The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMA/ERG/AL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri can taken for export. The market continued heavy, but closed without change in prices. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 200 Pernam and llaraaham at sid. to 51d., 800 Bahia at 6d., 200 Egyptian at 6id. to Bid., 500 Surat at lid. to 32d., and 50 Sea Island at 9d. to ls. ld. per lb. The share market was dull, and closed heavily. The Mincing-lame markets close for the holidays to-morrow, and re-open January 2. The letters received from the textile manufactur ing districts state that there was a moderate busi ness doing at Manchester in certain articles adapted to the Indian markets, but at Huddersfield an uneasy feeling still prevailed, owing to the over shipments to Australia. At Liverpool there is a heavy tone in the markets, and the uncertainty re specting Mr. Oliver's affairs is not without an effect. The Walter Morice, from Sydney, brings dates of August 10, with 1,712 ounces of gold and 1,9501. The steamer Baltic, from New York, has no specie on board. The half-yearly general court of the Canada Com pany was held to-day—Charles Franks, Esq., the governor, presided, and stated that the receipts in Canada in the present year, to November 24, were 164,6141. 19s. sd. against 94,9631. 19s. last year, showing an increase of 69,6511. Os. sd. The chair iman said the affairs of the company were in a very prosperous condition, and a dividend of 31. per share upon 8,915 shares was proposed and agreed to. After a few questions from some of the share holders the court adjourned. Money has been rather more in demand during the last two days in the discount market,.and it is probable that as we approrith Christmas, aid until the turn of the new year, ,there will be a little tightness felt. There is still a shipment of gold to the Continent, and the arrivals this week are more limited. The market for English Stocks has been de pressed, and the report that a French loan of twenty millions sterling is intended; together with rumours that although 10,000 foreigners only will be kept here as a depot, 40,000 to 50,000 will be raised gradually to serve abroad, and that even the subsidising system will be permitted, act prejudi cially on the funds. Consols have been 91 to 91* for account, being now 91 to 1. The New Three per Cents. have realised 91* to 94, and the Re duced Threes 91 to -1. Bank Stock has been quiet at 207. Exchequer Bills continue at 4s. to 7s. pre mium, and the Bonds are at 99* Foreign stocks have been steady, and with mo ,clorate transactions. Peruvian 44 per Cents. have realised 691 to-70t. Mexican have been dull at 21. Sardinian Bonds have been marked 84i ex div. Spanish 3 per Cents. bring 391, and the New Deferred 18i The Turkish stock, fully paid up, is at 734 to 74. Dutch 24 por Cents. are 614. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 21* to 218 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41. to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto 4* per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 19* ; ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 39* ; ditto Certificates, 51 to ; ditto Passive, 4* to 4i. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : Great Western North-Western 1854. £50,869 South-Western 1853. 12,037 £47,543 10,816 Brighton Midland .. South-Eastern 'Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern 10,745 26,127 13,469 11,297 23,619 18,393 27,489 10,019 25,790 12,819 9,750 18,455 17,041 25,281 These returns, it will be observed, all contrast favourably with the corresponding period of last year. There has been a flatter market for Railway Shares, and the business done has been of a very restricted character. The CaleTdOnian line has been .dealt in at lower prices, as well as the Brighton, South-Eastern, North-Western, and Midland. The North Stafford,. South Wales, and Eastern Coun ties continue as before. Foreign Shares are weaker, but with limited operations. Great Luxembourg are to + lower. The Mining market has been quite nominal. Joint Stock Banks are dull. Crystal Palace do not quite support the rise of yesterday, but the recent good purchases have made them scarce. The South Australian Land Shares have been firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOott. (Prom the ) Business done Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9li 1 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities Shut. New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, lid. Small Exchequer Bonds 1855, 3i per Cent. — Ditto 1859, „ , 99 i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. itexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2l Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. — Ditto for the Account 69A 701 & r dinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B4g x d Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent 39„'i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent IS j Turkish Scrip, paid up in full Ditto for the Account 73 4 Dividends on the above payable in Lomioi.. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 6l Ditto 4 Per Cant. Certificates...... TIALP•PAST TWO. Consols. 9l I . 4 7 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 21.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and dull, hazy weather, with drizzling rain. The weather has for some few days past boon extremely changeable. The Mercury of the Barometer fell from " Fair" to " Much Rain," and has, within the last twenty four hours, gone up to " Fair" again, and there has been alternate frost and rain. MARGATE, Dec. 29.—The Marie Rose, on shore near I3irchington, has become a total wreck ; the stores and materials are saved, and the remainder of her cargo is dis charged. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—H.M.S. Blenheim, from the Baltic. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.W. sailed—Lady M`Donald, for Adelaide, S.A. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived — Nancy, from Monte Video. FALMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.N.W., blowing a gale. Arrived—Catharina, from Rio Janeiro. Off Port—Walter Morice, from Australia. SWANSEA, Dec. 20. —Wind, N.W. Arrived—Esther Frances, from Cuba. HULL, Dec. 20.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Doretta, from St. John's, N.B. ; Hygea, St. Stephen's. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LITERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, W.S.W. The Salveen, for Valparaiso, which put back yesterday, came in contact with the Columbine, lying in the river. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 19. Wind, ♦ariable. Arrived—Hydaspes and Lord Burleigb, from Callao ; Mariano, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, Dec. 20. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Lochlibo, from Quebec. Sailed—Mary, f or Matanzas. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.55 a.m. Wind, W. ; tide, first hours' flood ; weather fine. Arrived, Dec. 20—Lightning, from St. Michael's ; Speedwell, Seville; Aurora, 'West Coast of Africa ; Star, Seville ; Panther (s), Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, Antwerp. Sailed Sir E. Banks (s), for Calais ; A lar (s), Dunkirk ; Chimera, Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday, 9.43 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; moderate, and fine. No arrivals. Sailed—Mariner, Ravenscraig, Agnes, Clio, Diligence, Cecily, Bertha, Warrior, and Martaban, for the river. Remains—Bangalore, for Dundee. THE RECRUITING STANDARD. Recruiting' Department, Horse Guards, December, 19, 1854. CIRCULAR—MEMO RANDUM. Referring to ti General nrl r c,f the 30th October rt•glll,lt.,lL; !its, Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to direct that, until farther orders, the standard for the Infantry shall be reduced to four feet four inches. —By command. G. A, WATUlllial THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI.NG SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAY:I. (Closing Prices yesterday. MIMIIO9S done this day. A.bonicen . 100 8i ! A.mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. SI Stour Valley ...... • • 3irkenhd. Ladcsh. & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., .£20..... ... Blyth k Tyn 9 origina' £25 (issd. at 45, Bristol and grater... Caledonian d,a Carmarthen gn. and Car Chester St Holyhead Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJuue undee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New .... .. East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., B. Stock Do.; New A._ East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &Westare ; Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk Irish South-Easteru 1 Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3. Wst. Riding Un Liv:Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwal Cond. Bright &S.Cst Lond. and N. Weitn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B Do. Eighths Go= don and S. Westn Do., bo., £4O Lncludrry&Coleraine Undndrry. & Ennish. Fianch.Shcf.& Lineln Jo., Man. & Lin. Un Ifidland Do. Birmng. & Derby Widld:G. West. (Ire,) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlishs Newmkt. Bury Ex ten Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpolut and ltostrevor, Norfolk North n. Counties Un. North 8riti5h.,,...... North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., 4. B Guarantees'. N. Eastern—Berwiel Do. do. Extension .. Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. Do. Leeds ,Do. York North London ~ Do. New £lO.. N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western... N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth icottish, Central ~ IScottishMidlaud hrowsby. di Herefd. Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cei) south Devon oath Eastern !South Wales ;. Yrksh. Dun Do ... 3taines, Wok. &Wok tockton k Dar Stockton dti liartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares.. Do. Pref., No. 1. IThames haven Dock andlway Vale of Math Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. IWimblodu &Croydon 20 - 20, 4 - 5 ,8 - B,i 12A 16i - 17, - 6 93 - 95 60h - 61 134 - 14 9 - 11 ... -, •.. 4 - 3 -7, 15 - 16 11A -11 i ... '-' ... 70 - 72 53 - 55 f6i 67 - 69 89} -90 i 78 - 80 .23 - 125 90 - 92 70 70 58 - 62 72 - 77 6 - 8 6 - 8 5i - 54 - 4 o•• ... '...4 71- 106 107 100 —lOO3 id s(l d * *d 83 84 9 • 8 I; 9 8 •• • - ••• 23 - 24 68i 69 41 - 42 par 101 94 1. 21 49 - 51 3i N 31 8 10 - 64 - 74 74 - 75 7 - 41 - 12 A - 13 52 - 53 53 55 - r 4 - 6 - 6* id-ip 31 - 32 94 - 96 60 - 62 8 - Sip 43 - 45 11 - 13 69 -59 h 28i - 2931 I 35 - 37 ... - . Jul 3 - 16 17 4 - 42 20 - `; 2 6 - 7 6 - 7 . FOREIGN. 201 1 20 2t 20 20 al 20 1 20 a' 20 100 100 a] 20 li 25 1 25 a] 25 a! 100 I al 100 I al 2C1,1 100 I a] 100 al 109 al 100 al 100 ai 20 1 5 al 4 al 20 11 20 1 20 20 3331 10 all 20 20 a: 20 I all 20 1. 40 al 20 al 20 20 11 20 a] 20 21 all 20 11 20 12 10' 20 1 20 I 6 a] 20 21 20 10 20 35 20 50 20 25 al I all lu 2; 11 Antwerp&Rotterdara 3i Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graisseme a. Bombay, Baroda, and Cent;al India. Scrip Central of Italy A Demerara .4 Dijon and Besancon _0 Dutch Rhenish .11 Eastern of France , 10 Do. New 11 East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible 11 Do. do. do., '59, de 0 Gd. Junet. o: France 21 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. 11 Do. do 11 Do. St. Lawrence & A.:; , antic do. ,11 Do. Cert. of Deber , con. into Stk. till '63 11 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of France a Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 I Do. New 5 per cent. li Gt.WesternofCanad, Shares 611 Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 al Do. do., '62, p. '56.., al Do. do., '76, p. '6O 1.1 Do. do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto 11 Do. 6 per crut. .1 Lake Coust. & Basle al Lucca & Pistoj asp. c prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations • 0 Lyons and Geneva 1 .2 Lyons & Mediterran .Q Madras Do. New .h Maria Antonia I Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry al Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ez interes) 11 Northern of France. ll D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqnelines' gulr. 3 p. c. & red.' at 22. 1 ,/. dur. 88 yrs. , from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 110 i. 3 p. e Bds. (filly. B. & A ma. Shs.) 11 NorwezianTrunkPref .4 Paris Erltd Lyons di Ditto Bonds . ...... . al Paris and Orloans dl Paris and Rouen .0 ParisCaen & Cherbrg .11 Rouen and Havro ;0 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish ' Sambre and Meuse Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France L 4 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) al West Flanders al Do 5:1, per c. P ro f._ Western of France L 6 West. of Switzerland di Wiesbaden ...... "0 Zealand JOINT-STOI Australasia ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ill Britiih N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 !Child. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 5 Colonial 0 Commercial of Loud .6 English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia. .. London and County London Joint Stock Lona. & Westminster' National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Cliental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. ;, Royal Awtrt:ln.Blg Imp South Australia Uui on of Auttralia.„ Do. New Union pf 1i0anc1913.!.“ la d— h p - P 34 - 31 31 -31 i - 1 - - P ,„ ... .i -- ' Gi l l E - 7 9 7A 10 8A P i P an 1.81 is 1: ip 2d par 2 d pnr 2 d -- par ... die 34- 3g 2,! ! 2i d 1p ; 1 " d = p :IT; - 7 ii - ii,i 12} 12 9A 19i -19 i 46 48 88 40 Pm 203 2], id iP 21 lid 71 —7; ••• ''''' ••• ... "..... pm 3i - 4 , a ir;i BANKS. 79 - 81 1 1 1 • d " 3 tad 21 - 'Ai ii -- 40 38 - 40 41 -- 43 67 - 69 !•11 . LINES LEA.k3ED AT FIXED RENTALS. 811 r Paid. Ria/Awn,' L ea sing Closing Price , Businesa Compass. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London t: Fsletchley' N. West ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh. IL.&N.W. 95 10 0 St. 100 ClydesdaleJ;; 'CaWon 98 100 St. 1.00 E. Lincoln 6 per cent. .A.Nrthn. 133 135 25 all Glas. Barr. laldonian. Neils. Dire, ••• ••• 25 all Jo. New, ;0 •• ••• 25 all Distr.& Dn.} '3. Vfestn ••• WO all ilrtlpl. Dk. & ' New. Railway & llerw. ••• 50 all hull & Selby V. &NMe 102 104 25 all Do. Shares. Do 52 12i all Do. Shares. Do — ••• 12i all Lon.& Greenw S. Eastern 13 134 13i 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 10 all Lon.,Til., &S. Peto &Co ll —11 i St, LOO Lowestoft gr. , 4 per cent. Norfolk, — St. WO !Do. 6 per- et. ••• 5 all Aanch. Bxtn. L.&N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 21 —2l 50 all , Nliddlesbro' & Stckton & Redear Darlingt. 10( all Aidld.Bradfd ifidland.. 91 50 all 'Northern an 3 Easternsp.e. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do • ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds p€ Do •• ••• 25 all Prest. &Wyre L, &N.W &Ln&Yl •- 124 all 30. Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn 133 135 25 181 Shef.Roth am] Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. York sh. 12 9! S. Staffordsh. IZ,hiClean 2i 2 d 50 all WearValley-gi & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do . 30 -. 31 301 St. 100 Wilts&Comrst AWestn. 92 C 4 , PREFERENCE SHAKES. 97 - 100 6i -_-_—b*6 2i 2i 6 ; 6; 51 - 61 I - • pm - r 121 -13 i ST. THOMAS'S DAY.-THE WARDMOTE ELECTIONS. lhis being St. Thomas's Day, the several wardmotes connected with the municipality of the city of London was held. There were but few questions of general importance entertained by and discoursed upon to-day by the can didates for the City representation for the year ensuing. There was no political excitement. Generally speaking, there was little or no opposition, and the proceedings in the different wards were merely pro forma. In the fol lowing nineteen wards there was no opposition : Aldersgate I Broad -street Dowgate Aldgate 1 Candlewick Langbourne Bassisha w I Cheap Lime-street Billingsgate Crippleg a t e - Portsoken 1 Bishopsgate Cordwainers' Vintry Bread-street I Cornhill Wallbrooke Bridge There were new candidates in the following wards : Castle Baynard—Messrs. Odell and Palmer, in place of Messrs. Bailey and Hoppe. Coleman-street—Mr. Westhall, in place of Mr. Sid ington. Farringdon Within—Mr. C. Read,. in place of Mr. T. M'Gregor. Farringdon Without- —Mr. Seamen, in place of Mr. T 11. Fox. Queenhithe—Mr. J. Copzinan, in place of Mr. W. Tyler. Tower—Mr. Payden, in place of Mr. Briggs. CRIMINAL COVRT.--L(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) David Spice, aged 16, was indicted for co mmitting a rape upon a child under four years of ago. Mr. Payne prosecuted. The case was unfit for publication. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and ho was sen tenced to four years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before Russell Gurney, 'Esq., Q C.) Mayltew.was indicted for feloniously breaking into and entering the dwelling -house of Elizabeth Susan Colley, on the night of the 2d of November. Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and Mr. Rebton defended. The facts were these :—The prosecutrix keeps the Masons' Arms, Lambeth-road, and upon the morning above-mentioned, at about half-past three o'clock, a police constable, George Turner, saw prisoner come from the house, and run across the road. The officer followed, and caught hold of him, and told him to come back, as he knew he did not live there. He, the officer, then took him to the station, and afterwards found that the house bad been entered from the club-room window, which looked into China walk. He was convicted and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. This closed the business of the session. THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WARREN- STR.RET. RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER-- THIS DAY. - At 20 minutes after one, the prisoner, Emanuel Bar tholemy, who stands charged with the double murder of Mr. Charles George Moore and Mr. Charles Collard, was brought up hefero Mr. Hardwick and Mr. Bingham, for re-examination. The avenues leading to the court were most densely crowded. The deceased gentleman, Mr. Moore, was one of the senior wardens of the Wheelwright's Company, and, but for this tragical occurrence, would, according to the usage of the livery, during the ensuing year, have been made master of the eompany. He was a gentleman universally respected and beloved by his fellow livery men. Mr. Herring, the solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner looked somewhat paler than upon the occasion of his last examination. He was,, as upon the former examination, handcuffed during the whole of the proceedings. The first evidence gone into was that of the servant girl, and others who have been examined, and whose testimony has already appeared, and was under exami nation when we went to press. Inspector Checkley stated that there were other wit nesses to be examined during the day whose testimony tended most materially to clear up the mystery which hangs around this truly appalling case of homicide. The servant girl in addition said that she had seen prisoner about six times at her master's house. He came to tend the engine. She never know her master to have gone to France. Mr. George Moore— I am son of the deceased. Upon going over the place after the murder, I found a small sum of money in the iron chest. Ido not know where the key was found. Inspector Checkley said it was found in the room where the scuffle took place. Mr. Moore continued—My father generally kept that key in his waistcoat pocket. William Smith, police sergeant, proved finding the key. We shall give the remainder of the examination in our later edition. 60 - €5 ({ 114 2 116 , 107 - 109 99 - 101 6 - 6A 9t - 96 S 9 - 91 92 - 9 - 104 16 - 17 10 - 101 71 -73 181 - 19/ 94 - 131 - 141 133 135 • •• IN 2i - 3 p 11 - 114 - ?:Pj 133 - 135 ii - ltl I 547 - 90 104 - 106 - 102 90 -92 8 - 33 .. ••• 1 id 112 - 114 11 13 id par 221• —22 i 95 —lOO l 15 18 ... -- ... 0 - iP MAILTET NE14 7 8-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Dcc. 21, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the ditTereat Cities and Towns In England and Wale, per Impe rial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 7:s 3d 34i 61 t 28s 6(1 47s 41 48i 91 1 48s 3d TIIE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 73s Od 35s Id 28s 8d 44s fid 408 Id 1493 15 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OAT 05 Is S. EYE. IBE IsAO5 NS. I Is S. Is Od Is 05 Is I 05 (15 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 110,395; Parley, 1;4,753; Oats, 17,446; Rye, 472 ; Beans, 4,261; Peas, 2,931 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NRIVGATH AND LEADENHALL.—An extensive business was transacted, as follows :—Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 8d Mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s 8,1 ; Veal, ' 4s Od. to 5s Od ; Pork, ; 3s Od to 4s .8(1 per Slbs, b y the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dee. 20.—We had a steady demand for each kind of stock, at full rices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od; Mutton, 38 Gd t o 5 s 0,1 ;Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per bib s, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Dec. 20.—Our m ar k e t has ruled tolerablyfirm, firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 2(1; Mutton, 3s 10,1 to 5s 2d ; V ea l , 48 Od to 58 Od ; Pork , 3 s 6d to 4s Gd per Blbs. Quart er old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. RAY MARKETS. SHIT fi FlELD.—meadow ha ditto, 31 yOs to 51 15s • and stra ' ,2/ 15s to 4 / 153 ; clover w 1/ 3s to 11 9 s per load. A moderate supply and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—M ea d ow h ay , 21 18s to 41 16 s; clover ditto, 3/ Os t o 51 15 s • and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lls per load. Both hay and straw Were steady. WHITECHAPI:L.---Meado . w hay, 2115 s to 41 15s; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ 03; and straw, 1/ 4 s toll 10 s per load. Trade rather dull. HOG TO 11" e —N ear K en osha, Wisconsin, a drunken man was a s h ort time ago lit era lly d evoure d by h ogs while lying in the road in a state of beastly intoxication. His hones and a few remnants of his clothes were found.—American paper. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. —At a Court of Com mon Council yesterday, the chairman brought up the report of the Co nso lid a t e d Committee, cont a i n i ng pro positions in answ er t o t h e r ecommendations of th e R o y a l Commissionropofoslednq,Marya ani a mendment, th a t t h e consi deration the state of th e Corpora tion. The adopti on o f been inform e d t h at Go thmeerneepuorertoaovnig been moved, bin. Fry pbaying subj ec t, an d of the report should b e adjourned, on the ground that there was not now time to discuss it, be cause the re-election of the Co urt was close at h an d. Go vernment rri l e V n had . t jo d ne p s re s p a a id red h a e bad atslite Devonshire coast. therefore it was not desirable that the Court should (Pan ities of her proceed further until they knew the nature of that mea sure. A discussion ensued, the result of which was the rin T g Fi s the numbersadoptioii being--for n g the foarmtehnedment amendment,by a majority ; , against i e n f s t 2 i t 31. E h a WESTERN EsTE recentlyßN FbieseßnE takenr.s . —vast In three days the fishermen at Torcross, in Torbay, have succeeded in securing no less than 900, 000. Of this number about 400,000 were taken at one haul. The pilchard season has been most unfavourable. DEMAND FOR GOLD IN IRELAND.—It appears that a most foolish and mischievous alarm has been created within the last few days among a portion of th e agricul tural community, which has resulted in t a dema n d fo r gold on banks, not only in t he city of Limerick, but in some of the neighbouring towns. The Limerick R eporter, alluding to the matter , says—. We understand that the groundless alarm originated in a senseless observation that some of the banks had closed, and that, like all alarms of the kind, it spread till it extended its Mk ence to Limerick and other towns about. In Limerick the demand has been of a limited character, and calcu lated to injure only those who have permitted them selves to be actuated by it. We notice the subject for the purpose of assuring the people that there is no cause whatever for the alarm, and that a demand for gold under the circumstances must only tend to do injury to their own prospects. It must have the effect not only of lessening the marketable value of agricultural produce, but of curtailing bank accommodation, and thus inflicting a detriment on all classes, whether in the relation of landlord, merchant, shopkeeper, employer, f rtn , , ,-, nr operative. We believe the banks of Ireland ~,•11._, 1 ally were never better prepared than they are at this moment to meet any demand upon them. A de mand for gold, at the same time, can only result in public detriment and individual suffering, because it must bring down the value of produce and labour,': 90 89i 73 1231 ex arra all all all all 1063 6 100 t 100 MINES. 1 all Agna Fria i 1 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... ... . 10s all Anglo Californian „ i 20 6 tustralian t —l4 1 all Australian Co'' • 'L! era ... - ... 1 all kustralian Fr , ' old. i a 1 all Ave Maria . 1 all Baden (Gd.Dia-2 . - of) 4 i 50 all Bhmuu-von Irc , „nd Coal ..... . ...... 5 7 20 13.5 British Iron._ ~., 6 7 35 .5 Brazilianlmp.o.-•-and at E 5 pm 30 all 00. Cocaes & Cuiad.a 11 1i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 1 3 '!.:.rsons's Cre , As. i i 1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • 1d par 40 all Cobre Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold g St. all Copper Min. of Eng. l 50 55 25 all Do. Pref. 7A p. cent. par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo ...., ....... -.. 14 16 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co 1 —li 2 4 Fortuna par —ip 20 all Cmeral. . l4 —l6 1 all C:t.NuggetVeinßcg. i i 3. 4 treat Polgooth ... ••• 1i all Liberty •-• - •.• 3 all Linares 8 ••• 9 1 all Mariquita. • R g 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 7 71 1 all New Granada i i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ... 1 all Nouveau Monde i a 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 151 16 5 1 Port Philip it R 1 all Quartz Rock i g 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 lli Santiago de Cuba__ 31 _ 3 i 1 all South Australian-- 1 14 10 n Tin Croft ... .. 1 2 281 all United Mexican 2 3 1 all Waller t 1 all West Mariposa , A— i 1 12s. 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Cent. ,New Prof Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar S Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. do. 4. p. c Stockton and Dar- lington, 5 per cent Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfcl.&Kilk.Bp.c. GRAND TRUNK RAILIVAY. ( From th& Quebec Mercury of Nov. 30.) The Quebec and Richmond branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad is now opened to the public, and is in every respect un fait, accompli, as briefly announced in our last. Quebec is now placed in direct and speedy corn multeation during the whole course of the year with her sister cities both in Canada and in the neighbouring States. _ _ _ The first public train ever run on the line left South Quebec station on Monday morning at nine o'clock, and proceeded with passengers and mails en route to Richmond, there to meet the trains running north and south between Portland and Montreal. We had been favoured with an invitation to accompany Sir Cusack Roney and the officers of the company on this initiatory trip, and right gladly availed ourselves of the same. In spite of occasional thick snow storms we dashed along in glorious style through cut ting, clearing, bush and forest till we reached Richmond. There we arrived at one o'clock, having made the run in four hours, including stoppages at the Cha,udiere, Kelly's, Black River, Methot's, Becancour, Somerset, Stanfold, Nieolet, Harvey's, and Danville stations, ten in number, at which mail bags are exchanged every day trip, the mail conductors accompanying the cars. Though the track isnot ballasted for about ten miles, the drive was most agreeable throughout. Among the party were Mr. Reekie, agent of the contractors, Mr. Marti n , su p er i n t en d en t o f the line, and Mr. M`Kenzie, superintendent of the motive power on the Quebec and Richmond district, nephew to the celebrated civil engineer of that name in Britain ; to all these gentlemen we are indebted for information. We were permitted on request to accompany the engi neers on the locomotive itself during a part of the jsurney, a position that we would by no means recom mend to the timid excursionist, who could not but participate in the thrills or horror which we every now and then experienced at the dep:orable recklessness of our still unenlightened country people as they walked along the track in many places ' and, notwithstanding the timely warning notes of bell and whistle, obstinately hold their ground till they were all but reached •by the bounding train. However such carelessness may merit punishment, God forbid that the people should perse vere in this practice till warned by the sad lessons else- • where too often told of wherever the iron track is laid ! Besides being enlightened as to the power and peculiari ties of an English engine, we witnessed satisfactorily from this proximate point of observation the readiness with which all its movements can be con trolled. Having, however, previously determined to extend our stroll southward " from -Richmond, the diversion gave us an opportunity - of a most charming moonlight drive, down the very banks of the St. Francis, on the return the same evening, upon a loco motive of American . construction, one of great power, which, to our eye, had many advantages over the Bir kenhead engine that conveyed the first Quebec train westward. It possessed the improvements of its English companion, and had others of native origin, we presume, the chief of which is its being on eight wheels ' the . four front ones f o rmi n g a n i n d e p en d en t c ar r iage from those in rear, so as to permit of the locomotives work ing with greater freedom, and causing it to jar less than if too solidly connected front and rear, especially in running round a curve. Space is not 'given mks to extend as we would into the details of feeding and working the iron horse. At Sherbrooke the Grand Trunk Company have a more extensive suite of buildirgs than at South Que bec. In approaching that station the very extensive Brompton Mills, owned by Mr. Clarke, form a very prominent object of attention to the stranger. Large quantities of lumber are exported thence to the south. The Portland route is exceedingly well built, and the cars glide most smoothly over its, heavy and secure rails. _ _ The company, unlike that of the Great Western line in Upper Canada, have taken into their employ many Canadians as well as Englishmen. The conductor, with whom the first passengers went out, Mr. Vallee, being a Franco-Canadian, and as we are informed an intelligent and active officer. The uniform of the conductors merits a passing notice ; it is but right that the party authorised to:question and attend to the passengers shoull wear some distinguishing mark. They are clad in a neat blue surtout, with gilt buttons, and " G.T.R." in small letters on the collar indicates the company in whose service they act. They wear also a blue cloth forage cap with geld band. In the winter, though it may be permitted to dispense with this light dress, we do not admire the adoption of a complete multy, as if aroused from his slumbers on a night train, any man asked to show his ticket would feel justified in demanding the credentials of the " gent" should he wear the garb of an ordinary passenger. Talking of the minor comforts of American cars, we decidedly prefer them to those of England, or even the more snug and cozy cars of la Belle France, where the want of a stove is only in part compensated for by, the feet warmers. At Richmond the excursionists were met by a number of familiar faces from Montreal, who had started from the opposite end of the route at about the same hour as ourselves of Stadacona, and the half-way meeting formed an appropriate place and occasion to sa tiate the appetites of all the voyageurs, a mat ter of no minor consideration to either caterer or guests, after the keen though agreeable weather experienced in the morning. A. most grateful collation was generously provided, including every luxury of meats and wines. _Sir Cusack, and Lady Roney, Mr. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, and others were at the head of the table ; ap propriate toasts were honoured, and it is needless to add that ample justice was done by all concerned, when the shrill whistle warned us that the hour of departure had come. Quite a number of ,passengers macho their entry and exit as the train'halted at the various country posts on the way, a most satisfactory indication of the extensive business the line is certain to do when its details of its managementand working, and the hours of starting, &c., become generally known to tho many small communities throughout the district which it traverses. We under stand that as many as one hundred and fifty through passengers came down by one of the first evening trains. DECEMBER 2l, 1854 INDIA HOUSE. A Quarterlf General Court of Directors and Proprie tors of the East India Company was held yesterday at the Company's house, Leadenhall-street. Mr. M•Naghten, deputy chairman of the Court of Directors, presided. The minutes of the last general court having been read and confirmed. The bye-laws were read over, certain alterations made, and the amendments agreed to. Mr. LEWIS then moved, "That the Court of Direc tors do distribute among the proprietors , to each indi vidual, a copy of Tlornton's Gazetteer." He belived the only objection to the motion was the expense ; but he did not think, considering the importance of the work and the valuable information it was likely to disseminate throughout the British empire, .where little authentic was known respecting India, that any objection could be fairly taken to it. Captain SNEA seconded the motion. The CHAIESIAN trusted the honourable gentleman would not persevere in his motion, as it would be at tended with on expenditure of something like 8,0001,, and the effect of it might be to establish a precedent for other expenses of a similar kind. Any gentleman who wished to expend a few pounds in this valuable work could do so, but he did not think the company ought to be called upon to pay it. Mr. WEEDON said, if the hon. proprietor had recom mended that every one should purchase the book and place it in his library, he would be doing good service. After a few words from Mr. Clarke, the motion was put and negatived. THE 6TH NATIVE LIGHT CAVALRY. Mr. LEWIN then rose to move, " That the Court of Directors do lay upon the proprietors' table a copy of the despatch from the Madras Government on which the military authorities of the Home Government confirmed as legal (if they ever did so, as has been stated) the proceedings of the military authorities of Madras in the case of the court-martial of the 6th Light Cavalry." Also, " That the Court of Di rectors do lay upon the proprietor' table a statement showing the present position ofall the parties (or their rela tives) of the same regiment (in respect of pension or other maintenance) who were punished by award of court- Martial, or summarily dismissed without trial. The same statement to show the rank, the length of services, and whether any of the parties had received honorary rewards for distinguished services to the State." He had frequently brought this question before the court —(hear, hear)—but he contended that the whole affair had been an act of injustice, and a breach of faith with the unfortunate sepoys. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to repeat the circumstances which gave rise to the mutiny, and which have been frequently detailed in the former proceedings of the court. The unfortunate result of the affair was, that two men were put to death, and 13 ordered to be transported for life. That these men were shot illegally there could be no doubt, and that was to some) extent admitted by the sentence of transportation having been revoked with regard ;to nearly all the men. The men had not been put upon their trial for nine months after the affair took place, and during all that time they were doing duty regu larly with the other Indian forces. The commander in-chief had refused a copy of the proceedings to the relatives of these men, although they were legally entitled to it. The most extraordinary thing was the way in which seven native officers were summarily dis. missed from the service. The court-martial was com prised of only seven instead of thirteen officers, and that alone constituted it an illegal court. He thought there could not be an objection to his motion. All he wanted to know was, what had become of those men who had been sentenced to 13 years transportation ? Mr. JONES seconded the motion. The CLIAIRMAN said he would best consult the feel ings of the court by meeting the motion with a direct negative. The question was then put and negatived. Captain AVGREGOR asked a question relative to the granting of a brevetship to Indian officers who retired upon full pay after a lengthened service ; to which The CIIAIRMAN replied that the now arrangement made by the royal warrant of the 6th October last, as it would to some extent affect the Indian army, had not been lost sig ht of b y the directors. The hon. gentleman might rest assured that pani, assu, so far as new system was applicable, the p same regulations e were likely to be adopted with regard to the Indian army. The regulations on this point will be published in a few days. An Hon. Proprietor gave notice of a motion for the next quarterly court relative to the payment of 10,000/. to the Indian .Steam-packet Company, as compensation for the services rendered by that company in 1842. The Court then adjourned, • TIDE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. The worst feature of the proceedings of Government in connection with the Foreign Enlistment Bill, is the distrust which they evince towards.the country. If the Cabinet be acting fairly by us, and be doing that of which it is not ashamed, why not have stated openly what were their intentions? Wby not declare the true drift and whole scope of their measure We do not believe that, when Parliament assented, on Tuesday night, to the passing of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, on its second reading, either majority or minority had any true notion of the real value of the measure about which they contended. It is a positive fact, that at this moment the country thinks, and we suspect Par liament also is persuaded, that the measure which is now before a committee of the whole house involves only the employment of ten thousand foreign mercenaries in our service abroad, whereas it really and truly aims 1. At the employment of perhaps forty or fifty thousand mercenaries abroad, the ten thou sand being kept in England as a depot. 2. The subsidising of German States. Now, as to the firstpoint the Queen may, in virtue of her royal prerogative, employ abroad as many foreigners as she or her Government may choose, the only check upon this action of the Government, on the part of the people, being their power of granting or refusing the supplies for the payment of such troops. But the Queen cannot, unless sanctioned by special Act of Parliament, introduce into this free country one single foreign soldier, and therefore the Cabinet has brought the present bill before Parliament, that they may be allowed, not, as they pretend, to drill only 10,000 foreigners and send them to the Crimea, but really and truly to establish a per manent depot in this country of 10,000 men, which, as every person acquainted with military affairs knows, is considered equivalent to the existence of an army of 40,000 or 50,060 men. Thai is What the Government are insidiously driving at. If the measure be so good, whY not anew it ?—why not convict us of foolishness in opposing it ? No ! The Government of Lord Aberdeen know they do - not possess the true confidence of the country ; and, instead of endeaveuring . to gain it by English measures, they are frying to deceive it. The conscience of the country is honest—would that of the Government were so also I Parliament have no notion as yet of the expenditure it is really called upon to sanction, and that it will be called upon to provide for. It is not to know that till it has irretrievably comtnitted itself by giving its sanc tion to the establishment of a depot in this country of ten thousand foreign troops. The next point is the subsidising of foreign States, which is involved in this measure. For we assume that, in accordance with all precedent, the foreign States whose troops we hire will require so much per head in addition to our undertaking to pay and provide for the contingent we may engage. From foreign Govern. ments these troops must be hired—there is no doubt of that. There is no chance of recruiting a legion. We know how well the King of Naples treats his troops— his only friends—and that be has exhausted Switzerland, offering pay and bounties with which we cannot compete ; but, perhaps, the most complete and prac tical proof of the impossibility of raising a foreign legion by large bounty and good pay is offered by the Pope, whose recruiting officers have scoured Germany and Switzerland in vain. His Holiness required a legion of eight thousand men only. but he has not yet, after nearly six months' attempts, succeeded in enlisting two thou sand. Under these circumstances we feel warranted in assuming that we cannot tempt German volunteers to fight and die fur us for the wretched stipend of this . . Br itish soldier ; and we look upon it as certain 'that the present Cabinet is prepared- to hire lar ge num b ers o f troops from German Governments, paying them, accord ing to precedent, .a subsidy for their use against our enemies. Which are the States that have the good fortune to be selected for our subsidies—what are the soldiers it will be our lot to be defended by, we shall shortly know ; in the meantime, the following information, conveyed to us by the Allegmeine Zeitung of the 13th instant, throws perhaps not a little light upon the subject, The Allge meine Zeitung's Gotha correspondent writes, under date, Gotha, December 7 : " At the sitting to-day of the Saxe-Coburg Gotha Parliament, under the Presidency of Court Councillor Becher, besides the proposition of various alterations which concern. the constitution of the state and the Royal Household, other propositions also of no: less im portance (nicht minder wichtige) proceeded from tha Government. "It demanded, namely, a credit of 100,000 thalers for the mobilisation of the contingent, and also 56,000 thalers fur furnishing it with more effective fire and side arms; " The timely care of the Government goes yet further. It has already caused its army estimates to be prepared, and will account for the amount demanded with the Parliament. These propositions of the Goyernmext are now being discussed in committee, and will be considered in the whole house at its next sitting." This mobilisation of the Saxe•Coburg contingent, and, further, the myste rious indication of the increase in the army esti n ates, is but too significant. Mr. Disraeli well put forward the argument that we are acting as though our army alone was opposed to that of the Emperor of Russia. Rave we not an ally Q An ally who can Jana as many men as we wish, or can transport and pay for on the Crimean shore. Yet here is another mystery ! Another Ministerial silence ! Has application been made to France 7 Or has the Go vernment as_o3rtained that the German is, indeed, the cheapest market of muskets, if not of patriotism ? On another occasion, when England, represented as now by the noblest and bravest of her land, stood weak and weary, but still uncowed before an enemy who arro gantly supposed that that dreary night was to be the last of that faded host, her hero is represented to have said that " If we aro doomed to die, we are enow To do our country loss; bat if to live, The fewer men the greater share of honour." Some such sentiment probably animates the gallant army that now upholds the honour of England in the Crimea, though outworn, as those brave men are, by fatigue and unrest, and dizziei by the ceaseless roar of artillery and the incessant sounds of war that shake the strongest nerves, they may well be excused if they do wish for more men from England. But what will that unconquerable band whose hands can so well keep their heads say when they are told that they are to be grateful for more men from Coburg—that their deliverers are to be Germans, bought lean by _contract at per thousand souls (for by such phrase German royalty asserts the complete property of the prince in her nth jects), fattened in a couple of months on British fare, and then sent with a piteous resignation to the great slaughter-house on the Tauric Chersonese, for so no doubt, those ill-timed levies will regard the spot which our men look upon as the welcome theatre of deeds ; whose valour, never surpassed, is repaid by renown rarely equalled, and coeval with the history of the land. Brave men the Germans undoubtedly are, but are they equal to meet the brunt of such a battle as Alma, to bear unmoved such a terrible onslaught as Inkerman ? De plorable as was the carnage at Balaklava, yet the coun try would prefer to hear of it than to have to record the conduct of that Hanoverian Colonel of Hussars, who, at Waterloo, after reiterated orders to advance, wnen at last a staff officer brought him the caustic direction either to attack or to withdraw his men, blandly thanked the astounded aide-decamp for the courteous alterna tive, and selected the latter course. What would Lord Cardigan have said to that ? What security is there that it might not occur again ? But why is this outrage offered to the manhood of England ? Cui bono ? What country ever sent forth such an array of soldiers, all volunteers ? Guards, ca valry, artillery, infantry, all soldiers of their own free choice ; not one man taken from his home by force of law ; whilst militia battalion■ rise as by magic from the earth, as the armed men sprang from the fabled teeth — every man of whom is a better man than can be expected from these unnational levies, with what is even of much more importance—a personal, a local, and a national. character to support. Will any one say that, supposing a regiment of the line to be reduced to five hundred bayonets, the addition of three hundred men from a Mi litia regiment would not restore its numerical efficiency, without perceptibly affecting its discipline in quarter, or its conduct in the field ? The men are there, the will is there, the war spirit exults throughout the length and breadth of the land : those that do not fight are con tent to pay. The very drawing-rooms testify in lint and mittens to the readiness of the country for ba4je, and we are told that we require mercenary GermansTe fight our battles. There must be some evil influence at work to produce such an untoward result. England is true enough to herself, but the hour is not far off' when, with one voice, England will ask—Are her public servants true to her ?—Morning Post. ACCIDENT TO THE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 20.—The Chester and Holyhead Company's packet Llewellyn had a very rough passage across from Kingstown on Monday. During thegale, as the vessel was near i ng t h e W e l s h coast, she was struck by a tremendous sea, which broke over her amidships and carried away a portion of the bulwarks. The Marchio ness of Hastings and her daughter, the Lady Bertha Hastings, were among the passengers, and had seated themselves on deck to windward, where they were in some measure protected by a canvas awning. Unfortu nately, the sea struck the ship where the marchioness was seated, snd with so much force that both ladies were thrown with great violence from off their seats and carried across the deck under the bow of the long-boat to leeward. The marchioness was completely stunned, having sustained a sever e blow on the temple, and some injury . to her back. The man at the helm missed both ladies instantly, and on assistance arriving, the marchio ness was found completely wedged in under the long boat, from which position she was removed with diffi culty. The Lady Bertha escaped comparatively unhurt, but on the Llewellyn arriving at Holy-head, the marchio ness was so ill that it was found necessary to remove her ladyship to the Royal Hotel, where she received from Mrs. Hibbert the assiduous attentions required by the severity of the injuries she had sustained. Tho marchio ness was on her way from Carton, the Duke of Leinster's seat, to Portsmouth, to meet her husband, Capt. Yel verton, of the Arrogant, who is hourly expected to arrive at that port. It was considered by the captain of the Llewellyn, and many persons on board, that both ladies had had a most miraculous escape from being washed overboard. 811,131110 PE TUNNEL.—We understand that the repairs of this tunnel are so far complete as to admit, of a goods train passing on the line morning and evening. It is hoped that in a short time the repairs will be in such a state fjo it o allpyr passenger's to -proceed a§ usual, THE THETIS FBIGATE. , - In the frigate Thetis the Christmas-box slipped by the English Ministry in to the coy, but unctuous hand, of the jovial Majesty 'ofS Iteussia ? The cus tom of " boxing " ma y not )se without its advan tages, but, like other good mustom in s, should fiuldtf not o be pushed to a ridiculous excess. o Why sufa gi ce v d e ? aw w ay e a frigate f rom th e English -navym official pr o di ga lity, w hen a revenue - cutter, an d, say, a coupl e o f light e r s , wouldliay . have never yet h ear d o f one who has passed a Bank post-bill for 100/. into the horny hand of a railway porter for simply carrying his carpet-bag along the arrival-platform from a train to a Hansom cab. Why should he t The man is well content with his illegitimate sixpince, and there is an end of the transaction. There must be some uncom mon inducement, of which we have yet no hint, which has led Sir James Graham to depart so vio lently'from the usual laws of barter, and so ludi crously to outstrip the most liberal givers of his time. There was an Indian Prince one rainy day last week, whO scattered a carriage-full of caps and hats among the astonished population of armed, i s . surely worth the stock of many hatters. a Frenstii town ; but then an English frigate, frilly What can ) :.t mean ? Is it that the King of Prussia Tsthaenttiisatlhte do sink-getd or tip ? A has resolved n s at to join the alliance without a sub participationAnal is the unfortunate the price of his i u n c eu the r policy necessar y of fth as e Western Powers? Does the English Admiralty-, on the other hand, imagine that th e P russian M ona rchy is on the eve of one of Pr uss i a ' s great m i s t a k es , and that the graceful Thetis must in a few weeks inevi tably revert to her original owners? That would bo some excuse, but then it would have been just as easy to tztke the two gunboats which we are to receive as as consideration for our poor frigate as to recapture her. Corkjeoture must necessarily be fruitless iipou-such so. subject. It is a State mystery. Our present rulers are prone to mystery, which in ninety-nine cases out: of a hun dred is simply a veil thrown over a worthles s pic ture, as many groaning shelves of blue-books are there to testify. For the time we can only k n o w what Sir James Graham is pleased to tell us, whi c h is, that he and his colleagues have delivered over a magnificent frigate, fully armed, into the hands of a P ower which in six weeks may be involved in hostilities with England as a point of honour. Really this is too bad. It is our earnest wish not " to pick holes," as the common phrase runs, in the coats of men who are directing ' the /talon of Eng land at a mosb critical period of her history with out strong reason, but the cession of a British ship. of-war into the hands of a neutral, ahnost of a hos tile Power, at such a moment cannot be slurred over or concealed from public observation. The little that we know is most unsatisfactory, and evidently betrays a consciousness of much previous and painful blundering even on the part of the man who was stating his own case. Thus, however, it was that Sir James Graham endeavoured to purge himself and his colleagues from the blame of wan ton waste of-the public property : In the month of June last, as Sir James in formed the house, the Kin°. ''' . of Prussia inquired of the English Government whether they would be willing to give a couple of old corvettes in ex change for twc gun-boas which had been built in this country for Prussia by Mr. Scott Russell. We can understand that at the time England might with sound policy have given her gold for Prussia's brass ; a few gun-boats for Baltic service might in June last have been cheap at any price. The gun boats were duly inspected, and the Prussian Go vernment wore informed in due course that the English Admiralty bad no objection to effect the exchange. As the season for Baltic operations dwindled away to nothing the English negotiators evidently cooled upon a bargain to which the keener-witted Prussians were resolved to hold, them fast. At length in the month of Sep tember, a compromise was effected, upon what terms Sir James Graham himself must explain " The Prussian Government acceded to a proposal which we made, that, instead of two corvettes, an old frigate should be taken for the vessels in question. . . . . The Prussian Government intimated that they thought the honour of the British Government was pledged to the exchange, and it Was not thought desirable to involve the question in a difficulty of that kind." Had not, then, the honour of the British Government been involved, or deemed so to be, the bargain would not have been con cluded. Sir James Graham, in - fact, had made a bad bargain, but was held to his word. Let us, however, leave this consideration for a moment out of the question, and simply ask what is the real character of the ship which Sir James Graham so contemptuously characterises as "an old frigate," and which we have been giving away in exchange for the two gun-boats Nix and Salamander? "The Thetis, 36, was launched on the 21st of August, 1846, at Devonport. She was designed by Messrs. Chatfield, Read, and Creuze, of the Naval School of Architecture, and is of 1,524 tons burden." This young frigate is spoken of by naval connois seurs in terms of great admiration, and has ap peared to give great satisfaction in the Channel, and the Pacific, and wherever she has been em ployed. The suggestion is, that Sir James Graham has really made a blunder, and has mistaken a younger for an older ship, and the English nation must pay the penalty. ,The case is one which calla for very earnest inquiry, although such inquiry may be without practical result. A Prussian cap tain has arrived in Plymouth to take the poor Thetis home to her new masters. Englishmen feel about their ships as Arabs feel about their horses. It is impossible to part with one of them without a pang, even when the bargain is, commercially speaking, a good one, and how much worse in a case like the present Let us add that all Down ing -street is ready enough to snort with official sa tisfaction when the correspondent of a public journal is caught tripping, even upon an unimpor tant point ; perhaps some one of the heroes of ob b fl u u r tn e hd a e eu First r a c m y ad Le w ob i r le g yd l f public th o e od g A djeomnuoirmunalhtl journalist_ ot in equalph i o s i point o ut that teotr ayal of the Thetis to a foreign Power.—Time s. STATE OF TRADE. (Fiont the Mane/aster Guardian of yesterrday.) MANCHESTER. Dec. 19.—Business has been rather un favourably affected to-day by the reports of the sanitary condition of our army in the Crimea, and by a feeling of anxiety about the position of the Government in re gard to the Foreign Enlistment Bill. At the eame time winithcc.oltutotiiionin;clainneds this feeling has influenced t he p roceedin g s of the da y . The the buy ers o declining of yarns tendency an d goads of to pr l a c c e t s aggregate transactions in yarns have not been large, but prices have continued steady. Common 40's mule for India have been sold at an advance of tid. per pound upon what was obtainable last week. There continues to be an active demand for printing cloths, T's, long cloths, and domestics, for the Mediterranean and Levant markets, and the prices of last we e k are f u ll y susta i ne d . Of low shirtings, jacconets, and madapollams, mar ket has been pretty w e ll c l eare d , and the prod the uction is largely pre-engaged for two or three weeks. ROCHDALE, Dec. 18.—We have had a rather slack at tendance of buyers in the market to day, and the amount of business has been upon a limited scale. Wool has been firm, and prices have been rather in favour of sellers. SHIPWRECK ON THE GOOD WIN SANDS. DEAL, Wednesday.—During the snow-storm and gale from the N.W. on Monday evening a fearful wreck took place on the Goodwin Sands to the bark Devonia, of London, 'early 500 tons burden, Captain Lawson, master, while on her way making for the Channel, on a voyage to Aguilar, from Shields, with a cargo of coke. The following narrative of the sad catastrophe is taken from the lips of the chief mate, Robert Parkin, one of the survivors. The Devonia sailed from Shields on Saturday last, and, after encountering severe storms of snow and rain, fell in with a terrific storm off Yarmouth. The vessel was made all snug, and nothing happened to a larm the crew until about 9 o'cl o c k on Monda y night, when a cry arose that the ship had struck ; at threesecarhmeze, time the sea made a complete breach over the vess e l, washing overboard Richard Boyd a n d Allen Bro wn , who n immediately e to di t a i te e ly po p o e p ri f s o h r e s d h . elte T r, h a e n r d em ha a d ro in a d c e a ro e f ly the a there before the vessel broke up, or ratthhheeeirdwpcnertetekodatnihndo remainst wo or t h o r f e e t h p e l places. They which floatedcontinued f ro t nt o drifted about for ten hours, during which time the steward, John Caroline (a man of colour), and George u( . t t e perished , e bruised. chiefer she mate)fromThey hbad a were hisat exhaustionlen shoulderangt and Davis, the s nd ec a o rw n raa d stom m r a d p co r is o lld ii ca de t n eTd ti h a ae l n ly sighted from the Lord Warden steamer, Captain Robinson , Captain and the Princess Nolen steamer, Jenkins, from Boulogne for Folkestone (both vessels belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental Stearn-packet Company), which instantly bore down to the spot, and after a great deal of trouble succeeded is taking them off—viz., Captain Laws on Charles P e tt s , John Thomas, Alexander Lumsden , Richard Jenkins, George Jenking, Thomas Davis, George Holyweod, James M`Diarmid William Berry, 'William Brown, and Thomas Praden, seamen. On the poor fellows being picked up, they were found to be almost in an insensible state from cold and exhaustion. Upon their landing at Folkestone, Captain Hawthorn, R.N., the h ar b our . master, and Captain Kenniest, R.N., personally attended in providing the poor fellows with creature comforts and warm clothing. An American captain, who was on board one of the packets, went round to the passengers, and succeeded in collecting a sum of money for the benefit of the unfortunate fellows. The pilots who came in to-day report that not a vestige of the wreck is to be aeon on the Goodwin, 2 1100 8/ 29 St. 21. 8 all 8? Il le 17? all all 1 20 St. St. 10 6A all all all 18 all 1118. 41 soi f 70 i 58i i 28 9 2/ 3 5 10 St. St. 5 1.0.61 St. 20 20 20 25 100 100 100 100 'lOO 100 'lOO 1.00 all all all all 7