The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-01 00:00:00

i ~~ WINEY 11AR1ET &NT., OMMERCI A L INTELLTGEINE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. I , r The Sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday The estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. I, ne Market cloned tamely, but steadily, lyithout e i th an a g: 3 ill prices. The sales comprised 5,250 01,' r l e ah, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 4013 alliaat 5 - 4 d , 2&0 Egyptain 51(1 to 81d, sea e 4 ; 1 ,40 Surat at 31d. " to 4 1-16 d. per lb. Railway es were quiet,. but steady. wheat has been firm to-day in Mark-lane. t The letters from Birmingham respecting the iron t ra de are again somewhat unfavourable. The de 'res'inn the money market at NOT York has tellterially reduced the demand from that quarter. 6 , 8 , qualities of pie are 5/. 10s. to Si. 155., and er pigs are in re 'quest at 4/. to Si. per ton. The filul'aehiee quarterly meetings are looked . forward . el • with great interest., and they will determine, in 4 Ble at measure, the future course of the trale. 2il 11 .'",3r the m ont hl y s hi pp i ng li s t , comp il e d b y Slr. ere of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, we find the Forts of tonnage on the berth for the various f or Our Australian possessions, and advertised 'ne mostpart to leave in the present month, follo ws tl Van D . en's Land, 3,142; New :—To Diem en's Wales, 11,833 ; Victoria, 11,988 ; Adelaide, ; Swan River and Fremantle, 1,124 ; and , - ,'1 ° , 11 , Wellington, Canterbury, Octal, - , , 0, and 2,639 tons. R e ZY the Union from New York, we have intern iice to the 16th ult. At that date "fancy" secu feijeeB' though quiet, were steady, in the absence of 1 4 - , t l ie s and unfavourable rumours. Although the l aav tWo or three steamers that have come to hand e,a B . e 'relight no specie, the money market was not t r , le ,re the banks continued their policy of eon ee'lng, and the smallest shipment of the precious 1, 1 3 had. a sensible effect. p oi te Market for flour continued firm. The ex et:l'l°llmnd was steady, and prices were strength eoi° tby the c l os i ng o f cana l an d r i ver nav i gat i on. The‘ was fluctuating, with a limited inquiry. Minin g news from California is highly satis eoZr3; - New diggings were constantly being clis qif,-ie't,• The markets at San Francisco were ken . ' 611 t prices did not decline ; while at Sacra- Q.;40 trade was brisk, at previous quotations. t was firm, and tended upwards. lei steamer Atrato, from the West Indies, Fro 203,000/. later the West Indies we learn that the Legis tut: Jamaica had met under the New Consti kthefe_ n ' .and the Governor's speech had given 814,07etion to both planters and labourers. Mea ofth are to be brought forward for the development of fib rous resources o fth e i s l an d , i n consequence and e ' t 2learcity of the materials for paper making, ',e,Astnand for the substitute for hemp and be ta , Several motions upon financial subjects had Of th e gtv eh in, and there seemed every probability Vra, B ,7 i session being a busy one. Encouragement Ives ;',..; 1e1 a to mining operations, and a stimulus, it Ti;Pected, would be given to immigration. Sta r news from Peru, as given is the Panama Q e4t3 ' Intuitions that the Government troops, under app e4 ra l ekini que , are d a il y l os i ng groun d, an d it hold sto be the general opinion that they cannot itpp rn ° ll ,t much lon ge r aga i ns t C as till a , w h o h a d N A - 7°d clo se t o Li ma . Th e P eruv i an papers , shaCallao News, appear to be perfectly /Pored r egarding politics, as they do not say a • T he nl refere nce t o t h e presen t aspec t o f a ff a i rs . P ans advises to Sept. 29 from Australia, via leiet s rli a) notice no rally in the markets. The heavy deal ' w ere causing failures still among the retail Th er e s ,,,• , The gold yield continued satisfactory. Bo nd Chairman of the Committee of Portuguese e ntee - e 7 l l (l Prs) Mr. Richard Thornton, has this day du ct i A . 1 8 usual protest against the arbitrary de of 2 per cent. per annum from the dividends p ap 5 per cent. foreign debt, without even a ree,i' equivalent for the difference. v_itilere has been a flat market for public securi -4! not withstanding the comparatively favourable return expected. The increased taxation, honConsols led to some hope for a larger total. S aturd 3 a. s -- ,ave Lewis, 91 to 911, or per cent. under issued u-posnratrOtna, The new French loan being temptation to subscribers, is, of course, for the i ns rather against our own funds. Exchequer 'uteilki_renaain at ss. to 7s. premium. The New 3 Foreignr Vents. are 91 to and the Reduced 901- to 91. dorh Securities have been supported. Equa kile a " realis ed 3 i the news of the alleged 14 to the United States 'of the Galapagos (guano) t lttl o Is) having stimulated business. Mexican 11 0 ,1 lias been firmer at 21±. Brazilian New e o f, s have been done at 93. Sardinian 5 per f el it: B . have been marked 83'. Spanish New De- L . tid Stock has been at 181. Turkish Bonds have quoted 75ie bto":eille following are the nominal prices of foreign ea.„'--Grenttaa Dererred Ponds, Otto n-; Mo2cl- Z 4 l to 21i ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; Ditto 3 p er 4 48± to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to veh't-' 4 ussian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per 18" I• 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 17i . t0 B e 4 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 36.3-, to 371 ; Ditto Cernfi - T l ,' 4 4 to 5,t; Ditto Passive, 4i to 4il. el l e': Railway Share Market has been rather dull, Ilea e , 4ll some cases, the current values are slightly ul t hese of Saturday. Caledonian are not d q,' ) high, and Great Northern have receded ern -14 t Western are to 1 lower, North-West -13, ortzdlaed, and North-Eastern are fully sup been In the foreign lines the transactions have safe ."4°1.0 limited, and the quotations have been . if . Batiks dining M ar ket is dull, the Joint Stock and a - ar ° in fair request at about previous rates, r ystal Palac e a re heavier at 31. 4411 :SEE FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI4Y) , ‘. (Prom the Oficial List. 3 p ei , r , - Bucincss done Ice * Rllt• Reduced Annuities 9l 909 C oulP o r Cent. A nnu iti es cl 'tc for Account 10th January Z i r ltle Rills, 24d. 4 7 5 k1an.t56,6 ) ....... 4 7 .. ............................... Eztraz llt e-b i b i : o ll . it il tte:ol3;... n;IB OR II BBES4G':N 3i :U : ' r :D u : . AT ID:: O'CLOCK — 9,3 _ N omads,bitt '44 5 per Cent ° 59 4 1 per Cent . . 93 ..qeuttclor )301;(15 .', 2 3i 3 . xi,,, , 1'44 per R am , ? for the Account 2l,‘ g 1111411 Bonds 5 per Cent B3i 1'14)111141' Bonds i Cent _ D itto ~ , per NI. New Deferred, 3 per Cent lB _ fl." it ' t sh scr iP, paid up in full ° for the Account 7si V "hlends on the above payable in London. HALP-PAST TWO. 91i i S'' Consols_ '°l' ZVCi IN NEWCASTLE BARRACKS. It i s clian, t o -14 in our painful duty, says the Newcastle Gu . ar• record another case of this brutalisin nog punis eoh a.e" t rit our town. On Tuesday last, about on, G. re) aged 28, a private in the 26th Cameronians, at 3ent stationed here, underwent the sentence of a i clurt- tnartial, receivi ng 40 l as h es by the cat-o'-nine-tails N (* desertion, using iisrespectful and threatening lan „, ge to his sergeant, sad for two several cases of „"gett. At the time appointed for his punishment the mantasr .n garrison paraded in the square and were hed down to the hospital, taking up a position im itats,diately in front of it. The prisoner, after being i„, 4l l 3 Ped, was tied up to the triangle by the arms and t - g f a ; while the adjutant stood by to see each stroke as 1 ;,;1 1 from the powerful arms of the drummer, selected 1. 4 - 47 amongst others for his aptitude in what is called th "W time" —a refinement of cruelty only known to e initiated. "I , o bserver of th e scene th a t ensue d th us d escr ib es it expected a bloody scene, but the reality far ex til'ed all I had even dreamed of in human torture. At ere titla stroke of the lash the flesh rose up on the suffer of tike elC l the w e lt s thi c k er th an my wr i s t, an d th e wr i t hi ng Fe b ody showed the agony he endured. As each sue -14,14- , ,Ttlash fell on the lacerated and bleeding back, the lashluowed about on all around. After the fortieth toili n ": 4 been inflicted, he was untied, and after stagd to th'i a lfew paces, fell fainting, when he was removed cal 05 6 SE, j e a l 3 ltal and paced under the charge of the meth a:•" riani I,7,Yet to receive the remainder of his punishment sly ,Ye days' solitary confinement. atat n e c r ", 8 1. " . ce to the officers of the 26th, we have heard it and wA ""`at they were averse to flogging in this case, atith r fe overruled by a recently arrived high military thi c"L'7, well-known as a " martinet." We should aot il f,, d tu at such treatment of the British soldier would . at I ,;" t ice Such a rapid augmentation of the army . as fnrin -e i : e nt called for. In a corps like the Cameromasts, rrin kt e almost of re. ' w recruits, desertion in numbers ind e "Isvitably be the , result.of Tuesday's exhibition— ish ed, before three hours had elapsed after the pun to r „ ele ri t a desertion took place, most likely in terror %;_ - a3: receiving a similar military lesson. „ ent e think it is exceedingly unfortunate, at the pre sort i . /14:14) eot, that it should be deemed necessary to re inh": a punishment, which is deservedly odious, both ha v t— e Yes of soldiers and civilians, and which, as we wi e often contended, while it lacerates the body bru th spe: the mind. How can we expect recruits to enter. th e , --114 a of the army when they find that by doing so t. 1,9 render themselves liable to castigation by an instru f ' a t which the British Parliament indignantly struck t r°el a t he hand of the slave-owner ?If we would make c od service popular, we must reform the military penal rati e o ' and substitute for coarse and revolting, torture Hal and reformatory penalties. slate so 1 10 w ascertained that the heroic private who ere rnny liussians on the bloody field of Inkerman ik e i i - d ge f ells was Fergusson Bowie, formerly a flax-dresser, native of Arbroatiu—Ohnoil Condtgutionol. to the a mar- flour. I allow luction Les for pool-- IT, per cl. To to 255. Ltrato, 11.30, nd the ydges, )ec. 11 11 13 14 14 LIS 011 lends ; ()liars' ► large ips of Naval 3e :-- I from after (13 in sor on howas rmuda at St• ,t Bar ,nioio- rtoweo o f the pected ['ldiot' duras. t jr e • , and a Fair id tho , on beg itriotio, - cop" iven is rPh a ' ijc y the: c If°l4' 118ider lOrte a, in till. er an d e ter 1 anger . : le v" 31. hays and e dal° as 0 ; Ira° 4 ispe .ifaliff ro ta g iso ai ,01. ng"" ~~~ 1 30° SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RA 'LTV - A VS. 100 8: i 0 all L3i , all 1 12N 7i I all !2 19 15 30 t. 100 ;t. 100 I) 21s. !O all !O 16 0 11 5 all it. 100 ,t. im RAILWAY/J. Aberdeen A.mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Belfast & 'Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... B:rkenlut. Lancsh. Cheshire Junot Do. Chesil. & Birk., .£5O and £25 Cons. Do., X 20.. Myth & Tyn original .C 25 (issd. at £4s' Bristol and Exeter... Jaiedonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester a Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall irieff Junction 'Dublin &Bel fsstJuuc Dunde , o Perth &Aber deer: Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PALI &Dundec Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow &S. Westorr Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth. &West.(lre.) - Ereat Western Do. Stour Val. Bag Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., riftbm.. Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv. Crsby. &Sonthpt London & Blackwali Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh.,M&B , Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O. Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk . danch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby MUM. G. West. (Ire,) Do. Half Shares ewcastle & Carlisle kewmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen 'Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn ,Hamp stead, and City Jn ' North Staffordshim North Western N. & S'. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central SeottishMidland Shrewsby. & fierefd• Shropshire Union Do. A, B, paid up at per c.,. , South Devon Soatl, Eastern South Wales S. YrLsh. & Riv. Dar Do Staines, Wok. &VV or tockton & Stockton 6i Hartlopl. Taff Vale .. Do. £lO shares. Do. Prof., No. 1 Maims Haven Dock and Ittilway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limcrick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palaco West London Winabledn&Croydon 93i 3 20 604- 1 10 St 50 111 25 91 901 79i 124 St. 69f 81 25 ex errs 1 St. I 20 73i 2i 2i tii 61 1071 1014 100 i 11 68U I St, t, Closing Prices Saturday. 20 - 201 4i - 5 8 8A 13 12 d 16 - 17 8 - 7 - 04 60i -61 i - 141 9 - 11 I - 3 61 - 74 13; -14 i 11 - 111 28 - 30 - 22 71 - 72 54 - 56 19i - 204 67 - 69 90} -91 i 78 - 80 123 - 124 89 - 91 69 70 58 - 62 72 - 77 6 - 6 - 8 -73 i 5i -- 54 7i 8i 106 108 101 —101 i d((1 83— d 4 84A 19 • 8 ill 9 Bd' 4.1 -25 i 68i 694 41 - 42 $d di loi 1/11 49 - 51 31 34 31 32 8 10 61 74 75 , 6 ' 4 4 12 —12 i 52 53 52 54 par io 4d P 41 444 1 6 61 1d p 31 - 32 96 - 98 61 - 63 8 - Sip 45 - 47 12 - 14 58 -59 i 28 i - 294 .1 - i (' 35 - 37 - 3 !GI 17 4 - 20 - f<2 6 - 7 . - • 6 - 7 FOREIGN. 11 A.ntwerpeanotterdam 36 Belgian Eastn. Juuc. 8 Beziers to Graissessae s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I n dia,Scrip . Central of Italy 11 Demerara .4 Dijon and Besancon .0 Dutch Rhenish 11 Eastern of France .0 Do. New 11 East Indian 2 Do. Extension al Do. 4l p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible 11 Do. do. do., '59, do ,0 Gd. Janet. of France .26 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is al Do. do 11 Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. 11 Do. Cert. of Debon , con. into Stk. till '63 .11 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of France 11 Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 11 Gt.Westernof Cana& Shares 11 Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 11 Do. do., '62, p. '56 al De. do., '76, p. '6O 11 Do. do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto 111 Do. 6 per crnt. 1 Lake Const. & Baslo all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref [2 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares 11 Do. Obligations 0 Lyons and Geneva L 2 Lyons & Mediterran. 6i Nia.drae Do. New A Maria Antonia Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. 11 Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. D0.20/.Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red., at 22y. dur. 88 yrs.' from 1 Jan. 1854 10 5 26 20 I 2 17A al 20 t 20 li 20 a] 100 al 25 25 a] 25 E, 100 I al 100 I al 20 2011 a] 100 I a] 100 al 1.00 a 100 a: 20 al 100 al 20 1 5 al 20 I 1! 4 a, 20 ; 1 20 20 1 20 '2 33 31 1.0 111 20 al 16 al 20 a] 20 I. al 11l Do. 201. 3 p. a Bdr. (fmy. B. di Ams. Shs.: 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre' 20 14 Paris and Lyons 40 all Ditto Winds 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 10 ParisCaen dr Cherbrg 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 20 Royal Danish 5 3 Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse 10 a] 20 11 20 1, 11 Do u .sp.c , Fit r ._l:l_7of. 0 v ner o n r aneo•• A St. Androw's end 10' al 20 1! 20 1 Ql'2 .)ec (A) , B West Flanders 11 Do 5 per c. .2 Western of France .6 West. of Switzerland Lll Wiesbaden :0 Zealand 20 I 21 JOINT-S! B Australasia 11 British Colonial Bank and Loan Company dl British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chad. 'link. of India, Australia, & China 15 Colonial :0 Commercial of Lond .6 English Scottish and Australian al Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia !O London and County 1.0 London Joint Stock Z 0 Lend. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 ?, National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 itoyal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2. Do. New lY Won of Lim fi -6; - d— A p o • ''—.. • • • 31 P ci 4 3Oi 3 54 par 4p I• .". ••• 7 . 1 - 6i 8 - 7 9 7d 10 Bcl - i P par ip 10 - 17 - it 2 d par 2 d par 2 d -- par, ... dis 2i 2i 2i —sP d q - 7 33 :34 12i - 12, - 8i - 9A 191 - 198 44 46 36 38 Pm 20A 21 ! par 1p 21 7t 7i ••• ... ••• ••• .. pm 3i - 4 d 4i —54 p •• • • lei Z 'li IK BANKS. 79 -- 81 i"d -- i"ii 3 3 d 21i - 22 ••• ." ... ii 1 - - - 40 37 - 39 --39 42 ept 67 8 10 Business done I 50 this day. .2 I all .6i 14! .6' 4 >t. 100 .9i 19:: .4 111 l a w n it. 100 0 12 .0 1 .26 26 it. 100 i 0 15 all 5 all it. 100 2s 41; it. 100 ;t. 100 r 5 22!, )() 911 64 6 i !t" 21.1 ~ it. 100 * 6 all 4 L 6 all 8 all 8 all it. I_oo 5 20 i 0 all It. 100 i 0 all .0 .0 1/ b 17?, .0 all .0 1 m. 1 100 ;t. too M. 100 .0 all 6A it ft. i oo !CI I 5 8 !,5 11 it. 100 LO 9 ;t. 100 Z 5 21 :0 I all ;0 1 18 !O all .0 Ills. 50 a, 25 20 100 2 100 2 , 20 1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1855. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Leasing Compans• Closing Price. Saturday. Business this day. The January session of the above court was opened to-day by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Recorder, Alderman Sir C. Marshall, and Sir R. W. Carden, the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, ,kO., The leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat. Most kinds sold slowly, but no material change took place in the quotations. The barley trade was heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported. Oats were tolerably firm, but beans, peas, and flour were much neglected. _ _ . The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 44 prisoners. The business doing in grain in most of the foreign mar kets has been very moderate, yet, in some instances, prices have had an upward tendenzy. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad we received 14,235 quarters of wheat, 1,845 barley, 13,405 oats, 273 beans, 669 peas, 808 tares, 11,166 linseed, 5,568 rapeseed, 45 sun dry seeds, 544 sacks and 3,007 barrels of flour. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to-day coastwise, was reasonably extensive, and in fair average condition. By land carriage, the receipts were very mo derate ; yet the show of samples of both red and white was good. Notwithstanding that the attendance of buyers was by no means numerous, the demand for most kinds of wheat of home produce ruled steady, and a fair demand Was effected, at last week's currency. We were tolerably well supplied with foreign wheat. Good heavy qualities were in moderate request at fell quo tations. In low and middling parcels very little was doing on former terms. The inquiry for floating cargoes was less active, yet holders were firm. The Recorder, in his charge to the Grand Jury, sa id that but for one melancholy case, in which a prisoner was charged with the commission of two murders, he should have been able to congratulate them upon the present calendar being the lightest that he ever remem bered since he bad had the honour of sitting in that court. There were e,ely three cases to which, he said, he considered it necessary to allude. The first was a charge of having transferred the Goldsmith's-hall mark from gold of a superior quality to one of an inferior description, which was made an offence by a recent statute, and the only question they would have to con sider was, whether the person charged was proved to have committed the act imputed to him. The next was A case of manslaughter, in which a woman was charged with causing the death of her mother, by wounding her with a pair of scissors. The immediate cause of the death would appear to be erysipelas, but if the Grand Jury should be of opinion that the erysipelas was caused by the original wound, it would bzi their duty to find a bill for manslaughter. With regard to the remaining case, it appeared that a foreigner named Barthelemy was charged with shooting two persons, named Moore and Collard, and although the circumstances under which the death of the first person mentioned appeared involved in some obscurity, it was his duty to tell theft that the depositions disclosed a clear prima facie case of murder, and the grand jury, if the facts should be proved to their satisfaction, would be bound to return a true bill. The second case was free from all legal difficulty, for it ap peared that upon the unfortunate man Collard attempt ing to arrest the prisoner after the commission of the first murder, he deliberately shot him dead with a pis tol, and tke Grand Jury he feared, therefore, would feel that they had no alternative but to find a true bill in both cases. Fine barley was comparatively scarce, and realised full quotations. In grinding and distilling sorts only a limited business was transacted, at barely late rates. _ . Although the supply of malt was but moderate, the trade ruled heavy, and the quotations were next to nominal. The oat trade was steady, and prices were well sup ported. We had a very dull sale for beans, the prices of which gave way from is to 2s per qaartor. In peas very few transactions took place, at from is to 2s per quarter less money. The flour trade was in a sluggish state. In prices, how ever, we have no change to notiee. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• .. new 72s to 853 Ditto... • ........ old 76s 833 1 Ditto, White new 80s 88s Ditto.. •• .... old 81s 00s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 685 703 Ditto new •• •• .. 68s 735 Bye—Old ... • . • • .... —a —s New •• • . •• 48s 503 Barley—Grinding ••• .. 325 343 Malting . .• 33s 365, Chevalier.• •• 37s 3931 Sfalt—Suffolk and Nor folk .• •• •• 62s 67 8 8r0wn............... 553 Os KingstonandWare 681 703 Mat—Chevalier •• • • 71s to 73s ( )ata Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 27s 30s Potato •• 28s 32. Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 25s 30s Cork, White 28s 323 Scotch, Feed. •• •• 28s 32s Beans—Tlek ..• •• .• 41s 45s Plgeons.• • .•• 45s 50s Peas—Grey ..•• ••• • • • 37s 40s Maple. •• •• •• •• • • 41s 433 White... •• •• 46s 48s Boilers •• • 48s 51, Flour—Town-undo... 68s 73, Suffolk ••• • •• • 54s 62, Btocktn & Norfolk 54s 56, POST-OFFICE NOTICES. SMITHFIELD. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 1,410 head. In the corresponding period in 1853 we received 1, 8 02 ; in 1802, 2,56 x; and in 1851, 2,408 head. 0 0 ;o 0 1 Paid.l RAILWAY,. all Bedford and Blotchley 100 Buckghamsh 'MO Clydesdale Jo 100 , E. Lincoln gr , 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New • all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Krtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Grcenwl all Do.Preferenee all Lon.,Til., &S. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent. u) Do. 6 per ct. ' all Nfanch. Bxtn. and Matlock all %fiddlc , ibro' & Bede:lr . all 'ffldhl.Bradfa all Northern ane Easternsp.c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixecls p all ?rest. & Wyr, all Do. Shares. 103 Itoystn.St Filicf.Roth.an, Goole g. 5 p.c. 9:1 3. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... all I Do 100 I Wilts&Gomrst London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn 'stk. New. terw. Y. &Mid Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co gorfolk.. 1:,.& N. W. Et Midld. 3tckton & Darlingt. Aidland.. Fl. Count. Do .1)o r). &Ln&Yk ,Do Northn f,ancash& Yorksh. 51.MClean itookt. & Darlingt ;*rtWestn., 95 - 100 98 - 100 130 - 135 iO4 -106 13 -13 i 23 -24 11 -11 i 21 - 2i 92 - 94 57 - 59 iio : a ... --- •• 2; 2• d 31 91 -- 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. IUO Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 30 BlythandTynelOper c. pref. (issd. 500 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Bandonsip.c . all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 3 all EastAnglian (X3los 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. o. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 r . c. S all Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 ner cent all Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash.6 p. ets. all East and West York shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth. &Dundee 4 per cent. , 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent._ , 100 Great Northn. sp. c. , 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. e. prom. 100 Do. 4i p. c 82 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) , 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c , 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c , 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O . 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock . 100 'London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0 . 1.00 Do. Pref., sp. c. St . 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. . 1.00 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds !i all Londonderry& Color Shares 311 Londy. & Ennis. Sb all ,lan., Shef., & Lin , Sares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. .£6 all Nfarypt .&Carl.4 p c all Do. 4i per cent 102 Do I_oo Nfld. Consol .6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Burin. 6 per cent 11; Do. Pref. 41 per ceni 10 Nlorfolk Debenture 00 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stool 100 Do. sp. c. Est 1.00 :..0. ot.prof lOn Do. Way. Val. 5 p. a. CO N'orth British GO NT. E. Iterw, 4 p.c. P. 17 5 De. do. do 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c c.N e l 126 9 Do. do. Quarters 4 25 10 De. York 11. & r. all worth Staffordshire_ 11k) n)xfortl, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls,6l9.e all .icot. Cent. ,New Prei 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon )0,. fixed, 4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 46 per cent all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all S Wales Gua. 4p. c all Do. (lc 4i p. c all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 97 - 100 89 - 91 94 - 96 5/ - 6i •.• - ••• - P 4 - P 126 - 13 60 - 65 ..xai 113 115 108 - 110 99 - 101 6 -- 6A 94 -- 96 S 9 -- 91 91 -- 93 91 -- 104 16 -- 17 10 -10 i 71 -- 73 184 -- 194 94 -- 91 134 -- 144 14— id 134 136 ••• ".." ••• 2 - 3p 11 - - ip t 33 - 135 tf - LI S 7 - 90 [O4 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 92 3 - 3i 1 - 0 111 - 113 12 14 id par 221 —22 i 95 100 15 18 Id -=-- i, .., ••• d 2i 2 MINES. 14- 3.1 I - R 1' - i 5 7 6 7 2 t --1 1 2 i 30 —B2 id par 47 49 50 65 par 2 14 16 1 —li par 4p 15 17 i - i ... a A I . ...•• ••• 1 ••• ..... ••• 15 - 16 - $ - 1 t - 25 5 - 7 31 - 31 1 - 11 1 - 2 2 - 3 36 - 37 ii = ii 100 - 105 LO9 - 1163 - 3i 17k —18 a ••• ••• 1,1 •••- • • • i ••-• 1 ii 1 - ii 2 - 2i 61 - 63 - 2 3T - 39 - 1 - 1 = Pi all Agua Fria ....... all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blienarvon Iron and Coal 13.5 British Iron 5 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes k Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's C•ed( 0 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent 16 Copiapo . all English and Austin Copper Smeltg 0 0 Fortuna all General all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 4 Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Mariquita 9 Mexie.au&S.Americu. all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , 1 all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silvery Lead MM. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New 11 Santiago do Cuba all South Australian.., 74 Tin Croft .. all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining 01 Australia all Yuba MISCE: all Nubia Coal and Iron 17. Australian Agricult. 4 Australan.Pcific.Mail all Australn. Royal Mail N Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co 32?1 Canada 100 Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and July all Crystal Palace all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam. 21 ElectricTolegraPh(A) all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam 10 [rish Beetroot Sugar . 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nlediteran. Elec. Tel. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue 5 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co' all N. B. Australasian... 124 Nrth. of Eu rop e Steam all' Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 45 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Alan Steam ... all Scot. Austral. Invest. all South Austral. Land, all Submar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. pionmed Law REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO EGYPT. General Post-office, Deo., 1854. On and front the Ist Jan. next, the postageupon letters addressed to Alexandria or any *titer place in Egypt, and forwarieli by British Packet via Marseilles will be reduced as follows : For a letter not exceeding oz, is. Exceeding /oz and not exceeding Aoz., 2s. „ 40Z ft ioz., 35. ff l oz )9 ioz., 4s. and so on increasing is. for each quarter of an ounce. On and from the same date, the pestage on a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight addressed to Egypt, and forwarded by the direct packet via Southampton, will be reduced from is. 6d. to is., heavier letters being charged in proportion according to the scale for charg• ing inland letters. The prepayment of postage is optional in the case of letters addressed to Alexandria, but upon letters fir any other part of Egypt the postage must be paid in advance or the letters cannot be forwarded. PERIODICAL WORKS, kc. On and from the Ist January next, periodical works, not strictly newspapers, published ix the United King dom and addressed to Holland, may be sent in the closed mails, via Belgium, under the following regulation■ :- Ist. The British postage must be paid in advance. 2d. They must be sent in covers open at the sides. The rates of postage on such works will be as follows : Not exceeding 2 ounces in weight Exceeding 2 - Ounces, and not exceeding 3 ounces 6d. Exceedinc , 3 ounces, and not exceeding 4 ounces Bd. Twopence being chargeable for every additional ounce, up to the weight of 16 ounces, beyond which weight no publication can be forwarded. From the same date, newspapers brought to this country in the mails from Holland will not be liable to any charge on delivery, as the postage paid by the sen der will defray the whole charge to destination. In like manner, newspapers forwarded from the United King dom to Holland, will not be liable to any charge on de livery, but a pilotage of one penny must continue to be paid on each newspaper, when posted. ESTABLISHMENT OF OPTIONAL PR,E-PAY• MENT OF POSTAGE TO ST. HELENA AND THE GOLD COAST. On and from the Ist January next, the postage upon letters between the United Kingdom and the Island of St. Helena, and between the United Kingdom and the British Settlements on the Gold Coast, whether con veyed by packet or private ship, may either be paid in advance or left to be collected on the delivery of the letters, at the option of the sender. The postage upon letters to and from the above -men tioned Colonies is, Not exceeding ioz. in weight, 6d. Exceeding loz. and not exceeding loz., is. Exceeding loz. and not exceeding 2ozs., 21. and so on, increasing ono shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounco. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian 'of Saturday.) MANCIIEST , IIII, Dec. D.—Since Tuesday, no notice• able change has shown itself in our market, winch has a quiet Christwaas•likc air abeat it. NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 29.—This having been holilay week, most of the warehouses have been closed. In tho hosiery and lace trades there is as much doing as is usual at this season. The hosiery trade is expected to take a turn for the better in consequence of the United States tariff being altered in favour of this production, and which comes into operation on the Ist of January. BRADFORD, Dec. 29.—Wool—There is no improve ment in the demand for wool. The prices sought in the country act as a drawback to its coming freely to mar ket. Yarns—This being a holiday market, the quan tity of yarns spun has been very trifling ; there is no inducement to increase the supply, and this can only be effected by higher prices becoming current. Pieces— There is no change since our last, but the general opinion augurs more favourably for the corning year. The stocks of goods were never, during the last twenty years, known to be anything like so small. LEICESTER, Dec. 29.—This being a holiday week, manufacturers are employed in taking stock and prepa rations for the coming year. WOOLLEN TRADE. ( From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Dec. 20.—The markets this week have been of a merely nominal kinci. Both on Saturday and Tues day there was a very slight attendance in the Cloth-halls, and only a ♦ery indifferent business was done. There has been very little business done in the warehouses this week boyond stock-taking, which is the principal employment at present. HUDDERSFIELD, Dec. 26.—The market has been so very flat for a long time back, that we could hardly find language to vary the dull monotony. This week the best description would be to say no market at all. ROCHDALE, Dec. 26.--We have had a very thin at tendance of buyers is the market to-day, and a limited amount of business transacted at last week's prices. There will not be much business done besides making up the Christmas accounts till the now market, which will be the first Monday after the 6th of January. HALIFAX, Dec. 23.—We have had quite a lifeless market to-day, ♦ery much different from the two pre ceding weeks ; but as dulness in trade is the usual cha racteristic of this particular season, we think less of it, and have to remark further that prices of the raw mate rial are maintained with steady firmness as quoted a fortnight since. Stocks of wool do not accumulate at present. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY.) LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at Noon, W.N.W. ; light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. It blew very heavily during the night. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived Louisa Maria, from Callao, for Antwerp, short of provi sions and with foremast sprung ; Speedy, Southampton, for New South Wales. FALMOUTM, Deo. 31.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed—Oscar (s), for Balaklava. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—North umberland, from Southampton, for Adelaide, S.A. COWES, Dec. 31.—Arrived—Czar Peter, from Callao. Off Port— Union (s), from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 31.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Atrato (s), from the West Indies. Sailed—Sumroo, for the Crimea ; Reine Hortense, do. HULL, Dec. 29.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Admiral Moorson, from Richibucto ; Indian, Quebec. TORBAY, Doc. 31.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Rubicon, from Lendon, :for Calcutta. Off Port—Hampden, from Hamburg, jor Sydney ; Token, Loudon, for the West ' Coast of Africa. KINGSTOWN, Dec. 30.—Arrived—Derwent, from Quebec, for Workington. I>ußLlN,Dec.3o.—Arrived--St. Peter, from St. John's. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 31 —The Anne, of ON port, foun dered in the North Sea, Dec. 25; crew saved. THE HULL PILOTS FROM THE BALTIC FLEET.- -A large number of the Baltic pilots have returned to their homes at Hull for the wi , eter. They are stated to have been universally respected on board the ships in which they have been so honourably en ga g ed.—Hull Packet. F ATA L BOILER EXPLOSION AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. — On Tuesday morning, a boiler explosion took place at the chemical works of Messrs. Pattison and Co., which are very extensive, covering 17 acres of ground, and giving employment to 1,500 men. Before the explosion it was discovered that the boiler leaked, aid the fire was ordered to he drawn out, which was just about to be done when the explosion took place, killing two men and seriously injuring two others, besides doing damage to the amount of from 500/, to 600/. The deceased had worked many years on the premises, and were much re spected. Each leaves a wife and faintly. A piece of the boiler, weighing a ton and a half, was carried 60 yards, and fell through on of the work hops, POLAND INVADED FROM THE BALTIC. (Front Count Valerian Krasinslci's Russia, Poland, and Europe.) The most vulnerable point of Russia on the Polish side, and where she may be attacked in the most effective manner, is, however, Samogitia, or the north western part of Lithuania, bordering on Prussia, the Baltic Sea, and Courland. The inhabitants of that pro vince, known for their bold character and stubborn reso lution, are animated with a snore intense hostility to the Russian dominion than perhaps any other population under its rul e ; a nd this o n account of the following circumstance. The peasantry of Samogitia enjoyed, under the Polish dominion, a certain degree of liberty, —at least, their obligations towards the landowners de pended on the will of the latter, but were regulated by custom, which, h av i ng acqu i re d t h e f orce o f l aw, was religiously observed. This circumstance, united with a fertile soil, the proximity of the sea, and an entirely ft ee trade, which was the case in Poland, rendered the Samogitian peasantry one of the richest of their class in Europe ; and their v: obese naturally gave them a feeling o f independence, unknown to the peasantry of the adja cent provinces. Tide happy state of risings has been entirely reversed since the establishment of the Russian Government, because, as it did not recognise the liberties enjoyed by the a bove•mentionFd p easan t ry , they were gradually reduced to a condition of absolute serfage, and tlier welfare declined in the same ratio as their liberty. This has been particularly the case ‘Ni fi the starosties, er crown lards, which lied been granted by the Rus<ian Government to several of its military officers and civil employe's as a reward for their services, and who not only oppose the pea can try of those lands, but have even reduced ninny small freeholders, by their influence with the pubic au thoritieg, to a state of serfage. This natural cause of hatred against the Russian government is still more in creased by the circumstance that the Samogitians, who do not belong to the Slavonic race, speak a language so ' different from that of the Russians that they cannot under stand each other, as is the case with all the Slavonic na tions. The Samogiti:sns proved their capabilities for an insurrectionary war in 1831, when, having risen, without any resistance from a regular army, they kept their ground for about five months against the Russian forces, and this in an entirely flat country. Now, a descent in that quarter, for instance at Liebau, about thirty Eng lish miles from the Samogitian frontier, effected in the early spring of the next year by the allied forces, and a Polish legion, composed chiefly of officers and veteran soldiers, now exiles in France aid England, who may be employed as instructors of the new levies, and whose number may be considerably increased by the Poles who have been brought as Russian prisoners to the above mentioned two countries, with It MlffiCient store of arms, munitions, aid all the necessaries of war, will produce an immediate insurrection, which, supported by a regu lar force] of the allies, may be soon organised into an effective array." An attack on this side of Russia will be much mere effective than in any other part of the Baltic coast, because, although there may be a considerable discon tent in the Russian Baltic provinces (Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland), on account of the proselytism of the Greek Church amongst the Protestant peasantry of these provinces, it is by no means such as to produce an in surrection ; whilst the gentry of the same provinces occupy the most important places in the civil and mili tary servi ce o f R uss i a , an d are , th ere f ore , notwithstand ing their German nationality, generally more attached to the present order of things than many real Russians. Neither can great things, in this respect, be expected from Finland, because this province, united with Russia in 1309, has been since that time treated with particular favour. It has a kind of constitution, an entirely sepa rate administration, its own army, all its ancient pri vileges and franchises, and even a much less restricted tariff than the rest of the Russian empire. The Fin landers, enjoying all these peculiar privileges, have, moreover, an open field for their talents and ambition in the military and civil service of Russia, where many of them occupy important situations. In short, Russia has done everything in order to reconcile the inhabitants of Finland to her rule ; and, consequently, it is no wonder that she has succeeded in creating amongst them a con siderable party. These circumstances render au insurrec tion in that quarter against Russia not very probable, except after a signal defeat of that power, and consequently when it will be the least needed. But supposing that the inhabitants of Finland should rise to a man at a landing of the Allied troops, including the Swedes (because it is impossible to admit that the Swedish Government should be allowed to preserve its neutrality next spring, when the Allied fleets employed now in the Black Sea will be able to join those in the Baltic), and that this province should be wrested from the Russians, what strategic advantages may be derived from ithe occupation of this extremity of Russia, except the facility of taking St. Petersburg ? But the loss of that capital will not injure in any way the real strength of Russia, because the capture of her fleet will not make much difference in this respect, considering that it may be made useless by a blockade, as it was this summer ! and it will have no more effect upon her commerce that that which had been produced by the above-mentioned means. It will only serve to rouse the national spirit of the Russians, as was the case after the destruction o f Moscow in 1812, and make the war more popular amongst them. The effects of a landing in Samogitia will be, how ever, very different. I have explained above, p. 14, et A 71., the causes which render a general and immediate insurrection in that quarter certain, in case of such a landing ; and a single glance on the map of that country will show the immense strategic advantages which will he obtained by this combination. The insurrection, sup Fur Lutl by the Allicd fuices, loud org..ni,cd ill the siiam.er described in that place, Dray soon reach Vilna, and even extend beyond that town. This movement, operating in the rear of the Russian armies engaged in Poland, will at once cut off their communication with St. Peters burg, and thus compel them hastily to retreat beyond the Dni,-Tier. Such a retreat, accomplished throw - ' di a country in a state of insu r r ec ti on , w ill b e necessarily ex posed to great losses, particularly by the desertion of the Polish soldiers who have been forced into the Russian army, and which in this case will become general. Trio same movement will deliver the western part of the Baltic coasts of Russia into the hands of the Allies, because the Russian army, forced to evacuate Poland in an eastern direction, must fall back on the old Russian provinces ; for it is only there that it will be able to attempt making a stand against the advance of the enemy. The expediency of an invasion of the Russian borders from that quarter was forcibly pointed out in one of the letters on the chances of the present war, which appeared immediately after its declaration, in the Al[genuine Zeitung of Augsburg, and are ascribed to a high military authority of Germany. It is, however, almost superfluous to re mark, that the success of such a plan must chiefly depend upon the proper execution of its details, which cannot be furnished except by some reliable persons, possessing a thorough knowledge of men and things in the above-men tioned quarters. The same letters discuss the probabilities of the capture of Seleastepol, and say that it would be tearing out an eye to the Russian giant. THE PRUSSIAN GUN-BOATS NiX AND SA LA 1.11-41 V DER. _ - *O. The Prussian steam gun-boat Nix was on Friday placed in the Queen's dock at Keyham, and the Sala mander in No. 1 dock, preparatory to their being sur veyed next week by the Admiralty officials prior to their exchange for her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 3S, now in Hamoaze. These paddle gun-boats were built some four years since by Mr. Scott Russell on the banks of the Thames for the Prussian Government. They are about 170 feet long, the decks being 42 feet broad at the paddles, aid 25 feet at the close of the sponsons. They are lightly rigged, schooner fashion, the masts very wide apart, and are fitted with oscillating engines, by Russell and Co., of 140-horse power. The hulls are very fine and sharp, and have submerged rudders at each end, forming the lower parts of the stem and stern respectively. The stem rudder is furnished with screw which will fix it securely when not required for use. This rudder is worked below the deck, and the one aft by a wheel on deck, in the ordinary way. The paddle wheels are about 16 feet diameter. Each boat is provided with four large guns, 63-pounders, and two 32-pounders. When not in use the four large guns are stowed amid ships, two with their mouths pointed forward and two aft. In ordinary steam-vessels there is no increased width of deck near the paddles, but in. the gun-boats under consideration there is a sufficient addition to the Neck lengthwise, in the front and rear of each paddle box, to admit one of the large guns. This increase is sustained by framework in connexion with the sponsons, which are beans running across the upper part of the hull, and overhanging th ship's side. Upon this over hanging portion the large guns will have to work when in action. The two 32-pounders point over each quarter, but there are ports forward for these, near the bows, to be used when necessary. Public attention having been much directed towards the boats, their ap pearance at Plymouth has created great interest, and a general opinion prevails that they will be found of little service to the nation; while their light and elegant con struction may render their speed most useful in rivers and harbours, it will prevent their attempting an over sea voyage. It is considered that, should it be pos sible to bring them in a position to use their heavy metal, the working of the 68-pounders would soon tear to pieces the s tanchions in which the ringbolts are fixed, and the bulwarks which form the ports, because the deck, which overhangs eight feet, affords no sufficient s upport for either stanchions or bulwarks. As only two of these guns are likely to be worked at one time, it might have been better to have but two, and to have placed there amidships. The decks of the Nix and Salamander arc perfectly open and unprotected ; there is no shelter whatever for the artillerymen, who could be easily swept off by a few well-directed shots from the enemy. The greatest defect, however, of these boats consists in their being built of iron, apparently half- inch plates, a thick ness which would stand no chance of resisting a can non ball, even of moderate dimensions, for, should one strike the hull near the water, the vessel must inevit ably be disabled. The Prussians are most polite and attentive to visitors. Port-Admiral Sir Wiliam Parker, accompanied by Captain Robb, of the Czesar, 91, made a cursory inspection of the gun-boats on Saturday after noon. Captain Sunda all and the other Prussian (Armors have, during their visit to Plymouth, been entertained by the Port-Admiral, by Admiral-Superintendent Michael Seymour, and other official personages con nected with the port. FESTIVITIES AT BROUGHAM HALL.—Lord Brougham is spending the Christmas at Brougham Hall, in this neighbourhood, and it affords us much pleasure to state that his lordship is in the enjoyment of good health, and as full of repartee and joke, although he has crossed man's allotted span, as he was in his younger days,— Ireohliorattna aecz;ttc. 20 20 21 20i 20 2 25 2i I Si. 25 2 20 1 l a 3 1 10 1 1 1130 A 311 1 91 3IPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEE. From Beasts. Rotterdam l9B ... Harlingen: 134 ♦ntwerp — ... Hamburgh 39 Oporto Sheep. Limbs. Calves. Pigs. 438 ... ... 35 .., 255 ... -- ... 8 ... ••• '-'" Total ... 621 693 ... 96 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lacs• Calves. Pigs. 1851 451 1,196 ... ... 155 1852 3ll 1,867 ... ... 319 ... 5 1853 ... 405 1,678 • 298 27 The show of foreign stock in to-day'arnarket was limited, and in very poor condition. From our own grazing districts, th. arrivals of beasts were seasonably good, and in excellentcondition ; indeed, with the exception of the great day, the show of stock this morning was the best since the beginning of last year. Although the attendance of butchers was moderately ex tensive, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday last, of 2d. per Blbs. The general top figure for beef w%s ss. per Blbs. The bullock receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cam- bridgeshire, amounted to 1,300 Scots ; from Lincolnshire, 400 short horns ; from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 600 horned and polled Scots. The supply of sheep was tolerably good. Although the mutton trade was not to say brisk, the transactions in most kinds of sheep was rather extensive, at last week's cur rency. The best old Downs were worth 5s 2d per 81bs. Scarcely any calves were in the market. The few on offer sold at very high rates, viz., 4s 1041 to 6s per 81bs. The supply of pigs was bat moderate. On the whole, the pork trade was firm, at ♦ery full prices. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 4 Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 10 1 Second quality ...4 0 4 4, Prime crsc.-wiled.4 6 410 s. d. s 41. PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 2 I Large crso. calves 410 5 6 Prime small d 0... 5 8 6 0 1 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 I Small porkers 4 2 4 6 I Suellingcalves ..23 0 30 0 IQuarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 iomao N SUPPLY. Beasts •• ••.. • 652 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beaats .:......... ....... _4,202 Sheep ..... •• •• ..25,60) Calva . •• . 113 Sheep 1,570 Calves..•• • • • ............ 73 Ptgs V .. ..... SJO Pigs•••• • • • ' '' ''''' * A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stook exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 2, 1854, and this day, M onday. Jan. 1 , 1 855. Per 81bs, to sink the Wale. Jan. 2, 1854. Jan. 1, 1855. s. d. s. d. s, d. s. (1 3 Ito 3 63 4to 3 6 3 8 4 23 8 4 4 4 4 4 64 6 4 8 . 4 8 5 04 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Prime large <mu ... Prime Scots, Ate Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 310 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 6 Primo Southdown ditto ... .. 5 0 38 4 6 4 10 5 4 8 '4 0 0 3 10 4 4 4 10 5 2 0 0 i 4 10 '5 8 3 0 4 2 Largo coarse calves ... .•• ... 4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto ... •.. ..• ... 410 5 4 Large hogs ... ••• ••• ... 3 6 4 2 Neat small porkers ... ..• ... 4 2 410 Beasts... ••• ••• 4,082 Sheep ... ••• ••• 22,430 Calves... ••• ••• 160 Pigs ... ••• ••• ... 310 Sueriass ois SALs, Jan. 3, 1853.—Beasts, 4,621; sheep, 21,690; calves, 181; pigs, 205 . 20 j 8 a ; ignuparys,s2 851—Beasts, 3,562; s h ee p, 22,100 ; c a l ves , 55. 5 6 6 0 4 0 4 6 4,202 - 25,600 113 290 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Very moderate supplies of each kind of moat, both town and country killed, have been on sale in these mar kets since Monday la?t. To-day the general demand is very firm, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. B. d, s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 4 3 6 Mutton Inferior 3 6 3 8 D D0 0 .. „ 46 4 8 Do., do. small —.4 4 4 8 1 Veal 4 4 5 6 Pork, large 3 0 3 8 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 m pr i i d m d e ling.. 83 10 Do., mi ddling 0 4 2 largo Do., prime BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. There has been an increase in the arriv a l s of p o t a t oes tevi reds, and by T y railway ; but w e h ave rece i ve d no sup pliesdemand is inactive, as follows : Scotch from Regents, 105 s to 115 s ; York R ege nts, 11.0 s to 130 s ; Lincolnbhi re d o ., 100 5 t o 115 s per ton. csis e el abroad.s, 100 s to 110 s ; do. BOROUGH HOP. fine new hops are very scarce, and held at full pr itlly ice e sa.All other kinds moved off slowly, and the quota tions are with difficulty supported. The imports of foreign hops last week amounted to 4 bales from Calais, 30 from Dunkirk, 104 from Hambur g , 478 from Ostend, 971 from Now York, 129 from Antwerp, and 71 from Rott er d am . Now Mid and East Kent pockets, 151 15s to 221 Os ; Weald Sussex ditto, 14110 s to loofa Kper n r ai t t . to, 151 Os to 161 lo s ; WOOL. however, we h ave no im provementimports of wool, last week 410 o les ora met ssbainthfrodemaenrdon Ba for mo y st , dra:9o3,o22f4romSydney, 47 from Buenos frsui Bombay, and 700 from ' kinds s er o e f i w s o r to a ol t h. notice.e r ln more p: rlTe fi ash r : m e, Ayres. ye fromrr e e s e r e a 3 s sT o fa n rg a os b inn l y r 01 Madras, good, do j Port Eliialeeth. The following are the c urrent ra tes of English wool : Southdown ewes, is Od to Os Od ; ; Kent fleeces,ls id to is 1:41 ; Leicester fleece s, is Od to is OW ; flannel wool, hi S sa c l u fo t : c l a bi r d et o toi w n iti so h gc og o t g d, g i e ; t s s h , oa id i f ..stborOedi Ist ° woe : tab s e i r d s :. 10d to is ld ; blanket wool, 9d to is id ; and combing skins, Os Od to Os Od per lb. SEEDS, The inquiry for linseed continues steady, at very full prices. Cakes command extreme ntes. Most other articles, though in but moderate supply, are dull in sale. Tamic,white,per bush. 213 to 25s Swede •••••••••• 218 3 85 igustard, Brown • ..... 83 1 05 White, new ••• • .. 103 — 3 r irer,,Winter, new ... - lis 12s Old— • • • • • • •• Os OdOs Od Canary, per quarter .. 444 5 83 Rye grass •• •• .... 24s 28s Clover,Red Eng. (cwt.) —s • -3 1 White .• —s —3 Foreign Red ...... —s —3 •• —s —5 Trefoil, new.. • • ...... 16s 20i, C a r r awaY • ........... 36s 40s Coriander 16s Ps Hempseed, per quarter bCs 54s Linseed, Eng.sowing.. 70s 75s Crushing ........ 62s 64s Baltic .......... —s —s Odessa .......... 641 68s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— , English .. 121 Os 13 Os Foreign, per ten 111 Os 121 10s Rape Cakes, pr ton 6109 6 1 lOs Rapeseed,New,prist 30'10e 311 Os TALLOW. The amount of business doing in our market is but moderate. Prices, however, are well supported. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 64s Gd, per cwt. Town tallow, 63s Gd per cwt., net cash. Rough fat, 3s Gd per 81bs. 1853 - . Sock this day .... . .) 36s 1 Price of Y. C. r 1 ,to —s 0 i Delivery last week Ditto from Juno 1.. Arrivals last week.. ...... Ditto front June 1......•• Price of Tow, .• 47,125 ) 42.256 135,781 45s Od *.o 59s Gd •o, G4s Gd 45s 31 —s Od to 0 , 1 1,416 2,057 832 62,22 G 63,682 44,011 229 10 68 ,733 $2,623 478 31 618 0,1 3,908 47,792 659 69 LIVERPOOL, Dec. 30.—The United States' steam-ship Baltic sailed this morning at 9 o'clock, with the usual weekly mails for Now York. The Cunard steam-ship America, with the mails from Boston of the 23d xlt., ntay be expected to arrive on Tuesday. The steam-ship Imperador, with the mails from the River Plate, Brazil, and Lisbon, will be due at this port on Wednesday. The screw steam-ship Great Britain, with later accounts from Australia, is daily expected, 99i i 111 415 MMI= " THE TIMES"-OUR ARMY IN TR EAST. Of all the journals in the world, the Morning Advertiser will be the last to be charged with going out of its way to eulogise the Times. But we do feel constrained by a sense of duty, and from con siderations of patriotism and humanity, to express our highest admiration of the bold and fearless course the Times has pursued in exposing the fright ful mismanagement of the war by our rulers at home, as proved by the deplorable state of affairs iu the Crimea. No wonder though the imbecile and culpable authors of the appalling amount Of suffering, sickness, and death, which has taken place - in the Camp at Sebastopol, should quail and blanch under the unsparing lash of our contemporary. No journal but the Times could have made those exposures with effect, which during the last ten or twelve days have appeared in its columns. The Times has rendered a service to humanity, to jus tice, and to our gallant troops in the East, which r cannot be too highly appreciated, and for which it will receive the heartfelt thanks not only of the surviving victims of the cruel mismanagement of our rulers, but of the entire country.—M•rning Advertiser. THE MILL rIA REGIMENTS. It is intended to call out the whole of the Militia re giments of the United Kingdom, including the entire Irish as well as S co t c h Mil i ti as . Al rea dy 64 E ng li s h and I\ r el,lt regiments; are embodied, and 16 more are ordered out, making SO out of the 100 of England and Wales. The remaining 20 will make the last batch. The number of men authorised by Parliament for this part of the local force is 80,000, while the number for Scotland is 10,000, and for Ireland 30,000. If, out of these, SO,OOO can be got together, it will be an outside number. Some 15,000 of the better prepared Mi litia regiments will garrison tke Aff)diterrasean col*. lies, requiring a fourth more to remain at hone for the purpose of depots and keeping up tke force abroad. Thus 20,000 are provided for. The remaining 60,000 will be required for home duty, in conjunction With the depots of the regular army, and for volunteering into the line. It is expected that sufficient barracks will soon be ready. for the whole number ; sooner, is fact, than the man ca be procured. In the military colonies of Malta, Gibral• tar, and Corfu, the Militia regiments will do the garri• son duty. At Malta, in addition, it is intended to have a reserve force of regulars in training, and ready for in* mediate embarkation to any point where their services may be required in the field. We understand that al• ready a most lively competition is displayed by the Militia regiments longest enrolled for the first tura of garrison service in the pleasant places of the Mediter. rannean. THE BATTLE OF INKE.RMAN. (From the illustrated Loudon Netts.) Sebastopol lay shrouded In the thick November gloom, And through the midnight silence The guns had ceased to boom. The sentinel outworn In watching for the morn, From Balakiava's heights, Beheld the Russian lights, In the close-beleaguered fortress far adown ; And heard a sound of bells "Wafted upwards through the dells, And a roar of mingling voices and of anthems from thetowni They prayed the God of Justice To aid thew in the wrong, They consecrated Murder With jubilee and song. To the slain, the joys of Heaven, — To the living, sin forgiven,— Were the promises divine That were passed along the lino, As they gathered in their myriads ere the dawn ; While their priests in full accord, Chanted glory to the Lord, And blessed the Russian banner and the sword for batttle drawn. I Stealthily and darkly, Amid the rain and sleet,- - No trumpet-call resounding, Nor drums' tempestuous beat ; But shadow-like, and slow, Came the legions of the foe, Moving dimly ip the steep, Where the British Camp, asleep, Lay unconscious of the danger lurking near And the soldier, breathing bard, On the cold and sodden sward, Dreamed of victory and glory, or of home and England dear. Hark ! Heard ye mot a rumbling On the misty morning air— Like the rush of rising tempests When they shako the forest bare ? The outposts on the hill Hear it close, and closer still. 'Tis the tramp of iron heels, 'Tis the crash of cannon wheels. And " To arms !" " to arms !" " to arms !" is the cry. "'Tis the Russians on our flank ! Up, and arm each British rank ! And meet them, gallant Guardsmen, to conquer or to die." Ten rose the loud alarum With a hurricane of sound, And from short unensy slumber Sprang each hero from the ground ; Sprang each horseman to his steed, Ready saddled for his need ; Sprang each soldier to his pla?e, With a stein, determined taco ; While the rousing drum and bugle echoed far, And the crack of rifles rung, And the cannon found a tougue, And down upon them bursting came the avalanche of war. VI. Through the cold and foggy darknere Sped the rocket's fiery breath, And the light of rapid volleys, In a haze of Living Death ; But each English heart that any Throbbed impetuous for the fray, And our hosts undaunted stood Beating back the raging flood — That came pouring from the ♦alley, like a sea, Casting havoc on the shore, 'With a dull and sullen roar, — The thunder-cloud abovo it and the lightning flash* fres. VII. On darkness grew the daylight, 'Mid the loud incessant peal ; On the daylight followed noontide, — And they struggled steel to ts,eol ! O ye gallant souls and true! O ye great immortal few ! On your banner, bright unfurled, Shone the freedom of the world. In your keeping lay the safety of the lands— Lay the splendour of our name— Lay our glory and our fame; And ye held and raised them all in your dauntless hearts and hands! VIII. For a moment, and the ene only, Seemed tho Russians to prevail : 0 bravo eight thousand heroes ! Ye shall conquer ! They shall fail ! They can face you—if they must — But they fly your bayonet thrust. And hark ! the ringing cheer That proclaims the French are near, And is heard above the raging battle din ! Giving courage to the brave — Striking terror to the slave, — A signal and an omen of the victory to win ! Break forth, thou storm of battle, With a new and wild uproar ! Beam out, thou flag of England, With thy sister tricolor ! For, fighting side by side, One in spirit, heart allied — In the cause of truth combined, For the freedom of mankind— France and England show the world what may be dose; And their star of glory burns And the tido of battle turns, And the beaten Russians fly, and the victory is won. Thus fourteen thousand freemen, Invincible in right, Defeated seventy thousand, Ia fierce unequal fight ! Thus Thermepylm of old And its men of Titan mould Were surpassed, at duty's call, By the Briton and the Gaul ; (May the splendour of their friendship never wane!) By the men who fighting fell With Cathcart and Lourmel, Or lived with placid Raglan, avengers of the slain. And as long as France aad England Shall givo birth to manlike men, Their deeds shall be remembered Should the battle burst agaia ; And to action as sublime Shall inspire each future time. And when War's alarms shall cease, And the nations live in peace, Safe from Tyranny, its murder, and its ban, — Lot us tell with generous pride How our heroes fought and died, And saved a threatened world on the heights of Inkerman CIARLES MACKAY. INCREASE OF THE MINES.—The gold mines continue to extend ; at present there are fourteen, sevenona oifywablitcehr have been discovered this year, and at Ballarat nugget has just been fund weighing 98 lbs., val ued at about 6,0001.; the lucky diggers a few day s since found an. other of 12,000/. worth of small nuggets, but having sunk a shaft of 133 f i ef, deep. The discovery of new gold fields is hailed as a piece of good fortune for b and tb ee e n ti i r t e o i w; e y ra C t r e e d ek o tr diggings, ious not far t e nds to strength en the argument of many, the colony. Of these, two have a g ain tee n discovered , f t r il i e mi S'l thend i, e cs e i ai as occasions, that there is sufficient gold for another two hundred years. ----f ttstmlictit and Nov Zealand Gazette. IRON lfousEs ion TIIE CRIMEA.--We understand that our Into enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. Samuel Hem ming. has received orders front the Government at his establishment at 13o‘v, where he has removed from Clift house, for the immediate construction of stabling for 2,000 horses for the Crimea, to be delivered within three weeks. He is also supplying the officers with very com fortable quarters. Having so often witnessed the excel lent mariner in which his portable iron houses, kc., were constructed at Bristol, we have no oloubt that the stabling, Lc., will be highly serviceable to our troopers in the Crigaea,—.Brioto/ hicrcury. 61.1111 7. I Paid, „Iwo 20 50 20 25 74j i 214 i :OIIS LMI