The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-25 00:00:00

EWS. L, MONDAY. anada, Captain New York to Captain Lott, cork, 21 d 1 35 x on the 10 n sailed on the ;mat Western , rk on the 100 r date the 10th inued struggl e ion of their rival louse of Repro; talon, arrived e again have 1 0 slivered by th e any authorits: itents, althoug n with confidenc e ace to the igrea t will put tort ° ter so modera te y of the repro" Tails, however, not more of the [dressed to Cop sk, the q uestion in reference l° the date of out ti; now received i taken, Messrs. ratio) being th e ie favour of • Polter was poi maintained bu t o Mr. Brown, °f the House the from day to dal ire the organii a . no signs of 5e tncompromisilli' n causing rou" sland of Tigre , overnment, hol d unts, been take° lame of the Bra' pondence of th e lowing detail °r v by Mr. Squ ier : agent, Mr. ()li st ich cannot fail t() s Government eB the agent of W . : If of Fonseca 07 )ok possession 0 ie British Quee ns O , d s rmed force, mst a nce of 111 r. der, torn dosfo°'; ,ed. This is n o mated, and a o t e o Imodore iv i ;„ command of I enter. I l e °re f ) has been if r e 'd A once dispatee o f hat the island: 4 States, and On, bt that he (Grit'►ation. Chstet y, acknowledg iog d declaring 11 1, tion of her tert • he right to a !to t is understood od )se of the ib is . . • 10 intimated bisg r , and I What 0 1 tinence Ide r a a second I ,e /te , Late the 18 1;et uestion tO the Ist of v a e er, it is reP n - e t he ,manded that he Ir days. But rent did not e O O ging to Hod° art d; also the P - . 0 handed roessu'ot !ad of Ame ric o :an people t0,,,,e !I that they ed they have offer co to commissio o res de by the ° 0 with no sort e, as not end be ef , requiring 1 01. '0 insolent deinsp he reply was I. fb ; e complied fi l t h La Union, l e o Bay, were °` Queen: I ' vr i l o g id the or% rly agreed or re , red his Got ~,a to make his ° di , treaty. Tb° • cb article of au ofid • M os quito ° id). The " g o' t be ratifiedf,g wave fellow , 1 is 11° t word tbat :gland at all "e e , irriersts ief of San S a , lo ited and ready rnment. 9 , GUA, of COMMiSS IOO '. duras have , e o, wren those g t/ ;0; fera l g overe; r o .atest enthe sl ,o Costa Rica l '„ r r o. it actual a°l'„.oe, nd may d`ci• or States, sooelierii . centre. cor Republic of Rnt City a-t th nos runts one I- 0 , ire—San Plhe ogres, 28th' 00 4 passengers , o d on freight , ;era' hands. Ds ti California or j )a the 2 6 t h 0 pissed thlDi Na; tenan , e t he .cei to wal l ‘ oe d , bor-menti ° yho ne ime the the Falcon , 0 $ ier Axon, °g a ll° side, tt the Few Grenada' t he nconra4ngi e to ho were ell' ad fairly revo r oe the people o t .„bt god ; but 511 .74, y from c 1 1 0 0 1,14 it by the rev i e s per daY„. and the t o rit. There 000 harbour o f The tevvr e i, elation At c a 11 at the ions. kle r At in Eden, 118 Dne of 3- 11 0 0 J, e been pure. Pacific ~501 on the 9 ' 5 0 Ecuador W 3 f og o o the eye° l t beo .sons wer e o the r , and tvv° o . ;o. 1c ama , ama, end be irr fiber will 0 0° k with 9 1 , e ' 0 „ ,3 annah 0 0 fr ol 6 ' dollars 1 0 e Ao Ist lost' . foie • been d , , ood degi is felt'st _ of the "fotoe, i still it f oteq ir ta t ege )y, co corl a n rene ge f t C ; h o t ie , he 18t fro o j L c , the o *il e t , fleet 13 ° d • ev e ,,n The D o : 9t; .aised fr a be e d i ilerks bo l e' were cies' ult. ENCO. Igi EtK, 33e. I te ''' nt I CI Mine fiscal year ending June, 1851, are placed at 51,000,000 dulls., including 7,000,000 dolls. fir the payment of in terest on the public debt, the indemnity due to Mexico, anti the expense of taking the census ; whilst the re ceipta are eetimuted at 35,C00,000 dolls . , a deficit of 16,000,000 dolls , which will have to be met either by a loan or an issue of Treasury notes. Should the former course be pursued, there is no doubt whatever that a 20 year six pGr cent. loan, with coupons would instantly be taken at par. Tho uncertainty of the action of Con gress in this matter has, however, but little effect upon the stock market. The demand for Government securi ties, both for home and European account, is good, and the amount offering small in consequence of the transfer books being closed until the Ist of January. We quote 6's of 1856, 1064 to 807 ;_ 1862, 108/ to 1084 ; 1867 and 1868, 1104 to 1114 ; bonds of 1868, with coupons, 112 to 1121, and s's of 1853 at 991 to 100. The stock; of the state of New York are firm and in request at quotations. 300,000 dollars of this steak, being the amount of the loan to the Delaware and Hud son Canal Company, is due on the Ist proximo, and wilt be promptly paid, as the company are already pro vided with funds for that purpose. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana stocks have been sold more freel of late, and prices have been firm. There is not much inquiry for Alabama bonds at i present. _ _ - The export of specie to England has ceased, and rates have fallen to par. On Friday last the steamer Crrsent City arrived with part of the gold brought by the Cali fornia steamer, which left San Francisco on the lst of November, and on Sunday the steam-ship Ohio reached here also with a considerable amount. It is estimated that these two vessels brought 1,400,000 dolls. to 1,500,000 dolls. in value. Even with the monthly addi tion to our stock of precious metals, it is problematical whether we are not losers in the end, as, for every dollar received in gold, we send back five in ships, car goes, stores, outfit, and money. It is calculated that there are now 25,000 people at the mines, and that 3,500,000 dolli. per month is gathered. The total ex port up to the latest advises was estimated at 20,000,000 dellam Cotton—For some time previous to the arrival of the Europa the 'market was quite dull, and her accounts have unsettled prices; holders are now generally willing to concede 1 of a cent decline, but buyers demand a re duction of act nt, and the consequence of this position of the parties is that the sales for the last two days are o:,ly a few hundred bales at to 4 of a cent decline, and to this extent we reduce cur notations. The total re ceipts of cotton at all the shipping ports are 566,440 bales, against 597.077 to same dates last year; a decrease this season of 30,637 hales. The total foreign export this year is 145,119 bales less than last, say 132,295 bales decrease to Great Britain, 4,954 increase to France. 16,567 decrease to north of Europe, and 1,211 decrease to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 25,537 bales more this season than last; and there is an increase in stock of 65,503 bales. The sales for the wear ending Bth were 6,500 bales; and since our last 1,400 as follows: Florida and N. 0., Mobile, Uplands. and Texas. 1,000 bales. 400 bales. Low to good ordinary ... 91 to 91. 9 i to 10 Low to, good middling .. 10 to 101 10 4 1 to 104 Middling fair to fair ... 10i to 11 11 to 11i Fully fair and fine ... 11* to 11-1 114 to 12 The arrivals have been from New Orleans FloridA Georgia ... South Carolina North Carolina Bales. 1,440 ... 280 ... ... 697 . 2,255 Total 4.677 Total import since the Ist instant ... 14,551 Export from the Ist to the 11th of December, 1849. 1848. Bales. Bales. 5,085 4,808 Cotton Export from the United States— Bales. Since the Ist of Sept., 1849 ... 226,626 Sam, time, 1848 ... 371,745 Flour-With the increased stock there has been less business on lower and medium grades, and our quotations are a trifle lower-the other kinds are firm with a fair home demand and a quiet market, ranging at 3.50 to 4.25 for uninspected to fine ; 4.62 k to 4.684 for common state and mixed western ; 4.68 to 5 for straight and choice state and good western; 5.121 to 5.25 tor pure Genesse; Canadian in bond, 4.68. 1 to 4.75; Southern is rather lower; Baltimore, Alexandria, Brandywine, and Georgetown selling at 5.121 to 5.25. Rye flour, 2.814 to 2.871; and corn meal, 2.94 to 3.121. Grain-Fur wheat there is some inquiry, at about former prices. Genesse white selling at 1.22 to 25; good Ohio, 1.08 to 1.121; Canadian in bond, 1.03 to 1.05. Rye is lower, with sales at 58c to 59c. Barley is firm, at 60 to 65c. Oats are easier, and bring 46c to 47c for Northern. Indian corn continues heavy, with little or no demand for export; old mixed western may be quoted at 57} to 59c; flat yellow, 58i to 59c; and round yellow 59 to 60. The new sells at a few cents less, but is not yet fit for shipment. Iron-The market continues very firm, especially for Scotch pig, prices of which had advanced about 1 doll. per ton from the lowest point. We notice sales since our last of 500 to COO tons of Scotch pig at 20 dolls, to 50 dolls. 50c. cash, and 21 dolls. six months from ship; 100 tons English bar, 38 dolls., six months; 50 tons of Swedes steel iron, 80 dolls., discount off for cash; and 750 packs of Russia sheet, on private terms. Freights-To Liverpool we noticed engagements of 1,000 burels, naval stores at Is. 6d.; 100 hogsheads tallow, 205.; 3,00 barrels flour, Is. 9d.; 2,500 bushels wheat, on private terms; bacon and cheese, 225. 6d. to 255.; and cotton at previous rates; we heard of nothing done in corn. To London, 1,000 boxes and 100 casks cheese, 305.; bacon, 255.; 25 tons furs, 305.; and 400 quarter-casks wine, 255. per tun. To Glasgow, 250 tierces and 100 barrels lard, 255. To Hamburgh, 200 tierces rice, 355. To California, they continue brisk at previous rates. Exchange-The business for this steamer in sterling and francs has been very large, but less than usual on the other pliices. The market has been more depressed by sales of the leading houses than by large amounts of other bills. We emote bills on London Bto 84 per cent., but bills drawn against shipments of provisions have been sold at less than our lowest rate, and our highest refers only to small amounts; France, short sight, sf. 25c.; 60 days, sf. 27ic. to sf. 284 c.; a large sale of francs, short sight, is reported at a, lower price than sf. 25c.; guilders, few in the market, sales at 40 to 404; Antwerp, 40 for guilders; Hamburgh, 35 to 35*; and Bremen, 78 to 78* cents. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 8, A.M. The sales of cotton on Wednesday, 6,500 bales at previous rates; on Thursday, 10,000, including mid• dling, at 101 to 10i; and lair, 1 and on Friday 4,500; sales tor the week, 38,000, and receipts were 49,000 bales less than this time last year. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW 4 !. 1 . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. This is observed P. 5 a strict holiday in the City. COURSE OF Amsterdam •• .. 12 2% Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 0 Rotterdam 12 2% Antwerp ...... ........ 25 70 Hamburg]) .... —MX. 13 12 Altona. • • .... Faris, 3 drtys'sight - • 25 45 Ditto, 3 months 25 (15 Ltarssilles ••••••. • .. •• 25 67% Bourdeaux • 25 67% Frstnkfort on Maine..., 122 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37 8er1in...." •....... Vienna, offec. 11 40 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 42 Madzid •• •• ........ 49% Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49% Barcelona .• •• •• •• •• •• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar • • • • .. • • • • • • • • Leghorn ........ • • ..•• 21 0 Genoa.. •• • • ...... •• .. 26 50 Milan .. Venice........ maples ...... • • .... •• Palermo, per0z........ 121 Messina 1213( r_Asbon.... • ... ........ 53% Oporto •• •• .. •.•• •• •• 53k Rio Janeiro •......... 27 Buenos Ayres New York,2ldays'aight Philadelphia .... • • .... ►EICTS OP 1117LLION, TIE OZ. Foreign Gold in bars .. 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10 Silver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11% Se - AUs••••••••••••••• , Our readers will be glad to learn that the Corn mittees of the Society in Bond-street, and of the National Society for Protection to British Capital and Industry, met yesterday, and made final arrange ments tor combining and giving full effect to the energies of the two bodies, by consolidating them in one grand united confederation under the title of " The National Association for the Protection of In dustry and Capital throughout the British Empire." In connexion with this subject we are happy to refer to the able letter from the Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Sidney Herbert, on the subject of his emigration scheme, which appears in our columns of this day.— Herald Private advices from Rio de Janeiro have been received to the 4th of November. The rate of exchange was 28d. ; and freightage ruled 40s. per ton for Europe, and 20 to 30 cents, per bag to the United States. Bueinesi was very dull, owing to the heavy stocks on hand, and also to the near approach of the close of the year. The rigid adherence to the new principle of 12 months' credit also caused the dealers to avoid purchases as much as pessitle, notwithstanding operations at some prices might have been advantageously concluded. The shipping lists showed a large number of vessels in port, the greater portion of which had only recently made their appearance. Money, which had within the last two months been plentiful, was lens abundant, and should the news from Pernambuco continue unfavourable (fresh disturbances having broken out), it was antici pated that capitalists would retire their facilities. A large amount of acceptances had been forced upon the market by parties desirous of availing themselves of the present high rate of the exchange, and as there was an expectation that it would go higher, every exertion was b -ing made to anticipate remittances. The produce market was very firm, arid the prices of coffee were fully 14 pr cent, in advance of the last quotations re ceived from this side. There were still large orders unexecuted. The stock at the date of nese accounts wai 60,000 bags. Fine surrior was quoted at 4sooo to 45400 per arroba; superior, 4eooo to 4e150 ; goo d firsts, 35900; and reguar, 35350. The date of the departure of the Crane packet is not given. THE EXPECTED HIGH TIDES.—Some have laughed at the prophecy of high tides and inundations on the 29th or ate.h of tire present month. Wo understand, however, that the itmares•iion on the mind of the public authorities is not succa as would leave us to believe that they were of the incredulous mass. We heard it stated, on very good authority, that in all the public offices in Eng.leted and Ir land, whose under•ctories are within reach Of Lilfe high tides, the most ample precautions h , .ve , been taken to avoid the danger of damage. In the D,Win Custom house tie verd alterations are said to have been made. Sugars and other article's, liable to be damagid by wet, are said to be in process of removal in anticipation Qf the visiting deluge.—lhiblin Freeman's Journal. :1 7 1-1E SUN, THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LONDON, WHITEHALL, DEC. 22, 1849. The Que en has been pleased to direct letters patent to ba passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Thomas Neville Abdy, of Albyns, in the county of Essex, Evil, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto James Phillips Kay Shuttle worth, of Gawthorpo Hall, is the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq., and to the heirs male of his body law fully begotten. WHITEHALL, DEC. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Foster, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Octavius Gardner Walter, of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. NAVAL JNTELLIGENCE. Nothing but routine business will be transacted at the Admiralty during the present week, as almost all the members and officers are spending the Christmas holidays in the country. The First Lord is at his country residence, Stratton Park, near Andover ; Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., M.P., is staying at Sarsden, Chipping Norton; the Hon. Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., is at Berkeley Castle ; Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., M.P., is at Erlstoke Park, Westbury ; and Mr. Parker, M.P., the First Secre tary, has proceeded on a visit to Arundel Castle. The only two Lords in town are Captain Milne and the Hon. W. Cowper, the latter having returned yester day from Brocket Hall, Welwyn. Commander M'Clure, of the Investigator, dis covery-ship, has been appointed acting-senior officer at Woolwich, vice Commander Eden. Captain Austin, C. 8., Captain Hope, C. 8., and Captain Col linson, C. 8,, absent on leave. Mates—Alexander Phillips (1848), has been ap pointed at Portsmouth for rank; R. T. G. Legg, to the Investigator. Second Master—Alfred Messum (1843), to the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth. DOCKYARD.--Mr. W. Wharton, third-class clerk of Sheerness Dockyard, has been promoted to be second• class clerk, and Mr. Leonard Groves has been appointed a third-class clerk at that establishment. The Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, is not yet ready for sea at Davenport, although she has had work done on her since she was reported complete, which would occupy 2,000 men one day. The Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, is reported to be out of the hands of the dockyard at Sheerness by Jan. 20, and to be ready for sea a fortnight after wards. She has entered little more than half her complement, including her marines and boys. The pinnace, built on Admiral Elliot's plan for the Eury dice, is ordered to be repaired at Portsmouth, and re issued to the Phaeton. She proceeds to Portsmouth when reedy. Tho Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., and In vestigator, Commander M'Clure, have entered a few men since our last report. The Britomart, 8, Commander Chamberlain, ar rived at Davenport on Friday night from the coast of Africa station, having left St. Helena Nov. 1, Ascension Nov. 18, and Sierra Leone Nov. 24. She landed her mails, and was mustered and inspected by Flag-Captain Sir Thomas Maitland previously to going into harbour to be paid off. The Britomart bas been in commission since July 12, 1847, and has taken three prizes in the course of her service on the coast. Most of her principal officers have been in her during• the whole term. The African squadron was healthy, and the slave trade active, neither the steamers nor sailing cruisers having the success which characterised the efforts of the cruisers of former years. The Centaur, steam-frigate, Captain Buckle, with the broad pendant of the Commander-in-Chief; Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., with the Alert, 8, Com mander Dunlop; Bonetta, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Forbes ; and the Frazer, screw-schooner, Lieutenant- Commander Selwyn, were at Sierra Leone, when the Britomart left. Seven slave prizes, two of them taken by the Rattler, screw-sloop, Commander Can ning, and the others by the Kingfisher, 12, Comman der Harvey, the Flying Fish, 12, Commander Patey, and the Phcenix steam-sloop, Commander Wood house, were at Sierra Leone for adjudication. We reported some time since that the ship's com pany of the Royalist, Lieutenant-Commander Eve rest, having fallen into a sickly state from service at Borneo, she was ordered to China. She has arrived at Hong-Kong, and we are gratified in being able to announce that both officers and men were much im proved in health. The Hecate, steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell, arrived :at Madeira on the 23d November, and pro ceeded to Bermuda, and the Chesapeake, on the 26th, with Sir Lytton Bulwer. The Trident, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Risk, had arrived at Queenstown, from Devonport, with supernumeraries for the Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, and was dispatched to assist a vessel in distress. The Lucifer, 2, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Corn mender Lloyd, was paid wages on Friday, and left on Sunday, for Queenstown. The - tirchei, screw-sloop, in charge of Mr. Hen. derson and party, arrived at Devonport at eight ♦.m. on Sunday morning. She sent on board the Impreg nable some supernumeraries, after which she was taken up the harbour to her moorings, where she will remain as one of the steam reserve. The Violet, Dover steam-packet, requires new boilers. She will be undocked at Woolwich on the 31st. PORTSMOUTH, aptain Henry Byam Martin, C. 8., succeeds to the half-pay of 14s. 6d. per diem ; and Captain Sir George Back to the half pay of 12s. 6d. per diem. Mr. Freeland, gentleman cadet, passed on Friday (with the others whose names we gave on Saturday) for a commission in the Royal Marine Corps. The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, cruising in the Bights of Benin, captured in the latter part of October a brig equipped for the slave trade, which, she 'sent into St. Helena for adjudication. On the 3d of November she took a schooner after two hours' chase, with 305 slaves on board, which she shipped at Whydah the previous day. The melancholy news of the death of Mr. Duncan, the British Consul, is conveyed in our letter. He died on board the King fisher, on the 3d of November, after a few day? ill ness. The Ranger and Phcenix were in the Bights, all well, on the sth of November. The Prince Albert freight-ship embarked this morning, at Cowes, a draught of the 97th Regiment, consisting of Captain Brabazon and 41 men, and Staff Assistant- Surgeon Manners, for Jamaica. WooLwic 11, DEC. 24 —The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Hope, 0.13 , has received her sailing cyders, and will leave Woolwich on Wednesday, the 26th ult. The Mary lighter NI brougl - t down from Deptford yesterday by the Monkey steam-vessel, with stores for the Enterprise and Investigator; and every exer tion is making to get these vessels ready for sea with the least possible delay. The Dasher steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander A. Parks, arrived here yesterday from Sheerness to be refitted. She was recently employed on the coast of Scotland, protecting the fisheries. The Hermes steam-vessel is now in an advanced state, and will be brought forward for commission at this port. The Argus steam•sloop, launched at Portsmouth on the 15th instant, when docked and coppered, is to he brought round to the river to have her oscil lating engines of 300-horse power, fitted by John Penn and Son. The Messrs. Penn are also to fit the Tiger steam-sloop, recently launched at Chatham, and now in the East India Docks, with oscillating engines of 400 horse power, and not Messrs. Sea ward and Co., as was previously stated. The Magi cian and the Retribution steam frigate are also to be fitted each with oscillating engines of 400-horse power by the same firm. It is understood Mr. Morris, Master-Attendant at the Victualling lard, Deptford, since 1836, and Mr. James Napier, Master-Attendant at Malta since 1837, will be superannuated at the end of March next, the close of the financial year. Twenty-five more of the operatives in the steam engine factory at this dockyard have received notice that their services will not be required after Saturday next. It is not surprising that so many men can be dispensed with, as it has been ascertained, by careful calculation for one month, that four men working with Nasymth's hammers were able to save each 1? sterling, or 41. per day. The calculation was made in the fairest manner, allowing for the amount of capital expended in setting up the hammers, and a percentage for wear and tear of the machinery, and all other incidental expenses, compared with the prices received for the old iron and the cost of the re made bars to the Government. The saving effected by the four men working with Nasmyth's hammers was equivalent to the wages of twenty additional men at 45. per day, or 1/. 4s. per week. EDINBURGH MIDDLE DISTRICT AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.—The quarterly meeting of the above society was held in the Rev. Dr. M'Crie's church, Davie-street, on Monday evening last. The meeting was pretty numerous, and was addressed in forcible terms by Mr Andrew Arthur, and elso by the Rev. J. W. C. Pen-. nington, minister of the Presbyterian ccloured congre gatioa of New Ycrk, on the value and importance of the Scriptures, and the duty of Christians doing all in their power to send the Bible to such of their benighted fellow-creatures as are not in possession of it. The lat ter individual described in eloquent terms several in teresting instances of depraved characters of the African race having been brought to the knowledge of the Gospel by the simple perusal of the Bible without note or comment, and he also mentioned it as his opinion that the free and extensive circulation of the Scriptures in the United States will be ultimately the means of re leasing from slavery the negro population there, who are still in ignorance, and groaning under the bondage of the oppressor. Mr. Pen❑i❑gten is himself a runaway slave, and is a very interesting specimen of his race ; his kupirior intellectual and other attainments completely disproving the theory of the natural mental inferiority of the negro. The mission of Mr. Pennington to this country, in advocating the claims of his race, is to raise a fund for erecting schools and a meeting-house for the numerous coloured congregation in New York, of which ho is minister ; and Mr. Zeigler announced that he has for sale a very interesting memoir of this individual, the profits from which are also to be devoted to the above objects. FATAL ACCIDENT AT NOTTINGLIAM.—On Satur day night James Wheatley, upwards of 40 years old, a bailiff's azsistant, was crossing the railway, near the goods department at Nottingham, when he was knocked down by an engine and tender, which were running up awl down the line, and killed on the spot. The night w;s very dark, and deceased had been cautioned not to I cross the rails. The vacant inspecting field• officership at Glasgow is,, we hear, likely to be bestowed on Lieut.. Colonel blade, 9f the 9014 Itegiment. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Dec. 24.) SUGAR.-Althoagh there has been a more plentiful supply of Colonial at market, still prices generally have ruled firm, and home dealers continue to be desirous to get into stock; although large parcels have been brought forward, still nearly the whole found purchasers. The quantity of Foreign sold has been larger than previously for all purposes, whilst better terms have been obtained. An impression exists that for all useful sorts of Sugar prices will advance early in the next year. Since our last deliveries have exceeded arrivals: the stoek of free labour sorts remains less than last year, with every pros pect that it will so continue. Of Foreign the quantity in bond is not so large as of late. Prices for Sugar are nearly on a par with this time last season. Previous terms are well supported for West India Muscovado, and the purchases amount to 1,200 hbda, So., for the three market days, whilst prices ruled at from 34s 6,1 to 36s 6d for low to fine brown, 36s 6d to 41s for yellow, and grey 35s 6d to 395, whilst yellow Barhadoea realised 383 to 42s per cwt. Business in the Sugar market was sus pended to day. and will remain so until Tuesday, Ist of January, as is usually the case at this period of the year. REFINED.-There has again been much activity in the Refined Sugar market, and further advanced rates are paid; indeed for low and middling sorts supplies are not sufficient for home dealers' wants. For delivery se veral contracts have been concluded, and the market , closed with a firm aspect. For brown lumps the value is 50s to 503" 6d; standard lumps 51s to 51s 6d; tittles -8, low to fine 50s 6 , 1 to 545, double 54s 61 to 555; Hambro' loaves lyls to 64a 6d, and double 55s to 56e. Deliveries from the sugar houses have again been larger than last year at this time, but no falling oil' is looked for. Wet lumps have sold freely at 478 to 47s 6d, and fine at 48s to 48s 6d, whilst there are not generally sellers upon these terms, and consumption is still getting greater. For Treacle the market has a brisker appearance, and higher prices are obtained for all kinds; the supply is also smaller. Sales of boiled from West India Molasses have been made at 15s to 15s 61, patent 16s to 17s, and golden syrupy 18a to 19s per cwt. There are not free sellers at these rates, and consumption is still getting upon a larger scale. Bastards have been in lively demand, and stiffer rates are paid ; the value of brown is 30s to 335, and yellow 34s to 375, whilst mid dling kinds met with most attention. The transactions is Pieces have been to some extent, and at higher rates; low to middling selling at 38s to 40s, and good to fine 41: to 435. In Bonded Crushed Seger the sales made have been to some extent, whilst at 29s to 30s the market is firm; for delivery several parcels have been done ut similar rates. Treacle is still little wanted for shipping, end cm be obtained at 13s ad to 14s. Sales of Wet Lumps arc male at 28s to 23s 61. The sales made in Bastards are small, at 18s to 21s for low to fine, end Pieces 22s to 265. In Foreign Crushed Sugar business to a fair extent has been done, and 25s to 29s is the value of low to fine. For Loaves a good demand still exists, whi Ist the rates paid are 31s to 32s 61 for 10 and 15 lbs Uatnburgh, at which there are few sellers for delivery. MAURITIUS.-With brown sorts the market has been more freely supplied, and only a limited demand having been experienced prices slightly gave way. Grey and yellow met with a good sale and realised fully former terms, although large parcels have been brought to market. The public sales have comprised 7,500 bags, and nearly the whole found purchasers; good and fine yellow went at 38s 6d to 39s 61, low to mid 35s 6d to 38a, ord to good grey 34s 6d to 37s 6d. better sort 334 to 395, very low and mid brown 27s to 32, 61, geed to fine 33s to 35e 61 per cwt. The brown sugar was chi. fly of the old crop, and of very inferior quality. Three vessels have arrived with 14,000 bags of the new crop, and the chief part is superior in quality to last year. EAST INDIA.-For lower sorts of Madras there has been a brisker sale, whilst the rates obtained have been rather above those current previously, and the market is less freely supplied. By private treaty several par cels have been sold: low to fine soft brown at 29s 61 to 31s, yellow ditto 31s 6d to 335, and rather bright 33s 6 I to 35s per cwt, indeed some holders will net sell at these rates, and thereare speculative purchasers. A large amount of business has been done in better sorts, and the parcels sold by private treaty are at rather higher rates, whilst the supply at market is not much larger. At auction 6,000 bags were all cold: fine colory at 43s to 44s 6d,, mid to good 39s 61 to 42i, good and fine white like Benares 41s to 435. For Bengal former terms are well supported for all kinds, and a good deal has been done. The parcels sold by private contract and public sale went as follows-low to fine white Benares 38s 6d to 42s 6d, soft yellow 34s to 38s , brown 30 s t o 33 5 , like Mauritius, yellow 355 to 395, orown 31s to 345, strong white 45s to 48s, and yellow ditto 383 to 445, but the supply still consists chiefly of better sorts. FOREIGN.-There has been a further increase in de mand for duty paid parcels, to supply the wants of home dealers and refiners working under bond; indeed the purchases made have been larger than for some time past, and prices advanced 6d per cwt, although the market has been fairly supplied. At auction 980 hhds and 170 barrels Porto Rico sold, low to good yellow at 37s to 40s, fine 40s 61 to 43s 6d, and good brown 36s 61; 200 pkgs St. Croix 40s to 43s 6d for good and fine yellow; 4,650 bags Java, ordinary brown 32s to 33s 6d, and greyish yellow 36a to 36s 6d; 950 chests yellow Havannah were taken in, buts old after the sale. Privately 500 chests of Havannah realised 38s 61 to 41s 6d for yellow, and 1,000 hhds Cuba Muscovado chit fly at from 36s to 36s 6d, whilst there are speculative buyers rather under these rates. Bonded parcels are in good demand, and realised rather higher prices. Operations have been a cargo of Bahia at 17s 9d for broeu, and white 19s 9d; 5,000 hags Manilla 16s to 18s 6d; 130 chests white Bahia 21s 9d; 1,000 chests of yellow Havannah chiefly at 23s to 25s for fine yellow and florette. COFFEE.—To-day Cotieo was much sought after by private treaty, and stiffer rates are paid. Sales of good ordinary Native are reported at 54s 6d to 55s per cwt, and some parties will not sell at these rates. CocoA.:LA greater demand has been experienced for all sorts, of foreign, and prices keep on the advance, whilst only moderate parcels are offered for sale. At auction 400 bags of Guayaquil were sold at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. British Plantation met with less attention, still lower rates are not acceded to, and a part only of 700 bags of Trinidad at auction found buyers. The value of red is from 42s to 443, good to fine 45s to 50s, and low to good grey 40a to 431 per cwt.a:The stock is still larger than last year, but deliveries are nearly equal to that time, and they are expected to get larger as. the new year proceeds. MOLASSES.—Of Bengal Treacle largo parcels nave been sold at 14s to 14s 6d, and some parties will not accept . these prices, whilst the stock conti nues to g et smaller. There is firmness in the market for West India Molasses, and a fair quantity has been sold at 15s to 18s for low to fine, whilst deliveries are still greater than arrivals. MA.—Since our last report the dulness in the market for Caper and Orange Pekoe has increased, whilst sup plies are more plentiful, and prices have declined Id to lid per lb. Green met with little attention, and there are sellers of most sorts rather under former terms, whereas the quantity on offer is larger than for some time past. Black Tea is dull of sale, and sellers are willing to accept late terms, as supplies far exceed dealers' wants. There are further arrivals, and the stock is equal to this time last year, still there is no falling off in home trade deliveries. RICE —There has been much excitement in the market for East India since our last report, and prices have advanced 6d to 9d per cwt. The total purchases amount to 40,000 hags chiefly on speculation, indeed the market has been nearly cleared of parcels in first hands, whilst white sorts met with the most attention. For good and fine white Bengal prices rule at Ila to 11s 6d, mid 10s to lOs 6d, cargo 93 to 9s 6d, Madras pinky white 9s to lOs 6d, and pearl barley 9s to 9s 6d per cwt. An impression also exists that prices have not yet arrived at their highest point, as there is every prospect that arrivals will bo much less than in the former season, as well as an increase in deliveries for all purposes. For Cleaned Rice the market has a more active appearance, whilst there are not free sellers of low to fine Patna at 12s to 19s, and town dressed Carolina at about 22a to 26s per cwt. SAQo.—The public sales have been rather extensive, viz., 470 cases 686 bags Pearl, which partly sold at stiff rates; 22s 6d to 24s for fair to good; 460 bags Borneo only part sold at 14s to 15s; 330 bags Sago Flour were mostly bought in at 22s to 235. SPICES.—For Nntmegs full terms have been obtained, and at public sale 82 pkgs sold—goodmiddling and good 26 10d to 3s 3d, middling 2s 6cl to 2s 9d, low 2s 2d to 2s sd, very ordinary out of condition is 6d to 2s, wormy 6d to Is 7d. Mace is in more plentiful supply, and prices have again fallen Id per lb. At public sale 70 pkgs were disposed of, middling and good at 2s 4d to 2s Bd, mouldy 2s to 2s 7d, low is 4d to is Bd, and damaged 2s to 2s 4d, but the chief part went at 2s 4d to 2s 5d for sound. Pimento is still in scanty supply, and the small parcels sold by private treaty were at sid to 6d per lb. In the value of Cinnamon there is no vari ation, and few buyers are to be mat with. Cloves continue in good demand, and the market is firm ; Bencolen at is 7d to 2s; Penang is 4d to Is 9d. At auction 54 cases of good boll Bourbonlfetched 7-id to 7' 4 3 -d. Ginger is quiet, and at auction 1,224 bags 612 pkts Bengal went at rather lower rates; shipping sorts selling at 19s 61 to 21s 6d, and damaged 13s to 19s. Home trade sorts are held with firmness, and 4/ lOs to ill is the value of low to fine Janiaice A small parcel of middling Colima at auction realised 62s to 655. Of Cassia Lignea 500 boxes went rather higher; first pile at 100 s 6d to 101 s Gel; second ditto 98s 6d to 1008 6d, third ditto 97s 6d, mouldy and broken 92s to 945. For Malabar Pepper stiffer rates are paid to-day, and 1,153 bags of shot realised 3id to 31,d, and damaged aid to 3id. SALTPETRE.—Fine and good sorts are wanted and former rates of 27s to 28s 6d per cwt are supported, at which sales to a fair extent have been made. The market for other kinds is dull, and there are sellers at 25a 6d to 265. British refined is not much wanted, still the rates asked are 29s to 30s. In Nitrate of Soda a good trade has been done at 13s 3d to 13s 6d per cwt. INDIGO.—Of East India several parcels have been sold since our last report, and at prices exhibiting an advance on those of the last quarterly sales of 2d per !h. but ord sorts continue to meet with the most attention. Holders appear to be sanguine in their expectations as to the future position of the market for Indigo. For Spanish a small advance have been paid, and supplies are small. FRUlT.—Operations in Raisins have bean small, and a greater disposition is evinced to sell at 47s per owe, In Currants operations have been upon a small scale, and prices are on the decline for ord, but fine realize full terms. The value is from 38s to 435. Figs are offered at a reduction, and supplies are abundant of all sorts. new year. Holders of Ja ma i ca h ave con fid ence , an d I 1 higher rates are expected to prevail shortly. Since our last sales to a fair extent have been made; we quote 26 to 29 per cent °reproof at from 2s 2d to 2s 6d, 30 to 35 over 2s 6d to 2s 9d, good 2s 10d to 3s 2d, and fine at 3s 3d to 4s per gallon. There is every prospect that imports in 1850 will be less than this year, and that deliveries for all purposes will be better. Brandy has been in improved demand, holders display ing greater firmness, and prices are on the advance. Sales of Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1848, have been made at 4s 8d to 4s 10d, 1847 ditto at 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1846 ditto 5s 8d to 5s 10d, 1845 ditto Gs 2d to Gs 4d, inferior sorts 2s 10d to 4s 4d, and Bordeaux 2s 8d to 2s 10d. Sales of Geneva are made at is 9d to is 10d, fine 2s 8d to 3s, British Spirit at 9s Bd, and Gin at 8s to 8s 6d per gallon. TALLOW.—The demand for Russian has been less active, yet holders generally displayed firmness and re quire 383 6d to 39s 6d per cwt on the spot for prime, and 39s to 39s 3d for delivery in three first months of next year. At these rates contracts to a fair extent have been made, Home melted has sold freely at 37s 6d to 38s nett cash, but there are small parcels on offer. Of Sydney 500 casks at public sale were only in part disposed of at 37s to 38s Gd for sheep, and ox at 34s to 36s 6d, 1,360 packages South American low to fine 34s 3d to 38s 3d per cwt. Prices are still lower than in the former years, but deliveries are less, and the stock is greater. For Rough Fat the value is 2s 3d per atone, and the supply is plentiful. OlLS.—There are sellers of Cod at 30/ 10s to 31/ per tun, still few buyers are to be met with, and lower rates are expected to prevail. In the market for Seal there has been much dulness, and prices have a downward tendency; pale is to be obtained at 381 las to 391, straw and tinged 341 to 371, yellow and brown 301 to 33/. Whale Oil has been purchased with caution, and prices are drooping, althoush a less quantity is on offer. At auction 40 tuns Sealei,hent Oil were sold 321 to 33/, while 12 tuna Davis' Straits Whale were taken in at 321 10s. Sperm continues iu excellent demand, and rates rule firm, although a larger quantity has been offered for sale. At auction 117 tuns were sold at 821 lOs to 83l for fine Colonial, with a few lots of Head matter at 851 15s to 861, whilst on the part of hol ders there is confidence on account of an en larged coneuraption. There has been no arrival of Fish Oil since our last report. A much better sale exists for Linseed Oil, chiefly from home dealers, and prices have advanced, several parcels having been sold at 28s 6d to 29s per cwt. on the spot. For delivery con tracts to a fair extent are reported at 28s to 29s for the early part of next year, and some parties will not accept these rates. Rapeseed Oil mot with little attention, but as supplies are small prices continue brown is held for 41s 6d to 425, pale 42s 61 to 435, and refined foreign at 44s to 455. For Cocoa Nut Oil a much better demand exists, and several parcels have been sold at 32s to 355, whilst the market has a firm appearance, and is likely so to continue. There is still a good trade doing ie Palm, and for fine the rates current are 32s Gd to 335, there is also not a more plentiful supply. Perchates to a fair extent are made in Olive, and holders remain firm; Gallipoli is quoted at 44/ lOs to 45/, and other sorts at 42/ to 441 per tun. SPIRITS.—There has been more disposition to transact business in Demerara, and prices are firmer; parcels have beta sold at 2s 2d to 2s 3d for 32 to 37 per cent over proof. Sales to a fair extent have been made in Leeward Island at is 5d to is 51d proof, and the market is firm. East India is held for is 3id to is 4d proof, whilst a much better sale is expected to take plane early in the TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1849, ALLEGED MURDER. BRISTOL, DEC. 24.—Considerable excitement was created in this city last night by a report that a man had been shot at Devonshire-buildings, Bed minster. It appears that the deceased was a young man named William Braund, and that yesterday (Sunday) after noon, about half-past four o'clock, he was taking a walk in company with two other persons named Edward Horgan and Henry Coggan. As they were passing over Bedminster-bridge they saw two boys, named Collins and Dauncy jumping, over some iron posts. Denney was in the act of leaping, when Horgan exclaimed, " Oirer it." Both Denney and Collins immediately began abusing the deceased and his companions in a most outrageous manner. Horgan ran after them, when Collins began to spar at him, and then ran off down Coro nation road closely pursued by Horgan, who caught him by the railings of Zion Chapel, and struck him twice. Whilst he was doing this Dauncy came behind him and struck him in the face, and on his letting go of Collins and running after him, Dauncy pulled out a brass barrelled pistol and presented it at him. Collins likewise pulled out a large life-preserver, and waved it about in a very threatening manner. Denney kept exclaiming, "Come on; I'm not afraid of you. I'm ready for you. I'll have you." Horgan, the deceased, and Coggan, not wishing to create a disturbance in the streets on a Sunday, went on, and Collins and Denney fhllowed, jeering and abusing them. They stopped at the top of Brown's-row, and as Collins and Denney stopped too, Horgan looked round at them and said, I will give it to you by-and bye." The deceased also said to Collins, "I'll let your mother know that you have got a life-preserver, and get something done to you." Collins drew out the life-preserver, and the deceased then rushed at him and laid hold of it. Denney then tried to lay hold of the deceased to make him let go. Coggan and Horgan stocd before him and prevented his doing so. Denney then pulled out the pistol again and presented it at the deceased, and said, "If he doesn't let Collins alone shoot him." Horgan said, " Will you ?" and he replied, " Yes ' and you too." Denney then put down the pistol between his legs and cocked it, got up, rushed past Horgan close to the deceased, and fired the pistol at him. The deceased man Braund instantly put his hand to his breast, staggered and fell to the ground. A quantity of blood poured from his mouth, and some persons who were passing at some little distance ran up and endeavoured to support him in their arms, but it was found that he was quite dead. Dauncy, who in the meantime had endeavoured to run away, was pursued, and shortly afterwards captured. On his way to the station house he said, " That he supposed he should be scragged ;" and afterwards he said, " That the pistol was not loaded with ball, but shot." On being searched, at the station-house, there were found in his possession seven bullets, a bullet mould, four percussion caps, 3/. ls. 6d. in money, and three pieces of lead. The unfortunate deceased was as soon as possible, by direction of Mr. Samuel Browne, one of our city magistrates, who witnessed the latter part of the occurrence from his dining-room window, conveyed to the infirmary, where on examination it was found that a bullet had passed through the lungs in a slanting upward direction, passing through a part of the windpipe and dividing a large artery. It was extracted from the back of the opposite shoulder, having lodged there. The bullet hal carried a piece of the coat with it the whole of the way. The deceased was in the employ of Mr. Gillett, wine-mer chant, Redcliff-street. He never spoke aftex he had received the fatal shot. The prisoner is fourteen years of age; he is the son of a journeymara miller, and was in the employ of Mr. Prowse, surgeon. He is apparently of a most hardened character, not having betrayed the slightest emotion at the situation in which he is placed, or expressed the least commisera tion for the fate of the unfortunate deceased. The coroner has impannelled a jury to investigate the whole circumstances of the case, and a post mortem examination will take place. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. The neighbourhood of Ottmoor has for some days been excited in consequence of the mysterious dis appearance of a woman in the service of Mr. John Coates, farmer, Murcott, and of rumours that she had been unfairly dealt with. The facts, as far as ascertained, are a s follows Elizabeth Stanton, the young woman in question, aged twenty-four, daughter of Samuel Stanton, mat maker, of Fencott, went, on the 11th instant, baying with her at the time her mistress's child, about two years old, to Mr. T. Kimbell's, of Fencott, a shop keeper, to purchase some goods. This she did, and having paid for them, left, and went to her father's house, where she had tea. At about seven o'clock she left for her master's, having with her the child, and being accompanied part of the way home by a younger sister. At about eight o'clock a Mrs. Faulkner heard a child cry, and on going out of her cottage saw Stanton and spoke to her. She had the child with her at this time, and it was in her way from Mr. Coates's. Between 8 and g o'clock the same night Mr. Hatwell, of Murcott, when returning from Charlton, and near Fencott bridge, over the river Ray, was pasted by a woman. They wished each other good night. The woman, who had a child in her arms, went for Charlton, and Mr. Hatwell for home. Henry Cooper, carter to Mr. Hatwell, when going home to Fencott, and when near to Charlton windmill, at about a quarter to 9 o'clock, heard a woman's voice cry " Murder" four or five times. The cries appeared to come from the bridge; but on his passing over all was still. He went home and told his mother what he had heard. As the girl did not return with the child to her master's house, the family became alarmed, and unsuccessful efforts were made to obtain tidings of her. At a little before 7 o'clock on the morning of the 12th a young man of the name of Higgs, of Fencott, when driving a team over the above bridge, saw a child lying on the road. He, thinking, as he says, that it was a gipsy's child, moved it out of the road, and went on his way. At about 7 o'clock James Preston, a labourer, on going over the bridge, saw a child by the side of the road. He took it up, and it proved to be Mr. Coates's and the one that Elizabeth St an t on had. A shawl, which it appears is the one thalt Stanton had on the day before, was found on the bridge a few yards from the child. The goods which Stanton had purchased were found near the residence of Mx. Faulk ner, but of the young woman nothing bad been ascertained up to Thursday last. After she was spoken to by Mrs. Faulkner she must have repassed her father's house to reach the bridge where the child and her shawl were found. The river is now deep, and has overflowed its banks. It is therefore impos sible to drag it properly, but it has been partially dragged, and it is intended to make a thorough search as soon as the subsiding of the waters will admit of it. The magistrates of the Ploughley divi sion have instituted proceedings, with a view of bringing the mysterious disappearance of the woman to light. The child, from its tender age, is ',inca pable of giving the slightest information. The cry of murder is suspicious, and leads to the inference that the missing woman was foully dealt with, and then thrown over the bridge into the river. This river falls into the Cherwell a few yards north of this city. —Oxford Chronicle of Saturday. THE ARCTIC; EXPEDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMMS. Sir,—The accompanying letter, on the subject of our missing Arctic expedition, appears to me to be of public interest, as exhibiting, very strikingly, the interest and sympathy of the Americans in the fate of our gallant countrymen. Should you deem it suitable for the Times, the insertion of it would oblige, Sir, Your obedient servant, The Athenccum, Dec. 24. W. SCORESBY. Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 29. Rev. and dear Sir,—l sent you a few days ago the Providence Journal, containing a plan for an expedition to go in search of Sir John Franklin, the principal feature of which was to send a steam. boat propelled by a screw, &c. This plan, which is my own, as well as the article in question, has been extensively copied by the American papers, and seems to meet with general favour. I had also the honour to submit the plan to the President of the United States. Among other remarks and letters which my plan brought forth was a letter from Captain Lynch, late of the Dead Sea expedition, by which it appears that this officer has tendered his services to the Govern ment, and proposes even to fit out a steamer by pri vate subscriptions, in case the Government will sanction it. Captain Lynch's letter, accompanied by further remarks by me, appears in the Providence journal of to-day, which I also send you. I have still another object in view in this matter — it is to bring the subject up before the New York Historical Society at its meeting next week, and pro pose a memorial to Congress. I have no doubt a me morial from the largest commercial city will have its weight. General Taylor, I presume, is well disposed towards a Government expedition, and will press the matter on the consideration of Congress if he is sup ported by the people. I ought also to mention that Captain Wilkes hcs also tendered his services to go in search of Sir John. With high respect, &c., To the Rev. Dr. Scoresby. J. R. B. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOCIETY. - Yesterday a quarterly general court of the governors of this chari table corporation was held at the society's offices, Bir• chin•lene, Mr. George Lindsay in the chair. The btisi- Lli'ss tr.zisacted was chiefly of a routine character, but we may mention that the applications of upwards of 50 claimants for relief were considered, and succour ordered to be granted. It was also announced that during the past year about 1,400 applications have been before the committee, temporary relief or a permanent pension haying been allowed in each case, BANKRUPTS. Charles Wynne Davies, licensed victualler, Browns low-street, Holborn, to surrender, Dec. 31, at one, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra ham, officiol assignee, Coleman street ; Linklaters, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. John Pyre:merchant, Broad-street, London, Jan. 7, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Bolden, Craven-street, Strand. Alaric Alexander Watts, printer, Berners-street, Middlesex, Jan. 10, and F, b. 7, at el given, at the Com t of Bankruptcy. Curt al, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Bo'den, Crayon strzet, Strand. Richard Verney, druggist, Stow•in-the-Wold, Glou cester, Jan. 1, and Feb. 5, at elever, at the Court rf Bankruptcy. Grocm, official assignee, Abchurch•lano ; Dupleix, Hacoln's Inn•fields. Herman iVre:de, piano torte maker, Jan. 5, at half. past twelve, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers, Easinghall-street; Wickings, Finsbury-terrace, City. road. George Edward Inger, druggist, Nottingham, Jar, 11 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittlesdon, official assignee", Nottingham ; Clarke, Bloomsbury-square; Patebitt, Nottingham. JAn Fenton, baker, Avery-row, Bond-street, Jan. 5 and Feb. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cfiam hers, Basinghall-street; Pain aLd Hatherly, Gresham street. Henry Locock, dealer in artificial manures, Raddon Court Thorverton, Devonshire, Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb.s. at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, utficial assignee, Exeter; Tanner, Crediton ; Stogdon, Exeter. BETHLEHEM. "I bring You tkings of 'great joy." Athwart the snows 6f antique _Lebanon Its gorgeous flush suniei threw; And Moab, famed so marvellously blue, And high Judea crowned with opal; shone. O'er Sharon's plain, where blooms the sacred roso, Where from Ahab of old Elijah fled, The twilight fell—and where Barrada flows The rippling gold* a wondrous lustre shed. Meanwhile the city of David fills, For Cmsar bath passed decree, And that virgin pair in, haste have come From the distant Galilee. Ope, open wide, 0 Bethlehem, Your gates and your household homes! Already " the star" is glimmering, Already " the looked-for" comes! But, no! they are closed! to the rich assign'd— Where, then, shall the weary rest? A stable—a manger—a cattle shed! Alas! for that Royal breast! Alas, for the shelter's lowliness! Yet hush! through its pauper gloom There are strains which breathe of Paradise. There bands of immortals bloom! And beaming hosts are adoring there, Witb paltry, and choir, and string; Great joy to earth, 'tis the Saviour's birth! Israel, your promis'd King! There not in pomp, as beseems a God, But strotch'd on that bed of stone, With weeping eyes He an infant lies, Our wants and our griefs His own I O "Prince of Peace," it was meekly thus, In mercy and love Ha came— The " poor" for his human worshippers, " The crib" for his couch of fame! E. E. M. K. London, Deo., 1849. * Barrada, the Golden River of the ancients, DIAMOND DUST. (From Eliza Cook's Jowled.) To be unkind or rude to others, and yet expect to be treated by them with courtesy and affection, is as selfish as it is absurd. Respect is to the person bel• ved, what the enchasing is to the gem; it shows the value set upon it. We often censure the conduct of others, when, under the same circumstances, we might not have seed half so well. Better that a houso be too small for a night, than too arge for a year. CHRISTMAS FARE AT THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN ROAD.—The ccnvalescent patients in this excellent institution will be regaled to day with roast beef, plum-pudding, and porter, by order of the weekly board. WEYMOUTIf, DEC. 19.-DRAINAGE OF LODMOOR. —Preliminary steps are being taker fur the purpose of reclaiming end draining this extensive waste, which is now wholly under water. Independently of the advantages which would arise in carrying out such a measure, in an agricultural point of view, it is con sidered it would be of great benefit to Wey mouth in improving its sanitiry condition, for, during the prevalence of northerly winds, in dry seasons. the miasmatic influences are wafted towards the town, and must, under the circumstances, have a preju dicial effect. The proprietors of this property have instructed Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the eminent engineer, who has been extensively employed in similar opera tions, to report as to the best means of accomplishing this desirable object, and his opinion is looked for with interest. FORGERIES ON THE DARLINGTON BANK.—DAR LINGTON, FRIDAY.—A few weeks ago a number of forged 5/. notes on the bank of Messrs. Backhouse and Co., of this town, w: re palmed off on tradesmen in Dur ham, Stockton, and neighbouring places. A full de scription of the parties who trafficked with them was itsurd immediately after the fraud was detected, bat the police failed in arresting any of the delinquents. Wil liam Murray, who is stated to reside at Kelloc, was ap- prehended on suspicion of being one of the offenders. He was taken before the borough magistrates and un derwent a lengthental investigation, the result of which was his committal for trial at the ensuing assizes on the charge. Cape of Good Hope papers, a few days later than those last received, have come to hand. They state that the colony remained in an excited condition on the convict question, but that the Government was not wanting for supplies, parties having been found willing to send in wheat, cattle, Esc., to make up stores. It was alleged that some persons connected even with the Anti- Convict Association had, when it suited pecuniary views, entered into trading operations with the Government authorities, although under a pledge not to contract or otherwise have business with them, and these allegations had brought about a recriminatory correspondence in the newspapers. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday (Monday) morning the family of the Rev. T. H. Davies, incum bent of Trinity Church, Nottingham, but residing at Sherwood, about two miles from that town, were horror stricken to find, upon arising from their beds, that their two maid-servants, who the previous evening bad retired to rest apparently in good health, had been discovered in their beds in a state of insensibility. The room in which they lay was filled with smoke, and in one corner eras portable fire-grate, contai n i ng some coke.deads a Mr. Joseph Thompson, surgeon, was sent for, and was quickly in attendance, but one of the women, Ellen Pierce, aged about 30 years, died shortly ,after his arrival. The other woman, who is named English, and is also about 30 years eld, has born partially restored, and hopes are entertained of her ultimate recovery. It is supposed that the coals had been lighted for the purpose of warming the room, the night being severely celd. There was a fire-place in the room, the chimney to which, however, had been stopped up by the women, in their ignorance of the consequences, to prevent the heat from escaping. THE NAVAL PRISONERS IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH. —Lieutenant Graham and Mr. oEf desertinglliot,w who it recollected, were found guiltyfrorn 'ill th h e e Childers, and who were brought from Exeter goal to the Queen's prison, and placed by the governor in the best ward of the prison, were on Thursday last, under the orders of the Secretary of State of the home De partment, placed in the misdemeanants' ward, where companionship and other comforts, which they had hitherto teen permitted to enjoy, are taken from them_ Prior to their removal they addressed a protest to the governor, and a letter to the Sect etary of the Admiralty. TnE EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY AND THE POST-OFFICE.—In consfqat ace of this company having declined to accede to the terms, 7001. per annum, fur carrying the malls ov,:r 7S miles of their line, and re quiring 1,000/. per annum for such service, the Post• otnee sent a guard as a secc‘rid.ciaFs nasseng.er to &liver and receive tile mail bags at the stati - ons. The company have objected to this, end the post-office authorities charge them with an nuenapt to impede the public ser \ice. The coo piny offer t o submit the question to „ r bit.raticn, giving tlto Post-cffice in the meantime, complete use of tte hue; but this th e l a tt er d ec li ne and the question, in all probability, will be brought before a court of law. At Ills r,omt rent-dy, E , lwz,rd Coilingwood, of unsaliciteo, very genernuAy made a re turn c . fl 5 per cent. to tenantry —Newcastle arburnal. A SUBSTITVTE FOR YEAST.-It strongly recom mended by the P‘otk.etionkst party, in the situp() of a restoration of the corn-law; which will be certain to MOW bread rise,—Punch's 41inanack. I -.-•• UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 24.—Congregations will be held for the purpose of granting graces end conferring degrees on the following days in the ensuing term, viz.:— Monday, Jan. 14. I Thursday, March 7. Thursday, Jan. 24. Thursday, Feb. 7. - 21. No person will be admitted as a candidate for any de gree whose name is not entered in the book kept for that purpose at the Vice-Chancellor's house, on or before the day preceding the day of congregation. On Tues day, February 19, a congregation will be held as pro vided in the dispensation for intermitting the forms and exercises of determination, solely for the purpose of receiving from the deans or other officers of their re spective colleges or halls the names of such Bachelors of Arts as have not yet determined; and their names hav ing been so signified to the house, and thereupon in serted in the register of congregation, they may at any time in the same or in any future term, be admitted to all the rights and privileges to which they would have been entitled by the intermitted forms and exercises. And every Bachelor of Arts is desired to take notice, that unless he has proceeded to that degree on or before Thursday, Febraary 7, his name cannot be inserted in the registei of congregation during the present yoar. F. C. PLUDIPTRE, Vice-Chancellor. CHRIST CHURCH. Newton Reginald Smart, Ragland George Henry , Somerset, and Richard Elliott, scholars from Westmin ster School, were this day elected students of Christ Church; and at the same time Charles Greenwood Floyd, and Thomas Vere Bayne, Slade exhibitioner, commoners of Christ Church, were elected students. The Rev. Thomas Gwynn, 8.A., was this day ap pointed Chaplain of Christ Church. PRIZE SUBJECTS. I. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Chancellor of the University, being pleased to give annually a gold medal for the encouragement of English poetry, the prime will be given this year to such resident undergra duates as shall compose the best elegiac poem " On the late Queen Adelaide." N. 13. The exercises are to be sent in to the Vice- Chancellor on or before March 30th, 1850, and are not to exceed 200 lines in length. 11. The Most Noble the Marquis Camden being pleased to give annually a gold medal as a prize for the best exercise in Latin hexameter Terse, the subject for the present year is " Mare Arctieum." N.B. The exercises are to be sent in to the Vico- Chancellor on or before March 30th, 1850, and are not to exceed 100 lines in length. _ _ All undergraduates who shall have resided not less than two terms before the day on which the exercises of must be sent in, or who shall at least be then in the course of their second term of residence, may be candi dates for this medal. 111. The representatives in Parliament for this Uni versity being pleased to give annually:- 1. Two prizes of fifteen guineas each, for the en couragement of Latin prose composition, to be open to all Bachelors of Arts, without distinction of years, who aro not of sufficient standing to take the degree of >faster of Arts ; • 2: And two other prises of fifteen guineas each, to be opeci -to all undergraduates who shall have resided not less than seven terms at the time when the exercises are to be sent in. The subjects for the present year are:-1. For the Bachelors—" Monuments prises, artis in Assyria nuper reeerta." 2. For the Undergraduates—" Homerus et Shakespearius inter se collati.' N.B.—The exercises are to bo sent in on or before April 30, 1850. IV. Sir William Browne having bequeathed three gold medals, of the value of five guineas each, to such resident Undergraduates as shall compose— '. The best Greek Ode in imitation of Sappho; . . 2. The best Latin Ode in imitation of Horace; The best Greek Epigram after the model of the 3. Anthologia, and The best Latin Epigram after the model of Martial; The subjects for the present year are 1. For the Greek Ode, " Ninus." 2. For the Latin Ode, " Regina Hiberniam visit." 3. For the Greek Epigram, " Cceium, non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt." 4. For the Latiu Epigram, " 'Ersa vrEpoErecc. 71 N.B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1850. The Greek Ode is not to exceed 25, nor the Latin Ode 30, stanzas. The Greek Ode must be accompanied by a literal Latin prose version. V. The Porson Prize is the interest of 4001. stock, to be annually employed in the purchase of one or more Greek books, to be given to such resident undergradu ates as shall make the beat translation of a proposed pas sage in Shakspeare, Ben Johson, Massinger, or Beau mont and Fletcher, into Greek verse. The subject for the present year is— Shak spere. Merchant of Venice. Act V., scene 1. " Lorenzo—How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!" To the words, " Let no such man be trusted." N.B. The metre to be Tragicum lumbicum Trimetrum Acatedecticurn. These exercises are to be accentuated and accompanied by a literal Latin prose version, and are to be sent in on or before March 30, 1850. N.B. All the above exercises are to be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor privately; each is to have some motto prefixed, and to be accompanied by a paper sealed up, with the same motto on the outside; which paper is to enclose another, folded up, having the candidate's name and college written within. The papers coutlining the names of those candidates who may not succeed will be destroyed unopened. Any candidate is at liberty to send in his exercise printed or lithographed. No prize will be given to any candidate who bas not, at the time of sending in the exercises, resided one term at the least. THE POOR IN TiE CITY.—In the course of yes terday the officers of the different wards in the City were busily employed in distributing the Christmas alms to the poor residing within their respective limits. The relief was dispensed in money and coals, and in some in stances bread. In addition to this seasonable aid the clergymen of many of the parishes, through the benevo lence of their congregations, were enabled to relieve a number of poor distressed objects. Most of the civic companies also contributed a large amount of Christmas fare, which was liberally distributed amongst the poor recipients. During Saturday and yesterday several hundred relief tickets for 55., in accordance with the vote of the Court of Common Council, were distributed amongst the widows and distressed relatives of deceased freemen. The aldermen and members of the Common Council have the privilege of bestowing this charity. The tickets, on being presented at the Chamberlain's office, entitled the holder to ss. in money. The usual Christmas fare will be liberally apportioned to the iv mates of the City workhouses. In Newgate, Giltspur street Compter, Bridewell, Borough Compter, Coldbath fields, and the other metropolitan prisons, the unfor tunate occupants will be allowed a substantial meal of roast beef, potatoes, and plum-pudding, each adult being served with a pint of porter. THE MAILS BETWEEN flu. AND LIVERPOOL. — In consequence of the great delay that has lately existed in the delivery in this town of the letters from Liverpool, a representation of the fact was made to the Postmaster- General by Mr. Foster, the Belgian Consul at this port. We understand that to this representation a letter has been received stating that the delay was occasioned on the London and North-Western Railway, the night mail trains upon which have not arrived at Tamworth until after the mail train from Birmingham for Derby and York had passed. To remedy the inconvenience, his Lordship has ordered the night mail train from the north to be dispatched half au hour eariter.—Hu/Vachet. ' THE HUNGARIAN STRUGGLE. EXTRACTS FROM AN lINPIIBLISHFD POEM. Turn we to la ter times and living scenes, Where cruel war a richer harvest gleans, Where leagu'd oppression seeks with cruel might To dim the lustre of sweet Freedom's light. The conflict rages, see the smoke arise In murky volumes to the trembling skies ; O'er Hungary's plain the cannon hoarsely play, And blood-st a i ne d p an d oors see k their human prey; From Buda's height the devastating fires Flash wide and far o'er Pesth's devoted spires; The shriek that rises from the heart's despair Is lost amidst the din that fills the air; The young, the- beautiful, the great, the brave Sink 'neath chaotic butchery to the grave, And tinge with horrid hue the rolling flood That laves the banks where once their homes had stood. But hark! that cry that swells upo n t h e a i r Rekindles hope and Wishes despair; The burning valour of an ancient race Glows in each heart and shines in every face. In freedom's cause see legions vast arise, Pride in their hearts and passion in their eyes, Their holy purpose undismayed proclaim, In sacred Liberty's inspiring name. But not for conquest rolls the burning cry That fills each breast and brightens every eye; No modern Hcemus tempts the warlike hand That grasps the sword at honour's bright command. Far nobler objects claim the soldier now: A higher aim is his—a holier vow, A brighter hope, a more exalted zeal Impel him on to wield the vengeful steel. Home's sacred rights his prowess loudly claim, And seek his aid in Freedom's holy name. Oh, holy Freedom, since the world began, How great the boon was thine conferred on man; Thou noblest gift that man from man can take, How cold the breast that swells not for thy sake. From Ofen's towers, that like Time's records rise, The harsh artillery's dreadful mandate flies; See the brave chief, whose high commanding name Will pass to latest time with laureli'd fame; See round his standards millions pressing on, Warmed into hope by Freedom's rising sun. The sons of labour quit their cultured fields, A hero to the cause each hamlet yields; A rushing torrent gleams along the land, And live and courage nerve each patriot's hand. The tyrant trembles in his gory lair As Freedom's cries resound throughoutthe air; Wildly and free the animating cry Bursts o'er thy plains unconquered Hungary. But thou, new Paphas, thrice degraded thou, Prone low to bend to power thy abject brow; Glitt'ring thy strength, hat how ignobly bright, Mean in distress, but cruel in thy might; Behind (thou can'st not lead) the deepest van, That crushes Freedom and debases man, Thy rulers' souls no generous dictates know, Cruel at home, but abject to the foe, Their craven hearts proclaim another crime To stamp thee hateful to the vc rge of time. Where slept the elements, whose mighty tide Struck low the Western Cmsar in his pride? Why fled the guardian spirits of the brave, When Russia's despot leagued with Russia's slave? See once again o'er high Carpathia's snows Rolls the fell tide of Freedom's darkest toes; On, on they come, their myriads wildly gleam Oppression's locusts in a whelming stream; Down as a torrent from their native heights They come to crush a nation's holy rights; Fresh from the reeking plains, where Poland's might Fell 'neath the clouds of iron Slavery's night. The strife is o'er, the traitor's words proclaim His country's woe, his own eternal shame; Barbarian hordes are flying o'er the land, The torch of cruelty in every hand; Where force had failed, dark treachery points the way To quench a nation's honour in dismay. And thou, once greatly foremost in the van, When Freedom's battle 'neath bright hope began, Thou, high in name, with prowess uncontroll'd, How bright the glory thou hest basely sold! What is the hope thy tarnished soul can see, Tool of the foe, betrayer of the free? Eternal scorn wherever Freedom lives, The stern contempt the hate of treachery gives, Contempt undying while high reason reigns, These and thy bribe are thy ignoble gains. And who is he that gloats upon his prize, From whose dark soul fair mercy shuddering Lea? Whose the black heart to guide the reeking hand, That spreads red murder o'er a bartered land? Hark, on the breeze are borne soul-piercing shrieks, Where the new Alva horrid vengeance wreaks; Those dreadful sounds, which all the echoes break, Gush frem a woman lashed upon the stake. Ye gods, look down, nor tolerate the wrong, A woman's breast receives the clotted thong! A woman's sobs and deep convulsive cries Swell on the breeze and echo to the skies! Insatiate despot! could not roan suffice, But must fair woman grace thy sacrifice ' - Oh, was not blood by cowardice obt a i ne d, Enough for thy dark mission to be stained? But must a deeper guilt than even that Be found to gild the throne where Alva sat? With every right to such black dignity, The Spanish monster's mantle falls to thee; Thy courago cruelty, thy valour breath, The records of thy deeds decrees of death; No gleams of conscience can the soul perplex Of him whose courage spares nor age nor sex. Such mighty deeds to all the world proclaim Ignoble valour—thine an empire's shame. Unconquered Dacia! though despairing now, Triumphant wreathes again shall grace thy brow; Again thy name shall rise in bright renown, And smiling Ereedoin claim thee for her own. The traitor's ban may hover o'er thy plains, But though deceived, thy courage still remains; Thy sons still cherish in their inmost heart That burning hope that never can depart; They sun of liberty obscured will rise Jo glory yet to gild thy distant skies; And though thy foes now glare in fiendish glee A day of vengeance is in store for thee. In vain the butcher's arm may wield the sword To crush the liberty thou has adored; In vain the edicts of a brutal heart Go forth in all the terror they impart. The tyrant grasps his guilty sword in vain; Thy fame shall rise in all its strength again. Again thy name in burning pride shall be Hope for the brave, a guide -star to the free. And ye high patriots, whose untarnished name' Will gild your country's everlasting fame; Ye who at Arad and Temesvar Upheld the honours of a glorious war; Ye whose great spirits shine beyond the grave, Inspiring hope among the good and brave, Your country yet shall find sublime repose, And greatly triumph o'er her despot foes. _ C. J. C. LOWESTOFT RAILWAY AND HARBOUR.—Last week the gentry and inhabitants of this town and port gave a public entertainment to Mr. Pet M.P., for the purpose of testifying their sense of the benefits he had conferred on the locality by the construction of the new harbour and railway. It appeared from the statements that were made, that before these works were commenced in 1546, the population, which had increased by some thousands, were out of employ, that the houses were untenanted, and trade had declined; now there was a splendid Esplanade, villas and shops, 20 acres of bar bourage inclosed from the sea, and a basin 18 feet deep at low water, with a railway placing the district within six hours' run of the metropolis. Mr. Peto stated that during the two years ending October last, there had been imported through the harbour 86,127 tons of coal, and 81,565 quarters of corn exported; 1,063 ves sels of 116,605 aggregate tonnage had entered the har bour, 394 for refuge. The harbour dues increased every month. The steps for a working in union of the Eastern Counties and Norfolk lines would insure the perfect completion of the harbour as one of the refuge ny May, and it would then be one of the best for those purposes on the coast between the Humber and the 'flumes. During the past year 30,152 passengers had been booked on the railway; the receipts had been 17,0001., and the working expenses 4,0001.; so that they had contributed 13,0001. to the main line. It was pro posed to call the new part of the town of Lowestoft, Petoville. This being Christmas-day, will, ns usual, be observed as a strict holiday at the several offices of Government, the public establishments, and also at the several docks and places on the river-side devoted to the shipping and import trade of the port of London, and no business of any kind will be transacted at any of those places on the occasion, all discharges of ships arriving from foreign ports with cargoes of merchandise, and the delivery of goods from the bonded warehouses throughout the country, being suspended. The only exception to the general rule will be the Post office. The metropolitan district receipt and delivery of letters will take place to day only up till noon, after which no deliveries Fill take place. The receipt and delivery of the morning mails from the country, and tho dispatch of letters, &c., from London in the evening, will, however, take place in the usual manner. STATE 01 TRADE.—MANCHESTER, MONDAT.--. As was to bo expected on the eve of Christmas and the new yearrwe have had no great amount of busi ness doing here to-day. The tone of the market, however, is exceedingly healthy, and nearly all de scriptions of goods are looking up in price, and a considerable improvement is expected at the beginning ut the year, and printing cloth is in good demand at ad vanced rates. 40-inch shirtirgs continue in request at an advance of lid. up to 60-inch reed. T cloth s , l ong cloths, and domestics are improving in demand, an d are firmer in price. Up to this hour (4 r.m.) we have no tidings of the Canada, New; York mail steamer of the 12th instant. Her advices are awaited with considerable interekt; meanwhile the cotton market has advanced at The advices from Amsterdam and Rotterdam con cur in reporting a firm market fur coffee. There W2B k.lso a ccntiuued dimand for tobacco. At Hamburgh transactions in coffee were brisk, with improved prices. THE THIRD DRAGOON GUARDS.—We have reason to believe that all differences have been made up in this regiment, and that Colonel Arthur i 5 to 0911. tinue in the command.