The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

TILE SHARE MARKETS. SILITXBH ELLII.V/ATS. , • Business done Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices, to.day 'herd een.. .. • • all 11 to 11% drabergate, Nottingham, Boston, &E. Junclon 8% 5 5 34 glare and County Down 37% •• —• • Wolverhamp., anal StZar Valley •• all 9% 10% hi rkenh., Lan., & Chesh , June. late 331.65 . Bd.. 26 —• • d• 33 1. Chest. & Birkenhd., , 50 1. &251. Consolidated all .. —• • do., 201... 17% .! •••• d i s. and Exeter.. 100 82 g. Caledonian •• • • 50 15 14 —"X t h ester and Holyhead .. all 20 203, n n blin and Belfast Junct. 45 22 —2O 4. viblin and Kingstown.. all ••• •t`uridalk and Enniskillen all • • '• .andee, Perth, and Aber- 7 bken Junction • • • • . il all 0., New •- '; _aat Anglian (251. L. & and L. & D.) •• •• 2 1l 3 .t 2% 14 2% Do. (131. E. & H.) • • 2 - 0 -- x 634 —6% Eastern Counties •• &astern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • g all 5 LK)• do. do. • • 6 • • • • Do. do. B& C shares all 3 L 4 — 3 % East Lancashire • • " all l— s he. New quarters • • all " —• • Last & West India Docks all 49 —5l • and Birm. Junc. • • East & west York. June. all .. LEdinbur g h ana Glasgow 50 27 —24 r ei th, and Dundee 25 5 534 Glasgew and South-West. 100 .. —• • be. do. G.D. &C.stock 8 6 8 .• great Northern • • all 18 34 1 8 31 Do. halves, A, deferred all 5% —5% 576 X Do. halves, B, 6 per et. all 13% 13% Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • all 3 5 3.1 — 3 7 Great Western .. .. 100 8$ 86 34 Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 75 —BO Do. thirds 11 13 4 734 834 p Lancaster and Preston .. 4734 •• —• • Lancashire and I orkahire 100 61 6134 Do. quarter stares .. all " • • D o. t ft h s • la 8 —7% d. . Do. West Riaing Union 11 34 5 —bX d. 7 34 X Leeds Northern • • • • all 1431 1534 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • • • 17 % • • —•• London and BLackwall .. all 67 —6% Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip 1X .. —• • London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. 100 97 —9B London and N.-Western 100 11.134 —ll6 116 115)4 116 Do. do. quarters .. 22 3 3 1 4 p. 20 Do. fifths .. 12 2 34 p. Do. 101. sh., M. & B (e) 1 1 % I %P. London and S.-Western . 100 84 —B5 Do. new 501. 4234 8 7 dis. „_Do. new 40/. .. 34 634 dis. Manchester, Buxton, and M anchester, all 2 2 34 at anchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .. 100 32 .- 33 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 3 1 4 —2% dia. Laidland 100 56 54 56% Do. 50/. shares • • 35 • • —• • dis. Do. Birming & Derby 100 27 —29 M idland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734 —•• 'tweastle and Carlisle.. all .. • xue• uarter shares .. all all • 7% • — • 8 •• X 8 Newport, rket • • "ewPort, Abergavenny, t• and Hereford 8 6 —5% dis. ' 'orry and Enniskillen- 7 .. —• • dia. N ewry, Warrenpoint, & Norfolk • • " all —• • Aorta., .. 100 21 -- 23 Do. New 201. shares.. 15 1434 1334 dis. "orthern Counties Union 334 334 —2% dia. North British.. 25 7 —7 X 73L North Devon 934 734 634 612. North Staffordshire 1734 8 % 8 34 dia.! krerth-Weatern .. 19 • • —• • dia. North& Bth.-West. June. 3 34 3i dia• —34 P Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. an 144 —l5 Newel Central :.• 2 2 551 1454 14 X 14% Scottish Midland a u 8 914 Shrews. & Birm., Class A all 6 1 4 6334 Class B• • • • • • all 4% —4% Shrews & Hereford., Old 7 4% 334 dia. .., 1 )0" New • • 7 do., ''arewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • • • 13 —l5 De. th. dyes • • all 6% 7 0 3 „ try • all 10 Do. Ne w .. • • • • .. 1 • • —• • dia. th b r o °l l thire Union • • 634 3/4 d ' B, C, & D, fully Southup at per cent • • • • —• • .oUth Devon all 13 —l5 14 Sout h-Eastern • • 80 20% 20% Wales.. • • all 29 —3 O nth Yorksh Jeff • and River 15 3 i d • Shea • • • • • • • • 8 •, Roth., and Goole 1 1 „_?uth Division .. 6 • • —• • B',.!!hi; and Danfermlhie all " • • iallou and Hartlepool 16 2 2-3 • • —• • Vid e Ye w • • • .. 16 149 150 T h ._ • e v ale Extension 9% diS •• •• —. 8 Haven Dock and 'irk W aY .. 18 16 —l5 dis. f N o a h 17 • • • d. Waterforditerr,erfd,:nnddumKilk e c ri nny ek, au all . 4 . 34 Wex., Wick. Whi t D u b l i n _ rZ.e4lt Cornwall ** • • 5 • • • niteh • • • 11 .. die. /ark and Farness an Dii,„"erwc ! , & Ber wick 25 1:7% Bl e r si tt otl Newcastle 4 Di tt'a ' 2 •R•E •• •• • 20 7g —7 d. 12% Ork sad Purchase 9 3% —3% d. 5% Purchase Midland 50 2234 22% ZingES I MAS2II) AT PrzED luervrAzo• unwaya. Leasin g Business Cera mic ,. Paid. Nominal Prices. don to-day. Rolf. & Mach le Y - 11 4 r n-d og :II , u,z- •• Lott. & N.W. fb • J 41' wi araut uncion, eed t . a • Gt. Western all 2934 30% thou • ante° Ts _ all 2834 2 134 ra w __ • Y, gua.. Do ' + without .a. DO .. all 29 —3O ,3 11 -ltranl a , .tteki„,,•7 •• Do .. all 28 —29 Clvd es i s att l Bll. Lon. &N. W. all 17 —18 X X. 7 .44 JUlle Caledonian all 42 44 r per ca n ' r l u ll '. 6 ulouce-s-te; ar:a G Northern all 32 R t'eaa P a rest (31 artlepi D ock .. t * . Western 20 134 34 332 Z P 32% and R S . I rk,New.,l 0 4111 (. and Ber. • •••., Selby Ylt. &N. M. all 105 107 D o: Ye Shares Do • • all 52 —54 Lo ods 34 Shares Do • • .. all 24% 2534 L oh. and Brad. Midland all 102 103 alld Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% -- 12 X Low. rr rt, Gd 4 G reen . Do .. .. all 24 —• 25 "t o D C F 1 : 1 t • •• . Norfolk all 14 —l5 i h i ki •,;,c s ilr cent De all • • ItZ e c b ' and ar,6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all .. Der e ast, 6 De . en t• •• E. Conatiei . all 0 :7 1 , Per cent. Do. • all 55 —57 l'rest ea aw •• Go .• • . 43 55 57 W and L. & N.W. '"' „.} all 44 —46 % h eaa., Shar esA Do •• 11 834 934 P ju ld 4 , 40 y. I, 4 5 1 4 1 ,1; •S. Eastern .. all 21% —22 uo. G. Northern 6 1 4 8% etatoth 1.. D° all 838 —8% Roole, ' an d b omb sta Ler et. Lane. &York 18 11 6 .- •• Wear v eL ll 2 rd & M'Clean 934 2 —1 % dis. Cent. 8 0 , " per ,Do. d o • ' • Dar. all • • —• • d o - " 25 28 29 Ty • • LO 25 Sooners. (It. Western 100 92% 9334 PazrEEENcz BEGutzso Railways. I Paid. 1 Nominal Prloo3. lUn to-d siness ay d . ono • —,_. --........--. dig. 4 ber '-------"---------- 4. „ ... deen ... ,„ a ue 2 ... 'MIL C a . Z e en. • 1 1 . 0. 2, 7 pr. et. 2% .. c e2 °Wan 101. .. • • 10 7% 7% 7% 1 \ 1 ! .ter and Holyhead .. all 16% 16% tfuna. Aber. June. all 1 —% d. Anglian (31. 108.) „ Per cent. .. .. • • all 2% —2% ...ast ern Counties Paten., s Per cent. No. 1 .• all ' % 1 p Pm tio. No. 2 .. •• .0 Do. view all %--% 13 Pmew 6p. cent. Stock 10 11 %-- i 1 Eastern Union, scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 9 Do. 101. Deben. Sh ares. au % 10 East Lancashire. 6 per cent quarter shares .. a u E. &W. York. June, Saul au • • illn. Per. &Thm.si p.ct. all • i ~, —•, _ . Glasgow & 5.-W. Consel. 100 „.". .... . ols Gt. Northern, 5 rer cent. all 12% _ i i,„ bo., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip 6% % .... si 7 a p 7 Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .• all 7 % •••• 7 X 3t. western (Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 • • —•• P. Lancashire and York shire, P. 201. .. •• • . 6 • . —•• . O. 6 per e t. St oc k .. 100 135 —l 2 -7 die Lleda Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. 0. .. 11 . • 74; P ... 1) o. quarters, 1848 .. 9 • • '— .• P London, Brighton, and 11. Coast, guar. 5 per et 100 • • ''''' . ft 1)o. pref., 4 p et. 5k,1851 100 •--- b. 120 Do. new gu ar ., 6 per et. 100 145 .-150 145 Lun. & N. West. (Coy. & Ntineat.) 5 per cent. .. 13% • • " London &S.-W., new . s 2% —91 i Sheffield, and Linc., quer. shrs.,No. 1 all 1 1 —l2 Do. new, 101. ~ all 12% -- 12% Do., 61. • • •• .. .. kidiandeon.6 p.a. stock 1 00 ..% —% P Do. Consel. Bristol & .... firming., 6 per cent... 100 134 136 1)0. Bristol & Glouees. all „ no., Leic. & Swanning., .. 8 per cent. guar. 1 00 — ... 130 ., Preference •• .. 5 ,3. . % die. .iorfolk Extension • • all 0 % -- le% „e. guar. 5% per cent all 4 % ._ 4% No rth British •• .. 5 4% --5 (:),„ Xf. Wor. &W 01. 151. 6 p.c 8 % % flis ch rews.&Bir., new guar. all 10 10% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. .W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15% —l6 South Devon 11 la l oa t - Eastern, 4% p. et. 10 •• "" ''• °l, Nowt., and Berw., bt. bi - 0 , E p a ll 15% '—' 16 o • . ar. .• It 9. 5 3% 4 li 11d. North 5f .11. and S. Purch.id iand 10 1% % din. Ben, POREIGN. ... ozne and Amiens :. all 11% 11 % U oatral of France (Or- 11% le vil end vi brach - - erzon) .. all 20% —2l .., Ritm o, '" I Rt. Indian • • • • 14 4% —4% dis. Do. do " .. .. 35 5 —2% 1). great Indian•P do. ~ 20 .. • Ditto di t .Z d nlnla.• all Lluvain a i a. fi, •.• 3% %-% P• Lisernhenrg nil" •• 'l% . —•• Ditto (Ridc wa ", .. 13 3% —3% Ditto (Canal) /.' •• 10 3% —3% Maria Antonia • • .. 2 % Ditto, New ~ ** en 61 8d .. —•• tramnr and Liege -.- .. .6,,/‘ ~., —• v. 11Northern of Prance - .- 7. ' 61,- ,rleall3 and Rordea .. •e 191 A 19, rants and Orleans • ux • • • 11 2% 134.-ris and Rouen .. ... all 42 —44 2% d. I. all 2 G 27% 27 aria and Strw Ilene ' hour g •• 18 34 2714 and Havre .. I% gliatritre and , Mena. :: :11l I° WY' ~,,,__ ...rear s&Quebc.(A) 2 3 % —4% 3 ears and Jurbise Nantes ° ,1 1 ,4 n 1 1Y. , Lan: 17 77i : 'l% die. I • arid \\rte._ mild Hass an E all * . er; It ft gfit; ' 2U 1 n., , " 21 2% MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) rnaUrGILTE AND 7.7ELIDENEKAM , I., A fair average business has been transLeted in to-day's market as follows:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8(1 to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 6d to 35 per 81bs by the carcase. HAY imaroXIITS. SMITHFILLD.—Meadow flay, 21 15s to 31 183 03; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 63; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 6s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND —Meadow Hay, 21 163 Od to 410 s Od; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4l 6s; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 7e per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—MeadOW Hay, 2l 14s. to 3l 18s 03; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 418 s; and Straw, 11 Os to 1/ 7s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. IVILLIMETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 14.—The supply of fat stock on sale here today being On the increase, the general demand ruled heavy at drooping prices. Beef, from 23 6d to 3s 83; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 83; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s Sd per Sibs, to sink the offals. ROIaFORD, JAN. 14.—Our market has ruled heavy, and prices have a downward tendency. Beef from 2s 8d to 3a 8d; Muttcn, 2s 103 to 43 4d; Veal, 3s 2d to 33 83; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 83 per 81130. Suckling Calves, 18s to 21 s ; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 203 each. BAILSHAM, JAN. 14.—The general demand is in a very inactive state 9.3 follows :—Beef, from 3s to 3s 103; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 63; Pork, 3s 4d to 33 83 per 81bs. ARUNDEL, JAN. 13.—Prime Beasts and Sheep are steady at full prices. Otherwise the trade is very inac tive. Beef, from 33 to 4s; Mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 63; Pork, Os 23 to 3s 83 per 81b3. CHICHESTER, JAN. 14.—Generally speaking the trade is dull and prices ate not supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 103; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 33 to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d; per Blbs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE P. , ICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 8, 1852, made up from the Returns of the In,pectors in the different Cities and Towns in Engiand and Pi ales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. i OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PEAS. PRICE •• I 37s 4d Its Id I 17s /0d I 30s id 1 28s 9d I 28s Id DUTIES ON FOREIGN cORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PEAS. Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK.. Wheat, 94,734; Barley, 92,048; Oats, 24,298; Rye, 42 ; Beane, 6,181 ; Peas, 2,259 quarters. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS -(THIS DAY.) Parliament was this day further prorogued by Royal Commission to the 3d of February next, then to meet for the dispatch of business. The Lord Chancellor and the other Royal Commis sioners named in the Commission having taken their seats on the Woolsack in the House of Lords, the Yeo man Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the Commons to the bar, and some of the officers of the Lower House having answered to the summons, the Royal Commission was read by the clerk at the table. The LORD CHANCELLOR then declared the ad journment in the name of her Majesty, adding the impor tant words that it was the Royal will and pleasure that the Parliament should " assemble and be holden" on the adjournment day "for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs," and the Lords Spiritual and Tempo ral, and the knights, citizens, and burgesses ' and the commissioners of shires and burghs of the House of Commons were required and ccmmandcd to give their attendance accordingly nt Westnainnter on Tuesday, the third day of February next. The proceedings were simply one of form, and did not occupy more than a few minutes. FIRE AT EXETER HALL, STRAND. Last evening, shortly after seven o'clock, the g reatest confusion was caused iu consequence of a report beins raised that that immense building, Exeter Hall, had taken fire. A sheet of flame was seen from a small building situated between the windows of the large hall and the porters' rooms, and the firemen having .set to work, they were enabled to carry the hose from their engines down one of the main passages of the hall, and by opening a side window they succeeded in pouring a heavy stream of water upon th flames, which prevented their further extension, and in less than an hour en tirely extinguished them. Some damage is done to the walls of the hall by smoke and water. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A fire having taken place this evening in the vaults at Exeter Hall, may I beg the favour of your noticing in your account of it that it has in no way in jured the large hail, and that the Thursday Concerts will take place as announced. I have taken the liberty of troubling you with this, fearing that the report, without such a notice, may pre vent the attendance of many persona, and occasion a serious loss._ Your kind compliance with. this request will oblige, Sir, Your obedient servant, JONATHAN JONES, Director of the Thursday Concerts. Exeter Hall, Wednesday, Nine SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGn OF THE METROPOLIS. —A meeting of the committee, appointed by deputations from the metropolitan parishes, for reform in the adminis trationtdrainage of the metropolis, of :the sewerage and Y snres be immediately adopted was held, last evening, e t ma, ebone Courthouse ; and it was resolved, " That active mc fa for bringing such administration o o f l eT ré D e E et S . t A he RT S . elected by the rate-payers." under representatives society gave last night winter --T se hi ae g to a more than usually crowded and elegant coeripmy. The musical very numerous and w ell chosen. roramme was major was charmingly its l e t i E gii r th i'z I s played by Beethoven's Duet in F Mrs. Goffrie and Mr. Pol litzer; as well as W eber's Duet played by Messrs.. Boose and (for, clarionet and piano), enthusiastically areplauded. Al - Gollmick, which were most admirably performed by Miss Muller, liumel's quintett was most and Gantz, A n d Boose, Luigen,, Muller, Messrs. Pollitzer, we must mention that Mr. Pollitzer in both of the above • ces, as well as in his solo on the violin,, was most beautiful,ie gr eat spirit in his execution. wilflst songs and other solos combining melody with a by Mdme. Lemair, Mr. Kuchler, Mr Snelling (on the bas soon), Me. Graeff Nichols (on the ft . ute), Mr. Gollmick (on the piano), were most exquisitely performed, en and received with repeated encores, amidst most deaf pro longed the very agreeabl e even i ng to l a n fa a te pp ho a r which KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—At thelast meeting of of the committee of management of this hospital a letter was read from Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, one of . directors of the East India Company, announcing his intention of placing at the disposal of that body the appointment of anon assistant surgeon_ in the Company's service, to be conf er the students of the hospital , who is to be selected ( one 9f for his professional merits and his correct and gentleman-like con duct. Such a noble and judicious exercise of patronage re flects credit, not only on Mr. Plowden, but also oritlli) ir . stitution which he has thought worthy of his bounty, Were ' the disposers of the patronage of the East India Company to adopt a course like this more frequently, the result i n a f ew years would be most favourable to the service, and would exercise a beneficial influence on medical science in India by introducing into it a number of highly educated young men selected for the appointments specially for their diligence, in dustry, and medical attainments. A SEAMAN'S HEAD CUT OFF EY A. BALK OF TIMIZER.—SHIELDS, MONDAY NIGIIT.—" Misfortunes never come alone." Immediately following the fatal accident on the Tyne, announced by me on Saturday, I have another fearful case of sudden death to record. A large fleet of col liers arrived here this morning, and a seaman, whose body has not been identified, but who is supposed to have come in by one of them, was passing through a timber-yard, be longing to Messrs. Bell and Marshall, on the simile side of the water, about 8 o'clock in the morning, ami,having occa sion to pass through a temporary saw-pit formed by large balks of timber, had got about half way through, when those i on the right-hand side of ham tell, and one of them catching him on the nape of the neck, in a manner guillotined him. The others fell upon him and crushed his body in a fearful manner. The workmen in the yard g ot the body out in a short time, but he was quite dead. The body now lies at the workhouse for identification. LORD STANLEY.—Lord Stanley, who has been amongst us upwards of a month, left by the steamer of the Ist, for Calcutta. Ile made as much use of his opportuni ties for observation as was possible, visiting whatever was deserving of attention, and making a short excursion into the interior, as far as 'Apure. —Madras althenceuna Dec. 13 The Earl of Mulgrave was sworn in es Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, before Mr. Justice Wightman. ETON COLLEGE.—The students, in remembrance of her Majesty's condescension and kindness in visiting the College of Eton, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at tended by the members of the Royal suite, on the 4th of June last, have presented to the Rev. Dr. llawtrey, the bead master, a beautifully executed bust in marble of her Majesty, from the chisel of Thorneycroft. This admirable likeness of her Majesty, together with a corresponding one of the Prince Consort, recently presented to the college by his Royal Highness, has just been placed over the entrance in the upper school, with those of its Royal patrons, George 111. and William IV. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of this institution took place last night, and was, as it always is, remarkably well attended. Nearly 800 people assembled on the occasion, and dancing was kept up by them with great spirit to a late hour. Among all the trades' charities in London this takes the lead, and it is even said to be the largest in the kingdom supported by voluntary contributions. It maintains no less than 130 separate tenements for decayed members of the licensed victuallers' fraternity, and the year which has just closed has seen it released from debt. This has been mainly acco mplished by the liberality of the great brewers, and the efforts of the management are now directed towards• the foundation of a suitable endowment fund. Mr. Sinclair, the chairman, exerted himself creditably last night to promote the inte res t s of the trade, the destitute members which is an honour to the ute member • of which it seeks to relieve. LOLA MONTEs " AMERICA.—The debut of Lola ue ea Montes as a d anse flounced. The housse'eat the Broadway Theatre, is an the male sex. Sh e Wass crewded almost exclusively with well received, but the audience Feemcd to be actuated by a than the dancer. a rtist, or accomplish mucli It appears to see the woman rather r i s vi t t i f i l at she did not excel as an , girlish, lier heels or toes, but was regar ded rather as a grac e f u l pretty, piquant, lady like woman, moving with great net New yori t , 7l ease, and p g " T UE DEAD AND PRoNT"presenting so me beautiful attitudes.— op A xpress. WOMAN ' S 1 1 ki fm r- FENDIN Cl."—Appearing at the breakfast-table in curl-papers ? —.Punch, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15 1 1852, Agua Fria .• •• .. • A.ngto uatitornian .. • • .• Australian •••••• .• • • • • Ave Maria . •••• • • • • I:taros:3a 14:lenge . Blaenarvon Iron & Ceal British 1r0n.... • • • • _ • • Brazilian Imp. p.) THE SUN, VEXUT7E3. Norninal Pricef. - t 13 P L.~~Sties- ~~r to-d,.~ . bitVed. 1 13 0 131. :Ss. 241 De. Cocaei and CulaLa Do. St. John dcl Rey.. Cobre Coprcr • .... Copiapo ....... Eng. &Australian Copper General-- • ...... • • Mexican S. American Nouveau Monde .... . Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ...... ........ Trni ted Mex lean— • • West Mariposa 70INI STO Australasia .... . tiritish North Arnorlea.. ColJal al Commorcial of London.. London Joint Stock .... Lon.4on and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Dm. New .. .... National of Irelar.d •• Oriental Bank Corporat. Provincial of Ireland•. • • Union of Australia .. Do. New .......... • • Union of London Union of Madrid .- • • MI Canada ••..• • • • Gen. Steam Navigation renin. & Oriental Steam Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. •• Settling days for the moni Shares, 14 t h and rWe cannot be answers will not be influenced by 32% th of Jam 29th; Acc lo for VI interestec 14 par 3a p 2 1 ) 4 21Y, —22 Y, x. 4 34 —& 4 5 % P If.l-4 —ll 4 % p 8 —9 2 par 4(Hs. 1111.7 , Ta5. 16% 49 11% 12 Ni 25 -26 U 18% 1734, 28R. 29% ISN 1734 30 31 1 ,1 x.d 43% —45 15% 35 —364 3 14%-15% ANEOUS. 48 49% 27% 28 71 —72 x.d 17% 18 76 —7B x.il 17% x.d 'nary—Ticket days for Registered count days, 15th and 30th. ho errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] MONEY arid COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with The sales comprised 6,500 American, at 40. to cp., 500 Pernam and Maranham at 411 to 6-ad., 150 Bahia at 51d. to 50., 200 Egyptian t 6d. to q -d., and 700 Surat at 3d. to 34d. per lb.—Railway Shares were flat. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 375. 41, and the last week's sales were 94,734 qrs. The accounts which yesterday came to hand from California are particularly favourable for the gold com panies which intend to try the experiment of working quartz by machinery, and it happens curiously that the richness of the Mariposa district, where many of them intend to carry on their operations, has only just been ascertained to the extent anticipated, or in full justifica tion of the glaring statements made. The dis covery of new and rich veins is reported, and -the profits are likely to be enormous. Seven persons in one party are stated to have obtained 217,000 dollars in eight days. The formation in which the gold exists is a soft greasy talcose slate, and, generally, the precious metal is thickly interspersed in extremely fine particles, and is separated through the agency of quicksilver. Some of the specimens are of a yellowish colour, and others have a greenish hue. Wherever the same description of earth has been struck, it has proved to be of astonishing richness. Some specimens from the Mariposa region, in which the gold was almost invisible, yielded nearly three dollars to the pound weight. One party writes concerning the operations of certain miners that— "Out of a pound or two of quartz, they obtained 17 dollars. Shares in the company which, two months ago, were selling for 100 dollars, are now (including the ledge) valued at 300 dollars. Men are arriving from the rivers, and Big Oak Flat, Big Creek, the Gerotas, the Humbuge, and Cobbs' Creek are becoming thickly populated. A miner at the last place took out a seven pound chunek the other day, seven-eighths of it gold. Those who work are making from two dollars to ten dollars per day. About four dollars I suppose to be an average day's work here. The quartz miners are doing but little. We have a meeting to-morrow night, to get machinery up here. If we could leartehow to flux quartz, I think it would be better to melt it as they do iron ore; for you may crush it as fine as flour, and get the gold out with quicksilver, and then obtain gold by melting it. I speak on Moffat's authority, for he, I am informed, smelted some of the quartz that had been ground and quieksilvercd, from Strect's ledge, Sonora, and obtained gold. " Sometime ago I estimated thatforty hands would get out 8,000 lbs. of rock and crush it in a day. Quartz, in the Alia, thought that that amount was too little. Amyx,' who is working a vein here, says that they cannot more than get it out. 17 e says 200 lbs. is enough for one man to get out in a day, and he has had as high as twenty hands engaged at it. Amyx is down 80 feet in his ledge. They have crushed 275 lbs., and obtained 14 oz, They probably h ave 1,0 00 lb s . more as rich. Mr. Horenhousen, of this place, a practical miner of ex perience, thinks that it will not pay at present to work quartz yielding 5 cents to the pound." The Belgian accounts notice the return of Mr. Master man to Loudon, and ask whether the negotiations with him for the loan have proved unsuccessful. At Amsterdam, on the 13th inst. there was a decline in the Funds, owing to the;reaction at Paris, and the fall in the rate of exchange at Vienna. The English Stock Market has quite recovered the late depression, and there is an appearance of buoyancy, stimulated probably by the state of the account which has to be arranged to-morrow, and which is believed to be Bearish. Certain it is that vigorous efforts have been made within the last two or three days to get down prices, and stock has been borrowed for the same pur pose. Consols have touched 96-ill„ and are now 961 for Transfer, and 961 a for the now Account. Ex chequer-bills are 575. to 595. premium, and India Bonds 68s. to 71s. premium. Bank Stock has risen to 2161 and 217, and India Stock to 259 and 260. South Sea New Annuities are The Foreign Securities have been in more favour, and there is an increase of business in some of them. Mexican Bonds have been quoted at 29i to Spanish Five per Cents. have realized 231 to f, the Passive 5' to 1, and the Three per Cents. 411 to 42, and the New Deferred 181 to Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 34 to I. Russian Bonds are worth 1001 to and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 581- 1 i to 59k. Railway Shares have been at improved rates with moderate transactions. The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1852. Great Western £14,439 North-Western South-Western 8,692 Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stafford 4,509 Caledonian .. 7,662 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkbhire York and North Midland 6.594 12,937 Newcastle and Berwick 1851. 14,669 38,064 8,226 7,682 19,740 11,684 4,407 7,544 7,056 13.396 6,001 11,060 1,220 Aberdeen 1,560 Gold Mine Shares are in demand, and dearer. QUARTER TO T4SIREE. Consols ... ,„, ... ... 96i• i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. (From the Official List.) ,lank Stock 21634 217 3 F . r Cent. Reduced Annuities 97% N' per Cent. Consols Ann-. N ew 3!•4 per Cent. Amis. ........... .... In dia Stock 259 200 Do. Bonds, 10001 7l 63 p Ditto under 1.0001...... - South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Cowols for Account 96 N % f it 1% , i, E.-m . 11(411m Bills. 1,0001..,.., — 57 5 -, 9 p 57 5 6 p ;,t , a' Small PRIUE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK' , 111‘x.:ican Bonds, 1546, ex. Jan. Coupons 29 : Ditto Account ... .. 29 '' (tl/2 Ditto, Small - • 29:1 i Portuguese Benda, 5 per Cent.-- Ditto 4 per Cent. ' 3 4 1, ‘34 Sardinian Ditto a n_is ß il o p nd o ;:, d, rifckl, tspan iea ni ss Rutsiau Bonds, 1322, 5 per Cent ll3 Ditto 4% per Cent. 10 0 1 4 ; 1% ex d Ditto Bonds. e n li dg onds en laweenw . t,Dia. e3efaeprberorevaCee.p.n.aty.1810 5 li% Divid , Dutch 2 1 4 Ditto 4 _ _P r oyCent., 12 Guild De Cent. Certificates9o' 91 - -- z_-----___ 0 YD'S ::::L e 4 n l : on d. LL snipp y ,. _ The Hut . ton has been got off LONDON, JAN. 15.—.Windwt"heal.st—hderacTaitini: a; n-DAY. o. derats breeze and dull rainy SUNDERLAND, JAN. 14. IYAR3 O UTII, JAN. 14.—The St. Catherine, ft, Croustadt shore. . Sid. _.:l,raber last tl Hull, which was brought in here 28th Sr Humboldt Evert° a derelict, has been refitted and hasproceed 14.—Wind ca l m. _ i COWES, JAN. 9 p.m., 1 i ght airs.-- steamer, New York. Mauritius; Naomi, Callao. ura Large, QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 13.—V ( Qi i i r r.d p : i4: —. w A iri ... ii I.; . n, Porto Rico, for Liverpool. Ar D rd E . AI D „ e J u r ei . ii l o .l n . , — sy Vv a - n in e d y, W- S • W ; New South Wal its; Falcon, Africa ; Ti rr i s , D e merara. Sid. Brothers , South Seas; Achilles, S dne N e w South ,1 1 ; ales; Gli in Huntley, y, Adelaide, South Australia; Success , G eelon g; Mer ope. y Swan River; Centurion, Calcutta; Scienc io, Cape of Good Hope; Francis Yates, io Janeiro; Ca to , St. Vin cent; Zephyr, Dominica; Lady N. Barhau 4 Jamaica; Glammis C as tl e , B razils; St. John's, No' IV Orleans; oho, Demerara ; C y b e l e, di tto; White S . pa ll, New York; Meta, United S tates. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.—wind S.S.F. to E., 3.E.---Artd. Margaret Jsno, Mazigan. Sld. Adele la, Brazil; Chrysolite, Hong-Kong; Mary Hannah, t, .".gins; Au gusto, Rio Janeiro; Woodland Cwtle, Barba jots; Free man,_The Jo O h Orleans le L an ai s r ; d P , knt Jamaica; Lucy Ann, New Bal timore; Wyoming, Philadelphi a; C onqueror, :New York. GRAVESEND, JAN. 14 Falklands, has put back after being on th e : (Louse Sand. PORTSMOUTH. JAN. 14 . — Wind S.S.W.- -Sld. Yaw i i . t t ' u kn . : : to tlie Gellie, Darian River; Hendrick, Hudson, Nt rtv York. TORBAY, JAN. IC—Wind S.W.—Sid. Fet tercsirn, St. Helena; and Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind W.S W.—. (rrd. Rain- LONDON, bow. Tiondurr.. Off port, Helena, Christina, Batavia, for Rott-nlltu. -w - ILFRACOMBE, JAN. 1 I,—The Ei;za brig, of this port, sprung a leak and sutik S.W. of Lundy Island; crew G ITERNSEY, JAN. 14.—The Sorciere, Dartmouth ti this isiand, is stranded on tho Nerth Beach, and is voty much injured. GRISThDY, JAN. 14.—The Th:;mas and Joseph, for Sits..'ksunati, is Paky ; the Hoop (Dutch galhot), Shields to Constcritinople, hay ben assisted in very leaky. LEITH, JAN. 14.—The London brig, of Stockton, Hail,-,pool to Rochester, is oa Siz.3vvell Back and fact breaking up; crew saved. THE WEATHER 1N THE NORTH. rom the Edinburgh Courant of Tuesday.) In consequence of the very heavy fall of snow in the north of Scotland the whole of the mails beyond Perth have been put out of course. On the Highland road the maihoonch could net get beyond Blair .A.tholl, but after every possible exertion to get through the guard was compelled to return with the bags on Fri day evening to Perth ; and up to the present time, although a large number of persona have been em ployed in clearing the road, the passage has not been mane practicable even for a horse, as the continued wind fill u p the drifts as soon as cleared. On Sunday evening the railway to snowstorm and the high Aberdeen was open, but kept so with great difficulty, and beyond Aberdeen there was no passage in any direction. We understand that yesterday there were no less than 160 bags overdue at the Post-office, and although some of these have since come in, no mails have ar rived from Inverness for three days, or any places beyond that town. The guards state they do not re member so severely stormy weather since 1826. The Post-office has dispatched extra officers to Aberdeen and Perth, and every possible exertion is used to obviate the serious inconvenience the public must experience from this great and unusual detention of the correspondence to and from so large a portion of Scotland. The mails in the Western Highlands have also been t r e uct Clydee d r b: t y i d o e u r d e d I n v v e e r r y a ry, ° th b irregular and t h b e y s t t e h a e m- boa ts o continuedn gales and stormy weather. PERTH, JAN. 11.—We have not experienced a coarser day for these two years at least than we had on Thursday last. Snow commenced to fall about ten o'clock A.M., and continued heavily and without inter mission for three hours. It then changed to rain, and this, combined with the melting snow, soon put the streets and roads in very bad condition. Next night was boisterous in the extreme. A cold north wind continued to blow during the night and part of next day, and, although but little additional snow fell in the low country, travelling was exceedingly disagreeable. The wind was so violent in the morning, that people crossing the bridge over the Tay had numerous small articles blown away, and a little girl was nearly lifted over the parapet by a violent gust. Away northward the night had been very violent. A goods shed at the Forfar station of the Midland Railway was blown about a yard off the perpendicular, but recovered its position. But it is upon the Inver ness road that the storm has raged most violently. There has been no mail from Inverness since Thursday morning, and three different mails 'dis patched from Perth have been obliged to return. They found it absolutely impossible to get above five or six miles beyond Blair Atholl, notwithstanding all the aid of man and horses that could be procured. The snow is represented as lying very deep upon the hills, and Inverness appears to be absolutely block aded, for there is at present no access to it either from Perth or Aberdeen. The mails from Aberdeen to Perth, by the Scottish Midland Railway have been pretty regular, however, and have not been more than an hour, or rather more, behind time. We have heard of no damage or obstruction in the neighbour hood of Perth, with the exception of the partial giving way of a bridge over the River May, at the Forteviot station of the Central Railway, in consequence of which only one of the lines of rail was available for some time ; but the trains were very little de tained in consequence. We bad again heavy snow last night from the north-east, but it has been melting all day. There is, however, every appearance of more at hand. ABERDEIN.—The weather here somewhat suddenly changed on Th urs d ay t o a snow-storm, which, though it wore off towards the latter part of the evening, was renewed next morning with redoubled severity, abotiring accompanied by a fi e r c e north wind. Th e snow storm completely p rev ented all communication with the . . south, and no train, except one from the ne!g The storm on th e w est coast (says the villages, was able to r e ach Aberdeen. Glasgow Herald) is co ns id ere d t o have equalled in severity anything of the kind which has been ex perienced for a period of years. S trange to say, one of its result s is, that a larg e s hip i s as h o re on Ailsa Craig. This ship is th e L or d 11 7 arriston, of 1,144 tons burden , .riles p e rp en di cu larly which sail e d f rom Li verpoo l for Mobile on the ht current. In th e grea t e r part of its circumference the Craig from the deep to the height of 1,100 f ee t ; b u t on the east side there is a small rapidly s h e l v i ng b eac h, a nd here, fortunately for the ship an d a ll concerne d, the Lord Warriston lies. Loahryan seems to have suffered more than any other part of the west coast. In the immediate neigh bourhood of Oban the roads were flooded to the depth of four feet. On the village itself, three large rivers from the surrounding heights descended in cataracts, flooding most of the shops and houses, and it was only after a channel had been cut in the streets that the vvrelers flowed off. From the country the ac counts ore, if possible, still more alarming ; the damage done to bridges is considerable. The fine new br'ilge of Salmore was swept away, the bridge of Kill echrenan, the bridge of Kilmore, .and the sus pension bridge at Feochan, were severely dammed by the rag leg waters. Indeed, so far as we could learn, nothing: could withstand the fury of the swollen rivers. The eslimated cost of repairing roads and re-erecting bridges in the district of Lorn, amounts to upwards of 2,00 Dfl. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commander Belgrave, in the Hydra steam-sloop, will convey the new governor, to be c oanmissioned at Sheerness, as we stated yester day,the Hon. G. Cathcart, to the Cape of Good Hope. Commander Savage, whose death we reported vesterCia y, entered . the navy in November, 1796, on lboard the Agincourt, 64, Captain John Williamson, and was in the battle off Camperdown, Oct. 11, 1797. stores for the use of France, Major-General On his . removal with Captain Lawford to the TiomneY, 50, he :assisted, in the course of 1798, at the capture of a col ivoy of Swedish vessels, laden with naval and . and accompanied, imniltilitaeriratitumn of 1799, the expedition to Whilst cu shore ; 'n the neighbourhood of Mount Felix f a r the Purpose of procuring a Ri pply of water, his par t.J", 11. in number, was suddenly attacked by a party of natives, lying in ambush, who murdered all Holland. but hit ni elf and a midshipman, the late retired Corn • m andei! Jolla Manton. a Being severely wounded i in t h e heed, his own lite wits only s aved througn t h e exertio 11J 3 of his companion, who forcibly d ra gg ed him i alco a boat, and succeeded in keeping the enemy a t bay unt i l th ey were both On !ail return to .England in May, 1803, he joined La Sei aE •, 36, Captain David Milne and on that ship being wrecked, July 21 following, off Schelling Island, in the North Sea, h,,,, was received on board the E af)ellent, 74; was nominated May 51 1806, acting Lieutenant of . the intrepid, out of danger. 64, and was con- Sept. .17, in the same year; and was subae r appointed, February, 1807, to the Formidable, 9, ; A pril 6, 1810, to the Audacious, 74 ; Aug. 21, of hall-pay, to the Centaur, ' 74. 1811, to the Barbacloes, 24, commander for a short time 1-7 himself, as acting captain ; July 6, 1812, to ti qu rm en e t d i a pension of 91/. s a , the Pt ! h I ,y p emus, 4 , and Feb. 6 - 7 --L. -0 96 1813, after three i n Ma r., 1814, .and v He invalided vas not afterwards afloat. He per annum for wounds, J u ly 1.., 1815 ;and was advanced to the rank of com mona F. Maildi a , Dec. 31, 1830. MA XITA, JAN. 9.—The report of the ships going to obtain al zee, g: runs ground.. The Admi ra l, however, will not, it is E aid, go out with the ileet 'alit will hoist his flag pro It an. in the Traalgar. , Th a Indefatigable is Undf. r or d ers t o proceed to Corfu , and there relieve the Phaeton. She will sail about the 15th instant. ----- -.- PO: LTSMOUTH, Tu . E . sDAy. 'II c Scourge may be daily --To-day the examina tion i into the remaining stoclz of preserved mats in store at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establish mrait -was proceede . d .with. expected from Leghorn. The canisters opened were eLf a size varying from . Glb. to lllb. each. 306 were ctxamined, 42 of which passed as consumable, and 0 64 -were condemned. .... to 1011 b. e ach , Th a Southampton, 50, Captain C o weigl ',and left St. Helen's this afternoon,ry, four ( i , olock, for Chatham, to be Paid off, at half-past W EDNESDAY.— Today 468 cAnisters . of got under meat, , , of the average of from 51b. been •opened at the Clarence-y ar d ' out of which numi nr 144 have been allowed to pas:ford' t 13 - preserved and : 1'24 have been condemned. contents of theca were similar in their character to those already obsci ibed. r Tatham, h is e r r i w u a to a n tr 0. , Ti le Fury steam-sloop, Commander cuing,heP r l e compasses. coalsand i s rived . this morning from Woo.l r w rm i ha c en h d , oo the P . fediterranean, and came into harbour to rejple nish coal. off to Warden, l a pj ' A fr : . m l 4 . ...- T Her . to the steam to Majesty's ship Tyne, topgallantrnasts ' rb li a . p nk for New York.Tt as Retribution steam-vessel Thr3 Hendrik Hudson._American line of packet ahot hd f ajis b sac e se n 3 ling sails. shi li p v ,s , ) z o .i L le l d vi t c o n - Mast t •-Commending P. 1 1 # ellington, arrived this day from Barbadoes, whither she conveyed from Ports• mout: a , on the 3d of November last, 10 officers. 183 soldic li s, 26 women, and 29 children of the Royal ArtilJ .e ry and detachments; and brought home 2 office n ~ 76 soldiers, 12 women, and 23 c hild ren, i n charg o of Lieutenant Fraser, Royal Artillery ; also a small x call bag, which was landed in th e D owns yes tercia, r .. The Tyne experienced very bad weather on the h 3: reward passag e, and came in 27 days, having thus I .11 lmpleted 301 days at sea out of the last 365 days 11 5 year, and traversed, by her log 36,205 miles. Th a Iligbilyer steam stoop, fitted with a screw props al er,and'engines of 400-horse power byMaudslay, Son, at id Field, had her steam up yesterday to try her engi! to 3, and they started .and worked remarkably well. The steam w as again got up on board the Mgt Oy ‘ er to•day for further exercise of the engines, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Field, and Mr. Maudslay, jun., being present on the occasion. FOR MAIL STEA.NIERS. FIRE BILL,* TO PREVENT CONFUSION, SAVE LIFE, AND PRESERVE THE MAIL. At the sound of the fire-bell—Ease the engine. The Captain to command - on quarter-deck, Attended by Mr. , aid, Mr. Two intelligent lads as aids. Chief Officer, Mr. —To repair to the fire. Second 01112er, Mr. , in charge of hose and fire.engiues; attended by second engineer and watch below of enginemen cf all denominations—To work fire-engined, clear lumber, and use fire-buckets. Third Officer, Mr. , with first parts of top men or seamen of both watches—To clear lumber, and use fire-buckets. , aid. Fourth Officer, Mr. , in charge of boats first ordered to be lowered—To see all ready ; and when lowered to be dropped astern. Two men, at least, to be kept ht each boat. Bread, water, compass, musket, quadrant, Nerie, oars, tackle. Chief Engineer, Mr. , in engine-room, with the watch on deck, of enginemen of all denomi❑ations —To ease the engine at the sound of fire bell, and use buckets. Second Engineer, Mr. —To attend hoses, fire-engine, and fire-bucketl, and clear lumber. The Carpenter and his crew—To scrlew on hoses, rig, fire-engine, loose hatches ; attend with blankets to smother fire. The Boatswain—To attend on deck, prepare paddle-pox boats, to see each boat with a slip rope, painter to the foremast slings or rings ; then to smother fire, The Mail Agent with the mail-boats' crew—To prepare the mail life-boat on the quarter ; each mail bag or package to have a lanyard, if practicable, to be made fast to boat-thwarts. I also suggest that in the mail-room a compass, quadrant, and navigation bock be kept ; and that the mail ought to be kept on after part of ship, at band. The Surgeon—To take command of the passengers, to get them ready to be placed in boats, in woollen dresses if practicable. The Stewards—To call passengers, light lamps, shut doors to prevent drafts, to get packages of bread ready for each boat (small oval breakers might be kept always ready with a square opening) ; to take a chronometer, quadrant, compass, chart, and Norie into each boat with them, or all, if practicable. The Gunner and crew—To be ready to destroy with water the magazine, if practicable ; then to see ' that the boats are supplied with breakers. The Cook and all his men—To fill water-breakers for boats, and place them aft ready for use. A Quartermaster and three men—To see each paddle-boat ready for getting out. A trustworthy Coxswain and one man to each boat—To see boat ready, slip painter past falls, clear boats, compass ready, oars lashed. (See Boat's Crew List.) SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE THE FIRE-BILL MORE INTELLIGIBLE. Every person to dress in woollen, as far as practi cable, even in the tropics. Never to throw water on a fire, except in quan- titles. Men to be instxucted to stoop as low as pos sible when employed in dense smoke. A silk hand kerchief tied over the head round the neck, is an assistance, as it will contain air to support life for an increased time. Boat-slings to be fitted with hooks not in the tackle. All boats' falls to be stopped up to davits not used for lashings. Boat's water-breakers to be kept near the boats. 13osts without water and provisions is only adding to misery. Beats, when lowered, to be dropped astern. The engine to be eased, without orders, on sound of the fire-bell. The coxswain of each boat to see his boat ready at each watch. Every officer in charge to report to captain at sun- Every man set that his d e p ar t men t is clear and fit for service, as far as practicabl e . Boats' oars t o b e l as hed on then). tion of seamen i n eac h, an officer to each. to ho stationed to a boat, a due propor - Smoke is more effective than a small quantity of water to put out fire ; consequently stop drafts. Seamen not particularly stationed to assemble on deck under charge of an officer. Too many only create confusion. No boat to be lowered without orders. TO LADIES (I beg their pardon).—Ladies should take to sea a loose flannel dressing-gown, with bathing drawers attached. It would be a very great assistance to theta if they could keep in their pocket or purse a pebble ; if put into the mouth it reduces thirst. The seamen use tobacco to reduce hunger. Gentlemen are requested to assist to get the bread and water, and as many nautical instruments into I boats as can be got at. P. A. HELPMAN, R.A. Commander, R.N. 15, Alfred-street, Plymouth,, Jan. 14, 1552. * This Bill is applicable for tither fire or wreck. If or wreck, tho men not stationed to boats to obey orders, ;o get hawsers, anchors, and warps ready. CHINA. We hare received advices from Hong-Kong to the 28th November. We extract the following from the Overland Friend of China:— "We have no important intelligence regarding the still-continued rebellion. The Canton Mandarins are purchasing warlike stores in groat quantities; we know of one particular commission for a hundred barrels of powder and one two and three pounder guns, with cor responding shot; besides hand grenades, rockets, and rocket tubes, which have been &sly supplied. A party, who has excellent means of ascertaining the real state of affairs, writes:—' Matters are truly alarming—l feel certain that Teeu-teh will be in Canton before the Chinese new year. Lately we had some conversation with a person who, three months ago, was in Peking, end who reached Canton by the •way of liwang-si. He says that at the capital every attempt was being made to keep the people in the dark as to the progress of the southern rebels (the abtsence of allusion to them in the Peking gazettes is corroborative of this); Teen teh, he says, is no myth; he saw him, and spoke to se veral of his officers; he is of the elan Le, not of the clan Fong as reported. Our informaaat did not think that Teen-teh cared much about retushing Peking yet, being content if he succeeds in dividing the empire into two parts, of which ho rules the :teutl2ern. Teen-teb, he added, is now only waiting until he gains more friends in and about the city of Canton„ and he depends a good deal on what the Toong-koon man will do for him. " Governor Yeh has been more than usually cruel during the last month, and ono unfortunate rebel leader was, horrible to relate, flayed alive, as a warning to others of what they may expect should they fall into his hands. The Yellow River has again burst its banks, and has given some check to trade at the northern ports, goods intended for the interior laving to be conveyed by other and circuitops routes, with additional transit dues, equalling nearly 10 per coat. on foreign manufac tures. Frcebootery is as rife as ever, but the robbers (some call them Teen-teh reboil) having managed mat ters to their perfect satisfaction. below 35 . degrees north latitude, havenow prOceeded further up the ooast, and hang about tho mouth of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CANTON, Nov. 27.—Business during the month has been pretty good, and there has been on the whole a fair demand for imports, although gross sales of long cloths do not aggregate• so largely as in the month pre= vious, and prices realised are considerably lower. SLIANGIIAE, Nov. 19.—The junks which were lying at this port at the date of last dispatch, having paid pretty heavy black mail, were allowed to proceed on their voyage to the northern provinces. and business has been generally brisker sirce their depaxture. Some Japanese brokers were busy purchasing cargoes for several junks loading for Japan. THE CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS. TO THE•EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER, Sir,--It appears to me very much us if some oppo nent of the City Railway Terminus had , taken the trouble to mislead you as to the state of the proceedings before the committee to whom the Common Council have re ferred it to consider the report upon the matter. lam not at liberty, as I said in a former letter, to correctct errors by stating what has actually taken place committee; but in justice to the gentlemen named in your paper of yesterday, I think it right to say that, although like several other members of the committee, de- I they may entertain doubts as to the practicability or sirability of the project, on account of its cost them or other wise, the measure has experie nced from nothing but the most fair and courteous treatment in the com mittee. Whatever may be their ultimate decision in the report, I shall feel and ac k n owled b g e e en t i h u a l t ly l h an av d e im no . reason to complain of its no t having partially examined by me. PEARSON. I am, Sir, yours obediently, Jan. 14, 1852. COAL-A. IT ...CC S .—The following is a r e t urn ID EDIT of the colliery accidents which' have been recorded for the last two years :- -1850 : Deaths from all causes, 632 ; injuries, 273-905. Half-year to June 30th, 1851: Deaths from all causes, 310; injuries, 110-420. Half-year to December 31, 1851; Deaths from e xplosion, 160 ; deaths from fall of roof, 72 ; deaths from fall in shaft, 30 ; deaths from rope breaking, 38 ; various caus es, 72 ; injuries from an causes, 136-508. For the year : Deaths from all causes, 682 ; injuries, 246 928 : being 57 per month killed and 23 in Mr. _-- 4. So, your name is Charley, is it ? Now, Charley doesn't know who I am ?"Sharp Little Boy—" Oh yes 1 but I do, though." Mr. Well, who am I?" sh a rp Little Boy—" 'W hy, you're the gentleman who kissed sister So p in the library, on Twelfth Night, when you thought no one was there. _Punch. • A VETERAN STILL IN THE FIELD.—The most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey, although in his 83d year, turned out on Tuesday week at Beaudesert, and killed 27 head of game with his own gun. The Noble Marquis was not a little pleased with his capital sport. LITERATURE. A LITERARY MELANGE in PROSE and VERSE. By S. Whiting. 011ivier. There is considerable amusement to be met with in this collection. The tales are very interest:rg, and the plays exhibit great talent, the characters are well drawn, and the incidents have the appearance of truth while novel and entertaining. The short poems are very pleasing ; they are chiefly on mythological subjects ' and display considerable classical know - l e d ge . Th e f o llowing is an essay on eloquence and oratory, which contains much valuable information on subjects of the highest importance, which ar© unfortu nately too little consideredin the present day :—"A man may be eloquent but not an orator, a logician but not an orator, a rhetorician but not an orator ; but an orator must possess the combination of all. Those who have been great as orators have given their mind and time to the pursuit, and deepl' erroneous . is the common belief that or a t o ry i s mo re a gift than a science, arising more from intuition than study. Eloquence, indeed, is the only quality of oratory which can be possessed without the remaining constituent parts, for a man may be eloquent and know nothing of logic or rhetoric, because eloquence arises from an innate quality of the mitid, whereas logic and rhetoric are acquired solely by st:udy and attention to the rules of art. But an orator must possess eloquence as a gift, and attain the rest by application. To illustrate this necessity take, for :instance, the greatest orators the world has ever known, Demosthenes, Cicero, and Burke. Th e unceasing pains Demosthenes took to overcome his natural impediments, and to improve his deficiencies, are prol.rerbial; while Cicero, having early the advantage of a patron in the person of Scacrola, the eloquent jiurist, laboured with indefa tigable zeal. Burke neglected or evaded all studies save rhetoric, logic, and metaphysics, and confined himself to that cycle of Ithe sciences most immediately calculated to make him what he so desired to become —an orator. Thus it is evident that study and ab straction are essential to the acquirement of oratory, and is it not surprising that oratory is so little deemed a necessary part of education in our universi ties, where theological rhetoric should be the very aim of the student, at the bar, where forensic abilities are the summum bonum, and for the statesman, who to sway men's minds must make the name synonymous with orator." VISITING MY RELATIONS, AND ITS RESULTS. Pickering. This is a series of social episodes in the life of a recluse. The narrator is one of the species called Old Bachelors. In the course of his travels he meets with a great variety of characters, and becomes ac quainted with many strange schemes and impracticable theories. These are ably described, their absurdity made evident, their follies satirised, and their evil tendencies clearly foreshadowed. Mrs. Melmotb, wilfully blinding herself to all the growing faults around her, leaving the affairs of her family to im pending ruin; Mrs. Square, surrounded with every comfort in life, rendering herhusband indignant, and her friends reproachful, by persisting in giving way to chimerical fears concerning her son which were totally without foundation ; Mr. Grey, abusing his powers of mind, and debasing the influence he possessed by fabricating one of the most senseless plans that was ever heard,—all these furnish vivid and apt exemplifications of the one ruling passion o f many. Absorbed in vanity, they shut out the world and its worldly knowledge to envelope themselves in a cloud of self-delusion, hick finally deters them from obtaining even a partial glimpse of truth and nature, without which nothing great or lasting was ever can summated. The whirs Lund is a quotation from the conclusion : "As it did not lie much out of my way, and not at all cot of my inclination, I reso l ve d to take one long ing,,lingering leek' at Cambridge, my Alma Mater, in my journey homewards. IL was many, many yecra since I had looked upon her academic bowers, and as I sauntered forth on tho evening of my arrival I expe rienced some difficulty in recognising, the streets 'and lanes of the old place, so manifest and decided were the alterations, and, as I suppoae they should be called, the improvements which it displayed, especially in the new buildings at some of the colleges. They were in the way, however, of my early and most delightful remi niscences, and I tried to forget them. 1 could look at nothing but the objects. I could so 3 nothing but the haunts that were asscciated with the feelings of enchanting youth. Ye,l, it was indeed an almost overwhelming influence that for a few moments, so strongly operated upon my imagination, that I could scarcely believe that I was not still young, or think otherwise than that it was but last night that these things happened, and that; perhaps in a few minutes my dear old friend would be coming into the college walks, and I should be luistening up to speak to him. " But the delusion fades away, and the wesltness of humanity involuntarily sighs over the conviction that youth is gone, and all is gone ever which my truant fancy has been staying. But whither gone ? I ask my self. Where are these well remembered ones ? In what unknown region do they now exist ? Has lite nothing real in it ? Is it all a phantasmagoria, an agitated dream from which death awakens, and introduces us to one only true and spiritual world ? Some latent asso ciation of ideas has recalled to my mind the concluding passage of Addison's Vision of Mirza:—` At length,' says Mirza, 'show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie under those dark clouds that cross the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' " The genius making me no answer, I turned to ad dress him a second time, but I found that he had left me. I then turned again to the vision I had so lung been contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sales of it, and thus my vision also passes away thought I, as I bent my way to my inn. I too must return to my valley of Bagdad, and the routine of small d u ties and serene enjoyments which there await me. Well, these may suffice. It is the small duties and pleasures of life which constitute the sum of human satisfaction." WHO'S WHO 1N 1852. This elegant and useful annual is for the present year edited•by Mr. C. H. Oakes, and dedicated to the Duchess of Sutherland. The greatest pains have been taken to secure extent and accuracy of in formation, and the manner in which the book is " got up" reflects the highest credit on Messrs. Bailey, the publishers. The arrangement is admirable, and full information respecting " everybody" who is " any body" will be found in " Who's Who." FORSTER'S POCKET PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1852. The second edition of this most convenient little volume has just been published. The patronage which the book obtained on its first issue last year has enabled the author to announce it, in its second annual publication, as " revised and corrected by the nobility. ' In accuracy and completeness of infor mation it is unexceptionable, whilst its easy compass of size and price must contribute to render it indis pensable to ovary drawing-room and library in the empire. As a work of reference it is the best in its peculiar department which has yet appeared, espe cially when its portability and cheapness, as w ell as its comprehensiveness, are taken into consideration. THE BEST WARDS OF A LATCH-KEY.--ffome wards !—Punch. DESPERATE SUICIDE DT A RESPECTARLE TRAD E max.—The inhabitants of Beak-street , Golden-square, we S re thrown into a state of the greatest excitement ar.d alarm on Tuesday last, in consequence of a report, which afterwards proved too true, that ltir. Robert Judd. a highly respectable tradesman, who, for the last ten or twelve years, has carried on the business of a bootmaker, at No. 9 r i i n ed t_h a e se s c a o m n e d street, exactly opposite Campbell's Scotch ale stores, had committed suicide by leaping out of a room window. It ap pears that the unfortunate man having married -first time, wife,aho u c t o t m w e o 0 yearsthem females, a andgrown to u whom h f o a truh i e l my ib:n hacis . d ic ie tsatb st lnle in ai t t o s r - m ia o lli ti i o i n amongst enevous altercations the second marriage was very unacceptable, ILl ai re s q t a u n e e n e t . l y arose ,rem ienetttarttiercii family transactions, t a h reas t e, cou e l t d igf b a e at co fn li z ec i t n ed , s o o n m e e of pr t e h v e i s e e as when the infatuated man rushed upst&irs to the top of the h ou se, and hastily op ein g the window of abed h oi e i fg th h e t third floor, he threw himself out of intoit o f nearly forty - t hree f eet. The dreadful affair was observed by one of ithe barm aids behind the counter in the ale stores oppos ite, who screamed out, and, for the moment, was utte ly g stones, and, assistance being.pro paralysed and unable to speak. until bounded on the pavin cured, he was lifted u After he fell, his bothr a bounded and taken into Mr. Key's, surgeon, r-steet, Regent. street, who did what he could for him , at the corner of Leicester -street, stretcher, from Vine -street the arrival of the police with a im mediately to St. George's et station, when he was carried im could be employed to gel 9 Hospital, but before any means ble state, soon after re relieve ham, he expired, in an insensi ble that he had admission. On examination it was presented such .nearly broken his body in pieces, he forwarded to a frightful spectacle. Information has been . Mr. Bedford, the coroner, who has ordered an inquest to be h to deplore his lo ss . eld. Deceased has left a wife and infant child EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—On Saturday lest, as some persons were employed near the works of the new bridge at Rochester, they discovered the body of a man floating in the river. Assistance was immediately obtained and the body taken out. On examination it appeared to be the body of a sailor, apparently about 50 years of age, and had the appearance of having been in the water at least two months; and from the rapid work of decomposition it pre sented a revolting sight. The most extraordinary discovery was, that it seemed to have been fastened down by a stake into the mud, the stake being still found connected with the corpse. An inquest was held the same day at the Ship Inn, but was adjourned till Wednesday for the purpose of identifi cation, and that inquiries may be instituted by the polic e, which may clear up the mystery attached to this discovery. —Maidstone Journal. " JOHN DOE AND RICHARD RoE."—The Common Law Commissioners recommend that these celebrated legal characters in actions of ejectment should cease to exist. The proceedings, they state, ought to be simple and speedy, but they are neither the one nor the other. They are not simple, because there are several fictions; "for example, the existence of Richard Roe, the lease to Jahn Doe, the entrY of John Doe, the trespass by Richard Roe, and in some case? the original writ; none of which things really exist's , a " none of which ought to be stated." • SOUND ADVlCE.—Master Tom—" 11 - • - nye a weed, gran'pa ?" Gran'pa—" A what ! sir?" Master Tom— t weed !—A cigar, you know." Gran'pa — " Cert ainly I never smoked in my life." Master Tom—" Ah I then I no? , . wouldn't advise you to begin."—Fiad" "fi" „ "~ ` n ~~~ ~~ AMSTERDAM WATER WORKS COM PANY. ,:t ‘: #.• A meeting of tiis company was held yesterday, at : , .Narr the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering •„_. (113 policy and advisability of entering into an ar- Ati, i ritaMazit rangement for an amalg imation with the Haarlem Water Company. Mr. Lovann presided, and opened the proceedings by calling on Mr. Phillips to give an explanation. Mr. Pumnirs stated that he represented the holders of 2,000 shares, all of which were paid up. These proprietors, deeming that it was impracticable for the company to procure a supply of water from the Rhine, advocated an amalgamation with the Haarlem Com pany, which had been in a progressive state for some time. The Rhine Company had started with 25,000 shares, cut of which there were only 7,000 or 8,000 paid up; besides which there were 5,000 shares which, it was stated, had been repudiated by Mr. G - each. Taking these circumstances into considera tion, he felt induced, on behalf of the holders of the 2,000 shares, to advocate an amalgamation with the Haarlem Company, for he believed if that were not carried out, the shareholders would lose all the money they had advanced. A PROPRIETOR said he quite disagreed with the observations of ale last speaker. So far from there being only 7,000 shares paid up on it, it was stated that there were 15,0001. in the hands of the bankers. He considered the Haarlem water was quite incapable of supplying Amsterdam, and, moreov4r, it had been proved to be unfit for household purposes, se much so that Government had ordered the tanks to be locked up. Mr. NOAD said that he could see no chance of the company ever becoming remunerative, excepting by an amalgamation with the Haarlem. Mr. DUNCAN said he was present that day on behalf of the directors of the Rhine Company. In repect to the charge of Mr. Geach withdrawing from his con tract, he could only state, that if such W4B the case, there were many other parties who were ready and willing to lay down the pipes, for which they would take shares in return.—(Hear, hear.) Respecting the number of shares paid upon, a certain number were taken by the directors and concessionaries, all of which, including those of Mr. Leach's, amounted to 15,000, and 10,000 were left for Holland. He wished to know what was their object of amalgamat ing with the Haarlem Company, when it could be seen by an advertisement they had evidenced their in ability of carrying out the undertaking ? He con sidered that the directors of the Rhine Company had been as energetic as possible in carrying out the ob jects of the company. After some further conversation, Mr. DUNCAN moved a resolution to the following effect :—" That the meeting feeling satisfied with the legal position of the Amsterdam Water Works Company, ob jected to an amalgamation with the Haarlem Com pany." Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, which being carried, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. At the Thames police court yesterday, the magis trate was detained longer than usual, it being the day appointed ,for finally examining Frank Murray, a Tuscan, and Berta Argent, a Roman, charged with the wilful murder of Peter Getland, a fellow-ship mate, on board the British ship Alberto, while lying at Mobile Bay, in the United States, on the 17th April, 1850. Mr. Powell appeared, as before, from the Home office, for the prosecution. On the last examination, a witness named Colvill provod that, on the day in question, he was present when the prisoner Murray struck Getland over the forehead with the axe. Getiand bled about two gal lons of blood, and died on shore seven days after. Argent had had a row with Getland two days pre viously, and had drawn his knife on him. Mr. Powell stated that since the last examination Captain Benson, of the Alberto, had sailed for Bom bay, and therefore there was no evidence to show the death of Getland. Colvill added to his evidence. The wound extended to the crown of the head, being four or five inches in length. He heard Murray say that they would only get three months for killing a man in America. Murray made a blow at witness, and bad he not stooped would have shared the fate of the other poor man. Benjamin Wilson, another seaman, said that on the 15th Argent and Getland had various quarrels, and Argent drew a knife, which witness took from him. Murray snatched the knife out of witness's hand, After the man was wounded he expressed a wish that they had killed him at once, as he was in great distress. Murray, through an interpreter, asked to have a lawyer, or to see his consul. Mr. Yardley-1 have done all I could, by request ing Mr. Powell to communicate with the Tuscan consul. Mr. Powell—l have done so, Sir. _ _ Mr. Yardley—lt is by no means improbable that if you have no means of retaining a legal adviser at your trial it will be done by the sheriffs of London ; at least, I believe, they generally do so in serious cases. Mr. Powell—l will go myself to their consul. Mr. Yardley—There is no consul for Ancona, except the Austrian consul. Mr. Powell—They shall also have a copy of the depositions. The prisoners were then committed to the Central Criminal Court for ,trial, not for murder, but for wounding with intent to murder. ROYAL HUMAIVE m S ee OC n IETY. Yesterday the half-yearly ti name d society was held at the officesg o f t hi s well in Ta f lger square; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M E --, in the chair. r 3 Tee minutes of a variety of committee meetin gs having b een read and confirmed , t h e C o urt proceeded to -con sider the cases recommended by the committee for were awarded of the Royal Loulnatc,iltnsilgvieirrl:;daanlds, darnidvet.rhelnohllnowciinragy, Artillery, who saved the life . of pr ivate . Vane, of the 55th Regiment; 2d, to William Wilson Anstey, who saved his father, Mr. W. Jekyll Anstey, in the Lon don Docks; 3 d , to Mr. T. 11. Julian and Wilson to Lieuenant C. Majesty's . ship Asia, h Boyd, who saved Thom 4th, tevens, Whaley fallen overboard at Plymouth ; to Mr. Wi c k. ham, who saved a female infan t . that had fallen into Af s . hte r h . ; . P.- Donor, resident engineer 9th : ig j a a in s Reg iment ;7th to Scuds ' w h osa t sm h anm e ree ri s y sh e it r pan F ;h r 6n o pt m be: e to ; of saved a seaman named Cubbins, ved belonging privateiowthoe Ken nedy, o f the, Mr. W. H. o ßich the ards, oy i3 n .A e ~ College, Cambridge, who saved John Ledbury, w h o h a d P o rtsmouth; Bth, to W. C . tx A fallen off the pier at the Bentinck , who had savedngove, fourth officer of Rebecca Hicks, who h a d fallen into the So u th Ch ar les Burgess, railway ampton docks ; 9th, to of John Pemberton , guard, who saved the life dent on the South e ngme:driver, at the fatal scol d.. Oddy, who saved Coast l Railway ; 10th, t o Thomas Mr. Vicary, who had been carried out to sea while bathing , the gallant .at Brighton. The case of attention and laudation,Vincent, ot the Ainezon, excited much that, owing to the occur rence,such authentic evid ence granting a the . and regret was expressed m edal amounted to 1 890 . 1 th brief interval that had elapsed since ere had not been time to obtain as the . society requires before The receipts of the year have 1,7961 . 7s. 34. ) le . avi . n 8 5 a .. 801 . , and the expend iture 5 to there is still a ' debt of trithers in the Serpentine g lool bai d ance of 941. Is. d. but ' The ue du t r o in the tthreeasyuerearr. weree 191,147. There had been 25 casu alties, hut only one had proved fatal. The whole of the fficers of the society were re-elected, and the proceedings ter minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. NEW CAB INDICATOR. --yesterday Mr. William Grayson, of Henley, Oxfordshire, watchmaker, submitted to the Commissioners of Police, at Scotland. yard, one of his new patent distance indicators for cabs and carriages. He and one o h f them was affixed to a had one detached in his for te purpose of better ex plaining its mechanism, small spring cart, showing the machine in motion. Mr. Yardley, the chief clerk, came down and examined its oPe' ration, in lieu of Sir Richard Mayne, who was previously engaged, and expressed the desirability of such on inven tion, if it could be practically found to answer, which time alone would tell. The machine itself is about the size of a small chronometer, having a dial numbered in the same way as far as ten, each division or figure on the hour circle re presenting ten miles, with minute marks to not e the num ber of odd miles, and the complete revolution o f the index mar king one hundred, the greatest number of miles any cab is likely to travel in one day. This dial is set in the side of the is an eccentric boss made of wood, covered with leather, and vehicle on a perpendicular line with the axle bar,upon which acting on an iron arm, bent and conaniuntiicating e with ratchet wheel and pi n i o n, which giv es a cator, and sets it going. The mercantile accounts from Vienna to the 11th moon to the i inst. state that the recent amelioration in the condition of the foreign exchanges was rapullY giv ing way, and that a further unfavourable altera tion had ta ken place, the quota tion on London having risen to 12.3. e Gold t also was again at 25 1 4, and silver at '22 Premiupo s 9f a new loan were in general circulation, and, a lthoug h the Government organs declared them to be premature, lit tle doubt was entertained that the exigencies of the Treasury would render its speedy announcement unavoidable. In the state of business there was no material a lteration, except that wool was in increased demand, large Frenchtipurchases having been made at pend ingim- ove as d tparitjacees.aal.Areqauyes, inonwwhihicchh th h e ad Customsduties e ti m e should henceforth be pai d, has been terminated by the decision that 7 e Pope, King the 05f9 ; KingW t u h r e t e ofm King b Sweden g o , f 0 ; Prussia,and the Norway, fib ing ; it i s an or d not specie. --The following are the age s of the principal reigning Sov ere i gns i n Europe :—The t o h f etsl2le Emperorßt h e e l Belgians, n s g , of 60 Rus si a , ; D t e h n Den mark, 43; the President o f the French ' Republic, 43; the King of the Two Sicilies, 41 ; the King of Bavaria, 40; the King of the Netherland s , 34 ; t h e Q ueen of England, 32 ; the Queen of Portugal, 32 ; t h e Ki ng of Hanover, 32 ; the King of Sardinia, 31; the Sultan, 25; the Emp er o r o f Austria, 21; the Que en o f Sp a i n , 21. The periodical comet of Encke was detected at the Liverpool observatory on Sunday night, during a brief inter val between clouds. The comet appeared as a faint patch of nebulous light of one or two minutes' diameter. _~ z