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

1 either J°"_,,ll) throw OP" ism. )ü blishes 16 f which 13 (Id en sent to ; befoe le; Id be l i r o , Presse 1 ,0: current Il e ,n, ;ers burg , 7 !? mours are .n metrolv; ;s5 in metro The e i " I also rise . , 0 ersburg, tba't, gist sons for AND e g SO fr ki )fr'o tilA t is l 'Ar ,011, o ld 0 1 an shiPP t o 1)11 , v voro r 03° °1353) 0 NEY MARKET CO3I2dEROIAL INTELLIGEN( I. ..)eease ............Sher .. I)e-posits Ileepeorsilitse 84e4liacyrea,and other Bills et'llrlatleern eta;:eurities oa. Increase 'tq,,teurhies tots nutleeenare_a2so :en taken at ss. I,d. per ounce. •••••••••••• --.----'---- CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. e sales of 7 cotton at Li ver p oo l y es t er d a y wer e "rnated at fo r e ort. ',OOO b a l es, i nclud i ng 1,000 ta k en lA 484, The mark e t was qu i e t , b u t pr i ces were t e e' Railway shares were dull and flat, a t tether lovrer prices. ,_illivere Were very important alterations in the Zl4 tot of the L the Bank of England during the week 11,1;13th inst., and most of these were due to the th e ~e rr l Y Payments, including the dividends and 1401:eialiding of 'caps made while the transfer for„'lwere closed, although the bullion sent away 4447 French loan must also have had some in lit c e• The balance to the credit of Government : t 4ll all, but it remains to be seen whether etlr r 1 , 1° 1 1 . 1 will so far augment it as to meet the )iiee— hen far outlay. Compared with the pre 4.2feek, the changes were as follows :._. r give circulation £20,117,09.) h ere 435,395 it t m„ aae 12,539,114 'gun 1, Decrease 1,123,270 Pahl;ju•er..,....' 36,442 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 cuployed 6,763,465 T ito "'ease belonging to the Peninsular and . S team h Company, which leaves South- N, 4 7":lay for India, &c., has 51,5001. in 1 51 .t v ° 8, 41, viz., : 40,800/. in gold for Malta, 4 44. 4 Alexandria, and 700/. in silver coins dents of specie direct from Londoi dur 0002ek ending last Thursday comprised ees of silver, 560 ounces of gold, and ) Ita. i . " 4 Yesterday afternoon more firmness in P 2 exchanges. Bills dated 90 days were ' 2 74 to 30 on Paris, 11 174 to 17i on T'' l3 51 to 51. on Hamburg, and 12 30 Neste. a, ,7 8 demand for gold for the Continent. uer h 4eit ing is the total estimated amount of 4tkr 4 1 11e4 e l ed, reduced, or expired, during nine rk ging nearly 1,000,0001. annually : Uni Great B r i ta i n. Ireland. United .. Kingdom. 1,) ..""-. 3,391,746 £211,815 £3,603,561 i t 730,418 4,810 735,228 :". 328,823 16,063 344,886 '' 544,362 41.606 585,968 1 8 7 '' 359,989 28,809 388,798 h k l 30 9,728 24,423 334,151 ••• 763,261 37,803 801,064 '"•• 9 3,287 2,641 95,928 a: l ,'" 1,366783 132,691 1,499,474 41 % vßhfunds have been extremely depressed, er3r l ugubrious statements of the Times condition of our army in the Crimea, the in sending out the militia, and the pros th:ee from the Vienna conferences, have iLsilspicion that the weakness of the ll oWn to that journal, and a change The impression to be produced at St. 4 1lj ee - ,"Y articles of this kind is generally Of 51i f ° remark here. Consols have been e W z r t ransfer, and 91i toi for account. 13(4 ' Cents, have been 92 to 921-, and the /1' It ° Bank Stock has been as high -ere is ;, %e quer Bills are 4s. to 7s. premium. 4 °l ue paucity of business in Foreign .° t t t , Turkish Bonds have been done a 41 g steady. Ecuador are dull at 4, of th 6 t , sr Cents. are marked 100. The of ri eali other stocks are nominal in the no w ' l g. In g are the nominal prices of foreign :;1 114cl a Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi -16 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three '49 t° 51 ; Port uguese Four per Cents., F' ) Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; v ilr-an d - a - Half per Cents., 89 t o 91 ; ''lovir Deferred, 18 to 18i ; ditto Three ') 3 71 to 371 ; ditto Certificates, 44 to 51; t 4 iVe, 4 to 4/. harket exists f or R a il way s h ares owing i luew l oess of home stocks ; but the actual .f I Peetalt: i e % is not so great as it would be are them was at all large. Foreign Mi -I ' l4 much alteration. ile s) }3 a Ve, 11- ' B , and Land Companies' shares • 4 141 1114 r )8 TIFLIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. t ( L ' r ° l 4 th,e Official List.) C ca ßusiness done ......... . • 211 .. ............... . .. 91l n tuani . ttes . 4it "`"" a unities ~„; A nnuities i lik c-400 0 11 14 1. 4 7 e _4000 11 14 i'llilantiBcth February ii(;; ......... • ........ ' 418 58,. 3i . per Cent. 994 pt 1 859, P/D REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. kt 4. 5 p er Cent lOO 11 3, 6 cent 114 4 (1 76 e kis on thea u b t ove payable in Loudon. no 4u TWO O'CLOCK. bitil ie • • .. . 911 ............................ bruary Acconnt . • . 91 )9 2" ---- ....._:-.....-- 4 TE OF TRADE. t to ki ktil l' l, o o tttrt —........._ 'ldi k de f a ll ,v i o jan. 16. Opinion generally baring 4 14 1 ,0 , 041 ,, urable as regards anything beneficial kVti t r ,Te negotiations connected with the war, SIVA e . 2 4 3' did not maintain the improved feel- S t l t itil et ,"suibited en this day week, but resumed its l'il t -NViill 4 , e as• As regarded both goods and yarns, kkl k iltit,l b , firm as at that period, but the demand NA t 4p 1)41 ,' I mpaired. Greater hesitation to operate .kq b Ent. Jan. 18.—Although no material i tt 1 411, 8 noticed since the 16th, yet the market k N o". quieter character. 4. 1 .\, 4 _44 / ,In•cl a Itt 4 lt' ' 'Jan 18.--There is not any amendment itit -1 04 • . cob,h of either the hosiery or lace trades since Ilte.i . tii t ,„:.i. • failures then mentioned continue, and [' i t , l4l Q,.. o tl, 4 o l ,_affairs in these respects become righted, ~,qa I , , At t, J .". for any improvement in this town. th,,,,1fi k. 4 41 1 , a 'n• 18.—There is only a small business tliCte t ,, T1 1 1 „ 8 " generally. Many departments are 4 t 1,7 W i ll ot cold weather may tend to relieve the NO k,"° C 4l e of their winter goods, and so enable e th 'etic e t . ,P 4 l l etter spring trade. Some Government I,tili tle t he Weir number of workmen employed, and fi t - ItlAdOreb - E'ol markets by causing the spinners to ''' -a. cif : 1 0 111 to the orders in question requiring a °'• Price of wool is 285., and considered ~........ :6112 171 t2VG INTELLIGENCE. d 0i 4411 Fi 24 " 1 , toe Minin g Jo urnal od of amountthid day. :b k i e i t s , in t e h s ie s R es g, WiZti-ttilltere has been a go °ltill•l44 ,4113' Particular change in the market, i ili ilia g te 41, .e', Mines shares bar been in demand, whela IPettf N .' IraPrOY. tin the mine, at . l2 G s v l e . a t t o 135 .; ke,eill°.l3 ha Yeb n ee e n n done at 171. 10s. , !Atii l ,,:k. div ; ,Basset, 560/. ; West2B37.ss.etN, ;North to 301. 1 4 t ,,„ tuo tii ,:_ I West Providence, 231. 3,l4;i7lete,ell';_qt)aiter, .at 181. ss. 10s. ; Tre a f t us v . e ,. ,5115__atici 4 Z_ I n a _thsco discovery, ingreat 31/. ; Basset, 291. have been uhit_v_t Tows7a_. ced. to Cl.I. ;East _ Garreg, , St. koo ' l , 2/ . Y,, , , us. to 10s. ; G b 7 e s e . n ed. Ik4t. Alit: Qouth Frances, 30 a 0/. t ' 0 .8 3 q1 2 0 5 u / t . h ; WT :G as r m : l :b Caal yr ... 40 4 ~ to, 21/. 10s. to 221. 10s. , _.. ; 4 4 0/, 71 . ; North Robert, 1 • I N. it 4lit i Ivgi ORE.—Boiling We 11, 11 Bul rt,ilicliikum.cli RAVI SOLD .1q seat .--0 Elijah and Wentworth, Devon B Gv u a ll m er . 11i. 1 , 1 ' atm sti;°..,B East Basset, East Tamar, Garreg, P7q' t s',' 1 Ali'f'. 4kubyti Great Cowarch, Great Shehka, Leeds '. Ajd, G reat Wheal Fortune, 44441,11, liaodr':2ll, nited, R sewarne, Sor . fi t. .tedi r ,, ~ Wheal Trelawnv, ° South Garras, 1, 1 , 1)44, South Bedford, South Bog , North Down i s C , e ls4 s7 o i r e th' Wheal tridge Alfred, Wheal \Vill'lfihi,,,lll,te, Vale of Towy, West Great Consols, .t.itieo,ll,.Pc., ‘.Vlieal Kitty, Wheal M..!,,ryssan. _ c li l . P o 'le IP, Wheal market, la: d Pl4 t; ti el " Alines the has decide le weekdecidedly improved 8I 2E4 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. 10 6L; St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 20 20 20 100 100 20 25 25 25 441.4 .+...„„,......................._........._..._. SHILLING D AT.- 141 ; :; 41 4 1 : 1, i2 4 : . P.ILIcE, J„„. 1 9.—ONE .ices al, GA 4 at the doors, 433 ;by season tic. / -tattrl'C'W-The private advices from St Petersburg kote4%ltt.,tati4Y reach to the 1 1th inst., and describe fafegeli4 In, 2 11 in the political atmosphere, the t ,Perftetly ' t'l a?ittkl talkw/Paanciducthe Ar at l e ar o g f e et s h i a n u e glhad advanced • „Dt, • ha ' Cl a b e e o en trans es has recently unc 1 ‘ , 4 , 4 t g..°0(114V141. OF GOLD. —A Swiss journal announces cll qi,e.,111 rather considerable quantity IPtlt qerered near the villag e of Contamines, between via•lee•Baine and the foot of the Mountain du Somme SIA. rday the 'to,• TE for adfaitll4 hzat, Rif sting trade, N rt iott sharp We' v i e °tit he n , dt against ht Beek, ..01tv A t ti vx, the COD, td re C:01)11:0110 Ilatio'ilicntrecrt, tof La Pr°,, • p 4lt .... 191` Deer ludethenle°,4l ... Le three re ( •rery Lin d to O be.( ins not res Other bee ;eneral In to: lan she r• Be4lere iation of l' 6 o l ". IL 1 4 Y e Lci - , )/ ern _ner tube, to be, 0 „ i u n ett council. Po ‘iers ere itisfied, r ee io r i peace, 11.0.`;,4 Y ` t l ite 41 ' for obtalai" 4 le cenditli'l It 41, ite, in sl b y P A O , iv; peree a nd ar'', •a% 1 04 e Ing e is no ' C Noko t o4 bo k ile in o°2 14tkiii. for . 1 rahly less r. ,I„ci‘q. S4e CE. „ 2 ow 0,4701 .n Vienn lstantin o2ol e4l I, a k 9 e? irkey w ait Lhrouah - ishraiat °lllOl and "") 2 al his reP ra, imerce .18404Tri c e Maar' , is majeo . 1:!. 1 14, ea' impressio of° , be ( - 1 / 4 1 1 4 1 ' e ale; )4 1 .ND. erk 1 tk', g; of the 160°V . su dden 111 M °.] le thorn:o'l 11) d o wn to ' er Elbe 1/ 0 greatest . ciptiblejordi 87 .. outward rid 184 '-ere prefeil, ) different ge Fed or not, kltif..ieeish Ling. the e, ondent the c '/ h av oc 4 1d ea. • ernany i 1 7 4 of 10 lianlater o f 74 4 , Peke Polar SeaSj, ' th e s ,nds, co-re 7a uli .e tti Dtt e4 4 t ne nse da ell . and w, til biir ;'fury brel7'it, atA g )r a part I to Cet direction, 0 , 4 11, a ,:i to t • escaped t " h the Briti°l' 21449 tbo , r even °n et er e i5 4.k e of the I.°A ers tood to ) ' t'1• 11 r regular.° , ,t w ee' xv: lions - last- D'e; t e A of frora St. ' 4 4 f. " f de; ht cosearote, ropresey tkt,c4 pded divi n e . %, r e , faJoe. Th; 44‘i:o left St . Pete '349 0 1 , ttu i t s ° llr.a, Lo 20th of l‘t ew o f the ePti Nt, 44 3 of A') ein the o, 4 o kaßi v u . It so ' d e e) northern: Ige ruE iser the r. spec Ar, ly. It 1 8 { . anaer. -obabll I°4'oori both l_,le Mah e h i 4 11 es ner furlet' time I -active h )r soros, (0 .4 then $l7°V;Se " 11 1 1 1. he coasAl kkk !la sted eyoe 1 0 ., at m , g , but kig at' 3l , ittetat. .. tau the '6O ,4'"at holes P c ' l°l % [lO 0110/leitbo° /1 4, & lit , L deck. ttlettlkter— Jatter i ec o A t qt)//iflt NS(I4O A little bor, , L'itt .. lay J ill Z , S t °pole 0 , an botirlAil p, they f r A° 41154dt, Jo toLitti onnone 1 11 44 t trak i o injuri e frout3frro 0 11 , hells. -, 44 0 1 4 near 0 1° 0 0! eneuif te fight the , Is 9 ur toile d 0 defers do tkt „ . :1 14 0 1 t to has C 0131,50 k ek tt t frou' NoV i t 3 that nlotil ,10*041.11iti koff, leNtem lb 4llll 6 pr 11° Dtil3l :S 1 1 ° P i o'. NW:1431 ni ilea W 4 tt 1 441 1 grandl99l/ N ained ry 1 1 S,IN Ntii NU • ire c o s ( C r , k to 0 , ed C, tt h 1 01"3' 0041 0 T ,? SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. ItuLNTAxs. Aberdeen. Axabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Jur ct Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons. Do., 220- ....... Blyth & Tyn, origina £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cat marthen anal Car dimin Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber Been Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock .. Do., B. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire ..., Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.PrLh &Dundec Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail' Gna. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksli Do., Fifths D 3., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Creby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B.„( Do. Eighths London and S. Wcstn Do., Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby idld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd ' Newry &EnniskilleL Newry Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A. Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N. E. Purch. Do. Leeds ...... Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. ,HanlP stead, and City Jn North StaffordshirQ North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton; Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,B: Wolverhampton Portsmouth icottisla Central ~ Scottish Midland ihrewsby. & Hercfd. Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,BlD,full; paid up at per ct'u . South Davou South Eastern South Wales 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui Do Staines, Wok. St Wok tockton le Darlin!. S .. t.(.llcton dz Hartlepl iraff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 'Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limoriek West Cornwall. West End of London, and Crystal Palace West London Wimblodn &Croydon Closing Prices yesterday. 20 - 20. 4i -4/ 8i 84 13 12 d 16 - 17 8 - 7(1 94 - 1 1 6 61i - 624- 13i - 14 9 - 11 4 - 3 - 7 14 - IN 11 - 114 28 - 32 20 - 22 72 74 E 6 58 2d par 194 —204 68 - 70 901 - 911 75 - 76 124 - 125 90 - 92 67i - 68/ 60 - 62 74 - 78 r - 7 - 9 75 -75 i 5 6 - 41 8 84 OG 1074 01.4 —101 i d d— — d 83} 844 si 741 8 7 iii ia 70 - 701 41 - 43 d 11 9 ~ 49 51 3a 3A 31 32 8 10 76g 77} 6 4 - 13 —l3 54 55 52 54 par ip id Pr 4 4h-!, 6 6 d 32 - 33 96 - 93 60 - 62 8 - 45 - 47 12 - 14 1 59i - 6O 284 - 2911 35 - 37 3 - 3i 16 17 3 1 - 4 21 - i 3 - s ' - 7. FOREIGN. all 3i 8 2s. all 10 12 all all Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do ad. Junct. of France , Gd. Tk of Canada.A. is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stir. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt.Wcstern of Canada Shares Do. Bds., payabla's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. '6O De. do., '73, without opt - '!on Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca 6i Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 16a , Madras 5 - Do. New 3li all 2 all ,Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. di Ry. Namur & Liege twitl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Ercptelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. e IRle. (fmy.B. dt Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen ParisCaeu do Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Menso_ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) I West Flanders.... Do 5i per C. Pref Western of France_ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-Si Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartcl. Bank of Asia I Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China Commercial of Loud Euglislk Scottish 'and Australian bond.. Chan. lA. 01 Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster 'National Provincial', of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia ,Union of Australia Do. New • Cr 0 4912 of Loudon.... all all 2 6 - 7 1 - li id-ip - ' P - 3 32} -- 32 i i 6 - 8 - - . . 8i - 763 8 - 7 11 - 10d' 89 91 1 F 15i - 16} -- ioo 93 96 241 par 97 100 ... dis 2k 3i 2d Id-23- 'oil) lid = ii..a 7 - 7i 34 - 12t 12 - 9 A 21h - 21Ip 47 4 9 40 42 • - Pm 2 2 91 — ld ••• """ ••• ... ." pm ai 31' d Si 6aP ••• ..- ••, 17 - 18 BANKS. 79 -- 81 i'd : fd 31 - 21 - 21 zi =. ie 37 - 39 39 -- 41 66 - 68 8 - 10 . 4.... ... Basineas lone this day. 100 8! all .00 all 00 THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 185 5. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. MARKET NEWS-THIS DAY.) FRENCH AND ENGLISH . RIVALRY. Paid.l AILWAY/. Leasing Compans Closing Prices yesterday. Baldness this day. COVENT' GAT EN. Owing to the severity of the .reather, the supplies of vegetables in to-day's market were imited, and the demanl for them was steady. In fruit vey little was doing. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 6::to 8s Od per lb; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, Cs Od to lOs Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 3d ; moons, Os 01 to Os each peaches, Os Od. to Os ' • nectarines, )s Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od per btshel ; pears, 2s Od to Gs Od per half sieve; Orleans piling and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet ' • ditto, Os to Os 41, and common plums, 3s 0 ; to Os Od per half sieve ; cherres, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 61 to is per doz.; oranges,lsOd to lOs per 100; fil berts, 93s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Oct per 100; figs, is Od to 2s Gd per lb. VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, 6d to is Od per dozen ; red ditto, 2s 0,1 to 4s per dozer ; French beans, Os Od to Os per half sieve ; brocoli, 61 to is 4d per bundle; potatoes, 95s to 125 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od each ; peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; braid beans, 9d to le per half sieve ; turnips, I d to 23d per bunch; carrots, 4d to Gd per bunch; cucumbers, is 6,1 to f,s each ; garlic, Os Gd to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, 2: 01 to 33 01 per sieve ; onions, 2s Gd to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, ' 2d to Od p er b unc h • shallots, 6d to 8d ; horse-raddish, is Od to 5s 0 i p er bundle ; parsley, 21 to 3d per bunch ; celery . Od to is 4d per bunch ; endive, is 6cl to 2s per wore ; beet, 8d to is 3d per doz. ; parsnips, is 0,1 to !s Od per dozen ' • small salad, 3d to 0,1 per punnet ; mus l rooms, i s 3d t o i s Gd per Pottle ; artichokes, 43 to Gs per cioz. ; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes 9cl to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s 01 per half .fieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 28 6d per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. (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 ai 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.. Banisters employed by one client in a great cause, physicians in consulting for a serious cme, divines in unfolding the intricacies of a knotty subject, are 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 history 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 ind►vidual 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 and not whole com munities were the competitors. How stands the case at present between ourselves and our gallant associates the French ! 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 foemea 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 se'm 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 bad 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 ! 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, the 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 cfficers, 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. 19th) Cul. Elves Napier has published a long letter, addressed to him from Sebastopol, under date of the 2Sth 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-surgecn, 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 comforts enjoyed by the French. We know that it is asserted, on excellent authority, " that the French 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 nwn who have been left to a Cri mean winter through Deerribtr. The whole English commissariat system has broken dlwn 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 th e i r wo od en h ouses 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. And - why is this the case ? Its men are of the same stock as those who 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 and courage, and how, therefore, can such mortifying contrasts have been shown 1 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 Duke of New castle, a politician who never previously discharged the duties of any great office of the State, and whose innate mediocrity of mind 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 here 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 French 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 Rus,ias. TILE CRIMEAN SESSION. 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 that which came and passed by so mysteriously before Christmas. Ono might almost have forgotten it, among rumours good and bad, Christmas extravaganzas, and the continual flow of dismal tidings from the East, were one 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 hot haste, 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 as freely as water, England might hasten to redeem her thousands with her millions—her 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, for 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 met. 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 other 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 anythin g , too desperately bent on its measur e . It doatedon its one pet. It was prepared to run all sorts of risks at home and abroad for 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 raany other busy sho res , should go about seeking men to fight under her banners in default of her own children, seemed so scandalous that th e first feelin g o f 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 laud 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 (toile 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 IHamburg. The experiment has been tried for them, and has failed. An 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 HaniburL 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 whoZmight be instru meetal in engaging recruits for the service of any foreign State. He returned home, and has natu rally given 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 7 Why, Go. vernment has not sent a single regiment to tho Mediterranean, and we hear only to-day that one is to be sent. Might not that ono 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 end in a haze of impossibility. Seven miles of bad 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 are proud of. We 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 sent 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 s ee dreams , chimaeras, fantasies, impossibilities looming big upon us in a mist of threats and premises, but evading our grasp, and finally disappearing from our view. Some thing is wanted to release us from this unprofitable circle, this perpetual retr ac i ng Of our steps, that . Something must obnelyclolneaevteos ,duissewnho.riraentwe began Government, the army, Parliament, the . nati?n, of this Cimmerian obscurity of vision and inanity of performance. Such is not the usual character of the British people ; Fo in that people, we have no doubt the remedy is to be discovered. Th© way to reach it is too large a question to be despatched in a day.—Times. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—li , ast evening the mem bers of this society favoured the public with the Judas Muccabcus of the divine thindel., A more appropriate oratorio could not be selected in these warlike times, abounding, a; it does, in so malty patriotic sentiments and touching and spit it-stirring allusions to the hazards and vicissitudes of war and the Vlessings of liberty and p e ace. 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 (includin 16 double basses), under the able direction of Mr. Cotta, performed their parts with unerring precision, and, notwithstanding a request that the audience might give no interruption by applause or encores, elicited repeated marks of approba tion. The principal vocalists were Ma demoiselle Ruders dorff (the Israelitish Woman), Miss Messent, Mrs. Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves (Judas), Mr. 'Weiss (Simon), and Mr. T. E. Williams. There wao an overflowing audience, and hearty and repeated a. Anowledgments were made to the musical powers of the vocalists , parti cularly those of Mdlle. Rudersdorff and P dr. Sims Reeves, who achieved many triumphs during tl Ike evening. Bedford and Bletcbley ... nckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct , Do. New plstr.di Dn. Fr , firtlpl. Dk. & Railway I , 3!tull & Selby o o .. I S S I I 1 1 a a r r e e s s Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference, Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 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Peninsular& Oriental, Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Nubmar. Telegraph.. o. Vau Dieines's L 8 ... i I :11 I - i 1 - I 5 - f 5i - 6i 2t - 1 -- 1 30 -32 I - id par 49 51 51 - 651 par 2 p L 5 17 11 id 15 17 7 ... 8 1 - I i - 7 i - i I - - i 14 - 15 - t - I 24 fi - f 3 - 3i 1 - 1t 1 - 2 2i l - 3 -- I 'BOTTS ••• -- S ••• 33i - 4i, ... ' .-.4 ... .02 -144 .C6i 1117tv 2 - L 7— is i = i i • • • ."'" • • • a i ii = ii - 2i 60 - 62 11 - 2 25 -36 1 1 1 12 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 3s Od to 10s Od ; Geese, 4s Od to 75 6d each; Ducks, 15 9d to 3s Od ; tame Rabbits, N Od to Os Od; wild do., is to 2s Od. each; Pigeons, 8s to 10s per doz.; largo Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 4s Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 3s Od ; Capons, 4s Od to Gs Gd ; Hares 3s Gd to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 9d. to 25 Od; Pheasants, 3s Gd to 4s Od; Leverets, 2s Gd to 3s Gd each. Ostend fresh butter, 11s Od to 12s Od, and English 118 Od to 15s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 105 Od to lls Od; French ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 48 4cl; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to tis 2d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs. WIIITECIIATEL. Beef, 38 Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d •; veal, 4s 41 to 5s 2d ; pork, 33 Od to 48 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, is 6d. to 15s ' • Brills, 2 s Gd t o 7 s eac h ; S a l mo n, Us Od to Os per lb; Cod Fish, 2s Gd to 14s each ; Soles, 3d to 2s Gd per pair; Eels, 8d to is Oil per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 3d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s to 12s per doz.; Common Oysters, 10s to 16s ' • Natives, 40s to 50s per bsh; Mackerel, Od to Od each ; Smelts, is to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, 6d to Os per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, Gd Od to 8s per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 2s 6d to 5s Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s 6d to lis each • Haddocks, 8s to 20s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are front 101 to lid; of household ditto, qd to 9id per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3(1. to Od ;641b to 721 b, 3id to 3d ; 721 b to 801 b, 30. to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, Id to Od ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to Cid ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to 43d ; 104 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s Gd to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Oil to 3s Od ; ditto, full, Gs Gd to Os Od ; polled sheep, Gs Gd t o 7 s 9d ; K ents, 5 s 3d to Gs 3,1 ; Half.breds, 5s 3a to 6s 3d ; Downs, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; Lambs, Os Gd to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow clay, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s Od. ; clover ditto, 31 5s to 51153 ; and straw, 1/4s to 11 103 per load ; Supply limited, and trade steady. UUMBERLA.ND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 124 ; and str:!.w, 1/ 4s to 1/ lla per load. Both hay and straw sold readily, at very full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 41 14s; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to Cl Os; and straw, 113 s to 1/ 103 per load. A moderato supply and steady demand. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prose the London. Yew Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The public sales at present declared for next week comprise 3,000 hhds Barbadoes, 14,000 bgs East In dia and Mauritius, 510 bkts 1,959 bags Java, and 3,000 chts of Havannah. There was not a bettor demand for brown or lower sorts of British Plantation. Rates close rather under last Friday. The better kinds are however yet in good request, and prices are kept up. The quantity sold was 223 hhds, making 2,274 hhds, &c., for the we e k. MAURITIUS.—At the rarge public sales to-day, prices were barely sustained; and the whole, amounting to 15,500 bags, found buyers :—brown at 24s 6d to 29s for low to fine, yellow low to good 29s 6d to 355, fine 35s 6d to 365, refining from 27s to 345 6d, and fine grainy 41s to 41s 6d per cwt. BENGAL.--Is less wanted, and at the public sales to-day of 2,200 bags, rates rather declined; mid to good white Benaros selling at 37s 5d to 338 tid, and good to fine like Mauritius 34s to 368 6d per CWt. MADRAS.—There was less demand to-day, and all kinds are easily to be obtained at former terms. FOREIGN. —There was a better demand to-day, still holders were compelled to accept former rates for all kinds. Private operations were 1,400 chests yellow Havannah at 31s to 37s ; 4,000 bags played Markithe 29s to 29s 6d ; some parcels Bahia ' .brown 283-01.1 to 30s v .yollow 305 Bcl to 33a, and white 3386'1 to 33s per cwt. REFlNED.—Purchases were on a largo scale in home made goods to-day, still prices are not butter, ruling for brown lumps at 42s to 42s 6,1, and low to fine grocery 42s Gil to 483 per cwt. COFFEE.—The public sales of Plantation Ceylon declared for next week are largo, and already comprise 700 casks and 1,200 bags. Of long berry Mocha 384 bales are de clared. The colory kinds of Plantation Ceylon are still much in request, and previous terms were well sustained; other sorts, however, met with little notice, and rather gave way, making a fall of is to is 6d per cwt for the week. In auc tion to-day 293 casks 7 brls and 454 bags were sold, good at 60s to 635, low mid to mid 5Gs to 595, fine to fine fine ord 52e to 55s 6d, small and mixed 49s to 51s, and Triage 36s to 50s. In Native less done, yet prices rule at 45s to 461 6d for low to fine ord. Other sorts of coffee are net cheaper, but less wanted. Tim..—A better demand for common Congou to-day, at 9id to 10d for sound. Other Teas are in fair request, still better prices are not obtained. ClNNAmox.—ln public sale 23 bales Ceylon went at is to is 6d. CLOVES.—Of African 50 bags went at sid to Nd. NIITMEGS.—At public sale 15 casks were taken in at 23 6d. RICE.—The demand for arrival keeps good ; Madras at lls to lls 6d, and white Bengal 128 6d to 135. On the spot several parcels sold at former terms. Of American cleaned 80 casks in auction taken in at" 28s to 325. Of sago flour 200 bags at 18s 6d; but 15 brls East India arrowroot sold at 2id. FRUIT.—New currants are less wanted, and more de sire is evinced to sell at 48s to 85s, whilst two cargoes have arrived. Old dealt in with caution at from 205 to 100 s. A quiet market for Valencia raisins ; new at 37s to 41s, and old 30s to 355. Smyrna less wanted, and more ; black a t 22s to 28s, red d m eilo 30s to 3 i5 evinced 4s.lnDe t n o e Denis el m l ore doing at 30s to 31s. Eleme sold to a fair extent at 305 to 60 s S ultanas 75s to 805 .andlnSpfiagnsish 355. Almond% wanted; s lOl., Val enc i a 1055 to 110 s, and Bar bary and little d one ; p r i ces ru l e f or T GUM.—Of 184 ca 3G eke 1 b ag Damar, 130 cs 34 eke sold at 60s for yellowish middling bold dull taken in at 555. CUTCH is again 1s to is 6d lower'. 150 bags fair Pegue in auction selling at 2(is Gd t o 27 s per cwt. DYEWOODS.-50 tons Manilla Sapanwood sold at Si. 105 7a 6d per ton. to 91. for clean, and Gl. 17s 6d to 71. 15s. 6 tons Ceylon Sapan sold at Si. to 61., 10 tons red Saunders sold, clean uality sold at 78 is Se. 7LlM7Nirsuß6:ll'l3l°:LuatiniEsd.n-7.—iB.ll2Beba6bilsktftoasi7rEll'ast India sold 70 for fair fair lump. SAFFLOWER.-17 bls Bengal sold at 65a to 70s, and GL mark 75s to 95s per cwt. R ISINGLASS.-10 csks 14 bags Brazil, partly sold Lsd to SEED.-10 qrs mustard 528 to 56 5 . INDIGO.-205 erns Guatemala brou g ht ratherstiffer meetingfor the better kinds, but the inferior sorts scaprices rcely 4 s for A T d n a r ic k S , any demand, were bought in at full prices. The terms • p — ic 9 : in s g osb6ndd.ls partly sold at is 8d to 2s ld. ranged from 2s to 6s per lb. COCHINEAL.-30G bags in auction went at rather easier prices; Honduras silvers ranged from 35 2d to 3s 9d; Mexican silvers 3. 4d. SALTPETRE.—The market has closed flatly at barely for mer terms. Of Calcutta 96 bags in auction were only in part sold; refractian 10i to 21i per cent. at 23. 6d to 24s 6d, and 8i at 25s per cwt. Ru3i.—The market has closed flatly ; str ong D emerara 1 at 45 7d to 4s 9d, low to fine Jaraaisa 4 8 7d to 6s, proof Leewards 3s to 34 2d, and East I nd ia 2 s 10d to 3 s . . 1 3 COTTON is still wanted, and rates close. g d ab ove last Friday. Since that time sales have been 2600 Ma; Madras a rSkeutrahta2ss(tliltloa3uudn;seatiltdled appearance, Bengal nd. purch ase s were mad e to d P ' c a h nT i d e A fl oL y nij a yo t wl 3 E h m d irt t eh o de 4 m d ; p u r c American 54s to 575 6d. Au stralia n , mutton 54s to 575, rule for P. Y. Candle on the s p ot a t 568 6 d - to ay s . 7s, So n u c t e h s and beef Ms to 545. The quantity offered at auction was 1,600 pkgs. Trai x ilc to 683 ad, and 49 chests b Woo D.-20 tons green ebony 51 7s 61 ; 3 5 tons in auction sold 415 s to 4/ 10s. borax chests sold 635 HORNS.-21G0 Siam sold 27 . P e r cwt, and small 10s ; Rangoon Buffalo 265. MADDER-11 bls E. I. roots, .., + 9 65 STICKLAC-11. chts 1 bag Madras, free from stick 28s Gd, 15 chts lac dye 2(1 to 3d. OlL—Palm very dull, and in auction ti me oil bought in at 41s down to 403 for dregged. WINE.—A letter from St. Sebastian states that tat place is completely encumbered with wine preparing fur export to France. Upwards of 2,000 barrels have beat shipped within the last few days, the greater portion for Bordeaux and the remainder for Dieppe. The fr e ight is 25f. to the former and 4 0 f. to the latter po r t. Th e price varies from 18 to 20 r eds the arola (16 litres). Loss OF A VESSEL ON TIIE GOODWIN SANDS —The schooner Fanny Williams, of Youghal, fro nt L on d on f or Portsmouth, sand h ewaid on tlt g o T v eureisadnaey morning. S evera l boatsnt stores, struck on the North considerable portion A. put off to her assistance, the crews of which remained by tier until Thursday afternoon, whenthe wi n d, f res h en i ng from the east, and the vessel having five feet of water in her hold, she was abandoned, the master and crew being landed by the Ondine lugger. of the cargo has been brought in by the boats, consist ing of bales :of clothing, puncheons of rum, flour, iron &c., which have been deposited in th e s t ores o f bedsteads, th e I entertained for the vessel, the of droits of Admiralty. N o h opes are LLOYD'S SHIPPIIIrG-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 20.—Wind and weather this day at goon. fresh breeze from northward and eastward, with a hard frost. COWES, Jan. 19.—The Woodbine, of Cardiff, has been got off shore. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 19.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Sinope, from Constantinople, far Antwerp, with damage Cana dian (French steamer), transport, No. 176, from London, for the Crimea ; steamer Janus, westward, and left for the eastward. Back of the Goodwin Sands.—Geo. Henry Wampas, from Hamburg, for Adelaide, S.A. Off the Lizard.—Tomato, from Sarawak. DOVER, Jan. 19.—Wind. E.S.E. Arrived—Helene and Olga, from Porto Cabello, for Hamburgh. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—John Barlett, from Manilla, for Antwerp; Laurel, Callao. Sailed—Colonist, for Australia.i FALMOUTH, Jan. 19.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Caracta cue, from Callao and Liverpool; Emma, St. Domingo, fur Havre. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 19.—The Eugenie has been assisted off shore, leaky. MALDON, Jan. 19.—The Jassy, the Elizabeth, and a foreign brig, which were on shore on the Black Tail, 14th inst., have been get off. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 19.—Sailed—Black Sea and the Celerity, for Balaklava. GRIMSBY ROADS, Jan. 19.—Arrived—Phoenix, from Callao, for the Moray Firth, in want of supplies. JERSEY, Jan. 18.—Wind, E. Sailed—Zarab, for Bar badoes. CROOKHAVEN. — Arrived—Dartmouth, from Mnzagan, 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 THE 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 been successfu l . in their tenders. APOTHECARIES' ILALL.—Names . of gentlemen w h o passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practice, on Thursday last :—Henry Jelin Thorp, Maldon, Essex ; James Hutcheson Whiteside, Stockton on-Tee4 THE CONVICT BARTHELEMT.—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. Ray, jun., a watchmaker at Sainte-Austre-berthe (Seine Lal6rieure), 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. 61i i 2 xn 75 xn 125 xn 671 i f 100 5 100 all all all all all 1011 1 25i Tot 69j all all all 100 all 1211 12i 25 12. 12.. 123 St. St. St. St. St. St. St. 20 12i 25 20 St. St. 20 20 20 all 10,i 100 1.00 100 1.00 100 211 ex int. 61 7 13.5 45 all 15 i 30 20 1 1 40 5 St. 25 20 10 10 50 Do.. 104 H 9 1 i 4 i x d 2t LITERATURE. M4znzta/ 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 Siilpnato 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. The 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 tha 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 pieseni• 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 iu 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 seem most imPortant to the interests of commerce that one tribunal should be formed, having complete jurisdiction in all questions connected with trade, shipping, and bant.raptcy. The constitution of new courts is neces. sariiy attemled with much difficulty and expense, but the principal elements of a commercial tribunal might be engrafted on one of the existing courts. 'lt has been suggested that the courts of Bankruptcy might easily embnice the whole commercial jurisdiction. They are already, to a certain exceit, courts of law and • equity, and of all others seem most competent, by their acquired experience and by their crnistitution, to sift commercial questions and accounts. The eqablishtnent of improved iribunals to decide claims by and against partners in all partecrsl.ip disputes was rceonamended by,the Commit tee cf the House of Commons of 1351 on the law of partnership." The work, which is dedicated to Baron Parke, 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 subjeats have often been treated by various writers, but we have never met 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 al home. He seems to be cognisant of all processes between the shoal in the fishing boat and the sauce in the butter boat. He can tall you the best managefnent 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 tho warrant of this we cordially coramend the book to all who like a fish dinner in perfection. THE CIVIL SERVIC/ll,—War-office—Mr. John Milton, second-class clerk, and Messrs. Alfred Nagger and John Giusseppi, third-class clerks in the War-office, White hall, have been selected as commissioners to inquire into ani report the duty of the purveyor's department in the hospitals at Balaklava and Scutari.—General Pest office—Mr. E, Fanning has been appointed postmaster of Worcester. Mr. Turner has been appointed post master of Brentwood. Messrs. George Spinks and William Pye Serjeant have been appointed clerks in the Receiver and Accountant-General's-office, at the General Post-office, London. Messrs. Robert Henry Grant, Joseph Seholefield, and Harman Collins have been ap. pointed clerks in the Money Order-office in the General Post-ace, London. Mr. Francis Henry Feeling has been appointed a clerk in the Mail-office in the General Post-office, London, vice Fanning.—Charity Commis sien—Mr. King has been appointed a third-class clerk in the office of the Charity Commissioners for Eng. land and Wales—Customs—Several new clerkships are abort to be created in the Examiner's Office, Cue. tom-house, Lendon ; in the gift of the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. T. M. Matthews has been appointed clerk to the Comptroller of Accounts, St. Katherine Docks, London. Mr. W. M. Fisher has been appointed clerk to the Solicitor's-office in London. Mr. James , Sparrow collector at Southampton, has been promoted to be collector at Hull. Mr. W. H. Buckle, controlle at Liverpool, has been promoted to be collector at Southampton.ilMr.goseph Baldwin, controller at Stock. ton, has been promoted to be controller at Liverpool. Mr. J. Shelley, controller at Plymouth, has been pro. meted to be collector at Stockton. Mr. A. Stewart, controller at Greenock, has exchanged for the like office at Plymouth. Mr. R. Willingale, collector at Kirkaldy, has been promoted to be controller at Greenock. Mr. John Andrew, collector at Lancaster, has been pro meted to be collector at Kirkaldy. Mr. Janes Turner, controller at Shields, has been promoted to be collector at Lancashire.—Civil Service Gazette. WRECK OF TILE BRIG DANIEL, OF ANTWERP.—A letter has h, e.i 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 staLti noiele, with a geoural cargo, off I'aignton. The captain F ay% that he aiist()k the Start Light for that of a vescl, and :lid not discover his mistake urtil she was broa,!side on to the beach, close to the-T,Tcross watch ho:: r. Sim vra i discovered 11 the coast guard at mid ni,;lo, on the 13th inst. The crew, 11 i n number, we re raved. All approach for the purpose of getting any thing out of her was, e ntirely cut off—a strong wind was bloeli.g at the time. A more extraordinary wreck pos. sibly never occurred. The last light the captain saw be- Mr.: was Beachy Head, but the master thought the Start must have briers the Caskets, and afterwards took it for a ship's light ; he was steeling, 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. sent rd " by the Candia, just arrived from the Crimea, is the dog formerly belonging to.the Russian Governor of Balaklava, which was taken prisoner by the British, and was actually wounded in the leg during a skirmish. Hi now belongs to Captain Field, of the Candia, and limps about the deck, making friends with every one. - 100 100 ,00 1100 100 100 11 196 4 all all 100 100 2 100 42 34 all U ii •M 100 all Ills, 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 50 20 25 77 6i 14 3 21 27i \. ;~ ~.~