The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

...1 ° l er join they )W herself 10' er ihes a report c h is achni t i ' t nt to Gene'' o re Sebast o p o, lessened tlio ss e affirra s t , , nt in high c' irg letters re_ ; P . , s a re begoi l l etro polis, an' p 1 Russian P:: to exchange risen. in , that tb• ions for the L. -0 1 the Prussia mind tting.Y,). trade, tifi p expecterO_Pt ;ainst the Pr iP o co mmitte e, nmendatioD r,a, Press' I ',. 3 i'tl t h em selves 1 , 0 0 ire© great d3O (13 0 kind 64 Id 1 re g e tot rasa - 4 1d .al war %cif/ lb o has nof ha d e li lities, nri _4O be gu'w • to tr il, cil. Au' ht t° ed, ita d a n tirj :e, , fro/ ,) obtaining $O, ,ndition s ' i do; in suPr r a l es° ceptibl°, o of Ais r argin: l o l '7o is no Iro lo n the d y less ' lenna 011 pv i atinoplef Pe" , had ugh t of , aint 11 1, %nd thA t o s ° P is reacli o A , rce alTealo, —aVTO ' c ora [aiesty.. ression D. th the idea6Ottlaril 1 . 14 h e rmora 6 ' c o o fn to -- 1 1 (3 1 0 1 Elbe t y I •eatest ible in th e j ward b tied prev ferent Ol e o; Or 1104 11 . aesl [ent writs s 4l tiro° arn° ll ;, any on Pl b° neter of 3_ . . 0 1 ar Seas, 5 i 1y,,,1 4 COVere° l'..;g se do.raagyol nd went 01 ry broke.'., to part of 1 " p ection, th e nd :aped its ii,r4 e British 1)0 Ven on t lie ro , another Pori f the rot st o e rood and g . r o.a.a -,,,eoert Ru ssi: l as t a telea p ,m St. Pe t t e d concer. l4 )re -. s di vis, 60? Eh The 413.136. 1 3 001 ft St. ° 'I toe is co , 'TOM I'3 fr that vien,rslo, •ff, 4 13 ', l - 111 1 !, )ropose" r e r w ho 0 4 1 w i n ter bot il randlY c ijoi 4/ fined reA TUI 0?' '1 )1 at ° far "poi t i s 3 O h e that • Ov is P'l r"A tiP° eiP l y e isle° n d 00 a Jo a , shIPP o b 9 p r woro or tb : Poi lj; 3,t3v1 0 IN EiiiARKET AND I,IIIIRRCIAL INTELLIG_ENPE. CITY, TV7 0 o'CLOCK. I , l es of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 1 te tt at T,OOO bales, including 1,000 taken art ' The market was quiet, but prices were R ailway s h ares were dull and flat, at Loiter prices, te we re very i mportant alterations in the ' ll of th e B ank of England during the week la th inst., and most of these were due to the ftYPaYments, including the dividends and : 1111(4 g of loans made while the transfer 4 5 closed, alth oug h t h e b u lli on sent away rellch loan. must also have had some in t The b alance to the cr e dit o f G overnmen t 4,ilolilvllia o t t bsu it remains to b o see n w h e th er far augm e nt it as t o mee t th e teeL ea vY outlay. C ompare d w i t h t h e pre the changes were as follows : elre n i ation X 20,117,09:) Ille rease . • • De crease,' s. ''''''''''''''''''''''''' 435,395 '''''' 13.539,114 1,128,40 '''''''' 3,228,009 36,442 1 ......... ............. , .. er . ease bep05it5................. .... - L -tr b eeriase ...... epositts ............... ihtkereu• .................... L and other Bills Ittr 4 clease ..................... .. I le " S ec 'ti s t Jul e It,tt4etreat.ies ........... '714-11e41P10, 2,294,292 4,097,069 10,842,702 861,338 1,271,406 309,986 11,731,427 119,627 14,035,963 1,445,265 •:•••• [1,, ,1 b eerta :3 4 'ed 6,763,465 1,543,290 e ' b elonging to the Peninsular and touteazzi Company, which leaves South ,' oil b o 'cla Y for India, &c., has 51,5001. in 41, f 0 ,44 13 viz., 40,8001. in gold for Malta, ke ' 41eXandria, and 7001. in silver coi ns 4 ' 44 1 i ps,,, t 'llii kt t l itß of specie direct from London dur '''`l itc4 ,,,: ending last Thursday comprised ' ." 4 silver, 560 ounces of gold, and , NI , lie? 6 Aft s p o 2iih Yesterd a y a ft ernoo n more firmness in ' 2 4, o „ ele haliges. Bills dated 90 days were a t 41 i to 30 on Paris, 11 17A to 17i on "allt°tB te ' l a 5 i to 51 on Hamburg, and 12 30 i lleu . 11 11 4 C d emand for gold for the Continent. l folZ eil l taken at ss. Ad. per ounce. w ale d) is the total estimated amount of , it iti: kl ) reduced, or expired, during nine '4l, -wil g nearly 1,000,0001. annually : ltt Great Britain. Ireland. Ihl .., i , K y a nited dom. 1' '4'3391 746 £2ll 815 £3,603,561 .8 4 ., ~... , , , 14: .„,.' 73 0,418 4,810 18 1 1 ~,, ' 3 28,823 16,063 tittia lb ..:' 54 4,362 41,606 735,228 344,886 585,963 I 11; .: ' 3 59,989 28,809 388,798 1 Ilti •:.::: 30 9,728 24,423 334,151 [ lit l . 16 3,261 37,803 801,064 LN I ., ...... 1 , 93 ,287 2,641 95,928 4 4gii,;' ''' - ' 66 ,783 132,691 1,499,474 I 411 hftiods have been extremely depressed, 14 th a " q 1 kk iiti z e . il gabrio us statements of the Times leti I.4lition of our army in the Crimea, the Ott.cill'strlding out the militia, and the pros -147 th, e f rom the Vienna conferences, have ii t i tt Y itik: l ll Piciou that the weakness of the I t ' h kted . r r'il to that journal, and a change it -11 rg b Th e impression to be produced at St. I' l , ll bieet / 4 articles of this kind is generally ..\%/4 far ~mark here. Consols have been kj i ,. l \ t3 De aosfer, and 911 to i for account. 2111 94 ti ants. have been 92 to 921, and the e 7.: ,t -- 1, 1. Bank Stock has been as high ttr il i ;' l a e: t ; tt liler Bills are 4s. to 7s. premium. ' e s) bl i t ek i,,e paucity of business in Foreign t i c : 76 .7) I),•: i irkish Bonds have been done at "taziliazi 5 114 teady. Ecuador are dull at 4, pons of th Cents. are marked . 100.. The ' ' , ° f de a r : o ther stocks are nominal in the 11 n g. 'l l ,"`Gr e „ ° _, a re the nominal prices of foreign t4y.l2'aua Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Alexi -04 - ' 3 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three ,1, 19 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., p I tustian Fi ve p©r Cents., 100 to 102 ; 1 N ,•and-a-llalf per Cents., 89 to 91; 414 t''r Deferred 18 to 181 ; ditto Three 1' ' '7 l to 371 ;ditto Certificates, 41 to si; 4 f 1 .4 44 A C . 14,, e $ - A to 4A. No , - ret kr k • owing , ae 4v . et exists for Railway shares 4 ill ~1 11t43 of home stocks ; but the actual I,lPkilla'i.t.'ee% is not so great as it would be if . 1. 4 at b -fr -l i '' t ll l l lll them was at all large. Foreign .% u. o m Ina . I xes }) klie. ateration. v e. ' 4114 ) an b l d Land Companies , shares I 'llsie liv il --......_ i r ) Tras DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. N yep . cp opt the Oficial List.) Business done : t.41.. ...................... 2111 i 41 .1 p li t t ' eoaZ e d A.. l ;ll . iiiiies 9 IA 3 Elio t etit 1/ A nnnities St lici l. 414 1111 11itie s klit o ll4 t ler 4 000 ° ••••• 11 14 t il l t af,,Aa73L )tu lt, Bth February "Ai . "" 1 12id. - 74 tki lt (1418 i, per Cent. 99.t kilt h Olf 1,0 1E59 00 ild REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Y ll O4 8 ' 5 Per Cent lOO 11 14 4 . . . 4 t ttle, 4 4 Per cent 76i v u the above payable in London. f ITO O' CLOCK. i Zo o l .... .......... 91$ . ......... . 91A I '4 TB OF TEADB; 100 S,.N t , r,. 100 ....._.__. e ._. • 1 , • 100 O ttl i t 'l%" l .t J 1 Opinion generally having 1 ,,,, arableCk ti tti t4 , 4 -40 - 4 , 14 ,j0 e an -6 a . s — regards anything beneficial '-'" pOijt to.Ta negotiations_ connected with the war, 20 1 4\ 4 4 tx ;', 7 did no . maintain the improved feel- 100 A ,), (i i , i aibited on this day week, but resumed is 20_ ,i tri ki ttiless A ,P N ni l • .s regarded both goods and yarns, 6 L 1 ,41 al pt.kY 44 firm as at that period, but the demand kke l° 11 1 7, 13P. 1n • d Greater hesitation to operate 20 - ta44l,4l•EihtP.alreJa.n 18.—Although no materia 4 ii 1 7,4 1 ,1k11 3 ,": noticed since the 16th, yet the market 20 (?Oil ', 4 4/,' BB ullaed a quieter character. f , iCiMil lt, Jan. 18.--There is not any amendment 20 it b -' 44 cO2tp,,, t.° _ 4( . 3 f_e . ithe r the hosiery or lace trades since 20 I . 4e fki Nt4 e? '.t , failures then mentioned continue, and K 111 "kct t l 'otiZ l L affairs in these reects become righted, l c 1 e the 2Al t) y 4 for any improvement in this town. 2( kil l o ) fla t " . ateli o ",, a _ ll . 1 8. —There is m only any a small business 2( th e c e p '11, i ." 11 generally. departments are here to n t t l lot`, 4o e 2)l ol d w h ea e t i her in m te a r ytend to relieve the goods, and so enable 1( 44 6 4 8 L 4 e1 (11 aa ,lttteerofstp in r a w trade. Some Governmenta 2( etilltiti; the 1 ; 4 5 1 _t number -r- of workmen employed, an kr 131 1 Prel l4c !I markets by causing the spinners to Of the orders m. quostion requiring a ' Price of wool is 285., and considered 2, 4141:NG INTELLIGENCE. 4 t : l'h b • ess amount of business 'O / i ChsltP . "' the liiining Journal of this day.) N,' , Itio to 4 .ere has been a good i(),.‘vfib,,,, ta11t4e",141:1143r i p n a e r a tic s u h l a a r r e c s ha h n a g y e e in be t e h; m in ar a k .s e rn t, a t n h d is , 1 1 tt 4o 44 i rupr I N 41801 eternent ill the mine, / os • Great Wheal I°l 46, 11/ . 8 havabeen done at 17. at . Basset, 30/. to 301. 1251. to 1351.; titi: tt, 4 . ; ta.sset, 560/. ; West . ill bet e ll I.l'. West Providence, 23/. ; toa quir e ' 10s. ; ire" le l l eci a , 4 after, at 18/. ss. to 181. ;North Basest V el lii ' se" er , a discovery, have been 9/ to 31/. ; t a •, sr T 4ivanced to 61. ; East Basset, . eq`,t4, 2/0/1.3% 9s. to 10s. ; Garreg, 7s. 291. to re- Grainbler ' 17, %t A ~; South Frances 300/. to 325/. ; Tamar, 6/. (1 0 ,' qd, u t 9l , 21/, 105.105. ; South_._ Bd. , St. Day 410 01 0 7 /. • North Robert, 18?. ; West Cara- ..1 1 Ile 'e t te ~„.. , _ Gan B ase NA.VII SOLD ORE.—Boiling Well, E üßlule'r• 4 4 lil:q 0,4e,t, Clijah and Wentworth, Devon _ ram. \Vi i kid 4°l; East Basset, East Tamar, Garrc, , t; t):,, M Alf; .4:,llbYn, Great Cowarch, Great Sheba Great 5( 4,03 4 ,--,, Great Wheal Fortune, Keswictkh, Wheal Leeds 2 2 1 0 kl uett,,,,r4urula United, North Downs, Nor S rtridge 4 t d li tti r srth Wheal Trelawny, Rosewarne, p p , ba;)l4, South Bedford, South Bog , Wheal 100 .11)11,11. nited, Vale of Tony,West Alfred, ' l 4l IP' W heal E* Consols, 20 South ° Garras 100 1_ A erfe s i ittv, Wheal Mary 2 ril l ! t .eo t • 8. Wheal , Tassan : . 11 tiltelt!ti.nes the market has decidedly 111 1. 1 4 0 t.. ".. 5et.,.......................... e,affar. improved t 4 O P .4. ...- , SANDS;—The 1. °O n , , V L B SEL ON THE GOODWIN SAND . for 04,4„,e,': zaaty William. of Youghal, from London .e fZlettC,utb, with gove t stores, struck on th ,tit 544,s4dhead on Tuesday morning. ' . Several boats ret:,llllti?,gr assistance, the crows Y of which remained by ,;,:( 1 41, .uursclky kfternoon, when the wind, freshening 1 %,;., 11 01 c i ',l s t, a t an he vessel having five feet of water in aftiled L'y'teliewnas ab andoned, the roaster . and crew being d able portion l) ,„ ea r ,,,, , ~ricline lugge r . A co a si er l.j.cf b a r, las been brought in by the boats,_ ucron.sist iron resteade ' !of clthing, puncheo ns of rum, n the r , &e., which have been deposited in theo flour, Illett.4eeeiver of droits 1 :, of Admiralty. No hopes are '‘l':_,k the easel, 50 50 100 100 STARE MARKETS. (Till SD AL) RAILWAYS. Illioaing Prices yesterdly RAILW/Tl5. 100 A.berdeen 87, .mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Binning. Wolverh. ,!; Stour Valley 294 Birkenlid. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juliet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20.. . 30 Myth & Tyn 3 origina £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Crdedonin 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 1i Crieff Junction 47 Dublin&l3elfastJune. all Dundee Perth &Aber dean Junction all Do. New...... 100 East Anglimi all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 81. Do., Now A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgov Edinh. and Peebles 100 Edin. Pith &Dundee 1 I , orth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 'loo Do., B. Stock , i9O Gt. Sth . &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 4 Do. Now Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksh 192 Do., Fifths 114 I{:k.)., Wet. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8... , 2 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 142? 2 Do., £5O . 34 Do., £4O all Lndrry& Col craine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Aanch.Shef.& Limb) ; 4F Do.,Man. &Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do.Birmng. &Derby all Aidld. G. West. (Ire,) 223 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 54 Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk Northn.Counties Un 100 North British RID North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., 4 B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do. do. G.N. E. Pluck all Do. Leeds . 100 Do. York all North London 8. ) Do. New £lO 11 ..&S.Wstru.,Hamp• stead, and City dn.. 17 North Staffordshirc. all North Western...—. all N. &S. Westrn. June, 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester . 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth . 100 Scottish Central . . 100 Scottish Midland all lihrewsby. & llerefd. it, al Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cen , I all south Devon ~ 100 loath Eastern all south Wales )5 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Due ) 5 Do ) 8 Staines, Wok &Wok ig 5 tll lokton itel c kton & Hartlepl ta, Gaff Vale ) 9 Do. £lO shares 103 Do. Pref., No. 1 5 21 flames Haven Deck and Railway all Vale of Neath 3 all Waterfd. & Kilkenni I) all Waterford&Limericic 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace 0 all West Loudon 0 111 s. Wimbledn & Croydon all Sntwerp&ltotterdaan 34 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissossac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia,Scrip 'Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and.Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France a l. ll o E D as o. t New all East Indian Do. Extension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Od. Juliet. of France 126 Gd. Tk of CanadaA. is. all Do. do ail Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stir . till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.WesternofCanad Shares.. ........ all Do. Bds., payable's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56.. all De. do., '76, p. '60.. all Di. do., '73, withon I option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Conet. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Genera 12 Lyons es Mediterran. 16. Madras 5 Do. New 31i Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Sh s.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 22Y. dui.. 88 yrs.l from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 20/. 3 p. s Bdi (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds • all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 parisCaen &Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre...- 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of Franco 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) , all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Pref 16 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand FOREIGN. 10 5 20 20 JOINT-STOI all lAustralasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminstc 35 National Provinciw of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales._ all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Cold Imp C 0.... all South Australia ...... all Union of Australia... 2 Do. New t; • tiAoA of leoodoil.livii Besinega ione this day. 20 - 20; 4i - 41 l• ..." ... 84 - 8 13 - 12 (I [6 171 8 7cl 94 - 96 61i - 62 13i - 14 9 - 11 4 - 3 6i - 7j 14 - 11 - 11.1 28 - 32 20 - 22 72 74 :J6 l 58 2d par 19a 20 68 70 Qoi aq 75 76 24 125 90 92 67i 681 60 - 62 74 - 78 T - 90 7 - 9 75 -75 i - 41 8 .06A —107 i LOll — lO l d d p 1 d 83i 844 8 i L• 7" 8 7 25?,- - 26 76 70i 41 - 43 d ip 11 9 1i— 49 - 51 li 3, - 31i ... 32 8, 10 66 7 76 6 —56 ti 4 34 I 13 136 54 55 52 54 Par 6p 6d fir . 4a 46 , 1 6 66 6d-6P 32 - 33 96 - 93 60 - 62 8 - 45 - 47 12 - 14 591 - GO, 28i - 29 -I :7 3 - 16 17 - 4 21 - ,3 54 - 64 6 - 7 q 7 1 - li d p - P 3. -3i d 321 -32 i 6 - 6 - - 8i - 76 S - 7 11 - 10(11 89 - 91 - 1 * - iP 15 3 / 4 - 163/4 97 iool 93 96 2 411 par 97 100, ... di. 2k 3i 211 211 i di lip . . ••• lid 1 d i 7 - 7 34 =34 12i 12 ••• ••• 47 49 40 42 Pm 21 22 ) id 21 7f ... -- ". 8a -- 9A 21h -- 21ip ••• 'M''' ... -pm li --: 6i - 661, ... '''" ii - ig BAN S. 79 -- 61 I'd— cd 31 - 21 - 21, A -- 38 37 - 39 39 -- 41 66 - 6$ g - 10 3e an ot.. po. 21.1 ex int. GA 7 25 St. 20 Bt. 20 20 20 20 100 100 20 25 25 25 20 10 20 20 Gli an ..._ 75 an a 125 x n si 67i i i 75 I 22 1011 i 2511 TO 69j I S 50i St 1 31i 77 6i 14 13 . ' 51i THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1855, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. FRENCH AND ENGLISH RIVALRY. ihr•lrai&l B.AILWAYII. Loasing Compass Clashtg Prists yesterday. IStudnaaa this day. (From the Press of this day.) If the remarkable prophecy of Mr. Disraeli, that "every Minister of the Coalition Cabinet would be damaged eventually by his connection with it," termi nated in mischief only to Lord Aberdeen's colleagues, many persons would regard such a result with the com posure of contempt. But it appears plain that the national credit is now seriously involved in the conse quences resulting from the culpable adoption by the Ministry of the inefficient (if not imbecile) Ministers of the War Department. The fact can no longer be concealed that, while our soldiers are second to none in courage and endurance, the campaign of the English in' the Crimea has been decidedly eclipsed by our French Allies. Although proud of the union with our illustrious neighbours, we cannot forget that between nations there is rivalry in the flank as well as in the front, and the his tory of human nature shows that emulation on the same side is often attended with keener feelings than when the antagonists are avowedly opposed. Barristers employed by one client in a great cause, physicians in consulting fur a serious case, divines in unfolding the intricacies of a knotty subject, arc evidently as anxious to excel each other for the sake of their personal reputation as if they stood upon opposite issues, and contended for different objects. So, also, in the histary of Parliament we can see that the competition between rivals is just as spirited as between antagonists. To apply these considerations to a practical purpose we must remind our readers that rivalry between nations partakes of the individual law that we have here indicated. National competition in war, manufactures, commerce, science, and literature is just as zealous and as stimulating as if single persons ale' not whole com munities were the competitors. How stands the case at present between ourselves and our gallant associates the French t In science and letters and civilisation we have both run a long and glorious race of competition. In more deadly rivalry we have shown heretofore that we were firemen worthy of combatting with each other. In our famious wars the fiery impetuosity of the French chivalry, and the terrible steadiness of the English reso lution, have been recounted with honourable impartia lity by both French and English historians. Unhappily, however, it would _seem that in the pre sent contest the French have decidedly surpassed us in the art of carrying on war without grievous losses. The miseries endured by the French have been trifling compared with what our troops have had to undergo. Our brave allies have, like our own glorious heroes, encountered the swarming numbers of the Russians. They have displayed prodigies of personal courage in the battle-field ; but they had not to endure being served with green coffee, without means to roast or grind it; nor were they put upon half, and even quarter, rations of raw, fat pork, without any fuel to cook it ; nor were their wounded allowed to lie in the sludge without beds of any kind ; nor had they to endure such horrors of the middle passage as were reserved for our wounded champions; nor had they—but we cannot go through the list of horrors which the French escaped, and to which our soldiers have so cruelly been subjected by the scandalous neglects of Ministers in office. Well, and what is the result t Look to the evidence supplied by the columns of the most, potent supporter of the Coalition. In the Times of January 15th, we read from one of its best correspondents writing from Con stantinople—" At this moment, the Turks are full of admiration at the greatness of the Western Powers, and especially of France." Then, after recounting the " en ergy" shown by the latter: nation, tie communication states—" It is not without something like humiliation that an Englishman finds how small a part his coun try fills in comparison with its ally, and how uni versally this struggle is spoken of by the people of the country as a war between France and Rus sia." Surely this statement is most painful, and deserving of the most serious attention. It is more remarkable, as the writer commemorates how great was the effect produced by the first ap pearance of the English in the East. It would seem, however, that owing to the evident earnestness of the Emperor Napoleon's policy, and his great resources, the skill of his officers, and the general effectiveness of his forces, an impression not flattering to England, as contrasted with France, was produced at Constantinople. But there are still later, and more mortifying, testi monies as to the superiority of our French rivals. In the Times of yesterday (Jan. lath) Col. Elves Napier has published a long letter, addressed to him from Sebastopol, under date of the 28th December. Its writer is an officer,and some of his statements are painful to our national pride, though we fear that they cannot be disputed. Thus he writes—" The French seem to have everything, plenty of clothing, food, and forage ; their horses look fat and sleek, and their commissariat mules splendid ; they beat us in everything but fight ing—both armies know that." This is, indeed, a painful admission, but it is corroborated by a letter from an as sistant-surgeon, printed in the next column of the same journal, who says— " The French, as I think I have told you before, beat us into fits as to arrangements and comforts." Unfortunately, these facts cannot be gainsaid. Hun dreds of private letters tell the same tale, and the cor respondents of the various journals, differing in many things, are nearly unanimous upon the superior feeding and coreforte enjoyed by the French. We know that is asserted, on excellent authority, " that the French London S. ' N. West. L. &N. W. daledon... 97 - 9 9 95 - 100 Gt. Nrthn. Caldonian. 133 - 135 Do Gt. WesLi Now. AL rem. Y. ALN i 65 -107 Easton - 12 - 13 22 - 23; 10 - 111 IPeto &Co. Norfolk k N. W • & IVlidld. Stekton Doxlingt. 2B - 2i 92 -- iii E. Count Do 57 59 I L. &N.W. &I.An&Y); Do iao == 'ill G't Northt; Lancash& Yorksh. ;tockt. Darlingt Do (ItWestn • a 31 - 32 91. - 93 ,ENCE SHARES. A 9 - 102 90 - 92 ii iia ••• ''''' ••• .'". ••• '''' ••• .". lii - alone have an army in the Crimea now." Our force is completely disorganised, and in whatever is under taken against Sebastopol, the French must have the " entire direction." Wooden houses are sent out, to arrive in January, for men who have been left to a Cri mean winter through December. The whole English commissariat system has broken down for want of wag gon-trains and adequate horses. The troops cannot get up their biscuit and beef, and is it expected that they can convey their wooden houses from Balaklava! And side by side are the French, " with plenty of everything." Surely the contrast is deeply humiliating to any man with a spark of honest British pride. No nation excels the English in method and practical talent for affairs. In the difficult art of colonisation we have surpassed all the world, and yet our army exhibits this melancholy in feriority in its physical condition. Ind why is this the case ? Its men are of the same stock as those wino filled the Crystal Palace with won der., and who have challenged the world to excel their industrial ingenuity. Many of its officers are of tried experience arid courage, and hew, therefore, can such mortifying contrasts have been shown ! It is because a great Red-Tapist presides over our War-office, and be cause no military man is in the Cabinet. It is because the most important of Ministerial offices is given to the worse than second-rate capacity of the Ddke of New castle, a politician who never previously discharged the duties of any great office of the State, and whose innate mediocrity of miad is patent to any one who ever passed an hour in his company, or listened to him twaddling in the House of Peers. There are persons who will say, while sighing over these statements, that the French have the advantage of an old military system, and that our English army is only improvised. The assertion savours of calumny against the institutions of our country. We shall not hero discuss the issues raised by that question, which can be better treated elsewhere ; but we are desirous of fastening attention to the fact that under the vaunted " administrative powers " of the Coalition, our army and our public service have been defrauded of the ho nour due to them. Nay, more, there is a case proved by the advocates of the Coalition, that our Ministerial mismanagement has tarnished the national credit and sullied the fame which our combatants at Inkermann and Balaklava so gloriously supported. Our soldier ship is admitted to have been first-rate, but of our states manship it is enough to say that ten thousand brave men perished under the fatal rule of the destructive Duke of Newcastle. Never had any country so incom petent a Minister of War. Nor can it be a matter of surprise that such painful comparisons are drawn in the East between the Frendh and the English so long as the latter perish under a War Department whose adminis tration is more calamitous than the hostility of the Em peror of all the Russias. it) I all ;t, 100 ;t. oo it. too ;5 I all l 5 all Z all )O all i 0 all 15 all 2. 1 , all 2 all !O all LO all St. 100 St. wO 51 all ;0 all ;(.' 5 all 2A nll it. 1(X) 15 2 1 9?, 311- 15 I all ',t. 100 t. 1100 h. 1100 !,5 30 ;t. 100 ?,0 5 h. 100 L 5 all all 6 all 6 all 3i all 5 all 7i 2 6i all 6i all .0 all 'X/ all 5 all LO all it. all R. 100 5 all 5 kll it. jloo It. 1100 ft. 100 t. 100 .0 8 64 all O 7 i 0 I 6 t4birb 35titton. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. WEIGHTS FO METROP OLE THE GREAT 'AN STAKES. Age st lb Rataplan Virago Muscovite The Nabob Balrownie Little Harry 6 9 0 Goorkah Talfouri 5 8 5 Scythian 4 8 0 Joe Epaminondas 4 7 12 Bracken Jonathan Martin 4 7 Huntsman 4 7 10 Mincemeat 4 7 10 4 7 8 La Belle 5 7 7 lanthe a 7 7 Star of Surrey Royalist 4 7 6 Kaflir 4 7 6 Catspaw 5 7 6 Dr. O'Toole N.wbold Neville Caliph Cardigan (late Mo nie Moses) 4 7 3 Boddicot 4 6 13 ,hap Lamprocles -. 4 6 13 Postulant 5 6 12 Quince 4 6 12 Gamekeeper Humguffin 4 6 11 The Exile of Erin 4 6 10 Seducer The Yore SirJamesGraham 4 6 10 Jack Sheppard ... 3 6 7 Rotheram Age st lb Saraband Rodomeli 4 6 6 Jujube Pharsilus Lady Tatton 3 6 4 Billingham 4 6 2 Linbcln's Inn 4 6 2 Border Chief 3 6 0 Bolton Fandango Remus Cores us Redemption Saucebox Cock of the North 3 5 12 13rinklow High Priest Nell Gwynne Paletot Vandal Julia— Launcelot 3 5 7 Cloud 3 5 7 General Picton.... 3 5 7 Chisel 3 5 5 Joshua Vandyke Neoptolemus 3 5 4 Vandyke Cossey Sis. to Singapore 3 5 2 Lancewood 3 5 2 Kettleby 3 5 2 Noisy Redlands Pantheon His Piper Steelyard Matilda 3 4 7 Imogene 3 4 7 Homily Fiona ma Coul (dead) 5 7 4 Terily the handicapper at Chester and the handi. capper at York display a wide difference of opinion. For the Metropolitan Stakes, an event which is decided as early in the year as March, the) scale of weights is fixed as high as lOst 21b, whilst for the Chester Cup, which is run for in May, it is only raised to get. That the Handicapper employed at Epsum was a "pet theory" is well known, but he will on this occasion fail to reduce it to practice. Judging from the man ner in which the imposts have been allotted, I am inclined to believe that the acceptances for the Me tropolitan will be comparatively Small, and the field proportionately insignificant. The weights have yet appeared inno other paper than The Sun. A FRESH MAN. Saturdy Evening. PRUSSIA. In the Second Chamber on the 17th the Minister of Finance applied for permission to continue to levy au additional 25 per cent. on all inland taxa tion (for the purpose of meeting the interest on the 30,000,000 thalers voted last session for war purposes) up till April, 1856, and for powers to continue to draw on the not yet exhausted 30,000,000 during the present yaar. These applica tions were referred to a c(ommittee. On the report of the committee on the Budget being brought up the House passed the first two items as recommended therein—viz. ' Land-tax, 10,084,182 thalers (1,512, 6271 .) with the rider, " the House expects that the Government, if pos sible in the present, but at any rate in the next ensuing session, will bring in the law promised in the charter for the repeal of all exemptions from land-tax" (this is an attack on many irrescriptive but invidious immunities from taxation enjoyed by the old Tory nobility,and was as such resented byHerr von Gerlach); and2d, Income-tax, 2,928,000 thalers (439,2001.) This item contains the addition of 25 per cent. for war purposes to the usual amount of the Income-tax, 2,344,000 thalers, and it was ex pected that an interesting debate would have arisen on this point, seeing that the whole 25 per cent. additional taxation has been levied ever since last August, although the whole amount of the loan, 30,000,000 has not been taken up. The Finance Minister, however, referred the House to the am ple explan Ltion which would be given in the Com mittee, on his application for the continued addi tion of 25 per cent. mentioned.above. The Austrian Minister at the Court of Hanover, Baron von Koller, was recalled from thence on the 13th inst. ; whether permanently and on what ground is not known. The Baron has at any rate given up his apartments there. A change of Minis try is expected at the Court of Hanover. Persons who have applied at the English mission. in Stuttgard, with the desire of entering into Eng lish military service, have been informed that, under the present more pacific constellation of cir cumstances, no definitive answer could be given them. A motion now lies before the Bund at Frankfort, on the ground of the 18th Article of the Federal Constitution, for prohibiting the en listment of German subjects in other than German military service. It is said that Austria will oppose this motion. As far as I can judge of the prospects of enlisting Germans in English military service, only the very faintest hopes of success ought to be entertained. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT - tA ARDEN. Owing to the severity of the weather, the supplies of vegetables in to-day's market were limited, and the demand for them was steady. In fruit very little was doing. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 65 to 8s Od per lb; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 6s Od to lOs Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 8d ; melons, Os Od to 0 s each peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s Oct to 8s Oct per bushel ; pears, 21 Od to 6s Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet • ditto, Os to O s Od , an d common plum s , 3s 0 1 to Os Oct per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; ns 9.3 s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Ose m t oo o ,sOctper to b ls . per ; walnuts, Od to Oct per 100 ; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. VEGETABLE. —savoy c abbages, oze lemons, l doz.; orange; 4e Oct to lOs per 100; fil berts, 6d to is Od per dozen ; red ; French beans, Os Oct to Os per half sieve ; brocoli, 61 to is 4 d per bundle ; po t a toes, 95s to 125 s p er ton ; vegetable marrow, Oct each ; peas, Os Od to Os Oct p er bush.; broa d beans, 9 d to is per half sieve ; turnips , l i d to lid per bunc h; carrots, 4 d to 6 d per E G ditto, E I T 2 l 3 S LE 0 3 d . TO S a ls " per bunch ; cucumbers, is 6d to 2s each ; garlic, Os 6d to N 8d per pcund ; spinach, 26 Od to 3s Oct per sieve ; onions, 2s 6d to 4s Oct per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. • l ee ks, 2d to Od per bunch ; shallots, 6d. to 8d ; horse-raddish, ls Oct to 5s 0,1 per bundle • parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, gd t o is mu A -1 per bunch ; endive, is 6d. to 2s per score ; beet, 8d to is 3d per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 25 Od per dozen • small unnet • salad, 3d to . Oct per p ~ mushrooms , is 3d to 15'6d per • rtichokes, 4s to 68 per d o. pottle , a ; cabbage lettuces, Oct t o is Oct per score ; sorrel, 6d to J. .. s per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Oct to 4s Od per half sieve ; chillies, 18 to is 6d per 100; Brissels sprouts, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. NEIVGATS AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 3s Od to 10s Od ; me Ge ese, 45 Od to 7s 6d each; Ducks, is 9d to 35 Od ; am Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; Od ; middling, 2s Oct to wild do., is to 2s Od each ; Pigeons, 8s to lOs per doz. ; large d S ; ls i , s os 6t O i d to 0, - 1 ; Capons, 4s Od to Gs Gd ; Hares 3s Gil to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, 15 9(.1 to 2s Od ; Pheasants, 3 s 6 , 1 to 4s Od ; Ach °stem Leverets, 2s Gd to 35 Gd e. . i fresh butter, 115 Od to 12s Od, and English lls Od to 15s Od. per dozen lbs. ur jh eY ick F en o s w , English Eggs, 10s Od to lls Ocl; French ditto, 7s Od to ta Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s ta ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; pork, 30 Od to 43 4d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL, veal, 3s Od to 41 4 d per Blbs, by the 4sß4edeft,o3Lo2adt;opo4srk2 ; mutton, 38 2d to 44 , d ; Germs°. .~--- BILLINGSGATE. -- Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s • Brills, 2s 6d to 7s eac h ; S a l mon , Os Od to Os per lb; Cod' Fish, 2s 6 d to 14s eac h ; Soles, 3d 3 t d ; o 2 s c 6 r a d per bs , - Gd to pair; Eels, 2s bsh; Mackerel, Od to Od ea ch ; Smelts, is to 33 Od p er doz. ; Skate, 6d to Os per 1b; Shri m p s, is 6d to 2s 6(1 per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od pe r doz. ; Fresh H errings, Gd Od od 8 ;d to latOi whindgsy 3s to 12s per doz.; Per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s Common Oysters, 10s to 168 ; Natives, 40s to 50s per to 8s per 100. ; Scotch do., Gd; Sprats, 2s 6d. to 5s Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Gd to 14 s each ; Haddocks, 8s to 20s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s. --_-- BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis arc) from 10(.1 to lid; of household ditto, SAd to A per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market 0 to Od ; 641 b t o 721 b, 30 hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3 to 3cl; 721 b to 801 b, ha to 4d ; 801 b to 881 h, 4d to Od ; 381 b to 961 b, 4d to 40 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to ‘4(1; 104 t c o all Ocl ski ; upwards, 0 2 ci so t d o to 0 d 38 ; o fl d o ; rs d e it h t i o d , es iul l! 6 .a d i t i- o 2 o lb s 0?1 (1 ; 73 9d ; Kents, 5s 6s 6d to 3d6s 6t(01 6s s o 3 0 d s ; Od a ; if p . o b l r l e e d , d 9 , s a s eP , 3d to 63 3d; Downs, 4a 2d to 5s 2d ; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. HAY kARKETS. SlartmELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to G 15s Ocl ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 114 s to 1/ 108 per load ; Supply limited, and trade steady. UIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 3s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 12s ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ u s per load. 1/ 103 per load. Both hay and straw sold readily, at very full prices. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 11 14s; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 6/ Os; and straw, it as to A. moderate supply and steady &wand. Bedford and Bletcbley Bitckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. I Glas. Barr. St, Neils. Direct Do. New...... Olstr.& Dn. Fr Irtlpl. Dk. Railway Tull S, Solby )o. 4 Sharon. )0..i Shares. rLon.k Greenw Do. Preference Lou. , Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. " Minch. Man. and Matlock Kiddloibro' Redear . 'Ntidld.Bradfd Northern an Eastcrnsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixcds p ()rest. & i'4 Sri Do. Shares. ,Roystn.k Hit. shef.Roth I nc Goole g. 5 p.c. Staffordsb. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wiltskqornrst PREFE: Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. BlythandTyne c. pref. (issd. Bris. Sz, Ex. 4 p. Do. 4 p. c. Sha Caledonian £ll Cbester & Holyheae Guar. 5i per cont , Do. do. Pref. No. 2 , Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsap.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction , _ _ _ EastAnglian (X 3104 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent. Do. (.E7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. Si Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner centS Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. ets 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. c. prom..., Do. 4 t i p. c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Wcstn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 43 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c...• Do. Birm. Prof. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. o. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. do Dir. do. do ............ Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. • ... Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... London St S. Weston , Con. Thirds Londondenylt Color . Shares Londy. & Ennis., R Man., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Sfarypt. Carl. 4 p s Do. 4A per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ Do. Prof. CI per cent Norfolk Debenture . Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stocl4 Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 51 per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c gortk British Si. E., Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.o I Do. do. Quarters 4$ Do.YorkH, & cz. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, qn.c. Scot. Cent. , New Prot Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d, Do. 4l per cent S.Yoricsh.4p.c.Guar S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c Stockton and Dar- It. 100 :0 all :0 all ?,0 all :5 all 5 5 .2 t all lington, 6 per cent Do. do. do, IStockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Watorfcl.&lCilk.6p,c. 5 1 4 MINES. 1111. 1 all Agua Fria ....... . I s all Anglo Austrin. Gold 1 . 0 all Anglo Californian — g 20 6 Australian —l/ all Australian Cordillera - 1 all Australian Freehold. j 1 all Ave Maria , -- 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of; 50 all Blxnarvon Iron and Coal 20 1.3.5 British Iron 5/ —6/ 35 = 5 Bra,zilianlmp.(issued at pm 2/ 21 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —g2 1 t CQ.rsons's Creek 1 * Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • Id par 40 all Cobro Copper 49 51 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 50 —45 25 all Do. Prcf. 7. p. cent, par 2 p 16 Copiapo .... •. * . ... .• IS 17 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Go 11 I Fortuna ed 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg — 3i 4 Great Polgooth • •• all Liberty - ••• 3 all Linares 7 ... 8 7.1 1 all Mariquita — 10 9 Mexican&S.A.mericn 5 7 1 all Now Granada 1 all New Linares Minin and Smelting C........- 1 all Nouveau Monde -- 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 14 15 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 2 24 15 all Do. New — 30 111 Santiago de Cuba 3 3 41 it 1 all South Australian 1 11 10 7/ Tin Croft ....... 1 2 28 11 1 aa a ll IW U W n ea luir:tsedrlMa rip o i c a s a n 2— 3 'a 1 12s. Worthing Mining o A .•• 1100 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS 5 all A.ubin Coal and. Iron 25 17 Australian Agricult. 33/ 11<4/ , 20 4 A.ustralsn.Pcific.Maii 10 all AuKraln. Royal Mail 1111. - 10 5), Berlin Water Works 1111. 2. 50 40 Brit. .American Land - 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 321 Canada 102 104 x a St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6 p. et. Jan. and July POI 107, x d 5 all Crystal Palace 2t 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 5 Eastern Steam •• 25 2 1,1 1 1 2 t e e c c tir l e ie le le g g. rap o l f t . `, 17 1 ••• 15 14 Gen. Steara Navigat. 20 all General Screw Stean' 13 20 10 Irish Beetroot Suga , 20 10 liagdalena St. Navi 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Te • 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue . 10 5 Netherlands. Land —1/ 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 121 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2/ 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental x a 50 all Do. Do. ... ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co 2 -- 62 / 1.00 60 B,oyal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll -- 2 1i 25 all south Austral. Land 35 -- 36 1 all ,übmar. Telegraph — 1 1 all 10. Registered. ...- 1 - 3.Q0 a l VAR Pima' s ;:t U. THE CRIMEAN SESSTON. There have been Parliaments and Sessions of so distinct a character as to go down to posterity with some titular addition. There was once " the Un- learned Parliament," more recently the " Long Parliament" and the " Rump." But, when one _ _ comes to think of it, no session ever deserved this sort of honour so Much as tkat which cam• and passed by so mysteriously before Christmas. One might alinost flare forgotten it, among rumours good and bad, Christmas extravaganzas, and the continual flow of dismal tidings from the East, were ono not reminded of the fact that Parliament meets next Tuesday. Yes, the Session, in the dull, working-life sense of the word, begins next Tuesday evening. Then, what was it that we had in December ? What did it do ? For what pur pose were a thousand noblemen and gentlemen summoned from all parts of the United Kingdom, as one further remembers, in kot t liaste, before the day formerly named pro forma ? Rumour said that money was wanted, . and nothing was more likely than that, when British life was poured out I as freely as water, England might hasten to redeem her thousands with her millions—leer dear men with her cheap money. Of one thing we are certain, that England would readily have consented to sacrifice everything, whether presently or prospectively burdensome, fur the rescue of her Sons and the maintenance of her honour. However, that object was instantly disavowed, as being a matter of no urgency, and quite unworthy of the sum mons which had excited all this speculation. Well, Parliament mot. All that it professed to do was comprised in two measures ; the one an act enabling Government to move the militia regiments abroad with their consent ; the othor one permitting regi- ments of foreigners to be trained in this country - - that is, virtually permitting the formation of a foreign legion. The two measures were treated as parts of one whole, and were discussed very seri ously indeed. Doubts were expressed as to the practical value of the second measure, and some amusement was shown when it was admitted, on the part of the Government, that they had no idea whence the foreigners were to come ; but no one doubted the sincerity, the earnestness of Govern ment. It was supposed to be, if anything, too desperately bent on its measure. It doated on its one pet. It was prepared to run all sorts of risks at home and abroad foi this one great stake. The jealous honour of Englishmen and the nervous ter rors of foreign potentates were alike disregarded in a measure which the present generation, in its innocence, abhorred as much as the pressgang, the slave trade, and other time-honoured institutions. That England, the mother of heroes, the peopler of the world, the prolific parent of the United States and British America, of Australia, and many other busy shores, should go about seeking men to fight under her banners in default of her own children, seemed so scandalous that the first feeling of the nation was to reject the measure without a moment's inquiry. How ever, a swarm of precedents and a cloud of argu ments were shown for it, and, when they failed, Ministers appealed to the confidence of the nation. This was as much as to say, " We know what we are about. We are doing our work quietly, but securely. Do not distrust us or disturb us. Time will prove us in the right. Wait, and you shall see what you shall see." The nation acquiesced rather sulkily, with a protest. Such was the con fidence demanded from the nation. How has it been justified and redeemed ? The answer is, " Not at all." The two mea sures have remained a dead letter. A thousand noblemen and gentlemen have been summoned, and the solemn pageant of Royalty has been in voked to procure the engrossment of two docu ments, which so far, are about as valuable as a lease and release of land from Stokes to William Styles in the year 1500. Not a militia regiment has been sent abroad, not a foreigner enlisted at home. So far as regards any actual operation, the bills might just as well be now in the hands of the intended movers ready to be laid on the table next Tuesday or Wednesday. Were we wrong in de preciating the measure, which has proved thus abortive ? Were we rash in condemning that which refuses to be tried ? Why, the whole has been a leap in the dark. Up to this date, whatever private instructions Government may have sent to its Ministers and Consuls abroad, all that has been done in foreign countries has been in the nature of the most emphatic pro test. Even in Switzerland the Confederation has warned recruiting agents from its territories. Other States have done the same their own way. From our correspondent at Kiel it appears that Government has not ventured to do anything at almost the only place where such extra-national schemes could be carried out—in the free city of Hamburg. The experiment has been tried for them, and has failed. Au adventurer from the famous Schleswig-Holstein army—a man who might, perhaps, rally round him some of those war like spirits—hearing of the proposed Foreign, Legion, went to Hamburg for further information, and thinking, too, that he might even find a British agent authorised to treat with him., All the reply to his inquiries he got in Hamburg was an edict, denouncing punishment and expulsion from the territory on all whogmight bo instru mental in engaging recruits for the service of any foreign State. y He returned home, and has natu rally (riven up all idea of serving a Government which ° has shown so little earnestness, not to say sincerity, in its measures. The news elsewhere is utterly blank on this subject. Sardinia, indeed, has joined the league, and we expect a Sardinian contingent ; but they will be allies, not mere auxiliaries, and their services would be just as available without the Foreign Enlistment Act as with it. This act, then, is a complete failure so far. Perhaps it will be said that it was only an experiment, and, as such, not warranted against failure. It certainly is not in the power of British statesmen 'to make all the peoples and Governments of Europe on a sudden chivalrous and brave. We can enlist them in the service of European inde pendence if they will come, but we cannot force them to fight a battle which is really for them selves. But what is to be said for the Militia Act, of which the whole operation is British ? Why, Go vernment has not sent a single regiment to the Mediterranean, and we hear only to-day that one is to be sent. Might not that one have waited until after Tuesday next ? If a sitting so abortive, so visionary, and unprac tical deserves to be remembered at all, let it be called the Crimean Session. It partakes of the same character as all the operations of this horrid war. There is bluster, preparation, schemes, promises, and everything but one thing, and that is perform ance. The December meeting has ended as it be gan, just as the siege of Sebastopol leaves us where it found us on the 28th of September last. Like a bad tenant, our General promised us Sebastopol first at Michaelmas, then on Christmas-day, and we shall think ourselves very lucky if we get a re spectable instalment of the city by Lady-day. As with the whole, so with all the parts and details. The vastest preparations that ever were made all eid in a haze of impossibility. Seven miles of had road interpose between all the resources of the Bri tish empire and the salvation of her grand army. Never was there such a satire on ships and steam, on hearts of oak, and all that we aro proud of. Wo see them all end in nothing, fairly stuck in the mud, floundering in bilge water and in harbour filth, dying in the ditch, sinking into a literal Slough of Despond. Such, too, as if by a law of fate, was the charac ter of the December sitting. It has come to no more than shiploads of winter clothing, huts, and railways seat to the Crimea. There it lies, a wreck on the bleak shore of the past. Not a plank remains of the two bills, which only two months ago Ministers were ready to die for. A mysterious cause vitiates our measures and stultifies our counsels. Both at home and abroad they come to nothing. Instead of the thrilling words and glow ing deeds of working life, we see dreams, chintter as, fantasies, impossibilities looming b i g upon us in a mist of threats and promises, but evading our grasp, and finally disappearing from our view. Some thing is wanted to release us from this unpr o fit a bl e circle, this perpetual retracing of our steps, that only leaves us whore we began. Something must be done to disenchant Government, Parliament, the army, the nation, of this Ci mmer i an obscurity ' of vision and inanity of performance. Such is not the usual character of the British people ; so in ' that people, we have no doubt, the remedy is to E be discovered. The way to reach it is too large a question to be despatched in a day.—Times. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. —Last evening the mem bers of this society favoured the public with the Judas 11Iaccabcns of the divine Handel. A more appropriate oratorio could not be selected in these warlike times, abounding, as it does, in so many patriotic sentiments and touching and spirit-stirring allusions to the hazards and vicissitudes of war and the blessings of liberty and peace. This sacred drama was evidently produced with great care, nothing being omitted necessary to an effec tual interpretation of the great composer. The orchestra, consisting of nearly 700 (including 16 double basses), under the able direction of Mr. Costa, performed their parts with unerring precision, and, notwithstanding a request that the audience might give no interruption by a pplause or encores, elicited repeated marks of approba tion. The principal vocalists were Mademoiselle Ruders dorff (the Israelitish Woman), Miss Messent, Mrs. Luckey, Mr. Sims Reeves (Judas), Mr. Weiss (Simon), and Mr. T. E. Williams. There was an overflowing audience, and hearty and repeated acknowledgments were made to the musical powers of the vocalists, parti cularly those of Mdlle. Rudersdorff and Mr. Sims Reeves, who achieved waxy triumphs during the evening. ~_ •• • ''' •.• '' •• • "''' i - 4 - 12i -- ••• ..."-.' LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LoNnox, Jan. 20.—Wind and weather this day at Noon, fresh breezo from northward and eastward, with a hard frost. COWES, Jan. 19.—The Woodbine, of Cardiff, has been got oft shore: rORTgMOUTH, Jan. 19.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Sinopo, from Constantinople, for Antwerp, with damage Cana dian (French steamer), transport, No. 176, from London, for the Crimea ; H.M.'e steamer Janus, westward, and left for the eastward. Back of the Goodwin Sands.—Goo. Henry Wampas, from Hamburg, for Adelaide, S.A. Off the Lizard.—Tomate, from Sarawak. Dovien, Jan. 19.—Wind. E.S.E. Arrived—Helene and Olga, from Porto Cabello, for Hambnrgh. PLYMOUTE, Jan. 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—John , Barlett, from Manilla, for Antwerp; Laurel, Callao. Sailed—Colonist, for Australia. FALMOUTH, Jau. 19.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Caracta cus, from Callao and Liverpool; Emma, St. Domingo, for Havre,. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 19.—The Eugenio has been assisted off shore, leaky. MALDON, Jan. 19.—The Jessy, tho Elizabeth, and a foroign brig, which were on shore on the Black Tail, 14th inst., havo been got off. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 19.—Sailed—Black Sea and the Celerity, for Balaklava. • GRIMSBY ILOADS, Jan. 19.—Arrived—Phooniz, from Callao, for the Moray Firth, in want of supplies. Jnnszv, Jan. 18.—Wind, E. Sailed—Zarab, for Bar loadoes. CROOKHAVEN. — Arrived — Dartmouth, from Mazagan, for Queenstown. ST. IVES (Cornwall), Jan. 18.—The Maria (sloop), of Padstow, has been fallen in with in a sinking state, and abandoned, but has been brought in here. WOOLLENS FOR TIIE NAVY.—The Government orders for supplying the navy with woollens were issued on Wednesday. Several of the manufacturers and merchants in Leeds -and district have born successful in their tenders. A.roTHEcAntEs' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the scienco and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practice, on Thursday last :—Henry John Thorp, Mahlon, Essex ; James Hutcheson Whiteside, Stockton-on-Tees. Tus CoNvicr BARTIIELEMY.—The execution of this criminal is fixed to take place on Monday next, in front of the Old Bailey. The usual preparations for carrying out the last sentence of the law were commenced yes terday, and extraordinary precautions will be taken in anticipation of an unusual crowd of spectators. CHURCH BELLS.—M. Bay, jun., a watchmaker at Sainte-Austre-berthe (Seine Inf6rieure), has discovered a means of repairing the bells of churches, when cracked, without the tedious process hitherto considered indis pensable of recasting them. The operation is said to be very simple, and does not necessitate the removal of the bell from its place, ;t. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 ii ei 12i 911 25 9.11 .0 all ' 6 46 .2A all .2i all 2i 106 ,t. 100 >t,. 100 Si 10 25 10 L. 0.6 1. C. )10per at 500 c. St. arcs. 0 $P 13 P i 116 90 fli 15/ 131 lt 1135 •e• "'"' oft 2i- 3 pl 1. 13 i , al) 136 - 138 ii - LI g 7 - 90 104 - 105 100 - 102 90 - 92 - 33 'i ----- i'd 114 - 116 12 id 23 - 24 97 - 99 13 -18 la -- IP 14 p,J 2441 I oi i LIT EBA7'UBE. 11(anua/ of the Mercantile Law of Great Britain and Ireland. By Leone Levi. Smith, Elder, and Co. In a country like ours, owing in so large a degree her exalted position in the scale of nations and in ternal prosperity to commercial enterprise, the ut most simplification of mercantile law would appear to be especially desirable. Our commercial rela tions extend over every portion of the globe, and few among us but at one time or other feel the need of a knowledge of some branch of the law by which commerce is regulated. It is to be regretted, therefore, that much remains to be done in this direction—that, in short, a codification of mercan tile law is still wanting. True, such codification " can never limit the multifarious exigencies which constantly give rise to new principles, or to modi fications and expansions of those already settled." But, as Mr. Levi observes, there are certain prin ciples which, proceeding from natural law, and be-. ing founded on pure ethics, are fixed and immove able. These are daily applied in the solution of in tricate mercantile questions in our courts of justice ; and the effect of codification would be to render these great principles familiar to commercial men, whilst a more extended knowledge of them would tend to introduce greater certainty in mercantile transactions. To supply this want of a code many treatises and manuals have been written, and to a certain extent particular authors have been suc cessful. To Lord Ten terden, for instance, we are indebted for an excellent summary of the Law of Shipping—to Chitty and Addison for a valuable exposition of the Law of Contracts ; and to other eminent jurists, both American and English, we are under similar obligations. Among these Mr. Levi is deserving of honourable mention. Tho lecturer on Commercial Law at King's College, and the author of several works, he has already earned the reputation of being a learned and liberal,- minded jurist. His " Commercial Law of the World" needs no commendation of ours, and we allude to it merely as having indirectly suggested the preparation of the present work. The title, " Manual of the Mercantile Law of Great Britain and Ireland," describes at once its object and scope. Less compendious than the pre ceding work, it is eminently adapted for a class and for ordinary use. It contains the laws which affect international commerce. Individuals who exercise the mercantile profession, partnerships and companies formed for commercial or banking ope rations, and bills of exchange and promissory notes, together with suggestions for the amend ment of some portions of our mercantile jurispru dence. The name of the author is a sufficient guarantee for the accuracy of its exposition of the law, and we are able to pronounce very favourably on the manner in which the various subjects are presented. At once concise and lucid no person of ordinary understanding can mistake the author's meaning, while a judiciously subdued vigour ren ders perusal easy. At King's College mercantile law has been added to the branches of science there taught, and should, as is most desirable, this ex ample be followed in our other seats of learning, the present manual can hardly fail to be in great requisition. A list of the authorities consulted is given • a table of cases referred to also from the English, Scotch, Irish, American, and French re ports, together with tables of exports, including the table of the exports of the United Kingdom for 1853. Among the suggestions of the author submitted in foot notes is one relating to minors : —" The difference between the law of England and Scotland, in the age in which a minor may act as a trader and be rendered responsible to his en gagements, might be removed by fixing for the United Kingdom eighteen years as the age at which a person may bind himself by his acts of trade. When we consider the amount of infor mation generally possessed by young men devoted to mercantile pursuits, and the business habits which they early acquire, the complete disability which attaches till the age of twenty-one may prove in many cases most injurious. No inconve nience was experienced in France when the age of majority was changed from twenty-five to twenty one, and such is the physical and mental develop ment now in progress in this and other countries that a reform in this great social institution may be rendered necessary." Another suggestion, and this is the formation of a court to have a complete jurisdiction in all questions connected with trade, shipping, and bankruptcy. In the author's own words : " When we consider the tardy and expensive pro cedure of the Court of Chancery, and the anomaly of preserving the distinct jurisdictions of law and equity in the settlement of mercantile pursuits, it would seers most important to the interests of commerce that one tribunal should be formed, having complete jurisdiction in ail questions connected with trade, shipping, and bankruptcy. The constitution of new courts is neces sarily attended with much difnculty and expense, but the principal elements of a commercial tribunal might be engrafted on one of the existing minis. It sae been suggested that the Cuurts of Bankruptcy might easily embrace the whole commercial jurisdiction. They are already, to a certain extent, courts of law and equity, and of all others seem most competent, by their acquired experience and by their constitution, to sift commercial questions and accounts. Thee, , tablishment of improved tribunals to decide claims by and against partners in all partnership disputes was recommended by the Commit tee of the House of Commons of 1851 on the law of partnership." The work, which is dedicated to Baron Nike, is well got up; and a future volume is announced, which will be devoted to the relation of agency, shipping, insurance, and other branches of com mercial law, and will be welcomed. Choice and Cookery of Fish. Longmans, London. This is one of the most useful volumes of the kind ever issued. We find in it concise and lucid directions, both as regards the selection of fish and the dressing of it. Now, these two subjects have often been treated by various writers, but we have never mat with a work so thoroughly clear on the matters of fact, nor so mentally pleasing in the rendering of those matters of fact. Piscator, the author of the book in question, not only enlightens with culinary tactics, but he interests with a gra phic sufficiency of natural history relative to fish. With the salmon and the sprat, the mackerel and the mussel, the conger and the crab, the turbot and the tench, he is equally at home. He seems to be cognisant of all processes between the shoal in the fishing boat and the sauce in the butter boat. Ho can tell you the best management of a white shark and the most delicate condiment for a red herring. We beg to state that the ladies of our household are so satisfied with Piscator's agreeable and sensible edification, that the volume has been appropriated by them, and on the warrant of this we cordially commend the book to all who like a fish dinner in perfection. ►WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds 11ercury of this day.) LIMB, Jan. 19.—We have no material change to re port in the state of the woollen market this week. There was a good attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls on Saturday, and an average business was done. But on Tuesday there was considerably less activity, and a flat tone was rather prevalent. There continues to be a good business done in balk cloths, out of the market ; some large manufacturers are selling considerable quantities. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 16.—The market to-day was again of a flat character. There was little business done either in the cloth-hall or the warehouses. Prices continue firm, both in wool and goods. No alteration in the former is expected to take place anterior to the February 'wool sales. SCOTCH TWEED TRADB.—The finer and more fanciful descriptions of tweeds have been in limited demand for a very c onsiderable period. The commencement of the depression was contereporaneous with that which came upon the English markets, and has never since expe rienced relaxation or exhibited anything like buoyancy. The heavier fabrics, principally manufactured in the counties of Roxburgh and Dumfries, were not so early affected, nor are they yet so depressed. There is, how ever, great dulness, which has lasted for three months, and presents no signs of revival. BRADFORD, Thursday.—Very little doing ; spinners buy cautiously, as their trade is anything but satisfac tory. Yarns—This department is exceedingly dull, and we regret to say that several spinning establishments have succumbed to the times. Pieces—Stocks are low but there is no inducement to increase them materially. HALIFAX, Jan. 13.—We have nothing to add to last week's report of the trade here, except that there is greater activity in the wool market, and the more useful descriptions of fleece and skin combingare a shade dearer. Stocks are by no means large, though rather on the in crease, and will be so. WRECK OP TILE BRIG DANIEL, OF ANTWERP.—A letter has been received at the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, dated Paignton, communicating the loss of the Belgian brig Daniel, of Antwerp, from Flushing for Con stantinople, with a general cargo, off Paignton. The captain says that he mistook the Start Light for that of a vessel, and did not discover his mistake until she was broadside on to the beach, close to the Torcross watch house. She was discovered by the coast guard at mid night on the 13th inst. The crew, 11 in number, were saved. All approach for the purpose of getting any thing out of her was entirely cut off—a strong wind was blowing at the time. A more extraordinary wreck pos sibly never occurred. Tho last light the captain saw be fore was Beachy Head, but the master thought the Start must hare been the Caskets, and afterwards took it for a ship's light ; he was steering, W. by N. They were all perfectly sober, and the wind was as fair as it could blow. The captain bad two compasses on board in good order. A CANINE PRISONER OF WAR.—Among the " pas sengers" by the Candia, just arrived from the Crimea, is the dog formerly belonging to the Russian Governor of 13alaklava, which was taken prisoner by the British, and was actually wounded in the leg during a skirmish. lie now belongs to Captain Field, of the Candia, and limps about the deck, raakiug friends with every one. 3 2i 27/1 I I