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

- - - - - - " °-.. it: arts °f tile a A lea lay, and ll" andg i ~,hes wh ic ; ing to ob ble 11 ' 1)(1 _,,,, er3* n the s' been for 8° ;vato,lol4l Ye t ace?' ."ant 0144, te, ) called , e froo solo ° ora the Y s ° oB I,rbotir• cls9 ° ifel' ai ;oi" ing to Sh e she Wit h Louti l t 3ither orth' 0 6( 0 ,iver, ncis l re e f 4.11.0 ; tO' n e '' iveo ;heir 3, oil o e ' ite,..' THE EXHIBITIONS. • W hose numerous places of entertainment in the °Polis where amusement is combined with in q°4illetion, have, during the present week, been largely,_ patronised by the holiday people ; and this 71 be tak en a s instance of the growing desire leis °llg the industrious classes to devote their few lire hours at Christmas, and at other occasions general abstinence from labour, to something fo ril is profitable as well as entertaining. The wing are the principal places of resort of the eription mentioned : The Colosseum.—This has always been considered °ll e of the best sights of London, and its popularity t r oises to increase the late reduction in the of admission from 3s. 6d. to ls. That much can be seen for so trifling a sum is as great , n l ll arvel as the Exhibition itself. A larger or finer 11 7tection of statuary is nowhere open in the great trupolis to the inspection of the public. The qle of 4 ervatory, the stalactite caves, and the aviary t o rare birds, are calculated, in imagination at least, transport one to the regions of fairy land. The t oss cottage is one of the most perfect illusions t can be witnessed, and though now of no iths _ ce ut date, never fails to attract a host of i7rers ; and lastly, the panoramas of Lon -11, by d a y and by night, are productions be°se merit and truthfulness have never yet h, e ll contested. Verily the days of cheapness 4 7 1 'e arriv e d, if private enterprise can exhibit so arlY objects of interest for 12d. Polyt ec h n i c I ns tit u ti on .—The managers of this „ i,7inently popular establishment have never ceased I , ll aaintain their well-earned reputation. No im tant discovery—no knotty question in reference Science or art fails to be explained or elucidated b the able lecturers, and every subject is treated familiar way, and, where possible, is ac k to i llPanied by experiments and diagrams. In t e a llY branches - of Imowledge valuable facts may ,Picked up here every evening which it is useful t( l tilow in the daily affairs of life. Shakspeare's t a :ndsummer Night's Dream," illustrated, is the W t novelty, and, like many other,s first brought ard by the management, has been very success- The.. " Endless Amusements of Chemistry," M i t r. P e pp e r ; the " Philosophy of Scientific Re ea, tion," by Dr. Bachhoffner ; and " Ballooning C' l the present prospects of Aerial Navigation," ~ Crispe ; embrace subjects enough to meet her tastes of the crowds of visitors who will flock e during the week. 40 B urford's Panoramas.—The three beautiful pa ijalnas at Mr. Burford's well-known institution, W aterloo, The Alps," " The Battle of and " Nineveh"—have obtained the trati qv • on of all who have seen them. They dis -B,`l a degree of artistic skill and taste, which de 41'1es the warmest commendation. In colouring 4general design nothing could be more beautiful, t o 'lle for accuracy of detail those who are best able Judge pronounce them to be unsurpassed. Diorama of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.— C s diorama which has been painted under the ection of Mr. W. Beverley, is about to close e ° ltly, and we cannot do better than recommend gse who would wish to take a " pilgrimage to the c V e Land" without being subject to the incon eience and delay of an actual journey, to avail k , e ,lllselves of the opportunity which now offers, raay not occur again. Mr. Beverley's name is theg as an artist to guarantee the supe 'tity of exhibition. ta,(la/tery of Illustration.—ln addition to the pano- Ola of the Wellington Campaigns, which has I ,' e 'l‘r become familiar to the public, and derive a 4 11 liar interest from the fact of its ' having been lted by the " great duke," and said by him to " very good, indeed," there have lately been 'roduced the lying in state of that immortal per- N 4 ago at Chelsea, the funeral procession passing i h e 'son's monument, and the lowering the coffin 11 '''' 0 the vau lt a t St. Paul's, and thus a complete te!s ig given to the pictorial record of the • events t o rected with the illustrious hero which all will 't3' . appreciate. - - The Gold Fields of Australia, Regent-street.— t " . that the wonderful discoveries of gold in Aus a44a are attracting the attention of so many to 1 / 4 1 't extensive colony of the mother country, a 1 4 14 orama of the gold fields, givi g a truthful view the country and its principle features is a desider kt %1 which could not long remain unsupplied. Mr. ~ • Prout is, we believe, the first who has under keu the task ; his sketches are graphic and life e, and. something more than a mere attempt to % e se the eye. All who contemplate a visit to antipodes, or wish to get an insight, though oPerfect, into society at the " diggins," cannot better than pay Mr. Prout a: visit. i nch Globe.—For solid and useful instruction ilkuch every one can, more or less, make available, great globe of Mr. Wyld, in Leicester-square, i l lO competitor. During the last three days has received a great accession of visitors. Ai different parts of the surface of the elaborate e ce of workmanship are minutely examined, the bPle seeming to be as industriously employed as o in a hive, some tracing the course of relative ii „ . `.friencl who is on his way to America, others pur ing the overland route to India, and many pick c,g,.out the line of an intended journey to Aus tralia, and travelling round the Cape in imagina -11 ere they do so in reality. The " Great Globe" le c L Wonderful reviver of one's geographical know ige. Argyl e Rooms.—This unrivalled salle de danse ntinues to be one of the most popular places of h 'lleement at this festive season. The liberality nd taste of the directors deserve the success which t ~eY have met with, and the order and propriety l'ileed in their management entitle them to the hest thanks of the public at large, and have set 1 4 7 establishment far above any which have hitherto ob eli opened to the dancing world. The saloon, of the finest in Europe of its kind, has been decorated, and every arrangement made o r,,ch can conduce to the comfort and enjoyment the visitors. Of the well-known orchestra, under he guidance of M. Emile Laurent, we need not eak, it alone will well repay an evenings' visit "ell to the most critical amateur of music. Tx7 , 1 : ) NORETION THE BETTER PART -OF VALOITR.— e b . ,` 141 , in a Paris journal :—" There is much talk of a dis re' which took place a few days ago in a cafe of the 4° l llevards, between an elderly gentlemon and a young :, 1 . ! With large moustaches. It ended in a challenge, b r ,giell has happily caused no death, and of which the i,", (11 ‘ of the quarter will reap the benefit. The parties C,i'fceed on the ground and the seconds measured the tance, and loaded the pistols. During these prepara :,llB the young man strutted about humming a tune `‘- 1 twisting his moustaches. The elderly gentle tan said nothing until the preparations were t?iillpleted when he talked of explanations. At this word Young man thought himself six inches taller, and he would listen to no propositions. His adversary ell cock e d his pistol, seeing a bird, which was flying by rapidly, s a id, 'Look !' and then fired at the bi r d, which f e u dead. The lion turned pale, and his adversary said, j t .ara the person insulted ; you have h a d a p roo f of my I n, and you will now receive my fire, or take to-day t i le th ousan d f ran cs to the Bureau de Bi en f a i s a n c e of 1 1 4 1 : second arrondissement. Decide, but reflect that the ger the bird is the more certain am I of hiting, and li la % are much larger than the bird that I have just shot.' e proposition was accepted, ! and we a re assure d th a t e money has been paid, „Y 4 13 VOYAGE ROUND THE CAPE. The uninitiated 1e often not unreasonably surprised at the apparently Itievi,.ous course which vessels, bound from this country to '-ua or Australia, pursue on their voyage to the Cape. tb te cluently, as in the case of the Velore from this port, LeY are found touching at Rio or other ports in South erica, k -gie riea and those who trace the direct course upon their t c e Ps are not a little puzzled at what seem to them out-of .tri:waY, erratic wanderings. An article . in Chambers's IVnburgh Journal, No. 468, entitled, ” Steam t ° ll lid th e Cape," contains the following ex 'L4tlatory remarks, which some of our readers Y thank us for extracting :—Persons who do not ez " / special attention to nautical . matters are likely °u gh to suppose that, considering the large number of aesaels at sea ithe surface of the great ocexa must be qotted over in ' almost every part with the sails of the o(Aintless fleet. This, however, is not the case ; the :i e ‘i a n like the land, has its frequented highways, and its N ,; ; ` l ,,e regions of loneliness. If an observer, furnished en a forty-Herschel-telescope power of vision, could be e vated to a height great enough to give him a view of the whole Atlantic, he would be struck by beholding li l i l l "reds of vessels' following one another in certain e 8 alon g a ver y i rregu l ar course : w hil e ove r a ihtg e Portion of the surface not a sail would be vis tn• Thus, he would see the ships which 'leave this N ; ll 'ltry for th e C a p e or I n dia, pursue at first a south kadei course till they reached the neighbourhood of ra : then keep more directly to the south, at a th 'e distance from the African coast, until they crossed e ; then stretch away again to the south-west in . 5 direction of South America, till they gained the zone . ° t , Westerly winds ; and, finally, making a rather sharp t n into these winds, go bowling along before them to ,3" e astward till they arrived at the Cape, or else, if t°et directed, passed to the southward of it. On the 14 , 11 , 111 -voyag e a similarly circuitous route is pur theu, although the curves are to some extent reversed, :,„ widest circuit or deviation from the direct line ia e „, — ,g made in the northern instead of the southern ti i . — t s Phere. In the extensive spaces on either side of 4 ,,`,Pe frequented routes few vessels will be seen. Here there an African trader might occasionally be per -eiveddodging ding swiftly across the ocean, perhaps with a royal 1,11-41„er followi ng steadily in her track like a bloodhound a murderer." The writer proceeds to remark shi t s team -vessels possess an advantage over sailing f er , B l ! in being able to strike out a new and direct route lexoselves. TETE FRENCH EMPIRE. 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 maimer. 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 Emperbr 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 King of Prussia, describing it to be not in the sense of an act of affiance 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 congrattate 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 ever 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. 10c. ; Shares of the New Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued at 500 f., 850 f. THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have been received. They state that the Ambassador from the French Emperor, General Aupick, 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., 441-16 ; Exchange on London, 50 90 paper. - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1852. ing the superiority of the Victoria mines over any yet discovered here, there is one advantage which this colony has over the sister province—viz., the orderly state of society in all its ramifications, and this is, no doubt, owing as much to the leaning, on sin .. the part of the working classes, to a quiet, upright, , and honest mode of life, as to the admitted effi ciency of the local Government. A spirit of saving has gone among the lower orders—a desire to he come possessed of real property—which will, no doubt, lead eventually to the establishment of a sturdy yeomanry throughout the land. There can not be a better proof of the orderly state of this country than the statement of the Attorney-Gene ral, who 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 calendar and less crime in that part of the colony than for some years previous, and the same obser vation will apply to Sydney at present. The Administration of Sir Charles Fitzroy, the present Governor, has been decidedly a successful one. Under a system such as ours of two-thirds of the Legislative Council being named by the Crown, 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, he naturally wishes to have a good deal of his own way—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 two occasions in Sir George Gipps's time. Sir Charles Fitzroy is a different man altogether from Sir George Gipps ; he is, perhaps, more a man of tact than of talent. Six years ago, when he first assumed the government, he commenced his administration, like'a wise man, by attaching those who might prove troublesome to his Government by conciliation, and his entire policy has been to smother opposition in the bud, by industriously conciliating and attaching those who might be dangerous as enemies ; but you will observe that the very opposite danger is the result of that of Sir George Gipps's line of policy. In the one case the tendency is to cause the people to rise against the Government ; iu the other, the Government, by clever mangement of the representatives of the people, and by the influence they possess in the Assembly through their nominees, has a tendency to become despotic, not by force, but through cor ruption. Thus it is that the present system of government in New South Wales is about the worst that possibly could be devised for secur ing and maintaining the liberties of a free people ; and it is difficult to conceive how the British Parliament, in the very height of its wis dom, and after mature deliberation, could come to the determination to fasten such a system (it is unworthy the name of constitution) on any community of British subjects. A system like this of ours (it must be clear to every one, and experience has shown) tends either to democratic anarchy or to the despotism of a Government go verning by corruption. It must eventually either drive the people into rebellion or demoralise them into slavery ; and thus it is that our system of go vernment cannot work at all under the ordinary stamp of men sent out to rule colonies, and cannot work long under such a prudent policy as that pur sued by the present Governor, even when backed by the experience and admitted talents for business of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Edward Peas Thomp son. Trade continues in a healthy condition, money is abundant, and credit good, throughout the entire community. There is little tendency to extravagant speculation, or even to specula tion of any kind abroad ; people generally seem inclined to be careful of their newly-acquired wealth. There is not much alteration in our markets since the beginning of the month ; arrivals from England have not been heavy, and extreme rates still rule for several articles, but prices of a few articles have a tendency to give way a little, on account of the demand for Melbourne having slackened during the last week ; however, rum, brandy, and gin, malt liquors, tea, coffee, sugar, spices—in fact, all kinds of Eastern produce, also boots and shoes and saddlery, are still scarce. There is no tea fit for use to be had, and it is diffi cult to understand why supplies keep out so long from China. The necessaries of life, such as bread and meat, are in abundance. Flour is worth 231. per ton for fine. Beef and mutton are 2d. to 2id. per lb. retail. The market for Manchester goods continues dull, and to effect sales of calicoes and cotton prints a sacrifice must be made, but is to be hoped this St s market may mend as population increases. A con - St. siderable amount of coin has arrived from Eng 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 per cent. discount. 'Draughts `6l, against wool and tallow, with documents, are at 91 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 10 offered there, and from 601. to 70/. for the run St 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 St ships are liable to is for pilotage. St. 20 14 50 20 50 40 25 25 FLEET-DITCH—ITS PAST AND PRESENT STATE.—In February, 1733, the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council presented a petition to Parliament that a bill might be brought in to empower them to fill in that part of the Fleet-ditch lying between Holborn-bridge and Fleet-street, and to convert the ground to such purposes as seemed most suitable. By virtue of an act granted by Parliament, this part of the Fleet-ditch was arched over, and part of the site converted into a market, which was opened on the 13th September, 1737 : by this means the 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 years,nco the Fleet-ditch, with all its uncovered through Clerkenwell and -lane. It had, by the time it the reached lastt ahstetheback n e n s f, o o r r n a r e ol e If i eegrdFh tuisite of Holborn-bridge, become a increased as it was by the of Kentish Town, Camden ps N s' ew Farringdon-street was Tv st ao r rij I m u, s projected,oelfffs naoasgrn Islington, ,an again tributariesaonem. 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 might, in defiance of the threatened punish ment,"explore the river," from its termination in search a tßla o c f kf ga ria i r n s , -bridge. So certain was it the unsightly Fleet was now hidden from the sight and smell, that several leading journals published congratu latory articles on the occasion. Unfortunately, how ever, this putrid river passes uncovered through the heart of Clerkenwell : on ita 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 The Builder. - - VALUE or A MINUTE !—A minute, my friend, is something. A minute ! how many years must it seem to somebody standing 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 pointing 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, decide the odds between your being landed safely on a well-swept platform heaped with Christ mas hampers, and hung round with jovial banners, or placards respecting Christmas excursion trains, and your being crushed to death be n ea t h the remorseless wheels f as it glides heavily along station ? A minute !—in how many words of hope, or the t o ha treacherous that sub-divisionsame excursion railso f t h intoe train,daythe love, or murderous accusation, or frenzied anxiety, or kindly greeting, will throb through the sentient wires of the telegraph, over marsh, and meadow, and lea — through hills and tunnels across valleys and deep rivers ? A minute will break the back of the strong steam ship, and send her with all her freight of mailed war ners, and weather-beaten mariners, and restive chargers down to the coral reefs and the pearls that lie in dead men's eyes, to be no more beard of till the sea gives up its dead ! A minute decides the Derby, settles whether the firm of Ingots, Nuggetts, Bullion, and Co., shall go into the Gazette, and Basinghall-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 less than a minute, of the infinitesimal particle of a minute !—Dickens's Household Words. WHAT STEAM HAS DoNE.—The time was when eggs in Caithness stood a fixture summer and winter, at 3d., and haddocks at 6d. per dozen, and woe betide the dis poser if they ventured to ask a halfpenny more. We had no steamers then. The times have changed since, and evem in the dead of winter exporters can calcuate on regular transit to the southern markets almost to an hour, and hence the price of eggs has risen to 9d. per dozen, and haddocks to 2s. per dozen. The parish of 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 2,0001. value of that article alone. Of the quantity of smoked haddocks sent from Caithness we have no data, but it must amount to a large figure.—John O'Groat Journal. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Leasing Compans, London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N.W, Caledon Gt.Notrhul Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New & Berw Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern. Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W & Midid Stckton & Darliugt. Midland E. Count Do L. & 1\ . W &Ln& Yk Do Closing Prices Yesterday. Gt.Northn Do Lancash.di Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. Darling Do Gt.Westn , 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 =e mitting in their attentions to the venerated lacty. It is said that the Belgian Government 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 was 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 briiiig up a report as soon as possible. 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 23c1 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 w.;uter in Dussei.dorf. She does not intend, as reported, going shortly to Paris. TURKEY. The Debats has accounts from Constantinople, of the 15th inst., according to which Russia, op posing the claims of France regarding 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 iu any town or borough," has been 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 sorals, to Kiel, whence they will make their way to Haraburgh, Liverpool, or Hull, and New York. About 600 or 700 more will follow ti them in a short time. AUSTRALIA. (From 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, lid 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,—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 Jolm 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 premature. • 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 o f 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 no 't 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 Parliame - at 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, 2d. 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, ls. per gallon ; re fined sugar, 3s. 4d. per cwt. ; unrefined sugar, 2s. 6d. per cwt. ; molassses, is. Bd. per cwt. ; tea, -id. per lb. .y manufactured tobacco, is. 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 331,5701., against 332,365/. 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 10-i 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 statu 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 to go, among whom there are a good many returned diggers from Motint Alexander. The few that are on the ground are earning 303. 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- THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. .1 Paidl RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. 100 Aberdeen ..... 8. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct...... all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... 18i Do., £2O 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 6 Do., do. all Do., B. & C ..... . 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Easters all Lancaster & Carlisle D0.,11 Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 De.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S.Western 4.2 A Do., £50.... ..... 6 10A 7 34 Do., .. all Lndndrry . &Coleraine . all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lineln. 48 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Miland ... . 100 Do. Binning. ... Derh 47 Midland G.West.( r.) 17i Do. Shares ... all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk... ......... I all Do., New .... , 3 Northn.Couniies Un. 100 North British ... 13 North Devon, NO.l 61 Do., No. 2.. .... all Do., A Deferred 5 I 0., B Guaranteed 1.74 North Staffordshire all North Western 8i N. & S.Wesiarn. unc 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & 100 Do., L. & N. We Lt. Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do 20 Do. 03westry .., 61 Shropshire Union . . ... Do., A.B.C.&D.fully paid up at p. e. all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South V. ales.. 15 3. York sh. Liver D - ar 5 Do 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West C0rnwa11........ all West L0nd0n....... ... 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. &Berw 20 Do. Extensions 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland ' Business done this day. PREFERENI 20 20 12 St. 100 'Aberdeen . all Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... IC3 Bristol & Exeter 4p. cent. Stock ....... 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 1100 ICaledoilian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. N per cent... 3 Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. all Dundee Perth&Aber- deen Junction . all EastAnglian (£3los)' 6 per cent. all Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (El 17s) 7 p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshh., Junction, Fifths. all Edinb.Prth.&Dun , 100 Glasgow & S.Westert - , guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Great Western, fixed 4 per cent 6 ILaliCash. & Yorksh. , F. 220 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 ..... 17 Do., No. 2............. 5 Do., No. 3...... ....... 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 100 London and:Thighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Prof, S P. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c.,1852... - - .00 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. .00 Lou.&N.West.Cov.& Nun., 5 p. c. Stock.' 5 (London &S.Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler. Shares . all Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares... all Manch. ,Shef., & Lin , 16 20 5 2 , Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6. all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 4} per Cent 8i Do 100 Mid. Consol. 6p.c. St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per et all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 109 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 10 25 10 1.0.1 9 Do all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all S.Yo rksh.4p. c. Guar all Stock. & Hartl. Guar sp. e. till 1 July ,1856 3 Witerfd.&lilli. - 6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.o.Pref 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Porch - 32 - 7 - 11 6i d 21 108 67 24 - 181 21d - - 13 - 81. - 79 - 60 - 80 - 31 - 45 - 122 105 95i - 6i - 107 - 96 74 90 12ap 85 d 24 d 184 9 i -- 9 a. 1i -- 2 p 108 -- 109 + 1251-164 4 -- p -- 2. p 91 -- 92 5! -- 4 -- 3A 11 -12 i 20 -- 21 30! -- -- 31 3, 3 d 80 , -- 801 47 -- 49 51 53 3A 3 d 2 —2i - 9 1 52 54 7A 8 3 —2A d 39A —40 A 7 —62 d 2i-2 • dl 4 - 3 (1 9 3A-41p 52A 53{ 92 94 63 65 66 68 78 - 82 19 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 3 - 2i (1 24 - 25 84 13 4 391 - 8 --- 314459! 2f 2i 12 -- 13 26 -- 27 9t -- 10 73 74 6-i qd 21 2 d 60 61 'X SHARES 1108 - 110 1105 - 107 19 20 par ; p 6 -- 61 gl : , 3 1 P ip -- 1i p 14i -- 15 18 -• 18 3 - 1 •• • - •• • 1 1127 -129 x 112 - 114 - 9 ! • 1 -- 109 i -- 114 152 - - 155 3i 4 p 133 14 9 10.11 V a — P I - lii I) 149 - 151 it - $ P 23 -23 i 6 - 6il Australasia Brithl N. American Colonial Commercial of Lon don 1i - 2h 102 - 103 _2si - 26, 21 - 111 - 17 par 26 - 26! 19 - 20 :English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. c 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.. 171 - rf - 1* p - - 18 i P id ipm 102 - 104 5i - 51 - i pi JOINT-STOCK BANKS. pm. pm. all 100 all 100 111 100 100 18 4/ 29 10 all all all all all all 13.5 24;3 35 32i all all RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. 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. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New ,Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway __ Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greeuw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.., Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. di Wyrej Do. Shares. Roystn, & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do 'Wilts &Somrstj FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. BelgianEastn. Juliet. Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besanon. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. 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 & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPret Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds. Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen... Paris and Strasbourg' ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre..., Sambre and Meuse Southern of France St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes 1 Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. N per c. Pref.. Western of France. MINES. Agna 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. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobro Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain Great Polgooth ,Lake Bathurst.. Liberty .. Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ Mexiean&S.Amerien New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican West Mariposa Yuba Bn.sinese this day. Business dono this day. i p x.n. 2a li 3. 1 1 1 a 29.} li i 2 2i / a li i 53 1 ex, (1, MISCELLANEOUS Australian Agricult Canada Copper Miners of Eng Do. Preference Crystal Palace Eastern 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 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. WHTTEHAVEN, 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, Azc. The cargo of the Denison, Liverpool to Antigua, on shore, is washing out. CROOKHAVEN, 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 Piscatagua, for New Orleans, and the Rhine, for New York, are on the West Mud, but expected off next tide. CARNARVON, 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, Doc. 28.—Arrived —Corry Linn, New York. OBAN.—Arrived—Repeater, St. John's, N. 8., for the Clyde. PORTLAND, Dec. 29.—The Nelly (French brig) drove 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. London to San Francisco LEITH, Dec. 29.—The Emily , , has put in leaky. "RES FOR 1853. Warwick Spring lf Kiplin Coates l7 Northampton (2) 3O 31 Abergavenny Malton 2l Newmarket F S 25 Bath l7 Manchester (3) lB Epsom 24 WE. , _ _ Stockbridge 23 Winchester 24 Newcastle 27 Stamford l9 Nottingham 2l Goodwood 26 f 31 106 671 23 i i 18 107 674 231 411 95 in 1081 71 126 6 92 li 307, 1 80A ,1 80 83/ 4i 60i 6O 18 i 11031 [UST. York l7 Derby Egham 24 or 25 RACING FIX' MA' Liverpool Spring 2 Coventry Spring 8 Doncaster Spring 8 .. _ 10 Salisbury - Croxton Park 6 Newmarket Craven ll York Spring Chester 3 Newmarket Sec Sp lO Shrewsbury Ju: Ascot Hampton Beverley, Hull, &c Bibury ~ 15 . 15 22 Ju: Newmarket 5 Worcester 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool l3 AUG Brighton 3 Brighton Club 5 Wolverhampton 8 Reading lO 30 - 31 29i - 30 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54 56 148 - 150 33 - 34 112 .114 56 -- 57 27' -- 28 14 -14 i 25. - 26 - 19i -- 20 23 -- 25 3 - 31 iiiii 7- - iiii 64 - 66 150 - 152 150 - 152 ... - - . i .. i d 32 = 331 1051 -- 1062 Closing Prices Yesterday. 1 - 2 iii 7- ii,i 2ip 1 d 9 —9p 2 —2 p 1 p 1 —l;p 4 6 1 - - 7 i - 5 i 1 _ 1, 9- 11 p 2.4 - 3 p 8 - B,i 34 -2 - 34 ut - 151 i:6l 7-: 16-ip 38 - 40 38 - 39 31? - 32 4i - lip 20- 1 1 -20 i 10 - 11 3i, - 4 41an -- 5f 5i d p 10 -- 10113 1 -li p -1 p 5 -7 p 6 -7 - I P P P P P - P P 11 - 13 4 5 2 3 28i 29 40 -1- 1? 3$ 7 7' 11 $ d d p 11 la p —14 PP d ii - -41 1 i- i P L - lip 2 -28 p - n - g 27 P 8 -10 i - i P 10 - 12 9 - 93 A - i i - i P .. -.. ... - ... " ..4 =E - "" FINE ARTS. Jack on Guard ! By the Count de Montpezat. Mitchell. Apropos des Bottes, says Monsieur Pune\ " gutta percha is good for the sole." Apropos of the national defences—we have this capital little picture of " Jack on Guard against the French 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., M.p. A truly life-like portrait of the Hon: Member for Montrose is now "on view" at the gallery of Messrs. Graves, No. 6, Pall-Mall, nett - door to the Opera Colonnade. It will be ekamined 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 volumes 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 o 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 extravagancies 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. Colburn. Second 2 vols. 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 oa. 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 captain of 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 ?" 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 e'fer saw ten thousand men running a race together.' " Besides much military information, the conclusion contains a great number of lively sayings and sketches of society. The first series was published in 1847, and, beinc , 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 m ost 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. M'Glashan. This is a pleasing volume, presenting us with a series of travels in the following countries: E gyp t , Jerusalem, Damascus, Palestine, &c. Some of the descriptions are remarkably well Written, as the subjoined sketch of Damascus will prove:— "My tent was pitched upon the banks of a small stream, 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, the road on each side was shaded by magnificent trees, and a constant succession of orchards, full of apple, walnut, fig, and olive trees. It is not surprising that Damascus should always have been a large city, when its situa tion is taken into consideration. The river Buradm, the Abana, or Pharpm 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 countries are brought 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 fort he week ending Dec. 26, 1852 Corresponding week last year 2,512 4 2 Increase in 1852 £B47 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 RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 26, 1852 £17,775 10 11 Corresponding week last year 15,997 6 6 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 25, 1852 (20 miles) £145 15 11 Corresponding week last year (20 miles) .~. all all 25 20 304 304 304 50 95 124 12i 20 20 12i St. St. 25 17i 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 30 20 1 40 100 20 10. 50 100 25