The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTFMTJGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed flatly at a decline of id. per lb., ou lair B.,wed and all qualities of Orleans and Mobile, and 1-16 d. on Surats, compared with last week's rates. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 Were on speculation. The committee's quotations for fair cotton were sd. Bowed, 5/d. Mobile, and Ed• Orleans. The Railway Share Market ruled quiet, at a slight advance on Thursday. The Bank of England Return issued for the Week ending the sth instant, presents some very unfavourable features, and has excite i considerable attention. The bullion shows an important de crease, and the notes in reserve materially declined. The other deposits exhibit a large augmentation, and also the Government securities. Active Circulation Increase Bullion Decrease •. £18,900,805 200,190 10,536,909 283,234 3,285,323 49.995 5,514,535 329,397 12,607,840 245,328 849,795 46,887 10,827,515 402,223 19,871,874 94,014 5,520,375 443,475 Rest.. Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities - Increase Notes unemployed Decrease Commercial advices from Buenos Ayres to the beginning of December have come to hand, giving a deplorable account of trade in that city and the Brazilian States generally. In that latitude the month of November is the commencement of the summer season, when trade is brisk, end the demand for imported merchandise a t its greatest height. This is no longer the case, and the. merchants consider that their ordinary summer trade is entirely stopped. The chief causes of this depression are the continued Indian invasion ou the southern frontier, and the prospect of an immediate rupture be tween Paraguay on the one hand, and the confederate provinces and Brazil on the other. T hese influences have completely suppressed the spirit of commercial enterprise, and plunged many Of the inhabitants who were important consumers of manufactured goods into a state of indigence. At first the effects of these actual and impending corn- Motions were only felt in the interior, but now the capital suffers from the inactivity of trade severely, and there is little prospect of affairs improving for some time to come. The amount of business done With the interior is about the average of ordinary seasons, but prices are quite nominal, and these are regulated by the local markets. The arrivals a t Buenos Ayres from foreign ports are as usual, but the cargoes they bring cannot be sold profit ably, and consequently the wholesale market is overstocked. In the Money Market matters were equally bad, and the prospect of a civil war has depreciated the local currency. Transactions in specie are liquidated at a great sacrifice to the dealers, and several failures have in consequence teen recorded. To add to the depression of mer cantile and financial matters there is some apprehension of a deficient harvest, on account of the almost unprecedented succession of heavy rains. In the export market, with the exception of wool, there is very little produce on hand to counter balance the account of foreign imports. Such is the general state of the Buenos Ayres markets, and accounts from those of Monte Video are, if any thing, still more gloomy. English Securities have ruled rather firmer, but the transactions have not been quite so nu- Morons. It is expected that early next week the determination of Russia with reference to the Austrian Propositions will be made known, and consequently there is a disposition among the :peculators to await the result. Consols for 1111311 eY have been at 85,1 to 86, and for the account the latest prices are 861 The New Three per Cents. 'have been 86 to 86Q, and the Reduced 86 to 86i. Bank Stock brought 205 1 and 207. Exchequer Bills were 6s. to 35., 411 4 India Bonds 75. to 3s. discount. Foreign Securities have remained very dull and heavy, The Spanish Deferr ed have receded to 41 1 and 211, and the Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. to 74. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Eaohange is quoted at 63. Bargains are recorded in Russian Five per Cents. at 95, and in the Four and-a-Half per Cents. at 86. Turkish Six per Cents. are 80k to 801, and at one period were as low as 79i. The New Scrip is at 4a to 4i discount. Brazilian Five per Cents. are quoted at 99i to 991. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have so long been one of ` ti le very highest and least fluctuating stocks that the recent decline is difficult to be accounted for in the face of the flourishing condition of Brazilian finances, and the stability and well known probity of the Government. The most probable conjecture as to. the cause is that which ascribes it to the re markable advantage offered to capitalists by the Pernambuco Railway, designed to intersect the Principal sugar-producing province of Brazil, and offering a minimum interest of 7 per Cent. guaran teed by the Government, in addition to whatever dividend may arise from the profits, which, judg ing from the results of the official examination of the plans and estimates, promise to be considera ble. These advantages have been the inducement Which has led the holders of Fives to realise, in order to invest their capital in so promising an Undertaking, which has much of the character of well-secured loan, without the possibility of risk, and with the favourable difference of the guaran teed interest being a minimum, which may be Considerably exceeded out of the profits of the traffic. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexican, 19 1 ; Peruvian, 73 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 3; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 7 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cents., 85 87 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 38 3 / 4 39 ; ditto Deferred, 21i 4 ; ditto Certificates, 4i ; ditto Passive, 61 7. The Railway Market has ruled heavy, and great Northern have receded 3 / 4 . In the other lines, however, the fluctuation has not been of im portance. Foreign and Colonial lines have gene rally been the same as previously, but Paris and Lyons are ss. cheaper. Very little has been done in Mining Shares, but Joint Stock Banking Shares have been supported. Van Diemen's Land Shares have further tended downwards. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK, (From thg Otirial List.) Bnainev• done. Bank Stock 207 54 7 1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6 I ° Per Cent Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds. £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d Cloneote for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. eloon 973 E Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 97 i 9n Ditto, 1859 PRIOR OF FORZIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( K Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Small Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 63 Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Ditt. Accou n t 74 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 95 Ditto 44 p er C ent Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 214 i 4 a d Turkibh Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Acc oun t 80 791 804 4 Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto New Ditto Account ........................ . Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols _ .. _ _ Ditto (February) B6l In yesterday's Listread—Sardinian Bonds 81 i - - _ BOARD OF TRADE, IN RITRRALL, Jan. 10.—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Planta tions have received a . despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Oporto, reporting that upon the arrival of vessels intending to enter that port off the Oporto Bar, questions will be put to them through the telegraph at ,the lighthouse at S. Joao sla Fez , by the officers of the " s " ) ard of Health ' which they must answer satisfactorily, to be a d m i tte d in to the Douro ; and that to enable them to reply te such questions, masters of vessels ought to be furnished with " Marryat's Code of Signals," which R the one used at the telegraph above mentioned,— Gazette. csR MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Pam RAIIV•11-. [4:lRoatnit Pdeaa i yeaterday. 2 23 MAI.. ;haw: •elfast Kit 'firming. Wolverb -flour Valley 794 %zit eihd. Cancel.. al' ' ,:). CnPth. Ar Birk.. 38 3i 7b 8 16 pr.o a w l 42'.7.), •-• p„)., 9 ali I £25 (is4d. at Li 10U :ristoi awl Facetef . 1100 'aledonian. ...... 79 81 53i 64i 61s oarm. and Oardigar al_ :Theater dt all :iork and Bandon a 1 lork, Black, dr Pas -18 .1: • rr:wall •.. all Do. A 8 Do. B 1 'hint] . Junction.... 45 1)12 ofin &BalfastJunc '1 Dun. P. & Jrc, all f)o. N..: ...... 1.00 fr.attt Ai. Tian. . ' 11) gasterr 5 4 6i - 7. 11 • 1? 25 '27 11 - 19 1.00 I sBt. Tnion. d. St' , 10) De g B. Stoe 8i Do., New A 7i East Kent LOO East Lancashire [OO Edinbnrgb & Glasgo, all Edinb. and Peebles LOO E din. Pr L & Dur , l*, , 9 worth & Clyde Jra all Furness . all Do. Extension .00 Glasgow &S. west all Great N. of Scotlnd. LOO 'Great Northern r 9 - 70 50 - 52 9i - gi 19 - 20 • •• .". 80 - 6 - 7 87 3 / 4 - 881 1 72 - 73 119 121 102 tO4 51} ".-; 52i 5.3 E 5 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1.30 Sth. &West.(lre.) 1.00 Great Western 1.00 Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk.. all Irish South-Easterr all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Ldneash.andYorls) . Do., Wet. Riding Ur,. all Liv.Crsby.SiSouthil all London & Blaokwal 100 Load. Bright & S.Cs 100 Lond. and N. Westn 1 6 Do. Fifths 5i D0.101.13h.,M&8 ..0 2i Do. Eighths . 100 lo.ndon andS. Westn. all Do., £5O all too. £4s %11 Lndndrry&Coleraiti all Lndndrr' & Ennisk 100 Manch.Shef, k Linclt, all Do. i Shares, No. 1 ns. 1 . )o., Man. ,gz Lin. Vb. 1 Metr0p01itan........ .. 100 Midland 100 , o. Birinng. &Deft , Al' hticild. G. West. (I re all Do. Half Shares Lll Newcastle it Carliml all Nvrpt.Aberg. & Elrf tiewry & Enniskillc A.ll Newry Warrenpoin 70 - 75 5i 6} 4 6.- 76 76i 51 6 93 94 934 94 14 id 84 • 85 8 -- 7 6i - 5i - 63 id 37 38 9 . 10 tnd hostrevor. 1 , 0 Norfolk 42 44 Northn.Connties n.: 100 North all North Devon, No 1 all :no., No. 2 ail )0., # A Deferred all Do., B Guaranto , 1(W N. as t e rn—Berwio 21} lwo. do. Extension 15 G.N.E. Aire}, co. Leeds.. oil( Do. York 100 North London 3 • - IttS. Wstru. , ant - stead, and City Jn,. fit North StatTordshir al North Western....... all N. &R. West, n. Juno Nuneaton, Ef in.llxl,-v as 29 66 - ' l 7 8i - 5 - 44 12 - )24 44 45 92 97 Pi 8 # dit 54 and 4 is, Worc.. 3L Wolv 8 'ortszuouth 20 22 o,i,ish Central .0i icottish Midland 101 HS 71 - 74 41 43 'Oi 57 65 - 67 - 2d pa, szliropshire Un 'on ... Aonth Devon L ; Month Eastern al) Arran Wales . 1. `', Yrksh. 4 Riv. Dun 5 Do 14 4tai nes , Wok. &Wok a'l tockton & Darli 16 'V; tkton Er Hr.rtlap:, (V 'Taff Vale .. . L(Y) ,o. Pref., No. 1 21i Thames Hay. D.& R ... tilverstone dr Lance all Vale of Neath all WatArfd. Sr Kilkenny all Waterford&Limer;ek all West Cornwall 8 West End of London) and Crystal Palace all Do. A • 3 Do. D. . 33 - 35 ••• '''' 18h lo 3i 41 4-- 6 all 'West London.— all I Wimbledn & Croydon cll ' l / 4 Titwerpik rdazn 40 Do. 5 p.e. Oblgs. con. ' in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes 41 tietram Eastn. June. 10 BezierstoGraiturstru 43 Bombay,Barodo.,an clentrallncLa,Scri• all Do. all ►emerar+ 11 ')nteh Rhenish an ( Eastern of France . 10 U. New _ all heat Indian, g. SP. f)o, a:1 10. do. do., '59, do.. 20 fad. Tk of CanadaA i P Ml Do. St. Lawrence /4 Atlantic do. 70 00. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till 'CI all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Ot. Central of Fran•. all ot Indian Penintattln guar. 5 per cent... . all la. New 5 per cent all .0, Extensions. . 1.3 .Treat Luxembonr. Constituted Share all no. Obligations... all qt. Western of Canna •l,arNa ........ . 5 Do. New,..,,, all )..: payable's7 with option till '55. an s►o. do., '62, p. '56 sQ Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all oci. do., '73, without option all , -tamilton & Toronti all n o . n per cent. 17 Take Const Rawl. all ,Lierre and Turnhout 1 0 I Lyons and Genova 14 1.,3•0D8 lifeditermn all fradras 110 N). New a ll I Nfaria Anteuia a ll Do. do. New ........ all & Liege (vit) ,nterest). .......... all Do. (ex interest)..... all gorthern of France. all Do.2(a.Shs. all no. 207. 3 p. (fmy.B.&Ams..F . -he. a ll ~ .TerwetelanTrunkPre 16 Paris and Ly0u5...... a ll ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen_ 16 ParisOnen &Cherbrg all Do 5 Rome and Frascati all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 5 ReyalSwedish all Do. Obligations all Sambre and Meuse_ all no. 5 p. cent. Pref. ss. Scinde all Do all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . ! ell West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Prof_ 18 Western of France all Do all Zealand JOINT-S' all ktistraisnio 50 Bank of London -- 411 Col. hk.sztAi:*e• ' all , iritish N. Ameri can s (lhartd. Bank of Asia 4 ohrtd. Bak. of India Australia, & China 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond ail F.rig.cot.& Atm Cht all bond. Chart. Bit, of Australis 6 Ditto New 20 tendon and County 50 Lnd.StE.Bnkg• Corp. 10 Lyndon Joint Stock 20 Lou!. & 'Westminster 35 National Proof Eng 10 Do. New, 22i National of Irelaud.. all New South Wales.... all Oriental Baia of Corporation....... 25 1 1 rt.vinoial of Trolandl all Io Royall e A w nstrain.Bkr. Turc ) 50 Royal 8riti5h..... .... all South odtralia all Union of Atimtrzlin Do. New ....... 19 Union o. London _ Bus Doha do; this day L, ?5 25 St. 20 5 tO 18 20 MO 25 25 20 FOREIGN. - 8 .• ••• 3 3d' i - i 1 - 33 8 21 d 334 9 p 2ii - i 9/ - 5# IP 2f 24 • 9 4i1 24 - 98 100 115 • 120 115 120 104 106 22i 23. 110 - 1:5 6- 7 p 181 14 P 9 2 - 3 5 - 5 1 - 1t- 33i 124 - " 71 1 43§ - - 93t 43 = '5 ... --"' ••• ... - ph° ~ ..... ••• 18 - 194 - 11 21 - 20 S 4 - i - IP ... - pm SOO ....... ••• 3i - 4 iii : 29 iii - i9il BANKS. 88 56 - ii : I'd . .. a ai - 64 16i -- 17 15 -. 154 4 -- ,/ d 'P ar 2P ••• .."`" a< • • wt •••• ... 37 7 89 37 38 51 53 44 li. 73 - 75 8 9 30 31 IWE SUN, LONDOT, SATURDAY _EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1856. I,I.IsTYS T F SIT PP cgr RALIITIATS. Letdta. Company C loth% tripes yes tar 1* . London N. West. L. &N.W. Celellon... E. tin. E. C... . E. Count. Do ot. Westi: yk. New. & Y.&N M Do Do . Baste. IPeto k Cos Norfolk Do L.& N. W ltidl4. l Stekton Darlingt. Midland.. En. Coun. E. Count. C 0......... Do L. &N.W Do Gt Northe Ganeash At Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean 'tockt. Darlingt Do ltWestn dlAltlttiz. 143 - 110 104 106 90 - 92 91 - 93 15 - 16 • •• "."' +me q = ii .•• - t A t llt - 12; • •• ". "• 60 - 62 111 - 113 91 - 93 94 98 105 124 - 13 tiii hio 21 2~i 88 id ID 55 57 ... '''... ... • •• .... ... 130 - 7a 8 3i 30 - 31 81 - 83 105 • 107 98 - 100 ' 9 - 10 6 - 6A 84 - 86 77 - 79 77 - 79 15/ - 1 9 61 94 -- 10 67 - 04 17 -18 i 81 - 9 13/ - 13/ 1 - I 132 134 6. ."." ••• ••• •• see ..". Oft •.• w• 1 - ...P. 13 - 133, 131 - 133 91 - 93 - 4 - 4t 98 - 100 87 - 21 - •• ..... ••• i "". id SOO .... ... 13 - 14 id • Ps' 21i - 22, 92 - 94 8 i - 94 ... ..... r p - 1 2i - 1 a dis 1 all &gut. Ifria - • 1 all I.nglo Anstrin. Gold LOs 41 Anglo Californian - 20 6 Australian 1 all knstralian Cordillera .. all lye Maria - 1 all den (Gd. Duchy of ... ..• i 0 all filvenarvon Iron and Coal 20 14 Rritish Iron 4 6 35 26 ilrazilianlmp.(issue' at Vi pm.) - 2r 30 all Do. Cocaes ST Cuialr -2g 2 30 15 o. St. John Del Re) 2 7 - 29 27 4 x d Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Ad - *r) 40 all Cobre Copper 66 - 70 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all topper Iklin. of Eng. 34 - 37 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 23 - 25 1€ Copiapo - '2O 1 3 / 4 -' ortuna, 4 -id 10 all , leneral l4 -16 1 all Gt.NuggetVqinlieg - 44 all cireat Polgooth 11 - 24 5 all e t Wheal Vor United 1 id all Liberty 3 all Linares. 6l - 7 5 14 Lusitanian # - 1 I all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 4 - I 1 all Nouveau Monde 'lO all Poutgibaud Silvez Lead Min. & Smelt. 10 - 12 5 I Port Philip - I all Quarts Rock - 50 all Illymney Iron 2O - 22 a d 15 all Do. New 6 - 8 xit 30 13 Santiago de Cuba 4 - 4 3 / 4 1 all ;nun Australian.., a 1 all Do. Scrip. .. a - 1 4 Do. 10 per cent Pref - 10 9 Pin Croft ........ . 4 - 4 ?Si all United Mexican 34 - 4i 1 all Waller - I. all West Mariposa - 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 Al Ynba • - •" 9 Anstra Mi lian SC A ß g "AN ricuit. E 2 ° 6 -Üb. - 28 IC all kustraln. Royal Mai - . . iu 8 3 / 4 Berlin Water Works 61 - 7 . 1 50 40 Brit. American Lanc, 47 - 100 324 Canada l2O - 125 Bt. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July 1( 5 - 106 5 all Crystal Palace.. 2 - 5 5 Do. Preference 4l - 4 4 3 / 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc 1 1 Duston Iron Oro 20 11 Eastern Steam 5 all En./zAus Cop Sm Co 1 li 25 24 'Electric Telegraph... 20 - 21 21 1 all Electric Toleg. 0 , Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Se Collier ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 11 all General Screw Steam - ?CI 10 Irish Beetroot Sup. - 20 1.0 Magdalena St. Navia • 8 - 10 10 all Aediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 5; - 51 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land..... 1 - 14 10 all Do. Do. - 3 5 1 Do. 8 pePissatld - id 2 1 N. S. W. Coal 4i Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... 100 80 New B. do N. S. Land 18 - 1 all N. B. Australasian._ 4 - 1 20 15 Nrth.ofEnropeSteam . - . . 1 all Oriental Gas l4 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" - 5 all Peel Er. Ld. & Mine. 2 - 21 50 all Peninsular dt Orients. 63 - 65 50 10 Do. New - ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 - 11 1 > Ditto New iP all south A.ustraLian-1 34 -. 36 1 al: Submar. Tel. Scrip... a /0 all D.. Registered._ 11 5 Trust& L. Co.U.Can. ..„ 114.4 100) 2$ , Van Diemen's Land 14 16 1154 MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were tolerably good, and the demand ruled steady, as follows : - FEVIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s to 8s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ' • hot-house grapes, 3s Od to 7s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 0(1. to Os ; melons, 2s Od to 3s 6d each; peaches, 2s 0,1 to 6s ' • nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; apples, is Od to 2s 6d per half sieve ; pears, 2s Od to 5s per half sieve ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is 6d to 5s Od per doz.; common plums, Os Od to Os Od per sieve; cherries, Od to Od per pound ; lemons, 6,1 to is Od per doz ; oranges, 5s to 12s per 100; fil berts, 9,3 to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnus ' lls to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts , 8 d to 1 0,1 per 100; figs, Os 9cl to is Gd per doz ; strawberries, Od to 0,1 per pottle ; goose berries, Os Oct to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os 0,1 per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGETABLES.—Greens. Is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches; cabbages, 10d to I s 6d per dozen ; Savoy ditto, is 3d to 2s 4)d per do. ; brocoli, is Gd to 2s per bundle ; potatoes, 65s to 115 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, Os to Os Od per bushel ' • broad bean s , O s Odto Os Od per hall sieve ; turnips, 2 d to 4d per bun'ch ; carrots, 5d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, 2s Od to 3s 0,1 each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, 4s Od to 5s Od per sieve ; old onions, 2s 6,1 to 4s per bushel ; new ditto, Os to Os per doz. bunches; leeks, 2(1 to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to &I horso-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 4d to Gd per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is Gd to 4s Od per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. ' • parsnips, Os Gd to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6,1 per pottle; artichokes, ls to is 6(1 per half sieve; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is OA per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes, is to 1s 3cl per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6(1 per 100; Brussels sprouts, Os Od to Os per half sieve ; capsicums, is Od to 2s per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 6d to is per 100; cauliflowers, 5s to 103 Od per doz. NEWG.A.TE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Gd to 15s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 6s 6d each ; Ducks, 2s 6 , 1 to 3s 6d ; wild ditto, is 9d to 2s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 18 6d each ; Pigeons, 7d to 2d each ; largo Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, is 9d to 2s 9d ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 5d to 5s Od ; Hares 28 6d to 3s Gd ; Grouse, is 9d to 2s Od each ; Pheasants, 2s Od to 3s Od ; partridges, is 3d to is 9d each ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, Ils Gd to 13s Od, and English lls Gd to 15s 04 per dozer lbs. English Eggs, 9s Od to 108 Od; French ditto, Os Od to 78 61 per 120. Htt,•aeit. this 4ay. WHITECHIPEL. Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 4tl; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; veal, 49 Od to 5s 01 ; pork, 39 4d to 5s Od per 81ba by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 20s ; Brills, 3s Od to lOs each; Salmon, Od to 3s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 4s Od to 20s each ; Soles, 3d to is 6d per pair; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; L o b s t e rs, Os 6d to 3s Od ; Crabs, 1 s to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 253 ; Natives, ON to —s per bsh ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100 ;. Smelts, 2s Od to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per 1b; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; F res h H err i ngs, 6s 0d to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 6s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to 109 each ; Hadd oc k s , 5s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to Os; Mullets, tid to 3s Od ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, Gd per Ib ; Flounders, is tid to Os per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to lld ; of household ditto, Bid to Nd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 0d; 641 b to 721 b, to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to 4id ; 801 b to 881 b, 40. to 4Ad ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to sd; 961 b to 1 to 011 b, 5d to 5:,d ; 104 to 1121 b —d to — d ; upwards, —d —d ; Horse hides, 6s fi S d hea to rl 6 i s ngs 6d Downs, 4s 4d , Od to Os Od. Oct to Os Od ; calf skin s, ti g ht, 2s Od to 38 Od ; ditto, full, 7s Od to Os Od ; P olled Shee p , 6s ed t o 68 9 d ; Keats , 5 s 6 t o 5 s d to 4d 6 L 6 a d m ; b s f O a Half-Breda, f b d r t e o d o s , s 0 5 ci ; s HAY MARKETS. smnfingt,D.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to G/ Os ; clove) ditto, 4/ 15s to 71 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s Od to 1/ 9s Od per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CinisErmaNP.-111eadow hay, 4/ 8s to 61 clovet do. 4/ 16s to 6/ 18 s ; an d straw . 1/ 5s t o 1/ 10 s rpsr load: Both hay and straw moved off slowly, on former terms. WHITECHAPWL. — Meadow hay, 41 5s to 6' Os; cloy.? do., 4/ 15s to 71 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 104. per load Supply good and trado firm. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RET URNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Receipts. NAME OF RAILWAY. BRITISH. Aberdeen t... 7......,: Belfast and Ballymena .. •........... Belfast and County Down•... • ....• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Slackburn, and West York .... Bristol and Exeter Caledonian.— ......... ............ Chester and nolyhead Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •. •••• Cork and Bandon .. •• .............. Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. • • • • Dublin and Drogheda..... • ......... Dublin and King5t0wn............. Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk anA Enni5ki11en............ East Anglian.. .. East Lancashire:.... Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .. EaAtern Union" ................ 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... rixeter wiu tirediton— .............. Furness Railway •• • .............. Glasgow, and South-Western • • ...... Great liortherr• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western .. • • Irish South Eastern •• •• •• •• ........ Lancaster and Carliele•• •• •• •• •• •• •• Lancashire and Yorkshire..•• •• •• Leeds Northern ...• .. • • •• . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • • London and North Western . ..... London and Blaekwall.• • • • • . • .• • • .. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shaft eld,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Midland •••••• •• ••••. 00000 •••• •• • Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and Car1i51e........... North British ................... North Staffordshire •• .• . North-Westarn •• •• .• .. Scottish Central • • • • • • • • ...... Scottish Midland ••• • • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester •• .. • ....... Shropshire Union .............. •• i4nuth Devon ...• .• ................. South Eastera - • • • • •• South Wakes •• .. South York., Doncaster, and Goole :. Taff Vale •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• •• •• •• •• 'iateriord :tnd Limerick ............ West Cornwall ...... ..... ....... Whitehaven Junction . •...... . York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish Lyons and Mediterranean Montereau A ••••••• And Troyes . • •• -••••• Namur and Liege '• •• N or thern of France ' • O r l e ans and etntral Paris and Lyons •• •• •• P a ris and Rouen. • '• •• " • • •• •• P a ris and Strasburgh ,t nue n and fisvre•... .. ••• " •• W es tern of France ... ••• COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam.... •• •• •• •• n 17 ! Ditto, three months .. 11 19 , 14' Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• 11 19% Antwerp .......• 25 5714 Brussels .. •• •• 25 57i„; liamburgh ............13 9% Paris— •• • • •• •• 25 37% Ditto, three months .. 25 77% Marsoills:4 •• •• •• 25 Y 7% Bourdeaux .. ••.. • ..... Fiankfort•on Maine ••.• 120 ► Berlin ....... ..... Vienna...—. • • •• • • 11 20 11 22 Trieste........ .• •• Petersburg •• •• •.•..... 34% Madrid ..... .•, 49% Cadiz 49% - IBarcelona •• •• ....•• • • •• • • •• •• ••••' .NGE.-YESTERDAY• Gibraltar .. •••• • • • • Leghorn .. • • •••• .. 30 22% Genoa .......... •• •• • • 25 ll*4 Milan .• •• •• •• •••• • • •• •• •• Naples .......• .. 4454 Palermo 3 3 1,4 • • .. I Messina .. • ••• 133 3 4 Lisbon ...... •• •• 5 ' Oporto .............. •• 534 Rio Janeiro ..... .•••• • • Buenos Ayres.. •• •• •• •• New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia • • ........ Patois OF BULLICN, PER Z. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11% New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Sliver in bars ...... 0 % CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE SUPERINTEN DENT.—ConsiderabIe sensation has been excited in Here ford, in consequence of the committal to the city gaol of Mr. George Adams, the superintendent of police, and governor for many years of the prison in which he is now confined. The complaint was laid against him by Mary Ann Roberts, described as an exceedingly pretty and prudent -looking girl, aged 16, who for the last seven or eight months lived with the defendant as ser vant. The alleged criminal assault was committed on the evening of Friday week, during Mrs. Adams' absence from home, the defendant and complainant being at the time the only persons in the house. DESPERATE ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Y es t er d a y morn ing a man nam ed Edward Norman, Re d Cross - street , Southwark, owatag conveyed to St. Thoma s ' s H os pit a l with frightfully cut. He was discovered ly ing on ro und weltering in a pool of blood, with the histhteh r g razor I-1 his side. No cause is assigned. ALLEGED CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT W OOLWICH .-- Yesterday morning a man named Robt. Calder, aged 46 years, who resided at No. 10, Hill-street, Woolwich, expired in Luke's-ward, Goys Hospital, under the fol lowing circumstances :—lt appears the deceased and a man named Wilson bad been drinking together, when, from some unexplained cause, a quarrel arose. Wilson knocked down Calder, and then jumped upon him and kicked him in a most ferocious manner. He was so injured that one of his legs had to be amputated, and died under the operation. REPRESENTATI ON OF BRISTOL.—It is repo r t e d th a t Sir Y' Bart., will be brought forward as a can didatecity of Bristol at the ensuing general elec. E. C Efoarrd thele tion. He would, it is stated, be particularly acceptable to the numerous rengious bodies, as his decided stand against Roman Catholic endowments has secured him the esteem of a large number of the electors who are strongly opposed to the movements of the Church of Rome. THE BALTIC GUN-BOATS.—An order bas been received by the coast guard authorities here to send up e tto head quarters all the men of the coast guard under 50 years of age. The men in this force, especially on our northern shores, are admirable, and generally fearless, boatmen, and well acquainted with navigating small craft on a dangerous coast ; and there can be no doubt that their services will be most useful on board the fleet of gun-boats which are being prepared against the spring campaign in the Baltic. The place of the men with drawn will be supplied by extra men engaged in the d!stricts.—Ban#' Journal. 1856. 1855. 1,201 1,99 798 2,126 I 17,292 1 4,528 Miles opened. 1856. SPORTING NOTES SOMETHING SHORT. The frost seems to have re-appeared in the nick of time to spoil sport. Should it continue it will be ire.. practicable to hold the little-go meeting which is ap pointed to take place at Chertsey on Tuesday next. The promoters of this gathering, I am informed, really mean business, and are exerting themselves most energetically to command success. As an earnest of their good in tentions it has been announced that the Stakes will be paid over to the winners on the following morning at the Swan Hotel. The hint therefore which was given in The Son of Saturday last produced the desired effect, and has been acted upon with commendable spirit. Admiral Rous is determined not to be driven from the position which he has taken relative to Turf Reform. Another long and interesting letter from him has been published, and he states the origin and effect of the many racing abuses with considerable clearness. He has a side fling at advertising prophets, whom he well describes as disgracing the sporting newspapers by their lying ad vertisements. He, too, ably upsets the notion that if all betting were abolished the turf would be " regene. rated." "What brought," he pertinently asks, "370 horses to Newmarket in one week last October, and produced 55 races Certainly not the stakes advertised, which were of trifling value. It was owing to the faci lities afforded by the betting ring to horse owners to back their horses. Now, supposing, for the sake of ar gument, betting were abolished, what would be the result ? In the course of three years not one tenth of the present number of horses would be in training ; the thousand guineas yearlings would fetch 80 guineas, and four-fifths of the race-courses would be ploughed up." Curiosity having been satisfied by the perusal of the entries for the Spring Handicaps expectation is now excited about the weights. Mr. Topbarn will, I believe, complete his task in the course of the ensuing week, when we may also count upon receiving the weights for the Metropolitan, City and Suburban, and Northamp tonshire Stakes. I trust no delay will be made in their publication. January 12. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY AND THE BOARD OF TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Eastern Counties Railway, Secretary's Office, Bishopsgate Station, London, Jan. 11. Sir,—l am instructed by the directors to forward you a copy of my letter, which has been addressed to the Board of Trade, together with a copy of the enclosure therein alluded to.—l am, &c., J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Eastern Counties Railway, Secretary's Office, Bishopsgate Station, London, Jan. 10. Sir,—The Board of Directors ofithe Eastern Counties Railway Company have had under their anxious consi deration your letter of the sth inst., enclosing, by order of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, copy of the report of Colonel Wynne on the state of certain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway. I am desired to state, for the information of their lord ships, that in October last a special committee of this board was appointed to deliberate on the condition of the permanent way and works of the Eastern Counties lines, and to take such action thereon as, under the ad vice of their engineer, Mr. Bruff, might be thought necessary. The board have called the attention of their engineer to the communication received from their lordships, and the accompanying report from that officer will show generally the course which has been taken by him, both before and after the appointment of the special commit tee, and the plans proposed for the future, togeth(-r with his views as to the safety of tlae line between London, Cambridge, and Norwich. The board feel that by the additional precautions sug gested therein, and which they have ordered forthwith to be adopted, the public safety will be satisfactorily provided for. The board are gratified to find that Colonel Wynne agrees with their engineer, that weak or decayed timber structures may be temporarily made safe by additional struts and other appliances of new timber. This strengthening of the timber structures, together with the introduction of new sleepers, and the general rectification of every deficiency, has been, and is being, carried on with unceasing energy, and unsparing expendi ture, by a force of upwards of 1,000 men, foremen, and superintendents, in addition to the ordinary establish ment. The board concur frilly in Col. Wynne's opinion, that to make the larger timber structures permanently safe they must be all carefully stripped and overhauled, which, of course, will require the removal of one of the lines of rails during the process. This thorough restoration has been in progress for some months past, and will be continued with as much expedition as is practicable, and therefore the board are prepared to meet the exigency of the circumstances to the full extent indicated by Col. Wynne. The board trust that by these precautions, and by the skill and vigilance of their engineer and his staff, all danger will be averted and the public confidence be fully restored.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, J. B. OwEN, Secretary. To Captain Gallon, R.E.. Railway Department, Board of Trade. Bishopsgata Station, Jan. 9. To the Chairman of the Way and Works Committee. Sir,—l have carefully read and considered the report of Colonel Wynne upon the condition of the permanent way and wood bridge upon this company's line between London, Cambridge, and Norwich ; and however ap plicable his observations would have been some few months since, I am constrained to differ in opinion with him to a considerable extent as to their present condi tion, or the danger to be apprehended by the public in travelling thereon, and for the following reasons : L The wood bridges were carefully examined,t sated, and classified soon after I became engineer of the com pany ; and those structures which exhibited the most serious decay and weakness were at once placed under reconstruction, and others less urgent were made tem porarily secure until time permitted their renewal. 2. A large force of foremen and workmen distributed throughout the line have been actively engaged t.nder my direction for many months past in the reconstruc tion and reparation of the wood bridges, whose efforts must of necessity result in the daily improvement of their stability, and whose duty it is to guard the public safety to the utmost extent, by a daily examination of every wood structure. 3. The reduced weight and speed of passenger trains now adopted on the section of the line in question, and more particularly the greatly reduced speed at which they pass over those wooden structures at present under repair, or which have not been permanently rene 4. The greater weight of the goods and mineral trains, which 'pass in rapid succession both day and night over the whole line, which act as continuous tests of the stability both of the permanent way and of the wood bridges, and may consequently be considered as afford ing a fair guarantee for the safe passage of the lighter passenger trains. 5. The fact that no accident occurred when the way and works of the company were in a far less satisfactory condition than at present, and in the absence of those precautionary measures and limits of speed which now exist. Absolute safety in railway travelling, I need hardly observe, can be secured upon no line, however new or perfect it may be in all its parts ; and upon the Eastern Counties' London, Cambridge, and Norwich line, I see .0 reasonable op-enuis to doubt, with a continuance of the present efforts to maintain and improve its condi tion, and of those further precautionary measures herein referred to, that the public may travel as safely as upon th© generality of lines under ordinary circumstances. And I would beg to observe, in reference to this opi nion, that I can have no object other than giving you correct information, seeing that it fell to my duty first to call the attention of the board of directors to the dilapidated condition of your way and works almost im mediately after my appointment, since which time, with the cognisance of yourself, colleagues, and shareholders, I have been actively employed in effecting their restora tion. In conclusion, I have to recommend that, in deference to the expressed opinion of Colonel Wynne to the Board of Trade, and to allay apprehension in the public mind, the rate of speed of all passenger trains between London, Cambridge, and Norwich, be for a time still further re duced ; that a safety-travelling inspector be appointed to travel upon the engine with every passenger train be tween those points to enforce strictly the company's re gulations ; and notwithstanding the unfavourable period of the year for extended operations, that a considerable increase should be made to our present means, with the view of expediting repairs and facilitating the progress Of reconstruction.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) PETER BRUIT, Engineer. SINKING OF AN EXPERIMENTAL MOR TAR-VESSEL, AND LOSS OF LIFE. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 11.—The new India-rubber cal lapsing mortar boat or raft, the invention of the Rev E. Berthon, of Fareham, was taken out of harbour this morning, between 7 and 8 o'clock, to a point off South sea Castle, to undergo a final trial of her capabilities for the service for which she was designed. This mortar boat differs from all other mortar-vessels yet invented, inasmuch as she is constructed of India.rubber, and in such a manner that she can be made to collapse, and so may be stowed away in a small compass—the object being to admit of a screw hoe-of-battle ship, or other large vessel, conveying from six to ten of such craft to the scene of operations. When in use they present more the form of a raft than that of a vessel, not being intended to carry masts of any kind. The raft in question has been tried several times already, and has hitherto answered very well ; and the object of to-day's trial was to test her capability of dis charging 150 shell from a 13-inch mortar, the charge of powder being the usual one for such mortar, viz., 201bs. The mortar was Lilting on Captain Julius Roberts' plan, by which a great deal of the concussion in the firing is avoided ; the weight of the piece, with the bed, &c., being little short of seven tons. The raft was towed out of harbour by the cutter and pinnace of the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland (the trials being under this officer's superintendence), Lieutenant Lethbridge, of the Excellent, and a dozen seamen gun ners of the same ship, together with the inventor, the Rev. Mr. Berthon, going out in them. The first 14 rounds were highly satisfactory in every respect, when the Rev. Mr. Berthon left the raft in a waterman's boat - , and proceeded a short distance from her, to see what amount of recoil she suffered from the discharge. Toe 15th shell was then discharged, and in an instant she sank—Lieutenant Lethbridge and the 12 men being immersed; in the sea. The wind being high the sea was somewhat rough, and the cutter and pinnace had to exert themselves to rescue the officer and men. Lieut. Lethbridge was first picked up, and the men were all saved, with one exception ; his body unhappily could not be found. It is supposed he sank immediately on the r aft going down. It appears that the raft's si des were fairly blown out by the concussion. Sir Thomas Maitland was to have gone out in the Sprightly steamer at nine o'clock to witness the experi ment, and that vessel had her steam up to convey him out ; but before he started one of the men who had been immersed in the water arrived at the dockyard, and told the tale of the disaster. The Sprightly immediately went out to try to pick up the lost man, without having s ue . ceeded in doing so. Some of the men who were picked up are in a bad state from exhaustion, and fears are entertained for the lives of some. They are, however, receiving every attention. Much sympathy is felt for th e Rev. gr. Berthon, who has distinguished himself by severa l use f u l i nvent i ons of lndia-rubber life buoys, and who bad given up his incumbency at Farehani w ith a v i ew o f d evot i ng hi mse lf to the perfection of the invention in question, and which would have been of great service to the art of war. Tat BURNOPFIELD MIIRDER.—At the adjourned in quest held on Tursday in Burnopfield, the jury returned a verdict of murder against the two men Cain and Rayne. A pardon has been offered to any unlicensed pawnbroker who will produce the watch of the deceased gentleman. LAURA GAY.—Tvvo VOLS.—This novel, by a writer who, we cannot imagine, will long be permitted to re main anonymous, will attract an unusual number of readers by the warmth of its colouring and the vivacity of its characters. 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The following letter has been addresseJ to the editor of the Times : Sir,—l, in common with many naval officers who took part in the naval proceedings of that period which Sir Charles Napier calls "the last war," read with surprise Sir Charles's letter of the Bth inst., in which he attempts to justify the inertness of the fleet under his command by stating that during his fifteen years' service it was not the custom for ships to approach batteries at all. Now, Sir Charles was in the Mediterranean in command of the Thames in 1811, at which period so general was the practice of attacking batteries that we often used to do it to exercise our crews, and I believe there was not a frigate on that station which had not at one time or other attacked batteries and captured vessels lying under their protection. It is really surprising that the egotism of Sir Charles should lead him to forget the actions of that nature performed by Hosts, Brenton, Cochrane, Brisbane, Clifford, and others. or were those attacks confined to single ships. Commodore Sprenger attacked the Greek Islands, and the Spartan there covered the landing by attacking the Mole Head battery within mus ket shot. Rear-Admiral Fremantle, with his squadron in the Adriatic, bombarded Pessaro and the other towns upon the coast, in order to tire out the division of the French army left there for its defence, ultimately taking Trieste. Admiral Hotham, I think, commanded the attack against Istria. I commanded the battery the sailors erected against the fortress. Sir Charles after wards proceeded with a squadron of frigates to the coast of America, and he ought to remember that a division of them within a month afterwards attacked the batteries in the Penobscqt river, and burnt the New London American frigate. Sir Charles has made free with the name of Sir James Saumarez, and is pleased to call him an enterprising offi cer little short of Nelson ; permit me to tell him that, in enterprise, coolness, and daring, Sir James Saumarez was in no way short of Nelson, and the victory of Alge sires still stands unrivalled in those respects. So far from not venturing to take the squadron under his command into an enemy's port, he anchored with a division of the Channel fleet a whole winter in Quiberon Bay. He attacked during his command at Guernsey the batteries at Cherbourg, and arrested the works going on at the breakwater ; his squadron at tacked the batteries at Granville and St. Malo, and, but for the orders from the AdMiralty, he would have oftener done so. When Commander-in-Chief of a pow erful fleet in the Baltic he did not attack Croustadt, Revel, or Riga, because he felt persuaded that the only means of bringing the war to a successful conclusion was by forming a Northern coalition, and, as Russia had been forced into a war against her will, such attacks could be attended with no beneficial results. In that measure he succeeded even against the expectations of the Government of the day, and thus rendered an in valuable service to his country, which it had the can dour to acknowledge, but not the generosity to reward ; but, so far from checking the enterprise of the efficers under his command in their attacks upon batteries, he encouraged them in every way, and no officer was re ceived with so much welcome by him as Captain Stewart was after his return from a gallant attack upon a Danish squadron lying under the batteries of Mardoe, on the coast of Norway. Now, sir, were the captains under Sir Charles Napier similarly encouraged, or, on the contrary, were they not checked, and reprimanded when incurring risk against batteries In the opinion of Sir Janice Saumarez, the best method of making an enemy feel the effects of the war was to have flying squadrons, with au adequate force of marines on board, which should lay waste the whole line of coast. It is all very well finding fault with the Admiralty, but there never was a fleet that went to sea so well found in every respect (except the training of the crews) as the fleet under Sir Charles, and the old Baltic officers with whom I served agree with you in thinking the Baltic fleet under Sir Charles could not have done less. And here he tuay again take a lesson from Sir James Saurnarez :—When Lord Melville addressed him a semi-official letter, he requested his Lordship to - transmit all official communications through the Secretary of the Board, and, upon an attempt being made to dictate to him as to how he was to attack or annoy the enemy, he gave the First Lord of the Admiralty a lesson Sir James had learnt from St. Vincent, and tendered his resigna tion. Why did not Sir Charles do the same, or attack the enemy agreeably to the printed instructions ? Far be it from me to question the daring of the gallant offi cers of that fleet, but there is a moral courage often brought to the test in naval affairs which seems not to have been exercised —that of putting into one scale the orders of the superior, and into the other what is best for our country's service, and, if necessary, sacrificing ourselves for it. The heroes of our profession left us this example. May it be never forgotten, an d o f tener followed !—I am, Sir, yo ur obedient servant, A RETIRED FLACI OFFICER. Bath, Jan. 10. , OittOn vial; SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. PRUSSIA. The Danube of Vienna publishes the following, under date of Berlin, Jan. 9 : " It has been frequently stated that the relations of the Prussian Cabinet with that of the ! Tuileries were much more satisfactory than those which it keeps up with the Cabinet of St. James's. A fact which occurred lately proves that the relations of Prussia with England are not what might be wished. It appears that the Earl of Claren don, at an interview which Count de Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador at London, had with him, com plained of the conduct pursued by Prussia in the Eastern question. The Earl expressed himself very unequivocally as to the pretended neutrality of Prussia ; he complained that that power continued to s u pply R uss i a w ith large quntities of warlike stores, and that the Prussian Govern , went, by tolerating such conduct, gave assistance to the enemy of France and England. The Earl also expressed his surprise that superior officers of the Prussian army should have been present at the fete organised by the Russian Ambassador to celebrate the surrender of Kars ; and that the name of Kars should have been used at a review at Berlin as a mot d'ordre, as if the victory gained by the Russians was glorious for the arms of Prussia. If England,' continued his Lordship, does not see in all these facts so many demon , ,trations in favour of Russia, she cannot avoid remarking the carelessness with which Prussia maintains her moral co-operation. England will therefore find herself compelled to adopt serious and even hostile measures, if the Cabinet of Berlin does not change its attitude.' The Prussian Ambassador addressed a confidential despatch to his Go vernment, in which be related in detail the result of his interview. This despatch arrived at Berlin at the mo ment w hen M. de Manteuffel was in Lusatia, and he re turned to Berlin the instant he was informed of the re ceipt of it. A council of Ministers was assembled, under the presidency of the King, and the communications made by the Earl of Clarendon to the Prussian Ambas sador were the subject of a long discussion. Although the declarations of England have produced a very deep impression here, it does not appear that Prussia makes any attempt to put an end to the acts of which the English Minister complains. It is therefore considered very possible that the Prussian ports in the Baltic will be put in a state of blockade. The report theta French army might be concentrated ou the Rhine has produced a very great sensation ; and itwas at one time in contemplation to interdict in Prussia the circulation of the Augsburg Gazette, which was the first to publish the statement. It is kuowis here, from a good source, that Sweden is making prepa rations for taking part in the great events of which the Baltic will be the theatre next spring. The armaments of Sweden and Norway are being pushed on very vigor ously." SPAIN. M ADRID , J an . 7.—Letters from Portugal state that MM. Pereire, of the CreditMobilier Company, have obtained the concession of the projected line of railway from Lisbon to the Spanish frontier. The Committee of the Cortes has reported in favour of the proposed Madrid and Saragossa line, but two members will send in separate reports. Senor Sala manca has applied, in the name of the Great Cen tral Railway of France, for leave to inspect the plans, &c. THE DASHING AFFAIR AT KERTCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l trust it may not be considered immodest in a countryman to distinguish through your columns the gallant hero of this brilliant exploit from the many offi cers both in the British and Indian army bearing the same name, as well as following the example of the ad mirers of the late Captain Dymock, who was killed at the passage of the Ingour. Major Macdonald is only son of the late Dr. Macdonald, of Inverness, and descended ma ternally from the Camerons of Chines, of the same county. He belongs to the Indian cavalry, and only arrived in England in spring last, after 21 years' uninterrupted service ; and scarcely bad he made the round of visits to his relatives when be volunteered to serve in the Turkish Contingent. He has been engaged in many of the In dian battles, where his gallantry was equally conspicuous, awl always hononrably mentioned in despatches— although, be it observed, General Vivian merely alludes to him in the despatch of this affair as " the officer who commanded the detachment." Is it because he is a Sepoy officer ? An insertion will much_oblige_ your obedient, Islington, Jan. 10. .T. C.-WP. " WANDERING WILLIE." A cracked Scotchman arrived at Constantinople a short time ago, with a passport vis&cd "Bon pour la Chine." He came from Calais on foot, and intended to continue his pedestrian journey to China. He waited upon the Consul-General, and .requested hint to tell hint where he could find a lodging, not one of the stylish hotels, he said, but in some decent place. The Consul sent hint to the place where he lodges distressed English sailors. The poor fellow called at the residence of the Grand Vizir, and left his card, stating that the Sultan would pro bably send for him, as there was a family connection be tween them. He had also, he added, relations in Persia. The poor fellow, mad as he was, recollected the names of all the places through which he had passed, and was sharp altogether. He has not since been heard of, and it is supposed that be must have perished on the road, or may probably have taken a fancy to go elsewhere. A case similar to this occurred some months ago. All the British residents at Constantinople were teased to death by an Englishman named Hun ter, who for many years had been employed by a London journal as correspondent. The poor fellow had travelled over the whole of Europe and Asia. His mania was that he had large sums of money to receive from all who bestowed charity on him. He was last met playing "God savo the Queen" on a penny whistle in some out of the way place. Another case occurred inJune,lBs4, when an Irish priest, who had been to do penance at the Holy Shrine at Jerusalem, arrived here. He bad travelled all the way from England to the Holy Land and back again here on foot, and without once changing his clothes ; consequently he smelt like a polecat. The Consul-General, desirous of sending him home, could not prevail upon any captain to take him. At last it was agreed that he should be forcibly stripped of his old clothes and washed. To convert him to this decision re quired a great deal of persuasion and even threats. Finally he was taken alongside a brig where he was stripw,ed. Sailors' clothes were banded to him and his monkish garb thrown away. From the time he left Eng land he had always gone on foot and begged his way. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) r.nuryoN, Jan. 12.—Wiud this day at noon, N. to N.N.E.; fresh, with fine frosty weather. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.I SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Reindeer, Mars, and Despatch (s) from Jersey. Sailed—Wonder (s), for Jersey ; Alliance (s), Havre; Pet, Newcastle. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Moruibg. Wind N.E. Arrived—George Jordan, front Africa. Sailed—William Witherlce, for New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 10. Sailed—Delphos, for Hamburg. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10 9.. m. Wind N.E. ; tide, last hour's ebb ; fine and frosty. Sailed—Western (s), for Barbadoes. DEAL, Saturday, 9.25 S.M. Wind N.N.E., moderate. Passed, 11th —Mantic°, from London, for Lisbon. THE AMERICAN GUN MACHINERY FOR THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.—We have had occasion to allude several times within the last two years to the movements of the English Government in revolutionising their system of manufacturing small fire-arms, so as to make it conform to the American system. Some two years ag o th e Eng lish Government, determined upon a gland national tr in inspection ar moury for the manufa ctur e of small arms, after the American plan, sent out to thisweetinoirti the f) country sp commission e e anew-born n purpose. ap o saer: r o a r ga army nt officers and connection e These gentlemen bad free access to our establishments, and finally determined to copy the American pin ciples of manufacture throughout. To do this they engaged J ames M . B urton, f or some years c hi e f and mechanic at the Harpers' Ferry (Va.) ar moury, to take a like position in the new English ar moury, and he is now in that country in the discharge of its duties. They also ordered, built here, complete sets of the machinery in use at our armouries. Robbins and Lawrence, of Windsor, Vt., were employed to build some 100 " milling machines," used to cut the gun locks and execute the other iron parts of the gun. These are a common machine, in this country at least, and were some months since completed and sent abroad. T his branch of the contract amounted to some 30,000 dols. or 40,000 dols. Bet the more important and intricate ma chinery—that for the manufacture of the gun stock was entrusted to the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee. This has been just completed, and was ,le spatched to England in the steamer of this week. 'I . he elements of national and local pride ente r so largely into this lot of machinery that we may he excused o for r speak ing of it with some speciality. It consi sts of different machines, three of which are dupli cates. The rest con stitute " the set," and through each of them does the gun stock have to pass in the manufacture. The machi nery is capable of turning out 250 stocks per day, each machine requiring the average of a minute to execute its peculiar office. The cost to the English Gove rnmen t of this superb lot of machinery is about 50,000 dole. Mr. Oramel Clarke, one of the best workmen in the stocking department of the armoury, has been employed to go out to Europe, and take the charge of the machinery and its operation. The i new Government armoury of England, into which this machinery and its new ope ; rations are to be introduced, is located at Enfield-lock, nine miles north of London. It is intended, ultimately, to employ 800 operatives, a n d t urn out 500 muskets daily. Captain H. J. W. Jervis remains to look to the , completion of a contract for 25,000 rifles for the same [ Government, which are in progress at the establishments of Robbins and Lawrence, at Windsor, - Vt., and Hart {ord.—Springfield Republican. •ty et, its of .nd ors tri vi- he [ts It. nd be le- 100 100 100 ?0 20 Si • I hito t. [lOO It (.lax! 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