The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

THE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANZ. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buck Stone. THIS EVENDIG, TITER EAUX STRATAGEM. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND TIIE GRASSHOPPER'S FE AST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. :tOT A. 14 PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management 0 Mr. Cmiza Ras. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID A.NI.) THE MAGPIE ; or, ti Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, 'sir. Paulo; and Columsine, Miss Caroline Adams. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, THE JEALOUS WIFE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TIIF. DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with a Grand Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime, to be called JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will amen ROYAL SURREY TrIEITRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswtck. THIS EVENING THE FLOWER GIRL. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. trader the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING. NOEMIE; or, The Foster Sister. After which, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. To conclude with HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED WK.; or, All In the Down 3 and Davy Jones's Locker. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPFIITEI&ATRE. Lessee and Mantmr, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, ROOKWOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. After which the SCENE; in the ARENA, To conclude with one of the most extraordinary productions ever witnessed, an Equestrian Comic Pantomime, introducing 60 horses, ponies, and other quadrupeds, trained by Mr. William Cooke, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. Morning Performances at 2 o'clock, Saturday, Jan. sth, 12th, and 15th. onen from Eleven till Four. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Fquestrlan Director. Me. W. Cooke. in*. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 47 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min. aft. 0 TO-MORROW—Morn. 13 min. aft.l2—Evening 40 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, 'LIN. 5. THEIIIIOIIETER, IN THE SHADE. 51 - highest since noon yesterday. 4( —iowest this morning and during the night. 49 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 56. WIN?, Southerly.—Light, with mild, dull weather. ' A ‘ti ' ` - 4 • wh.,..47-.." 1107!, I i p 4 §Un 5 ti LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1856. It is not merely from his physical strength, or the intrinsic power which he possesses, that the AUTOCRAT is formidable to other nations. It has always been a leading principle of Russian policy to act by means of well-selected tools, which, by a mixture of bullying and cajoling, have been made completely subservient to the dominant will. One aim has been to sow dissensions and jealousies on every side from which disturbances might arise, which the wily Muscovites well knew how to turn to their own advantage. In the East these insidious intrigues were peculiarly suc cessful. On the one side were overwhelming forces ready to compel concessions and the surrender of important territorial privileges, or possibly the territories themselves, should the time for annexa tion have arrived. On the other was the wide spread venality which rendered Russian gold peculiarly acceptable to men in authority. An " itching palm " is a very general characteristic of the Eastern Statesman ; and what threats and menaces could not achieve was sure to be accom plished by the all-powerful agency of bribes. The Persian Court has been peculiarly suscep tible to these potent influences. All the leading men were actuated to serve the Czart either by fear, or love, or money. Even the SHAH himself became little better than the obedient vassal of his powerful and ambitious neighbour. It is true that occasionally there has been an appearance of insubordination. The resistance was carried even to open hostility. But Russia has invariably been enabled to dictate her own terms, although of a very onerous and almost intolerable character. It is the certainty that the step recently adopted by the Court of Teheran has been taken at the instigation of the CZAR, that renders it of vast importance at the present crisis. There has been a manifest desire moth° part of Russia to com pensate for its losses in Europe by additional gains in Asia, and to sustain the prestige that has been so seriously damaged by the loss of Sebastopol, Kertch,- Eupatoria, and Kinbourn, by striking successes in other quarters. The fall of Kars, through the deplorabl e apathy and negligence of those who ought to have spared no pains to have preserved that important position, has been one very important step in carrying out that object, and the capture of Herat, the portal to the Anglo- Indian empire, .although nominally accomplished by Persian troops, is another of scarcely less con sequence. The removal of the intemperate imbecile who occupied the Musnud in that city would, under ordinary circumstances, be a matter of profound indifference were it merely a change of dynasties similar to those of such frequent occurrence in the East, and if the new ruler possessed no strength beyond that of the displaced Sultan. But, in th e present instance, the dominion has virtually passed from the hands of one of our own Allies to that of a le ading satrap of the AUTOCRAT. We should little care whether MALIOMED SAID KHAN or Yuan , ' reigned, notwithstanding the disgust that must be entertai ne d f or the treacherous manner in which the change was effected ; but MAHOMED SAID KHAN was th St tributary to our ally, DOST MAHOMED, and YUBUS o s t en tatiously proclaims himself the vassal of t.l2e, , Sg A jr, and has been merely used as the instrument for carrying out the project which led to a siege, in 1837, nearly as protracted as that of S ebastopol, and which then was only foiled, after a ten months struggle, through the skill and enterprise of a British officer—Lieutenant ELD REDPOTTENCER, of the Indian Army. The alteration, if permitted • • to continue, mist seriously prejudice the security of I] 2dia, am 1 it is of the utmost importance to sustain the Affghan Monarch in his attempt to retrieve tb s 3 injury so deliberately inflicted on him. Anothf CC symptom of the subserviency of Persia to the AUTOCRAT may be discerned in the differenc ,e that led to the striking of the flag of the British Minister at Teheran, and the virtual sus pensioi a of diplomatic intercourse with the Persian Court It is very well to ascribe this difference to pe tty causes, but we fear that, on investigation, the will be found to have a deeper and mo re* formidable source. We may feel a s:i,u-red that the SHAH would not quarrel with England about a matter so trivial as the -prot ,ection of one of the native attaches to the E Br. • . tish mission, unless desirous of seeking a -plausible pretext for " picking a quarrel." It is Isaid that straws thrown up show the direction of the atmospheric current, and the circumstance assumes a painful significance, when we consider that it followed so speedily on the receipt of the in telligence of the capitulation of Kars, and was almost simultaneous with the capture of Herat, mainly achieved through the treachery of the Per sian resident. I That the success of General MOURAVIEFF over the English Defender of the Turkish city turned the scale, and induced the wavering SHAH to place himself unreservedly in the hands of Russia, seems more than probable. Asiatics are incapable of understanding the insouctence that permitted so important a position to fall into the hands of the enemy, when a decided effort on our part, or even by the Turks themselves, could have saved it. They will not draw the distinction between a few English officers, lent for the purpose of organising the defence% and a regular English garrison. But whatever may be the cause it is essential that we act with promptitude and decision, and teach Persia a painful but salutary lesson, that England cannot boo attacked or even insulted with impunity. There arse many vulnerable points on the Persian terri to:ry, and as the attack is pointed against India, and we may rely on the assistance and co-opera tion of Doer MAROMED, we may safely leave the vindication of our honour and the protection of our interests in the hands of Indian authorities, who can readily perceive the point against which the blow may be directed, and the best manner in which it should be inflicted. There is one authority to whose Income Tax we submit with wonderful patience, and that is the baker. Once in twenty years there may be a local bread riot, resulting in a few hungry per sons or lazy scoundrels being thrown upon the prison baker. Now and then we grumble at our unreduced bill when we read for weeks together of a shilling or two lower at Mark-lane. Still the bill is paid, and the baker protests that he cannot get a living profit out of it ; millers will have their price of him despite the quotations in the market lists ; and the farmers hold out now adays in falling markets, the manufacturer being compelled to use up the old high-priced stocks. So at least we are always informed by the knights of the kneading trough, if the phenomenon of successive falls in tie price of wheat, and the per manency of even the little halfpenny in the price of bread, induce us to ask an explanation. Nature's phenomena generally exhibit the influence of a cause, and even most strongly, after its apparent culmination ; the highest tides are a few days after full and new moon, and the hottest months follow the longest days; the baker is true to nature in a falling market. For long weeks after he shows the effects of "late high prices." " Old stocks are yet to b• cleared off." Oar market philosophy wonders that his stocks should be large when " flour ruled high." We bear, however, the great heat after Juno and the longest day, and bear in like manner the high-priced loaf after wheat has faller. But wheat and lour rise ! Our friend the baker immediately deserts his fidelity to nature. He has no stocks bought at lower prices, although his money should have sufficed to lay in more ; bread rises virtually one halfpenny at Mark-lane, and a penny rise is im mediately established on the loaf. The former rises one penny, and our loaf forthwith rises twopence! Another mystery of the baking art we never could penetrate, and that is why in different dis tricts of London the same quality of bread differs from one penny to twopence in price. Even be tween the north and south sides of the one river which brings nearly all the wheat and flour the difference is notorious ; while the announcements in the shop windows make it plain enough in other districts to every pedestrian. Is it that in some parts the residents will not pay more ? Or is it that in the favoured regions the competition is greater ? One thing we know, that all purchase their flour, or ought to do, at the same price ; coals and labour cost the same. Why the manu factured article should not, like worsteds or cot tons, be sold at the same prices everywhere for the same quality we cannot understand. We are not aware that bakers in Clerkenwell and Whitechapel appear in the Gazette more frequently than those of Islington or the West-end. Why should the latter charge more ? Giving up the bakers as indefensible, yet incor rigible, we turn to the farmers. Against them we have but one charge--their unwillingness to furnish agricultural statistics. We are injured by this in two ways. One in which they suffer most —when foreign nations, like France, with better information, have actually come into our markets, and bought our farmers' wheat at perhaps twenty shillings per quarter less than they would have sold it for had they known earlier tie probabilities of the corn crops ; while we again have supplied ourselves afresh from abroad at the higher price ! Another injury is don• us by the needless range of prices. Of these the baker always takes the advantage ; he gets the full benefit of every rise and every fall, and of course his customers have to pay for it. Even prices, or as nearly even as possible, always bring the article to its lowest value. Agricultural statistics would lead to this. They would ascertain very early one element, the extent of land sown with each crop, and they mi g ht, b y the end of July at least, give a fair estimate, admitting of subsequent correction, of the probable .. .yield of the cereals. It is impossible that such statistics should not do much towards equalising prices. They would cause every rise and fall to be m ore gra d ua l, and would lead to earlier endeavours to obtain, when necessary, compensating supplies from abroad. We must own, however, that the blame of with° holding the information wanted lies not with th e farmer who refuses it, but with the landlord wh o causes him to refuse it. The feudal pride of our aristocracy robs England, as we believe, of as much increased home production as we now import corn from abroad. The landlord cannot get rid of the propensity to regard the farmer as his own, and wants at the polling-booth to do as he will with his ewn. Ho fancies, too, that the farmer does not understand farming so well as himself or his agent ; or he is haunted with fears about in jury to the land. Even the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND, from Whorin iTeohouAdhave hoped bet ter things, has just compelled a first-class tenant to leave a farm on which be had expended thousands, by determining to dictate to him in future how he should manure his land, and prohibiting him from growing his own valuable quality of turnip seed ! The game laws come in aid of this intolerable spirit of interference and dictation, till there is no man who feels that he works under such surveillance as the English farmer. But for this accursed spirit of feudality, what hinders that leases of ninety-nine years should not be taken of farms just as of houses, and that tenants should improve them largely and obtain improved rents as they do on house property ? A few simple stipulations would secure the estate from being restored to the landlord in a dilapidated condition, and, if the terms were fair, would even insure its returning to the original holder or his successors, vastly in creased in value. The farmer would be as glad as any of us to know the best ascertainable probabilities of the crops at the earliest possible period ; but with no lease, or a short lease, he will not venture to let his landlord know the actual yield of his farm. He is right. No tradesman in Regent-street would like his landlord to know the value of his business, if the landlord could at once raise his rent accordingly. In Scotland, where leases are more general, the required statistics have been almost perfectly collected, and have already proved our best economists to have erred in their estimates by one-half ! It were surely time that we knew, and on the best system, the facts of the case for England. To attain this result, however, we must devise for the landlord-ridden English farmer a plan in which he feels confidence. He must be assured that by no possible means will his landlord ever know the production of his farm. He must not live in dread of its leaking out through poor-law officials or local calculators. Assure him of this, and he would send to a party, where he was sure of secrecy, as faithful a return as possible. Landlord reform would best attain the end, but for that we may wait a century or two at least. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURLYky EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1856 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 4. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went to Lon don yesterday, and attended Mr. Faraday's lectures at the Royal Institution. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge arrived on a visit to the Queen. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty last evening—Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, Viscount and Viscount Hardinge, Lady Caro line Barrington, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The band of the 2d Life Guards played during dinner, and the Queen's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Prince went out hunting this morning. _ . ' Mr. Parkes, her Majesty's Consul at Amoy, lately returned from a mission to the King of Siam, had the honour of an audience of the Queen. A. meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the office of the Secretary of State for War ; present—Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, Earl Granville, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Edmund Lyons, and Viscount Hardinge. Viscounts Palmerston and Hardinge arrived in town from Windsor Castle for the purpose of attending the meeting. Viscount Palmerston afterwards left London, and returned to Windsor Castle. Despatches for the Governors of the North American Provinces were sent, last evening from the Colonial office. We understand that the candidates for the vacancy al the Metropolitan Board of Works, caused by the resig- nation of Sir John Villiers Shelley, are Mr. Geesin, Mr. Bridgnorth, and Mr. James Beale. _ _ The Fourth Monthly Return of the Bank of London appeared in last night's Low.lon. Gazette. The assets of this bank have reached the sum of 911,984/. NEW COUNTY COURT JUDOS.—Mr. Sergeant Millar has been appointed the county court judge at Leicester by the Lord Chancellor, in the room of the late judge. General de la Marmora arrived at Turin on the 2d. The Ministers and a great number of deputies received him at the railway station. In consequence of the ne cessity of his immediate departure for Paris, the ban quet which the Chamber of Deputies intended to offer him has been postponed until his return. THE COUNCIL OF WAR AT PARIS.—The Constantinople correspondent of La Presse says tbat Marshal Pelissier will be represented in the approaching Council of War by General Martimprey, the chief of his staff, who is in Paris at the present moment, and in whose judgment and knowledge the marshal places the utmost con fidence. DEATH OF TUB MARQUIS OF AILEf3BURY, K.T.—We regret to announce the demise of the Marquis of Ades bury, who expired yesterday morning, at a quarter-past four o'clock, at Tottenham Park, the family seat, near Marlborough, Wilts. The venerable Marquis had been in declining health for the last three years, so that the members of his lordship's family were not unprepared for the mournful event. He is succeeded in the family honours by his eldest son, George William Frederick, Earl Bruce, Lieut.-Col. Commandant of the Royal Wilt shire Yeomanry Cavalry, born Nov. 20, 1804, and mar ried, May 11, 1837, Lady Mary Caroline Herbert, third daughter of the late Earl of Pembroke. His lordship was, in 1830, summoned to the House of Lords by the title of Baron Bruce of Tottenham. Numerous families of distinction are placed in mourning by the dissolution of the venerable peer. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The Creation was per• formed by this society last evening at Exeter-hall. Not withstanding Madame Goldschmidt-Lind's two recent performances of this oratorio in the same place the at - tendance last night was as great as ever, the hall being crowded to the doors. In consequence of the in disposition of Mr. Costa, M. Sainton, at the re quest of the committee, officiated as conductor, and ac quitted himself with great ability. The solo parts wera strongly cast—Soprano, Madame Clara Novell° ; tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves ; and bass, Mr. Thomas. Madame Novello sang superbly ; as also did Mr. Sims Reeves. Mr. Thomas, who is making rapid progress in public favour, sustained his part exceedingly well. The choruses were sung with great power, and the whole performance was effective and successful. THE LATE EXPLOSION IN WOOLWICH ARSENAL.—The Government has directed that the widows and families of the three men who died from the injuries resulting from the late explosion shall continue to receive a sum equal to the amount of wages formerly paid to the de ceased. The same payment is also to be made to the families of the sufferers now at the Royal Ordnance HoTital. ROYAL ARIENAL, WOOLWlCH.—Considerable alarm and sensation was caused to those individuals who hap pened not to be enjoying their nightly repose by the very great reflection of fire which lit up the sky for a consider able distance round the arsenal between 12 and 2 o'clock on Friday morning ; but there was really no serious cause of alarm. The inhabitants of Woolwich and Plumstesd, knowing the immeiase quantity of combustible material deposited at the Royal Arsenal, and the close proximity of their dwellings, naturally are alarmed at the slightest signs of fire in that quarter, and more especially at night-time, when assistance is not so readily at hand. The alarm was caused by an immense quantity of refuse from the various workshops becoming ignited. This refuse is deposited in a sort of enclosure adjoin ing some sheds used by the contractors for sawing timber, &c., and which, as far as we can learn, is kept burning so as to destroy it, and of course regulated to a certain degree ; but, in consequence of a sudden gush of wind blowing off the river yesterday morning, it burned with such rapidity that the flames soon rose high in the air, and at the same time the destroying element caught two of these sawing sheds, which are constructed of light wood, and burnt them to the ground, with a quantity of tools therein, which were a'so burnt. The damage done is confined to the contractors, as only the rubbish be , longing to Government was in the least affected ; there fore, no portion of the arsenal works are at all interfered with. Sounumrrox, Jan. 4.—The following return gives the aggregate amount of tonnage which entered the Southampton docks from the let of January to the 31st of December, 1855, showing the register tonnage on which dues are payable, and also the gross or full ton nage : Ports of Destination for Register Gross, or Full Tonnage. Tonnage. West Indies Brazils 13,923 21,015 East Indies, via Alexandria Gibraltar and Peninsula 15,449 23,153 Black Sea and Crimoa 54,955 81,103 America Australia (steam -ships) Ditto (emigrant's sailing ships) 25,467 25,467 Cape of Good Hope 1,400 1,905 Baltic Ostend 607 809 French . 41,927 70,539 Jersey 36,666 59,117 Irish .... Colliers Coasters To repair from sundry ports Total tons.. 405,679 568,473 Of the above, 94 vessels have availed themselves of the uses of the graving ducks of this port. The following is the amount o f steam coals which have been received in Sautharnpt on d ocks during the past year :—By sundry ships, 36,0261 tons • transshipped, 43,105 ditto ; by rail way' laid down' 3,154 tons ; shipped, 12,4041 tons ; total, 94,690 tons. LATEST NEWS. HAMBURG, FRIDAY. The Grand Duke Constantine, as the head of the naval service of Russia, bas issued a circular to its several departments, requiring that all re ports shall contain the naked truth. Defects and mismanagement are no longer to be glossed over. Officials disobeying this injunction are to be dis missed the service. Accounts from Sweden state that General Bloch, Minister•at-War in Norway, and com manding the army, has been directed to organise the Norwegian troops, in concert with the chief of the War Depaztment at Stockholm. THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. Our advices from Berlin inform us that, accord ing to his instructions, Count Esterhazy may wait eight days, that is to say, until the 4th of Jan., for Count Nesselrode's answer. After that date, should the answer not have been' returnod, Count Esterhazy will send to Count Nesselrode a note reminding him of his communication of December 27, and urging him to make known the intentions of the Emperor Alexander. Ho will give the Russian Minister a further space of ten days. This second period will expire on the 15th of January. Should the Russian Government main tain its silence, Count Esterhazy will at once leave St. Petersburg and return to Vienna, with all the members of the Aus trian Legation. But, at Berlin, no doubt is entertained that before the 15th—and pro bably before the 4th—of January, Count Nes selrode will have replied to the Austrian commu nication. It is therefore believed that Count Esterhazy will be able to avert a rupture, or at least an immediate rupture, of diplomatic rela tions. It is expected that the reply of Coma Nessel rode will be in conformity with the declarations contained in his circular note of Dec. 22 (already made known by telegraphic summary). It is not expected that Count Esterhazy's mission will have a successful issue : it is thought very likely, how ever, that the ambassador may refer to his Go vernment and demand new instructions before taking any decisive and irrevocable step. Nothing gives reason to believe that Russia abandons the ground upon which she kas hitherto persisted in taking her stand ; we are assured that she would rather incur the risks of a third campaign. In the Journal des Debats of yesterday, M. S. de Sacy writes :—`' We have received intelli gence from St. Petersburg of the 27th and 28th ult., by way of Berlin. The accounts confirm those which have already been published by the English journals as telegraphic despatches. Count Esterhazy saw Count Nesselrode on the 27th, the day after his arrival in the Russian capital, and made the communication with which he was charged by the Cabinet of Vienna. M. de Nes selrode listened to the propositions of M. d'Es terhazy without betraying any emotion : he did not interrupt the Minister of Austria, but con tented himself with saying, will take the Em peror's orders.' " MADRID, JAN. 2. Some capitalists of Madrid have proposed to the Government the creation of a National Credit Bank. A report which had been current, that the Spanish Cabinet intended to introduce civil marriage into the laws of the country, is un founded. JAR. 3. The Cortes have adopted tho budgets of the Presidency of the Council, of Foreign Affairs, and of the Colonies. Marshal O'Donnell, who was yesterday rather worse, is to-day again better. OMER PACHA _AND THE FALL OF KARS. The following extracts are from the Constanti• nople correspondence of the Journal des Debuts, The letter is dated Dec. 24 ;-- "Public opinion is getting defined respecting the fall of Kars. It is felt that the first and gravest responsibi lity falls on Rica Pacha, ez•Seraskier, who neglected supplying it with a sufficient stock of provisions. After him the personage most attacked is Omer Pacha, who, at the head of the forces placed at his disposal, might easily have arrived to its relief in time, had he displayed more energy and activity. Thus they all agree that ho ought to have marched on Kars by the Batoum route, without wasting a whole month in an immense and circuitous march, utterly useless, via Soukum Kaleh. At the Ingour he might have cut off the Russian corps to a man, but he did not do it. After the battle of the Ingour, he ought to have closely pursued the flying enemy and taken Kutais, a very easy thing to have done with the imposing force he possessed, but he did not do it. He has given time (having spent more than a month in doing nothing) for Bebutoff's and Mouravieff's reserves to come up to the defence of Kutais, whereupon he no longer dares attack them, and retreats to Soukum Kaleh. Here, as in the Crimea, as in Roumelia, several superior officers withdrew in dis gust and have left him. " The partisans of the previous ministries want to throw all the responsibility on the present ministers for the fall of Kars. They are entirely blameless in the matter, and did all they possibly could to prevent it." PROCLAMATION TO THE RUSSIAN PEASANTS. The following is the text of the appeal addressed by the Emperor of Russia to the peasants of the Crown domains. It is sent to Count Perowsky, General of Infantry and Minister of Appanages : " Count Leon Alexiewitsch !—Our father of blessed memory, by a reecript addressed to you on Oct. 25, 1854, called upon the peasants of the Crown domains to participate in the general work of the defence of the country. "At once many more volunteers presented themselves than were necessary to form the effective of the regiment of tirailleurs of the Imperial family, three battalions strong. "More than half of those who offered themselves were able to return to their homes. W e now judge it neces sary to form the fourth battalion of the same regiment, and we therefore order a new appeal to be addressed to the peasants of the domains conformably to the prin ciples established in the regulation of Oct. 25, 1854. "In charging you with the formation of the fourth battalion, we are perfectly convinced that in response to our appeal the peasants of the domains will run to the defence of the country with the same eagerness as their brothers, called by our father, displayed, when they offered themselves to resist the enemies of orthodox and holy Russia. (Signed) " ALEXANDER." RUSSIA, Everything is getting scarce in Russia : men, money, saltpetre, sulphur, .and foreign produce of every description. In vain Government offer fa bulously high prices to contractors for the delivery of saltpetre, in the hope of making available the private stocks of the merchants. The article is not to be had. Private instructions have been given to the custom-houses on the frontiers to admit contra. band of war, and many thousand bags of saltpetre have been entered as rice, and chests of sulphur as Ha vannah sugar; but still the consumption is greater than the supply, and it is difficult to see where gun powder is to come from if the war is to be con tinued. In spite of the severe pains and penalties on the exportation of gold and silver coin, the profit on such transactions is so lucrative that the smugglers are prepared to run all risk of detection ; for they receive no less than 4 per cent. commission on this side the frontier, and as much more on the other. It is therefore no wonder that the Imperials and demi-Imperials are getting every day scarcer. The reported discovery of large beds of sulphur in the neighbourhood of the banks of the river Wolga turns out to be a hoax. Admiral Paniutin, the late commander-in-chief of the Russian naval forces in the Pacific, who, it will be remembered, lost the frigate Diana in the waters of Japan, has been raised by the Emperor to the dignity of a count. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 24th gives the following information : "Important modifications are still expected in the Ottoman Ministry, and well-informed persons aro of opi nion. that they will take place this week. It is believed that Mustapha Pasha will enter the Cabinet as Grand Vizier, and the name of Redsohid Pasha has been again pronounced. " A few days ago the model of a medal was submitted to the Sultan, which pursuant to his orders has been struck, in order to be distributed among the Allied armies. It had been proposed to his Highness to give to the officers only a medal of gold, and to the soldiers one of silver. The Sultan replied, that it was not his intention to make any difference between the soldiers who had fought as well and sold their lives as dearly as the officers, and that, both having given proofs of the same heroism, both were entitled to the same recom pence. On one side of the medal is the word Thom, (the cipher of the Sultan), surrounded by a crown of oak and laurel, and underneath the word Sebastopol' in Turkish characters ; on the reverse are seen the four flags of the Allied armies, supported by a cannon, forming a trophy, with an anchor, a shell, and a map. The intrinsic ♦alue of the medal is from 70f, to 80f." Other accounts from Constantinople, of the 24th ult., state that the Ottoman Government was se riously intent on devising means to obviate the fatal consequences that might attend the fall of Kars should all further advance of the Russians on the Turkish territory not be immediately checked. The plan of the new campaign was agreed upon at a council of war, convoked for the purpose, and at which the allied Generals Mansfield and Larchey, Colonel Chiesa della Torre, and the first dragomans of the English and French Embassies were present. Ten thousand men are to be de tached from the army of Omer Pasha, and con ducted by Gen. Mouklisha Pasha from Soukum Kaleh to Trebizond, where the other troops about to operate iu Asia are to assemble. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The telegraph from Vienna informs us that Colo nel Manteuffel had been received by the Emperor, and that there were hopes of Prussia more inti mately allying her interests with Austria on the war question. It Is thought here that the Cabinet of St. Peters burg would not wish to come to a diplomatic rup ture with that of Vienna, and that it will reply, therefore, in the sense of the declarations contained in the circular of the 22d December. There is a considerable amount of speculation afloat in Paris just nowabout the "new campaigns." There can be no doubt that the Allied Governments are desirous of having the opinions of naval and military men for ascertaining what can be done with the vast resources which the coming spring will place at their disposal ; but surely speculation on what precisely will be done is idle. Nor need the public wish to know that which should be kept from the enemy. Many things may occur before the next three months have passed away. It may be found necessary to direct a large force to Asia. Some suppose the tactics of Russia will be to col lect a large force there, and even threaten Con stantinople. The Moniteur gives the following account of the late expedition of the French troops to the southern districts of Algeria : "The columns which left Biskra, Boucaada, Laghouat, and Geryville, at the end of November last to proceed through the districts of the south, have successfully ac complished their mission, and are now on their march to return to their respective quarters. General De vaux, who left Biskra at the head of the column fur nished by the sub-division of Batna, after having MC cessively encamped at the Oued-Rirez, Sidi-Salek-el- Faidh, Beadle, Monia-Tadja, Thaieb, and El-Bir-el-Arab, arrived on sth December at Doila, in the Oued-Souf, where he met with the most friendly reception. Thence he went to El-Oued, where he remained two days to settle the affairs of the country ; and on the 14th he formed a junction with the column of Commandant Pein, which bad shortly before started from Boucaada. On the 15th the united columns arrived at Tuggurt, and at the date of the last accounts the Oued-Souf and the Oued-Rur enjoyed the most perfect tranquillity. The column from Laghouat was on the 17th ult. at Guerara ; the troops were in excellent health, and the state of the country was as satisfactory as pos sible. Capt. de Colomb, who commands the district of Gdryville, left Brezira on the 17th November with the Khalifa Si-Hatnza, and arrived at Negouca on the 30tb. He remained there two days to rest his horses and camels, which were much fatigued from traversing the high grounds which separate Methli from the oasis of Ouargla. On the Ist ultimo, the Agha Si-Zoubir came to the camp with the Gouros of the Chambaas and the Djemaas of Ouargla ; and on the 2d Dec., Captain de Colomb reached Ouargla, where his mission was com pletely successful. He was to leave that place on the 12th to return to Geryville. Col, Costalin was on the 6th at Bou.Semyhoum, and although everything was quiet in that quarter, he will not leave that part of the country until the return of Captain de Colomb, whose movement he covers. The column of the south-west' left Ain-ben Khelil on the 12th December, and on the 14th, before reaching Sifsifa, Col. de Lascours received the Djemaa of Ich, wbo came to make the submission of that tribe. On the same day the Acbmous, who had not before submitted, sent a deputation to demand the Amen, and their example induced the Kaid of Naghar-Foukani to send his son to signify his friendly intentions to wards the French. After making a short stay at Sifsifa, the column arrived on the 16th at Ain-Sefta. Scouts who had been sent to Figuig report that the new Cherif has been driven from that oasis, and has taken refuge among the Oued-Djeris. All these account , , which are of the 16th, prove how well the tranquillity of the south west is secured .by the presence of our troops. In Morocco, on the cont rar y, th e un f ortunate i n habitants are agitated by disturbances, which, in appearing to be come more and more s er i ous ever y d a y, f or m a striking contrast with the situation of the tribes of Algeria." BOURSE, Jan. 4, Two o'clock.—The market has been very flat, in consequence of reports of a re fusal of Russia having been received to the Aus trian propositions. The Threes varied from 63f. 55c. to 63f. 75c. Money is very scarce, which is a great impediment to the improvement of prices. Half-past Three.—The market was steady at the close. The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9l 40 —f. -c. 3 per Cents 63 3) 63 65 New Loan 64 40 Bank Shares 3175 Roman Credit Mobilier 1320 dustrian Belgian Fivos . 93i Spanish Throes 4O Piedmontese B6 50 Horne Debt ..... RAILWA TS—Ton CASH. fr. C. C. Or!qans Northern Lyons .. 1130 New Ditto 745 Dtediterranean 1255 Grand Central 572 50 Lions Geneva 675 Teste Cato 685 Austrian Corn. 728 75 THE STATE OF NAPLES. Every day (says the Times' Correspondent) has its wonder, and that of to-day (Dec. 29) is, that M. Brenier has wrought a miracle upon the Royal mind, and disposed it favourably to the Allies: Such is the report which I have heard stated strongly in several directions, and by people who affect to be well informed. It is added that the King will send a contingent to the Crimea, but I have authority for stating that his Majesty has never been asked to join the Allies, and that if he does so it will be by his own proprio mote ; and, lastly, it is asserted that the Emperor of Austria is contemplating a visit to this Court, and that a long series of splendid fetes is in prospect. A letter from Rom e o f th e 22d ult. says : " Prince Alexander Torlonia is now engaged in carrying out the intentions of his deceased brother, Prince Charles Torlonia, who before his death had given an order for a superb altar for the church of Notre Dame at Boulogne-sur-bier. This altar will be unique of its kind in France. There will be used in its construction some of the rarest antique marbles, beautiful agates, &c. The table of the altar will be supported by a row of small columns of Eastern alabaster, between which w ill bo fine mosaics executed by the most distinguished artists, and representing our Saviour and the four Evan gelists the first-named pointing hand to the c h a li ce which h holds e with his left in his right. The stops of the altar will be also ornamented with mosaics and precious stones. The tabernacle will be a model in petto of the Triumphal Arch of Constantine, on the Roman ferum near the Colyseum." FIRE Is WOOD-STREET, CREAPSlDE.—Yesterday after noon a fire broke out in the premises belonging to M r. S. Midge, lace warehouseman, No. 115, Wood-street, Cheapside. The premises, which are exceedingly old, ex tend some considerable distance down Huggin-lane, and are within ten or twelve feet of St. Michael's Church, Wood-street. The powerful engines from the chief station in Watling-street were soon in attendance, followel by other engines of the brigade, and in less than an hour the firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the conflagration. The damage done, howev er , is very con siderable, as Mr. Bridge informed our reporter that the loss by fire alone would amount to between 4,0001. and 5,000/., independently of the damage which must have been caused by water to the silks and laces. Owing to the extent of the premises, general business will not be much interrupted. The loss will fall on the Atlas, Alli ance, Mancneater, and Sun Eire-officed. THE PEACE PROPOSALS. The following is the letter of the Times (second edition) Paris correspondent, dated yesterday, six p.m. A good deal has been said abotit tho propositions presented by the Emperor Francis Joseph to Rus sia, and accepted by France and England. Until they are officially known, I may as well give you what is stated in the German Chancelleries in Paris, already alluded to, and I have reason to sus spect that it is perhaps nearer the truth than any thing as yet published on the subject. With respect to the Danubian Principalities I am assured that, as already stated, the complete abolition of the Russian Protectorate is insisted upon. Russia is to have no exclusive right of protection, nor inter vention, in the domestic affairs of the Principali ties. It is demanded that the Principalities shall retain their privileges and immunities under the suzerainete of the Sultan, and that the Ottoman Porte, in concert with the contracting Powers, shall grant to the Principalities an internal orga nisation according to the necessities and freely expressed wishes of the population. In concert with the Sultan also, as their suzerain, the Principalities will a d o pt a permanent defensive system, such as is required by their geegraphical position, and no obstacle and no imps dimeut shall be offered to them in their adoption of any extra ordinary measures of defence they may require to enable them to resist aggression on the part of a foreign Power. In exchange for the fortified places and territory occupied by the allied armies, Russia will be required to assent to a modification of her own frontier with Turkey in Europe. The frontier thus modified, conformable to the general interest, will commence from the neighbourhood of Chotym, following the line of the mountains which extend iu a south easterly direction, and termin a ti ng i n th e Lake Sasik. The line will be definitively regulated by the treaty of peace, and the ceded territory will be restored to the Principalities, and conse quently to the suzerainetg of the Porte. respect to the Danube, the opening of that river and its mouths will be effectually secured by regulations in which Europe will have an interest, and in which the contracting Powers will be duly represented, excepting the portions belonging to the Pavers who have territory on its banks, which will be regulated according to the principle estab lished by the Congress of Vienna in matters rela ting to fluvial navigation. Each of the contracting Powers will have the right to maintain one or two small vessels of war at the mouths of the river, with the object of ensuring the execution of the regulations relative to the freedom of the Danube. - The Black Sea will be made completely neutral. Its waters will be open to the merchant shipping of all nations, but will be interdicted to war navies, and in order to make that neutralisation a bona fide neutralisation, the present military arsenals will be abated, and no now one hereafter created. The complete protection of the commercial and maritime interests of all nations will be secured in the various ports of the Black Sea by regulations based on and in conformity with international right. The two Powers possessing territory on the Black Sea will accept the engagement reciprocally to maintain therein no more than the number of light vessels, whose force shall be determined previously, neces sary for th• service of their coasts respectively. It is also provided that such stipulation or conven tion as shall have boon agreed to for that object, will be appended to the general treaty. It will be previously submitted to the approval of the Powers who sign that treaty, and will have the same force, and be in every respect considered as forming an integral part of that instrument. Those stipulations or convention forming part of the general treaty, and secured in the same manner, shall not be altered, modified, or cancel led with out the previous assent of the Powers who sign the said general treaty. With respect to closing of the Straits the exception will be admitted as applicable to the Powers that possess territory on the shores of the Black Sea as alluded to in the preceding article. The privileges, immunities, and rights of the non-Mussulman subjects of the Porte will be con firmed, but without affecting the dignity and the r independence of his Majesty the Sultan ; and, as I informed you yesterday, Russia will, after the peace, be invited to take part with France, England, and Austria in all such deliberations as have for their object to secure to the non-Mussulman subjects of the Sultan their religious and political rights. In addition to the above the belligerent Powers reserve to themselves the right to propose, in the general interest of Europe, special conditions be sides the four guarantees. The representatives iu Paris of some of the States of Germany, and perhaps one or two Russian resi dents, are said to be cognisant of the above. The same may perhaps be affirmed of the Belgian Go vernment. At all events it is believed that the foregoing is a fair summary of the famous Austrian propositions. I understand that the assurance was again given to-day in an official quarter of the resolution of this Government to carry on the war in the most vigo rous manner in the event of Russia not acceding to the propositions adopted by the allies. It was re peated at the same time that the Emperor Napo leon had no insatiable desire for war; on the contrary, he would feel as much satisfaction as any one that the war should cease, but that he and the English Government were determined not to abate one iota of the terms on which peace would be accepted, and that if Russia still held out she would soon see how two such Powers make war in the Baltic. It was not denied that there was still a glimmer of hope of peace, but yet ad mitted that the glimmer was very faint indeed. This does not differ in any respect from what I have more than once described as the disposition of the French Government, but it is no harm to re peat it each time that counter-statements appear in the Russian press of Belgium and Germany. BREAICDO WY OF THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. CRISIEA, Dec. 21.—A. very arbitrary order, as we think it, has caused our private bat horses to be taken for the public service, in consequence of the break-down in the Land Transport Corps. My two cost 231., so it is not pleasant to run the risk of giving there up to the tender mercies of public employment. If there had been a general order, saying there was a temporary need of transport, &c., and officers were requested to lend their animals for the general good, of course every one would give them willingly. B ut i t i s done in a much less gracious manner than that. " Send them, or we'll stop their food," is the gist of the order. Some regiments have remonstrated to tat) General, but the reply is, "The order comes from head quarters, and cannot be avoided." In the great difficul ties of last winter, Lord Raglan ruled that officers' private horses could be sent for their own forage, of course, but not to carry public stores. Besides, there is the wear and tear of the saddles and gear, and shoe ing—no small expenses here in the aggregate. At the present time w e are a ll anx i ous to k ee p ou r bat ani mals safe and sound, for we depend on them chiefly for bringing u p th e f uel for our fires. The fuel issued to us by th e comm i ssar i at i s on ly a nominal amount compared with the quantity necessary for use ; and, as there are no public conveyances, all private sup plies from Balaklava, Kadikoi, &c., are brought lII' on the officers' private animals. While the frost i s se vere a too heavy load, careless balancing, or a slip or fall, quickly lead to strains or soreness of the back, and the animal is for some time disabled. The animal s o f th e Land Transport Corps will be all in sheds soon, an d I suppose the survivors wi ll then be in working trim again. It is said in the whole corps they are now l os i ng from deaths and los s b y straying 100 animals per diem. I cannot exactly understand why one hears so seldom of an officer's private bat horse dying, or being lost from graying, excepting on the supposition that the public animals are less attended to ; but there is no reason why they should not he as c are f u ll y l oo k e d a f ter. What an item of expenditure the transport, by sea and land, will be! There is one transport—the Queen of the South, I think—used as a magazine, which has never been out of Balaklava Harbour since this time last year, lam told. Fancy what her hire has cost. I hear that Sir Colin Campbell is coming out again. We are all glad of it, and look on him as a pillar of strength. He first went to Lord Hardinge, it is said and told him he had come to g i ve up hi s command-2- afterwards to Lord Paninure, the same. Lord Panmure argued, but it was of no use ; the resignation was given in, and Sir Colin Campbell left, thinking himself a free man. Then came a command to the Palace. There all was attention, a suite of rooms given up, and at dinner he was directed to take in the Princess Royal. After wards a Highland piper played behind his chair, " The Catepbella are coining." The next morn i ng the Queen saw Sir Colin in Prince Albert's study ; and who could resist the gracious desire which followed ? At any rate, Sir Cohn will have gained Court favour, which he never had before. A new exchange of prisoners between the French and Russians took place recently at Odessa. Amongst the French prisoners given up were three officers of the Vau tour, who were captured, it may be remembered, some time ago by the Cossacks, whilst out shooting in the neighbourhood of Kinbourn. On New Year's day a violent explosion of gas took place in the Place du Palais Royal. Some of the rail ings near the principal entrance were twisted by the concussion. A man passing by had his trousers singed. The accident gave rise to a story that an infernal ma chine had been laid down in a g utticr, with the view of assassinating the P r i nces J er ome an d Napoleon Bona parte on their return from the Tuileries. CUSTOM?? RIMENuE oil' GLASGOW. —The Customs' revenue for the port of Glasgow, for the year 1855 , amounts to 709,476/. 17s. 5d , being an increase over the preceding year of 31,9201. Bs. ld. BENEVOLENT LEGACIFS.—MiR 3 Carmichael, who died last week, has bequeathed upwards of 2,0001. for chari table and church purposes in Aberdeen. SPORTING NOTES. TURF PROSPECTS. In a late edition of The Sun last night was published exclusively a complete list of the nominations for the leading Spring Handicaps. Expectation was not disap pointed on an examination of the entries, which in nu merical strength fall little below those of preceding years, whilst among them figure the names of the principal mo dern turf celebrities. The Chester Cup, in particular, main tains its popularity intact ; for if the list of nominations published be perfect, it would appear that the diminution in the number of subscribers is six only. Last year there were 200 ; this year there are 194. For the Metropoli tan Stakes there are 79 subscribers—only two less than last year; whilst for the City and Suburban there are 94, being an increase of eight on the number obtained last season. The Northamptonshire Stakes presents a " falling off" of nine in the number of entries compared with that of 1555. Taking, however, into consideration the bad times, the rising prospects of the coming racing season are cheering and encouraging. Steeplechases and Hurdle Races have been abolished at Doncaster, and the Spring Meeting will therefore be strictly legitimate. The " jumpers" are in sad disrepute, and there is scarcely a locality from which they have not been banished. The Grand National at Liverpool, however, has obtained a satisfactory entry, and it may afford a contest worthy of the good old days. Mr. Newcome Mason, too, has not yet been discouraged at Oundle, and is going to make another attempt to get up a Steeplechase Meeting there on the lands of that ripe and true sportsman, Mr. Kirby. He has published his handicap, and has boldly taken the initiative in fixing a heavy scale of weights. By the way, I trust that the much-talked about reform in the system of handicapping will be car ried out, and that the imposts will be such as to enable men and youths to ride. Half the abuses of the turf may be traced to the pernicious necessity which light handicaps occasioned for the employment of an Aztec- Lke race of children. I hear that Mr. Topham is deter• mined to abolish light handicaps from Chester. The Rugeley poisoning case is still the engrossing topic of conversation in sporting circles, and the revelations which are daily made deepens the sensation of horror and disgust which all persons feel. All attempts to dis cover poor Cook's betting•book have failed, and a sug gestion has therefore been made to apply to the members of the Ring to ascertain, if possible, what money was paid to or received from the deceased at Shrewsbury Palmer's racing stud, comprising The Chicken, Nettle, Rip Van Winkle, the Seaweed filly, Lurley, Stafford shire Nan, and eleven others, is advertised to be sold by Messrs. Tattersall, on Monday, January 14th. A steeplechase meeting, as usual, took place on New Year's Day at Manchester. It was a contemptible affair. A horse belonging to a circus won the first event, after having been made to go through its " per formances." Victor Emmanuel carried off the Steeple chase by three lengths from the Star of the West, who was as fat as a bullock. The Rattler could not jump a bit, and Black Swan and Harry Lorrequer were not " wanted." Oh,' ye sporting men of Manchester ! were ye not ashamed of so disgraceful an exhibition I Mr. Sam. Merry is going to have another venture within the " Home Circuit." Chertsey will be the scene of his operations. I wish him luck, and to the winners of the stakes I can only say I wish they may get them. A FRESH MAN. Jan. 5. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-4This Day.) THAMES. SHAMEFUL PLUNDER OF A SAILOR.—John Fredericks was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a porte-naonnaie containing 201., the property and moneys of John Felix. The prisoner and the prosecutor are both men of colour, and natives of the Mauritius. Felix has lately arrived in England, and is not aequainted with our lan guage. He was paid off a few days ago, and fell into the hands of a Jew clothier and boarding-house keeper - named Michaels, of Ratcliffe Highway, to whom he in. trusted 301. of his money. The Jew, being exceedingly greedy, brought in a bill for slops and money advanced, which swallowed up the whole amount. Felix sued the Jew for a return of 18/. and said the clothes and money received of Michaels only amounted to 121. Mr. Yardley went into the account, and came to the conclusion that it was " cooked up for the purpose," that Michaels " had been too greedy in sweating the sailor," and ordered him to return 121. 133. 4d. to the prosecutor, which was done. Last night Felix met with another misfortune. He went into the Jolly Sailor in Back-road, Shadwell, where he met the prisoner, and being a countryman treated him. The prisoner inveigled the prosecutor into a - notorious broth 4, and while Felix was having his sup per put hie hand into the prosecutor's pocket and took from it his Porte-monnaie containing 201. He did not immediately miss it, but when the prisoner left the room Felix put hie hand in his trousers' pocket where he bad deposited it, and missed it. The prosecutor went out and fetched a police-constable, who soon discovered the pri rv,ner in an adjoining house, and found the stolen pone. rnonnaie upon him, but with only half a sovereign and a sixpence in it. The prisoner is a notorious thief, and has been hanging about Shadwell many years. He has been twice convicted. Mr. Yardley said that Felix had been very unfortu nate, and he had no doubt the plundtr was divided among the women in the brothel. He remanded the prisoner until Thursday next. ,KET NEWS.—(This Day). COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were moderate, and about an average business was transacted in them, at full prices. FRIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s to 8s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 4s Od to 9s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, is Od to 2s Id each; peaches, 2s Od to 6s ; nectarines, is Gd to 4s per dozen ; apples, is Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, 2s Od to 5s per half sieve ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, ls 6d to 550(1 per dos.; common plums, Os Od to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to Qd per polnd ; lemons, 6d to is Od per dos ; oranges, 5s to 12s per 100; fil berts, 9s to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, lls to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8d to 10d per 100; figs, Os 9d to is 6d per doz ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; raspbsrries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGNTABLEb.—Greens, Is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches; Savoy cabbages, 10c1 to is Gd per dozen ; red ditto. 3s to 5s Gd per do. ; brocoli, is to 280 d por bundle ; potatoes, 60s to 115 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, 3s to 5s Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Od to is 9d per half sieve ; turnips, 3d to 5d per bunch ; carrots, 5d to 7d per bunch; cucumbers, 24 Od to 3s Od each ; garlic, gd to Os 8d per pcurel ; spinach, 2s 6d to 4s Od per sieve ; old onions, 2s to 4s per bushel ; new ditto, Os Od to Os per doz, bunches; leeks, Id to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to Bd, horse-raddish, 2a Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 41 to 5d per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is 3d to 2s 3d per score ; boot, is Od to 2. per doz.; parsnips, Os Gd to is Od per dozen; small salad, 2(1 to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s fid per pottle; artichokes, is to is 6d per half sieve; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes, is to is 3d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, Os Od to Os per halt' sieve ; capsicums, is Od to 25 per 100 ; walnuts pickling, Gd to is per 100; cauliflowers, 4s to Is Od per doz, NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. Turkeys, 3s Od to 123 Od ; Geese, 4s Od to 8s Od each ; Ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; wild ditto, is 9d to 2s Od ; rabbits, 10d to le 6d each ; Pigeons, 7d to 10d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s 3d ; Chickens, is 6tl to 2s 9d ; Capons, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; Hares 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, is Od to 2s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 6d to 2s Od each ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh batter, lls 6d to lls Od, and English lls Od to 17s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 10s Od to 12s Od; French ditto, 7s Od to 9s 01 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 38 4d to 4e 6d ; veal 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; pork, 34 8i to 53 ud per 81bs. WHITECFIAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 6d ; veal, 4s Gd to 53 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81ba by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 4s Od to 17s ; Brills, 2s Od to 8s each; Salmon, Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 3s Od. to 14s each; Solos, • 4d to 3s Od per pair; Eels, 8d to is per lb; Lobsters, Is Od to Od ; Crabs, 6d to 20 Od ; Whitings, 33 Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 21s ; Natives, 60s to 64s per bah ; Mackerel, 60 s t o O s p e r 100 ; Smelts, is Od t o 3 s Od per d oz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon: Bloaters, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, es 04 to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 3s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 20 Od to 9s each ; Haddocks, 5s to lis per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to O s ; Mullets, 6d to is Gd ; Plaico, 4d to 1s each ; Halibut, 6d per 11e ; Flounders, 1, id to Os per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lOid to lld ; of household ditto, Sid to 10d per 4th l oa f . HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561TT064T17,3i die Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4(1 to 44(1 ; 801 b to 881 b, 44(1 to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5(1 to 51(1 ; 104 to 1121 b 54d to sid ; upwards, old to Sad; Horse hides, (Is Od to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s 0(1 to 3s Od ; ditt o , full, 7s Od to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, Os 4(1 to 6s 6 ( 1 ; Bents, 6s 3d to 7s 9(1 ; Half-brods, 6s 3d to 7s 9(1; Downs, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; Shoarlings, O s Od t o Os Od. HAY MARKETS. BMM:l37RM:4—Meadow hay, 4/ 53 to 6l Os ; c l o ves ditto, 41 159 to 71 Os ; and straw, 1/ 59 Od to 1) 10 3 o c l per load. Trade rather (lull, at about stationary p r i ces . CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 4s to 6/ 04: cloves do,, 41 lOs to 61 18s ; and straw. 11 5s to 1/ lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 61 Os; clover ,io., 41 12s to 71 04 ; and straw, 1/ 4a to 1/ 9z nor load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. JUAYMICN.—At the commencement of the inquest on the body of Mr. Stirling, who was so barbarously mur dered nsar Burnopfield, one of the jury (Mr. Burnett, of Beda Lodge), who had been summoned, failed to attend, upon which the coroner, J. M. Favell, Esq., inflicted a fine of 401. A few days ago a writ was received from the Treasury by the Sheriff of Durham to enforce pay. meat cf the fine. The writ has since been executed and the money mid.—. Durban i"_ -..,:-.._ 811 In dema with() were eltpoi Thf •ndin featm bullio of ui the c only items Act 131111 Res Pub 0 kb , nevi Gov Oth, Not By from traffi c rates dollar, son corlse( tio n Lan Aui Banl 8 pe New Lolls DI Onto 1 1 1 3 Rex Spa l d w