The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-31 00:00:00

A E FRENCH EMPIRE. Pettrie sa ys :---" The return of the Emperor was retarded by indisposition ; but it had Ti() US result, as he was able to return -without lenience y e sterday, and this morni n g tran °ugh:less with his Ministers." Emperor was present on Wednesday even the representation of the new ballet at the i`Ppera. His Majesty entered the theatre at half-past eight, and was hailed with warm rations. On the previous evening he visited 'audeville. , I4 ing the stay of the Emperor at Com p ie g ne, a 7, which found its way to some of the foreign i i was spread that an attempt had been upon the life of his Majesty. To prevent 11 1 the departments from this unfounded air, the Minister of the Interior transmitted ,wowing telegraphic dispatch, wh ich a pp ears 'reral of the provincial journals : 18, 27th December. — A rep ort has been spread and in some of the departments, that in a hunt i tl lPiegne the Emperor had been wounded in an at -111:10n his life, and that several persons of his suite Even killed or wounded. This rumour is utterly jA announced that Prince Jerome Bonaparte fined to his bed with influenza. ' Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Aer to the Court of St. James, has arrived in from London. lilloniteur will, it is said, make know n in a 44 . Ys the composition o f the new Imperial : hold. The following list of that of the or in 1812 may not be without interest by ~,g comparison. The chaplaincy, which was [ 1 the orders of Cardinal Fesch, was com besides him, of six chaplains ; the grand 1 of the palace had under him three of the palace and two marecha - ux des the grand chamberlain, and the first rlain, and the superintendent off specta llad a numerous personne/ of ha amounting in number to 89 there also a grand equerry, a first equerry, an commandant, and a governo r of the p a g es. „pages'fir were 43 in number. T here was also a trof the hounds ; a grand master of cere es • an intendant -general o f the Im p erial `,:ellold. ; an intendant of the build in g s of the ~,t 1 ; an administrator of t he forests of the e; a treasurer-general of the crown and of the Mrdinary demesne ; an intendant-general of private demesne ; an intendant - general of th e Irdinary demesne ; and a secretary of sta te ~_e Imperial family. The C abinet of the Empe "a composed of a seeretaire du portefeuille, a 1 , 4 7 of the Archives, a director of the typo '&o cabinet, and two secretaries of the cabinet. i ti kedical men attached to the household were number. There was also a director of music, dor and composer of music for the private and a director of the theatres of the court. , Were also a number of other officers, such illerries, introducers of ambassadors, governors, k c clnmandants of the palace, &c., &c. early ten columns of the lfonitenr are filled . a list of promotions and appointments in the ckl. of Honour, in favour of officers, sub-officers, 1 1 1 a 3 livates of the army. ii:statue of Napoleon by Bartolini, which is to ~,.?,eted at Bastia, reached that port on board oat' a/ern-Jean, in the evening of the 23d. The of the vessel was hailed with loud acclama ,, and by the discharge of fireworks. During following day the vessels in the port were cL out with flags, and preparations for the Journal and erection of the statue was immediately C.tenced. i Journal of the west of France relates the man till Which the name of La Vendee was given to a b, ,ct Brittany. It states that when the Consti i,',_ Assembly was occupied with the task of 11,,„ 4 2g France into departments, it was proposed ~ ,74 1, the circumscription, of which Fontenay-le- I ke was the chief town, the department of the Lays, which are the chief streams of dis- I ts % ' It so happened that the two members for tt ,, e ald circumscription, MM. Bouron and Mercier, k lttot the handsomest men in the Assembly, and , 4 " Wag rose and said that if the appellation of k, Lays was given to the district, it would be N a for Deux Latids, and referred to the two mem ). This pun was much laughed at, and the name PK' Vendee was given instead of that proposed. e Monitewr announces that the Swedish ter, Baron de Lowenhelm, has received his entials as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Em- „ or. \ i ll es( e ia s y e . ssion of the Senate w as formally closed on THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. b il 4 t ladrid. journals of the 25th have been r eceived, se contain nothing of interest. P e Gazette announces some no minations of go ors of provinces. M. Melch i or Ordonez is Malted governor of Madrid, in place of M. Yen if Diaz ; General Lasala is named political chief ti l arcelona ; and M. Fernando Bal b b a, p olitical r t ee e t f of Grenada. The Queen of Spain held a grand t a ,,,,,Ption o n the 25th, in honour of the anniver q;)f the birth of her daughter, and in the even- Queen Christina Christina was to give a grand. ball. ueing Christmas -day, the Stock Exchange was o pen. t te ° Ga zette of the 24th gives an account of the L . Ptjon o n the preceding day of the French Am clrer, General Aupick, by Queen Isabel la. The tO °assador, after being introduce d with the usual k l i t ra lities, presented his new letters of credence, , addressed the Queen as follows : tf I have the.honour, Madam, of placing in the hands l to i ( lur Majesty the letters by which the Emperor Napo k fly august Sovereign, accredits me as Ambassador k elv Your Royal person. As the organ of the sent kl,i" of his Imperial Majesty, I am ha ppy , Madam, at %% ri g this opportunity of renewing to your Majesty the pr ance of his sincere friendship and his ardent wishes tir o 'e p ersona l welfare of your Majesty , and the 4 1 , 8 Perity of your kingdom. The form of Govern -4 Which, in her independence, France has just given N:erself, and consecrated by the most solemn et can only strengthen, more and more, the bonds el lib - 'endship with Spain, which has s o p rofound and th: t airous a love of monarchy. In the firm conviction Your Majesty in continuing to me the august kind th: with which you have hon oured me u p to the p resent t ti j a e ; : will d e ign to facilitate the accomplishment of the 4. 4 a t 011 that has been confided to me, I entreat your teei leaty t o b e li e ve that my constant efforts will be di the ed to the maintenance, and, if possible, increase of t W intimate relations which happ il y already exist be een Prance and Spain." ' tie r Majesty replied : • k e Gener a l —I receive with pleasure the letters which t , i , l 'edit y ou as am bassador from his Majesty the Empe gfr,.- °I the F re nch to my Court. You may assure y our qr3t Sovereign that I respo nd sincerel y to the friend k.tiP Which you manifest in his na me, an d th at I offer u p ti l , eu t wishes for his happiness and for the p ros p erit y of t ak French Empire. With regard to the res olution te ea by France, in the exercise of her independence, to teu e ata.blish the Imperial government , I am pleas ed to der th e E m peror as the best fitted to maintain an d W Collten the friendly relations which exist between Co and France. I do n ot doubt, Monsieur l'Ara- C ou sB4 eur, that the continuation of your residence at my thi,; r ci t will contribute in an e ffectual manner to realise eke d result, and you may rely on my constant GERMANY. teik lett er from Berlin, 26th, in the Cologne Ga . le, says :—" We have just lear nt the important s t that Russia, Austria, and Prussia have come o ew a, a resolution to recognise the French Empire in thl,7 short time, and that they are directed in step by the same motives which led them to Louis Philippe. There is no idea of any lal reserves." -e Bonn Gaze tte has the following from Co lo ogne a ssured that the Pope will visit th is We are Pi-ace in February. This visit will take place on the occasion of the journey, of his Holiness to -.Alice to crown the Emperor. The Lloyds of Vi en na announces the return of tercl Westmoreland, the English Ambassador, to at city. The Dresden journal, under date of Vienna 26th, sayst l i a " We learn from a source entitle d to credit t the project of increasing certain special ' k latches of the army has not been approve d of in a t gh quarter. An objection is particularly made the two regiments of Hulans, and the new bat tTries o f ar till er y. The Governm en t is above all f urloughs desirous of effecting economy. Nume rous t lylough s are delivered to the soldiers, and reduc -1_,..°11s will be made as soon as the political horizon R 'au have completely cleared up, an d a perfect word shall have been secured between the mon - ar elis of the North, and which will be principally ring to the visit which the Emperor has made to Berlin. For the last two years and a half the fur loughs which have been delivered to the army have 4111 , ounted to nearly 300,00 0 , so that the effective s trength of the army does not exceed 350,000 men. ,, letter from Warsaw states that the Emperor V ienna, on going to Venice will pass thro ugh lenna, and remain there some days. f ,, r rhe Posthampt Gazette of Frankfort,. gives the lowing from Posen, 23d :—" In the night of the th roughout the recruitment for the army took place fo eughout all Poland. This operation is not per ri'reed in Poland as it is in Prussia and the rest of g G ermany, where the young men present them selves spontaneously. The period when it is to a ',e Place is kept a profound secret, and is only ~a u e known to the competent authorities. It '"vitMences at midnight, and finishes by six o'clock THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE" KING, DECEMBER 31, 1852. in the-morning. The men who are to form part of it are taken from their beds; and immediately con veyed to the provisional depots. It frequently happens that the rich become acquainted with the day fixed on, and they absent.themselves from their homes, but it is useless for the poor to do so, as they are sure to be found. As for the Jews who absent themselves, the Commune is respon sible for them." The Tyrolese, the most bigoted Catholics in Austria, have ventured to raise objections to the re installation of the Liguorians in. Innspruck. The provincial Solicitor-General, a thorough " Ultra montanist," was so dissatisfied at this that he has ceased to be a member of the Municipal Council of Innspruck. The papers say that Baron Prokesch has been appointed Austrian Minister at the Papal Court, but nothing has until now been decided in this matter. It is reported that the ex-Emperor Ferdinand made his will a few days since. His Majesty inherited all the moveables of the late Emperor Francis, who left very large sums in ready money. ITALY. Letters from Venice of the 22d, in the Augsburg Gazette, state that an emissary of Mazzini has been arrested there, and treasonable correspondence has been found about him. The municipal council of that city has voted an address to the Emperor of Austria, to express the regret of the population of Venice at the circumstance that there were three Venetians among the persons lately executed at Mantua. The town of - Udine has sent a deputation to Marshal Radetzky to thank the Emperor for having directed the railway now in construction to pass close to that town. We read in the Gazette of Savoy, under the head of Turin, Dec. 24 :—" In reply to a ques tion of M. Pescatore in the Chamber of Repre sentatives, that gentleman expressing a wish for the immediate presentation of the second part of the bill on administrative reform, the first part of which is now under discussion, M. de Cav our observed that the Chamber having only six weeks to run of the present session, could not have time to discuss it within that period. The new session will commence about the middle of March. It appears that the Ministry is now disposed to grant letters of naturalisation to M. Mamiami, the ex-minister of Pius IX. It is stated that the difficulties on this subject have been entirely removed. M. Mamiami is to arrive here next month to open with a speech the sitting of the Committee of Italian Philosophy and the letters of naturalisation will then be given to him, as has already been done for Professor Scialoja, the Neapolitan exile, whose name is so well known to all men of science." TURKEY. The Porte has finally decided that a military ex pedition against Montenegro shall take place, in order to punish the lawless mountaineers, who come down from their recesses and plunder the villages of Herzegovina. Ismail Pacha has received instructions to march into that province, at the head of 14,000 men. Seven districts bordering on the confines of Mon tenegro have declared against the authority of the Sultan ; they are Grahora, Saguia, Piva, Djupa, Nishishska, Drobnack, and two districts of Bihor. Thd Arnaout districts to the east have sided with the Government, and have demanded arms and ammunition for 4,000 men. Notwithstanding that Russia has officially declared that it will guard a strict neutrality, the presence of General Koudri affsky and a staff of officers greatly annoy the Porte. All parties now look in that direction. A letter from Constantinople states that the Sul tan has had a suitable house purchased for Abd-el- Kader at Broussa. The Porte has not yet decided on renewing the charter of the Bank of Constantinople, which ex pires the 13th of March. Consequently, the direc tors have publicly announced that henceforward they cannot give bills on London or Paris. The pound sterling, which was regulated at 11 weo has risen to 118, and would g o ultimatel y highere it not kept down by the large quantities of bills in the market on account of the shipments of grain and produce to Europe. The Government has communicated to the commercial body, however, that the exchange will be regulated by`a new sys tem. What this is to be is not yet public. It is stated positively that the wealthy banker, T. Bal tazzi, has made proposals to f urnish bills at 110 piastres ' per pound for the year 1853, on condition of receiving an indemnity of 60,0001. By the bank operations the Government lost three times this amount. The Porte in its reply to a note complaining of the intended restrictions in the navigation of the Bosphorus, declares that it cannot depart from its recently announced decision. Reschid Pasha, the Governor of Bosnia, has advised the Porte to make an exception to the prohibition of foreign coin in favour of that province. It is alleged that the new law, if carried out, would have a ruinous effect on commerce, as all the hard cash in circula tion in Bosnia consists of Austrian ducats and zwanzigers. GREECE. We read in the Moniteur :--" The news of the proclamation of the Empire in France reached Athens, rid Trieste, on the 15th inst. A few minutes after this news had been communicated by the French Minister in Greece to the Commander in-Chief of our naval forces in the Levant, the French vessels of war anchored at the Piraeus were dressed out with flags, amidst cries seven times repeated of Vivo l'Empereur and a salute of 101 guns was fired. A Russian corvette and brig of war, two Greek vessels, and a Neapolitan cor vette, the captains of which had only a few minutes before been informed by the French admiral of what had taken place, also dressed themselves out in flags, and their cannon saluted at the same time as ours the Sovereign proclaimed by France. The two Russian commandants showed particular eagerness in,coming to compliment the commander of the French squadron, and the latter on the fol lowing day responded to their courtesy, by cele brating like them the fête day of the Emperor of Russia." M. Paicos, the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Athens, has (says the Moniteur) officially announ ced to M. Forth-Rouen, the French Minister there, the lively satisfaction with which the King of Greece had received the news of the accession of the Emperor to the throne. New letters of cre dence were immediately transmitted to M. Mavro . cordato. MONTENEGRO. -- - On the 12th and 13th, a sharp action took place near Podgorizza, in which the light cavalry of the Turks at first gained a slight advantage. The Montenegrines, however, received strong reinforce ments from Piperi, and the Turks were routed. A truce is said to have been concluded until the de cision of the Sultan on the claims of the Montene grines has been received. The fortress of Szabljak, which is being repaired, has received a fresh garri son of 800 Montenegrines. Prince Daniel has re turned to his mountains. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA LONDON, Dec. 31.—Wind at Noon, S.W. fine. DEAL, Dec. 30.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Emily, Stacey, Smyrna. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 30.—Wind, S.W. to W., blowing hard. Arrived—Excelsior and Charles Chaliner, New Orleans ; Harward, Goodwin, Savannah • Commodore, St. John's, N.B. Put back—LoodinAh, Africa ; Guardian, Ria Janeiro. OFF RAMSGATE, Dec. 28.—Rebecca, New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind, W. to W.S.W. Ar rived—H.M. steamer Plumper, Rio Janeiro. COWES, Dec. 30.—Wind., S.W. Arrived—Dowltrea, Haas, Bahia. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Diadin, Binet, Malta. FALMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind, W., fresh. Arrived — Clara, Potter, Baltimore ; Pythia Haggman, Alexandria Blakely , and Brown, Speranga, 'Taganrog. Off Port — Arab, Morrison, Alexandria. Put back—A.ndrews, Alex andria. SCARBOROUGH, Dec. 30.—The Magdalene, from Sunder land to London, was fallen in with on the 28 th , about 4-0 miles off this port,' abandoned, by the Tann (smack), -which put two hands on board, and had her in tow for two hours, when she sank with the two men. DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, Dec. 27.—The Lily, of and from Liverpool for Africa, went ashore between the Calf and the mainland on the evening of the 27th Dec., when the master, two men, and two boys were drowned ; next morning the vessel blew up, when every person on board (thirty-one in number) was killed, and the ship and cargo Idispersed for miles round. CLYDE, Dec. 28.—Arrived—Rosins, Gale, Callao. Sailed —Boadicea, Valparaiao ; Charles Richard, Rio Janeiro; Mary, Havannah. GRIMSBY, Dec. 30.—The Sester, from Seaham to London, sank five miles south of the New Sand this morning ; crew saved. The sloop which was towed on shore near Cleethorp, bottom upwards, was the Princs of Wales, from London to Hull ; she has been brought into this port. SHIELDS, Dec. 30.—The Albion and the John White Collins, have been wrecked during the late gales ; the crews arrived here this morning. ULVERSTONE, Dec. 22.--The Duchess of Lancaster (schooner) has come into the Duddon a wreck; three of the crew dead. FATAL COALPIT ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident oc curred at Wishaw on Saturday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, at Mr. Watson's coalpit, by which two men were killed on the spot. A boy on the pit-head was in the act of putting an empty hutch on the cage, as he thought, but shocking to tell, he put it on the wrong side, the cage at that side being at the bottom of the pit, with three men upon it ready to come up. One man heard the hutch coming tumbling down the shaft and jumped off ; but the other two were crushed in a moment. The boy fell with the hutch, but caught the rope when about half way down the pit, and, 'was thus wonderfully saved.--North Britielt ELECTII CITY OF LONDON. An influential meeting of electors of the city of Lon don was held yeSterday at the London Tavern, It was convened by a circular signed by Messrs. J. I. Travers, R. W. Crawford, and W. J. Hall, for the purpose of hearing an important communication from those gentle men on the subject of the approaching election. Amongst those present were :—Messrs. J. -A. Smith; M.P., R. Currie, M.P., John Williams, M.P., G. Moffat, M.P., C. P. Grenfell, J. I. Travers, R. W. Crawford, S. Mor ley, J. Pontifex, W. Hawes, M. Prendergast, Q.C., T. Dakin, W. F. A. Delane, A. Hastie, M.P., Alderman Wire, W. Pritchard, H. J. Prescott, T. Hankey, Wm. Cumming, James Hutchinson, Thos. Barkley, R. L. Morgan, Deputy Peacock, Wm. John Hall, Thos. Spencer Hall, Edward Sharwood, John Lu pton, Ed ward Hooton, Alderman Humphery, William Williams, S. Read, J. P. Gassiott, Joseph Surr, Benjamin Wilson, J. G. Rhoads, Percy Proctor, F. Pattison, W. Kirk, H. Bateman, J. Anderton, W. Hackblock, D. Dewar, S. Whitbread, R. Martineau, John Todd, J. R. Carr, J. Waterlow, M. Saward, W. Rock, H. Rock, J. Powell, T. Webber, Deputy Stevens, William Nicholson, George Moore, John Forester, J. P. Buckler, Edward Mar riott, Henry Marriott, F. Bennoch, A. De Symons, Donald Nicoll, W. Leaf, J. T. Norris, Sergeant Wilkins, B. Cohen, W. White, jun., J. Wylde, W. M. Hind march, W. M. Christey, T. M. Weguelin, W. Wilson, D. Laurie, Jas. Harmer, J. T. Atkinson, Gregory Foster (Temple), John Dillon, R. Salomons, J. D. Saull, and J. Parker. Mr. William Hawes was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they would all recollect that at the last election he and a few others felt it their duty to express dissatisfaction at the course which the Govern ment of Lord John Russell had taken with regard to administrative reforms, and particularly with regard to a reform in the Customs. They were, however, not able to join in giving cordial support to Lord John Russell, because not only had he himself satisfied them that he was anxious to support those reforms which they thought were not sufficiently attended to before, but they had a positive assurance that it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to introduce such administrative re forms into the different departments of the State, and particularly into that of the Customs, as would not only' remove impediments to trade, but would fit the depart ment to meet the wants of the increasing commerce of this great country. They had, besides, the further reason for supporting Lord Sohn Russell at the present election that they found him supported by gentlemen who had at other times advocated different opinions, but who were now united in advancing those great reforms in the law, in our commercial policy, and in the representation, which were absolutely necessary in order to perfect the institutions of the country. The Chairman concluded by calling upon Mr. Travers to make a statement to the meeting. Mr. TRAVERS said : Mr. Crawford and myself have been for some time chairman and deputy-chairman of a committee for promoting a reform of the Customs. At a late meeting of that committee, and before this Ad ministration was finally determined, it was agreed that we should, on the part of that committee, ascertain the views of the new Administration upon that important question of Customs reform. But whilst we were pre paring a letter that we intended to send to Lord John Russell for this purpose, a communication was volun teered to us on the part of his lordship and his colleagues, having for its object to ascertain the wants and wishes of the mercantile community. That communication was of necessity confidential. An offer was also made to us, by the gentleman who made this communication, to see one or more members of the proposed Administration ; this offer was accepted, on condition that as soon as that Administration was formed we should be at liberty to make that communication public to our friends. That is the reason why Mr. Crawford and myself and Mr. Hall have upon this occasion presumed to invite your attendance here. A statement was made to us that there were three leading principles adopted by the Administration —that the Government pledged itself to a measure of electoral reform, and that they would cor dially and zealously undertake the conduct of the Jew Bill—that they wished entirely to alter the oaths as they at present stand in the House of Commons, but that the members of the present Administration were so convinced of the necessity of doing something to put the represen tation of the city of London on a proper basis at the pre sent moment, that they would not even delay that mea sure for the time that a bill would take in passing both houses of Parliament, .and that it had, therefore, been agreed that Lord John Russell should bring forward a resolution in the House of Commons at once to admit the Jews, and that that resolution should be sent up to the House of Lords, where we were told that there was at the present moment no reasonable doubt of its success ; but that, if such a measure should not be successful, we should have the cordial support of the Government in any other course we chose to adopt. It was, thirdly, stated that the Government would take in hand the question of Custom-house reform, not only as regards the administration, but as regards the sys.. tem. These statements were made in the most full and satisfactory manner. It was now for us to seek to pledge the new Administration to details ; we merely asked that the bill to embody these reforms should be sub mitted to the mercantile classes before it was finally submitted to the House of Commons. This was cor dially agreed to. Under these circumstances, Mr. Craw ford and myself—speaking, as we believed, the senti ments of the commercial body of the city of London — assured the nobleman whom we met that we had no doubt these declaratians would be satisfactory to the citizens of London, and would produce harmony in the party. lam prepared to give Lord John Russell my warm and cordial support, because I believe that the new Government will really bend themselves to the grant task of administrative reforms. Mr. CRAWFORD—I really have nothing to add to Mr. Travers's statement, except to bear testimony to the accuracy of his account of what passed between us and the nobleman whom we met at the other end of the town. I may make allusion, perhaps, in a few words, to what occurred in July last, and to the circumstances under which I very unwillingly assumed a rather prominent part before the citizens of London. As soon as there was a probability of a vacancy occurring in the representa tion of the City, I took an opportunity of conferring with those friends who had been kind enough to wish me well on a former occasion, and to state, in answer to propositions made to me, that, as far as I was concerned, everything would depend on the nature of the communications that we might receive from the new Government, of which Lord John Russell was to form a part. In fact, it would entirely depend upon the bill of fare that he produced before us what reception Lord John Russell met with, as far as those with whom I was in the habit of thinking and acting were concerned. I received with the greatest satisfaction the statement made to us. I have the most implicit confidence in the truthfulness of the intentions which have been expressed, and there is no person in the city of London who will more cordially support Lord John Russell than I shall. do. (Cheers.) Mr. R. CURRIE said that when they met in June last he ventured to characterise the Government of Lord Derby as an unprincipled Administration. Some gentle men then thought that rather a strong expression, but they had lived to test its truth. He wished the Parlia mentary history of the last six months could be blotted from the page of history. They had heard of Sir Per tinax Mac Sycophant, who could not stand upright in the presence of a great man, but was always bowing ; Lord Derby, in like manner, could not stand up in the presence of amajority ; he bowed and bowed, and deserted the principles on which he entered office, and at last he had made his bow to office, a result in which he (Mr. Currie) heartily rejoiced. The Administration which had just been formed united more of ability, high charac ter, and official experience than any which had existed in this country since the Revolution, and he should cer tainly give it his cordial support. It was one of the greatest of the public services which Lord John Russell had rendered to the country that, with an entire abnega tion of personal ambition and feeling, he had taken any post in which his Sovereign thought he could render the greatest service to the country. He moved the follow ing resolution :—" That this meeting having considered the address of Lord John Russell to the electors of the city of London, and having been assured that it is the intention of the Government to make such reforms in the administration of the Customs as to place that de partment in unison with the general feeling of the coun try, and also to carry out other important measures of practical reform, it is resolved that this meeting will give its earnest and unanimous support to Lord John Russell as a candidate for the representation of the city of London." Mr. W. J. HALL, in seconding the resolution, dwelt upon the necessity of extensive reforms in the adminis tration of the lights and pilotage, and also expressed his opinion that the ballot was necessary for the protection of voters • and he called upon the citize ns to make its adoption 'by Lord John Russell the condition of their supporting him at the present election. (Loud cries of "No, no.' ) Mr. KIRK said that the only question they had to con sider was, whom they would choose for their member. Now, he attended a meeting of his ward the previous evening, and they would have no other man than Lord John Russell. He was noble, not only by birth and education, but by principles and practice, and they ought to be proud to rally round him, and not seek to clog and tie him. Thera could be no doubt that the Government of which he was a member \ vould do great things for the country. Mr. Alderman, NV= expressed himself 'pe rfectly, satis fied with the statement that had been mode with re spect to the intentions of the present Go\ yen invent. He and his friends, in support in g Lord Jo ha Russell on' Shr this occasion, ,did not at all sink the Iciples they had advocated on former occasions, bi it they took s t , him because they thought he was pledged to '2O carry out many of the objects which the .. city of Lon don had in view. Even if he did not sq u are with all their opinions it was desirable they shout kl try an Ad ministration formed of such materials as . the country had never seen before. He concluded by s v ggesting the following amendment, which he said he - thought em bodied the feelings of the meeting better the n the motion before them :—"That no Government can b e ac•eptable to the constituency of this City unless it iis pledged to promote a large and • efficient measure of ele. A ,oral reform, the abolition of the present Board of Cus t oms, an ad ministrative reform in all branches of the E 'tate with, a view to a more efficient and economical a , i ministration of our affairs, and, lastly, the passing of a I oill to admit our fellow-subjects, the Jews, into Parliam. n ; and un derstanding from the statement now re a de by Mr. Travers and Mr. Crawford, that Lord John. I Russell will give a hearty support to these measures, t his meeting hereby pledges itself' to give to him its un: t 1 dmous sup- 50 50 50 25 port." Mr. CURRIE said that they were met there simply to consider whether they wo u .ld re-elect Lord John Russell, and he did so , think it was either logical or in accordance w i th common sense to take that opportunity either o I making a declaration of their individual opinions or of ! calling upon the Government of which his lordship ham y ;lied to be a member to do such and suoh things. Mr. BATEMAN expressed his wish for nue pledges s, from Lord John Russell himself on the que Bt ;ions of Par- S liamentary reform, the removal of Jewish... disabilities, 5( and the reform of the administration of the • Customs. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., remarked that the % character of St • Lord John Russell had now been before Ih e public 30 M years, and he was sorry that, on an occas'ie n like that, 161 topics wholly unconnected with t he object of: the meeting St: should have been introduced. His lordship , had treated 20 in his address upon the topics adverted to, by the last 14 speaker, and he (Mr. Williams) knew no om e more en- 50 titled to their support at this juncture than Le rd J. Rus- 20 sell. 'He would not impose any pledges upoa t a Cabinet 11 Minister, because he must neces saril y consul t the other 10 members of the Cabinet with reference to any , course that St. he might adopt. St. Mr. ROBERTS said that his supp ort of Lord John Rus- St sell was founded on the principles which IL ia 1 for thirty St. years guided his lordship's political life, and • more parti- 50 cularly upon the declarations he had made, v Thich ought 40 to satisfy every friend of liberty that, sup a %rted as he 25 was by Sir W. Molesworth and Mr. Villie rt ;, he would 25 not belie the great character he had atts d ned in this St. country. 81 St. Mr. S. MORLEY wished to ask whether :he was cor- rect in understanding Mr. Travers to have I said that at St the interview which took place between him elf and Mr. „ Crawford, and one or two influential gentle: a ien — he be- I'o'o' lieved, of the Peelite party—there was ad is 'position on St. the part of that section of the Government ta be parties 25 to a large measure of electoral reform ? 50 Mr. TRAVERS said that his statement re si 'erred more 20 particularly to the questions of Customs r 'orm and of the Jew Bill. The statement wh ich was a a ade to them St. with respect to electoral reform came, he baid no objet- 15 tion to state, through Mr. J. A. Smith, M. P . 50 St. Mr. J. A. SMITH, M.P., said that he coy 1 d not allow 16 that meeting to separate without expressi n g the satis- 16 faction which he felt on seeing the Liberal party in the 8 city of London united in supp@rting the ele c tion of Lord 8 John Russell. He had not the smallest mi E giving as to 20 the hearty, unanimous, and cordial suppoi i, of the pre- 20 sent Government being given to the generr d reformation 10 of all practical and proved abuses. As far a s Lord John St. Russell himself was concerned, he thought. it but due to his lordship, and but honest in reference to t hat meeting, St to declare, in language as plain and as e: :plicit as he St. could use, that as far as his knowledge of th, e facts went, St. Lord John Russell was free from either exi:v essed or im plied pledges upon all details with repo dto his dis- 10 position to reform ; and if he could not obta in their con- 26; fidence by an appeal to the whole of his past life, he ventured to believe that all professio ns wo.ci Id now ein 13 vain. With regard to the particular men ,surer of the 20 eman cipation of the Jews and the re fs )rm of the 20 Customs, his lordship's assurances had gone' further than mere general expressions of opinion, and ;there was no 50 question whatever that he would view NEr ith pleasure St. an examination into the Custom-horis e, with a 50 view to a complete and thorough rerno , ra lof all the 20 abuses and evils which at present press upo n the. com- 20 merce of the country. And with respect, to the Jew question, his lordship had now for the firot time ex- 25 pressed, not only his willingness to support it, but his an ticipation of early and triumphant success s. With re- V ) Bard to the general question of Parliamerrtary reform, 50 his past conduct must be the only guar taitee of his 20 future conduct which his lordship would I himself offer, 2 0 or which he (Mr. Smith) would presume t > offer on his 10 behalf. He disavowed altogether any int coition of at- St. tempting to ask from Lord John Russell any pledges 25 as to his future conduct. The sterling value of th e 25 present Administration was , t hat it cont reined a great S— t. number of persons of various shades of ,'liberal opin ions, who were, he believed, united in thaa intention to give the country all the reform which the ci re umstances of ' St. the times called for and admitted of. He beide ved that such 5 was the only mode in which to secure a ste: Ldy progress St. in reform, and also the stability and value o: f the changes which were made. He had not been, nor • Was he then, 20 a party or privy to any precise pledges in detail as to 15 !* anything, but he believed tha t Lord John Russell, and the Government of which he wag a membe , r, had given 6, them reason to believe that in supporting his lordship as 6 member for the city of London, they would adopt a course alike consistent with their, past opinions and past 3 conduct, and best calculated in times to come to pro mote those great principles for which they had hitherto 5 struggled. (Cheers.) 7 Mr. Currie's resolution was then amended by the in- 6 troduction, after the words "practical reform, of the words, "calculated to complete and secure t h e enjoy to - ment of civil liberty and religions equality . ," and this 20 being satisfactory to Alderman Wire, he withdrew his amendment, and the original motion pat ised unani- mously. Mr. CRAWFORD then moved the following n resolution: — "That the acceptance of the office of Foreign Secretary by Lord John Russell, after his having far more than five years filled the distinguished office of Prime Minister, thereby showing his abnegation of all personal and selfish feelings, and his having by his address to tb e electors of the city of London declared his intention to devote his distinguished talents and the influence which his long and consistent career necessarily attaches to him to the best interests of the country, entitle him to the sincere thanks of the electors of this great constituency, and of the country at large." Mr. GRENFELL seconded the resolution, which passed unanimously. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceed. ings terminated. MORPETH. Sir George Grey arrived in this town on Wednesday morning from his se at at Falloden, for the purpose of canvassing the constituency for the seat vacated by Capt. Howard. The right hon. baronet proceeded to his com mittee-room at the Black Bull, where a number o f the electors who identified themselves with his cause during the late contest for the northern division of the county, with Mr. Robertp and others had assembled to meet him. On his arrival the company gave the right hon. baronet a most cordial welcome. He addressed the meeting at some length, intimating that it was his intention to give the Governmelt his support. The nomination takes place to-morrow (Saturday). HALIFAX. the defeated Tory candi- it , formerly . representative for a Sir Charles'Wood, Bart., is to be opposed by Mr. 25 Hall,d t s e , l o ee f ti H en o , p . e and. this borough. The nomination is on Monday. H da e t n e ry at E th d e wr os 12 10 OXFORD CITY. Mr. Cardwell is engaged canvassing the electors, but an opposiVon is threatened, and active steps are being taken to )ring forward another candidate. The nomi• nation is ;ixed for Tuesday. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. At prSsent there is nothing certain about an opposi tion to Mr. Gladstone, but it would seem that one is St. contemplated. 20 A Convocation will be held on Tuesday for the pur- St , pose of electing a representative. 15 BRIGHTON. Lcrd Alfred Hervey has issued hia address, and the 10 nomination is fixed for Tuesday next. Mr. Trelawney, fornerly M.P. for Tavistock has been invited to oppose 10 th e noble lord. 25 10 1.0.1 HERTFORD. Mr. Cowper has issued his address, mid is likely to be St. returned to-morrow without opposition. 20 SCARBORO'. The Earl cf Mulgrave is canvassing the electors, in 5 anticipation an opposition, but as yet there is no other St. candidate in the field. Nomination to-morrow. 17 TIVERTON. Lord Palmerston, in his address to the electors, simply states In the present posture of affairs it is mani- festly desirable that an Administration should be formed combining within itself as many elements as possible of strength, and I trust that the new Government will an swer the just expectations of t he countr y ." The -I( nomination will take place on Monday, when he will be 11 returned without opposition. GLOUCESTER. The nomination is fixed for Tuesday. A strong oppo sition has been got up against Admiral Berkeley, and Mr, H. T. Hope is to be put in nomination on the other side. He sat for the city for several years, and was rejected at the last election. 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Sir A. G. Cockburn will be opposed by Mr. A. B Cochrane, who formerly sat for Bridport. CAVAN. Sir John Young is to be treated to a contest in Cavan, and, what is most probab le, he will be signally defeated. The good men and true of that county are determined to punish the " combinator" against the late Govern ment, which possessed their confidence. The Hon. Cavendish Butler, and Mr. Humphreys, of Ballyhaise, are spoken of on the part of the Conservatives, who are about to meet to select a candidate. JGENOE. TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Bionic's done — this day. 50 Paid RiTLWATS. 1100 Aberdeen ..... 83 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley._ -.. 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junet.. all Do. Chesh. & £5O & £25 Cons.... 184 Do., £2O LOO Bristol & Exeter...... 100 Caledonian. all CheSter & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... 45 Dublin&BelfastJmac. all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction .... all Do. New all East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... all Do., (£lB E. & H.).. aIL Eastern Counties-- all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do., do. all Do., B. & C 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June._ 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb•Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., 3 A. Stock 100 Do., 3 B. Stock.... all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 'Great Western 11 Irish South-Easterm , all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds....- .- 1100 Lancash. &Yorkshin 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern..- all Liv.Crsby. & Southpt. all London & Blackwat 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 1100 London & S.Western 423 Do., £50........ 34 Do., £40...... ..• •• • • all Lndrry.&Coleraine all Lndudrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nranch.Shef.&Lineln. 43 Do., Man. &Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 474 klidland G.West . (Ir. ) 17i Do. A Shares ... all Newcastle 100 Newmarket 14 Newpt•Aberg.&llifd. 7A Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.-- ....... all Do., New ..... . 33 Northn.Coun .... 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 63 Do., No. 2.. .... ••• all Do., 3 A Deferred - erred 5 Do., 3 B Guaranteed 173 North Staffordshire all North Western.. 83 N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland._ ... 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 100 Do., L. &N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... all Do. Halves, do. 20 Do. Oswestry 63 Shropshire Union Do., A.B.C.&D.fuIIY paid up at p. c...... all South Devon WO South Ea5tern......... all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dan 5 Do .. .-.- ... • 161 Stockton &Hart • 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath.. all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West Cornwall all West London 1 Woodford 100 York Newett& Berw. 20 Do. Extensions....... 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase' 1100 York &N. Midland..' PREFEREN 1100 I Aberdeen ...,........ 1;f1 Do., No. 2,7 p. 103 Bristol & Exeter 4p. cent. Stock 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5.i per cent 34 Cork&Bandon 5 2 1 p.c all Dundee Perth&Aber- deep Junction ....... all EastAnglian (£3108) 6 per cent........ .... all Do. (EN 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (27 17 a) 7 p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex _ tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2....... •••• • • all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6p. cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 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. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Great Western, fixed 4 per cent......„ 6 Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £20.... ••: ........ • 100 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. Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Po. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c.,1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. .100 TAIL& N.West.Cov.& Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London &S.Western, Con. Thirds _ _ 10 ILonionderry& Color. all Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares all Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6. all Mary, pt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 4i per cent 8i Do 100 Mid. Consul. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Consul. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5i per ct.. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent . 100 North British ..... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 16 20 5 2 9 Do all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 100 Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent all S.YorkshoiP.c.Guar. all Stock.& Hard. Guar. sp. c.till 1 Ju1y,1856 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 De 10 York& N. Midland 11 & S. Parch 31 - 32 -6, 10 11 7 6i d 21 211- 31 2 d LO6 108 67 24 18 181 2id 81 91 5i -- 4f 44 13g -13 t 101 - 111, i -f; 77 - 75 55 - 60 78 - 80 29 - 31 60 - 62 81i - 82 ! 43 - 45 120 - 122 105 107 95/ - - 951 6*— 74 88 -- 90 11i -- 12ip 851 3 3* d 24 -- 2 d 174 -- 18 9 - - _2l 107 125 4 -1081 - 126 - 4i p -2 p 5; . 4Aa 4A -- 3i d I2A 20 -- 21 30} -- 31 3A -- 3 d 80 -80 i 47 -- 49 ..• - 51 53 I 36 3 d 24 2i 8. 1 9 1 51 56 7/ 2} 3 24 d 40 41 7 Q (1 24 —2f I 4 g - dI 8 9 34 i 44 p 51 53 94 96 63 65 66 68 78 - 82 ..• ."... •• 19 20 9} 10 14 15 3 --21 d 22 - 234 834 -84 t 39 - 39 1 131 - 14 4 - 4 21 2i --12 9 -9; 26 - 27, 9,, - 10 721 —73 i 6 —65 d 2 2 d 59 —60 i SHARES, 92 I 40i I 1 40 ••• ...'.. los —no 105 - 1071 19 20 par i P 3 - 3 3 - 4 - ip 1 4 1 1 -34 p 1 - 15 18 -. 18, .• -. ••• 3 -3, ~i27 —l2saj 1112 - 114 81- 9 -lip Logi —110 i .52 - 155 ... -- ... .-- ••• Ei - 4 p - 8i 13] -- 14 Oi 104 11 -- 111 P i - i i k, pl I•• '''' 149 - 151 3AI) 11 6 - 6A 2 - 21 102 - 103 25i - 26 211 - lI - 11, 171 — 1 - 7 i li p 16. 17:3, par ik R 26 26 ii 7- - 20 hal 103 - 104 - 5 i - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lon-1 don 'English Scottish and Australian Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia Loudon and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster NationalProv.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 I Union of London iB3 5i 6 5i )0 35 '..0 10 ;0 221 ,5 all ;5 5 iö 25 S) all 5 1 5 I all all 07i 25 671 7 25 24 1.07 i ,1261, 65t 68 Shr' 30i 80i i 841 31 591 60} I 30 20 pint 14i 15 a 49 733 2i 2 81 Paidl RAILWAYS. 12 St. St. 25 all Bedford and Bletchley. all Birm. & (hid. guarantee all Do.withoutgr all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. all Do.wtht guar. 100 Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Je. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. . all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. all Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct all Do. Nevi all Flrtlpl. Dk. Railway all Bull & Selby • all Do. Shares all Do. i Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent all Do. 6 per ct all Vfanch.Baton. and Matlock all Aiddlesbro' & Redear all Vlidld.Bradfd. all Northern and Eastern sp. c. all Do. 6 per ct all Do.Fixedsp e all Prest. & Wyre 11? Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St. 18g 3hef. Roth. & Goole g. 5.p. c 98 3. Staffordsh all WearValleygr 6 per cent all Do '.OO IWilts&Somrst Leasing Compans, London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W. Caledon Gt. Notrhul Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do dr Midld Stokton Darlingt. )(lidland E. Count Do L. do Is .W • &Ln&Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh hir3lClean Stockt. Darling , Do IGLlVesta FOREIGN. Paid! RAILWAYS. 3 BelgianEastn. Juliet. all Central of France(Or- leans & Vierzon all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara 6 Dijon and Besangon. 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian all Gt. Indian Peninsula) 4 Gd. Junct. of France 101 Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 14 Luxembourg. 10 Do. (Railway) 11 Do. 21 Do. (Canal) 5 Lyons (St Mediterran 4} Madras 20 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New - 1 all 'Namur & Liege (with' interest) - - all Do. (ex interest) all 'Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 10 Paris and Lyons 28 Do. Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrcr. 2i Quebec &Richmond 7. all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Southern of France 4 St. And. & Quebec(A) 17 Tours and Nantes 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 4 Do. 5i per c. Pref. 9 Western of France all Agua Fria all !Anglo Californian 2 (Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 21i Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cniada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey all Carson's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Golden Mountain all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst.. all Liberty all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. C 0... Mariquita, 9 Mexicau&S.Americn. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymme Iron 10i Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all West Mariposa all Yuba Closing Prices this day. 1 - 2 14 - 15 2ip 1 d 61 —7i pxn 2 p 1 p 1 - 1 p 5 - 5 i - 1 - 14 10 - 12 p 2- 2 p 8 - ' 84 31= 3 7 51 14i -15 i 17 -171 p 39 -- 41 381 -- 39 32' -- 32 5 -- Zip - 211 21t 1 4 -11 i -- 4i iPxn 5} Rd-- R p 11 -- 11',p 1 ! i p —1 p 4 —6 p 6i 71 P P P — P par p 1 A - - 13 4 - 5 2 - 3 29 - 30 -13 P _ 3 1 3 iP 7 7i ii i a d p —1 p P - 4 liP A d 44 L 111) 1 21 2y F Z 6 --28 8 - 9 - 10 - 12 • • 9 - 9i I - - 1 p MISCELLANEOUS 35 'Australian Agricult 32i Canada all Copper Miners of Eng all Do. Preference 5 Crystal Palace 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 50 General Screw Steam 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 2 Netherlands Land all Peninsular Sr, Oriental 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 South Austral. Land 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... 282, Van Diemen's Land 1 Submar. Telegraph 51/ 31 4ex ,•• - ••• 2212 1 MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The quantity of English wheat received up to our mar ket this week, coastwise, has been very moderate—viz., 1,840 quarters, mostly from Essex and Kent. The general quality of the supply was inferior. By land carriage, a few runs came fresh to hand ; yet the show of samples of both red and white was comparatively small. The amount of business doing was far from extensive, but we have no hange to notice in the quotat ions. There was rather more inquiry for forward delivery parcels. From abroad, 7,780 quarters of wheat have come to hand, and we were somewhat better supplied with gro.na tied samples. The demand may be considered steady, at full currencies. Floating cargoes of wheat were held at very full prices. Fine malting barley was scarce, and quite as dear as last week. Grinding and distilling sorts commanded very little attention. We had a moderate inquiry for malt, at late figures. The oat trade was steady, and late rates were well sup- ported. Beans, peas, and flour, were held at full prices. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,810 760 920 7,780 4,490 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 530 720 2,100 -- 4,250 5,530 SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with Beasts, yet their general quality was good. All breeds commanded a steady sale, at, in some instances, an advance in the quo tations of 2d per Ms., the primest Scots having realised 4s 2d per 81bs.—Sheep. The supply of which was limited —met a slow inquiry ; nevertheless, prices were well sup ported in every instance. We had the first arrival of Lambs for the season from the Isle of Wight. Thera was more business doing , in Calves, the prices of which im proved fully 2d per 81bs. Prime Small Porkers sold freely, at full currencieb. Largo Hogs were a dull sale. Mulch Cows were ine moderate request, at, from 141. 103 to 191. each, including their small calf. Per 81b6 by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0 Second quality ...3 2 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 310 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Inferior sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 Primecoarse-w11d.4 4 4 81 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Largo crse. calves 210 3 8 Prime small do 3lO 4 4 Large hogs 210 3 6 Smallporken 3 8 310 Suckling calves 19 0 23 0 Quarter old pigs 18 0 23 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves 320 pigs 3lO 1 Beasts : Sheep Calves Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand ruled somewhat active, and prices were freely supported. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. cl. Beef, inferior 2 42 6 Do.,middling 2 82 10 Do., prime large 3 0 3 2 Do., do. small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large 2 8 3 0 N. d. a. d: Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do.,middling ...... 3 8 4 2 Do., prime .........4 4 4 6 Veal .................. 2 8 4 2 Pork, small ......3 2 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. Owing in some measure to the holidays, the amountnd of business doing in all kinds of hops is very limited, a late rates are barely suppor Wealdid. and East Kent p oc kets, 90s to 150 s per cwt. ; of Kent, 85s to 108 s per cwt. ; Sussex, 84s to 100 s per cwt. -- ..... COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been quiet and prices have not varied to any extent. COFFEE• —Privately there have been large ealekin Plan. Closing Prices Business this day. this day. 30 - 31 29i - 301 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54 56 !49 - 151 33 - 34 .12 • 114 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 - 141 - 254 191 -- 204 23 -- 25 3 - 3i Le7i -- 10$ 64 -- 66 150 - 152 150 - 152 i id 32 - 33 1051 - 106 Business done this day. ex new 21 10,1 11,3/4 g px•n• 2 1 1 8 7 81 7 1 i 1 9 1 4 i A I 9 1 2 2 273 282 280 [290 284 tion Ceylon higher prices. Native has been in request at 475. per cwt. SUGAR.—Prices are nominally firm. GREEN Fnua.—The demand continues good, and prices of all kinds are well supported, the consumption of fruit exceeding many previous holidays at this period of the year. Two cargoes of Oranges from Seville and two froth St. Michael, sold iby Keeling and Hunt at public sale sus tained their value. Nuts of all kinds (except Barcelona have sold freely. Lemons without alteration. - Grapes scarce, and the few remaining realise a high figure. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM JANUARY STE] Weights for the Free Hanci Four :PLE-CHASE MEETING. licap, of 10 Sovs. each ; sft. Miles. Yrs st lb Peter Simple a 11 4 Half-and-Half a 10 8 Quickstep a 10 4 The Brewer. a 10 4 Alcoran a 10 0 Simple Peter 6 10 0 Maria Bennet 5 9 12 Everton 0 9 12 Sam Hood 6 9 12 Brave Buck • 0 9 12 Yrs st lb Young Lottery 0 9 10 Harriott 0 9 10 Ottoman 0 9 10 The Bearer 0 9 8 Robin Hood 0 9 8 Forest Lad 0 9 8 Legacy 0 9 6 The Screw 0 9 6 br gby the Cardinal 0 9 4 Harkover 0 9 4 Weights for the Hrmil, st lb Half-and-Half ll 3 Sir Robert lO 10 Caurire Odiham lO 6 Tomboy lO 6 Marchioness lO 6 Quickstep lO 6 Fazeley lO 6 Maria Bennett lO 4 Simon the Cellarer British Consul lO 3 Gulnare lO 2 Le Race Free Handicaps st lb Forest Lad lO 0 Sam Hood lO ' 0 Cashier , Peaj tuy 9 10 Stamford 9 12 Harriott 9 10 Lady Isabel 9 10 Tom Gurney 9 10 Lady Bibina 9 8 Little Lizzie Bayford 8 4 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUNDS. Bath—Tuesday, Atworth ; Friday, Fir Tree, Writh lington— at half-pasteleven. Hon. F. Petre's— Tuesday, High Easter—at half-past eleven. FOX HOUNDS. Atherstone—Monday, Redgate ; Wednesday, Hint's hall ; Friday, Churchover ; Saturday, Twycross—at a quarter to eleven. Badsworth—Tuesday, Kirkby Guide-post ; Thursday, Purston-bar ; Saturday, Brampton Bull Head—at half. past ten. Duke of Beaufort's—Monday, Lower Wood ; Wed. nesday, Hullavington ; Thursday, Quemerford Turn pike ; Saturday, Worcester-lodge. Bramham Moor—Monday, Sutton-mill ; Wednesday, Milford ; Friday, the Wild-man ; Saturday, Morick Windmill—at half-past ten. Lord Henry Bentinck's Monday, Linwood-by- Rasen ; Wednesday, Sadlby ; Thursday, Blankney ; Friday, Doddington ; Saturday, Newbold Common—at eleven. Cheshire—Monday, Peckforton ; Wednesday, Saigh: ton ; Thursday, Tarporley ; Saturday, Crew ewood-hall —at half-past ten. Col. Conyers's—Monday, Willingale ; Wednesday, High Roothing ; Saturday, Hatfield-town—at eleven. Cottesmore—Monday, Irnham-park ; Tuesday, Brooke hall, at eleven ; Thursday, Normanton-park, half-past eleven ; Friday, Belton, at eleven. Craven—Monday, Bedwin Brails ,• Wednesday, Green ham-common ; Friday, Hare and Hounds, Lamboßrne woodlands ; Saturday, the Fir Tree, North-heath—at a quarter to eleven. Crawley and Horsham—Monday, Balcombe village ; Wednesday, Broadbridge-heath ; Friday, Rusper village —at a quarter to eleven. East Essex—Tuesday, Bulwer Plough ; Thursday, Messing-street ; Saturday, St. Anne's Castle— at eleven. South Essex—Tuesday, Mountnessing-hall ; Saturday, Mocking-heath—at half-past ten. Essex Union —Wednesday—Danbury Griffin ; Satur day, Stock Ship—at half-past ten. Essex and Suffolk—Tuesday, Lexden-street ; Friday, Stratford-hills—at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Farquharson's Monday, Melcombe-park ; Thursday, Milborne-wood. Earl Fitzwilliam's—Monday, Barnwell-castle ; Wed desday, Buckworth-village ; Friday, Kennel—at ten. Mr. H. G. Greaves's—Monday, Hameringham ; Wednesday, Market Stainton—at eleven ; Friday, Tathwell—at twelve ; Saturday, Welton-wood—at eleven. Herefordshire—Tuesday, Hampton-court ; Friday, Harewood's-end Holdenaess—Monday, Beeford ; Tuesday, Holme-on the-Wold ; Thursday, Aldboro' • Friday, Holme-on- Spalding-moor--rat a quarter to eleven. Mr. M. Ingram's—Tuesday, Radbourn ; Thursday, Aston ; Saturday, Blithfield—at a quarter to eleven. Ledbury—Monday, Dymock-village ; Friday, Ed win's-wood. Ludlow—Tuesday, Morton's-camp ; Friday, Mary Knoll—at half-past ten. Mr. Lumley's—Monday, Firmingley-park ; Tuesday, North Carlton ; Thursday, Blythlaw-hill ; Friday, Grove. Mr. Lushington's—Monday, Detley ; Thursday, Bel mont ; Saturday, Linsted—at half-past ten. Mr. Morgan's Monday, Luscombe-plantation ; Thursday, Callington-new-bridge—at half-past ten. Pytchley—Monday, Rushton ; Tuesday, Dallington ; Wednesday, Crick ; Friday, Maidwell ; Saturday, Brock hall—at a quarter to eleven. Rufford—Monday, Cocking-moor ' • Tuesday, Thurs day, Thurgarton-priory ; Thursday, Ossington ; Satur day, Langwith-lodge—at a quarter-past ten. Duke of Rutland's—Monday, Belvoir ; Tuesday, Weaver's-lodge ; Wednesday, Croxton-park ; Friday, Cranwell—at half-past ten, Mr. A. Smith's—Monday, Clatford Oakcuts ; Tues day, Oare-hill • Wednesday, Wherewell-wood ; Thurs day, Weyhill ; ' Friday, Porton Firs ; Saturday, Claren don-park—at eleven. Southdown—Monday, Glynde ; Wednesday, Clap ham ; Friday, The Bell, Shortgate—at half-past ten. Mr. Lee Steere's—Monday, Lee-farm ; Thursday, King's-park—at eleven. Suffolk—Tuesday, Fmborough-hall; Thursday, Brad ley Fox ; Saturday, Felsham-green, at a quarter to eleven. - Sir R. Sutton's—Monday, Houghton-on-the-Hill ; Tuesday, Plumtree Village; Wednesday, Belton Village; r Thursday, Keythorp-hall ; Friday, Old Dalby-wood, at eleven. Sir Tatton Sykes's—Monday, Garrowby-hill-Top ; Wednesday, the Windmill-on-Stockton Forest ; Friday, Thorp-house, at half-past ten. Tiverton —Monday, Haywood ; Tuesday, Whatcote ; Thursday, Smitterfield ; Friday, Upton-house ; Saturday, Goldicote-house, at a quarter to eleven. Worcestershire—Monday, Cliffey ; Wednesday, Ply mouth Arms, Tardebrigg ; Friday, Wyre Piddle, at half-past ten. HARRIERS. B. V. H.—Monday, Kennel, at half-past ten. Breconshire--I.Vionday, Pont Altarnog ; Friday, Ta.ly bout. Brighton — Pateha m ; Wednesday, Race-course ; Sa turday, Dyke, at a quarter to eleven. Brookside Monday, Newmarket-hill ; Thursday, Telscombe Tye, at half-past ten. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH. —Yesterday, Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest, which lasted several hours, at Mr. R. Thomas's, Holland Arms, Brixton•road, on the body of John Hanagan, a plasterer, aged 32. David Hannagan, the first witness called, de posed that he was a cousin of the deceased, who lived with his mother, at No. 36, Chapel-street, North Brixton. About five years ago the deceased was en gaged in a fight, at Woolwich, and received a severe blow in the throat, which rendered a surgical opera tion necessary. The operation was performed at Guy's Hospital, a silver tube being placed in his throat, through which he breathed, instead of through his mouth and nostrils, and when he wanted to speak he had to put his finger on the tube to prevent the air from escap ing. He (deceased) had also a silver instrument called a key, to keep the tube clean, but which he had lost about twelve months since. On Monday night last he (witness) had been drinking with the deceased at a beer house, when he appeared perfectly well. Witness upon returning home, being rather intoxicated, fell asleep, by i but was shortly afte rwards awakened is . aunt, who told him that deceased was dying, and he imme diately ran for a surgeon, but on his return found he had expired. Mary Hannagan, the mother of deceased, stated that on the night ies n q ution she told her son to go and " wash " (meaning to clean out the silver tube in his throat), for which purpose he retired into the back yard, but shortly afterwards came running in, saying, "Oh ! mother, kiss me, for I am a dead man !,. and immediately fell down and expired. By the coroner : He had been in the habit of cleaning the tube twice a day with the silver key, but since he had lost it had u se d a piece of stick instead. She was of opinion that while try ing to clean out the tube the piece of stick had stuck in it. Mr. F. B. Gatty, surgeon, of 3, Elizabeth-place ' Brixton road, deposed that on Mo nda y ni g ht last he was called upon to see the deceased ; and on his arrival found him lying on the floor quite dead. Upon examination he (deceased) had undergone an operation into the wind pipe, and discovered in the opening a silver tube inserted, in which was a piece of willow wood, which he, witness, immediately extracted. Upon attempting to remove the silver tube he found that it had been broken in half. He was of opinion that death had been c aused by some large artery being cut into either by the piece of wood, or by the broken portions of the tube. By the Coroner—The stick being in the tube would not of itself have caused immediate death.—Sarah Flanagan, a sister of deceased, aged 11 years, stated that she had often heard her brother remark that the pipe in his throat wasearly worn out, and that if it once broke he would be a. dead man. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." FOREIGN RABBITS. —The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having received and considered the application from an eminent importer and salesman of Leadenhall-market, requesting Ithat rabbits, alive or dead, may be admitted to enter free of duty, their lord ships have directed Mr. Hamilton, one of the Secretaries to the Treasury, to acquaint the Commissioners of Cus toms that their lordships are of opinion that rabbits, not being specifically mentioned in the schedules of the act Bth and 9th Victoria, chap. 90, must be held to be long to the class of goods unenumerated, and not, either in part or wholly, manufactured, and as such are, under the existing tariff, duty free on importation into this country. 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