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

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (-71•1 () The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were abont 4 ,000 bales, including 8,000 on speculatioe. The mar ket was more active, and d. per lb. higher than on l 'riday last. American sold at sid. to 7 1d, and Surat at 4 4 d. sp. per lb. Shares were higher generally. L The formation of railways in the colonies, as well "own, 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 %lances this. A most interesting meeting, which will serve to illustrate the singular points of difference be ,Ween railway construction here and in the colonies , had I 'ven held in Port Phillip, according to advices received %)-clay. The committee appointed report that— " Although railroads iu Great Britain and on the Con tinent of Europe are intended merely to afford the keens of cheap and rapid conveyance of goods and pas -I,engPrs between the great centres of population in ickly peopled countries, it appears to your committee that they are not only applicable to the circumstances of a b new and unsettled country like the western district of Fort Phillip, but capable of being made available, I n the highest degree, for the settlement of !, 11 ch a country, with an industrious population ; for as , s `u* land in this district is almost exclusively the pro perty of the Crown, and by the Crown Land's Act of t ail colony, shall not be sold for less than a certain 111 ittitntim price per acre, provides that one - half of the proceeds of the sale shall be appropriated , It'ivards immigration while the other may be a ppropriated in any way to render the land a vailable for its future possessors, it appears to ?.our committee that the construction of a railway in portion of the territory, with a portion of the funds 10 be derived progressively from the sale of such land, Gill prove conducive, in a remarkable degree, to the speedy settlement of this most promising district, with in industrious and comparatively virtuous population. " with respect to the cost of a railway in every res p ect * eitable for this c ee ountry, 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 of ichnirably adapted for the purpose, without the addition iron rails, and they have ascertained that a railway of such materials, suited to the wants of the population ‘ i ; e -t 'consisting, in the first instance, of a single line , 6 % rails) could be laid down at a cost of 1,0001 . p er "1 11 e- There is a wooden ra ilwa y of this kind on ft, • 4 **tnan's Peninsula, in Van Dieman's Land, which Year committee are credibly informed answers the pur poses of its construction perfectly. "The sub-committee appointed to report on the sub net of revenue have had great difficulty in arriving at a torrect estimate of the revenue to be derived from the %Mount of traffic along the line, because there is no e stablished mode of transport in the district, every settle r at present being obliged to cart his e au goods, a system universally admitted to be most e xpensive. They have ascertained, however, from returns, that the quantity of general stores landed a t Geelong last year, amounted to 5,100 tons ; two tlrds of this goes into the interior, and it may fairly be presumed ' therefore, that 2,000 tons will go along the railwa / The quantity of wool shipped from Geelong , :,!elusive of what may hare come from Melbourne, for t sge last year, was 8,122 bales, one half of which would then along the line, to which may be added 2,0 00 bales "rs to Portland, and 1,000 to Port Fairey." The revenue of Port Philip, according to the advices ee ry this morning, has reached over 95,000 L, but a PY 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— i." . .prices having receded from 94 to 931 ; the Three u'a•Quarter per Cents. have ranged from 96 to 95 1 ; the Three per Cents. Reduced from 941 to 94 ; and Ex "2o:luer-billa Bs. to 12s. premium ; Bank Stock is 4112 , at 206. There have been but a very few bargains made in the , r eign Funds this morning The Peruvian Six per n•,,•e_ilts. have been sold at 40 ; the Portuguese Four per ta. at 38k; Spanish Consols at 261; the Dutch Two ;"-a-Flalf per Cents. at 6(4 ; and the Four per Cents. 931. 11 e market for the Shares and Railway Scrips has bee heavy to-day. - ORE CLOSING PRICES. h F k ICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. i l thlt Stock 205 206 206 eer Cent. R e d uce d A n na .941( 3 94 94 1 4 . 95% t o ti r 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95% 96 95% j,,,.. 4 gAnnuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 9 15-16 - kua Bond i , 1,0001 - - Conunder 1 , 000 /. .. ...... l6 9 p 16 p 31 93% is'l l sols for Opening 94 chequer Bills, 10001. I%d. ... 12 811 - p 11 p Ditto, 5001 - p II p Ditto. Small - p 11 p ONE CLOSING ht i t l CEr' OF FOREIGN fUNDS . O'CLOCK PRICES Gr anada Bonds Bonds, I per Cent. - 19% 3% i i bitto, Deferred .-- 24 1 4 'ex.Jctui, 5 per Cent. 1846 -' 24% P uitto, Account - 40 40 1, - eNvian Roods, 6 per Cents 38% 38% bortuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 111 111 1 / 2 Vlesian Bonds 26% 'Vanish 5 per Cent. 1840. 38 Ditto 3 per Cent ..... ....... - l Dividends on the above payab 6 e o !n London. 60% -l lteh. 2% per Cent ._... Ditto, 4 per C en t. Certificates It axl. lllticEr3 Or p sw„ .,,,.. A. S T IJB O INE NE Ab er r ee tr SHARES 25 - 113 0 . 1 . C. D .. ° .. 1.T .. LOCK. E .. .................... Alliber, Nott., Boston, ,s a nd Eastern Junction 2% 3 2 % b.-17h, Coleraine, and 0 4 rt g ,_ rush 1,4 ' rtrast & County Down 4% - 6% p t a irtun . gh.andDedle9 42 5 h -•• '"UTOni.• - and Monc.Aseter..loo - Ditto New 17% - -" •"' ..... , Airmi n gham and Ox ford Junction I .lirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June-- 23/4 -1 30s, ten, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. % p 41 istol and Exeter 75 ii,Pitto, New . 5 ... -- ••• . V i to' and Gloucester... 30 I t t Ltol and Liver. June.. 2% - ............... taTalighamsliire 39 . ~.. 29 1 / 2 s/ 4 % ......... biT 4le nt. 21 /i % ...... ..... 1)4,7 Half Shares...." 2 % elh,,__'ei.Clydesdale Jane 25 Ch b ,..7r and Holyhead... 27% 2 s:i ......... 01 1 , -4 ._et and Blythe 2 ..... ... ci i - -,_ , ..r.and Manchester 425. - .. ..... C el wanatn and Oxford 2 . ..... P a tence o. tat Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - 1 . 1 0. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - bo• Government Loan, „. 4 per Cent. Cork ands Killarney .. 2% (lark and Waterford ..: 1% Cornwall ... - ..... ... 5 Ditto, Half Shares ... 24L ..... 114 ........ • ••••••• Direct Lincoln, East Rat- "` ford, and Sheffd. June. 2 5 4 . -. Direct., Northern - t ) irect Norwich - uublin and BelfastJunc 12% ...... ..... ::: ....................... Dublin, Belfast, and vs Coleraine - ............. .n_uundalk & Enniskillen 10 . •.• ' •.•• ' 44e ternCounties. ..... 14/. • 165 Ditt o N ew l2l 16s - ........ .. ..... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 135. 4d -_ % ._ ... .......... D itto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d . ....... Do., York Extension.. 2 ..- • _ N • * ) 7B ~,e4tDereh'm andNoech 1 4•llstern Union 40 - D O, 4 0, Quarter Shares 10 . • - ',..;0• Exten.(Harwich) IN „ uo., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / 2 - ••• 'Mt Lancashire - • Ditto, New ' N., do. (late Preston ............ and Orniskirk)... - 5 ...... - .... - b Do., do., New Scrip l l4 ..... - --. ...... ~ 2% 3 Z 441 Lincolnshire ... -• 11 4 •ps l , B g West of England 1%.._ In 'llrgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• - EPDitto Half Shares ... 10 i ll O, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 --- - eaburgh & Northern.. 12% - d t i l eourgh and Perth... 3 - E Y and Huntingdon ._ 12%•••••• pniakillen and Sligo ... 21/2 - ;f eter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% - 11 11110 w, Hilmar , & Ayr 50 ...... --•vsitto, New . .15 J.,° • , 1 4 Shares (5 per 4, 6m eent. gu ar .) ... 12% Q,,, - ;•e., Doncaster, &c. - 2 %,...' l4 Eastern &Western 2% - ••••..••••• '' . f .: 11 tiouth. and West. oi k a Nand) G reat Munster ... 2% .... - Gr eat North of Scotland 2%...... - •• •"" ........ ii tt llorth f England-100 -itt o i s z., ° 5 /3it to, 1 r .......... ..... 15 --- - ... ... Ditto N ew • Gr e , ew 1% - 'tl t I Veotero 85 - .-nttoili s , 50 Di tt 1 .2 " are° Ditto S hares 20 bat() New -8 6% 7 . I „, u , <1 dderatield & blanches. 13 - li.3"?. i f to. Extension -. .ti : t and Selby 5O - Do Ii Selby Shares I Ditto 14 Shares Palvich & Bury St. Edm. 14 .• • 1)0 . do. , an d 1 No rw ich 5 "4 ' c aster and Carlisle... 50 L ,. 0 0. New ............ ... 5 - •••• •••• •• •• eeds and Bradford ...... 30 - LLek( st er and Bedford... 165 - ied.% Dewsbury, &e.... 22% Do., Branch (Bhie) ... 2% , Do. Extension ( Green ) 2 1 4.. - - 'keds and Thirsk ......... 17 %........ 16% D itto, New - ••••• I) h e-, Prefer., 6 per Ct 3%. ........ ..... - - e., Mnchstr &New L castle Junction . 2% ..... • 2 % %% ..... ••• 'demon and Blackwell. 161.111.4 d 8% 13 , 0 .1sTew ii-uitte tatension ..•••• ' / ' 1...... - " ........ ... ndon, Brig hten, and BOuth c east Ditto, Fill)), .........40 •••••• - Pc. Consol. Eighths.. 10 - 1-18. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Ldwidona ndGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d... - Do • p L ondon, r eference ...18/17 5 2d ..,ondon, Hounslow, and IWestern - .. ........ .•.. ° „ 1111 61 and N. Was twill )0 196 "°- Quarters ~ , ao., 1 51 o. New itto Fifth s 111••• D LO. 14 Shares (G. J) 5 40/. Sh ores ( L. M. ) . 40/. (M. & BO ... 40 A). 101. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/ (NI, & B.) B. 5 3)0 .1% (4 & B.) 0, 1 6 % p 11% lh P 74% par 2931 2% 251,i 1 v —.. , e ........ '; 1,1 4 63 Le. New Cousol. 8 ths 40 Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths .. 5 London, Oxford, and C' Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 London and York 2% 2 % 3A reg....... Do. Extension 2% — ......•• ..- London, SalLbury, and Yeovil ...... ... •••••••• VA-- Londonderry & Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis k.litn...... .. ........ ... 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto 1 7 ‘, Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarters Do. Fifths 5 ... . 11% Do. Sixteenths .... 6 — •• Do. Extension 42s. l l% p.••• Do. Liverp and Bury 24 27 1 4 2% 1% 174 1023 00. •• • ••••, , - 1 1 h p _ Do. do. Fifths Manaester.Buxton,and Matlock 425. ...... 1 1 4 1 p Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1% Midland l OO lBl 130 Do. Fifths 2 - •••• ...... • Do. New i t Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo lO5 Midland Great Western Irish l5 — Newcastle aad Berw,ck 20 Do. North Shields .. 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavellny 24...... — , Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 5 Norfolk . ..... Ditto Half Slrares .. 9 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. — Northern Counties Union 2'h North British ... ..... ... 25 36 ... .. ... Do. Half Sham I Vi P DID ••• 1 3 / 4 •••••• 130 - I•• • • 6% 105 •••• •-- , 34% - - •••••• --- Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 Northern and Eastern 5O • •• Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — , , Do. New North Staffordshire 5 .. 96 4 , North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2% ..• . ..... 001 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolrerhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3% Preston and Wyre 25 — Do. U t Shares _ _ Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Bl. 12s. — dis. Richmond 15 Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland Sheffield & Manchester 100 - •• Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 4 — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. .... •••••••••• • Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 5% Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 — Shropshire Union South Devon 40 — South Staffordshire Junc. 2 1 /s — South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 ,E 4O Do., No. 1 20 Do., Ne, 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. — Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 2 2 1,4 — ••• Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 27 1 ,E — , , Waterfd,Wxfrol,Wicklw, and Düblin Wexford, ►v aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union ...... 425. West Cornwall ...... 2 ... .. Wexford and Carlow ... 3,4...... — , Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 ..... — , 2% p 1600 .M.. Ditto New 5 ...... 12 1 4%.. • Do. Preference ...... 2 ...... 7 11 / 1 3 / 1 York and North Midland 50 — Ditto % Shares ..... ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do. East and NV est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAIL WAY . o•••• .... Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoe,s 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and Amiens... 18 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Biackenzies)... 2 .. ... — , Do. (Espelete's) . 2 .... . ..... , , Calais Dunkrk, and West 1••• INI•11 15% • Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast. 1 ..... ••• •• Central of Spain . ... 2 Ceylon ss. Demerara 2% Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and I•• PM..W I.• •M• ••• .... * Am. _ Madras - ••••• 64* .6 • Dutch Rheni5h....,....... 6 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 — Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3% Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... ~. .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ..... ...... Luxembourg 4 / i 4 Lyons and Avignon Madras 1 — Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % —, Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius ... Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 .. ... 11 North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 - •••••• Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... Over Yssel ............ 4/ 3s 4d — Paris &Lyons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans ......... 20 Paris and Rouen •• •• 20 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted ............ 5 ..... Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 26% !f/ 4 .•. ..•••• \T S :: r a oorde m icrrt b i:ad r ,Fu raa e ayici laea,nn Laurence Meuse u A s e t I a . u . . t . i . e .... 1 0 • ii: .. : I, Strasbourg saundd. j.djauN a e n rr.a nb5 d .i55.t 8 .e.e.: a 5... 1 .. i ...0.an..n ........... 2 1 5 4 % .................. E_ ...... Con stituted • " se lt• •••••• 8 ...... .... ..... •••• 6 North British Australasia 5 54 T ,43) 0 C li. BANKS...... : ...... ... ......•• Real del Monte *are d MINES ' F gnATIMI. —ln yeste;da; 8% 3 q ...... .. Shares, 1 5% % instead of 13 8 VA. ...... read North British, Hal.; • -. ,• •• .... le. ammo ~. ...... . ..... ~. II MO MOOS l• • .•• 49 1•• ...., .• -- ... 261 A ••• ••••• I•• ••••• ••• - 45 1 4 ••• LLOYD'S sHivinisi-G(THIs DAY.) LONDON, DEc. 29.—Wind S.S.E., light airs, and fine clear mild weather. DEAL, DEc. 2g.—Wind, A.M., N.N.W., thick; P.MS.E.— Arrd. Glenbervie, Russell, Port Philip ; J ohn Baring, Kear man, New York ; Sarah Barry, Mowat, Saguenay. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 28.—Wind S.—Arrd. T. W. Sears, Eldridge ' New York. sailed 4th inst. ; Mason, U ps h ur, New York ; Rockshore, Evans, Quebec. Sld. Chatham, Ballan tine, Hong-Kong; Granville, Touzell, Rio Grande; Mole, Remedelle, Africa ; Woodpecker, Williams, Jamaica ; As tracan, Ford, New Orleans ; Yucatan, Casey, New Orleans ; Russia, Preble, Philadelphia ; New York, Skiddy, New York. Off port. Sweden, Brown, New Orleans; Republic, Balti more ; F. H. Shepherd, New York ; Euclid, St, Stephen's, N.B. ; Mersey, Montreal ; Souter Johnny, Montreal ; Afighan, Quebec; Effingham, Quebec; Eliza Stewart, Que bec; and Requiter, Quebec. OFF EASTBOURNE, Dze. 28.—Antoinette Maria, Batavia. SOUTHAMPTON, Dim. 25.—Arrd. R. Reynolds, Walker, Quebec ; 28th, Royal Tar steamer, Joy, Gibraltar. OFF SWANAGE.—Torgean, Hansen, Porto Cabello, for H am bis rgh. WATERFORD, DEC. 27.—Wind W. to N.N.W.—SId. 24th, Fagot, Williams, New Orleans. Off port, Saterlina, Ha vannab, for Liverpool. CORK, DEC. 26.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Mary, Pinell, Newfoundland; Wanderer, Baltimore for Newport; Eliza beth Hughes, Havasnah ; Virgilia, Woodauffe, Miramichi. Sld. Bache M'Evers, Batty, New Orleans. BROADHAVEN, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Dromahair, Pine, Quebec, for Clyde. ABERDEEN, DEC. 26.—S1d. Undaunted, Ritchie,Valparaiso. SHIELDS, DEC. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Aurelia, Amese, North America. BRIDLINGTON BAY.—Arrd. John's, Gustard, St. John's, New Brunswick; for Sunderland. GRIMSBY, DEC. 27.—Wind W.—Ajax, Chater, St. John's, New Brunswickifor Newcastle, leaky. SE.► Yaw, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 27.—A boat, about fifteen feet long, marked inside " Perseverance, of Ports mouth, William. Collins, master," has been picked up here. WEYMOUTH, :DEC. 27.—The Petrel, (R. C.) was towed in here this morning, leaky, having been on shore in Swanage Bay. BUDEHAVEN, DEc. 25.—The Bell Rock, Reece, from Car diff, was abandoned near here, in a sinking state ; crew saved by the Stuckley, arrived here. CORK, DEC. 26.—A brig of about 200 tons, apparently a foreigner, was passed, dismasted, and on her beam-ends, on the sth instant, 35 lon. 46 lat., by the Elizabeth Hughes, Hullin, arrived here. MIDDLESBOROUGH, DEC. 27.—The Yorkshire, Lynas, struck on the East Gow, on the 24th met., and came off leaky. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 28.—The Sleepless, of Sunderland, and 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, nearlthis place is incorrect, that vessel haying Arrived /safe at North Shields on the 23d instant. -- 11A % p 3% 2% 21 1 A 14 1 4 2% 28 IA 238% 29 1 4 4 1 4 1071 A 16% 45!4 2% 8% 58 3 A - 14% 195% 15% 75% "IgIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1 t 346. ADELAIDE GALLERY. The spirited proprietor of this establishment coinma 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 most 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 sensation in the fashion ble world, and who have during the recess beon 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. Her 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 formances, 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 interesting as 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 who have yet appeared. With children who have a taste for music, the morning performance at the Adelaide Gallery will be an especial favourite. DUTCH AND HAMBURGH MAILS. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 23.—8 y a royal resolution of the 22d September, and another of 25th November, the estates of the province of Drouthe are authorised to negotiate a loan for account of the province of Drouthe to the amount of 20,000 florins, to defray part of the expenses of constructing a road from Rolde to the frontiers 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, bearhig interest of 4 per cent. per annum. His Royal Highnees Prince Alexander, accompanied by his Aide-de-Camp, has returned from the Loo to this city. EINDHOVEN, DEe. 20.—The diligence which left this place yesterday morning at half-past eight o'clock, to proceed to 13ois le Duc, was obliged, after going two leagues on its road, to turn back, it not being possible to go any further on account cf 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 delayed in all directions to Eindhoven. 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 been labouring under a fit of melancholy, en tered his master's bed-room early in the morning, and 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, notwithstanding the danger, and answered that such commands were not to be resisted ; but that it was the duty of a Christian to set about every 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 aliamst every journal very different accounts of the arrests - which have taken place here. The most fabulous rep( tis that commu nicated to the Breslau Gazitte, which pretends to have got scent of a communis conspiracy , propagated by Emisaries from France. There appear s to be no other foundation for this, than that the inform cation which was received by the police was written in the French language. It is said there is no ground for th e assertion that those who were arrested had formed a society com pletely organised. Mr. Beheends, th( young clergy man, who was asked at his fir st examination, whether he had not chiefly reckoned on meet ings of mechanics, positively demi° d this, declar ing that he had merely spoken in a public place with several persons whom he accider itally met. The person whom the authorities announced to be most deeply implicated is a young merchar it's clerk named Ottensosser, who is accused of having read prohibited poems in a public place, though many !persons deny this. We understand that the greater pla rt of the persons arrested here at Berlin on the 9th o4' this month, on suspicion of seditious intrigues, have b een already set at liberty, and only six more remain urtt ter arrest. HAMBUROH, DEC. 20.—The mails- of the 15th and 16th from Paris are still due. (From the office of the liamburgh and • Altana Telegraph.) Yesterday, during a south wind, Al tih rain, and a rapid thaw, the ice in the Elbe became moi •e and more unsafe, and if the weather continues the sa► rt, e, it is intended to break up the ice in the harbour. Ye st erday the ice was firm at Blankenese and Schule, bu to-day it is all drifting again. DEC. 21.—The ice is still firm at - the Devil's Bridge, and the Elbe was still passable thi 9 morning in hand sledges. The workmen are busy in th e harbour break ing up the ice. At Blankenese and I3runshausen there is much floating ice. GLUCHEITADT, DEC. 20.—Yestercha, y we had a thaw with a high west-south-west wind a nd drifting snow. The Elbe is covered with flakes of icc and the weather allows ships to unload only a few ho. tu •s in the afternoon. DEC. 21.—The south-west wind al id rain have pre vailed since yesterday, and the ice • has already disap peared. The Marshal steam-boat is unloading, and will probably have finished to-day. CUXHAVEN, DEC. 19.—There beis ig much drift ice in the channel of Cuxhaven, the ships • ready for sea have come from the road into port. 1 ey have all been obliged to take extra hands to bi ng them into the harbour. VIENNA, DEC. 15.—Lord Ponson - b 3 r still remains in the hotel, and, except official vis it a to Prince Met ternich, has neither paid nor receiv ei I any visits. The diplomatic relations seem, notwithst a Kling, to assume a more amicable appearance. On I b e other hand, t he pecuniary crisis becomes more and more threatening, and the prospects in this respect are fl pry gloomy. Mer chants of the middle class, not ape ci 4lators on change, but some of the real manufacturi a g and mercantile classes are daily stopping payment E w 're and in the pro vinces,a greater number of b nkruptcies may be e an x d pected. These are the c, ansequences of the b our national be .nk. DEc. 19. e ita ry Journals of this that the Grand I) la l iie Constantine of appointed Chief of t/ se 9th regiment of shortlylimitd credit Oven y Th .1. n Hussars. t By RussiaE RL h IN a : announcebe e app DRESDEN, DEC. 1 4 . — The incori ration of Cracow onarchy seems - to have a very with the the Austrian Typowski, for it is nd provide. I with passports. voneable effect on positivelyrathesituaatisoanerot f ,t I t t h h e at l h a e te w d il i l c b ta e t s o e r t , at liberty in the spring, s n e t om h m as er r c a e ti a fi n e d d STOCKHOLM, DEC. 15. T h rr e h G o t o r : i e s r t n y m o e f the following conventions: navigation between Sweden and burgh Schwerin; the portal conyde _ 0 n the 29th of July; No nt ri i I,: n ay b , etawnedenMsetldeenn and Norway and Russia, conclud ed and the postal convention, concluder I on the Bth of Octo ber, between Nor wa y an d Denmark. - Hamburgh Papers, Dec. 22. ST. PETERSBURG'', DEC. 12.-0 n Saturday night his Majesty the Emper or set out for W A raa w, a nd returned to St. Petersburgh y es t er d ay morn ir THORN, DEC. 15.—Whil e not hi n of po litical infiu ence is passing on thi s s id e of the f t . ( l tiers, the accounts from Poland are very melancholy. Domiciliary visit s and arrests still continue, and we ll .-informed per sons affirm that the numb er of persons i mprisoned in con sequence of the attempted revolutit N 1 amounts to 300, many of whom, after a vexatious it a 4 luisitorial proceed ing, have been banished to Siberia, • and others hanged in the citadel of Warsaw the noblemen, Wing themselves suspected by the GI rs , nrimiant, an d be lieving that their ruin is mded an d the more so, because the late half measures relative to the emancipation of the • peasants seem to threaten their property and their pei F 3 onal safety. It has frequently happened that the pea se tints endeavour to realise by violence the promises whi 01 i have been mach by the Government to grant them 1 a nded property, and attack the estates of their lords, w ho, on their p ar t. complain that the Government d oe s not sufficiently protect them against the violence of f he peasants. Under these circumstances, it is easily ace of anted for that a re port that a part of Poland, from P. !uk, will be added to Prussia, has arisen in Poland, ai id is now even ex• pressed as a wish in many quarterf likely to be ful filled. Travellers are treated witl R a lore civility tha, hitherto by the Custom-house offi zera , however, ever . ) traveller, whether a foreigner or a nazi 'ye of Poland, obliged to sign a paper in th. Q Polisl 1, German, anct French languages, in which hg, declares , that he has no letters, books, notes, &c., with him, otherwise he is to be punished with all the rieour of the law. ‘V!tii •L, ,,, 1 l'oland, we learn that there are to be oily four gyinuasia in all Poland, in connexion with which there are to be establishments where all the scholars are to be hoarded and lodged, and that they will be 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 Poles here that the abolition of 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 decided, and if the accounts received here are correct, even the name of Poland will be obliterated at the beginning of the new year (From the Office of the Hamburgh and Altona Telegraph.) HAMBURGIT, DEC. 22, p.m.—The Elbe up here is still traversed 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 Blankenese masses of ice collected together this morning. At Schalau also, and lower down, consider able masses are collecting. GLUCKSTADT, DEC. 22.—The ice is dispersing more and more. The large flakes of ice are breaking up. HABIBURGII, DEC. 25 .—There is much floating ice at Schalau and Blankenese, yet the boat Wilhelmina, which left Altona yesterday, arrived safely in the evening at Schalau. GLUCHSTADT, DEC. 25.--The ice is rather increasing in the channel, yet the Fredericka Johanna, Captain Dewall, from Newcastle, arrived in the harbbur yester day. The whole outer harbour is free from ice. DUTCH FUNDS.—AsisnaDem, DEc. 24. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ...... •• •• • 59 1 i 6014 Ditto, 3 per Cent .... _ _ ~ 71% 72% Ditto, 4 per Cent.— Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent•• •••• • • • • _ Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • . 174% 17434 East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • •• '• Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • •• 11 97 Two months. ..,$ • On Hamburgh, at sight • • • •35 63 Two mouths... —..•••• • "• 35 25 ZOn Paris ... ...• •• •• • • , 50 Twomouths. •••••••• •• •• '' ' .l n' " . 12 —Dutch Papers, Dec. 26. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, DEc. 22. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents . ...... . , lOB Bank Shares • Anglo-Russian Loan .•• • ........ 105% 10554 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb, Certificate. 100% 100% Ditto let serieslnscription.... .... 10154 Ditto,Nope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96% Ditto, in Certificate• ••••••• • • • • • • .... 9634 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 8834 Ditto Stieglitz —— . ..... .. ......, _ _ 87% Spanish New 5 per Cent •••••• • • • •. 19 18% Ditto 3 per Cent ..... ......... 30% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 23% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. ............ _ _ Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 78 Anglo-Danish Loaa, 3 per Cent ...... 843 843( National Bank Shares •••• • • • ......„ 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, and 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 manu 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 on that 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 cularly the grant allowed for the publication of the " National Library." The Minister of the Interior and M. Therode replied. The reduction of 10,000 f. in the articles of belles lettres and science, proposed by the central section, was adopted. A considerable discussion arose on the article " Archives of the Kingdom." The Minister of the Interior 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 Rubens, which will soon peel off from the pannels, sin less measures 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. Northcomb stimulate the zeal of those whose duty it is to preserve that sublime 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 the Interior was voted by a majority of 59 to 5. The Senate, in its sitting of to-day, voted the budget for Foreign Affairs, the project of law for exempting from 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 envi rons, and solicited M. de Theux to afford speedy assist ance, to relieve the sufferings of the indigent. This deputation had a long conference, also, with the Go vernor of East Flanders. The Monituer of this day published the convention concluded between Belgium and the German Zollve rein, signed at Brussels on the 26th of June, 1846, to secure the suppression of smuggling on the frontier be tween Belgium and the Zollverein. 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, an d i s 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 on Monday last, in consequence of an explosion, the cause and particulars of which are not known. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bsusans, Duc. 22. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • •••••• • •• • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• •• •" Loan of Thirty Millions, Four par Cent •• •• Ditto Three per Cent— ••• •" " '''' • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. ..... 100% Di t,,8 1 9 0 7 1 14 Ditto, 1836...... .... ••••" •• •• 95 jyt Ditto, 1838 •• ..... ••••• • • • • Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • •• • • •••• • • • • • • Ditto, 1843 .... 98% p per e r C C c e n n tt dittole t a . . u . .q 1 1 le . s .• •• .• .• . . ....... • . Bank ofßelgium...... 925 —Brussels Papers, Dec. 22. A USTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA , DEC . 12. 9 10 79 8 f 4 5 3 per Cent. ditt o ..........•••• • • •• • •• • ' Loan, 1834 • • • • 1 5 . is Ditto, 1839 ... . Bank Shares .••• • • • ' '• 1585 Esterhuy's Loan ........ • •••'• " •• " RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •••• • • • • • 17534 Vienna—Milan •• ....... ....... • 110% Sienna .......... . . 75 Pestoja ... ••"• • • • .. Apenninen • • • • • • • • —Allgemeine Zeitung. D ec . 16. • • • INDIAN CORN. -- Since yesterday morning the ves sels enumerated below have arrived at Cove. These are all laden with Indian Corn. The tonnage given is the register tonnage, and as they bring, of course, much more than the weight 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 goes 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 tined for Ireland. As spring approaches we calculate on large supplies of this grain from that port and New Orleans. Cadiz Packet 151 tons from Leghorn. Newport 3 1 3 9 6 ... ... o ie s s t t a e n . 161 ... ... Genoa. George Deane Ambroye Zante Packet 3 ... ... T c r n Quicksilver l6l ... ... Vi enna. tinople. Total 1152 tons.—Cork Examiner. Two " 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. A sailor who was paid oft from the Sappho remonstrated with them, when one officer with a stick struck the poor fellow and knocked off his hat, and another immediately inflicted a terrible blow on his head, with what is called a life-preserver, and cut it open. The life preserver was taken possession of, but, unfortunately, these " gentlemen " did not meet with the chastisement they deserved. We hope they are not done with yet.—Devonport Independent. ASTRONOMY 1N FRANCE.-111. Le Verrier, whose name has lately become European by the discovery o the new planet, and who has, within the last fortnight, been appainted, by royal ordonnance, to one of the new professorships, founded on the Faculty of Sciences, corn menced on Wednesday, at the Sorbonne, his course of lectures on astronomy. Upwards of 1,200 persons, amongst whom might be remarked most of the scientific men of Paris, were closely packed together on this occa sion. M. Le Verrier took for the subject of his opening address the pre-eminence of mathematical astronomy over 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 :—" When," said he, " armed with your ins t rumen ts , you observe the hea vens, you advance with difficulty towards the mountain, and at last you climb it slowly ; whereas, by the omni potence of mathematical analysis, you tell the mountain to come to you, and it comes and bonds with humility at your feet." The munificent sum of 3001. was collected in aid of the starving Irish, after service on Sunday last, at Dr. Raifies's chapel, Liverpool. The sermon was preached by 6 the learned doctor himself. ), r•: torsi /Cu ;aiWn THE GREAT BRITAIN. , BRISTOL, DFC. 28.—The following report from Mr. rirturs ro I r dit es — na mtaeetfenvisitt.t. DlßECTOßS h eteoAsb these opinions siteop rmi O Gnd F eiironae T ngna s H st c E tßtooorn G i cybt ß iaeos E i eun A t lr:yTkaTWeneancidEn. request loe T wrs E tnri n otel i cwooh uvabtvergeantaygos STEAM SHIP COMPANY. soon as my engagements would allow of my leaving Lon hmd e o yr n " . report to you the state in which I found the vessel, and the largest possible amount of the property invested in qualifications, you will not suppose th a t I h ave t h e pre sumption to think them infallible, but merely that I am compelled, by the shortness of the time left me to write to you, to avoid all circumlocution, and to give you as simply and briefly as possible, the opinions I have formed. At the same time I am bound to say that I have not formed them hastily, and that my convictions upon the several points 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 speak presently, perfectly sound, and as strong and as perfect in form as the day she was launched. "In receiving this statement, you must bear in mind the great difference between an iron vessel and a timber built ship. In the former, parts may be considerably damaged, or even destroyed, and the remainder may not only be untouched, but may be left unstrained and un injured. In a timber ship this can hardly be the case. If any considerable portion of a ship's bottom is stove in, the timbers or ribs completely across the ship, and the planking longitudinally, cannot fail to be 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 part; 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 possible 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 sell 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 the midst of workshops, and with tools and appliances at hand. In such a place as Dundrum Bay, I do 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 would cer tainly not amount to many thousands—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 sell 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, sho 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, 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 second . ary 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 fall 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 I am 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 ull 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 most 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 plans can be carried into effect at some reasonable cost, which it may be worth incurring. I have looked at the vessel, and considered the very exposed situation in which she is placed (and 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 and 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,as that already attempted has been, and the timber might be the cause of serious da mage to the ship. The plan I should recommend would, at least, be free from these objections, would bo compa ratively inexpensive, and, I am firmly convinced, would be 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 siderable 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 ing the whole tightly to the ship. The heaviest sea has no 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 1-inch second hand chain cable, none of which need be lost-300 or 400 rods, sharpened at the ends-1,000 bags to fill with sand, with what stores you have on board, would 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 offers 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 left Dundrum. 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 40,000/. 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 3ou 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 i then consider what you had best do with t ? " 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 bo adopted hereafter for removingthe 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 I be losing time and would whi strongly urge convinced, urge upon you not to p lace y our reliance u p on an y p l an which depends upon floating the vessel by would n cam els, and taking her to sea unrepaired, and, monye, relying be disappointed. p on expectations therefore, 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. I am also of opinion that the difficulty of lift , ing the vessel at all 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 for 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 there fore be calculated at least to raise 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. I do not say that this operation is impracticable, but it is at least a very difficult one, and must be almost entirely de pendent upon weather; and, unless in perfectly smooth water, a very hazardons one. My belief and conviction is, that the safe mode of proceeding, and by far the cheapest, will be to lift the vessel by mechanical means —to lay ways under her—and to haul her up sufficiently far to be safe from the sea to repair her just sufficiently to make her wa t er -ti g h t , t h en to l aunch and bring her Ito Liverpool or Bristol. Bet as I have before stated, we have time to consaitar thcm) pints, if in the mean time we take steps to preserve the ship. If the property is not even now worth proteeting, it will indeed be waste of money to be preparing, at some considerahlj expense, to remove what will, in all probability, he only then a valueless carcass. "If the directors should determine upon adopting the course I have recommended, I must remind them that the plan is one depending entirely on the skill, the vigour, the aptitude for expedients, and possibly—if bad eather should come on, and day after day the work be destroyed —on the unwearying perseverance and deter. mined confidence in the plan of the party directing it, , and the sufficiency of the means at his command. " I cannot conclude without doing justice to Mr. Bremner, whom I met on board, and acknowledging the friendly and liberal manner in which he discussed the various means to be adopted, and assisted me with his valuable advice ; and although I may have somewhat differed with him as to the advisability of attempting to float the vessel away to sea without first repairing her, yet upon most points we were perfectly agreed ; and I firmly believe that if any man could take her off (and if it would be prudent to let him do so), that Mr. Bremner's 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 servant, "I. K. BRUNEL. " 18, Duke-street, Westminster, Dec. 14." THE LOSS OF THE OSPREY. PORTBIIIOIITII, DEC. 28.—A court-martial was assem bled this day on board her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, to inquire into the circumstances 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 officers 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. Chad; C. 8., Excellent • Captain Stephen Lushington, Vengeance ; Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., Sidon ; Captain Alex. Milne, St. Vincent ; Captain H. W. - Giffard, Penelope ; Mr. G. 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 the Osprey, and inclosing a narrative of his proceedings. These, and other papers connected with the affair, were transmitted by the Secretary of. the Admirrlty to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., who signified their Lordships' directions for a court-martial to be held to inquire into the circumstances. After the court bad been sworn, all the officers and crew of the late brig being pre sent, Commander Patten was asked it he had any com plaint 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 identified all the papers, charts, &c., and from oral testimony and documentary evidence it appeared that, late in last year, in consequence of the disturbed state of affairs in New Zealand, the Osprey had been sent by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Com mander-in-Chief in India, to augment the naval force, and she joined the senior officer, Captain Graham, of her Majesty's ship Castor, early in the present year. She was then ordered by him 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 Holkianga river, and described the marks, bearings, depth of water in the bar, its position and length, and the flag-staff inside. The Osprey stood up, and 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 in 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 afterwards sent by Captain Graham to the Bay of Islands, and left on the 6th of February. It ap peared, in answer to a question from one of the Court, that from the disturbed state of the country he did not feel himself justified in employing the master and a boat's crew to survey the entrance of the river, the direc• tions being sufficiently plain, and in print, and being fur nished by a pilot paid by the Government of Auckland, and confirmed by a Lieut. Macdonald, a settler at New Zealand. After executing 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, and the officers and crew, considered the real Hol kianga river; but the weather not suiting that day, they kept under easy sail all the night, and next day, the 11th of March, seeing the marks and the land in every respect exactly agreed, and observing a red Hag dis played on a point of land, the course of the Osprey was then shaped for the entrance, and she ran in at the rate of seven or eight knots, sounding with the lead all the way, a man looking out en the yard-arm, and the officers and crew on deck to trim sails, work ship, &c. This was about half-past two o'clock .in the afternoon, and the weather pretty clear. They got several casts of the lead from 14, 10, 6, and at last a cast of the lead which gave them five fathoms, and while the man was hauling in the line the brig struck. Another cast was made, which gave them enly 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 stores overboard, and at last, by the send of the sea and the rollers, she was drifted on the shore some distance from the place where she struck. It was then pretty evident that the Osprey would soon be a wreck, and Commander Patten instantly caused rafts to he made to land all the crew, the Queen's stores, and everything he could, and finally, when the weather permitted, he stripped the copper off the brig, and drew 1,200 copper bolts out of her hull, and before abandoning her, left nothing but a mere shell. Intelligence was sent to the senior officer of the calamity which had happened, and Captain Graham having an opportunity of a vessel going to England, sent the particulars of the wreck to the Admiralty by Captain Hay, of the Racehorse, and soon after freighted two vessels to convey to England the officers, men, and stores, they having previously marched a hundred miles across the country to the Bay of Islands, and they quitted in May. All the foregoing was detailed to the court, and also that until the wreck took place, not a man in the Osprey had ever heard of false Holki anga Bay, nor was It marked in the only Admiralty chart of New Zealand which Commander Patten had in his possession. The members of the court made the most particular inquiries of the commander, the officers, and men, as to the correctness of the statements, and ex amined the log, &c.; and Commander Patten having then been called on to say if he had anything further to offer for tile information of the court, requested a quarter of an hour to look over a written statement which he wished to make. This was accordingly granted, and the court cleared. On its being re-opened, the Deputy Jadge-Advocate read Commander Patten's report of the proceedings, produced 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 was spoken of in high terms, for his ability as an officer and a seaman. He also took occasion to say that the officers and crew of the Osprey had behaved in the most exemplary manner during the whole time they had been under his command, and had submitted without-repining to most extraordinary privations from the time of the wreck until they were embarked for a passage to Eng land. On the conclusion of this address, the court was again cleared for the members to deliberate on and draw out their sentence, which, as might have been antici pated by every one who heard the proceedings, was to the effect that no blame was attached to Commander 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 hzghly commended them tbr their exertions. The Court was dissolved at half-past three o'clock. FARRINGDON WARD (WITHOUT )—ln o - ur 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 taken place, an error has been discovered, the actual numbers being found to be—for Hodgson, 315 ; Walter, 310 ; Harding, 309. Mr. Harding consequently loses his elec tion by one vote. At about six o'clock on Saturday morning flames were seen issuing from the Paris station of the northern railroad, and considerable alarm prevailed in the neigh bourbood. 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. NOVEL ImPonzaTioN.—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. Ne are 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. SUPPLIES FROM AMERICA.—An extensive land proprietor in the state of Illinois, United States, has received a letter from his family by the last mail, in which they tell him that in sending a team of grain to Chicago, they were detained a day longer than usual in getting delivery. There was such an influx of grain into the place, that there was not storage nor shipping to take it away as fast as it was brought into town, there being no less than one thousand teams on the road at one time laden with grain for the market at that place. Price, 75 cents. per bushel. The late severe weather has brought a great quan tity of wild fowl inland. The marshes round Canter bury have been literally inundated with ducks, snipes, woodcocks, &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. . - AMUSEMENT AND GENEROSITY.—On Wednesday Lord Eglinton, with a rink of Kilwinning curlers, 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 given to the poor of the winners' parish. After a keenly contested game, victory declared for the Fenwick rink.—Edinburgh Evening Post. AQUATICS.—During the past aquatic season there were sixty five sailing matches, one hundred and thirty three rowing matches, and seventy-two regattas. 11 , 11.•• -- 14 35% 1••• • 15% ••••• 1 5 i •••• • 14 ••• •••••• POO • 30 914, •••• ..... ***** -. I.•• • •••••• •••• .... .••• •••=. ••• .... I••• .11. ,I• • ••••• ,••• .."•• •• 61/4 ... 'A dis •••• ...• - •••• .... •••• 31A, ••• ••-• •• ••... ••• 2 5 / s 0••• 11/4 •• ...• ,a••• ....... I••• .... ... 384 • 12% .... 73/4 ... 8214 ,••• 14 i••• 18% I••• '''''. Wlrrnsoß, COURT CIRCULAR. itt_s‘mAv,—Tbe. Qtifwn and Prince Albert 'riy morning walk. 1 , 0 11 . 5 A , ;-' 1 - qes the Prince of Wales and the Their Royal Higlinez. exercise this morning. Princess Royal took walku.,. Tielena was taken an Her Royal Highness tho Princess airing, his Excel- His Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein', c7rey, are lency the Chevalier Bunsen, and Sir Georg e expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visa: to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highnes. 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 seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The Chancellor of the rxchequer left town yesterday for Hickleton Hall, Doncaster. Sir George Grey left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. POST-OFFICE NOTICES. Vaco, Or j . • , CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MEDI - TERRANEAN,:: Fr, INDIA,AND CHINA.—The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, China, &c., yid Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the evening of the 2d January. The Ta gus, for the Mediterraman, Egypt, - India, China, &c., mails of the evening of the 2d January. The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c., Lib Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evening of the 7th January. MADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS ATnEs. [From August to January inclusive, the packet touches at Per nambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio Ja neiro, and the other six months on her homeward.) Her Majesty's brig Penguin, for the mails of the evening of the 4th January. SYDNEY (N.S.W.)—The Bussorah Merchant, for the mails of the evening of the 31st inst. WEST INDIES, &c.—The Tay, for the mails of the morning of the 2d January. ANERICA.—The Hibernia, for the mails of the even ing of the 4th January. SNIP LETTERS. From Monte Video and Callao New York, by the American Eagle, Chadwick, at Dover ANOTHER DISASTER ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. On Friday evening last another collision took place near Bishop Bridge, ou the passenger tr a i n , w hi c h l e ft Edinburgh at a qu ar t er to eight o'clock, reaching Glas gow near to eleven. The passengers were thrown into the greatest state of terror and alarm. They have called a meeting on the subject this day (Saturday), at one o'clock, in the Black Bull Hotel. It is surely high time that the Government of the country should look into the state of this railway.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBXR 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—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 1 / 2 —Ditto, Halves, 25%—Eastern Counties, 234—Ditto, New, 7 3 / . p.—Great Western, 171. Sh ares , 4% p.—L on d on and North-Western, 194 1 / 2 —Ditto, Quarters, New, 13% p. —London and Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 7 1 / 2 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 634 p.—Midland, 130—Ditto, New, 54 p.—North British, New, 1 1 / 2 p.—North Union (B), 156—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 4 % p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.—York and Selby, Pre ference, 12t% p.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6 3 / 4 dis.—East Lancashire, 3 1 / 2 p.—Ditto, New, 3 1 / 2 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 13i il l —Edinburgh and Northern, New 251. SlistresA l / 2 p.— Grearrimsby and Sheffield, 4 2% dis.—lluddersfieTti Canal and Railway, 4]-p.—Ditto, Extension, 194'p.—Legds and Thirsk, 3 / 4 dis.—Ditfo, -Iference, p..-Shrewsbulkr and Chester, New, par—Ambergate and Eastern Junction p. —Birkenhead, and Cheshire Junction, 1 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 3 4 p.—Buckingham shire, Is. 3d. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1 / 2 p.—Great Northern (late London and York), par—Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, % p.—North Staffordshire, 412 p.—North- Western, 13s. 9d. p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, % dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2% p.—Ditto (Be), 23 5 . 2d. p.—West Riding Union, 2 1 / 2 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,"l l / 2 p.—Manchester and Southampton, 4 dis. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 28. , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 7-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 11-16 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% —Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c., 2 15-16 p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, v i p:—Boston, Stamford, and Bir mingham, 11-16 p.—Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 7—Ditto, York Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire, 31 A p.— Ditto, New (scrip), 1 11-16 p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 c. p. —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 14 p.—Glastrow and Dumfries, 1 9-16 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, Quarters, .th dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1 ais.—Great Northern (London and York), % p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 5-16 p.—Ditto, Thirds, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Ditto Preferentials, 1% p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3 -16 p. —London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters ( C), 75/ p. —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.— Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury, 5 p.— Manchester and Southampton, 5-16 dis.— North British, Extension, 15-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—North-Western, p.—Northern Counties Union, 1% dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, % dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 5-16 p.—Shropshire Union, 5-16 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 3, 2 p.—Ditto, No. 4, % p.—West Riding Union, 2 3-16 p.—Wharfdale (late North- Eastern), dis. LEEDS, DECEMBER 28 STocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 7s. 6d. n. p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 1 ,4 n. p.—East Lancashire, New, 3 5 ,6 p.—Ditto, Scrip, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 1 4 n. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 1 4 n. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, % p. c. n.— Ditto New, p.—Ditto, Preference, 33 5 . p.—M a l ton and Drideld Junction, 1 1 ,1 2 p.—Manchester and Leeds (late Hud dersfield and Sheffield), 4% n. p.—Ditto, Extension, 325. p. —Ditto Extension (late Wak. P. and G.), 3 p.—North Bri tish, Thirds, 555. p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 2 1 4 p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. p.—North Stafford shire, 4% c. p.—Northern Counties Union, 1 1 4 dis.—North- Western, 14s. 6d. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 18s. 6d. c. p.—York and Newcastle, 13 p.—Ditto, Prefer ence, 5 3 4 n. p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 12 1 4 n. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis.—London and York, % p. s.—West Riding Union,4 l 4. HULL, DECEMBER 28. Srocx EXcUANOE.—dur market to-day has been brisk, with a considerable amount of business doing. All our quotations are in advance of those last marked, and remain firm at the close of busines. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 21. 16s. 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, 4 1 ,4 p.—North- Western, 18s. p—West Riding Union, 4/. 3s.— York and Selby, Preference, 12'A p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5 % 1)- SHEFFIELD, DECRMISKR 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Not tingham and Boston, 6s. p.—Great Grimsby and She ffi eld, 245. c. dis.—Midland, New Shares, 4 3 / 4 p.—Sheffield and Lin coln, 14s. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 18s. 6d. p.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 11s. dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 6s. 6d. p. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 26. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 29% Ditto, New, 50s. 6d.—Direct Northern, 49s.—Du ndee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 291.—Dundee and Perth, New, 14% East of Fife, 61s. 6d.—East L o thi an Central, 44 5. 6d.— Edinburgh and Northern, 15% ex new—Ditto, New, Si. 2s. —Ditto, Newport, 6% cx new—Ditto, N ew , 74s.—G lasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 54—Great North of Scotland, 55s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 351.—North British, Thirds, 78s. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 695. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 32s.—Ditto, Fifths, 71.—Scottish Central, 21% — Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 20s.—Stirling and Dun fermline, 695. 61—Strathem Junction, 78s. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 10s. 3d. PEDESTRIANISM. JOHN SMITH AND AN AMATEUR.--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. After 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 th e 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 Seward and Charles Westhall, for 501. aside, has given up the stakes to the former, on the ground that Westhall was not at the appointed place be tween the hours specified in the conditions. EAST AND POWELL.--It is understood that the corn petitors in this much-disputed walking match, have assented to the proposition to walk again. The day, however, is not yet fixed. For the creait and prosperity of a manly and heathful sport, let us hope "a clear stage, no favour," and a desire to do right will 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 lasts has made its first report, at which it passes in review what it considers as the most urgent reforms, the fore- Most of which is the institution of the jury. According to the plan proposed by the commission, the jurymen would be divided into two classes. The first would in clude rich landowners, members of the nobility, and commercial notabilities. The second would be composed of literary 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 Clun Forest In_ closure 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 open common, fetched the high price of 26/. per statute acre ; and the average price of all the land sold was 1.5/. per acre. About five years ago, under the restrictive corn-laws, similar land, sold in the same way, and at the same place, did not produce a greater average than 7t. Per acre. On this occasion, the whole was bought by people in the immediate neighbourhood. THE 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 an 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 24 Fahrenheit, but as the day advanced the thermometer rose ; near four o'clock it was at 33, with every indica tion 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 mense number of carriages and omnibuses, p ar ti cu l arly in Oxford-street and Regent-street, delayed by the from the fear of collision and the streets being crowded with a great influx of passengers owing t o th e 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 bre a ki ng o f the axle of the engine near to Fourstones station. The mail train from the south, due at ten o'clock th e same morning, was a l so delayed till three in the after noon , i n consequence , it is 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 consequence of the slippery state of the roads. The south mail, due yesterday morning, was upwards of an hour behind it s t i me; an d t h e express train due last night was al s o d e l a y e d beyond its usual time, owing to the state of the weather. —Newcastle Journal.