The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-20 00:00:00

LIVES of EMINENT STATESMEN, na FUN, every week. One Penny. Now Ready, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, price 4s. ed. ; post free, 55., the SECOND half-yearly VOLUME of FUN, with k- , numerous Engravings by talented artists, and humor ous Articles by the following distinguished writers : W. Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esci, T. Hood, E s q. E. L. Blanch ird, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Bridze , nan, Esq. IV. J. Prowse, Esq. F. C. Burnand, Esq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. 11. J. Byron, Esq. &c., &c., &a. Office, 80, Fleet-street, London. HALF -A-DOZEN UMBRELLAS in the Christmas Number of SATURDAY NIGHT. Con ducted by THOMAS HOOD. *** For full particulars of amusements see first page. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. 'Phis Evening, MARITANA. _ Commenoe at 8. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. This Evening, DUCK HUNTING. Alter which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. With TURNING THE TABLES. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST, Commenoe'at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This Evening:. AGNES DE VERE. 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Kent, Esq., its principal editor, who was the pur chaser thereof at the auction at the sum of £2,420, inclusive of the valuation of the plant, machinery, furniture, and effects. The biddings were on Thurs day re-opened, before the Chief Clerk of the Master of the Rolls, by the offer of an increase of £5OO ; Mr. Kent then offered an increase of £BOO, and, no further offer being made, he was, by an order of the Master of the Rolls, declared the purchaser for £3,220, inclusive of the plant, &c. Mr. Kent has to pay the balance of his purchase money into Court on or before Saturday, the 27th inst., and will then become the sole owner of the pro: perty from that date. ADAM RIVERS STEELE, Solicitor, 44, Bloomsbury-square, London, W.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA-r.l Morning, 12h. 30m.—Afternoon, 12h. 58m. To-monnow.-Morning, lh. 24m.—Afternoon, lh. 52m. THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1862. The Royal Commissioners of the Great Interna tional Exhibition of 1862 have recently capped the climax of their now perfectly consistent mismanage ment throughout. After inviting H.R.H. the Prince of WALES to preside, early in the New Year (1863) over the ceremonial of the distribution of the Prizes awarded to the successful Exhibitors, they have had the consummate indecorum to acknowledge the gracious compliance of His Royal Highness with their request by politely informing their future SOVEREIGN that they would, upon second thoughts, dispense with his offices upon the pro posed occasion—the design of a public distribution of the medals, as originally projected, having been abandoned as inconvenient by themselves, these ever-blundering and ever-bungling Royal Commis sioners. Nor is this all even—they have since then, in a manner quite deliberately and gratuitously reite rated this flagrant indecorum and discourtesy. As thus. It should be premised that the intention of this Board of Sages had been in every conceivable respect charmingly in keeping with all their other doings from first to last. They designed to have the ceremonial of distribution conducted with all suitable pomp in the early part of 1863 in the empty hideous mausoleum of the dead and gone Exhibition itself ! They proposed to gather together in the shuddering cold weather of the late winter, or at the very latest of the raw early spring, thirty thousand or so of her MAJESTY'S lieges, presided ever by the youthful heir to the throne, his Royal Highness having, as we have seen, graciously com plied with their most precipitate and indiscretely ill-considered invitation. There in Captain Fosararshorribleabortion (lira Building, ridiculously compounded of a blending of several mammoth barns, a jumble of gigantic cucumber frames, and a couple of colossal glass domes, worthy in their ribbed and swelling contour of this present Age of Crinolines—the Commissioners actually had the inhumanity to propose assembling together in order that they might shudder for several hours in the cold, at the modest charge of a guinea a-head, those who might be in any way desi rous of seeing for themselves how wretched the Building looked when stripped of its costly and many-coloured contents, while his H.R.H. the Prince of WALES, with half frozen fingers, handed medal after medal to the more fortunate and the more deserving among the Exhibitors. From the first instant of the mention of this design, the absurdity of it was apparent to every one—but the Commissioners themselves. It gave one a sense of intense discomfort—the mere outline of this most sagacious proposition. It was evident upon tlae instant that, unsatisfactory as the appearance of ftise edifi ce i n d u bitably was, even when adorned —th all ose its magnificent and gorgeous adornments se treasures of the earth there accumulated en /mi"4"l.._ from both hemispberes—its ugliness in every v 0,.. ar chitecturally would be all the more glaringly visible from the fact of the naked shell or husk being the arena of the assemblage. Beyond which there we re as manifestly no facilities what ever for the mere reit u acan e t oomfort of heating the huge structure left v and altogether unused during the previous winter mouths. Eventually— though, it is certainly to b e very deeply regretted, not till after the Prince of W AL Es had bee n asked and had graciously consented to Preside over the .I);stribation, or rather himself to distribute the Prize Medals to the Exhibitors— eventually the Royal Com missioners themselves r ecognised upon second thoughts what ever3body e l se before them bad seen q uite distinctly at th e very first blush —namely', that the thing ought never in reason to have been dreamt of. Recognising this even fact at length quite unm istakeably, they made bad worse by writing, almost one had said disloyally, beyond all doubt most undeserved/Y, a put off" to his Royal Highness. A commu .ssication was ad tressed to his Roya l High ness,\ intimating, in point of fact, that a little calculation had served to convince the Royal Com missioners that the celebration to which his Royal Highness had been invited, and-one over which, he had generously consented to preside, must, after all be—not postponed merely, but entirely and definitively abandoned. As cool a proceeding, this, in its way, as could very well have been thought of—the last and fitting climax to the blundering of the Royal Commissioners. As though this,how€ ver were:not yet quite enough as a specimen of miserably bad taste under the cir cumstanees—the Royal Commissioners have just now, as one might venture to say, literally perfected their indiscretion by the fact, nay, also by the very manner of their declining the handsome offer volunteered to them in their dilemma by the Crystal Palace Company ! An offer which if accepted might even yet have enabled the Royal Commissioners to carry out the scheme of a distribution of prizes, with his Royal Highness as The Distributor, not in that hideous shell of a used-up Building at South Kensington, but in the lovely Crystal Palace, among the verdant and flowery slopes of Sydenham. Instead of availing themselves of the generously-conceived and princely offer of the use of that charming structure, the Royal Commissioners, obtuse with a crass stupidity, as it would seem, down to the very end of the last chapter of their protracted history of mismanage ment, churlishly decline the offer at once, and that, moreover, without even the grace of a mere passing show of hesitation. The " put off " so the Royal Commissioners thought —must perforce be looked upon as final. Their latest blunder, and in some respects their greatest blunder (their amazing letter to the Prince . of WALES apprizing his Royal Highness that his attendance, as President of the Distribution, could be dispensed with) that last flagrant error of theirs, the Royal Commissioners were determined, under any circumstances, coute qui coute, to abide by. Moreover, said they, the abandonment of the notion of any ceremonious public distribution at all had been intimated far and wide throughout this coun try—all over the continent of Europe—east, west, north, and south the tidings of that abandonment of the notion was flying to the ends of the earth. Those tidings there was no time now left to recal—so at least thought and argued the Royal Commissioners. Therefore—they begged leave to decline the proffered Crystal Palace as the scene of any exhibition of the kind. The Crystal Palace Company would really seem to have been treated by the Royal Commissioners as though they were "encumbering them with help," actor d ing to the happy phrase addressed with such de-' lightful irony by Doctor:J*0111186N to the fastidious and eminently supercilious Earl of CHESTERFIELD. The Royal Commissioners were much obliged, but they would rather not. We would recommend to all.who wish for some authentic information on the temper, spirit, and resources of the South in carrying on the present war, a small duodecimo by a New Yorker, " Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army." After reading it, nothing will be plainer than that any communica tions from " own correspondents" at Richmond, or any other place in the South, are of the smallest possible value. So strict is the supervision of : every person, of all the journals, and even of the rose office itself, that nothing disadvantageous to the South is suffered to leave it. The young writer of this story was, so early as the beginning of 1861, forced to volunteer into the Rebel army, merely in consequence of having written in a letter home— " This is a hard place to live in, as I had to ride ten miles to get paper and ink to write this letter." This led to his being brought before a low, drinking, violent Vigilance Committee in Arkausas, where he had been quietly and industriously earning his living, observing the utmost prudence on the subject of slavery. But he was a Northern man, did not speak so well as he ought to do of the semi-savage district he was in, and it was by the merest good luck, the better temper of two or three of the committee, and the exhibition of two six-barrelled revolvers, that he got a vote of acquittal. One fellow went out and brought a rope to :hang him into the room; and, after his acquittal, he thinking it wiser immediately to leave, and having taken a boat to Memphis, one of these fellows got there before him with the letter—a policeman took him before another committee there, and he was again offered the alternative, in no equivocal terms, of volunteering into the Southern army, or of being hung! His very entrance into the rebel army indicates the character of the men who have no terms of vituperation bad enough for Mr. LINCOLN'S arrests, and for General BUTLER'S rule. And Memphis, where he was thus dealt with, is the commercial capital of Tennessee. From other instances which occur in his narra tive it is clear that this compulsion of Union men to serve in the rebel army was universal. We are all shocked at the brutality of General M'NEIL, and think that execution is too good for him; yet only in regard to the number of the sufferers did this savage outdo what the rebel officers also do in cool blood. Two brothers, of the name of ROWLAND, in Eastern Tennessee, while the rebels were raising a force there, differed in opinion respecting the war. The younger was vehemently loyal. They compelled him to enlist. He protested in vain, always telling them he would desert on the first opportunity. The opportunity occurred at the capture of Fort Donelson, when he joined the loyal army. After this he was amongst some prisoners taken at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and was ac tually captured by the very regiment to which he had previously belonged by compulsion. Some in their fury attempted to kill him on the spot ; but he was reserved for a more formal fate. No mere guerilla captain like M'NEIL, but the general of division, HARDEE, ordered him to be shot. The general was indeed ashamed to witness the exe cution; but he was shot, dying most courageously and loyally, with just the same revolting parade and formality as that practised by M'NEIL, and some 10,000 troops were called out to witness this murder ! Missouri might well reply to the demand for M‘NEIL by a demand for the surrender of General HARDEE. That general described ROWLAND as brooding over his fancied wrongs, and said no sum of money could have in duced him to witness the execution, but that it was necessary to prevent other desertions ! If this were true, it gives us a protty picture of the violence used in the South to force Union men to fight. The system of repression is, however, seen to be complete. The Union sentiment dare not show itself, if it existed. We often hear of the divisions in the North. This in truth is really, in one sense to its credit—it allows people to think as they like, and to a great extent to talk as they like too ; but thirteen months' service in the Confederate army in every ca p ac ity a l mos t, en di ng as an army burgeon, s h owe d our " Volunteer " that no Unionism was allowed. The South is a unit, for it is united by terrorism. Perhaps it would be more correct to say that it had long ago driven away every anti slavery man, and could only have a few right minded, thoughtful persons of that character, who would no more dream of expressing their opinions than of committing suicide ; indeed, th e t wo t hi ngs would be identical. The South, he tells us, is ter ribly in earnest, and when the North becomes so, it will no more allow the present liberty of expres sion and action than the S outh does. Even the Northern newspapers are, he says, one chief source through which the South learns the military move ments of its enemies ; while he assures us that no Southern newspaper will ever be found publishing any war news, unless it be either before the move. ments are made, in order to mislead, or afterwards, when it can do no harm. The same remark applies to the numerous ships which run the blockade. At first such feats were reported with a little boasting. It was soon found that the information was useful to the North. Such reporting immediately ceased ; yet he saw abundant proof that the blockade was extensively evaded. We have wondered much how the South 'was so well provided with arms. He mentions that the num ber stored by the traitor FLOYD, in Southern arsenals, was immense; but far the greater part are of English, Belgian, or French manufacture, and the ammunition comes with them. As the newspapers are all as silent as death in regard to such arrivals, no one but those directly interested are aware of them. They have done a great deal in the way of manufacture also, and altogether he the South will not, even in a long war, feel the want of arms and ammunition. The book itself cannot fail to interest, even as a vivid personal romance. The writer was actu ally engaged on the Staff, and was badly wounded at Pittsburg Landing, having vainly endeavoured to escape previously to the battle, and put GRANT on his guard. It was long after before he could effect his escape, partly by the aid of gold, and partly by the help of his revolver. But he has given, as he says, facts which may be of value to his bleed ing country, " facts as to the diabolical barbarism of Southern society in trampling upon all personal rights—faith phuwing tho I.tvuasu and .covluie earnestness of the whole Southern people in the rebellion—facts demonstrating the large re sources of the rebels in arms and money, and the absolute military despotism which has combined and concentrated their power —facts of the atrocious character of the gurilla sys tem organised and legalised among them—facts exhibiting the efficiency of every arm of their mili tary course,—facts showing the necessity of restric tions on the freedom of the press in times of war"— and many other facts which if duty regarded, " would stir the North to a profounder sense of the desperate and deadly struggle in which they are engaged than they have ever yet felt." His book can hardly fail to be of service to the North ; it will open many eyes to the necessity of military tactics more decided than those of 111 4 CLELLAN, and of emancipation measures that shall at least destroy the great advantage which the Southern armies gain from the camp and fortifications labours of the poor slaves. Englishmen will learn from it also much which they had little conception of before, and will better understand from it the conditions of this great struggle. General BURNSIDE has taken his first step to wards Richmond. He has crossed the river, the Rappahannock, in the teeth of the Confederates. The town of Fredericksburg lies , on its south side, but within range of the north.side. The' Confede rates were prepared with batteries, which they opened at once on the troops employed in making the bridges, but their fire was so successfully replied to that the Federals crossed at last with slight op position. The Confederates, we are told, retreated to their line of works outside the town, probably from motives of humanity, as Fredericksburg is in Secessia, as much as for military reasons, and there our in formation ceases for the present. The weather has been very bad, which,. however, brings one military compensation with it. The rivers rise with the wet, and the Federal gunboats are able to exert themselves so much the more effectively. On this very occasion, we are informed they shelled the Confederates fifteen miles below the town, where they had concentrated. Indeed, wherever the boats can turn, the Federals are masters of the passage of any river. The Federal position in regard to Richmond now, is that they are with an army probably 200,000 strong at Fredericksburg, which is sixty miles from Richmond by railway direct having there the Confederate army of probably about half their number to dispute their passage. If beaten, the Confederates would retire, of course destroying the railway as they retired, and render ing the Federal advance necessarily very slow, as the railway roust be repaired merely to keep up the requisite supplies for the army: Next, the state ment has been of late that a co-operating expedition is to advance from Fort Monroe along the James River, and a land force on the south of the river, to take Richmond in the rear and destroy its southern railroad communi cations. Such combinations are always difficult, and it would seem easy work for men of STONE WALL JACKSON'S stamp to interfere with them successfully. But in this immense continent the war is car t ried on at vast distances. In the far west of Arkansas we find the two parties engaged in mur derous conflict in bodies of considerable size, re mote and unsettled as the country yet is. We are told by the Federals that their opponents numbered 24,000 men, they themselves at first only 7,000, though afterwards reinforced by 5,000; yet the smaller body held more than three times their number at bay all day, and on the arrival of the reinforcements com pletely routed the Confederates. It is impos sible not to suspect some Federal exaggera tion here. Probably the combatants, on both sides, were rude and rough backwoods-men, with little military discipline, fighting very much in the style of our ancestors in the wars of the Roses. The political news is not much. The Republicans have of course a large majority in the present Con gress, and appear to carry their point easily, The opposition endeavours to embarrass the majority as much as it can, in the hope of delaying business till after the 4th of March, when an extra session must be held to vote the appro priations. This would, of course, shorten the time during which the Republican party would have free play, through the PRESIDENT, to carry on the war according to their own views. The coming year is therefore the most important one of the war. If the Confederates are ever likely to feel the exhausting effect of the war, they wili feel it during the winter, spring, and autumn of 1863. If during that period the Federals can make their emancipation policy tell pretty widely, it will decide the conditions of the war. Even the Damocrats, if - they see slavery practically abolished to a very great extent — knowing as they do that it is the perennial root of all their difficulties—even they, will be warm abo litionists. They will feel that it is not worth while to preserve a remnant of slavery, though they would have strongly resisted its abolition while almost half the States were practising it. All therefore depends, apparently, on what the Federals can achieve during the coming year, and before the Democratic congress meets in December, 1863. May it achieve a general emancipation. " Compensated abolition" to be compled by the beginning of 1900 is better than nothing, but better far—indeed Ameri can experience has already proved it—to emanci pate the negroes at once and for ever. Wherever it has been done, they are working better than they j did before. 7HE LANCASHIRE RELIEF FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you allow me, through the columns of Thci Sun, to inform the thousands of people who will be seek ing for instruction and amusement in Christmas week, that Handel's oratorio, " The Messiah," will be given by the members of the National Choral Society, at Exeter Hall, on Monday next, in aid of the Lancashire Relief Fun , . 9 The band and chorus will number 700 performers, offices of the N a tional Choral Society, . , i e kets will vary from Is, to 10s. 6d and they al!, so :lid all classes may, while en joying h 4a o ayn p b rl e c l e hsa o d L E . -xaett e t r h n cl a rational evening's pntertainnient, contribute to the fund for the relief of the dire necessities of our brothers and sisters of the North.—Your obedient servant, GEO. W. MARTIN. 14 and 15, Exeter Hall, Dec. 19, 1862. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A CONVICT WARDER AT PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. — Another diabolical attempt to murder a convict keeper wasperpetrated yesterday, at Potts mouth dockyard, under the following circumstances. It appears that while a party of convicts were employed in the old rope store of her Majesty's dockyard, under a keeper named Deane, who had incurred the animosity of a convict named Frazer, the latter seized an opportunity to make a murderous assault on the keeper, by striking him on the for ehead with a piece of teak wood about three feet in length by five inches in circumference, which formed one of the steps of what is termed a " Jacob's ladder." Other prisoners are said to be concerned in the outrage. This is the second case during the past week of a similar nature, and only last week a convict belonging to the same prison was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude for assaulting a keeper named Martin Gibbs. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN THE A DELPHI. — Yesterday much eritement was caused in the neighbour hood of the Adelphi, by the report that a gentleman had been found dead in a room, at No. 12, York-buildings, with a bullet wound in his body. It was soon ascertained to be the bony of Mr. S: F. Nicholson, a solicitor, who occupied chambers in the above house. He was about 30 years of age, and has left a wife. Dr. Duncan was called in, and he stated that the unfortunate man had been dead some hours' death having been -.toed by the bullet wound in his body . pistm was found lying by Ins smo, 0.. a sd ;d mionosed h committed suicide. Information has been sent to the co roner of the sad event. Garibaldi's Hymn was called for by the audience the other night at the Andrea Doria Theatre, Genoa, and received with much applause. The orchestra afterwards played the "Marseillaise," but this was hissed. The Zenzero of Florence announces that Gari baldi now leaves his bed, and can walk about on crutches in his room. A correspondent of the lndependance Beige states that according to reports which have reached him, M, Thiers is about to come forward as a candidate for a seat in the Corps Legislatif, and that he has determined to speak upon three delicate subjects—the Roman question, free trade, and the affairs of Mexico. YORK CHRISTMAS HoRSE FAlR.—This great annual fair commenced on Monday last. During the week there has been a good supply of all descriptions, and a brisk demand has been experienced for hunters, some of which have been purchased to send abroad. Prices vary from £lOO to £3OO each. There was a good demand for carriage horses at £4O to £100; for nags lower prices had to be taken; the best sorts made £5O to over DO ; secondary, £2O to £45; cab horses, £l5 to £26; ponies, £l5 to £2B each. The de mand for agricultural horses was fair, and tolerably good prices were made. There has been a numerous attendance of buyers from various parts of the country. SALE OF THE ESTATE OF NETHERLEY.—The estate of Netherley, Kincardineshire, has been sold by Mr. Horatio Ross to Mr. W. N. Forbes, of Auchernach and Dunottar, for £53,000, being at the rate of 30 years' pur chase of the present rental.-4berdeon Herald. Among the officers who have returned from Mexico with General Lorencez is Commandant Detrie, who so highly distinguished himself at the Borrego. He left France for Mexico, it may be remembered, with only the rank of lieutenant. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—The Governors •of this institution are now understood to be negotiating with the Fishmongers' Company for the purchase of a plot of ground in the Walworth•road, a little beyond the Elephant and Castle, as a site for the new hospital. A deputation of them, headed by the treasurer, had an interview on the subject yesterday with the committee of the Court of Fish mongers, of which Mr. Cubitt, the late Lord Mayor, was chairman for the occasion, at their hall, near London bridge. The piece of ground is between seven and eight acres in extent, and is nearer the more populous portions of Southwark than the Surrey-gardens, and on a better level. The building in all its parts, it is said, could be erected simultaneously, whereas in such a locality as the Surrey gardens it would have to be put up in sections. The Fish mongers' Company are understood to have offered the site to the hospital authorities for £40,000, plus certain expenses, which are not to exceed £5,000. The negotiation, of course, cannot be concluded without the approval of the Governors of the hospital. The Court of Common Council, who are largely represented in the governing body, showed by the complete unanimity on a 'very recent occasion that they are thoroughly alive to the question of locality in the in terests of the poor, and there need therefore be no appre , hension now that anything will be done in a corner in this important matter. Two men of the Beni Hayane tribe, named Abd ben Kouider, and Youssef ben Kouider, who were con demned to death by the military tribunal of Blidah for the murder of another man of the same tribe, have just beeu executed on the market-place of Teniet el Had, in Algeria. All the male portion of the Beni Hayane tribe were sum moned to the execution, and formed one of the three sides of a square in which the two men were shot. After the execution, the bodies were given up to the families to which they belonged. The captain of the French merchant brig Miltiade, which was lost at Tabarque, near Tunis, has written a letter to the Semaphore of Marseilles, in which he expresses the gratitude felt by himself and crew towards the captain of the Tunisian vessel Mansour, who conveyed them, to Tunis after supplying everything of which they stood in need. The Bordeaux journals announce the sudden death from apoplexy, of M. Gout - Desmartres, of that city, member of the Council7General of the Gironde, and Presi dent of the Societie Philomatique of Bordeaux. When re turning home from hii club, he suddenly a li g ht e d oppos i te the octro:office, close to his own residence, exclaiming, " Delp I help ! I am suffocating I " and fell dead in the arms - of one of the men on duty, A FE4T OF Anias.—A feat of arms (says the Constitutiofrinel) has just been performed in Senegal which is worthy of mention. A detachment of 14 French Marines, under the: command of a sergeant named Burg, who were entrenched in the post of Kaolakh, kept in check for 14 hours, and finally repulsed, a body of 6,000 fanatics, under the orders of, two desperate chiefs, named Maba and Ma cedon. When the enemy retired before such an heroic resistance, there were found lying round the post the bodies of 250 men and 70 horses. The remainder of the army had fled in disorder across the Saloum. SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL TRADE.—Businesa has been very brisk during the whole of the past month at all the collieries in the district, and the demand both by land and water carriage appears likely to continue good. There has been a large increase in all kinds of coal carried into the metropolitan district, especially by the Great Northern. The quantity carried by that line was 46,652 tons, against 30,717 tons in Cctober. The London and North-Western carried 63,512 tons ; Midland, 22,986 tons ; and the Great Eastern, 10,392-tons. Although there has been a falling off in the total quantity carried by the various lines of railway for the eleven months of 1862, as compared with the same period of 1861, yet there has been a large increase for the month over that of 1861. The returns are— November, 1861, 139,568 tons ; November, 1862, 151,819 tons. The principal supplies have come from Earl Fitzwilliam's Elsecar Collieries, 3,671 tons; Newton and Co., 5,210 tons ; Wharncliffe Silkstone, 5,880 tons ; Clarke's Old Silkstone, 3,281 tons. There is a brisk demand in the southern and midland counties for the Silkstone nuts, for gas purposes, so much so that some of our largest proprie tors have been obliged to refuse orders. The Lancashire market continues dull for steam coal, and but a limited busi ness is done on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line. The prospects, of the trade just now, however, are much brighter than at any other period of the year. DESTRUCTION OF IRON SHIPS BY GALVANIC AC TION INDUCED ET PREPARATIONS OF COPPER.—Tho French floating battery La Gloire has lately been examined, and found to be seriously injured by the action of copper on her iron plates, the whole of which, below the waterline, will have to be removed, being converted into a kind of plumbago by galvanic action. We had occasion some time since to call attention to the extraordinary state of her Ma jesty's ships Triton and Sharpshooter. On their being docked for examination, the iron plates were in some places reduced to the thickness of writing paper, and in the Triton the scrapers actually went through the plates when removing the tons of oysters, barnacles, &c., attached to the bottom. It appears that the ship had been coated with a preparation of copper, and the destruction of the plates and rivets arose from galvanic action on the exposed sur faces of the iron, where the undercoating has become rubbed off under the bow and forefoot and along the light-load water-line. The salvation of this ship from foundering was no doubt occasioned by the adhesion of the shell-fish. She has just been thoroughly repaired at Devonport Dockyard; and is now coated with Messrs. Peacock and Buchan's pre paration, which i s superseding the copper preparation hitherto used in her Majesty's dockyards. We understand that Captain Peaco c k, f ormerly a master in her Majesty ' s navy, who published &Pamphlet on this subject some years since, actually warned the late Ministre de Marine in Paris against what has now taken place, two years ago ; he also waited on the Minister of Marine in Madrid, on the same subject, and has been for several years in communication with our own admiralty authorities on the importance of preventing galvanic action upon the iron ships of the British navy, and we are glad to see that the lordships and our dockyard offlcials are at length alive to this important subject-411faing Gazette , LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 19. The Royal Mail steamship Africa arrived here at 5.30 p.m. She brings 60 passengers and 227,581 dols. She landed in all 65 sacks of msils, and proceeded at 0.45 for Liverpool, all well. The Africa left Boston on the 10th and Halifax on the 12th inst., thus making the passage from Boston to Queenstown in the short space of nine days. The following is a summary of her news : NEW YORK, DEC. 2, EVENING. The following is an abstract of despatches pub lished to-day, addressed by Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward: In June Mr. Adams writes that the darling desire of the governing classes, that America may be divided, though subdued in expression by events, remains as strong as ever. Mr. Adams writes in October that he has had an interview with Earl Russell, in which, refer ring to Mr. Gladstone's speech, Earl Russell said it was not for him to disavow anything on the part of Mr. Gladstone, but that Mr. Gladstone had no idea in saying what he had that there was serious intention to justify any inferonces of a disposition of the Government to adopt a new policy. Earl Russell stated as guardedly as pos sible that Lord Palmerston and the other mem bers of the . Cabinet regretted Mr. Gladstone's speech, but it was still their intention to adhere to perfect neutrality, and let the struggle eme to its natural end without the smallest interference, direct or other otherwise. Earl Russell, however, could not say what circumstances might happen from month to month in the future. Mr. Seward's recent communication to Mr, Adams are summarised thus : In June Mr. Seward writes that a list of pur chases made for the Confederates in England, which list had fallen into the hands of the Federals, shows that the complaints made to Earl Russell fall short of the real abuses of neutrality committed in Eng land in the very face of the 13ritish Government. " The revolution," says Mr. Seward, "is now ap proaching its end, and it is just at this moment proof becomes irresistible that if it had succeeded it. suc cess would have been due to the assistance derived from the English people." Mr. Seward says the President thinks it desirable that the English Government should consider before the war closes what are likely to be the sentiments of England and America towards each other after its termina tion. In August Mr. Seward writes that a war with England could not fail to unite North and South. In November Mr. Seward writes that while Euro pean parties are more hostile than ever to America, America herself is stronger to resist intervention than at any former period. Intervention would only afford an additional motive for America to sus tain her resolution to remain united. Less than three years ago all England showed itself desirous of friendship with America, and a similar desire may before long recur. On the 3d, same month, Mr. Sewald states that the President is compelled to regard the destruc tion of ships by the Alabama as having been made by British subjects in violation of the law of nations. "It is presumed," says Mr. Seward, " you have already brought the subject before the British Government in that light. Legal proofs to support indemnity claims will be collected and transmitted as soon as possible." A despatch from Mr. Seward to Mr. Drayton is also published, stating that America has a right to insist that France shall not make use of the war she is carrying on in Mexico to raise an anti-republioan or anti-American Government, or maintain such Government in power. France having disclaimed such designs, America is bound to wait, and not anticipate their execution. A despatch from Mr. Clay, in Russia, to Mr. Seward, dated January last, urges him to offer to the Canadians union with America, and to send men and money into Ireland to stir up revolt. "Vengeance will sooner or later overtake England, the perfidious aristocrat," says Mr. Clay. The cold is very severe in Virginia, and every- thing is frozen. The Confederate General Stonewall Jackson has joined General Lee at Fredericksburg. It is rumoured that the Confederate cavalry under General Stuart is on the north side of the Rappahannock, moving between the Federal forces of Generals Burnside and Sigel. The Southern journals say that the Federals are croasing the Rappahannock at Port Royal. The same journals think that an attack on Richmond will be made simultaneously by a Federal column from Fredericksburg and another from Suffolk, and by the fleet on the James River, but that the Con federates are prepared for such an attempt. The Confederates have again been repulsed in an attack upon Cave-hill, Arkansas. It is rumoured that the Federal expedition under General Banks has been landed at Petersburg, Virginia. The committee of ways and means has introduced a bill into Congress providing for an issue of 1,000,000,000 dols., in bonds similar in amount and form to those authorised by the act of February, 1862, with the interest payable in United States lawful money, and the principal payable in 20 years in gold or silver coin of the United States. Also the issue of legal tender notes, the amount not to exceed, with those already authorised, 500,000,000 dols., in order to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to call in all 5.20 and 7.30 Treasury bonds now in eirenlation, and to cancel them ; and authorising the Secretary to redeem legal tender notes held as loans, and bearing interest. The committee has further proposed that the law authorising the payment of interest on United States bonds in gold should be repealed. The bill aims at the virtual suppression of the banks, by imposing a tax of 50 per cent. upon all their circulation over one-half of the amount of their capital paid in. The House of Representatives has passed a bill indemnifying President Lincoln for suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Large quantities of horses are being purchased in New York for shipment to the French army in Mexico. A meeting has been held at the Produce Ex change for the relief of the distress in Lancashire. Speeches were made urging British and American philanthropy to meet half way, and build up a new temple of reconciliation, in which Americans and British could join hands once more, and swear to be true to each other and to all principles of civil and religious liberty. The subscriptions on behalf of the Lancashire operatives reach over 100,000 dols., and large quantities of grain. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 32 prem. Exchange on Louden Bankers' bills, 1461. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 103; Illinois shares, 781; Erie, 611. (Per Africa, via Cape Race.) Early this morning a portion of Gen. Burnside's army attempted to construct bridges across the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburg. The Con federates immediately opened fire. The Federals persevered, and the army is prepared to cross as soon as the bridges are completed. Gen. Franklin's division crossed the river about three miles belew the city, meeting with slight op- position. The Federal gunboats are shelling the Confede rates 15 miles lower down, where they have con cen trated. A battle has occurred at Fayetteville, Arkansas, between 7,000 Federals and 24,000 Confederates. The fight lasted all day until the Federals were reinforced by 5,000 men, and fell upon the Confe derate rear. The Confederates were then repulsed and retreated across the Boston Mountains, the Federals remaining in possession of the field. The Federal loss is stated at 1,000, that of the Confede rates at 2,000 men. The steamer Alabama has captured and burned the ship Starbuck in lat. 35.30, long. 66; also the ship T. B. Walis, from Calcutta, in lat. 28.30, long_ 66. The Alabama arrived at Martinique on the 17th ult., and landed the crews of the captured vessels. The Federal steamer San Jacinto arrived at Martinique the same afternoon, and waited out side the harbour for the Alabama. The Alabama, however, escaped from Martinique on the 18th. A despatch from the American minister in St. Petersburg states that Prince Gortschakoff told him in October last he thought the hope of re-union was daily growing less, and impressed upon him that Russia would regard a separation as the greatest misfortune. The Prince stated that Russia would refuse to aid in intervention, but was most anxious for some means to be adopted to prevent separation. A resolution has been offered in Congress that an American war vessel should accompany any ship carrying provisions for Lancashire, to protect her from pirates. The financial measure introduced into Congress by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means did not receive the sanction of the com mittee or the Secretary of the Treasury. The repairs of the Great Eastern are completed, and she will resume her trips immediately. The Hansa, North America, and Arabia have arrived out. • 47.'; •a ~,cP.VV;I 43" • 7 1. w bi k; • - COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 11, Evening. Money easy. Gold 328 prem. Exchange on London : bankers' bills, 1451. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1038. Illinois shares, 79; Erie, 62i. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 673. Flour steady. Wheat dull, Corn quiet. Provisions, good inquiry. Coffee, sugar, and molasses quiet. NEW YORK, DEC. 12, Evening. General Burnside having succeeded in construct ing bridges across the Rappahannock, the Federals crossed, and drove the Confederates out of the city to their line of works outside Fredericksburg. Since then no further news has been received. It is semi-officially stated that the Federal Go vernment has received information that France will not further prosecute her proposal for an armistice or mediation. The Mexican Minister at Washington is making arrangements to accept the services of several Federal officers, who have volunteered to assist Mexico. Apprehensions of a battle in Tennessee have subsided. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 12 (Evening). Money easy. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 145. Stocks lower. New York Centrals, 1038. Illinois, 781. Erie, 62. Cotton, quiet. Middling 'Upland, 6'l. Flour heavy. Wheat dull, and 20. lower. Corn dull, at a decline of lc. Pro visions, good inquiry. Coffee very firm. Sugar and molasses steady. MEXICO. News received from Vera Cruz of the Ist inst., states that the French have occupied Tampico, Alvarado, and Jalapa without resistance. CADIZ, DEC. 18. Intelligence received here from Havannah an nounces that the French have occupied Tampico without resistance. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Delta, sailing to-day for the East, takes out in specie £140,240 in dollars, £75,800 in sovereigns, £25,450 in bar silver, £10,046 in gold coin, and £8,588 jewellery, watches, &c. FRANCE. Prince Napoleon left Paris yesterday morning for the country, and will not return until the end of the month. The Prince is accompanied by Col. R igon, one of his aides•de•camp. Count Bastoggi, ex-Minister of Finance in Italy, and the Chevalier Domenico Baldanino, Director of the Italian Credit Mobilier, have arrived in Paris. Count Lallemand, who has directed ad mterina the Embassy at Rome until the arrival of Prince de la Tour-d'Auvergne, arrived yesterday in Paris. "The following intelligence from Rome," says the France, "has reached us :—Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne has been received with unusual kind ness by the Holy Father, with whom he has had two long conferences. Cardinal Antonelli has an nounced to the Prince that reforms, for a length of time prepared, would be soon publicly announced. Amongst them are mentioned changes in the courts of law, and postal reform." THE BOURSE, Dec. 19.—There has been rather more business doing, and the market firm, but prices show but a very slight improvement on the closing prices of yesterday, Threes being now at 69f. 95c. The Railway Share Market is quiet, but firm. The following are the closing quotations : 4t per Cents .. Bank Shares 3400 Do. end month.... Credit Foncier 1340 -- 3 per Cents .. 69 85 Piedmontese Fives. 72 10 Do. end month.... 70 Italian Loan 72 30 New 3 per Cents .. Russian Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 1110 Spanish Threes •-- Do, end m0nth....1112 50 Rome Debt EA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1150 .. 1152 50 Geneva.. Southern 795 .. 797 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The Botschaf ter publishes the following article respecting the visit of the Prince Royal of Prussia to Vienna : "We are allowed to infer, despite a certain coolness be tween Prussia and Austria, which, especially recently, has manifested itself in a by no means edifying manner, that the relations between the two great German Powers have not undergone much c han g e. It would have been easy for the Royal couple to return from It al y through the Tyrol, and thu s avoid the ca pital; the and gresight, persist Prussian Liberals , who, with their usual want of fo iaerman in Austria th e enemy of progress d thet al apuswy in antagonistseeing o of perhaps have preferred that the Prin ce should have taken that route. 4, Th e heir presumptive to th e Prussian Crown will be received at Vienna with that hospitality t h e Austrians; he will be shown our rich collections of works of art and of scientific treasures. be made, but we should al so like the Some display will e ,0 give a glance at that m he Prince Royal of Prussia odest edifice where our Chamber of Deputies holds its sittings. Constructed, it is true, of simple wood, it is, nevertheless, infinitely preferable in every respect to that sombre hall where the representatives of the Prussian people have to deliberate, and many things have been discu sse d an d d ecreed therein which do h ono ur to our young constitutionalism. "In expressing this wish we do not presume to say in any manner that the Prince Royal of Prussia should admire our condition ; we are free from all presumption of wishing to draw a parallel between Prussia of to-day and Austria as she is. But we should like the young Prince who will one day be called upon to rule the destinies of Prussia to con' vince himself that the existence of a real constitutional life of the most flourishing character does not in the slightest degree affect the rights of the Crown, and tends to consoli date and strengthen Austria at home. " Prussia is, at the present moment, threatened by a double danger; her int erna l d eve l opmen t h as b een s t o pped and for a long time paralysed by the present reactionary Cabinet,and the greatest uncertaintylooms over her foreign. policy. " We think that a glance at the present condition of Aus tria may be of some use to the future ruler of Prussia. The path which Prussia will have to follow, if she wishes to prosper, depends upon Austria. A parliamentary systera strong and sincere at home, and the most intimate alliance with Austria and Germany outside—such is the path traced out for her. At home, Prussia must become liberal, so as not to remain behind Austria ; abroad, her policy must be strictly conservative, unless she wishes to be shipwrecke d for ever. No one pretends that Prussia should be suborc2i:• nate, but still less should Austria be so, and above all things not allow herself to be displaced from the position which she holds in Germany; this is a fact well worth the con sideration of the future Sovereign of Prussia. Once penc trated with this conviction, which is shared by the ire" mense majority of the German nation, we shall not have to fear either a violent rupture or a sanguinary solution of ale question of German unity." A letter from Vienna of the 17th inst. says Yesterday the Prince Royal of Prussia rece i ved the Diplomatic Corps. His Royal Highness, accorApanied by the Emperor, passed a portion of the garrisrin in review• The Prince wore the uniform of an Austrian Colonel. The august guests of the Emperor leave to-morrow for Breslau.'' RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY RECEIPTS. Miles Opened. RetelpiS• Railways. '..-- -- .-_ 1862. 1861. -.__......___-, 1862. 1861. ___ X Belfast and N. Counties l3O x 136 1,940 1 , 78 °„,, Belfast and County Down 49 49 576 5,„", Blyth and Tyne 22 1,077 1 , 14 ' Bristol and Exeter Caledonian . 230 £3O 16,061 15,6 60 Cockermouth & Workingtc n . . 8/ 85 - -- Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & P;,, Bsage 65 6 5 163 I S Cork and Yougha' 324 324 292 r.'„,' Cornwall 53/ 531 1,0,7 1 0.' 1- Deeside l7 17 216 n ° Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,431 I ,.' t) i A 76 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,506 ~,--,,, Dub. & Wicklow and Wexfd 4Bl 484 1,5 , 5 1 , "*" Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jan_ 31 31 1,003 1,047 Edinburgh and Qrlasgow 1694 1695 6,898 8 . 661 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &o 5O 5) 2,780 1,96 8 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 330 330 27 ,0 88 27,81' Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,6 6 6 1. 671 6t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57 454 348' , 3 , 06 qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 329 329 8,099 7,v 15 Great Western 992 961 5 52,861 5 4 . 2°5 Inverness & Aberdeen June 731 735 869 72 8 Irish North-Western 145 130 1,709 1,81! Irish South-Eastern 255 255 330 1 % Lancashire & Yorkshire 394 395 5 31,452 3 2,11 '4 Limerick and Ennis Limerick and Foynes 261 26 1 134 38 5 Llanelly 461 464 373 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 54 5 4 1,589 1, 4 ,,i London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 725 725 .3,005 1, 75 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend " Man.,Sheffield, &Lincolnsh Blanch. S.Jim.&Altrincham 95 9 5 1,059 1, 1 0 7 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6144 40184 381 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1925 1924 4,018 4, 1 , a ° Monkland 714 71 1 1,622 I, s °° Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 1,280 2, 31 r North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Can 8941 8675 4? 013 43 71'• North London 9 9 3,190 2, ,,,,,,y North Staffordshire 248 246 Oswestry and Newton. Rh coney 194 194 7, 8 9 7 4 5 2 0, 7 5 5: b 60 ci.4 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2,138 . 1 ,1 - 6., Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 4,794 N' 7 6 Shropshire Union .. 295 295 910 ' ...... Somerset and Dorset.... .... 39 6 _ 303 South Devon ---- 754 75 1 2,986 9 5 1 South-Eastern .. 306 306 17,071 1 . 7 '07 Stockton and Darl3 ngton .... 185 161 if ,241 v . ,•, - , 0 Taff Vale Ulster Vale of CI - vvyd 50'.• Vale of Neath 255 2 55 2,036 1 - , „,,,z Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 441 lo Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1 , 335 1, 4 0 West Cornwall 274 271 615 '5 W.HartlepoolHarbn&Rail 39 39 4,215 A ~74 1 1 1 . W'haven,Cleaton&Egrmnt 7 7 427 7 ' 64 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 9 681 Whitehaven & Furness Jun B5 35 649 731 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,055 05 t Austrian B2B 828 35,5€ 6 48, 331 Bel an Eastern Junction 26,1 261 275 ', , . 79 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6ll 1411 2,041 1. 04 Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France lO7B 1060 50,973 54,706 East Indian - Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Ib9o 23,165 19,145 , Great Indian Peninsula 485 437/ 6,87 , 121 6, 08. ^ 3 134 128 3, Great Luxembourg 0 3 550 Great Western of Canada 345 345 13,917 9, ' 3 "'" „ Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 439 435 14,179 12,4 35A Northern of Canada 2 , Northern of France 7Ol CBO 51 , 098 55,3G 7 Norwegian Trunk 44 Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1351 125 , 783 in , 4 41 ,g Paris and Orleans 1340 1201 59 , 397 55, "__ Pernambuco 7l 670 d of France sw ß yira o em. y : a bna l rnde D disla a n n . P. 1 1 7 2 27 31 4 2 1 5 3 ,„ 5 4 63 6 75 8 1 5 32, 6,1 i 4 ; 761 1 : 5 722:9 1 South Austrian Southern of France ranee :•:••• West Flanders 75 8 758 35,442 4,2,4'. MARKETS -THIS DAY. COVENT GARDEN. Our morket is seasonably well supplied with Wail° . Fruit moves off steadily at full prices, but yegetables are slow sale. The currency is as follows : s. d. s. d. s. 6. 6 0 0 Pine apples, perlb 8 otole 0 Cherries, p er lb . 0 0 to g Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 01 Forei gn ditt o, pun n 0 o Grapes,per lb 2 6to 5 01 Filberts, per lb .. 1 3 t o o I Foreign do. 1 oto 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 o to 0„ 0 Melons 0 oto 0 01 Cobn u t s, per lb 0 oto 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hi-By. 20to 3 0 Figs, per doz. .... 00 to 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 4 otolo 0 ;Cur ran t s, per h.sv 0 oto 0 Lemons, per 120.. 3 6to 7 o`, Plums, per do. .. 0 0 o 0 0 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 0 I Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 CP Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 IRaspberries,prpt 0 oto VEGETABLES. to 0 8 Shallots, per lb 0 6 -2; 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 010 0 Parsley, per' ditto 0 0 t° to y 9 Celery, per ditto 0 8 0 to FRUIT. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Red ditto 1 6so 3 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 4 Cauliflower's, pdz 0 oto 0 01 Beet, Per 1 0,-0 Brocoli, per bun. 010 to 1 3 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 0 P N o e t w at d o i e t s t , o, per pr t p o d n 10 0 0 t o o tlO6 osh 0 Small ur ads, p p. p pni., 2 0 60 to to •.' 0 n 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 o t o 0 ' m s o a o l m _ t Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 o to top Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory.. 0 3 t o 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 o t° 0 0 ‘ Green peas, n.-sv 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 0 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s 1 6to >Z 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 ot° 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 2 6to 5 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 o tO 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 o t o 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 0 tO NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; geese, 4s Od to Ss Od goslings, 4s 6d to 7s Od ; ducks 2s Od to 3s Od ; duckliqo 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is to ' ls 9d each; wild de., to is 2d ; pigeons, Od to Od each ; large Surrey f f ° ,,, t dif 8s Od to 13s Ods chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od; barn-door 6d 6d ; 4s 4d to Si Od ; eupans, Os Od • hares, 2s 6d to . grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s g v , " 0 .1 partridges, is 3d to 2s Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to O' d to P O s Od ; gu widgeons, nea fow O l s s , O o d s to Os t Od 0 ; d plovers, ; Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od • wild ducks each; Ostend fresh butter, Ild to is Id • Englis e 9 h do., to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 12s 6d to 158 ' 0d ; French 9s 6d to 10s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 38 6cl each. BILLING S GATE. prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od Salmon, 2s Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10 4 ; Ods ,13:3s86(1°.6dtoei7asse120(1 s P Od lb. ; turbots, 2s Od to lOs ; cod, 2s Od to 88 Od ; brills, to 4s Od ; doreys, is Od to 5s Od. ; mullets, Os 6d to is ° u t ,' lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and guro,.„; ) Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to is 6d per pair; con s, oysters, 18s to 208 ; natives, 50s to —s per bushel ; whi tir % oacskteoreols, per 4os per loo ; 12 carp ; 5 „ arp fr 2s Od to 8s; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, is Od to ls v es u i ; heflounders,gs7 5s s s O perd I p o e o r dozen bloaters,; tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. 180 113 / Beef, from 28 4 d to 38 8d ; m utton, 2 s 3d to 4s Oa; - to Os Od to Os Od ; vea l, 3s 4d to 4 s 2 d ; and pork, 3 8 Ott 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. o ar Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; mu tt on, 2s Ca t o 4 s Od the 38:4d to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per Sibs by carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metrop o li s are fro° lid to 8d; of ho use h o ld do., 51d to 7d per 41b loaf. 31d A ; larket hides 501 b E to S 64 A lb 7 2 D ld S t K o 3 1 d 7 6 . 4113 to 0 4d; 721 b, 3 d i° 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3141 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d t , 0 881 b to 961 b, 3141. to 4 1 d • 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 5d ; 104 1 b 1121 b, 4d to std. Horse' hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf ski xl f 7 o light 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 6s 641 to Os Od ; polled 81 101) ,,' d to 6d to 12s Od ; half•breds, 8s Od to Os 3d ; Down s, Cs vi. 7s Gd; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to N HAY MARKETS. I vet', SMITHFIELD..--Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 lo s Od; oi° r do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 Ws Pc load. A slow demand ; trade moderately good. C13113E11 ND.--Meagow hay, £1 168 to £4 lOs ; Cl lOs to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £ 1 12 s to il 16s per 10 Trade dull. IT ITECHAPEL.—MeadONV hay, £1 16s to Xi lOs; do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; and straw, L 1 12s to £1 168 per lot , A low demand. -- --- It is understood that the Greek merchant s London yesterday voted unanimously for the election 01 Prince Alfred to the vacant tiaras). Quarts Gf the for w h ° l lBe Abc Bank 10,0 0( th e p a , than .1‘ At Si% p, Coh im and 105, The ate anu ran c h to the and th demati Th e Prosp e e aPital Cent. jE. t i°4 ac Ject is Co)z nlt IVI V 0 survey epee of th e pa /li n R 0 ne w ca te nsed pLieatit Wit! in tilt, mo ney Pere epi Since about A ° n l PFir Profits Is bei c 1 , 4 1 ni vs en ec Ce llt. is on and bcauct Bush 41111, al more fi West er lork s h fi eld, at F oreigt ch , tIII 3T 404 11 , 4 B ombs 4'148t Joins Ve re u man 1 }g ook b b titei , t, ii , , bitli, N 15 4 1 .1 I)itt lqi, e ach I,OOOE Tt to th, \\'ork Ti lo t a into. TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1862.