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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed flatly at a decline of id. per lb., on fair Bowed 0., 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 Sid. Bowed, 51d. Mobile, and 6d. 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 1 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 Rest., 283,2343,285,223 Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase 245,328 Seven-Day and other Bills ............ 849,795 . Increase .......................... 46,887 Government Securities 10,827,515 Increase Other Securities 19,871,874 Increase 94,014 Notes unemployed 5,520,375 Decrease 443,475 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 Gf the summer season, when trade is brisk, and the demand for imported merchandise at its. greatest height. This is no longer the case, and the merchants consider that their ordinary Summar trade is entirely stopped. The chief causes of this depression are the continued Indian invasion on 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. There) 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 at 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 been 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 merous. 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 Speculators to await the result. Consols for money have been at 851 to 86, and for the account the latest prices are 861. The New Three per Cents. have been 86i to 863, and the Reduced 86 to 86k. Bank Stock brought 2051 and 207. Exchequer Bills were 6s. to 35., and India Bonds 7s. to 3s. discount. Poreign Securities have remained very dull and heavy. The Spanish Deferred have receded to 211 and 21k, and the Peruvian Four-and-a-Half Per Cents. to 74. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Exchange 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 80i to 803, and at one period were as low as 79% a The New Scrip is at 43 to 4i discount. Brazilian Five per Cents. are quoted at 99,E to 99/. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have so long been one of th e 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 a well-secured loan, without the possibility of risk, and with the favourable difference of the gearan . 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, 194 2 ; Peruvian, 73 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 3; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 7 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 85 87 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 381 39; ditto Deferred, 211 ; ditto Certificates, 4i ; ditto Passive, 61 7. The Railway Market has ruled heavy, and Great Northern have receded 1. 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 the Official List.) Bnfeno. done. i Bank Stock 3 per g en t. /Indexed Annuities 86 i i i 3 per Cent C onso l e Annuities B5 6 5 6 Now 3 per Cont. Annuities India B on d s , £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO .. 3 d Comets?or Account E!chequer Bills, 2id. .., Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 97 i Ditto, 1859 .. . .. 97} PRIOR OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO' B Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Small 99t i Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 63 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Ceat. Ditto Account 74 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 95 Ditto 4i per Cent Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish Bonds, fi par cent Ditto for the Account Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent, Ditto Account .............. . ... Dividends on the above payable in London .. d 80 793 801 TTVO O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto (February-). ......................... 86} In yesterday's Listreakl—S.ardinian Bonds Si BOARD OF TRADB, WHITEHALL, Jan. 10.—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Planta tions have received a despatch from her Majesty's Cunsul at Oporto, reporting that upon the arrival of vessels intending to enter that port off the Opurto Bar, questions will be put to them through the telegraph at the lighthouse at S. Joao as Fez, by the officers of the -u 'ar'i of Health, which they must answer satisfactorily, to be admitted into the Douro ; and that to enable them to reply t o suc h quest i ons, masters o f vesse l s oug h t to he furnished with " Marryat's Code of Signals," which is the one used at the telegraph above mentioned.— acgate. 5 5 20 10 promi- ,e gua nd the ianiam of the egisia• ulated upite I, it is eneral agents toss of .ffairs. dye t imme- =ion; st irn )demn . PrO is the time. habits e law, rolun- ❑cie'nt ender n the '8 the )d the SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAITMATB, trabg. Nottrg. s.nd Eastr.,. Junot iolfasT k I:allynte Wolvorb Stour Vall,y dirk Junet... . .0. Chexh. tit Birk. C5O and r. )0., vtb Tri a origil, £25 (is d. at £ sristoi an,l Foret ,, aledoniati. Farm. and Ca digar 'nester Et Holylira , Fork and Bandon 'ork, Black, &Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B Cher Junction.... Inolin&BelfastJune, nun. P. 'Ss A' Jnc. Do. ...... Fast At glian.... gastern Counties. mot..Tnion A Stl Do., B. Stoe Do., New A East Kent i , last Lancashire .. Fdinbargh dz Olaage gdinb. and Peebles g din. Prth &r) r 4 ,• L`nrt,l) & Clyde *lna Furness •le Do. Extension Glasgow k S WPst Great N. of Seotlnd. ireat Northern Do., A. Stock Du., B. Stock 'f4t.gth.&West.arc Grcat Weatern. .... Do. Stour Val. Ra" Stk. Irish Routh-Easter . Lancaster it Carlisle ,Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Letncash.andYorks . i Wet. Riding YID. Liv.Crsby .StSouthl t London & Blackwat Cond. Bright tz S.Cs • Lond. and N. West,. D.. Fifths 110.101.Sh.,M&B, C Ittghtha bondon and S. Wesin ibu Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col oral Lnclndr7. & Ennilt 9tanch.Shef.4t Lincln Do. i Shares, No. 1 T 1.,., Man. Az Lin. 11, Metropolitan aidlanci . k , o. Birmag. &Der Md. G. West. Ors , )o. Half Shares... Newcastle & Carli.l.. Nvrpt. Aberg. & Hrf . Newry & Euniskill , Newry Warrenpoin And itostrevor. Norfolk .... ...... Vorthn.Conntiog North British North Devon. No , Li., No. 2 1 'O., A A Deferrer+ Do., B Onarant.. Eastern—Bervrio Do. do. Extension Do. Leeds Do. York North London . *4 .IkS.Witrn.,Harn , - stead, and City North Staffordshit North Western. . IN. AL B. West , n. June Nnneatou, Hitt ;kl. sod Leicester ox, Wore., t • 'I irtslaouth Central `goottish Midland , nropshire Un - on `month Devon , South Eastern , South Wl% los i. Vrksh.& Riv. bun ktal nem, Wok. &Wok.' tookton t Dark 4th *ton & Fir.rtlep . iraff Vale i)o. Pref., No. 1, 1 "I" , R.rnes Hay. n.& R i trlvorstone (St Lance Vale of Neath... Waterfd. dt Kilkenny' waterforldtLimerek l West Cornwall Wost End of London and Crystal Palace 1 Do. A Do. B Woot London..., Wimbledn he Croyd on Moelna Pride's , yesterday. 22 23 3i 3i 76 8 16 - 15 13 t 4 9 79 81 53_i 54 10 12 •- - ••• ..• - ... 5 4 6i 11 1? 8i 25 27 17 19 ra 70 50 -- 42 9i - i)i 19 - 20 80 85 6 7 37A 8g 72 -- 73 .19 121 02 7 04 bli 82} 70 - 75 6i 6 A 61n, 76 —76 i, 5* - 6 93 94 934 - 94 14 - Ai 84 - R 5131 7 64 - 64 id 63 —63 i 37 - 38 9 10 11 42 44 ii 29 66 • 8/ - +l7 5 - 12 -12 i 44 45 92 97 Pi 8 # 41 - 51 ••• ... 110.0 20 22 101 108 72 74 41 18 56 57 65 67 6 3d 2d - pa, 3d 4 4- • 6 FORRIGN. ntwer,sticott Mein Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes iolgian Eastn. Jllll4 Beziers to Gra , ms-sak, Bombay, Baroda, an ventral Ind , I Do. rlemerars intel - Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New mast in Tian, g. 5 p.. Do. Est,engiot no. do. do., '59, do.. Gd. Tk of Canadadi. Do. St. Lawrence .k &Cantle do. no. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till 'P' Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Fran (3t Indian Poninsti , guar. 5 per cent. , o. New 5 per cent 'O. Extensions. flreat Laixembonr, Constituted Share. Do, .. 1 0 t.Weete - rn of Ctu;sal I s,"arm. Do. New 110. tide ., payable's7, l with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. Dc. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toront, Do. 6 por cent. Lair, Conat k 113,P1 Lierre and Turnhout !Lyons and Geneva 11,yons do Mediterran. Karina Do New (Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wit), ;nteremt) Do. (ex intereet)... Northern of Franco, D 0.20/ Shs. no. 20/. 3 p. o Bdp (fmy. B. di Am& ghg. NorivegianThmkPro Paris and Lyons Ditto Ronde Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Ronan... ParisCaen & Cherbrg, Ds Rome and Frascati Rouen and HaTre , Royal Danish , Royal Swedish I Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse. Do. 5i p. cent. Pre' [ Seinele D 0.. . (Southern of Franoe St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France— Do &Aland JOINT-S' AnstralaMi. Bank of London tiri. Col. & Aritish N. American cl uir td. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & ehina City .... Colonial Commercisl of Lond Eng.Soot.&&no.Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis nitto New. len don and County Lnd.&E.Bnlcg.Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminstel iNational Proof Eng !Do. New National of 'relay& . !New South Wales.... lOriental Bank of Corporation. .vincial of Irelani 11)o. New 'Royal Australn.Bki Tmp Co. Royal. British South Australia Union of Australis._ Do. New ...... UniCIII (;) Loadort ,„ 3 2i(l 3i - 3 ti •1 - :33 -- 334 8- 9 p 21 101 - l4i ni l 60 65 80 85 1i 2 p 5f par 4p 4 - 3i 24 24i -21 p 98. • 100 115 - 120 116 120 104 106 110 - 115 23i ....di 6 7 PI 181 -- lit i P I 9 1 _ i 3 I I 5 - 41 - 11 331 - 3 121 ••• - • 6i - 7i 43 -43 i 43: •.. pm 18i - 19 14 - - 2 li 2t 34 - St ••• ... ••• i i P - pm ••• •• 3i 4• ii -24. iB6 - 196 BLNK 88 56 - 58 ii W'd ...d .-"'" ••• 16~- 17. 15 161 3 i d -- 2P ...." t •1 • -- ..a ...... w- 37 : ii 17 - 38 51 53 . ... o 40 - 42 73 - 75 $ 9 30 a 31 Bui+n•u dal • this day. THE SUN, LOND SE]) .)Xl o ',ll l- !if " RAILWA Bedford and BletAley Bnckghamsh. Clydesdal e Je. Col. Stour Vy. Sod, and Hal. F, Lin. v. pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direst o. Now Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk Rail way Hull & Selby Do. 4 Shares. Do. f Shares. Lon.&Creenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & 60.sik Com Pan London A.l N. Went. L. &N. W. E. Un. & E. C... Nrt• E. Count. Do. Gt. Wean Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &N M Do., ...... . Po 111. Baste all all [OO [OO I Pato & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W Midld. Stckton da Darlingt. Midland Closing Price yegter ~ ,ty . 91 - 93 94 - 98 Redcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Extol., N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 ner et. Do. Pixeds p Prest. y Do. Shrn. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth G0010g.5 p.c. Shrews. &II or S. Staffordsh. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent... Do WiltAVomrst En. Conn. E. Count. tCi -- 104 12i - 3 Liii -1. do Do Do L. &N.W Do 21-2 i 88 id AP 55 5f IGt Northn Laneash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean amid. &, Darlingt D 0... lt W, iao : t'i 71 - 8 'co tn . so 31 81 83 PREFERENI ►herdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. e tlythand ; rynelept3l C. pref. (issd.At6o/) k Ex. 4 p. c. St. )o. 4 p. c. Shares - !aletionian _£10...... 'hestor k Holyhon, 5A per cent... 00. do. Pref. No. 2.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Cork 6113andon51p.e. i - )un„Prth di Aber. J. Anglian Cle. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. de Cis. C 7 p. c. gastorn Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No , c to. No. 2 00. New 6 p. e. St 411tet Un., G. 6 p. c. )o. 5/., 10 ner cent :)o. 16/. Deioentr.Sh. J)o. do. 4 per cent... 1 N:ast Lancash. 6 p. cts ' I .&W. York. J. sths Prth.&Thin.4p.c I Esurne•te . &5.W.G.5 p. c. ;rcat Northn. 5 p. c 00. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom ')o. 4 i p. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. 5 p. c. pm... It. N. of Scot. lat Pre flt. S.'4 W. (Ireland , Do. 4per 0. Pr/I. Westb. (Berke t tants Ez . 5 p. c)., Do. eon. red. 4i p.c. M. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. Birin. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. De. do. 5 p. c. Birm. Gna. Stk Ches. Gua. Sh Do. de do Do. do. do ',an. &York. F. £2 )o. 6 p. c. Stock ... Lon. &Brigh. 0.5 poi. f)o. Pref., 5 p. C. Sts ne. New Guar.6 p. Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon. &N. W., Cov. 6 Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W. 7 per et Lonely. &Calor. Sh. Lowly. & Ennis. !tan., Shot. ) & Lin. New, £lO 90. £6 warypt.&Carl.4 p )u. 4 i por cont ,)O - Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol rAirin. 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S Ifto. Pref. 4 )s pct. cc. Do. 5/. Pr, f. 4 p. c. Ditto L. & H. Prof. S 1 Norfolk De heattire Po. Prof. 4 p. 0. St) iDo. 5 p. c. Ext Do. per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British NT. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. ID°. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c c.N0.1 Po. do. Quarters 4 lr North Staffordshire,: )xford, Worcester, s:. Wolverh. £l5, 6 p,e Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Soot. Cont. ,New Pre: South Devon Do. fixed, 44 per con S. Eastern (Readier &nn.) of Li os. g4:l Do. 4 .1 per cent.... Do. Fixed 4i p c eh. S Wales Gila. 4p, c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S. Yorksh.4p.c.Quar. qtock & Dar. , 5 p. Do. do. do. ] Stock. & fiartl. g. r. c. till July 1,'51 liVatertd. & Milk. 6 p 19i 19 119 18i 62 - a~ } iOl MINES. 1 all 4.gna Fria . 1 all knglo Austria. Gold ~ .., 10s 1.11 - .'.ii to Californian tO 6 \ustrnlian i i 1 all knstralian Cordillera' .. 1 all ye Maria — ... 1 all den (Gd. Duchy of ... ... SO I all 31asnarvon Iron and Coal 20 14 Fl ° rit a is l h iron 4 0 35 26 itrazilianlmp.(issueil $0 all D a o t . C C S oca pm es . & ) Cuiab . 14 2 24 - 24 2 20 15 0. St. Johr Del Rey 27 29 274 a d 1. 4CIC. n o f d o j n e a m o ai n c s. M a M . . 4. d it. p. 40 all Cobre Copper 66 70 5 1 Colonial Gold— St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 34 87 25 all - o. Pref. 74 p. cent. 23 25 .. 1e Copiapo l9 20 3 It Thrtuna i —id 20 all General l4 —l6 I. I all Gt.NuggetVeinßog 44, all treat Polcooth l4 2i 5 all I' t Wheal Ver United 1 id 1 all Liberty A - II 3 all Linares.. 64 7i 51i Lusitanian i— 1 P 1 all Nlariquita .. . ..... ..... 1 all Now Granada — t all Nouveau Mondo — i '0 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 10 12 5 1 Port Philip — ... 1 all Quarts Rock — SO all lthymney Iron 2O —22 x d 15 all Do. Now 30 13# Santiago de Cuba 4 44 1 all South Australian i i 1 ' all Do. Scrip... a - II 1 4 'Do. 10 per sent Pref ... ... 10 9 Pin Croft 28A all United Me x i c an 34 41 1 all Waller 1 S 1 all West Mariposa ...... . 1— i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ... .4. 1 ail Yuba MISCELLANEOUb. 5 :9 Australian Agria'alt. 26 28 IP -.11 Ame:,raln. Royal Mai'... .., IV Si Berlin Water Work?. 64 _ 73 K.O 40 Brit. American Land 47 50 !Ix) 323 Canada . St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jau. and July 1(95 - 106 5 all Crystal Palace 2 21 5 5 Do. Preference.. ..... 4 4 _ 48 44 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc , ' ... ~ 1 i Ruston Iron Ore ... .., 20 11 Eastern Steam—. . ... .. 5 all En.&Aus Cep Sm Co 1 Is} 25 24 Electric Telegraph 2O 21 21 1 all glectric Teleg. of Ir. .., ... 5 all Gen. Iron Se Collies ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 1f.3 all General Screw Steam ... ... .0 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin .., ... 10 all Nieditoraia. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 5i 54 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8 pcPissatld 4 - id 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 1 20 1 51 5 1 . N N. I.t r. b.O f Australasian,,, Euiopest 4 ! eam ... __ 1 all Oriental Gas ' i - iA 1 2s, Do. " New Shares" ... .., b all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2 21 60 all Peninsular& Orients 63 65 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co .,,, ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam I all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 1 1 i Ditto New all Soutb Austral. Land 8 4 -- 3 1 al; flubmar. Tel. Scrip,.. a i 20 all Do. Reeistered . I li- 5 "Truster L.Co.l7.Cait.l ile ' ' .100 28 :vu DtuicieN land 1 —is Svie . ..... N, SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 12, 1856. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). SPORTING NOTES. SOMETHING SHORT. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were tolerably good, and the demand ruled steady, as follows : - The frost seems to have , re-appeared in the nick of time to spoil sport. Should it continue it will be im 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 Sun of Saturday last produced the desired effect, and has been acted upon with commendable spirit. FRVIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s to 8s per lb; colonial do., Os to Oa each ' • hot-house grapes, 3s Od to 7s Oct per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s Od to 3s 6d each; peaches, 2s Oct to 6s; nectarines, is Gd to 4s per dozen ; ' apples is Od to 2s Gd per half sieve ; pears, 2s Oct 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, Gd to is Od per doz ; 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 93 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 ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGETABLEN.—Greens, Is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches; cabbages, 103 to 18 6d per dozen ; Savoy ditto, is 3d to 2s Od 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 beans, Os Odto Os Od per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 5d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, 2s Od to 3s Od each ; garlic, 6d to Os 81 per pcund ; spinach, 48 Od to 5s Od per sieve ; old onions, 2s 6d to 4s per bushel ; now ditto, Os to Os per doz. bunches; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d : horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 4d to Gd per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is 6d to 4s Od per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. ' • parsnips, Os 6d t o i s Od p er d ozen ; sma ll salad, 23 to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6d per pottle; artichokes, is to is 6d per half sieve; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Oct per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes. is to is 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, Gd to is per 100; cauliflowers, 5s to 101 Od per doz. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Admiral Rous is determined not to be driven from the position which ho 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 eportirg 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. Topham 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. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 15s Od ; de;ese,s;6(7lto:76s 6d each ; Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6a ; wild ditto, is 9d to 2s Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 7d to 2d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, is 9d to 2s 9cl ; Chickens, ls 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 5d to 5s Od ; Hares 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, is 9d to 28 Od each ; Pheasants, 21 9d to 3s Gd ; partridges, is 3d to is 9d each ; Roasting Pigs, 40 Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 13s Od, and English lls Gd to 15a Od per dozer lbs. English Eggs, 9s Od to lOs Od; French ditto, 6s 9d to 7s 61 per 120. A FRESH MAN. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY AND THE BOARD OF TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Eastern Counties Railway, Secretary's Office, Bishopsgate Station, London, Jan. 11. Sir, —I 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 °l i the 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 certa%n 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, together with his views as to the safety of the 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 publicsafety 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 folly 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, aed 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. Owsx, Secretary. To Captain Galton, 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 cons;derable extent as to their present condi tion, or the danger to be apprehended by the public in travelling thereon, and for the following reasons 1. 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 mast serious decay and weakness were at once placed under reconstruction, and others less urgent were made tem porarily secure until time permitted their renewal. •i. A large force of foremen and workmen distributed throughout the line have been actively engaged taider 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 renewed. 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 iu 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 no reasonable grounds to doubt, with a continuance of the present efforts to maintain and improve its condi tion, and of those further precautionary measures herein refei red to, that the public may travel as safely as upon the 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 condit'on of your way and works almost im• mediately after my appointment, since which time, with the cognisance of yourself, colleagues, and sharehoiders, I have been actively employed in effecting their restora tion. In conclmion, I have to recommend that, in deference to the expressed opinion f 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 bo made to onr present means, with the view of expediting repairs and facilitating the progress of reconstruction.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) PETER BRUFF, Engineer. SINKING OF AN EXPERIMENTAL MOR TAR-VESSEL, AND LOSS OF LIFE. - - PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 11.—The new India-rubber col lapsing mortar boat or raft, the invention of the Rev. E. Berthon, of Farebam, 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 line-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 slung 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. The 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 coul d no t be found. It is supposed he sack immediately on the raft going down. It appears that the raft's sides 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 suc 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 the Rev. Air. Berthon, who has distinguished himself by several useful inventions of India-rubber life buoys, and who had given up his incumbency at Fareham with a view of devoting himself to the perfection of the invention in question, and which would have been of great service to the art of war. THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER.—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.--Two 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. The purple of Italian , skies, the bright beauty of Welsh hills and vales, the glories of a London season, and, best of all, the hearts of handsome women, good and bad, are woven by the author of these pages into a story of exquisite tenderness. If we had a fault to find, it would be with reference to the bitterness of its satire ; but to many readers of " Laura Clay" this ay prove one of its chief attractions, Ruttiness this day WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3e Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Oa to 5s Od ; pork, _3B 4d to 53 Oa per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 590 d to 20s ; Brills, 3s Od to lOs each; Salmon, 3s Od to 3s Gd per lb ; Cod Fish, 45 Od to 20s each ; Soles, 3d to is Gd per pair Eels, 8d to is per lb; Lobsters, Os 6d to 3s Od ; Crabs, is to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 25s ' • Natives, 50s to —5 per bsh ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100 ; Smelts, 2s Od to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 6s Od to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 6s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to lOs each ; Haddocks, 58 to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to 3s Od ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d por lb ; Flounders, is 6d to Os per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to lid; of household ditto, 81d to Nd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to 4id ; 801 h to 881 b, 44d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 40 to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 50 ; 104 to 1121 b —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides, 6s Od to Os Od ; calf skins, tight, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 7s Od to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 6s 6d to 6s 9d Kents, 5s 6d to 6a 6d ; Half-breds, 5s 6d to 68 6d ; Downs, 4s 4d to 58 4d ; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; Shearlings, Os Oct to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMlTtiriti.D. — Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 61 Os ; clovet ditto, 41 155 to 71 Or ; and straw, 11 4s Od to 1 / 93 Od per lovi A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. OIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 83 to 61 03; cloves do., 41 Is to 61 18s ; and straw. 1/ 5s to 1/ 104 per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, on former terms. WHITRCHAPEL. — Meadow hay, 41 53 to 6 , Os; clovtr do., 41 15s to 71 Os; and straw, 11 44 to 11 103 per load Supply good and trade firm. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1856. 1855. BRITISH. 115 37N 2634 117 191 14 94M ..634 Aberdeen • • 00000 0 0 00 00 •••• • • • • ••• • . Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down.... • . • . • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York Bristol and Exeter ............ Ca1ed0nian............. ............ Chester and Holyhead..... •• Cork, Blackrock, and Passage • • .... Cork and Bandon ...• • • •• •... Dublin and Belfast Junction • • Dublin a►nd Drogheda•..... - ......... Dublin and Kingstown' Dundee and Arbroath ........ • . Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk awl Enniskillen .. • • • • • . East Ang1ian...................• •• .• East Lancashire .• • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. Eastern Union .. •• • • •• .......... j 183% 283 7034 365 25M 90 2701,4 Edinburgh and Glasgow ... •• •• •... • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... Exeter and Crediton.. .. .. •• •• .• •• Furness Railway 16} 553 N 267 173 N 9, 7 , 28 498( 126% 37 78% 149 Glasgow. and South-Western .• ...... Great Northern •. . Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western .................... Irish South Eastern .. •• •• .• .• •• •• •• Lancaster and Carli Lancashire and Yorkshire..•• •• .• •• •• Leeds Northern ..•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• • London and North Western ... • . • • London and Blackwell.• • • • • • • • • • • • • London, Brighton, and south Coast.. London and South Western.•••••••• Londonderry and Enniskillen •••• • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Mattock, Br•c. Manchester, Shoftield,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • • • •• Maryport and Carlisle .... • • • • .• • • .. Midland Great Western (Irish) •• •• • • Monklands .... •• •••• •• •- .... .. Newcastle and Carlisle.... North British • • .. • . •• .......... . North Staffordshire ......... North-Western ....... icotttah Central ........... Scottish Midland • Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •• .. Shrewsbury and Chester • . •......... Shropshire Union south South Eastern • • • . •. South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Tiff Vale 67 3 4 289 162% 27% 12 682 Waterford A nd Limerick West Cornwall . .• ....... Whitehaven Junction ............... York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York said North Midland & Leeds.. FONEIGN. Dutch Rhenish .. Lyons and Mediterranean•••• ........• • •• . Montereau And Troyes Namur and Liege ••• Northern of France .. ••••••• • • •• Orleans and Central .. Paris and Lyons . " • • •• • • Paris and Rouen. •• • • • • •• • • Paris and Strasburgh .• •• ••• • • R o uen and Havre...... . •"• •• •• W e stern of France . 1,912 1,157 'GE.-YESTERDAY. Leghorn •• ' Gibraltar ...• •• •• •• •• •• Genoa ......... • •• •• 25 52 % Milan •• .• •• Venice.... •• ••''•• • • •• Naples .. 44 . 4 Palermo ...• ...... •• •• 33% Messina ... • •• 133% Lisbon ...... •• •• s:+!* Oporto .• .. • • • • •• •• • • •• 53 Rio Janeir0......Janeir0............ Buenos Ayres ...... •• •• New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia PRIMES or BIILLICN, P%l OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11 X New Dollars .....• 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 2,881 863 4,873 10,063 4,169 167 252 1,005 1,178 85$ 548 883 633 5,732 17,537 4,744 3,406 7,253 19,801 5,491 22,026 239 5,104 20,669 51,314 I,VO 12,341 583 8,715 781 24,702 3,251 5,668 683 2,661 1,134 1,953 663 2,552 18,739 4,821 3,62 88S 1,140 311 Miles opened, 1856. Racing Fixtures for 1856. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Derby Spring l9 MARCH. Catterick Coventry 04 Northampton 06 Nottingham Spring 4 Warwick Spring 10 Salisbury l3 Essex lB AP: Doncaster Spring 1 Thirsk 3 Croxton Park 3 Epsom Spring lO Durham l4 M. Newmarket C l4 York Spring 22 Malton 24 Newmarket F S 2B Chester Spring 6 Shrewsbury 13 Manchester l4 Bath 2O Epsom 27 Beverley Ascot Heath 10 Hampton lB Newton 18 JU I Newcastle-on-Tyne 24 I Eibury 25 Stockbridge 26 I Winchester 27 *LY. Newmarket Car Hale Liverpool . Nottingham 15 Chelmsford 22 Marlborough 25 Goodimod AU' Brighton Brighton Club Reading l2 SEPT Warwick Sept 2 Lichfield . Doncaster. Leicester ....16 ....24 OCTI Kelso 1 Chester Autumn 7 Bedford 9 Wrexham Autum❑ NOV ET Worcester Autumn Liverpool l2 ,UST. York Radcliffe 95 Egham 26 :MBER. Cardiff 24 Manchester Autumn 26 Newmarket F 0 30 IBER. Newmarket S 0 l3 Warwick Autumn 2l Newmarket H 27 IBER. Shrewsbury Autumn ...1 S Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856. APRIL. Curragh MAY _22 flowth and 8a1d0y1e...13 j Roscommon .7 JUNE. Tramore I Ballyeigh l7 JULY. Bellewstown 8 I Heath Down R. Corporation 15 AUGUST. Killarney 2l SEPTEMBER. 03 30 ..2.9 Curragh 2 Johnstown Tramore Jenkinatown Park l6 OCTI Curragh 14 Down R. Corporation 21 IBER. Cashel 2B THE BALTIC FLEET. The following letter has been addressed 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 Hoste, Brenton, Cochrane, Brisbane, Clifford, and others. Nor were those attacks confined to single ships. Commodore Spranger 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 Penobscot 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 siras 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 Cronstadt, 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 officers 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 h►m 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 eaptains 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 James Saumarez, the best method of making an enemy feel the effects of the war was to have flying squadrons, with an 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 may again take a lesson from Sir James Saumarez :----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, h e 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 beat 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, and oftener followed am, Sir, your obedient servant, A RETIRED FLAC, OFFICER, Bath, Jan. 10. [J11: 811 A tt 106 - 110 104 106 iio 92 91 - 93 15 - - 16 ... -- .. 5 i "- el 11 - 12; 60 -- 62 1)1 • 113 105 107 98 100 9 1• 0 ••• ... 6 - ESA 84 - 86 77 - 79 77 - 79 91 154 - 164 94 - 10 67 - 174 - 18} 8t - 9 134 - 134 - ,132 134 ~. -- .. ▪ - 1 • - 13 -13 i i - i • •• ". 111 133 91 - 93 - 1# 4 - 44 '"" • •• 98 - 100 87 - 8 i 2i - Ei •• ,•. i id 13 - 14 Pie 21i 224 92 94 9} P T - 4.11 dls COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam •• .• • . •• • • • • 11 17 Ditto, three mouths .. 19:4 gotterdara • • ...• • • • • • • 11 19% Antwerp .. •• .• ••• • 25 57% Brussels .. ••• • • . •• • • 25 67% Hamburgh .• •..• • • • • 13 9% Alton Paris 25 37 Ditto, three months .. 25 77% Marseilles • • • • • •• 25 77 % Bourdeaux ... • • • Fr ankfort-on Maine 120 Berlin ...... Vienna.. .• .••••• • • • • 11 20 Trieste • • • • 11 22 Petersburg .. ••• • • ..... 344 Madrid • • ...• Cadiz •• • • Barcelona .• • . . • • • • • •• I Seville .. •• •• .. •• •• • • ••• -- CRIMINAL CIARGE AGAINST A POLICE SUERINTEN DINT.—ConsiderabIe sensation has been excited in Here ford, in consequenc e of the committal to the city gaol of ir. George Adams, the superintendent o f p o li ce , an d g overn or for many years of the prison in which he is now confined. The complaint was laid against him by i n n t g hs livd with the defend a nt as ser e Mary Ann Robert s, desc ribed as an exceedingly pretty a girl, aged 16, who for the last v se a nd ynetn.PudhorTreeiegntha;lileikned 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.—Yesterday morn ing a man named Edward Norman, Red Cross-street, Southwark, was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital with his throat frightfully cut. He was discovered ly ing on the ground weltering in a pool of blood, with the razor by his side. No cause is assigned. ALLEGED CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT WOOLWICH.— Yesterday morning a man named Robt. Calder, aged 46 years, who resided at No. 10, Hill-street, Woolwich, expired in Luke a ward, Guy' s Hospital, under the fol lowing circumstances :—lt appears the deceased and a man named Wilson had 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. REPRESENTATION OF BRISTOL.--It is reported that Sir E. C. Eardley, Bart., will be brought forward as a can didate for the city of Bristol at the ensuing general elec tion. He would, it is stated, be particularly acceptable to the numerous religious 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 has been reoeived by the coast guard authorities here to send uoo 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 districts,—Banff Journal. 2,760 771 4,610 11,306 3,600 126 231 820 1,138 917 511 826 995 9,283 17,448 4,714 3,364 6,517 18,717 4,931 19,874 207 5 04 19,205 46,174 1,216 10,171 11,437 503 8,463 787 23,899 2,546 4,934 661 2,579 1,201 1,99 798 2,126 17,292 4,523 2,881 1,093 315 THE DASHING AFFAIR AT KRRTCH. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin,—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 th 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 Clunes, 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 he volunteered to serve in the Turkish Contingent. He has been engaged in many of the In dian battles, where his gallantry was equally conspicuous, and always honourably 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, J. C. MP. Islington, Jan. 10. " WANDERING WILLIE." A cracked Scotchman arrived at Constantinople a short time ago, with a passport vis6cl "Ben p our l a Chine." He came fram Calais on foot, and intended to continue his pedestrian journey to China. H e waited upon the Consul-General, and requested hint to tell him where he could find a lodging, not one of the stylish hotels, be said, but in some decent place. The Consul sent him 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 ho 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 he 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 save the Queen" on a penny whistle in some out of the way place. Another case occurred in J une,1854, 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 be smelt like a polecat. The Consul-General, desirous of sending him horse, 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 stripped. 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.) LonloN, Jan. 12.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.N.E. ; fresh, with fine frosty weather. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Reindeer, Mars, and Despatch (u) from Jersey. Sailed—Wonder (s), for Jersey ; Alliance (s), Havre ; Pet, Newcastle. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.E. Arrived—George Jordan, from Africa. Sailed—William Witherlee, for New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 10. Sailed—Delphos, for Hamburg. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind N.B. ; tide, last hour's ebb ; fine and frosty. Sailed—Western (s), for Barbadoes. DEAL, Saturday, 9.25 a.m. Wind N.N.E., moderate. Passed, 11th —Mantic°, from London, for Lisbon. THE AMERICAN GUN MACHINERY FOR THE ENGLISH GOVRRNMENT.—We have bad 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 ago the Eng lish Government, determined upon a grand national ar moury for the manufacture of small arms, after the American plan, sent out to this country a commission of army officers and engineers for inspection and ar rangement in connection with the new-born purpose. These gentlemen had free access to our establishments, and finally determined to copy the American prin ciples of manufacture throughout. To do this they engaged James M. Burton, for Rome years chief engineer 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 diseharge of its duties. They alio 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. This branch of the contract amounted to some 30,000 dole, or 49,000 dole. But the more important and intricate ma chinery—that for the manufacture of the gun stock— was entrusted to tlio Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee. This has been just completed, and was de spatched to England in the steamer of this week. The elements of national and local pride enter so largely into this lot of machinery that we may be excused for speak ing of it with some speciality. It consists of 25 different machines, three of which are duplicates. The rest con stitute " the set," and through each of them does the gun stock have to pass in the manufacture. The machi s nery is capable of turning out 250 stocks per day, each machine requirinz the average of a minute to execute its peculiar ofce. The cost to the English Government of this snperb 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 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, and turn 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 ford.—Sprinwield Republican. A letter from Vienna of the 6th, in the Censtitit tionncl, says :—" The ostensible object of the jour ney of Colonel de Manteuffel to Vienna was, as I have already said, to bring to the Emperor an au tograph letter from the King of Prussia. But for that purpose a simple Cabinet courier would have been sufficient, as Count Arnim, the Prussian re presentative at this Court, could have delivered the letter as well as Colonel de Manteuffel. It is, however, important to know that it has been agreed on between Austria and the Western Powers, that if the reply of Russia be such as to preclude all hopes of the prompt re-establishment of peace, the Court of Vienna will not confine itself to the recal of its Ambassador from St. Petersburg, but will, without delay, deliberate in common with the Allies on the most efficacious means for obtaining the object of their alliance, as set forth in Art. 5 of the treaty of 2d December. This is the answer which may be made to those who ask what the recall of Count d'Esterhazy will lead to. Prus sia wishes at any price to prevent an ope n rupture between Austria and Russia. She feels convinced that on the day when Germany shall learn that Prince Gortschakoff has demanded his passports, there will be, from the banks of the Vistula to those of the Rhine, and from the shores of the Baltic to those of the Adriatic, such an outbust of public opinion that no government will be able to confine itself within the bounds of neutrality. In order to impede the progress of the Cabinet of -Vienna, the same game is now resorted to which was attempt;ld in the months of November and December, 1854. - As soon as the Court of Russia was sure that Austria was about to sign a treaty of alliance with France and England, Count de Nesselrode sent to Baron de Budberg the famous despatch of the 6th November, which bears a strik ing analogy to the recent circular note of 22d ult. ' Then, as now, Russia accepted in principle the pro positions for peace of the Western Powers, taking care at the same time to surround them with re strictions which essentially weakened their charac ter and bearing, Austria not having considered such an acceptance as serious, took no notice of it, and, in spite of all the efforts used by Russia to prevent it, signed the treaty of the 2d December, and thus ratified her alliance with France and and England. A few days after Prince Gorts chakoff received orders from St. Petersbu rg to accept purely and simply the four b ases which were to servo as the starting point for nego tiations for peace. Prussia, by the organ of Col. do Manteuffel, wishes at the present moment to persuade the Austrian Cabinet that it should not regard the circular note of the 22d December as the final word of Russia, leaving it, on the !con trary, to be supposed that the Court of St. Peters burgdisposed to la rger concess i ons , if d also exercis e au equ i ta bl e pressure Germany would would o u be l on the Western Powers, in order to bring about a reconciliation between the belligerent parties ou the susceptibility of Russia. In other words, wounding e g Court of Berlin returns to the singular idea of imposing the mediation of Germany both on the Western Powers and on Russia, in order to give peace to Europe. It is needless for me to say that the Court of Vienna does not reject such a proposition less ;peremptorily now than she did a few months ago, when the Cabinet of Berlin made it the object of a fir‘t overture, as Lmen tioned at the time. 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