The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARETK: AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocm. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency at the extreme prices of last week. The sales were 8,000 bales, 500 for export and 1,000 on speculation, comprising 100 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 71d., 240 Bahia at 6d., 500 Egyptian at 61d. to Bid., 800 Surat at 31d. to 41d., and 80 Sea Islands 10d. to 13d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady at an advance on Saturday's rates. At the close of business on the Paris Bourse yes terday the quotations of the French Rentes showed a remarkable improvement on those of Saturday. The Three per Cents. were firm at 67 for the ac count, being a rise of lf. 30c.; and for money they were done at an advance of lf. 25c. In the Share Market the same buoyancy prevailed, and the rise in shareb of the Credit Mobilier Bank was energetic, adding a further value of 27f. 50c. to th© advanced price of last week. -Railway shares were likewise ad vanced a step. North of France Bf. 75c. West of do. 7f. 50c. Lyons if. 20c. Geneva 2f. 50c. Mid hod 7f. 50c., and Austrian Society sf. Accounts from Vienna inform us that the founders of the Austrian Bank of Credit have submitted to the Minister of Finance a list of names, twenty in number, to fill the office of• Directors to the Bank, conformably with the terms of the statute granting them the concession. Before these names can be confirmed they must receive the Imperial sanction. Amongst them figure the heads of some of the principal banking houses in Vienna, in addition to the founders, and other notabilities in the commercial world. From Spain we learn that the position of the manufacturers of Barcelona and Catalonia is such that many will be obliged to reduce their estab lishments, and consequently throw a large number of hands out of employment, which has produced much inquietude and fears of new troubles. It ap pears that for some time past their sales of goods have been much restricted in consequence of the gene ral depression, and the stocks are accumulating, so that they have been necessitated to stop their works. Contributions are being collected for the relief of those out of employment ; notwithstanding which much distress prevails, and the authorities are taking steps to suppress any riots, while they are endeavouring to alleviate the sufferings of the poor. Every one is waiting with interest the final discussion on the items of the budget ; and there are fears that the Minister of Finance, Signor Bruil, will persist in not admitting any modifica tions in his scheme, especially on the subject of the octroi duties, otherwise, it is said, he will tender his resignation. The grain markets throughout France evince an inclination to fall this week. Prices, however, have not yet varied much from the closing quota tions of last week, but it is expected that from the Continued supply of grain exceeding the demand, and adding to stocks on hand that a fall will take place. The arrivals of wheat at the Paris Corn Exchange, on the Ist inst., amounted to 2,613 kilogrammes, and the sales effected 2,527 kilos., leaving on hand 20,157. The average price of Bales was 67f. 92c. per hectolitre. The amount of commercial paper falling due this nay, the 4th of the month, although known to be very heavy, is expected to be met without difficulty. For discount accommodation, however, the de !nand is very active, at late rates, but no pres sure is experienced. At this season of the year there is always an increased inquiry, but the recent arrivals of gold from Australia, together With favourable statements regarding the proba bility of an early peace, have produced a feeling of greater confidence in monetary as well as com mercial circles. An important advance, viz., to per cent. has taken place in the English Stock market, but the King of Sardinia's visit to the City has in a great measure restricted business. The buoyancy is al most wholly attributable to the current rumours of an early peace, and the letters received from France state most distinctly that arrangements are in progress for the purpose, if possible, of preventing further hostilities, It is not mentioned, however, in what precise way such a result can be obtained, but the impression is gaining ground, both here and in Paris, that negotiations will speedily com mence, and that before the spring some satisfactory measures will have been adopted. The immediate effect of this supposition has been a material improvement on the French Bourse as well as in our Stock Exchange, but the high quotations now Prevailing induce caution among the dealers. As the account is now so near its termination specula tive engagements are in course of adjustment, so that the markets as regards fresh dealing is in a quiescent state. Consols for money and Dec. 6, after being 89/ to 90 have risen to 901 I, but for Jan. next the quotations have reached 90. The New Thw e per Cents. have been 89J to 89k, and the Reduced 881 to 89k. Bank Stock is steady at 209 to 210. The Unfunded Debt tends upwards, being 6s. to 2s. disceunt. The 30 Years' Annuity of 1856, is 16k. There have been numerous transactions in Turk ish Securities of enhanced values, owing to the up ward movement in the Funds. The 6 per Cents. have ruled as high as 85i but these prices have not been fully supported. The New Scrip is about 2 g discount. French 3 per Cents. are 68f., with the exchange at 2525. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 40k, the New Deferred 204 to 21, and the Passive 7i. Russian 4 3 / 4 per Cents. are 90, and Sardinian Bonds 83 3 / 4 -. Equador have been marked 58, and Dutch 2i per Cents. 64. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 / 4 to 7 ; Mexican, 19 to 20 ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 86 to 88; Spanish New Deferred, 21 to 214; ditto Three per Cents., 40 to 401; ditto Certificates, Q.. to 41 ; ditto Pas sive 61 to 7. There has been a moderate business transacted in Railway Shares, and prices all have an upward tendency. Great Northern aro 1 per cent. better, Lancashire and Yorkshire 103. to 155., and Mid land 103. Great Western of Canada have further risen 53., and Antwerp and Rotterdam as well as the other foreign lines are at fuller quotations. Mining Shares are steady but quiet, and the same may be stated of Joint-Stock Securities, but the Oriental are advanced 10s. The Miscellaneous undertakings are without any general alteration that calls for special notice. Bumsri FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom the Ogcica List. ) nuslnev, done Bank Stock 3 per Dent. Reduced Annuitie5,............. 88i 91 3 per Cant. Consols Aimuitiee - 901 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3 7.1 6 i Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6l non ols for Account Eitchequer Bills, 2/d. 36 2 £looo . . ........... .... ........ Rtnall 2 1 5 d ' Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3/ per Cent 9Bl 8 1359 ~ 98/ 8 If P :LICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ecinador Bonds Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4/ per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. SpAnish 13ouds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 4O/ Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. - Ditto for the account. Ditto Passive 7l Spani-h Committee Cert. of Coup. n'it fun. 41 p c Tnrkiell Bonds, 6 par cent — Ditto for the Account B si 5 iiiii Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account 2a t a I, ivriends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 4/ per Cent,. Ditto 3 per Cent.. . Dutch Exchang e , 2 per Cent., 12 Gull_ 6 6 4 8 f ex 25f 25e TWO O'CLOCK. Consols (money) 90 90 Ditto for Account (January) - / • In a case in Charcery on Friday, a solicitor who was allowed 51. for his costs said he would accept only of 41., a circumstance which arouse , ' the wonderment of Lord Justice Knight Brace and the praise of Lord Justice Turner. 5 5 20 10 20 5 /0 18 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) 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IGN., 7i - 8 3 - 21,1 3 - 2 (1 par 1 id 35} —35 i 9 10 p 21. 21} 106 - 146 - 15 *3l --- alp 5 id iP - 3 i - 3 23} 2 : 3 i 98 - 100 110 - 115 112 - 111 102 104 22 - 23 109 - 114 6 i 6 iP 18 -19 i 7 9 2 - 3 4- 51 -35 i 11 .1.21 .• 6i - 7i 456 - 46 a - 46 ••• ••• Oa. .... pm 16i -- 194 2 -- 20 2i -- 2i 8k -- 8i - ••• .« "'"" pm ~,• --- ••• 3i - 4 ••• ......-- 11 29i - 3O is 19 BANKS. 91. - 143 54 - 56 = 59 - 60 15 -16} 16 -17 ... ...... ... d I ••• 2p par --. •••• Ml= • 00 88 38 -- 90 52 - 54 ••• .... •M 39 - 41 73 - 75 8 9 30 31 10 4 10 4} all all all all all ss all all THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN IN (1, DECEMBER 4 1855. LINES L? ABED %T ITX D 13. * *N - TA 5,„ LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) THE BRITISH EXPEDITION. Lzsainu (!ompan, Closing Prices yesterday. witness this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Common Jury.) LEWIS V. EVANS. London S 7 N. W.A.. L &N. W. E. Un. Git.Nrto E. Count. Caldonis.u. 90 - 93 95 - 100 This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a coke and coal merchant, of Vauxhall-street, to recover of the defendant, a veterinary surgeon of the borough, the value of a horse alleged to have died from the unskilful treatment of the defendant. The defendant pleaded not guilty. its iii Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Oglevie were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Chitty for the defendant. The plaintiff's case was that the defendant, who pro fessionally attended his horses, saw the horse in ques tion on Saturday, the 24th March, and declared it to be suffering from the mange, which he said he could care. The horse was sent on the following morning to the defendant's infirmary, where its head, neck, chest, and belly were rubbed with something prepared by him. The horse was taken home and became restless, rubbing his head, pacing the ground, and showing symptoms of great pain, which increased during the night and con tinued the whole of Monday. The defendant was sent for, and on his seeing the horse he admitted it was in great danger, and according to his instructions it was washed with soap and warm water and taken great care of, but the symptoms of irritation and pain increased, the horse foaming at the mouth, rearing, kicking, and destroying the manger. The horse was on Wednesday taken out for exercise, when it fell down and died. It was taken to the knacker's-yard and opened, and the intestines found to be perfectly healthy. The plaintiff's brother in-law who attended to the horses, said the horse in question was purchased lame for 301., which complaint the defendant cured, and that the horse when it died was worth 701. The defence was that the plaintiff did not take proper care of the horse after it had been rubbed with the liniment, which consisted of train oil, sulphur, and tur pentine, The defendant considered the horse when purchased lame was worth about 171. or 131. A horse suffering with the mange was considered to be value less, because the disease could not always be cured. Mr. Vines, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, examined the horse at the knacker's yard, and considered it died from inflammation of the bowels and stomach, which complaint arises from a variety of causes. The defendant now said, that when he saw the horse, after it had been dressed, he found it in the yard, ex posed to the cold March winds. toi wts 12 3 / 4 13 ,- ii 7 24 - 24 4 id 57 • •• • • im - In - 8 1 3 30 - 31 83 - 85 Lord Campbell, in summing up, said be thought the plaintiff had failed to make out a case of negligence and want of skill on the part.of the •defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Men, ancrlew - as partiettlarlrstrtrek with theryceuthe ful appearance of the men of a regiment which (Prom the Times Special Correspondent.) I arrived at Kamiesh on M on d ay? Th ere. is scarcely any use in keeping up an appear:tine& et a -"diary, CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, ! for one day is uncommonly like another. Prepara- TUESDAY, Nov. 20. 1 tions for the winter are evident on every side. As if to mock us for our self inflicted miseries of, Wood, canvass, little bits of glass, tar, and ! last year, the weather continues to present the most pitch, and, above all, n a il s an d 'tac k s, are delightful contrast to the s t or ms an d ra i ns o f this eagerly sought after. At the head-querters' sale, time twelvemonth. How many lives, how many on General Simpson's departure the other day, a repu'ations, might have been saved if the Novem- hammer, hatchet, and saw sold for 2/. 15s. A bag ber of 1854 in the Crimea had been at all like the of nails was disposed of by auction the same week same month in this present year ! lip to the mo- for 403., and on counting the contents it was found ment at which I write there has not been a day there were only 130 nails in the bag. Friendly since last April in which military operations could little felonies of planking and such things are not not have been undertaken. Either last year was unheard-of, and the greatest favour you can do a remarkable in the anna l s o f t h e C r i mea for i ts se- verity, or we are enj o yi ng a season of exceptional friend is "to let him have a of board about six feet long by a foot wide ; piece or, " The captain mildness. Storms h ave l owere d over us an d says, sir, as how he'd be very grateful if you could passed away ; dark skies have threatened us and give him a bit of glass about three inches square, melted into floods of gold en sun b eams. T he w i n d sir, for his winder." The heart soon grows har e seems to be busied in tossin g th e F renc h steamers cloned at sea and keeping the mail lat e , w hi c h it succeeds under such constant pressure, and ono is obliged to refuse " a couple of tenpenny nails" in doing very happily, so that our letters are be- . or "the loan of the hammer for an hour" with the hind time with the greatest regula r ity. U p t o thi s 1 sternness of a Brutus. - e period nothing has happened which 'could have Mr. Stafford is going, it is understood, to move affected the health or efficiency of the army—the for/an inquiry into the grievances of the medical disaster of November 14 could not have occurred department on the meeting of Parliament. —none of those poor fellows would have perished I will now proceed with my diary, which is ne in the mud b e tween "the front" and the harbour cessarily very meagre in in c id en t, and, indeed, whose bones are now turned up by the labourer's there was no event to chronicle subsequent to the spade as he works on the roads. The country is terrible catastrophe of the 15th. - open in very direction to carriage, man, or beast ; The manner in which this great disaster was the trenches are dry ; in fact, the weather presents caused is said to be this :—" Some French artil contrasts of endless variety to that which prevailed lerymen were engaged in shifting powder from last year, and affords ground for infinite specula• case to case in the park, and, as the operation is tion and comment. There is no reason, however, rather dangerous, every care was talon to pre to suppose that the English army would have had vent accidents. The powder was poured from one much reason to congratulate itself on the fact that case into the other through copper funnels, and clemency of the season had averted the evils which no fire was allowed near the place where the men want of roads, excessive fatigue, and a false posi- were so employed. As one of the soldiers was tion would have entailed upon them, inasmuch as pouring the powder out of a case ho perceived a it is certain the bad weather paralysed the enemy, fragment of shell gliding out of it into the funnel, cut off their reserves, impeded their transport of and, not wishing to let it get into the other food and of reinforcements, tied prevented their case, he jerked the funnel to one - side ; the making another attempt—not at Inkerman, of piece of shell fell on the stones, which were which they had to their cost learnt the strength, covered with loose powder, and is supposed :to but from the Traktir bridge, or at some other have struck fire- in its fall, for the explosion took point of the Tchernaya then in their possession, place at once. Miraculous as it may appear, the from which they could have debouched into the artilleryman who was, as it were, in the focus 'of plain of Balaklava, and made a grand attack on the explosion, escaped alive, and is only slightly the rear of our lines. Although those lines burned and scorched. His comrade, who held the were greatly strengthened, and the profile altered other case, was blown to atoms. Another strange and improved, when the rumours of the Russians incident was the death of the commandant of gathering force towards Baidar a ith the intention artillery for the day. He was in or'neitr the - park of assaulting us prevailed, th e y were far from being at the time of the explosion, and as soon as he had perfect or unassailable last November. We now seen everything in order as far as possible he went learn that the country between Tchongar, Perekop, off to have a look at the French batteries in and and Simpheropol was in such a state that it was with about Sebastopol, on which the Russians had the utmostdifficulty the garrison of Sebastopolcould opened a heavy fire. As he rode along a cannon be fed, and that very strong reinforcements were shot struck off his head. Such is the story. The kept for weeks waiting at Odessa, Nicolaiefl, and escapes that day were astounding. Clothes were Cherson, till they could march into the Crimea, and torn off men's backs ; the chairs or beds on which were, finally, detained till the spring of this year. they sat, the tables at which they were eating, the But for these impediments the Russians would have earth where they stood, were broken and torn by had a prodigious army about Sebastopol this time shot, shell, rocket irons, shrapnel, grape, canister, twelvemonth or early in December, and if they and musket balls, which literally rained down upon were indisposed to try another Inkerman they them. It was fully two minutes ere the heavy could certainly have pressed us much harder in the volleys of bursting shells ceased, and then sullen trenches and tried our men by strong and repeated explosions for an hour afterwards warned the spec sorties, to which, as it now appears, their hard- tator from the scene. Some of the balls and worked and exhausted garrison was not adequate. pieces of shrapnel, which must have been pro- At times it was difficult to march even a battalion jected a prodigious height into the air, did not from the army of th e B e lb e k or M ac k enz i e ' s Farm fall to the ground for a minute and a - half after into the city or to effect the usual reliefs. If to th e l as t o f the explosions. For two minutes, these considerations be added the notorious senti- which seemed as many hours, the terrible ments and opinions of persons high in authority, shower endured, and descended on the camp. who advocated the abandonm en t o f th e s i ege , an d Th e di stance to which fragments flew exceeds belief. the retreat of the army from the Crimea after the It is difficult to explain it by mere names of keen battle of Inkerman, it will be seen that our pros- ties. One piece of shell flew over Cathcart's-hill ; pects would not have been much better had weather another killed a horse in New Kadikoi. Some like that we now enjoy prevailed last winter. One struck men and horses in the Guards' camp. One of the best soldiers in the army, and our only flew over my but ; another struck the ground general—a veteran of great and varied experience close to it ; another went into the camp of the —was so struck with the dangers and falsity of our Land Transport Corps, behind it. Mrs. Seacole, position that he strongly advised the Commander- who keeps a restaurant near the Col, avers that a in-Chief to withdraw our army, and renew the at- piece of stone struck her door, which is three and a tempt on Sebastopol in another form this year. half or four miles from the park. In the Land The inconveniences to which the famous flank march Transport Corps of the Light Division 14 horses had subjected the army became more apparent were killed and 17 were wounded. Pieces struck every dayafter the failure of the first bombardment. and damaged the buts in New Kadikoi. Appalling The flank march was opposed, or was viewed with as was the shock to those who were near, the effect disfavour, by officers of great authority, and by was little diminished by distance. The roar and one whose sagacity and skill are seldom deceived concussion were so great in Balaklava that the ships in military operations, although he is not a soldier, in harbour and outside at anchor trembled and and does not command on land. It is now evident, quivered, and the houses shook to their founda at all events, that if we were where the Russians tions. The ships at Kamiesh and Kazatch were last year, not one of them could ever leave reeled and rolled from side to side. Mules and the Crimea. horses seven and eight miles away broke loose, The descent on the Crimea itself was a bold and galloped across the country wild with flight. stroke towards , the capture •of . Sebastopol. The The noises pealed through the passes at Baidar like battle of - the Alma left the approach to the city the loudest thunder. In fact, the effect resembled open to us whenever we liked. Prince Menschi- some great convulsion of nature. Many thought it kofrs flank march to Bakshi-Serai and Simpheropol, was an earthquake ; others fancied it was the out although somewhat ridiculed at the time, is now burst of a - volcano •, others that the Russians had considered a judicious and daring movement, but got hold of Lord Dundonald's invention, and that it certainly uncovered the north of Sebastopol, the they hal just given it a first trial. Indeed, one Tchernaya, and Balaklava ; and as it was deter- officer said to another, as soon as he recovered breath mined by our generals to abandon the dashing cha- and could speak, " I say, that's a nice sort of thing, meter of the expedition, and to assume for our is it not ? The sooner we go after that the better." operations a strategical character, to which they Ho was persuaded the Russians had thrown some had no previous pretensions, we were obliged to new and unheard-of instrum en t o f d es t ruc ti on i n t o look out for harbours, and the inlets of Balaklava, the camp. The sense of bearing was quite dead- Kamiesh, and Kazatch met the eye and fixed our ened in many persons, and their nervous systems destiny. Then came the period during which, it.'s:, not yet rceovorad the ahnelc, an that any without tet or ninarance, of esweips at interfer- sudden noise startles them. The French harl six ence or prevention, the Russians, recovering from officers killed and 13 officers wounded; 65 of their their surprise and alarm and flocking back to Se- men, mostly of the artillery, were killed, and bastopol, under the directions of a man of extra- 170 men were wounded, of whom many will never ordinary genius began the rudiments of the vast recover. The destruction in money value of articles works which baffled our efforts for 11 long mouths appertaining to the siege train was very great, and of toil, suffering, and bloodshed, heroically endured if the cost of the import of fresh articles be added and overcome. Now it is perceived that if the ad- the sum will be considerable. But when we come vice of Sir George Cathcart had been followed the to men—to those gallant fellows who survive the city might have been ours by a vigorous assault on battles and thedangers of the campaign—we fear the the day after we arrived on this plateau, for the loss is irreparable. What value can be placed on ships alone could never have defended the place, those noble artillerymen of the siege train who, with and the greater portion of the feeble garrison, such little praise or encouragement, have stood by their as it was, consisted of the equipages, or crews, of guns in so many bombardments, and who have ac those very ships. The enemy when they retreated to quired skill, practice, and hardihood in the greatest the north side would have been as impotent as they siege the world ever saw ? It is to be hoped .that are now, and Sebastopol, in all its beauty, and with the non-commissioned officers of the artillery will all its vast stores and riches, would have been in our be rewarded for their exerti ons b y th e se l ec ti on o f possession. Th a t i s th e hypothesis as to the result one of their body to fill Mr. Yellon's place. He of vigorous action from the south side. But had rose from the ranks of the corps, and when he and we appro ac h e d th e c it y f rom th e nort h s id e , there Mr. Hayter were appoint e d as Commissaries of the can be no doubt th a t th e f or t s wou ld speedily have Land Train great was the commotion in Wool fallen, the fire of the shipping could have affected wich at such unusual promotions. Latterly, our operations very slightly, and the only inconve- indeed, they are better off, so far as their pro f ience would have been the want of a harbour. spects of rising in the service are concerned, for The anchorage is good all along the coast up to many sergeants of artillery have received corn- Eupatoria, and, except on the great gale of the missions in the Land Transport Corps, and are 14th of November, no damage would have occurred found most valuable and efficient officers as to our merchantmen or men-of-war riding off the quartermasters of brigade. The day before the coast. The mouths of .the Katcha, or even of the explosion an accident took place in the Redan, Belbek, when the fire of the battery which just which was also attended with melancholy re reached the wa t er was reduced, could have been suits. The following a r o th e p a rticulars. On made available for landing such stores and ma- the 14th Samuel Goodram, No. 6 Company C)ld teriel as we requi re d. With th e nor th er n forts s t re a ms , ano th e r o ld s oldier of the same regiment, the whole city of Sebastopol and the remainder of named Betts, and a serjeant, were on duty in the fleet w ou ld h ave been ours, our army could the Redau, and the two men went into ono of the have reposed on its laurels for the winter in an im- casemates to remove some powder and rubbish pregnable position, a year would have been saved while the serjeant remained outside. Scarcely had in the war, and the Crimea would have been the men entered before an explosion took place, cleared of the Russians early in the spring of this which blew up the magazine and covered the men year. Such is the hypothesis respecting operations and the serjeant with earth and sand. Goodram from tho north side. Such are the discussions which was blown into the air, and was then thrown down arise in the army now that it rests from its labours amid fragments of gabions and falling earth, which and sees a vanquished army gathering strength in buried him to the depth of five or six feet, and Betts a position which appears torus impregnable or un- was so terribly burnt that Ile died within an hour assailable. As to future operations it is not be- after the explosion. Goodram was dug out coming in me to speak, but the Russian General quite dead, and both men were buried in must be a man of extraordinary confidence if the Guards' cemetery _next day. Thus were he thinks he can extricate his army when the two excellent soldiers lost to the country, spring comes from the grasp of an enemy which and lam the more particular in giving the names, already clutches the whole of his coast, is este- in order that I may relate an anecdote of poor blished at two points in his rear, and has four dis- Goodram at the attack on the Redan which I heard tinct bases of operations, with sufficient troops to at the time, but forgot to mention till this moment. use them all, and to concentrate a prodigious force The night before the attack the Coldstreams were on any point he pleases. He may err, and if be on duty in the trenches, and were relieved some does, and the blot is hit, the result will be fatal. hours before the a ssau lt took place. On arriving The Russian infantry, in spite of his stubborn en- at camp it was fo un d th a t a private named Sam d ug durance and passive courage, is not equal to either Goodram, a butcher by trade, was missing ; French, Sardinian, English, or Turkish troops. was feared that he had gone away to some Every day shows us that it has no chance even to indulge in unfathomable potations, or h f a r a om " t e h u e against the latter when they are led and officered hit in some mysterious way as he can dle to the by Englishmen or brave and skilful European trenches. But great wrong had be a , n canteen _.... " to have a soldiers. Their cavalry in equal numbers will be gallant soldier, who had remaiziedenbehind from ridden down like grass whenever they stand pure love of fighting and from a . desireth t the assault against English or French squadrons ; and, go in at the Roosians." hours, Goodram had notwithstanding the excellence of their artil- would take place in a few trenches as the lery compared with other arms of their ser- secreted himself in the off, and employed regi vice, it cannot compete with ours for an instant ment mustered and march, s snowing a comrades left in him o n as sof thati n di memorable as regards rapidity of motion or precision of at leisure time beforehis ni coat and every fire. Prince:Gortscbakoff will be a grand strategist filling the breast of avail opposed to very weak generals if he succeeds in able place about . private supply of 59 his person with cartridges from saving his army and marching them scatheless from their boxes, him before he had got his fill of the Crimea. The health of our troops is excellent ; rounds would fail when the storming party was advancing fearing that his the draughts which arrive are rather younger than fighting. rifle in is desirable, but they will get experience and in- from the fifth p arallel Goodram appeared • • struction during the winter. They are admirably hand and joinedbeingregiment the first private soldier it as a volunteer, and hi s clothed, and fed as no army was ever fed before c laim in the arallbylewith the Russians, and day. He was twice —fresh meat, bread, and vegetables are issued to Redan the Redan, and was all. Henceforth the men are to get fresh moat driven. out over and over engage vein:: only three times a week, and bread only three again encounters i n these he received two wounds --one times a week, instead of every day. On the other .• the aide and one in the arm —b u t s till k ept up a days they will receive pork or salt beef, and excel- in when driven back by the last rush of the lent biscuit. In respect of winter clothing, hut- fire , infantry and forced - enemy s tine, and feeding, our men are immeasurably be t t the rest of our men into the ditch. Instead, how seeter off than our allies, and it is not unusufal ever, of retiring with the ° the latter eating in the English camp 43 . the others, as opportunity Little offered, and keeping in the ditch excess of our soldiers' cooking kettles. or getting under c , Fran- cover in the parallels, friendships have sprung up in this way.Goodram made an im ceese" comes over with his spoon, a smile, an onion, promptu rifle pit on th e b roken glacis outside the ditch, and there cond iment, and a bit of salt, or savoury to some _. about dinner till his ammunition became exhausted, and his sapper or grenadier, day after day, . inter- wounds painful conversation, time, indulges in pantomimic larded with many "bones," and regales on good rifle. Then he should ere d hi s arms an d marched soup and broth, to the great d delight of the enter- stiffly up through th e t renc h es an d a cro ss the open . d true ente n te till he H e was, .* tainer. Thus both are satisfie —a . i leave cordials is established through the medium of the 'we believe, tried for being absent without . i Mines is a loser. The reinforcements and for stealing his comrade's cartridges, but like stomach, and no - one ed a %OW to our ally con taiudike our own, wallY very young mself could not love condemn IDo Gt. Wots.l Yk. & Bcrw. Y. &NA! D 0......... S. Easter, Do Peto & Co Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. En. Conn. K. Count. Do Do L.&N.W Do IGtNorthn, Lancash & Yorksb. T. Brassoy M. hiCloan Stockt. & Darlingt ItW )E SHARKb. 106 - 108 104 - 106 80 - 81 90 -92 93 - 95 15 - 16 5i - 6 par # ; 11 12/ 57 - 59 ••••• - 106 -- 100 par 1p 91 —9/ - 90 - 85 - 9i - 14 10 - 69 - 18 8A 12A lA no - 13} - lig ••• '''' ••' SURREY SESSIONS.—(This Day.) (Before Thomas Puckte and a Bench of Magistrates.) IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT A LINENDRAPER'S.—Joseph, Slack, 13, described on the charge sheet as a slater's labourer, was indicted for stealing 27 yards of flannel, the property of John Noakes, linendraper, Kennington• cross. Mr. Samuel Waite, a mason, residing in Marlborough place, Kennington cross, stated that on the afternoon of the 25th ult. he was standing at his door, when he saw the prisoner deliberately walk into the lobby and seize up a roll of flannel, which he ran off with. Wit ness pursued him, and, after a smart chase, secured him, and banded him over to the custody of a constable. The police-constable said he was on duty in the Lower Kennington-road on the afternoon in question, when he heard cries of " Stop thief," and "Police" proceed from the Triangle. Witness went there and saw the prisoner struggling with Mr. Waite, who said that he had stolen a roll of flannel from Mr. Noakes's shop. Witness then took him into custody. The jary, without the least hesitation, returned a ver dict of guilty. The Chairman asked what was known of the prisoner. Sergeant Romaine, 14 L, said that he bad known the prisoner as a thief for ten years. At the December sessions last year he was tried and sentenced to six months' hard labour at Wandsworth for a similar rob bery. He was connected also with a gang of notorious thieves. The Chairman said that the court must pass a heavy sentence on such a dangerous person as the prisoner. He sentenced him to six years' penal servitude. John Jones, 28, collier, was indicted for stealing at Weybridge, a coat, the property of Joseph Purnell. Verdict, guility. Sentence, two months at Wandsworth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) THE SUICIDE MANlA.—Elizabeth Parsons, a young married woman, who appeared in a state of very great exhaustion and debility, and with a face as pale as a spectre, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction. Thomas Allwood, a police-constable, No. 422 K, stated tivit on Friday last he saw the prisoner lying on tho 'toot - path , in the Mile-end.roal, 'surrounded by a mob of persons, who said she bad taken poison. The poor creature was, moaning, and in great pain, arid he loet no time in conveying her to the Loudon hospital, where she had ever since remained. Mr. John Porter, acting resident medical officer of the London Hospital, said the prisoner was brought there on Friday last. Some medicine, and an antidote, was administered to her, which dislodged the contents of her stomach, and she had since been under me lical treatment. She appeared to have something which pressed more heavily on her mind than her 'body, and was in . a very depressed state. Mr. Yardley—Were the contents of her stomach analysed Mr. Porter—No, sir. I wish it to t, . r so.noty known that people who attempt to commit suicide are amenable to the law. People are being continually brought to the hospital labouring under the effects of poison. Mr. Yardley said there was no direct proof that the young woman had taken poison, and for the want of proof he could not commit her for trial. Besides she appeared tohave suffered much already, and as her husband was pre sent and would take her home he would discharge her. He was sorry the suicide mania among women was so prevalent. Females of another class were almost daily brought before him, charged with attempting to drown themselves in the London Dock, while they were labouring under excitement or intoxication, and it was a dreadful state of things. Self-murder was a felony; and to attempt to commit a felony was a misdemeanour, punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. Ile had frequently explained what the law was to unfortunate creatures brought befare him. I❑ this caie he would permit the husband of the prisoner to take her home, and he hoped her narrow escape would be a warning to her. - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 4.—Wind this day at noon, W. light breeze, and dull hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—llector, from Moulmein. Sailed—Negotiator, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Queen Victoria, Sierra Leone. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind N.E.— Off the port—Ze phyr, from Rio Janeiro, for Gothenburg. FALMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived — Rob Roy , from Callao ; Earl of Leicester, Yarmouth, for Trieste, with cutwatcr started, and with loss of bulwarks, &c., from contact w ith th e Mentcalm, of Llanelly. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 3. Arrived —Hermann (s.), from Bremen for N ew Y or k. S a il e d—L a Pl a ta (s.), for the West Indies. The Harriet, from Newport, reports having fallen in with a s t eam er, in a sinking state, 30th Nov., off the Rani Head of Plymouth, apparently fruit laden. She is supposed to have been run down the night previ ous. She disappeared in half an hour after being fallen in with. COWES, Dec. 3.—Wind N.—Arrived—Don Antonia, from Surinam, for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Arrived—Canqueror, from Alex andria, for Amsterdam, to stop a lea& ; Amazon, London, for Adelaide ; Berwick ' (s.s.), London, for the Crimea. bailed—Alf re d, for Jamaica. PILL, Dec. 3.---Wind S.E. by E. —Arrived--Worthy of Devon, from Quebec; Nicolaus, Rio Grande. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2. Arrived Try Again and 'Urania, from Quebec. Off the port—Lord :Ashburton, from Miramichi, and sailed for Liverpool. WATERFORD, Dec. 2.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed ---- India, for savannah. (PER ELECtTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday ➢Morning. Arrived—Wonder (s.), from Jersey ; Alliance (s.), Ha vre ; Millicent and Purveyor, Swann(); Novel (e.), Has re. Sailed—Despatch (s.), for Jersey ; Atalanta (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Markwell, from Rio Janeiro; Australia, Em pire, Constitution, and Ecscranton, Nov York ; Helen, Quebec ; Cypress, Alexandria ; Orwell, Marseillei ; El. vine, Malaga ; Hero, Cadiz ; Ellen, Konigsberg ; Union, Ostend. Sailed —Stranger, for Alexandria. DUBLIN, Dec. 4. Wind W.N.W. Arriyod—Rio, from Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2. Wind N.N.E. Arrivod.—Nonpareil, from Girgonti ; Maronnollo and Driving Mist, from Syra ; Sarah Boyd, Cuba ; Triton, Galatz. (BY SUBMARINE ANL BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.51 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tido , fi rst hour's ebb; we a th er, c l oudy. Sailed—Governor M'Lean, for the Cape Castle. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.— The difficulty hitherto ex perienced with the compass in iron ships has been suc cessfully removed by a discovery of Mr. J. M. Hyde, of the Cumberland ironworks, Bristol, who has been for the last 10 years engaged in the investigation of this im portant subject. There is now, and has b een for some time past, trading between Liverpool and Bristol a screw-steamer called the Athlete, built by Mmrs. J. M. Hyde and Co., having no practical error in the compass, and therefore requiring no permanent magnets for cor rection. This desideratum has been accomplished in the constriction of the ship, the arrangement being such placid in a neutral position, where that the compass is the magnetism of the iron in the after end of the ship is balance I. If this be true—and our information comes from a reliable source—then Mr. Hyde has accomplished an improvement the importance of which it would be difficult to overrate. The numerous and lamentable errors said to have occurred through compass errors is a sufficient reason why this discovery should be thoroughly investigated for the benefit of that large and increasing interest—iron shipping. 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We have heard of Captain Osborn's renewed successes in the Sea of Azolrwith the greatest satis faction. Sir E. Lyons will remain with the Royal Albert in Kazatch or Kamiesh far the winter. The Cyclops is in Kazatch, dismantled • and if p matters can be arranged with the French, the ost establishment will be removed to Kamiesh, in which case the Firebrand will be stationed there Jill the spring opens. It has rained during the night, but the sky is now clear. We are in great want of water. The generals' passes are stopped to the wells, and no water skins are allowed to be filled, except for the hospitals. IRELAND. THE ELECTIONS. DUBLIN, Monday Morning. —,A meeting of Roman Catholic electors, friends of Mr. Meredyth, was held yesterday in the Chapel -yard of Duleek, when, among resolutions, one was proposed to the effect that the meeting emphatically deprecated and condemned the employment of all undue means, whether clerical or landlord, in subsidising the indopendent expression of opinion, or swaying, the free exercise of the elective franchise ; and they held that, if ever there could exist any justification for resorting to such means, there was no necessity on the present occasion for dictation or co ercion of any kind, and they therefore committed the claims of Mr. Meredyth to the dispassionate good sense of the constituency. From this it is quite clear that Bishop Cantwell is about to be treated to a sample of the independent opposition of which he is so warm an an advocate. The election for the borough of Armagh com mences to-day, and the polling is fixed for Wednesday. The contest will be between two Derbyites (Messrs. Miller and Bond). The Liberals made a faint effort to bring their old favourite (Major-General Rawdon) into the field, but on a comparison of notes they discovered that the number of pledges given to the other candidates was so numerous as to preclude the possibility of the gallant General's return. THE INDIAN SERVICE. The Right Hon. R. V. Smith has conferred an India cadetship upon Mr. William Edward West, who ob tained the first place at the last October entrance exa mination in Trinity College. Mr. West, who is but 17 years of age, is son of the late Dr. West, of Dublin, a distinguished scholar, and one of the most accomplished linguists of the day. THE WATERFORD MURDER. The three persons against whom a verdict of " Wilful murder" has been returned for the recent murder at Tallow have been committed to the county of Water ford gaol. Conway is described as a ferocious-looking man of about 35 years of age ; his mother is an old wo man over 70, and his sister about 30. They are all ex tremely ignorant, and seem unaware of the conse quences of a conviction of the offence with which they stand charged. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH. At about 20 minutes past 11 o'clock yesterday morn ing, a terrible explosion took place in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and produced a great amount of consterna tion and alarm in the town and neighbourhood. An im mense volume of smoke itnmeciiately arose from the loca lity whence the sound proceeded, and the rockets which were flying about indicated the immediate source of the mischief—namely, a shed used by Mr. Hales, the con tractor, for the making of those destructive miesiles of war. The police were instantly on the alert, and fire engines without delay were brought to bear upon the burning mass. We regret to say that the damage done was not con fined to con:lbw - AM° material—several men working in the shed, to the number of eight, were all more or less injured—of whom one was so shockingly burned and mutilated as to require the amputation of both bis legs. The poor fellow, however, died subsequently to the ope• ration. The names of the sufferers aro as follows : William Collins, labourer, aged 2(3 years, single ; had been employed in the arsenal about six years. Henry Langham, 21 foreman, aged 25 years, married ; 14 years in the arsenal. David Bryant, labourer, aged 30 years, married. Thomas Wheelwright, labourer, aged 19 years, single ; fit e years in the arsenal. Phillip Bullock, labourer, aged 43 years, married ; six years in the arsenal. John Kirwin, who was in such a mangled state as not to be able to give his name, died, after amputation of his legs, at half-past two o'clock. Thomas Holland, labourer, aged 40 years, married ; about 11 years in the arsenal. Tic poor creatures were carried to the hospital, some in one of the ambulance w.iggons, the others on stretchers. The sight was truly horrible. In the shed which is destroyed the workmen were en gaged in painting the rockets after they had been filled ; and on the end of the rocket is a sort of cap made of iron, with a number of small hcles in the top, which sometimes get filled up, but must be kept cleaned out, and, as one of them was engaged in this operation, made use of a giwblet, which is contrary to rules, and in working the instrument about caus?,d the iron to heat, and the com bustibles of which the rocket is composed to explode with such force as to send some of them as far as the butt in the arsenal, and in a'l directions ; one of them struck a Russian gun-carriagc which has been brought • from Botuarsund, and exploded with such. force as to break the wheels, and otherwise injure it. A number of other sheds of preciseiy the same descrip tion are built all round it, but fortunately none of them took fire, although the side. 3 show the force with which the rockets struck. Ai EXIO AN BON DB OLD IC RN_ The following is from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders : The committee are in receipt of advice from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 24 ult. The P res id en t still remained at Cuernavaca, hut Mr. Whitehead had had a first interview with the Minister of Finance, Senor D.o) Guillermo Prieto, who assured him that the Govern ment was most anxious to act justly and honourably towards the bonlholdels. Mr. \Vhitehead left a memo rial with him as regards the principal points connected with the foreign debt which would require his Excel lency's attention. The election of members of Congress was appointed to take place on the 16th inst., and their first session was to open on the 14th of February next at Dolores Hidalgo. In the meantime Vidaurri still kept aloof at the bead of his followers in the north, and was endeavouring to prevail on Tampico to adopt his plan (which includes the disbanding of the army), and not that of Ayutla. The remittance for the dividend fund from Vera Cruz is only 12,000 dols., but the agents of the bondholders write that the next packet will bring mere. This packet [.rings nothing from Tampico, but the agents of the bondholders there had got 6,000 dols. in small money and an order on the Custom-house for 9,597,1015. in their Lands on account of the dividend fund." DREADFUL CATASTROPIIE AT OW M AYON, ABERDARE. We much regret that it is our duty to announce one of the most melancholy occurrences which have happened is this neighbourhood for a long time past. It appears that Messrs. Carr and Morrison Lava a pit in work at Cwmavon, which is about 250 yards deep. The men are conveyed to and from their work by an engine at the top of the shaft, which lifts and lets down a large box or tram for this purpose. The sa.mo shaft and c engine_ used for bringing up the minerals, horses, 0 ilso engines Wed nesday evening last, the man in charge left his post about five o'clock, and being his turn isitanotherof engineman, named Solomon Lloyd, took his l to work that night. We ought top from below it it)oach'ave stated that as the soots as the trans approacheslie e ngine-driver timely in touches a bell, tiuntion in orderhtiochstgoipves t ascent. In this case gas unfortunate the bell did not ring as unfortunate man g the engine continued its eight men who were usual; but howeverintheils'acrosrnaeyaibnein, speed, and the tram, t leaving work, was in a moment hurled against the p u ll ey at the top, and the e next minute it was, with its living freight, falling w ith frightful velocity down th e s h aft they bad just asc ended. The chain which lift e d t h e tram co ming in contact with the pulley had snapped, and the consequence was as we have related. The scene presented at the bottom of the pit, a few minutes afterwards, was of the most harro wing description. The tram had dashed itself against the edge of a deep bank at the bottom of the pit, knocking the fame -work into pieces; and in the immediate neighbourhood were the remains of five muti lated bodies. The other three must bare fallen into the water, as they have not yet been found. Solomon. Lloyd was brought before the magistrates on Thursday, but no evidence was gone into, and he was remanded. The unfortunate roan appeared to feel very much the awfel havoc of human life which had been caused. The coro• ner's inquest was expected to be held yesterday (Friday). -- Monmouthshire Mcrlin. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). HAY MARKETS. BMITEIFIF LD.—Moadow hay, 41133c06/ 68 ; clover ditto, 4/ 15s to 7/ 78 ; and straw, 11 4s Od to V 1810 d per losd. Both hay and straw sold slowly, on former terms- CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 43 to 6/10A : 01" el I 4/ Us to 71 73 ; and s t raw , 1/ 58 to 1 / 10s per au A moderate supply, a n d a f a i r demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4 1 16. 4 per load. do., 41 lOs to 7/ 7s ; an d straw, 1/ 4 s to Trade rather dull. Os toi 6 . / 6,; clover --.. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has boon steady and p r i ces have re. mained unaltered. SUGAR.—A small business has been done in this article, a re changed._ hands, b ut prices have and several parcels h not been allowed to transpire. Havanuah, N O 12 • and 12A have been sold at 54s 6d per cwt. .., A fair demand has been ex • COFFEE. experienced for Plan tation Ceylon at about previous rates. RICE remains steady at previous rates. A cargo goon has been so ld to arrive at 1 4s. 3d per cwt of Ran. - RUM.--The market is firm, with . TALLoxv.—The market has been no alteration in prices. heavy arrivals from the Baltic, dull, and owing to the of negotiations for peace combined with rumours the spot 68s 6d, end for the have declined. Y.C. on prices wore 67s 9d for the e spring delivery. The latest South American 695. month, and 68s Gd on the spot. 68s per cwt. nett cash. Beef Australian 675. Town tallow We understand that Prince Albert will presen t pew colours to th e B r iti s h G erman L eg i on at Sb or ncliffe, o Thlladay neat, at twelve o'clock. 20 113 20 £0 100 100 100 20 20 100 100 141 tOO 1.0 3i 100 !Or. 100 ?.:0 all 50 all all 50 all all 24 10