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13, Great Marlborough-street. 1 better calculated to accomplish the same object, "it
MARY tHOWITT'S NEW NOVEL.
shall meet with my hearty concurrence ;" but he at
THE CITIZEN OF
A NOVEL, the same time tells them, that should they think pro-
EDITED BY MARY HOWITT.
Is now ready at all the Libraries. in 3 'vols. per to make provision for giving that notice, the
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. period at the close of the year will be come when the
national rights in Oregon must either be abandoned
or firmly maintained. Then comes the threat,
" That they cannot be abandoned without a
sacrifice of both national honour and interest
is too clear to admit of a doubt." In other words,
" if you do not fight for the Oregon, you are miserable
poltroons—regardless alike of national honour and
national interest." We have given a more lengthened
outline of his long details on this affair than might
have been necessary, had it not involved a question of
war or peace between the two most commercial na-
tions in the world ; and, from all that we can gather
from the Message, as well as from the constitution of
Congress, the former seems the most probable result
of the present policy adopted by the legislative
holies, as well as the Executive of the United
States Both the Senate and the Lower House are
Democratic—that ia, they side with the violent, the
encroaching, the aggressive party, headed by TYLER
and POLK, and reject the advice of the moderate Whigs,
under the guidance of that consistent patriot and
friend of peace, DANIEL WEBSTER. In tin Senate
there is a majority of 6, and in the House a majority
of 77, in favour of Powic and the violent party. Their
objects are evident, and they make not the slightest
attempt to conceal them. Neither France nor Eng-
land, nor any other European power, shall set foot
on America, north or south, much less interfere in
any internal regulations. The-following extract, though
long, we are compelled to give, in order to show
the outrageous pretensions of these lawless men:
" The American system of government is entirely
different from that of Europe. Jealousy among the
different Sovereigns of Europe, lest any one of them
might become too powerful for the rest, has caused
them anxiously to desire the establishment of what
they term the balance of power.' It cannot be per-
mitted to have any application on the North Ameri-
can continent, and especially to the United States.
We must ever maintain the principle, that the people
of this continent alone have the right to decide their own
destiny. Should any portion of them, constituting an
independent state, propose to unite themselves with our
confederacy, this will be a question for them and
us to determine, without any foreign interposition.
We can never consent that European Powers shall
interfere to prevent such a union, because it might
disturb the "balance of power" which they may de-
sire to maintain upon this continent. Near a quarter
of a century ago the principle was distinctly an-
nounced to the world in the annual message of one of
my predecessors, that ' the American continents, by
the free and independent condition which they have
assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be con-
sidered as subjects for future colonization by any
European Power' This principle will apply with
greatly increased force should any European Power
attempt to establish any new colony in North America.
In the existing circumstances of the world, the pre-
sent is deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and re-
affirm the principle avowed by Mr. MONROE, and to
state my cordial concurrence in its wisdom and
sound policy. The re-assertion of this principle, es-
pecially in reference to North America, is at this day
but the promulgation of a policy which no European
Power should cherish the disposition to resist. Exist-
ing rights of every European nation should be re-
spected ; but it is due alike to our safety and our
interests, that the efficient protection of our laws
should be extended over our whole territorial limits,
and that it should be distinctly announced to the
world as our settled policy, that no future European
colony or dominion shall, with our consent, be
planted or established on any part of the North
American continent."
It will be seen that POLK confines his remarks
here to North America, but public documents and
other statements equally precise lead us to infer that
the plan extends to the whole of the New
World. The Government of Great Britain
must, therefore, be prepared for the worst. If
the struggle does not arise on the Oregon
question, it will speedily come on in another shape,
for it is evidently the firm determination of the
" go-ahead" men to expel us from the whole of the
North American continent. We sincerely regret
the result, but it is not our fault, and we can only
say, " GOD defend the right." The immense
trade with this country has no value in the
eyes of these aggressors, when compared with the
principle for which they are contending. According
to the statement of the PRESIDENT, the value of the
imports for the year ending, June 30, 1845, was
117,254,565 dollars (24,000,0000, and the value of
exports for the same year, ending the same date, was
114,646,666 dollars, of which 99,299,776 dollars
were in domestic articles. How the exports are
disposed of may be learned from the fol-
lowing details published in one of the New
York papers :—" About one-half of the exports from
this port to London and Liverpool, in November, were
provisions and bread stuffs. Full three-quarters of
the export trade of the United States this year will be
in shipments of merchandise to Great Britain. More
than half the value of all the exports from the United
States is in raw cotton, and more than half of all the
exports from Great Britain is in merchandise manu-
factured from cotton." The writer, with a view to
peace, adds :
" These simple facts are of
. themselves sufficient to destroy
every fear of the slightest difficulty in our political relations
with England. What would be the condition of the labour-
ing classes in the whole of Europe in the event
of a rupture between this country and Great Bri-
tain ? And what would be the condition of the southern
section of this country and the commercial classes
of the north and east, in the event of an embargo
upon our ports and a prohibition upon the exportation of our
immense supplies of cotton ? The growers of cotton would be
almost ruined by a great reduction in prices and in consump-
tion in England, from deficient harvests, or any other cause
—and the result of any very great check upon the exporta-
tion and consumption of this important staple would be of
the most ruinous character."
The rest of the Message relates to the occupation
of Texas, to the affairs of Mexico, and the tariff,
in which there is very little interest for the English
reader, though, perhaps the French may find some-
thing new and not complimentary. France, he says
truly, opened to the Americans access to the Gulf of
Mexico, by the cession of Louisiana, and France
would now attempt to restrain them within their
ancient limits, but in vain. Of their ancient ally he
thus speaks, and with this extract, we dismiss this very
wordy, vain, and insolent document :
" Even France—the country which had been our ancient
ally—the country which has a common interest with us in
maintaining the freedom of the seas--ache country which, by
the cession of Louisiana, first opened to us access to the
Gulf of Mexico—the country with 7ihich we have been
every year drawing more and mere closely the bonds
of successful commerce—most ninexpectedly, and to
our unfeigned regret, took part in an effort to prevent
annexation, and to impose on Texas, as a condition of the
recognition of her independence by Mexico, that she
would never join herself to the United States. We may re-
joice that the tranquil and pervading iar/luence of the Ameri-
can principle of self-government was au fficient to defeat the
purposes of British and French intelie rence, and that the
almost unanimous voice of the people of Texas has given to
that interference a peaceful and effective rebuke. From this
example, European Governments mgy learn how vain
diplomatic arts and intrigues must evet prove upon this con-
tinent, against that system of self-gove •nrnent which seems
natural to our soil, and which will ever resist foreign inter.
ference."

Now rea,
TWO ROMANCES. By B. DISRAELI, M.P.
Author of " Coningsby" and " Sybil."
1. CONTARINI FLEMING. 2. ALROY.
Reprinted, with the permission of the Author, and comprised in
3 vols., with a Portrait of 3lr. Disraeli.
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
ON BOXING NIGHT
Will be repeated a Grand Opera, Pi three acts, called MARITANA.
Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cmsar De Bazan, Mr. W.
Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. B. Phillips ; Maritana, Miss
Romer; Lazarillo, Miss Poole.

After which, will be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pan.
tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
11. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
PROLONGATION OF THE SERIES.
SIGNOR SIVORI FOR TWO NIGHTS.
M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that the arrangements
for opening the Theatre Royal, Covent• garden, at Christmas for Dra-
matic Performances, net having been brought to a conclusion, the
Proprietors have in the most handsome manner offered him the use
of their establishment for a further limited period.
M. JULLIEN therefore begs most respectitilly to inform those
ladies and gentlemen who have been disappointed in obtaining boxes
for the past week, as well as the public generally, that this Series of
Concerts will be prolonged for One Month after Christmas.
This Evening (Christmas Eve) and To-morrow (Christmas Day),
there will of course be no Performance.

On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, The Series will be continued, and a Grand
Concert, embracing Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, a Solo by Herr
Reenig, a Solo by M. Baumann, a New Quadrille, &c. Also a Solo on
the Violin by Signor Sivori, who has made arrangements to remain In
London unti► the end of the present week, and will perform both on
Friday and Saturday.

GRAND BAL MASQUE.
The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to
the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly on Mon-
day evening last, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque,
which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846.

TIIEAT E ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
ON BOXING NIGHT
Will he performed the Comedy Of A CURE FOR THE HEART-
ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson ;
Frank Oatland, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett.
To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER
WHITEIIEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farreu ; Dray.
ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E.
Yarnold; Susan, Mrs: Stanley.
To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled TIIE BEE
AND THE ORANGE TREE ; or, The Four Wishes. Principal
Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr.
Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs.
Stanley.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
ON BOXING NIGHT
Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS
OF THE NORTH, or, The Prisoner of Shlueeelbourg. Alexis
Romanonski, Mr. Webster; Triptelemus Krout, Mr. Wright; Eliza-
beth, Madame Celeste.

After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.
To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Paa-
tamime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEVFANG-
FLIBEEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG; or, The King of the
Cannibal Islands.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
FRIDAY EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TAMS
OF HOME.
The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows,
Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Fourth Appearance
on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss
Forster, and Miss Turner.
After which will be produced a New Grand Romantic extravaganza,
entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ;* or, Prince Fireuz Schah of
Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloeb, &c. ; Mes-
dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
ON FRIDAY EVENING
Will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE
RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plus
Mr. Compton.

To c will added E BRIGAND.
To conclude with a h Newbe ChristmTH Pa
as tom me, entitled THE
KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HAll' EWEN AND TILE FAIRY
BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr: W. H Harvey ; Columbine, Miss
Ilullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. RIB.

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, lar.c. 23. ti
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 41; Noon, 39.
BAROMETER, 29.3.—W1ND, N.W., showery.

• = -
RION WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 4 minutes after 9 I Evening 39 minutes after 9.

sciences are forsworn in Buckingham and Woodstock
than in any of the departed glories of schedule A.
The borough of Midhurst, in Sussex, has a con-
stituency of less than three hundred, and has been
represented, since the last general election, by Sir
HORAC2 SEYMOUR, doubtless a very respectable man,
but not known to us by any senatorial achievements.
The borough of Midhurst was, till lately, a Whig
borough. Mr. POYNTZ, the late proprietor, was a
Whig. Mr. POTISTZ is dead, and his property has
gone to a daughter, who is married to Sir HORAER
SEYMOUR ; and Sir HORACE SEYMOUR is a Tory.
And so the three hundred electors of Midhurst have
all passed over from Whiggism to Toryism. Now
this Sir HORACE SEYMOUR, being a relation of the
Marquis of HERTFORD, is at present the sole candidate
in the field for the county of Antrim ; and he
will bid good-bye to the independent electors of
Midhurst, who, of course, will independently elect
some friend of Sir HORACE SEYMOUR'S to succeed
him. And this is the people's House !
When Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended his finality
views, in a letter to the electors of Stroud, in 1839,
he thus explained the principles on which he pro-
posed the Reform Act. Like all his explanations, it
is very clear ; and we believe it to be strictly appli-
cable to the present state of the representation :--
"In proposing a reform of the representation of the people,
it always appeared to me that there were two things to be
proved ; the one was that the Members of the House of
Commons did not individually represent the people, the
other that, collectively, they did not speak the sense of the
people. _ _ _

"Had the first branch of this argument failed, there was
an end of the question. But it did not, and could not fail ;
on the contrary, it was admitted that Peers and other pro-
prietors, named without control, at their own caprice, a great
proportion of the Members of the House of Commons.
Accordingly, when I once moved for a Committee to ascer-
tained the facts respecting the nomination boroughs, Mr.
Canning said it was unnecessary, the guilt was admitted,
the facts alleged were not denied.
" Thera remained, however, the other portion of the ques-
tion. Did the House of Commons virtually represent the
people ? For if the people were in effect represented, why
should sober men resort to an extensive change merely to
introduce a theoretical improvement, from which no practical
advantage was to be (halved ?
" It was, therefore, necessary to show that in fact the de-
cisions of the House of Commons were not in conformity
with the general sense of the people. In order to do this, I
contrasted the votes of the small borough Members, with
those of the representatives of counties anti large cities upon
several important questions. The result was that the
known representatives of the people were in direct apposi-
tion to the majority of the House of Commons."
And the two branches of this by no means revolu-

tionary argument may be equally sustained in 1845,
Will any one say that great proprietors do not
now, capriciously and without control, nominate
a large proportion of Members of the House
of Commons ? Is it not so at Buckingham,
Woodstock, Midhurst, Chippenham, Cirencester, Dor-
chester, Huntingdon, Lymington, Marlborough,
Marlow, Ripon, Thetford, Reigate, Arundel, Wilton,
Abingdon, Christchurch, Eye, Horsham, Launceston,
Malmesbury, Westbury, Great Grimsby, St. Ives,
and many other places which might be named? The
county elections are now almost universally in the
hands of a few great proprietors. But the other day
Lord WARWICK made a county Member of his son
with the same care that he would appoint his bailiff.
and Antrim, solicited by Sir HORACE SETIiIOI3R,
now invites attention to the popular character of Irish
county elections.

We have named above twenty-four nomination
boroughs. Not one of them has so many as five
hundred electors ; several of them are under three
hundred. They return thirty.four Members, thirty-
three of whom are monopolists. This goes some little
way towards drowning the voice of the people, and
we have only mentioned some of the nomination
boroughs, and have not counted the landlord-ridden,
counties.

Accounts from Madrid of the 15th announce the
election of M. CASTEO Y ORASES to the Presidency
of the Congress of Deputies by 74 votes to 58 given
to M. PACHECO, the Opposition candidate. Of the
Vice-Presidents three are Ministerial; the fourth,
M. SALAMANCA, belongs to the Opposition.

Accounts from Paris of Sunday announce the ad-
udication of the Paris and Lyons, and the Creil and
St. Quentin Railways, which took place on Saturday.
For the Paris and Lyons the only company that
offered was that of LA MUTTS, GANNERON, BARILLON,
and BAUDRAN, but as they demanded a lease of 42f
years, and the Government maximum was one year
less, their offer was rejected. A Council of Ministers
it appears was held on Saturday evening, when it
was agreed that the Minister of Public Works should
accept a new proposition of M. LAFPITTI and Co.,
to take the line on the terms offered by Govern-
ment, namely for forty-one years and ninety days.
The concession was therefore made to that
company. For the Creil and St. Quentin line.
ROTHSCHILD and Co. were the successful bidders.
The following were the offers of the different com-
panies :—ROTHSCHILD, HOTTINGUEB, LAFFITTE, and
Company offered to take it for 25 years, 11 months ;
CAURETTE and MINGUET for 38 to 40 years; COL..
BERT and Co., for 36 years; ARDOUIN for 43 years.
The CORDIER Company did not bid.
Another Cabinet Council had been summoned for
Sunday, to meet at the Tuileries, when the royal
speech at the opening of the Chambers on Saturday
next would be submitted to his MAJESTY. The KING
and Royal Family returned to Paris on Saturday
for the season. According to accounts from the
provinces, several of the rivers had risen in
a most remarkable manner, without any apparent
cause. On Friday the Rhone had risen to such a
height as to overflow several of the quays and streets
of that city, and consequently occasion much alarm
The rise was already greater than that of 1842, and
was said to be increasing. This state of things was
very extraordinary, as the quantity of rain that had
fallen was not very great. The Saone was also rising.
On Thursday, at twelve o'clock, the Seine rose to
the height of 4 metres 50 centimetres by the scale
on the Pont Royal. The piles of the Pont du Ca-
rousel are completely covered, and the quays over-
floWed, so that all the goods upon them have neces-
sarily been removed, and business is at a stand..
The Funds, influenced by the firmness of our
market on Friday, improved on Sunday. The Three
per Cents, were done at 81f. 75c.; Lyons " defini-
tives" were at 85f. premium ; Northerns at 727 if. to
730 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN.AAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 22.
Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia...
Barbadoes
Boulogne and Amiens 3 Namur and Liege .
Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica ...
Bordeaux and Toulouse , Orleans and Vierzon —
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 'Orleans and Bordeaux 1014
Do. ( Mackenzie's ) Over Yssel
Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 2%
citic Coast
Central of Spain
Ceylon . — Ditto (Sud Est)
Demerara
Dendre Valley ...... Paris and Rouen
Dutch Rhenish .... . .7 Paris and Strasburg
Dieppe & Paris Junct. (Ganneron's) . 2
Dijon and Mulhouse Do. (Compe de L'Est)
East Indian ........ Do. (Aymard's)...... 24
Fampoux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin..
Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre...—.
Constituted 13% Royal North of Spain..
Do. Pepin le Halleur — Sambre and Meuse .....
Great Paris and Lyons — Strasburg and Bale 94
Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan—
Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt ...
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes
Do. North Midland — (Mackenzie's)
Do. Extension
Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's). ...... .
Louvain anaJemappe l% Trinidad
Lyons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona...,
Luxembourg

Cork and Waterford 1
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir
and Leicester l4 ......
Dartmouth, Torbay, and
Exeter
I )erby and Crewe ... ......
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby ..... .... 1%...... —.
Derby, Uttoxeter, and •• •
Stafford
........»....
Direct Manchester _

( Remington's) - . .... ,
51 ---
Ditto (Rastrick's)......
Direct Northern - ...............
Direct Norwich ... 1 - ...............
Dublin and Armagh 1%...... --
..............
Publin and BelfastJunc 5 ...... ..
.............
14
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway 4 ..... . 3%... ............
Dudley, Madely, and
Broseley
..... ........ . .....
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 - -„, ~ , ..............
i Eastern Counties 141. 165.... 197874 201.4 20%
Ditto New 61. 165....... 61A31/2 P ...... ...
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1 61. 13s. 4d•-• ...............
Ditto ditto, No. 2 4/. 13s. 4d... ...............
EastDereh'in andNor•ch 1 ...... -- ...............
Eastern Union 25
.. ... ............ ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 83/4 ...... •-• ...............
Ditto Extension
Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 . . .... - - ••• .• ..........
Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 214 ...... ..............
Do., Camb. and Ely 2l/4.••••• ...............
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...• • • ...............
Ditto LW Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12'
Ditto, New .... 7'

I-Ai
_ ....... ••• , 1/2„.
Edinburgh & Northern.. 114 ...... - •••
Edinburgh and Perth... 1 lA2 ••" • ' --A-3/
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 •••••• "' /4
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/, ......
Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1%......
Exeter, Dorchester, and
..... . Weymouth
Exeter,Ycovil,& Dorset 234 —
Glouc.,Aberystwith,and
Central of Wales 1%•.••••
Goole and Doncaster .. 425•
Grand Junction 100
Ditto Half Shares 5O
Ditto Quarters
Qrand Union l% -
Great Eastern &Western 21; ... ••• ••••••••••••
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field ' 5
Groat South. aad West.


E RIVER PLATE.
(From the Times.)

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EvEtqc%;o.
Accounts from Monte Video to the 31st October have
been received per Resistance troop ship.
The advises are of considerable importance.
annex extracts from private advises :
" MONTE VIDEO, OCT. 30 AND :31.

1%

3%

20
6% p3‘

% P

(Ireland) ___
_ .._ .
15
•• •••
Ditto Extension ...... 1216 l5
Great Munster 2% ......
Great North of Scotland 214....... ......
Great North of England-100 —
Ditto New
Do. New .... ».....
... 2 ......
Great Western BO ......150 152 ............ 152
Ditto IA Shares..../ 5201,4
15 1614 ...... • • 164
88
Ditto', Shares
Ditto Fifths 2O
•
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5
.2
.. -
Harwich -
Hull and Selby
Ditto 4 Shares
..._
Do. Half Shares 2
.....
Inverness and E1gin...... 1
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth
Irish North Midland l%
Isle ofAxholme 2%
Killarney Junctions ll4 --
Kendal and Windermere 14 —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 30
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena .................. --
2%
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding
Junction
Leicester 8,-, Birmingham 225.
Leiceeter and Bedford... 22e. - ......... .. 9.. 9 ..99.

We

" There is no prospect of an immediate settle: went
of the war here. The British and French have 3 tot a
sufficient land force to enable them to rout Oribe and
drive him from the country, and it would be of na
merely to expel him from his encampment at the Cer-
rito ; and it is generally understood here that the
Ministers will wait the arrival of forces from Ew •ope
before commencing any active operations by It aid.
Proposals have recently been made to them by RA >sae
through Mr. Mareuil,(the late French Charge &MIMI 'es,
offering to accept the terms which the Ministers p: ro-
posed in the month of May ; but I am informed tt at
they now require further concessions, and more than a 11,
a guarantee for the fulfilment on the part of the Buent
Ayres Government of any compact which might be
made, which is virtually saying that they will not treat
with General Rosas. This is the first instance which I.
recollect in which Rosas has been the proposer of terms
of accommodation with his adversaries; his system does t

not admit of concessions, and his making them under
present circumstances is considered an evidence of weak-
ness and alarm.

" There are accounts from Rio Grande, apparently of
an authentic character, which state that the Government
of Paraguay had declared war against Rosas, and that
some part of Urqueza's forces had beer defeated by the
Correntinos. If there be any truth in this statement, it
would seem that Rosas is attempting an invasion of the
province of Corrientes."

Merchant-vessels about to proceed up the Parnua
should repair without delay to the island of Martin Ga-
vira, where they will receive the necessary instructions
for the continuation of their voyage from some of the
vessels of war destined to form part of the expedition
up that river.

Letters from Rio Grande, of 20th October, announce
as a fact the declaration of war by Paraguay against
Roma.

Leieester and Tamworth 425. —
Liverp. and Manchester.loo ..
% Shares
Do. Quarters 25
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% 1%
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
castle Junction
London and Birmingnmloo 215..213 ...... „

Do. Thirds - 10
Do. 14 Shares
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Extension
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d.
Do. New
Ditto Extension
Llndor. and Brighton
Do. consolidated Bths... 40
Ditto, Sixtlis
London and Croydon, 131. 15b. 9d. 20%% 21 20%
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent. 8
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford

1%. .....

London and Greenwich 12/ Ig4d
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
London Hounslow. and
Western

MEETING OP PARLIAMENT. —lt was arranged
yesterday, at the meeting of the Privy Council, that
Parliament should be further prorogued from Tues-
day, the 30th instant, to Tuesday, the 20th of Ja-
nuary, then to meet for the dispatch of business.

Low!. &S. Western 411 6s 10d 7414 75
Do. New Consol. Bths 20
Do. New
Do. New

London& Soath Essex
London and York 2I,E 334 41/i
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster 2% ... •••

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was better.
Sales, 5,000 to 6,000 bales. There was no alteration in prices.
Among the sales were 700 Surat, at 2%d. to 3%d. ; 70
Surinams, at 51/2d. to 5%d. ; Egyptian, at 51/2d. to 6%d. ;
and American, at 31/2d. to 51/2d. per lb. There was a better
demand for shares, and prices somewhat improved.
The Message of the President of the United States, which
has been made public this morning, has been the subject of
general conversation in commercial circles. It is on the
whole considered less warlike than was anticipated; and the
Funds have in consequence advanced about half per cent. A
saving clause exists in the Polk speech! to the effect, that
should Congress originate any step for the settlement of the
Oregon question, he would be most ready to acquiesce in it.
As for the talk of maintaining the honour of the Republic in
this matter, or after the twelve months' notice expires, actual
and menacing steps will be taken to assert a right to the
whole of Oregon, it is treated with something approaching
ridicule in the City.
The private advices received to-day from New York and
Washington are full of comments upon the tenor of the
Message, and it is most certainly anticipated that a war may
be staved off. The President, our letters state, was com-
pelled to say something stormy in order to satisfy the
dernocratical- party in the western part of the Republic.
The reference made to an increase of the navy does not seem
to have reference to anything like war as being probable,
otherwise there cannot Ise a doubt that a recommendation
would be made to Congress to prepare for the worst, by an
extraordinary grant. It is evident, too, that no con-
siderable increase in the army of the Republic is contem-
plated. From these and other paragraphs (take another in-
stance—the recommendation that the National Debt should
be immediately paid off, amounting to about 17 millions of
dollars), it is clear that after all, a " peace policy" will be
the result of the deliberations of the American Legislature.
The quotation of Consols for the Account reached 94, soon
after the Market opened to-day, being a rise of 1 per cent.
on the last rates of yesterday afternoon. At present
the market is but a shade lower, and the inclination appears
to be rather to purchase than to sell. The Reduced Three
per Cents. have improved from 9314 to 941,x, and the Three-
and a-Quarter per Cents. from 9514 to 9676. The premium
on Exchequer-bills has bun quoted at 20s. to 225. Bank
Stock has fallen to 2001..
A very few bargains have been made to-day in the Foreign
Stocks. Brazil New Bonds have been done at 79; Granada
at 2114 ; the Peruvian at 41; the Portuguese Four per Cents.
at GO ; Spanish Three per Cents., for Account, at 391/2 ; Bel-
gian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 951/2 ; and the Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at an advance to 61.
There is more firmness displayed in the Railway Share
Market this morning; but still there are but few buyers
coming forward. Business, no doubt, will be flat till the
opening of Parliament.

London, Salisbury,' and
Yeovil
he idonderry& Coleraine 5
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen .... ....... -.. 5
Lynn and Ely 5 —
Lynn and Dereham 5 —
Manchester`and Leeds .. 76 126

Ditto 'h Shares
Do. Qiiarters 2
Do. Fifths 1 . 1134 .....
Do. Sixteenths 4

wiz CLOSING
RICER OF BRITISH FUNDS. cPcLecx. PRICES.
Bank Stock ......... ...... ...........20012 202
3 per Cent. Reduced .. 93114 941/ 93%
New WA( per Cents.
Long Annuities to expire jan.lB6o 10A1/2 10%
India Bonds, 1,0004. ....... .....
Ditto under 1,0001.. .. . 33 33
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 2O 22 pm. 20
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

Manchester and Birmin. 40— 73
Do. Quarters
Do. New Quarters
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction
Manchester,Buston,and
Matlock ' 425.
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction
Manchester and Rugby
Direct . 42s.

Manchest. &Southampt. 2 21,ix
Midland 100 .....144 147 145 148

Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo
Midld. & East. Counties 5it%......
Midland Great Western

( Irish) ... ...... ......
Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2%...
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 54 ...
Do. New Brandling 2O
Newcastle and Berwick 5
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newport & Abergavenny 21/2
New Ross and Carlow... 22s
Newry and Enniskillen 2% — .....

Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... .. _ 2%.. ...
Norfolk Extension
North British
Do. Half Shares
Do. Exten. to Carlisle 14 214
Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25
Ditto ditto
North Devon 2 .. ... ...... ........
North of Norfolk
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 121,E —
Do. New - 1
N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2X.. .. . .
North Staffordshire 42s. ..... 27/s% p
North Wales
North and South Wales
and Worcester
Northern and Southern
Connecting
Norwich and Brandon l 6
Ditto New
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston 1%
. _

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK PRICES

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 79
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l7
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 211%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto, Account —
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 42
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 60
Ditto, Account 59
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account —
Ditto. 3 per Cent -
Ditto, Account 391/4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 9334
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2% —
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush 13(1
, Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% —
Belfast & County Down 2%......
Bideford andTavistock... 1% —
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124
Ditto New l7l/2
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham & Leicester
Direct 42s. — •••• -
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. -
Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. -
Bristol and Exeter -
Ditto, New -
Bristol and Gloucester... 80
• ... .. -
Bristol and Liver. June . 2% — .........
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Extension .....• 2% 2% % ..... ......
Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3%...
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1y _
Canterbury
nt 2
and Dover 1
Central 1
......
-- .....
.....
..
Chelmsford and Bury
Chester and Holyhead... 15 ......
Chester and Manchester 425......, _ ••
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... . ...
Clydesdale Junction ..... 5 ...... _,
Cork :Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 2% ...... ......
%

Nottingro., Erewsh. Val-
ley, and Manchester.. 1% —
Nottingham and Mans-
field

Oxford, Gosport, Ports..
mouth,& Southamptn

Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..... l%
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ---

21%
301%.
42
60

Portsmouth Dii-ect 3%
Preston and Wyre
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond 5
Rutby, Derby, and Man-
ester
Rugby and Huntingdon 2 —
Rugby, Leamington,iad
Warwick
Rugby, Warwick, and
Worcester.... ...42.
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 6
Do. Extension
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrewsbury and Birm... 21,4 — ...... ...
Shropshire Mineral 425.......
Shropskire Union
Shrewsbury & Hereford 2%
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
& S. Staffordsh. Jun.. 21
Sligo and Shannon 1 —
Somersetshire Midland 25
South Devon 25 ..... 25
South Midland 42s. 2%1/2 p.........
South & Midlands Juno 425...... ...
South Staffordshire Junc 2% —
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2e 4d 35% 36 ...... ..
Do., No. 1 l2
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
Do., Ne. 4
Southampton, Manches-
ter. & Oxford Junction 42i.
St. Alban's, Hatfield , an d
Hertford Junction. -........ •..••
Staines and Richmond..... 1

283/4
29 IA
393/4

95%
61%
931/2

2%
34a
2%

Stafferdsh. & Shropshire 234 —
South Wales ..... ...... ••• 2% 314 3
Taw Vale Extension ...
Tean and Dove Valley 1% - ....... ..... ..
Trent Valley 2 ...... 164 17%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke 54
Ulverstene and Furness 2%......
Vale of Neath
Warwick & Cheltenham 1%
Warwick and Worcester 425. —
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 —
Waterford and Limerick 7%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
W aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley 2 -
Welch Midland
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire
WestLondon,Old Shares 20
West End and Southern

Counties .. ll/5......
•••
Wexford and Carlow ... 2% —
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
Wilts, Somerset,& Wey-
mouth
Worcester,Hereford,Ross'
and Gloucester 425.......
Worcester, Tinbury, and
Ludlow 234
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union..... 1%.....
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
Worcester,Warwick, and
Rugby
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 .....:
Ditto, New
York and Carlisle
York and Lancaster 2234
York and North Midland 50 —
Ditto 1/ Shares .. 25
Ditto Scarbero' Branch. 25
Do. Selby ............... 20
Do. Extension ..... .. 5

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo- Belgian.— ......... 4
Barbadoes ............. .... 1
Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 8 lit
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 Do. (Espelete's)
... •
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
—••-••
Callas, Lima, and Pacific
Coast
Central of Spain ...
•• 58'
Demerara
Dendre Valley ...... . 2 ...... •
Dijon and Mulhouse.. ..
... 2 ... —
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21
Fampoux & Hazebroak 2
Great North. of France
Constituted... 5 ..... 131,4 1414
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 34
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 -
Jamaica North Midland 1
Do. Extension ...... ... 1
Louvain and Jeineppe... 4 ... .
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourg... 4
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... ••
Mauritius ..
Namur and Liege
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ......
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 10 5/8 3/ ....... ..- . .
Over Yssel 413 s 4d —
Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2
Piris and Lyons (Gan-
naron's )
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2 •%,
Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Pans and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
(Gan neron's)
Do. (Covps de L'Est) 2
....

1%
3%
216
42
25%
23%
8%

63%

20%
8%

934

15%

4.1.1.
113/4

21A p

2%
148

263%

1 1 %.

2%
31A3 P

22%
61/
2A

26
2% p

36
144

51
75:%4

81/8

~ 3/

15
2 iii

22

-
L 1

10%
214
3%
214
21,i
46%

Do, (Avmard's)
Paris and St. Quentin
Rouen and Havre
r nyal North of Spam ... 2 - .. ...... ..• •
Sarnbre and Meuse 6 ......
Strasbourg and Bale
St. Laurence & Atlantis
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan.
den, and Hasselt. 4
Tours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's)
Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2
Ditto (O'Neill's) 2
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona... 3
West Flanders .. 4
MI

.....
fES.

Real del Monte Unregd.
JOINT STO
British North American 50 .
COURSE OF EXCHi
Amsterdam CF. 12 9
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U.12 91
Antwerp 26 10
Hamburgh M.B. 13141
Altona —

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75
Ditto 3 , months 26

..... 33/4.. ...

CR BAI%4KS.

Marseilles 26 5
Bourdeaux 26
Frankfort on Maine 123
Petersburgh, 3 Us..
Berlin

46
5.N -- tIIS DAY.)
Giora!tar...,.
Leghorn
G9noa ..
Milan ..... ....,... .....

Vienna, effee. fio. lO 8
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36
5 Cadiz
Bdbao —
Barcelona —
Seville

____ .....
Venice .... ...........
Naples
Palermo, per oz
Lisbon
Oporto.
Rio Janeiro .. 23-i
Bahia .......-..
Buenos A y,,.s —
NewTork,2ldyssight
Philadelphia ...... ...

PRICES OF BULLION, DES OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars. .£3 17 9
Portug.:l Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons-- 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9i
SilvA: in Bars. 0 4 111

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TuusDAY.—The Queen held a Court and
Privy Council this afternoon at Windsor Castle.
There were present his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Mr. William Ewart Gladstone, Sir James
Graham, Mr. Henry Goulburn, the Earl of Had-
dington, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lin-
coln, Mr. Sidney Herbert, the Earl of Dalhousie, the
Earl of Liverpool, and the Earl of Jersey.
Lord Stanley had an audience of the Queen, and
delivered to her Majesty the Seals of Office as one of
her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.

The Queen having been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone to be one of

her Majesty's' principal Secretaries of State (for War
and the Colonies), he was, by command of the
Queen, sworn one of her Majesty's principal Secre-
taries of State.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.

At the Court, Mr. Sheriff Chaplin and Mr. Sheriff
Laurie, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, ac-
companied by the City Remembrancer, were pre-
-23 rented to the Queen, at an audience, by Sir James
6 Graham, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
231
'n for the Home Department, to receive her Majesty's
commands relative to the address of the Corporation
of the City of London on the subject of the corn-
_
_ laws.

Her Majesty was graciously pleased to appoint
Saturday, the id of January next, at Windsor
Castle, for the reception of the address.

The Earl of Warwick and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
The Council broke up at half-past three o'clock.
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of. Buccleuch, Lord
Stanley, the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, the Earl of
Dalhousie, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Hadding-
tun, Lord Granville Somerset, Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Earl
of Lincoln, Sir James Graham, and Mr. C. Greville,
travelled from town to attend the Council by the
Great Western railway.
The Sheriffs appeared in state at the Court.

After the Court, the Duke of Wellington left in
his travelling-carriage for Strathfieldsaye. Most of
the Cabinet Ministers left the Castle at the same
time, and returned to town by a special train on
the Great Western Railway.
The Earl of Liverpool also left after the Council.
Sir Robert Peel remained at the Castle, on a visit
to her Majesty.

The Earl Delawarr was prevented by indisposition
from arriving at the Castle yesterday. From the
same cause the Noble Earl was absent from the Privy
Council to-day.

The Queen and Prince Albert took their accus-
tomed early walk to-day. The Prince afterwards
went out on a shooting excursion, attended by Mr.
George Edward Anson, Colonel Bowles, Sir Edward
Bowater, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, took their accustomed exercise in
Frogmore-gardens this morning. Their Royal High-
nesses were taken an airing in the pleasure-grounds
of the Castle this morning.
Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle this afternoon.
The Royal dinner party this evening will include
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, and the Baroness de Speth.
The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards will
be in attendance during dinner, and her Majesty's
private band will afterwards attend at the Castle.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, after returning
from attending her Majesty's Privy Council, trans-
acted business at the Colonial-office.

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