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TEE StJN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12 1344.

their simultaneous bursts of hearty f nthusiasm when
the chord of feeling was touched. It was altogether
a scene to be witnessed—not described. Sir ROBERT
PEEL will do wisely to take heed in time. Such
meetings as that of last evening must eventually

carry the purpose for which they assemble—
that purpose being, not for the advantage of a class,
but for the general good. How much better, then,
would it be for him to yield, while conces-
sion were grace, rather than be com-
pelled to grant that emancipation to commerce
which he formerly did to conscience 1 The very
tendency of his acts points to free trade—why then
does he hesitate—when a prompt avowal would so
much redound to his own fame, and conduce to the
permanent prosperity of the country ?

A meeting of the Association for Promoting the
Health of Towns was held yesterday in Exeter Hall.
At this meeting men of all parties were present,
' Whigs, Tories, and Radicals ; and Sir R. INous and
- Mr. SHELL, though wide as the poles asunder on
most public questions, yet vied with each other in
the heartiness with which they supported the impor-
tant objects which the Association has at heart. But
indeed there was not an individual present who did
not speak as if his heart were in the cause which he
was advocating ; and we do hope and believe that this
Exeter Bali meeting—far different in its tone from
the falsely-styled religious ones so often held
there !—will prove the commencement of a spirited
and comprehensive practical movement for improving
the condition of the humbler classes of society, that
will at no remote period effect quite a revolutionary
change in the thoughts, habits, and feelings of the
classes in question. At present there is no gainsay-
ing the fact that vast masses of them are in the very
lowest state of physical and moral degradation, and
this abject state has for the last ten years and upwards
been slowly and surely on the increase. While the
commercial resources of the country have been more
and more developed, and the comforts and luxuries of
the upper and middle orders have been multiplied in
proportion, no improvement has reached the lower
classes, who have been left to carry on, from day
to day, the painful and difficult struggle fur
the bare necessaries of existence, with scarcely
any aid from those who should have been their friends
and guardians, and have devoted a portion of their
own superfluous means to better their condition. The
last returns of the Income-tax show a prodigious in-
crease in the pecuniary resources of the middle classes,
but the published reports of the destitute state of the
poor too plainly demonstrate that they have in no re-
spect been bettered thereby. Even the crumbs that
fall from Divas' table have not yet fallen to the
share of LAZARUS, But, thank Heaven, society
seems at length to be roused to a full consciousness
of the evils with which it is beset. A kindlier
and more generous tone of feeling than has
ever yet been exhibited towards the poor is
now springing up in the hearts of their superiors
in station; and the latter will benefit not less than
the former by this improved state of feeling. The
allotment system—the proposals for public walks and
parks, and public bathing-houses, together with many
other projected remedial measures that do not just
now occur to us—all these are signs and tokens un-
equivocally that an excellent spirit is at work in the
right direction. But, though individuals may do
much, when formed into institutions and associations,
towards ameliorating the condition of the destitute
poor, yet the evil cannot be fully remedied with-
out the powerful aid of the Legislature. Govern-
ment must come promptly forward and testify
by its acts that the humble operative and labourer
are as much the objects of its- friendly and provident
consideration as the wealthy manufacturer or the
aristocratic landowner. One of its first efforts should
be directed to furnishing the poor with the means of
obtaining a cheap, rational, practical education, such
as may in some degree—as education always does—
compensate them for the want of fortune and con-
nexion, and enable them, by conduct and industry,
to elevate themselves in the social scale. This will
be at once laying the axe to the root of the evil, for
nearly one-half the sufferings which the labouring
poor experience—their uniform poverty, their pe-
riodically recurring seasons of absolute destitu-
tion, their dirt, their immorality, and the
want of self-respect that too often marks their
character ; all these evils may be traced to
their exceeding ignorance, which prevails among
them to an extent that no one would believe who had
not read the recently published Parliamentary Re-
ports on the subject. From the speeches lately mar
by Lord WHARNCLIFFE at Leeds and elsewhere, vie
infer that Government will take an early opportunity,
next session, of turning its attention to this important
question of national education,which can no longer be
postponed with safety to the interests of the community.

Madrid journals of the 4th instant, announce that
the discussion on the Reform Bill had closed, and the
Bill passed by a majority of 124 to 46. The follow-
ing are the other Bills to be introduced during the
present session :—A Bill for the maintenance of the
clergy and public worship. Another respecting the
support of nuns. A third respecting church property,
which proposes that all which formerly belonged to
the Church, and which remains unsold, shall be re-
stored to the Church. The sales:already made are
not to be disturbed. A fourth Bill is for the con-
version of the Floating debt, contracts,i&c., into Three
per Cent stock.

Nothing certain was known respecting the retreat
of ZURBANO. He was said, according to some reports,
to be within a few leagues of the Portuguese frontier,
and, according to others, concealed in Madrid. A
letter from Herce, of the 28th ult., gives the follow-
ing particulars of the return of his wife and daughter-
in-law, from their fruitless visit to Madrid
:
"Yesterday, at seven in the evening, the wife of Zur-
bano and the wife of her son Benito entered the olive-
grove near Armedillo. They were accompanied by a
riest. The wife of Zurbano was on foot, and her
daughter-in-law, who is in tke last month of her preg-
nancy, was on an sts. During the preceding two nights,
which had been dreadfully cold, these poor women
crossed the mountains. The Alcalde of Armedillo, being
►nformed that the ladies desired to speak to him, went
immediately to the grove, and being informed by them
that they were anxious to proceed as rapidly as possible
to Logrono, he hastened to place at their disposal two of
the best mules of the town, and at the same time pro-
vided them with everything necessary. He also sent
some of the inhabitants armed to protect them. At the
little village of St. Vincent they were no longer able to
bear up against the cold, and took shelter in a house,
where a good fire was made for them, and refreshments
ware I.rovidal, but they were in such a state of ex-
hausti,n that they could not partake of them. On the
following day they arrived at Logrono. The wife of
Don Benito had heard that her husband was taken near
the inn of Tarnarices, and th,,t he was to be shot at Lo-
grono. It appears that I)on Benito had been three days
without food, and that in venturing forth to obtain some
he was captured."

MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 4.—Three per, Cents., for
cash, 31 ; for account, 31f. Five per Cents., fur
account, 21/.

The new loan forms almost the only topic of dis-
cussion in the Paris papers ; and it is curious to see
the different views taken of the subject by the Minh.
terial and Opposition journals. The former express
the utmost surprise and delight at the high price
given by the ROTHSCIIILDS ; while the latter say there
is nothing surprising in the matter, and the price is
much below what might have been expected. There
may be some truth in the remark, but the writers
in these journals can claim nu merit fur this
marked rise in the credit of the country.
They have been eternally stirring up the
French people against "perfidious Albion," and had
their purposes been carried into effect, or France
placed in the situation she was when M. TNIERS was
Minister, we doubt much if the Three per Cents.
would have stood even at 65f., or about 20r. lower
than they are at present. Such has been the effect
of the rational policy of the KING and his Minister.
The Message r consequently may be allowed thus to
boast of the result :—"'Phis is a new proof of the
confidence inspired by the KING'S Government. It
is shown, we think, not merely in the price at which
the adjudication was made, but also in the offer of the
other company which tendered, and which is alike
composed of honourable_ men, whose experience and
caution are well known. This is certainly a double
proof of general confidence, and the progress of pub-
lic credit. The adjudication of the loan, under such
conditions, is an important fact in the administration
of M. LAPLAGNE, and the country which has
long acknowledged his experience and prudent
skill, will preserve the remembrance of
"To form a clearer idea," says the Journal des Debats,
" of the advantage resulting to the State from this ,

negotiation, its rate must be compared with that of
the loan of 150 millions issued in 1841. That was
effected at 78f. 5230., and there was besides almost
the whole gain of a coupon of six months' intcre.q,
or lf. 50c. It is therefore 77f. that ought to be placed
in comparison with 84f. 86c. But this„ high quotation
of French stock in no way surprises us. It is not
alone on account of the prudence of the French Go-
vernment, and the excellent policy of order and peace
to which it adheres more and more firmly, that it is
to be attributed. French stock has not been, up to
the present time, at its natural level. The difference
of 18f., which existed even some days back, between
the prices of French and English stock, is not justified.
`When the English Threes are above par, the French
Threes cannot remain about 80.

The following extract from the Commerce will
afford a fair specimen of the dissatisfaction expressed
at the result by the Opposition press:—

" We have been told that the Minister of Finances
was quite elated when he proclaimed the price at vehich
the loan vv as taken. Ile reminded the company present
that the 150,000,000 f. last issued was only at 761. 75e.,
while the 200,000,0001. than called for had found takers
at the real price of 82f. 45c., a profit to the public of
sf. 70c., of which the present Government claimed the
honour. It would have been quite enough to impose
silence on the Ministerial vanity to have called to his
recollection, that previous to 1840 the Three per Cents.
of France were at 86, while the same stock of England
was at 92 ; and that yesterday the French Stock was
under 84, while in England the Three per Cents. had
reached par, without the dividend. What could our
statesman have answered to this comparison, 'ehich
shows a difference in the prices of the French and Eng-
lish Funds to have been formerly GE per c( nt., and at
the present day 14f, At all events, the duration of the
Minister's satisfaction can have been only very transi-
tory, and he must have felt some shame on seeing the
new loan immediately up at nearly three francs higher
than he had obtained."

According to the New Zurich Gazette of the 7th,
great excitement prevailed among the rural popula-
tion of Basle against the Jesuits, and that the people
have held a meeting, at which they resolved to march
to Lucerne if the admisston of the Jesuits should be
finally decided on. The authorities of Berne have
marched a considerable force towards the frontier, as
a measure of precaution, in consequence of the excite-
ment at Lucerne.

The French Three per Cents. closed on Tuesday at
851. 15c. for cash, and 851. 40c. for account. TLe
new loan was quoted at 86f. 90c.

THE BOURSE-7TuEsDIY, DEC. 10.

First

Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Pries.
French Five per Cents l2l 35 .. 121 50 .. 121 30 .. 121 50
Four-and-a-Half.. • • 113 25 .. 113 25 113 25 .. 113 25
Three per Cents •• .• 85 40 .. 85 40 .. 85 .. 85 18
New Loan .• •. •• •• 86 75 .. 86 80 .. 86 55 .. 86 80
Bank of France .. 3265 ..3265 3265 ••3265
Lailltte Bank,_l,ooof Shareslloo • • 1100 .• 1100 ..1100
5,000 f SharessoBs ..5090 —5085 —5090
Belgian Fives, 1831.
1640 •• •• •• 103/ .. 103/ 1021 103/
1842 ........ 107 .. 167 .. 107 107
Two-and-a-Half • • 62 75 .. 62 75 .. 62 75 .. 62 75
Dutch Two and-a-Half .• •• • 631 .• 63/ .. 63/ . 63/
Spanisn Threes.. •.••• . • • • • 361 • . 361 .. 361 .. ist,f
Active •••••• •• • • 321 .. 321 •• 321 • • 321
Passive . 6 .. 6 .. 5 .. 51
Portuguese Five per Cents • 56 .. 561 • • 56 • • 56/
.. 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50
Roman ... 1041 .. 1041 .. 104/ .. 1641

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germaiig— •• •• ....•• 980 .. 580 .. 980 .. 920
Ver5a111e5,R.11....•••...... 455 .. 460 .. 455 .. 460
L.B.— •••• •••••• 335 .. 340 .. 333 75 .. 340
Ronen•••.•..•••••••••••••1026 25 • 1027 50 ..1025 ..1025

Orleans _ _....-...•.1068 75 ..1072 50 ..1C.68 75 ..1070

Strasburg to Rale- •• 290 .. 292 50 .. 20 . 292 50
Avignon to Marseilles• • •• •• 925 .. 925 .. 925 .. 923

RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dos 16.
St. Germain:...•• •••• 981 25 .. 981 25 .. 981 25 .. 981 35
Versailles, 457 50 .. 475 .. 457 50 .. 472 50
L.B 333 50 . 350 .. 332 50 .. 347 10
Rone.n ..•••••••••••• •• ••••1030 ..1030 ..1025 ..1027 50
Rouen to Havre.. 792 50 793 75 792 50 .. 793 75
Orleans •. •• —.1073 75 ..1075 ••1070 —1072 50
Strasburg to Bale 292 &O .. 293 75 .. 292 50 .. 293 75
A.viguou to Marseillee• 928 75 .. 925 75 .. 925 .. 926 25

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number
of deaths during the week ending Saturday, Dec. 7,
was 988, that of the preceding week being 1,075,
showing a decrease of 87, and the average for five
years being 942. In the first class, including epidemic
and contagious diseases, there is a considerable de-
crease, particularly in small-pox and scarlatina. There
is an increase, however, in complaints caused by cold
weather. Bronchitis is marked 30, while the average
is 12; and pnuemonia (inflammation of the lungs),
127, average 79.. The deaths from small-pox oc-
curred at the following ages :—Eleven under 1 year;
four, 1-3 ; four, 3-5 ; six, 5-10 ; one, 10 years ; one,
17; and four, 20-30 years. Among the violent deaths
are six cases. The unfortunate victims, with one ex-
ception, being very young children, were burnt to
death from their clothes taking fire. There are only
two snicides recorded.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

_HOUSE OF LORDS..

This Lit ing the day to which Parliament stood pro.
rogued, b Jth Houses met pro forma.
The 1. )rd Chancellor, the Earl of Haddington, and
the Earl. -of Dalhousie, at a quarter-past two o'clock took
their seats as Lords Commissioners in front of the
Throne, •when

The It ORD CHANCELLOR directed the Deputy
Usher of the Black Rod tel summon the House of Com-
moms to- :hear her Majesty's Commission read for the
further p:orogation of Parliament.

In a fel v minutes Mr. Ley, jun., attended by several
officers of the House of Commons, appeared at the bar,
upon which her Majesty's Commission for the further
prorogatiilon of Parliament was read by one of the clerks
at the ta

The LA )RD CHANCELLOR then, in the usual form,
declared 'that it was her Mojesty's royal will and plea-
sure that. her Parliament should be further prorogued
to Tuesei*,,y, the 4th of February next, then to meet for
the dispt 4eh of business, and the Parliament was pro-
rogued to, that day accordingly.
The L ds Commissioners then withdrew, as did also
the office r 4 of the House of Commons.

PRIV Y COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)
The C nmittee of the Privy Council for the affairs of
Guernsey and Jersey sat to• day again. The Lords
present v. re re—the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke,
Sir Jam, is Graham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Their
Lordships: sat at ten o'clock instt.ad of eleven o'clock, as
on the fot 13 ier occasion.
THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF GUERNSEY.

Their )rdships proceeded with the further consi-
deration O£ the petitions of the bailiff and jurats of the
Royal C( a rt of the Island of Guernsey, touching the
conduct ol" the Lieutenant-Governor of that island.
Mr. S. V y'ORTLEY resumed, and concluded his address
ou behalf eJf the petitioners.
Mr. R( such then proceeded to address their Lord-
ships on half of the Crown, and had net concluded
when our reporter left.

QUE F BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
Sittiugs at the Guildhall at Nisi Prius, before Lord

J ENMAN and London Special Juries.)
This w w ; the first day- of taking rp&cial jury cases in
the City d London. The Court was occupied the whole
morning i q trying an uninteresting case relating to the
non-deliv ary of some hops. The case of the Queen v.
Douglas, • which was expected to come on during the
prt sent si titings, is postponed until the sittings after next
term, in c o nsequence of the unavoidable abseace of Mr.
Kelly. .

SHER I FFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY)

PERRY V. PEACOCK.

The pl ltiff in this action seeks to recover the sum of
201. for g ds bargained and sold, and for goods sold and
delivered. The defendant paid la into Court.
It appe. 113 'ed that in February last the plaintiff sold to
defendaut a quantity of shop fixtures, including a bin,
counter, 3 tog+ tin r w ith weights and measures, some
of which , p ere rento, ed by defendant, and some left in
plaintiff's !lands, those removed coming under the deno-
mination o F go,_sds soli and delivered, slid those left, un-
der the d et toinitiation *.f good, bargained and sold. It
was pro,/ et 1 that on the day on whi‘ili the goods were
sob/ deft, 21 lant ffeted plaintiff 18/. f.r th• tn. Ariel' that
plaintiffs. ai d that he was anxious that no mistake should be
made con a orning the price of the goods, and he used the
words, " I have this day sold to you a quantity of fix-
tures for lat verity pounds," to which defendant made no
reply. El fondant has often been requested to remove
the goods - which had been left on plaintiff's premises, to
which he always replied that he did not want them at
present.
Mr. PE A: 71soN, who appeared for defendant, said that,
in his opi ai )n, the plaintiff had made out bat a very poor
case. It I^. proved and admitted that certain fixtures
had been it 'ld by plaintiff to defendant, but what was the
value of t! h isegoot.:s had not been proved. Now he (Mr.
Pearson) w ould undertake to prove, by the evidence of
two exper it ,need brokers, that the goods were not worth
more than 104 which sum had bean paid into Court by
defendant..
Mr. Co Di 'c and Mr. Gardner, the two brokers alluded
to, proved that on the 30th of July last, defendant em-
ployed h
ftol,
tion was brought) ; the valuation made by them
ri aaledtopanirtaokfethaosevaGirateirollnoft ocferttvahiinchfitxhteuarces-
was 8/. 1 5s .
Tphleainjulli ,
They
aftersome
tthe
deliberation,
damages
found
atSi.on
a verdict
for
theaccount
of defend ant is admission that the goods.were worth 181.,
10/. havin g oeen paid into Court.
The Cc 'us t rose at half-past eleven o'clock.

(RUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
The ca ses heard this morning before the non. Com-
missione) s h ere principally insolvencies from the country,
of no int, )rei t whatever.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL 1-4'E S
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market 'at Liverpool yesterday was
rather quiet. Sales, 5,000 bales. Speculators took 1,000
bales. Prices were steady.—There was not much acti-
vity- in Shares, but they were steady. Bristol aed Glou-
cester, 37; Churnet Valley, 31. Is. 3d.; Eastern Coun-
ties, 13i-; Edinburgh and Glasgow, GI ; Grand Junc-
tion, 225; Ditto, Quarters, 561 ; Liverpool and Man-
chester, 211 ; Ditto, New Shares, 371 ; London and
Birmingham, 221 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 3811 ; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 26k; London and Croydon, 161; Lon-
don and South-Western, New, 33 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 524 ; Midland Counties, 108} ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 114-le South-Eastern, New, 12; Trent
Valley, 8i ; Lyons and Avignon, 24 ; Paris and Lyons,
3 6-20 ; Boulogne anal Amiens, 5.
The state of the Money Market is calculated to excite
attention just now, capital continuing as abundant as
ever, although there are to many new sources of em-
ployment constantly opening to it. Trade is certainly nut
in a speculative sense absorbing much money, for ne one
seems inclined to operate till after Christmas, but still
the steady consumption going on must require a fair
amount of capital. We perceive that among other pro-
jects there is one for forming railroads in British India,
but we regret it did not come forward sooner, when the
large amount—five millions sterling—stated to be requi-
site, would have been raised, in preference to that sub-
scribed for more doubtful projects.
The English Securities have been rather flatter to-day,
and there have been a few sales made. This cannot arise
from any pressure for meney on account of the French
Loan, as there will be no further instalment, it is said,
till next March. Consols have been 1001 to par for the
opening. Exchequer Bills have realised 565. to 58s. pre-
mium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 103
to 1021, and the Three per Cents., 1001
The announcement of the dividend upon the Three
per Cent. Spanish Bonds has not made the stock higher,
as it was fully anticipated, but prices are firm, the Five
per Cents. being 25 tai 24{, and the Three pr Cents.,
37 to 37. Portuguese Converted, are 571; Columbian
realise 14t; and Brazilian have Unproved to 89 and 89k.
Belgian Scrip, is 1 rein. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. ala.ll very good, but the transactions
sh Shares
arees
are 64 to
dearly e
have not been extensive.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock Per Account „„,„,.."........ Qcoi
Syer Cent. Reduced Annuities 100043,004
New pet Cent. Annuities lO3 102%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. ..... 12 1-163
Coirsol, for Opening 100 M%
Exchequer Bills. 1.30. i 34d.
I 0801. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• •••••••••••• 56 V 3 put.
101
Ditto —••..•-•..•• 58 58 pm.
Ditto Advertised.........
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. .....
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent

Ditto Scrip
Columbian Bonds. ........" ...............—........ 14%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 5736
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 —
Ditto for the Account 25 24%
Ditto Three per Cent. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 37% 371
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 43
Dutch 236 per Cents. .....
Pitt* for the Account
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... ..... .... 27% 98 97%
Dutch 5 per Cent 5......................•••• ........ —.. 99%
RPICES OF SHARES IHIS DAYP. T ON O'CLOCK.
RAILWLYS. PAIL PE E R
SEARS
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ......... 371434... to 37
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley .. ...... ........ ........ 2 ..N..... 3%54
Ea .. stern Counties .................. 25 ......... 14
Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 2/. 138. 4d.... 3y
Ed inbu r g h and Glasgow ....... ..... 50 ..... .... 62
Ditto 4 Shares ... 1234
Great Souther n and Western} 5
(Ireland)
Great North of England. lOO 122
...................... 75 .... ..... 147 „ to _
Great Western ..
London and Birmingham lOO ..• . • 221 ... to 222%
Ditto New Thirds 2 ..N.,.., 38% ..... to
Ditto % Shares .
London and 81ackwa11.......... ..... 16%
London and Brighton .....„........ 50
London and Greenwich
London and South Western ...... 41% ...... 83%
London and Y0rk........„........... '2% V.4.,% ... to
Lynn and Ely l% Ana ... •• • • to ...
Manchester and Leeds... ....... ..... 70 1 8
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 .........
Dit. o 4 Shares ............. ........ 2
Midland
Birmingham and Derby-....
Newcastle and Darlington Junck 24 6036 ...., to
North British 5 .... 534% ... ta
Northern and Eastern 45 •••••••••
Ditto % Stares 1:123{ i 16%%... to
Norwich and Brandon ............ 0
Ditto New 1 ..... .... 34% ... to
Sl.rewsbury, Wolverhampton, 254
Dudley, , and Bit mingham ... 3
South Eastern and Dover .....N•• 3336
Ditto New
Trent Valley
Boulogne and Amiens 2 •••••••• 536%36 to
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bourdeauz ... ...... 1 ......... 7
Paris and Lyons
Parisand R0uen........,............... 90 ......... 30%
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 10.
3 per Cent. Consols ;-
3 per Cent. Reduced —
Three and a Quarter Stock....
Ditto 1r New, 30
_._

3!4 per Cent:Debentures
Le. g Annuities
Bank Stock
Royal Canal Stock
Grand Canal Stock
Grand Canal Debentures, 8 per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent
4 per Cent. City Debentures ',
4 per Cent. City Debentures, New
4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures .....
4 per Cent. Pipe Water
Kingstown Railway Debentures
LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SLUR&
Dublin and K. Railway
Drogheda Ditto...
60 ..«..... 73..

Great Southern and Western
Ditto Extension
Dublin and Belfast Junction ..... ...
Dublin and Cashel ditto
Athlone Railway 2%
Belfast and Ballymena ... .. ...... .....,,... 2%
Vaterfoid and Limerick - .... 2% .. ... 3%
Hibernian Bank 25%
ttoyal Clank ...... 10
National Insurance
Patriotic ditto
Mining Company of Ireland...
Wick low Copper Mines
City of Dublin Steam Company lOO .. ... 10b
Ditto Ditto, 1336 ...
Steam Ship Building Company
Ditto Ditto 5O _
British and Irish Steam Company ... 50
Limerick Extension Railway

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 11.—We have
had a large business to-day, and prices are firm. Eastern
Counties, 14; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 381;
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 5 ; Mitt
land Railway Consuls, 109; South-Eastern, 381 ; Ditto,
New, 111 ; Ditto, New Creation, 74 premium ; Barnsley
Junction, 4} ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester
Junction, 6 3-16 ; Blackburn and Preston, 7 13-16 7i ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 3 1-16 ; Churnet,
3 5-16 7-16 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and
Canal, 4i- ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 31 ;
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 5 9-16 ; West
Yorkshire, 6 ; Boulogne and Amiens, sir ; Paris and
Strasburg, 2i.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-t THIS DAY.)

LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind this day at noon, fresh
northerly breezes, and cloudy.
DEAL, DEC. il. —Wind S.E. by E. moderate.—Sld.,
Duke of Bronte. Ascension.

GUERNSEY, DEC. 7.—The Brilliant, for St. Samp-
sons, in leaving, struck on the reeks on the South Beach,
but came off the following tide without much damage.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11.---Wind N. to N. E. light.—Sld.
Princess Royal transport, Barbadoes.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC 1 I.—A rrd. Great Lii erpool
steam, r, M‘Leod, Alexandria.
SCILLY, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Acadia, Hog, Quebec ; Mes-
senger, hiviere du Loup, Tronoas; Maple, St. Domingo,
for Havre.

LOWESTOFFE, Dxc. 11.—The Triune, Pallant, ashore
on Ness Point, has been assisted off leaky and much
broken. The Albion vvill be sold, having been surveyed
and condemned.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 10.---The New Eagle, from New-
castle to London, was reported ashore on the Note Sand
this morning, but has been got off, and proceeded.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—
Arrd. Cinnana, Hoodless, Calcutta, left St. Helena Oct.
24 ; Lady Bute, :101iinley, Calcutta ; Isabella, Briggs,
New York ; Portland, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Agent, Miramichi ; Henry Bliss and George, Quebec.
Sld. Bucephalus and Mary, Bombay ; Ann, Bahia ;
Wanderer, St. Lucia; Etttatia, Havannah; William, Hon-
duras ; Hope and Solon, New Orleans ; Elizabeth and
Syria Savannah ; Pocahontas. Baltimore ; T. I'. Cope,
Philadelphia ; Princess Charlotte (supposed), Bombay ;
Alice Brooks (supposed), Valparaiso. The Sybil, of
Wexford, grounded yesterday in Kingstown Harbour.
but was got off leaky.
WHITEHAVEN, DEC. 10.—S1d. Lady Shaw Stewart,
Antigua.
DUBLIN, DEc. 10.—S1d. Maranham, Mobile.
CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Agnes, Bryer,lchaboe.
8. Maid of Mona, Ichaboc ; Economist, Quebec for
Newport.
The Jean, Catharine, of and for Arichat, for New-
foundland, was abandoned 13th ult., in a sunken state ;
crew saved.

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riAYMAREET THEATRE.---Mr. Strickland and Mr.
T. F. Matthews, both very meritorious actors, we perceive,
are to take their joint benefit this evening at the above
theatre ; and, as they appear to have provided an admirable
bill of fare, we hope they will meet with a bumper, which
• they so ricLy deserve.
HACKNEY HIGHWAY StssioNs.—Yesterlav above
1,000 defaulters were summoned for non-payment of the high-
way rate. Nearly the whole of them were excused on the
score of poverty ; and many of the appellants were parties
once moving in a respectable position in life, the detail of
whose reverse of circumstances excited general commisera-
tion from the Bench. Mr. George Dunn, of Kingsland, ad
dressed the Bench at some length, in appealing against pay-
ment. He raised several objections, but the Bench refused
to entertain them, and recommended Mr. Dunn to appeal to
the Quarter Sessions, a course which he declined to adopt.
After hearing Many other appeal 3, the Court broke up.
limpPlNo.--The second sale of the Hartlepool
Shipping Company took place yesterday, which was
numerously attended. Although there did not appear so
much interest excited as at the previous sale, and the
vessels did not sell so high as anticipated, yet, on the
whole, it was a capital sale, and the whole were eagerly
bought up. The Margaret, 264 tons, built in 1837, sold
to J. T. Wawn, Esq., M.P.,
; the Rosa, 219 tons, to. for 1,4021 ; the Friendship,
251 tons, to Mr Parkin, 1,3
toC m
Green,aptar.inAieock 1,
370ri and h
North Shields, 1,3701. ; the Queen,
249 tons, to Mr. Watkin 1,5251. ; the Gipsy, 223 tons,
pered) tahtel:l9'ohoomas Wood (cop-
1.
281 tons, to Mr.;Smit,
DEATH OF MARTIN TUPPER, ESQ.—A. most dis-
tressing event occurred at Southhill Park, the seat of the
late Earl of Limerick, on Sunday morning. Martin Tupper,
Esq., of New Burlington-street, a gentleman not less known
for his eminence in the medical profession than he was be-
loved for the amiability of his manners, bad long been the
medical attendant of the above noble family, and was accord-
ingly at Southhill Park when the late Earl expired, on Sa-
turday evening. Mr. Tupper retired to his apartment about
12 o'clock in apparently perfect health, but when his servant
went to call him in the morning he was found dead in his bed.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
13.13:2' MaiLIEETS.
SMITHFIELD.-Coarse Meadow Tray, 31 12s to 4/ 15s
Useful ditto, 4116 s to 5/4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 53 to
Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 6/ ; Oat Straw. 11 12s tf)
11 142 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 17s per load. A fair
average supply, and a steady demand at very full prices.
CUMBERLAND.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 41 15s;
Useful ditto, 41 163 to 5143; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to
I/ 123 ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to 5/ 163 ; Oat Straw, 11 14s
to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 11 183 per load.
Trade throughout firm at our quotations.
WIIITECRAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 183 to 4063;
Useful ditto, 41 17s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to
Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 103 to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1! 13s to
1115 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/16s to 11 183 per load. Supply
but moderate, and trade rather dull.

rails and partly off, a distance of eight or ten yards,
crushing the immense pieces of timber that supported the
viaduct. The force of the explosion carried the ponderous
machine still further, rebounding as she prcceeded, tearing
away the timbers of the viaduct, and finally throwing her
over the side, a depth of eighteen or twenty feet. The fire
bars and part of the inner casing of the fire box were found
at the bottom of the arches above mentioned. The front
door of the smoke box was discovered about 100 yards dis-
tant, to which place it had been blown. The engine does not
possess any peculiar construction, the form being similar to
the others employed on the same line; and according to all
accounts she had made several journeys before. The inner
casing of the fire box, where there is little doubt the mischief
originated, is of sheet copper nearly an inch in thickness;
and although General Pasley's opinion was not publicly made
known, we understand from good authority that he attri •
butes the cause to a flaw in the copper, or a defect in ri-
vetting the casing. So far as regards any defect in the con-
struction of the viaduct, he has pronounced it to be perfectly
safe and secure.

Throughout yesterda7 workmen were busily employed re-
pairing the viaduct, which will occupy considerable time, as
the damage is extensive. One line, however, is uninjured,
and the trains continue to run as usual.

Upon inquiry last night, we ascertained that the stoker.
Aaron Wilkinson, was still alive, but in such a deplorable
state as to be unable to give any history of the shockitg oc •
curtence. His skull is fractured, his left arm broken, and
other portions of his person dreadfully scalded. His unfor-
tunate companion was about thirty-two years of age; he was
a single man, and resided at Ashford, near Dover, where his
relations live. The Company give him a most excellent cha-
racter, and say he was one of the most experienced hands in
their employ.
The foreign mail, which was in the second-class carriage,
was taken out, and, by order of Mr. George, the Secretary,
forwarded by coach to the New-cross station, where a special
engine was in readiness to convey the same on to Dover, and
where it arrived about the usual time.

The inquest upon the body, of the unfortunate driver has
not as yet been appointed.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in tate Week ending Saturday, the
7th of December, 1844." The. Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five Years
Epidemic, Enthimic, and Contagious Diseases 191 178
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat B5 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 159 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion 54 69
Diseases of the kidneys, &c l6 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 7 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay - 6 B 6B 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 983 942
Deaths from all Causes ... 9BB 946
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER
THE ABOVE BRADS.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Total. Weekl♦ Average
of Five Years.
Consumption ll2 147
Scarlatina
Pneumonia .
Dropsy .. ... .. .. ...........
Hooping Cough ... ........ ..
Typhus
Small Pox
Disease of the Heart
Measles
Apoplexy .......... ... .... ... 27 18
Diseases of the Brain 8 9
Diarrhea.. - 4 12
Sudden Deaths
DISTRICTS.

West ....
North....
Central.
East .
South...

138 138
164 171
187 188
216 207
283 242

Total ..... ..... 988

LONDON ELOCUTION SOCIETY.—The first public
meeting of the London Elocution Society took place
yesterday evening, at the Hall of Commerce, Thread-
needle-street, and was attended by a very nume-
rous and respectable audience. Mr. Albert Smith
presided. Several extracts from the works of popular
authors, and from the speeches of great orator;
were given with very great effect by the mem-
bers of the Society. An address, written for the occa-
sion by Mr. Lawrence, was very well delivered by
Mr. H. Sanders. The object of the Society is to
cultivate among the younger inhabitants of the city
that which is as much required of them as of any
other persons in the metropolis, the art of speaking
well ix public. which has hitherto been very much
neglected, and the want of which has been felt by many
of the citizens on their election to civic honours. Speak-
ing is abundant enough, but good speaking, which the
Society is to encourage, very rare. A vote of thanks
was passed to Mr. Moxhay for his kindness in allowing
them to hold the meeting in the Hall of Commerce, an 4
to Mr. Albert Smith, the chairman. The meeting sepa-
rated at a late hour.

NEW ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT AT WOOLWICH.
—The whole of the arrangements for making the new
ecclesiastical district at Woolwich has been completed,
and will be submitted to the Queen at the first Council,
and it is intended to designate it the district of St.
Thomas, Woolwich. The appointment of the clergyman,
who will be denominated perpetual curate, in compliance
with the Act of Parliament, will be made by the Prime
Minister. Woolwich is rapidly increasing in population,
the number of inhabitants being now about 28,000. Up-
wards of 1,000 new houses have been built during the
present year, especially at the west end, and they are
&west all occupied the moment they ure finished, and
numerous others are in progress ; szql next seas( n is ex-
pected o be equally prolific in the erection of building.;
to meet the demands of intended residents. The exten-
sive additions to Woolwich Dockyard and improvements
requiring a great number of workmen, has given rise to
a number of dwelling-houses at New Charlton, and the
population has greatly increased in that quarter, con-
siderably enhancing the value of the property in the
neighbourhood.
DEATH AT A WEDDING.—A most dreadful acci-
dent occurred yesterday near the village of Llangeler.
In the morning there had been a wedding, very nume-
rously attended, from the neighbourhood, by upwards of
fifty or sixty horsemen,.among whom was James Evans,
a groom, in the employ of W. P. Lewis, Esq., of Velindre.
He was an excellent rider, and was mounted on a valu-
able chesnut mare belonging to his master. After
the wedding the horsemen began racing against each
other on the high road, and the mare ran ..away,
galloping down the hill above Llangeler, at an
awful pace, and in the village struck her head
against a stone in the hank, and died instantly.
Her rider was thrown off with fearful violence, fractured
his skull, and within three hours after the accident was
a corpse. The man with whom he was racing broke his
leg.—Curmarthen Journal.

DOMESTIC DRAINAGE.—It is impossible to make
cesspools water-tight by building them with common
mortar, for mortar becomes friable and rotten when im•
pregnated with acid. The carbonate of lime contained in
the mortar combines with the acid it meets with,
and forms a lactate of lime, which, being soluble, is
carried away. Therefore, while the lime is being gra-
dually removed, the silica, remains unacted upon, and
thus the rotten and friable state of the mortar is easily
accounted for: It is to be hoped that in future builders
will pay more attention, and give their workmen stricter
injunctions with respect to the proper construction of
drains, for most assuredly the health of the whole
community is somewhat dependent upon such construc-
tion. The, inefficiency of common brick drains, their
improper forms, and the dilapidated and rotten state in
which they are universally found, ought immediately to
lead to their re-construction where practicable, by using
the cylindrical tubular drains. With these the escape of
deleterious effiuv:a would be prevented, and the at-
mosphere kept pure.— The Builder.
NEW POOR-LAW.—The streets of Rochdale are
poFted with bills, calling upon the rate-payers to come for-
ward with their contributions, in order to assist the
guardians in every legal and constitutional struggle to
prevent the introduction of this law into the parish of
Rochdale. It is very currently reported in Rochdale, we
have no means of knowing how far correctly, that there is
to be a new batch of magistrates, who will give their aid for
the introduction of this law. The persons mentioned are the
vicar, who is already in the commission of the peace for
Yorkshire, and Mr. Joseph Butterworth, Belle-green. These
two, it is stated, are to be assisted by the Rev. Mr. Mills,
new incumbent for Littleborough, who lately used to sit at
Oldham.— Manchester Guardian.

THE LATE EARL OF LIMERICK.—NearIy all the
more immediate relatives of the late Earl of Limerick
were present with the Noble Lord at the time of his de-
cease on Saturday. Mr. and Lady Caroline Russell,
Mr. and Lady Louisa Pole, Count J. and Lady Cocil
Delafeld, Sir Henry and Lady Frances Calder. and the
H n. Edmond Perry, continue at South•hill Park with
the afflicted Countess.

LYCEUM THEATRE.—Miss Walcot, who made a
successful debut at this house a short time ago, appeared on
Wednesday night as Rachael Ryland, in the Momentous
Question. Miss Walcot sustained the character with her
wonted taste andability. The performances were for the be-
nefit of a Jewish charity, and the house was well attended.
it has the Ist Lifit Gwrds, and not thv let Dra-
gobas who formed the guard of honour at the funeral of her
Royal highness the Princess Sophia Matilda ; and it was
the first, and not the second, battalion of Fusilier Guards,
which did duty at Windsor.

• The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl of
Haddington, the Earl of Wemyss, Lord Melville, Lord
Ilowick, M.P., Lord Jeffrey, Lord Mackenzie, Lord Fuller-
ton, Lord Murray, Lord Wood, Lord Cuninghame, the Rev.
Bishop Gilles, Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart., General Mayne,
Sir W. Allan, the Lord Advocate, Sir A. Al. Gibson, and
David Dundas, Esq., are among the subscribers who con-
tributed liberally towards establishing baths for the working
classes of Edinburgh.
THE OFFERTORY AND THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE,
HANOVER- SQUARE.—On Sunday last the Bishop of London
preached a sermon at St. George's Church, Hanover-square,
on behalf of the Visiting Association of that parish, and ad-
vocated the claims of the charity with his usual earnestness
and eloquence, when, to the surprise of the congregation, it
was found, on leaving the church, that no collection was
made. It appears that the bishop's intimation that the col-
lection should be made from pew to pew while the Offertory
service was read from the communion-tablewas in opposition
to the practice which had invariably been followed in that
church; and, as the churchwardens did not feel justified in
departing from the customs sanction by the congregation, the
consequence was, that no collection was made, and the
charity did not receive the slightes pecuniary advantage
from his Lordship's advocacy.--Timer.
A DOG KILLING 60 RATS WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
—On Tuesday a match for 5/. a-side was decided at the
George, Gravel-lane, Southwark, which was for a dog (of the
bull-terrier breed) to kill 60 rats in the short space of three
minutes. The number of rats were let loose, and the dog
turned upon them and speedily commenced destroying them:
He succeeded in killing the whole aatuber within' the stiri..
laced time,