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ute tp the Dtton mar. s of flour. will allow k reduction rates for aiverpoo 1-- flour, per 7 5 , 6d, To wa. to 255. LIL. /Ec. 31. P Atrato, at 11.30, 1, and the Brydgee, are : .. Dec. ... - •.. --- .. -* lollars on ividends 0 dollars ad a large ships of ind Navin (Ivies piled froth nst., after us (13 in Earner on Thomas Bermuda ter at St. ar at Bar' Commo' hey taicat vat of the • expected Eurydice londuras• 3 at BB' ngo, . viral Fin' ; and the - mg, on hi' Patri oti° itarreoF n give n . l l be appbe" 1 orphao ° lency ) It Well consider repo;tea,; ots ill thl fever- 11 13 G the la"_ , very dul' 'strantr, !rade aw i t vourabl e , the islan d aaratice he season luring tb . eehowe • dry.:" Ie 'ever .:of! ortalitll most far,, 54:1 heavy , fallen 1. men !IS presepwo type' „ tly sholf4', 31. we hal iliac) a" five dal s was. re . ; vy ses, W e l muspeo entifnilif into 11/ EnglA t ; ritioh.sor ith CMA O a bbd jar(' i Elizab*". Ist on ti )n. So urt, st all oigl r osecuw,, lnd be e ' s ° round, r the 01 5 • an slip ed ant of ise If e k l ollen, ss tse offer,; t of sd offe r port, if tate(' if )ut kn e to 0 81 ed bf t he Its uf:4 m he P 4 d to her MONEY MA 11K ET AND C OMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCIC. T he sales o f co tt on a t Li verpoo l on S a t ur d ay ;ere estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. oiarket cloned tamely, but steadily, without ° a in prices. The sales comprised 5,250 Amer.il l can, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to %I, 40 Bahia at sid , 2GO Egyptain sid to 81d, ! 1 , 41 d 5 00 S urat at 3W:to 4 1-16 d. per lb. Railway "' a rea were quiet, but steady. Wheat has been firm to-day in Mark-lane. The lett ers from Birm i ngham respect i ng the i ron trad ei are again somewhat unfavourable. The de 88Ien n the money market at New - York has )/ tr iallY redu ce d th e d eman d f rom that qu arter. St qualities of pig areto Si. 155., and cinde r h , P.gs are in request at 4!. to 51. per ton. The 4-proa c hi n , g quarterly meetings are looked forward it ° ,, wi tu great interest, and they will determine, in great measure, the future course of the trade. 1 4 !-' 1 ,Y the monthly shipping list, compiled by Mr. Po l ' e r of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, we find the aleunt of tonnage on the berth for the various Port f or ; 8 1, of our Australian possessions, and advertised most part to leave in the present month, L„` ° "°wa :---To V a n Diemen's Land, 3,142; New u 4 - 1 Wale s , 11 , 833 ; Vi c t or i a , 11 , 988 ; Adelaide, ; Swan River and Fremantle, ,124 ; and va3o. L ) Wellinolon, Canterbury, Octago, and a„exland, 2,639 tons. a- 1 3 - the - Union from New York, we have intelli ;iettlee to the 16th ' ult. At that date "fancy" secu kinear) though quiet, were steady, in the absence of l ast 4 98 and unfavourable rumours. Although the h two or three steamers that have come to hand ea., 47° relight no specie, the money market was not f' ; ',, e j, the banks continued their policy of con re-4n% and the smallest shipment of the precious had a sens ibl e e ff ect. T he market for flour continued firm. The ex "ea was steady, and prices were strength by the closing of canal and river navigation. 1 1 , (111 Was fluctuating, with a limited inquiry. -.. t r B Mining news from California is highly satis eozi:::7,butNew diggings were constantly being die qui e t The markets at San Francisco were prices did not decline; while at Sacra grent° trade was brisk, at previous quotations. ale T h Was firm, a n d t en d e d u p war d s . " e s teamer Atrato, from the West Indies, pgs 203000/. letti r . t he West Indies we learn that the Legis tetioh- ' ll Jamaica had met under the New Con sti tatilia' and the Governor's speech had given c tion to both pl an t ers an d l a b ourers . ea oftll'4 a re to be b roug ht f orwar d f or th e d eve l opmen t 0 f the fibrous resources o f t h e i s l an d , i n consequence and m soarcity of the materials for paper making, fla t, demand demand f o r th e su b s titut e f or h em p an d beet• Se veral motions upon financial subjects had of ti le e t ) . i n, and there seemed every probability Aab 1 +8.4 6.. s ession being a busy one. Encouragem e nt — ;,_. °ll to mining operations, and a stimulus, it Th e e - l'etied, would be given to immigration. kar ne ws from Peru, as given in the Panama O en Z Ille ntions that the Government troops, under appe:4l-,AH-kinique, are daily losing ground, and it ;old , s to be the general opinion that they cannot spp l ,,,` lll ,_t much longer against Castilla, who had stei l lred close to Lima. The Peruvian papers, elta c k i ', 1 , 0 Callao News, appear to be perfectly Word . 4 ' l regarding politics, as they do not say a Then reference to the present aspect of affairs. I \ll4 l :dykes to Sept. 29 from Australia, via r ents notice no rally in the markets. The heavy deal er s e re causing failures still am ong th e re tail Th e 4 : 1 1e gold yield continu e d sa ti s f ac t or y. ooedh n — Li m airman of the Committee of Portuguese a Pterdi`Tre, Mr. Richard Thornton, has this day eacti o ; 418 Usual protest against the arbitrary de th,-.3f 2 Per cent. per annum from the dividends pape r ; Per cent. foreign debt, without even a h e quivalent f or the difference. tie s ere has been a flat market for public securi -414 notw ithstanding the comparatively favourable h o , w 4l la retu rn expected. The increased taxation, 0 04 "_er, had l e d to some hope for a larger total. 4 t „.. 8° _, 1 s have b een 91 to 91i, or i t per cent. under la ik ' ec raY'S rates. The new French loan being te lki , t : l Peu term s th a t are considered to offer a rah to subs cr ib ers, i s, of course, f or t h e fillse remains aisnss.t our own funds. Exchequer r Cents. are 911 to t 7s. premium. The New 3 and the Reduced 90i to 91. ti _Vi tZroyegn Securities h ave been supported. Equa _to have realised 3i the news of the alleged k,,Ttbe United States of the Galapagos (guano) s 3 having stimulated business. Mexican t o v_ul has been fi rmer at 214. Brazilian Now ee ...Q.. have been d one at 93. Sardinian 5 per f!ts• have b een mar k e d 831. Spanish New De red Stock has been at 181. Turkish Bonds have quh quoted. 751.. %to t : following are the nominal prices of foreign t au 2 1 •Grenad a D e f erre d Bonds, 5i to si; Mexi- Oe t ', t , to 211 ; Peruvian, 69 t o 71 ; Di tto 3 per 42. 48 i to 49 ' • Portuguese 4 p er C en t s ., 40 t o C'e ttt ; ll3l siart 5 per Cents., 97 t o 99 ; Dit to 4 } per 181 ,*1 85 to 87 ; Spanish New D e f erre d, 171 to Ditto 3 per Cents., 361 to 37f ; Ditto Certifi li? ti to 5 . t. ; Ditto Passive, 411 to 4i. and, i Railway Share Market has been rather i, noci e ; ll some cases, the current values are slightly rite - ! 11 ,ose of Saturday. Caledonian are not G r , - " L nigh, and Great Northern have receded n, Western are / i to 1 lower, North-West tuteelalad, and North-Eastern are fully sup "l h .: 11l the foreign lines the transactions have sesi e imors limited, and the quotations have been sans — "fling Market is dull, the Joint Stock 4 nd 0 r 4113 in fair request at about previous rates, Yet al Palace are heavier at likr ri -4 11 FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. IN. e.,, L (From the Official List.) 91 90i i i :tel t 3";:'• Reduced Annuities Au•iness done 91i 4 A I 40 ag t e ellt- Annuities vooso44,Llllitiel3, Expire sth Jan -, 181i0 itz ol , 'r Account 10th January' ""egner ii d 1000 Dom , • 4 7 5 ~._ ......... -" 4 7 ro,, keheanni. ........... , ................ _ riiitteor ands 1858, 34 Per Ce nt. 995 1859, l, tr az i t lia k et OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. _ Ditto'l Re nds, 5 per Cent tNe u , 14.0 w, 1 852, 4A Per Cent ' •** .. . 9 5 3 3 %dor 13 n s' P ex. : 431. 0 e n 7 d 130 s d 6per Cent 3. 3 _- ,se . 0_ per Cent. 21i 84)(4tiltr for the Account apaTiis:llllol3,oande, 5 per Cent... ..... .... . _B3j 4 Ditt o v - ~ a per Cent 18A tnri k i sh 1,7e1.4: Deferred, 3 per Cent _ 1) 14 ' e r l P, paid up in full 75i i i 0 for the Account Bel,. "Ividends on the abova payable in Lon , lon• 'Il Bonds 4i er Cent. ox. 25 fr 11 florts o i s THREE 0' CLOCE. Ditto, .... .„ ....... . ......... ....... to, Jannaig ... oconnt ...... ... ••• 91 3 x d °° C 4-1. -Xa IN NEWCASTLE BARRACKS. ,It is di - a gain our painful duty, says the Newcastle .. Gu . a_r : kit ` ititli.to record another case of this brutalising punish t,,,_ 11 1 our town, On Tuesday last, about noon , . Geo. t kat zen i t age 28, a ' d . private in the 26th Cameronians, a cent, stationed here, underwent the sentence of a for cent , receiving 40 lashes by the cat-o'-nine-tails D.„ tiertion, using disrespectful and threatening leo 'ea. . th ei r to his sergeant, and for two . several cases of te ln '' At the time appointed for his punishment the mar c h garrison . -PI in para ded in the square and were . e nki . od down to the hospital, taking up a po sition im iltrinlyast.,,l3' in front of it. The prisoner, a fter being le.; v‘o) Wet tied up to the triangle by the arms and • ii., 'Stip It f e i t i . lie the adjutant stood by to see each stroke as fe nna, _ L eine the powerful arms of the .hat , selected is called '` el o ' ta Pnglt others for his aptitude in w hat the • • It uo' —a refinement of cruelty o nl y known to Initiated eke 0 1, ' Ii v , Narver of the scene that ensued thus describes it : nad ex etteded petted a bloody scene, but the reality far ex tht tit hit I had even dreamed of in human torture. At eett, 11,atrok welts lash the flesh rose up on if thet 4c, the thicker than my wrist, and the wri thing cetiii,°lsElY showed the agony he endured. .As each . e ibloodllakh fell on the laCerated and bleeding back, Pa 14311 114 h ed bout on all around. . After the fortie th gerie k . B.t.een in fl icted, he was untied, and after stag. to th e ho w ,, e v:_ paces, fell fainting, when he was remo n ve_d . ca l office:' , k 1 and p ace d under the charge of t he mdi lie has namely, Yet to receive the remainder of his punishment 104 It l • Justine d ays , solitary confinement. stated that oe to the o ffi cers of the 26th, we have h .s ea n r a d se it , and wet th ey t hey were averse to flogging inthi inithne, overruled by a recently arrived high military thi nk 411.4 wel l - knownmartinet." We should not h ad ' finch treatment of the British soldier would et p re sen t u c such a rapid augmentation of the army n _a a s na is 101 called for. In a corps like the Catnero m i . erg , ree,C.' almost of raw recruits, desertion in n b n tio n n— . — i ndee,l tlevi tably be the result of Tuesday's exhi i ieh nle before three hours had elapsed after the pun o - .. Bor en z ( l i t 4 desertion took place, most likely in terror i we Thinkceving a similar military lesson. lent ni it is exceedingly unfortunate, at the pre :Bort to ° l lle nt, that it should be deemed necessary to re ,‘ %tn" Punishment which is deservedly odious, both l'ev e `,.° B of soldiers and civilians, and which, as we trtli,i:ttteb contended, while it lacerates the body brtuer the' 1. 4 L ill ?ili a& Row can we expect recruits to en they t ,-.8 of the army when they find that by doing so . kent ~,,Vev themselves liable to castigation by an instil! from th I ,ch the British Parliament indignantly struck % I , e , I . 'land of the elave•owner 7 If we would make code -Ile ° Popular, we must reform the military penal 4 t l A and euhatitute for coarse and revolting torture 41 444 Ithetanaite = or DelleatieL ' Oa SHARE MARKETS. (THIS _DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAY.. kberdeen . 100 84 106 100 100 &inbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons.l Do., .£20... Myth &Tyn)origina' £25 (isscl. at £45, Bristol and Exeter ' Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon f - Jork, Black, & Pass Cornwall 1 1 Crieff Junction D Uhl in &Bel fastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber demi Junction .. Do. Now East Anglian ElL.stcrn Eastern Union, A Stock De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Groat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 4. Sth. &West.(lre.) reat Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths Do. , Wet. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8... Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ffanch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland' Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.Bury Eaten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor orfolk Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteeci N. Fa_stern—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 dn North Staffordshiro North Western .., N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford Worcester, Si Wolverhampton Portsmouth -Icottisli Central Scottish Midland ihrewsby. & Derefd -31iropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full, paid up at per c South Devon coati Eastern South Wales Yrksh. dz Riv. Dun ;Do Staines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darliu itockton & Hartlepl ;Taff' Vale Do. £lO shares.. Do, Pref., No. 1 [lames Haven Dock 1 and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick %Vest Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace- Wost London Wimbledn te Croydon Antwerp&E ottordam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graisseseac Bombay, Baroda, and Centrl I ndia.Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 41 p. c. Eds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. IDo. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. '6O De. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca. & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations A Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Moditerran. IMTadras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interost) Northern of France. D o .20 /. Shclate Char leroi and Erqaelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 2241. dur. 88,yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. o Bds (fmy.B. & Ams. Sim ) NorwegianPrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Hayre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Prof Western of France_ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S' Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company Britivh N. Amorican Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster (National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales._ Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. Ncw Royal Australu.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New IIM!on Of Londo4.tm Closing Prices this day. 20 —20 a 44- 5 8 - 86 13 3.2 d 16 - 17 8 - 7 92 - 94 601 - 611 - 14 9 - 11 = 6i - 73 14 - 15 IQ - 11 28 - 20 20 - 22 71 72 54 b 6 •• . 19 - 204 67 - 69 91 - 92 79 - 80 123 - 121 89 - 91 69. 69 58 - 62 72 - 77 6 - 8 6 - 8 73i -73 i 5i - 5j 7i -- 8A 106 -- 108 1001 -- 1011 d d d par 1* -- d 83i -84 A 9 8 d 9 -- 8d 24 - 25 68i 69 41 - 42 * -- 2 10* 9*l l it * 49 - 51 33 3k 31 ... 32 8 10 - 64 - 73 74 75 64 4 124 —12 i 52 53, 52 64 par -- ip id ^ An. 4i 44(1 54 6i id—ip 31 - 32 93 - 98 61 - 63 8 - Sip 45 - 47 12 - 14 1 8- 591 284 - 29 i -- i d 36 - Z 8 GA 33 17 4 - 41 - 20 - 5A - GA C• I*- - 7 - 61 - id-ip ". p 31 -- 31 d 3ui -- 31 1 r d IP - 8 - 9 10 8.1 Par sr 41 ip 16 i.. - ... i - 2d pare. 2 d par 2 d par ... die 2rl - 21 24 - 2t - IP lid i d 6i - 7 33} - 3~ -- 8A -- 9A 19} =- 19g, 44 -- 46 36 -- 38 pm ibi 21 par -- 1p 7f f -7 i ... - pm - i -_- ! ii - sil i'6i I lil IC BANKS. 79 -- 91 i'd :: fq 3j 3 d 21i 22 35 - 40 37 - 39 39 -- 42 64 - 67 8 - 10 0:.• NM ..,,,, tit. Business done this day. 81291 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 all all 11 all TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1855. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) Efotrb bttion. RAILWAY,. Leasing Compans.l Closing Price , thli day. Business thls day. CORN EXCHANGE. Tho 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. Tho barley trade was heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported. Oats were tolerably firm, but beans, peas, and flour were much neglected. The business doing in grain in most of the foreign mar kets has been very moderato, yet, in some instances, prices have had an upward tendency. 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 ware effected, at last week's currency. We were tolerably well supplied with foreign wheat. Good heavy qualities wore in moderato request at full 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. Fine barley was comparatively scarce, and realisod full quotations. In grinding and distilling sorts only a limited business was tran4acted, at barely late rates. Although the supply of malt was but moderate, the trade rulod 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 quarter. 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 notice. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex k Rent, Red •• new 72814 858 Ditto.••• ........ old 76s 83a Ottto, White new 80s 88s Ditt0........ old 81s 90s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 68s 703 Ditto new •••••• 68s 73s aye —Old ............ —s —s New ............ 48s 50s Barley—Grinding.•••• 32s 348 Malting ...•• 33i 36s Chevalier•• • • •• 37s 39s bait—Suffolk and Nor folk .• ••••...... 62s 67s Brown ... 56s 60s Kingston and Ware 689 70s Met—Chevalier .... 71s to 735 Oats Yorkshire and Lineolnsk.,Feed 27s 30s Potato •. 28s- 32■ Yonghal and Cork 81ack....• •• 25s 30s Cork, White 28s 323 Sootch, Feed. .. .. 28s 32s Evans—Tick .. ••.. • • 418 45s Pigeons .... 45s 50s Peas—Grey Maple ..........41s 43s White........... 46s 48s Boilers 48s 51s Flour—Town-made... 68s 73s Suffolk •• •• •..... 54s 62s Stocktn is Norfolk 54s 56s SMITHFIELD. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 1,410 head. In the corresponding period in 1853 we received 1,802 ; in 1852, 2,56 g; and in 1'351, 2,408 head. _ - xpous INTO LONDON LAS, 11101 E. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam.— 198 ... 43 8 ... 35 Harlingen; 134 ... 25 5 ... 8 Antwerp ... Hamburgh 39 ... Oporto Total ... 621 ... 693 ... 96 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. 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's market was limited, and in very poor condition. From cur own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts were seasonably good, and in excellent condition; 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 as moderately ex tensive, tie beef trade was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday last, of 2d. per 81bs. The general top figure for beef Iris Ss. per 81bs. 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 o f 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 car 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 10d to 6s per 81bs. The supply of pigs was but moderato. On the whole, the pork trade was firm, at ♦ery full prioes. Per 81bs to sink the offal,. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 _ _ _1 S. d. s 4 1. Prime Southdown 5 0 6 2 Large crse. calves 4 10 6 6 Prime small d 0... 5 8 6 0 Large hogs. 3 0 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 ISucklinealves ..23 0 30 I ,Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Prime Scots, cte. 410 5 0, Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 &cowl quality ...4 0 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled. 4 6 4 10, TOTAL BCPPLT. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8ea5t5.........-..•• ••.. . 6-52 sheep ..•••.....••••.....• 1,570 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 2, 1854, and this day, Monday, Jan. 1, 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Beasts •• •• •• •• •• • 4,202 Shcep •-- • - • • 25,601 Pigs ....: 290 Jan. 2, 1854. IJan. 1, 1855. a. d. d. is. d. O. d Canso and inferior beasts ... :3 4 to 3 .6,3 4to 3 6 Second qindity ditto ... 3 8 4 2'3 8 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 1 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c ... 4 8 5 0,4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 8 3 8 310 Second quality ditto ... 3]o 4 6 1 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 6 4 10,4 6 410 Prime Southdown ditto .. 5 0 6 4 5 0 5 2 Lambs ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ... 4 0 4 8,4 10 5 6 Prime small ditto ... 410 6 4 1 5 8 6 0 Large hogs ... ••• ••• ••• 3 6 4 2 3 0 4 0 Neat small porkers ... 4 2 410 4 2 4 6 Beasts...` •;• ••• ... 4,082 4,202 Sheep ... ••• ••• ••• ... 22,430 25,600 ••• ••• ••• 160 113 Pigs ... ••• ••• ••• ... 310 290 SUPPLIIS ON Sews, Jan. 3, 18 53. —Beasts, 4,621; sheep, 21,690; calves, 181; pigs, 205. January 5, 1852.—Beasts, 3,562; sheep, 22,100 ; calves, 208; pigs, 255. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Tarp moderate supplioa of each kind of meat, both town and country killed, have been on sale in these mar kets since Monday last. To-day the general demand is very firm, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. e. d. e. d. e. d. Beef, inferior 3 4 3 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., middli ng 310 4 4 Do., prime large .4 9 4 2' Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 8 1 'Veal 4 4 5 6 Pork, large .3 0 3 g Pork, small 4 0 4 8 Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jo E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. &: Neils. Direct' Do. New Glstr. & Dn. Fr Eirtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw )o. Preference Lou., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per cL. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Aichllesbro' & Bedew. Aidlet.Bradfd Northern an( Eastern sp. e . Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p ?rest. & Wyre Do. 3 Shares. Roystn. St Hit. Shef. Roth an r. Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wcar Valleygr 6 per cent... Do. Wilts&Gomrst PREFE: Aberdeen.. No. 2, 7 p. IBlythand r ryne c. pref. (issd.l Bris. & Ex. 4 p. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent Do. de. Pref. Ns. 2 Do. do. Pref. Ns. 2 Cork &Bandons Ap.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. e. No. • Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . c. S Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. e. prem Do. 4A p. c Gt.N. of Scot. 1 t Pref Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Er. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester S p. c. P. S De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk De. do. do Do. de. do Lan. &York. F. £2O 'Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Wester" Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares ILondy. & Ennis. Sh. %lan., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO . Do. £6 ‘farypt.& Carl.*l p e • 2 Dv. 4 1 per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol Bhp. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cen 4 N'orfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5,i per et. prof__ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c Xortit British V. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do. toed., p.c Do. do. Quarters 4S Do.YorkH.&R. PEI North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, /V Wolverh..£ls, 6ln.c. Scot. Cont. , Ne w Pret , Do. 5 per cent south Devon Om. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S Wales Gila. 4 p. c Do. dc 4 p. c.... Stockton and Dar- lington, 6 por cent Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle. pool,-guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, rWatorfd.&Kilk.6p.c. Loudon & N. Went.' L. &N. W. Caledon... !Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMtl Do Do S. Eastern Peto &Co. INorfolk.. Midld. Stckton Darliugt. Aid E. Count ;D t L. &N.W &Ln&Yk ,Do Gtt francash St Yorksh. ,NI. MClean & Darlingt tWestn 95 - 100 98 - 100 130 - 135 ii 4 = 166 13 - 134 23 - 21 11 - 11 2i - 2i -: 34 - 57 - 59 iio : a ..• •• 2.3. 2• d - 301 - 34 91 - 93 pRENCE SHARES. 97 - 100 89 - 91 94 - 96 5f - 64 i- i P 4- t p 12A - 13 ••• 'O.. 60 - 65 ". -- ..x(1 113 -- 115 j 108 - 110 99 - 101 6 -- 6A 9t -- 96 89 -- 91 91 -- 93 91 -- 101 16 -- 17 10 -- 102 71 -- 73 1621 -- 192 132 -- 1 42 It -- id 134 136 ... 2i - 3 p, 111 -12 i i - ii) 1 133 135 l} ld S 7 - 90 104 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 32 3 - 3i 1 = D 111 - 113 12 14 id par, 221 -22 i 95 - 100 15 -18 id -::: 'ii; ) lOper at 501) . e. St. MINES. Agua Fria ..... A.nglo Austrin. Gold A.n glo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.D achy otl Blamarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 80. Cocaes & Cuiadal Do. St. John Del Rey C,lrsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg Co Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeinßeg Great Polgooth . Liberty Linares. Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn. New Granada .. New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba. South Australian. Tin Croft .. United Mexican Waller West Mariposa . Worthing Mining 01 Austmlia Yuba.. f ... 14 I :--11 a ••4 5 - 7 6 - 7 21 - 1 - 30 - 82 - id par 47 49 50 —65 i par 2 p 1.4 16 1 1i par 4p 16 18 8 ... 9 g - 1 ••• - •• i - 1• 15 - 16 # : I 43 - 2 5 5 - 7 f 1 - 1 - 2 2/ 3 - g3j ii-2a 100 - 105 .C6i - 104 31 - 3f 1 171 - 181 1 = ri ••• •••••• ••• i '''' 1 2i --- 2i - 2i 61 - 6 3T - 39 - 1 1 121 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. There has been an increase in the arrivals of potatoes coastwise and by ra ilwa y ; but we have received no sup- Regents, 105 s to 115 s ; York Regents, 110 s t o 130 s ; Lincol nshire do., 100 s to 115 s per o t p so l c i no e .t s chf fromrod reds, 100 s I T lO h s e ; demand i s i nact i ve, as follows : o. BOROUGH HOP. RE Really ar o e ve v d e ry o f i f ic a s i r o c w e, ly , an , and the d held at full prices. quota tions are with difficulty supported. Th e i mports of foreign hops last week amou nted to 4 bales from Calais, 30 from elly All fine Dunkirk, 101 from H ambur g , 478 from Ostend, 971 from New York, 129 from Antwer p , and 71 from Rotterdam. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 151 15s to 221 Os ;itto Weald of Kent d I 1510 s to 16110 a ; Sussex ditto, 14110 s to 151 108 per cwt. other n ew kinds hope -_ WOOL. There is rather more firmness in the demand for most kinds of wool. In prices, however, we have ne im provement to notice. The imports of wool, last week, were seasonably good, viz., 410 bales from Moreton Bay, 47 from Buenos franc Bombay, and 700 from Port Elizabeth. 6AOyres . from 35Taganrog,from Madras, a(1 1 1; 9 0 3 , The following are the curre nt r ates of English wool : Southdown hoggets, is Od t o is ; Southdown ewes, is Od to is Oid ; half - bred wether s , is Od to Os Od ; half-bred hoggs, 1s Od to is O i d ; sent fleeces,ls ld to is lid •, Leicester fleeces, is Od to is ; flannel wool, 022f4rofinre Sydney, 10d to is Id ; blanket wool, 9d to h ld ; and combing skins, Os Od to Os Od per lb. SEEDS. The inquiry for linseed continues steady, at very full prices. Cakes command extreme rates. Most other articles, though in but moderate supply, are dull in sale. Turnip,White, per bush. 21s to 25s Swede ... • .... • • 243 38s Mustard, 8r0wn...... as 105 White, new ...• .. 103 —s T4res,Winter, new.... 11 s 12s Old .............. Os OdOs Od Canary, per quarter .. 44s 58s Rye grass. • ... • • 24s 28s Clover, Red Eng . (cwt.) —s --8 White •....... •• —s —3 Foreign Red...... —s White.... —s —s Trefoil, new • . 10 20, Carraway............ 36s 40s Coriander .• ........ 16s Hs Hempseed , liemPseed, per quarter bOs 54s Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 701 75s Crushing ...• •• .. 62s 64s Baltic • • ........ —8 —8 Odessa •• .• •.. .. 64s 68s Linseed Cake, pr.. ton— English .. ... 121 Os 13 Os s Foreign,per ton 11/ Os 121 10s gape Cakes, pr tun 610 s 6110 s Rapeseed, New•prlst ao: lOr 34103 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 6d, per cwt. Town tallow, 63s 6d per cwt., net cash. Rough fat, 3a 6d per Blbs. 1853. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S, (THIS EVENING.) CHESTER CUP. oto 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 aget Sir Peter Laurie (taken). DERBY. 10 to 1 agst St. Hubert (offered) 12 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 12 to 1 agst Graaculus Esuriens (taken). 25 to 1 ngst Flatterer (taken). 25 to 1 agst Polydore (taken and offered). 40 to 1 agst Aurifer (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Rambling Katie (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Clementina colt. MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STEEPLECHASE. Garland Rosa Columbine Eight ran: RAILWAY PLATE. Royal Blue STRETFORD STEEPLECHASE.—Off PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Dec. 29.—1 t is no secret that the Prus sian Cabinet addressed a note, on or about the 19th, to its envoy at London and Paris, for the purpose of being communicated to the British and French Government, wherein it explains with characteristic circumlocution and tortuousness its motives for declining to adhere to the December treaty. The note has not yet been made pub lic, nor has any analysis appeared in the jour nals. Its contents, however, if .rumour be correct, may be summed up in a few sen tences. Prussia founds one of her main objections upon the treaty having been concluded before it was submitted to her consideration, and this in part upon the stipulations of the Bth of August, to which she was not a party. She is not averse, how ever, to deliberate upon and enter into another treaty, provided its requirements in regard to Russia be moderate, and consistent with the Czar's honour and dignity. In other words, Prussia has no objection to join conferences which shall have for object her own reparticipation in negotiations, but upon bases and for objects, in so far as re gards Russia, palpably opposed to eventualities connected with the triple treaty. The document in amplification of the note of the 7th of December dwells, it is said, with unction upon the Emperor's " unreserved " assent to nego tiate on the four points, and deems this assent to be a sufficient guarantee for sincerity on one side, and for security on the other. The document like wise professes an earnest desire for reunion with the three allies, for the purpose of establishing a durable and secure peace; but the path to this desirable object must be strewed with snowdrops culled ix the gardens of Glatschina, and Prussia must be relieved from all risk of compromise. Nevertheless,she announces her steadfast intention of adhering to her engagements with Austria, and of not swerving from those imposed upon her by the protocol of the gat of April, which latter, as clearly demonstrated by recent Prussian despatches, are regarded by her to be lax and general, and nc wise specific as to practical application. It may be asked, what will be the result if the policy, if such it can be called, pursued by Prussia ? Why, the first result will be an armed neutrality, which the dominant party trusts will be the fore runner of overt union with Russia ; and the next must be submission on the part of the Cabinet to the will of this party, or emancipation from its trammels, and co-operation with the West. There can be no medium. The day must come ere long when the British and French Cabinets must re quest Prussia to declare herself unequivocally, or, at all events, to accord demands which will be tan tamount to such a declaration. Under every cir cumstance, the next two or three months will teem with complications, which may prove that the only fruit of the cravings of Prussia for peace, upon terms agreeable to Russia, will be the involving of the country and of Germany in external war and internal dissensions. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 25th ult. The Ministry intend to make the maintenance of the Consumes and Puertas a Cabinet question. General Espartero will, in all probability, come forward in the Cortes with a frank and explicit declaration on the subj ec t, w hi c h w ill grea tly simplify the question, and decide a strong majority to vote "in favour of the maintenance of those im portant branches of the public revenue. It is not true that M. Collado, the Minister of Finance, had tendered his resignation. The committee appointed to report the re-elec tion of M. Pacheco, lately appointed Ambassador at Rome, decided the question in the negative. It being Christmas-day, the Bourse was closed. POLAND INVADED FROM THE BALTIC. (From Count Valerian Kraiinski'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 stubleern reso lution, are animated with a more intense hostility to the Russian dominion than perhaps any other population under its rule ; and this on 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, having acquired the force of law, was religiously obeerved. This circumstance, united with a fertile soil, the p rox i m i ty of the sea, and an entirely free trade, which was the case in Poland, rendered the Samogitian peasantry one of the richest of their class in Europa ; and their welfare naturally gave theni a feeling o f independence, unknown to the p easan t ry o f th e adja cent provinces. This happy state of things has been entirely reversed since the establishm e nt o f t h e R uss i an Government, because, as it did not recognise the liberties enjoyed by the above - mentioned peasantry, they were gradually reduced to a condition of absolute serfage, and their welfare declined in the same ratio as their liberty. This has been particularly the ease with the steiro,sties, cr crown lands, which had been grated by the Russian Government to several of its military officers and civil eatployc's as a reward for their cervices, and who nut only oppose the pea santry of those lands, but have even reduced many small freeholders, by their influence with the public au thorities, 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 Samogitians 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 front 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 and 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 a sufficient store of arms, munitions, aad all the necessaries of war, will produce an immediate insurrection, which, supported by a regu ' lar force] of the allies, nsay be soon organised into an effective army.* 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 service of Russia, and are, therefore, notwithstand ing their German nationality, generally more attached to the present or d er o f thi ngs th an many rea l R uss i ans. Neither .an great things, in this respect, be expected from Finland, because this province, united with Russia in 1809, has been since that time treated with particular favour. It has a kind of con s tit u ti on , an ent i re l y sepa rate administration, its own army, all its ancient pri vileges and franchises, and even a much less rest r i c t e d 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 an insnreec 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 front 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 than 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 seq., 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 slimy the ilnin.eec strategic advantages which H ill be obtained by this combination. The insurrection, sup ported by the Allied forces, and orguni ad in the manner described in that place, may r eon 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 Dnieper. Such a retreat, accomplished through a country in a state of insurrection, will be necessarily ex posed to great losses, particularly by the desertion of the Polish soldiers who have been forced into the Russ ian army, and which in this cas e w ill b ecome general.TJP came movement will deliver the webterit 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. CRIMINAL COURT.-(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, &e., &c. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 44 prisoners. The Recorder, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said 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 had had the honour of sitting in that court. There were only 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 ba 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 them. that the depositions disclosed a clearprima 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 the Grand Jury he feared, therefore, would feel that they had no alternative but to find a true bill in both cases. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) 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. FALMOUTH, 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 Nov York. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 31.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Atrato (s), from the West Indies. Sailed—Sumroo, for the Crimea ; E,eine Hortense, do. HULL, Dec. 20.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Admiral Moorson, from Richibucto ; Indian, Quebec. TORBAY, Dec.' 31.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Rubicon , from London, 'for Calcutta. Off Port—Hampden, from Hamburg, jar Sydney ; Token, London, for the IN est Coast of Africa. KINGSTOWN, Dec.3o.—Arrived—Dorweat, from Quebec, for Workington. DUBLIN, Dec. 30.—Arrived--St. Peter, from St. John's. T(FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TTNE.—• 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, and the fire was ordered to be 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 5001, to 6001. The deceased had worked many years on the premises, and were much re spected. Each leaves a wife and family. A piece of the boiler, weighing a ton and a half, was carried 60 yards, and fell through one of the workshop:, * Tho 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 Allgoneine Zeit ling 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 bo 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 Sebastopol, and say that it would be tearing out an eye to the Russian giant. T.HE PRUSSIAN GUN-BOATS NIX AND SALAMANDER. _ -. --4, 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, 33, now in Hanivaze. 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 a screw which will fix it securely when not required for use. Tfiis 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, 68-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:deck 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 beams running across the upper part of the hull, and overhanging the 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 harboure, 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 stanchions in which the ringbolts are fixed, and the bulwarks which form the ports, because the deck, which overhangs eight feet, a ff or d s no su ffi c i ent support for eitherstanchions or bulw ar k s . A s on l y t wo of these guns are likely to be worked at one time, it might have been better to have but two, and to have placed them a midships- The decks of the Nix and Salamander are perfectly open and unprotected ; there is no shelter whatever fur 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 Willem Parker, accompanied by Captain Robb, of the Cxsar, 91, made a cursory inspection of the gun-boats on Saturday after noon. Captain Sundwall and the other Prussian officers 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.— Weittnorelanc4 Quote. all 103 91 1 901 2 11 79:1 9 124 69i 81 9 81 OX ATTO 100 5 100 ail 1071 1016 1001 10 8 10 St. St. 5 all all all 100 all 100 8 all 100 100 LOO all all 74i i 4 5 4i 13i all all 102 100 LOC .00 100 100 ,100 1 .00 100 20 126 25 20 St. 1.0.6 20 20 20 25 100 all all all all 21 201 2 it all all all all 80 NISI Rubin Coal and Iron A.ustralian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific. Mail A.ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co.. 32 1.00 all 12 all all Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and July Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam ElectricTolegraph(A) Electric Telcg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Meditomn. Elec. Tel Nat. Pat. Steam Fug? Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Steam Navigat. N. B. Australasian...' Nrth.ofEuropeSteare Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam 'Sea. Austral. Invest. all South Austral.Lancl all Submar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. 2 VAR Pitman's Law 11301 311 1 91 99 i i ng 4i 5 107 6t 3 i 4 Stock this day ....... • •1 61,9 35 Prima Y. C. ; to —s Od Delivery last week 2,417 Ditto from Jane 1... 65,242 Arrivals last week.. ...... 132 Ditto from June 1........... Price of Towo . .. 1854. I 1855. 47,135 ) 42,256 35,781 455 Oct •.o 59s 64 *0 G4s 6d 45s 31 —5 Od to —P Od 1,416 2,057 832 62,226 63,682 44,011 229 10 3,908 68,733 82,623 47,792 475 31 Gls 03 65s 64 LIVERPOOL, Dec. 30.—The United States' steam-ship Baltic sailed this morning at 9 o'clock, with the usual weekly mails for New York. The Cunard steam-ship America, with the mails from Boston of the 23d nit., may 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 90,693 394 61 " THE TIMES"-OUR ARMY IN TER 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 affair' in the Crimea. No wonder though the imbeoile and culpable authors of the appalling amount of suffering, sickness, and death, which has taken place in the Camp at Sebastopol, should quail and. blitittli under the unsparing lash of our contempotal. No journal but the Times could have made theft exposures with effect, which during the last teii tot - twelve days have appeared in its columns. 17ie Times has rendered a service to humanity,' to tice, and to our gallant troops in the East, Whit& cannot be too highly appreciated, and for which it will receive the heartfelt thanks not only of the surviving victims of tho cruel mismanageinent of our rulers, but of the entire country. —AI °ming Advertiser. THE MILITIA REGIMENT& It is intended to call out the whole of the Militia re aiments of the United Kingdom, including the entire Irish as well as Scotch Militias. Already 64 English and Welsh regiments are embodied, and 16 gore are ordered out, making 80 out of the 100 of England and Wales. The remaining 20 will make the last batch. The number of men authorised by Parliament for thin 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, 80,000 can be got together, it will be an outside number. Some 15,000 of the better prepared Mi litia regiments will garrison the Mediterranean colo nies, requiring a fourth more to remain at home for the purpose of depots and keeping up the fore. abroad. Thus 21,000 are provided for. The remaining 60,000 will be required for home duty, in conjunction with the depot. 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, in fact, than the wan oan be procured. In the military colonies of Malta, Gibrab tar, and Corfu, the Militia regiments will do the gird son duty. At Malta, in addition, it is intended to have a reserve force of regulars in training, and ready for ins• 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 INKERMAX. (From tlte Illustrated London Naos.) Sebastopol lay shrouded In the thick Norember gloom, And through the midnight 'Reno' The guns had ceased to boom. The sentinel outworn In watching for the morn, From Balaklaya's heights, Beheld the Russian lights, In the cloie-beleaguered fortress far adown ; And heard a sound of bells Wafted upwards through tie dells, And a roar of mingling yoices and of anthems from the town. They prayed the God of Justice To aid them 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 line, 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 drawls Stealthily and darkly, Amid the rain and sleet,- - No trumpet-call resounding, Ner drums' tempestuous beat ; But shadow-like, and slow, Came the legion; of the foe, Moving dimly up the steep, Where the British Camp, asleep, Lay unconscious of the danger lurking near ; And the soldier, breathing hard, On the cold and sodden sward, Dreamed of victory and glory, or of home and England dear. Hark ! Heard ye not a rumbling On the misty morning air— Like the rush •f rising tempests When they shake the forest bare ? The outposts on the hill Hear it close, and closer still. 'Tis the tramp of iron heels, 'Tie the crash of cannon wheels. And " To arms !" " to arms !" " to arms !" is the cry. "'Tis the Russians on our flank ! Up, and arm melt British rank ! And meet them, ,gallant Guardsmen, to conquer or to die." Men rose the loud alumni With a hurricane of sound, And from short uneasy slumber Sprang each hero from the ground ; Sprang each horseman to his steed, Ready saddled for his need ; Sprang each soldier to his place, With a Ftern, determined lace ; While the rousing drum and bugle echoed far, And the crack of rifles rung, And the cannon found a tongue, And down upon then► bursting came the avalanche of war. VI. h e heart Death that day Through the c o ld an d f oggy d ar k ness Sped th e roc k e t' s fi ery b reath, And th e li g h t of rapid volleys, Butlneacha English of Living Throbbed impetuous for the fray, And our hosts undaunted stood Beating back the raging flood— That came pouring from the valley, like a sea, Casting havoc on the shore, With a dull and sullen roar,— Tho thundercloud above it and the lightning flashisg free. On darkness grow the daylight, 'Mid the loud incessant peal ; On the daylight followed noontide , And they struggled steel t o s t ee l ! 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 yo held and r aised them all in your dauntless hearts and hands ! VIII. For a moment, and the one only, Seemed the Russians to prevail : 0 brave 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 aro 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 sterm of battle, With a new and wild uproar ! Beam out, thou flag of England, With thy sister tricolor ! For, fighting side by aide, 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 done; And their star of glory burns And the tide of battle turns, And the beaten Russians fly, and the victory is won. Thus fourteen thousand freemen, Invincible in right, Defeated seventy thousand, In fierce unequal fight ! Thus Thermopy,ho of old And its ►non of Titan mould Were surpassed, at duty's call, By the Briton and the Gaul ; (➢lay the splendour of their friendship never wane!) By the men who fighting fell With Cathcart and Lourtnel, Or lived with placid Raglan, avengers of the slain. xr. Anti as long as France and England Shall give birth to manlike men, Their deeds shall be remembered Should the battle burst again ; 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, — Let us tell with generous pride How our heroes fought and died, " And saved a threatened world oa the heights of Inkerman CIARLZEI MACKAY. INCREASE OF THE MINES.—The gold mines continue to extend ; at present there are fourteen, seven of which have been discovered this year, and at Ballarat a nu get has just been found weighi ng 98 lb s. , va l ue d a t shout 6,0001. ; the lucky diggers a few days since fined an other of 12,0001. worth of small nuggets, but only a4ter having sunk a shaft of 133 feet deep. The discovery of new gold fields is hailed as a piece of good fortune for the colony. Of these, two have again been discovered, the Sandy Creek and the Snowy Creek digg ings,, not Ur from the ovens, and tends to strengthen the argument of many, which has been r eiterated on various publi c occasions, that there is sufficient gold for another two hundred years.— A ust ralian and New Zealand Gazette. IRON HOUSES FOR TUN CRIMEA.--We understand that also our late enterprising fello w -ci tizen, Mr. Samu e l Hem ming, has received o rders fr om the Governm en t a t hi s establishment at Bow, wh ere be has removed from Clift house, for the im medi ate construction of st a bli ng f or 2, to be delivered withi n th ree weeks. fo horsesiie is s arlo the C supplyingritnPa, the officers with very quarters. corn- H av i ng so often witnessed the excel. l : aOOb e for lent manner in which his portablo iron houies ' kc., were constructed at Bristol, w e h ave no doubt that the sLtabhlientrita. xi ii e e . , Lillbe to V m gh ir‘ highly s erviceable serviceable to our troop er , i 20 20 20 20 100 20 lt) 20 20 50 50 100 100 1100 100 too too 26 100 ! 424! 100 4, 100 100 100 3 100 all 4 all all 100 all E; Li Is all ,111 s. 16 2 :31k %11 FOR :IGN. 731 li 84 i 68i i 93A 3 6% 1 214 4 13.5 30 20 1 1 40 5 St. 25 all all all lli all all all all 12s. 20 20 20 10