The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-22 00:00:00

THE COTTON TRADE. t ir We have received, per favour of James Irvine, Esq., er l lo ol, th e c i rcu l ar o f M essrs . S c h roe d er an d Quen ", dated New Orleans, 27th November, 1852 :- 4 1 4 ° 1 11' report of the 20th instant left the cotton market unsettled state, and only about On Sunda 6,200 bales were kr hat day at irregular prices. y the letters a !lada came to hand, and on Monday those per "retie. The demand opened very animated, and the 6.7 4 for sale being abundant, factors, in the face of in receipts, met the demand freely, and fully 17,000 ihTa A Were sold at irregular rates, though generally at tii r Q ftline of about c. Tuesday, the demand continued ! and operators showing much eagerness to purchase 12,000 bales were sold at unsettled rates, though 4 e ' o llt any further decline. Wednesday morning, the i ch ril lann's acc oun t s o f 9th i ns t an t were b e f ore th e public, q s ting that the news from this country had a depres pri Teet upon the Liverpool cotton market, and that f oe c the e s were declining, with sales of only 15,000 bales three preceding days. The only effect this 4 e Z had upon our mar k e t was th e w illi ngness o f rs to accept somewhat easier rates, and a ort conces s i on i n p r i ces on th e i r p ar t b roug ht a t 15 e ( j A il lany buyers into the market, who took about 0 bales. Th urs d a y op ene d aga i n w ith a goo d de illau i ce d; in the course of the morning the America's ° ants became known, bringing dates of 13th instant t , 14 1 ,. Liverpool, reporting sales of 32,000 bales for the p c „"`" , Of which 15,000 bales on speculation and for ex and stating that a decline of -I,d. told. on all de ptions had taken place ; notwithstanding the unfa rable character of these accounts, and the very heavy Which fell throughout the morning, the demand pe l alled unabated, and fully 11,000 bales were sold at ke,3 still more in favour of buyers, middling generally 37anding9/0. Yesterday, the weather being f et t o . and cold, buyers came forward with renewed spirit ; ra' tables were swept as fast as the samples could out, and, notwithstanding a further advance i n lit, 19,000 bales were sold at previous prices, mak ea total f or th e wee k o f 80,000 b a l es . T o -d ay th e O ke ,t is but poorly supplied, the rainy weather of the 4,;:` 'laving prevented the sampling of the late receipts ; kr; at the same time, are firmer than yesterday, and keB l narket closes steady at our quotations. We hear of about 3,000 bales thus far. I hroughout the week much eagerness was shown to 1 ) , / ,' and neither unfavourable accounts, rising freights, e /chauge, and unusually heavy supplies, were suffi tittt to check the demand—factors were enabled thereby l i „,, b laintai n their position much better than otherwise 'L p e l° l have been possible. The larger proportion of l ases was again for Great Britain, though operators b . urance, the Mediterranean, Spain, and the North, erated also to a fair extent. Our statement of freight eraents and vessels loading shows the distribution 4 c ti l l i rchases for the different markets. In prices there ki d , e en much irregularity. We saw a good style of strong l g sold at 9ic., while at the same time Liverpool oa Zing was reported sold at 9c. For good staple and li e '1 substantial cottons full prices continue to be paid; of the supplies consists of the lower grades, and ;' Receipts falling off in quality. during the week are 70,082 bales against k bales same period last year, and receipts at our .I *t Fines Ist September, 546,490 bales, of which 473,000 reported sold. , ‘ 1 , 4-40 weather has been quite changeable during the I'," -- Sunday we had rainy weather—Monday and ai d ` , sr were clear. Wednesday and Thursday rainy o c Warm—yesterday the weather cleared off, and is Lvery cold. A t , 1 . 4- ne freight market, though closing rather dull last flik;' , has been much excited, and shipmasters found no e nity in obtaining a gradual advance, as cotton tr i : i e !'s showed much anxiety to secure room ; all vessels for l ug were readily taken up. The engagements are and Liverpool, 4 vessels, at 19.32, 22 at a ; 2 at 21.32, ?ne at 11-16 d ; for Glasgow, one at 11-16 d ; for 're, 6 at 11c. ; for Trieste, one at 11, one a Ig, and 11: a t 14C. ; for Genoa, one at 18 ; for Hamburg, one at k t . e ', The market closes with an upward tendency; there q r utit f ew vessels unengaged, but there remains plenty , °(3111 open, as many vessels were taken on speculation. tl i Notwithstanding the large business in cotton, and ' 4 rge amount of Exchange thrown upon the market, ptO S e well maintained. We quote sterling 7i to Bi. al i nes, 5-211 to 261, New York, 60 days, 21 to 21, sight, 1 to 11 per cent. discount. 2 0 - 'xports from this port during the week to Liverpool, .1 bal es ; H avre , 4,060 bales ; Glasgow, 5,344 bal e s ; l'llberg, 1,206 bales ; Genoa, 874 bales. lo c i sl 4oading for Liverpool, 52 vessels, of about 130,600 k n ; for Havre, 15, of about 36,000 bales ; for Glas rp° 4, of about 8,200 bales ; for Trieste, 6, of about t i ,, o bales ; Antwerp, Espindola and Pyramid, of about bales ; Genoa, Sea Lion, and Dolphin, of about 11;: 0 bales ; Hamburg, Copernicus, of about 900 bales Stephani." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ING AT MANCHESTER—(YESTERDAY). 4a" e appearance of the weights for the Metropolitan ~, p, about which we heard no serious complaints, tf, l , c eise to a good deal of speculation, the betting ex ev ding over a long list of horses, as will be seen below, CY one, more or less, being backed. None of the 4" 3 0 of the top weights were mentioned. Not a bet Der laade upon the Chester Cup. Umbriel, for the b e : 1 1, was in force ; and West Australian would have backed at 100 to 6, 100 to 61 being offered. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (take 100 to 6) 20 to 1 Oscar (taken) 20 to 1 Sir Peter Laurie (taken) 20 t o 1 Peter Simple (taken) 20 to 1 Bourton METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 3 3 to 1 agst Muscovite. 400 to 12 Termagant (taken) 33 t o 1 Contentment (taken) 40 t o 1 Corybantes (taken) 100 t o 3 Alkali (take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 Ammonia (taken freely) 40 to 1 Dexterous colt (taken) 40 to 1 Pug Orrock (taken) 40 to 1 Defence (take 50 to 1) 40 t o 1 Cleveland (take 50 to 1) 40 to 1 Hirsuta (take 50 to 1) 400 to 10 Terpsichore (taken and offered) 40 to 1 Tobolski (taken) 40 to 1 Galvanism (taken) 50 to 1 The Bishop (taken) 50 to 1 Allegro (taken) 50 to 1 Ethelbert (taken) 50 to 1 Grapeshot (taken) 50 to 1 Peggy (taken) 50 to 1 Ireland's Eye (taken) 50 to 1 Llanforda (taken) ev The three-year-olds were backed against the field at 4 , 8 for 1001. Contentment and Muscovite were 14 "(I for all the money that could be got on at 33 to 1. CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 25 agst Scarecrow (take 50 to 1) 1,000 to 25 Muscovite (take 50 to 1) 50 to 1 Nancy (offered) DERBY. 100 to 61 agst West Australian (take 100 to 6) 100 to 6 '— Umbriel (taken freely) 100 to 6 Pharos (taken) 100 to 6 —• Cineas (taken and offered) RACING FIXTI MA er Pool Spring 2 b o °_entry Spring 8 fs iv 7aster Spring 8 bury AP: ton Park 6 ) to wtaarket Craven ll r k Spring l9 lyl Zheste r 3 iiierwrae wa a b r uiT ket Sec Sp lO 11 Ju 46 tof 7 1 1 14 ev nIPton l5 )3 ,, erley, Hull, &c l5 I bllry 22 Jr 11. 17,::/raarket 5 rcest er 5 irbale (3) 5 v erpool l3 t • AUG eßhton 3 i i ghton Club 5 hy_lyerhampton 8 - ' 44 ing lO 'VP a SEPTE b o fiCk 6 o kileaster 4 0 d - 1 - r -4e leeste r OCT( 4 10 t*lel e e ster Autumn.... l 'lllarket S. 0... York l7 Derby Egham 24 or 25 Lanark 22 Manchester 22 Newmarket F. 0 27 Northallerton .__:. Richmond •• .. 19 Newmarket 24 gi,, LN- W GRENADA.— Private letters from New Grenada r ' v ery satisfactory accounts of the gold mines in that / 4 ACTARIANISM.—On Sunday evening, the Rev. J. kxDalton, perpetual curate of St. Sidwell's, in the city of 4g"r, announced his intention to hold a midnight mass ,:-'oristmas Eve. The rev. gentleman said that " Fri re"l°xt, being the vigil of the holy Nativity, holy cora -14,-',211 worthd be administered in the first hour of the g," that is, the ceremony will commence at mid " 4 on Christmas Eve. 11 0 4.i . t i MB FOR THE KAFIRS.—It has been often asked Kafirs get supplied with arms and ammunition 4 1 , . I. ° ll owing account may throw some light on the mat % .67"-A. large French barque was driven ashore at Fleet, Il e ,_"'e Chesil Bank, near Weymouth, on the night of Wed s° Ile s Chesil last, laden with muskets and gunpowder ; out of 16 boi b s who composed the crew only six were saved. - Upon , q;,'g asked where the vessel was bound, it was answered, ry l e C ape of Good Hope." to: T ROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—A special ebb in held yesterday, at the Court - house, Soho — Mr. Dort eu° in the chair. The secretary, Mr. WoolrYoh, re bae . ( I that there was an available balance of 22,7631. Pay -44,11" Nvere ordered amounting in the aggregate to 16,00 W., tt oth, a • district rate was made of 6d. in the pound on the davision. bae character. The remaining business wasOs a purely k l' )'clock , 311 ' to of erepa" rt atus-C ° . r ode ' ll 1852, ;CUSS2OII 't is ra ther con' _ rare i ss o. thr ee a i and the ra ow red to the the BDIPe RES FOR 1853. Warwick Spring l6 Kiplin Coates l7 Northampton (2) 3O Abergavenny 3l Malton Newmarket F. S Bath .. Manchester (3) Epsom Stockbridge.. Wineheste — r Newcastle.. 'LY. Stamford Nottingham Goodwood .., 1.175 T. ▪ 18 . 24 . 23 . 2.4 • 27 . 19 26 :WEB. IBER ' STATE OF TRADE. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. officers now in the Belgian service was only 27, of whom 5 had applied for letters of naturalisation. The credits were then voted without further op position. (From the Manchester Guardian of This Day.) MANCHESTER, DEC. 21. The ceremony of proclaiming the Empire took place at Algiers on the 12th. The solemnity was announced at sunrise by a salvo of 21 guns from the little isle of the Marine, and repeated from the battery of the port. At the same moment the vessels in the harbour were dressed out with flags. At half-past ten the proclamation was read in each vessel by the captain to the assembled crew. At hajf-past eleven the officers repaired to the Gover nor-General's residence, and from that place pro ceeded to join, on the Place du Government, the officers of all branches of the service, and the various military and civil functionaries. The Prefect of Algiers read the proclamation with a loud voice ; and then the Bishop of Algiers, surrounded by his clergy, raised the Te Deum, during which time a salvo of 101 guns was fired from the various batteries. After the Te Deum, the troops filed off with cries of " Vive l'Empereur I" At • The receipts of cotton at the American ports con tinue to be of great magnitude—in the last week, 113,000 bales against 80,000 in the corresponding week of last year, whilst the total excess is 304,000 bales ; and, though large allowance is to be made for the effect of swollen. rivers in expediting the receipts, still they are taken to warrant the inference that the crop is to bear out the general estimate of 3,000,000 bales. In the southern markets prices have there fore lost another to Qc. per lb, while at New York business was dull without change in values. Freights have attained to serious rates, viz., id. from New Orleans to Liverpool, and ld. from Mobile. The Liverpool market has been quiet but steady to-day. On our own Exchange, there was a doubtful character about Irusiness during the morning (except in yarns and goods for the east), which gave place to some increase of sales, w ith more firmness as the day advanced, continental buyers continue to hang sadly in the rear ; but in some counts o f warps they have done a little to-day. The India and UhJba houses are still, however, the principal operators. The advices just received from Calcutta and Bombay are very satisfactory as to the position, of those markets. The action of the eastern buyers, has consequently, been felt, yester day, a - n d to-day, in a very considerable amount of transac Lion, at improved rates for both yarns and goods, more particularly for the former. The demand for suc'h cloths has led to purchases of the yarns from which a ey are made ; and these again manifest a harden ing ten.d.ency. For light printing cloths and T's there is also an increased call ; but domestics are still unmoved, and the yarns that enter into sale, though quite firm, do not ,e xhibit any advance. MAC , ILESFIELD, DEC. 21.—The near approach of the Christn Las holidays, a period when the wholesale houses generally take stock, exercises the usual influence on trade . fi ere ; we have, therefore, only a few trans actions to report in silk manufactured goods ; but the w aavers are better employed in anticipation of more active demand shortly. Thrown silks are still lunch in demand, and becoming scarcer, es pecially- the finer descriptions, of which little is to be had. Paw Silks.—The market is without alteration in price„ with but little doing. . two o'clock the officers _again met in the Jar din Marengo, and witnessed the solemn inau guration of the Emperor's bust. This inaugura tion was greeted with a salvo of 21 guns. A grand dinner took place in the evening, at the residence of the Governor-General, and a ball was given by the Superior Commandant of the marine. At night the public buildings were illuminated. The Emperor has extended his clemency to a great number of persons in the army condemned by the Courts-martial. Out of 48S such persons under- going imprisonment, 443 have ob'cained the ,remis sion of the remainder of their punishment, and 45 a reduction. Full pardon has been accorded to 72 prisoners condemned to the chain and iron weight on the leg ; and a reduction of punishment to 135 others, subjected to the same sentence. Likewise, 18 soldiers condemned either to death or to five years' imprisonment in irons, for acts of insubordi nation, or to the weight on the leg or hard labour for desertion, have obtained commutation of punish ment. In fine, remission of the remainder of their punishment has been accorded to four men con demned to imprisonment for insurrectional acts. Thus 717 prisoners of various kinds have already experienced the Emperor's clemency. Other pro positions for similar favours will, says the Moniteur, be soon laid before his Majesty. We read in the Patrie : " The Morning Chronicle, under the head of Serious news con nected with the property of the Orleans' family,' announces thatt it is in contemplation to place a sequestration to the amount of 100 millions on the produce of the sales made in conformity with the decrees of the 22d January last. The Government renounces the contradiction of the erroneous re ports which certain foreign journals appear to take a pleasure in propagating ; but we can affirm that' the article of the Chronicle is utterly devoid of foundation." HALT FAX, Dec. 18.—The attendance in our piece hall to-day Ima been as slender as has been usual of late, and the inqui ry for worsted goods is anything but encourag ing. The tone of the yarn market exhibits more confi dence. The conviction that higher prices must be sub mitted to is becoming general ; and both the ship ping ho tines and the manufacturers are purchasing more freely, at advanced rates. Wool is changing hands in pretty fa ir quantities, and the quotations are rather higher. As next Saturday is Christmas day the market will be held on Friday. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20.—The most extraordinary ex citement is still kept up in the iron trade, and expecta tions of the wildest nature are indulged. Some go so far as to co nlidently assert that merchant bars will shortly re alise 156. or 161. per ton. It is difficult to conjecture what policy vrill be recognised at the approaching preliminary meeting, or what will be declared as the nominal price of iron, but it is a fact that 101. and 10/. 10s. have for some time been readily obtained for bars ihnd rods, awl 11/. 10s. for sheets ; and that even at these figures many ironmasters are declining to fill their beaks with orders, while the demand has not expe rienced the slightest check. The chief difficulty that presents.: itself is the scarcity and consequent exorbi tant pi i(!e, of materials. The supply of both ironstone and fuel in this district seems to have suddenly become altogether inadequate to the increasing re quirem mats of furnaces! and manufactories, and what is still w oTse, it is rather diminishing than increasing, from the immense influx of water which, to use a tech nical phrase, is continually drowning out workings after workings, and bids fair before long most materi ally to limit the production. With such prospects, in the face of an extraordinary unusual demand for our navy an4l for our maritime fortifications, with an un examplei I activity in the export department, and with the heavy drain that is again setting in for railway consumv 'Lion, it would be a difficult matter to controul the present upward movement. The immense exodus of populntion is also telling seriously upon the labour market, and wages are rapidly advancing beyond all previous legitimate ratio of remuneration. Under these circumstances, however detrimental they may ultimately prove to the steady interests of the trade, we see no alternative—speculative prices must rule for some con siderable time to come.-4ris's Birmingham Gazette. By accounts which were yesterday received by the Minister of War from Algeria, the capture of Laghouat had produced an immense effect on the Arabs. The state of the country continued excellent. The Debats has the following on Spanish affairs : "The new Spanish Ministry is definitively constituted under the presidency of General Roncali. It is impossible for us at this moment to form a precise opinion on the character of this Cabinet, which has neither said nor done anything, and the members of which took no part in the last acts of the Congress, or in the proceedings of the oppo sition. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that what has just taken place in Madrid will be favourable to the cause of constitutional monarchy. M. Bravo Murillo has been over thrown because he wished to lay his hand on the constitu tion, and showed himself disposed to undertake its reform, without the Cortes, if that body should resist him. M. Bravo Murillo has failed in this undertaking, and before the movement of public opinion ; that alone is a legitimate triumph, and we congratulate ourselves upon it. We find, besides, in the names of several ministers, guarantees which tend to assure us. We have called to mind the prece dents of the President of the Council, and we shall merely add one word on the subject. When Gen. Urbina, Minister of War, with M. Bravo Murillo retired, in order not to second the new policy which it was wished to adopt, the latter offered the vacant portfolio to General Roncali, but it was refused. General Lara, who is Minister of War in the new combination, held that post under the Murillo Ministry. He resigned it on the 27th of November, three days before the opening of the session, when he wag in formed of the projects of reform, and the measures which it was decided to employ in order to cause their complete success. The Department of the Marine having been con fided to General Mirasol, the new Ministry contains three generals. They are all men of courage, sincerely devoted to the person of the Queen, and also to the constitutional regime : they were and are the friends of Marshal Nar vaez, whom they energetically supported during his Ministry. M. Llorente is very highly spoken of ; he has formed part of the Congress, and he is remarkable for the firmness of his character, and the moderation and THE SEWAGE MANURE QUESTION.-ME. DOVER'S PATENT. It is now more than two years since we were invited to the practical demonstration of an experiment for de putrefying sewage, and the precipitation of the infectious matter held in solution therein, and its conversion into a guano of highly fertilising properties, delivered in a form at once cleanly, compact, convenient for carriage, and distribution over land. The experiment was per fectly successful. The water of the sewage, originally filty, and filled with fetid material of every kind, was freed from these impurities, rendered perfectly inodorous, elear, and fit for household purposes, whilst the residuum was a guano, in a granular form, also perfectly free from smell,- and clean in the handling, which we were assured, on the evidence of practical chemists of standing and reputation, had been subject to analysis and found to contain fertilising properties admirably adapted to agricultural purposes. The practicability of the deputrefaction of the sewage of large and populous cities and its conversion into manure, for agricultural purposes, is a subject in which we have never ceased to take considerable interest, and its importance, in every point of view, is scarcely to be overrated. As a sanitary question, the prevention of the sewage from infecting and from poisoning the - water of the Thames, from which so many hundreds of thousands derive their main supply for domestic purposes, is one of those great necessities of the time, which stare us in the face ; and with all the - evidence before us of the last fatal scourge of the Cholera tliere is no man, woman, or child in the kingdom, - but must know that the magnificent river upon the banks of which we have a population of two millions and a half, and which should subserve all the beneficent purposes for which a merciful Providence de signed it, has been convey Led by the mismanagement of man. into a drain of putrefaction generating plague and pestilence. Why, the gases which collect in- our enor mous sewers; and which are oosi:ng unceasingly from the world underground into the habitable world abbve, are known frequently to kill a strong man accustomed to such impurities. It is a, common occurrence. And yet the population is content to inhale minute doses of this poison daily and hourly I—infinitesimal doses I—of fu ture cholera ! To remedy this to lay the axe to the root of the evil it always appeared to us that the plan proposed by Mr. Dover was an admirable one, namely, to arrest the passage of the sewage before it reached the river, and collecting it in convenient reservoirs, verily and in fact, deputrefy it —sending into the Thames, the water cleansed of its impurities, and perfectly fitted for all household pur poses ! The Thames is kept clean, and the atmosphere is relieved of plague ! But the cost ! Aye, the cost is an element worthy of consideration. Now, it happens, fortunately, with this as well as many other means of being clean and whole some, which God has placed at our disposal, that the means necessary for this end are comparatively inex pensive, insomuch that Mr. Dover stated he was pre pared to effect this great good without a shilling cost to the public ! Nay, the offer has been made over and over again to the Government ! And how was Mr. Dover justified in saying this ? Be cause he knew how to convert the filth which is now poisoning the city, into a guano which should fertilize the country ! and this fertiliser should be equal to Peruvian guano—which men are foolish enough to pay 10/, a ton for, to pay interest on money which cragh never to hav e been advanced—and this substitute for Peruvian gnarl°, should be ready for delivery and ' use at 51. per ;;on ! Some time since we received a prospectus, szanouncing the formation of a company, with the avowed object of carrying out Mr. Dover's ' plans. 'The capital proposed to be raised was about 1 50,00,a, in IL shares, and the undertaking was recom loyalty of his principles. The line of conduct of the new Ministry is traced out by the circumstance, in the midst of which it has been formed. The Congress is dissolved, and fresh elections must take place. It is thought that the Cabinet will act with reserve and impai tiality, that it will only exercise the influence which regularly belongs to it, and that it will do nothing to impair the sincerity of the electoral results. It is thought that the great majority of the Congress will be monarchical and constitutional. The Congress must now solve t'ie question which has been brought forward of the refoi.n of the constitution ; it is hoped that a compromise, pzepared. with good faith, will fix the points on which that reform is to bear, in order that the constitutional Government, maintained under good conditions of strength and authority, may resume its regu lar course, and secure to Spain that peace and prosperity of which she stands so much in need." The Bourse was firm to-day, and public securities generally improved. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. 50c., and closed at 106 f. 45c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 85c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,040 f.; Rouen, 975 f.; Havre, 535 f.; Great Northern, 901 f. 25c.; Basle, 367 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 835 f.; Paris and Lyons, 922 f. 50c.; Great Western, 795 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 770 f.; St. Dizier and Gray, 550 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 635 f. ; Dijon and Besangon, 575 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 615 f.; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 995 f, THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 16th have been received. The .Hera/do, which had received notice of prose cution, since the appointment of the new Ministry, for publishing the address of the Electoral Commit tee of the moderate Opposition, states that it has made inquiries, and has reason to believe that the notice was given without the concurrence of the Cabinet. A Madrid letter states that the initiative of the prosecution was taken by the Governor of Madrid, without consulting the Ministers, and that he is likely to be dismissed from office for this con duct. The same letter informs us that M. Martinez de la Rosa is to be again appointed to the post of Vice-President of th Royal Council, which he re signed in consequence of the unconstitutional course pursued by the late Cabinet. It is announced that M. Bravo Murillo is about to quit Spain. Madrid Bourse.—The Three per Cents., 44 1-16. Exchange on London, 50 80. gERMANY. We read in the Emancipation of Brussels 0.! yes terday :—" The recognition of the new French Em pire has given rise in Germany to difficulties which are no longer a mystery for any one. At Munich the French Minister has had a long conference with the Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, which has led to no result. At the present time the rela tions between that diplomatic agent and the Bava rian Government are non-official. At Stuttgard the state of things appears to become more com plicated. The Moniteur Universel had, on the assurance of the Wurtemberg Minister at Paris, announced the very speedy recognition of Napoleon by his sovereign. The Wurtemberg Moniteur ex plains on the contrary that the King of Wurtemberg has not yet come to any resolution, and that he will not decide on any thing until after he has con suited with his allies. There is, therefore, some anxiety as to the decision which may be come to at Berlin. The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are about to come to serious determina tions ; we cannot yet affirm whether it is on the occasion of the ,omarantees demanded from the new Emperor on the territorial question that these difficulties have arken."—According to a letter from Berlin, dated the Ira, in the Cologne Gazette, the fears expressed on the subject of the recog nition are without foundation. This letter says : " The new letters of credence for the Prussian am bassador at Paris will be dispatched immediately after the departure of the Emperor of Austria." A letter from Berlin, 18th, says :—" This morn ing, at ten o'clock, all the troops of the garrison of Berlin and Charlottenberg were drawn up from the Place de l'Opera to the Charlottenberg road. The King commanded in person. He ar rived on the ground at the same time as the Em peror of Austria. The Queen followed the King in a carriage. The Emperor of Austria wore the uniform of the Prussian regiment which bears the name of the Emperor Francis 1., and of which the Emperor of Austria is the Chief ; the King of Prussia that of General, with the red ribbon of the Order of St. Stephen. At three o'clock there was a grand dinner at the palace in honour of the Em peror, and there is to be a grand performance at the theatre this evening. The Emperor will sleep to-night at the palace, and to-morrow will visit the barracks and different buildings of the capital. On Sunday there will be a grand dinner at Potsdam, and on Tuesday the Emperor will leave for Vienna." me-Aided to the support of the public, by the re-publica ton, with the prospectus of the company, the favourable opinions expressed by ourselves and our brethren of the press, of Mr. Dover's patent. To this we can have no possible objection. Our opinions were given publicly, freely, and impartially. We entertained, at the time of the experiment, a very high opinion of the merits of the operations proposed ; and a closer investigation of the subj ec t s i nce , h as l e ft a s till more f avoura ble coin ic tion on our mind of the value and practicability of Mr. Dover's plan. Since, however, Mr. Dover has thought it desirable to support the claims of the company which 1 he has originated, to the favour of the pulic, by the republication of opinions which we expressed two years ago, and from time to time up to a recent period, we trust that gentleman will not consider us wanting in due courtesy to him if we make a few observations on this subject, in which we have thus incurred some re sponsibility, of which Mr. Dover is called upon, as we think, to relieve us. A n d i n th e fi rs t place we desire to know what actual steps have been taken by Mr. Dover . to bring this great experi me..it to a practical issue. As far as the public are concerned for all practical as well as sanitary purposes, the deputrefaction of sewage, and con version of its residuum into guano, is, for all wa know, as far off as ever. Mr. Dover, indeed, has origi nated a company, and has taken out a patent for his in vention ; but these facts do not advance us one inch in the practical solution of the question. We want to know what has been done to bring this matter to a prac tical public bearing. And as Mr. Dover is, in fact, raising money, so to speak, from the public, on the credit of our indorsement, he is called upon to clear us of the blame which he is open to, of delay in the practical realisation of the advantages proposed. We have not heard of one single sewer in the vast metropolis, being in Mr. Dover's hands. Mr. Dover is a gentleman of stand ing and respectability, and we anticipate an ample and satisfactory explanation. If it should appear that Mr. Dover is, indeed, not responsible for the public disappointment ; we have a right to ask " whose carriage stops the way ?"—Railway Record. [We are quite of opinion that, considering the justly favourable terms in which Mr. Dover's important scheme has been commented on by impartial and competent judges, it is due to those who took an interest in the suc cessful experiments alluded to, as well as to his own cha racter, that an explanation should be forthcoming of the causes of the delay in realising his proposals. Has Mr. Dover been thwarted, and how so, in his exertions ? or, has he been apathetic in working the project to a practi cal conclusion ? A frank explanation would certainly be satisfactory,—ED. ,sun.] THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1852. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. BELGIUM. The budget of the Interior having been adopted by the Belgian Chamber of R e presentatives, the discussion on the budget of war came on on Mon day. In the course of the discussion on the credits demanded, M. Thieffry spoke against the employ ment in the Belgian army of French officers who had not obtained letters of naturalisation. The Minister of War replied that the lumber of French RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June Birmug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O dr £25 Cons Do., £2O. ........ Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin&Bel ast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction East Anglian (£25 L dr E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. DIE & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., i A. Stock Do., if B. Stock Great Southern anai Western (Ireland) Great Western Ich South-Fasters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshhe Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Louis Northern ..... Liv. Crsby. Sot' t London & jacinTall Lond.TiTh. Lon d.Brig '.& S.O London & WelLern Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.SI - , London & I Do £5O Do., .£1 . 3 • • •• • ••• Ltidndr,T.t: Cole'ally Lrclndriy. Eunisk. Man ch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Tian. & Lin. Jr:. MidlaTql Do. Birming. dr Der, Midlz rd G.West.( r.) Do. She -es ..... Newcastle & Carlisle.. New market ...... Newpt.Aberg.C3Htfd Newry & Wearenpo'r: , & RolLravoz . Do., Nev ........ ..... Nortbn. Counties Un. Nos ..h Brltish .... . North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2.••••••••-••• Do., 2 A Deferred Do., 2 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S.Westrn. June Oxi'ord Wo7cea:,er Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury t:Birmrs Do., L. & N. We .I:,n Guaraz_teed SLoek Shrewsby. & Mired Shrewsby. & Chestar (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Os vestry Shropshire Union Do., A.B.C.&D.io' l y paid up aL p. c. South Devon .... South Eastern.. South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton dr Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Vale of Neath.... WaLerfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limei ick West Cornwall West London Woodford York Newctl.& Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERENi Aberdeen ..... ......... Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock ..... Do. 4 p. c. Spares Caledonian £lO ...... Chester dc Holyht ; 1,1 Guar. 53 par cent... Cork &Bandon 5!; p. c. Dur.d ; , ,Pertl.l deaU Junet'on ....... 1 IlastArgl , an (£3 13s) 6 per cent. 1 Do. ( 25 ) 7mr cent Do. (£7 17b) 7 p. et 1 Eastern Coil... Lies Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 Do., No. 2.... 1 Do., New 6p. c. St 1 Eastern IT&on, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent [1 Do., £lO Deben. Sh D EasiLarcash. 6 p.cts 1 East&WestYorkshit Junction, Firths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glacg,ow & S.Wcstern guar. 5 par cant 0 Great Nurthn. 5 p.c 0 Do. sp. c., Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem a Gt. Sonthn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 0 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent.-- 6 Lancash. & Yorksi, F. £2O. 0 Do., 6p. c., Stock 3 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 .. 7 Do., No. 2. ...... 5 Do., No. 3 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848 London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c [0 Do. Pref., sp. c. St 11 Do. Convertiole, 5 p c., 1852 ....... O Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. O Lon. &N. Wes t. Cov. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 0 Londonderry& Coler Shares .• .•..... 11 Londndry. & Ennisk Shares 11 Manch.,Shef., &Lin., i Shares, No. 1...... 11 Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6 ...... 11 Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c 11 Do. IA per cent 8 Do . Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol tit Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Exiansion... Do. Guar. 5i per ct.. Do. Waver ey Valley 5 per cent ...... . I lsfoiih British . ...... 'North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do Shrewsbury & Birm New Gua,rauteed Shrewsby. & Chc Aer (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Ea stern (B-adins Ann.,) of Os.6d. Do. per cent Stoe'r.&ra • :Aix.' " 1 1 Jr - y,1., Wa::o7,. . 6p. c Yo- Newc Berwiek,4l,c•Pref• D 0...... York& N. Mieland H, & S. Parch JOINT-STOI Adstralasia 1 British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish sad Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation. Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing' Company South Australia Union of Australia. Do. New 'Union of London... Closing Prices Yesterday. 32 -32 g 6g - 6 10 11 7 —6 d, 21 -- 213 31 -- 2i 106 -- 108 683 69 23 -- 24 183 -- 19 3 -- 2 di B,i - 9i - 4 - 4,3 13i -13 g 11 - - 9 77 - 79 i 1 55 -•60 130 - 32 60 - 62 83 - 84 45 - 47 1122 - 124 XlO7 -f 108 95 -- 96 88 -- 90 12. 84f -- 814 2' 31 -- 3a d 21 d 17 -- 181 91 -- 91 -- 2 108 -- 09 1251 -- 126 4 -- 41 p 92 -93 p 3a -- 2Ad 2A -- 2 d 12a -- 13 21 -- 22 30 314 3i -- -3 a 796 -- 80 47 -- 49 51 551 3 d' 21 2f El 91 52 8 2i-21C 39 —4O 6 6 d 2 d 3i 4 d 9' 3 2 P 4 55 94 93 Cl: 67 67 69 78 82 lf d 19; 20 9.4 10; 15,1 3 21 a 241 - 814 - 391 - 39 131 - 14 4 - 4 2a 2 3 13 - 1‘.3 91 - 10 27A - 28 9t - 10 2 1 iii 6 6d 2d 59 60 M SHARES, ... '- ••• '.... Itos no 1105 - 1071 , 19 19,8, d p 6 31 3i 3. 4 - -2 p 1 p 1414 15 is —. Isf i 1 'ii iiii == l'i. 1112 - 113 8 - 9,i 1 - 1 I) 1091 4- 1106, Par — P! 152 -- 155 ... - PI 3i -- 4 p 8} -- 84 13i -- 14 94 -- 104 11 -- 14 P 1 -1i pl 149 -- 151 - EP 231 6 6A - 102 101 25A. -- 262 2a p --- 11 171 17 18 p pr— P 251 -26 i li ::: 20 id :on 102 104 i - iPI BANKS , . - SWEDEN. Advices from Stockholm of the 13th, in the Cologne Gazette, state that the King's convalescence proceeds rapidly, although his Majesty had not yet left his bed, and only received his relations and in timate friends. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. No sooner had his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French attained the summit of human power and felicity than a few incidents occurred to remind him that he is mortal, and that in all human great ness some alloy of our original infirmities will work its way. The Senate, hitherto to obsequious, ma nifests a strange disinclination to vote away the last vestige of Parliamentary control over the expendi ture and the commercial legislation of the country. The Northern Powers unaccountably show none of that eagerness to hail the advent of a new Csar which had been attributed to them. The Pope greatly hesitates to repair to Paris for the ceremony of the coronation. The matrimonial project, which had gone so far that a portrait of the Princess Wasa was shown to the confidential circle of St. Cloud, and the ladies of her household were already desig nated, is suddenly demolished by the announce ment that this accomplished Princess has resolved to bestow her hand on Prince Albert of Saxony, and is not tempted by the lure of an Imperial crown to add another victim to that list which already bears the names of Marie Antoinette, Josephine, Marie Louise, Marie Am.elie, and the Duchess of Orleans. But while we respect the good sense which has induced the Princess Wasa to forego these treacheeous honours, her refusal has of course touched the vanity of a ruler who occupies so con spicuous a position in the present state of Europe. It is always unpleasant to be a rejected suitor, but it is doubly painful to be rejected in the face of the world, and in spite of adventitious circumstances which might be supposed to gild the Imperial offer. Nor is the internal state of the Palace in its councils and its domestic relations on a more agree able footing. The Emperor is said to have pro posed to the Princess Matilda, his cousin, an allow ance of 12,0001. a year, out of the vote recently granted to the Imperial family by the Senate ; but this income was to be secured to her on condition of her renouncing the allowance she obtains from Russia by the express will of the Emperor Nicholas, who compels her husband, Prince Demidoff, to pay it to her. The Princess declines, thinking that, after all, her Russian settlements are a better spe cies of property than a French a-muity, even when it is secured upon the Imperial Crown. The personal jealousies and divisions of the Minis ters most nearly attached to the person of Louis Napoleon have assumed a character of unusual vio lence. M. Persigny and M. Fould are said to have exchanged direct and insulting provocations in the very presence of the Sovereign. The financier was accused of ruining e Empire—the confidant of disgracing it ; and this altercation was carried beyond the limits not only of policy and respect, but of de cency and good taste. Perhaps it was a conscious ness of the extreme incapacity of several of his pre sent Ministers, and of their entire want of consider ation in the country, which induced Louis Napoleon to resort a few days ago to the singular and almost incredible expedient of opening negotiations with some of the most rigid members of the Republican party. The interview which took place was not, as was reported at the time, with M. Carnot, the renowned author of the circulars in favour of elec toral ignorance, which he issued from the Depart ment of Public Instruction in 1848, but with M. Bethmont, who also held a seat in M. de Lamar tine's Provisional Government. To the astonish ment of this gentleman, he was summoned to the Tuileries, and honoured with an audience. Louis Napoleon did not disguise his want of able agents, or the hostility of all the statesmen who had belong ed to the monarchical Governments anterior to 1848. He expressed his readiness to treat, on almost any terms, with the men who had served the Republic, observing that they must now be aware that no Government but his own was pos sible. M. Bethmont was authorised to communi cate what had passed to his friends, including even, we believe, General Cavaignac. It is unnecessary to add that the result was a collective and indig nant refusal, for there is still not a man of inde pendent political opinions in France who would not esteem it a dishonour to assume the livery of the Imperial Court. _ _ _ _ The resistance of the Senate to the proposal for modifying the constitution is a still more significant symptom, for - although the members of that body have been chosen for their supposed attachment to the present order of things, they are independent by position, they are irremovable, and they com prise a certain number of men who have figured in the assemblies of the constitutional monarchy. All the efforts of M. Troplong, who had just been re warded by the highest judicial office in the empire, were for many days unavailing to surmount the repugnance of the senators to the scheme for giving the Emperor absolute power over the protective system of France, and to that for withdrawing the details of the budget from the control of the Lower Chamber. At one moment it seemed as if the idea of a coup d'etat against the Senate crossed the mind of the irritated ruler. At l eng th, h owever , a compromise was effected, leaving all substantial power in his hands, but warning . him at the same time that the Senate will not a l ways prove a s mut e and as flexible as he intended to make it. It would be hard if despotic power were never used for any good i purpose, and th ere are , no doubt, . objects to which t can be applied with more effect than the machinery of free g overnmen t. Th us it has always proved m France a task of insurmount able difficulty to confront an d overpower those monopolies and restrictive duties to an extent now un known in any . other Part o f th e wor ld. The class interests which perpet ua ted commercial p ow er which Lou? Napoleon over the commercial tariffs of France will °liable him to deal more freely with her prohibitive sys tem nao st other valid his is likely to acquire than any constitutional Minister could have done interest ; and a every of the nationis his resolutio n t o pre f er the popular to perfectly consistent with policy and his interest to give the French p eo ple cheap iron, cheap coal, s his and cheaper manufac6ured tions,caolina claim to the supporteration it would be , if lie has the courage to face the clamour which the interested parties will attempt to raise i against the slig htest nterfeience with theirimmo derately protect ed interests. If Louis Napoleon can introduce any such measures, we have no doubt that he will benefit the masa o f the community far more than by any of the rash speculations . he has set on foot, for he will extend trade on its own legitimate basis ; and, among the acts of against his Government, it w ill be welt if he leaves a nobler and more lasting monument of his power, by h . a.v ino. broken down .the ba rr i ers o f t h a t prohibitive system 6 w hich is still i the hea v i es t b ur den upon the re s our ces and the industry of the French people. —Times. 25 25 St. 50 HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.—The rate of morLeity in the metropolitan districts has been nearly uniform during the three weeks of December. The deaths rose to 1,042 in the first, declined only to 1,012 in the next, and in the week that ended last Saturday rose again to 1,041. In the ten weeks corresponding to his:; week of the years 1842-51, the average number was 1,190, which, with a correction for increase of popula t. on, eves a moi Why for the present time of 1,30 9 - Influenza, which prevailed at the end of 1847, when in tie corresponding week 1,946 persons died from all causes, has contributed to swell this average ; but with out reference to the casual effect of an epidemic, the comparison still affords gratifying evidence of an lin' provement in the public health. It will be seen that re gistrars in particular localities confirm this observation. During the last four weeks the mortality caused by zymotic diseases in the aggregate exhibits remarkable uniformity the deaths in this class were successively 207, 210, 212, and (last week) 211. In the same times those from scar latina were 72, 59, 62, and 60. Of 5 deaths from small pox, one occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, being that of a female servant from Pimlico, aged 17 years, who died on 16th December of " small-po x , confluent, un modified (14 days)," said to have been vaccinated when 7 months old at Leominster by a Woman ; no cicatrix. At 338, Albany-rota, Camberwell, a professor of astro nomy, aged 64 years, d'ed on 12th December of " bilious diarrhoea with vomii . ng (4 days), cholera without spasm (28 hours)." Last week the births of 878 boys and 784 girls, in all 1,662 children, were registered in London. The average numbers in seven corresponding weeks of 1845-51 was 1,377. At the Royal Observatory, Green wich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.318 in. On Wednesday, the mean daily reading was 28.914 in., and on Saturday, C 0 .044 in. The mean temperature of the week was 48'5 deg., which is 7'5 deg. above the average of the same week in ten years. The mean daily temperature was about 10 deg. above the average of the first three days, and from 6 to 8 deg. above it on the next three days. On Friday the mean temperature was 49 deg., and on Saturday it fell to 41 deg. Till Saturday the wind blew f:om the south and south-west ; it then changed to N.N.W. The mean dif ference between the dew point temperature and air tem perature was 6'4 deg. THE BRITISH MUSEIIM.—An interesting and valuable addition to the extensive catalogues to the Museum library has just been made in the form of an exclusive catalogue of works on music, possessed by the library of the nation. The new catalogue introduced to the reading-room is en tirely in manuscript form, and is composed of 57 volumes folio. It is divided into two parts —music, and names of authors of words set to music. Of course such an accession to the res,diegloom is found to supply p great desideratum. 100 8i all all 45 all 100 100 100 100 10) 100 all 111 103 114 all all all 10 5. 13 1 1 7 i all 100 103 103 100 103 all 100 all 15 100 20 10 100 St. St.' 6i 123 126 126 St. 10 25 10 1.0.6 40 100 100 100 all all 25 20 100 100 20 50 25 ~~ Baslness done this Day. ` l 6B} A 42i 1f 6 13* 94i 5} 84i 4 / 1251 5 92 11 31 30; 794 A 9 pm. ' pm. 13i 59i 84 9i 1 4 pm. 18 i x. n. 11161 1103. 1 ; 7477- - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Yesterday. Business done Slir. Paid 3C 30 3o 50 St.. ! 25 1 100. 1`2: 1 - 4 12k. 20 20 Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do.withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dr r Glas. Bar 2. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New Hrtlpl. Dk. Hull & Do. a Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 ct Mane. - Ixton and I._ atlock MiddlesbrO' & Re • ,r Midid Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Jo. Fixed. sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shopth.St. She. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do.. IWilts &Somrsti London dz N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N.W Caledon IGt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New (Sr Berw Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. dr Midld. Stekt on & Darlingt. E. Count Do &Ln& Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMCleau Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westn , 30 - 31 291 - 301 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 - 55 149 - 151 33 - 34 113 .115 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 -- 141 25i -- 26] 19i -- 20 23 -- 25 3 - 31 1071 -- 10$ 64 -- G 6 150 - 152 150 - 152 i d 1053 - 1063 FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. BelgianEastn. Junct Centralof France(Or leans & Vierzon Charier& ~Erquelin Demerara D . ; on and BeF3llpll. Dutch RI e--'sh 1 EaC; Inc' *An Gt. IrO'an Peninsula Gd. o 7 France Gt.'Wes..37no2Cano.da Shires Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) 'Lyons & Mediterran tiadras IMaria Antonia. 'Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (inv. B. &A.ms. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPre., Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons IDo. Bonds. - )a._:s and Orleans. 'axis aid Rouen... 'aria and ParisCaen Quebec dER,' chmond. Rouen Jim Sambre and lif_eul3 Southern ol France St. And. Quebec(A Tours and rands Uppe - : India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref. Western of France Agua, Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm _ _ _ Do. Coel,es & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek ICobre Copper 'Colonial Gold. Copiapo English and Austin, Copper Smeltg. Co, General Golden Mountain.. Great Polgooth ILake Bathurst Liberty Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mar; quita Mexicau&S.Americn New Gro nada Nouveau Moude Port Philip Quartz Rock Rh) male Iron Santiago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican West Mariposa Yuba Closing Prices Yesterday. 1 - 2 14 - 15 3 -- 31 - ) -- 1 d 9 -- 9A p 24 -- p 1t --2ipxd 1 -- 14 p - 4 - 58 1 - 9 - 11 p 2 - 3ip - 9 6t - 354 - 36 15 - 15 16i -171 p 65 -- 67 38A -39 A 33 --33ixa 5 -- 5A p 1 -- lip 211 -- 21 11 - 11. - -- 5i 5 1.1) 1 d d 12 —12 p lh p 1 p 6 —7 p 8A 9i id—Rd 4P -ip —1 -iP P 1011 5 6 2 —3 xd 42 3a 3ap 7 7i 1 d -1d 11 1. p l iP is A - P - - 4 p - 2 p 2 —21 p P 23 25 9 11 1 p 11 12 91 10 P Australian Agricult Canada Copper Miners of El s Do. Preference Crystal Palace Eastern Steam Eleatic Te'e,3. of Ir Gen. Steam Navi - ;at General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands I and Peninsular & Oriental Royal Mail Steam South Aus Lral . Land Univeial Emigration and Colonization Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph MISCELLANEOUS. Business done this Day. all 100 all 100 111 100 100 18g 9A all 173, 20 20 20 20 20 33b 10 20 all all all 13.5 24A 30 20 1 40 35 32i all all 100 20 10 50 100 25 20 1 19 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(7HIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind at Noon, S. light breeze and dull hazy weather with drizzling rain. BREr, 19.—The Asia, Liverpool to Mobile, has gone to pieces in a hurricane on the 16th inst., three men lost. DEAL, Dec. 2L—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived Lad y Flora, Port Philip ; John Barrow, Prince Edward's Island. Arrived from the River—Chandernagore, Sydney, N .S. W.; Lesmoyne, Calcutta. ; Paetolus, Barbadoes ; .Kilby, New Orleans ; Concord, Adelaide, S. A. ; Chuptam, Bombay ; J. A Pritchard, Rio Janiero ; Cato, St. 'Vincent ; Netta, St. Kitts ; Neord, Portal]. Prince ;Norge Srightly, Cuba. Sailed—Patrick Henry, Alice Maude, , and Ce . rere. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 21.—Wind, W. to S.W. Arrived— Ava, Quebec. Sailed—Sophia Moffatt, Adelaide, S. A. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 21.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Lezzie Hanvard, Parthenia, and Salem, New Orleans ; Savannah and Julia Howard, Charleston ; Cumberland, and Bonny Lady Jocelyn, Paraeba ; Louisiana, Martha J. Ward, John Henry, Ellen Maria, Mary Ann, and Pelien State, New Orleans ; William Pirie, Savannah ; Garrick, New York ; Zenobia, St. John's N.B. ; Bloomer, St. Stephens ; Caratyne, Bathurst ; Acadia and Sabrinee, Que bec, with five feet water in her hold, and part of cargo thrown overboard, was on her beam end, Nov. 25, in a heavy S.E. gale, and had at one time 13 feet of water in her hold. Sailed—Reindeer, Rio Janeiro. Off Port— British Queen (s). WIGTOWN, Dec. 21.—The Sir Howard. Douglas, of and from Liverpool to Apalachicola, struck on the Point of Barsallach, Glenluce Bay, and it is feared will be a total wreck ; crew saved. COWES, Doc. 21.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Preheslaw, Bahia, MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was vary moderate, the demand for all descriptions was extremely inactive, at prices barely equal to those paid on Monday last. The business doing for forward delivery was trifling, and the attendance of both town and country wirers WWI small. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 5,560 qrs. The show of samples was comparatively small, yet the sale for all kinds ruled heavy. In the quotations, how ever, no change took place. Floating cargoes were ne glected. Fine barley was steady, and quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts ruled dull. In malt comparatively little was doing, at late rates. Oats were tolerably firm, but dealers gen erally only purchased for immediate wants.. Beans, peas, and flour suport,: I Monday's currency. ARRIVALS Tam WEEK. , I Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,310 4,840 5,030 5,560 2,630 -- English .. Irish •• •• Foreign . Oats. 4,580 2,300 1,440 5,150 Flour. 2,150 BOROUGH HOP. A very limited business is doing in all kinds of hops, yet we have no decline to notice in prices. WHITECHA.PEL. The general demand has ruled active to-day, as follows : Beef from 2s 4d to 3 s 6d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Veal, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s Od per 8 lbs. by the carcase. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—Last evening the fines dinner of this society took place at the Green Man Tavern, Tooley-street, London-bridge, where advantage was taken of the occasion to p resen t to Mr. Win terbotham, the retiring Chairman of the Society, a hand some and elegantly-chased silver cup, as a token of the respect entertained for him by his colleagues, for the man ner in which he performed the arduous duties of his office during the pent year, 33a xd i i pm si 1$ I i i 110 li i 41 i 4 ig 28 31 220 245 Adi •- 1. 0 1 Isis. An Egyptian Pilgrimage. B u 4 tus St. John. 2 vols. Lo s. . The country of Egypt has always • interesting to the antiquarian, the s.llq>, ...- enthusiast. It is in the combined s . 1'4.74 ik‘!" that Mr. St. John has undertaken his pi y A mix. He endea vours t o di scover i n Egyptian , scenery, and climate, the origin or traces of their mystic goddess Isis. The work commences with a vision or dream of Isis, which induces him to visit the ancient country of her abode. The travels, however, are not indebted to supernatural agency for their interest, but are descriptive of Egypt and the Egyptians, Arabs, and Nubians of the present day, with gorgeous accounts of the beautiful scenery, the eternal structures, the mighty river, and the lofty ruins that adorn the valley of the Nile. Some of the descriptions are clothed in poetical language, which the grandeur of the sur rounding scenes and associations is well calculated to call forth ; but there is no want of more material details and sketches, and several tales which are related to the author during his voyage, are intro duced, though these generally are inferior in inte rest to the original subject. The writer encoun tered various adventures, though he met with no hostility from the inhabitants or from the tribes of wandering Arabs and dwellers in the desert, who are not always agreeable com panions for strangers. That he was not in volved in several accidents was not certainly the result of his own precautions, for in his eagerness to see and examine high cliffs and subterraneous caverns, he frequently overstepped the boundaries of prudence. In one portion of the work he ex presses his surprise that Egypt, so enriched by the memories of the past, so abounding in the wonders of the present, with all the charms of nature and art, has ever been neglected by poetry. If so, it is indeed without a cause, as the present volumes show. One of their chief attractions is the descrip tion given of the various wonderful ruins, and the scenery that surrounds them. The following is an account of the Pyramids : " Egypt has seldom had justice done to it with regard to its beauty. Nothing can look more like fairyland than the great plain of Memphis, stretching from the Nile to the Desert, and covered, immediately after the inundation, with lakes, and ponds, and sheets of water, interspersed with corn-fields, villages, hamlets, thickets, copses, groves, and palm-woods, through which you discern, here and there, small white cupolas, or towering minarets flashing in the sun. But from all these the eye is soon attracted by the vast masses of the Pyramids, over which, as you draw near, you behold the shadows of the clouds travelling as over the face of a mountain. It is not as mere struc tures of stone and mortar that they present themselves to your imagination. If you have a heart at all, it must throb when you reflect on what they represent, on the ages that have passed over them, scarcely leaving on their ex terior any traces of their passage, or the system of ideas which prevailed when they were erected, filling millions of souls with devotion and gladness, but now vanished like one of those thin vapours you behold at dawn on the bosom of the Nile, which the sun's first ray melts into the invisi ble air." LITERATURE. The nights in Egypt are peculiarly beautiful. The following description is taken from the voyage to Thebes, that mighty ruin, which, says the author, " far more truly than Rome, deserves to be called the Eternal City :" " The moon was nearly at the full, and poured its pearly splendour on the spacious bosom of the river, which rippled, and quivered, and plashed far and near with silvery light ; here and there, through dense masses of wood, a village minaret arose, glittering, as it were, in metallic brilliance; while on either hand towered the naked crags of the Ara bian and Libyan chains, here rough with pinnacles, there extending their regular elevation, liko a wall, in some places bright, elsewhere indented with deep shadows, which played, and mocked, and chased each other, as we glided along, softly before the breeze. I seemed aethat moment to understand thoroughly how the Egyptians came to love their country with something like a religious love. Its beauty, especially at night, appears to me absolutely unri valled. The blue of the sky, the brightness of the moon, the surpassing size and splendour of the stars and constel lations, the calm, the serenity, the fragrant and balmy air, the influence of boundless antiquity. the imagined presence of goddesses and gods—a thousand powerful influences combine to take possession of the soul, and to overwhelm it with resistless emotion." Castle Avon. By the Author of Ravenseliffe, &c. a vols. Colburn. The writer of these pages has long been a fa vourite of the reading world ; her former works have all enjoyed deserved popularity. In the pre sent instance, her admirers will not be disappointed, for the story before us possesses great attractions. Not only does it fascinate by its interest, and gain attention by its brilliancy, but it appeals to higher feelings than those of pleasure or admiration. The reader is forced to think, to turn from the realms of fancy and the busy scene without, to dwell on the mysteries of the world Is ;thin. It is shown how riches and honours, even intellect and refined tastes, are as valueless treasures to the weak, the frivolous, and the covetous. Hernana in her humble home, often compelled to perform menial services, unsuited to her education and position, is far hap pier than the trifling Maria, reared in the lap of luxury, every wish gratified, and caprice indulged. Claribert, the unknown heir, brought up in solitary wilds and wastes, is to be envied in comparison with the self-indulging, unsteady Philip Gorhambury. The latter did not know how to appreciate any of his multiplied advantages ; the former, deprived of all exterior aids, sought refuge in his own conviction of right ; through nature he looked up to nature's God. Again, Lady Aylmer, widowed and childless, was far happier than Heather, who, secure of her trea sured son by adoption, was sick at heart, and tormented clay and night by wild ap prehensions. In short, throughout the whole of of these volumes the same principle is carried out, and the same influence is the guiding star. Virtue is made its own reward. It has to surmount many obstacles, to pass many fiery ordeals, to endure many painful partings, but at last it is trium phant in the noblest of conquests—the victory over self ; and the reward is the crown of all earthly gifts—the peace man neither gives nor takes away. Lady Aylmer resigned her child to Him who gave it. Hernfina sacrificed inclination to duty ; Clari bert, surrounded by heathens, sought out the un known God ; and in all cases success surmounted their efforts. The following passage is taken from a scene in the gipsies' tent, when the hero and his foster-mother are conversing according to their dif ferent ways : " They sat apart by the door of their hut and beside a fire ; they sat long in this silence—a length of time that would have worn out our patience, but the denizen of tho woods is patient, and silent, and brooding. It might be a couple of hours that thus passed away, and the night was far advanced, one by one the fires of the encampment had gone out, and the trees, no lon g er umbercd by their light, raised their tall, giant tops black against the sky, which was• all alive with large glittering stars, twinkling with their everlasting motion as if pouring forth light from their urns. Hesther at last spoke. Charlie,' she said,`what ails you, I know your face — there He sther has read it since you Were a blessed infant. Strange looks it has, things in it I see that it is not for such as Hesther to understand. Lines gem that other world, I don't know their speech. They are too bright and beautiful for Hesthefs eyes ; deep mysteries are they to me, Charlie ; only this I can dis cern, that something ails thee—something more than com mon ails thee.' He lifted up his head and raised his eyes— those beautiful fine eyes, in which you saw a world of wild, and lofty, and spiritual thought—beautiful ; in truth, transcendently beautiful. 'Yes, Hesther,' he said, 'there is something working here. It has been stirring long, but this day and this night the something within me seems coming to a crisis. There is great pain and anguish — terrible pain and anguish ; but I feel when this is gone through something better will come ; something better must come ; things cannot, shall not, must not, go on so any longer. I thought, fool and blind, they blinded me, willing to be blinded. I thought it was in little things I suffered my conscience to be hoodwinked. I thought it was only in little things, but day by day it has been coming clearer and clearer upon me, just as the sun rises and rises, and suddenly there is a great burst of light, and one sees all at once—blue mountains, and rivers, and castles, and trees, and flowers, where everything before was mistiness and confusion. For the first time now I see it, I see it. I had glimmerings before ; but this last, oh ! it has burst it all open before me at once." A Methodisation of the Hebrew Verbs, on an Original Plan. By the Rev. T. D. Gregg. This little grammatical tract is most valuable to the student of the sacred lan g ua g e. On a single sheet are exhibited the chief peculiarities of the various classes of the Hebrew Verbs, so arranged that a knowledge of them can be attained with very extraordinary facility. The author has sub mitted the tables, constructed oziginally for his own private use, to other able Hebraists, and at their solicitation consented to give them to the pub lic. "I speak," he says, "with tolerable certainty in saying, that in the study of those tables a stu dent will learn the Hebrew Verbs more perfectly in a few hours than he could possibly do in years without them. Experience will warrant the con fidence with which the statement is made." This admirable production of his labours is dedi cated by the reverend linguist to the honourable member for Sunderland, Mr. Digby Seymour. MAIIYLEBONE BANKING COMPANY. —On Monday a numerous meeting of the contributories and creditors of this association was held before Master Sir George Rose, to hear and decide upon the re p o rt of the official manager in reference to the proposed compromise of the claims of creditors. The report , which wasread, contained a list of the parties with whom the official manager recommended that compromises should be effected, together with the amount of each claim, and the sum now proposed to be put down at about 16,0001. The total given in discharg e. The largest claimant was Mr. Edmund a W m a o lk un e t r, o who f the was claims which have been admitted by the Master is, in ro und numbers, 43 , 0001., and the official ma nager reported that these claims, as compromised, would come to 36,0001. odd. HAYNAII AND HIS PROTECTRESS.—A very handsome bracelet, set with diamonds, has been forwarded by a society of Viennese to the Austrian Embassy in London. It was intended for Mrs. Benfield, the landlady in Bank side who saved General Haynau from the mob, but she has disappeared. - V ...~'S~:~r~ NW Jo l e - e e ,VI 01 i'. ii 4 the v ere Y es ,i 3er - ; , e ox IP° , mo t " t ;,c fO., 14; 1 14 2f 22 1i 9f