The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-20 00:00:00

kIRKET NT DAL) Th q CORN EXCHANGE. t.i . l) Was less activity in the demand for wheat inmost t 6,, :Provincial markets held on Saturday ; nevertheless, p t ;af a all kinds were well supported. Fine barley was 41, t ,,, lid quite as dear ; but low qualities, as well as n ) a dull inquiry. Oats were in improved request, _,b? is dearer. Beans and peas firm. Flour had an 11411 tendency. I N Continental markets have been rather active for icel:helad ' l °l'v v ing to the large orders received from this side. e risen fully 2s per quarter. Spring corn has th o , on higher terms. In the United States , flou r 1 1, ' ll SI the advance. Of) arr i 'Ws of English grain last week were very !i lt4 . - ,`" From abroad we received 4,077 quarters of 4 4et ,' , 3 50 ba r l e y 1 055 oats, 1,837 beans, 420 peas, 5,306 11 1) T_3,5 , 15 rapeseed, 147 sundry seeds, 160 sacks, and i t 4 barrels of flour. F 1 1.1) to this morning's market, the arrivals of Wheat r 2 91 and Kent, coastwise, were very modera te, an d . , ' Li ng condition. From the East Coast, a few par -0 ;me to hand ; but by land carriage the supply was • >_hence th e s h ow o f samples of both Red and White o wparatively The attendance of country 11 4 Lbeing' considerably less than for some weeks past, wand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was , roans brisk. However, the trade may be ecel k, s teady,4 d.Ao a t t al prices equal to those t obtained d o e n ffe lll ct oz : :roue offers ca c ir l , e e ara t n o ce ha w n a S from the Midland and ktp, e rn districts ; but they were too high to admit of ave dealings. k! show of fresh foreign wheat was unusually small for • , of year, whilst the supply on offer, ex granary, • a falling off. The inquiry for most kinds was at inactive, yet the importers were very firm in t 1( ' 44 e Piands, and last week's currencies were supported. g cargoes of wheat, beans, and Indian corn, off P( l4 n, were held at the extreme rates of last week ; Is amount of business doing was very moderate. Siwere scantily supplied with all kinds of barley. Se '44 samples, fit for malting purposes, readily produced encies. kir as in moderate supply, and sluggish inq uir y , at .ue s . h t e i at w ithstanding that the quantity of oats brought for waa very limited, dealers refused to purchase beyond 7,ttl, S• ete wants under the impression that large supplies 16, at hand.' In some instances, prices were a shade but the trade was far from inactive. 14 ,sale u for beans was tolerably farm : in prices, no 'olc place. t k 8 Were in moderate request, at last week's currency. 1 4 4. 11 ° 11 r, only a limited business was doing, nevertheless, eek's advance in the quotations was supported. 0 CURRENCY PER nu 112 "—Easex & Kent, I Red •... new 418 to as i 1ti0....... old 47s 59s 1 'tt ° , White new 458 53s ' litt° ' •• • .... old 518 628 ' orfolk and Lin- 'EICLIL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier .... Gls to E3s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 16s 22s Potato ...... 210 246 Yonghal and Cork Black. .• •• 16s 94s , T , coin, 481 533 , Itto, new 37e 47S -Old , 3tB 328 1 14 4 ; 318 338 ' .... 268 28s tatting' • • %I 335 'li hevanel: • • • • • • • --- 3.05: N e tfolk and or -548 . 0 ' 46s 5 " 448 ten and Ware 538 603 Cork, White .• .. 169 25s Scotch, Feed..• 21s 251 Beans—Tick .• • ...... 338 35s Pigeons ...... 36; 40a Peas—Grey .. • ... .••• 3 le 35 , Maple • 338 35 ...••••••• White ........... 331 379 Boilers .......... 36s 41s Floor—Town-unade 41s 469 Suffolk .•• • • •. . • 32s 38s Eltockta & Norfolk 32s 38s • SMITHFIELD. ~rtho time of the year, the imports of foreign stock •" "ndon durin g last week were moderately extensive. amounted 141 to tal simply to 4,436 head , against 4,277 e same period Igsl the ;. , 3,656 i n 1848 ; an d 2 , 884 in 1847. pp DIMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. 14 0 1 ',l) Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calve s. Pi gs 11 1 . - i '`" h • .. ''' ... 7 347 te La m 46 • 708 4 14 114 gen ... ..... ' ll ,erd ara .. ..... Pr')tal 66 .. 838 1,020 765 . 116 419 .. .. 3,782 1 , - - c' Yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :- 1 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, j - • "•• •• • 607 ... 3,155 ... ... 363 ... 152 6. 1. )"•••••... 573 4,147 ... ... 35 5 ... 29 ...... 419 ... 1,660 ... ... 295 ... 14 7• ........ .• 628 2,884 ... 144 ... 1 , h i• .. 420 2,400 ... 64 1, e ... it B w 3 W of foreign stock here to - day was again very AA and in middling condition. Considering that the dal was held on this day se'nnight , the s upp l y of 4 t l„,led beasts on offer this morning was somewhat ex and nearly the whole of it was of full average A• CJ I : Although the butchers purchased largely la s t 4 4 , .. beef trade ruled steady, at fully the prices ob- Ils g A Monday last, the general top figure for S cots per 8 lbs• 4 4 , p t°124 Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton 6tf we received about 1,000 short horns ; from other parts ti • llgial ld 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from I , r am 269 h orn ed and polled Scots. 4 °t l v ithstanding that we were seasonably well supplied qb 840 (4), the demand for that description of stock ruled 81 : - ). 6. ... i:1, :t to ap further a d vance i n th e q uotations of 2d. per N ‘ :* Choice old Downs realised 5 s per 8 lb s., but the figure was 4s 10d. There were a few Dorset I " 11 offer. fl ° s --- the supply of which was good—moved off steadily 8 1 . 13 8 7 1 Friday's prices ; some small veal sold at 4s 4d per hi B demand for pigs was somewhat inactive, at late Per 81bs to sink the offal. r, s „ s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. beasts ...2 Bto2 10 'meSouthdovrn 4 8 4 . 10 / i ia n °ll : l , quality ~,3 0 3 2 rge tree. calves 2 8 3 8 l arge oxen. 3 4 3 6 *me small do 3lO 4 4 q t une -cots, &c. 3 8 4 0 Large hogs 210 3 6 ,P!, ;0 - `,,,, °1 * sheep ...3 6 3 8 Smallporkers 3 8 310 `meequalitY ...3 10 4 0 Suckling calves 20 0 23 0 ° arse-w11d.4 2 4 6 Quarter old pigs 18 0 22 0 c t T OTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 7" ..................... 2,776 Beasts reps ................... . 15,150 Sheep ..................... 192 1 Calves ... ........................ 259 Pigs stat erae nt and comparison of the supplies and prices of fa. lax exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on 1 8 glaY, Dec. 22, 1851, and thus ay, Monday, Dec. 20, • 2CB • 1,480 • 141 Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Dec. 22, 1851. Dee.2o, 1852 C t ,d s. d. 13, 410 and inf er i or b eas t s ... ... 2 4to 2 8 2 8 . to 210 I,l'2ond quality ditto ... ... ... 210 3 0 3 0 3 2 p l ltas large oxen ... „, ... .., 3 2 3 43 4 3 6 'me Scots, ttc ... .. .. .. 3 6 3 8 3 8 4 0 il , e arse and inferior sheep .... ... 210 3 0 3 6 3 8 it end quality ditto 2 .. ... ... 3 2 3 83 10 4 0 Onto coarse woolled ditto .., ~, 310 4 0 4 2 4 6 ;une Southdown ditto ... ... 4 2 4 4 4 8 410 ,m.rge coarse ca l ves ... ... ... 3 0 3 8 2 8 3 8 Nc t ime small ditto .3 10 4 23 10 4 4 t . rge hogs ... 2 8 3 82 10 3 6 e at Mall porkers •- • •.. •• .3 10 4 0 3 8 310 1,232 2,776 Sheep ... —• ••• 12,209 15,150 167 192 Pigs . . 369 259 1 13u Priams ox Star, Dec.l 23, 1850.—Beasts, 9 90 ; sheep, " 110 ; calves, 115; pigs, 280. 1 c c. 1 1/ 24 140 , 1849.—Beasts, 1,545 ; sheep, 7,090 ; calves, 75 ; las, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. r il At l nlense supplies of both town and country killed meat, t'lel°eBB r rfi.. • stmas consumption, were on sale to - day ; never- II L , the general demand ruled active, and prices were gutr th an on. Monday last. Per Sibs by the carcase. N ef s. d. s. d. 1 ,0 ''inferior 2 4 2 6 1) 0 . ' 111 -Idling 2 8 2 10 p , Prime large 3 0 3 2 I,olido. large 2 6 3 0 s. d. s. d Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 4 Do.,middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Veal 2 6 4 2 Pork, small 3 2 4 0 SEEDS. Lin dis in active request, and again on the advance. ce. 4 28 - ' e3 , on the spot, is selling at 52s ; Calcutta, Ito IliaeVetersburgh, 49s per quarter. floating cargoes to Sea, delivered, are quoted at 52s 6d. ; Alexan dri an, qtta•.,.°ll bo ' ard, 41s 6d. ; Refined, active at 43s to 44s per „„... --4‘er • Clover and most other seeds are very firm. —4l lVivni+: • s w bush. 8s to 1 11Lard, g 8 at ede •• • • ..... 10s Te r White, • w •• • • .73 7 4 lOs new . : 46 6,1580 d •• • • .... Os Od Os Od ‘,ye Der qua r t er • . 37s 41 s elqtfelhi." '••.,„-• •••• . • .. 28s 31s Whg. (cwt.) 388 503 „......... Ore l? , Red.... ; s 50e Trek. neq White.... 37s 49s •• 21s 253 Carraway, new •• • ... 38s 41s Coriander, new .. •• .• 103 Its Hempseed, per quarter 32s 35s Linseed, Eng.:Sowing.. 58s 60s Crushing .• •• •• • • 47s b2s Baltic .• • • •• .. 47s 49s Odessa ••••• . • • .. 48s 52s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English • • . 91 03 101 Os Foreign, per ton 8110 s 101 5s Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 15s bi Os Rapeseed,Now.prlat 2310 a 25108 1. % BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. u eela a -.Wi se, the receipts of Potatoes, since our last, have h a , v .,, moderate ; but the imports from the continent L ue,on 1 rger_ v i z ., 910 tons from Rouen, 549 from 35p k, 6 bags from Hamburgh, 72 tons from Abbeville, 12 fr -°l2l Calais, 80 from Rotterdam 39 from Havre, and Yun g Antwerp. Really sound qualities are . sci . trce, and 1 1 ,, s as dear as last week. In other kinds only a limited bum thirels oing:York Regents 85s to 140 s per ton ; Lincoln lted„ Otto, 75s to 110 s ; Beach ditto, Sos to 100 s ; Ditto to 75 - 1 . " to 90s ; French Whites, 80s to 100 s; Dutch, 60s WOOL. har l e imports of Wool into London, last week, were-260 nets from Ilamburgh, 10 from Antwerp, 435 film Syd- T , 67 from the Cape, 1,789 from Melbourne, 482 from )I.4 e an t°g, and 15 from Moreton Bay, We continue to arid Colonial areqiry for English qualitiesbut 40tiev-ecitonial a dull sale. In prices no khange can be BOROUGH HOP. sZeculative demand for hops has completely sub is ( 1,. -u or actual con sum ption only a moderate business 155: 113 g as foll ows and East Kent Pockets, 90s to 4 - Pe loos eald of Kent, 90s to 1088 ditto ; Sussex, , TALLOW. 11ir, 9 1. 111. Market is s omew h a t fi rmer to-day, and prices are a e ~th'er than on F r id ay l ast. P . Y . C . on the sp o ti s quoted ." Per cwt. To Tallow is 45s per cwt. net cash ; c4lP,'h at 2C 6id per 8 lbs.), 1849. I 1850. 1851. I Mt. flt e P ri ck thin day , ,5136 155,'40 E 5,471 49,F48 Ditto - ee of :.. • • • • s: 31,917 43 63 to 37s Od to 3 . s 9d 16s Od to y -.' •• to 42 o s o?c a d 3 C 85 0s Od ' I 00s ed to 00s Ocl 00s O g d e r r r Y o t 1r last wee_ •.. 1,860 2 . 337 2,4515 3,1 r 08 5 2 9 , 2 1. 4 3 1 4'l•lval ra Jun e I .... 55,565 53,1138 b4 , l'J4 "VS 2,852 bitte, s last week .. I 631 2,018 1,344 "In June 1 .... 85,929 78,714, 83,590 eg ~,.. „,89,500 6(1,161 v+ 40144 ......1 458 Od 1;05 04 39s 6d 395_6d 47s 3d -------- DAT.) [is Ilenour e allowance gonour a ll o wance e assign ees ts had been the /none., ee' a a nd, n er cen t• per de j us tice s a t 38" rte given t h e $e felt t" who es the s, • lo Theeno• e/. ly, and as j u stice the erted tO 001 1 ' rent res, o 11 0 , voce he 2 L nby a soy gr oun this Case. tanipt.° l :, Hinted rru' form aving " :nowles_l39.. CW ) urity, 1051. y give , up, •esh P r°44 hort tie. Co' ,-street, appoinw— latasingl'3ll. di tto, 6d. 1, 0 5d.; - 0 a ~T o oed go d. ; 6/. 88 * v s, . °" 45....-;; ci f o r . t, reSad p elnost het , t c lebts Tb e jtS of shlr time, ed sec ° to ns for til l r. Sei.o te s, lag i s tra iar the na m* the s thAt it W 3 j o bil ) f St. ed ,sWe c f ibo se one l 'ade t v(35 to t 3. „ .„ by , t h a tA; be f 3 41 Ith' t h w ho r . 3nt ) /WS Ettl i" : ' tO a ; 3 P i qeo ;f Stet • e Li e -holl e re d dls gis si t y ;encle a d s ib tl° 'is I 'lo l for s e • c o, ,pertY Cen t 0 0 ,1 hit he I° lo.o ~„.t to o f C'sl° sirb°s' he jut/ , 0.1 wo o *, ty Fhat ha )1 . en t-st, r ;ici t° bleb t• v r, f ir l ow"' he eci 1g r, rwor' „y/ 30$ Zo ate nd t' 4 iP” no Pa',oli re Aqt, ts® qui ot V • 013 °f •c 11,9 be t ; 9 3s l A s" 11 1,1f O or. baSe . gtf I 'V re tire ... 4oV Ce.l 1,1 Y.) THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN ING, DECEMBER 20, 1852: Ministers and Secretary for Foreign Affairs ; General Lara, Minister of War ; General Mirasol, Minister of larine ; M. Vahey, Minister of Jus tice ; M. Aristizabal (at present Director of the Public Debt), Minister of Finance : M. Llorente, Minister of the Interior. The Minister of Public Works is not yet known. Madrid Bourse, Dec. 14.—The Three per Cents., 44 paper ; Exchange on London, 50 80 paper. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this Day. Baseness done this Day. HOLLAND. The First Chamber of the States has unani- 31 mously adopted the law upon the coversion of the Rentes. 27 WEST INDIA MAIL. _ The Orinoco, steam-ship, Lieut. Hai t, R.N., arrived yesterday morning at nine o'clock. It is to be much regretted that since leaving St. 'Thomas's the yellow fever has prevailed to an alarming extent on board, no less than 41 cases having occurred, of which 10 have proved fatal. Of these two were passengers, and eight of the crew. The last death occurred only four days since— namely, on the 16th. The whole were, of course, buried at sea. The following deaths are also reported of the same disease :—Mr. lanson, purser ; Mr. Vincent, and Mr. Dudman, all of whom were officers of the company, and attached to inter-colonial ships. Mr. Vincent was son of Captain Vincent, com mander of the Severn, and the only surviving officer of the Amazon steam-ship, destroyed by fire in the Bay of Biscay in January last. Mr. lanson (son of Mr. lanson, ship-broker, of South ampton) received his appointment as purser but a few months since, and left his native place in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits. lie was a young gentleman much and deservedly residected, and has left a widow and small family to deplore his early loss. Immediately it was ascertained by the Customs authorities that the yellow fever had been making such ravages, the vessel was put into quarantine, and remains at this moment in the river under the surveillance of the Customs officers. No personal communication whatever is allowed. A telegraphic message has been forwarded. to Sir Wm. Pym, chief officer of health in the quaran tine department, but no answer has yet been re ceived from that gentleman. No steps will be taken, however, as to the release of the passengers, until instructions have been received from Sir William. It is supposed that as the last death occurred so recently as the 16th, the vessel, pas sengers, and cargo will be put under the restrictions of the quarantine laws. The names of the crew who died on board the Orinoco are :—John Gorley, fireman ; Thomas Stevens, waiter ; Henry Savage, yeoman of closets ; John Weston landsman • David Day, waiter ; Henry Isles, fireman; John. Fryer, waiter ; William Williams, fireman. The names of the passengers have not transpired. Four of the crew of the Orinoco were left at-the Jamaica Hospital, ill of fever—viz., William Short, 1 fireman ; William Dally, fireman ; Joseph Dennett, fireman ; Charles Biddle Combe, trimmer. The Orinoco left St. Thomas's on the 3d instant. She brings 1,273,722 dollars in gold and silver, 268 serons of cochineal, 193 bales of sarsaparilla, (ire. , There are 42 passengers in the aggregate, and 13 distressed British subjects. The mails have since been landed, and our papers haw come to hand. The cholera at Nassau had nearly disappeared, though in other parts of the Bahamas it was raging to a considerable extent. At St. Thomas's and the Leeward Islands the yellow fever was making sad havoc. Several of the officers and crew of the Esk had Leen attacked with yellow fever, soon after leaving St. Thomas. The mortality at Barbadoes, both among the natives and Europeans, had been very great. Assistant Commissary Neil and the whole of his family, numbering six persons, had fallen victims to the disease: Two or three cases of sporadic cholera had occur red at Jamaica ; the small-pox was disappearing. Sir Charles Grey, it is said, is to leave Jamaica, and that Lord Howard do Walden or Lord Wham cliffe would be his successor. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Jamaica on the 26th ult., but did no damage. Trade was dull in every department. The pro duce market was quiet. Rum and sugar maintain last quotations. The heavy rains in St. Elizabeth and Manchester parishes have been most destructive to the coffee crop. A youth, one of the passengers of the Orinoco, died, last evening at six o'clock. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Emperor left Paris on Saturday by rail way for Corapeigne, where, as we learn by tele graph, he was received with great enthusiasm, the town being generally illuminated. Before he en tered the palace, his. Majesty first repaired to the church, where he was met by the Bishop of Beau vais, at the head of his clergy. Several distin guished personages have been honoured with invi tations to share the festivities at the Chateau of Compiegne, amongst whom are Lord and Lady Cowley, with the Belgian Ambassador and Madame Roper. The Moniteur states that the rumour respecting a projected conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. is erroneous. A decree revives the Imperial decree of 1806, by 'which persons desiring to appeal directly to the authority of the Emperor for sake of justice, will have their petitions referred to a committee to re port on them each week to his Majesty. The com mittee is to be formed of members of the Council of State. M. de Troplong, who drew up the con stitution, is appointed Chief President of the Court of Cassation. The',revenue returns for November are published, and support the financial statement which appeared a couple of days ago in the Morviteur as to the im provement in receipts. The returns give 10,944,497 f. , while for the corresponding period of last year they are 9,191,781 f. The Union says : "M. Druyn de l'Huys has received notice of the approach ing transmission of the letters of credence of Russia, Aus tria, and Prussia. These letters will be brought to Paris simultaneously in the name of the three powers." The Cirque of the Champs Elysees, with its well trained horses, Auriol, its inimital clowns, and last, but not least, its graceful and intrepid: amazons, have abandoned their summer quarters for a new and more substantial building on the Boulevard Beaumarchais. The new circus, an edifice of some architectural pretensions, the exte rior being adorned with statues equestrian and otherwise, while the interior decoration is a gor geous agglomeration of gold and purple, is at once splendid and tasteful. As for the performance, it consists of the usual feats of horsemanship and agi lity for which Franconi's theatre has always been celebrated. Private letters from Marseilles announce the ar rival of Abd-el-Kader in the evening of the 14th. From an early hour of the morning of the 15th, a considerable crowd collected round the entrance to the Hotel de l'Empereur, where the Emir took up his quarters, and police agents had to be stationed to keep the passage clear. Abd-el-Kader received the visits of a good many who were on their way from the pilgrimage to Mecca. The pilgrims long waited for ,the hour of seeing the Emir. They prostrated themselves in respectful silence at his feet, and appeared to treasure up the words that fell from his lips, and which have such power over the Arab imagination. As all, however, could not be introduced to the holy man, a deputation was chosen to convey to him the esteem and the prayers of his countrymen. The Emir was to have left Marseilles on the 16th, on board the Labrador. It is stated that no modifications of an important kind have been, or will be , made by the Emperor in the project of the SenatusConsultum on the reform of the Constitution. The clauses on which the de liberations of the Commission especially turned are the 3d, 4th, and sth. In the 3d Article no change has been, it is believed, consented to. It gives to the Emperor the right of modifying the tariffs of the commercial treaties. The 4th Article, giving the right of concession of all public works, and stipulating that the Legislative Corps shall not vote the credits until after the concessions, has, I am in formed, been remodelled so far that the Emperor has still the right of indicating the parties to whom the concession shall be granted, but is to submit. the amount of credits to the Legislative Corps previous to the commencement of the works. The 12th clause is to be maintained entire with the excep tion, however, that the Legislative Corps shall, during the discussion, but not in the vote, ex amine the various ministerial services chapter by chapter, and not ministry by ministry. If this in formation be correct, as we are assured it is, the Emperor will still remain invested with powers of the most extensive kind ; and the modifications the project has received are rather imaginary than real. It is rumoured that the Senate will be convoked to-day (Saturday), for the purpose of voting the consultum definitively. M. Troplong is charged with presenting the report in the name of the Com mission. Marshal de Castelane arrived in Paris on Thurs day, from Lyons, and will no doubt take his seat n the Senate at its next meeting. THE CONTINENT. SPAIN—NEW MINISTRY. Letters from Madrid of the 14th inst. inform us that the Ministry of Bravo Murillo exists no longer. The previous clay, at half-past four, the President of the Council waited on the Queen, and tendered the resignation of himself and all his colleagues, which was accepted on the spot. The Queen then sent for General Roncali, who undertook to form a Ministry. Numerous conferences took place between the general and eminent political characters, and the ' following names were expected to appear next day in the Madrid Gazette : General Rojacali, president of the Council of BELGIUM. The Belgian Senate has adopted by 30 votes to nine the bill for preventing insults by the press on foreign sovereigns. The anniversary of the birthday of the King of the Belgians, was celebrated at .Brussels on Wed nesday evening and Thursday morning with great enthusiasm. On Wednesday night there was a grand performance at the Theatre Royal, at which all the high civil and military functionaries were pre sent, and also the young Princes, with the grand offi cers of the royal household. After the first act of the opera the curtain drew up for a cantata in honour of the King. The Duke de Brabant and the Count de Flandre rose at the cry of " Vive le Roi l" which proceeded from every part df the theatre, and bowed to the audience. The cry was then repeated with great enthusiasm. On Thursday the bells of all the churches rang merry peals, and most of the houses were decorated with flags. At noon a Te Deum was sung at the church of St. Michel et Gudule ; the King, the Princes, and the Princess Charlotte, with the corps diplomatique, the great officers of the household, and the high civil and military functionaries, were present. On the occa sion of this anniversary, the King issued decrees appointing his son, the Duke de Brabant, Captain of Infantry of the first-class ; and his second son, the Count de Flandre, Captain-Commandant of Cavalry. The King of the Belgians entered his 63d year on Thursday. GERMANY. The Emperor of Austria arrived in Berlin at noon last Friday. His visit to the Prussian capital is considered in Germany as an event of the highest political importance. The object of it is said by some of the German journals to be the settlement of the Zollverein question, by others the affairs of France. His Majesty is the first Austrian Sove reign who has visited Berlin. We read in a letter from Vienna of the 12th, in the New Gazette of Prussia—" It is known that the French Envoy, M. de la Cour, informed the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of last month, of the pro clamation of the Empire, and of the adoption of the ' title of Napoleon 111. by the new Emperor. Count Buol declared that he would only reply to the official notification. This notification was contained in a dispatch, dated Paris the Ist, and it was presented on the sth by the French Envoy ; it contains a detailed account of the motives which have led Louis Napoleon to take the Imperial crown, and gives the assurance that the new French Govern ment will not violate the territorial arrangements of the treaties of 1815. This dispatch was pre sented on the same day to his Majesty. The day after, the 6th, a note was sent to our representative at Paris, conceived nearly in the same spirit as those exchanged at an earlier stage of the affair ; that is to say in a spirit which cannot completely satisfy the Emperor of the French. It is concluded from that, that diplomatic negotiations are about to be entered into on the subject, and that they will not be confined to Vienna and Paris." It was stated several days ago in some of the German journals that Prince Frederick Augustus Albert, brother of the King of Saxony, who is 25 years of age, and a colonel in the army of his brother, had left Dresdon for Prague, for the cere mony of betrothal with the Princess Carola Wasa. This statement was afterwards contradicted, but it has again been revived, and some of the German journals give it very positively. We read in the Union :—" The Count and Coun tess de Chambord are to leave Frohsdorf on the 19th for Venice. On the 10th, the Count and Countess went to Vienna to pay a visit to the Emperor of Austria, who invited them to dinner. The Coun tess sat next to the Emperor, and the Count de Chambord next to the Dowager Empress. In the evening, the Emperor visited the Count de Cham bord at the palace of the Duke of Modena, which is always placed at his disposal when he goes to Vienna. It is known that the Emperor of Austria stopped at Dresden on his way to Berlin. We are informed that the object of his visit to Dresden was to con clude the arrangements for his marriage with the Princess Sidonia of Saxony. She is the sister of Prince Albert of Saxony, who is to marry the Princess Wasa. It is said that the Emperor of Austria has had a part in bringing about this latter marriage." NORWAY. Letters from Christiana, ofthe Bth, state that a new religious sect, called the Readers, because its members pass nearly all their time in reading the Bible, but calling themselves the True Believers, were rapidly spreading in Laponia and the northern parts of Norway. Their fanaticism is excessive. At Cantokeino, in the district of Gaparando, they wanted to make two tradesmen adopt their creed, and on their refusal murdered them and set fire to their houses and stores, not leaving until the latter were reduced to ashes. The wives and children of the victims only escaped on abjuring their worship and adopting the new one. When news of this lamentable affair reached Drontheim, in Norway, troops were sent off to prevent further excesses. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople, of the sth, state that the determination of the Bank not to receive paper money (kaimes) of the Government in pay ment of bills on Europe had caused, in addition to great perturbation in the money market, a fall in the paper money of from 7 to 8 per cent., and a total disappearance of specie. The directors of the Bank, when called on for explanations, declared that they had not sufficient confidence in the kaimes to exchange them for bills of exchange, which would have to be paid in Europe in specie, and that sooner than do so they would wind up their affairs. A deputation, consisting of 10 of the principal merchants of different nations, was nomi nated to make known to the Government the lament able situation of commerce, and it was to have an interview with the Minister of Finance on the 6th. It was believed that the Grand Vizier, and the other members of the Cabinet, would tend the conference. In the Haouran hostilities had been suspended, in consequence of the commencement of the bad season, and it was hoped that an arrange ment would be come to. The English had offered their mediation, and they exercise a very great in fluence over the Druses. Order had been re established at Bagdad, and the Bedouins had ceased to intercept the communications. The youngest brother of the Shah of Persia was in that city. He had been compelled to fly from Teheran in consequence of being suspected of having be longed to the sect of the Babis. The Minister of England aided him in his flight, and gave him a strong recommendation to Colonel Rawlinson, con sul-general at Bagdad. At first the Governor of Bagdad refused to receive him ; Colonel Rawlinson thereupon made the Prince put on an English uni form, and took him to the consulate. The Prince continued to reside in the consul-general's house, and to wear the uniform. Mahommed Khan, Minister of Persia at Constantinople, had died. M. de Lavalette, the French Minister, was to have an audience of the Sultan on the question of the Holy Sepulchre, which has not yet been settled. It was said that the minister would be moderate in form, but would firmly de fend what he considered the rights of France. The Ministry had not become consolidated. The recall ' 1 2 0 5 of Said Pacha, brother-in-law of the Sultan, fa- vourite of the Ulemas, and chief of the retrograde 10 party, would, it was thought, increase its dam- 1.0 culties. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, with the view o further benefiting his tenants, recently dispatched his head groom to Scotland, for the purpose of procuring the best Clydesdale stallions that could be found, and his grace's servant—an excellent judge of that class of horses—has returned, bringing with him one of the finest horses ever bred in the north ; he is called " The Scottish Cham pion," and is remarkable, though only five years old, for having gained no less than five annual prizes. The horse will be located at Littlehampton during the coming season, and the cross of the Clydesdale blood will doubt lessly be found valuable among the Sussex mares. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR WORKS ; FRIDAY.—In addition to the ravages made by the recent floods, a fearful thunder storm raged yesterday at Holyhead, which has caused much damage in the locality. A dreadful acci dent has occurred at the old harbour, by which a man named William Hughes has been deprived of life. He was engaged on the landing jetty, when one of the cranes, being too heavily laden, fell with terrific violence upon the deceased, and hurled him into the sea. Im- 3 mediate help was at hand, but though picked up in a I few minutes life was extinct, the head of the unfortunate man having been nearly severed from the body by the force of the blow. He has left a wife and four children. At the new harbour works, on Tuesday, two men were at work on a stage nearly thirty feet high, when the end of one of the planks on which they stood gave way, pre cipitating both to the ground. One happily escaped with comparatively little injury ; but the other, a fine young man of nineteen, named Griffith 'Williams, re ceived such serious injury that he has since died. Our correspondent adds, that serious differences still con tinue to exist between the contractors for the works and the men in their employ. - 11 7 6 l i d 212 108 - 24 - 19 - 2 - 4 4 138 - 13 - 11 - 12 8A - 9 77_ - 79 U - 601 78 - 801 )$ 9 ) T 24 83 - 84 45 - 47 122 - 124 107 F; 108 95 --96 6 i -- 88 -- 901 11 3 / 4 12ip 84t -- 851 3' 3a d 2i -- 2 1 d i 18 -- 18; 9 1 108 125:;. 32A i i 6117 106 70i 69i 13i I 84 Xll. 95i 6.1 5i p m . 85 5 114 18a 18 2 i i 9 1 i a 109 1261 i 7 6i i 93 2/ 31i 1 i 81 80.4 i i 21 I 4a 14 1 3i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compana, London & N. West., Gt.Westn Do 30 - 31 29A - L. &N.W Caledon.. Gt. Notrhu Gt. Westu. Caledon , Do Yk. Now, & Berw. Y.&N.Md Do Do ' S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Ln.&N.W ' & Midld Stcktou Darlingt E. Count, ;Do D 0... L. &N. W &Lod; Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh WM:Clean Stockt. Darling , Do ,Gt.Westn. 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 55 149 - 151 33 - 34 113 .115 561 -- 571 27 -- 28 14 -14 A 251 -- 2I 191 -- 20 23 -- 25 3 - 31 11.07 -105 A 64 - 66 150 - 152 149 - 151 i ad 324 -- t 34 104 -106 i Closing Prices Bushiest • this day. done 1071 32i 105 i 61.211 RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Blotchley—. all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee all Do. without Pr all Birm.Wolv. Dudley guar. all Do.wthtguar. 100 Buckghamsh all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct all Do. New all llrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. A Shares all Do. Shares all Lon. & Grcenw all Do. Preference all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent all Do. 6 per ct all Hanch.Baton and Ilatlock all Midcllesbro' & Redcar . all Hidld.Bradfd. all Northern and Eastern sp. c. all Do. 6 per ct all D o Fix° dsp . c all Prost. & Wyre 30, st. 50 St. 12,?, st. St. 25 112,. Do. Shares. 100 Roystu.&Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St.l Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c 9i S. Staftordsh all WearValleygr 6 per cent all Do.. Wilts&Somrsti FOREIGN. Paid I RAILWAYS. 3 BelgianEastn. Janet. all Central of Fran e e(Or leans Vicrzon all Charleroi & Erquclin all Demerara 6 Dijon and B2sanQon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 Gd. Junct. of France 103 Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do.Bds.(lst i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 14 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) Do. 21 Do. (Canal) 5 Lyon & Mediterran. 43 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 10 Paris and Lyons 28 Do. Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Parisesen & Cherbrg. 2i Quebec &Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Southern of Fraalce 4 St. And. &Quebec(A) 17 Tours and Nantes , 2s. Upper India Scrip , all Wen Flanders 4 Do. 53 per c. •Pref , 9 Western of France 3,11 all Agua Fria ..... all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all IBaden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Coca.es & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Delßey all Carsons's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold. 14 Copiapo all English and Austin all Copper Smeltg. Co General all Golden. Mountain all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymme Iron 10i Santiago de Cuba all South Australian..... 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all West Mariposa all Tuba ILISCEL: 35 'Australian Agricult 32i Canada all Copperlifiners of Eng, all Do. Preference 5 Crystal Palace France 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 50 General Screw Steam 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar' 2 Netherlands Land all Peninsular & Oriental 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 SouthAustral.Land 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization 29 Van Diemen's Land 1100 Submar, Telegraph Cloning Prices this day. 1 -- 2 14 - 15 3 -- 11 lii 9 91 p 2i p 2 —2ipad 1 —1 1) 7 - 5 -5/ - 1 - lj 9 - 11 p -31 p - 9 - 7 36 - 36 15 - 161 -161 p G 5 -- G 7 38 -- 39 33t --33xd 5 -- 5i p 21 -- 22} 11 -11 i 4t -- 5i i -- 1 p 54 -- 51 12 --124 p n - p t p 6 —7 p 9! fia—id r iP — P —p 9 — lg 10 4i 5 2 —3 zd P 41i -3i 41 i p 7 7i 1 d 11 p tliY) - 4 d P 41 — 4 p 28 p 2t 3 p P 22 ) 24 10 12 1 p 1 11 12 i - i-- 10i1 11 -- 11 pl .. • -- ... - . ... - • ~ .-- • 50 40 25 25 Lid! RAILWAYS. .00 1 Aberdeen Nottng. Bost, & la,stn. Jane, all IBirnrag. "Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 IBirkenlid. Ljacsli. Cheshire Juliet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... 18i Do., £20_........... .00 Bristol & Exeter LOO Caledonian ....... . all Chester & Holyheadl all Cork and Bandon.... 45 Dublin&Belfast June. all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junctionall iDo. New ...... east Anglian (L 25 L, &E. &L. &D.). all Do., (£lB E. ez all Eastern Counties.. all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do., do all Do., B. & C.. 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. Rum_ 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dugdee, 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 103 Do., 1 A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock all Great Southern and' Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irlah South-Easters. all Lancaster & 11i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths - , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern__ all Liv. Crsby. &So uthpt. all London & Blackwall 3 Lona. Tab. & Sthend, 00 bond. Bright. &S. Cst. LOO London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths __ _ 1 D0.,10/.Sh. - ,M&8...0 100 London & S.Western 4.2 t„ Do., £5O. ....... 34 Do., £4O. ..... ........• all Lndndrry.&Coloraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nlanch.Shof.&Lincln. 43 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Hidlancl - 100 Do. Birming.& Derby 47* Midland o.West.(lr.) 174, Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket......... ... 14 Newpt•Aberg.&lltfd. 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor .00 1N0rf01k......, all I Do. , New.. 3A Northn.Counties Un. 100 North British ......... 13 North Devon, N 0.1.. 6 Do., No. 2.. . ... .. . all IDo., A A Deferred... 5 'Do., . B Guaranteed 17A North Staffordshire.. all North Western........ £q N. & S.Wesbrn. June. .00 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 'Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Hsrefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do 20 Do. Oswestiy 61 Shropshire Union ... 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Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.ets. all East&WestYork shire Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Thasclee 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. ;100 .Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., 6 - a t 10p. c. prem.... I all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. c .) .. 100 Great Western, fix e d 4aper c0nt........... 6 Lancash. & Yorksh , F. £2O. ..... . . 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock._ 13 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 2. • ..... 5 Do., No. 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 100 London and,Brighton Guaranteed 5 p . 100 Do. Prof., 5 P. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ......... 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. 100 Lou.& N. West. Cov. d i Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 Loudon &S.Western, Con. Third 5.......... 10 Lon douderrydi Colei: Shares .. .......... all Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares. .. . .. all bl a nch. ,Shef. , &•Lin-•; i Shares, No. 1...... all Do. New, £ lO ... .. • 0•• 3 Do., 26 all Marypt. &Carl. 4 p c . all Do. 4i per cent....... 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Now Union of London LO all )O all )0 25 )0 20 all all 2: 10 - 2i _- ,( - - 49 p - 55?, - 98 Pnl• 10 20 20 40 20 20 20 20 21/ 8.3 A 2i 3f 39f ; 61 1 601 601 I 30 I 20 Pm• 1 50 90 11286 76 x. n. 11l 646 $5 G GI 5/ 48 74 2 4 331 3i xd 214 lla i 1 pm 213, 1 h 21 a 9 1 114104111011 12142 1 4i 2e, 2 a 4i T 1 42 51 58 5 1 7,1 4i I a 4 li I 1 1 2 a 3* 2i 34 3i 4 31j j j 21 2k 91 10i 9i 11 2 I 2 310 287 305 [295 310 295 70 65 69 65 25 8 37 6 8 li LLOYD'S SRIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind at Noon, S. to S.S.W., light breeze, and dull hazy weather. TOBAGO, Nov. 23.—The Hirundo, Demerara to London, sprung a leak and sank about sixty mile's to the east of this island, previous to the 21st Nov. ; crew saved. _ SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Oronoco (s), West Indies. PERTH, W. AUSTRALIA, Sept. 13.—The Eglinton, London to Australia, was wrecked on a reef of rocks off Fremantle, 3d inst. ; crew and passengers, except two, saved. DEAL, Dec. 18 and 19.—Wind, N.W. to W.S.W. Arrived—Thomas Mitchell, Calcutta ; Eliza, Lima ; Bri tannia, Quebec. Arrived from the River—W. S. Lindsay, for Port Philip ; Stratheden, do. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Cheruskar, for Melbourne ; and the whole of the outward bound are under weigh. DOVER, Dec. 19.—Wind, S.W., fresh. Arrived—lris, Cape Haytier, for Bremen, Sailed—Gertruida, Now York. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Heroine, Melbourne ; Faedrenes Minde, St. Croix ; Surprise, New York ; Edward, Bermuda. RAMSGATE, Dec. 19.—The Eaglet, London to Pen. zance, is on shore. NEW ROMNEY, Dec. 19.—The Metaka of New York, London to New Orleans, is on shore, and likely to be a wreck. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Matilda, Demerara ; Onega, New Orleans ; Mow Castle and Indus try, St. Stephen's ; Sir Alexander, Prince Edward's Island. Sailed—Belle, Africa ; Queen of the Exe, Rio Janeiro ; Phoenix, Maranham ; Elizabeth Walker, Deme rara ; Cashies, St. Lucia •, Duke of York, Santa Martha ; William Sturg,iss, Manilla, and Orleans, New Orleans ; Marion, Savannah; Elizabeth Benee and Sir Charles Napier, Mobile •, Asia (s), Isaac Webb, and Shannon, New York. Off port—John Garrow. The Jane Mont gomery arrived here to-day from New Orleans, was in con tact with the Neptunus, Venice to this port, which is sup posed to have sunk shortly after ; crew saved. THE CONVICT HURLER.---For a considerable time after the wretched man Horler, who was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday of the murder of his wife, had been removed to his cell, he continued in a state of the greatest excitement, similar to that he exhibited when the sentence of death was passed upon him. He states that, after his mother-in-law had left his apartment, with the understanding that she was to come the next morning, at ton o'clock, to fetch her daughter, and take her into the country with her, he and the unfortunate de ceased talked together in a very friendly and affectionate manner ; but, although ho repeatedly urged her to forego her determination to go with her mother, she would not listen to him. He also states that he and his wife went to bed about eleven o'clock, and that the unfortunate de ceased very soon fell asleep. Neither of them were un dressed ; and the prisoner states that during the night he got up several times and paced about the room, considering w hat he should do to prevent his wife from being taken a way, and suddenly the thought came into his head to destroy her; and he went to the place where he kept his razor, and while his wretched wife was fast asleep he drew the razor violently across her throat ; and he says that she did not utter a sound, but appeared to be dead almost in stantaneously. The prisoner, who is only twenty-three years old, appears still to entertain some hope that his life will be spared. Should no reprieve be granted, the execu tion will take place on Monday, the 3d of January. MILITARY GAMBLING AT PORTSMOI7TR.—We regret to learn that gambling in private to some extent has recently taken place in a distinguished light infantry regiment quartered at Portsmouth. The parties to whom the money has been chiefly lost are Bavarian noblemen. Blind Hookey is a game played very much among travellers, but is not much in vogue among members of the Travellers' Club.— Unite Service Oat*. Business done this Day. z Ot i ad 8i i 361 5/ 6/ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. There is now no doubt that we shall have another Board of Admiralty, for the Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town last night (having been conveyed to and fro between South ainpton and Osborne by the Fairy), charged by her Majesty to construct a new Cabinet. Mr. Sidney Herbert, as we anticipated on Saturday, is already looked upon as the new First Lord, with the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., who was formerly the civilian member of Lord Haddington's board, as secretary; but another report gives the chief scat to Sir James Graham. Among those names for the other seats, are Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour and.ltear-Admiral Berke ley, for senior naval lords ; and Rear-Admirals Sir J. Stir ling and Hon. H. J. Rom, Captains W. F. Martin and Hon. H. S. Dundas, as junior lords. PROMOTIONS. (From the Morning Herald.) On Saturday last the following promotions and appoint ments—some of which will be deemed most extraordinary, if not unprecedented—were made by the Admiralty : Commander Hyde Parker (1847), son of Vice-Admiral Parker, the senior naval Lord of the Admiralty, has been promoted from the command of the Cruiser, 12, screw sloop, at Woolwich, which ship ho commanded a fortnight since, to the rank of Captain, and has been appointed, with tho officers and crew of the Cruisor, to the Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, just paid off, and under repair. Captain Parker entered the service, we believe, in 1838, was made a Lieutenant in 1814, served his time, and was made Com mander in 1817, commanded the Pantaloon, 8; at the Cape for three years, and is now not only made a Captain, but has got a ship immediately. Commander Geoffrey T. B. Hornby (1850), has been pro moted to the rank of Captain. He is son of Rear-Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, K. 0.8., the second senior Lord of the Admiralty. He was a Lieutenant of 1844. Lieutenant John M. Cooke (1841), first of the Queen, 116, at Devonport, has been promoted to the rank of Com mander. Lieutenant William Burdon (1848), first of the Hastings, 72, flag-ship, in the East Indies, has also been promoted to the rank of Commander. Mates.—Robert Mansel (April 15,1850), late of the Fire brand ; and Ffancis Methuen Noel (October 1850), have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. 'Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., has been appointed to be Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, vice Sir Thomas Briggs, deceased. Paymaster Ozzard, it is said, will be the new secretary. Captain William Willis Chambers (1840), has been appointed to command the Desperate, screw-sloop, at Devonport. Captain Francis Scott (1818) has been appointed to com mand the coin, 12. -steam-frigates, at Portsmouth- Captain Charles G. E. Patey, just promoted, has been appointed to command the Amphion, 33, screw-frigate, Sheerness. Commander the Hon. George H. Douglas (1851) has been appointed to command the Cruiser, screw-sloop, vice Parker, promoted. Commander G. T. M. Purvis (1842), now secretary to the Commander-in-Chief at Queenstown, has been appointed to command the Argus, 6, steam-sloop, 300-horse power, Devonport. Commander John C. Bailey, lately promoted, has been appointed to the command of the Medea, 4, steam-sloop, Portsmouth. Commander George Parker (1849), who has just paid off the Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, has been appointed to the com mand of the Barracouta, 6, steam-sloop, at Sheerness. f Lieutenant William Mould (1842) to the Odin. Master Daniel M. D. Jago (1846) to the Odin. Chaplain Thomas W. Bennett to the St. George, 120, Devonport. Paymaster G. H. L. Wise (1849) to the Megmra, screw troop-ship. Assistant-Surgeon Edward M`Sorley to the Cruiser. Gunner S. J. Cameron, to the Imperieuse, 50, screw frigate, Woolwich. Boatswain Edward Langley to the Imperieuse. Carpenter Thomas Coughlin to the Imperieuso. In consequence of the retirement of Mr. Charles Pearce, second-class clerk in Deptford Victualling-yard, Mr. Pem broke, senior of the third-class, has been promoted to the second-class. Mr. Armstrong, extra clerk, placed on the establishment, and Mr. Miller appointed as extra. THE LONDON, 92.—The London, 92, Captain Mundy, passed off Dover, down Channel, at 10.20 on Saturday morning. She had a leading wind, and was under courses, topsails, and topgallantsails, bowling away at the rate of between nine and ten knots an hour. The Cyclops, steam sloop, was about half a mile astern, under steam and sail, apparently doing her best to keep near the two-decker. Between 200 and 300 sail of merchantmen were running down Channel at the same time, but they seemed to have no chance with the London. The wind must have subse quently headed her, for, in tow of the Cyclops, she arrived in St. Helen's Roads at one o'clock yesterday morning, and went up to Spithead at nine a.m. The London saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, which the Neptune re turned ; and the Cyclops went into harbour in the after noon for a supply of coals, to enable her to return to Woolwich. WOOLWICH, DEC. 18. It is now decided that Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C.8., is to have the command at Portsmouth, vacant by the decease of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., and will hoist his flag as Vice-Admiral of the White on board the Victory, 101, flag-ship at that port. Captain George Rodney Mundy (1837), formerly flag cap tain on board the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at the Is7ore, and at present in command of the London, 92, is to be flag cap tain to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18. The Vostock, Russian screw schooner, got up her steam yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, and, having embarked his Excellency Admiral Putiaitine, General Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia ; Captain Untowski, Aide-de-Camp Imperial ; Col. Schwabe, Imperial Engineer ; Commander Teorsokoff, Baron Sleipenberg, Mr. Humphreys, and Mr. Dykes, the engineers (of the firm of Humphreys, Tennant, and Dykes), left harbour to try her speed at the measured mile in Stokes'-bay. She averaged 7i knots, the engines making 112 revolutions with 101 b. steam, as many as pre viously to her alterations she had attained with 231 b. steam. The trial altogether was deemed highly satisfactory, and on her return she was formally delivered over to the Russian Government. She is intended as a tender to the 50-gun frigate Pallas. A new scale of purser's instructions for victualling the fleet has just been issued by the Admiralty. They are more voluminous than the Great Exhibition catalogue, and so complicated that of half-a-dozen paymasters of the most extended experience to whom we have shown them (having been favoured with a copy earlier than others) not one has been able to comprehend them. DEC. 19 Leander, 50, Captain King, and the Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Fremantle, went out of harbour on Saturday to Spithead. Both saluted the flag of Rear- Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., which the Neptune re turned. Mercury, cutter, Lieut. Ireland, went out of harbour on Saturday, and sailed for the Channel Islands. The Pacha's yacht, Kessia Kheer, sailed from St. Helen's Roads on Saturday, for three or four days' cruise in the Channel, for the purpose of testing her stability, before taking her final departure. The Fearless, Russian steam-vessel, wont out of harbour on Saturday, on her second trial, to test the working of her engines, and to try her speed at the mea sured mile in Stokes' Bay. Tho Edward, convict-ship, sailed from Spithead on Sa turday, with prisoners for Bermuda, calling at Portland for others. St. Vincent, convict-ship, Mr. John Young, master, ar rived at Spithead this morning from the Thames, to em bark prisoners for Gibraltar. London, Captain Hubbard, and Margaret Evans, Capt. Pratt, arrived at Spitheadthis morning from the Thames, to embark passengers for New York. Sprightly, steam-tender, Master-Commander G. Allen, is ordered to return to this port from the Channel Islands. A large number of outward-bound merchant vessels that sailed from the Downs when the wind shifted. on Saturday, have been compelled to take shelter at the quarantine ground to-day, in consequence of the wind shifting again to the SW. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17. We have had a complete gale from the s outh-west, with lightning all through last night, and rai n all yesterday afternoon and to-day, All the men of war have held on, thanks to the breakwater. The Adelaide, mail steamer, has held on in the Sound, very luckily ; had she put out it is impossible she could have proceeded. It is said by old men that they never knew such weather to continue for so lon a time. A few accidents among the merchant vessels but nothing of consequence has been reported. DEC. 19. The Adelaide, which sailed for A ustralia at 4 p.m. on Saturday, put back at 8.30 this morning, her hawse hole pipes are defective and cause the ship to leak. The repairs will detain her here at least until Tuesday morning. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Brisk, 14, having been masted, was warped to the jetty on Friday, and will be rigged by the seamen riggers of the yard previous to being commissioned. The Valorous steam frigate, which was commissioned on Wednesday by Captain Buckle, is to have a complement of 22 officers and men. A letter, dated her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil, Lisbon, December 10, says :—" We arrived here on the 28th of November, after a boisterous passage of 16 days from Ply mouth, I think I have never experienced worse weather during the time I have been at sea. The wind favoured us until we got clear off the Channel, but when in the Bay of Biscay a severe trial of the ship's capabilities was made. On the 20th the wind shifted to south-west, with fresh breezes, gradually increasing until the 22d, when it blew a perfect hurricane. The Sans Pareil does badly e nough in bad weather, and is certainly overmasted . I always thought so, and at sea we fairly proved it, her angle of inclination at times being 48 degrees, according to Edye's ind icator. On the evening of the 22ethe wind shifted to north-west, light breeze, and the rolling of the ship from the heavy sea was excessive. This was followed the next day by another gale from west-south-west. This was suc ceeded on the 24th by a calm , and we picked up a poor little French brig named the M arie, of Fecamp, dismasted —not a spar left, excepting a boat's mast, with a rag of canvas flying as a signal of distress. We took her in t e lost how until the 27th, when she p arted the cable, and wer. The crew had previously been removed to our ship. The rolling of the Ship during the gales has caused much havoc among the mess traps, chests, and nicknacks of those on board, including the doctor's medicine chests, that officer himself being obliged to forsake his cabin in consequence of a leak, and sling his hammock amongst the middies. The leak originated in the bread-room, and has damaged above 10,0001 b. of bread. It did not arise from any defect of caulking, but from the place provided for the run of the chains abaft under the counter. The Prince Regent, Rod ney, and Termao.ant came in here a day or two after we arrived, but the 'latter ship and ours suffered most in the gale, It is stated wo aro to remain here some months, but having broken one of the cylinders, it may call us to England before that period." On Friday, at 10 a.m., at Penlee, a twodecker man-of war was observed inside the Eddystone, under doublereefed topsails, fore and mizen topgallant-masts either lowered or carried away. She was going up Channel with a gale of wind from the south-west, and looked like a foreign ship— vobably a Russian. SHEERNESS, DEC. 17. The Fearless paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 76-horse power, Captain Frederick Bullock, arrived here at four a.m. this day, from Harwich. The Wildfire paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 75-horse power, steam-tender to the Waterloo, Mr. George. Broc man, Second-Master, in command, returned from Wool wich last night, with Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscolino Percy, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, who left here yesterday with his secretary on official duties, as previously reported, The Wildfire is to-day undergoing some trifling repairs to machinery, and will be all ready for service to- The Porcupine, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 140- horse-power, Lieutenant-Commander George M. Jackson, remains at the Little Nore, her sailing orders not having arrived. She will be inspected to-morrow, and the crow mustered, by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, in command of the Agamemnon, 91 guns ; after which she will leave here for Jersey. The steam-tug vessel African, of 90-horse power, Second Master Thomas Gill. n command, returned from the Downs this morning, leaving the Loudon, 90, Captain George Rodney Mundy, yesterday, riding at single anchor and full scope of cable. On Tuesday night the London brought up about three miles north-east of the North Sand Head. On Wednesday morning, it blowing very heavily, the London laid all fast ; the wind increasing, she remained at anchor until Thursday, 9 a . m . , w h en she got her anchor, and was taken in tow by the st eam f r i ga t e C yc l ops, an d s h or tly aft er was assisted by the African steam tug. The London anchored in the D owns a t 12 o ' clock at noon. Groat diffi culty was experienced in towing the London from the North Sand to the Downs, as there were from 350 to 400 sail vessels riding, and a great number under weigh. On the Leaden bringing up in the Downs there were not less than 700 sail of vessels there. The steam frigate Cyclops remains in attendance on the L on d on, an d when the wes ther permits will proceed to Spithoad. On the 15th, when off the North Foreland, Mr. Thomas Gill, second master of the African, saw a large sloop appa rently in a sinking state, having 4_ signal of di s t ress fl y i ng in her rigging (an ensign union down) ; steam was imme diately got up, and on proceeding to her she proved to be the Dolphin, of Portsmouth, Edward Pearce, master, from Jersey for London, laden with stone. The master of the Dolphin reported to Mr. Gill that the mate had been washed overboard twice and was got ou board again. As sistance was immediately given by Mr. Gill and his crew, and the Dolphin was taken in tow with four feet water in her hold. They succeeded that tide in towing her into Mar gate Roads, and on the following flood tide they towed her to the entrance of Margate Harbour, when the African's boats wore manned and the Dolphin was assisted into Margate Harbour, and berthed in safety in the inside harbour. The Cuckoo, 2, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 100-horse power, and the Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 150-horse power, are ordered to be immediately fitted with their armament complete in every respect, and to be placed under the direction of Captain the Hon. S. Carnegie, of the steam-frigate Horatio, as steam-vessels of the steam reserve squadron at this port. The Ebenezer Ordnance gun-hoy arrived here this day from Woolwich with the remainder of the guns, gun car riages, &c., to complete the number required f o r the main, not lower, deck of the Agamemnon ; six after,guns . only on thn 'e -1- 'he-se-been- PutAnto the gunroom, in order_ to enable the shipwrights an joiners -tercomprett fifer fittings of the g - anroom. An alteration has been made in the armament of the launches and the pinnaces, and they will be fitted with 12-pos'nd howitzers, with portable cases of shrapnell, shell, and hollow shot. The Longboat cutter, Reuben Harvey second master in command, arrived here this day from 'Woolwich with stores for the Agamemnon. The naval transport Diligence, from Woolwich, passed up the Medway for Chatham yard in tow of the steam-tug vessel Monkey, of 130-horse power, second master Robert Sallenger (acting), this day. DEC. 18. The Myrtle paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 50-horse power, Master Commander William S. Bourchier ' left here this morning for Chatham, with Mr. Henry Morgan, treasury clerk here, and returned again this afternoon with money for yard and port service. The African steam-tug vessel of 90-horse power, second master Thomas Gill, left here this morning for Chatham to convey a labourer named James Way to Melville Hos pital, in consequence of his having received severe injuries by falling into the hold of the Fortitude, coal depot riding in Salt-pan Reach. Way was brought on shore and con veyed to the surgery, where he was promptly attended to by Mr. James Wilson (b), surgeon, and Mr. John Jeff cott, assistant-surgeon. Mr. Jeffcott accompanied the unfortunate man to Melville Hospital, and the African re turned here again this evening. The Porcupine, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 140-horse power, Lieutenant-Commander George M. Jackson, has this day been inspected, her officers and crew mustered and put through their gun exercise, target practice, &c„ by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, in command of the Aga memnon, 91 guns. Sir Thomas Maitland proceeded to the Nore in the Hart cutter yacht, second master Green, tender to Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, Com mander-in-Chief at the Nore, and, after mustering the crew and inspecting the Porcupine, returned on shore, shortly after which the Porcupine got up steam and left for Jersey. The Rattlesnake, 8, has this day been taken into the north dock, and the seamen riggers are engaged in rigging her. Her rigging having been fully prepared for her arrival here, she will shortly be completed in that department. It is worthy of notice that while she was being masted yester day under the shears, under the superintendence of Mr. Jonathan Aylen, the master-attendant, the mizenmast was hoisted, put in, and stepped in the short space of six minutes from the time it was taken from the masthouse. From 25 to 30 days will be required to fit the pipes through. out for the conveyance of hot air in this vessel ; her spar deck is being shut in flush, and the seams thereof to be paid with Jefferies' marine glue. The Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate of 300-horse power, chief engineer George Elcock, is ordered to be commissioned and to have a complement of 300 men. The Rattlesnake, 8, is ordered to be commissioned and to have a complement of 160 men. MALTA, DEC. 13. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Had ngton, with the bulk of the India mails, arrived to-day. It is now announced that Admiral Dundas does not re turn to Malta. The announcement has caused general regret. The Sampson steam-frigate will leave this place to-night, to convey dispatches to the Admiral, on the arrival of the Caradoc with the outward Indian mail. The Banshee leaves port for Marseilles at 4 p.m. to-day, with that portion of the homeward India mail sent through France. The Spitfire screw-steamer, from Candia, arrived yester day early, and obtained pratique this morning, after a qua rantine of 24 hours' duration. The Triton steam-packet, from Corfu (with mails) ; the Genoese steam-frigate Calcutta, from London ; the Arabian screw-steamer, from Liverpool; and the Egyptian steam frigate Muhbiri Sarur, from London and Gibraltar, seve rally arrived during the night of Saturday. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Br — 's Club, St. James', Dec. 18, 1852. SIR,—In The Sun paper of Friday I observe my name inserted in the minority in the division "On Ways and Means—the House Tax." I beg to say I voted with the majority against the Goverhment. The correction of the mistake will oblige your obedient servant, FRANCIS PIGOTT, M.P. for Reading. [By inadvertence, the name of the member for Bridg north was unfortunately misplaced for that of the mem. ber for Reading. —En. SuN.] SERIOUS FALL OF CLIFF IN SNARGATE-STREET, DOVER, —On Friday, about noon, the inhabitants of the central portion of Snargate-street , and more particularly those in the neighbourhood of Mr. Olding Butler's shoe establish ment, were seriously alarmed by the fall of about 40 or 50 tons of chalk, immediately at the back of those premises, inflicting considerable damage on that property. Two bed-rooms, the lower kitchen with all its culinary appa ratus and crockery ware, and some other buildings formerly used as a bakehouse, &c., were totally crushed by the ca tastrophe. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS. —On Saturday afternoon, shortly after one o'clock, the British and North American royal mail steam -ship Asia, Captain Lot United t, took her departure from the Mersey, with the usual States and Canadian mails (which were placed under charge of Lieut. J. Grant Raymond, R.N., Admiralty agent). In addition to a large general cargo on freight the Asia took out 60 passengers. THE CAPE, MAURITIUS, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.— PLYMOUTH, Sunday.—The General Screw Steam-Shipping Company's mail packet Bosphorus, Captain Benson, sailed yesterday afternoon for Calcutta and Madras, taking mails to the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius. She has a most valuable cargo, including a considerable amount of specie and a largo quantity of quicksilver for the East Indies. Tho Bosphorus registers 600 tons, while the average tonnage of the company's ships trading beyond the Cape, is 1,500 tons. Since returning from her last trip her engines have been repaired and boilers altered so as to accelerate her speed. Mr. Benson, her commander (who takes Ad miralty charge of the mailsl, has passed examination in steam; he has had some experience in the East India trade, and during his 18 months' engagement with the General Screw Company has made four successful voyages to the Cape of Good Hope. The next packet from Calcutta and the Cape, the Harbinger, Captain Lane, is due hero early inJanu!ity but . The Calcutta, which left Plymouth on the 18th, and arrived. at St. Vincent's on the 29 th o f October, had on board five patent annihilators, one of which ex p loded spontaneousl y at 11 o'clock in the m ornin g , shortly after her leavin g this port. Several person s were standing near, no one was touching the machine at the time. Imme diately the fire bell rung, all were stationed at their proper quarters, and in two minutes hose were fixed an d water was playing on the ignited part. Had the explosion. occurred by night the consequences might have been most fearful. The Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company', screw steam -ship Adelaide, 2,000 tons, 450-horse power, Commander G. W. Jackson, which left the Nore 9 a.m. on Sundayithe 12th, arrived at Plymouth at 9 p.m. on Monday. Sh e encountered heavy wea ther, and stron g south-west winds, but acquitted herself to the satisfaction of her officers and of her constructor Mr. Scott Russell, who, with a party of scientific gentlemen, came in her from the Thames . Th e Adelaide was appointed to sail on Tuesday, but was d e t a ined by Admiralty order and bad weather until last evening. She has 40 first and 101 second-des 500 tons of merchandise, 1,000 tons of coal, ands passengersate resequa to 400 tons. Mail bags sent on board on W ednesday Western Australia 6, Adelaide 31, P er tphilli p 74 : Van Diemen's Land 22, Sydney 50, an d by Captain Low, of her Majesty's ship 184. The crew have been mustered, minutely examined the berths, fittings, New Zealand I—total and the ship inspected has large steam-power in duc lm . prel h n e ab A le d , el w ai h d o e proportion to her tonnage, and will, it is stated, prove u n p rece d en t e d in this trade in re gard to speed. ELECTION LAW .-- A paragraph has appeared, to the effect that a. member who is petitioned against cannot accept office so long as the petition is pending against his valid election. This is true so far as the asking for the Chiltern Hundreds—the usual mode of resigning a seat—is concerned. In that case the member asks for the office, which he gets as a matter of course, unless in the case of a pending petition, when it has been latterly refused by Go vernment. The paragraph in the Post in reference to the probable appointment of Sir Alexander ioCockburn seat as At torney-General in the ne w Adminisatn. The of Sir Alexander Cockburn is not demanded for Mr. Baillie Cochrane. The petition only prays that the election may be declared null and void. 'But it would be in law null and void by the acceptance of the attorney generalship—which is conferred by the Crown, and not solicited by the member. The Crown will not give the Chiltern Hundreds while any doubt exists as to the legality of the return, if the legal return be claimed for another. If the seat be not claimed the office may be granted, as in Harwich last session. But the acceptance of office given by the Crown is different to the solicitation for office like the Chiltern Hundreds—the one is a public office, the other a Parliamentary fiction. The 6th of Anne, c. 7, makes the acceptance of office an avoidance of the return as if the party were dead, and the member is perfectly free to stand for any . other place, and is quit from all liability as to the return impeached, but no new writ can issue for the place the return for which is petitioned against, and the seat claimed for another until that petition be disposed of. Durham oitythis session settles tha latter poiasaktifervcr. ~' 19 9 141 3 3JA 3 d 55 d 2i d 40 N -(1 id 20i 104 151 2 d 24i 82 391 13 8a a 52 3 74 5 i 3 fi 6i i 113 i 103 i ',OTIS.