The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-31 00:00:00

.ci , on the 6th of nent unhosita" f the Sublime nter into eoro' ment, in order ling ; and that Bible accident, Ad m iral Sir .on to the Da r " .ntinople uP° ll ,t in defending n attack. IL I 'e sent by Lord ords Comm's: Me time Lor d and wishes of bject, throur t. Petersburg , the Cabinet of a I 'literal than an other y all indepeo' f the civilised r up political ,he dictates of ankind forbid ident govern' were to make y and univer ionoured." were commui hieh entirely L the 11th Uf r reported to are sent to the the islands of a, and to put lliam Parker , :s having thus 'orte in resist - Int demand of 'at these tvro Ind of extra' ed, the prin' the subject Of s clearly and ;tically main 3nch Govern ;ed that, true minents will, UP, maintain id the righta in the per by the Auk extradition , ceding to it• melt' declared make such a universally fired ;" I cap' lour and dig' in in friendly Government radation and ring the non ., a rule nut the civilised! ,ate is bona(' rations of s remark, is nts are feW, ies to Lords _ _ time to time mrgs, Boa' nobody can 0 the general humanity nternationsi ver ; neither he rights of stipulation o cal refugeoet og for such r of contra' todern time, th diligence specting the 'ollowing nts of Inter xth edition, stipulating' convicten nerally fol are that a tradition of ical crimes; to political Le rights 01 . , Austria an d hl opinion of landing the ki, and th• ess inhume! ie rights 01 3d, rawly.. e futility of of common strian Saxon Gee t Ladislaull ;nee of DO lederal Diet at,37 exists ng for the Ls 28th No erial decree d of human , many ma,' ding rega , but Count Germania ery schoo . l• ngary ner Germania )xt t edition to pretend • which by 11 not say nuate, the Implishing !re was at !nt treaty, exhumed tria could ;purpose& Stains the 5e unlavi contented In, true to ional laNft a declara etation of Beers and Lave been Hungary " But in one word 1, can be English ally stig mit what apted but emanded over the Hunger)" iurdered , h e drove Wilson° sir cowl her ven nt when s of just a believe neans to itutional lowed to inanity; 'ard the Lich her ). r of the remoll rnment English will not of those ad was 2. JTH. corres- Channel afalgar L goiter/ esertion that the • offence my and THIRD EDITION. SETH OFFICE, Six o'clock, THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. T he Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tawith the Peninsular mail, has arrived off th e Needles. T he Ceylon and the Seine have not yet reached I ,,thempton. They are probably anchored in the "est Channel. The weather is very thick. ZATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING). DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Big Ben 50 to 1 agst York Minster A small muster, 4102v.Er MARKET AND CITY - NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. - -.ERATION IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of ':gland has been advanced this morning to 6 per ?t., and the measure has not created much sun P o ti se, because the demand for gold for shipment t the U n it e d St a t es , an d t h e i ncrease d act i v i ty o f the Money market had prepared the public for a c ° dineation of the terms upon which the directors • Mucted ,their operations. The latest return tilllibited a very unfavourable change in the posi t 64 of the establishment. An important decline was ;Ported in the bullion, while the ether securities We re augmented to the extent of £636,782, and the Itttece-sheet, taken altogether, was the most un t,,,ilfactory presented throughout the year. it I:her e is still an active demand for money; and t i a l s very probable that a portion of the accommo 14ti°11 obtained last week wag procured, not for itos m ediate requirements, but in anticipation of ri , 44 lnued quotations, „. 41 e advices from the manufacturing on that the transactions generally districts eati have been ot `m , tt all unimportant character, owing to the inter telltien of the Christmas holidays. At Manchester, tti 64 , Bradford, and Huddersfield, and most Of the ; t biery districts, the operatives, however, have ; 11 Well employed in the fabrication of spring d e °4l4 The late severe weather caused an increased It ti tud for worsted hosiery at Leicester, and the end continue to be fairly engaged upon con llorders. Orders. In the hardware districts there is no 1 1 7 1 213 e of importance to record, and at Birming iiZ!Sheffield, and Wolverhampton the process of ci-taking has been the chief business attended aring the past week. c c : T he Directors of the South Australian Banking of 41 , Party have notified that a dividend at the rate 0 Per cent. per annum will be payable on and lite r the 16th of January. T he Saxonia, from New York, has brought .; 20 0 for France. 1 3. 11 the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, 1.4 2 11 43 continued rather active, and prices were 7 1 3' maintained. The sales amounted to 12,000 The ee. first annual meeting of the London and M ed iterranean Steam Navigation Company has t been held, when it was stated that pending h e tt e aMpletion of the company's fleetAwhich . is ex tlit2d at an early period, several vessels have been tio • Lered to keep up the connection between Lon hellt and the Italian ports, and have exhibited ruttis :l7 results, which enables the directors to p: l ee their conviction that when the company's Isteamers can be engaged, a profitable return 1 he made to the shareholders. d e he Market for Public Securities has been rather 4:eased in consequence of the advance in the of money ; the speculators, although opera ' gad a very limited extent, having been el:mu tLto effect sales. Consols have, therefore, 7ed about i per cent., viz., from 921, at which st, 7 Opened, to 921 f. There appears to be an " . 1 7 , 1 1ant supply of stock, and the greatest (lift!, la experienced in obtaining loans, even at t e ' et .. 7 onerous rates of interest. The New Three per 4 te• remain at 921; the Reduced are fiat, at 921; 1 : 13 , Stock is at 233 ; India Debenture; have re it'4.ed to 95/ 961; and Exchequer Bills are flat, at ink to pv, l ui tteiness in the Foreign Market has been exceed tr dull, and prices are heavy. Turkish 6 per b ll te• are 70 to 71; ditto New 56 to 561 ; Portu 4itse are fiat, at 47 ; Mexican at 211 ; and Bra -46,4 4 1 per Cents. are steady at 861 4 ; Buenos '7ea Deferred are 301. t ei ? the Railway Share Market the dealings have b in very limited, and in some instances prices Itti Te Show e d ra th er less fi rmnes s, owing to the Onee in the value of money. Great Western, C'eashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern k:e receded ss. ; and Midlands and North- N t tern (Berwick), 10s. ; West Midland improved t ftr3, ll e Foreign and Colonial lines have been in q 4 limited request without any material I s t age in values. Antwerp and Rotterdam realise tt ,„; Grand Trunk of Canada, 24; Great Western ,"Inada, 11; and East Indian, 98/ t. Steck Bank and Miscellaneous Shares eon iitactive, and late rates were barely supported. li BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a kk Stoek kPer Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 24 k 2 • , e v , 3 Per Cent. Annuities rti llit iee, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — ,mitta for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6; 'die St Bit ck th. t° D ebentures, 1858 951 6/ t o l tto Bonds £l,000 Iziesols for Account, Jan. 10 di e Stook for Account — It i k t te per Cent. for Account .. 101 f 1 '3saciner Bi ll s, £l,OOO, 11c1 Date Small 4.„,,, P 0RE1GN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ,-lritutottill: Per c aenos A Cent .. 861 f Ayres Cent. 1860 , 6 per Cent. ktbitto Deferred p:tleut 3 Per Cent . nt I rtuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 .. . . 47 ilitto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 46 Issian. 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — 1 Di tto Account till deb• 6 per Cent 7o} 1 Ditto New Loan .Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex di,' 921 I -I I OLICE Il V. 7 ELLIG _ENCE—( This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. S IIIILVANT-GIALIBM.—RLD CASE.—Mary Ann Kendall, girl of 17, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing, IL ! No. I,Fouberes-place, Regent's-park, some silk dresses, 44'wle, and other articles, of the value of £9, the property her mistress, Mrs. Harriet Griffiths, the wife of a ham kid beef shopkeeper. 14 r 1 1. Griffiths said the prisoner had only been in her 4 I "'Fice three months, and on Saturday night last she missed Zjiloire antique dress, &c. The prisoner had absconded on t :e Previou s T ues d ay . Sh e h a d b een detected that day in th e a quantity of goods from the window, but though e Was fo rg i ven f or i t it was a ft erwar d s found that she had tm4 lten them away. O n S a t ur d ay n i g ht, S er geant Joy having Aud th e pr i soner, she gave her i n c h arge . Th e ar ticles t , du ced formed only a part of the property. The value of ho se missed on Saturday was D. 14 r. Beadon remanded the prisoner for a week. T.HIS DAYS SHIPPING. t 4141)432 ft Dec. 31.—Wind this day at noon—Bout 4414 ; fresh breeze, and thick, hazy weather, wi t aPid tiaw. A Nivrtion? a , D ec. 30.—Wi n d W.N.W., f ogg y.— -illived—aochester, feom New Orleans for Antwerp. 4.,PL/Rouivr, Doc. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Solon, ' l3 l Rangoon. /4 1)t tLi Dec, 30,—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Sydkey tr:11ill, screw stonier, from the Westward ; Leaping Waters, T the Iti/eri aro sailed for Bombay. Dec. 2i—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Arthnr, (IY EIBC.T.IC TELEGRAM.) SouLtimrroN, Monday Morning. a_Arrived, Deo. 29.—Havre>steamer from Hsvre ; Emma 4.,e, from Jersey ; Empire, I.ora Vievre ; Southampton, earner from Jersey. tf e rriv ed, Dec. 30.—Bremen, steeper, from Bremen; Duke C.,. °lll wall, steamer, from Dublin, ,Argyll, steamer, from erit itta. 84iled.- Duke of Cornwall, steamer,for London. BT RUBYARIIcE AND MAGNETIC Tr-T,EGRA.PII. Arri, GRAVBSBND, Mont, t y Morning. ef B adOf e d, Dec. 30.—Aurora, steamer, from ietterdam. 4:,eli--Lord John Russell, steamer, for Du.tirk ; Earl 4 414. 13 14 . nd, oteamer, tpc *yttcrd Baron, pay, for SLIARE MARKET.-(THIS D. IIY SITAi Eailwa: _;~~~. 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 Bir., "Wol , and Str. Val. stock Birk., La., and Ch June 25 Blackburn 25 Biyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Slcaf. and Mid.Co stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, lthrock., &Passage Cornwall .... ITo A (A gets no div.l ,` until pc peran.l Dor sbeen Dublin & Belfast June. Dnn., Perth, .i6Ab. une East Anelian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nu- A. late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh &,Glasgow Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasp:. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do II do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gam. stock! Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshirc London and Blackwall Lon., Brio - ht.. &S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Loud. & Nth. Western Loud. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen !Man. She. & Lin'oln.. Maryport and Carlisle.. Do do # shares.... Metropolitan Midland Do new Do TAirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do l shares Mid Kent ...... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C irlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk Ntlin. Counties Union.. !North British ... Nor.Dev.ltail&Dk.stoel , D. , A stk ; A rem; no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock . . Nth. Eastern—Berwick Dodo , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York .. North London ........ Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail Peebles. Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock.. Shropshire Union..... Sittin ebourne & Sheer. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock El 81 81 83 11} 124 Of 7 99 101 97} 971 6 6 8 8} 16 17 531 64a 37 39 26 28 116 118 1111 112 1107 103 132 131 ,111 113 741 741 61 64 119 120 62 64 117 119 50 12 101 1021 95 96 8 10 t.4} 3i 24c1 1351 1361 108 110 7 6d; 54 56 64 66 [6184 [O5 1054 64 l Gy p 94t 95i 100 102 2 21 i 94 91 81 115 117 34i 341 87 89 50 62 6 7 424 (3i B,f 88} 62. 64 78 80 6 8 • 42} 43} 11 11 p 9 n i i 108 k 741 31 43; 9 1021 54 South Devon !South Eastern ....... ISonth Wales ..... S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and lx.rok, Stockton & Darlington Do do Tatr Vale . Do Pref. No 1 Th ftMesHavenDk&Rai Ulster .....6 ... 60 51 1351 i i i 2 p 109 Do ... 104 4f P Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick 8 4 7 4 i 4 all 100 all all all all all ... West Cornwall ........ West L0nd0n.......... Do Ist class Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool llarbr 561 3 p d p 69 11 6 6i 421 1 and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford l 0 51 42 44 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share!Closing Business Railways. Paid Price. Done. stock stock stock stock stock 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,44 per cent I Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. !Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 'Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. ...N0. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Eclln.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 / p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p. ct. ro. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares (lt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmgxuar. stock 'Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnstst.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig - . 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen , . Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Cov. and 1101 103 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 124 stock 204 2!i all 1 100 stock Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. .t S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 4A per cent Do.(Prtsm. perpl anus of2s. 6 d Londondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh.f Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport & Car., 4 p. Do. 44 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p e. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. I Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 I Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB 4 7 North British, 5 p. 0 Do. New, min,. S p. 0 Do. Bor. Un. g. • pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth. Dey. Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, &S. Purch. North Staffordshire..., Rhymney Guaranteed, 'Scottish Central, new pl !S c ottish North -Easter p. c. pref. stock..., Do.Aberdeengua. 6 p.o Do. 7 p. 0. pref. stocl South Devon, Ann. lOs Do. Fixed la per cent South Eastern (Reading ,„ Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent. Do.Fixed-lip.c. Ist is. South Wales, gua. 4 p• Do. per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. 0 Do. 13 6 oer cent Do. C 6 percent Watrid & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua Do. 2d do Do. Newport Do.T'erpet. 6p. c. pt Is6e Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 112 114 90 $2 116 119 112 114 104 106 86 88 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 9i 10 17i 18i 10i 11 76 78 20 21 10 10 11 15, 137 139 116 118 118 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 [53 156 [3O 134 69 71 90 92 191 181 19 181 117 116 118 150 155 13 14 i 7 2 IP 70 I IPI [37 139 [Ol 103 124 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock - 101 10 Itock stock stock ato - 2 stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock stock 100 100 100 all all 95 97 12 114 [lO 111 I}P, 93 95 102 104 P iP P IP 23 24 123 126 130 133 mi t 11 231 244 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 271 281 52 33 32 334 45 48 124 128 123 125 100 102 123 126 116 119 [o2i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. * Railways. Paid , 1 Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. I Price. Done. Be(MfOWlm-idßletcli 7177 1 07-m-- . - . -- - - --- Backinghtnishire .... 100 Ln &NAV 98 100 9114 Chester & Holyhead.. lOO Do. Do. do 5. per cent.l 100 IDo . 125 127 Do. do 5 per cent., 100 IDs 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all 1E.U.&8 C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,...,Q6p.c' 100 i Gt.North. 135 137 E.Union,Harwich Shs all jE.Counts. 41 4# D s. o ß . a l . V r ol N db ei ri l d s g ;D e r . e . t .. 100 Gi 100 \ Czuledonin Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dek.& Hall. all [Yk.N.&l4r Hull and Selby _ .... all 111,71. N. lid. 110 112 Do. 4 Shares ....... all o. ..... . Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 n.&N.W(207 211 210 London & Greenwich 100 $. East... 61 63 Do. Preference ..... 100 'DI a ..... . 115 120 Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 !Pete it Co. 98 94 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 N orfolk .. -- - Do. 6 per cent.. — ,. 100 , 0....... Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk.i all LNW•SzM 3# 31 8} Mid. Bradford Prefer l 1 ence Stock .....- • 100 Midlansl 97 99 Newmarkt.,Buryix , guaranteed sp.c, I 5. 56; E.Counts 14 P Northm& Eastn. 5 p.c. all It :10. Do. do. 6 per cent .... all ,_tDo _ Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. — North Western Preston and Wyre. I all Lk N W} ,fz L.Yk. Do. 4 Stares A. all 'Do. ...., . _ _ Roystn.Flitch., & Shep 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Skrewsbry& Hereford, 100 T.Brassey , lo4 106 Do. Do. 1 1 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean.. 10t Ili Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledon &Croy d n . i all L.& Brgtn 7# B#l ______ all M'Cleiit.. l 100 Gt. West. all LA Brgtn ]s(7tlCg.-- Share Ip aid @losing 1 Busine ss 1 .1 Frio°. Done. ES AND STOCKS. Paid, Closing 1 Business Price. I Done. 87 89 29 29 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock I . 20 Docks. Commercial 1 100 ' Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.3lin 1 100 East and West India llO London lOO , St. Katharine lOO Southampton 4 100 . Viatoria .. ........ 1 100 101 103 'l) °' tiOW .... 0 "21 1 90,117 1 , 3 i t THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINO, DECEMBER 31. 1860. Agra&l.lnitedServiceßk ;Australasia Bank of Egypt .. IBank of London ....... IBank of Turkey British North American i IChtd.Bank of India, ,Irc.l ICh.lfer. of In. Lon...t Ch. ,City .. Colonial 83 Al 5 72 71 21 22 60 L 2 1i 1 22J 23 34 36 70 72 39 41 100 100 2011 100 ICom. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lou. Char.Bk of Austral London and County .. London Joint Stock .. London & Westminsteri Nat. Prov. of England .! Do. new 0 iNational Bank 21 22 161 16 23 23i :336 361 !New South Wales !Do. new (Orient. B. Corporation ,Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. new 'South Australia Union of Australia 1 47 48 18& 19 43 95 26 127 'Union of London Unity Mutual , LONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.lJuly 100 1 112 117 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 I Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. IGO 1111 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 111 113 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1 1031 104 Do. Scrip B2 — N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. ja.&Julyi 100 1084 1091 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 S. W. Gov. 5 p.c., 1866 100 1004 1014 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 101 102 I Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwds 100 100 101 Nota Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 'lO9 110 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..&July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1 1071 1084 Wi 2* 86 471 44 3i 26 ,ITIES. loot not VHS DAY'S GARRETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, and all kinds moved off freely, at a further improvement in value of from Is. to 2s. per quarter. There was a steady business doing in barley, and all other articles, at very full prices. Throughout the continent wheat has realised more money for spring shipment, and other articles have continued firm The latest advices from the United States are to the effect that flour was rather cheaper. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were limited. The imports from abroad were liberal, via., 30,793 quarters of wheat, 24,650 barley, 23,109 oats, 2,600 rye, 35 beans, 4,860 peas, 90 tares, 105 linseed, 5,350 rapeseed, 460 maize, 195 sundry, 1,383 sacks and 13,055 barrels of flour. Fresh-up today, a very limited supply of English wheat was received, coastwise and by land earriage, in very middling condition. The weather having became com paratively mild, fewer difficulties present themselves as regards the unloading of vessels in the Pool; consequently the demand was far from active, but at prices fully equal to those realised on Monday last; indeed, in some few instances, they were rather exceeded for very fine samples by from ls. to 2s. per quartet. We were extensively supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat. Importers, however, were very firm in their de mands ; but the business done was only moderate, at lass week's currency. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, on former terms. English and Scotch barley realised full quotations, but foreign parcels were abundant, and dull in sale, at late rates. There was only a limited sale for all kinds of malt, on former terms. There was a good supply of oats on offer, yet the demand was steady, at 6d. per qr. more money. Beans moved off slowly, at late quotations. 'We have to report a very inaotive sale for peas, at late rates. Most kinds of English flour commanded extreme rates, and foreign parcels were rather dearer. CURRENCY PBR IMPERIAL 111111VU. Wheal—Essex aid Kent, red, new 4Bs to 64s Ditto, old 6lB 678 Ditto, white, new 548 658 Ditto, old 638 7is Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 5BB 668 Ditto, new 463 548 Rye—Old -8 -s New 4os 42s Barley—Grinding...., 2BB Ms Malting . 363 468 Malt -Suffblk and Norfolk .. 528 68s Brown sos 528 Kingston and Ware 528 703 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s 285 Potato 2Bs 338 Youghal and Cork, black ... 22s 278 Cerk, white Scotch, Feeding 2ss 298 Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss 52s Boilers 505 545 Flour—Town-made Suffolk 4OB 44s Stockton and Norfolk.. .. 405 Os dam, 54 from Hamburg, 75 from Antwerp, 72 from Ostend, and 20 from Havre. New Mid and East Kent pockets . Woalds Sussex Yearlings par cwt. ...€6 Os to £lB Os 4Os to 14 Os sOs to 9 OR sOs to 9 10s MISCELLANEOUS. 10 1000 25 10 50 50 20 20 ;Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) (Australian Agricultural ;Berlin Water (Limited) ,British American Land 'B.SLI.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) , Do. C. (Limited) ,Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim )( Cop. Min.ofEnz&Smltrt Do. Pref. 71 per cent. 1 Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Pei :,et. Deben Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship L imited) ;Do. 174 p et Preference, 'Lon District Tel. (Lim.y • (London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) ,Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. National Die. Co. (Lim. Nerbu.Coal&lren (Lim (Netherlands Land , 1130.8 p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis, Br.,SENovaScotiaLand IN.B.Australasian Oriental Gas (Limited) , iDo. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A Ditto B. 10 Ditto C stock 'Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) 50 iPen. & Oriental steam . SO Do. New 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.• 50 It hymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam stookliScot. Austin. Inv. (Lim 25 outh Australian Lan 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 o. do. Registered 10 Do. do.. 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. 10: Van Diemen'. Land 100 all all all all 13 14 29 31 4I 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 23i 24i 110} 31 100 1(2 107 109 93 96 2i 1 21 3 II I 111, 1 li n 2l 2 11 3 14 2 1 1 1 14 1 pr 47 50 71 73 18 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 47 49 136 141 38_ 38 5 I -7/ SSIONS, 9 10 Closing Prise. 921 931 11 11 41 5 6i 7 75 80 67 72 6 70 d pr tees done li lid , lf 4 & 21 lid 98 99 98 9% 100 f 101; 23 24 75 80 46 50 67 60 60 54 48 52 95 96 lid d 1 21 11 f d' t 9 t 91 d 95 100 95 100 4 3 96 90 63 83 85 93 94 86 87 11 lid 5 7 5 7 97/ 98/ 2/t1 11 - -d 92 94 'WAYS. 51 Si - - P li4 1 101 111 3 24d 2} 24i 23 24 194 7 71 4 20 384 39 7i Si 85i sai 54 56 31 2fd a • i 8. 1 Id U lt d 20 2L 91 4 1 3 D1 214 22 BRITISH MINES. p a id . I Closing Businen 1 Pr toe. Done ~.. Alfred (----;m:Prtiraelr).2.ll.lo 31 4 20 ;British Iron .......... 16 1 2 !Clifford .. . ..... ~ .. . nil 203 215 !Devon G. Cons. (Tavist: 1 410 420 !East Bassett (Illogan).. I 30 114 118 ;East Caradon .- . lE. WI Russel (Tavistk.); 7.4.0 101 111 IGam.ezSt.Aubyn(Gwen.); 641 26 28 Greati South Tolgus... I 17s 9 9 IG.Wheal Alfu. (Phi1ae112.13.9 1 11 1 —G. Wheal Vor (Holston 91 11 1 (Grenville ... . Illingsboo. Down; .10. 32 34 6 31 31 1 -. Lady Bertha .. 2. .... . 1.86 11 ..- Ma rgaret (Uny )9/ 54 56 North Downs .. .. '2l 31 4k 'North Prances (Illogan) 111 IN. IVii'l Bas ta t (1110 ;an) 15s 4 4 6 0 ;North Wheal Crotty (Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 i 91 11 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 45 47 ,Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 148 1 14 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 300 310 —S. Carn Brea (Illogan) I 3 21 $ 4 1 liS. Dev. Iron iiGen.,Lim.! a I 1 1 IS:Wheal Fran. (I llogan) 1 18.1R. 115 155 !Stray Park .. . . . _. 5 Tamar 5i1v..16 Lead Min. 41 21 21 i 10 T v i a n le C o ro l it io . w .. 7 .. . ( . 6i West Basset ( ll ogan rin. ): 1 398 1 6 1 d 1 5 7 1 18 5 it —W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 76 78 West Seton . ...... •• • 471 350 360 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5/ 117/ 122/ Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 160 170 Wheat Edward (Cals. 12 11 1 1 Wheal Icitty (ULelan 1.7.2 17 18 _ Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 20 22 Wheal Treiawne (Lis. 51 17 19 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian ..... - 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 15s d 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at X 5 p.) 271 • 21 20 D.o.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 4 2} 29 264 a 3 Do. Land and Miningeo all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 clic. 40 Cobre Copper ' all 43 45 Copiapo. ...... . ..... 1 1 .DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail / 1 2 'Fortuna all 2 24 20 General ...... . . . 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. A..u.st.r. 1 par 11 1 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 ii If p 8 Linare5...........,. . _ all 9/ 1p g Lusitaniaz, P 1 N.RhmeCopotS.Aus.L 1132.8d., 4 id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,L ead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 g Port Philip ...... . _ 1 1 Scottish Austrlit. (1.) lOB. it 28•2•811 United Mexi,ban .. ..... all 112 Wirth-in (Limited) all 1 .. s PQ ',guff .. 319/. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 2,031. In the corresponding week in 1860 we received 1,163—in 1859, 2,554—in 185 S, 8,650—in 1857, 782—in 1856, 654—and in 1855, 935 head. IMPORTS INTO LoNDOII LAO WISER. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Harlingen Hamburgh .. .. Ostend Vigo. - e• Dordt .. . •• • • • Amsterdam — .. Antwerp .... .. Boulogne... — • • Tanning Medemblik Nieu Diep .... .. Total 163 1,769 •• •• •• - •• •• 8.. --- . , --- • • 35 •, --- . . '"" • • . 27 • • --- • ""- • • '-"-- • • ''"' • • --- The yearly comparison of weekly Imports is as follows: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. 1860 176 .. 273 .. 14 .. 62 1859 326 .. 2,041 .. 187 1858 49 .. 397 104 1857-8 147 .. 461 174 1856 351 231 .. 72 1855 489 .. 680 .. 66 .. 10 There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's market, compared with many previnis weeks, and the de mand for it ruled steady, at enhanced quotations. The quality of the beasts was very midding. A very moderate supply of beasts was received fresh up from our own grazing distrtcts, in bit middling condition. All kinds commanded a steady inquiry, at an advance in the quotations of quite 2d. per 8 lbs. A few very superior Scots and crosses sold at 6s. 2d., and the general top figure for beef was Si. per 8 lbs. From Lincolnshire, Leicester- Ithire, and Northamptonshire, we received about 1,200 shorthorns ; from the Eastern districts, 400 Soots, &c. ; from other parts of England 600 of various breeds; from Scotland, 50 Scots and crosses ; fron Ireland 70 oxen, &c. We wore very scantily supplied with sheep, for which there was a good consumptive demand, at 2d. per 8 lbs. more money. The best Downs produced quite 6s. per 8 lbs. The best half-breeds were worth ss. Bd. to Ss. 10d, and th• best long wools 58. Bd. per 8 lbs, The few calves on offer met a brisk sale, at 4d. per 8 lbs. above last week's currency. We have to report a very firm market for pigs, and in some instances prices had an upward tendency. Per Blbs to a i s. d. a. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 310 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prima Seats, &o. 4 10 6 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 0 Second pality do. 4 2 4 8 , Lambs, Os Suckling calves, 19e to 22s ; 23s to 30s. the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-^wool do. 5 0 6 8 Pme. S'Cidowndo • 5 10 6 0 Large ores. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small poriers 4 8 5 2 Id to Pis Od. and quarter .eld store pigs. TOTAL SUPPLY. PORBIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... 3,40 Beasts Sheep and lambs 1 6000 Sheep ... ... 606 , Calves .. 56 Calves .. 22 Pigs .... 200 , Pigs A. statement and Comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 2, 1860, and this day, Monday, Dec. 31, 1860 : Per 81bs, sinking the offal. Jan. 2, 1860. Dec. 31, 1860 e. Coarse and inferior b eas t s . . .s. d. 3 4t03 d. s. d. s. d. 83 4to 3 4 Second quality ditto 3lO 4 43 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. .. . . Second quality ditto . . Prime coarse-woolled ditto . Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambe .. . , . Large coarse calv es . . . 4 2 4 84 4 410 Prime small ditto Large hogs • . , , . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 16,450 16,606 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES •N SAM?, Jan. 3, 1859.---Beasts, 3,905 ; sheep, 8,950 ; calves, 110 ; pigs, 300. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report fair average supplies of both town and country-killed meat have appeared on sale. Generally speaking, the demand rules steady, and prices are well supported. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. 6. d. Inferior beef 2 10 3 4 Middling do 3 6 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Do. small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 4 0 4 6 Inferior mutton 3 4 4 0 s. d. s. d. Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do Veal Small pork 4 8 6 4 Lamb A 0 0 0 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Only limited supplies of potatoes have come to hand since Monday last, chiefly by railway. The imports have amounted to 350 bags from Hamburg, and 93 tons from Louvain. The demand is somewhat heavy, at the annexed quotations : York Regents. l2os to 140 s per ten. Ditto Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Scotch ditto .... Do. Cups.. l6os to 160 s „ French Belgian Bos to 100 s „ SEEDS. The seed trade is still devoid of animation. Canary is firm, at full quotations ; but other descriptions rule next to nominal in value. Cakes drove off slowly on former terms. - furnip,Whlte,p.bus.36B to 38s Swede Mustard, Brown l2s 145 White, new l2s 18s Tares,Winter, new.. lls 145 Old —s —s Canary, per quarter 563 64s Rye grass, new 265 285 Clover, Red Eng., et. 64s 745 White Foreign Red 6os 68s White 72s 76s Trefoil, new 26s 32s Carraway ..... 30s to 34s Coriander lBs 201 lienipseed, per qr 44s 48$ Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 68$ Crushing .... 55s 62s Baltic 5Ss 60s Odessa sBs Od Linseed Cake, p. ton — English .ClO 10s £ll 5s Foreign, pto £lO. 68 £ll Raps Cakes,p.ton .Irs 10s £6 Os Rapeseed, p. qr. 701 708 WOOL MARKET. The demand for English wool is much resfricii ed, never theless prices are well supported. Foreign mad colonial qualities are almost nominal, The imports last week were only 76 Lales from Natal, and 443 ditto from Al goa Bay. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues in a most inactive st: ate, never theless prices generally are well supported. Last week's imports were 166 I; , ales from New York, 204 frc im BOW- TALLOW There is only a modurete demand for tallow; yet, com pared with last week, very little change has taken place in prices. To-day, P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 60s. per cwt. Rough fat, 3s. 2d. per Sibs. 1856. Stock this day.... 15.964 i Price of Y. C, { Se 34t( --s O Delivery last week 1,52 d 4 Ditto from J une 1 77,108 Arrivals last week 288 Ditto from J une 1 79,202 Price of Tow n .... 595:6d 1860. 1 72.626 60s 0d to f —a Od 599 53,957 681 99,489 61s Od BRITISH. POSS. Railways. Atlantic & Si Lawrence) Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per oent.. Do, Do. B {Buffalo and LazeHuroni Do. New — Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 o. do. July 1. 1873 o. do. June 1, 187 lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lill Cape,Eastn. Prov. (Lim. Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c., lemerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, g,u. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p o. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 1 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cont. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New o. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O .......... Do. do. '73 till '60...... Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 4} p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth de........ Do. d 0... ) Melb.Corp. 6 p. a. Buds Newßrunswick h Canda Ry.hLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share o. do. Land do 1 o. do. B Capital do. .. 1 o. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 oinde . . o. Punjaub o. Do. o. Indus. St. Flo gz ,1 t.Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 100 all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 1 all f 100 10 all 100 18 .ATL' Paid, no FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam 'Ardennes.. r ßah.&S.Fran-Lim 7 p.o. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Cv• - neaux Mine & Rail! Copiapo ........,t...... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .. Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. a. Do. do. Great Central of Franc • Gt, Luzern., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ... Maria Antonia ... .Do. New... .. Namur & Liege ........ Do, 6 p. e. Pref ........ Northern of Fra.nce.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. aria & 0r1ean5........ ecife & S. Fran. (Perm gua. 7 p. ct. 1ine...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Rome & Fras ca ti . ..... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, line,. 7p. c S.Aust.&LombVenetia Southern of France.. West Flanders ........ Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. N.Pir. of Franco Western of Austria ...... Western of Switzerland fesbaden .. • . ........ o. 8 per cent. Pref.... ,Zealand •. ............ Sharei Mines. 18 iii 1858. 1857. 1859. ( 30,340 1 31.905 44,453 53f; &Ito 51s01 to 57s 9 ito —0 Od 51s 3d —s Od 1,935 1,464 1,101 1 67,948 66,153 48,987 286 333 327 5,176 86,491 81,'159 55s 9d 53s 6d 59s 6d LAUNCH OF THE WARRIOR. The formidable iron -cased frigate, t l h , e so l o ar t g o e n st s man-of-war ever built, and more than world after the larger than the largest vessel in the launched into the river Great Eastern, was safely on Saturday. The launch of one vessel is like the launch of every other—the same first steady and then hurried rush into " the native element," and it is finished. The Warrior was not expected to offer any very peculiar feature in her first taking to the water, but, nevertheless, the ceremony , seemed to excite unusual interest, and so, in spite of the intense cold and thick snow which lay over everything, the yard of the Thames Shipbuilding Company was crowded with many hundreds of ladies and gentlemen anxious to see the first start of this invulnerable frigate. At one time it seemed extremely probable that all these anxious specta tors would be disappointed of the expected cere mony, far the Warrior not only did not go off the slip at once, but was only got to move at all after some delay, and the exertion of all sorts of compulsion. Sir I. Pakington himself named the ship—the first time, we believe, since the launch of the Thunderer, that the ceremony has ever been performed to a man-of-war except by a lady. The vessel was duly named and told to go to its element, but this the Warrior seemed most reluctant to do. The intense frost of the previous night had, in fact, frozen her down to the " ways" so firmly that nothing would move her. Hydraulic presses, which are always kept fixed and ready in case of such contretemps, were worked and pumped to the utmost they would bear, a heavy gun was fired on her upper deck to start her by concussion, but in vain ; she only moved slowly for a few inches, when the frozen grease on the slips brought her up again fast as ever. The tide was at its height, and it was evident that if she did not start in a few minutes she could not be launched till the next spring tides. A hawser was made fast to a powerful tug, hun dreds of hammers made the ways vibrate, while the men on board ran from side to side to start her, but all to no purpose. At last two other tugs came to the assistance of the first, and fortunately their united efforts were successful, The Warrior moved a little slowly, then stopped, then started again, and, gaining momentum as she descended, slid rapidly down into the water, and was safely afloat just as the tide began to fall. Of course, in her present extremely light draught of water, it is difficult to judge how she will appear when brought down to her load line. As far, how ever, as can now be seen, she will, when finished, be one of the most superb, and, from her extremely fine lines fore and aft, one of the lightest looking frigates in the world. When in seagoing trim her main deck portsills will be about 81 feet from the water, and in this respect she possesses an immense advantage over her French rival La Gloire, whose ports are only 5 feet 9 inches—much too near the water to make her guns of any use in a sea way. In point of speed, also, the Warrior will probably be unrivalled even by that wonderfully fast frigate the Ariadne, or her sister the Galatea. Among other improvements the Warrior will inaugurate is one which has been most urgently needed for years—an improvement on tie present cumbrous and awkward ship's gun carriage. Those which will be furnished to her have the stands fixed, the gun running backwards and forwards in a slide, with a pivot for training the gun fore and aft placed about the centre of the gun. The advantage of this is that it will allow the present wide port holes to be reduced to half their width, without at all interfering with the range of the gun fore and aft. Thus the portholes of the Warrior will be three feet seven inches high, and only two wide instead of four—a reduction which, of course, diminishes by one-half the chance of a shot or shell entering the aperture. For the space of nearly two feet, also, all round the ports, the armour plates are seven inches thick, instead of 4 1 1. The result of the experiments made by Mr.Whit worth with his 90 pounder gun and flat-headed shot against the iron sides of the floating battery Trusty showed that under favourable circumstances as to steadiness of ship and point blank range he could send the projectile through the side of a four inch iron vessel. Many shots were fired on that occasion. One, owing to a very trifling motion of the Trusty, which was moored at Southend, glanced from her side in a flame of fire, turned up, and went clear over her. The others all went through the four-inch iron, but only one went so completely through the oak timbers inside as to fall dead on the main deck. Yet these oak timbers were a merely nominal protection, inasmuch as they were rotten to powder, and the " beams" could be torn away in handfulls of yellow dust. This rapid delay always takes place when armour plates are laid over wood. Rotten as they were, however, so much had the passing through of the four-inch iron stopped the momentum of the projectiles that they quite sufficed to prevent it going through into the main deck. Mr. Whitworth himself admits that through five-inch iron plates, backed up by 20 inches of solid teak, it would be almost impossible to send a shot, and it is not unfair therefore to con elude that the sides of the Warrior are practically invulnerable to any artillery yet known that can be brought against them. The slope inwards, or " tumble home," as it is termed, of the Warrior's sides, is only two feet,—aa incline little, if at all, over a slope of 15 degrees. Every recent experi ment shows that this is not enough. In the model sent in to the Admiraltyby the Thames Ship Build ing Company the incline of the side was more than 26 degrees. The value of such an incline was shown when Mr. Whitworth was firing at the Trusty, a little movement in which sent the shot glancing up and over her. It is true that shot, and above all spherical shot, will not go through the sides of the Warrior, whether inclined or vertical ; but it is equally beyond a doubt that several shots striking the same plate would smash it, in addition to se riously injuring the woodwork behind, which, of course, bears the whole force of the tremendous concussion. Impressed with the vulner jn a o bi e li s ty la o st f iron-cased frigat es i n this re spect, Mr. sde sides, summer e prepared o ated with models of armour, aud frigates incliningwi tihangular n w ards at a a n n d s angle im o a f r 5 t 0 deg. 0 wh a t A butt a ship's c s n i d s t e r uwc would u e d l d o h n e s a d p e l a o n n , the pr same a eti se dt hPeo result e t s s u m l o t u p t r h o v a e n d d , principle,at y the Excellent , was erected an d e e less s o as f angular might h a a r v m e o b u e r e . n N e e x t p e o cntleyd werethe t h d e e c f i r d a e o d t u s r u e s l c c plates been vertical, but than half what they wetuhlod effect te of f ee t n he had the behind suffered less in p sion was altogether diminished by one o - p h o a r lf t , io a n n . d the A plate manufactured by the Mersey Iron Works took 17 blows in a space of Sift. by 2lft. before any part of it was removed, and then the iron was not effectually penetrated, nor the woodwork be hind it much injured. This plate, in fact, stood wonderfully, receiving blow after blow from 68- pound shot, almost on the same spot, and it was some time before it showed any symptom of weak- ness, There aro two other most important advantages belonging to this plan of Mr. Jones. The bolts, or rather the holes in the plates through which the bolts are passed and fastened inside the ribs of the ship, form the weak points of the plates. When struck with shot the cracks spread from rivet-1101e to rivet-hole till the plate is almost as full of frac tures as a broken pane of glass. But vith plates la on Mr. Jones's.plan at such an angle of inclination, it will be unnecessary to employ more than a very few bolts in attaching them ; and if the plates arc well dovetailed into each other, five placed thus : • : would be amply sufficient to attach them. This is one most important advantage, but there is another almost as great in the diminution of the tendency of the ship to roll by the weight of the iron sides being made to lean in board and more to the centre of gravity. We do not mean to say that an incline of 50 degrees is necessary for iron ships' sides, as we know there are many important objections to such a " tumble home;" but every error is only a truth abused, and Mr. Jones is far nearer the truth when he states 50 degrees to be the necessary in cline than the Admiralty when they state that twelve degrees are sufficient. The ablest authorities in gunnery in the navy have officially expressed their opinion to the Admiralty in favour of Mr. Jones's plan, and shipbuilders and practical seamen profess to be convinced that the sides of a floating battery should have an incline of from 30 to 35 degrees• Still the Admiralty have as yet done nothing, and in this matter, too, the Emperor of the French is ahead of them. The success of Mr, Jones's plan was only clearly established in June. Yet already the Emperor has tested the value of the improvement, has built one gunboat (the Tortoise) on this principle, and others are in cours e of construction. Will the Admiralty profit by this example of our neighbours as they have done in the matter of iron-cased frigates altogether? At all events, if they don't build angular-sided vessels, let them at least build others like the War rior. Let the slip that is now vacant at Millwall be at once occupied by another, and let no time be lost in diminishing the distance between the pro gress of our navy and that of France in the matter of iron-sided men-of-war. The Warrior vessel; all that the country w an t s is a superb is more of them ; all that scientific gunners and seamen want is that such an inclination should be given to their sides as would not only keep out the shot, but glance it up wards off the vessel altogether. Ha v i ng seen the Warrior built the Admiralty are about to try their hands at building one at Chatham. Far be it from us to say that this ship will not be in form, strength, and speed, as fine a structure as the Warrior itself; but we may, at all events, venture to express an opinion that some long time must elapse before the public are likely to see it finished. By all means, however, let one be built at Chatham. We are too far behind the French in this matter of iron frigates not to wish that every means may be resorted to to restore the equilibrium of our navy. But while doing this at Chatham let not the Admiralty ne glect to employ to the same end the great private yards which have given such proofs of their skill and resources as are shown in the Warrior and the three other vessels of the same class now building. A few words about La Gloire may not be out of place here. According to one set of statements, she is the most perfect and most formidable vessel ever built ; according to others neither the one nor the other, but a bad and irremediable failure. Neither of these extreme reports is true, but the latter is nearer the truth. From the immense thickness of the wooden scantling under the armour plates, and from her being coated entirely with armour, she is so low in the water that, as we have said, her port sill is less than six feet from the sea. When fully laden, with all coals and stores on board, it is scarcely over five, and this fatal defect renders her maindeck guns all but useless in a moderate sea-way. For the same reason she is not able to stow more than from three to three and a-half days'coal. The bunkers of the Warrior hold fuel for six and a-half days' full steaming, and, with a very little extra stowage nine days coal can always be carried out of port. The speed of La Gloire has been stated to be 12 knots. Now, if the statement of one of her officers is to be believed (an officer, too, thoroughly well ac quainted with her engines), the utmost speed that has been obtained from her has been short of 11 knots, and at this speed the vibration of the stern was so considerable that it was evident the armour plates would all work loose if it was long maintained. Nine and a-half to ten knots an hour is stated to be her utmost average speed, and this must be consi dered a high rate for a ship of such size and weight. None attempt to deny the fact that in a sea way La Gloire rolls almost dangerously. In fact, all iron clad frigates must roll slowly and deeply, if in their construction especial pains are not taken to guard against such a defect. Their massive iron sides, when once started, are like heavy fly-wheels set in motion, and roll they must. Beyond a certain degree of inclination also, the weight of both sides leans over on one, and thus the roll must always be both slow and very deep. To counteract such motion the Warrior has two ridges of iron on each side of her bottom, like lee-boards, and extending almost along her entire length. Each of these plates is about two feet deep, and the resistance which they offer to her rolling is, of course, immense. Roll, how ever, to a certain extent she must ; but she will undoubtedly roll less than any iron frigate built without the ridges we have mentioned. The work of fitting the Warrior with the rest of her plates and engines will go on as rapidly as possible in the Victoria Dock, whence she will start at the end of May or beginning of June, for Portsmouth, to be masted. TILE SUEZ CANAL. A letter from Alexandria, dated Deo. lith, says :—Since Said Pasha's return from Suez intel ligence has been received of certain disturbances having lately arisen with the Bedouins of the neighbouring deserts. It was at first stated. that they had interfered with the workpeople engaged in laying the foundations of the Red Sea light houses ; but, according to later and more reliable reports, the affray has solely been between a small number of Bedouins, recruited as labourers by M. delLesseps for his canal works, and a small de tachment of Egyptian irregular troops. The Egyptian Government, it appears, objects to the introduction of Bedouin Arabs into the Isthmus, and in the endeavour to prevent the enrolment, by the opposition of its influence among the Bedouins, a quarrel has taken place in which one or two men have lost their lives. It is difficult to understand what the precise objections of the Egyptian Go vernment to the enrolment of the Bedouins may be; but even to those least favourable to the prose cution of M. de Lesseps' scheme, it will be matter of regret that, if good and solid grounds exist for the prohibition, they should not be set forth in an open and unassailable manner. M. de Lesseps went to Suez for the declared purpose of engaging labourers for the canal works, and of imparting a fresh impulse to the languid progress of the " Universal" company's operations. As might easily be foreseen, his efforts in that direction met with but very slender success. Whether with or without the approval of the Go ♦ernment, he has little chance of collecting more than a trifling number of Bedouins, and still less of being able to keep them at work fer any length of time. Even their love of money will never be sufficient to overcome their innate dislike for regu- lar labour of any kind, and they will moreover en counter the same causes for.discontent as those that have acted in the case of the Egyptian fellahs. In deed, the mere fact of failure with the latter is sufficient to show the utter hopelessness of the attempt to replace them with Bedouins. The fellahs are thoroughly inured to a life of hardship aid to privations of every kind, and are, moreover, industrious and laborious to the highest degr ee , i n spite of which, the attempts to securo their services have proved altogether ineffectual, as was, indeed, possessing, the slightest clearly foretold by all knowledge of their temper and character. The small number allured by the prospect of high pay soon grew dissatisfied, and endeavour by every means in their power to obtain their discharge- Attempts have been made to maintain discipline by flogging, a thi ng w hi c h w ill l ea d to serious consequences if attempted with Bedouins. case of fellahs, th e i mm ediate result has beenln the that the men desert in bodies, sacrificing the arrears of pay that are held back in the endeavour to bind them to their work. Not only, however, is this the case with the nativ e labourers, but even the European artisans have been throwing up their appointments in large numbers. One, a French ' man, w4en 1,4817 asked why he had abandoned his - • - place, answered that at first he got men but no pickaxes, then be was supplied with pickaxes but no men, and at last, when he had both labourers and tools, they found themselves without stores or provision of any kind, upon which he and his men appear to Wave left the place in a body. The only work that can, though by stretch of language, be characterized as in the least degree effective is performed by the dredging machines, a small number of which are at work in Lake Menzaleh, and one at an inner station, whither it has been Iconveyed with heavy expense of labour and time. These machines, it had been announced would excavate 1,800 cubic metres per day, instead of Which the maximum of their work proves to be only 200 cubic metres each. At Port Said, the tramway constructed for the purpose of conveying materials to the jetty, and which last spring was destroyed by the sea, has not been repaired. Some of the inland stations have been altogether aban doned. At one the few men that remains are em ployed in collecting natives, for what useful pur pose in connection with the canal it is hard to under ' stand. At another the men have been engaged in cutting a section of the grand canal on its full scale, the object of which seems equally, if not more mysterious, since even the rigole de service, or elementary cutting, Cannot b e sa id to have been any where fairly commenced. M. de Lesseis lately applied to the Viceroy for assistance in obtaining workpeople—in other words, to be supplied with forced labour, a request which, fortunately for his subjects, and for the interests of the country in general, Said Pasha has refused, under the influence, it is said, of the French Go vernment. The latter for the present appear in clined to leave:M. de Lesseps to his own resources If this policy of " non-intervention" be persisted in, the affairs of the Canal s Company will probably soon come to an issue, and, for the sake of the shareholders, it may be added, the sooner the better MAZZIIVI ON THE ITALIAN QUESTION. The following letter has been received by Mr. W. Sharman, the secretary to the Sheffield Gari baldi Fund : DEAR. received, on my coming back from the country, your very kind note of invitation to the working rnenl soiree. I cannot, unfortunately, comply with your wishes and mine and be with you on that evening ; but I feel thankful for the sympathising thought, and have joy at your having of expressing, in the given me au opportunity name of my countrymen, too, how grateful we are for all that has been nobly done in your country to promote and help the success of our national cause. We know that you have been really working for an idea—for the triumph of the great prinoipie which may ultimately reign over Europe—" Nations belong to the people, not to dynasties, Emperors, or Popes." Why should you meanwhile bring to a close your efforts ? Was not their aim the triumph of that principle throughout all Italy ? Was not your help for those who are fighting the battle of Italian unity and absolute independence ? The aim is not yet reached—the battle is only half won. Ours is a mere truce. A day is yet for the purpose of bury ing our dead and considering the dangers that we must still front. Next year we shall have the Venetian and Roman questions to settle. Will you not be with us, help us as far as your power goes ? Stand up in avowed sympathy for Rome and Venice as you did for Palermo and Naples, Combating in your own way, as we in ours, not for a mere fact, but for a principle. Do not dissolve. Keep up your committee, your associations, your subscrip tion list. Much has been done, the most remains. Rome, in our hands, is the inviolability of the soul, and liberty of conscience enthroned everywhere over the whole world, and our war for Venetia will be a grand one for others ; it will be the rising of Hungary, and of all the other nationalities denied for centuries by that artificial thing which they call the Austrian Empire, and which, to all who look beyond a doad parchment arbitrary science, is the true source of a perennial font of inquietude and war in Europe. You can help us through this double unavoidable forthcoming struggle in the same way you helped us through the first. But the main point on which your Italian agitation ought now to bear is the correct, honest understanding of the non-interfer ence principle, which has been often declared to be the basis of your external policy, and which has been approved of in words by the French Govern ment. We want nothing more, but nothing less. Is the non-interference doctrine amounting to this—" 'We shall never go for good-doing, anybody may for evil-doing ?" Is it a godless, heartless theory of self-abdicating indifference to mankind, the outward life of England and everything that moves, lives, suffers, struggles out of your imme diate vicinity ? Is the task of a free, great nation like yours throughout the world the task of a mere powerless on-looker on right and wrong ? Or is it a great high principle, which, spoken by a power ful nation of believers in one God, and in one law, must be recognised by all, and shield a people which chooses to manifest its life, wants, duties, rights, and tendencies against the undue, unruly, oppressive interference of armed foreigners ? That is the question which we want you to solve in your practical way for the good of mankind and the honour of your own country. I do not speak of Austrian interference in our Venetian lands. It is a long standing affair, grounded on treaties, assented to by all Europe, and the solution must belong exclusively to our selves. But the interference of Louis Napoleon in Rome, supporting the political tyranny of a Pope, when all provinces desert one by one as soon as favourable circumstances allow, and denying all possibility of Italian unity, has not been assented to—only tolerated, whilst we ourselves did not loudly protest against it, and there was no affirma . _ tion of our national right in Italy. lt is not grounded on treaties; it is an open violation of them. It took place, as the 2d of December, by surprise. It claimed to be tolerated, merely on the ground that it would last only a very short time, and would not deprive the Roman people of their rights. It has deprived them of all rights, and it lasts since 11 years. It is, in fact, a disguised conquest, and furnishes in a a : penal France with a base of operatioGnaiebtra.long nursed usurping schemes on the Spuln, now md more visible by the new interference at And this in open defiance to bothtoltaly Europe. All Italy points to Rome as and its naturalsare , metropolis, and large French reinforcements immediately despatched th ere . nue ink with whieh Lord John Russell wrote hi s last excellen t l ec ture to Europe about non interference is scarce ly dried when the zone of French occupation i s widely enlarged, and str e t c h es from Rom to Vite rbo, and e to the Neapolitan f ront i er. Is there no possibility f or you to help us against au obstablo whi c h m i ght be, through expression a universal of imposing European op inion, peace fully removed, a n d w hi c h bids us, if that do not take place, try and fight both Au4tria and France out of our own land at no distant period? Might not immense good be done to our cause by a non interference agitation being raised up in England, aiming at making it a practical boon to ourselves and others, and t e aching both your Government and Europ©' t hat an individual may lecture and offer advice, but that a great nation warns and leads? Mi g ht you not suggest to your eoun.trymen. that, for the sake of avoiding injustice and war, they o ught to open negotiations with France about the necessity of adhering to promises, and leaving Italy to the Italians ? As for the calumnies systematically heaped on me—don't mind them; I don't. I remember the time, not far distant, in which your aristocratic, or money•worshipping papers, were treating me as a madly Utopian demagogue, because I was pleading for Italian unity. The verdict of the whole Italian population has now proved that I was right. It is a compensation worth any amount of useless unprofitable praise, when the cordial thanks of good, true, unprejudiced working men, such as yourselves, come to me. It is to me worth the language, favourable or not, of editors not knowing me, nor seeking for information abo u t me, but blindly receiving importations from power seeking men of Turin or Paris. Ever yours, very gratefully, London, Dee, 25, Is6o. a9§lrli Mann. ,~.}°' Shar 100 stk I 18 204 20i 10 stock stook 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stook 61 7 11.