not like
Mada;ne Anybody's finished pupils. Not the least. It
was not quadrille dancing, nor minuet dancing, nor even
country-Choice dancing. It was neither in the old style,
nor the new tyle, nor the French style, nor the English
style; though I); may have been, by accident, a trifle in
the Spanish style, which is a free and joyous one, I am
told, deriving a delightful air of off-band inspiration,
from the chirping little ;castanets. As they danced
among the orchard trees, and down the groves of stems
and back again, and twirled each other lightly round
and round, the influence of their airy motion seemed to
spread and spread, in the sun lighted scene, like an ex-
panding circle in the water. Their streaming hair and
fluttering skirts, the elastic grass beneath their feet, the
boughs that rustled in the morning air—the flashing
leaves, their speckled shadows on the soft green ground
—the balmy wind that swept along the landscape, glad
to turn the distant windmill, cheerily—everything be-
tween the two girls, and the man and team at plough
upon the ridge of land, where they showed against the
sky as if they were the last things in the world—seemed
dancing too.
These are the daughters of Dr. Jeddler, already men-
tioned, the elder named Grace, the younger named
Marion. And admirable creations are Grace and Ma-
rion. Excepting Little Nell, they are the most exqui-
site female characters yet conceived by Mr. Dickens.
Making certain allowances for" the brevity of the
"Battle of Life" when compared' with the " Pirate,"
Grace and Marion are quite equal to Minna and
Brenda, the most charming of the heroines of Sir
Walter Scott. Both these maidens are in love with
Alfred, Jeddler's ward, who, on attaining his ma-
jority, leaves his guardian to seek his fortune. Marion,
the younger sister, is affianced to Alfred—Grace,
with a noble self-forgetfulness, concealing her own
passion for him, and fostering by every means the
affection of the lovers. The first part closes with the
departure of the hero from the house of his guardian
and his separation from his betrothed. Exquisitely is
the conquest of Grace over the impulses of her own
heart pourtrayed with those honest eyes of hers
beaming upon her'isister, "so calm, serene, and cheer-
ful !" Exquisite is that little incident related where
Marion gazes for a moment after the retreating figure
of her affianced, and " then turning back again, and
meeting for the first time those calm eyes, fell
sobbing on her neck ' Oh, Grace ; God bless you!
But I cannot bear to see it, Grace ! It breaks my
.heart: " Three years have rolled by when the story is
rez=umed in the second part. One Michael Warden
aha f-ruined squire is then introduced ; he is de-
scribec; as wonderfully reduced in circumstances and
ely in love with Marion. They meet
as despe:a!
clandestine, v, and everything indicates a reciprocal
affection,
wl,,n a letter arrives from Alfred Heath-
field, announcii.',g his intention of returning home. A
grand party is given by Dr. Jeddler at Christmas
time in honour of his nephew, who is expected to
arrive that night. During the height of the festivi-
ties Marion steals oilt of the banquet room and
elopes, as the reader imagines, with Michael 'Warden.
Alfred reaches his home only to find his betrothed
has become a fugitive under the most unfavourable
circumstances. Six years have elapsed, when the
personages of the fiction are again introduced in the
third part. Grace has married Alfred, but mystery
still envelopes the fate of Marion. One evening, a
favourite anniversary, the elder sister is promised
that before the sun has set she shall know all particu-
lilts about the younger. The day-god is slowly
sink;ng below the horizon, a figure is perceptible on
the threshold of the orchard, a rustle of a
white garment is visible in the evening air. " Oh,
God! AN,,ts it a vision that came bursting from the
old man's coins, and with a cry, and with a waving
of its hands, and with a wild precipitation of itself
upon her in its boundless love, sank down in her em-
brace I" Marion has returned, still a maiden, still
unmarried, still unbetrothed. During the six past
years she has been secluded with her aunt Martha—
maving resolved, in the greatness and nobleness of her
nature, to ccequer her own selfish feelings, and by
this retirement enable Grace to be united to the
man they both laved so truthfully. So is demon-
strated the heroism of the; ge battles of life fought "in
little households. so
eh eted the conversion of
Dr. Jeddler to a -
knowledge of the grandeur, and the
pathos, and the mysteries, and the magnanimity
which are discernible in God's creation. Michael
Warden, meanwhile, has turned up again, with his
evity.somewhat diminished, and his fortunes some-
what improved, and the author, in his pleasant wa
observes, y,
Time--from whom 1 had the latter part
of this story, and with whom I have the pleasure of a
pee sonal acquaintance o, f some five and thirty, years'
dora,tion, wormed m', naniiis esouyir4Forbe,

•" It's only me, Mister,' said Clemency, putting in her
head at the door.
" • And what's the matter with you?' said the Doctor.
" Oh, bless you, nothing an't the matter with me,'
returned Clemency—and truly, too, to judge from her
well-soaped face, in which there gleamed as usual the
very soul of good-humour, which, ungainly as she was,
made her quite engaging. Abrasions on the elbows are
not generally understood, it is true, to range within that
class of personal chorms called beauty-spots. But it is
better, .going through the world, to have the arms
chafed in that narrow passage, than the temper: and
Clemency's was sound and whole as any beauty's in the
land.
Nothing an't the matter with me,' said Clemency,
entering, but—come a little closer, Mister.'
"The Doctor, in some astonishment, complied with
his invitation.
You said I wasn't to give you one before them,
_ know,' said Clemency.
" A novice in the family might have supposed, from
her extraordinary ogling as she sail it, as well as from
a singular rapture or ecstasy which pervaded her elbows,
as if she were embracing herself, that one,' in its most
favourable interpretation, meant a chaste salute. Indeed
the Doctor himself seemed alarmed, for the moment;
but quickly regained his composure, as Clemency, having
had recourse to both her pockets—beginning with the
right one, going away to the wrong one, and afterwards
coming back to the right one again—produced a letter
from the post-office.
" Britain was riding by on an errand,' she chuckled,
handing it to the Doctor, and see the mail come in,
and waited for it. There's A. H. in the corner. Mr.
Alfred's on his journey home, I bet. We shall have
a wedding in the house—there was two spoons in my
saucer this morning. Oh, Luck, how slow he opens it!'
" All this she delivered, by way of soliloquy, gradu-
ally rising higher and higher on tiptoe, in her impatience
to hear the news, and making a corkscrew of her apron,
and a bottle of her mouth. At last, arriving at a climax
of suspense, and seeing the Doctor still engaged in the
perusal of the letter, she came down flat upon the soles
of her feet again, and cast her apron, as a veil, over her
head, in a mute despair, and inability to bear it any
longer."
In the account of the hostel called " The Nutmeg
Grater," and kept by Benjamin Britain, the writer
gives this natural but ridiculous incident. A stranger
has entered the bar, and Clemency, having discovered
that it is none other than Michael Warden, endea-
vours to convey her discovery to Britain by dumb
show:—

you

" Seeing that the stranger's face was turned towards
the wind3w, and that he seemed intent upon the pros-
pect, she made some eager signs to her husband, and
pointed to the bill, and moved her mouth as if she were
repeating with great energy, one word or phrase to him
over and over again. As she uttered no sound, and as
her dumb motions, like most of her gestures, were of a
very extraordinary kind, this unintelligible conduct re-
duced Mr. Britain to the confines of despair. He stared
at the table, at the stranger, at the spoons, at his wife—
followed her pantomime with looks of deep amazement
and perplexity—asked in the same language, was it
property in danger, was it he in danger, was it she—
answered her signals with other signs expressive of the
deepest distress and confusion—followed the motions of
her lips —guessed half aloud ' milk and water,' monthly
warning,' mice and walnuts'—and couldn't approach
her meaning."
On the return of Marion, Clemency is wonderfully
excited. She is ignorant of the return of the long-
lost—

" When, looking up in wonder, and in indignant re-
monstrance, and in the added emotion of
.a great roar
from Mr. Britain, and seeing that sweet face so well-
remembered close before hcr, she stared, sobbed,
laughed, cried, screamed, embraced her, held her fast,
released her, fell on Mr. Snitchey and embraced him
(much to Mrs. Snitchey's indignation), fell on the
Doctor and embraced him, fell on Mr. Britain and em-
braced him, and concluded by embracing herself, throw-
ing her apron over her head, and going into hysterics
behind it."

But to appreciate Clemency thoroughly the book
itself must be read. The frontispiece, by Daniel
Maclise, depicting Grace and Marion dancing under
the apple-tree, is a gem. The figures of the two
damsels are exquisitely drawn. The three other illus-
trations from the same eminent hand are excellent.

Those by Stanfield, particularly the Nutmeg Grater,
are good. Leech has used his pencil for once indif-
ferently; and the three embellishments by Doyle are
execrably bad. They would entirely spoil the volume
if anything could. Mr. Dickers has unquestionably
made an improvement upon his last Christmas book.
" The Battle of Life" is a charming love story—a
story not unworthy of its distinguished author.

ILLUSTRATED TALE IN "THE MIRROR," Price Is.
On January 1, 1847, Chapters 1., 11., 111., and IV., of
T" MISER'S WILL;
Or, LOVE AND AVARICE. An English Tale.

By PERCY B. ST. JOHN.
The Mirror will continue to be Edited by Mr. St. John, assisted by
scv.:ral eminent writers, and will be Illustrated in the first style of
art by Hine, Archer, and Walmsley.
Now ready, Vol. 1., new series, price .is. 6d.
H. Hurst, 27, King William-street, Strand.

WILS ON'S LAST NIGHT.
CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, TuEsnar, 22d December, at Eight
o'clock, Mr.-WILSON will give his LAST ENTERTAINMENT,
when he will sing a SXLECTION of the SONGS of SCOTLAND,
Two Songs by Gorman Composers, and the English Cantata of " The
Soldier's Dream."

Part I.—Of a' the Airts the Wind can LlaNf—Ower the Water to
Charlie—Thou hast left me ever, Jamie—Saw ye Johnnie coming ?
quo' she—ln yonder happy Cottage—She is mine—John Anderson
my jo—O whistle and I'll come to ye, my Lad.
Part ll. The Soldier's Dream—My Boy Tommie—The Flowers
of the Forest—My Tocher's the Jewel—Anna Lawrie—Allister

The " Observer" of Sunday, Dec. 6, contained
an impartial review, with extracts from Sir E. L.
Bulwer Lytton's new work entitled " Lucretia," to the
extent of four of the Observer folio columns. The
Observer of Sunday, Dec. 13, contained an impartial
review, with extracts from the second series of "Lord
Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors of England,"
to the extent of two folio columns and a half. The
Observer of Sunday, Dec. 20, contained an impartial
review, with extracts from the annual Christmas work
by Charles Dickins, Esq., entitled, " The Battle of Life,
a Love Story," to the extent of nearly five of the
Observer folio columns. A Monday's edition of the
Observer is regularly published at four o'clock on Mon
day afternoons, which is best adapted for the country
sad radon abmil.

TIIE SUN, LoNoo'N, IVIONDAY'c'EVENTIVG, DECEMBIIIR"2I, IP4B

ing with the rights of property, and without unduly
favouring individuals at the expense of the community,
Provisions of a beneficial tendency were undoubtedly
made by the sth and 6th Vict., cap. 89, by the Sth and
9th Viet., cap. 69, and by the 9th Viet., cap. 4, empower-
ing the Board of Works to undertake certain drainage
works, but those provisions required considerable mo-
dification before any permanent advantages could
accrue. By the enactments Ist and 2d Will. IV.,
cap. 33, sec. 32, amended by 9th Vict., cap. 1, sec.. 6,
it was provided, moreover, that loans might be made to
individuals for the purpose of enabling them to effect
the improvement of their estates for themselves,
by drainage, reclaiming waste lands, or other works
of substantial improvement. These admirable ar-
rangements, however; were unaccompanied by any
clauses affording sufficient power to the Executive, in
securing the return of the moneys advanced, and, at
the same time, of not unduly tampering with the
rights of individuals.
So many complicating claims are associated with
land in Ireland, estates there are entangled in such a
network of mortgages, the tenure of land is, indeed,
so terribly complicated in that island, that the extri-
cation of the proprietors appears, at a superficial
glance, to be almost an impossibility. By a persevering
consideration of the matter, however, these difficulties
are not so utterly insurmountable as would be at first
imagined. By a searching investigation the entangle-
ment becomes unravelled, and from the "Treasury
Minutes" of the Ist ultimo, and the letter forwarded
by Mr. TREVELYAN to the Commissioners of Public
Works, we would fain believe that the clue has been
at last
discovered
From
these
which
may guide us from the
labyrinth.
two important documents it
would seem that the Government are really solicitous
to afford that encouragement and aid to Irish agri-
culturists which have been so long desiderated. It
has been resolved by the Lords Commissioners of her
MAJESTY'S Treasury, that the Board of Works
" Shall undertake the execution of such works as are
necessary for deepening or removing obstructions is
rivers, their tributary streams, or the larger watercourses
of the country, by means of which great improvement
may be effected in the main outfalls of drainage for
considerable tracts of land."
This arrangement is unquestionably of a most
desirable character, seeing that such enormous works
could :never be effectually undertaken by any indi-
vidual. Whatever difficulty might be experienced
in consequence of these main drains passing through
the estates of many different proprietors is obviated .
"By the power which the Board of Works possesses
of proceeding with the consent of a certain number of
proprietors, and of charging the repayment upon the
lands drained, even of dissenting proprietors, in propor-
tion to the benefit conferred upon them."
Aware of the numerous delays caused, and obstruc-
tions presented by the undigested clauses of the Act
9th and 10th Vict., cap. 101, it is here announced by
Mr. TREVELYAN, of the Treasury, that her MA.
JESTY'S Government

"Propose to submit a Bill to Parliament founded on
these principles, embracing and extending the objects of
the 32d section of the Act 1 and 2 Wm. IV., cap. 33,
amended by the 9th Vict., cap. 1, sec. 6, and of the 91h
and 10th Vict., cap. 101."
Among the arrangements thereby effected are
—that the loans shall not be restricted to drain.
age, but shall be rendered available for the pur-
poses of general improvement of lands, including drain •
age, and that to obviate the difficulties arising from
the encumbrances upon lands and the multiplicity of
interests in ' estates, a proportionate contribution
towards the repayment of the loan shall be
apportioned on the various parties .who will derive
benefit from the improvement, " the whole principal
and interest being payable to the Government by the
person who shall be deemed proprietor of the land
drained or improved, arid the contribution on the part
of the occupier being in the shape of increased rent to
the proprietor." Beyond this the Government pro-
pose to submit a separate Bill to Parliament, in which
the provisions of the sth and 6th Vict., cap. 89, Bth
and 9th Vict., cap. 69, and the 9th Vict., cap. 4, will
be consolidated and simplified. As an additional
boon to the starving population, the loans are to be
made at the reduced interest of four per cent. It is
in the concluding paragraph, however, of this letter
fzom Mr. TREVELYAN that the principles of the pro-
posed innovation are condensed :

rather than the Aldermen—a body elected for life,
consequently irresponsible—should have any inde-
pendent control over the City funds, the responsible
representatives of the citizens are determined to go to
Parliament and dissolve the Corporation, so that it
may be remodelled to meet the spirit of the age, and
be in harmony with the advancing intelligence of the
times.

These are not the days for individuals or small cor-
porate bodies to attempt to elahu irresponsible power.
We advise the Aldermen, as those who much respect the
Corporation, to listen to reason. The Common Council
have liberty, right, and progressive policy on their
side, which must prevail. So long as the Corpora-
tion continues to modify its rules and regulations so
as to render them assimilate to the necessities of the
times, they will endure ; but so soon as they become
obstructive their doom is sealed.

It is consistent with proper representation that the
properly elected and responsible body should control
the expenditure ; and for an irresponsible, life-elected
body to claim such a power seems monstrous ; and for
my LORD MAYOR to refuse to put any question duly
proposed and seconded, is to gag the mouth of the Com-
mon Council, and prevent free discussion. We protest
against any such assumption ; and if the citizens of
London succumb to such a dictum, they are made of
different stuff to what we ever thought them, and
truly their ancient glory has departed.

Accounts from Italy state that the sth of
December, the centenary anniversary of the expulsion
of the Austrians from Genoa, had been observed as a
day of rejoicing throughout almost the whole of the
north of Italy. The Sardinian Government would
authorise no public demonstration, but many private
assemblages were held at Genoa, in which the toasts
of the "Independence of Italy," and "Down with
the Austrians," were drunk with great enthusiasm.
At night, in the same moment, bonfires were lit on
all the mountains surrounding Genoa. Similar
bonfires were seen blazing along the whole line of
Appenines, in the direction of Florence and Bologna,
of Rome, and of Naples. At Florence two large
bonfires were kindled in the two large squares, and
the walls were covered with placards, on which were
printed in red ink, "Death to the Germans." One
of these placards was affixed to the hotel of the
Austrian Minister, before the gates of which a body
of singers chanted a de profundis. No outrage was
committed on persons or property.

Madrid papers of the 10th and 11th have been
received. Up to that time the result of 103 elections
had become known, of which 78 had been gained by
the Moderadoes, 17 by the Progressistas, and 8 by the
Puritans and Absolutists. Senor OLOZAGA has been
returned for Albacete.

MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 11.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 34i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
21i; the Vales at Si ; the Passives, at 6i- ; and the
Coupons, at 191.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The most important article of news contained in
them is the following literal transcript of the dispatch
on the subject of the annexation of Cracow, addressed
by M. GUIZOT to the French Ambassadors at Vienna,
Berlin, and St. Petersburgh. It is as follows :
" Sir,—The Austrian Charge d'Affaires has commu-
nicated to me the dispatches from Prince Metternich,
announcing to the King's Government that the incorpo-
ration in the Austrian empire of the free town and ter-
ritory of Cracow is resolved upon by the Courts of
Vienna, Berlin, and St. Pet ersburgh, and they explain
the motives. I transmit copies of them. L have laid
them before the King in Council. His Majesty's Go-
vernment has experienced from them a great and pain-
ful surprise. We received in February and March, as
we did in 1836 and 1838, assurances that the occupation
of Cracow by the troops of the Three Powers was a
measure purely military, and not political, commanded
by necessity, and which should be at an end with
that necessity. Now it is said that a temporary
occupation will not suffice, and that the measure
adopted by the Three Courts is indispensable to
guarantee definitively in their states order and
peace, which have been incessantly disturbed by insur-
rections, of which Cracow had become the permanent
focus. But since the suppression of the small state of
Cracow is to put an end to those disorders, its existence
must have been their unique, or at least, their principal
cause. This supposition is inadmissible. The so fre-
quently recurring fermentation of the ancient Polish
provinces has arisen from causes more general. The
scattered members of a great state, destroyed by vio-
lence, still continue to agitate and rise. Treaties which
recognise such facts do not cause to disappear at once
the social wounds which result fro.n them; time, equity,
kindness, and prolonged good government can alone suc-
ceed in it, for these are the only means which the civili-
sation of Europe now renders possible. The sovereigns
and the statesmen, assembled at the Congress of
Vienna, thus considered it. They wished at the mo-
ment, even when Europe united ratified the partition of
Poland, to give to the Polish nation and to the
conscientious feelings of Europe, which were disturbed
by this partition, a constant moral satisfaction.
They had at the same time towards their Polish
subjects perspective views of amelioration for the internal
government of the country. Serious disturbances may
interrupt the course of that policy, at once wise and
generous, but not cause it to be entirely abandoned or
abolished. Nothing compromises a Government more
than to declare itself unable to fulfil, even slowly and in
course of time, the promises and hopes which it has itself
given. The destruction of the petty State of Cracow
may deprive the spirit of Polish conspiracy of some
means of action, but it may also keep up and even irri-
tate the feelings which obstinately give rise to these de-
plorable enterprises. It weakens throughout all Europe
on this painful question the principles of order and
conservatism, to the profit of blind and hateful passions.
Article nine of the treaty of Vienna imposes on the
Republic of Cracow the obligation of removing con-
spirators from its territory, and the Three Protecting
Powers had doubtless the right to demand the accom-
plishment of his obligation. But had they not, in
order to attain this object, no other means than to abolish
the independence of this petty state, and to sup-
press the state itself ? The narrow limits of the Re-
public, the immense strength of the three great Powers,
by whose states it is hemmed in, all tend to induce the
belief that measures carefully combined would have been
sufficient to counteract efficaciously the evil, without
having recourse to extreme means, which involve some
perils in the prospect of frequently creating fresh and
more serious evils. It was in all cases the incontestable
right of all the Powers who were parties to the treaty of
Vienna to take part in the deliberations and the decisions
of which Cracow might be the object. If Prince Metter-
nich means in his dispatch that the three Courts had by
themselves created the small state ofCracow, and that they
afterwards presented to the Congress for enrolment the
convention they had passed between themselves, the King's
Government could never admit of an assertion so contrary
to the principles, and even to the language of great trans-
actions constituting the public law of Europe. Inde-
pendent powers are never called upon to enregister
deliberations or acts entered into and passed without
their participation. In so far as regards Cracow and
Poland, the sovereigns and public men say that long
discussions between the repr< sentatives of all the Powers
preceded the conclusion of the special treaty of May 8.
The very text of the treaty of Vienna demonstrates that
the fate of Poland was regulated after a deliberation of
all the representatives of Europe. Articles 1, 2. 3,4,
and 5, define the share which each of the three Powers
was to have of the territory of the Grand Duchy of
Warsaw. There is not the least difference between
these articles and those which give to Prussia a part
of the states of the King of Saxony. The foundation
of the republic of Cracow is
.placed on precisely the
same ground as the stipulations which formed the
other states, even the most free, which have created
the Germanic Confederation. The Government cf
his Majesty, therefore, has used only an evident
right, and at the same time fulfilled an imperative
duty in protesting solemnly against the suppression of
against the
boasts
hfot,ial:sitslenhtdtseiiewtsonoepifmpelalublic of Cracow—an Act positively
letter as well as the meaning of the treaties of Vienna
After the long and redoubtable agitations which have
shaken Europe; it is only respectsaered to
thattreaties
tsh.erheSirnhit:vsn in-
terests, can enfranchise itself
maintainsand tho s e rightsherse whichherself.
N n theypobwhyapv paying
nagd made
from them without enfranchising the other powers by
the same Act. France has not given any similar example
of an attempt against the policy of conservation and
peace. France has not forgotten the painful sacrifices
mightre-
re-
ciprocity hermeipjp,r)ociocseeitdyatutpoaoennonascut l bhhyiecnhtchewef
henceforth
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authorisetreatiesno no
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t e res t s
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treaties it is
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hwehponcalls s forwh who have
faithfulvn d e
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derived
ed observ-
ancefrn mthem the principal advantages. It is she who, above all,
is occupied in the maintenance ofwtiGgGtiihzuotuoehavtirer:tdriohgweneThdmht,is:ellwaenbanacitp.ggsqrauuowtnicaorlgdoearedistdmahsboy.e,yf,
others, and in respecting their independence.
(Signed) - " GUIZOT."
wtwnbcsihehep,anar
tpaet imnengrdgarroeckarooegtnindatpnhttahsihnraeiogtnfsmgv
tem.hirtGye
and do, the Legitimatist France sneeringly observes—.
big the violation of the treaties of 1815, while protesting
against the annexation of the republic of Cracow, care-
fully guards his words from bearing the character of a
menace. Supple and polite in his ill-humour, he de-
plores in lengthened terms what has been done; he sighs
heavily over the scattered fragments of the treaties of
Vienna ; but his despair does not lead him so far as to
be willing to declare that he also is freed from these con-
ventions. His courage fails him when he draws to a
conclusion, and says what France will do iu face of these
violated treaties of 1815. If, then, as everything tends
to make us believe, the protest of M. Guizot is con-
ceived in the same spirit as his circular note, the French
Government must have greatly modified its violent atti-
tude."

" My Lords are further of opinion," he writes, " that
with the view both of providing security for the re-pay-
ment of the advances from the public purse, and of re-
lieving entailed estates from the evil of accumulated
charges, two powers should be conferred by the measures
which it is proposed to submit to Parliament.
"First, a power to the proprietors of an entailed es-
tate to sell for the purpose of repaying the advances for
improvements made by the Board of Works, or if made
by himself, with the aid of Government money, under
the inspection of the Board of Works, any part of the
estate so improved, or of other estates settled to tilt
same uses, in the same manner as a power exists in this
country of selling for the redemption of the land-tax.
" Secondly, a power to the Government of selling, in
default of payment of two consecutive instalments, so
much of the land improved or of other estates settled to
the same uses, which the proprietor might prefer, as
would repay capital, interest, and expenses of sale."
While it is impossible to deny that this will afford
the Executive an enormous power, it will be never-
theless equally impossible to deny that the benefits
accruing to the proprietors and the peasantry of
Ireland, will fully counterbalance any objections to
the proposed plan. Is it not better that they should
be driven into prosperity than be abandoned to an
independent starvation ?

In another part of our paper we publish the Reso-
utions of the Independent Committee of the Cor-
poration, setting forth the insult offered to the
citizens of London, through their representatives, by
the LORD MAYOR positively refusing to put a ques-
tion, duly moved and seconded by old and qualified
members of the Corporation, in Common Council
assembled. As faithful journalists, it is our duty to
weigh carefully the arguments adduced by the con-
flicting parties, and endeavour to arrive at a just con-
clusion as established by indisputable evidence.
Certain inconveniences arise as to the qualification
of members of the Common Council, in consequence
of " various changes having taken place in the customs
and habits of the citizens of the said city, and in their
mode of conducting business in the said city, in con-
sequence whereof many of the most substantial
citizens, duly rated in their several wards, and carry-
ing on trade in, and habitually resorting to their
shops, counting-houses, and offices within the city,
have nevertheless dwellings for themselves and their
families in the suburbs of the said city ;" to remedy
which a reference is made to a committee, a report
is brought up, it is referred back, with instructions
to prepare a bill to meet the case; a bill is brought
up, read a first and a second time ; to all of which the
Aldermen, as members of the Common Council (and
many of them are members of the committee) are
assenting parties. Not a word .of objection is
heard until it has become pretty generally known
that another Bill is to succeed this, limiting the power
of the Aldermen to draw upon the City purse. Then,
and only then, they come forward with a protest read
by the Recorder, declaring that as the Bill alters
certain " usages and customs" of the City, they cannot
sanction it, and in discussion declare that without
their assent the Bill is of no avail ; nay, more, they
claim the privilege to originate all matters brought
before the Common Council. We find presumptuous
assertion here—we find no argument. What says
the 13111 as proposed ?
" And be it enacted, that from and after the passing
of this Act, any freeman of London being a householder,
and any freeman of London, though he may dwell out
of the city of London, shall be capable of being elected
to be a member of the Common Council, provided at the
time of such election he is, and for twelve months pre-
viously be shall have been, the occupier of a house, shop,
counting-house, or office, situated within the ward for
which he shall be so elected; and provided that
he is, and for twelve months previously he
shall have been, rated in his own name to the Consoli-
dated Rate in respect of any house, shop, counting-
house, or office within such ward; and also provided that
during the time of his being
so rated as aforesaid he
shall have resided is such house, or habitually resorted
to such shop, counting-house, or office, for the purpose
of carrying on any art, mystery, trade, profession, or
occupation therein, any act, order, or ordinance, custom,
or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding."
What custom or usage does this violate ? It is I
and has been the custom and usage" to have Com-
be freemen, having premises within the City and
ward ; they are retained. They must
for which they are elected, and be
v
in rates. This is still to be the case.
,wmVoiotteel:d iwithin
tCoeenot
repeat,hcu certain
wial
hat custom or usage does this violate ?
None ! It simply and prudently defines a qualifica-
tion which the old term "householder" left vague and
uncertain, being liable to bear almost any construction
anybody might put upon it.

it is quite clear that this Bill is not the bone of
contention. No, n 9 i it is that which is behind i and

The National of Friday was seized at the Post-
office ; why, it professes to be ttuttblo to tell.

hably, however, it was on account of an article on ti .e
Spanish elections, in which it stated that CHRISTINA,
alarmed by the attentions paid to the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN in London, was anxious to enter into
some sort of compact with the Progressistas, as it
was felt that if a Carlist outbreak should take place,
BaEssoN and Mori would be found insufficient.
The Arab prisoners, who were to have been ex-
changed, have been returned to their prison in the
Ile St. Marguerite.
The Constitutionnel says—
" M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul at the Mau-
ritius, whose recent dispute with Admiral Dacres has
been made known, is said to be about to be removed to
Honululu, in the Sandwich Islands, a newly-created
consulship. It is stated that among the papers of the
Ministry there has been found an application for a
change made by M. Barbet himself before the affair oc-
curred at the Mauritius."

-•-•. O.
MONEY and COMMERCIAL
day.
Sales Cotton
3,5C001 marketibaTi :as
,t QLiverpoolEl7loa?os
02q' quieter
wereietTerfloolani A.splet .
o:
lation.-Shares were rather firm again.
.111 There have been very numerous arrivals fro:T
colonies to-day, from the West Indies, from
New ool:o0ovdijes;
Wales, the Cape of Good Hope, and other
Generally speaking the advices from the "Ares!
_lrv.
are of a satisfactory character. Also from ta°,_;.:,./
of Good Hope, ai well as from Sydney, tho.„l_ara;
4t the . 4_47-0
are of an improved tenour.
lem Coffee-house, late accounts have been remayetaor,
Graham's-town. Reinforcements were rapidly
.4e';.
Colonel Somerset had been very active on their_u,3,(4,
His Excellency had made overtures to the Ga1151":,:ot
First, that all the tribes should lay down theirsnd
secondly, that all the cattle,
be given up; and, thirdly, that all t7llzed'e°ll.l.ll:4ll-rlstit
far as the River Kel should be oedt, t the
is represented that Mocoma was disposed to floevPer the
terms, but there was this difficulty, that many apt
snj
cattle had died of fatigue, or been killed for food,,
compensation for which did not exactly suit the feel'o 0
or perhaps the means, of the chief. The forces ,_A of
Colonel Somerset had recaptured about 1000 head 0
cattle: very many guns, and stores. All was "frontlet.
Cape Town in forwarding military stores to tht_....edie
A most important association has just been (close
othfelacsittywoeefkL,otnodeoxnt,eantdatpheriveaffiteemaceyetoi
in the Liberal cause in the capital of Englanuilihend
headed by a phalanx of well-known admirers o
who
principles and practically-experienced toellt'ry ell
are, it would appear, resolved to '
lea &odor!,
before them at the coming general umerots
thus serving as a beacon and a guide to the !I
ni, 00
fegt:eeldregit
Ithtrxeiatoois
constituencies in all parts of the United Sing
opt of
go and do likewise." If the official announc
rased ja
the formation of this powerful body be not advecoloo
this days Sun, it will, no doubt, appear ill °Ur
in a
The p y dari or two. M rbettbiS
principal feature in the English Money 8 juin for
morning has been a constantly fluctuating Prep? - bees
Exchequer Bills, the range taken for which has
tea
from 9s. to 13s. In some quarters it is rope tote °I
that Government are about to add a trifle to te AOOOOOl
interest per diem. The value of Uarisols forth Bea-
has eled
remained at 931 ; for the Three per Cents._ 4to
94 ; and for the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cow •. "'
1. Bank Stock is at 206. OS been
In the Foreign Funds not much WSW°
passing this morning.
Fops for Celltj.
The dividends upon the Portuguese •fso.4 it
having been announced for payment oe the AeciplelAis•
next (with the deduction, most unfair la P:,,,hoes 107
without qnestion Is) has led to some Prk. the,_
morning, at an advance from 38 to 40 for
~,b"-_,_ Bow
and to 39 for money. Spanish Three per LieliesicsO
were flat at 37i II and the Deferred at 17'231. The
Bonds are lower, having been quoted at
Dutch Four per Cents, are at 93. .40 11323
In thu Railway Shares and S.rrips the or-The ..--
been few to day. The market is not win'
curate quotations are annexed. 5.
wris CfPC '
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT 01:“. 0' -
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock... 2°2444 94,
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities •••• -.1/./".76. si
New VA per Cent. Annuities ............ 9574/.
Consols for Opening, 93%
Exchequer Bills. 154 d• plA.
1,0001.
500/.
113 : l P°l
Ditto Small lO 8
~,c1„005"
I ‘'
RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent- --3/
23 •
Ditto for the Account ........ '4
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent .... . . 83
Ditto 4 Der Cent. ................. 39
Ditto for the Account ..... ......... 40
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840.- --'
17
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent...
Dividends on the above payable ill la'
Dutch 2% per Cents ...........•••••• 0;
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SEARES AT ONE
RAILWAYS. PAal"
ID. FES 51.25
to
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 25 . ...
%.. ..... 2-4% ... ... ..
to ---
Armagh, Coleraine, & Port rush 1 A ...... - .. to --,,, .
Belfast and County Down
Birmingham and Dudley -
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 .....•129 ... to --
Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.) 17% ... ..,:: -- u ........ to 11
Birmingham & Oxford Junc„, 2...103 11 71'
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and .• •• , to --
...-
Cheshire Junction 2%..•••• 56 p... to •"-
Boston, Stamf, , & Birming... 225. ....... 75 ...... t° --
Bristol and Exeter -
Do., New -
Bristol and Gloucester.... - ...... to --
Bristol and Liverpool June.... 2% ..... '-
....
..................
....
t 0
000 --......:.
Buckinghamshire.. ......... - '.. to
Caledonian
21/4.-- 2% ...... t
Ditto, Half Shares -
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 ...... --
..... to
Chester and Holyhead 27% --
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 4225. ............ ---
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 •••••• -- ...... to
---
Clarence. lOO -
•••-•• to
. ...
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - ...... tO ---
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - to
Cork and Killarney 2% -
Cork and Waterford..... 1% - -
Cornwall - .•.... to --
Ditto, Half Shares - •••••• 0 ---
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Sheffield Junction.- ... 2% - to --
Direct Northern -
Direct Norwich 1 -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% - -
.. . to --
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21,E __ .... .., to --
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 - •.• ... to ---
Eastern Counties l4/. 16s 22% .., , to --
Do. New l2/. 16s 714 iip to
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - ...... to --
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... % n... W
Do., York Extension -
East Dereham and Norwich 1 - ......
Eastern Union 35 - •-••. to --•
Ditto, Quarter Shares 3
Do. Extension to Harwichto
77i
...... - _ •
...... to
Do. Cambridge and Ely
EaDDstiot.Lt(aaniaNtceasshire - ....
14 . 175 z, „ „„e„ to
Yrreston &Omsk.) 5 .: ......... fill ...... tt:
....".
•• .. to "-
Do., do., New Scrip
EastEa s t
andLincolnshire
West
a f ll4 •
$% ......
England IIAIAL -2-IAI .... ft: ....-.5
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50
lA.
... to
Edinburgh D i
Ditto,tto HdS Quarterhasrheast
Northerne s lO .. - •• ": 22 •-•
Edinburgh and Perth
3
12%
-- ..... to
12% -- ........ te
--
Ely--
DD Huntingdonoieat.s:nkjApodiislNnehneeaaswraetn d sliSligo
0
tt
oo • -
.. .
~,,.. .... to
EExnnetier. Yeovil, .
& Dorchester 1
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 554
-- "".., to --
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - "".to '.
-- •..... to --'
er
ffic td. g,ii 4 ) 12%
...
...
3„
..... ......
to
to
:
GGrneeal tEa st ern asendsSPl•heV Western... ..; 2% -•• •
GGGrttee.
aaSttoNfriutohara.thstolrirest. (Ireland) 27% 2- .. .. ::
.. to
-:"
Scotland
Great North of England 1002242....„23--7 ................. Fo ••"2-...211
Ditto, New
_5 - .....
.....
Ditto, New l5 ..... 54 .. ••• !o°
Ditto, New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares 5O
...... to -7
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
- ..... ,....
Do. New
Huddersfield and Manchester 132 . • .....
- -
••• •• --614 .... ••••••• r(e, --...-
•
Ditto, Extension
'-- .....
.....
Hull and Selby 5O
...•
Ditto, Quarter Sliares „ 121 A --
_ ..... 4.,
Ditto, Half Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% l7y2 . ,
. ..
..... . to
..
Do. do. and Norwich
Lancaster and Carlisle - ...... tO --•
o•"'
5 - ......
Leeds and Bradford 3O
Leizester and Bedford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Munches. 221 W '''''
. - ......
Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... 2 - •
.. to ''''
Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2g• ..... to -1
Leeds and Thirsk ......... 17% Tark . . .... to I°
Ditto, New ..... .... ..... .. 5 - " ...... to --.
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%
Liverpool, Manchester, and • ."
- .. •
Newcastle Junction 2% „ to ---
London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d. - ... ...
. W .....
..
Do. New
. - ......
......
Do. Extension 7% .. . ... tO
Load., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40
Do. Consolidated Eighths-. 10 ..
..... .... :, to •--
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 .. .:
... -- ••••••
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... 9% 'A' 5
Ditto Preference .......•.181 17s 2d... ▪ W
LondonHounslow,&Western 2 „ -
London' and North Western..loo . 71-94 ▪tO 17'
Do. Quarter Shares ...... . 2 ...
....
W -
- .....
Do. do. New ...... .... ....... 2
14 'f3 34 ••"
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 .. .. .. . tO -:
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. /4.0
.. . to 7'
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5
-...
. to
...n.
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 . - ....... to ---
Do 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - ...... to -**
London, Oxford, and Cheltm. - - ... to ••••
London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d ...
• P„ -..
Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 - .....
`" --.
- ......
Ditto New ....... 221/2 ...... 2714 ...... W --.
Do. New lB -
..... to --•
Ditto Tenths
•-•
te
5 •••••• 5% ....
Ditto Tenths
... to --
Ditto Scrip 5 ...... 5% ...... to •--
Ditto ditto 4
ondon and Y0rk........
Ditto Extension -
21, 2 to ..‘.

We also find in the same paper the following:-
" The British Government has lately received in-
formation, from its agents on the western coast of Africa,
of a frightful occurrence, which, however, is not novel in
the annals of slavery. A negro chief having 2,000 slaves
upon his hands, and being unable to dispose of them, had
them all killed before his own eyes. The French Go-
vernment has also been made acquainted with this hor-
rible massacre. We are assured that the Cabinets of
London and Paris have resolved to join in punishing
with severity the cruel chief."
The Presse states that Oporto has been taken by
the QUEEN'S troops.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day at 80f. 85c. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. 70c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,265 f. ; Rouen, 910 f. ; Havre,
66ef. ; Great Northern, 648 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 897 f. 50c. •
Vierzon, 6121. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c. • Boulogne, 442 f:
50c. ; Troves and Montereau, 330 f. ; Bas!e, 218 f. 75c. ; Dieppe,
380 f. 9 • Paris and Strasburg, 487 f. 50c. ; Tours anti Nantes,
4971. 50e. • Paris and Lyons, 5121. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon,
490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 445 f. ; Spanish Actives, 34 ;
Spanis Three per Cents., 381,0.
MARSEILLES, DEC. 14.-Marseilles and Avignon, 8871.
50c. ; Northern, 645 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 19.
Dutch Rhenish, 434—Northern of France Constituted,
10:4—Orleans and Vierzon, 1334—Orleans and Bordeaux,
81/2—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 514 ex int.—Sambre
and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 4%.

MARKET _NEWS -(THIS DAY

CORN-EXCHANGE.-MONDAY

--- - - •
Last week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market
were moderately good, and of full average quality ; but the
receipts of all other articles of home produce were on a
limited scale. From Scotland very few parcels of grain
reached us ; but the fresh supply of Oats from Ireland,
though small for the time of year, was somewhat on the in-
crease. The imports of Foreign Wheat and Flour were
small, but those of Barley, Beans, and Peas were somewhat
extensive. Fresh up to-day the receipts of English wheat were
moderate, though by no means large, the time of year con-
sidered ; still, however, the other samples of that article
was fully equal to the wants of the dealers. Altogether,
the trade was much less active than on Friday ;
still the few sales effected were at an advance
in the currencies obtained on Monday last, of from is to 2s
per quarter, at which amount of improvement the market
closed heavily, and a total clearance was not effected. The
quantity of free foreign Wheat on offer was not to say large.
The demand on Irish account having subsided fur the present,
that article ruled dull, at a decline on Friday's currencies of
fully Is per quarter, yet the advance on the rates paid on
this day se'ennight was is to 2s per quarter. In Corn
under lock next to nothing was doing, yet the holders
refused to sell except at highr rates. The stocks
in warehouse are now unusually small. There was
a very steady inquiry for the best malting and distilling
Barley, at a rise in the quotations of is per quarter;
while the value of all other kinds was well supported. Su-
pnrfine Malt was Is per quarter higher, with a steady de-
mand. In all other kinds no variation was noticed, although
the supply of such was small. Notwithstanding the supply
of Oats was somewhat on the increase, the Oat trade, owing
to many of the dealers being short of stock was firm. Fine
Corn was Is., and the secondary qualities 6d per quarter
higher. The show of Beans being small, that description of
Grain moved off steadily, at a rise of fully Is. per quarter.
Grey and Maple Peas were ls. per, quarter dearer, with a firm
inquiry. Town-made Flour advanced to 60s. per 2801bs.
while barrelled parcels were 2s. dearer.
CURRENCY. PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 76s to 77s
Red, New.... 61s to 718 Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 67s 748 Lincolnsh., Feed. 298 31e
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe
coin, lied... • . 61s 688 Youghsl and Cork,
Ditto, White .. .• • • X2B 698 Black . •• • • 27s 29s
Irish, Red •• .. 608 628 Cork, White ... • 268 336
Ditto, White • • 62s 63s Scotch, Feed.
Rye Old • • • 44s 48s Beans—Tick 428 476
New. •.• • • ••• • • • 468 50s Pige0n5.......... 508 556
Barley—Grinding ... • • 375 406 Pease—Grey . .... •• .. 46s 496
Malting . ....... ••• • • 44s 508 Maple... •• • • 485 503
Chevalier • • •• • • 508 528 White • 548 566
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .
f01k............ 57s 68s Flour—Town-made... 56s 606
Brown . • • ... 58s 60s Suffolk ..
Kingston and Ware 74s 75s Stocktn & Norfolk 46s 488
SIVIITHFIELD.
The imports of foreign stock into London since Monday
last have been as under :
From whence. Oxen. Cows. - Calves. Pigs.

Harlingen .....

9 ...

Sheep.
591 .- --
1,178 _. 4
383 ._ --
605 .- --

Rotterdam l2l ...

Leer
...
Boulogne

26 ...

•
Total l3O ... 291 ... 2,757 ... 4
At the outports about 200 beasts and 700 sheep have been
landed, chiefly from Holland, while, from Ireland, by sea
3GO pigs, 49 oxen, and 5 calves, have been received for this
market. The state of trade experienced here in the past
week having formed the topic of much discussion amongst
the grazing community, we shall here offer a few observa-
tions upon its actual bearing, especially as we perceive some
of our contemporaries have described it as the reverse of fact.
For instance, it has baen stated that the beef trade was a
very dull one. This we deny, for reasons we shall promptly
state. The practical reader will perfectly understand us
when we say that the number of beasts brought forward on
this day se'nnight was the largest on record during the last
ten years, if we except that shown on the great day in 1844 ;
and further, that the actual weight of beef offered and dis-
posed of has never beea equalled, even making due allowance
for the extra number on sale in the year just mentioned.
To support our position in these particulars, we shall now
refer to a few figures. On Monday last the number of beam
in the market was 5,470, of which 5,100 found buyers—leav-
ing for the Friday's market only 370 head I And yet we
have been told that the beef trade. was very dull I On look-
ing closely into the result of the trade.-we feel perfectly jus-
tified in again stating our opinion, as we did last week, that
the trade, under the circumstances of an extraordinary
supply, both as regards number and quality, was STEADY,
though, on the other hand, it is perfectly apparent thet many
of the beasts did not remunerate their owners; while, we
conceive, owing to the great change which has lately
taken place in the weather, that many of the
butchers will be considerable losers by their purchases.
To-day we had on show about 100 beasts and 800 sheep
from abroad, in very middling condition. The number of
home-fed beasts on offer, the time of year considered, tole-
rably extensive, and of full average quality. Notwithstand-
ing the very unfavourable state of the weather for slaughter-
ing, the beet trade was somewhat steady ; yet, as the condi-
tion of the stock was not quite equal to that exhibited on
this day se'nnight, we have reduced our quotations 2d per
Blbs, the extreme fignre for Scots being 4s 4d. The beasts
were divided in about equal portions from the northern,
western, and midland districts. With sheep we were fairly
supplied; yet the mutton trade was firm. Prime old Downs
readily produced 5s 2d per 81bs, and at which a good clear-
ance was effected. Calves, the supply of which was small,
moved off slowly at late rates. The pork trade was firm, at
last week's currencies.

Per 81bs.lo sink the offal.

S. to s. d.
s. d. v. d.
,nferior Beasts •• . 3 4 3 E Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4
'Second quality ditto. 3 8 310 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8
Prime large Oxen 4 0 4 2 Southdown Wcti Ac. 410 5 2
Prime Scots
Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 2 Large 'logs ••• • • • 3 8 4 4
Prime small ditto
Suckling Calves lB 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0
Inferior Sheep ..
SUPPLY AT MALKL P.
Beasts. I sheep. Calves.
I Pi",
1,f,82 16,230 54 210
NEMTGATE AND LEADENHALL.
These markets are extremely well supplied with all kinds
of meat, beef and mutton in particular, the quality of which
has been seldom equalled. Owing to many of the large town
and country butchers having purchased freely in Smithfield
on Monday last, and to the change of the weather, the gene-
ral demand was heavy, and, in some few instances, the quo-
tations had a downward tendency. The arrivals from the
country have been seasonably gtod ; but, with foreign meat
we have been rather scantily supplied.
At per stone, by the Carcase.
S. d. to s. d.I s. d. to R. 0.
Beef, Inferior— ••• • 2 1 30 ( Mutton, Inferior .. •3 6 :3 8
middling .... 3 o 3 2 j ----
prime large •• 3 4 3 6 1 --- prime .• middling.•
• 4 •
4. 310 4
8 4 2
prime small .• 3 6 3 8 I Pork, large
Veal.... -010511 . 3 6 4 2
••• ••• .. 4 4 4 8
Lamb. Os 00 to Os Od.
BOnOtIGH HOP IVIA.RKET.
The finest parcels of Hops are in moderate request at last
week's prices. In other kinds so little is doing that the quo-
tations are almost nominal.
DOR.OUGII AND SPXTALPIELDS.
Although the supplies of Potatoes on offer at the water-
side since our last have been small, the demand is by no
means active. About 500 tons have come in from abroad in
good condition.

In the last week the impW
ortsOOL of. Wool have been chiefly
composed Of 1,195 bales from Sydney, and 159 from Alexan-
dria. Although exceedingly little business is doing either
in English, Colonial, or Foreign Wools, prices may be consi-
dered tolerably firm.

L.
This market may be TA
conLsidereOWd very firm, and prices are
looking upward. We know that 51s 6d was paid for 150
casks of fine Y. C. in one parcel, and sellers are now asking
525. For January, February, and March, the price is 52s to
52s 6d. In new Y. C. Tallow for the last three months of
next year, 45s 6d hat been paid in several instances during
the past week. Town Tallow 51s net cash.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.--At the Privy Council
held at Windsor Castle on ;Saturday afternoon. a procla-
mation was ordered to be issued, directing Parliament to
assemble fur the dispatch of business, on Tuesday, the
19th of January next.
The Ministers are leaving town for the holidays.
Lord Grey, for Bowood Park, on a visit to Lord Lans-
downe; Lord John Russell, for Woburn Abbey, the
scat of the Duke of Bedford; Lord Clarendon, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and the other members of the
Cabinet, for different country seats.
The Judges have at length declared their decision,
as visitors of the Inns of Court, on the Inner Temple
Bench question. It ie, that Queen's Counsel have no
legal right to the office of bencher, but that the mode of
election pursued at the Inner Temple is improper, and
ought to be abolished. In other words, the benchers
have done a wrong thing, though they had a legal right
to do it ; which is precisely what we have maintained
from the first—From a Correspondent.
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.--011 Saturday the eastern
footpath across this bridge was re-opened to the public,
and an intimation given that on or before the 24th inst.
the throughfare for carriages would be thrown open as
formerly.

•• ••• .... •• . .-
.....
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to
_ .... -•"'
Londonderry and Coleraine... 15
.. to
--
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15
Lynn aria Ely
---
Lynn and Dereham
to --
Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ..... . ......
Ditto Half Shares
......
to ....„
. •••••
Ditto Quarters ..—.
Ditto Fifths
to 101,434... co ---
..,,.. ---
Ditto Slxteenttis .......• ... 614 ___
Do. Extension
...... --
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24
Do., do., Fifths
......
..... to --
blanch, Buxton, •& Matlock 425. -
---
Manchester and Southampton 2
•••. to
Midland 100
...... _
. •.... . to --
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New 24 -
Ditto, New . ...... 2
to to
---
---
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15
Newcastle and Berwick ...... 20
Do North 5hie1d5............ 25
to Newcastle and Carlisle ..... 100 .....• —„ ...... tO -r-
Newmarket and ebesterford •5
4AIR.,`"'
-'-
Newport and Abergavenny. .2% — ..... ' !.° : Newry 444 guaitsiiillen „„„ 7 „.„, 14••••,* v 9