The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-10 00:00:00

• . . • THE STT Isi, LONDON; —.. 1.- MONEY MARKET' SHARE MARKETS. LINES ',EASED - T FIXED it.WITAJ.:-. , Leasin CIOSIng rrlea. *'',. titlis aH I S DAY.) e b. • '''''" " awk " . Company this aft, . yester :ay AND s•--. i 5.... . ....... _..........—. -- Lo COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAYS. 0 41! Bedfc,7.l and Ulu - 101l • . d ________-,_ ____ I Blot :Noy ... N. Wert •• o CITY, Two o'CLocic. r...41L - fr.m. Cliainna Prices rinetnass au. e St. 100 Buckgharnsh. L.&N.W. 92 - 1.4 this day. yesterlaY. St DO Clydesdale.l4 , . aoledon... 94 - 98 The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed . - - ----- `2,5 all Col.StourVy. E. Uri. & 10 with a downward tendency, and prices of all do- -A. 10k: Aicrien.. ~ „. ii; i A.rn'g. I , lottre• Bost Sud. and Hal. E. C - ••• cl ' scriptions of American were *d. per lb. down, and ' - &nil .4...t 1 " stn. Jrinct... 31 -• 3 i a. , , Bowed, from 53d. to id. per lb., were nearly id. , 0 a ll H"fa.''' ' 4 ; 'ftlYmer" '''' -- 0 , 3i al. airramg. Nolvarb .4; :5: I I all n o E c E l i ati l lJ . l :. l3a . c H:S \ P l e i,z i. ( t E: si t . .:C o o r n u t i i. 1:3 .! -....: 1.2 .. 4 . Neil. Direct ••• - a per lb. lower. Surats and other kinds were but . Stour Valley 7l - 8 St. 100 To. New...... Do •• - ••. i- little changed. The sales were 7,000 bales, 500 for ..i. 29:. Rill , edad. Lancsl.. dt 25 all &.tr.& Dn.Fr Gt. NT es :r ... - ... e export,and 1500 on speculation, comprising 2oo Per - , ' 7ll e 6 '' i re Junct l6 -15 iOO all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Y nam and Maranham, b/d. to 7-ad.; 200 Egyptian, '7l Lli ; )4?. Checb. (it Co n Railway ,£5O and £25 Com , . 13 -/4 Railway & Berw. .. -.. . !:-0 all Hull & Selby Y. VI M• 104 - 105 105 3 , 9 - 8 51d to 7 - id • 1 300 Surat, 3id. to 4id and 50 Sea 22 15) po., .£20....... ....... 6 all , ilyth & Tyna origins 2-5 all Do. 6 Shares. Do., lo • 3 , • 3 Le Isla n d s, 9d . t o 13 d . The Ra il way Share Market £2.5 (isdd. at .Z.V -0 ••• -•••• 121 :al Do. ;Shares. Do • - ... 12 all Lon.&Greenw ot.Basten 1.2 i --13 Le was steady, and closed firmly at about Tuesday's :.. ,10t) Bristol end Exetcl.... 79 - 81 21 a u Do.PreferenN3 Do - ... prices. At. 100 ,% , ..ledonian 53 54.1 531 4 St .1 0.1 Lon., Til.,& S. Peto k Co. 195 - 110 tO Ole. Cann. and Ca-digar , - . St 100 Lowostoft gr. e 10 - 12 10i The latest advices from America contain the y no, ti ai- Cheater & Hol ' -• 4 per cent. Norfolk.. ... - ... is official statement of the imports and exports at ' , O all Cork and Bandon ••• - ••• St. tJA.) Do. 6 per ct. Do • - •• ls - ' , O all Corlt Black dass ••• - ... 5, all Mauch. Bxtn. 1,.&N.W New, York during the quarter ending Sept.3o, 2 0 n is Cornwall ••• -•-• and Matlock & Midi& 21 --2 i Y 1855, The total value of the former was 72,021,950 10 all Do. A. - ••• 50 all Middles lero & Stckton & is dollars, and of the latter 60,599,299 dollars. The 10 8 Do. B - ••• Redcar. Darlingt. - - St. If 0 Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 88 - ' 0 t receipts of specie were to the extent of 623,671 dol. :i i,( 4 1 t e l:u h rlin j tz u ße nc 6i 51 Newmarket i t r i as on t j .. u . D . 0. •. 8 .... 4 it lars, and the shipments comprised 14,129,993 dol- 25 431 Dun. P. dt Alp , “. Jne. 61 - 71 Bury Exton.. En. Conn. id - 11) d !.5 all 0 . N..• 47 • 50 all N.& Est.s p.c. E. Count. 55 - a lars. This quarter is generally very active as re- 11 - 1? 111 e 'St. 1100 East Aiglian 4O all Do. 6 per ct. D 0......... ..„ -- ... gards the imports owing to the supplies necessary 10 di Eastern Counties S 8 1 8 11 i 5e all Do. Fixeds p* Do it for th e au t umn d eman d , an d th e exports are gen St. 100 F.a.st. 'Tnion. A Stl 25 -- 27 e- 1, bh)Do., B. 5t0.t.... 17 -19 '.5 all Prost. &Nl•yr. L. &N.W. - - ~. 12 all Do. 1 Shrs A Do le rally very limited. 'M Si D o ., New A •9 0 .• . St 1A Roystn.&lllt. GtNorthr 130 -- I:3 [e Accou n t s from the Foreign B ourses co ntinue to 25 71 East Kent - 26 l fli Shof.Roth.and Lancash& it mention that much dullness exists, owing to the _st 100 Fast Lancashire es -70 691 Gooleg. 5 p.c. Yorksh. ... - ... /1 . Uncertainty that prevails in the c-'t] ICO Minh 50 - ti 2 Tue.& Glasgo. , . 10 all Edinb. and Peebles 91 - " l i 10 all Shrews.&Her. T.Brassey 7i - 8 t 2 111 S. Staffordsh. &f.MClean 31 -. 2/ a political world. 7=o all WearValleygr Stockt. k d St 100 Ecl , n Prt teDurd • 19 - 20 Capitalists are extremely cautious in their invest- ' '-' - k -- -- " 10 9 Forth & Clyde Re • ... - 6 per cent... Darlingt ... - ... h. scents, and the speculators do not know which way 50 all Furness ... lc air Do Do 3O -31 301 ~ to (Thorn in T 1,... .---- 1 .. _J. Tr - ..,1,;,4, i 20 al Do. Extension........ •• •• St. f. 00 Wiltsleomrst ltWestn Bl - 83 The latest advices from America contain the ()facial statement of the imports and exports at New' York during the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1855. The total value of the former was 72,021,950 dollars, and of the latter 60,599,299 dollars. The receipts of specie were to the extent of 623,671 dol lars, and the shipments comprised 14,129,993 dol lars. This quarter is generally very active as re gards the imports owing to the supplies necessary for the autumn demand, and the exports are gene rally very limited. Accounts from the Foreign Bourses continue to mention that much dullness exists, owing to the uncertainty that prevails in the political world. Capitalists are extremely cautious in their invest ments, and the speculators do not know which way to operate. Tho money market at Vienna, which W as beginning to show symptoms of recovery a short time back, is now, if anything, in a more de pressed state, while foreign exchanges are on the rise. On the Bourse the Five per Cent. Metallics are weak at 73k, and the Four-and-a-Half per C ents. 64k. There is nothing doing in the New Bank of Credit shares. At Berlin there is no further conversation about the Russian loan, and if an y stock is negotiated it must be at a very low rate to find purchasers. The Four-and-a-Half Per Cents. are heavy at 1071, and the 4i stock at 914. On the Paris Bourse there is no material alteration in previous quotations of the _French Funds, heaviness, but the share market presents great with a further decline in stocks from 2f. 500. to 12f. 50c., and a fall of sf. in Bank _Shares and C re dit M o bili er Stock. At Brus•els, F rankfort, and Amsterdam there is no financial news of interest. Accounts from Austria announce that the com pany of Hungarian capitalists who propose to con struct a railway from Raab to the frontiers of Turkey, have sent in their demand for the conces sion from the Government, and .there is every Probability of it being granted. It is stated also that a n E ng li s h company is formed to construct a line from Constantinople to Belgrade, Which could be finished about the same time, so that a line of communication with Constantinople by railway will in all probability ere long be ac complished with the Austrian capital. This enter- Prise will not only be advantageous for the com mercial interests of Vienna and Hungary, but will he of European importance, as uniting the extreme east and west of Europe by a speedy and economi cal means of transit. JO. N.w East 'Eastern Counties East. 'Tnion. A Btl Do., B. 5t001.... Do., New A.... East Kent hut Ltncashiro Edinburgh& Chino. Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &Durd.i Forth Sz, Clyde Jr.o Furness . Do. Extension.... IGlasgowhS "Ins*.. Great N. of Scotind. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ot. Sth . &West. (Ire ) Great Western 'Do. Stour Val. R►il Gua. Stk all !Irish South-Bastern all !Lancaster St Cerlisle ;43 Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Third• 100 ;L zi o.,..h.audYorksl . all 0 all it. 100 0 all It. 100 it. 100 It. LI 00 it. 0. )0 it. 9.00 1. 1100 -- t 'Do Wet Riding tin. all Liv.Crsoy.&Southpt .London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright& S.Cst 100 Loud. and N. "'Vertu. 16 , De. Fifths 5. D 0.1 0 .1. Sh.,lti& B, 0 2i Do. Eighths . . 100 London =ld S. Wrstn all ro., Xsi; . all Do., £O3 Ludndrry& Color: 113 f all Lndndrr7. & I.lnulak iOO Manch.Shef.& Linelb all Do. Shares, No. I 425. Do., 'Man. & Lin. Un. 1 Metropolitan ....... [OO 311(112.11d 1.00 Po. & Derb , all Midld. G. West. (Ire. all lb. Half Shares til Noweastle &Ca rlip.lF all Nwpt. Aberg. & Hrtt 9 Newry & Enniskille - . Nowry Warrenpoiw, 25 61 N 10 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under : North-Westera South-Western Brighton Midland South -Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Oxford, Worces., and Wolverham Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South. Western Scottish Central Ulste r Waterf or d an d Limerick • Grand Trunk of Canada 156. £51,393 12,340 10,548 24,701 18,738 10,962 19.800 3,700 4,743 7,253 2,660 1,140 913 4,468 18b5. X 46,173 11,436 10,171 23,899 17,291 11,305 18,716 2,755 4,713 6,516 2,579 1,093 755 2,418 At the commencement of business this morning, English Sec ur iti es s li g htly rallied from yesterday'a depression, but the quotations have since become Weaker ; and Consols, for money, which have reached 86• are Now about 851 to 86. The Febru aVY account prices have been 86/ and 86k 1. These was some expectation that an alteration Would be made in the minimum rate at the Bank of England, but as the Directors have separated with "t , making any announcement, the Funds are 11( : 7 rather firmer again. The New 3 per Cents. I P and the Reduced 86 to 861. Bank Stock has been 2051 to 207, and India Stock 2182. E xchequer Bills have risen to 53. and 4s. discount, and India Bonds are at 9a. discount. There has b een more activity in the Foreign Stock Market to-day, and prices have generally improved. Turkish 6 per Cents. are to 4 per "ant. higher, namely 80i to 80!, and the New Scrip is 4g to 44 discount. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are 98,, the Small 98i to 91. Chilian 3 per Cents., 64. P or tuguese 5 per Cents., 50, and , 4 per Cents., 45±. Sardinian were very quiet at 8 1 to 814, Spanish Bonds have been dealt in at 38 1 to 38i, and the Deferred at 21± to 211. Dutch 2 i per Cents. ruled flat at 631. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexican, ; Peruvian, 74 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 52 3; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 47 ; Russian 5 per °Puts., 95 7 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 85 87 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 384 : 3 ,-; ditto Deferred, 21± i; ditto Certificates, 4i ; ditto Passive, 64 74. Railway Shares are very inanimate, but rather firmer. Eastern Counties, however, remain flat. Scarcely any business has been done in foreign lines, and Great Western of Canada are at about previous prices. Mining and Banking Shares are steady. Canada Land are about 10s. higher. 13111 and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk .TISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES 2.frum th Oftciat List. 3 i!liortlm.Conntios Un. 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 ' all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do. B Guarantee 1 10(1 N. Do. 21i Do. do. Extension 15 On. do. G.N.E..?nreh al Do. Leads ID(1 Do. York 100 North London 3i IR NI AS.Wstru.,Hain , -' stead, and City Jn..' 17i ) North Staffordshir. , ; al North Western all \T„Szr S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinkle:}• and Leicester ox, Wore., Woly 8 :S'ortsLionth 100 I? , o.i.ish Central ' 4 cottish Midland 100 Thropshire lin on a ' , .onth Devon , 1 k '4oith Eastern all 'oath Walee 1 -4. Yrksh. fs Riv. DUI, 80 - 81 6 - 7 874 -88 i 71 - 73 119 • 1?1 102 104 611 621 Ll 4taines,Wok. lc Wok tockton & Darli 16 Atclicton & ar.rtlep) lOC raft Vale .. WO Do. Prof., No. 1. 213 mames Hay. D.& R Ulverstone & Lanes all Vale of Neath all Watered. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Lizneeek all West Cornwall. 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A......... 3 Do. B. ril West London all Wimblecin&Qroydon 70 - 75 51 - 6i 51 6$ 76 - 761 5/ 6 93 91 934 94 14 ldi lb K 4 85 8 • 7 Gi 5i 23 - 23 63 -63 37 - 38 . 64 ''''".. 9 -10 i - li 42 - ii 28 ... 29 664 - 84 - 5 - 44 12 - 124 44 45 92 - 97 - Si - 21 - 23 101 1W 72 74 ' 42 t 4 'O4 56 57 65 - 07 S 3d 2d pa, ••• ".. ••• '''' ••• . 4i 184 17) 34 - 4 - 6 nt, ,,, ,..• done. Bank Stock a ~.., ueuv. Reduced Annuities 564 5 6 4 8 ,,,.Per Cent Consols Alumina. 865 1 54 6 4 ”of 3 per Cent. Annuities . Long Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1560... -uitto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859... 31 Ditto 90 Years, expire sth April, 1855... 161 India Stock In fix Bonds, £lOOO . Ditto, under £loon 9 d 4 3 I llnsois ;or Account (Feb. 7) Bo.iiii Exchequer Bills, 2td. kl 000 . i'soo %Ist? Ditto Bonds, 1858, 35 per Cent — Ditto, 1459..•.. Ditto under £l000 PRICZS OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bends, i per Cent. Ditto Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto Account ........................ Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent ................. Me , ienn 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 46 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con, 1841 50 Ditto 4 per Cent 451 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 3Bl Oil Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 214 4 i x d Ditto Passive 6l Turki..ll Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account BOl 11 i i Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account ‘tv.dendo Co 'no above of11"1. In 1."1' Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Gail 631 a d THREE O'CLOCK. .... - .... sti . - . 64 Consols Ditto for Account Feb. 7 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 20 too 25 25 20 luo 20 FOREIGN. 01 4 n twer pdt Kett 'man,' 40 Do. sp. e. Oblga. coi. in Sh. at par till '64 10 'Ardennes 4!) I 3eigian Eastn. Jianc 10 fleziers to Graissessa , 4i il.zmbay,Bs.roda,an n6ntral India.Serit all Do. all Demerara 11 9:4 93 i A l 84 i 63 I retch Rhenish ur.a.4 all Eastern of France ! 10 Do. New an t Indian, g. 5 p. 6 10 Do. E, tension .. all Do. do. do., '59, do.. 20 Gd. Tts of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence S. 4tlantio do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben eon. into Stk. till 'V all Do. Comp. Cp. c., do.' 10 Gt. CcLtral of Fran a,:l at. Indian Peuin.nl, guar. 5 per cent... all Do. New 5 per cent all Do. Extensions.... 13 Itireat Luxerebour.l Constituted Shane.; e 1 Do. Obligations all Gt.WesternofCanad g' - qtrPla 5 Do. Now.. ell Do. [lds., payable's7, with option till '55.. all D 0.410., '62, p. '56 .. all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all D ; ,. do., '73, without 664 I 31 - 3 0 t - $ Si to 20 20 45 4i - 34 - A 44 81 - 9y P 21 -21 i THB IifILILS—SOUTHAIMON, Jan. 9.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar, Captain Bevis, sailed this afternoon with the monthly mails for Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, Bahia, Pernambuco ' Rio Janeiro, Madeira , St. Vincent's, Lisbon, Ic e . There are on board 94 pas sengers, among whom are Lord H. Cholmondeloy, *Vicomte de Lemonte and lady, Dr. Cullerd, and five Sisters of Mercy, for Buenos Ayree, etc., and on freight 12 ,0001, value in specie, 16,0001. ditto in jewellery, and a full general cargo. The T ay, Capt. S aw yer, with the homeward Brazilian mails, /9 due on the 16th inst. The Parana, Captain Ellison, is preparing to convey the West India and Pacific mails on the 17th inst. The Plata, Captain Weller, with the homeward portion of the West India and Pacific mailq, is expected about the 14th inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ,teamer Madrid, Capt. Cook, with the Peninsular mail, rs expected on or about the same day. The Sultan, tePtain R. W. Evans, will leave with the outward por n of the Peninsular mail on thol7th i n st. The Euxine, Captain Joy, will leave on the 20th inst. for Alexandria, `with the Indian and Mediterranean mails. The Alma, Captain Burney, with the homeward India and Medi terranean mails, is expected on or about the 21 st. The Manilla will leave on the 23d inst. for Constantin o p le gad Balaklava, with cargo, &c. 100 100 100 20 10.1 9i 141 151 50 65 80 85 5k 5} Par iP - 21 —94 i 2i 2ip 98 115 120 lla 120 all ioption flamilton & Toronto all 'Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Coust. & Basl all ILierre and Turnhout 10 Lyons and Genova ,; 14 s Lyons k Mediterran all I qadran 10 !Do. New a ll INiaris Antonia ~.. all IDo. do. New a ll I Namur & Lieae ( witl• interest) . all Do. (ex interest) a n Northern of France. all D 0.201. She. all Do. 207. 3 p. s imp (fmy.B.& Ams.Sha. a ll NorwegianTrunkPrel 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans 1 all Paris and Ronan... l.t ParisCaen&Cherbrg all Do 5 Rome and Frascati all Rouen and Havre all IRoyal Danish 5 II:Loyal Swedish all i Do. Obligations all Sambre and Meuse.. all no. 5i p. cent. Prof ss. Scinde all Do all southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). r" West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Pref 18 Western of France , all D 0... all Zealand 104 106 6z3 - 24 110 - 1. 5 - Al .. 4 7 pi - 1 2 - 3 4 1 `441 - 11/ 6i - 74 44 - 444 43 - 46 ... pto lgi - 19 1B - 11: Si 2i 2 - - Si ••• .• PREFERENCE SHARE.S. St. )100 Aberdeen lOB - 110 St. JlOO Do. N 0.2, 7p. e... 104 - 106 25 all Blytha.ndTyno Ape , , c. prof. (issd. A5O/ ... - ... St. 100 .tris.& Ex. 4p.e. St 90 - 92 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares - ... St. 100 Caledonian 4 'lo 9l - 93 15 all Chester & liolyheao Guar. 54 per cent l5 - 16 91 all no. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... z 4 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - .. 6i all Cork &Bandons? . ip.c ... -- 14 ail Dun•Prth .& Aber. J 5l 64 10 2 &Anglian Cis. ASh ... - ... St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c ... - ... St. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c ... - ... 6;' all Eastern Counties Ex -1 tension, sp. c. N 0.3 ,/ - 4 k Pm 5t all 'Do. No. 2 4 - i 1' pm 10 ! all Do. New 6 p. c. St. 114 - 1.21 10 al; ]fast Cu. ' G. 6p. c. ... - ... 5 all ) 0 . 51., 10 nor cent. ... .- - 10 all po. VI/. Debentr.Sh. ... - ... St. al? o. do. 4 per. cent... ... - ... St. 100 ast•Lancash.6p.ets ... - 5 all Pl.& W. York. J. 5tl:D, ... - St. 100 rild Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 03 - 62 61 20 all Furness . ... St. 100 :Pas. &5.W.G.5 p.c ... - St. 100 Treat Nortbn. sp. c 112 - 114 St. 1100 Do, sp. c. P.edeena. at 10 p. c. pron.. 100 - 107 107 St. 100 Do. -ti p. c 9B - 100 12 t 7i Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red %t, sp. e. pin_ ~ 1- i - 10 all Gt.N. of Soot. lst Pr , 9 - 10 St. 100 'lt. S. AW. (Ireland) ... - ... 20 10 Do. 4 per c. Pr,..f. 3 ... - .., '0 6 'lt. Westn. (Berke & .lants Ex .sp. c) 6 - 61 St. [lOO Do. con. red. 4 p.o, 84 - 86 85 St. 100 )9. con. red. 4p. c. 77 - 79 St. 1.00 Do. irred. 4p. c. - 79 8 , all Do. Bina. Pref. Sh 94 -9i 10 all Do. Chester 8 p.c.P.S. 15i - 164 J 0 all Do. do. sp.c. do 94 -10 St 100 Do. Bin% Gua. Stk 16 -65 25 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh l7 -18 131 all Do. de. do B4 - 9 20 el Do. do. do ....... - 134 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2l 1 - 4 , St. 100 Do. 6p. o. St.'ck - 134 St. 100 Lon.&Brigh. 0.5 p.o ... - jSt. 100 so. Pref., sp.c. St ... - ... St. 100 So. New Guar.() p. c, ... - ... St. 1 100 Do. do. 5 per cent ... - - St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton sp. ct ... - ... St. 100 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct ... - ...p t 26 all Gandy. & Cnler. Sh. ... -- ... 1.2? ‘ll Londy. & Ennis. . S 10 all Ilan., Sher., & in New, £lO l3 - 134 6 4 Do. .6 i --` i 12% all Warypt.&Carl.4p e ... - ... 12. all ')u. 44 per cent 12. 10A Do ••• - ••• it• 100 VI id. Consol.6 p.c St ... - ... St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol , firm. 6 per cent. 111 - 133 St. 100• f Do 44 p• c. Pref. S . 91 - 93 91 161 all ;Do. Pref. 4 . 4 pc:. cen 14 - 14 14 di, 5 all , Do. 51. Prc-f. 4p. c.' 4 - 4t St. 100 'Ditto L. &H. Prof. SI ... - ... 10 all Norfolk Deneatnre . ... - ... St. 100 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stoo ._ - ... St. 100 Do. 5 p.o. Kxt • - ••• St. 100 De. 54 per ct.pref... ... - ... St. 100 Do, Way. Val. sp. c. ... - St. 100 'North British 9B - 100 St. 100 l NT. E. Berw, 4 p.c P 87 -8 + 17 5 [ 'Do • do. do 2l - Si 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c .No. ... - ... 12J 9 c. do. Quarters 4' . .. - ... 25 10 o.York IL& S. Pur 4 - id 20 all orth Staffordshire. ... - ... St. 1.00 dxford,Worcester, k D 14 0 7° R lvrh. . Prof.Bt all . ot. Cent. , New Pro ... - ... 2'..) all :South Devon l3 - 14 e l 6. p s .e h .. ... . __ .- . ..... 88 10 84 10 14 Do. fixed,44 percent id - pa , 1.0.x' all S. Ann.) Es. ste o l f m £ ( l ß o. casd6ind-. 214 -22 i St. 10') Do. 4 1 ., per cent 92 - 94 10 all Do. Fixed 4i pe Oa Bi --- 94 i 20 all S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ~. • - ... 20 all Do. do. 44 p. c.... ... - ... 20 all S.Yorlish.4p.c.Gnar. ... -- 25 all i c.ltock.& Dar. ,sp. c. ... -. .. 25 15 po. do. do p -- 1 / Il ji a i r ly tl l . , g , . 5 , _ .. 12i all 1 Sto ck. r. a. 5 44 ;Watertd.&Kilk. 6 pc 2 i - 2 41 t&ill ... ••• ... -pm ••• 3i - 4 MINES. 1 ail kgnet • •• • 1 all l ‘.nglo Austrlu. Gold lOs all -Anglo Californian 4 20 6 kustralian 1 I al/ lustralian Cordiller 4 1 all Ivo Maria — 1 all '"aden (G:l.Duchy of ... 50 all Itonarvon Iron an,' Coal 20 14 t3ritish Iron 4 6 35 j 26 - Irazil ianlmp.(issued at .1!5 pin.) 30 all 30. Cocacs b Culab 2 21; 20 13 Jo. St. John Del ke , 27 20 x d 1 3 ':larendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica id in t 0 all ..obre Copper 65 69 68 5 1 lolonial Gold St. all 'Topper Min. of Eng 34 37 25 all Jo. Pref. 71 p. cent 23 25 ... 1e . l9 20 e 14 :rortun9. 20 all •neral.. l4 —l6 1 all It.NuggetVeinßag. 4}, ail Groat Polvooth 2i 5 all t Wheal 'War United 1 • id 1 all iberty - 3 all Linares ci 71 • 5 11 Lusitanian # t all II ariquita ........ ...•• 1 all New Granada — Jr 1 I all Nonvean Monde 30 all Pontg lnn ibaad . & Smelt. Silver Lead 10 12 5 1 Port Philip • 1 all 4nartz Bock — 50 all Rhymney Iron 2O 22 x d 15 all Do. New 6 8 x d 30 13: Santiago de Culaa 4 41 1 all Aontb 1 1 all Do. Scrip 1 Do. 10 per cent Pref 10 9 sin Croft -4 i I 28i all United Mexican 3l 41 4 1 all Waller — 1 all West Mariposa . 12a Worthing Mining o'- Australia ••• ••• 1 oral Yuba •• MISUELLAINtoITh. 25 19 Australian Agrieult. , 26 23 $ le all Aust.raln. Royal Mai 10 8i Berlin Water Works 61 71 50 40 Brit. American Lam 47 100 :324 Canada . St. WO Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. ana July U 5 106 1051 5 all Crystal Palace 2 —2/ 2 5 5 Do. Preference.. 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc 1 0 Duston Iron Ore ... 20 11 Eastern Steam • 5 all En.diAus Cop Sm Co 1 11 11 25 24 Electric Telegraph 2O 21 1 all Rllectric Teleg. of Ir. ••• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ••• 15 14 Lieu. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Steam 15 z 0 10 Irish Beetroot Sup 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel • 8 10 10 9 MexieankS.America 5.1 51 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fie. 1.0 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8 p P iss at 1 d id 2 1 N. S. W. Coal ft inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 100 80 New B. &N. S. 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Corp: r 2P 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond. & Wentminsur 3 National Prc.of Eng 10 Do. New„ 222 National of Ircial•td. all New South Wa1e2...., 37 39 all Oriental Bank of C or poration. 37 38 iii rrGvincial of Trek& 51 58 all Do. New „„ I Royal Anstraln.. Bkw Imp Co 0 50 Royal British ior.th ,40 -- 4? all Union of tinstrtlia 173 - 75 D-v. New ,0: London 31 - . .., THE SUN. LONI3ON; THURSDAY EvEgiith s , JANUARY 10. 1 A 56. Y ,* .0 r 4 , Prio t t (9. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening. NOTHING DOING. PRUSSIA. • BERLIN, Jan. 2. The mission of Colonel von Manteuffel to Vienna is assumed by various parties to have various diffe rent objects in addition to the mere formal delivery of the King's letter. According to some be is to agree with Austria as to terms of a joint motion to be made shortly at the Diet on the subject of an altered position to be assumed by Germany oh the Russian question ; according to others Prussia being alarmed at the prospect of widely extended operations in the Baltic thi s summ er, is apply ing to Austria through him for an assurance of the same support, in case she should be attacked there, as Prussia bad guaranteed to Austria in case she should be attacked in the Principalities. LAWINTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commi@sioner Holroyd.) IN RE M. TRARSLET. This was a certificate meeting. The bankrupt was described as a wine mercbant, of South-bank, St. John's wood. The balance commenced with a capital of 375/. Creditors, 4,3311. ; do. joint of Yearsley and Biggi, 1,950/. ; creditor, by doubtful debts, 2241; property in hand, 351. 10s. ; furniture allowed 201. ; property con signed for sale after deducting charges, 1,537/. ; trade expenses, 1.677/. ; house and personal do., 1,4721. ; losses, 2,7881. Mr. Linklater appeared for the bankrupt. It appeared the bankrupt bad unfortunately made consignments of wine to Australia, which had not proved remunerative. The assignee had not as yet been furnished with any accounts of the consignments. Ultimately his Honour granted an immediate certifi cate of the second class. CREVIINAL COURT.—(This,Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) THE HYDE-PARK RIOTS. Charles lfiedjett, a police-constable, surrendered to take his trial upon a charge of assaulting William Stevens. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk conducted the prosecu tion ; Mr. Pa.rry and Mr. Metcalfe were counsel for the defendant. _ _ Mr. Bodkin briefly opened the cave for the prosecu tion, and he said, that the circumstance of the defendant being a police-constable, and the facts connected with the inquiry, rendered it one of con- Rides able public importance. The charge arose out of some proceedings of a 'eau disorderly and violent cha racter, no doubt, that occurred in Hyde -park during the last summer, upon the occasion of a bill that was intro duced into Parliament upon the subject of Sunday trading. With the wisdom or policy of that measure they had, however, nothing whatever to do, and the only question they would have to decide was whether, upon the occasion that was the subject of inquiry, the de fendant had used unnecessary violence in the execution of hie duty. The jury were aware that the matter had already been inquired into by a commission, composed of three eminent persons, the Recorders of London, Liverpool, and Manchester, and upon their report the Secretary of State had felt it his duty to direct the pre sent prosecution to be instituted. The evidence was then gone into, and it appeared that the prosecutor was a hairdresser, and that on the let of July he was in Park-street, near the residence of Lord Robert Grosvenor, having been to see a female relative home, and baying had nothing whatever to do with the previous proceedings in the park, when he observed a crowd of people coming down the street, followed by a body of police. He stood on one side to make way for the crowd, and according to his testimony, upon the police coming up, he was assaulted in a most brutal manner by some of the constables. He stated that he was knocked down, and kicked, and beaten by the policemen with their staves, and it ap peared that he was most severely injured, and was for ten weeks under the care of a surgeon. The prosecutor swore positively to the defendant being one of the constables who assaulted him, and his evidence in respect was confirmed by several other witnesses. All the witnesses were cross-examined upon the question of Lientity, and the only point that appeared to be raised on behalf of the defendant was that the witnesses were mistaken as to his being the man. The trial was proceeding and was likely to occupy the greater part of the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MANSION-HOUSE. ROBBING CARRIERS' WAGGoNs.—A strong desperate looking man, who gave the name of John Jones, was charged before Sir R. W. Carden with attempting to steal a chest of tea from a waggon in Cooper's-row, Crotched-friars. Police-constable 564 deposed that about a quarter past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner following a loaded cars, and on its turning into Cooper's row the prisoner went over and attempted to lift the chest of tea over the tail-board of the cart, but he was unable -to accomplish his object. He gave information to other carmen in the locality, desiring them to watch their goods, and seeing the prisoner loitering about he went up to him and asked him what he did there. Pri goner replied he had just left work, and was going home to his tea. On that he took hire into custody. Rob beries of this kind were very numerous in the City. The prisoner denied the statement of the policeman. Ratridge, the gaoler, said he believed the prisoner ha4.l before been charged at this court with a similar offence. Pohee-constable 561 said he had been to the address given by the prisoner, but he was not known there i❑ the name of Jimes. _ Sir R. W. Carden said John Jones were always sus picious lt'L'.lo, lie remanded th e pr i soner f or i aqu i r i es • to be male respecting his character. John Jordan, for a similar offunce in Fenehurch•etreet, was committed for 3 months. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASS kULT BY A SPANIARD.—Louis pouters, a seaman belonging to the ship Oliver, was brought be fore Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting and wound ing Antonio Juan. The prosecutor and the prisoner are both Spaniards, and .Notinogle, an intelligent police-constable, No. 133 H, was sworn as interpreter. It appeared frown the evi dence of Juan, who was in a weakly ccndition from loss of blood, and whose head was bandaged, that he lived at 31, Well-close-square, and the prisoner was living at 6, Neptune-court, in the same locality. Last night, about 11 o'clock, the prosecutor went to the house iu Neptune court to inquire after his brother. The prisoner opened the door and said, "Your brother is not here," and showed fight, and struck Juan repeated blows on the head with a large table knife, inflicting several wounds. Soeters also beat Juan over the shoulders, but was only wounded on the head. He became insensible from loss of blood, and when he recovered his senses he was in the London Hospital, Whitechapel-r,sad, under medical treatment. In answer to a question by Mr. Yardley, the prose cutor said that he never saw the prisoner before he was attacked. Albert Tucker, a police constable ' No. 40 H, said he took the prisoner into custody, and he said he knew no thing of the prosecutor, and that some one else wounded him. He found the Spaniard Juan on the ground weltering in his blood and conveyed him to the hospital. said she was present when the Catherine White, a young woman, who described herselfaffr prisoner drag the prose cutor out of the passage of the house, and heard him say " Do you want to fight ?" and he then attacked Juan ay took a s an p with the knife, and cut him terribly. Both men were sober. ulancfeo,rtaunndastea,w the Mr. Yardley—You heard him say " Do you want to fight ?" Does the prisoner speak aay English / Normogle—Yes, sir,. he can s p ea k a littl e E ng li s h . Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court. MARKET NEWS.--(This Dap. CORN EXCHANGS GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 10,1856, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the dttlereot Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I ssaulit• S oSTs s . I 9 ..._ . " I 31 "‘• 1 PEAS. 76s pit 39s 01 268 " I 5 2s 7d 47 s 71 I 47s ad THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. EASLEY. ( , OATS. ‘ 8111. 1 BEANS. J PEAS. i 79s 61 40s 91 r 2 7 8 id i 3 4s Od ( 8 _Os 9.1 ( 49s 4d QU VNTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. 5,130; Peas. 1 ,975 Quarters. Wheat, 89,604; Barley , 107,228 ; O ats , 16,271 ; R ye, 159; Buns. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL.—The trade was less active to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 42 6d,; Veal, 4a Od to 5$ 4d; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s 21 per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 9.—The supplies of fat stook were but moderate. The trade, however , ruled inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to s 8i1; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5a Od; Veal, 4s 4d to 58 ; Pork, 33 6d to 4. 8 ( 1 per Blbs, to sink the offal. _ ROMFORD, Jan. 9.—The demand wits in a sluggish state, on rather easier terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4810 d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 55 Od ; Veal, 48 Od to 5s 4d ; Pcrk. Ss 4d to 48 8d per 81bs, Quarter-old Store Pigs, 228 to 2s. each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIIPTELD.—Meadow hay, 4Z 4s to 61 Os ; clover ditto, 41 128 to 71 Os ; and straw, 114 s Od to 1/ Si Od per los,n. Trade steady. GEMBERLAND.—Ifeadow hay, 4/ 5s to 61 Os ; clove). do., 4I 10a to 6/ 17s : and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. WITITEOEIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 61 Os; clover .10., 41 15s to 71 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. A moderate demand. DASHING CAVALRY .ENCOUNTER NEAR KERTCH. KERTCH, Dec. 22.—An infantry foraging party was despatched a few days ago from Kertch to bring in a quantity of hay and straw from a place ca'led the Spanish Farm, about five miles from the town. Parties of the enemy's Cossacks had for some days been prowling about the neighbourhood, with the view of seizing any opportunity that might offer to set fire to the forage in question, but wisely kept at a safe distance up till daylight of the 16th inst. On the morning of that day, however, scattered twos and threes of them made a nearer appearance ; and Major McDonald, who commands the Turkish cavalry detachment accom panying the force, went out with his party of 80 Lancers to beat them off and reconnoitre. After riding some couple of miles in a westerly direction, he fell in with the Russian videttes, who retired as his party approached ; but, very quickly after, numerous small bodies of the enemy's regular cavalry galloped into view trom different directions, and uniting, made a force of about 400 dragoons. This unexpected discovery left no option but to fall back on the farm, and this Major McDonald ac cordingly attempted to do, but the Russian horse men gave rapid chase, and with their long pieces kept up a galling fire, to which the short carbines of the pursued could make no effective reply. Bet ter mounted, too, they suceeded in outflanking our men, and by this threatened to make prisoners of the whole. The moment was critical ; but Major McDonald, with a courage above praise, resolved to imitate the desperate bravery of the 10th Hus sars, some months ago, under nearly similar cir cumstances, and to cut his way through, or fall in the attempt. Forming his little squadron, there fore, he dashed forward at their head against the gleaming barrier of hostile sabres, and being admirably supported by his men, hewed open a way for nearly the whole, with a cost to the Russians of some twenty killed and wounded. But the enemy speedily recovered from their con fusion, gave renewed chase, with a flying fire as before,• and again turned the flank of the hard pressed Turks and their British leader. The escape which had been hoped for from the first desperate effort now seemed impossible ; but, with a heroism even greater than before, Major McDonald deter mined to make one more blow for the lives and freedom of his party. Pulling up for a moment he hastily formed and again rushed ventre a terre against the enemy. A fierce hand-to-hand fight then took place, and after some twenty minutes of as desperate sabring and lance-thrusting as the present war has yet seen, the heroic Scotchman and forty of his little band again cut a passage through, leaving Captain Sherwood, his second in command, and as many more dead and dying in the enemy's hands. Some minutes elapsed before the well mauled Russians could renew the pursuit, and this short interval sufficed to give our men headway enough to render further chase hopeless : still the enemy pressed on, and only gave up the game within a mile of the camp outside the town, about three o'clock in the afternoon. McDonald, all agree in saying, was the bravest of the brave, and proved himself to be an excellent cavalry man. He killed some eight men, and got away with only a few scratches. Forty of the Turks, who fought most gallantly under English command, returned ; the remainder are either killed or missing. On the following day a flag of truce was sent out from Kertch, when it was ascertained that poor Sher wood and five men had been killed, whilst the whole of the remaining thirty-five were very badly wounded. Since then no further collision has taken place, the infantry party at the Farm having been permitted to come in without any attempt at molestation. DESPATCH FROM GANEICAL SIR W. CODRINGTON. (Front a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, JAN. 9. Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lore ship by General Sir William CJdrington, K.C.8., and Lieutenant-General Vivian. Sebastopol, Dec. 27, 1855. My Lord,—Your lordship has referred in several des patches to drunkenness in this Army. Repors of all sorts seem to have been circulated, statements read, de• scriptions made, until it was apparently believed that this Army was composed of drunkards, and immersed in riot and vice. I took the opportunity of expressing myself strongly to your lordship that this would prove not to be the truth. I now state, in confirmation of this opinion, that re turns are in my possession from every regiment of all cases of drunkenness tried by Court-Martial, as well as those settled at the regimental orderly rooms for three months.* It was during this time that arrears of field Allowance, more than 2/. each man, were received as back pay, besides 10,000 men receiving additional work ing pay and yet the result is that, including Artillery, Sappers and Infantry, the number of crimes of drunken ness (and these are many more than the men drunk), is a little above one man in two days per company, esti mated at 100 men. No doubt there are many facilities in all these open and crowded camps for drunken men to get in without being seen. They do so, and escape observation. But suppose we double or treble the amount of these num bers— which are taken from official returns—and I sus pect the army will bear a comparison with many towns, many villages, many populations of Great Britain.' It is easy to give—it is as easy to read, a minute, a ludicrous, or even a filthy description of a drunken man, and it seems seized upon as the type of the whole. The fathers, and mothers, and wives, and sisters in England are fully persuaded we do nothing but drink, and the good character of the army is forgotten in a few sketches from nature. . _ _ . That such need not be the case with those who know anything about the matter, will, I think, be proved by the statement now made to your lordship.—l have, &c., W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. Head-quarters, Kutch, Dec. 21. My Lord,—l have with much regret to report to you the death of Capt. It. S. Sherwood, of the cavalry of this force. _ _ This officer was engaged in a skirmish, that took place on the 16th inst., between a detachment of enir cavalry and a party of Russian cavalry ; his gallantry in this affair was most conspicuous, as is reported to me by the officer who commanded the detachment. Capt. Sher wood was severely wounded, and was carried off by the Russians; and, as I have since learnt, died on the MI from his wounds. I deplore his lose, for he was an intelligent and very promising ycuug officer. I have reason to believe that the treatment he re ceived from the Russians Wad most humane and conti derate.—l have, &c., R. J. H. VIVIAN, Lieutensnt-i4sneral, Commanding Turkish Contingent. The Right Honcurable the Secretary of State, War Department. * For September, October, and November. A RUN-AWAY STEAM BOAT. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNEBDA7, A very strange circumstance occurred here a few days since, which might have been attended by consequences of a disastrous nature, but which proved an incident sa unparalleled, and a fact so remarkable, as to surpass the ideas of Brother Jonathan, even when he draws the " long-bow " to its fullest tension. The steam tug Del mont, one of the boats of the Southampton Steam Tow ing Company, took in tow the ship Walter Hood, a passenger vessel, bound to Australia, and after towing her down to the Channel the sails were set on board the Walter Hood, and the Belmont proceeded to cast her off previous to returning to Southampton. In doing so, by some cause unexplained, the ship ran into the steam-tug, striking her a violent crash which knocked over her mast and funnel, and threw her upon her side. The shock also had the effect of increasing the activity of the crew, who, one and all, leaped on board the ship, leaving their boat in charge of a dog and two cats, which happened to be on hoard the steam-tug at the time. The steam of the Belmont was up, and, after a succession of plunges and crashing, she righted herself, and succeeded in getting clear of the Walter Hood, by tearing away her bulwarks, and then, to the great dis may of her captain and crew, she took a sweep round in the direction of the land. Her fate now appeared inevitable, and des' ruction certain ; whilst the appear ance of the vessel at this juncture was like that of some monster of the deep, bruised and torn by a fierce con flict, rushing wildly from its antagonist, determined ra ther to perish by its own will tha❑ to fall a prey to the rapacity of its foe. Her mast and funnel lay over her side—her bulwarks smashed in—the long tiller of her rudder dashing wildly to and fro, and the fierce barking of the dog on board rendered the scene at once absurd and terrific. But something must be done to save her. The cap tain and crew having recovered their composure, ob tained a boat and started in pursuit. " Pull away, my boys, give it her," was the quick command. - "Aye, aye," was the response, and the tough oars bent to the stalwart efforts of the oarsmen, and the boat spent on ward in the chase. But ere this the course of the steam tug had altered, and by some cause or other she came round and made again for the point, from whence she bad started, having described a complete circle. From this point else again started in a contrary course, making direct for the Calshot light-ship. Here the men on the look-out described her position, and having manned their own boat, also started in pursuit. The race now became truly exciting, the course of the steam tug becoming uncertain, as her helm shifted to and fro at the sport of the waters of the Channel. By this time, however, she had run some distance, and at length her speed gradually diminished, her paddles stopped, and she ultimately gave in from sh eer ex haustion. The crew from the Calshot light-ship were. the first to board her, her own crew coming up about 20 minutes after. She was at length got into working order and brought safely into dock, where she is now undergoing repairs. It appears that the crew were fully justified in leaving her as they did, the vessel being in imminent peril of going down. THE SULTAN AND THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a full ac count of the ceremony of presenting the Grand Cordon of the Le; ion of Honour to the Sultan. It took place on the 29th of December. M. Thouvenel proceeded in great State to the Palace of Tcheragan. Four of the Sultan's State carriages were sent to the French Embassy for him self and suite. The Ambassador's carriage was drawn by four grays. This carriage had been pre pared in anticipation of the Emperor's visit. At the foot Of the staircase of honour M. Thou venel was received by Aali Pasha, the Grand Vi zier, wearing the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour ; Mehemed Aly Pasha, the Sultan's bro ther-in-law, High Admiral ; Ahmet Fethi Pasha, brother-in-law of his Majesty, Head of the Artil lery ; Ali Gilalib Pasha, the Sultan's son-in-law, Head of the Household ; Mehemet Rnschdi Pasha, Minister of War ; Kibrisli Mehemed Pasha, Presi dent of the Council of the Tatizimat ; and by Chefik Pasha, President of the Council of State. A company of the Sultan's bodyguard was drawn up in the hall. M. Thouvenel addressed his Majesty es fol lows : " Sire,—His Majesty the Emperor, my august mas ter, has deigned to charge me with a most agreeable mission, that of placing in the hands of your Imperial Majesty the Grand Cordon of his Order of the Legion of Honour. " It is the first time that the friendship of a Sovereign of France for a Sovereign of Turkey has manifested it self in so striking and so personal a manner. " Your Majesty will therefore see, in the offer of these precious insignia, a proof of the sentiments of high esteem and sincere attachment which the Emperor Na poleon entertains for your Majesty. This demonstration, of which I au proud of being the organ, emanates also from another thought, and gives a peculiar signification to the circumstance ; it is a new pledge of the memor able alliance which henceforth places the destinies of the Ottoman Empire under the guarantee of the interna tional law of Europe, as also under the safeguard of that civilisation of which your Imperial Majesty, seconded by your Ministers, in the accomplishment of the work to which the glory of your reign is attached, announced, on your accession to the throne, that it was your wish to spread the moral and material benefits among all the populations under your rule." His Majesty the Sultan, on receiving from the bands of the Ambassador the Emperor's letter and the insignia of the Legion of Honour, as remark able for the brilliancy of the jewels in which they are set as for their exquisite workmanship, replied as follows : " I consider these precious insignia not only as a token of the private friendship of his Majesty the Em• peror, my august ally, for myself, but also as one of the great consequences of the memorable alliance which is destined to consolidate for ever those ancient relations of friendship which exist between the two empires. lam the more touched by this mark of consideration on the part of his Majesty, as it is the first foreign decoration which I receive, and I am also glad to receive it from the hands of so distinguished an Ambassador as yout self. " I sincerely hope that my untiring efforts for the welfare of all toy subjects will be crowned with the de sired success, and that my empire having become, hence forth, one of the members of the great European family, will prove to the whole universe that it is worthy of occupying an important place in the circle of civilised nations. Turkey will never forget the generous semi fi,.!es which its noble allies have imposed upon themselves to procure this happy and great result. " I will write directly to the Emperor to thank him ; but I request you, Monsieur l'Ambassadeur, to make him acquainted with this expression of my sentiments." TDB AUSTRIAN CONCORDAT. The following is a translation of the circular let ter addressed by the Archbishop of Milan to all printers, booksellers, vendors of books or prints of every description, resident in the city or diocese of Milan : " As it is of the last importance for the intact preser vation of our most holy Catholic faith and of good mo rals, that no errors of any description whatever should be propagated, in whatsoever manner, by means of books or periodicals, either printed, lithographed, or engraved, and that, in like manner, the faithful should not be in• cited or led by the same into evil habits, we have re peatedly, urged by our archi-episcopal duties, publicly deplored the deplorable license existing in this respect, and have energetically called upon the faithful to abstain from the lecture of bad writings, and from looking at or buying licentious publications, and we have vividly pointed out to all printers or vendors of such articles the grievous damage they were doing their own souls, and to the souls of others, by propagating such species of books, prints, or pictures, even by simply exposing them to the public view, and thereby transgressing the sacred I regulations of the Index as regards prints and the pub- Haring trade. " Now, however, thanks to the Concordat happily concluded between the Holy See and our most august Emperor, not only is the remembrance of our duty of keeping a vigilant eye on the press furbished up anew, as expressed in the 9th article—' The archbishops, bishops, and all local priests are to exercise freely their own authority to condemn with censure books detrimen tal to religion and to good morals, and to keep back the faithful from reading the same ;' but we are promised the full support of the secular authorities to withdraw these same pernicious objects from the eyes of the pub lic, and to prevent their sale throughout the empire, t quote the words of the same article ; But the Govern ment also will provide every necessary remedy to pre vent the diffusion of such books in the empire.' We, acting in concert with the most illustrious and most reverend clergy of Lombardy, our suffrazants, firmly resolved to care for the spiritual wants of our beloved diocesans by preventing to the best of our endeavours the abuse of the press, and thereby to fulfil our bounder) duty as a faithful minister of that God who will one day call us to a strict account for the souls intrusted to n do think the moment opportune to make known this communication to all printers, publishers, and all vendors of books of every description, and printsellers in our diocese, that they may avoid any disagreeable emergeecy or material loss that'they might in future have to incur. " That we, on the grounds of the dogma, of morality, and of the respect due to the clergy and to ecclesiastical affairs, will continue to exercise a vigilant eye upon all periodical publications actually existing, and will also keep a strict watch upon such as may in future appear ; and that it may serve as a private warning to publishers of works of a pernicious tendency towards religion and morals, that we shall not fail publicly to suppress them should they continue in the same spirit, and, having in curred ecclesiastical censure, declare them guilty of pro pagating impious and heretical doctrines, as well the writers as thr printers and promoters of the same ; nor shall we omit to implore the aid of the Government au thorities to suppress the same. " That it he incumbent upon all publishers or editors, as Foils of the church, first, to submit to our ecclesiasti cal revision the writings or books of whatsoever descrip tion which they intend to print or reprint, not even ex cepting books of piety and church books, that they may obtain the necessary permission thereto; end we impress this obligation upon them, that they may not have to incur the loss that would fell upon them should we find ourselves under the disagreeable necessity of calling in the aid of the secalar authorities for the Isuppreniiou of works already published. " That it is incumbent upon all booksellers to procure from our ecclesiastical revision the permission to sell books coming from abroad, unless such are already pub licly allowed to he sold. " Finally, we exhort earnestly all printsellers not to damn their own souls, and the souls of their brethren, by placing before the public immoral or scandalous print., or of a nature to throw ridicule upon the church or clergy. " We again beseech all our above-mentioned sons of the holy Catholic church, by the bowels of Jesus Christ, our common Redeemer, not to lend a hand to the attacks which human passions constantly incite against Divine truth, not to prefer a sordid gain to their own eternal salvation and to that of their brethren, also redeemed by His most precious blood. Let them not become themselves or for others the instruments of perdition by violating the natural laws and the holy prescriptions of the Church, but, trusting that God will bless them for their obedience even in temporal things, they will soh mit with good grace to these wise measures, which will tranquillise their souls before God, and shield them also from every temporal annoyance or loss. " In the sweet hope of our words being hearkened to, we lovingly give our pastoral blessing to all of the above indicated. "Done at our Episcopal Palace at Milan, on the 23d day of December, 1855. (Sinned) "BARTOLOMMEO CARLO, Archbishop, (Countersigned) "P. PIETRA PONTEGGIA, "Archiepiscopal Canon." TUE ROYAL HUMANE . SOCIETY.-At a genera l court of they Royal Humane Society, hold y es t er d ay, M r. R. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the chair, silver medals and thanks on vellum were awarded to the following persons, who had exhibited great courage and risked their lives in saving others from being drowned :—Alderman J. Hall, aged 71, who saved John Dudley, on the 13th of July, 1854, in the River Tam e , Taraworth ; Robert Mason, jun., 37, who saved Alf re d B ras i er on th e 16th o f J u ly —Tumbling Bay, near Guildford ; Capt. W. J. Pen gelley, Royal Marines, of her Majesty's ship Colossus, and Mr. E. N. B. Portman, midshipman, of the same vessel, who saved Hardy M'Hardy, naval cadet of the same vessel, on the Ist of July, 1855—Baro Sound, Baltic ; Wm. Wilkes, jun. (hatter), who saved Mary Ann Smith on the 29th of July, 1855—river Severn, Worcester . Oliver Dobbin cashier, Bank of Ireland, who saved Michael Hogan on the 4th of August, 1855 —Bay of Galway ; George Gallagher, boatswain's mate, her Majesty's ship Buzzard, who saved a boy belonging to her Majesty's ship Buzzard on the 24th of July, 1855, off Groytown, Gulf of Mexico ; Commander J. R. Woodruff, R.N., 65, Admiralty agent, who saved a sea man at Gibraltar on the 4th of September, 1845 ; Mr. Charles F. Walker, midshipman, her Majesty's ship London, who saved Richard Cullis, A. 8., her Ma jesty's ship London, on the 16th of September, 1855, off Sebastopol ; Samuel Welch, A. 8., her Majesty's gun-boat Snapper, who saved Mr. T. Foal, boat swain, of the same vessel, on the Ist of October, 1855, off Nargen, Baltie ; Mr. John C. W. Ellis, 23, undergraduate of Sidney College, who saved Mr. Peter M. Clark, undergraduate of the same college, on the sth of November, 1855—River Cam, near Bottißbam-lock, Cambridge. LITERATURE. Two Summer Cruises with the Bailie Fleet in 1854-5. By the Rev. R. E. Hughes, M.A. Smith, Elder, and Co. Who will say that "Britannia" ought not to " rule the waves" after reading " The Log of the Pet," the daintiest, sauciest, and tiniest little crea ture that ever braved the storms of the Baltic. Only fancy a yacht of eight tons burden—a vessel positively no larger than "a moderate-sized draw ing-room, and scarcely so wide as a four-post bed, with a cabin t en f ee t l ong b y t en i n b rea dth"— threading the maze of the gigantic battle-ships of England and France before the frowning batteries of Bomarsunl7-nay, with s u rp ass i ng audacity ac tually running in alone, and l aug hi ng ly pursuing a tour of observation evithin range o f the guns of Sweaborg amid a storm of missiles magnani mously (?), but we are glad to add ineffectually, discharged at her by the heroic (?) d e f en d ers of that formidable stronghold. And commanded by whom ? By some fire-eating, weather-beaten sea captain, or some " sucking Nelson ?" Nothing of the sort; but what adds to the audacity of the feat, and constitutes an unheard-of feature in naval en terprise—actually by a parson ! a fellow no less of Magdalen College, Cambridge, a high-spirited, good-natured, sea-loving gentleman, well versed, as becomes an Englishman, in the annals of naval warfare, who with a younger brother and two seamen formed the entire crew. Shades of departed admirals—of Blake and Nelson who were never so happy in this life as when blow ing up the foe—prick up your ears to listen to this! And 0 ! ye cautious admirals, whose wits have been loosened by the application of the screw, try if you can't recover yourselves and emulate so daring an example ! But we are positively falling in love with the little Pet and her square-capped, black-gowned, and cassocked commander. See her there spreading her canvas to the wind and buoyant as a cygnet gliding out of Lowestoft into blue water, while her exultant skipper as good as carols " I'm afloat, I'm afloat." Away she speeds, three-fourths spar and sail, rapturously drinking in the freshening breeze, her cutwater whisking a shower of diamond spray over her arrowy bow, a very fairy of the sea. Watch her, the conscious beauty, as she leaves brig, and schooner, and smack, port, harbour, mansion, village, and spire far be hind on her lee. As she throbbingly careers by the bill of Camperdown, off which " Admiral Duncan defeated De Winter and captured nine of his line of-battle ships and a brace of frigates." As she skims over the dark rolling seas past Wenger Oog, Langer Oog, and wo know not how many Oogs be side, until she approaches the mouths of the Elbe. See how the coquettish little vixen trips it by the grim sides of waddling flocks of British colliers, laughs in her sleeve at the rough exclamations of surprise that fall ;from the hardy north country tars, and fairly dances with delight at the knot and a half or three hours' stare of wonderment of the Dutch skippers and their voluminous vrows. Watch her as she saucily challenges the churning paddles of the smoky steam-boats, and shoots like an arrow through the whisking tide off Heligoland, which runs all round the compass." As she dips into the Eider, and pilot aboard works to wind ward over the ebb, amid the most vociferous greet ings in Platt Deutsch, from the dogger-looking sloops of the Dutchmen. As, with true feminine instinct, she takes the shore for a couple of hours' toilet. As, again afloat, she glides slowly along the high embanked river—. ibove the level of the countr that same stream—and reciprocates her commander's welcome to an occasional brace of " round wide open eyes, awl a good-humoured grin, set in a white feminine cep peering over the bank," by way of relief to the tops of the wind mills. As she leaves Tonning far astern, sets the storks and herons agog with surprise, and attracts the demure gaze and laughing greeting of little bunches of peasant girls, in broad-brimmed hats, stowed away atop of high-tottering loads of hay in quaint German waggons, drawn by feminine specimens of the bovine genus, alias cows ! As, woe the while ! the clumsy pilot runs her into the mud, "the dirty ground" of Rendsburgh. M 5 drawn through the locks, and dragging hundred weights of weeds astern, she approaches with the demurest archness the actual abode of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers along a vista of embowering foliage interspersed with " grassy hills, with clumps of timber, among which repose good substantial gentlemen's houses, just like dear old Devonshire." As she dips into the Solent edged by picturesque trees whose branches . threw their fitful shadows far into the sea, and enlivened by English-looking houses that give her clerical skipper the extatics. As weary of sobriety she scampers merrily up to Kiel, and listens, with the sauciest air imaginable, to the praises of the admiring inhabitants, who come off in shoals to gaze at her—the rarest of all the rarce aces that have paid them a visit, and to inquire if she be ' longs to " the great Mr. Pitt "—Sir Morton Peto, in seal], who is constructing a railway, and is ac counted the greatest Englishman alive ! As she springiugly bounds down Kiel Bay and naughtily bears her clerical commander into the vicinity (not immediate, of course) of a group of village girls, who take to the water like Naiads, " and jump, splash, and tumble iu the shallow waves, while volleys of soprano screams and peals of feminine laughter come trilling over the seas." As raising her drooping head she glides down the bay and on until off Femeren, where she is overtaken by a calm, and, to her infinite disgust, has to "lie helpless all the day in a sea of vermicelli soup." As lick ing up the breeze she wildly dashes onward, and cutting in among the gun-boats at Copenhagen, drops her anchor, and merrily contemplates at her leisure their grotesque glances of wonderment. As once more on her way she steals among a flock of swans like a treacherous decoy, skims along the Swedish coast and boldly challenges the admiration of the Swedish sailors—hardy tars, " very like Englishmen." As she wildly careers to the whirling music of a Baltic breeze, dips her acknowledgments to a French fleet making the Aland Islands, and starts off at a tangent for Faro Sound, there to be the seeming admiration of the lovely Misses Grubb, ladies not guiltless of middicide, and shrewdly sus pected, let us say it iu a whisper, of clericide also. As panting with excitement she steals among the fleet, and conscious of being the cynosure of all eyes mincingly recognises the grim smile, the per plexed hitch, or the gruff laug.le of officers and sea men, and the shrill treble of the impudent middies. As boldly entering Lumpar Bay in the wake of the "Cuckoo," she carols on the waves at sight of the Russian forts, and listens with flapping sails to the war of great guns. As waking from a trance she returns from the siege bearing proudly her fire-eat ing commander homeward, and with clouded as pect hearkens to the sullen plunge of the black waves as they beat against the rocky heights of Elsinore. As in the North Sea she leaps like a mad creature amid the howlings of a terrible storm over the great rolling waves, that " glowing with phosphoric light," come charging down in Indian file upon her—coveringher deck with " liquid flame." As sore tossed and beaten about, but plucky and tempest proof to the last, she . makes Lowestoft unawares, and runs panting into port the wonder and admiration of everybody. As, finally, daring a second voyage, she audaciously pirouettes almost in the very Jaws of Sweaborg, and, wilful as she is, quickens never a step, nor takes one the less, for all the stirring music of a storm of shot and shell, especially got up for her amus ement ! The trim, taut, sail -spreading, co , quetaish, tiny, harum-scarum, audacious, perse vering, lea-, cygnet-like Pet ! P os iti ve ly s h e h as run away with us and our time and space too; so what we have to say further must be said in brief. Reader, appropriate h ones tly it you can , " Th e Log of the Pet," it will introduce you to your full-blood relations of Denmark and Sweden, and we promise you, if you prosecute the acquaint ance, you will have no cause for regret. It will tell you better than any official despatch what was done and left undone at Bemarsund and Sweaborg, and possibly will throw some strong and not delusive light—say " prudence " what it may to the contrary—on the question of ships v. stone walls. It will quicken your apprehension of the assistance your gallant cousins of the North can lend Old England against her barbarous foe in the coming spring, and it will assure you that if ue er a scarecrow of an ex-professional were to be fi founentd, we need never despair of picking up an commander, when our black coats are to be found asserting the perpetuation of the old N orse blood among us, in th© person of a gallant M.A., Fellow efci of Cambridge, a black coat who has no superstition in relation to stone walls, no remorse in applying the screw to naval heads—can handle a sail with an R.N., and brave the northern tempest in a pleasure-boat with as much confidence as is to be found in a three-decker, and will not show his heels till lie has c ounted teweteh. haveln fine, a brace of pleas anter and m ore instructive, romanticngday,the enemy's e rtiise n m o a t tt r e e r a - d of f - o fa r c ni t, an yt lo ye aaccompanied as they are by vivid o bservations ashore. So, without sharing the collegiate views of the author as to the accuracy to be expected from a " special corres pondent," we must express a hope to have the perusal of his account of the bombardment of Cronstadt, with a descripiion of St. Petersburg as a companion to those of Stockholm and Copenhagen in the present volume, which we heartily recom mend to the notice of our readers. MB. BALFE.--This gentleman has returned to Eng land after a most successful tow in Russia, Germany, and Italy. In the latter he produced his opera " Mho Bohemian Girl," under the title of "Lo Zingarck," with immense success.