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CHM SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENINTO, DECEMBER Qs, 1844

them, an alternative : "Do this for us, or something
else must be done by us." The Prime Minister
must, ere this, have discovered in his surplus a greater
" bore" than the Thames Tunnel itself; but one much
more likely to be broken in upon. How can he give
up less than his surplus, if he give np any part of it?
The claim of B is as good as A's, but that of C is no less
so. To concede to A, and not to C and B, is to
mak: two enemies where he confirms one friend.
How can he give up more than his surplus ? To
repeal 5,000,000 i. per annum of malt duties would
be a great boon to the poor consumer, a great en-
couragement to agricultural enterprise, a great de-
mand for unemployed labour. To remit some two
millions of tea duties, a million and a half of sugar
duties, two hundred and fifty thousand of duties on
cotton and other raw material, six hundred thousand
pounds on paper, and a million on tobacco, would be
admirable relief; no doubt, to existing distress. But
what, meantime, is to become of the service of the
State, and the payment of the interest on the debt,
which absorb all the revenue short of the surplus pro-
duced by the income-tax ? We will tell the Premier
how to emancipate himself from this dilemma, and
satisfy all parties, by a single act. Let him restore the
currency to the basis from which he so rashly moved
it in 1819. These effects would immediately follow.
By means of an expansible circulation, and the principle
(if you will retain it) of the convertibility of symbolic
money or paper issues being restored to gold at its market
value, instead of its Mint price, our manufacturers
and producers would be enabled to include the taxation
cost, in the general prices of their commodities ; the
industrial classes throughout the country would re-
ceive wages also covering their contributions to any
indirect taxation ; property of all kinds would mul-
tiply its power of representation, and be developed to
an indefinite extent with that power; domestic trade
and foreign commerce would revive to full vigour and
activity; pauperism would rapidly decrease, owing
to the enlarged markets opened for labour. The
process of reducing the National Debt, which was
carried on on so vast and successful a scale
between 1815, when peace was established, and 1819,
when its natural results were first paralyzed by
PEEL'S Currency Bill, would be resumed. Had
that reduction of 20,000,0001. of debt per annum
been continued till this time (as it well might have
been, but for the disorganization and mischief pro-
duced by that measure), the whole Debt would have
been now nearly extinguished ; and of the
29,000,0001. of interest which is the charge upon
it, to be annually met, there would have been but a
comparatively trifling amount to be provided for, out
of taxes and duties, the burden of which would have
declined in a natural and corresponding ratio. Does
Sir ROBERT PEEL calculate on paying off twenty
millions of debt, under his gold currency system, in

as many years ? It took but one year to wipe off that
amount under our more ancient and legitimate system.
To restore the latter would be better for the country
than any amount of surplus revenue he can ever com-
mand whilst the Bill of 1819 is unrepealed !

Madrid Journals of the 15th have been received,
from which we learn that more executions and arrests
have taken place. The Gazette contains a dispatch
from the Captain General of Arragon, dated the 11th
inst., announcing that the Sergeant VICENTE LABA.•
RUZ, one of the chiefs of the late revolt, and the mur-
derer of the officers slaughtered on the night of the
18th ult., had been shot by a party sent in pursuit
of him.

Senor CABALLERO, late Minister of the Interior in
the LOPEZ Cabinet, and six of his neighbours, have
been arrested at Barraca, half way between Teruel and
Valencia, and conducted to the strong castle of Alur-
viedron, on the Mediterranean coast.

The following letter from Vittoria, of the 16th,
shows in a melancholy light the atrocious system
adopted by NARVAEZ of shooting prisoners without a
trial :

" Amongst the grounds assigned by the partisans of
the Spanish Ministry for the execution of the two sons
of Zurbano, it was stated that they had addressed letters
to various wealthy persons demanding money, and
threatening death in the event of a refusal. Three inn-
keepers of the environs of Salvatierra have been ar-
rested on various charges of robbery in the province of
Alava, bind it appears, from what has already transpired,
that the}• were the authors of the letters bearing the
forged signatures of the two Zurbanos."

The Three per Cents. closed at 31-1- for cash, and
321 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 221 at 60
days; and the Coupons at 261 at 60 days.

We are glad to learn, from the Paris papers, that
the Protestants of Switzerland are making prepara-
tions to resist the encroachments of the Jesuits, and
following the example of the laity of England in thei
determination to maintain the Reformed religionr
On Sunday, the 15th, notwithstanding the se‘erity,
of the weather, a meeting, amounting to 3,000 per-
sons, chiefly citizens of Berne, Soleure, Argau, and
refugees from Lucerne, was held at Fraubrunnen,
when, after several speeches in favour of liberty, an
association was formed to watch the movements of
this cunning and deceitful sect. A petition was also
adopted, in which the Government of Berne is re-
quested to place itself at the head of the cantons op-
posed to the re-establishment of the Jesuits in
Switzerland, and at the same time avowing the de-
termination of the association to support the Govern-
ment with all their means, in averting such a dan-
gerous intrusion. It is a singular coincidence that
these enemies of liberty should be making almost
similar movements in England (for the Puseyites
belong to the tribe), in France, and in Switzerland,
and that they should exhibit their wicked inten-
tions in such an open manner as to rouse
against them the laity of the three coun-
tries. This is a favourable symptom of the
times, and a proof that the days are gone by
when the people were enslaved by the Church, and de-
barred from all useful instruction for the purpose of
keeping them obedient to a selfish and tyrannical
priesthood. The state of Spain, however, forms a
melancholy exception, for while in other States eccle-
siastical power is held in check by the Government
or the people, it is now daily increasing in that unfor-
tunate country.

For two days the writers in the Paris papers have
almost entirely refrained from politics and directed
their attention to nobler subjects. The Constitutionnel
has a long article on the contraband trade, suggested
by a Parliamentary return moved for by Mr. IlumE
last session ; and the Journal des Debats has another,
on post-office reform, recommending a great reduc-
tion on the postage of letters. It will be seen from
the following extract that it recommends a graduated
scale of charges :
" The Committee on Postage had to examine the new
modes of taxation which were proposed, and to point
out that which it considered most advantageous and
equitable. In a prudent spirit of reserve it does not
think that in such a matter it is proper to make use of
the Parliamentary right of initiative. It contents itself
with calling on the Administration to speedily pay atten-
tion to the question, and bring a Bill concerning it be-
fore the Chambers. It however expressed its leaning to-
wards a system establishing a uniform charge of 20c. for
all letters, except those put in the Paris Post-office for
Paris, and in any town for the town itself, the first of
which should pay 15c., and the second 10c., as at pre-
sent. The Committee is of opinion that if the tax were
reduced to 20c. it would be well to abolish the present
system of sending letters free for official purposes; and,
finally, it observes that if England, in place of adopting
a tax of 10c. had left it at 20c., postal reform, in place of
injuring the British treasury, would have given it an in-
crease of revenue. To simplify communications of diffe-
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to join his name to a complete modification of the post-
age of letters, and will respond, as is fitting, to the en-
lightened wishes of the Committee."
The following intelligence from Belgium appears in
the Sieele :
" The treaty concluded between Belgium and the Zoll-
verein, of which the Belgian Cabinet was so proud, has
in the end proved fatal to them. It could not support
the trial of a discussion. M. I)elhougue, then Member
for Ghent, had already exposed its ' anti-French, ten-
dency in a very able and sensible speech, and the re-
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After a Secret Committee upon the question, in which
high words were exchanged between some of the metn-
bers, had sat, a division manifested itself in the Cabinet.
The Ministry is now in a state of dissolution, and a
courier had been dispatched to Paris to inform King
Leopold of that crisis, which will necessitate his presence
at Brussels. The character of the parties in the Chamber
of Representarives has become more distinct. The tiers-
parti, represented by M. Nothomb, and which had ren-

dered public service, i 3 keeping aloof ; and the Liberal
party, now triumphant, will find itself in presence of the
compact and well-drilled phalanx of the Catholic party.
If M. Guizot were bold and skilful, he would avail him-
self of the crisis to bring about a re-action in favour of
France; but when has the French Ministry taken advan-
tage of any of the chances which fortune has thrown in
its way?"

The Journal de Cherbourg says that the Reine
Blanche is expected at Cherbourg about the end of
thie month or the beginning of January, and that
Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS will come by her as a
passenger. The same journal adds :
" A great number of the National Guards and other
citizens of Cherbourg, are determined to go in procession
to meet the Gallant Admiral ou his arrival, and at his
entrance into the town they will present him with a
crown of laurel, preparatory to his receiving the sword
of honour voted to him by France. On the Reine
Blanche being signalled, the National Guard will at
once meet in the market place in grand tenue and under
arms."

but in English comparatively little is doing, yet the
quotations are supported.
TALLOW.

There is no alteration in this market worthy of par-
ticular notice. Prices remain steady, and the demand is
better. The supply of home Tallow is short compare d
with several years past at this period. The price is
40s Gd to 4 Is rid nett cash.

LL() YD'S SIIIPPIN G--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 23.—Wind N.E., strong breezes and
cloudy.
DEAL, DEC. 21.—E. to E.S.E., blowing strong.-22.
E., blowing very strong.—Arrd. Warsulla, New York
for Dantzic.

COWES, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Puma, Kitley, St. Kitt's.-
22. Bcerhave, Vipan, Batavia fur Rotterdam ; Nickeie,
packet, Stof kin, Surinam for Amsterdam, leaky, with
loss of sails, &c., and must discharge.
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 22.—The Emma,
Stumble, from Swansea for London, got ashore about
half a mi►e to the west waal of this port, 20th inst., but
came off yesterday morning, making very little water.
SHEERNESS, DEc. 23.—The Hoop of Fortune, from
London to Rotterdam, put in here, Bth inst., and still
remains. There are now at least 300 sail of ♦essels in
this port, windbound, and it continues to blow strong
from the eastward.

PORTSMOUTH. DEC. 21.—Wind E., blowing hard.
22.—Wind E.N.E. —A r rd. Drie Vreinden, Wyn,
Canton, for Amsterdam; Woden, Batavia, for lianaburgh;
Volusia, Bartlett, Honduras ; York, Duncan, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Marianne, Rees, Sierra Leone,
for llamburgh ; Harriett, Abling, Rio, for Gothenburg,
sailed Oct. 4 ; Wilhelmino and Sophie, Datzen, Porto
Rico, for Bremen. Sid. Hebden, Ichaboe.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 22.—Acrd. Thames (steamer),
Hast, West Indies.
DARTMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Wallace, Miramichi.

SHIELDS, DEC. 21.—S1d. Ann, Cape of Good Hope ;
Iduna, Havannah ; Grafton, Carthagena and Bombay.
Several vessels are reported to have struck the bar last
night in going out. Arrd. Swift, Hull, Quebec.
HARWICH, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Marjory, Shields, for Ips-
wich, with damage to bows, &c., having been in contact
with the Eleanor, of London.
HOLYHEAD, Dic. 21.—The Nicolai Savar, from St.
Petersburgh to Liverpool, ashore in this bay, has
fallen over on her beam ends, and is waterlogged.
CLYDE, DEC. 21. —Sid. Onyx, Charleston.
CORK, DEC. 19.—Arrd. Atkinson, Calcutta.
ABERDEEN, DEC. 20.—S1d. Robert M'William, Sa-
vannah.

WEXFORD, DEC. 20. —The Jager, Redington, of and
from Liverpool, to Calcutta, struck on Blackwater Bank
this morning, and subsequently parted her anchors, and
went ashore eight miles to the northward of the bar of
this harbour, where she remains, and is full of water.
BELFAST, DEC. 20.—The Waterlily, from Smyrna
(arrived to•day), is ashore on Hulywood Bank, but ex-
pected of without discharging.
HULL, DEC. 21.—The Sylphide, from Batavia to Am-
sterdam, has put in here lesky and must discharge. The
Craigie, Bell, from Riga to Bridgewater, is ashore near
North Somercoats, and is expected to become a wreck.
OFF WEYMOUTH.—Tar, Langley, Mauritius.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Walde-
mar, Schmidt, Batavia, for Amsterdam, leaky; Pandora,
Bisson, Honduras ; Mary Ann, Duncanson, Buenos
Ayres, sails split ; William and Alfred, Culverwell, An-
tigua. Sld. Isabella, Watson, Port Philip.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind E., strong gales and
squally. 22.—E.N.E., strong breeze and squally.—
Arrd.—China, Livesay, and New Zealand, Grey, Cal-
cutta ; Cecrops, Burrell, Quebec ; Clio, Quebec.
BRISTOL, DEC. 22.—S1d. Princess Royal, New Or-
leans ; Druid, Mobile.
PENZANCE. DEC. 21.—Arrd. Scotswood, Hall, Mau-
ritius. Off, Universe, Ritchie, Bombay.
JERSEY, DEC. 19.—The Bolina, of this port, from St.
Breux to London, in working out of the bay, twice went
ashore on the rocks, having missed stays, and carried
away keel, sternpost, &c., and has been condemned ;
materials and part of cargo saved, the remainder
damaged. Sld. D:adem, Rio.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21 AND 22.—Wind E.S.E. to S.S.E.,
light.—Arrd. Queen, Day, Calcutta. 22. William God-
dard, Potter, Mobile. 81d. Mischief, Mauritius ;
Fame, Beunos Ayre.,; Cantab, La Guayra ; Snowdon,
Africa ; Glamis Castle, Barbadoes ; Leligh, Lord
Ashburton, and Tamerlane, New Orleans; British Ame-
rican, Mobile ; Pilgrim, for Ichaboe ; Lucille, Hayti;
Cyrus, Havannah; Atlas and Malabar, New Orleans;
Burrell, Charleston. The Rhoda, from Messina, aground
off the King's Pier, came off on the flood without fur.
ther damage. The Independence, for New York, was
found to be leaking yesterday, and has discharged.

THE FIRE in GUILDFORD-STREET

LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY).
Workmen have been employed almost unceasingly
from the time they could safely venture on the ruins,
in removing the burnt embers, but up to the time our
reporter left they had not discovered the bodies of the
two unfortunate men who were killed by the falling
of the roof and the various floors on the morning of
the fire. The ruins present a melancholy appearance.
The walls are black, and ruptured in several places,
and the fragments of a handsome pier-glass over the
fire-place of the first floor may be plainly distin-
guished. The whole of the floors have been carried
down to the ground or kitchen floor, and the mass in
which the two unfortunate men are buried presents
an extraordinary appearance : long joists of wood,
many of which are standing nearly upright,
chairs, tables, hooks and book-cases, and other
valuable property. In the course of the morning a
number of articles of furniture, partially destroyed
by the fire ; books, some of which are stated to be of
extreme value, and irreplaceable ; and deeds and
papers, were removed into the street by the firemen
The walls of the house are in a dangerous state, being
cracked in several places, especially the upper win-
lows. Hundreds of persons remained about the
ruins until about one o'clock, when the police, acting
on the instructions of their inspector, caused the
street to be cleared, fearing that any sudden falling
of the walls might cause a serious disaster. The time
for the holding of the inquest has not yet been fixed,
and it is probable that it will not be held for a day
or two.

DUTCH MAIL
(RECEIVED THIS DAT.)

NIMEGUEN, DEC. 17.—Though, as we hear,
the ice is still standing firm below the city, it is, how-
ever, broken up here. The water in the river has
fallen considerably, and is now clear of floating ice.
We fear that that part of the bridge which was car-
ried away is dashed to pieces.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 20.—The accounts that we
have received from Dordrecht, and other places, state
that the thaw, which we have had for some days,
has in general had a considerable effect, and that the
ice is for the most part broken up.
We have not received to-day either the French or
the English mails. Our London news has arrived
through Belgium.
KONIGSBURG, DEC. 10.— LI contradiction to some
accounts from St. Petersburgh, it is stated to be posi-
tively known, from persons who come from the North,
that the Emperor attends to public business with his
usual energy, and that no change is observed in his
health. He very much wishes to see his favourite
laughter contract a brilliant marriage, and only the po-
sitive will of the Grand Duchess Olga to remain, for
the present, with her parents has hitherto prevented
her marriage.

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS I)AY.)
BRUSSELS, DEC. 20.—The Chamber resumed to-
4lay, in its public sitting, the debate on the project of
law relative to the treaty with the Zollverein. After se-
veral Members had spoken, the Minister of the Interior
addressed the Chamber; his discourse turned chiefly
on the state of parties in France. This sitting may
be considered as the most interesting of those which
the Chamber has dkvoted to the examination of the
treaty of the Ist of September. The debate was ad-
journed till to-morrow (the 21st, at ten o'clock).
(N.B.—The Illoniteur Beige, and other papers,
published on the morning of Saturday, the 21st, of
course contain no accounts whatever of ti.e continu-
ance of the debate on that day.)
Since yesterday a report has been in circulation in
the political circles, of the possibility of some Minis-
terial modification. We refrained from noticing it
at first, being unwilling to aggravate a state of things
which has excited the regret of all those who were
witnesses of the fact. To-day we cannot avoid men-
tioning it, on account of the results which may be
foreseen. A difference appeared in the Secret Com-
mittee, the day before yesterday, between two Mem-
bers of the Cabinet, on the explanations relative to
article 19 of the treaty. The opinion which seems
to us the most generally entertained at this moment,
is that the change, if it takes place, will only affect
the Minister whose opinion, on that occasion, was
found to be in a minority in the Cabinet, and, at the
same time, the farthest from that of the majority of
the Chamber.—Courrier Beige, Dec. 21.
The reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg,
and the Prince of Wurtemburg, left the King's
Palace at Brussels, to-day, and continued their
journey to Germany. A special train will take them
to Cologne.
The Moniteur Beige publishes the law which fixes
the budget of the public debt at 32,057,1281. for 1845,
and the budget of dotation at 3,301,258 f.
The cold returned last night, and the mercury fell
below friezing point.
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 26.—His Highness the Viceroy
accompanied by some of his officers, arrived here this
afternoon at five o'clock, in excellent health. He per-
formed the journey from Cairo in twenty hours. The
steam-frigate The Nile, is to be brought into the new
dock the day after to. morrow ; every thing is ready.
Some persons doubt the complete success of this great
work, while the two engineers are quite confident
about it. In my next I shall be able to give you
something positive on the subject.

ToRQuAv.—A very fine Dolphin, rather a novelty
in these seas, was caught at Torquay on Tue:.dly ; and,
on IVednesday was exibited about the streets of Exeter,
to the_ great gratification of the curious.—Somerset County
Herald.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL E S
_ _ CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on
Saturday, at very steady prices ; but there was no ad-
vaece. Sales, 12,000 bales, including 5,000 on specula-
tion, and comprising 1,000 Pernams. at sd. to 54d. ; 200
Surat, at 24d to 3..1.; and the rest American, at 3d. to sd.
per lb.—Shares were firm. :Birmingham and Gloucester,
944; Dublin and Belfast,4i; Eastern Counties, 14 ; Do.,
Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. 6d.; Grand Junction, 224 ; Ditto,
Halves, 112 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares,
Bahia, at 511. to 4d.; 300 Egyptian, at 5-Id. to 64d. ; 500
271 ; Ditto and South-Western, BS4 ; Ditto and York,
44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 524 ; Midland Coun-
ties, 1124 ; North Wales, South-Eastern, 46; Ditto,
Halves, 124 ; Trent Valley, 94 ; Paris and Lyons,
3 6-20; Paris and Rouen, 414 ; Paris and Strasburg,
2/. 1 Ss. 9d.; Strasburg and Bale, ; Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux, 8.
The private accounts received this morning from the
West Indies, brought by the Thames steamer, most fully
bear out the inforwatian in the papers with respect to the
prospects of the yield of the crops. One difficulty only
appears to be in the way, and that is the contingency of a
lack of labourers when the c anes arrive at maturity. It
may, unfortunately, happen that, from an undue atten-
tion having been paid to the great purposes of immigra-
tion, at harvest time hands will be more in demand than
the supply, and hence very considerable losses may be
incurred, as crops of this description brook of no delay
in the cutting. There is a healthy tone in the accounts
received this morning, and we are glad to perceive that,
between the employer and employed, confidence is repre-
sented to be on the increase. There is not any other facts of
importance beyond what appears in another part of The
Sun of this evening. The Mexican mail is not brought
by the Thames, and we have, therefore, nothing to com-
municate from South America, except that complaints
are made on this and the other side of the Atlantic of a
want of regularity in the forwarding of the mail bags to
the Sea Board. We are assured that the letters and
papers from Chili, Peru, &c., now received by the
Thames, might have been brouht by the Avon.
From the Mauritius there are advices this morning to
September 26th. The state of the crops was very fa-
vourable, but the colony was not in a very flourishing
condition, as money was extremely scarce, the banks
having curtailed their issues of notes very materially.
As the Colonial markets are now closed for the
Christmas holidays, the attendance of merchants and
others in the City is very thin at the usual places of
public resort—a very short attendance to-day, nor is it
expected that, for a week at least, there will be
any large amount of business done, except by
retail. There was exhibited at Mr. Banister's, the
Queen's butcher, the son of the Alderman of Windsor,
(the Queen's butcher) portions of the splendid animal,
the baron of beef cut from which will be placed on her
Majesty's table on New Year's day. The meat has re-
ceived unqualified approbation.
The Funds are a shade lower this morning. Consols
for the Account are at 1001 (the only price of the day),
and the Reduced Three per Cents. have receded to 1004.
The premium:upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 645.,
and that upon India Bonds to 795. Bank Stock fur
Money is very firm at 209. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 34 4- per cent. above par.
Business has been very brisk in the Foreign Funds
to-day, and the prices are on the advance. Spanish
Five per Cents. have risen to 271 for Account, and to
264 for Money, being 2 per cent. above what they were
a week ago; the Three per Cents. have touched 381. It
is reported that another financial scheme is in operation
by the Finance Minister .at Madrid, but the question
is, will it be for the benefit of the foreign creditors of
that country. We think not. Portuguese Stock has
advanced to 60 for the Three per Cents.; Buenos Ayres
have been at 354 ; the French Scrip at 14 premium ;
and all the other Foreign Funds are firm.
A good business is doing in the Railway Shares
this morning, and prices are looking up in most
instances. The latest quotations are annexed :
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 209
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3. per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16
India Bonds, 1,630/.

Ditto under 1;0004 77
Consols for Opening
. Exchequer Bills. 14{1. 14d.
1,000/.
5001. -
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...... 3744 384
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 59 60
Ditto for the Account 594 60
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 2644
Ditto for the Account
Ditto 3 per Cent 3844
Ditto for the Account 3844444
Dutch 24 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cent....
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway.
Dublin and Mullingar...
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Great Western
Ditto 4 Shares
Ditto Fifths
1 London and Birmingham 100 .22759 t0228
Ditto, New Thirds
Ditto, New Quarters.
London and Brighton 5O . ... 5244 to
London and Greenwich ...... 124 ...... 94
London and South Western.. 414 ...... 754-6 to
Ditto, New
Loudon and Croydon
Ditto, Guaranteed, 5 per Ct.. 2
London and York 24 ... .. 4414 ...... to
Manchester and Leeds 7O l2O 1 to
Midland lOO ll2 " to 13 1
Newca.stle & Darlington June. 24 ...... 6144 ...... to
North British
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon 8 .. 13 -
Ditto New 1
Rugby
South-Eastern and Dover... 4. 335
Ditto, New .
Trent Valley... 2 ...... 1044
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland... 50
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Extension —
Boulogne and Amiens ...... .. 2
Orleans and Bordeaux...... 2
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 444 ..... to
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MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 21.—We have
had an animated market to-day, and a large business
has been done at improved prices :—Eastern Counties,
14i ; Ditto Perpetual, No. 2,19 s. 6d.; Manchester and
Leeds, 120 ; Ditto, Sixteenths, 4i a ; Ditto and Bir-
mingham, 514 ; Ditto, Quarters, 4 15-16 ; Midland, 401.
Shares, 51 ;• South-Eastern, New Creation, 10 ; Great
Northern of France, 375. 6d. premium ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 3 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 6i-; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 3; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 475. ; Churnet Valley, 3- 11-16 ;
Ely and Bradford, 1 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manches-
ter, 5/ ; London and York, 4,1 ; Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley,
.3 ; Trent Valley, 9} ; West
Yorkshire, 6f.

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.—On Monday last Robert
Hetherington, a carman in the employ of Mr. Richard
Routledge, of Bishops Mills, by whom he was much es-
teemed for his industry and honesty, committed suicide
by drowning himself in the river Caldew. From the
particulars which have reached us it appears that the
deceased rose on Monday morning, shortly after four
o'clock, and told his wife, who was about to become a
mother, th-t he would go among her relations, and try
to get some one to nurse her. She never saw him again
alive. As he did not return home on Monday, consi-
derable anxiety as to his fate prevailed, and, a search
having been made on the Tuesday, his body was found
in the Caldew, about a quarter of a mile from his own
house, having taken off his coat and waistcoat before he
committed the rash act. An inquest was subsequently
held upon the body, before Mr. Carrick, Coroner, when

the jury returned as their verdict " That the deceased
had drowned himself while labouring under an attack of
temporary insanity." After the deceased had left his
house on the Monday, his unconscious wife, or then more
probably his widow, was prematurely delivered of a
child, which still lives, and to complete the melancholy
story her delivery took place in the same bed in which
her eldest child, about eleven years old, was lying ill of
fever. The bereft widow, a poor and very delicate
woman, is now left in a most deplorable condition. with
four young children, and without the smallest means of
support beyond what is conceded by the benevolence of
the charitable.—Coilisle Patriot.

A CHALLENGE TURNIP.—There has been for some
days exhibiting, in the shop-window of Messrs. Dickson
and Turnbull, seedstnen, here, among other fine speci-
mens of agricultural produce, a white globe turnip,
weighing 251-lbs. imperial. This was raised by Mr.
William Moncur, Blairgowrie, and we believe is unprece-
dented in this, and we may suppose in any other quarter.
The field was manured with bones and dung in nearly
equal proportions, and the whole crop is generally very
large. Pet th Courier.
THE BARON OF BEEF FOR THE ROYAL TABLE ON
CHarsTmas-DAY.--The splendid baron of beef, which
will form the chief dish at the royal banquet table at
Windsor Castle, on Christmas-day, is a portion of an
extraordinary Scotch ox, fed by his Grace the Arch-
bishop of York, at Nuneham, Oxfordshire. It is of the
enormous weight of one hundred and seventy-nine
pounds, and measures three feet six inches in length,
and two feet eleven inches in width.
TURN-OUTS.--A strike of colliers has been avoided
at Ashton-under-Lyne, the matter being amicably
arranged between masters and men.—The moulders and
millwrights at Bury still remain out.—The factory hands
at Heywood have given notice to leave their employment
unless their wages are advanced.—One thousand miners
are out at Oldham.—The colliers who turned out at
Tonge-lane colliery, near Rochdale, have resumed their
work, the masters having granted the advance asked for.
—The principal hands at Pilling and Co.'s and Town-
meadow mills are still out.— Preston Guardian.
It is positively asserted and believed in the best
informed etroles in the French capital that her Majesty
Queen Victoria and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
will visit Paris the ensuing spring. Preparations are
even said to be making for the reception of these illus-
trious visitors at Fontainbleu, and. Versailles.—Court
Journa4