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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXVII.
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6. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STATE CONFEDERACIES.
7. SCOTTISH CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE AND PRO-
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interests at stake, and the country would grudge no
expense in such a cause. The Government are only
to blame, and we therefore trust that the new First
Lord of the Admiralty will take up the question with
his usual spirit, and thereby save us from a miserable
system of truckling, and from humiliation and defeat.

The last few days have shown a decided—and the
more satisfactory, because, though decided, not vio-
lent—tendency to reaction from the railway-panic.
There is a time for everything—a time for looking
backward, and a time for looking forward—a time
when fears will prevail, and a time when hope will
resume its sway; and it was inevitable that the ap-
proach of the 30th of November should bring specu-
lation to a standstill, and make every one think of
Standing Orders, and see nothing but difficulties where,
when the day was distant, no difficulties were dreamt

off. A panic was sure to come. Let no panic-mongers
flatter their own vanity by supposing that they made
the panic, though their ill-applied industry may have
aggravated its injurious effects. And now the 30th
of November is a month old, we write, on the 31st
of December, when railway projects will have passed
their second great ordeal, or be for this year fallen.
The meeting of Parliament is approaching, and the
railway public will begin to turn their heads forward;
and already there are signs of life and hope.

We have never given into the mania of indiscrimi-
nate abuse of railway speculation. "There may be
a superstition," says Lord BACON, " in avoiding su-
perstition ;" and it is not necessarily honesty which
will draw no line between railway speculation and
railway gambling. We have net failed to lament
the excesses or reprove the abuses of the late railway
excitement. But, without speculation, how would
our existing railways have been constructed ? The
fact is of speculation as of agitation, that within
due bounds it is a wholesome, if not necessary, stimu-
lant to the body social ; and the evils lie entirely in
the abuse. And even when speculation breal:s
through the thin partition that bounds it from
gambling, while we admit that all efforts,
should be made to bring it back within
its proper bounds, we should be disposed
to look leniently on errors and excesses belonging
to a movement so full of promise to the material,
aye, and moral, prosperity of our country as that
which now holds out to every ♦illage and every cor-
ner the prospect of railway communication with the
great centres of industry, and commerce, and civi-
lisation.

Parliament has always hitherto treated railway
enterprise as a matter of speculation; and it will be
too late, therefore, for Parliament, even if it were
disposed to hearken to the recommendations of purists
on these matters, to turn round upon railway specu-
lators as deserving of indiscriminate censure.

here are one or two striking instances of the
spirit in which railway cornpanie s have been treated,
from the transactions of only last session. Lord
REDESDALE is giving evidence before a Committee of
the House, and is asked—" Supposing the case of
the promoters of a railway scheme, who have gone
to an immense expense, and have lost no time in promot-
ing their object, and they are defeated by the mere
efflux of time, and by the peculiar circumstances of
the present session, do not you think that that con.
stitutes a case of hardship so great, that the Legisla-
ture ought to do something to relieve the parties from
it ?" Now hear his Lordship's answer :—" I have no
great feeling for them, speaking for myself." That
is, they are a set of speculators, and they must rough
it as Lest they can. A Committee sat last year in
the House of Lords on the subject of compensation
by railway companies to landowners. The Duke of
of RICHMOND, chairman. Here is an extract from
their report

" The Committee are of opinion that many cases occur
in which it is necessary to consider the land, &c., not merely
as a source of income, but as the subject of expensive em-
bellishment, and subservient to the enjoyment and recrea-
tion of the proprietor.
" Public advantage may require all these private consider-
ations to be sacrificed, but as it is the only ground upon which
a man can justly be deprived of his property and enjoyments,
so, in the case of railways, though the public may be considered
ultimately the gainers, the immediate motive to their construction
is the interest of the speculators, who have no right to complain
of being obliged to purchase, at a somewhat high rate, the means
of carrying on their speculation."

To be sure this is landowner logic, and not very
mthuestronoutkeb eotfoßo
InciHe
e;:no°flrP'ye;erbsu, twv%i•teh sv,onitihidapcoloiltnic:itte
MOND at their head. A rigid political economist might
expect some consideration to have been given to the
saving of capital—might suggest that the sum which
is to go to increase the country squire's unproductive
expenditure might more profitably remain with the
speculator, to be by him applied to other speculations
from which the country would derive an increase of
wealth. But, as we said before, N e must not be too
nice with a packed committee of noble landowners ;
and, after all, we had rather that the funds of railway
companies went to pay excessive compensation than
in inordinate bills—such as some of the dissolving
bubble companies have lately exhibited—of jobbing
solicitors and projectors.

In the report of yesterday's proceedings of the Lan-
cashire and Eastern Counties Company, which
was projected in the autumn, and is now to be
dissolved, the solicitors' bills are stated at
3,7311., besides 2,356/. to local agents. Up-
wards of 6,0001. to solicitors in less than
six months ! It should be known that the Attorneys
and Solicitors' Act of 1843 (6 and 7 Vict. c. 73),

gives a power of taxing a solicitor's bill, in cases where
nu business has been done in any court of law or
equity, by application to the Lord Chancellor or
Master of the Rolls. We recommend the subscribers
to the dissolving railway companies in allcases where
the solicitors bills show such unreasonable amounts,
to insist on taxation.

The proceedings last evening at the anniversary
festival of the National Mercantile Life Assurance
Society reflects the highest honour on the general
body of the commercial travellers of the United
Kingdom. Energetic, shrewd, active, and honour.
able they have ever been; humanity and benevolence,
too, have ever characterised the commercial travellers
of the United Kingdom. To these we may now add
foresight and prudence. We rejoice that this impor-
tant and influential body of men have taken
up the subject of life insurance, and that
they are now become as alive to the
permanent interests of themselves and their
families as they have ever been to those of their em-
ployers. The Society is, it would appear, in a most
prosperous condition; indeed, we know not how it
cou!d well be otherwise, seeing that it is supported
by, perhaps, the most influential body of men in the
kingdom, the individual members of which cbme into
daily and hourly contact with every merchant and
trader in every part of the empire. Another very
pleasing feature of the proceedings of last evening
was the announcement, by Mr. CUFFLEY, that a school
for the educatio❑ of the orphan children of commer-
cial travellers had been founded. Four gentlemen
had originally subscribed ten guineas each towards
this excellent charity as a beginning. The school
was to be established as soon as 100 subscribers at
ten guineas each should be obtained. Undaunted by
the sneers of the faint-hearted, who treated the
scheme as chimerical, Mr. CUFFLEY set to work,
like an enterprising and energetic man of business,
as he is, and obtained not one hundred, but two
hundred and fifty subscribers to the school ! Well,
might he exclaim with honest pride, " that such was
the power of the commercial travellers, that if they
embarked in any enterprise with energy and zeal it
was impossible for them not to succeed." As long as
they display their energy and zeal in the furtherance
of such enterprises of charity and benevolence they
will enjoy not only the triumphs of success, but the
heartfelt satisfaction of feeling that their success has
been well deserved, and that every right-thinking
man rejoices at it with them.

We have received Madrid papers of the 23d, but
they bring no news, if we except a statement in the
Gazette, giving an account of the capture of forty-
eight smugglers and a considerable quantity of fo-
reign merchandise in the first week of December.
The Three per Cents. closed on the 22d at 361 at
60 days, and on the 233, at 368 for cash, and 36
11-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents., at 248 at
60 days, with 4 premium.

l'he accounts from Paris of the state of the funds,
and the prices of railway shares, continue highly
favourable. During the last week all kinds of secu-
rities advanced, and railway shares in particular had
shown a marked improvement. Paris and Orleans
had risen in the course of a few days about 68f.,

Avignon and Marseilles 57f., Rouen and Havre 45f.,
Northern 4)f., Boulogne 32f., and many others in
like proportion. The Three and Five per Cents.,
had advanced a franc and a half each. This buoyant
state of the money and share-market is attributed to
the prosperous condition of the country, the royal
speech, the adjudication of important lines of rail-
way, and tie rise in the English funds.
On Monday the Chamber of Deputies met
to elect the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secre-
taries. Two candidates were proposed for the Pre-
sidency—M. SAUZET, the President of last session,
and M. DErAURE, supported by the Opposition ; .and
the former, as anticipated, was elected by a con
siderable majority. The number of Members present
was reckoned at about 500—a very full House. At hal
past three the ballot for President commenced, and a
five the following result was declared :
For 111. Sauzet .
li. Dulaure
M. Dupin .
M. Odilon Barrot 1
Majority in favour of the Ministry --66
Previous to the election of President the Chamber,
at a private sitting, proceeded to appoint the mem•
bers of the nine standing committees, and in eight
of these the Government candidates were elected,
while the Opposition of course had only one, M. DE
SADE. Of the eighteen presidents and secretaries
of these committees, sixteen are supporters of the
Government, and only two belong to the Opposition.
The GUIZOT Ministry, therefore, appears to be stronger
than at the meeting of any former session since its
formation. The Siecle gives the following account
of the arrangements made by the Opposision for the
election of President :—" It was M. ODILON BARROT,
in the meeting of the Left, and M. TIIIERS in that
of the Left Centre, who proposed to their colleagues
M. DUFAURE as candidate for the President's chair.
Both afterwards addressed the meetings, for the
purpose of impressing on their political friends the
necessity of an accord, intimate, complete, and per-
manent, amongst all the fractions of the Constitu-
tional Opposition. a hey clearly showed that this
accord ought to take place for the double purpose of
raising the Government of our country, now so deeply
humbled, and of realising all those reforms the justice
of which has been recognised in Parliamentary dis-
cussions. The dispositions of th 4 two meetings re-
sponded perfectly to the two speakers, and, an con-
sequence, the approbation was general." We regret
to find that the Minister of Commerce will be opposed
by the three Councils• General in reference to his
proposition for the admission of S edish iron free
of duty, and that a great majority of the Councils
will declare against the measure. The French
monopolists are not at all prepared yet for making
any concessions. On this subject, their organ, the
Presse, says :
" At present it is a fact well demonstrated to all those
who have examined the question with attention that
the proposal to introduce on more favourable conditions
that description of iron is not justified by any valid rea-
son. No person complains seriously of the existing
duties—neither the producer, who finds in France all
the elements necessary fur the manufacture of steel ;
nor the consumer, on whom the proposed measure would
confer no advantage. It is, moreover, well ascertatnid
that this measure could not be carried into effect as far
as regards Swedish iron, inasmuch as the 36,000 quintals
produced in that country are monopolised for many
years in advance by the English manufacturers, who not
finding, like ours, on their own soil, the materials neces-
sary for producing steel, are compelled to seek elsewhere
the means of production of which they stand in need.
Sweden consequently is not interested in the matter.
Sweden has no iron to offer us, and consequently it is
useless for us to confer on her a privilege which she
does not demand. Whoever is well informed on the
proposed measure need not be told that under the name
of Sweden, and that under the cover of boisterous de
slamation in defence of public good, uttered by a certain
party, are concealed motives of private interest—in•
terests which are no doubt respectable, and which we
do not wish to deprive of the right to place themselves
in a ludicrous position, but which it is necessary to re-
duce to their value as soon as they attempt to usurp,
under the protection of the Government, that solicitude
and those favours which the latter owes only to the
country, considered in its fullest and most legitimate ex-
pression."

213
147

On Monday the French Government received the
distressing intelligence of the total loss of the Pepin
war-steamer off the coast of Morocco, near Mogadore.
and it is feared that out of 150 passengers only 76
have been saved. The Papin was of 160 horse power
and employed to carry M. MARET MoNGE, the
French Consul recently appointed to Mogadore in
place of M. HELLOYE JORREL, to his post. It is not
ascertained whether the Consul was among those
saved from the wreck. The Ambassador from Mo-
rocco, lately arrived at Paris, paid a visit to M. GuizoT
at the Foreign-office on Sunday. The Journal des
Debuts gives the following particulars respecting this
persc•nage :
" The Ambassador from Morocco is entirely satisfied
with his journey, and has nut for a moment departed
from those distinguished manners, that affability, digni-
fied simplicity, and religious liberality of character, that
from the first won him the favourable opinion of all who
became introduced to him. The larges,es kit by him
for the attendants of the several hotels at which he
stopped might have had an appearance of ostentation,
and a desire to buy favour in men's eyes, but his ready
generosity to the poor shows a heart earnest in its desire
to fulfil that part of the law of God which recommends
charity as the chiefest of virtues. He has brought with
him to Paris eight followers. Sy Lebredi, director of
the Customs, the Hadji el Arbi, and the young savant
are alone admitted to sit at table with him. All the
other officers take their meals separately. The hierarchy
established among these different persons is shown by
the manner in which they salute the Pacha every morn-
ing. The three personages who have the privilege of
being seated in his presence merely pronounce the simple
words of salutation, the two Raids kiss his forehead, and
the three other officers embrace his knees. Whenever
he leaves his apartment, these officers form a double line
for him to pass through, and bow before him, wishing
him health and prosperity. The seven other persons of
hi, suite did not leave Marseilles till three days after
him ; and, aa they accompany the presents destined for
the King, they will travel by rhortstages."
We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the

papers :
"An Algiers letter of the 20th cont-adicts the report
of the death of Bou Maz•t, but states that he has retired
in consequence of a quarrel with some of the Chit fs of
the Flittas, and this, it appears, had led to the report of
his having been murdered."
" The Toulonnuis of the 25th inst. announces that
Ilarsnal Bugeaud, who had quitted Tiaret on the sth
inst. to proceed amongst the Chott-el-Cheuriqui, met a
considerable number of emigrants, who were flying from
General Youssouff. Having sent forward his cavalry,
he captured the entire—men, women. children, numerous
flocks, and an immense booty. No further accounts
had been received of Abd-el Kader.”

A letter from Lousanne, Dec. 25, says
" A great number of Vaudois families have gone to
Geneva to celebrate there the religious fete s of Christmas,
the theatre
without running any risk of being troubled in their devo-
tion:.
he
thebe pit and gallery. Ween gravely insulte 1 at
are in expectation of a communist disturbance, which it
is not likely that the Government, divided as it is, can
resist. Councillor Eytel, the personal adversary of
President Druey, is designated as the head of the move-
ment, and as the man, whom the conspirators intend
placing at the bytt4 of the new revolutionary Government.
The transport of arms and ammunition continues. Un-
easy as to the feelings el the National Guards, the Council
of State is privately forming into corps men known for
their devotedness. Our authorities, who are at present
on bad terms with Zurich, the directing canton, reckon
in case of danger on the: aid which they may receive
from Berne."
" A Swiss journal states that the Government of Lu.
cerne has not only seized on tho property of Dr. Steiger,
but also on the personal property of Madame Steiger,
notwithstanding that the court of law of the district had
consented to admit a protest from the accused, and that
it had been proved that Madame Steiger had brought
from Friburg, her birth-place, the furniture of her
residence in Lucerne. In addition M. Gubler, who has
been employed for some months in getting in the money
due to the doctor, has been arrested."
" It appears by a Vienna letter of the 22d, that the
report of the palace of Dike Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg
Gotha, in that capital, having been sold to Baron de
Rothschild, was utterly unfounded. The property in
question is inalienable."

On the Park Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents.
closed at 82f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 1191. 45c. ; the
Orleans Railroad shares, 1,2381. 75c.; Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Havre,
810 f.; Avignon, 9551. ; Vierzon, 6851. ; Bordeaux, 651 f.
25c.; Boulogne, 550 f. ; Troyes and l'ilontereau, 435 f.; Basle,
250 f. ; Great Northern, 757 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
40%.

The following are the quotations for other lines :
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Definitives), 627 f. 50c. ; Paris
and Strasbourg (Definitive), 530 f.; Lyons and Avignon
(Talabot), 520 f. ; Ditto (Lecointe), 517 f. 50e. ; Ditto (Uonl-
pagnie Meridionale), 507 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie),
502 f. 50c. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; Ch.arleroy (Kysaens),
495 f.

LYONS, DEC. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 900 f. ; Paris
and Orleans, 1,200 f ; Paris and Rouen, 970 f.; Orleans and
Vierzon, 650 f.

Mr. Gladstone, the new Colonial Secretary, is ex-
pected to arrive in town this day, from the seat of Sir
S. Glynne, in Flintshire.

POOR-LAW UNIONS (IRELAND).—A Parliamentary
return was issued yesterday, respecting the number of per-
sons holding land in the Poor-law Unions in Ireland. A good
deal of information is afforded on the subject of one hundred
and thirty unions in Ireland, showing the extent of land
occupied by the tenants. The return is
lengthened one, and has been made out in the office of the
Poor-law Commission at Dublin. The population of the 130
unions is Ptated at 8,174,029. somewhat

M.ONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS-
, CITY, QUARTER To THREE.
In the Liverpool market yesterday about 4,000 bales of
Cotton were sold, all to the trade. Prices generally were
%d. per lb. higher, and Cotton was not very freely offered
at the advance. Railway Shares were not quite so brisk.
The state of affairs at the Cape of Good Hope, as noticed
in recent accounts, is certainly, politically speaking, not sa-
tisfactory; but there is reason to believe that the colonial
authorities are exercising more vigilance in respect to the Natal
settlement and the country beyond the old colonial boundary.
In agricultural and trading resources the Cape never was
richer, and it is much to be desired that all our subjects
should, if possible, be rendered politically happy. The fol -
lowing letter explains, however, the feeling of the farmers :
" Orange River, 3d Oct., 1845.
" Thank goodness I have once more arrived safe at the co-
lonial side of this river, after an absence of some weeks in the
country occupied by the emigrants, where matters are any-
tldng but in a prosperous state ; in short, I fear evil conse-
quences are likely to arise from the very unsettled state of
society. Many of the Caledon River emigrants have treked
further into the interior, and those at Windbur
are actually talking of attacking the Griquas, to
reccover their cattle and sheep, which have been
captured and given over to the Griquas, The state of things
is certainly bad, and unless some decisive measurts arc in-
stantly taken to restore the declining co. fidence toward, the
Briti:l, depend upon it another military force wid be re-
quited to take active steps to enforce due obe ience. The
emLrants at Windbing say they are determined to have
their own laws and form of government, which they
are capable of administering themselves, and have
memorialised the Colonial Government to be allowed
to do so. They say they will not make any
open opposition until all their remonstrances have
been declined: And those emigrants residing near the
Riet River, who swallowed the oath of allegiance, and pro-
mised to behave like good boys in future, and evinced a wil-
lingness to pay a trifling quit rent for their farms, and every
thing else which they had been coaxed to do, are now
talking in a very different tone if language; they com-
plain bitterly of the daily thefts of the Griquas, and
their arrogant attitude towards them—no protection
whatever granted them ; and the chief Adam Kok says he
will inquire into the cases, but the culprits are allowed to go
away, and never in one single instance has a case been
noticed. Such want of justice and protection has rekindled
that animosity formerly existing between the emigrants and
the Griquas, and ere long we may look for another
irruption, unless a persim is speedily dispatched to
settle all the disputes in question. The Griquas are
trying every measure to upset the emigrants' rights to farms
which they had hired to them; and I hear the magistrate, who
is at Philippolis, has decided several cases in favour of the
emigrants. The uncertain tenure under which the emigrants
held their farms is another source of complaint. A report has
got afloat that 3,000 morgen is the extent, whereas they
hired from the Griquas twice that quantity. And they say, if
the Government intends taking from them what they hired
and bought front the Griquas, they will consider they have
very little justice to expect at the hands of the British Govern-
ment, and therefore, like many others, will be necessitated to
trek further into the interior, and thusl avoid all future in-
terference on the part ot Government. With such sentiments
and feelings as these, I dread the evil c,nsequences should
they attempt to trek, for land they will and must have to
graze their flocks, and consequently will not be over particu-
lar as to the mode by which they obtain it.
" When at the Modder River a report had just reached the
emigrants that Masselkaats was advancing towards that
part of the country, joined by a vast number of Dingaan's
Zoolas.—that the natives were flying before hint in
all directions, and the emigrants at Magaliesberg
were retreating from that part in great panic ;
so I may almost say, the whole territory between the Orange
River and Delagoa Bay was in a blaze, and the Govern-
ment will have to keep a watchful eye, for the country over
the Orange River will and ever must be an anxious burden.
Nothing less than a line of military posts from Orange River
to Port Natal will keep the country in subjection—and such
eventually must be done."
The Funds are steady to-day but there is not a great deal
doing. The most active securities are Bank Stock and Re-
duced Three per Cents. The former is worth 204% to 203,
and the latter 95% to %. The New Three-and-a- Quarter
per Cents. are worth 974 to A. On Exchequer-bills the
premium is 265. to 28s.
The Foreign Bonds have not varied much. Spanish Five
per Cents are a little firmer at 2914, and the Three per Cents
at 40. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 31% to 311,4.
Chilian are 98, and Peruvian 41% to 41%. Russian Stock is
quoted 11231/3. Belgian Four-and-a-Hall per Cents arc at 96,
and Dutch Four per Cents at 94 to 14.
Shares are generally better again to-day.
tutrrisn FUNDS THIS DA 1r AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 203 t/ 204% 203 204
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9514% Vs%
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lOl6 9-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 lO 5-16
India Bonds 1,0001
Ditto under 1.0001 33
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,000/.
500/. ..
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Dan.sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent—. 87IA
Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 2l
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 31% Vs
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 41%
Ditto for the Account. 41%
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent 112%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto for the Account 29% 29
Do., 1838-40, div. fin. Nov., '4O 29%
Ditto Passive Bonds 63a%
Ditto 3 per Cent 4 0 "
. _

Diyidends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent O6
Dutch 21% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES Al ONE
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE.
Aberdeen ... 5
Aberdeen, Banff', and Elgin... 21/, ... --
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% — to
Aylesbury and Tbame ...... ... 1A......
& ' Belfast County Down
Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%.....
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ......
Ditto New Shares
Birmingham and Oxford
Junct ion
Birmingham and Leicester
Direct
Boston, Stamford, and Birtn. 22s .. to
Bridgewater and Minehead... 425. .. ...
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2 ...... 9
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 21/s — to
Buckinghamshire... 425....... 1 03% pto 1% p
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
ambrian Gram. Junction ... 425. — to
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% 3%..... to
Ditto. New l% ...... 8% to
Cambridge and Oxford IN, to
Canterbury and Dover 1%.....
Central Kent 2% to
Chelmsford and Bury ..
Chester and Holyhead
Chester and Manchester
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2
Clydesdale Junction....— ...... 5
Cork,Blackrock,and Passages 22s . ... to
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford
Cornwall ... ... 5
Coventry, Nuneaton, Isir.,
and Leicester 1 14 — to
Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425.
Derby, Gainsboro', and Great
Grimsby
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafrd 2 irs —
Direct Manch. (Remington's) 2d/4 2% IA ... to
Ditto (Rastrick's) 5%....•• 414%... to
Direct Northern ... ........
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh ....
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5
Dublin, Belfast,andColeraine 214 —
Dublin and Galway
Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% — ..... to
Dundalk and Enniskillen...... 21,4 —
Eastern Counties ......141. 165....23 % 22% 23% to 2234
Do. New 6l. 16s 81434 p to
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d ... .. to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. —AL 13s. 4d % p... to
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Ely and Huntingdon 5
Enniskillen and Sligo
Essex and Suffolk l)%g — t.
Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey-
mouth 425....... ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 23% ...... to
Eastern Union
Ditto 14 Shares ......... ..... 21.4
Ditto Extension
Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 1%8
Ditto Extension to Norwich 21/ — ... . to
Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2% . to
East Lincolnshire IM ...... 3%%... to
East and West of England 1%..... ...... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... . -.. to
Ditto% Shares ... .. 5
Ditto New 14 Shares 121,4 l9 ...... to
Edinburgh and Northern...... 11,E
Edinburgh and Perth ... ...... 1% — to
Gloucester, Aberystwith , and
Central of Wales ... ......... IVI ll
Goole and D0nca5ter............ 425.
GrandJunetion 100
Ditto % Shares 5O — to
Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25
GrndUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1% l% ..... to
Great Eastern and Western.. 21,4
GreatGrimsby and Sheffield... 5
Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15
Ditto Extension
Great Munster 2% to
Great North of Scotland ... 91
... /2 Great North of England ... 100 .220
... to
Ditto New ...
Ditto New 2 — to
Great Western
Ditto, I laif Shares ......... 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 2%
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 2% to
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O lO3 •• •• to 104
Ditto Quarters . .. ...
...... 121
Ditto Half Shares
Inveniess and Elgin 1 ......
Ipswich, Norwich, Yarmouth. 2 .....
Irish North Midland
Lie of Axhohne
, Killarney Junctions... IM — to
1 Kendal and Windermere l% — to
'Lancaster and Carlisle 3O
Lazne, Belfast, & Ballymena 214 — .... .to
Leeds and Carlisle .... 2% — to
Leeds and West Riding June. 1% —
...... to
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s.
Leicester and Tamworth 42s. ...... % p to
.Liverpool and Manchester ...100 •—
to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 25
Liverpool and Leeds Direct.. 2% 2%%... to
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 21,4....•.. 41434 to
London and Birmingham 100 223 ... .. to 221
Do. Thirds lO ..... .
Do. Quarters .. 2 ..- 26%..... to
Do. Fifths 2 ..... . ,--
"Do, Extension -

London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d 93/ 1 to
Do. New ll4 4 -
Do _ . Extension

London and Brighton ...... ... 50 ... 6934 69 70 to 68%
Do. Consolidated Eighths 40 Ft
Dn. Sixths l,
/2 --
London and Groydon...l3/. 15s. 9d 2334 23 to 24
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8

London, Clieltenharri, Oxford,
Gloucester, and Hereford... Iv,
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d — -
Ditto Preference ........181 17s 2d... -
London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . -

London and South Western.. 41% 77 ---
to
Do. New consolidated &Is.. 20
Ditto New ... ...... ... ....... PA..... 20
Do. New 6 — -
London and South Essex 23% to
Londm and York... ..... ...... 2% 4l/2%... to
London and Windsor .... 1 -
___

Lon.,W2rwek, Kidderminster 21,4 ...... 214 to.
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 2% to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 5
Londonderry and Enniskillen 5
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Alancheoiet and Leeds 76 .....136
Ditto Half Shares - 34
Ditto Quarters ...... ......... 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths
Manchester and Birmir.gliam 40 77% to 78%
Ditto Quarters
Ditto New Quarters 2 - to
Do. Continuation & Welsh
Junction l% 1A'1%... to
Manch, Buxt xi, & Matlock 425.
Manchester Birmingham, and
Mould Junction
Manchester & Rugby Direct 425....... ...
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland lOO .....157 158... to 156
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New l2 ...... 3234 to 32
Midland, Birin., and Derby...loo ..... ..- to
_ _

Midland and Eastern Comities 254 — to
51 icild. Great Western (Irish ) 21
Do. Extension (No. 1) ... 2 A
Newcastle & Darlington (Jim. 25

Ditto New Brandling

to

Newcastle and Berwick • 5 ... 15% to 161/
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newport and Abergavenny. . •AIA —
New Ross and Carlow 225.
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 21,4 — ...... to
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2%
Norfolk Extension .
North British
Ditto Half Shares
Do. Extension toCarlisle... 14... 31,4%1A3/4 to
Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25
Ditto ditto ...... 5 .... 041/2... to
North Devon
North of Norfolk
.Nortnern and Eastern
Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35
Ditto Quarter Shares -
Ditto New
North Kent & Direct Dover 91
North Staffordshire... 425.
North Wales 3l/2 ••••
North and South Wales and
IVorcester
North. et South. Connecting 2% to --
Norwich and Brandon I t ...... .. ••. to
Ditto New
Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston l% 2l/fi ..... to
Notting.,tirewsh.Val.,&Manc. 1%
Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... to

-- ---
Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth,
and Southampton.; ... 425.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1'44.. ...
Perth and Inverness
Pilbrow Atmospheric
Portsmouth i iirect
Preston and Wyre 25
Ditto, Half Shares
Readirg, Guildford, & Reigate 425. —
Richmond 5 .... 11141 to 12%
Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ...... to
Rugby and Huntingdon
Rugby, Leamington, anu
Warwick
Rugby, Warwick, and Wor-
cester
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, Extension l% to
Sheffield and Manchester ...100

Ditto 4 Shares 8
_

Shrewsbiirvand tiirmitiglaam 514 to
SnropshireMineral ... 425. .

Shropshire Union
Shrewsbury and Hereford
Shrewsbury. —Tolverhampton,
and S. Staffordsh. Junction to
Sligo and Shannon -
SOM erset shire Midland
South Devon

South Midland 425....... 4% p... to 4 p
South and Midlands Junction 425.......

South Staffordshire Junction 21h 31,4 to
- (nab Eastern and Dover ... 331 A...... 40
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, N 0.2
Ditto, New, No. 3 lO - ...... to
Ditto New, No. 4. 21,4 8%34... to
Southampton, Macchester,
and Oxford Junction
St. Alban s, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction
Staines and Richniesd.... .... 1

StAftimlshire and Shropshire 234 — to
South \Vales
Taw Vale Extension

Tean and Dove Valley l% l% to
I'rent Valley-- ........... .. 2
Trent Val. k Holyhead Junc. 254 — to
Trin g , Reading,& Basingstoke 54 — to
Ulverstone and Furness ...... 24......
Vale of Neath
Warwick and Cheltenham ... 1% — to
Warwick and Worcester 425.......

V aterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick VA.....
Waterford, W exford, Wieklw,
and Dublin
Waterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Taveng Valley
.... 2
_..

Welch giidland 21,4
West Cornwall 2

....• to
to

West Yorkshire
West London, Old Shares 20

West End & South. Counties 1% — ----
to
Wexford and Carlow
Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2
Wilts, Somcrset, & Sthamptn 1i1... ..
W ilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 2 % ...... 4
Worcester, Hereford, Ross,
and Gloucester
Worcester,Tinburv, & Ludlow 2% to
Wrster, Shrews. K. Crewe Un. 15 ... .. to
Worcester and South Wales.. 425. —
___

Worcester,Warivick,& Rugby 425.
Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20
Ditto, New .... 17 . —

York and Carlisle 2% to
York and Lancaster .... 2% — ...... to
fork and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Scarboro' Branch
Ditto, Selby 2O

Ditto. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian -
Barbadoes
Boulogne and Amiens ' 10 ...... 12
Bordeaux and Medi teranenn 2

...... ...
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Mackenzie's) 2
Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette
( Espelete's)
Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders
Callao,.l.iina, & Pacific Coast 1 ......

. .
Central of Spain
Ceylon ... ss.
Demerara. '.2q
Dendre Valley
Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ...
.._ . . _

Dutch Rhenish ...... 6 ..... 6% to
East Indian
Eastern Belgian Junction 2!,:z ......
Fampoux and llazebrouk..... 2
Great Northern of Prance
Constituted .
Great Paris and Ly0n5......... 2
Great Western Bengal ss. — to

Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Jamaica North Midland 1
Ditto Extension
Jersey 1
Louvain and Jemeppe
Lyons and Avignon
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentia
Mauritius
Natntr and Liege
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 • 12 ....,. to
Over Yssel 413 s 4d....
Paris and Lyons( Laffitte) ... 2
'arisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... ..

Paris and Eyonse(Calon's).... 2 — ...... to
Parii and Lyons (Sud Ea)... 2
Pans and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
"aris&Strasburg(Gannern's) 2
Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2

, .
Ditto (Aymards) 2%
Paris and St. Quentin
Rouen and Havre lB
Royal North of Spain 2
Sambre and Meuse 6
Strasburg and Bale l4
St. Laurence and Atlantic....
Tournay, Jttrbise, Landen,
and Hasselt
Tours &Nantes(Mackenzie) 4
_ _

Ditto Ditto Eefebvre's)..-. 2 .. ... ...

to--

to

Do. ....... 2
Trinidad.. . ..... ...... ..
Verona and Ancona
West Flanders
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock ...... 10
London and Westminster... 20

Lord Metcalfe who, we are happy to say, continues
to improve in his health, and is now much better than he has
been for some time past, under the able professional skill and
advice of Sir Benjamin Brodie and Dr. Martin, who was his
Lordship's physician in India. and to consult whom was the
cause of his Lordship's leaving his government, has deter-
mined not to leave London. A further addition to his staff
arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesterday, from Canada.
A LADY BITTEN BY AN ADDER. Yesterday
morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, Mrs. Jameson,
a lady residing at Petersham, Surrey, was crossing the mea-
dows from that place on her way to Richmond, when an
adder, that lay concealed in the grass, bit her on the foot, and
by the time she reached her destination it had swelled most
alarmingly, Mrs. Jameson obtained medical assistance at
the nearest surgeon's in the town, *here the usual antidotes
were applied with succets, She is going on favourably.

' LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS
soot)
LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind, pleasant breeze from the
and westward, and fine.
DEAL, DEC. 30.—Arrd. John Du dale, Kelleck, Singo4ll
Mary Stewart, Renwick, Saldanha Bay, with loss 6
and jibboran ; Bread Axe, Newfoundland. Arrd. from;
river, Malacca, Shettler, Madras, &c.; Tanka, Medat,
Rio Janeiro. The Borderer, Willis, from Shields to A''off
struck on the Goodwin Sands yesterday morning, but gotTo
without apparent damage, and is now in the Downs- ou
Rapid, Thomas, from London to Jamaica, got on shore,
the Muir near Dymchurch this morning, but was assisted
without apparent damage, and brought into the Downs!
so,
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—The Thorwaldser, Handga t.,
from Conhagen to St. Thomas, was in contact 28th ins.,
off Iteachy Head, with the Aurora, from Riga to Bordean::
latter cut through amidships and turned bottom uP; fib,
except one, saved. Former put in here with loss of aai
bowsprit, &c. 'red
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30.—The Transit steamer, arra
here from Havre, repors the supposed loss of the St. Da_leel,
steamer from Havre to Liverpool, the body of the engi
having been picked up, awl a trunk, known to have belongedto a passenger, also sundry cases forming part of cargo.
with
NEWPORT, DEC. 30.—The Minerva, Rowland, laden .!
iron for Liverpool, broke adrift, and drove athwart the braig
and
DEC
e. Will be surveed.
BIDEFORDd ,d
DEC. 28.—Arrth Threy nntiece,
Thee Brother', ‘-z"
Prince Edward's Island. prince
ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Caroline' Breton,
Edward's Island. rrd
lavkaaPoot, DEC. 30.—Wind N.W , a ' Jose
d as ;
phine, China; Palatine,Calcut.ta ; Mermaid, 31,,,,_.rsant
Lady Flora Hastings, South-west Coast of Africa;
Laguina ; L tura, Snow, New Orleans; Clifton IngetT(..lo.-`lO5,
Orleans ; Raja, Eldridgr, New Orleans; waipole, riaDyer,
New Orlears ; Albania, Wise, Mobile; Eli Whitncyt,rian„
Savannah ; Sarah and Arsilia, Balcrman, CharleAs
nia, Coulthart, St. John's, New BrtuDwick ; ,-----rntin°;fn„l,r7lA4 Ann,
Prince New Brunswick ; Indus, Strickland! Je",--oileana;
Prince Edward's Island. Off port; Monmouth, •-`e" • •
Tyron, Spear, Charleston.
MARYPORT, DEC. 26. —Arrd. Mutual),
RAMSGATE, DEC. 30. The Oceano, Lauri, fr°lll to
e
tersburgh to Naples, and the Eugenio, from sewcas
very
Messina, which put in here yesterday, have bee eni
leaky. have be
DUNGENESS, DEC. 29.—The bodies of three men est.
picked up here, and part of a vessel is on shore to the "sc
ward. A great deal of wreckage was passed on the 28111- ,Ce
ship's register, No. 109.141, issued at Newcastle, bearing
signature of John Oliver, has been picked up here.
hnufr
ore
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.—The Norton, Johnson, got on s
on Point Beech, but is expected- off next flood, wit
damage. Kazan' QuSetb.el;6'
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—The Hectorine, Graham, from
Drumore to this port, was driven ashore at Formby,
inst.; mate drowned. The Richard, of this port, from Llaa,d;
dlas, is on the rocks at the back of the Ililabre Island
crew saved.
LoNDoN, DEC. 31.—The brig Eliza, of Newcastle, supposed
to have been commanded by Captain Oliver, or Captain
Fleming, ran on shore on Jury's Gap station, near Folkestone!
28th inst., and became a wreck ; crew supposed to be drowned'
A ship's spare topmast, painted lead-colour, length 40 feet.
and diameter 14 inches, was picked up 25th inst., off Falk'
stone, and a wreck, apparently of a brig, was fallen in wioa,
floating on her broadside, top side painted with a broad whit°
streak and large black ports, South Foreland, bearing
N.N. by N. 9. 27th

THE PRINCESS ALICE.
The report of the Pi incess Alice steamer having struck
against the Mole, and received considerable damage, has been
LOlSnSadOdiFtioTnHoE
contradicted. It appears she struck the West Pier, and
damaged her starboard paddle-wheel only. No lives were lost-
the melancholy lose of the PAPIN.
P culars previo
thFREaNdCi H GOVERNMENT STEAMER
of a letter from Lloyd's tl at Gibraltar will be in-
agent
ila
in , d, g
aadmo
roen, g st tw
ot h
pe a ds
sreonlneer
sd,
at
d t lawn.
t eresting : of lives;
"It appears there has been a dreadful sacrifice
above • essel, uthleY fg,,il roeinvin7ePxectrtaincgt
midshipman ; seventy-seven in all. /deny were, however,
saved by the laudable zeal of Mr. Alexander Redman, acting
British Vice-Consul at Mazagra. n, under whom the Moors
acted in a praiseworthy and humane manner."
TOTAL LOSS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOONER
DYNAMENE. thee vr
Frenchce r s exce Consulpt onefor
The Admiralty have forwarded a dispatch to Lloyd's, com-
municating the total loss of the above vessel, on a
son„,.ea
rock, off Rock Cess, on the 13th of September last.
juls
crew, after receiving some cruel treatment from, and plun:
doferieledrbmyajtehsetyn,s patsihvies, were at last allowed to depart, std
were taken on board the Australian, where they receivea
every possible kindness; and, subsequently, the protection
LOSS OF THE EILIII2AC.AWN. Newton,
MOUTH, AND THE SYMMETRY, OF SUNDERLAND,
AND STRANDING OF THE HAIDEE, OF LEITH.
DNANocy ommcsaFndverA.
R T..
A dispatch received at Lloyd'x, from the Foreign-office,
contains particulars of the above three vessels having gone
on shore eft' the Island of Gothland and Faro. Crews saved.
but
Part of the cargo of the former expected to be saved,
vessel a total wreck. The Haidee would undergo repairs.
of
The Symmetry remained on a dangerous reef, and no part
cargo likely to be saved.

MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DA

CORN EXCHANciE—WEDNESDAI
The supply of English Wheat on show this morning waS
small ; hence the demand for most descriptions was steadi!
!
at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. The hell
parcels of free foreign Wheat were quite as dear. In other
qualities, as well as bonded sorts, next to nothing
Malting Barley was quite as dear. Grinding and distilling
hkd a downward tendency. Malt and Oats, Beans Pet
was doing.
and Flour, the supplies of which on offer were moderate'
good, were held at full prices.
_ _

English ......
Irish ........
Foreign ......

N9rhest.
480 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
Barl.T.
i. 400 gm

Oats
2. "
qrs. 706"
1,240
3,290

470
Malt. 2.130 qrs.
WHITECHAPEL.
The supply of meat on offer to-day being
small, the
neral demand ruled heavy, and prices were well sup Pol; !Ae:
eaj,
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 33 4d to 43 6d; '
3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 53 4d per 81bs.

SECONDARIES—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER)
MORGAN O. CHILTON. uO3 Of
This was an action brought to recover the sdedtp,
A
71. 55., the balance of an account for the hear and
be
cation of the son of the def.: ndant, who Pleaue‘-
was not indebted. rdosow tot'
The plaintiff keeps a boarding-school at 51. per
aad the charge fur board and cdueltiott v`"
quarter. 1,001 Wri
Mr. John Wilson, the manager of the SC'"-
fO!
,hest
called, and proved that the boy was at school
a year ; there were extras in the bill, for elc!bium.
mending, pocket. money, &c. (one of the '
each quarter being " hair-oil, -peat°
strings, and medicine, ls. 6d.") The Pr-Lreed,
stated that no " extras" were to be c"--'5,"
ex traue
but the witness said that meant no " school
but " accomplishments " were not part of education' • o.
saw defendant at the school, and afterwards on briugli!l
hair cutting, shoe-
for
the boy to town. In cross-examination, the witness
the only way he knew the defendant was the father,
by asking the boy, arale they always observed. ge
For the defendant, it was contended that Mr. Ge°r,
Chilton was not liable, but that his brother, Mr. J3113.ed:
Chilton, a solicitor, was the father, and would have pat
but it was not likely that he would whilst an
action was pending against his brother. Thoug
Chilton, a solicitor, was the father, and the person liable'
and would have paid, indeed had written on the subjec4
by a blunder the brother had been sued.
A letter signed "James Chilton" was put in.
The SECONDARY said that it was sworn that Mr'
George Chilton was the defendant, and therefore the
case for the jury was clear.
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for tta
amount.

BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Richard Kean, the carman who was charged, on this
day week, with running over a woman named Elizabeth
Lee, and thereby causing her death, and was then set st
liberty on his own recognizances to appear to-day, cat"
forward, in pursuance of his recognizances, when it ar
peered that an inquest had been held on the body of the
old woman, and that a verdict of accidental death bill'
been returned by the jury.
Mr. TWYFORD, being satisfied from the verdict of the
jury that the prisoner was not blameable, ordered hies
to be discharged.

MA RLBRO'-STREE T.—(THIS DAY.)
Edward Bannister and Adolphus Fulby, young work-
ing men, were charged with causing a disturbance at the
Queen's Theatre, in Tottenham-street, Tottenham-court-
road, making use of obscene language, and assaulting the
constable of the theatre, and one of the check-takers•
It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock last
evening the defendants presented themselves to the
money-taker at the gallery entrance and asked if there
was room ; they were told that there was good
standing room or side seats ; they then in-
quired, if they did not like their places, would
their money be returned to them, and were told cer-
tainly not; they, however, paid the price of their ad-
mission and went up stairs, but shortly returned, com-
plaining that there was not sufficient room to get sight
of the stage, and demanded the return of their money.
The constable was sent up stairs with them again, and
seats were found them, but they objected to them, and
coming down to the money-taker, violently assaulted
him and knocked down the constable; they also made
use of abusive and obscene language.
The defendants said their had certainly had a little
too much to drink, but were irritated at finding no room
in the gallery, and the refusal of the money-taker to re-
turn what they had paid for admission.
Mr. ILtanwicKE asked if they were drunk? The con-
stable said the) certainly had been drinking.
Mr. HARDwicKE said that places of public amusement
should not be disturbed because some persons chose to
get drunk and misconduct themselves. The defendants
should each pay 205., or ten da) s' imprisonment.
Mary Wasfold and Ellen Johnson, young women, were
charged on suspicion of being conctrned in stealing a
gold watch and guard chain, of the value of 301. Be-
tween four and five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
prisoner Wasfold offered in pledge to Mr. Wallace, of
No. 51, Old Compton-street, Soho, silversmith and pawn-
broker, the watch and guard chain in question, asking
the advance of 4/. on them. The value of the pro-
perty excited Mr. Wallace's suspicion that it
had not been honestly come by, and on questioning
Wasfold he was from the unsatisfactory account she
gave induced to send for a police-constable, No. 166 of
the E division, and give her into custody. She then
stated that she had been sent to pledge the watch by the
prisoner Ellen Johnson, who was waiting for her at No.
7, Crown-street, Soho. In a short time afterwards
Johnson came to Mr. Wallace's shop to inquire about
her companion, and was also given in charge. Mr. Wal-
lace, by referring to the maker of the watch, Mr.
Dent, of the Strand, ascertained that it was
the property of a gentleman residing in Lincoln's
Inn fiields, at present oat of town. Johnson asserted
that the watch and guard-chain had been given to
her by that gentleman on boxing night; she having acci-
dentally met with him iu Liucolu'o

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