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

~A C 0 o,Cl t , i k, the d to of the reP°o'"ii, Senates' i% be mad e ry, 185 11 I,,nisueaussioo It is t he m atter/ c. o • and w — „, 08 1 d the ' erre d to v a the Plie THE COTTON TRADE. e have - u received, per favour of James Irvine, Esq., ? Pool, the circular of Messrs. Schroeder and Q dated New Orleans, 27th November, 1852 : % , °lll ‘ report of the 20th instant left the cotton market ' u nsettled st a t e , and only about 6,200 bales were to "ttat day at irregular prices. On Sunday the letters 11, 1 ?, l ada came to hand, and on Monday those per i e k - " 0 . The demand opened very animated, and the for sale being abundant, factors, in the face of ,1:83' receipts, met the demand freely, and fully 17,000 ti were sold at irregular rates, though generally at d ecline of about ic. Tuesday, the demand continued operators showing much eagerness to purchase ta i l, 1 2,000 bales were sold at unsettled rates, though 'lOl4 any further decline. Wednesday morning, the tttia ,nn's accounts of 9th instant were before the public, '".'lig that the news from this country had a depres -I,:plect upon the Liverpool cotton market, and that t ' 4 B ,were declining, with sales of only 15,000 bales "t's three preceding days. The only effect this $ B 3 ha d upon our market was the willingness of 64. 1.8 to accept somewhat easier rates, and a c oncession in prices on their part brought at ,nY buyers into the market, who took about k i" Wes. Thursday opened again with a good de to,' in the course of the morning the America's "gts became known, bringing dates of 13th instant : Li verpool, reporting sales of 32,000 bales for the rt`' of which 15,000 bales on speculation and for ex ' and st a ti ng hat a decline of id. to id. on all de kpti Z,°, l is had taken place -- ; - notwithstanding the unfa lule cha rac t er o f th ese accounts, and the very heavy hued f e ll th roug h o ut the morning, the demand o ,Zued unabated, and fully 11,000 bales were sold at still more in favour of buyers, middling generally ‘l'suding Bic. to 9/c. Yesterday, the weather being 4 4 0 and cold, buyers came forward with renewed spirit; 4 ; 11 ; tables were swept as fast as the samples could i ,mi out, an d, no t w ith s t an ding a further advance in c e gt, 1 9,000 bales were sold at previous prices, mak ka t otal for the week of 80,000 bales. To-day the e is t is but poorly supplied, the rainy weather of the having prevented the sampling of the late receipts ; t ; at the same time, are firmer than yesterday, and karket closes steady at our quotations. We hear of . I , Th sf about 3,000 bales thus far. Rl;'nroughoutthe week much eagerness was shown to ' s lid neither unfavourable accounts, rising freights, 4;tshange, and unusually heavy supplies, were suffi t'° check the demand—factors were enabled thereby Ointain their position much better than otherwise IN , have b e e n possible. The larger proportion of ` 4 ases w as . aga i n for Great Britain, though operators ie„,`lanne, the Mediterranean, Spain, and the North, Zed also to a fair extent. Our statement of freight euients and vessels loading shows the distribution .`b tit ellases for the different markets. In prices there en much irregularity. We saw a good style of strong ii sold at 9ic., while at the same time Liverpool %Zug was reported sold at 9c. For good staple and , e bsubstantial cottons full prices continue to be paid; of the supplies consists of the lower grades, and tich falling off in quality. ,7 0 „nnipts during the week are 70,082 bales against h bales same p er i o d last y ear , an d r e ce ipt s a t ou r Si line Ist September, 546,490 bales, of which 473,000 rreported sold. S e e weather has been quite changeable during the N eri -- Sunday we had rainy weather—Monday and al 'ay were clear. Wednesday and Thursday rainy 0 1 ,, W arm—yesterday the weather cleared off, and is e i v ery cold. t Zlle freight ma r ket, though closing rather dull last has been much excited, and shipmasters found no ky,7itY in obtaining a gradual advance, as cotton it t i;! l ' showed much anxiety to secure room ; all vessels 1 5t lu g were readily taken up. The engagements are kdkiiverpool, 4 vessels, at 19.32, 22 at 1 ; 2 at 21.32, Ila v ,, t (41 e at 11-16 d ; for Glasgow, one at 11-16 d ; for 1 )4 ) 6at 11c. ; for Trieste, one at lf one at 11, and # e lac. ; for Genoa, one at 11 ; for Hamburg, one at kt t The market closes with an upward tendency; there q t b ut few vessels unengaged, but there remains plenty f: °11 1 open, as many vessels were taken on speculation. liel l\ a l otwithstanding the large business in cotton, and ~t g e amount of Exchange thrown upon the market, '?demand has continued fair, and rates have been 1 , 4 7 well m a i n tai ne d. We quote sterling 7/ to Bi. L'es, 5-211 to 26k, New York, 60 days, 2f to 2i, qsight, 1 to 11 per cent, discount. Ports from this port during the week to Liverpool, 4 0 1 bal es ; H avre , 4,060 b a l es • Glasgow, 5,344 bales ; , 7 ' Itki:lirg, 1,206 bales ; Genoa, 874 bales. 4-40 ading for Liverpool, 52 vessels, of about 130,600 h /t 4 ;,, for Havre, 15, of about 36,000 bales ; for Glas- V 1, of about 8,200 bales; for Trieste, 6, of about g,l o o bales ; A n t werp , E sp i n d o l a an d P yram id, o f a b ou t t o ° bales ; G en o a , S ea Lion, an d D o lphi n „ o f a b ou t ‘, l ° l bales; Hamburg, Copernicus, of a bout 900 b a l es 4 et, Stephani." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. %, ET TING AT MANCHESTER—(YESTERDAY). a h k . " ll3 . appearance of the weights for the Metropolitan 4,''eap, about which we heard no serious complaints, L t ,eise to a good deal of specul a t ion , th e b e tt ing ex ing over a long list of horses, as will be seen below, V t ,, one, more or less, being backed. None of the IN . , oof the top weights were mentioned. Not a bet D e „kade upon the Chester Cup. Umbriel, for the '`l, Was in force ; and West Australian would have backed at 100 to 6, 100 to 6i being offered. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (take 100 to 6) 20 t o 1 Oscar (taken) 20 t o 1 Sir Peter Laurie (taken) 20 to 1 Peter Simple (taken) 20 t o . 1 Bourton METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 3 3 to 1 agst Muscovite.. 400 to 12 -- Termagant (taken) 3 3 to 1 Contentment (taken) 40 to 1 Corybantes (taken) 100 to 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 to 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 t o 1 Ethelbert (taken) 50 to 1 Grapeshot (taken) 60 to 1 Peggy (taken) 50 to 1 Ireland's Eye (taken) 50 to Llanforda (taken) tt"e three-year-olds were backed against the field at lizi t t r for 1001. C on t en t men t an d M uscov it e were ed 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 t o 1 Nancy (offered) DERBY. 10 0 to 61 agst West Australian (take 100 to 6) 1 00 to 6 Umbriel (taken freely) 100 to 6 Pharos (taken) 100 t o 6 Cineas (taken and offered) 'RES FOR 1853. Warwick Spring l5 3 Kiplin Coates l7 3 Northampton (2) 3O ) Abergavenny 3l .PRIL. Malton 2l Newmarket F. S 25 Bath l7 Manchester (3) lB Epsom 24 Stockbridge.. Winchester Newcastle.. Stamford l9 Nottingham 2l Goodwood 26 York l7 Derby Egham 24 or 25 :MBER RACING FIX' ( 1 / 2 ° I , t r1)0O1 Spring '2 1 . 1 % Ilt rY easte Spritng g 8 8 ou ry C ro A: 4,L (t 01l Park 6 '', i , arket C rave n ll l Spring l9 t'll 314 4 '4ter 3 sl4l9:l3aarket Sec Sp lO 'Wsbury 7 Ju: k ek tii (4l t.. ................. Pton l5 IliZleY, Hull, &c l5 "rY 1t,,,_ arket 5 Ju : %, -, i Pester 5 / 41 ;:lsl ( 3) 5 Te l . P oe ol l3 ki at° ti AUG 1 ,..ti0, 3 zolv7,on Club 5 smt a , h e thampton 8 "5 4,1 11 g lO kW iek ester ei d %i SEPT: .... 6 .... 13 .... 20 'ter, ....... N 8 t mt -e l . Autumn....i(et S. 21 00T( . 4 . 10 UST. Lanark 22 Manchester 22 Newmarket F. 0. 27 Northallerton IBER. Richmond... Newmarket . ti;, GRENADA.— Private letters from New Grenada p iN " e ie l•Y satisfactory accounts of the gold mines in that E. 1 TA n . e Clt te 'T p it On Sunday evening, the Rev. 3. It o r N p i ur . a t e of . St. Sidwell's in the city ot tk, o_l', announced his intention to hold a midnight . mass N'letnias Eve. The rev. gentleman said that " Fri -111.,11e1t, being the vigil of the holy Nativity, holy com- Sr h : t 4 would be administered in the first hour of the that is, the ceremony will commence at mid eu Christmas Eve. 11,),411ta FOR THE KAFIBS.—It has been often asked . rell f 11 , 1 ,e wing Rafirs g e t supplied with arms and ammunition , t °4 ac t mathrow some light on the ma c/11 IT O 4 large French barque was driven ashore at Fleet, d tred Chesil Bank near eymouth, on the night of t W f e l6 - olli 4,..1a5t, laden with muskets and gunpowder ; ou o composed the crew only six were saved. Upon ;7,"( 1 , where the vessel was bound, it was answered, , a Pe of Good Hope." PIIrt."`ItOPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.--A_ spe_cia r l . ,I,, ls w ,as held yesterday, at the Court-house, Soh h ee, NT" in the chair. The secretary, Mr. W°°ll7 7 ' Pa `4l l t: that there was an available balance of 22, 1 763 . 4 ,44 Were ordered amounting in the aggregate t e 16 ' 0°° , • . b( 4 11 c , 4 0 ' district rate .was made of 6d. in the pound on tn ,y e 111 The remaining business was of a Purei kit ttt e on. remaa cuozacter. 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. (Prom 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 half-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 I'Empereur !" At 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 488 such persons under going imprisonment, 443 have obtained 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 that 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." 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 likely to bear out the general estimate of 3,000,000 bales. In the southern markets prices have there fore lost another to lc. 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 id. from Mobile. The Liverpool market has been quiet but steady to-day. On our own Exchange, there was a doubtful character about business during the morning (except in yarns and goods for the east), which gave place to some increase of sales, with more firmness as the day advanced, continental buyers continue to hang sadly in the rear ; but in some counts of warps they have done a little to-day. The India and Uhiba 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, and to-day, in a very considerable amount of transaction, at improved rates for both yarns and goods, more particularly for the former. The demand for such cloths has led to purchases of the yarns from which they are made ; and these again manifest a harden ing tendency. 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 exhibit any advance. MACCLESFIELD, DEC. 21.—The near approach of the Christmas holidays, a period when the wholesale houses generally take stock, exercises the usual influence on trade here ; we have, therefore, only a few trans actions to report in silk manufactured goods ; but the weavers are better employed in anticipation of more active demand shortly. Thrown silks are still much in demand, and becoming scarcer, es pecially the finer descriptions, of which little is to be had. Raw Silks.—The market is without alteration in price, with but little doing. HALIFAX, DEC. 18.—The attendance in our piece hall to-day has been as slender as has been usual of late, and the inquiry 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 houses and the manufacturers are purchasing more freely, at advanced rates. Wool is changing hands in pretty fair 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 confidently assert that merchant bars will shortly re alise 151. or 161. per ton. It is difficult to conjecture what policy will 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 101. 10s. have for some time been readily obtained for bars and rods, and 11/. 10s. for sheets ; and that even at these figures many ironmasters are declining to fill their books 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 price, of materials. The supply of both ironstone and fuel in this district seems to have suddenly become altogether inadequate to the increasing re quirements of furnaces! and manufactories, and what is still worse, 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 and for our maritime fortifications, with an un exampled activity in the export department, and with the heavy drain that is again setting in for railway consumption, it would be a difficult matter to controul the present upward movement. The immense exodus of population 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.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. 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. 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 Dads 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. ITrbina, 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 was 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 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 impartiality, 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 the question which has been brought forward of the reform of the constitution ' • it is hoped that a compromise, prepared 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 SEWAGE MANURE QUESTION.-MR. 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, clear, 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 there is no man, wom an, 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 converted by the mismanagement of man into a drain of putrefaction generating plague and pestilence. Why, the gases which collect in our enor mons sewers; and which are oosing unceasingly from the world underground into the habitable world above, 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 !—infinitesimal doses !—of fu ture cholera 1 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 ough never to have been advanced—and this substitute for Peruvian guano, should be ready for delivery and use at Si. per ton ! Some time since we received a prospectus, announcing the formation of a company, with the avowed object of carrying out Mr. Dover's plans. The capital proposed to be raised was about 50,0001., in 11. shares, and the undertaking was recom mended to the support of the public, by the re-publica tion, 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 subject since, has left a still more favourable convic 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 he has originated, to the favour of the pulic, by the 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 Cherbqurg, 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 Beraldo, 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 the 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. 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. And in the first' place we desire to know what actual steps have been taken by Mr. Dover to bring this great experi ment 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 we 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 ht 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. T.HE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Convene. Closing Prices this day. 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 Ceesar 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 Amelie, 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 annuity, 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 the Empire—the confidant of disgracing it ; and this altercation was carriedbeyond 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'Hat against the Senate crossed the mind of the irritated ruler. At length, however, a compromise was effected, leaving all substantial power in his hands, but warning him at the same time that the Senate will not always prove as mute and as flexible as he intended to make it. It would be hard if despotic power were never used for any good purpose, and there arc, no doubt, objects to which it c an be appli e d w ith m ore effect than the machinery of fr ee governmein. Thus it has always proved in France a task of iasurmount able difficulty to c onfro nt and overpower those c l as s interests which have perpetuated commercial mono polies and restrictive dutie4 to an extent now unknown in any other part of the vorld. The power which Louis Napoleon is likely to acquire over the commercial tariffs of Prance will enable him to deal more freely with her prohibitive sys tern than any constitutional Minister could have done ; and as his most valid chim to the support of the nation is his resolution to prefer the popular interest to every other consideration, it would be consistent with his p o li cy a nd his interest t p o er gi etly v e ethe French people cheap iron, cheap coal, and cheaper manu facture d goods of certain descrip tions, if he has th e cou rage to. face the cla mour which the interest ed p ar ties will attempt to raise against the slightest interference w ith their immo derately protected int erests. If Louis Nap oleon can introduce any such measures, we have no doubt that he will benefi t the mass of the community far more than by any of the rash speculations he has legitimate basis ; a nd, a mong the acts of oppres sion and of wrong ju stl y to be charged Again st his sGeotvoenrnfmooetn,t,foirt wi he il w b ill extend trade on its own be well if he leaves a nobler and more lasting monument of his power, by hav ing broken down system which is still the heavi es t b ur d e n upon the . resources and the in du stry of the French pe o p le. —Times. the barrier s o f that prohibitive 50 50 50 25 St. St. St. St. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.—The rate of mortality 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 t 01,0 12 in the next, and in the week that ended last Saturday rose again to 1,041. In the ten weeks eorrespondng to last week of the years 1842-51, the average number was 1,190, which, with a correction for increase of p)pula tion, gives a mortality for the present time of 1,309. Influenza, which prevailed at the end of 1847, wien in the corresponding week 1,946 persons died from all causes, has contributed to swell this average ; bu:, with out reference to the casual effect of an epidemic, the comparison still affords gratifying evidence of an im 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-pox, confluent, un modified (14 days)," said to have been vaccinated when. 7 months old at Leominster by a woman ; no cicatrix. At 338, Albany-road, Camberwell, a professor of astro nomy, aged 64 years, died on 12th December of "bilious diarrhoea with vomiting (4 days), cholera without spasm (28 hours)." Last week the births of 878 boys and 784 girls, in all 1,662 children, were regist ered 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, 30 . 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 from 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 MUSEUM.—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 reading-room is found to supply a great desideratum. 10 26i 13i 20 20 RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O & £25 Cons... Do., £20.... ..... ..... Bristol & Exeter..... Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ...... . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£l.B E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h....' Do., d 0...... ......... IDo., B. & C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June.... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., * A. Stock .., Do., * B. 5t0ck...... Great Southern and Western (Ireland).. Great Western........ Iren South-Easter.. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Third 5......... ... Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ..... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Blaekwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., Do., £10..... .. Ltndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. do Derby' Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. a Shares ..........' Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmark et ....... ..... Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillaß Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor !Norfolk.. Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2..... Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed I North Staffordshire ( North Western.. N. & S.Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd- Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. .... Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do., A.B.C.&D.fu] l ty paid up at p. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River II --------------- Stockton & HartlepL Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West London.... Woodford York Newctl.&Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERENt, !Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. 0...' Bristol & Exeter 4 p. cent. Stock .......... Do. 4 p. e. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction...—. EastA nglian (43105) 6 per cent.......... .. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do., £lO Deben. Sh. EastlAncash. 6 p.cts. East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... Edinb. Prth . &Dundee Glasgow & SAVestern guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 P.C. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p• c. Prem. • *** Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Great Western, fixed 4i per cent........... Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £2O. Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., No. 3 Do. , Quarters, 1848 London and'Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c D o . Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. ConyertilAe, 5 p c., 1852. ........ Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lon. & N. West. Coy. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londndry. & Ennisk, Shares all all 8i [OO 100 Itanch.,Shef., 1 Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6........ ..... Haupt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent I Do Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5 per ct Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire I Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 Os.6d. Do. 4i per cent S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar Stock.& Hartl. Guar sp. c.till 1 Ju1y,1856 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. C. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch JOINT-STO , Australasia British N. American Colonial 'Commercial of Lou- ' don English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & 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 this day. 311 - 6i -- 7 104 -- 11 7 -- 6i d , 21 31 -- 2t dl 106 -- 108 681 -- 68/ 23 -- 24 184 -- 19 34 -24 d 84 -- 94 51 -- 61 4 • , 4 13 -- 134 101 -- 111 - Si 77 - 79 55 - 60 78 - 80 29 - 31 60 - 62 82i - 8313, 45 - 47 122 - 124 J:l7 108 95 --95 i 61 ii 88 90 lli 124 841 841 3 3$ d 2 4 d 17t 184 9 -- 9A -- 2p 1076 -- 1084 1254 -- 126, 4 -- 44 p 11 2 91 -92 p 31 -- -2 6 d 2. 2 d 12 --13 20. -- 21 30 -- 31 3 —3 d 79 -79 i 47 -- 49 51 -- 53 3i —3 d 2g -- 21 8 1 9 1 51 -- 53 2i -- 2A 39 —4O 7 -- 6A d 2i -- 2 d 4 -- 3 d 31 -- 4i p 53i— 54 94 -- 98 64 -- 68 67 -- 69 78 -- 82 lf d 19 -20 i 9 -- 104' -- 154' 3 -- 2i 24i - 2Z 814 - 82: 391 - 39 - 14: 4 - 21 12 - 131 9 - 10 27 -27 i - 10 73 74 2a 2i a d 59 60 SHARES 08 - 110 .05 - 1071 19 - 192 , , is - 6 -6. i 31 - 31, 3. - 4 - i 1) 1i 2 pl - P 14 - 15 18 -• 14 *i - iA 16i 1.-ii.6.1 jll2 - 113 - 9t 1 - 11091 1103 i par i p 1152 155 ••• - ••• •.• --p, -4 81 -- 8 13} -- 14 9i- 10. 11 -- 114 i -- i P I -1 4 p 149 - 151 23 -23 i 6 - 6i - lO2 -1012 i 26i - 26! 28 - 2i. p' 11/ -11 i 17f 1 171 11 P 17 18 Par 251 264 is -- -- i 1 i id ipm 102 - 104 - 5 1 - I "Ji BANKS Bedford. and Blotchley .... Birm. & Coxfd.l guarantee ... Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Glas. Barr. & Neilsu.Direct Do. New ... Hrtlpl. Dk. dz Railway Hull & Selby.' Do. ; 1 2 , Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. dr Greeuw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct fanch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Kidld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. &Wyre Do. a Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do. Shepth. St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p. c S. Staffordsh.. WearValleygr G per cent ... Do Wilts &Somrst London di N. West.j Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W. Caledon ... Gt. Notrhu Gt. Westn. Caleclon Do Yk. New & Berw. Y.&N.Md Do S. Eastern , Do Norfolk Do Lu.&N.W & Miclld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland E. Count Do L. & N . W &Ln& Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Laneash.dz Yorksh MrMClean Stoekt. Darling Do Gt.Westn 30 - 31 291 - 301 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54 56 149 - 151 33 - 34 112 114 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 -14 i 25,i -- 266 19i -- 20 23 -- 25 3 - 3i r. 674 IO 64 - 66 150 - 152 150 - 152 i— id 1051 losi FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. BelgianEastn. Juliet. Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon..... Charleroi & Erquelin. Demerara . Dijon and Besan9on Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do. Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) (Lyons & Mediterran 'Madras 'Maria Antonia Do. New Namur k Liege (with interest) 11 Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France 11 Do. 20/. 3 p. e. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. ll NorwegianTrunkPref .1 Orleans & Bordeaux .0 Paris and Lyons ;8 Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans . Paris and Rouen... Paris and Strasbourg) Paris€aen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Southern of France St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes Upper India Scrip West Flanders.. Do. 51 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. CoCa es & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek CobreCopper !Colonial Gold. Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip 'Quartz Rock .. !fihymme Iron. Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft. . • United Mexican West Mariposa Yuba Closing Prices this .1a3,. 1 - 2 i• -i%. 3 -- 3 1 2, 1 d 9 -- OL.-; p 2i -- 2i p It --2ipxd 1 -- 1) 1 p 7:7 41- - - lh 1 - 9 - 11 p - 3.1 p - 7 36 - 36 15 -15 i iii -- liip 40 42 38i —39 i 33 —33lxd 5 5i p lip 211 21 1.0:1 111 4 5 P 51 d p 11i -- 12/p i d 4 P I -: B - 10 - 41i a 7 • Business done •this Day, . 23 . 24 19 . 24 GERMANY. We read in the Emancipation of Brussels of 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 Universe' 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 guarantees demanded from the new Emperor on the territorial question that these difficulties have arisen."—According to a letter from Berlin, dated the 18th, 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." BELGIUM. The budget of the Interior having been adopted by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, 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 `__ -- 1211 12i 25 124 12. 124 St. 1.0.61 'To 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 111 100 11i all all all 100 42i 34 all all 100 100 all 100 171 1 all 8i 100 100 100 100 100 100 20 10 100 all all 25 20 5 25 all 1 all all 2 10 Basineis done this Day. 31} 2 6i 3 106 684 A 23i 42511 13i I 8 i i 94 51 pm. 841 4 3i 4i 0 5 1 5 i 5 1 92 ii 2 31 30i I 79i i 9 i 9 1 I 38i 9 131 aj pm. 24i 81 i 12i 9 3 i 73 13i 59?2, 9 lii pm. 18 i 1 109 i 3 3 i 11161 191 3 11.031 i 83 1 i J 1 i ••• ".'" • • • .... ••• "'. 4895 73 0 all 100 all 100 50 95 121 ; 12i 20 20 12 St. St. 25 11?, 100 - 100 18i 20 20 34 10 20 all all all all 13.5 24i la 2 2ip P 24 26 9 11 - 11 —1 2 p ?.} _9i A - - 'Australian Agricult, !Canada .. Copper Miners of Eng. Do. Preference Crystal Palace.. lEastern Steam.. Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land.... Peninsular & Oriental Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Univeral Emigration and Colonization....' Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph .. MISCELLANEOUS. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(2HIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind at Noon, S., light breeze and dull hazy weather with drizzling rain. BREST, 19.—The Asia, Liverpool to Mobile, has g one to pieces in a hurricane on the IGth inst., three men lost. DEAL, Dec. 21.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived Lady Flora, Port Philip ; John Barrow, Prince Edward's Island. Arrived from the River—Chandernagore, Sydney, N.S.W.; Lesmoyne, Calcutta ; Paetolus , B arbadoes ; Mlby, New Orleans ; Concord, Adelaide, S. A. ; Chuptain, Bombay ; J. A Pritchard, Rio Janiero ; Cato, St. Vincent ; Netta, St. Kitts ; Neord, Portau Prince ; Sprightly, Cuba. Sailed—Patrick Henry, Alice Maude, Norge, and Cerero 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 ; daratyne, Bathurst ; Acadia andSabrinee, 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 o f wa t er i n her hold. Sailed—Reindeer, Rio Janeiro. Off Port — British Queen (s). WIGTowx, 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, Dec. 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 very moderate, the demand for all descriptions was extremely inactive, at prices barely equal to th9se paid on Monday last. Tho business doing for forward delivery was trifling, and the attendance of both town and country millers was small. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 5,560 qrs. The show of samples was comparatively s mall, 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 generally only purchased for immediate wants. Beans, peas, and flour supported Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. t Malt. 4,840 5,030 Wheat. 1,310 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. 5,560 I ;TOO 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, yei we have no decline to no tice in prices. WHITECIIAPEL: The general demand i;:ruled active to-day, as follows : Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Muttoil, 36 Od to 48 6d Veal, 2s 10d to 40 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 present 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 past year. s rf LITERATURE. - 4 1 ;054, es. 1 Isis. An E gy pti an Pilgri t' maffe. By James Au ••‘..! • •4 4, 4 I tus St. John. 2 vols. Longman. • '''l`ir,c!'‘• The country o f E g ypt has always been peculiar I interesting to the antiquarian, the scholar, and the, v . 4 Ave enthusiast. It i s i n th e com bi ne d s pi r it of thelie that Mr. St. John hag undertaken his pilgrimage. He endeavours to discover in Egyptian nature, scenery, and climate, the origin or traces - of mystic goddess Isis. The work commences with a vision or dream of Isis, which induces him to visit I the ancient country of her abode. The travels, however, are not indebted to supernatural agency for their interest, hut 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 waildera 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 firm given of the vas.wondprful "mins, and the scenery that surrounds them. The followin g 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 wa t er , i n t ersperse d with corn-fields, villages, hamlets, thickets, copses, groves, and palm-woods, through which you discern, here and there, small white cupolas, or towering minarets flashin,g 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 cl ou d s t rav elling 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 muss 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." 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 pearl splendour on the spacious bosom of the rive r , w hi c h 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, like 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 Ravenscliffe, &c► 3 vol 9. 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 within. 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 Hesther, who, secure of her trea sured son by adoption, was sick at heart, and tormented day 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. Hernana 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 but 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 the 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 go ne out, and the trees , no longer umbered 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. Heather at last spoke. ' Charlie,' she said, `what ails you, I know your face—there Heather has read it since you wore a blessed infant. Strange looks it has, things in it I sea, that it is not for such as Heather to understand. Lines from that other world, I don't know their speech. They aro too bright and beautiful for Heather's 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, Heather,' 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 g one through something atter 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 th ou g ht i t was onl y in little things, but day by day it has been coming dearer uses, and clearer upon me, just as the sun rises and and suddenly there is a great burst of li g ht, and ono sees all at once—blue mountains, and rivers, and castles, and trees, and flowers, where everything before was mis t iness 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 Itrethodisation of the Hebrew Verbs, on an Original Plan. By the Rev. T. D. Gregg. This little grammatical tract is most valuable to On a single ariti es o f th e t si l Lee s t tu a dnt r e eex o h f ib t i h t e ed sa t c h r e ed ch l le n f gi p m e g culi e. 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 originally for his own private use, to other a bl e H ebraists, an d a t 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. MARYLEBONE 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 report of the official manager in reference to the proposed compromise of the claims of creditors. The report , which was read, containe d 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 propo se d t o b o given in discharge. The largest claimant was Mr. Edmund Walker, who was put down at about 16,0001. The total amount of all the claims which have been admitted by the Master is, in round numbers, 43,0001., and the official m anager reported that these claims, as compromised, would come to 36,0001. odd. HATNIAU AND HIS PROTECTRESS.—A yery handsome bracelet; set with dianlends, has been forwarded by a society Viennese to the Austrian Embassy , in London. It was intended for Mrs. Benfieltl, the landlady, in Bank side who saved General Haynau from the mob, but she has disappeared. 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