The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY and COMNII' R(TAI. NEWS. C77' I", QUA I? 7'E R TO THREE. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were abont 14,000 bales, including 8,000 on speculatioe. The mar ket was wore active, and Ael. per lb. higher than on Friday last. American sold at Sid. to 71d, and Surat 'at 44d. to 50. per lb. Shares were higher generally. The tormatian of railways in the colonies, as is well known, is a very different affair to the same course here, the scattered population being one obstacle, and the cheapness of land an advantage which partly counter balances this. A most interesting meeting, which will eerve to illustrate the singular points of difference be twecn railway construction here and in the colonies, had been held in Port Phillip, according to advices rec:ived today. The committee appointed report that— " Although railroads in Great Britain and on the Con tinent of Europe arc intended merely to afford the means of cheap and rapid conveyance of goods and pas. sengers between the great centres of population in thickly peopled countries, it appears to your committee that they are not only applicable to the circumstances of a new and unsettled country like the western district of Port Phillip, but capable of being made available, in the highest degree,_ for the settlement of such a country, w ith an industrious population ; tor as the land in this district is almost exclusively the pro perty of the Crown, and by the Crown Land's Act of this colony, shall not be sold for less than a certain minimum price per acre, provides that one-half of the proceeds of the sale shall be appropriated towards immigration while the other may be appropriated in any way to render the land available for its future possessors, it appears to your committee that the construction of a railway in this portion of the territory, with a portion cf the funds to be derived progressively from the sale of such land, will prove conducive, in a remarkable deeerce, to the speedy settlement of this most promising district, with an industrious and comparatively virtuous population. " With respect to the cost of arailway in every respect suitable for this country,your committee are of opinion that, the indigenous timber of the country, which is easily Procurable, of the first quality, along the whole 'line is admirably adapted for the purpose, without the addition of iron rails, and they have ascertained that a railway of such materials, suited to the wants of the population e., consisting, in the first instance, of a single line of rails) could be laid down at a cost of 1,0004 per voile.. There is a wooden railway of this kind on Tasman's Peninsula, in Van Dieinau's Land, which Your committee are credibly informed answers the pur. Poses of its construction perfectly. "The sub-committee appointed to report on the sub ject of revenue have bad great difficulty in arriving at A correct estimate Of the revenue to be derived from the amount of traffic along the line, because there is rio established mode of transport iu the district, every eettler at present being obliged to cart his own goods, a system universally admitted to be most expensive. They have ascertained, however, from official returns, that the quantity of general stores landed at Geelong last year, amounted to 5,100 tons ; two thirds of this goes into the interior, and it may fairly be Presumed, therefore, that '2,000 tons will go along the railway. The quantity of wool shipped from Geelong, exclusive of what may have come from Melbourne, for the last year, was 8,122 bales, one half of which would Come along the line, to which may be added 2,000 bales taken to Portland, and 1,000 to Port Fairey." The revenue of Port Phillip, according to the advices received this morning, has reached over 95,000/., but a very considerable amount is to be devoted to the Sydney district. Business was good at Port Philip. - Consols for the Account have been flat this morning— the prices having receded from 94 to 934 ; the Three and-a.Quarter per Cents. have ranged from 96 to 951 ; the Three per Cents. Reduced from 94 to 94 ; and Ex chequer -bills Bs. to' 12s. premium ; Bank Stock is *ro, at 206. There have been but a very few bar g ains made in the Foreign Funds this morning. The Peruvian Six per I. jents. have been sold at 40 ; the Portuguese Four per Cents. at 38k; Spanish Consols at 26i; the Dutch Two mtd-a-Half per Cents. at 604 ; and the Four per Cents. at en . The market for the Shares and Railway Scrips has b een heavy to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 205 206 • 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ... . 94% 94 New VA per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9% India Bonds 1,000/ •••• Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Opening 9- 93 3 ,4 Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1,0001 5001. Ditto Small l2 8 11 rincE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 4O Portuguese 4 per Cents Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 111 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 26% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates lI NNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK lbtracen RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. 25 - to - 114.1 her., Nottin g., Boston, &c. 2%.,.... 3 . to 2% 0 11 , 4 , Coleraine, &Portrush 1% - to - ast and County Down .. 4% .. .. - - ; 11 ningliam and Dudley ..... 425. ... . 6% pt• - .141ruhngharn and Gloucester..ion ...... _ - 1 1 . no. New (iss. at 7 1 / 4 dis.).. 17% - to - - truinghain & OxfordJunc... 2 . 11%14 to - rkenhead, Lancashire, and , Cho hire Junction... 2% •• ••• to - u ' - ' l 'cln, Stamf, & Binning-. 225. - rist o i r, and Exeter . 75 ...... - - - n "'. ! New - „-oristoi and G10uce5ter......... 30 - to - ...I;ristol and Liverpool June... 21,4 - 84s. - ~.i l ttchingharn shire SO "Aledonian . Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 - to - theater and- Holyhead 27% 254 to - Churnet and Blythe 2 %ester and Manclicster 421. - „.k%heltenham and Oxford - ...,.. - • to - t-darence. lOO ..... - ..,_.„ t o - :Po., Ist Class, 6 per Cont 10 4 -)0„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to - b 0•, Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - - Is • ,and Killarney - - (.4Z`kl Waterford - Wall1:;. 1 , - :b. lac., Half Shares ~ .... ... 2% - to - 11'ect Lincoln, East Retford, z 4 Li She ffi eld Junction 2% - to - Directl): Northern - . ..... to - Vrect Norwich 1 - b il blin and Belfast Junction.. 12% - ,11 lin, Belf as t, & Coleraine 2 1 / 2 . to - t IL, 11 dalk and Enniskillen ... 10 - - 'Astern Counties 141. 16s 2 2 3 / 4._ .to - Do. New l2l. 16s Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 411 - - - Do., York Extension ... o P u t Dereham and Norwich I 3.54' ... .. to o -* .. 40 - astern Union .... to •-•- Ditio,quarter Shares ...... 10 ...... - •• to . B o ,' Extension to Harwich 1%: " • '• .. - Do. (kunbridge and Ely „. 21/z ...... ....-- ...... to - • r apt Lancashire - • ..... to -- 'Ditto, Nevl - .... to --- ..... - &ormsk.) .5 ...... _--.2%:. ........... tttooo 1)o. ( late Preston - Do d o ., New Scrip ........• 114 ...... -- . ...... to Pa Lincolns hir e. 'East and West of England l 5l - ..... to ..... , '''' o „inburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Ditto, ILO f Shares ......... 10 ( s to •-• , bitto, Quarter Shares • . 12 1 ,4 - ' to Minbu N tbern '... 12% ...... - In. rgh and or 3 - to - lenburgh and Perth ......... 12% ...... - ...•• to t Y and Huntingdon ' to I,,,,latiskillen and Sligo ...... , fi, te ter . Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% -.•-• _ - ..... to - ' 3 g• Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 q 1 ' - to - • 114 .g0w, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 bitto, New - ..... to - Ito - 1)° • 1 4 Shares (5 per et. gua.) 12% - - ... ,o oi i , 2% 1 A... to - ti 6, -uoncaiter, Shef li d., &c. 2 teat Eastern and Western... 2% -1 ....• •to - lit; s o 271 h 2B 4 • to. - 1 t ,• uth. & West. (Ireland) treat Munster dciii.t 1 •161-th 0 Scotland . 2 1 , •••• - Te t North of Eng land 100 •-•- - -Ditto, New ...... 5 - 1)l t ,1, 0; Nely cliitto,Now ...... a ..... re4 t Weste ...... 85 . - ...... to - Ditto stern to - .„. to, Half Shares ...... 50 uitt o ..... , Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths .20 - •Do. • 6%. aim N c • 2 defieltl and Manchester 13 - - - to -- *Di tt • - ~, c, Lxtension 3 ktull and Selb ADitt (-\ Y 50 - °1 -caarter Shares 12% - ...... to - , bitto, Ifalf to I Dswi e k Shares .. & Bury St. Edmunds 14 - to - I._ - Do' do. and Norwich 5 - • to - - lilleast • to -1) et and Carlisle 5O - I, e • crew ' 5 - D • I.*:" and Bradford ' 30 - Leeetdeater and Bedford - " B ' l-) Qw b DI b • 22 1 / 1:) ; s ury, & am: eb- 2 - / D:''..L o ) Bran c h (Bl ue ) - to - Itto, Extension (Green).. 2% - . to - It 7, 1 5 3 and Thirsk ...-__ ..... 17% l 6 l /2 to - .1- , 'to N e .,„,. 5 . .... - 30 , - .... •.. ...... th, ft , (1 9.,Prefer.,6 per Cent. 3 1 / 2 . .... - - el 'Pool 'T b. t and .N l) , .•. alio es er, z o el) castle Junction 2IA 214 ' 7:'6% to - , 11 non & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d..•• ...... , B AI to -••••• ~,o. Ne w .. 1 - ..2 1- ' O . Exten si o n ". ' on - •/) (I .;tii6 1 t., SiSo 1 Co as t 50 •••••• 58 3 i •••••• to -- South i 0 . Consolidated Fifths.. 40 ...... - .1) , • - to - 0 . Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... - • ••• • • to - D O . Guaranteed sper Cent.. 9 . ..... - - 011c,11 Hounslow , &Westeni 2 . ...: - .• ••• • to -- I. ' ' ondon ati4Etreenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... - ~, D itto iricrifehii e " .1 - ... .. . 18/ 17 3 211... - • - 4 42t10n and North We , ;tern..loo ... - ...:196 - to - N. Quarter f3liqres ...... 2 ...... •-- 021 0 . d o. N e w ...... •••. ...... 2 . ...... 15 1 ,i 'to -- 1) ~./)°. do. Fifths - - 11 ° ,' Quarters ...... ... G. J. 5 ...... _ .. , to ..... •hs'' 40/. Shares...- 1 4. & AL 8 •••• •• - - 1 , -0 . 40/. Shares... M• and B. 40 ...... 75 1 7 , to - ,`-' O . 0/. .. M. and 8. (A.) 5 • .... - - Isuo. 10/. . • Mand B. (BO 5 - - ) • ... M. , 11 9. 10t. ... M. and B. (1 3 4 1 - -:.- , o (top, Oxford and Cheltnk 17a. London:and S ' . 41/ 6 10d 63 - .1)0 { • We,stern.... • 3 _ - . , ..1. :Tv c onsoli la. ed Bths 40 ~1 1i ttexc l, ' - ~. , , 27 1 / to - ..... . 22 m.••• .• 1 v 0.154, .. * .... ••• ••••• • • brittz 'r e ii; ............ '' 5 . _ - ts• ri, v a , s•••• -• itto fie to - Ditto a)it toScr 3 - d• 1 P ....... - ...... to -- , __,_.it t 0... 4 . - 411(:11'11 and York..., - -1 , ttn • Iton!, Extension - -t'inni Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% ...... - .., to - uonderry and Coleraine . 15 ' l44 4lend e . " - TrY and Enniskillen 15 Lyim and Ely 15 ~ynn :.rid Dcteliam - Manchester vnil. i.ced, B2 ..... - Ditto ilia Shkres - Ditto Qaarters Ditto Fifths Ditto t3:xteeattis ..5.....:.: - 6'4 Do. Extension . 42s. Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24 Do., do., Fifths Manch Buxton, & Matlock 42n. Man chest c r and Southampton 2 Midland 100 l3l ... .. to 130 Ditto Fifths - Ditto, New 2l - . . Ditto, New Ilidland. Birm., and Derby ... 100 ... ..105 Midld. Great Western (high) 15 ' Newcziptle and Berwick 1)o North Shields Newcastle and Carlialot lOO to Newmarket and Cliasterford 5 Newport and Abergavenny. . 2% — ...... to Newry and Enniskillen 7 :Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rustrevor V'orf,)lh: Do. Half Shur .!s Ditto ExtenSion Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of .Norflk Do. do. Waveney Valle`•... Northern Counties Union.... 2% — to orth British Ditto Half Shares.. Do. Quarters lle 3 l/i..... to Ditto, Extension /8 to Ditto Thirds ... 1 Nortlfern and Eastern 5O - Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 - Ditto Quarter Shares ....... 12 1 ,E — - Ditto New North Staffordshire... North Wales 3% . - :::orth. & South. Connecting 2%..... North Western . 2% — to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., 'Witney, & Cheltnham 1%..... - Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre _.. 25 Ditto, Half Shares - Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 81. 125.... di-, to Richmond Royston and Ilitchen ... ..... . .1%...... --- 'Scottish Central. .Scottish Midland . . 12% -- ..... to Sheffield and Manchester ...100 - Ditto 17 Shares 8 Do. 2ndlincolnshireJunct. - to Do. and Great Gritmthy ... 10 Do; do. do. Extension... 425. Shrewsbury and Binning - 11am' 3_ ....... Ditto, - " ditto, UlLs B. 1 1 ,4 . ..... Shropshire Union South D, , von ....... ......... 40 South Stafibrdshire Junction 2 1 / 2 South Eastorn and Dover ... - 33 , ,•: - . 4O Ditto, New, No. t ' - Ditto, Nriw, N 0.2 l2 - Ditto, Ncw, No. 3 l5 tO to -- to • to to to --- to Ditto New, No. 4. 3 l /6 it. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction •. •• • to - Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 , !: t — - South Wales Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal .. 2 to raw Vale Extension - Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole WarwiolcVno Worcester Waterford.4nd Kilkenny ll ....., ... Waterford and Limerick 27-;••• .. Waterford, Wexford,Wlcklw, and Dublin . I l h — Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia • - -1% — Waveney Valley - 2 - - Welsh Midland 2 1,4 West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall Wexford and Carlow. Wisbcach and St. Ives 2 Wilts,Somerset,&Weynionth 15 York and Carlisle 2 34 - - to York and Newcastle 2' s. ' .. . - to --- •••• • • to to_- to-- •• • te tO te Ditto, New 5 ..... 12 1 4%... to Ditto, Preference 2 71 , z ... to York and North Midland - Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby 4O Ditto. Extension • Ditto, Preference - 2 Ditto East and West Riding Extension F,OREIGN RAILWAYS.. Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... .. to -- Bar badoes - Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2 1 / 2 - Joulogne and Amiens lB ...... - ..... to Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cetto ( Mackenzie's) .. . 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais,--Durilt, & W. Fla iders 2 - Calcutta & Diamondllarbour 7s. ..... —•—• to Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... - Central of Spain ... Ceylon .... ss. - Demerara. -.... 21Q Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and - Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... . - Fampoux and Ilazebrouk..... 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. - Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 3 14 ...... ••-• ...... to Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey 1 Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg LvOns and Avignon 2 dadras • - ' 1 Ma Bras, Nellore, and Arcot... 1 :A to --.. Madrid and Valentia - Mauritius 1 ' Namur and Liege Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 ...... 11 to North Jamaica. 1 Oiletnis and VierZon - (Means and Bordeaux ... .. 6 .... . - to Over Yssci - ' t o Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 8 Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen l'aria - & Strasbp. Constituted 5 Bonen 'and:Havre • ...... 10 - 26% 4... to Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... .=-. - Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and EfZsselt Trinidad.. ...... .. ......... West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS to Australasia • 40 . ....- -.:.. British North American .... 50 Colonial ' . 25 woroler'cial of ,London LOtiti*loitit • 5t0ek'....'.:i5, , t0;.,..a.;—. , _. 20 .... .. ___— . , ~,,...- to.. ritkootA ititd - Westminster .7.: 2t)1:....,:' , i.i,r.: r:: National Provincial of Engld. 35. '. •' - - National of Ireland 2 2 1 ).", — ... .. to provincial of Ireland • 25 - Union of Australia Union of London ........ ...... 10 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered - ERRATUM.—In yesterday's List, read North British, Hat; Shares, 15% 1 ,Q instead of 13%14. 1 - 11 -oyD , s SHIPPING —(THIS I)AY.) LONDON, DEC. 29.—Wind S.S.E. , li g ht airs, and fine clear mild weather. DEAL, DEe. 28.—Wind, A.AL, Eldridge, . IvE ftrooi, DEC. AB.l—* N.N.W., thick; P.M., S.E.— Arrd. Glenbervie, Rusuell, Port Philip; John - Baring, Rear- In r' New York,. Sa ra h Barry , Mowat, Saguenay. non o g c . 1 1 c a 1 0 1 n o r r , , E„ n s , ' tine, New York, sailed 4th inst. ; Mason, Upshur, New York; R - Grande • Mole, Remedelle, P. ; Granville, Totzell, Rio , Africa ; w o -, Quebec. SW. Chatham, Ballan- Ford, N ew ori ('‘Vecker, ,Nilliams, Jamaica; As- Russia, Preble, Phil d 1 'lriB ; Yucatan, Casey. Ney Orleans; OW port, Sweden, Br e ghia ; New York, Skiddy, New York. more; F. 11. Shepherd, r.,4 New Orleans; Republic, Balti- N.B. ; Mersey, .alontrealew York ; Euclid, St, Stephen's, Affghan, Quebec; Effinghatn Souter Johnny, Montreal; bec ; and Requiter, Quebec. , Quebec; Eliza Stewart, Que . OFF EASTBOURNE, Dec. 28.—Ant SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 25.--Ar.oinett e Maria, Batavia. Quebec • 28th, Royal Tar steame rtt r, J. lt' Reynolds, Walker, OFF 'SWANACE.—Torgean, Hansen', Gibraltar. Hamburgh. ' Porto Cabello, for WATERFORD, DEC. 27.—Wind `oho N.N.- Bagot, Williams, New Orleans. port s Shi. 24th, vannah, for Liverpool. , aterlina, Ha- CORK, DEC. 26.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Mary, ~ Newfoundland; Wanderer, Baltimore for Newport, -1-- ,inchl, beth Hughes, Havannah ; Virgilia, Woodautre m.- Ehza -1 iramichi. Sid. Bache M'Evers, Batty, New Orleans. BROADIIAVEN, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Dromahair, Pine, Quebec, for Clyde. ABERDEEN, DEC. 26.—Sid. Undaunted, Ritchie,Valp ara i s • SHIELDS, DEC. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Aureli a , A me se °. North America. . - . , --- - - - BR] D LINGTON BAY. —Arrd, John's, Gustard, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Sunderland. GIUMSLY, DFo. 07.—'Wind W. Ajax, Chatcr, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Newcastle, leaky. SEA VIEW, OF - WIGHT, DEC. 27.—A boat, about fifteen feet long, marked inside " Perseverance, of Ports mouth, William Collins, master," has been picked up here. WalcuoL - Tft, DEC. 27.—The Petrel, (R. C.) was towed in here this morning, leaky, haying been on shore in Swanage Bay. •• • IluumfAvLig, DEC. 25.—The'Rell Reek, Reece, from Car diff, was abandoned Lear here, in a sinking state; crew saved by the Stuckley, arrived here. Pt c. 26.—a brig of about 200 tons, apparently a foreigner, ',vas passed, dismatted, and on her beatn-ends ' on the sth instant, 35 lon. 46 lat., by the Elizabeth Hughes, Ilullin, - arrived here. - Mtunt.tssnonouou, DEC. 27.;—The Yorkshire, Lynas, struck ou the East Gow, on the 24th inst., and came off leaky. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 28.—The Sleepless, of Sunderland, acid the Thomas and Mary of Burnham, are on the rocks on Flamborough Head. BLYTH, DEC. 27.—The report of the loss of the Maid of Athens, near;t►bis place is incorrect, that vessel having arrived safe at North Shields on the 23d instant. MARKET N.EWS.—(THIS DAY.) MAIM. 1-1 SASfrifFIF.I.D. . Mum!011 , Hay, 2t 5v to 3116.3; Clol'et ditto, 315 s to 41 17s; and Straw, 11.8 s to 11 12S per load. Both Hay and Straw moved 91r slowly, at our quotations. CUMBICRIAND.—AIeg (low Hay, 215 s to 3i 18s; Clover. ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 118 s to 11 13s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. WtirrEcitAßEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 . 5 s to 01 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s .to 4118 s ; and Straw,. 1/8s to 1/ I2s per Supply good, and trade dull. • C0Y,0147,2,L. The markets are closed until the sth January next. UN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 29, I:4C, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen andPrinceAlbert took their usual early morning walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of' Wales And the 'Princess Royal took walking exercise this morning. Her-Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an . ^ Ili. Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excel lency the Chevalier Bunsen, and Sir George Grey, are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Sir George Grey, and Capt. Francis Seymour. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will after wards attend. Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday from a visit to the Marquis of. Lansdowne, at his scat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for llickleton Hall, Doncaster. , • Sir George G re y l e f t town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. ADELAIDE GALLERY. The spirited proprietor of this establishment com menced, on Saturday, a series of morning performances (commencing at three and ending at five), which are more especially adapted for the amusement of the juve• nile branches of families who are at home for the holi days. In the getting up of these performances, the manager has catered mast judiciously for juvenile tastes. Children delight to witness the performances of children, and the witnessing of such performances creates in the children who are the audience a degree of emulation which makes them pursue their studies with tenfold vigour, in order, if possible, to equal those whose efforts are rewarded by the greatest of all guerdons to children, approbation and fame: therefore has the manager acted most judiciously in securing the services of the talented Turner family, whose performances last season at the St. James's Theatre, created such a sen sa ti on i n t h e fashion ble world, and. Who have during the recess been con stantly performing at the parties of the nobility in town and country. These wonderful little musicians are three in number, Miss C. S. Turner, eight years of age, and Miss R. P. Turner six years of age, harpists, and Miss S. 0. Turner, a beautiful child only four years of age, a violinist, And a violinist whose taste, precision, accu racy, and firmness, might put many . a full grown performer to the blush. Ilex fantasie, on the favourite, waltz of the Due de Reichstadt was exquisitely given, as was her duet for the violin and harp from Norma, in which she was admirably supported by her elder sister the harpist. The most wonderful per fOrreances, however, were the trios, the two elder sisters performing on one harp, and the younger on the violin. Exquisitely beautiful as musical performances, these trios were also most intprestiugas tableaux. The two sisters playing on one harp, the one leaning over the other, and the younger sister, at their side playing on her violin, formed the most tasteful group imaginable. It was a beautiful picture. The intervals between the performances of the Turner's were amusingly filled up by the Nigger melodies of the Lantum Ethiopian Serenaders. They are merely imitators it is true, but it is equally true that they approach nearer the originals than any imitators wh o have yet appeared. With children who have a taste for music, the morning performance at - the Adelaide (Jeffery will bu an especial favourite. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 24.—The Chamber of Representa tives voted, to-day, the budget of the Department of the Interior, and the project of law relative to the duties of Custom on leather and hides, awl on hemp. The Chamber then adjourned until the 12th of January next. In this sitting the Minister for Foreign. Affairs pre sented a project of law relative to Granting two millions, to permit the Government to participate in the founda tion of a society for the exportation of linen and menu factures.- The project of law enacts, that this expense shall be met by an issue of Treasury bonds. The sta tutes of the society are added to the project of law, the examination of which is referred to the sections. In - the debate orethat part of the budget of the Inte rior, which took place to-day, M. Verhaegen found fault with a chapter of belles lettres, science, and art, parti eularly th e grant % - allowed fo r. t h e publication of the National Library. " The Minister of the Interior and M. Them& replied. The reduction of 10,900 f. in the articles of belles Aettres and science, proposed by the central section,. .has adopted. A considerable discussion arose on the article " Archives of the Kingdom." The Minister of the rpterior declared that the Government hoped soon to be able to assign a suitable locality for the " Archives of the Kingdom." On the article' " Fine Arts," M. Northcomb invited the attention of the Le .gislature and the Government to the necessity of re storing the celebrated " Descent from the Cross," by liuhens, which will soon peel off from the pannels, un less Tneasures are taken to prevent so deplorable an acci dent. The Deputies of Antwerp, and the Minister of the Interior, inquired who was to be blamed for the delay in the restoration of this masterpiece ? May the observations of M. Northeomb sti mu l ate t h e zea l o f those whose duty it is to preserve that sublithe produc tion of a great master, our glory and our pride. May the city of Antwerp show itself worthy of the title of " metropolis of the arts in Belgium," by preserving, by a skilful reparation, this " Descent from the Cross," which, in the opinion of the director of the Berlin Mu seum, will not exist more than a year, unless the re storation is immediately undertaken. The budget of the Department of thelnterior was voted by a majority of 59 to 5. DUTCH AND HAII I3URGI - 1. MAILS. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 23,...,1V a royal resolution of the 22d September, end another of 25th. November, the roarveincacuothroprirsoeduthteo i t;s e t g a o te ti s att of a' thloeanprfoo%rinaccecooufntlo.)frotuhtehep to the amount of 20,000 florins,- to defray part 'of the expenses of constructing a road from Rolde to the frontier& of the province of Groningen, according to a plan approved of by his Majesty. The estates of the • province have given notice that the loan shall consist of 40 shares of 500 florins each, bearing interest of 4. ;per cent. per annum. His Royal Highness Prince Alexander, accompanied by his Aide-de-Camp, has returned ,from the Loo to this city. N EINDHoVEN, DEC. 20.—The diligence which leftthis place yesterday morning at half-past eight o'clocr,. to proceed to Bois le Due, was obliged, -after goinistwo leagues on its road, to turn back, it not being poltible to go any further on account of the .great quantity of snow, which had drifted to a vast height, and had en tirely blocked up the road. The mail from Holland, which ought to have arrived on Friday, did not reach here till the morning, being brought by a man on horseback. The Belgian Mail, which should have arrived yesterday, did not'reach here till to-day. Thus the mails are stopped or considerably i; delayed in all directions to Eindhoven. i• VIENNA, DEC. 14.—A melancholy event had lately nearly cost the life of our Archbishop, Milde. The Chamberlain of the Archbishop, who for some days had evidently b een l a b our i ng under a fit of melan c h o l y , en t tered his master's bed-room early in the morning, and i announced to him, that he came by order of a vision that had appeared to him in a dream,.and commanded him to cut his -Excellency's throat. in this extremity the Archbishop. retained his presence of • mind, i notwithstanding the danger, and. answered that t such commands were not to be. , resisted ; - but ' that it was the duty of a Christian to set about every 'i thing with prayer. His Excellency profited by the time which he had gained, to escape into an adjoining apart ment, and to lock the door, after whiCh,, the madman was taken and lodged in safe custody. BERLIN, DEC.-18.—We _find in almost every journal very different accounts of the arrests which have taken place here. The most fabulous report is that commu nieut.d to the Breslau Garotte, which pretends to have got scent of a communis conspiracy, Propagated by Emisarics from France. There appears to be no other foundation for this,_ than that the informationwhich was received by the police was written in the French language. It is said there is no ground for the assertion that those who were arrested had formed a society com pletely organised. Mr. Beheends, the young clergy man, who was, asked at his first examination, whether he had . not chiefly reckoned on -meet ings of mechanics, positively, denied : ,thi s ,: declar ing that he had merely spoken in a public , place ' with several persons whom he accidentally met. The person whom the authorities announced to be most deeply implicated is a young merchant's clerk named Ottensosser, who is accused of having read prohibited poems in a pablie.place ; though- manypersorts.,deny this. We understand that the greater part of the persons arrested here at Berlin on the 9th of this month, on suspicion of seditious intrigues, have been already set at liberty, and only_ six more remain under arrest. HANBURGH, DEC. 20:—The mails of the 15th and 16th from Paris are still due. ... (From the offic e Of the .fiarilburgh - and Alloinz Telegraph.) Yesterday; duri ng a south wind, with rain, and it rapid thaw, the ice in the Elbe became wore and more unsafe, and if the weather continues the satne,•it is' ntended to breakup_ the icein the harbour. Yesterday the - ice was firm at Blankenese, and Sehule i but , pa-day it is all ! drifting again,., ~-•-:' - .:,i. -,- . .:-,w.: ; ,f,a' ,, : , ..• ..,.,--, -- • - • DEc. 21.—The: , ice is" still 74-04. Ittltao3iviri- Bridge, and the Elbe was still pasSablo-thia-ritartiing in'hand ' sledges. The workmen are busy in the harbour break ' ing up the ice. At Blankenese and Br anshausen there is much floating ice. . ' GLUCESTADT, Dec. 20.—Yesterday we had a thaw with a high west-south-west wind and drifting snow. ,The Elbe is covered with flakes of ice, and the weather allows ships to unload only -a few hours in the afternoon. DEC. 21.;—The south-west wind and rain have pre vailed since yesterday, and the ice has already disap peared. The Marbhal steam-boat is unloading, and will ,probably have finished to-day. CUXHAVEN, DEC. 19.—There being much drift ice in the channel of Cuxhaven, the ships ready for sea have come from the road into port. They have all been obliged to take extra hands to bring them into the 'harbour. • The Senate, in its sitting of to-day, voted °the budget :or Foreign Affairs, the project of l aw f or exempt i ng iron import duty salt destined for feeding cattle and for manure, and the provisional vote of credit of five mil lions for the 'War Department. A deputation of a dozen respectable inhabitants of the town of Renaix was received to-day by the Minister of the Interior. These gentlemen stated the melancholy state of distress which prevails at Renaix and the enyi• roes, and solicited M. de Thettx mat - Ford speedy assist: ance, to relieve the sufferings of the indigent. This deputation hail a long conference, also, with the Go-, yea-nor of East Flanders. The Monituer of this day published the convention concluded between Belgium and the Grrman Zollie rein, signed. at Brussels o n the 26th of Jute, 1846, to secure the suppression of smuggling on the frontier be tween Belgium and the Zoliverein. The heavy snow which has fallen within.these few days in the environs of Brussels, has caused the death of four persons, who were buried in it on one day. The water of the Meuse again rose Very considerably during the night, and is now beginning to overflow the banks. • - A melancholy accident has just taken place in the coal mine of Donchy. Six miners are - said to' have been killed 611 Moriday last; 'in consequence of an "explosion, the cause and particulars of which are not known. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BatissELs, DBC. 22. Actual Debt, 2 1 ,4' per Cent • . - Loan of Thirty Millions Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent:. ••••• • • • • • • •• • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • • • • Ditto,dltto,l840... Ditto, ditto,lB42 • ................ 101 Ditto, 1844-- ••.• . • • • •• • !ii!‘: Ditto, 1836.. . . Ditto, 1838 ....... . • Ditto of th e City, 1832 .. • • • • • • ••••• • • *' "• ' 77 • , 'Ditto - , 1843 •• • : 1 0 Bank ofßelgiuni • • • " • • • •," 9 . 2 2, —Brussels Rapei•s;Dce. 22.: AUSTRIAII FtrlS/ DB.—VIENNA, DEC. 12. 5 per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. ditt0...... -- . 3 per Cent. ditt o .... .. • . 74 Loan; 1834 ~ ......................... 157% Ditto, 1839 .. 119% Bank Shares Esterhaz ........... y's• Loan . ......... • .. RAILW. , The Northern, or lurdinanA YS d • • • • • •''••• 175% Gloggnltz 129% Vienria—Afilan . • 1104 Leghorn %... .• • • 95% Berth. .... • •• 95 . Orosetio Oldenburg _ . Pestoja • • Perth Bridge • • Apennines • • • • • Zeitung. Dcc. 16. • G JI VIENNA, DEC. 15.—Lord Ponsonby still remains in the hotel, and, except official visits to Prince Met.. .ternich, has neither paid nor received . any visits. The diplomatic relations seem, notwithstanding, to assume a more amicable appearance. On the •other hand, t he pecuniary crisis 'becomes more and more threatening, and the prospects in this respect are ve - ey gloomy. Mer chants of the middle class, not spec'alators on change, but some of the real manufacturing and mercantile classes are daily stopping payment here and in the pro vinces, and a greater number of bv.nkrupteics may be shortly expected. 'These are the consequences of the limited credit given by our national bank. BERLIN, DEC. 19.--_The military, journals of this city announce that the Grand Duke • Constantine• of Russia has been appointed Chief of the 9th regiment of INDIAN yesterday morning the ves sels enume ra t e d b elow l i ave arrived at Cove. These are all laden w ith I n di an Corn. The tonnage given is the register tonnage, and as they bring, of course, much more than the weigh mentioned, there cannot be under 7,000 quarters of maize introduced in these six vessels. We mentioned in our last the probability of the Manchester (American vessel) discharging here. Since then we have heard she_ round to Limerick to unload. The cap tain of this ship states that he left as many as seventy vessels loading with Indian Corn at New York, and des ainecl for Ireland. As spring approaches we calculate on large supplies of this grain from that port - and New Orleans. Cadiz Packet ...• l5l tons from Leghorn. Newport l6l Genoa. • _George Deane - 150 Marseilles. Ambroye Zante Packet 193 ... Constantinople. Quicksilver • l6l Vietina;' Hussars. - - DRESDEN, DEC. 14.—The incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian monarchy seems to have a very fa vourable effect on the situation of the lato dictator, bau,:gohwski, for it is positively asserted .that he will be set at liberty in the spring, and provided with passports. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 15.—The Government has ratified the following conventions :—T he treaty of commerce and navigation between Sweden and Norway, and Mecklen. Schwerin; the portal convention between Sweden and Norway and Russia, concluded on the 29th of July; h a 1:d T, between e Postal N 0 ( 3 1, 0 , l il y vaeyn endtion b c c o n n n l c l e ude xk. Lon the ianz b u B T t g h h of Papers,Octo- -Dec. 22 . Total 1152 tons.—Coi-h Exan2iner. TV() " GENTLEMEN."—A very brutal and black guard assault was committed at the Devonport theatre, on Wednesday evening. Two naval officers, whose names, we regret to say, have not been communicated to us, for they have not been sufficiently identified, fel disposed, in a very larkish and gentlemanly spirit, to disturb the harmony of the audience by endeavouring to interrupt the performances. .1i sailor who- was paid oil from the Sappho remonstrated with than, when one officer with a stick struck the pOor fellow- and knocked off his hat, and another immediatcly'inflieted a terrible blow on his head; with what is called a life-preserver, and cut it open. The life preserver was taken possession br, 'but, unfortunately, these "gentlemen" did not meet with the ch as ti semen t th ey deserved. We hope they arc not done with y e t.—D evonport Independent. ASTRQNOINIT IN FRANCE.—ALto Verrier, whose name has lately be c o me E uropean by the discovery 9 the new planet, and- who has, within the last fortnight, been appainted, by roy a l or d onnance, to one of the new professorships, founded on the F acu l ty of Scie n ces, com mthe Sorbo nne , hi s course o f lectureseild o 1,200 persons, amongst whom might be remarked most of the scient i f i c Men of Paris, were closely packed t ogether on this occa ceon n Wednesday , astronomy. at Upwards o f occa sion. M. Le Verrier took for the subject of his opening address the pre-eminence of mathematical astronomy dyer that of simple observation, which latter it was generally considered he treated somewhat too lightly. The following sentence gives a tolerably fair idea of the learned lecturer's view of the subject ;—" \\Then'," said he, "armed with your instruments, you observe the hea vens, you advance with difficulty towards Ile mountain, and at last you climb it slowly ; whereas, by the omni potence .of mathematical analysis, you tell th e mountain to come to you, and it comes and bends with humility at your feet." • • Majesty t h e Emperor , set out for Warsaw, and returned ST. iETERSBIIRGIT DEC. -12.---OniSaturday night his to St. Petersburgh yesterday morning. THORN, D Ec . 15.—While nothing i of politicalnflu• once is pa ss i ng on this side of the frontiers, the accounts from P o l an d are very melancholy. Domiciliary visits and arrests still continue, and wall-informed persons affirm that the number of persons imprisoned in con sequence of the attempted: revolution Amounts to 300, many of whom, ,after a vexatious inquisitorial • proceed ing, have been banished to Siberia, ..sml others hanged in the citadel of Warsaw the noblemen, finding' themselves suspected by the Go vernment,. and be lieving that their ruin is intended and the more so, because, the late half measures relative to the emancipation of the peasants seem to threaten their property sod their personal safety. It has frequently happened that. the _peasants endeavour to realise by violence the promises - which have been made by the Government to grant them landed property, and attack the estates of' their lords, who, on their part, complain that the G ove r nment does not, sufficiently protect th em against the viol ence o f the Peasants; Under thesd circumstances, it is oflly-ateoUnted. for that a re port that a part of 'Poland; frOm Pluk, - Will "be add e d to Prussia, has arisen in Poland, and now even ex- - pressed as a wish in many quirters as 'likely to be ful filled. Travellers are treated .with n - Jore civility than hitherto by the Custom-lionso officer 3; however, every traveller, whether a foreigner or a native of Poland, is obliged to sign a p aper i n t h e polish, German, and. French languages, in which he dc,4lFes th§t he has no - The munificent sum, of 3001. was collected in aid. of the starving Irish, after service on Sunday last, at Dr. Raffles's chapel, Liverpool. The sermon was preached by the learned docto4imself. • :7n 5.33:3734 r letters, books, not es , & c., w i t h h i m, otherwise, to be,l punished with . All the rigour of the law. ' - ,2 - :t. `. •With respect .to the organilation of the schools—in' Poland, we learn that there are to he only.. four gymnasia in all Poland; in 'Connexion with whkh there are to be establislinnnts where all the scholars are to be boarded ' and lodged, and that they will he secured against any sinister influence. POSEN, DEC.. 16.—The latest news that we have to communicate is, that, for some days past, a report has been spread among the Pules here that the abolitical or the kingdom of Poland' was to take place on the 13th of January next year (the Russian New Year's•day) is ad journed by a later resolution sine die. On the other hand, a Berlin correspondent of the Bremen Gazette writes on the 20th of this month—" The fate,of the .kingdom of Poland is (lidded, and if the• accounts received here- are - correct, even the name of Poland will be obliterated at the beginning of the new 3'4TX . THE GREAT BRITAIN. - - BRISTOL, DEc. 28.—The following report from Mr. IBrunel has ban printed for circulation amongst the pro priotors TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. "Gentlemen. —According to your request I have, as soon as my engagements would allow of my leaving Lon don, paid a visit to the Great Britain, and I now beg to report to you the state in which I found the vessel, and my cipinie n of the best means to be taken for recovering the largest possible amount of the property invested in her. It I state these opinions concisely, and without any qualifications, you will not suppose that I have the pre sumption to think them infallible, but merely that lam compelled, by the shortness of the time left me to write to you, to avoid all circumlocution, and to give you as simply Ord briefly as possible, the opinions I have formed. At the. same time I mu hound to say that 1 have not formed them hastly. rind that., my conviction s updn the several pints on which I may express my feelings are very strong. " First, as regards the present state Of the vessel. I was agreeably disappointed, after the reports which had reached me, to find her, as a whole, and independently of the mere local damages, of which I will retll; presently, perfectly sound, and as strong and as perfect in form as the day she was launched. "In receiving this statement, you must bar in mind the great difference. between an iron vessel and a timbal-- built ship. In the former, parts may be considerably damaged,. or even destroyed, and the reminder may not only be untouched, but may be left nnstraincd and un injured; Ina timber ship this can hardly be the case. If any considerable portion of a ship's bottona is stove in, the timbers or ribs completely across the ship, and the planking longitudinally, cannot fail to he strained to a very considerable distance in both directions. " You must therefore remove from your minds all im pressions derived from your experience of damages sus tained by timber-built-ships, in order to understand my statement, 'which is strictly correct ; that, except the parts actually damaged, the extent of which is compara tively small, the ship is perfectly sound, and as good as the hour when she struck. This soundness and freedom from any damage extends from about the five-foot water line to the top (with the exception of the injury sustained by the knocking away of the rudder post, and a blow under the stern) ; nearly the whole of the vessel is therefore sound. The principal injury is in her bottom, under the boiler and engines. The vessel has evidently been thumping upon the rockS, and almost entirely upon this part of the bottom, from the first. few days after she grounded, and at present, in all probability, her whole weight is resting on this pail yet, notwithstanding this, she is perfectly straight, and has not broken or even sprung an inch in the whole length. The boilers have been forced up about fifteen inches, and one of the condensers has been lifted about eight :inches, breaking the air pump. At present this is nearly the extent of damage done, all of which could easily be repaired if the vessel were in dock. "I will now state my opinion of the best means of re covering the largest pessible amount of the property which has been invested in her. "In this view I can only imagine two alternatives; the one to break her up on the spot, and make the most of her materials; the other to get her afloat, and into port, and restore her into good condition, or sod her to those who would so restore her. The first alternative may, I think, be discarded at once. The . plates and ribs of an iron vessel are difficult enough to convert into useful materials for any other purposes, even in tie midst of workshops, and with tools and appliances at hand. In such a place as Dundrum Bay, Ido not be lieve the materials would pay the expense of cutting up. The masts, spars, chains, &c., in fact, the stores, and, perhaps, a few of the lighter parts of the engine, might ~repay the cost of removal; but the whole woeld cer tainly not amount to many thottaands—probably hundreds would be a safer estimate of the amount to be realized, clear of all expenses. To remove the vessel and take her into port, and either restore her or cell her, is then the only means of recovering any part of the whole of the capital invested in this ship. If she is so brought into port, she may be worth, unrepaired, 40,0001., 50,0001., or 60,0001., according to the opportu nities that may offer themselves of employing her use fully or of selling her. The only question is, then, how, 1 at the least expense and at the smallest risk, is the vessel to be got into port? But as I will now endeavour to prove to you the mode of getting the vessel off the shore and into port is again quite secondary to the considera tion of how to preserve it where it is, so that it may be in a condition to be removed, and to be worth removing when the means of doing this are ready, and the proper time is arrived for attempting'it. " In the first place, I assert, unhesitatingly, that no man in his senses, and who thoroughly understands the circumstances of the case—the weight and position of the vessel—the amount 'of the rise and tall of the tide, and draught of water around her—and the ex traordinarily exposed situation—would dream of cal culating upon completing the requisite means for float ing her under three months. In the mean time the - ship must be protected. Even if it were practicable to construct the necessary apparatus, and to float the vessel to-morrow, it would be little short of madness to go to sea with it at this time of the year. But. lam doing wrong to discuss a case which cannot arise. The vessel cannot, according to any rational calculation of chances, be got off under three months; and it is equally against all probability that, if left unprotected ; there would be anything worth taking off at that time. It is useless, therefore, at this moment discussing the best mode of floating the vessel, and I think, under the circum stances, would be must unwise hastily to determine upon any plan. The first thing is, to know whether there are any means of preserving the vessel, and whether any such I.plans can be carried into effect at sonic reasonasle cost, which it may be worth incurring. I have looked at the vessel, and considered the very exposed situatior in which she is placed '(end a more exposed one could hardly be found), and I am convinced that no fixed break water of ordinary construction could be made at any reasonable expense, or in time to prevent mischief. There is no _depth of sand into which to drive piles, and the rock is too uneven end broken to allow of any fram ing being constructed and secured to it ; and any frame work would be liable to be destroyed during the pro gress of its construction,aa that already attempted has been, and the timber might be the cause a serious da mage to the ship. The plan I should recommend would, et least, be free from these objections, would be compa .ratively inexpensive, and, I am firmly convinced, would ,he perfectly effectual as a protection. At the same time, few persons who have not seen the effect of a sea beating against fagots will share in that conviction. " What I recommend is, to form, under the stern and along the exposed side of the vessel, a mass of fagots, made of strong and long sticks, and used in the manner which has been so successfully practised in Holland and elsewhere, for the repair and protection of banks against the sea, the fagots being packed closely, and, for a con. siderat•le thickneSs, against the ship's side, and up to the, level of the deck, secured with rods run vertically through the mass, and chains laid horizontally, and bind-. the whole tightly to the ship. The heaviest sea has .0.6 effect upon such a mass; and I believe that the vessel, Would remain as uninjured, and indeed as unaffected by the sea, as if in dock. " 8,000 or 10,000 fagots-300 or 400 fathoms of 1-inch or ieinch second hand chain cable, 'none of which need be lost-300 or 400 a r rods, sharpened at the ends-1,000 bags to fill with sand, with what stores you have on board, world suffice; end if next coming springs, and the gales which have hitherto accompanied them, are safely passed, I cannot foresee any difficulty whatever in completing the protection I purpose. Of'course, in all works dependent upon wind, weather, and tide, certainty cannot be attained; but of one thing I am quite certain, that no other plan oilers the same chance of success, or at so small a cost. "I have commmunicated to Captain Claxton the steps which I took in conjunction with Captain Hosken for procuring the fagots beforo I Dundrtim. I have also communicated to him the directions which I gave with respect to the engines, &c., and it is unnecessary, there fore, that I should repeat them. I will only recapitulate in a few words, the substance of the advice I have above given, and of my reasoning. " You have a valuable piece of property lying on a most exposed shore. If preserved for a few months that property will, in all probability, be worth 40,0001. or .50,000/. ; if neglected for a few weeks it will probably be worth nothing. Can you, as men of business, under such circumstances, waste your time at this moment in discussing what you will do three months hence, and which plan you will then adopt to take your property to market? But will you not rather first, and immediately, adopt decisive steps for preserving that property, and then consider what.you had best do with it ? " i have no wish to escape the• responsibility of ad vising you, as you request me to do so - , as to my opinion of the best plan to be adopted hereafter for removing the ship ; but, adhering to the principle I have laid down, I should decline to do so at present did I not see reason to fear that you might be losing time and money, by relying 'upon expectations which, I am convinced, would be disappointed. I would strongly urge upon you not to place your reliance upon . nay plan which depends upon floating the vessel by camels, • and taking her to sea unrepaired, and, tlierefore, entirely dependent upon those camels. The immense breadth of these floating camels, and the risk of taking such an unmanageable floating ill-connected mass to sea, cannot have been correctly and sufficiently estimated ; and the certainty of the whole going to the bottom,- in the event of even a very moderate gale of wind or a slight swell, has been apparently quite lost sight of. lam also of opinion that the diculty of lift• ing the vessel at till by auxiliary floats has been under rated. The vessel has worked herself about five or six feet into the solid rock and sand, and may very probably get a little deeper before the time fur lifting arrives. She must, therefore, be' lifted say, at least, four feet to four feet six inches before she could be got out of the dock she has made ; and the floating power must them e • fore be calculated at least toraise her five feet six inches so to be qu!te sure of moving her. Now, there is not more than 10 feet of water around the vessel, even at high water of ordinary springs, and it would be impossible to calculate upon more than nine feet as a certainty. No floating power worth having can be got in the vessel, and the floating vessels must therefore be capable of sustain ing the whole weight, with a draught, when the vessel is lifted, of only about four feet. The weight to be sustained is 2,000 tons, and to do this with ves sels drawing ,only four feet, would require that they should be upwards of 30 feet in breadth on each side, forming with the ship a total width of upwards of 100 to 120 feet, and upwards of 300 feet in length. Ido not say that this operation is impracticable, but it is at least a very difficult one, and must be almost entirely de potdent upon weather; and, mileSs in perfectly smooth water, a very hazerdons one. My'belief and conviction is, that tire Safe mode of proceeding, and by far the leapeste will be to lift the vessel by mechanical means lay ways under her—and to haul her up sufficiently far to be safe from the sea to repair her just sufficiently , . (From th e Office of the Hamburgh and Altana Telegraph ) llAmnunau' DEC. 22, p.x.—'!'he Elbe up'here i s st ill travers4A with ice boats, but it is expected to break up very shortly. The harbour. is cleared of ice, and com munication with the vessels is carried on by means of barges. . . At Blanken ese masses of ice collected together thiv morning. At S e h alau also, able mass es are collecting. and lower down, consid er - GLUCKSTA.DT, DEC. 22.—The ice is dispersing more and more. The large flakes of ice are breaking np. BADIBUBCII, DEc. 9 5.—There is much floating ice at Schaluu and Blankenese, yet the boat Wilhelwitta, which left Altona yesterday, arrived .safely in the evening at Schalau, GLUCKSTADT, DEC. 25.—The ice is rathcr increasing in the channel, yet the Fre&rickA Johanna, Captain Deivall, from Newcastle, arrived in the harbour yester day. The whole outer harbour is free from ice. DUTCH FU.NDS.—AmsTzznam. Due. 24. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent-- • ... •• • 59% 60 1 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent 71% 72% Ditto, 4 per Cent... .... • 92% 92 3 4 Alma Syndic, 3% p er Cent •. Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 174% 174% East India Loan, 4 per Cent. ••• • •' Exchange on London, at sight •••• • " U 97 Two ..... 11 90 On llamburgh, at sight •• • • : 35 63 Two months... • • •• '• •• • • 35 25 On Paris • ~; 50 —Dutch Papers, Dec. 2 Tw omonths. •• • •' • • r''; 12 6. 11AlliBURGI/ DF.,c. 22. A Bills. Money. ustrian 5 per Cents .. Bank Shares ..... . • 1570 ' Anglo - Russian Loan • ••••••••••• ••• • • • 105% 105 Russian 5 per Cent:, Hand,. Certificate. 100% 100% Ditto Ist series Inscription.. •• •••• • • • • 101 1 ,E Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96% Ditto, in Ctrtificate.. - ........ •••• • • .- 96% Wew 4 per Cent.; H o p e and Co. ..... 88% Ditto Stieglitz • . ........ ......... 87% Spanish New 5 per Cent . ......... .19 18% Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • . • .... 30% • Anglo-Portuguese L oan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch ActualDebt,'2% per Cent ... • . 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. •• • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. 3.oan, 1844...• 78 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 8 84 National Bank Shares. ....... : - s THE LOSS OV THE OSPREY.- PORT63.IOUTII, DEC. 2S.—A court-martial w a s assert:. bled this day on learsi her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, to inquire into the - eireunisiances attending the loss of her Majesty's late sloop Osprey, on the coast of New Zealand, in March last, and to try Commander Frederick Patten, and the surviving efficers and ship's company, for their conduct on the occasion. Present :—Rear-Admiral Parker, C. 8., President ; Captain John Pasco, her Majesty's ship Victory ;. Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., Excellent ; Captain Stephen Lushington, Vengeance ; Captain W. 11. Henderson, C. 8., Sidon ; Captain Alex. Milne Sr. Vincent ; Captain H. W. Giff ar d , P ene l ope ; Mr. d. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate, The proceedings' commenced by ' the Deputy-Judge- Advocate reading the report made to .Captain Charles Graham, of her Majesty's ship Castor, the senior officer on the station, by Commander Patten, of the loss of th e Osprey, and i nc l os i ng a narrat i ve of his proceedings. These, and other papers connected with the affair, were transmitted by the Secretary of the Admirrlty to Admiral Sir ()merles Ogle, Bart., who signified their Lordthips' directions for a court-martial to be held to inquire into the circumstances. After the court had been ' sworn, all the officers and crew of the late brig being pre sent, Commander Patten was asked if he had any complaint to make against any officer or man belonging to the Osprey on the occurrence Of the wreck, or subsequent, to which he replied, that he had not any. A similar question was then put to the officers and crew, if they had any com- ' plaint to make against their Commander, to which they immediately answered " No." The Osprey's people having then quitted the Court, Commander Patten was sworn, and idereified all the papers, charts, &c., and from oral testimony and documentary evidence it appeared that, lite in last year, hi consequence of the disturbed state of affairs in New Zealand, the Osprey had been sent by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, sheCom mander-in-Chiet in -India, to augment the naval force, and she joined the senior officer, Captain Graham, of her Majesty's ship Caster, early in the present year. She was then ordered by tine to Auckland, and when near the entrance of the river obtained from a small fish ing village a man who pointed out the method to enter the Ilolkianga river, and described the marks, bearings, depth of water in the bar, its position, and length, and the Hag-stall inside. The Osprey stood up, end Commander Patten and the master observing a red flag exhibited, which denoted that there was plenty of water on the bar, ran up the river iu safety, and anchored during the night about twenty-six miles up, and there remained for some time; co-operating with' the Queen's forces. Commander Patten was after Wards sent by Captain Graham to the Bay of Islands, and left on the 6tli of February. It api , petered, in answer to a question from one of the Court' that from the di s t ur b e d state of the country he did not feel himself justified in employing the master and a boat's crew to eurvey the entrance of the river, the dirce; tions being sufficiently plain, and in print, and being fur, nished by a pilot paid by the Government of •AucCl: and, and confirmed by it' Lieut. Macdonald, a settler at New Zealand. After exceuting his orders, Commander Patten returned, and on the 9th of March made the island, and on the 10th the entrance of what he, the master, amid the officers and crew, considered the real- Hoh : Mant ' ra river ; but th e weat h er not su i ting that day; they kept under easy sail all the. night, and next day, tl,q 11th of March, seeing the marks and the laud in every; respect exactly agreed, and obsct vine; a red flag dise played on a point of land, the course of the Osprey was. then shaped for th e entrance , an d s h e ran in at the rate! -Of seven or eight knots, sounding with the lead all da l way, a man looking out on the yard-arm, and the officers and crew on deck to trim tails, work ship, &c. was kbout half- past two o'clock in the afternoon, anti the' weather pretty clear. They got several casts of the lead from 14, 10, 6, end at last a cast of the lead aliiele gave them five fathoms, and while the man was hauling in the line the brig struck. Another caet was made; which gave them ouly two fathoms. The most prompt measures were then taken to endeavour to save the; Vessel, and float her into deep water, by cutting away the masts, throwing the guns, shot, and other heavy storei overboard, and at last, by the send of the sea and thea rollers, she was drifted on the shore some - distance front the place where she struck. It was then pretty eviden that the Osprey would soon be a wreck, and Commando Patten instantly caused rafts to be made to land al the crew, the Queen's stores, and everything lift could, and finally, when the weather permitted, stripped the copper off the brig, an d d rew 1,200 copperi bolts out of h er hull, and before abandoning her, tan nothing but a mere shell. Intelligence was sent to the,-,' senior officer of the - Calamity which had haapened, at 4 Captain Graham having an opportunity of a . iessel going - to England, sent the p art i cu l ars o f the wreck to the; Admiralty by Captaianay, of the Ramiro*, and soon after freighted tiro ecesels to convey to,Prgland thee officers, men, and e*res, they having previcaisly marched; a hundred miles ai:+oee the country totheikis; of Islands,i and they -quitted Ili May. All the foregoing was detailedi to the court, and also that until the :wreck, took place,i not a man in the Oiprey had ever heard offalse Holki anga Bay, nor was it marked in the only Admiralty chart of New Zealand which Commander kitten had in his possession. The members of the court made the most particular inquiries of the commander, the officers, and men, as to the curreetness of the statents, and ex-, ambled thel6g, Brc'eie and Commander Pattern having then been called on to say if he had anything further to offer; for the information-of the Overt, repiegted kquarter or an hour to look over a . .Written statement which he' witled to make. This was accordingly ,granted, and the court cleared,. 'On its being re-opened, the Deputyl Judge-Advocate read Commander Patten's report of the` preceedings, proCuced his orders, and strong testimonials.; from a great number of - officers, Under whom he had! served for a period of twenty -four years, in which he A was spoken of in high terms, for his ability as au officer' encl a seaman. He also took occasion to say that then! officers and crew of the Osprey had behaved in the most exemplary manner d ur i ng t h e w h o l e t i me they had been, under his command; and had submitted without repining to most ectraordinary privations from the time of thee wreck until they were embarked for a pastege to Eng= land. On the conclusion of - this address, the court was again cleared for the meriebere to deliberate on and draw; out their sentence, which, as might have been antieief pated by every One whO heard th e p rocee di ngs, was to the effect that no blame was attached to COmmandet Patten, or the officers and crew of the Osprey, for the loss of that brig, -and that after she struck, and subse quently to being- a total wreck, every person belonging to her did-their utmost to preserve - the Queen's stores ; and the Court then fully acquited Commander Patten and the officers and crew, and highly commended - them, for their exertions. The Court was dissolved at half -past three o'clock ANOTIIER DISASTER, ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. On Friday evening last another collision took place near Bishop Bridge, ou the7u7: , eurrer train, which l e ft Edinburgh at quarter to eig ht o'clock, reaching Glas gow near to. The .passengers were thrown into the greatest state of terror and alarm. They have called a meeting on the subject ( - big da (Saturday), at one o'clock, in the Black Bull Hotel. ft is surely high time that the Gmeminent of the country should look into the state of this railway.—Scotch Reformers' -Gazette. FARRINGDON WARD (WITHOUT )—ln our report of the election of common councilmen for the above ward it will be recollected that, on the presiding alderman (Sir James Duke) announcing the numbers to be—for Wal ter, :330 ; Harding; 330 ; Hodgson, 327, a scrutiny was , demanded on behalf of the latter gentleman. We under stand that, at an investigation which has since takon place, an error has been discovered, the actual nntribmrs being found to be—for Hodgson, 315 ; Waltc , r, 310 Harding, 309. Mr. Harding consequently' loses his elec.. ; tion by one vote. • At about six o'clock on Saturday morning flames were seen issuingfrom the Paris station of the northern railroad, and considerable alarm prevailed in the neigh bourhood. The fire, however, was confined to a small out-building, and, with the assistance of the , firemen and the military of the neighbouring barracks who were rapidly on the spot, it was extinguished'before much damage had been done. lti OVEL , IMPORTATION: — The American line-of packet ship Hendrick Hudson, arrived from New York, has brought, in addition to - a very extensive and varied cargo of provisions of every description, the production Of the United - States of America, thirty barrels of pork suet. We arc not aware that an importation of the article so named'has before taken place from the United States, or any other foreign country, and therefore the mention of it will not be unimportant or devoid of in terest in the present instance.' " SurruEs runic Amrnrcii.---An :extensive land proprietor in the - State of 'Mikis, 'United States, has received a letter fl':oin his . flitutlx, by. tkv last mail, in which they t,ll ifiaOns'ending tk'team of grain to Chicago ' they wCte demitied'a day longer than usual in getting delivery:'" There, as :snch ! ,.!kyi influx of grain into the pla6e, inert not storage nor shipping to take it away as fadt as it was brought into town, there being no less_l4an ot!ti.4,6l.ljwitptigts, on the road at one time ..laden Witri* * gitiin for t e Market at that place. Price, 75 pepts.• pm-bushel. • The late sevari4:44lierliailbrntigt4great.quan tity of wild fowirtr. 7 4 / 1 1V•filirshdiqound Ca.kiter• bury have been literally inundated with ducks, snipes, woodeocks,,&c. Last week a flock of nearly a hundred geese were Seen at' Sandwich. At New Romney, and other places near the coast,.the numbers have also been very great.--Dover Chronicle. AIaISEM:ENT AND GIiNEROSITY.-011 Wednesday Lord Egliu ton, with a rink of Kilwinuing" curl , rs, played on Craufurdland Loch, against Reginald H. Crau furd, younger of Craufurdland, and an equal number of Fenwick men, for two loads of meal and a cart of coals, to be givea to the poor of the winners' parish. After a keenly contested game, victory declared for the Fenwick rick.—Edinburgh Evening Post. Actu.crlcs. , --During the past aquatic season there were sixty- file sailing matches, one hundred and thirty three rowing watches, and seventy-two regattas. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 28. STOCK EXCRANGE.- 7 -A large business has been done to day, and prices have in most case ruled higher. The brokers report a general scarcity of -stock; buyers are more nume rous than - sellers. The sales are—Chester and Birkenhead, 50%—Ditto, Halves, 25%—Eastern Counties, 2314—Ditto, New, 7% p.—Great Western, 17/. Shares, 4N . p.—London and North-Western 194%—Ditto, Qmrters, New, 13% p. —London and Manchester and Birmingham. Quarters (11), 7% p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 634 130--Ditto, New, 5 1 ,4 p.—North - British, New, 1% p.—North Union (B), 1 56—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.—York and :elby, Pre ference, 124 . p. —Belfast and Ballymena, dis.--East Lancashire, 3% p.—Ditto, New. 31, 2 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1:14 p.--Edinburgh and Northern, New 251. Shares, 21/s p.—. Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2:!i dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway; 44' p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Leeds - and Thirsk, 3 j t dis.—Ditto, - .Preference, 1% p.—Shrewsbnry and Chester, New, par—Ambergate and Eastern Junction, p. —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1.4 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9:14 p.—Bucking, Is. 3d. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, v s p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% p.—Great N ort h ern (late London and York), par —Liverpool, Manchest er , and .1\ ew castle Junction, l i g p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—North- Western, 13s. 9d. p.—Sh rews b ury anel Hereford, % die._ Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2A, p. — Ditto (B), 235. 2d. p.—West Riding -U n i on , 2% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.—Manchester and Southampton, IA dis. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 7-16 p.—Bi r k en h ea d , Lancashire, said Chesire, 1 11-16 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction,” —Birmi»gliam, Wolverhampton, &c., 15-16 p , --Blackburn, Darwen, and Balton. i 4 p. —Boston, Stamfoi l d, and Bir mingham, 11-16 p.—Eastern Counties, P , roetual, No. 2, 7—Ditto, York Extension, 1% p.—East LaneaSbire, P.-- Ditto, New (scrip), 1 11-16 p.—East LinhAishire, 1 1 4 c. p. —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, p.—Glasgow and. Dumfries, 1 .5-16 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, Quarters, % dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1 etis.—Great Northern (London and York), % p.—lludderstield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 5-16 p.—Ditto, Thirds, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, is dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 1% p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3-16 p. —London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 7% p.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock - , and Midland, 1% p.-- Manchester and Leeds, Fiftbs, 6 p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury, 5 p.—Manchester and Southampton, 5-16 dis.— No:tli British, Extension, 15-16 p.—North Staffordshire, p.—North-Western, p.. ---Northern Counties Union, 14 dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire ' % dis. — Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 5-216 p.—Shropshire Union, 6-16 dis.— South-LaStern and Dover, No. 3,2?; p.—Ditto, No. 4, p.—Wcst'Riding Union, 2 3-16 p.—Wharfdale (late North- Eastern), dis. LEEDS, DECEMIIER 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Arnbergate, Notting ham, and Boston, is. 6(1. n. p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% u. p.—East Lancashire, New, 3% p.—Ditto, Scrip, 1:!(, p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 / 1 .• n. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, n. p.—Leeds and nil4li, IX p. c, Ditto, New, 1 4 p.—Ditto, Preference, 335. p.—ltialton and Di - alit:ld Junction, 1! , p.—Manchester and Leeds (late Ilud. der field and Sbeteld), n. to, Extension, 325.. p. —Ditto Extension (late WA:. I'. a%d G.), 3 p,—North Bri tish, Thirds, 5-,s. p.—Ditto. Quarters (I.te Carlisle Branch), p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), ltis. p.—North StafThrd ,;hire, 4,.( 2 e.• p.—Northern Counties Union, I ' x i' dis.—North-• ‘VeAern, 14s: 6d. Rotherham, and Goole, 18s. f , d. c. p.—York and Newcastle, 13 p.—Ditto, Prefer ence, 5:1,i• a. p.—York and North Midland. Preference, 12 1 % n. p.--Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. di*.--London and fork, p. s.—Wet Riding Unium4.l4. to make her water-tight, then to launch and bring her POST-OFFICE NOT:CES. to Liverpo o l or B r i sto l . But as I have before stated, we Dave time to consid e r- these point s , if in the mean time VIGO, OPORTO, LI SBON , C ADIZ, Ginw. TAR, .MEDI we take st e p s t o preserve the s hip. If th e p roperty TERRANEANZEGYPT, I.NDIA,AND CHINA. The next mail s is not e ven now worth protecting, it will indeed be for Gibraltar, M a lt a , G reece, t h e lonian Islands, gypt, waste of m oney to b e preparing, at some considerable India, China, &c., v ia S out h ampton, will be dispe'tehed expense, to remove what will; in all probability, he only from hence on the evening of the 2cl January. The :Ta gus, for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c., then a valueless carcass. If the di rec t ors should determine upon adopting mails of the evening o f th e 2d J anuary. The next mails " the course I have, recommended, I must remind them for the Mediterranean. Egypt, India, China, &c., via. that the pl an i s one depending entirely on the skill, the Marseilles, will be dispatehtd from h ence on t h e evening vigour, the aptit u d e f or expedients, and possibly—if bad of the 7th January. MADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES. . [Front weather should come on, and day after day the work be August to January inclusive, the packet touches at Per mined confidence in the plan ..of the party directing it, mire, and the other six months on her homeward.] Her and the sufficiency of the means at his command. " I cannot conclude without doing justice to Mr. Majesty's brig Penguin, for the mails of the evening of the 4th January. Bremner, whom I met on board, and aeknowle.dgin g the S YDNEY (N.S.W.)—The Is t in Merchant, for the friendly and liberal manner in which he discussed the mails of the evening of the 31st inst. various means to be adopted, and assisted use With his Wm. INDIES, &c.—The T ay, f ur the mails of the valuable advi ce ; an d altho u gh I may have somewhat differed with hi m as to the' advisability,„of attempting to mornin of the 2d January. PRlCAfloat the vess e l away to sea without first repairing her, .- yet upon most p o i nts w e were perfectly agreed ; ain of the 4:h J anuary . nd I AME.—The Hibernia, for th e ma il s o f the even- ~ firmly believe th a t if any man could take her oir (and if Smi. L E T TERS. From Monte ' Video and Callao it would be prudent to lot him do so), that Mr. Bremner's New York, by the American Eagle, Chadwick, at Dover great experience and sound practical knowledge and good sense in devising any plan, and his energy and skill in carrying it out, would ensure every chance of success which the circumstances admit of.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient serFylit, "I. K. BRUNEL. " 18, Luke-street, I'VeAtminster, Dec. 14." ULL, bEcrlAt'BEil -2S STOCK EXCHANGH.—Our market to-day has been brisk, with a considerable amount of business doing. All our quotations are in advithce of those last marked, and remain firm at the close of busines. The sates are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2/.165. 6d.—Leeds and Thirsk, 20s. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 20s. p.— North British, 36—Ditto, Quarters,- 73s.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 41,¢ p.—North- Western, 18s. p—West Riding Union, 4/. 3s.— York and Selby, Preference, 12W p. , —York and Newcastle, Preference, 5 P. • SHEFFIELD, DECEMIER 28. r STOCK. EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 6s. p. - Great Grimsbv and Sheffield, 2 is. c. dis.-Midland, New Shares, 4:34 p.-Sheffield and Lin coin, dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 18. 6d. p.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 1I dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 6s. 6d. p. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Caledonian, 23% Ditto, New, 50s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 495.-Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 291.-Dundee and Perth, New, 14 3 %-_ East of Fife, 61s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 445. 6d.- Edinburgh and Northern, 15 1 / ex new-Ditto, New, 51. 2s. -Ditto, Newport, 6% ex new-Ditto, New, 745.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5 %-Great North of Scotland, 555.-Newcastle and Berwick, 35/.-North British, Thirds, 78s. 6d.--Ditto, Quarters, 695. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 325.-Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scottish Central, 21 3 4- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 205.-Stirling and Dun fermline, 695. 6d.-Strathern Junction, 78s. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 10s. 3d. PEDESTRIANISM. Joins SMITH AND AN ANATEUR.--..A. smart contest of 100 yards, for a dozen sovereigns, between mine host of the White Hart, Drury-lane, and a gentleman amateur, who fancied himself somewhat fleet of foot, came off yesterday at. Child's-hill, Hampstead. By the conditions it was stipulated that Smith should give the novice 12 yards' start, and, as the event proved, the Re gent-street Pet had his work cut out in regaining the advantage he thus allowed. Atter a pretty fair start the amateur ran well and spiritedly, so much so that in the first forty paces Smith had scarcely lessened the interval by three yards ; after this, however, he gradually gained on his opponent, caught him within five yards of the goal, and ran in first by a bare half-yard. Some of the spec tators declared it'a dead heat, but the referee decided otherwise, and Smith pocketed the stakes accordingly. SEWARD AND WESTHALL.—The stakeholder in the match of George Seivard and Charles Westh4ll, for 501. aside, has given up the - stakes to the former, on the ground that W(sthall was not at the appointed place be tween the hours specified in the conditions. EAST AND POWELL.—It is understood that the coo petitors in this much-disputed walking match, have assented to the proposition to walk again. The day, however, is not yet fixed., For the credit and prosperity of a'manly and beathful sport, let us hope "a clear stage, no favour," and a desire to do right \vitt mark the next meeting. 'REFORMS IN THE PAPAL STATES.—The commis sion appointed by the Pope to examine into the questions connected with a revision of the civil and criminal laws has made its first report, at which it passes in review what it considers as the nip st urgent reforms, the fore m:)st of which is the institution of the jury. According to . the plan proposed by the comini , sion, the jurymen would be divided into two classes. The first would in. elude rich dandowners, members of the nobility, and commercial not , ,bilities. The second would be composed of litt4ary men, such as doctors of law and medicine, the upper employes of the Government, members of the academies, and professors of the universities. One mem ber of the commission proposed that the judicial discus sions should be public, but this reform was considered by others as premature. • INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF LAND IN SHROP, SHIRE.—At the recent sale of waste lands, under the Chin Forest Inclosure Act, out of twenty-eight lots offered, twenty-seven were sold under the hammer, and one by private treaty. Some of the above lots, upon the op, n common, fetched the high price of 26/. per statute acre ; and the average price of all the land sold was 15/. per acre. About five years ago, under the restrictive corn-laws, siniilar land, sold in the same way, and at the same place), eid not produce a greater average than 74 per acre. On this occasion, the whol e was b oug h t b y people in the immediate neighbourhood. Tits WEATHER.—Yesterday a very marked alte ration in the weather took place, notwithstanding that the wind had during the evening of Sunday again veered from S. W_ to N.N.W., accompanied by, a sharp frost at au early hour in the morning, the wind was due north, the temperature of the atmosphere at the Royal Hu mane Society's Receiving House, in Hyde-park, being 04 Fahrenheit, but as the day advanced the thermometer rose; mar four o'clock it was at 33, with every indica.; Lion of rapidly rising, the wind having veered from N. to S.W., at which point it appeared to be stationary, accompanied by a thick, heavy mist and fog, which be came so dense at the west end of the town as to cause much confusion and danger to pedestrians, from the im. manse number of 'carriages and omnibuses, particularly in Oxford-street and Regent-street, delayed by the fog from the fear of collision and the streets being crowded with a great influx of passengers owing to the holidays. The train from Carlisle, due in this town at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, did not arrive till eleven, having been delayed by the breaking of the axle of the engine near to Fourstones station. The mail train from the south, due at ten o'clock the same m orn i ng, was also delayed till thr ee i n the afternoon, i n consequence, it i s said, of a luggage train having got off the line near to Rugby. The north mail, due at three P.M. on the same. day, only arrived at six o'clock on Thursday night, in consequenceseuthmail, datee yesterdayoftheslipp slippe r y ystate o f the roads The morning, w as upwards of an hour behind it s t ime; and the express t ra i n d ue l ast night was aho delayed beyond its usual time, owing to the state of the weather.—Newcastle Journal.