The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-04 00:00:00

kiOX/CE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. BURGLARY AT A JEWEILER'S.—Henry Booker and Sarah Webb, notorious bad characters, were brought before Mr. Combe, charged on suspicion of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Mulvaney, jewel ler, &c., High-street, Clapham, and stealing therefrom a quantity of gentlemen's gold rings, and other articles of jewellery. Inspector Moore, M division, said that on the let in stant he received information at the Police Sration, Stones-end, that the prosecutor's premises had been robbed on the previous night, and that the following articles were missed. A gold plain bracelet with locket; one silver mounted pebble shawl fastener, large author at one end, and a small one at the other, both silver mounted ; a silver mounted shawl pebble chain fastener, with a large silver pin at each end ; half-a-dozen anchor brooches, of different sizes, pebble and silver ornamented; and a tray containing about thirty gentlemen's gold rings, some solid gold, and others gold with stones set in them. In consequence of some information he after wards received, witness went to No. 3, Harrow-street, Mint -street, where he saw the prisoners in a room up. stairs. He told them he suspected they had stolen pro perty there, wh en t h e female replied that they had not, and he might search if he liked. Witness perceived that the male prisoner attempted to Lida something, when he had him secured by another constable. He then found a handkerchief, in which was an anchor shawl-fastener set is silver, answering the de scription of one stolen from Mr. Mulvany's shop on the 31st ult. The female prisoner said that it belonged to her, and a gentleman had given it to her a month pre vious. She also claimed the handkerchief. On further searching the room they found a quantity of new fringe and some silk handkerchiefs. Webb said that the hand kerchiefs belonged to her husband. There were also half-a-dozen shoemakers' knives, which he believed had recontly been stolen from Queen-street. In a cupboard they found two flasks of oil and a plated cruet-stand, which no doubt were the produce of a burglary com mitted a few days ago. He (the Inspector) wished for a remand to enable him to make further inquiries, as he believed he shoald be able to trace more property to their 'possession. - Booker said he knew nothing of the articles produced. lie only went into the house to borrow a needle and thread. Mr. Coombe remanded them until Wednesday next. THAMES. ROBBERY AT SCOTT RUSSELL'S SHIP YARD.—Peter Lagdon, a man about 25 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing 17 files, the property of Mr. John Scott Russell, ship builder, Mill-wall. Christopher Lloyd, police-constable No. 297 K, stated that he was on duty is plain clothes last night in Robin Hood-lane, Poplar, and saw the prisoner advancing to wards a maril o store shop, kept by a not or i o u s rece i ve r. He follo we d t. prisoner into the shop, and directly the marine store dealer saw witness he said, "No, no ; I will not buy anything of the kind." He asked the pri soner: what he bad about him, to which he replied, "Nothing at a,11; what is it to you ?" Ha took the prisoner into custody, and he made a violent re sistance, and said he would not go with him. Ater some trouble he got the prisoner to the station-house, and, upon searching him, found 17 files in his possession. They were concealed under his eothes. He asked the prisoner where he obtained them, to which he replied that he was out of work, and 'found them in the Barking road, just over the iron bridge, in Essex. Ho also found on the prisoner a ticket, which was his number at Mr. John Seott Rus sell's yard, where he ascertained the prisoner was employed. Mr:Alfred Sawbridge, storekeeper to Mr. John Scott Russell, said that files like those produced were in store. There were many hundred files on the premises like them. Toe prisoner, in defence, said he picked up the files on Mill-wall, between the Gallon Pot and Matthews' factory. Mr:Yardley—Supposing it were as you say, you had no business to appropriate anything you find to your own use. If you picked up anything on the road it was your duty to ascertain, if possible, the owner of the property, or give information to the police. I have known people to be convicted of felony for appropriating to themselves what they have found. The prisoner begged for mercy, and said he had a wife and three children. Mr. Yardley—What is the character of this man Mr. Sawbridge—l never heard anything against him before. He has been at work for us some time. His character is very good. Mr. Yardley—Then I will give him the benefit of his good character. I hope this is the first time he has made a lapse, and that he will be honest in future. I fine the prisoner 203. for the unlawful possession of the property, and, in default, eight days' imprisonment. The money was paid. MARYLEBONE, DARIYG ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Thiq day, henry Bailey, a young man well known to the police, was charged before Mr. Long with being drunk and assaulting two police constables. Policeman Young, A 360, stated that about half-past seven o'clock the previous eveaing he was on duty in Duke street, Manchester-square, when he was informed that there was a gentleman in front of the bar of the Bunch of Grapes, ➢uke-street, who was the worse for liquor, and that there were three men by him, who would be robbed by them, as they appeared to be hust ling him. He looked in at the door, upon which the landlord called him in. He said that the prisoner was drunk, and that he wanted some gin, which he (the land lord) had refused to supply him with, but he would not leave. The gentleman, who resided in Ox ford-square, came out. He was capable of walk ing. Witness spoke to him, and persuaded him to go home. He walked as far as Edward street, Portman•square, where he observed the prisoner, who was in the company of another man, go up to hip. They turned into Edward's Mews, taking the gentleman with them. He ran up the Mewe. Witness was about to speak to the gentleman when the prisoner said " What the have you to de with it !" He thee gave wit ness a push. Witness followed the prisoner, who gave Lint a blow on his body which knocked him down. The prisoner ran away. He was pursued by witness and on his way he fell. Witness seized hold of him. lie was very violent. Mr. Long—What occurred after that I policeman--I was obliged to call for assistance, upon which Brown 299 D came up. lam convinced that it was the intention of the prisoner and his companion to rob the gentleman, an'l that they would have done so had I not followed them. Brown corroborated the evidence of Young, and stated that he (Young) had not touched the prisoner before he was struck by him. The prisoner was fined 205., or in default of payment 14 days' imprisonment in the House of Correction, The Senatus Acadernicus of the Edinburgh Univer sity have voted to Dr. Alison the sum of 250/. a-year, as a retiring allowance, from funds at their disposal. CRYSZ&L PALACE.—SHILLING DAY, JAN. 3.—Ad missiona on payment, 1,003; ditto by season tickets, 236 ; total, 1,304. Two Montenegrins have been judicially executed for robbing an Austrian officer. This is almost the begin ning of the administration of justice in the savage Tcher nagova. MINING COMPANY OT IRELAND.—DIIBLIN, Thursday. the half -yearly meeting held today, a highly satis factory report was read, giving an encouraging account of the copper, lead, and coal mines. After paying for permanent improvements, the profits for the half-year were 11,1161., out of which 4,0001. has been paid for mining and agricultural estates in Wicklow. A divi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared on the paid-up capital of the company, being 7s. per share. KINV'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, JAN, 3.—Wasey Starry and John Thomas Walford, Ewe., late Scholars, have been elected Fellows of this society, the latter this day. The salary of the Secretary to the Commissioners in Lunacy (the appointment just conferred on Mr. John Forster) is fixed by the 8 and 9 Vic., c. 126, e. 9, at 8 40/, per annum. The salaries of the commissioners, one of whom is Mr. Proctor (better known to the public by hie poetic ps e udo n ym of Barry Cornwall) are fixed a t 1,500/. a year, The New " General Omnibus Company " has already become an accomplished fact. The first omnibuses under ton now regim e will commence running on Monday next, being those from Stoke Newington and Kingland to the Rank, lately the property of Messrs. Willing, Mrs. Woodford, Mrs. Hunt, and Mr. Foye. The Chelsea line of omnibuses will next fall into " correspondence," Messrs. Rhodes and Johnson, Mr. B ennet, and M r. Martin havin g sen t i n their adhesio n and sold their studs and stocks to this remarkable alliance. Fulham and Brompton, until now under the administration of Messrs Hartley, W e bb, Rh odes, and Johnsen, as well as Hack.- nay, represented by Messrs. Barber, Martin, &c., have been pase.sd over, so far as regards their vehicular ac commodation, to the " Compagnie G3n6rale," whit, Pimlice, under the well-purchased influence of Mr. John Clark,., contributes its well-known Royal Blues to the united stock. The well-known Post-office contractor, Mn. Macnamara, has surrendered even the two remain ini, royal mails out of London. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE ET A YOUNG GlRL.—Yester day, Mr. .Lan,gham, deputy . coroner for West m i ns t er , Rising held an inquest at the osing Sun, Charles-street, Gros venor-square, on Caroline Jane Redman,. 17, w h o com mitted suicide under very distressuig and determined cir cunistan ca./. The deceased resided with her g o d mo th er at 23, Chepstow-place, Westbourne-grove, and for some ti me past she had been in a melancholy state of mind, se she feared that her godmother, a very aged person, would die and leave her, without any means of subsis tence, to the world. This so preyed on her spirits that she was heard to say that she would commit suicide if her god mother should die, as she herself had no means of obtaining her livelihood ; but these and other such observances were treated as idle threats. At length, on the morning of the melancholy occurrence, she loft 23, Chepstow -place, at an early hour, but there appeared at that time nothing particularly disturbed in her manner. She must have at once proceeded to Hyde-park, and wandered about some tim e ; for it was not until about half-past 11 o'clock she was found lying on the grass in the pa r k i n an i nsensible condition. - Medical aid was immediately pr ocure d, b ut she died shortly afterwards. The medical evidence distinctly proved that the poor creature died from the effects of prussic acid, and a phial which had contained that poison was found by her side in the park, b u t it di d not transpire where or when she procured the deadly poison. The coroner having briefly summed up, comment i ng upon the exceedingly di/dress incr nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of s' Suicide while in a unsound state of mind." TEE LIVERPOOL WOOL TRADE. The Liverpool wool trade for the past year i thus reviewed by Messrs. Abram, Gartside, an Co. : "During the eventful year just closed the wool trade has been characterised by comparative steadiness, and has not experienced the violent fluctuations to which most other articles of commerce have been subject. With the uncertain feeling produced by war, iu addition to dear food and dear money, the leading features have been great caution and a desire to avoid distant engage ments. The result is that stocks of wool and manufac tured goods are now remarkably light, and the general state of the woollen and worsted trades is in an unde niably sound position. Our exports of the bulk of ma nufactured woollens have declined 18 per cent. in com parison with 1854, but an increase in yarns reduces the deficit nearly one-third ; sorse branches also of the home trade have been depressed and unprofitable during part of this period, but on the whole this department of industry has been better sustained than might have been expected under the circumstances, and any diminution on this head has been more than compensated by the ' immense demand for army clothing, which has absorbed large quantities of middle and low kinds of wool. Con tinental states also have bad an additional consumption for a similar purpose, and have largely increased their purchases of foreign and British wool in our own coun try, besides intercepting part of our usual supplies from the places of growth abroad. While the quantity im ported has decreased the re-exports have materially in creased, and though this cannot be accepted as a posi tive test of the subject, because the quantity grown is considerably in excess of that imported, yet it tends to confirm the results obtained by observation and estima tion." THE FRENCH SUGAR DUTIES. Yesterday's Moniteur contains a decree modifying the French tariff as follows : Until otherwise ordered the import duties levied on sugar will be For sugars at and under type : In French vessels from French colonies beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and in America—as at present. is In French vessels from China, Cochin China, the Philippines, and Siam-45fr. the 100 kilogs. 11 In French vessels from other countries of India-471r. the 100 kilns. 11 In French vessels from other places out of Europe-50fr. the 100 kilogs. ft In French vessels from entrepots-601r. the 100 kilogs. In foreign vessels-65fr. the 100 kilogs. Sugars above the first typo will pay the duties above cited, with an addition of 3fr. per 100 kilogs. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's a:rival of English wheat has been again very moderate, and the receipts put up to-day were trifling. Although the show of samples W:l3 small, the demand was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Foreign wheat, the show of which was by no means ex tensive, was dull and almost nominal in price We had a dull sal. for barley and malt, as well as float ing cargoes of grain at late rates. Oats met a slow sale, but no change took place in their ♦alue. Beaus, peas, and flour moved off heavily. The two former articles were easier to purchase. ARRIVAL* MIS WZMIC. Wheat. 2,639 Barley. 5,320 Malt. 1 Oats. Flonr, 41 121 2,390 4,371 3,4ti0 300 sks 17 Obrr 2:nglish .. Irish .... Foreign } I 3,440 270 I METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts on sale in to-day's market was very moderate, yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at Monday's currency. We were but scantily supplied with sheep, in which only a limited business was transacted. In prices no change took place. The best old Downs realised ss. per Blbs. There was only a slow sale for calves, the show of which was very moderate, at barely late rates. Pigs moved off slowly, on former terms. Mulch cows were dull, at from 141, to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sii s. d. s. d.I Inferior Beasta....3 6to 3 S I Second quality.... 3 10 4 2, Prime largo oxen 4 4 4 81 Prime Scots, dtc. 410 5 sa Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6I Second quality ...3 8 4 2! Prime crse.-wiled.4 4 4 6' _ TOTAL SUPPLY. ik the only. N. d. u d. PrimeSouthdowu 4 $ 5 0 Large erse. calves 410 5 6 Prime small do._ 5 8 6 0 ilLarge hogs 3lO 4 4 ISmall porkers 4 6 5 C Suckling ea.lves..23 0 30 0 Quarter old pigs.2l 0 28 0 Beasts ..•• • • .........:.. 1,055 Sheep ..• •• ...... • ..... 2,700 Calves ..... •••..•• •• ~ 12) Pigs ..•.....•• •• .• .• •••• &It) POZEION SUPPLY. . 190 Sheep • ...... . • • 300 Calves..•. •• ••.•.•.•.• •• .• 90 riiiil•••• •• e• •• •• •• •• • 00000 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Only s moderate business wan transacted, as follows : P©r Ms by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do. prima large.. 3 10 4 2 Do., pilule I 2 4 6 De , do. small ....4 4 4 6' Veal 4 4 5 4 Purk, largo 3 10 4 4 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is s fair business tieing in fine new hop; at full prices. All other kinds support last week's currency. This week's imports are 4i bales from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to Cl Os per cwt ' - Weald of Kent, 31 Os to 41 15s ; Sussex, 21 16s to 41 10s. COLONIAL. TEA.—The demand for this article has continued dull. Common congou realised Old to Old per lb. Stmart.—The colonial market re-opened on Wednesday very flatly, and the few sales effected were at lower rates than previously. Barbadoes low to mid yellow, 44s Gd to 48. Gd ; good and fine, 49. to 51. per cwt. Mauritius black and brown, 32. to 43. ; low to fine yellow, 43s 6d to 48s ; Bengal Mauritius kind mid yellow, 35s to Cis Gd per cwt. Native Madras realised 38s. In the refined market bastards and grocery fetch previous rates. COFFTE.—The market has been firmly supported. Na tive Ceylon. are more in request ; good and real good ordinary, 52s 6d to 53. ; plantation fine ord small greyish 59s to 61s, sad 53. 6d to 55s 6d per ewt. for triage. COCOA.—This article has been dull, and prices were de pressed fully 33 to 4. per cwt. Trinidad mid greyish to mid red 51s to s!s Gd. RICE.—No business of any importance has been tran sacted in this article, and prices remain the same as pre viously quoted. Rum has ruled ld to 21 per gallon cheaper ; Demerara, 3s to 3s ld per proof gs lion. Leewards sold for rather lower quotations. SAGO. —The market has been heavy; middling and good small greyish pearl brought 23s Gd to 24s per cwt.; good white Rio Tapioca sold :at 6id. per lb. SALTPETRIL—There h as been no demand for this article, and prices have receded about ls; Bombay, 301 lbs. refrac tion, 241; Bengal, 10 lbs to 7 lbs. refraction sold at 29s Gd to 3 )s per cwt. COCIIIKKAL.—The &amend for this article has been of a steady character, and prices ruled firm. Teneriffe silvers, 34 8d ; blacks, 3e lid to 48 ; Honduras silvers, mid to good pea, 3s 10d to 4s 2kl ; granella, is 2d ; blacks, 3s 10:1 to 4e 4d per lb.' TALLow.—Prices have been rather firmer. P.Y.C. on spot, 61s 9d to 68s per (run. LLOYD'S SA APPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 4.-1 Vind this day at noon, E. ; light airs and dull hazy weat' tter. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 3.—Wind S.—Arrivod— Indian (s. tpt.), from Constan 4 ilnople. Sailed—lndiana (s. tpt), for Scutari. PLYMOUTH, Jaa. 3 .—Wind S.—Arrived—Witch of the Wave, from Pornan ibuco, for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Jan. 3. , Wiad S.S.W., fresh breezes.—Ar rived—Jane, from Hay: Ina; Callao, Guayaquil, for Ham burg. Sailed—Bomrne. erwaad, for Batavia and Liver pool. QUZENSTOWN, Jan. 2 :.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Clara, from Callao ; Union, Bolivia ; Brothers, Iquibo ; Pam phylia, LOWBSTOFT, Jan. 3.- —The Veracity, of and for London from Newcastle, put in: yesterday, leaky, having been as sisted off the Newcoazl.► i Sand. (PER ELF) ]TRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Sailed—Ohio, for Saar anah ; Arthur, New Orleans ; Wil ton Wood, Monte Vida 1; Cineas, (s.s.), Lisbon ; Henry Curwon, Rio Grande ; Eagle, Vera Cruz ; Soloven, loe land ; Centenella, Haw ,nnah ; Thomas Whitworth, Log horn; Tigre, Barcelona ; Conrad, Valparaiso; Prophete, Ostend; Fernandez, Lie bon; Forget-me-Not, Rio Grande. QIIRENSTOWN, Jan. 2. Wind S.S.E. Arrived.—Horner, I torn River PLO.° ; Clara, Callao; Eugenie, Venice. DUBLIN, Jan. 3. Wind S. Arrived• —Lord Nel Ilion, from Lisbon. (BT RUBMARD pg AND BRITISH TRIAGRAPII.) Wind W, ti G la ß st iV h E ou s i 7 ' N' s DebbF;ricdlaoyu'd9i.s4 a. m. S.W.;Arrivs4l.Friends , from Brussels. R? EEL% SPOKEN WITH. Richardson, Coqui calm to Swansea, Oct. 29, 23 s, 32 W. An English iron let:sel, apparently a steamer, under canvas, with blue be tr 4 'ea and white letters (" indistinct), bound 5, 1\ rov. 6, 15 5. 30 Pet (serque), from, L iverpoel, Nov. 29, 22 N, 25 W. Louis Kliss, Carstif i - to New Orleans, Nov. 29, 22 N, 3 4 W. H Perseverance (shiy ,)„ standi ng S, A ug, 21, 6 N. 24 W. omeward. bona( 1, Liverpool to P anama, Oct. 22, 2 N, Matilda (ship), standing S.E, O c t. 24, 9 N, 25 W. 24 W Bonita, Live] ml to Pernambuco, Oct. 25, 9N,26 an James Stewa rt , Naples to St. John's, Newfoundland, Nov. 21, 43 N, W. Quickstep (shi p ), 3d distinguishing pendant, London to New York, Nov., 23, 45 N, 29 W. Livingstone, la iverpool to Apalachicola, Dec, 12, 46 N, 12 W. Cygnet, standis gig SW, Des. 12; and the Woodstock, standing SW, sau to day. Sylvania., Jam: dca to London, Dec.l6, 48 N, 10 W. Constantinople ,of Liverpool, boned to Melbourne, Oct. 26 (out 40 days), 5N,22 W. Osmond, Shied, is to the Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 29, lat 7, long. 21. THE BANE PA; [LtIEII.-A fiat in bankruptcy has been struck against tb( , firm of Messrs. Palmer and Greene, bankers, of Lich fit .Id, whose suspension we announced on Monday. The eh ti tte is expected to pay, under the most favourable circuru to luces ,about 12s. 6d. in the pound. T_Blo' . l*!, LONDON' FitpAY„ . EVlNliiiitfr . JA . ,Nti..4.111! 4, lOtid to Yeovil, thin coropany's rebate of 25 per cent, on the Salisbury and Yeovil London traffic to cease. " 3. The Salisbury and Yeovil line to be maintained and worked exclusively in perpetuity by this company, with such trains, at such speeds, and such charges, as they think fit, the proceeds to he accounted for to the Salisbury and Yeovil Company. 4. The South-Western Company to be pr.id for main tenance and working cost prices (including interest on ca pital inve,ted on rolling stock), such cost prices to be set- Ved by arbitration. " 5. The South-Western Company to subscribe 100,0001. towards the Salisbury and Yeovil Company's share capital, with the yearly option of having a 4 par cent. preference dividend, or the same dividend rateably with the other proprietors in the Salisbury and Yeovil Company. The South-Western Company to pay nothing on these shares until 150,0001. has been paid up to the other Salisbury and Yeovil shares, and spent on that lino ; and the Salis bury and Yeovil Company having the option for twely months of finding this share capital elsewhere. "G. The South-Western Company to nominate two di rectors to sit at the Salisbury and Yeovil board. "7. The South-Western Company to have the option of claiming a lease of the Salisbury and Yeovil lino for 1,000 years, on terms analogous to the above working, arrange ment. " S. The South-Western Company to have the option, for three years after the opening of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, of claiming an absolute transfer of it to them, on paying off that company's share capital with 4 per cent. interest and 10 per cent. bonus, and adopting or paying off that company's debenture debt. "9. The Salisbury and Yeovil Company being, under their act of incorporation, bound to double their entire line, on the traffic reaching 40,0001. for three consecutive years, are, at their own expense, to double uny part which the South-Western Company may desire, not exceeding the proportion of four miles for every five miles which the South-Western Company may think fit to make double on their Exeter extension line. " 10. The South-Western Company to make their Exe ter extension line by way of Yeovil. 11. The whole arrangement conditional on the accept ance of the shareholders in each company, and if accepted by both sets of shareholders to be submitted forthwith for the sanction of Parliament. " The directors believe that these terms will give this company every control over the Salisbury and Yeovil line necessary for working the traffic of their own lines, and will, to every needful and proper extent, enable them to use it as if it were their own, without the risk of embark ing a largo capital in it, and that the amount to be subscribed may be so advanced with every security from loss or farther involvment. " If, therefore, the extension from Yeovil be considered intrinsically the better, the board apprehend that the terms capable of being made as to the line east of Yeovil aro sufficiently advantageous to remove any objection arising from the company not being the actual owners of that lino. " There are other points for consideration, but the di rectors think they have sufficiently explained those of the first importance. They have taken a comprehensive view, having regard to the permanent interests of the company rather than any mere expedient for the moment ; and they trust that the proprietors will accord with them in opinion that the sound policy of the company is to adopt the Yeovil route, and to avail themselves of the arrangement with the Salisbury and Yeovil Company now offered and recommended to their approval. The directors have not lost sight of the difficulties that may aria) in working so great a length of single line, nor that, if the traffic should hereaftPr require it, some portions of the Basingstoke and Salisbury, and. Yeovil and Exeter lines will require to be doubled. " A carefully•prepared plan is appended, showing the whole of the present South-Western system, and the ad jecont districts referred to in this report, with the distances in irked upon it, which the proprietors will find useful in censidering the subject. "The directors think it right to add that a memorial. most reQpectably signed, accompanied by a plan, was laid before them, advocating a line between Exeter and Axmin ster considerably to the south of that which they now recommend ; but the nature of the country involved—as was, indeed, shown by the plan of the parties proposing it —a much mere expensive lino, and one involving far more severe gradients and works, without any corresponding advantages to make its adoption desirable. " By order. L. CROJIBIE, Secretary. " Waterloo-bridge Station, Dec. 27, 1855." Naval and Military Intelligence. Tho Austrian steamer Asia, which wal said to have taken fire between Beyrout and Alexandria, reached Alexandria on the 23d of December. The steam-transport Indian, No. 197, Capt. M` Master, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the East, bring ing Lieut.-Col. Wm. Yorke Moore, ofthe 54th Regiment, 2 invalids, I servant, and 2 horses, and a few stores. She landed a quantity of shot and shell at Gibraltar, on her way home, and left the Golden Fleece there preparing to take in mules for the Crimea. On the 29th ult. the In dian exchanged signals, at 4 p.m., with the steam-ship New York, abreast of Burling flocks, steering south ; on the 30th, 30 miles to the southward of Cape Finis terra, passed the sailing transport Bombay; on the Ist inst., at noon, passed the ship Britain's Queen, to the southward of Ushant Rock, bound up Channel. The Indiana screw -transport left Portsmouth yester day for the Crimea, with draughts of troops and a body of the Laud Transport Corps. The Calcutta steam-transport left Portsmouth yester day for Southampton. The paddle-wheel steam sloop Polyphemus, 3, Com mander F. P. Warren, from Portsmouth, with 151 super numeraries for ships at Plymouth, arrived there on Wed nesday, arid returned on the same day with supernume raries for Portsmouth. The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Valorous, 10, Captain Claude 11. M. Buckl e , i s o r d ere d f rom the Biack Sea to Plymouth, to he fitted with all speed with new boilers, which are in readiness for her at that port. The crew of the screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain T. C. Symonds, got up main and foreyards at Plymouth on Wednesday. The crews of the screw steam-ship Archer, 14, Capt. E. Hrathcote, and of the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Bull dog, 6, Commander Gordon, have been paid wages at Plymouth, and a month's leave of absence has been granted them. - The crew of the paddle-whe9l steam-sloop Inflexible were paid off at Plymouth on 'Wednesday. Letters received at Plymouth, dated Dec. 11, 1855, on board her Majesty's screw steam-ship St Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain King, state that she would go to Malta to wait orders, and probably reach England in February, to refit for duty in the Baltic. The London, 90, Captain Augustus L. Kuper, on ar rival at Plymouth from Malta, is ordered to, be fitted with jury gear with all despatch, preparatory to her embarking provisions and stores for the Baltic, where she will do duty next season as receiving ship. The grin-boat Plover, Lieut. Stewart commanding, has left Woolwich for Greenhithe with her full complement of stores, ammunition, le. The iron mortar-float No. 2 has returned to Wool wich from Shoeburyness ; 250 rounds were fired from the mortar successfully. The boat, ur like No. 1, has sustained no damage, with the exception of some very slight injury to the light ornamental woodwork. A detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners have reached head•guarters, Woolwich, from Heligoland, where they have been stationed for some time past, uud occupied in erecting huts for the Foreign Legion there. Tne Lords of the Admiralty have sanctioned an ex change of divisions between First-Lieutenant Henry, Woolwich Division, and First-Lieutenant Blake, Ports mouth Division of Royal Marines. Twenty privates of the Royal Marine corps are to leave Woolwich to-day for service in the gun-boats at Portsmouth. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Richard Drury, assistant-clerk, to the Fisgard ; W. 0. Albin, assistant-clerk, to the Victory ; W. H. J. Aitken, assistant-clerk, to the Impregnable. Daring the interval of the late catastrophe, which re• suited in the destruction of the cartridge sheds in the arsenal at Woolwich, and the substitution of other build ings for carrying on the work, the youths employed in that and the fuse and cartridge factories have received their working pay ; in addition to which, during the ordinary hours of labour, they have received scholastic) education under about 30 competent maetere, until ar rangements for some time past in contemplation could be completed, so as to admit of the work which shall have passed through their hands being immediately re moved out of the reach of any probable danger from the arsenal fires. All prepared combustible materials aro in future to be stored on board the several floating hulks moored in the river with that intention, one of which is to be entirely appropriated for prepared fuses, a second for loose powder, a third for small-arms' cart ridges, and a fourth for common cartridges. Two long-roomed magazines facing the river, having been selected for the cartridge and fuse factories, have been cleared of their stores, and sheds are in the course of erection in the adjoining marshes for the mealing and other processes which are attended with more danger. The use of the steel gimlet, formerly em ployed for opening the vents, has been abolished for that of a copper borer. The duties of these departments will re-commence on Monday next. Capt. Orr has taken great interest in the arrangements of the boys' instruc tion. They number between 600 and 700, to the best conducted of whom he distributed rewards on Christmas daTat his own cost. The usual generosity displayed by Government in such cases has been manifested towards the widows of the three men who died from the effects of the explosion, by ordering the pay of their deceased hus bands to be continued to them, as well as in allowing the customary wages to those who are under medical treat ment. The magnificent store-house contracted to be built by M esra . Foy and Henderson two months back is now finished, and ready for the reception of general stores, for which space has been so long needed in the arsenal at Woolwich. It is constructed of corrugated iron sheet ing, ventilated with blades of iron, and lighted with raised skylights or roof lanterns. The building is sup ported by skeleton iron columns, to which the iron sheet ing walls are attached. The interior is approached by six pairs of sliding doors, sufficiently wide to admit the entrance of store-carts and goods-waggons. The building is about 200 feet square. There are likewise numerous other buildings springing up, as it were, in various parts of the Royal Arsenal grounds. The proof department has added to that establishment a longrange of new workshops and smithies, which are supplied with a shaft of the ordinary height, 130 feet. The building of a standard foundry in the arsenal yard is likewise in contemplation, the plane for which have been submitted for the approval of Government. Several branches of the carriage department have been detached therefrom, and now form separate establishments, such as the har ness and collar makers, &c,, for which new and elegant looking buildings have been erected. An appropriate surgery is also in the course of construction. This build ing will be sufficiently spacious to accommodate a sur geon and his assistant, so that in the case of any night accident medical assietanoe Inv be at hand. The esta blishment will be provided with the neoessar y surgical, visiting, and operating ro oms, as well as a waiting lobby, all connected and easily acces s ible. The whole of these c improvements eo a ao r r, e , R. u d C r the o l Colonel supervision Sano f d h L a i tn e t e n n o a y n a t ay Engineers, assembled the whole of the Poyal and East India Company's Sappers and Miners (800) in the Bar rack-square, Brompten, in close column, and, calling Colour-Serjeant Henry M`Donald to the front, addressed him as follows :—" Serjeant M`Donald,—You have not yet received your Crimean medal, but I hold in my hand one of still greater importance--no less than that for dis tinguished conduct in the field. I have much pleasure in presenting it to you, and I have the additional grati fication of informing you that you are recommended by your bravery and soldierlike deportment for a commis sion, which I hope you may obtain, and live many years to enjoy." Yesterday the invalids at St. Mary's Barracks, Chat- ham, were paraded, for the purpose of hearing the letter from the Horse Guards relative to the subscription for the Nightingale fund read to them. To-day the names of such as intend to contribute will be enrolled. THE MILITIA, The North York Regiment of Rifles left Richmond, Yorkshire, for Bradford, on Tuesday. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The following report has been issued by the directors : " At the last half-yearly meeting of the proprietors it was announced that the obligation imposed on the company by the act of last session, to extend this railway to Exeter, was under the consideration of tho directors, and that so soon as they had been enabled to come to a conclusion on this most important matter they would summon a special meeting of the shareholders, to whom they would pre viously report which of the two lines to Exeter they re commend for adoption, kith their reasons for such recom endation. " The directors accordingly now propose to explain their views on this important question. " The first conclusion at which they arrived was, that the company being under direct obligation to act, the matter for decision is limited t o th e manne r of action. _ _ " The important point of deciding on the route to ire adopted being entirely dependent on the resolution of the proprietors, the directors have therefore caused all the ne cessary preliminaries for proceeding to Parliament in the next session to be fulfilled in such a manner as to enable the board to adopt and act upon the selection, as to route, on which the proprietors may decide. "In considering the manner in which the company can least disadvantageously fulfil the obligation thrown upon it by Parliament, the directors have been but little in fluenced by the previous discussions of the subject, on ac count of the dissimilarity in the circumstances in which both the company and the district are now placed. "In 1851, for instance, when the construction—in alliance with a separate company — of a line from Salisbury by Yeovil to Exeter was so much considered, and the pro longation of the coast line from Dorchester to Exeter was submitted by another company as a counter Oroject, the determination of the proprietors proceeded, not so much on the distinctive character of the lines proposed, as of the particular term' and circumstances then attending each. At that time, also, this company's works had been sus pended between Basingstoke and Salisbury, and it was considered by a large proportion of the shareholders that the part between Andover and Sali- , bury was in reality abandoned ; whilst in the coast district not only had the intended Great Western branch to Bridport been aban doned, but an opinion was strongly current that their Wilts and Somerset line would never reach Dorchester and Wey mouth. It was also a main feature in the arguments of those who supported the coast line, that if that line were made the central scheme would be for ever given up. " In 1853 the meeting which gave an approval of a Dor chester and Exeter extension may be said to hive been ac tuated solely by the expediency of defeating the then pro posed Devon and Dorset lino; and the meeting which, at a later period of the same year, stayed its progress, acted I upon the desire of avoiding extensions altogether. At neither meeting was it the question whether a western ex tension would be better made by Yeovil or by Dorchester. " The question now to be entertained is not in the shape of a comparison between a voluntary extension westward from Salisbury, and ono from Dorchester, but which will be least onerous to the company—a compulsory extension from Yeovil or from Dorchester; and this must be met on the existing circumstances, the features of which will be found to differ in many most essential points from those of 1851 and 1453. " The chief of those differences aro— " 1. That this company has now completed and opened the lino to Andover, and iu a few mouths will have ex tended it to Salisbury. "'2. An act has been passed enabling a separate com pany, known as the Salisbury and Yeovil Company, to continuo the narrow-gauge system to Yeovil. "3. I]ridport, the only important place between Dor chester and Axminster on the coal line, is found to bo uncu more occupied by a broad-gauge railway, authorised in 1835, and " 4. No doubt remains as to the early completion of the Wilts and Somerset line to Dorchester and Weymouth. "In order that this important questi might be con sidered and decided with the utmost deliberation, the board, in August last, appointed,' committee for the special purpose of thoroughly investigating it, and they have every reason to believe, not only on the account of the time which the committee devoted to it. but of the information they obtained, that this duty has been carefully performed. "The committee ad►ised (and the board discussed the matter and arrived at the sumo conclusion) that if the ex tension were to be made from Dorchester, it should be by a new line throughout ; that any saving of expense by adopting and running over a part of the sanctioned broad gauge lines, necessarily in adverse bands, would be far out weighed by the obstacles which might be expected in the conduct of the traffic ; that we should, in fact, bring traffic to those lines which would otherwise run over our own ; that the distance was greater, and that the necessary mix ture of gauge was on many accounts, irrespective of this district, inconsistent with the interests of this company. " They, therefore, proceeded to a comparison between a Yeovil and Exeter line, and a now line from Dorchester to Exeter throughout. " In looking at the subject in this light it was felt that the Yeovil and Exeter boo could not be considered apart from the state of things between Salisbury and Yeovil, and could net be adopted without adequate security that the latter railway would in feet be made, and would be worked under proper relations with the South-Western Company. Before, however, entering into any inquiry as to the prospects of the Salisbury and Yeovil line, it seemed necessary to decide whether, assuming that line to be made, an extension from thence or from Dorchester was entitled to the preference. " The first point in this part of the inquiry was to as certai❑ and consider the relative distances by the two lines from the important towns en the South-Western system. The following table shows the result :- South- Ports- Miles. London. ampton. month. laeter to Dorchester 58 198 A 119. 1461 Exeter to Yeovil 5O 1714 117 1331 Difference in favour of Central line ' "The next point was as to the cost of coti v ietio; ..,11 line as a single railway, with proper passing places, sta tions, &c., and with tunnels, bridges, and land sufficient for a double railway. " This was ascertained, first, by reference to Mr. Erring ton, the company's consulting engineer, and afterwards by li submitting the plan and section of each line to 15 compo , ,erit contractor., seven of whom sent in tenders fer the work. It will be satisfactory to the proprietors to know that those measures have fully confirmed the estimate which the en cineer gave as to the cost of either of such extensions. The board could now, were the company in a position, and desirous to do so, contract for the execution of the Yeovil and Exeter lino (as above) at somewhat under 600,02 , 01.; or of the Dorchester and Exeter line (as above) at some what under 700,000/. The two lines are identical for 30 miles—that is to say, from a point somewhat east of Ax. 1 minster to Exeter—and the difference of cost is duo to the greater length and heavier works on the line between Dor chester and Axminster. On the last-named line, also, there are no lens than eight miles of a gradient of 1 in 80, whilst ou the Yeovil and Axminster lino there are less than three wiles of that gradient, aid this must be mate rial consideration in the expense of the workieg. " The next point was as to the traffic of the two lines. As regards the merely local traffic on either lino there would appear to be no difference in character between the districts which are not common to both lines, viz , those east of Axminster. But as regards your interests there ie this material difference, that, whereas the Yeovil lino will have the entire traffic of the district which it traverses, the Dorchester line has for more than half its distance a competing line, which, from the character of the Bridport trade, will draw the greater portion of the traffic from the only place of importance between Axminster and Dor chester, and will also compete for a share of the local traffic of the district. As regards the London traffic, it does not appear probable that a line by Dorchester could share in the London traffic of tb. Exeter district, but a line by - Yeovil (each trip by which, between London and Exeter, would, in mere haulage, cost above 12 per cent. less than each such trip by Dorchester) may be confidently expected to carry a fair proportion of such traffic. As regards the effects upon the traffic of your existing lines of railway of each of the projected extensions, the Dorchester (60 miles) would receive the benefit of all the traffic coming from the west of that place, and this would materially increase its receipts. By the Yeovil route a very large addition would be made to the traffic of your Salisbury and Basingstoke line (38 miles), and your Salisbury and Bishopstoke line (22 miles). But the most material consideration respect ing the traffic of the two lines is, which of them is least liable to invasion by other lines ; for, if it is onerous to make either line, it would be doubly so, after making one of them, to find the expected traffic withdrawn by some more direct or preferable competitor. "At this point it became requisite to consider the con dition of the Salisbury and Yeovil Company, and it ap peared, after full inquiry, that the present state of the sub scription list, and other circumstances, rendered it highly probable that that line would be made, even if the com pany went from Dorchester to Exeter. The table of dis tances shows that the effect of this would be to divert the whole of the traffic from our line at Axminster, and to prevent any of it from being carried by oar Dorchester line, whilst the abstraction of the Bridport district by the broad gauge branch would render the outlay on the sec tion from A/minister to Dorchester (nearly 303,0001.) an absolute loss. " On the other hand, if the Yeovil line were made, and if the Bridport branch should be pushed on to Axminster to join us (which does not seem probable, as there is no country to support it by its local traffic), it could not be productive of any injury to the Exeter and Yeovil line. " Upon these, and the like considerations, neither the eommittee nor the board would have had difficulty in de termining that to construct the new line from Yeovil would be the wiser course, if the entire line east of Yeovil were the property, or to an adequate degree under the control, of this company, and if it were certain that the wurks would be completed, at least as sows as the company's Exeter extension. " In order to obtain satisfaction on these points, com munications were opened with the directors of the Salis bury and Yeovil Company, and the committee, upon invee tigation, became satisfied that the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway would, without assistance from this company, be sooner or later made ; that with such assistance es this company might prudently be advised to give, the line would be executed early ' • and that whilst the selection of the company's line to Exeter was yet unsettled, au arrange ment might be made for securing to this company all need- • ful control over the Salisbury, and Yeovil line, with other advantages, "Tire committee proceeded therefore to negotiate with the Salisbury and Yeovil Company, and arrived provision al] vat the terms to be presently stated. They then re ported to the board that in their opinion the line from Yeovil was the best to be recommended to the proprietors. " 1 Because of the relative distances from important places on your systems. " 2. Because the traffic was now without competition, and would be hereafter less open to invasion. " 3. BCC:11130 it was also the loss expensive, and the better in an engineering point of view; and " 4. On account of the great increase of traffic which would be secured permanently to your Salisbury and Basingstoke and Salisbury and Bishopsteke lines. the " termsT he They theyalso hadr e co comemm en t d e e dto w i t h t t h h e e s b a oa l is rd to bu r y and approveYeovil of Company. " The beard having fully considered their commitee's report adopted it, and now unanimously recommend to the pr o prietors to sanction their proceeding to Parliament to obtain an act for making the line from Yeovil to Exeter, and to authorise them to enter into au agreement with the Salisbury sad Yeovil Compaay on the basis of the folio w beg terms : " AeinuaeT of TERMS proposed to be agreed on with the Salisbury and Yeovil Company. " 1. The Salisbury and Yeovil line to be completed on the narrow gauge as a single line, with proper stations, p assin g places, Scc., and all bridges, tunnels, and land for a double line, by Ist July, 1859; the whole to be done to the satisfaction of the principal engineer employed by this company in the construction of their Exeter extension. "2. Upon the opening of,this company's extension line THE RUGELEY POISONING CASE. Considerable uneasiness is experienced among the po lice authorities at Rugeley in consequence of the purport of a private letter received from Professor Taylor by Mr. Gardner, the attorney for the prosecution, having: in a manner unaccounted for by any one reached the kno-x -ledge of the prisoner William Palmer, who, immediately upon gaining the intelligence, wrote a letter to the coro ner. After the proceedings of the inquest of Wednesday, and when the jury had retired, Captain Hatton, the chief of the Staffordshire police, applied to the Coroner to have the letter given up to him. The following con versation then ensued : The Coroner—l must know the reason why you want it. I have not got it here. Captain Hatton--It is of great importance that we should have the letter. The counsel for the prosecution will be in Stafford to-morrow, and I am anxious to place it before them to have their opinion upon it. I think it may be an import an t f ea tu re i n th e case . Will you i gve a copy to Mr. Gardner The Coroner—Yes, I can give Mr. Gardner a copy. A di.4cussion ensued as to when the coroner would furnish the copy asked for, at the end of which he re marked, " I do not know what to do about giving it. I am rather in the dark." Mr. Gardner—You admit you nave icceivea a I do not thi n k y ou can su ppre, , s it. I want to know bow the information .ontained in it was communicated to Palmer Captain Hatton—l am not safe in 6. is matter. There is a great traitor somewhere. I will take my oath I never let the communication escape me. . - Mr. Gardner—The information in the letter you have was sent in a private letter to me. The Coroner—l do not wish to suppress the letter ; neither can I tell how Palmer obtained the information. That he did get it almost as soon as you (Ur. Gardner) is evident, for it appears in the letter. Captain Hatton—l repeated that there is a fearful traitor somewhere, and that it is necessary I should have a copy of this letter. I know enough of the letter to say that. How can I place confidential communications in a man's hand until it is explained ! The Coroner—l think I will forward it to the Secre tary of State. Captain Hatton—Will you send it to the Secretary of State by this night's post The Coroner—l will, and ask him whether lam right or wrong. Captain Hatton—Perhaps it will be better to enter into a full explanation with Sir G. Grey, or I shall have to do so when Igo up to London on Monday. The Coroner—l will send up au account as correct as I can recollect of what has taken place. The subject then dropped. The letter in question is understood to have been sent to the coroner by Palmer at the time the inquiry was pending concerning Conk's death, and before the result of Professor Taylor's analysis had transpired. It is said to intimate that Palmer had seen a letter from Professor Taylor, stating that he had not been able to detect in Cook's stomach any trace of mineral poison. A letter to that effect was received by Mr. Gardner, who is posi tive that he did not divulge the information. The police authorities cannot understand how Palmer became ac quainted with what was then a secret. Disclosures of a most startling character, and of a nature almost unaurpassed in the history of crime, are expected to be made before the termination of the in quiry in this extraordina r y case. It is confidently as serted that, upon resuming the inquiry, evidence will be given to show that Mrs. Palmer, before her death, ex claimed to a female attendant in reference to her hus band, "Is that wretch in the house t He's murdered ate." The symptoms exhibited during her illness and at her decease are alleged to be precisely similar to tho se detailed as manifest e d b y the unfortuna t e Cook. A surgeon in Stafford, w h o attende d W a lter Palmer several times during th e s h ort i l l ness w hich preceded his death, will depose th a t on the occas i on of one visit Walter c omplained t o hi m that the pills h e h a d sent hiss to take the previous night had made him awfully ill. The surgeon,not having sent his patient any pills, told him so, and was answered that he must be mistaken, for his brother ( \Valiant Palmer) had given him the pills, and declared that he (the Staff brd surgeon) had sent them. Of the 23,0001. fo r whi c h William ha d i nsure d Walter's life, we are assured not a farthing was paid by any of the various omees, and th ere fore, if the crime of fratricide, as supp ose d , was committe d w ith th e v i ew of gaining that sum, th e i ntent was happ il y f rustra t e d. Startling as it may appear, the tisanes of no fewer than 16 persons are mentioned at nugeley, respecting whose death by poison at the hands of the prisoner statements are made. The coffins containing the remains of the deceased Ann and Walter Palmer were, upon their exhumation, con veyed from the family vault to the Talbot Inn at Ruge ley, and op ene d , i n t h e presence of the coroner and jury, in the comm erc i a l room of the inn. The coffin of Mrs. Palmer, mad e o f oa k , was fi rs t o p en ed. having been buried a lon g ti me, an d the gaseous exhalations being able to escap e th roug h t h e porous wood, the corpse was comparatively d r y, an d the smell educed endurable. On the removal of the outer coffin a hole was bored in the leaden receptacle in which Walter Palmer's body was confined, and instantly a most sickening and noxious eflluvium escaped, which permeated the entire building, affected parties at the other end of the inn, and produced a sickening effect on all in the immediate vicinity of the coffin. Subsequently the leaden lid was removed, and the spectacle presented by the body was absolutely frightful. The cheeks were so terribly dist e nded as to extend to sid e o f t h e co ffi n ; o ne eye was opened, and the mouth partially so, presenting the appearance of a hor rible grin and grimace. Each limb was also swollen to prodigious proportions, and the sight was revolting in the extreme. Nearly all the jurors were afflicted with vomit ing and fainting. After the re-interment of the corpses considerable time elapsed before fumigations could mete the house at all bearable ; even a week afterwards the close room in which the bodies were opened strongly smelt of the disgusting odour, and it was found necessary to have the walls scraped and repapered, the • doors and woodwork repainted, and a portion of the floor on which foul matter had dropped from the coffin of the male de ceased re-laid, it being found impossible by planing to divest the boards of the noxious stain and stench. We are informed that the Attorney-General and Mr. Scotland are retained for the prosecution of Palmer. Mr. Huddlestone is mentioned as engaged to assist Sergeant Wilkins in defending Pahner.l The public clocks of Cork were en Tuesday changed to Dublin time, pursuant to a proclamation of the mayor. The city clocks were therefore set tea minutes in ad vance of the sun. A similar change has been prsuctically adopted in Limerick and in some other towns. Mr. Drummond's late speech at Guildford is r sprinted conspicuously by the Journal de St. Peteraiourg. HARBOUR OF REFUGE ON THE EAST OF IRELAND. We are pleased to find public attention becoming fixed on the necessity of forming a harbour of refuge on the east part of the Irish coast, Every port that lies be tween Kingstown and Belfast is interested in it. At the last meeting of the Harbour Commissioners, Capt. Saunders, who appeared with a mo d e l f or a sea wall of his own invention, was warmly rece i ve d, an d hi s expla nations of the advantages of his invention carefully at tended to. We unde rs t an d h e h as s i nce visited Skerries, and thinks it a most excellent site for the purpose ; and we believe this to be th e resu l t o f most of the investiga tions which have been made. We have received a re turn to an order of the House of Commons, dated May 24, 1855, which cont a i ns a copy of the memorial of the inhabitants of Drogheda, praying for a Government survey of the eastern c oas t o f I reland, for the purpose of constructing a harbour of refuge in the most eligible position ; and a list of the Casualties which occurred be tween Belfast and Kingstow n , from January, 1850, t o March, 1854—amounting, between total wrecks and par tial injuries, to 98. With this memorial in the hands of the Government, it would astonish none but the Irish, who are so long accustomed to neglect, that active measures were not long sinceadoptcd to carry out the prayer of the memorialists. The return , also, contains a d o cu m ent , signed F ranc i s Gowan, pointing out the national advan tages Sk err i es possesses for such a harbour. These, as pointed out by him, are —First, natural shelter, by a ledge of rocks, from eas t er ly and southerly gales, which no other bay on the east coast of Ireland has. Secondly, good holding ground, a san dy bottom, a depth of w ater for the largest v e ssels, and an excellent quarry. Thirdly, an easy access to the harbour, with Rock-a -Bill as a natural landmark, and excellent site for a lighthouse. The advantages of Rock-s-Bill for . this purpos e , as pointed out by Mr. Gowan seem to be unrivalled. ourthly, the regularity of the soundings from seaward into the bay. Fifthly, tke advantage to fishermen from the English, Scotch, and Irish coasts. He afterwards points out the facility the railway stations afford for passengers wishing to start for any part of Ireland, and insists that the loss of the Young England, Indianian, and manyother disasters which happened on the coast, would not have occurred if there had been a harbour of refuge at Skerries. There is next a document from Capt. Toker, of this town, on the comparative merits of Clogher and Skerries for much a pur pose. It is written with much ability, and giros the decided preference to Skerries. A statement from Alderman Boylan, to the same effect, is also added. With these documents b efore the Go vernmen t we can see no apo logy for not immediately commencing the undertaking, and we hope the commercial men and inhabitants gene rally of Dundalk and Newry—in fact, of the whole of j the Eastern coast—will co-operate with the efforts now making in Drogheda.—Drogited“ Argun. 2' ''R 11711:4. SELIiODE. Seven cities contended for the honour of having given birth to Homer, and four nation , ,4, it is said, might lay claim to the veteran diplomatist of St. Peters burg. Count Nesselrode was born in 1770, of German parents in the service of Russia, on board an Eng lish ship in sight of Lisbon, where for soma time his father discharged the functions of an Ambassa dor. He was descended from an ancient Hanoverian family, a branch of which had settled in Livonia. His father, while at ono time acting as the representative of the Empress Catherine 11. at the Court of the Dukes of Wurtemberg, had the good fortune to negotiate the marriage of the Grand Duke Paul with a princess of the ducal family ; and it is to this circumstance espe cially that the Nesselrodes owe the Imperial favour enjoyed under successive reigns, and continued to them, at the instance of the Empress Mother, by the late Czar Nicholas, even when his policy, in regard to Western Europe, was opposed to that of his predecessor Alexander. Livonia is one of those provinces of the vast Russian empire, which, from their historical traditions, their Cll3- toms and tendencies, have more of the German than Mus covite character. 'When, after the reign of Peter the Great, the spirit of foreign civilisation began its struggle with the barbarism of ancient Russia, the Livonian gentlemen played an important part at court. Not sufficiently Ger man to be completely estranged from Russian interests, nor sufficiently Russian to jain in the discontent of the Muscovites against the successors of the great Czar, the Emperors sought their support, and endeavoured to attach them to themselves either in the army or the administra tion The young Neeselrode has had his share of Imperial benefactions. He studied first at St. Petersburg, at the college of the Gardes Nobles, and entered the service on the death of Catherine. He received an officer's commission in the Guards of the Emperor Paul, and was soon appointed one of his aides-de-catnp by that prince ; but at the close of a few years he quitted th• army to follow his father's career. Europe was now heaving with commotion ; the na tions were looking to France, and in the thunders of her revolutions expected the advent of some new law of liberty and brotherhood ; kings trembled for their scep tres ; and the dogs of war let loose were hounded on alike by fear, ambition, and frenzied enthu siasm. The Czar, alarmed by this successful promul gation of popular principles, arrayed himself in league against the new republic, and marched his troops to the sunny south across the glaciers of Switzerland, thus for the first time retreading the path of the Scythian hordes, and kindling the imagination of his soldiers with dreams of conqttest, as they carried back to their cold and barren steppes remembrances of the rich cities and luxuriant plaits of Italy. The divisions of the Cabinets of St. Petersburg and Vienna frustrated, however, the hopes of the coalition. Gradually the violent hatred which Paul had conceived against the revolution ehanged into profound admiration for the man whose genius directed the destinies of France. Peace was not only concluded, but intimate relations were established between the Russian and French Cabinets. Markoff was sent to Paris in the capacity of Ambassador, and Count Nesselrode, who had been previously employed by the Government, was attached to this embassy. His at tention was principally occupied by the negotiations that were set on foot to secure the armed neutrality of the north, and that ultimately provoked the naval battle of Copenhagen. At this period Nesselrode was in the flower of his age, and with all the ardour of youth threw himself into the pleasures and amusements of the Court. Paris, under the vigorous administration of the First Consul, rejoicing in a new life, and gay as a spring morning after blustering storms, was the scen e of inces sant and splendid festivities. Paul, true to the dreams of his imperial ancestors, plotted with Napoleon the in vasion of India ; the one was to pour his Cossacks and his Tartars down the Affghanistan defiles, the other to disembark in the Persian Gulf, and retrace the steps of the conquering Macedonian. These visions were Bad denly dissipated by the death of the Czar, who, after the manner of Russian sovereigns, was strangled by his nobles. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JAN. 3. We have had more activity than on any previous day this week, but the influence of the holidays on business is still felt ; and, in addition to this, less satisfactory news from India and China than has been expected has increased the general dulness. Inquiries for cloths suited both to the Calcutta market and to China have been made, but have not led to much business, because ac companied with the offer of lower prices, which sellers are not disposed to accept. In yarns the market has also been quiet, but without change of prices. There has been a fair inquiry from the Greeks for the extra-hard twist suited to the Mediterranean markets, which has led to business. For Ind'a there have bee❑ offers, but they have not led to operations worth naming. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report : " Owing principally to the holydays the market has been exceedingly quiet during the last 10 or 14 days. The India and China accounts to hand yesterday are not of so satisfactory a nature as was generally expected; and this, coupled with the growing uneasiness as to the course of the money-market, causes buyers for those markets to show even less disposition to operate, and it is only by some concession in price that sales to any ex tent can be efr.eted. In other descriptions of goods, though the business is on a small scale, there is no giving way in prices." NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 3. The lace trade is dull, and the expectations which were anticipated of a revival of business with the opening of the, year are not yet realised. The operation of stock taking, however, and the continued high rates of pro visions may, in addition to the Christmas holidays, ac count for this state of things. This year the continental business will be resumed much earlier than usual, i consequence of Leipsic Fair (which is regulated by Easter) falling so much earlier this year. In the hosiery department there are some Canadian purchasers in the market. Manufacturers are tolerably ' busy in the execution of orders already on the books arid with preparations for the ordinary spring trade. The home trade is, however, inactive, and hosiers are acting cautiously. BRADFORD, JAN. 3. There has been a fair, seasonable market this morning, but the stiff prices asked for the raw material rather check business. There is no positive advance in the prices of combing wools to-day, but the tendency is rather upwards. Yarns are firmly held at late prices, and there is a little improvement iu the demand. As to piece goods the sales have not been extensive, yet, the season of the year considered, the sales and inquiries have been of an average character. A gradual improvement has taken place in the worsted trade of this town during the last few months, and the year opens with the staple manufacture of the district in a much more promising condition than in January, 1855. In the course of a review of the worsted trade for the past year the Bradford Observer of this day observes : "The commencement of 1855 was a period of remark able interest in the history of the worsted trade. To those actively engaged in the trade, and thoroughly cog nisant of its workings, we had just passed through a crisis of the most searching character in a manner to prove that the trade was sound to its inmost core. In 1854 leases were sustained, but they were borne with ease. The failures of that year were of comparatively little moment, and were only such as were to be expected, but in 1855 there have been scarcely any ; and there is not a textile manufacture in the United Kingdom which can boast of a healthier, a sounder, or more legitimate trade during the past year than the worsted trade of the Bradford district. "In confirmation of this statement let U 4 refer to the course of prices. At the close of 1854 prices of goods had reached a point of great depression. During the earlier spring months of 1855 they were remarkably steady. They then became firm and buoyant, and gra dually advanced, until checked by adverse exchanges and the rapid rise in the rate of discount. During Oc tober pri ces p ar tially receded, but have since rscnvered, and are at present very firm at nearly the highest rates of the current year, and for some classes of goods at higher rates than during any previous part of 1855. "Notwithstanding the high price of provisioas, the consumption of the home trade, though bad in some districts, hag, upon the whole, been large and steady. TO the Continent the exports have been large, while to America the exports, instead of being large and losing, as in 1854, have been small and very profitable. " In fabrics but little novelty has appeared, either in plains or fancies, beyond, as we stated last year, a con tinued development of improving taste. One ortwo new fabrics have been produced, but rather in the way of sowing seed than reaping harvest for the present. The attention of the trade has been strongly called to the ne eeesity of producing warmer winter cloths, and the Chamber of Commerce has presented a valuable report bearing strongly on this much-disputed question. We have little sympathy with the remarks of neighbouring outsiders, who, in considering the report on the French Exhibition, have dwelt but little on the many points in which Bradford is superior, but with evident delight and at inordinate length on the minor points in which we are confessedly beaten. These parties are not aware of the continued experiments which have been made during the last 10 years, nor of what is doing now, and are no more in a position to teach the Bradford trade than they are to show Leeds how to prevent Huddersfield from ab sorbing the fancy trade in cloths. Of this much we are sure, that Bradford will not make French merinoes to a loss ; but if it can be done to profit we have not only skill but enterprise enough to do it. "As to the prospects of 1856, we see no reason to doubt that our goods will be in larger demand for Ame rica, and in as large for the Continent and the home trade as during 1865." THE MAGIS TRACY IN IRILAND.—John Hitchcock, }sq., of Antrim, has been appointed a magistrate of that town. Harcourt Lightburne, Esq., chairman of the Trim borough commissioners, has been appointed to the commission of the peace. THE MAIL :STEAH-SHIP ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, Wedn e/daY.—A telegraphic despatch was received from Queenstown to-day, ann ouncing the sailing from that port, at nitre o'clock this morning, after repairing the damage to her cylinder, of the United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Capt. West, for New York. She would have sailed yesterday, but was unable to leave, owing to the density of the fog. LUCE AT THE DIGGINGS.— We have been informed by the friends of Mr. Francis, who was formerly a printer in this trwn, that after labouring for some time with little success at the " diggins," he took at last some gold, out of one hole, worth to him alone 8,0001. He is still residing is one of the canvas towns up the coun try, where he has started a newspaper. -.Brighton Examiner. Clountty Nbvekets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—JAY. 1. The market was well supplied with fat beasts today, and the quality generally good ; there was a number of Irish heifers shown, purchased at Liverpool on Mond a y, and were much admired for neatness and superior quality, bu the demand for beef was flat and a clearance could not obtained. The sheep pens were well filled, without and alteration of Iwice. Pigs, both English and Irish, wel/ numerous. Fat calves scarce. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 60. to 66d; mutton, 6N. to 7cl ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 7i(l, Pe r lb. ; pigs, 103 Od to 103 6d per score ; rough fat, 63 9,1 to per 141 b. ; hides, 4 , 1. to 46d per lb ; calf•skins, Old to per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JAW. . The supply to-day was much less. Salsa dull, ands cline on the price of all kinds of grain. Wheat, top, 2s down, and on the average 2s lid down , Barley, top, is down—l.verage, is down. Oats on the top 4d down—average, 6d down. Beans on the top 10 up—the average, lld down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat l4 11 6-12ths. Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 8 tO 0-12ths. Beans -12ths. BOSTON-JAN. 2. An improved supply of wheat to-day, but as the farmer° demanded rates which the millers and dealers would not give only a limited basiuess resulted, and prices must be noted is to 3s per qr. under those of last week. Earle ., beans, and peas is to 2s per qr. cheaper than on this del so'nuight, and oats 6d to is. The supply of spring oora was limited. Prices :—Wheat, red, 60s Od to 76s Od; white, 763 Od 78s Od extra, 803 Od. Barley, 32s Od to 38s Od. Oct{ 20s to 20s. Beans, 42s Od to 48s Od. Peas, 41 to 470 Oa' per qr. NEWARK-JA x. 2. We had a good attendance of farmers to-day, soil • liberal supply of grain. Wheat is to 2s lower. Other grain unaltered. Wheat, white 78s to 83s, rod 743 to 78s; barley, maltioS 388 to 425, grinding 36s to 375; oats, 24st. 34s to 38s, 22st , 28s to 30s ; beans, 52s to 55s ; malt, 76s to 808; peas, to 503 ; tares, 803 to 84s per qr. SEA BORNE MAILS. (14 3ignlfles that the mails aro sent from the General Post 00 04 by the night—end M by the morning—despatch.) Day when ma•le op Prom what Whe n COUNTRIEIit in General Post- Port due 1 1. -- Ofllce, London.* Di spatc h, , En. s3l. .... 0 ----- A.merlea(byßr it .pack)N Every Friday • • Liverpool ... Jan. 14 Amelia?. (by United Sts. packet) ..........N •• •• •• •-• • • Liverpool. Jan. il America (by U. State, packet) ..........N •• •• • • • - South amp t o , Jan. 26 Australia (via South ampton) ..........M •••••• .. • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N ..... • • • • • • Dover .... Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hope) ...... ....N1 . •••••• ... Uncertail i Africa (West Coast) ..N ; 23e1 of the month.. Plymouth .. Jan. 3 , Alexandria ........ N ; 4 . 9 . 24 . & 30 oi In. Dover ..... Alexandria ........ „ 1,1,4 th & 20th of mon. gouthamptor . . Bahamas ...........Mll7th of the month S o uth am pt on ' . Belgium .......... —NI IMO'. • •• • • • • • • D0ver...... Daily Brazil ............ „ 11 1 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15 Buenos Ayres ........M ' 91 • 1 1 01 the mouth.. g ou th aina t nn J an. lb Capo of Good Hope ..N Various port Uucerlll/0 Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Vcrda ......N 9th of the month ;Southampton J an . lb Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.. .. Channel Isles ,...N !Mon ,Wed••&Frid•lSouthamptor, Tu.Th.o 3 Chi 11..........„ „ .. 3,112 d & 17th of month Igouthamptoi China .... . 'Once a month.... Jan. 4 Constantinople ......N 13,13,18,23,&23 of m Dover ...... Constantinople .........4th & 20th of mon.,S ou th amp t on Cont. of Europe M & N (Twice daily .... Dover ...... Twiaea l Egypt (sea India) France ........ M & N ;Twice daily •• .• • . Dover ...... Twieoo ll/ Gibraltar ..........M 'l, 7, 17, 20, 27sf tn. Southampton Greece (sea India) I Greytown ..........M .2nd & 17th of mon.lBouthamptom Ilamburgh .. ...„. „N Tuesday & Friday . London ..... Havannah ......„., ai ;2nd of the month gouthamptor, ,Jan. 16. Holland ............MIDailY•• •••• . • •• D0ver....... Dail Y . Honduras , 117ta r !the month. ; S ou th am pt on lath o frao ..........M India (viaSouthampt.)Nl (4th ic 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Jan. 4 India (via Marsoillecai 1 9th& 26th of month D ove r ...... lonian Isles (see Irt1la)I7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & NlTwicc daily •• . . Rol; head • . Twig/Jail/ Lisbon .......... __hi ;7, 9, 17, & 27 of rn. Southampton Jan. 15 Madeira ............Nl9th of the month Southamptop , Madeira ............i.; ;231 of month •• iLiverpool ... Malta (see India) i Malta ............ —. NS, IS, &23 of mon.bover . Jan. 4 . Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ........ •• N 14th of the mouth • Mexico ............m 2nd of the month—Soathamptsn !Jan. 1 Naples ..........., „N s thl s th2sthormon.lDover ...... 21 & 17th of month South am pt on IBy private skip .. Variou s p or t. U nee rt New Granada ...... at ,ill New Zealand Papal States ........N , athlkheathonnon. Dover ...... Peninsula .. M /thl7th27thofinon. Southampton .... Peru ..............m id & 27th of mon.isoutharnpton Port Natal ..........N By private ship...lV ar i ous ports Uoserl6ll Sicily „.., .... „ ....N,sthlath2atholmon, l Dover .. ~, . Tuscany .... •• .. •• ...10thlath2 5 thofinon. Dover ...... v enezc e, ..... .... :51 2d S.: 17th o/month Southampt on 1 & 16010 Van Dietnen's Lal d (see Australia) ... ..... . West Indies ~.. 1 , 44 i 2d& 17th oi month , Southamptanl &16 11 0 .. 118.000 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will no d_ i e ; spatched on the following day, with th e exce pti on o f the firth. Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched tb . preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has 130 quiot to-day, and prices are about the same as yesterday' Caledonian, 264 7—London and North Western, 93V Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76A—Eastern Counties, Si 9"" Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin co l n , 23i—Great ester° of Canada, 24i—Ditto Now Shares, 2. /3 —Luxembourg Constituted, 104 10—Lancaster and Carlisle, 69i 70—Ditt 4 one-thirds, 5A 6 —North British, 7.3.9.—50uth Easteral 17.1.3.—Northern Union B, 157. MANCHESTER, JAN. 3. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been with' out any change in business, and prices a shade lower: Eastern Counties, Si c.—Great Western, 52 1 li—Sonto Eastern, 171-16—Midland, G3i—Lancashire and York' shire, 76$ i—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineolu, 231. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market wag dull today, and prices lower. London and North-Westerns were done SS 93 94—Midlands at C3i—Birmingham and Stour Valleys , at 7i. LEEDS, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A very inactive business to.daf• Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76.6.3.—Crystal Palace, 2s. 9a , —Sheflields, 23i. DUBLIN, JAN. 2. . - STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cont. Console (shat) —Ditto for Account, Jan. 8,87 i a—New Three per Cent' Stock, 87 a—Ditto, for Account, Bth of Jan., 874 Midland Groat Western and Royal Canal, (halves), 441 —Groat Southern and Western, 51i I—Ditto, 4 per cent; Prof., Bl—National Bank (221. 10s. paid), 324—Roy324—Roya l Bank, 201—Dublin and Wicklow, s l—Waterford ant' Limerick, 22i—Mining Ce. of Ireland, 131—Irish South Eastern, 51. ATTEMPTED MURDER IST AN ARAB,—An Arab namill Ramon ben Rehal, from near Biskra, in Algeria, 1 30 just been tried by the Court of Assizes of Constantin! for an attempt to murder his brother Ahmed. The psi' goner was, it appeared from the evidence, both lazy 31 0 a debauched, an d h e ran into debt ; his brother Ahme°o who was his partner in the cultivation of a small favor and who bad paid some of his debts, remonstrated witil him and entreated him to reform. He, being Ahmed '° elder, and as such having a sort of paternal authority' over him, was very indignant at his presumption in ra buking him, and he vowed vengeance. Accordingly, en° day, as his brother was asleep, he tried to plunge * knife into his throat, but fortunately Ahmed turned roand just at the moment, and only received a RHO° wound. The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he had intended to murder his brother, but admitted that he meant to wound bin.. When the president asked him his name, he stated it, but when called oit to fl ier• tion his age, he answered, "As to my age, it is written in the memory of God ! " Being declared guilty, with extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour.—Galignani. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 2d inat., at 6, Cleveland-square, Hyde-park, 60 wife of Henry Hargreaves, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Torquay, the wife of the Rev. Samuel King, OF A DAUGRTZR. On the 2d inst., at Hounslow, the wife of Charles Smell, Esq., of the Carabineers. On the 3d inst., at the Paragon, Blackheath, Mrs. Walton. MARRIED. On the 2d inst.. at St. Marylebone Church, C ap t. j o bs Lort Stokes, R.N., second son of Henry Stokes, Esq., of Scotchwell, Pembrokeshire, to Louisa French, relict ' J. Garrett, Esq. On the 29th ult., at St. Pancras Church, Matthew Neble,_ scu lptor, of Bruton-street, to Franc es M ary, daughter of Richard Claxton, of Brudenel-place, and granddaughter of John Francis, sculptor, of Albany- s t reet, Regent's park. DIED. On the 3d inst., at 50, Upper B erkeley -street, John 2 * - thuna Ross, Esq., advocate, aged 37. On the 2d iast., at 24, Upper Berkeley street, Portman square, Lient.-Colonel Jackson. On the 2d inst., at Limerick, Margaret Leigh, the wife of Lient..Colonel Muller, and daughter of Edward Leigh Pemberton, Esq. On the 2d inst., at 24, Great Queen street, Lincoln's inn-fields, Mr. Wm. Lister, aged 57. On the 2d inst., at Lewish am Kent, Mr. Jeffrey S m ith, formerly of Cotton'e-wharf Southwark, aged 71. On the 31st ult. , at Ram ' sbury, Wilts, the Rev. Arthur Moyrick, aged G. On the 31st silt., Esq., formerly a.t Knightsbridge, William L ew is, Gentleman Usher to George 111., George IV., William IV., an d t o h e r present M a j es t y, aged 86. On the 31 s t silt., at Penzance, Mr. Augu s t us Fi sc h er , late of Upp er Clapton, and 14, Great St. Helen's, eity, aged 4G. LONDON : Printed and Published by RURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the gawky, in the wintry of fkliddlesex, Friday, J'anuEkry 4, 1856. 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