The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

MONEY I‘l ARK ET LID COM MER CIA L INT ELL ArG CITY, TV . 1 0 o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 taken for export and on speculation. The mar ket closed steadily. Railway Shares were steady but firm. Upon the Russian question Messrs. Smith and Charles state : " The question of supplies next year is now the ruling question in the market, and of course as the prospects of peace or war on an extended scale" are greater or less, so are the fluctuations in the tallow market ; in short, the market has very much of a political character, and the questions now agitating are : Is ►he Austrian treaty to which Prussia is reported to have acceded, a treaty binding the German powers to act hostilely to Russia If so, will Russia submit to German dictation ? If she do submit, then we shall receive supplies as usual ; if not, the fact of war in Germany must stop them." The return of the Bank of England for the week ending the 2d December is satisfactory, and while there is an augmentation of assets there is likewise a perceptible decrease in the demand for discount accommodation. It is encouraging also to see the amount credited to the Government steadily rising. As compared with the present week, the changes were as follows : Active circulation Decrease Bullion .. Increase Rest £19,616,790 133,185 13,870,023 ,‘ 160,229 3,121,642 54,557 4,994,893 212,503 9,759,246 43,937 1,052,658 Decrease Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 7,888 Government Securities 11,517,738 Increase Other Securities 13,710,468 Decrease Notes unemployed 7,627,670 Increase 275,025 There was yesterday afternoon a slight advance in the rates for bills of exchange negotiated here upon only one or two of the Continental Cities, Frankfort being 118 to 118 b for Hamburgh de clined to 13.51 and 5, and Trieste to 12.27 and 25. Amsterdam was 11.171 to 1, and Paris 25.321 to 371, all for 90 days' paper. . The Honourable East India Company drew bills upon the presidencies during the fortnight ending yesterday to the amount of 128,1501. All the gold from Calcutta has been taken for the s s t t: Continent, as well as part of the late Australian 50 arrivals. 25 The shipments of specie direct from London during 1-13.6°) the week to Thursday last included 200,900 ounces 2F of silver, and 4,000 ounces, together with 8001., of 2, gold, all to the Continent. The Stock Market is still tending upwards, and the transfer books being closed, Consols are now quoted without the dividend, and have been up to 93 and 93i for transfer, and to 92! and k ex div. for January. This is a rise of about per cent. The New 3 per Cents. have been 91i and the Re duced 3 per Cents. 911 1. Bank Stock has been firm at 208 to 2091. The Unfunded Debt has been at the former premium. In the New 21 per Cents.• there have been purchases at 77 and 79. Foreign Stocks have been dull. Mexican realise 211, and Peruvian have advanced to 69g. Spanish 3 per Cents. keep firm at 39k, notwithstanding Espartero's resignation. The Turkish Scrip is at 74 to 71 discount. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 621. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/ to 51 ; Mexi can, 211 to 21k ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 8G to 88 ; Spanish Now Deferred, 18i to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 391 ; ditto Certificates, 51 to 51 ; ditto Passive, 4 to 44. The Railway Share Market has been firm, and there is an advance generally of k to per cont. The transactions have not been large. In the Foreign Shares the dealings have been restricted. Mines are nominal ; and in the Banks and Mis cellaneous Shares very little has been done. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC I, . (Front the Otgcial List.) ' .. Bo4ness done Bulk Stock • 2OB 94 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities, Shut. 933 3, with d. for mon. New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities India 'sonde, £lOOO . . . Ditto, under £lOOO 9 Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bonds 1858 , 3i per Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 97i Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cert. 69 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 391 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent... — Ditto for the Account 74 4 d Dividends on the above payable in London batch Exchange, 2h per Cent. 12 Guil T 62i WO O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto, January Account ....... • • 92 FRENCH EXPORTS TO CHINA. - _ (From the Moniteur.) 25 Towards the end of 1849, a company having been formed for the exportation of Rouen manufactures to 100 China and the South Sea, the Chamber of Commerce of Rouen decided, with the authorisation of the Govern- 120 meat, on sending out at its cost a delegate to accompany the expedition, and to c ollect ever y kind of information 's' likely to facilitate the sale of French merchandise in 2o 2 those distant latitudes. Mr. Armandtizon, formerly a manufacturer, who was selected for that purpose, 100 returned to France after a voyage of four years, during which time he visited Chili, California, the 100 Sandwich Isles, Tahiti, Australia, China, and the 100 Philippines. He drew up a report containin g the re sults of his observations, which paper the Chamber °i of Commerce of Rouen has had printe d, and which, 1200 amongst other details, gives the following :—ln 1851 20 the French trade to Chili reached the sum of 23 millions 5 of francs, being only two millions less than the trade of England to the same country. Our imports consist 20 principally of articles of luxury, the taste for which is exceedingly preValent amongst these populations. In return Chili sends the produce of her inexhaustible mines of silver and copper, nitrate of soda and corn. Valparaiso, the principal port of the country, with 36,000 inhabitants, has been for twenty years the centre of a considerable commercial movement, which has assumed a fresh extension in consequence of the mines of California. This town, which is always put into by vessels doubling Cape Horn, to proceed to that destination and requiring supplies, is at the same time the natural market of the greater part of the merchandise prodUced in South America, and the general bonding warehouse of all goods imported there from other countries. Also Santiago, the capital of Chili, con taining 60,000 inhabitants, and situated at some dis tance from the sea, should be noticed, as well as Copiapo, remarkable for its silver mines, and com municating with the port of Caldero by a railway ; and lastly, Coquimbo, on the coast, whose copper mines are becoming every day more important. The Sand wich archipelago also owes to the development of Cali fornia a part of its progress. In 1853, the port of Honolulu was visited by 10 vessels of war, 194 trading vessels, and 535 whalers. The customs' receipts were, , 778,200 f. for imports amounting to 6,409,755 f., the ex perts amounting to 1,376,8701. in products of the country, and 956,855 f. in foreign goods. Iu spite of this prosperity it is distressing to have to mention the increasing diminution of the islanders, who, from 150,000 souls in 1832, are now reduced to 80,000. The popula tion of Tahiti is estimated at 8,000 or 10,000 natives. Papaiti, the only port that can be entered by large yes gels, received in 1850, 195 vessels of 22,269 tons, and bringing in goods to the extent of 3,742,766 f. With the exception of oranges and lemons sent to California, and some other products of the soil, nothing is found there to take in exchange, except cocoa-nut oil and whale-oil, brought there by the fishing vessels which frequent these latitudes. THE 'EARL OF ELGIN.—The American Chamber of Commerce have resolved to present Lord Elgin with a complimentary address on his arrival from Canada. His lordship is expected by the steamer due on the 11th inst. It is expected that the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce will also present his lordship with a similar token of re 'meet for his valuable services while Governor-General of Canad.—Liverpool Times. ACCIDENT TO MR. LANGSTON, M.P.—Mr. J. H. Langston, M.P., for the city of Oxford, has met with a serious accident while returning to Sarsden House from the petty sessions at Chipping Norton, on Wednesday. The horse upon which the honourable member was riding shied at something in the road, and threw the 11 ° 11 - gentleman, who, we very much regret to say broke his leg by the fall. The hon. member is going on well. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passedi their examination in the science and practice of day medicine, and received certificates in practice, on Thurs day' 7, 1854 :—John Gregory Booth, Haslingden, Lancashire • Thomas Edwin Burton Brown, St. Mary eo ner A ryls Robert Raymond • James Buckley Fal- Wall ey Wilmington-square ; John Croft ; Joseph Douglas, ~,ilgireha,ven:c,umberland.e ; Thomas Sadler 25 25 St. 8'213 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS !Closing Prices 1 yesterday. Paid.l 'LammLre. 100 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet all Bel fast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 29t, Rirkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Janet all Do. Cheah. dr Birk , £5O and .£25 Cons 19 Do., £20...- 30 Rlyth &Tyne original ' £25 (issd. at X 45), 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian 215. Cannarthen and Car digau all Chester ex Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, 4k Pass 10 Cornwall 1. :Orion' Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJuac all Dundee Verth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock stock. 100 Do., B. 83 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 'Edinburgh 6; Glasgow 94 Edinb. and Peebles 100 E• din. Pr th di Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June; 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock AO Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Db. Stour Val. Rail • Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14'1, Do., Thirds 4 Do. Thirds 100 Lancash. and Yorksh 19 Do., fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Uu all Li v C rs by.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright IL S. Cst 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.511.,M&8 23 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westu .t 2, Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lindrrydr Coleraine all LndinliTy. & Ennisk 100 Vfanch.Shef.& Liucln 44 Do., Alan. & Lin. Un 100 Nlidland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby all alidld. G. West. (Ire,) 224 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten 19 Nwpt.Aberg. &Ilrfd 8 N• ewry & Enniskillen all Newry Warreupoint - and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk . 34 Northn.Coniaties 100 North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 3 A Deferred , all Do., 3. B Gu.aranteed + 1.00 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds IGO Do. York all North London • 8! Do. New £lO • &S.Wstrn. ,llamp stead, and City Jn 172 North StaTordshir , all . N• orth Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottislalidland all Shrewsby. di llerefd. ‘l.l Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full) paid up at per een . ill South Devon .00 South Eastern all South Wales . 5 S. Yrksh. dr Riv. Dun 5 Do 8 Staines, Wok. &Wok 11 tockton & Stockton & Ilartlepl. 100 T• ail' Vale ~ 9 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Climes Haven Dock and 11..tilway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all ‘Vaterforddthimeriek 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all I.Vest London ills. Wimbledn & Croydon 191 - 201 4i - 4i 7, - 8 12 11 d IGi - 17 7 - 6 •.• •-• ••• 93 - 61 616 i:Ji - 14. lU - iz ..• ••• 5 - 4 G 1 - 74 15 - 16 11i - 113 69 - 71 53 - 55 'l9i -- 20 : 88 -- &9 75 -- 7G 123 -- 125 87 -8) * 70i 71 68 - 70 72 - 77 6 -8 , , 6 - 8 72A - 73 - , Si [o4' 106 991 100 d d If d 82 83 9 • Si 9 8 d 22i - 23 68i 69 39 - 41 i 4 d! 10i -- 2 -- 2t; 49 - 51 4 31i ... 32, S 10 11 73 75 76 ti 6 41 31 13 -- 13) 52 -- 53 55 1 p 4(1 P 4i 4id 6f 65 id—ip 30 - 91 - 93 60 - 62 7 . 1 - 8 4 43 - 45 11 - 13 h 9 = 60 29 - 30 ... • • i 4 • , d 34 - 36 3 - 4 17 18 4 - 20 - % . 2 6 - 7 •.• -- ••• 6 - 7 FOREIGN. all Intwerp&Rotterdaml 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.Serip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4.3 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Juuct. of France 121 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. Now 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Canada Shares all Do. Bds., payablo's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56.. all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Do. do., '73, withou, option all Hamilton & Torouto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca. & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterral. 16. _Madras 2 Do. New 31i Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (witL, interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliues gn-u•. 3$ n. c. & red. at 2211. dar. 88 yrs. l from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201.3 p. • BdP. _ (fmy.B.& s. She. ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and llavro 20 Royal Danish '3 RoyalSwedisb all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5i p.' cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 14 3t. Andrew's and Qv ebee (A) all Vi est Flanders all Do 51 per c. Prof_ 12 Western of, France i West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ............ 20 Zealand ............... JOINT-STOP all Australasia ............ 'all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 IChrtd. Bilk. of India, ___ Australia, & Chiva 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia..., 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. Now 22A National of Ireland all' Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all south Australia all Union of Australia 2! Do: New 10' ilo'9n of London 6 - 6 1 - 14 id-1p ••• - ••• 31 - 31i - 31:1 21 - -2r.' E 7 il 8i 7s 9 7d 10 8 1 iP par iP 16j -17 A is = fp lid id 2 d par Ipar 2p ~. di 31 - 4 2i 3 is iP ... —.... id—aP - 7 = 121 -- 12 RA - 194 -191 p 45 -- 47 37 -- 39 pin 20i -21 i Id -- par lid 76 -- 8 •.. --- •.. ... - pm 3i - 4 4 3 / 4 - 53/4p •• • • ". ." 161 -10 i BANKS. i... • •• a ..'. i•d S 1 aid 21 22 ii - 39 37 - 39 41 - 43 67 - 69 ••• ... ••• 132:ninon done I 50 this day. St. 2•i 25 50 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 40 20 20 20 20 5 20 10 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1854; LINES LEASED AT FMB]) RENTALS. MINING INTELLIGENCE. THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART. Leasing Company.' (:losing. Prices yesterday. Basines , this day. ( Frain the Mining Jortr;zal of this day.) MINES.--The principal Lusiness in the mining market this week has been in the large dividend stocks, many of which had fallen considerably in price, and with out, it is considered adequate cause. Boilers have been done at 5701. io 590/. ; a few months since the shares were 1,2001., and the dividends paid this year have amounted to 2101. per share. Bassets, though they rose to 5801. to 600/. last week, have been done this week at 5301. to 5401., ex. div. of 201., declared on Monday, and making 1351. per share paid this year. Cliffords have been in demand at 1901. to 2101.,. but the shares are held firmly, and sellers scarcely to be found. United Mines, 1201. to 1301.; West Bassets, notwith standing a further discovery e mine, have been done at 291. 10s. to 301. 10s.; North Bassets, 201.105. to 211.; Bedford United, 9/. 153. to 101.; East Gunnis Lake have been inquired after, at 11., there being a prospect of the mine making regular returns before long ; Sortridges have fluctuated from 21. 17a. 6d. to 3/. 2s. 6d., and left off rather flat ; North Robert, 191. to . 201. ; West Stray Park, 101. to 121., and sought after ; Clijah and. Wentwworth, 141. to 141. lOs. ; in Great Alfred there has been a good business doing, and shares advan6ed from 231. to 28/. ; Alfred Consols, 171. 10s. to 181. ; East Tamar 123. 6d. to 15s. ; South Caradon, 2901. ; Gona mena, 11/. 108. to 121. 10s. ; Trewetha, 31. 2s. 6d. to 3/. 7s. 6d. ; Wheal Wrey, 4/. lOs. ; West Providence, 201. to 211. The following is an address of condolence from the Polish exiles in this country to the Countess of Harrowby, and her ladyship's reply : " TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF HARROWBT. " MADAM, —We are au:Lions, before the tomb closes over the remains of our friend, to express to your lady ship, as one of his nearest relatives, in the name of o u r countrymen and in our own, our deep sorrow at the awful calamity which befell Poland in the untimely death of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, President of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, and to pay the tribute of our gratitude for his attachment to our cause, our admiration for his virtues and talents, and our respect for his sacred memory. " This melancholy event has deprived the Polish nation of an ardent and unflinching champion, the exiles of their most generous benefactor, and the world of its most use ful citizen and brightest ornament. " After the last catastrophe in Poland in 1331, when the country lay bleeding at the feet of the oppressor — when thousands of her children who had fought in vain for liberty were deemed to tread the path of exile, and to undergo the sufferings attending it, and sill hope seemed dead—Providence raised up for us, in the person of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, one of those heroic characters who are ever ready to do battle against all wrong, even single handed if it be necessary, and the inalienable rights of Poland found a defender fin England, whose eloquent and earnest voice soon -called forth a response from many a heart, and the hard fate of the proscribed was soothed by sympathy and alleviated by generous benevolence. "Imbued with the most noble and elevated senti ments at an early age, already the wrongs of Poland made an indelible impression on the mind of Lord Dudley Coutte Stuart, and devoting himself with inimitable dis interestedness to a cause which seemed abandoned by all the mighty of the earth, and carrying out with un tiring perseverance his difficult, self-imposed mission for many years, he earnestly pleaded the Polish cause, both in Parliament and before the tribunal of public opinion in England. "To those strenuous efforts the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, of which, in his capacity of its president, he was the soul and the heart, chiefly owns its prolonged existence. In the midst of its severest trials, and when its maintenance was problematical, he stood foremost, undaunted by any difficulty, encouraging, ani mating, and supporting it munificently, passing days and nights in irksome work, sparing no trouble or anxiety, assigning to himself the largest share of labour, and never shrinking from the performance of the highest or the humblest duties. "Too zealous and ardent to circumscribe his activity within the limits of his own country he proceeded to distant lands, where he saw the possibility of serving the cause of Poland, and was struck down by the hand of death while carrying out in one of them two generous missions. His last thought was for the comfort of the homeless exiles, whose dis tress it had ever been hii happiness to relieve. With truth may it be said that ho died a martyr to the cause for which he so nobly lived, and that .his death was but the crowning event of the beautiful consistency of his life. " It has pleased Providence to call him from this to another and a better world, there to reap the reward of a life spent for the good of his fellow•creatures, and of the many ennobling virtues which adorned his character. He has not been permitted to witness the realisation of his long-cherished wishes in the triumph of the cause he hal so warmly espoused ; but whatever may be its issue, the name of Lord Dudley eJutts Stuart will ever be en shrined in every true Polish heart, and his services will be a theme of national gratitude. "It would be superfluous to dwell at greater length on OA merits of a man so uni►ersally known, beloved, and respected. To you, madam, who have so often assisted in forwarding his bene►olent objects, who of all others must poignantly feel the irreparable loss which all in any way connected with bhn have to deplore, we have considered it our duty to make this brief allusion to his unswer►ing devotion to Poland, to the exalted example of his life, which sheds a lustre over our coun try and does honour to hunutpity.—We remain, madam, your ladyship's most obedient and humble servants, the Committee of the Polish Exiles resident in Great Britain and Ireland. " IGNATIUS JACKOWSKI, President. " K. Lien SZYRMA. " CHARLES SZULCZEWSKI. " JOHN TCELECIEI. "JOSEPH GLEINICH. "December 6, 1554. "10, Duke-street, St. James's." " Grosvenor square, Dec. 7, 1854. "Dear Sir,—l hare received with feelings which I can but ill express the communication which you have forwarded to me from the coinutittee of the Polish exiles on the occasion of my present great sorrow, and the ir reparable loss we have all sustaified in the death of my beloved brother. "Hie ardent attachment to the Polish nation, i■ which I have always warmly participated, and his noble devotion to her cans!), are too familiar to me not to render such an expression of grateful affection towards him, and of kind sympathy with me, his sister, to he pecu liarly touching to me. I highly appreciate this tribute of love and respect to his memory. Nothing could be more gratifying to me. I feel that the address before me is not a mere form, but the genuine outpouring of the feelings of many a devoted heart. I gratefully and warmly accept it at their hands, and shall remember it as long as I live with feelings of pride, and with deep and heartfelt satisfaction. " I must beg you to convey to the committee this feeble acknowledgment of their goodness to me, and to accept the same yourself.—l am, dear Sir, your very faithful servant, "FRANCES HARROWBY. "To Lieutenant C. Szulczewski." NEGLIGENCE AT DEVONPORT DOCK- YARD. TO TIIE EDITOR. OP THE SUN. Sir,—As you have on all occasions, which in your judgment you have deemed favourable and fitting, de monstrated your anxiety to promote' the interests of the public service, through the agency of your valuable periodical, I beg to avail myself of its medium to ask the authorities of the Admiralty, and of our Devonport dock-yard, one or two questions, not altogether indiffer ent er unimportant in the present peculiar exigencies of the country. How cams it that when the Exmouth line-of-battle ship, ordered alongside our dock-yard to be rigged and got with all despatch ready for sea, the rigging appro priated for her turned out to have been to some serious extent a misfit, and a considerable part was returned to the rigging-store ; whilst, to meet this defect, several sets had to be overhauled, and a part taken from one set and a part from another, thus consuming a large portion of valuable time and labour, which might have been otberwise advantageously applied ? Mark, too, the waste of material caused by this cutting and botching, as though the public purse were a never-ending, inex haustible fund, to be frittered or fooled away at pleasure. I would ask at whose door lies the blame of this dis creditable occurrence ? Is it the result of mismanage ment merely, or consequent on the entire absence of all management in the department where it originated ? It does not, however, appear to have been a mere accident that might occur once and not again. It does not stand isolated. and alone, a solitary and conspicuous beacon to warn and to teach in the future, for, if we are rightly informed, it is far from an uncommon circum stance at onr Devonport dock-yard, where these in stances of misfit are all but numerically equals to the ships ordered here to be rigged. However frequently or easily such cases might pass unnoticed, er deemed of trivial importance in a time of peace, they assume another aspeCt in a time of war— when, in the fitting out of a ship destined to play some master-part in the momentous drama now playing before Europe and the world, the delay even of a day might mar a victory or insure a defeat. A VOICE FROM THE COCKPIT. Devonport, Dec. 7, 1854. IMPORTATION OF WINE AND SPIRITS TO FRANCE. The Moniteur supplies the following particulars re specting the extent and source of the importations into France of wines, spirits, and liqueurs, (hiring the mouth of October last. The duties on spirits and liqueurs, it is to be notice d, were reduce d by the decrees of Sept. 22 and Oct. 5 last . The f ollowing, according to the authority quoted, wore the importations ; the figures represent hectolitres Table or Oral- LI nary Wines. gums. From tho German Spirits. Zollverein Netherlands Belgium Hanseatic Towns England Spain Sardinian States Switzerlanid 3,528 - 280 - - 656 - ... 1,641 - „, 247 253 „, 79 „, 3,567 30,559 ,„ 14; ,„ 242 438 ••• 260 Spanish possessions in America...... Guadaloupe ...... Martinique......... .- 282 -. 798 -. 2,758 -., 23 -. 64 Other producing countries ...... Total 35,262 ... 424 10,971 TRECZAR AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. (Prom the Pays •) I We have no hope that Russia will yield to simple diplomatic ultimatums, however energetic they may be supposed to be. Notwithstanding the pacific rumours which are in circulation in Germany, and the sincere and ardent desire which we have for seeing peace reestablished among modern states, we neither believe in the modera tion nor in the submission of the Czar. Let the note which M. de Nesselrode has just addressed in his name to the Court of Berlin be read attentively, and there will be still seen in it the same haughty and irreconcilable spirit ; still the same pretensions. If the Emperor Nicho las makes some concessions, which are much more ap parent than real, it is in some measure out of compassion for Germany ; it is in a tone of humiliatin g pity which we are convi nce d w ill be deeply felt beyond the Rhine. Can any serious man, can any statesman attach importance to these pretended concessions, which still maintain all the treaties between Russia and the Otto man empire, and to seek to stifle still more surely the independence of the Sultan under the common protec torate of Europe, and consider them as the possible basis of fresh negotiations ? Certainly not. The Em peror Nicholas will not yield I It is only, as we have often said, the disasters of his empire, and the coalesced arms of the whole of Europe that will compel him. Austria labours under no illusion , on this point, and, unfortunately, it is not with any hope of success that she will address a last injunction to the Court of R u ssia. God, who inspires the kings of the earth, may doubtless suddenly change the feelings of the Czar, in the same manner as reasons of State ought to counsel him, no longer to brave the justice of E urope in arms in defence of its independence and stability ; but who can flatter himself with the hope of this pacific solution ? In signing the treaty of the 2d December the high contracting powers have certainly had in view the re-establishment of peace ; they think, and with reason, that they will more promptly and surely obtain it when Russia shall be more isolated, and when the forces united against her shall be more numerous and more formidable, but it would be a deceitful illusion to imagine that this treaty is about to reopen negotiations. There is in fact no longer any need of negotiations with Russia. No dilatory subterfuge on the part of the Court of Saint-Petersburg will be admitted ; no commentary similar to that which caused the failure of the famous note of Vienna will be submitted to. The Czar knows the essen- tial conditions on which peace is still possible for him. Every day that pass.... modifies the state of the question, and consequently the exigencies of the bel ligent powers. Austria herself is well aware that what may be acceptable to-day will not be so to-morrow. In allying herself to the Western Powers, she implicitly en gages to adhere to all the natural and legitimate conse quences which the prolongation of the state of war may give rise to, with a view to the re-establishment of peace. Russia has therefore no longer to negotiate ; she will not obtain peace, unless she accepts immediately, without reserve, and more particularly without comment, the conditions which the interest of Europe impose on her. It is because we have no hope in this sudden return to reason and this immediate submission to necessity ; it is because the statesmen of Austria cannot entertain any illusion on this subject, that the treaty of the 2d Dec. appears to us to be a decisive step in the path of a com• mon action of the three Powers to restrain by coercive means the resistance of Russia." THE CONTINENTAL PRESS AND THE NEW TREATY. The Prussian Coa respondence of Berlin, of the sth, says : " It is said that the treaty of alliance of Austria with the Western Powers will be followed by a summons from that Government to the Court of St. Petersburg, which will contain the four points set forth in a precise form, and the unreserved acceptance of which will be de manded. Tile Austrian Cabinet is in a position to have peace concluded if Russia accept the propositions which will be made to her, but it engages, in the event of the refusal of Russia, to break off all diplomatic negotiations and to support actively the Western Powers. Hopes appear to be entertained at Vienna that this last attempt at conciliation Will he inure successful than the previous ones." A letter from Berlin, sth, in the Independance of Brussels, on the same subject, says : " Before signing the treaty of alliance with France and England the Austrian Government thought proper to communicate it to the Prussian Cabinet. From in• formation which I believe to be well founded, the treaty calls to mind, in the first place, the declarations and engagements of the principal acts of the Conference of Vienna, and the notes exchanged en the Bth August between the contracting parties. It also brings forward the four guarantees considered as the indispensable basis of a good peace, admitting to each power the faculty of developing them by additional conditions. Austria renews with France and England the engagement which she made with Turkey by the treaty of June 11 to occupy the Principalities and to repulse the Rue sians by force if they should attempt to re-enter them. She proclaims the right of Turkey and the Allied Powers to move their troops in Moldavia as they may think proper, either against the armies or the territory of Russia. If Austria should find herself in a state of war with Russia either in consequence of a return of the Russians into the principalities or on any other point, the offensive and defensive alliance will be established de facto between her and France and England. If before the end of the present year Russia shall not have made acceptable prepositions for peace, and if a good and durable peace be not secured, the three contracting par ties will take COMIIiOn counsel as to the means nece-sary to obtain it. The high contracting parties engage that no propositions of peace made by Russia shall be accepted by either of them until they shall have been deliberated on in common. It is generally thought here that Prussia, under the pressure of public opinion and the force of circumstances, cannot avoid adhering to the treaty of the three powers." The official publication of the conclusion of the triple alliance gives occasion for a leading article in the Ost Deutsche Post respecting Austriffs policy. The following is a summary of this article Austria has again taken upon herself her office of guardian of the rights and independence of Europe. She is the rock upon which the Russo-Byzantine lust of conquest breaks, as once the Osman -Byzantine invasion broke. And, in taking this step Austria has imposed great sacri fices upon herself ; but she has taken it after the most mature deliberation and consideration of her duty to Europe, to Germany, and to herself. Her course has been slow, but sure, and she has pursued it undeterred by menaces, and unchecked by intrigues. She has given herself time to prepare for the deci sive step, and not a moment of this interval has been lost in idleness. The army has been put on a war footing, well equipped, and established at points of strategical- importance. Notwithstanding difficulties caused by the state of the finances, means have been found to collect the stores of provisions and munitions necessary for the successful carrying on of a war. Besides having her own cares to provide for, Austria has still another care. Austiia is a part of Germany, and Germany is also a part of Austria. The profound solidarity of both is better understood and comprehended at Vienna than—alas ! that it should be said—by any other Cabinet of Germany. The treaty of alliance which was signed on the 2d might have been concluded long since, and the numerous summonses, invitations, offers, &e., dispensed with. But Austria could not leave Germany excluded from that treaty, and exposed to demands for indemnity being made on her ' • for " Austria takes no Rhineless interest in the German than Prussia, and if the matter is treated lightly at Berlin, the more carefully must it he treated at Vienna." Austria opened the way for Prussia and the Bund to take part in the treaty of alliance, by inducing them to adopt the minimum of the European demands. " She conducted the preliminary labours with the Bund as a German Power, while eight days later she could have appeared as a European Power in alliance with two other great Powers." If Austria had selfish.objects in view, she would certainly have taken a contrary course. She would have first con cluded the treaty with the Western Powers, and then negotiated with Prussia and the Bund as the proxy of her allies. How much easier this course would have been I But the Austrian Cabinet has not allowed itself to deviate from the path pointed out by the position of Austria as a Power of Germany. It has ignored suspicious, forgotten injuries, conquered numerous dif ficulties, until by patience and endurance it has suc ceeded in its abject ; and then, this Sisyphus-like labour completed, Austria has catered into an alliance with the other great Powers. The Lloyd has the following short leading article upon the same subject : "The great event of the time is before the eyes of the world. The alliance of France with England, and then of France with Austria, indicate a turning-point in the European policy. Russia, who for more than a century has been increasing her own greatness on the foundation of the disunion of her neighbours—who baited Sweden, Turkey, and Poland against each other until two of these countries lost the half of their possessions, and no- thing remained of the third—Russia sees herself at once face to face with united Europe. The jealousy between England and France, France and Austria, Austria and Prussia, was to be the principal factor of a future 'uni versal Russian monarchy. That jealousy exists no more. The foresight of Europe recognised the danger, and seized the only sufficient shield—union. More than a battle was won on the 2d of December—the certainty of an honourable and secure peace. A t r aditional policy, glittering with false brilliancy, a policy which was to Russia's advantage alone, has received a b low from which it cannot recover ; and a mass of prejudices Whatever which age could not sanctify has fallen to the grou rr nd ive at a pt and eace, course may new be taken in order t i o a of this we are certain, that the peep ies of the Wes the peoples of central Europ e will pursue t with courage and enthusiasm." ' The Lithographic Correspondence, of Lejolivet (Paris), contains the following : " One of our correspondents in Germany, whom we know to be well•inforined, sends us the following info' , ma n respecting the treat y si g ned b y Austria, France, ti and England on the 2d inst. By the terms of that treaty the three contracting parties form an alliance to impose on the Russian Government the acceptance of the four points interpreted as fol lows : —lf Russia does not accept the four paints by January 2, 1855, Austria will recal her ambassador from St. Petersburg, and will deliver his passports to Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian ambassador at the Court of Vienna. If Russia has not ceded by the 2d of March next, Austria will declare war on her, will enter with large forces into' Bessarabia, and will send 20.000 men to the Crimea. The three contracting Powers interpret the four points in the following manner :—The liberty of the Black Sea will be recognis e d an d ma i nta i ned by perma nent cruise of six vessels of war belonging to each of the great Powers. In addition a seaport will be opposed to Se- ,Pidd.l all Bedford and 1 Blotchley 100 Buckghamsh 100 Clydesdal e 1.00 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. I all Glas. Barr. &-' Neils. Direct all Do. New all Glstr. & Dn. 1 -- ." all Hrtlpl. Die. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lon., Til., &S. 100 'Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. WO Do. 6 per et. all )4anch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlosbro' & Redcar. all Nlidld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp. c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p all Prest. & Wyre all Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.kllit. I.Bi Shef.Roth.and Gooleg.sp.c. 96 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... all IDo 100 Wiltst4omrst Landon & N. Wett. 'L. &DN. W. Caledon.. IGt.Nrtlin. Caldonian, Do Gt. estn Y.c. New. & 1301 W. Y. &NAld Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co 'Norfolk.. L.& N. W.' & Midld. Stekton & Darliugt. Midland.. E. Count ,L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Lancash & Yorksh. H.MCleau `itockt. Darlingt tWestn - 100 99 - 101 134 - 136 ... - • •.• - ••. 103 - 105 13 -13 i 23 -- 24 10i -- 111 21 - 2i 6 = ii 57 - 59 ii 4 := lio 2 2 ~d~ 30 - 31 91 - 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 A.berdeon 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c. 30 Myth and Tyne 1 Oper c. pref. (issd. at 501)1 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyheadi Guar. 5i per cont ; all Do. do. Pref. N.. 2., all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &BandonsL.p.e all Dundee Perth &Aber4, deen Junction all Ea. tAnglian (1:3105) 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c 1 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. a. No. l i all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 r . a. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 5/., 10 ner cent. all Do. 101. Delientr.Sh all Do. clo. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash. 6p. ate. all East and West York shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cont. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom 100 Do. ‘4 p. c. 82 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof all Gt. Southn.StWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per C. Pra. St 6 Gt. Viestn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. con. red. p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. all Ds. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Cua. Stk. all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O l 100 Do .. 6 p. c. Stock 100 'London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 13. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon. &N. W., Cot. ill Nuneaton 5 p. et _ _ 26' 13 20 16 St. Western, 5 London &S. Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color i Shares all Londy. & Ennis. iSb all :Sian., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No.l. ... all I Do. New, £lO . 4i Do. £6 all INflarypt.&Carl.4p all Do. 4i per cent 1N Do [OO Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 11E Do. Pref. 4 per cow 10 Norfolk Debenture . 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stocl. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat LOO Do. 5i per ct. pref._ 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 P.C 100 North British 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. de. 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c 9 Do. do. Quarters 48 10 DcYork ti. & 4 . Bi , r. all North Staffordshire.. 1(X) Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 610. c. all Scot. Cent. , New Pref 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 11 Do. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4A per cent all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all S Wales Gua. 4p. c 16 Do. de. 4A p. c...... all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 WaterMAKilk.6p.c. 20 12i 25 20 St. 25 10 1.0.6 all Agua Fria ....... all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria 30 20 1 1 2 20 1 :i; MINES. all Badon (Gd.Dachy of) all Bktnarvon Iron and Coal . 13.5 British Iron 5 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7} p. cent. 15 Copiapo ....... all English and Austin. Copper Smelts Co Fortuna all General all Gt.Nug,getVeinßes 4 Great Polgooth. all Liberty ...... all Linares all Nfariquita ........ 9 Mexican&S.Amerier all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgiba ud Silva] Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. Now 11 Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7A Tin Croft ...... all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 122. Worthing Mining Australia all I Yuba 98 - 100 R la Si - 6.} - P 4 - P 121 - 1 31 22 - 24 60 - 65 1 - 1113 - 115 10G - 107 99 - 101 6 -- 6A 93 -- 95 89 -- 91 91 -- 93 10 -- 11 16 -- 17 10 -- 10. 71 -- 73 13 -- 19 9 -- 9i 13i -14 A It -- id 134 130 ••• `''' ... 24 - 2ip 10a - 11 i - IP 133 135 q id 57 - 90 104 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 92 3 - Si 'i ::: *ia 103 - 110 11 13 id par 221 —22 i 15 =-1S ..• --•-• la ip ... . 1 .. 2 d 4 ... 1 I- li - g i . .:: 1' - 5 - 7 6 i - 74 21 - 3 - 2 32 - 34 - 4G - 48 4 - i 50 - 55 1- 8 D 14 - 16 11 - 11 i - iP i - I 8a... 9a 6a 7 15 -16 i A -■ A 23 - 1 5 6 - 3t -- 41 11 - 1 - 2 2! - 3 - MISCEL: . all Aubm Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. 4 Australsn Niue. Mail all Australn. Royal Mail 5: 1 2 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land' 1 Brit. do Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 32, Canada LOO Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. apd July all Crystal Palace all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam 21 ElectrieTelegraph(A) all Electric Toleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig., all Mediteran. Elec. Tel all Nat. Pat. Steam End 5 Netherlands Land , 1 N. S. W. Coal & Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... 12. Nrth. ofEuropeSteam all Peel Br. Ld. & Mina all Peninsular St Oriental 45 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. all South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph ' all Do. Registered, 28 WAD Dielsiev's Lau, 'BOTTS ••• --- ••• 35 - 37 ii - il 60 - 70 6 -105 2i - .091 - 109i12t i• - 17 11.• 6...... ••• ..• -- •• i i ."- l •• i ...." ••• ... i ii -- ii 2 - 2i 31 - 36 : 1 12 =l3 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 8. In a Congregation, holden this day, it was proposed to elect a committee for the purpose of regulating the proceedings of the new Congregation appointed under the University Act. The Vice-Chancellor opened the Congregation by re questing that members would first state how many they considered necessary for the formation of such committee, and then who the separate members should be. The votes were taken, when it appeared that the majority voted in favour of seven members, composed of the following, viz. : The Vice -Chancellor. The Senior Proctor. The Junior Proctor. Dr. Bliss. Mr. Rawlinson. Mr. Neat.. Mr. Pattison. For the convenience of perisong wishing., to he present at the performance in the Sheldonian Theatre of the Rev. Sir F. A. Gore Ouseley's exercise for the degree of Doctor in Music, on Saturday, Dec. 9, at two o'clock, notice is hereby given, that seats will be reserved In the Semicircle, for doctura and ladies with doctors' tickets ; In the Lower Gallery, for masters of arts and ladies without tickets ; In the Upper Gallery, for undergraduates ; and Iu the Area, for masters of arts, bachelors of arts, and gentlemen not members of the University. Persons will be admitted at the gates opposite New College-lane and in tile Clarendon at one o'clock. The small gate by the Ashmolean Museum will be opened at the same time for the convenience of ladies arriving in carriages. MARKET NE IVS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was well supplied with fruit and vege tables for the time of year, and the general demand ruled steady, as follows : FRULT.—Pine apples, English, 4s 0,1 to 7s per lb; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house g r ap e s, 4s 6d to 8s Gd p er lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 8.1 ; melons, Os 0,1 to Os each ' peaches, Os Od to Os • nectarines, Os 01 to Os per doz en , apples, 4s Od to lOs 01 per bushel ; pears, 2s Od to Gs Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet ' • ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plum s , 3s 0 . to Os Oil per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, Gd to is per doz.; oranges. 3s 6d to Os per 100; fil berts, 0.35 to 110 s per 100 lbs; cobnuts, 140 s; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to 0.1 per 100; figs, is Od to 2s Gd per lb. VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, Gd to 1s Od per dozen ; red ditto. 2s Od to 4s per dozen ; Frenei beaus, 11 61 to 2s per half sieve ; brocoli, 8(1 to is 3d per bundle ; potatoes, 95s to 130 s perton; vegetable marrow, Od to Os each; peas, is 6d to 3s 01 per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 21 to 41 per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 6(1 per bunch ; cucumbers, is lid to 2s each ; garlic, Os 6d to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, is to Is Gil per sieve; onions, 2s Gd to 4s ()d per bush. ; Spanish ditto, 1s to 3s per doz. • leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d : horse-radish, 2s Od to 5s 0.1 per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, 9(1 to 1s 3d per bunch ; endive, 9il to 1s 3d per score ; beet, id to 141 each; parsnips, 1s Od to 2s Od per dozen; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, 1s Od to is 6d per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 33 6d to 4s Od per half sieve; chillies, is to Is Gd per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, 1s to 2s per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 7a Od each; Ducks, 28 Gd to 3s Od ; tame Itaaits, Os Od to Os Oil ; wild do , 10d to is Od each ; Pigeons, Gs to 8s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Us 01; middling, 2s Od to 3s (hi ; Chickens, is Od to 2s 3d ; Capons, 4s Od to Os 0,1; Hares 3s Gd t• 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is Gd to is 9d ; Pheasants, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Leverets, 2s Gd to 3s each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s Od, and English Us 6d to 14s 6d per dozen lbs. English Eggs, Os Od to lOs Od; French ditto, 68 Od to 7s 6d per 120. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, is 4d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 101 to 43 101; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 10d per Sibs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef from Si 4d to 4s 6d ; Inatton, 3.1 Ga to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 4d t.) 58 Od per Blbs. - BILLINGSGATE. - ---- Turbots, 2s Gd to lOs ; Brills, is to 55 each; Salmon Os Od to Os per lb; Cod Fish, is Gd to lOs each; Soles, 3d to is 3d per pair; Eels, Sd to 130 I per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s Gd ; Crabs, 4d to 2s 6d; Whitings, 3s to 6s per doz.; Common Oysters, lOs to IGs • Natives, 40s to 503 per bsh; Ma c k ere l , 04 to 04 each ; 'Smelts, is to is Gd per doz.; Skate, 64 to 04 per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2 s 64 peigallon; Bloater; is 6d. to 2s Od. par z. ; Fresh Herrings, Gd 6d to Sc p er 100 . ; Scotch do. , Gd to Is Od; Spra ts, 3s 64 p er bushel ; Doreys, is to 7s each ; Haddocks , 4 s to 8 s per doz. Pike Sturgeon , 6d per Prawns, 2s 6a to 3s. READ The prices o f wheaten b B read in . the metropolis are from 10d to 11d; of household ditto, SL:d to 9id per llb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to 3id; 641 b to 721 b, 30 to Od ; 721 b to 801 b, 3Ad to 3id • 801 b to 881 b, Tid to 4 d ; 88lb to 961 b, 4d to 4icl 96lb to' 1011 b, 4 4d to 4 od ; 1041 h to 1121 b 46d t o 5d ; upwards, 5d to Od. Horse hides, 5s Od to 6s Gd ;ca l f skins, light, 6s Gd to Os Od ; polled-sheght e 2s Od to 3 s Od ; ditto , full , p, 5s 6,1 'to 7s Od ; Kents, 4s Gd to 5s 3d ; Half -bred% 4s 6d to 5 s 3d ; Downs, 3s 3d to 4s 2d ; L am b s, Oa Od 'to Os Od. BAY MARKETS. SIIITIMELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 133 to 4 / 15 s ; clov er ditto, 31 Oa to 610 1 ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply and a steady trado. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5 / Os ; clo ver ditto, 3/ 3 s t o 5 / 15a ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 13 s per l oad. Trade r a th er dull, yet prices were supported. WHITECRAPEL. Mea ditto, 3/ 10 3 to Os Both h a y and straw moved ;a off at late rates. n do d w at i r ia , y v , 2/ 15s to 41 16 s; clover d a 11 6g to 11 12s per 10. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 9.—Wi n d thi s day at Noon, W. ; fresh breeze, with fine weather. DOVER, Dec. 8. —Wind, W. Arrived—Alfred, from Hjaanretilez wolitfh naing for Constantinople and o crew sick. ntinplo; Eliza, ic Newcastle, for Rio RAMSGATE, Dec. B.—Wind, W.S. W. Arrived—Aidina, from Amsterdam, for Surinam, with damage ; Emanuel, Newcastle, for Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. B.—Wina, W., Arrived—Abel Tasman, f rom Rotterdam, for Akyab ; H.M.S. Caesar, Baltic, and proceeded for the Eastward ; Vere, London, for Jamaica; Cimbria, do., for Geelong; Zeepaard, do., for Hobart Town ; Jane, London ; Azores Packet, do. ; Antinore, Shields ; Graf Hahn Bagedon, Dundee, both for Constantinople. PLYMOUTH, Dec. B.—Wind, W. Arrived—Azorian, from London, for St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, Dec. B. Wind, W. Arrived—Commodore, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed—H.M.S. Brisk, for the Pacific) ; Fortuna, Hull. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. B.—Arrived—The Raleigh, from London. COWES, Dec. B.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Moodker, for Yarmouth. Put back—Alma (s), Crimea. GLOUCESTER, Dec. S.—Arrived—lndefatigable, from Miramichi. SWANSEA, Dec. B.—Wind, N. Sailed—Lady Sandys. for Capo de Verds. HULL, Dec. B.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Herald, from St. John's, N.B. ; Wanderer, do. ; Wolga, Bathurst; Helen Macgregor (s), Hamburg ; Courier (s), Christiania Fazelle (s), Antwerp ; Irwell (s), kotterdam. CARDIFF, Dec. B.—Wind, N.W. SaNd—Lone Star, for Papeeta; St. Peter and Paul, Messina; Commerce, Malta. DUBLIN, Dec. 7.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Mary Ann, from St. John's, N.B. ; Ondino (s), from London. Sailed—Ouzel, for Trinidad. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 7.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Flo rida, from Callao. TONNING, Dec. s.—The Isabella (Swedish schooner), from Cette to Hamburg, is ou shore on the Huuderplate, in the Eidei, and at flood tides lies under water. CUXHAVEN, Dec. 6.—The Hanoverian vessel Flora, from Bremen to Ham burgh, was stranded off Newark last night ; crew saved. fro W ID Y C G roningeniC•ON-FO Lond on, to g i Dec. 4.— Theot Alphonsus Ma r i a , o f and aground on the Horinun Sand on tit() night of Dec. '2, cut away her masts, beat over, and anchored inside the sand, and subsequently assisted into the entrance of the channel, near Knupsand ; crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) . L IV ERPOOL, Saturday, 10.55 a.m.Wind, N.N.W. ; strong bi ooze. Arrived—The Rattler, from Oporto; Schoodiao, from Quobec. _ The West Wind, from New Orleans, bound for Ostend, has put back. Sailed—The Triton, for Ostend. Off Port—The shiy Parqueto de Levante and schooner Benavon ; also a ship with loss of maintopmast—inward bound. 25 12 12 93 20 61A St St. 25 88h 9 8 69 70 I St. '2O 2 73 2i b. 6. 1051 100 991 83i 3 6i 10 20 23 to 681 St. 32 I St, St, 93 I St' 60 591 294 St. 6k 20 20 20 2k 25 10s , 01 20 1 40 5 3/ St. 2i 25 34i I 68 9 Pm 13$ 106} 100j} 72 1i 1 dii 1001 90i 11 i 35i 5 6 6i 5 8 i 82i 2 lt bastopol,and will be established at eitherlistOutn eralisops: The liberty of the mouths of the Danube will be guaran teed by the absence of every Russian fortification on the banks of the river, and the fortifications of Ismail will be raised. Tile independence of the Porte is to be placed under the collective prctect,ra.te of the five great Powers, and each of them will protect especially its co-relicdon n;t ; only, with respect to Greek subjects of the Porte, they are to be, both in the Turkish provinces and in the principalities, placed under the collective protectorate of the five Powers. The same arrangezne'nts will be adopted with respect to the principalities. -- In fine, the Western Powers guarantee to Austria her 'present pos sessions. On her side, Austria promises - her efforts to obtain the adhesion of Prussia and of the other German States to the present treaty." LITERATURE. The Romance of the _Forum ; or, Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of Justice. By Peter Burke. Second Series. 2 vols. Burst and Blackett. It is not likely that any one who has not perused a work of this description could form a correct idea of it.e great interest and manifold attractions. There is something more to be met with than dry details of business and law transactions : we meet with the deep-laid schemes and occult contrivances that produced the crimes whose contemplation and study have been the marvel of mankind. From generation to generation the records of these deeds are handed down ; they form the topic of conver sation, the theme of controversy, and the subject of gossip in all the circles of the land. The fashion able, the learned, and the vulgar unite to discuss zind arg ue th e i r various points. It is not astonish ing that a compilation of the most remarkable crimes that have been brought to light during the last century should be informing and engrossing. Ono of the m os t notable anecdotes is that entitled " The Great Douglas Cause," in which the con fusion that aros e f rom the uncertainty of the proofs is made strikingly manifest. Mr. Douglas was declared to be the son of Lady Jane Douglas by . one party, while others asserted that he was an impostor. Aft er muc h la b or i ous seeking and proving nothing was decisive, and the matter was finally arranged by Mr. Douglas sue. ceeding to the title. and estates, as nothi ng was established of sufficient importance to justify his being branded as an impostor. " Marie Delorme" is au extravagant sketch. The only possible reason to be assigned for her conduct is that she was completely bewildered and perplexed by her parents' foolish arrangements for her sake. " The Spectral Treasure" is a very curious tale, of a man who, to better his condition of a labourer, gave out that he possessed a treasure. He accused an innocent man o f robbing him, and it was owing to a chance that this unlucky individual was not sub jected to the torture, such cruel means being re sorted to in those days by the French courts of law. " Murd ers i n I nns o f C our t" are shocking instances of crime, in which the guilty are dis covered by their own unwariness. "Matthieson the Forger" is ono of the most celebrated characters in this work in the way of cun ning and cleverness. He contrived, for some time, to pass Bank of England notes which he made himself, so perfectly and preciselrsimilar that it was impossible to detect the difference. He forged the hands of the cashier and the entering clerk so marvellously that the men themselves could not know their own writing. It was resolved to give up the case for want of legal evidence, when it was said that Matthieson had committed himself some time before by his avowal of guilt on his arrest. Not knowingthe chance in store for him, he had imprudently declared his doings. It is stated that his art was beyond the usual means of reach. " Had he been suffered to flourish long, no man could have been safe in taking a bank note who had not the books of the Bank to resort to." According to the custom of that time, Matthieson was hanged at Tyburn. " A Rescue from Execution" is an interest ing account of the fortunate deliverance of two men who were to have been hung for the supposed theft of a shilling. " The Accusing Spirit" is a strange proof of the power of a guilty conscience in a man earned Joseph Brown, who gave himself up to justice more than four years after the murder took place. "Eccentric Occurrences" furnish some wonderful events. "A Ghost—a Murderer indeed," in which the man who saw the ghost of the missing indivi dual was afterwards proved to be the one who had committed the murder himself ; his plan of con cealing himself finally was the mode of his dis covery. " Advuuturesses of Pretended Rank" is an entertaining narrative of the tricks played by two artful women. The first, the German Prin cess, was executed ; but the details relatiu: to the false Countess are only ludicrous, and are a pleasing change to the many fatal scenes here redorded and chronicled. The conduct of the French General is so strange and inconsistent that it is not to be wondered at that the President, at his trial, concurred in the belief of one of his wives, that the sun of St. Domingo had turned his brain. A long account of the "Esher Murder" is at the conclu sion of the catalogue of crimes and misdemeanours. The general reader will find subjects worthy of attention, the thinker will meet with matters of stud, and the lovers of the startling and myste rious will obtain the desired information in these volumes. They have had living witnesses to attest the marvels wrought by their heroes, and their romance has been enacted on the vantage-ground of reality. MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. Wild Sports in the Far West. By Frederick Ger staecker. Translated from the German, by H. Weir. Routledge. Esperanza; or, The Rome of the Wanderers. By Anne Bowman. Routledge. The Story of the Peasant-Boy Philosopher. By Henry Mayhew. David Bogue. Leaves from the Diary of an Officer of the Guards. Chapman and Hall. A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish. By Piscator. Second edition. Longman. and Co. First Steps in Economic Botany. By Thomas Croxeu Archer. Lowel Reeve. IViid Sports in the Far TVest is an entertaining narrative of the adventures of a sportsman in North America. It i s translated_ from the German of Frederick Gerstaecker, by garrison Weir. In the preface the author says that it was not his original intention to publish the contents of the diary he had kept during his travels for the amusement of his family in Germany. Encouraged, however, by the interest excited by some extracts published in the periodicals he undertook to revise and correct his notes, and to mould them into a continuous narrative. He has endeavoured to portray faith fully both the condition of the settlers and his own adventures. He warns the sportsman " that many an adventure that reads admirably on paper is in reality the reverse of romantic." The book will be most attractive to this class of readers, as there are many accounts of encounters with bears, wolves, panthers, &c. It is ornamented with tinted illustrations.—Esperanza ; o Th e Home of the Wande rers , i s a l so on the subject of American travellers. It is a story by Anne Bow man, the authoress of " Travels of Rolando," of a family who emigrated to South America, and is a very . interesting nar ra ti ve , an d w ill be peculiarly fascinating to young readers. Another work, of a more instructive character, also intended for juve nile readers, is entitled, The Story of the Peasant boy Philosopher, by Henry Mayhew. It is founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shep herd-boy a s t ronomer , and its object is, by connect ing scientific information with the story of a boy's life and efforts to awake in the reader's mind a desire to pursue the study.—Leaves from the Diary of an Officer in the Guards, having appeared in a periodical, are now offered to the public in a collective form. In the present stirring times of war the effect is curious to turn to sketches of the last campaign. They are varied and striking, and will no doubt meet with a favourable reception...—. A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish contains complete and elaborate directions t f h or e choosing and cook in g fish, with remarks u p on t heir respec ti ve qualities. Its object is to supply instruc tions which have been hitherto wanting, as author searched in vain in six modern cookery books of the highest merit for something about The e lat fa ctheto f want this b th ei e n era t l h i e tie s s e o e f on t d he e J di o t l i i o n D np o r r o y N . ,es existed, and that this little volume has satisfactorily supplied it. First Steps to Economic Botany, by Thomas Croxen Archer, is_ an abridgment of that author's work on " Popular Economic Botany," iNivlhenicthhahs beenasundertaken attracted in i at th much h notice. suggestionTh e a bofr the - Heads of the Department of Science and Art, with a view of making the subject available to pupils of all classes. It is a valuable .and instruc tive little work, and gives a concise summary of the outline of the science. EXETER HALL.—The members of the Sacred Harmonic Society recommenced their performances last night, and with increased prospects of success. Mr. Costa is still at the bead of affairs as regards the orchestra, which, whether vocally or instrumentally, is as numerically strong as it has ever been since be has been invested with the conductorship. The band and chorus consist of the itsual 700 performers, including, we are specially informed by the society, the sixteen double bassel, which doubtless form a by no means inadequate founda tion for such a colossal superstructure. The disposition of the forces seems to have undergone no change. Mr. Costa, when he entered the orchestra, was received as he usually is received upon these occasions—that is, with all the signs of a large and cordial season popularity. The hall was crowded in every part, and the has apparently opened well. tVPEI , I7 -1 rr.7 - 7 - - . •- - , ) I .1 g 9er e / ie