The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-30 00:00:00

•-_,..„ Ttik. Sills, LONDON .7p- vir 'f", v.% ..,, - 4 4.' 11. UItS D AY -. ° l 'si ` 1 w , - --..,---._______. - r_,VEN LNG, DECEMBER s o, las Q. ___---- —....__ , P LINES tEASED AT EncEri RENTALS. THE EXHIBITIONS. ' THE FRENCH EMPIRE • AU;STRALIA. ing . : 4 ' 40 superiority of the - Victoria mines over any THE SHARE MARKETS. . yet iliscoverzed here, there is one advantage which . Those numerous places of entertainment in the .z. . 1 '(F1•0211, a Correspondent of the Times.) this colon y has over the sister province-viz ,the '4 its of the ril , etro polis where amusement is - combined with in- Mr. Bower has been acquitted. His trial for • SYDNBY, AUG. 30.-The Pacific and Oriental' orde_dy 'state of society in all its ramifications, and - Shr. Paid Rlkiravlcrs. Compans. this day. this day. l a u 8 ulict • Closing Prices Business done' , a , a nd i _ ion, have, r the present week, been having killed Mr.. Morton, closed on Tuesday Company's steam-ship Chusan arrived here on the this it. I, no doubt, owing as much to the leaning, on last, rd.rcr 1 du r ing n daY . , b e Y patronised b the holiday people ; and this night. The facts of the case, as presented to the 3d inst.„ in 78 days from Southampton, including the p: trt of the workino• classes, to a quiet, upright, Shr. Paid Ran.vm s . — l4 - all Birrung. Wlaolfiverh*.**&*• this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West. ... d ... -- Wille' day he taken as instance of the growing desire Ph es n b. a jury, did not materially differ from the statements stoppages of five days at St. Vincent's, five days at and h onest mode of life, as to the admitted effi st. 100 Aberdeen ..... .... 31a -32 - 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. the Cape of Good Hope, and one day at Melbourne. cienc3 ,of the local Government. A spirit of saving ring t ° - am the industrious classes t devote o their few made at the time regarding this melancholy affair, 20 ...- guarantee ... Gt•Westn. 30 -31 d ra' le* She did the distance from the last-mentioned port has gc )ne among the lower orders-a desire to be- 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. , 3 D S o t . ou c lLV sh al . le d : 301 all Do.withoutgr Do 291 - 30' )le mod e ' istire h t Chri ours a stmas, and at other occasions and which it will be remembered amounted to this & Eastn. Ju ne .. "4 - 7 in the short period of 54 hours. Her arrival come possessed of real property-which will, no 304 all Birm.Wolv. & • the s tne of a - a • gene ral aid abstinence from labour, to something created the greatest sensation both here and at d.oub 4 c, lead eventually to the establishment of a 11 Dndleyguar. Do 3O -31 30 , for o ve - e h . Melbourne, and has been hailed with universal joy sturdy yeomanry throughout the land. There can- 31 28 Birkenhd. I,;n*e.s.h.:*& 7 301 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 -30 , 111 is profitable as well as entertaining. The while in puerperal fever, declared to her husband raid 310 13 b - 111 following are the principal places of resort of the that the child of which she had been lately de - by the colonists generally. The long wished-for not b 3 a better proof of the 'orderly state of this Cheshire Juli e t._ - 6 ;i d Birk * : it)i - 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 1 descf • livered was not his, but Mr. Morton's, he rushed steam communication with the mother country is count ry than the statement of the Attorney-Gene-St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. rri,,,,rfteS, , iption mentioned :- d hi m now accomplished. Immediately on the arrival of ran, 'd ilo has just returned from Bathurst, where 2 ,, ~, £5O & £25 Cons....* 21 4 ---__ 2 2 1 i 6p. cent..... Gt.Notrhu 149 - 151 149 k Ile -"- Th c out of the room, and seeing Morton, pursuelN Do. £2O i d rt. e C olosse um.-This has always been considered the Chusan a public meeting was held, and it was the criminal assizes for the district have been held. St. 100 ' 106 - 108 107 25 all Glstr.&Dn•Fr. Gt. Westn. 33 -34 o ther P 3 one of down stairs, and killed him with a blow of a dinner- . 27i all Bristol & E • xetei The the best sights of London, and its popularity determined. to do honour to such an important This district, you will observe, is one of our chief St. 100 Caled 67 - 671 674 :3, iGi 7 :fisted. "Pro • knife which he had snatched. - up. Mr. Bower ad-50 all Chester & Hol head •- .t 23 k Neilsn.Direct Caledon... ... - ... ta t . 11 111SCS to increase the late reduction in the 1 ing a public ball and. supper, which gold-mi ning districts, and he reports a lighter event by giving 25 all Do. New Do . full, b . Prlee - -.-% - ... a ft sea so of admission from 3s. 6d. to ls. That witted that he grieved his wife by his infideli- came off last night, and was a very brilliant affair. calenda2: and less crime in that part of the colonyloo all flrtlpl. Dk. & vi. New. 11 Graf , touch n , o i, „ can be Eon for so trifling a sum is as great ties, but denied that he had ever treated her with About 700 people were present. The supper was than for some years previous, and the same obser-25-50 45 D • übhudtßelfast . 1 - 21, , 0 41i Junc. 2 Railway & Berw.. ... - ... all Dundee Perth &Aber- , •roin l e ' Marvel as the ' '' resided over by Sir Charles Nicholson, the Speaker vation 1 %rill apply to Sydney at present. no. New 5O all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 112 • 114 114 13 Exhibition itself. A larger or finer GOO cal unkindness. His examination commenced at 10 P deep Junction ....... oa — 9 A 95 all Do. Shares. Do 56 -57 etWee n ection of statuary is nowhere open in the great of the Legislative Council ; and his Excellency the The Administration of Sir Charles Fitzroy, the 25 all la t o'clock, and lasted two hours. 121 all Do. i Shares. Do 27 -28 Mast, bound. e ropolis to the inspection of the public. The Governor and suite, and most of the notabilities of present Governor, has been decidpdly a successful 25 all East Anglian (£ . 25 L. 12:1 all Lou. & Greenw S.Eastern. 14 - 141 nigh 111 copse Several witnesses were examined at length. &E.& L. & D.) si - 6 4 a y nig atory, the stalactite caves, and the aviary - 261 re' " • Amongst these was the present corresPondent of the The Chusa,n. is a screw vessel, has been generally of the Legislative Council being named by the 18 all Do., alB E. & H.).. 44 41 1 20 all Lowestoft gr. an d so ,rarebirds, are calculated, in imagination at least, .le 20 all Fitst • • 13a - 134 13a A a fel' ‘ 0 trans on the , nsport one to th e r egions of fairy land. The Daily News who formerly assisted Mr. Morton in admired, and seems well adapted for the line she Crown, or by the Governor for the Crown, the 25a1l ~ 4.1 u Counties..... 4 per cent... Norfolk Eastern Union, Class I 20 all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 - 25 4 Olast of , 4, the "'wigs cottage is one of a ,nat b . the most perfect illusions that capacity. The medical gentlemen all gave is to be placed on. She starts to-morrow for Sin- part a Governor has to .play is rather a difficult A. late E. U. 5h.... 10,1 -111 i 5?. all .lilauch.l3xteu. Lu.&N.W. o the s' il re can be witnessed, and though now of no their evidence in the most complete manner. The • A • gapore, viii Melbourne, Adelaide, and Swan River, one. If he is an able; energetic man of business, 25 6 Do., do. - and Matlock & Midld. 3 - 31 31 25 all Do., B. & C.. ....... 8 - B ' ll di t i cent date never fails to attract a host of and will reach that port in time to catch the Octo- like the last Governor, the late Sir George Gippsso all Iliddiesbro' & ritektou di In v ain ad m . . ) porters of houses in the Rue de Seze and the Boule- . , St. 100 East Lancashire - 77 - 79 her mail for England. he naturally wishes t I d deal f 1 • y o have a gOOO his own Redear Darlingt. ... -.• • 50 all East & West Ind. Dk. , ~„ , ors and lastly, the panoramas of Lon- porters "• lion 1 ' yard des Capucins (the residence of Mr. Morton\ / The Australian steamship, belonging to the Cape way-to see to everything himself-and is averse to 100 all Nlidld.Bradfd. Midland... 107 A - 104 • be --1 ) 3 7- day and by night, are productions & Birmin , June '''' - 60 on - WI 50 all Northern and )vor I lose merit and truthfulness have never yet were also examined. The President occasionally Company, which was to leave Plymouth on the 3d consulting tl • lof the colonistsin bringing St. 100 • "• -- - A . lewis wishes - 80 bo, n ee , Easternsp.c. E. Count.. G 4 —66 is on ~, • slaveu contested. Verily the days of cheapness asked Mr. Bower if be had any observation to of June, is now due. Notwithstanding the advan - forward. his measures. The inevitable consequence St. 100 Edinb•Prth.&Duilee 29 - 31 301 221 a stoV e .' 'f' • arrived, i private enterprise can exhibit so make as the witnesses concluded their evidence. tages accruing from the establishment of these two of the rule of a man of this stamp is to drive the St. 100 Glasgow S.Western 6 ° - 62 St. 100 Great Northern Stk.. 811 - 82,1 82 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do - ••• 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - ... 'weatlierkig Illany objects of interest for 12d. At half-past three the medical and other evidence lines of steamers, -namely, the lin y e b the Cape of entire representative element in the Council into St. 100 Do ,A A. Stock 43 -45 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &I\ .W. took t° the Poi technic y Institution.-The managers of this for the prosecution was brought to a close. The Good Hope and the line by Singapore,-a general bitter opposition. The wheels of the Executive St. 100 Do . , i — 120 - 122 ,B. Stock... &Ln& Yk ... - ... In eta• impression gains ground that the Panama line will get clogged, and the Government of the country 50 all Great Southern -• 121 111, Do. 1 Shares. Do - ... iselves. mentl opular establishment have never ceased Court was suspended for five minutes ; and at a nd St. 100 Ftoystn.&Gt.Northn 150 - 152 0 to be the best by far for Sydney as regards is brought to a dead lock, as it was on one or Western areland).. 105 107 of the maintain their well-earned reputation. No im- quarter to four the counsel for the prosecution, M. St. 100 Great 'Western 954 - -95 i 95A I St. 100 Do•Shepth•St. Do l5O - 152 . the Po r t e nt aiecldiscovery-no knotty question in reference Meynard de Franc, began to address the Court, of communication and other advantages. The two occasions in Sir George Gipps's time. Sir 12 11 Irish South-Easters., 886 t -74 25 18a Shed. Roth. & Lancash.& l•ro'the to • stoppages of the Cape line of steamers are too Charles Fitzroy is a different man altogether fromGoole g. 5. p.c Yorksh - - .. 1 . 5 i science or art fails to be explained or elucidated and spoke at considerable length. The witnesses 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle.. -99 c )1.19 ' e ' S 3T th many, and. the detention will be too great to meet Sir George Gipps ;he is, perhaps, more a man of 161 111 D • - 12ip 12 98 S. Staffordsh. Mr3lClean i - 4 * d +Or, • e able lecturers, and.every subject is treated for the defence were afterwards called, and. then 0., Thirds ep ec- ~ ,_ equirements of the increased and. increasing tact than of talent. Six years ago, when he St. 100 Laneash. &Yorkshir( 8-8185 4t 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 1•11 n. familiar wan_ and. where possible, is ac- the celebrated advocate, M. Chaix d'Est-An d ge a - 1, rim,„ trade of Sydney with England. Within the last first assumed the government, he commenced his 20 15 Do., Fifths 331 d 6 per cent ... Darling.. ... - ..• 25 all Do Do ..., an cfrnll47 in fa- administration, like a wise man, by attaching those - 331 50 all Leeds Northern .1n - 184 17 St. 100 Wilts &Sonu•st Gt.Westn. 1056 - 1061 ...... Lng . : 4110 superlority of the - Victoria mines over any j -et iliscoverzed here, there is one advantage which this colony has over the sister province —viz., the, orde,rly (state of society in all its ramifications, and this it. 1, no doubt, owing as much to the leaning, on the p: trt of the working classes, to a quiet, upright, and h onest mode of life, as to the admitted effi ciency of the local Government. A spirit of saving has gc ine among the lower orders—a desire to be come possessed of real property—which will, no d.oub 4 c, lead eventually to the establishment of a sturdy yeomanry throughout the land. There can not b 3 a better proof of the orderly state of this count ry than the statement of the Attorney-Gene ral, w ho has just returned from Bathurst, where the criminal assizes for the district have been held. This district, you will observe, is one of our chief gold-mining districts, and he reports a lighter calen.da2: and less crime in that part of the colony than for some years previous, and the same obser vation I%r - ill apply to Sydney at present. The Administration of Sir Charles Fitzroy, the present. Governor, has been decidedly a successful one. Tinder a system such as outs of two-thirds of the , Legislative Council being named by the Crow - n, or by the Governor for the Crown, the part a Governor has to .play is rather a difficult one. If he is an able; energetic man of business, like the last Governor, the late Sir George Gipps, ke naturally wishes to have a good deal of his own to see to everything himself—and is averse to consulting the wishes of the colonists in bringing forward his measures. The inevitable consequence of the rule of a man of this stamp is to drive the entire representative element in the Council into bitter opposition. The wheels of the Executive get clogged, and the Government of the country is brought to a dead lock, as it was on one or St. two occasions in Sir George Gipps's time. Sir 12 Charles Fitzroy is a different man altogether from 50 Sir George Gipps ; he is, perhaps, more a man of 16i tact than of talent. Six years ago, when he S. first assumed the government, he commence d his n administration, like a wise man, by attaching those 150' who might prove troublesome to his Government 20 by conciliation, and his entire policy has been to 11 smother opposition in the bud, by industriously 10 conciliating and attaching those who might be St. dangerous as enemies ; but you will observe that I t • the very opposite danger is the result of that of 10 Sir George Gipps's line of policy. In the one case St. the tendency is to cause the people to rise against 50 the Government ; iu the other, the Government, 40 by clever mangement of the . representatives of the 22g people, and by the influence they possess' in the St. Assembly through their nominees, has a tendency gi to become despotic, not by force, but through cor- St. ruption. Thus it is that the present system of St. government in New South Wales is about the N worst that possibly could be devised for secur- 100 ing and maintaining the liberties of a free people,. st. and it is difficult to conceive how the British 25 Parliament, in the very height of its wis- 50 dom, and after mature deliberation, could 20 come to the determination to fasten such St. a system (it is unworthy the name of constitution) 15 on any community of British subjects. A system 50 like this of ours (it must be clear to every one, and St. experience has shown) tends either to democratic ' 11 anarchy or to the despotism of a Government go- . 1; verning by corruption. It must eventually either 8 drive the people into rebellion or demoralise them 20 into slavery ; and thus it is that our system of go- 20 vernment cannot work at all under the ordinary 10 S. stamp of men• sent out to rule colonies, and cannot work long under such a prudent policy as that pur- St. sued by the present Governor, even when backed st. by the experience and admitted talents for business St. of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Edward Deas Thomp- St. son. Trade continues in a healthy condition, 10 money is abundant, and credit good, throughout 261 the entire community. There is little tendency to extravagant speculation, or even to specula- 13i tion of any kind abroad ; people generally seem 20 inclined to be careful of their newly-acquired wealth. There is not much alteration in our markets since the beginning of the month ; arrivals 50 from England have not been heavy, and extreme St. rates still rule for several articles, but p rices of a ,T) few articles have a tendency to give way a little, 20 on account of the demand for Melbourne having slackened during the last week ; however, rum, 25 brandy, and gin, malt liquors, tea, coffee, sugar, spices—in fact, all kinds of Eastern produce, also 20 2 50 0 boots and shoes and saddlery, are still scarce. There is no tea fit for use to be had, and it is diffi- 20 cult to understand why supplies keep out so long 20 from China. The necessaries of life, such as bread 10 and meat, are in abundance. Flour is worth 231. st. per ton for fine. Beef and mutton are 2d. to 2ki. 25 per lb. retail. St. The market for Manchester goods continues dull, and to effect sales of calicoes and cotton prints a sacrifice must be made, but it is to be hoped this st. market may mend as population increases. A con- 5 siderable amount of coin has arrived from Eng- St. land during the month, but without affecting the 20 exchanges ; indeed, the reverse has been the case, St. as the banks have lowered the exchange still 15 further, and are now selling their draughts on Lon don at 30 days at 8 percent. discount. Draughts against wool and tallow, with documents, are at 9 ' per cent. discount, and draughts against gold dust 3, are at 12 per cent. discount. Sailors' wages con tinue exorbitant, and ships bound for England, or 5 any where out of the colony, continue to have the ' 7 6 greatest difficulty in getting away after completing their loading. From 71. to 101. per month, or 6 about 451. to 501. for the trip home, is paid to sea- 10 men. At Melbourne the difficulties of the shipping 20 interest are still greater, and 151. per month is „ offered there, and from 601. to 701. for the run ;`.t home. Never was there such a country for the working man. The port and harbour dues of Sydney are now abolished, and the only charge ships are liable to is for pilotag e. Si Those numerous places of entertainment in the m etropolis where amusement is - combined with in ltrliction, have, during the present week, been largely patronised by the holiday people ; and this Il laY be taken as instance of the growing desire 111 . Ong the industrious classes to devote their few lshre hours at Christmas, and at other occasions of general abstinence from labour, to something Which is profitable as well as entertaining. The I°l1-O wing are the principal places of resort of t h e description mentioned : The Colosseum.—This has always been considered °he of the best sights of London, and its popularity 'Promises to increase the late reduction in the Price of admission from 3s. 6d. to ls. That s ! ) much can be seen for so trifling a sum is as great 4 Marvel as the Exhibition itself. A larger or finer collection of statuary is nowhere open in the great Metropolis to the inspection of the public. The c onservatory, the stalactite caves, and the aviary o ,f rare bi r d s , ar e calculated, in imagination at least, to transport one to the regions of fairy land. The nwiss cottage is one of the most perfect illusions LOU can be witnessed, and though now of no r ecent date, never fails to attract a host of allrnirers ; and lastly, the panoramas of Lon "; by day and by night, are productions those merit and truthfulness have never yet b een contested. Verily the days of cheapness 'lave arrived, if private enterprise can exhibit so Many objects of interest for 12d. Polytechnic Institution.—The managers of this crainently popular establishment have never ceased to maintain their well-earned reputation. No im portant discovery—no knotty question in reference t i e scien ce or art fails to be explained or elucidated 93? the able lecturers, and.every subject is treated a familiar way, and, where possible, is ac ecinpanied by experiments and diagrams. In l any branches of knowledge valuable facts ma y I tl ) c picked up here every evening which it is useful to know in the daily affairs of life. Shakspeare's :` Midsummer Night's Dream," illustrated, is the last novelty, and, like many others first brought -lorWard by the management, has been very success - 1111 . The "Endless Amusements of Chem istr y , , " Mr. Pepper ; the " Philosophy of Scientific Re creation," by Dr. Bachhoffner ; and " Ballooning and the present prospects of Aerial Navigation," Mr. Crispe ; embrace subjects enough to meet the tastes of the crowds of visitors who will fl ock here during the week. Burford's Panoramas.—The three beautiful pa noramas at Mr. Burford's well-known institution, 1 , 1 1 Leicester-square—" The Alps," " The Battl e of Waterloo, and " Nineveh"—have obtained the admiration of all who have seen them. They dis- Play a degree of artistic skill and taste, which de serves the warmest commendation. In colouring and general design nothing could be more beautiful, While for accuracy of detail those who are best able to judge pronounce them to be unsurpassed. Diorama of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. — This diorama, which has been painted under the direction of Mr. W. Beverley, is about to close shortly, and we cannot do better than recommend those who would wish to take a " pilgrimage to the holy Land" without being subject to the incon venience and delay of an actual journey, to avail themselves of the opportunity which now offers, and may not occur again. Mr. Beverley's name is sufficiently high as an artist to guarantee the supe riority of the exhibition. Gallery of Illustration.—ln addition to the pano rama of the Wellington Campaigns, which has now become familiar to the public, and derive a peculiar interest from the fact of its having been visited by the " great duke," and said by him to he " very good, indeed," there have lately been introduced the lying in state of that immortal per sonage at Chelsea, the funeral procession passing Nelson's monument, and the lowering the coffin into the vault at St. Paul's, and thus a complete ness is given to the pictorial record of the events connected with the illustrious hero which all will fully appreciate. The Gold Fields of Australia, .Regent-street. — Now that the wonderful discoveries of gold in Aus tralia are attracting the attention of so many to that extensive colony of the mother country, a panorama of the gold fields, giving a truthful view of the country and its principle features is a desider atum which could not long remain unsupplied. Mr. J. S. Prout is, we believe, the first who has under taken the task • his sketches are graphic and life like, and something more than a mere attempt to please the eye. All who contemplate a visit to the an tipodes, or wish to get an insight, though imperfect, into society at the " diggin.s," cannot do better than pay Mr. Prout a visit. ROM, a Correspondent of the Times.) SYDNEY, AUG. 30. —The Pacific and Oriental Company's steam-ship Chusan arrived here on the 3d inst., in 78 days from Southampton, including stoppages of five days at St. Vincent's, five days at the Cape of Good Hope, and one day at Melbourne. She did the distance from the last-mentioned port in the short period of 54 hours. Her arrival created the greatest sensation both here and at Melbourne, and has been hailed with universal joy by the colonists generally. The long wished-for steam communication with the mother country is now accomplished. Immediately on the arrival of the Chusan a public meeting was held, and it was determined to do honour to such an important event by giving a public ball and supper, which came off last night, and was a very brilliant affair. About 700 people were present. The supper was presided over by Sir Charles Nicholson, the Speaker of the Legislative Council ; and his Excellency the Governor and suite, and most of the notabilities of the colony, honoured the ball with their presence. The Chusan is a screw vessel, has been generally admired, and seems well adapted for the line she is to be placed on. She starts to-morrow for Sin gapore, yid Melbourne, Adelaide, and Swan River; and will reach that port in time to catch the Octo ber mail for England. The Australian steamship, belonging to the Cape Company, which was to leave Plymouth on the 3d of June, is now due. Notwithstanding the advan tages accruing from the establishment of these two lines of steamers, —namely, the line by the Cape of Good Hope and the line by Singapore,-apore,—a general impression gains ground that the Panama line will be the best by far for Sydney as regards rapidity of communication and other advantages. The stoppages of the Cape line of steamers are too many, and the detention will be too great to meet the requirements of the increased and increasing trade of Sydney with England. Within the last few weeks public feeling has been so strong in fa vour of the immediate establishment of the Panama line that it is highly probable a subsidy will be asked for during the session of the Legislature in favour of the Pacific Royal Mail Steam- - packet Company, which every one is delighted to learn is being organised in London. This company may depend on the support of the entire mercantile community of Sydney, and there can be little doubt that it will be a highly respectable enterprise to embark in ; and, were it known in London how much this line is in favour here, it would facilitate the operations of the company materially. It is really lamentable that John Bull, with all his shrewd ness and caution, should prefer throwing his money away by investing it in bubble gold-mining com panies to embarking it in a legitimate and probably remunerative enterprise such as this. Population is now pouring in on us in earnest from all quarters of the globe. The immigration from the United Kingdom is very great, but Jona than is invading our shores in large numbers by way of San Francisco, while Germany sends us her sons from Hamburgh, Lubeck, Bremen, and other ports on the North Sea. Neither is the flowery empire behind in the general race which is at present going on towards the Australian gold-fields ; several ship loads of Chinese have arrived from the port of Amoy within these last few months, but these men are mostly sent down under indenture, to serve the colonists as shepherds or general servants ; and very useful they have proved themselves in the for mer capacity. We are no longer a colony, in the old acceptation of the term ; we are getting to be a country, a nation. The trade of Sydney is already doubled, and it is difficult to foresee a limit to its extension. The people are beginning to feel politically strong, and their representatives have been lately testing their strength in the Legislature in a constitutional struggle for equal political rights with those en joyed by their fellow-subjects in England. On the 18th inst., on the Auditor-General moving that the house go into committee to consider the esti mates for 1853, Mr. Wentworth moved an amend ment to defer considering the budget until Decem ber, when the reply from the Colonial Minister would be received to the grievance, remonstrance, and petitions sent home last year. This motion put by Mr. Wentworth in a very able and argu mentative speech, showing a thorough knowledge of constitutional law, but was lost by a majority of 28, chiefly Government officials and nominees, against 17 representative members. On the 21st instant, Mr. Wentworth, nothing daunted by defeat, again brought forward his motion in an amended shape, viz.—" Not to vote any further supplies, after 1853, unless a favour able reply be given by the Minister to the griev ance, remonstrance, and petitions," which was car ried by a majority of 24 to 23, several nominees voting with Mr. Wentworth. There is a strong feeling in the colony of giving the new Minister, Sir John Pakington, a fair chance before pushing mat ters to extremes, and many members favourable to the principles enunciated by Mr. Wentworth voted against his motion on that score, and on the plea of its being p re mature. Sir John has many who wish to be his friends in the Council, so that never had Minister a better chance of making himself popular in the colonies by merely conceding to the people their inborn rights. There can now, after the result of the division on the 21st inst., be little doubt that, if our masters in Downing-street do not grant the petitions of last year, the supplies for 1854 will be stopped ; anarchy will be the ine vitable result ; and advantage will be taken by the evil-disposed to raise the cry of rebellion, the con sequences of which would be too serious to specu late on. This is not mere idle talk, but the grave opinion of our most reflective and loyal men. A new constitution for the colony is being pre pared by a select committee of the Legislature, of which Mr. Wentworth is chairman. I understand that its main features are to be a double Chamber —viz., a Legislative Assembly elected by the peo ple, of not less than 72, and an upper house or Senate of not less than 21, appointed by the Crown, two-thirds of whom must be gentlemen who have been elected at any time to a seat in the Legisla ture ; the revenues of the country to be controlled by the lower house, and the two chambers to be styled the Parliament of New South Wales. The new tariff came into operation on the sth instant. The principle of the measure is very sim ple ; a very few articles are taxed, as follows—viz., ale and porter, in wood, Id. per gallon ; ale and porter, in bottles, 2 d. per gallon ; coffee, cocoa, and chocolate, ' /d. per lb. ; currants, raisins, and other dried fruit, id. per lb. ; brandy, 6s. per gallon ; gin, 6s. per gallon , rum, whisky, and all other spirits, 4s. per gallon ; wines, Is. per gallon ; re fined sugar, 3s. 4d. per cwt. ; unrefined sugar, 2s. 6d. per cwt. ; molassses, ls. Bd. per cwt. ; tea, id. per lb. ; manufactured tobacco, ls. 6d. per lb. : cigars and snuff, 2s. per lb. The increase in. the general and territorial re venue for the quarter ending June 30, compared with the corresponding quarter last year, is on the general revenue 34 per cent., and on the territorial revenue 128 per cent. The estimated general re venue of New South Wales for 1853 is 333,452/., against 346, 568/. in 1852. The estimated expen diture for 1853 is 331,570/., against 332,3651. in 1852. These sums do not include the revenue from land sales and gold licenses, which are with out the control of the colonists. The other day the Government invited tenders for debentures, secured on the land-fund of the colony, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum ; the amount required was 50,0001. 261,0001. were tendered for, chiefly by the bank, payable by their draughts on London, at 30 days, at NI discount — a very good operation for the Government. This money goes home for emigration purposes. Land was sold lately in Melbourne at the rate of 1001. per foot frontage, and both house property and house rent have risen in Sydney from 50 to 100 per cent., and are rising. The difficulty will, soon be how to find shelter for the thousands who are landing on our shores. House building is almost at a standstill for want of labour. However, this fact must be borne in mind, that during eight months of the year our climate is so mild that " the dwellers in tents," who now form a large-portion of our population, experience little inconvenience from that mode of life. Our diggings on this side continue in stem, quo, for want of population to develope them, with the exception of the Bingera diggings, mentioned in my last as so promising. Advices reached town yesterday which confirm former statements of the richness of these diggings, and public attention is being directed to them. About 1,000 people are on the road at pre sent, and many more preparing t o go, among whom there are a good many returned diggers from Mount Alexander. The few that are on the ground are earning 30s. a-day by only digging about two feet down, and nuggeting. The gold is of a nuggetty character, similar to that from Mount Alexander, and is now being brought to market in increasing quantities. There seems an impression abroad that this goldfield will rival the far-famed Mount Alex ander itself. However, in a few weeks we shall have some thousand of miners on the ground, and the value of the diggings will be fully tested. At present we have scarcely sufficient data to form a conclusion as to their extent. They are situated in the New England district of this colony, near the Gwydir river about 300 miles to the north ward of this, and 185 miles from Maitland. Mount Alexander still continues to yield enor mous quantities of gold : it is confidently asserted by some that the yield is not less than 100,000 ounces per week ; if so, it seems astounding that the diggings, within ten months of their first opening, should be producing at the rate of about 20,000,0001, per annum. Notwithstand- Mr. Bower has been acquitted. His trial for having killed Mr. Morton, closed on Tuesday night. The facts of the case, as presented to the jury, did not materially differ from the statements made at the time regarding this melancholy affair, and which it will be remembered amounted to this that Mrs. Bower having, in a state of delirium, while in puerperal fever, declared to her husband that the child of which she had been lately de livered was not his, but Mr. Morton's, he rushed out of the room, and seeing Morton, pursued him down stairs, and killed him with a blow of a dinner knife which he had snatched up. Mr. Bower ad mitted that he had grieved his wife by his infideli ties, but denied that he had ever treated her with unkindness. His examination commenced at 10 o'clock, and lasted two hours. Several witnesses were examined at length. Amongst these was the present correspondent of the Daily News who formerly assisted Mr. Morton in that capacity. The medical gentlemen all gave their evidence in the most complete manner. The porters of houses in the Rue de Seze and. the Boule vard des Capucins (the residence of Mr. Morton) were also examined. The President occasionally asked Mr. Bower if he had any observation to make as the witnesses concluded their evidence. At half-past three the medical and other evidence for the prosecution was brought to a close. The Court was suspended for five minutes ; and at a quarter to four the counsel for the prosecution, M. Meynard de Franc, began to address the Court, and spoke at considerable length. The witnesses for the defence were afterwards called, and then the celebrated advocate, M. Chaix d'Est-Ange ad dressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. The learned advocate justified the act as lawful and right under the circumstances, and the jury, with out consultation, brought in a verdict of acquittal. The statement which has appeared in some German papers of the Emperor of Austria having ordered a reduction in the army, is confirmed by a letter from Vienna of the 24th, which the Moniteur gives conspicuously. The letter communicated, no doubt by the French Government itself, is as follows : ' "The Emperor has just given orders for a considerable reduction in the effective of the Austrian army. The reduction is not only to be applied to the infantry, but also to the cavalry and the artillery, the horses of the dismissed soldiers to be sold. It is chiefly in the army of Italy that the reduction is to take place." The Moniteur accepts, too, as proof of good-will towards France the late article in the lithographic news-sheet of Vienna, on the subject of the visit of the Emperor to the c.in g of Prussia, describing it to be not in the sense of an act of alliance for any given purpose, but in conformity with old feelings of friendship, which ought never to have been dis turbed, and the continuance of which, so far from menacing France or any other country, is, on the contrary, a guarantee for peace. An extraordinary credit of 700,000 f. has been opened to the Minister of the Marine, on the esti mates of 1853, for the execution of civil and mili tary works at Martinique, Guadaloupe, and Sene gal. The Moniteur denies the intentions attributed to the Government of reviving gambling-houses and lotteries. The Emperor arrived in Paris from Compiegne yesterday at 3 o'clock. The functionaries and soldiers of the Invalides, having heard of the Imperial decree appointing their Governor, Marshal Jerome Bonaparte, heir to the Crown, waited on him on Christmas-day to congratulate him on the occasion. The Marshal replied in the following terms : "I receive with great pleasure the expression of the sentiments which our brave Invalides have offered me. Tell them that whatever be the position fortune destines for me, it would require an order from the Emperor, my august nephew, to induce me to quit them. Tell them that from this, as from the Palais Royal, I will watch over their welfare, and that in me they will eve r find a support and a defender of their rights." The Constitutionnel contains a long article on Egypt, which is remarkable for the feeling of jea lousy towards England that prevails throughout. The object of the article appears to be to stimulate the French merchants, who occupy only the fourth place as regards the amount of their commercial transactions with Egypt, to increased exertions, by proving to them the great advantage that may be derived from an active trade with that country. The Bourse was agitated to-day, and public secu rities suffered a further decline. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 60c., and closed at 105 f. 15c. for the end of the month ' • the Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 1 0 c. ; Shares of the New Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued at 500 f., 850 f. 1100 Aberdeen .... 8. Ambg. Noting. Bost. & Eastn. June.. all Birmng. Wolverh. (Sr Stour Va11ey,,,,,,.,,' 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct.. all Do. Chesh. &Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £20......., , 100 Bristol (Sr xtr 100 Caledonian. • . all Chester &Holyhead all Cork and Bandon 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. 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Midlancl ; 17i 9 A 1 9-91 -- 2p 1074 -- 1084 1254 -126 A ! 4 -- 44 p 1 —2 p 914 -- 924 5; -- 4ld 4 -- 3A d 11; -- 123 20 -- 21 304 -- 31 3h -- 3 d 80 -80 A • 47 -- 49 'l6Bl 7 shr , 1264 6 92 11 51 53 3 3 2i 2t d 9 4 53 55 3 2A d 39A 4O 7 —6A (11 2i - 2$ 4 - 3i 8. - 9 3. - p 53 94 65 68 51 - 92 - 63 - 66 - 78 - 82 19 - 20 9a 10 14 15 3 —2 d 23 - 24 84 - 85 391 - 3 13 - 14 4 - 4 21 2a 12 -- 13197 2 9 4 : 2 2't 9 - 10 4 741 6i 6id' 2i 2 d 59A —60 i PREFERS; SHARES 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2,7 p. f... 100 IBriaol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock .. ..... 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares - 110 1100 lCaledonian £lO 1105 - Wyld's Globe.—For solid and useful instruction which every one can, more or less, make available, the great globe of Mr. Wyld, in Leicester-square, has no competitor. During the last three days it has received a great accession of visitors. The different parts of the surface of the elaborate piece of workmanship are minutely examined, the People seeming to be as industriously employed as bees in a hive, some tracing the course of relative or friend who is on his way to America, others pur suing the overland route to India, and many pick ing out the line of an intended journey to Aus tralia, and travelling round the Cape in imagina tion ere they do so in reality. The " Great Globe" is a wonderful reviver of one's geographical know ledge. Argyle Rooms.—This unrivalled salle de danse continues to be one of the most popular places of amusement at this festive season. The liberality and taste of the directors deserve the success which they have met with, and the order and propriety evinced in their management entitle them to the highest thanks of the public at large, and have set this establishment far above any which have hitherto been opened to the dancing world. The saloon, one of the finest in Europe of its kind, has been newly decorated, and every arrangement made which can conduce to the comfort and enjoyment of the visitors. Of the well-known orchestra, under the guidance of M. Emile Laurent, we need not speak, it alone will well repay an evening's visit even to the most critical amateur of music. all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 14 per cent... 31 Cork&Bandou 5? p.c. 19 pa THE CONTINENT. all' Dundee Perth&A6er deen Junction ....... all EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. all Do. (25) 7 per cont.. 2 Do. (27 17s) 7 p. et.. 6 - 6.1 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have been received. They state that the Ambassador from the French Emperor, General Aupicli, had been most graciously received by Queen Isabella. The Ministry were in hopes of having a large majority in the new Cortes. It was said that a law on the press would appear soon in the Gaceta. Marshal Narvaez addressed from Bayonne a de mand for authorisation to return to Madrid, but that it was rejected by the Council of Ministers after an animated discussion. The Diario has ceased to appear, in consequence of the seizure of one of its last numbers, and the imprisonment of its responsible editor. Madrid Bourse, Dec. 24.—The Three per Cents., 44 1-16 ; Exchange on London, 50 90 paper. 33 34 4 14-2 ap p - 144 - 15 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 _ _ • all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Debeu. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshire 18 -• Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Dunee 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cant.... 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 1 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem .. I all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lancash. & Yorksh., 100 Do., 6 p. c., 13 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 2........ 5 Do., No. 3 ...... 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848 100 London and,Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c - . 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ... . . . 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. . 100 Lon. &N. West. Cov. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London & S.Western, Con. Thirds. - 3?1 - 129x1 FLEET-DITCH—ITS PAST AND PRESENT STATE.—In February, 1733, the lord mayor, aldermen, and common- 6, council presented a petition to Parliament that a bill might be brought in to empower them to fill in that part 50 of the Fleet-ditch lying between Holborn-bridge and Fleet-street, and to convert the ground to such purposes St. as seemed most suitable, By virtue of an act granted by Parliament, this part of the F leet-ditch was arched 16 over, and part of the site converted into a market, which was opened en the 13th September, 1737 ' by this means th e nuisance of the Fleet-ditch was so far hidden from the sight of the London wayfarer, that many be lieved that the unsavoury stream was altogether covered from human sight, except such portions as they might have occasionally seen winding its almost stagnant course through the Hampstead fields ; but until the last seven or eight years, the Fleet-ditch, with all its abominations, rolled uncovered through Clerkenwell and along the back of Field-lane. It had, by the time it reached the former site of Holborn-bridge, become a stream of no mean compass, increased as it was by the various offensive tributaries of Kentish Town, Camden Town, Islington, &e, New Farringdon-street was projected, and a,gain a portion of the. Fleet was arched ; after that most people considered that the Fleet-ditch was a thing of the past, and only to be seen by the sewer guardian, or by some venturous " mud lark," who m i g h t , in defiance of the threatened punish ment, in search of gain, "explore the river," from its termination at Black T ars -bridge. So certain was it the unsightly Fleet was now hidden from the sight and sme ll, that several leading journals published congratu latory articles on the occasion. Unfortunately, how ever, this putrid rive r p a sses uncovered through the heart of Clerkenwell : on its shores horses, &c., are slaughtered, other filthy trades pursued, the abomi nations of which we feel sure not one in a hundred of our readers can form a just conception of.—The Builder. VALVE OF A MINUTE !—A minute, my friend, is something. A minute ! how many years must it seem to somebody standin g on a scaffold in the chilly morning, with the spectre of a white night-cap grinning over his shoulder, - with the hands of Saint Sepul chre's Church pointin g to one minute to eight, and with but that minute plank between him and the deep sea of eternity. A minute—will not the thousandth part thereof, consumed in a nimble spring to the right or the wrong side, decid e tie odds between your being 10 landed safely on a well -swept platform heaped with Christ- 25 mas hampers, and hung round with jovial banners, or 10 placards respecting Christmas excursion trains, and your 1 . 0 . being crushed to death beneath the remorseless wheels of that same excursion train, as it glides heavily along ,Sot. the treacherous rails into the station ? A minute !—in 12 th a t sub=division of the day how many words of hope, or love, or murderous accusation, or frenzied anxiety, or 5 kindly greeting, will throb through the sentient wires of St. the telegraph, over marsh, and meadow, and lea — through hills and tunnels— across valleys and deep 17 rivers ? A minute will break the back of the strong steam- 25 s hip, and bend her with all her freight of mailed war riors, and weather-beaten mariners, and restive chargers down to the coral reefs a nd the pearls that lie in dead men's eyes, to be no more heard of till the sea gives up its dead ! A minute decides the Derby, settles whether 4 0 the firm of Ingots, Nuggetts, Bullion, and Co., shall go I .,°° A , into the Gazette , an d B asinghall - street , or its senior partner, Sir John Ingots , into the House of Peers. "' Guilty or not guilty ; the billet of all the bullets at a battle ; head or tail ; "how will you have it ?" or " no effects ;" all these lie within the compass of a minute, of 2( less than a minute, of the infinitesimal particle of a minute !—Dickens's Household Words. WHAT STEAM HAS DONE.—The time was when eggs ~,5 1 in Caithness stood a fixture summer and winter, at 3d., la and haddocks at 6d. per dozen, and woe betide the dis- 21 poser if they ventured to ask a halfpenny more. We 5 had no steamers then. The times have changed since, 2 and evem in the dead of winter exporters can calcuate on regular transit to the southern markets almost to an 2 hour, and hence the price of eggs has risen to 9d. per 10 dozen, • and haddocks to 2s. per dozen. The parish of 1 Bower gudewives and Whaligoe lasses are unco saucy even at that. We have heard of one exporter of eggs having sent up to the Edinburgh market this season, from Caithness, upwards of 2,000/. value of that article alone. Of the quantity of smoked haddocks sent from 4 , Caithness we have no data, but it must amount to a large figure.—John O'Groat Journal. - 114 81 - 9 BELGIUM. Madame Kossuth, the mother of the illustrious Hungarian patriot, expired on Tuesday at her re sidence, in one of the suburbs of this city, after several weeks of severe illness, which she bore with remarkable fortitude. The English medical at tendant was Dr. Perkins, of this city, assisted by several Belgian colleagues, all of whom were unre mitting in their attentions to the venerated lady. It is said that the Belgianpovernment gave per mission to Kossuth to visit her, but only on con dition that he should be placed under police surveillance during his stay in Belgium. That condition was rejected, both by the mother and the son, and consequently the latter wa s not enabled to close the eyes of his beloved parent. On the 27th the Senate voted yesterday the bill revising a portion of the penal code. One of the articles agreed to allows of the application of the penalty of death to criminals under 21 years of age when guilty of a second capital offence, or of several capital offences. The bill relative to the renewal of the provisional treaty of commerce with France was referred to three committees, with instructions to bring up a report as soon as possible. 1 - DISCRETION THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR.—We read in a Paris journal :—" There is much talk of a dis pute which took place a few days ago in a cafe of the Boulevards, between an elderly gentlemon and a young lion with large moustaches. It ended in a challenge, which has happily caused no death, and of which the poor of the quarter will reap the benefit. The parties arrived on the ground and the seconds -measured the distance, and loaded the pistols. During these prepara tions the young man strutted about humming a tune and twisting his moustaches. The elderly gentle man said nothing until the preparations were completed when he talked of explanations. At this word the young man thought himself six inches taller, and said he would listen to no propositions. His adversary then cocked his pistol, seeing a bird, which was flying by rapidly, said, 'Look !' and then fired at the bird, which fell dead. The lion turned pale, and his adversary said, I am the person insulted ; you have had a proof of my skill, and you will now receive my fire, or take to-day one thousand francs to the Bureau de Bienfaisance of the second arrondissement. Decide, but reflect that the larger the bird is the more certain am I of hiting, and you are much larger than the bird that I have just shot.' The proposition was accepted, and we are assured that the money has been paid." 10 Londonderry& Color. . A Shares ........ ...... all Londudry. & Ennisk. AShares ............... all Manch. ,Shef. dr Lin., i Shares, No. 1...... ' all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6 ........ all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 41 per cent....... 81 Do ........... 100 Mid.Consol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 51 per et.. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c• s rec YS of J 3°11, 06 1 her GERMANY. We learn from Berlin that Russia, Austria, and Prussia have come to the resolution of acknowledg ing the French Empire in a very short time, and that they have been led to this step by the same motives as directed them at the time of their acknowledgment of Louis Philippe. There is no intention of making any reserve in the recognition. The Earl of Westmoreland, the English Ambas sador at the Austrian Court, returned to Vienna on the 23d inst. The report that the Count of Chambord had for warded to the Germanic Diet a protest against the establishment of the new French Empire, appears to be without foundation. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden will pass the greater part of the winter in Dusseldorf. She does not intend, as reported, going shortly to Paris. THE VOYAGE ROUND THE CAPE. - The uninitiated are often not unreasonably surprised at the apparently devious course which vessels, bound from this country to India or Australia, pursue on their voyage to the Cape. Frequently, as in the case of the Velore from this port, they are found touching at Rio or other ports in South America, and those who trace the direct course upon their maps are not a little puzzled at what seem to them out-of the-way, erratic wanderings. An article in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, , No. 468, entitled, " Steam Round the Cape,' contains the following ex planatory rema rks, which some of our readers may thank us for extracting :Persons who do not pay special attention to nautical matters are likely enough to slippose that, considering the large number of vessels at sea, ithe surface of the great ocean must be dotted over in almost every part with the sails of the countless fleet. This, however, is not the case ; the ocean like the land , has its frequented highways, and its wide regions of loneliness. If an observer, furnished with a forty-Herschel -telescope power ?f vision, could be elevated to a height great enough to give him a view of the whole Atlantic, he would be struck by beholding hundreds of vessels following one another in certain lines along a very irregular course: while over a large portion of the surfac e not a sail would be vis ible. Thus, he would see the ships ue w a hich iletaa vesouth- this country for the Cape or India, purst firs wes t er ly course till they reached the neighbourhood of Madeira : then keep more directly to the south, at a safe distance from the African coast, until they crossed the line ; then stretch away again to the south-west in the direction of South America, till they gained the zone of westerly 'winds ; and, finally, making a rather sharp turn into these winds, go bowling along before them to the eastward till they arrived at the Cape, or else, if so directed, passed to the southward of it. On the return-voyage a similarly circuitous route is pur sued, although the curves are to some extent reversed, the widest circuit or deviation from the direct line being made in the northern instead of the southern hemisphere. In the extensive spaces on either side of these frequented routes few vessels will be seen. Here and there an African trader might occasionally be per cceived, dodging from port to port, or a guilty slaver, scudding swiftly across the ocean, perhaps with a royal cruizer following steadily in her track like a bloodhound pursuing a murderer." The writer proceeds to remark that steam-vessels possess an advantage over sailing ships, in being able to strike out a new and direct route for themselves. 9 Do all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock.& Hartl. Guar. sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 3 Waterfd. &Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.o.Pref. 5 Ds 10 York& N. Midlaud H, & S. Porch JOINT-STO I kustralasia British N. American commercial of Lou ' don Znglish Scottish and' Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminstci 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 FOREIGN. Paid I RAILWAYS. 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. all Central of France(Or- leans & Vierzon all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara 6 Dijon and Began9on 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 Gd. Junct. of France 104 Gt. Western of Canada shares ... Do.Bds.(lst i55.)1857 ... Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 14 Luxembourg 10 iDo. (Railway) 1i Do. 24 Do. (Canal) 5 Lyons & Mediterran 44 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New _ . all I Namur & Liege (with I interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams._Shs. al 11 SorNiegianTrunkPre: 11 Orleans & Bordeaux., 10 Paris and Lyons 28 Do. Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 2i Quebec &Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Southern of France 4 St. And. &Quebec(A) 17 Tours and Nantes 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 4 Do. 5i per c. Pref.... 9 Western of France... Closing Prices this day. 1 - 2 ii -7- in 2i -- 1. 1 d 9 —9a pxn 2 24 p 1 1 p 1 —lip 5 7 1 - li 1 - 1i 10 - 12 p 2i- 3 p .. --- •.. 8 -8) 35j i -35 f 14i -- 15:: 17 -- 174) 39 -- 41 38 -- 39 32i -32 g 5 -- 5Ap P 20i -- 214 10A -- 11 4 -- 4A 1 -- -- iPxn 54. 5 d -- A p loi -- llip MINES. all Agua Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24? ) Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cowes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey all Carsons's Creek all Cobro Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 !Copia i!o . all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. 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Business dens this day. t `pissyle 3 C° et tb e 0:0 i reO t p [OS S 6'. h° 10 t o j ft l) e - 01l , IP iim I , c co o ci rbe oey / 0.: 0 tV 1 0 0 0 , 1 , • t vei v ir e ; r's rt P • ; .e 00 r em j 0 0,0 it° 111 D,„ 1).,t o ol ;fe jO O ls pre ifi to 40 t: A re ( ,ell TURKEY. The Debats has accounts from Constantinople, of thd 15th inst., according to which Russia, op posing the claims of France r egarding the sanctu aries, insisted on the status quo; and has sent orders to the Greek Patriarch at Jerusalem to quit, in case the convention with France should be at tempted to be executed. Paper money had further fallen 8 per cent. at Constantinople, the bank refusing to take any more. Mohammed Khan, Charge d'Affaires of Persia at Constantinople for upwards of 30 years, has just died there, at the age of 90. DENMARK. The important bill reducing the customs' pay ments on " materials, machines, and implements used in any new water-works, gas-works, sewer system, or any other similar large improvement in any town or borough," has ben passed by the lower house. It fixes the rate at five per cent. ad valorem • but where the tariff fixes a lower sum , only such lower payment shall be made. This measure is of great interest to our manufactures of machinery, &c., for in a short time every town in ' Denmark will require supplies from England of everything necessary for water and gas-work, &c. Both houses have adjourned over the Christmas holidays, and will re-assemble on the sth of January. The greater part of the Scandinavian Mormon ites have decided upon emigrating to America. The Obotrit has already carried the first instalment,. about 300 souls, to Kiel, whence they will make their way to Hamburgh, Liverpool, or Hull, and New York. About 600 or 700 more will follow them in a short time. 16! 20 5 2 5 25 all 1 all all 2 10 3K 1 EC :T 80g 120 I 5 40 i 83i 41 A 9i i 73i 2i 60 4 60 4 130 20 Isi i g 1 j p~~ 109; - 110! P - 15L - in 155 1r: 3 1/4 3i ai - 13A - Pi - I- 1 - 149 - 151 23it 6 - Oil lk - 2h 102 - 103 25i - 26. - 2g ; 11 - 11 171 —17 i 1i P 16 —17 i par— P 26 - 26! 19 =1: 20 id J,i pm 102 - 104 5i- 5$ - BANKS. 4 pl 10 ni, li pi .50 1 11024 103 3 83} 20 171 20 20 pm. §1 8 91 9 l i t 2 2 11 1 1 291 42 1 4e, li i 11 i 1 24 3 24 g 4 81 1 i i li li 2 275 278 51 90 53 i 1 ex d LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) RAMSGATE, Dec. 29.—Wind, S.W„ strong gales. Put back—Maria, for Porto Cabello. DEAL, Dec. 29.—Wind, S.W. by W., fresh, strong and squally. Arrived—Agnes, Belize. Arrived from the River —Cybell, fer Berbice. Put back—Pyrenees, Fremantle, West Australia. WHITEHAVEN, Dec. 29.—Wind, S.W., blowing heavily. Arrived—Chevalier, Trinidad. FLEETWOOD, Dec. 29.—The James Redden, Miramichi to Larne, has been towed in with only her mainmast stand ing. The Hercules of Belfast is at anchor off Walney, with loss of fore and mainmasts, &c. The cargo of the Denison, Liverpool to Antigua, on shore, is washing out. CROOICHAVEN, Dec. 28.—The Calder of Whitehaven, New York to Liverpool, is on the rocks, with eight feet of water in her hold ; cargo all damaged. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29.—Wind, S.S.E. to S.W. Sailed— Baltic (s), New York. Put back—Admiral Tromp, Syd ney, N.S.W. ; John Hamilton, Bombay ; Sultan, San Francis° ; Favourite, Valparaiso ; Charge, Buenos Ayres ; Queen of the Exe, Rio Janeiro ; Thomas, New Orleans. BRISTOL, Dec. 20.—The Madonna, for New Orleans, has put back leaky. NEWPORT, Nov. 29.—The Piscatag,ua, for New Orleans, and the Rhine, for New York, are on the West Mud, but expected off next tide. CABNARVON, Dec. 29.—The Onward has driven higher upon the beach, and is in a dangerous position. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 29.—The Camden, the Gamma, of this port—the Magnet of London, and the Meldon of New castle, have foundered on the North East coast during the late gales ; crews all saved. ROE ISLAND, Dec. 29.—The Liebre, Liverpool to Cadiz, has been wrecked here ; crew and two female passengers saved. The Maria of Antwerp has been wrecked here. CLYDE, Dec. 28.—Arrived —Corry Linn, New York. OBAN.—Arrived—Repeater, St. John's, N. 8., for the Clyde. PORTLAND, Dec. 29.—The ATelly (French brig) drove P foul of the Catherine, and has been considerably damaged ; the latter lost bowsprit, &c. The Curacoa, Rotterdam to Bahia, has put back to Weymouth Roads leaky ; cargo shifted, and pumps choked. LEITH, Dec. 29.—The Emily, London to San Francisco , has put in leaky. RACING FIXT - RES FOR 1853. MA: Liverpool 5pring........ Coventry 5pring......... 8 Doncaster Spring ••••"" Salisbury ................. 10 Warwick Spring Kiplin Coates Northampton (2) Abergavenny APRIL. Croxton Park 6 Malton Newmarket Craven ll Newmarket F. S.. York Spring Chester 3 Newmarket Sec Sp lO Bath Manchester (3) Epsom 'NE. ' Shrewsbury U Ju At t 7 p t 0 n 15 Beverley, Hull, &c l5 Bibury 22 1 RI Stockbridge..... Winchester .. Newcastle LY. Stamford Nottingham Goodwood Newmarket 5 Worcester 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool l3 Au, UST. York Derby Egham Brighton 3 Brighton Club 5 Wolverhampton 8 Reading lO pin. x. n I il 100 20 10 50 100 25 F ATE - ARTS. Jack on Guard ! By the Couut de Moutpezat. k' itcholl. Apropos des Bottes, says Monsieur Pune " gutty percha is good for the sole." Apropos of the national defences—we have this capital little picture of " Jack on Guard against the f'rench In vasion." Jack being—not a sailor—but a little wiry-haired terrier—with a straw hat on his noddle —perched upon his hind legs, begging—a cigar in his mouth, and propping up at his side a dandified walking-stick ! Such a comical fellow—with a - sly cock of his eye, as if he were aware of his being a masquerader. The " skit" is merry and innocent enough—coming, on that very account, not un gracefully from the hand of a Frenchman, the Comte de Montpezat. It has been cleverly en graved from the original painting by G. Zobel— Mr. J. Mitchell being the publisher. Portrait of Joseph Hume, Esq., A truly life-like portrait of the Hon. Member for Montrose is now " on view" at the gallery of Messrs. Graves, No. 6, Pall-Mail, next door to the Opera Colonnade.. It will be examined with interest, we doubt not, by the many thousands who are numbered amongst the admirers of the Veteran Reformer. LITERATURE. The Fortunes of Francis Croft ; an Autobio graphy. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. This tale is in no sense of the word an ordinary or common-place production ; both its merits and its defects are remarkable. The author has evi. dently great powers of observation, a fine command of language, and a lively imagination ; but, on the other hand, the characters are not all life-like, the events are sometimes too startling for every day occurrence, and the descriptions of literary miseries are certainly exaggerated. If so much wretched ness exists, some blame must attach to the indi viduals—all cannot be laid to the public charge. However, where great abilities are shown, much may be expected, and it is to be hoped that the writer of these vohunes will again be met with. The reader will be sufficiently interested in their perusal to desire more, and if greater caution and judgment are exercised in the composition, it is doubtless that something far superior to the work in question may be produced. A flippancy of ex pression, and a hastiness of manner, are among the chief faults in the book ; they are to be regretted, as they mar the effect of an otherwise able and vigorous style. The Game of Brag. By Owen Maddyn, author of Wynville. 2 vols. Skeet. _ . This author has already gained some reputation from the publication of a very able work last year, and the present attempt does not fall short of its predecessor in point of ability. All may not find the subject so entertaining. It is a description, or rather a caricature, of the proceedings of some of the celebrities of the present day in the political and fashionable circles. Several of the characters are very well drawn, and evidently taken from life. It may be objected that ridicule is attached to Ire land and the Irish, but the author manifestly is satirising not the nature of the people, but the follies that degrade it, and it would be well if many took jest for earnest, and endeavourad to do away with the reproach that such extravag,ancies of con duct cast upon the nation so worthy to be ho noured in its inhabitants. Adventures of the Connaught Rangers. Series. By William Grattan, Esq. Second 2 volg. Colburn. - These volumes contain a variety of details re specting the adventures of the Connaught Rangers in peace and war. Descriptions of the battles of Talavera, Orthes, and Toulouse find a place, and there are very interesting accounts of the attack on Buenos Ayres in 1807, and the siege and assault of Ciudad Rodrigo. The second volume is chiefly devoted to sketches of the state of France, and the history of Simon Fairfield, a capt a i n o f the Con naught Rangers. Some amusing details of the battles are given. The following occurred at Talavera : " Ten thousand Spaniards who were posted on the right were menaced by a small body of French troops ; the entire ten thousand discharged a volley from every musket they carried, and having done so without the least effect, took to their heels as if frightened by their own fire. One of Lord Wellington's staff rode up to him and said, My lord, do you see that ?" I do,' re plied his lordship, and I have seen many curious things during my sojourn in this world, but it is the first time I ever saw ten thousand men running a race together.' " Besitles much military information, the conclusion contains a great number of lively sayings and sketches of society. The first series was published in 1847, and, being very favourably received, the author has continued them ; and the admirers of the first part will doubtless be equally gratified by the second. History in Ruins. By G. Godwin, F.R.S. The object of this book is to convey to the un learned a general idea of architecture. It goes back to the earliest times and traces the progress and changes of the art from the city built by Cain to the latest structures of the present day. Most interesting records are given of the Tower of Babel, the Temple of Solomon, the Pyramids, Thebes, and the columns of Egypt. From these we are led to contemplate the triumphs of Greece, which furnished, it is observed, the most perfect and finished speci mens of style. It is generally supposed that the Greeks copied and took their ideas from other na tions, Egypt especially ; but then they so improved upon and refined their subjects, that they almost deserve the merit of originality. The Eter nal City next engages attention—what Rome lost in simplicity she gained in magnificence, remarks the author. The Romans introduced " the arch," a new feature, into architecture. At the conclu sion of the work, Saxon and Norman styles are described, and the construction of churches and castles are brought under consideration. _ _ _ We meet with these remarks at the end of the book :—" The architecture of our day is, for the most part, imitative, representative merely. An architect adopts a particular style, and his build ing is pronounced successful to the extent only that it accurately represents a work of the period aimed at. A wider view is opening upon us, and there are quick minds in the field striving to destroy the influence of precedent, so far as prece dent makes trammels, and to obtain fair play for common sense, honest building, and creative power. What I proposed to you, was simply to set forth, with a rapid pen, the history of architecture from the earliest times,—to show you that its course had been continuous, and that, in tracing it, we trace the onward and downward progress of different parts of the world; that, in short, the history of architecture illustrates the history of civilisation. Bolingbroke, when he called for his volumes of history, said, " Bring me my liars." Brick and stone records tell no lies, and to those who know how to ques tion these stern, enduring witnesses of past time they speak placidly, and give much information. A mere account in words, of a people, or of a par ticular state of society, you may read unimpassioned, unimpressed; but view the buildings which they raised ; see the evidences of that state of society in the structures and arrangements which it led to, and the whole becomes a fixed reality, not easily forgotten. A Four Month's Tour in the East. By J. Andrews. IPGJashan. This is a pleasing volume, presenting us with a series of travels in the following countries:—Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus, Palestine, &c. Some of the descriptions are remarkably well written, as t h e subjoined sketch of Damascus will prove:—... "My tent was pitched upon the bank s of a small s t r eam, where some thousands of frogs kept up a con cert all the night; at three o'clock in the morning, we were on the road to Damascus. It was a delightful ride, through one of the finest plains in the world. For three or four miles before entering the gates, th e road on each side was shaded by magnificent trees, and a. cons tant succession of orchards, full of apple, walnut, fig, and olive trees. It is not surprising that Damascus should always have been a large city, w h en its situa tion is taken into consideration. Th e river Buraxlce, the Abana, or Pharpaz, of Scripture, runs through the entire plain, from north-west to south-east. The soil is deep and rich, growing almost everything that man requires, an unclouded sky overhead artificial irrigation obtained without much labour or expense, a climate in which the fruits of different . countri es a re b r ought to perfection ; all contribute to make Damascus a desirable place of abode to the indolent Mussulman. Mahomet is said to have exclaimed, when he first came in sight of Damas cus, that he knew of but one Paradise, and he, there• fore, would not enter this one. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for railway and steam-boats for the week ending Dec. 26, 1852 Corr es ponding week last year 2,512 4 2 Increase in 1852 £Bl7 5 2 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 19, 1852 (285 A miles) £15,165 11 0 Corresponding week last year (241 j miles) 11,833 9 5 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAT.—Tra 11 ffic re turn for the week ending De c . 26, 1852 Corresponding week last year 15,997 6 6 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return 15for the week ending Dec. 25, 1852 (20 miles) 2145 2 '3 n C orres p on ding week last year ( 20 miles) ex new 71 35i a p x.n. 24 1 7 ..24 or 25