The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-06 00:00:00

'- - - -4•11111111.=7" - . - _ • - • '4 V L . 31 k k • ;" •"). ... 51M10•••••..•1M••••1 F ....g....1,........................, /••••••• t had lIIARR7T NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 1 SHARL' MARKETS-(THIS DAY). • sates- BRITISH RAILWAYS. blish- COEN ELHANGE. litionFresh up to-d a y th e arr i va l s o f E ng li s h w h ea t were on a very limited scale, and the show of samples of both red 0105111 g Prices Basiness done iglish and white was trifling. Owing to the closing of the in. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. yesterday. this day, land navig ation rende r i ng it i m possible t o d e li ver, th e made amount of business doing was limited ; nevertheless, fo.c- - 21 -- 20 ussels tors were very firm, and needy buyers were comp e ll e d t o St. 100Aberclecin ......••••••• 2 01 pay an advance of is to 2s per quarter on Monday's prices. 4 5 pit binet The import of American wheat has been good ; yet the 4,06 o the . sale for all kinds was steady, and prices were fully is per 20 84 1 A ist m E bg as . t N z o . t ßalj t u n n g ly . o, l a t e .. ~... - _. so all Belfast yarn - quarter . higher. Floating cargoes were h e ld a t a r i se of 2s 14 all Bfrnin - e * Wolverh. & vision per quarter. We wero very moderately supplied with barley, which k ou euh r . V d all . La ey n . o .. sh ..... d 1 .. 9 - 9 i 11 - 9 d 31 27 i a 11 28 B DC B i r o t h. sold steadily, at is per quarter more money. e was Malt was in good request, and is dearer. pt its We had a good demand for oats, at 6d per quarter more money. e the r s e h. jun & e S t ir • i. • , • 22 18 Do ,, £ 6 20 1 . 2 .. 5 .. C . !.. 11'.... 158 i = 19 ' ;es in Beans, peas, and flour were held at enhanced rates. than ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. St. 1 3 00 0 r 3 x Bristoll y t 25 h & i s I T! E an x t e e 4 t E xe t er.. ... . ). original: l: .. ' 5 , ?.„ -- 7 . : 97 mbar • Wheat. Barley. ►Malt. Oath. Flour. St. . 100 Ca1ed0nian............. " 4 ,1 - ,t 4 524 4 English .. 1,160 2,550 2,520 1,180 1,040 tom- Irish -••- 730 and Foreign .. 19,060 510 13,750 ___ usOgo allall il ' C C o h l e .k ste a r na tit t H an o d ly or h n e . a .. d . 11_ .. . . . 7 --- -'. . 5 ' 3 . 14 6 - 2,400 27,920 b i . 20 all 'Cork, Black. & ass. .---..... ... - • •• SMITHFIELD. 20 10 'Cornwall 44 -46 rso va The supply of beasts in to-day's market was very mode sbian 50 45 ipublin& p ße er l t f h as a tiu b n er c rate as to number, and deficient in quality. Prime breeds wired esoved. off steadily , at full prices ; otherwise the beef trade -.- -. 25 all Dunde j e unotion ....... 8 _ 8 1 all JoeenN a. was in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's currency. With 25 all Fa't A e n w elian (X 25 L. 4 - 11 been sheep we were fairly supplied. The trade was by no means -° 1 East ez - ' l4. ` & D 0..... g aeavy active, yet we have no change to notice in prices. Calves, • all Do , .£lB E. &11.).. ••• ••• id in the supply of which was limited, moved off slowly at latel2i -1 3 12 1 42 rates. In pigs comparatively few transactions took Atli .36 -- OIUII- place. 5t. 2108 l a oo ll . : Eas Ea.s . t te e ( i r .n n u C to o . u o n n t , ies . . s .. . weeks Milch cows were dull, at from 141. to 181. 5s each, in ;chin. eluding their small calf. 1 5 t. 100 !Do., do. o d w o. A. l3 o . ate, Thirds) 2 6. 8 i i_ 3 : 5. St. 100 'East Lancashire ...... „„ _ 65 they Per Blbs to sink the offals. St. 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow 00 hunt- - a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 21 ' -- 23 a the Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 PrimeSouthclown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 S l l o o t 100 3 1 4 xkish - Prime large oxen 40 4 6 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Et. 100 ' il l iirtinn g hbb o a: w l:l3l : nlhdC S lP . 4Y l ed ir Deab e u s lnue te scin rn 'ec.:. 1 . ., --__ ... Prime Scots, &c. 4 $ 410 Large hogs 3 4 4 2 hat a Inferior Sheep ...3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 4 410 St. 1 100 00 : D Gi. o •cia ., t A N . ort st h o e e r k n S . t . k ,. .. : .2,7,,1 - 18 6 : 01 83 4 4 4 Second quality ...4 2 4 4 Sucklingcalves ..23 0 28 0 St. 100 IDo., B. Stock .....- 14° Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 410 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 St. 100 !Gt. Sth.&West.(Tre.) 103 - 1 05 1024 814 _-- 8 2 4 814 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ........ - ...... .. 1,082 Beasts•• .. •• •• .. •• •• ••.. • 212 12 11 100 11 Irerso*Via erd.ay Sheep ... - ... ..... ••.• .. 4,400 Sheep .... •• •• .. •• •• ...... 330 mnan Calves ..... ••..•••• .• .. 120 Calv es 50 all Lancaste e r thst : Ea C rn a s. r i li e :t . . : : 93 • - 98 essionl . 3 .. - 14 . p Pigs ..•• ................ 300 Pies.- . .... •• - Bt. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 7 44 2 6 6 4 5 d 64„1 4 t that 194 174,D0., Fifths ,vy of NEWGATE AND LE..A.DENHALL. ppear 50 14 a l u lll L D e o e . 4 , s W N st o . rt ß h id eru ing . U .. n 1i • -- . 1 . 3 . 4 d About an average business was transacted in each kind 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt ••• - ••• lition Of meat, as follows :- , u the Per 81,b's by theisrcase. . pars- . s. d. s. d. s. d. s. cl. 5 1 1 0 1:3 / 4 100 a 1 1 81 Lo Lo lip ti n n a d d . . ° B lll n ri & b gh . &Bt:Setshkiad:. 97 - - I 4 , 9 8 1) 4 3t 100 London &N. Western 102 -102 s 102 lf Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 310 r - ' )posi- Do., middling.... 3 6 310 Do., middling 4 0 4 6 f u 9.. Do., prime large .4 04 2 Do., prime 484 10 12 • Do. Fifths ag an Do., do. 5raa11....4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 5 0 2 mils- Pork, large 36 4 2 Pork, small 44 5 0 . 8 12 t. 4 1001 i London larhi lSl w & o ß ato - ro *C 754 1 : 121 - 1 14 d --_. 40 50 42 34 1 D p 0 0. ., £ £4 50 0:::::: ...... :::::: ileries BOROUGH HOP. 10 - 9 d 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine ••• - ... L uni- About an average business is doing in most kinds of hops 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 1 . 2 . • 3eived at M on d ay ' s currency. Very few imports have taken St. 100 • Manch.Shef.&Lineln. 21 -: 22 inues2o 4 4 place this week. Th e f o ll ow i ng are t h e quotations :- 84 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ••• TO 4 lad and East Kent pockets, 14/. Os to 171. 17 s ; W ea ld St . 100 Midl an d . - 6161 4 00 1 Fetters ; of Kent ditt o , 101. 5 s to 121. 12s ; Susse x ditt o , 101 . O s St . 100 D o . Bi rm i ng .&D er b y 34 - 36 ester- the - to 121. ; and fo re i gn , 7/ . O s t o 9/ . O s per cwt. 50 471 Midland G. West. (Ir. ) ••• - ••• .r 25 172 Do. j Shares ... - ... lop all Newcastle &Carlisle ... - ... COLONIAL. 54 - 56 SUGAR,-The market has been extremely firm for 1111E0 British Plantation since the opening, and West India St. 4 100 ExtensionsDNewiTaryket. alters qualities have advanced 6(1 to Is per cwt. Barbadoes, by 4d - par I ated auction, was sold at 32s 6d to 38s for ord to fine, and at g 0 654 1 7 5 71 N N e e o wrv wp • .tu.lAdtbEenrtdiskulHt.fednt. 245 .......- l i d 20 all Newry Warreripoin 37s 6cl to 40s for mid to fine crystalised Demerara. East 6 - 8 and, & Rostrevor India, Mauritius, dark brown, at auction has been sold at 48 - 50 N0rf01k...... 3 a - 3 1 3 4 0 0 d 284 toured 28s 6d, ord to fine brown at 29s 6cl. to 30s 6cl, low and mid 71f. yellow at 33s to 355, good and fine yellow at 35s 6d to 40c. 37s 6d, and crystalised at 38s. Bengal good white St. I°° 4 N rthn Counties Un Ll' per Benares has realised 395, mid 38s, low to good yellow Mau- I S s° 6 t . 1 1 0 3 6 0 - North ° North De vo n ß r sh ; N . . 0 . ... i : : 28 8 _...- ritius kind 33s to 38s, good and fine brown 31s 6d to 335, and Ls rtes, Cossipone 41s to 425. Madras common mid to fine G 'Teat 1 8 6 .11 110 D D Do., .. : I: l' t o_ BI . 2 D . eferred . 61 - 44 . 0: - 7 . . 2 . 4 brown has realised 288 6d to 30s 6d, low to fine yellow 5 8 Do " 1 2 1 L G uaran te ed d ~ 50 ... A I 'Of. ; 31s to 355, and a few lots of grainy fine yellow to mid 50 all North on on ..... , Mledi- white 38s to 42s 6cl. Penang went is 6d to 2s 6d higher 'Bor- than last month, the brown at 30s 6d to 33s 6cl for low to 10 1.1 N o . t & ea S 6 .7 ao st d n c ., i li ty a j m o p .: ... - ... 5 00. ; fine, and the yellow at 33s 6d to 36s 6d for low grey to 20 174 North hh Western 8: 8 5i 2 : Vd 20 an ak Of good yellow. Foreign.-The demand has been good, and 10 0 1 1 0 full prices have been obtained. Havannah at auction sold readily at 38s 6d to 40s 6d for good yellow to florettes, and H u. June: 1... d - par ... and Leicester Nuneaton, d' e S al W o . n e , at 36s for low yellow. A floating cargo of brown Pernam- ID • bum. went at 20s 9d, and one of Java for Holland at 23s 3d. Refined.-There are ready buyers for home consumption St. 100 O lv xf o o l r v d er W ha o m r ... Wolverhampton 1... . a . 35 - 37 at rather higher rates. Brown lumps are 15s, and grocery 45s 6d to 50s. 2 6 0 t. 1 2 00 .2 sticeSS P c o o rt trsh ou C t e h ntral - COME.-There has been a steady market, but with no Al . of great amount of b us i ness . N a ti ve C eylon has been at 50s St. St. 1 1 00 00 s t r ot e t w is s h ho M ry id dt lan ß d irmg. 55 56 ..... -. 6 5 0 8 Bilish for good ord, with few sellers. Plantation has also been St. 100 Do., L . • icon- rather q u i e t, excep t the triage sorts, whi c h are i n d eman d Guaranteed N. W es t edStock 55 - 60 yw to at high rates. Good bold coloury sold at 70s, good mid at 638 to 655, low mid and mid at 58s to 62s for fine, and 2 1 6 0 4 an 10 s Sh hr r e ews wah b y y : & d: Ll Ch er e e st f e t . 24 - 2dis rluro (Nor. W. Min.) l4 - 16 mixed at 54s 6d to 575, triage at 47s to 565, and peaberry 134 all Do. Halves, do 7 - 8 at 63s to 665. Neigheray sold at 62s to 71s for greyish well only made, and at 67s for peaberry. Naidoobatum sold at it hin high prices, small to good bold grey close made 66s to 70s, 2 2 0 0 a 1 164 , D shr o. o o;we hire stry un. . i . o . ;:::: 3 11 .._-- 1, 2 1 d her of a fine and fine fi ne or d and mixed pale and foxy 53s 6cl to ••• - D o. paid A ' B up' a v t p er C, &D cant. - Nor- a...rates,' fully ... 565, and triage 45 s t o 56 5 . M oc h a was held for higher 50 Sh De : on ..... -.- 14 -- 16 to 60s. good y e ll ow l ong berry 78s, triage sold at 52s 6cl all out St. 100 South Eastern 594 - 604 00 59 1 1 50 Note R ICE.-A large business has been done, and the quantity all South Wales 32 33 d.a,ra- in first hands is small. Prices are up 3d per cwt., several 2020 15 S.O .... Y0rk...... 5h.8....... iv.arD2 .. n . 4 ...._ 5 3 -- 2 d %wan. thousand b ags h av i ng c h ange d h an d s at the advance. 5 D Bengal mid and good has been sold at 16s 3d to 16s 6d, 20 25 2 .2 all Stockton the - and Madras at 14s 3d. Madras to arrive brought 14s 9d. . a t rt W il i n: p g k i .. 7 -. - -___ .(i . COTTON.-Prices are firm, and at auction Tinnivelly rea- :: . - ... :wise used 44d, and Madras 3fd to 34d per lb. 10 8 Do. £lO shades -- ... SALTPETRE.-The market is firm, fine having realised St. 100 1" T atai a o ff enk V et l a ' l nW e 4':DLI" •-• • • 31s for cash, and Bengal by auction sold at 29136c1 to 30s S these for low and low mid 13 to 10j per cent, refraction. 3 2o t - . 1 2 00 0 D Tha o na . dm P e r ßesa f ll.il , wa N vae o yn . 1 Doc . k . 24 aosed SPIcEs.-Pimento by auction has been sold at 6d to 64d r, and for good ord2o 17 Vale of Neath 144 - 154 mixed to good mid even . Whit e Si ngapore 1 TlOll3 pepper has r ea li se d 104 d f or m id d i ngy. Malabar partly 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 5 50 all Waterford&Limerick 25 - 27 - 61 •esult sold a t 4d f or m id h alf heavy. Cloves at bid for ord 20 14 West Cornwall 8 • 84 t n re e d n i ts dark Bou r b on ; an d nu t megs at 2s 5d to 2s 6d per lb. fon, Singapore small. ..• 1 West End of London . - TEA.-The market h as been dull, common congou at and Crystal Palace .. 20 all West London __ ... saucels 2fd to is 2fd peilt. ' ... they TALLOW.- 10 51s. P.Y.C. has be en very fi rm a t 5 9s 3d to 59s York Newctl.dißerw. 63 - 64 63 6d per cwt. on the vet. St. 100 rove- GREEN FRUIT.-The incl emen t s t a t e o f t h e weather has 25 20 Do. Extensions ..... -84 d 1 . 1 a s -31 d ply, l a prejudici a l e ff ec t on th e mar k et, and out-of-door consump- 100 York &N. Midland 451 - 461 25 11j Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 'Lion is c om pl e t e ly c h ec k e d . S ome parcels of oranges from St. St. Michael and Fayal, offered by Keeling and Hunt at lents public sale-the principal part of the former was bought in FOREIGN. ;reed from want of buyers, the latter went at a reduction of 2s as to per box. Some enquiry exists for lemons for confectionary 10 7 Antwrp & Rotterdam 21 -14 d 'mill- pnrposes. Seville s ours are much wanted. Nuts of all 5 3 Belgian East. Janet, 1 -14 20 8 Beziers to G r ai ssessac 4 - 2 d kinds scarce, and price s we ll supported. s te m neu- ... Central of 1ta1y....,., ... ...- ••• -______ ..._______t___................,_ 20 all Charleroi & Erqu e li n 13 - 15 LLOYD'S SHIPPI N G.- (THIS DAY,) 171 all Demerara . . _ ... 20 10 Dijon and Besa,aon... 21 -- 311 3 7 C1 0 .. LONDON, Jan. 6.--17 -.-- ind this day at Noon, W. ; light 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3i 2i - 3/p 23i a they slowly. -21 d ants, airs. It i s s li g htl y f reez i ng on the surface, but is thawing 20 2 Do. Extension id -4 P DEAL, Jan. 4.-Th ree b o di es an d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula i-1 p a boat w e re washed 20 10 Gd 4 ashore this morn i ng, near N o. 2 Battery, supposed to be 10 Gd: Junet Trunk: of Canada -3 p of France 2 place part of th e crew an d appointments of the vessel wrecked - )f one o n th e G oodwin Sands. Shrs. and Bonds 4 - 3 d i FALMOUTH, Jan. 5.-Wi n d, N ., light. Arrived--Al- 20 8 Gt ports chymi s t, f rom Q uebec ; Vassitei Sijiaret (Turkish war et.), 201 20 2 Gt , Central of France par - p Westn. of Canada 4 belli- Constantinopl e . S a il e d-S t. John, for Savannah. Shares 1- ld vying PORTSMOUTH, J an . 5 . - ... ... Do.bonds( l i55.) 1 857 ... - ... Arrived -Vult ure, . Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Wind, E. Arrived-V u lt ... ... - • .• *arms from N ew York, for Antwerp ; Oceanus, Quebec, f or S un - 201 101 Hamilton & Toronto id - par rtain derland. S a il e d-H . M . ' s sts. Conflict and Dragon, for the IC.O all Do. 6 per cent wally westward.-The Calli n d er , arr i ve d h ere from Lisbon, re- 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle rties. ... - ... Ports havi ng s p o k en , on t h e 17th Dec., in lat. 45, long. 9, 5 4 Luc ca an d Pi s t o j a , 5 the Lucile (Spanish brigantine), having on board the crew per cent. pref. ess at of the Andromaque (French), Marseilles to Nantes, which 20 15 L uexem b ourg ... •10 -10 j i and f oundered in lat. 45 N., 10 W. e ex- , 10 10 Do. (Railway) 6 - 64 PLYMOUTH, Jan. 5.-Wind, E.S.E. Arrived-Meteor, 5 2 Do l4 - 2 from Mauritius ; Grenvill e B a y, D a lh ous i e ; Maranham, 5 3 Do. (Canal) l4 - 2 n the Quebec ; Nini Deeps, St. Michael's ; Od n i, St . Üb es, for 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. id - par Bergen, w ith l oss o f sails and spars. Sailed-Margaret, 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... - . p silty St. Michael's. 20 101 IVladras i - 4 P 'lark BRISTOL, Jan. 5.-Ar r i ve d- B e l mon t , from Quebec. 331 29 Maria Antonia Um RACOMBE, Jan. 4.- Arrived-Etewan, from St. John's, 10 10 Do. New -- -. and, • N. 8., for Bristol, leaky, and damaged sails. 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ... - ... the SHEERNESS, Jan. 1.-Wind, E. Arrived-Hilding, 20 all Namur & Liege (with and from St. Übes. L the in - POWEY, Jan. 3.-Th e H e i r of Madryn (Welsh schooner) 20 all Do t erest (ex interest) '74 8 . was totally wrecked, Charleston Pier, this morning. 16 all Northern of France 34 • - 314 33 sub- HOLYHEAD, Jan 3.-The Henry (*brig), of Whitehaven 20 all Do. 201. 3p. ecial from Cardiff to Liverpool, is on shore near the Breakwater' , of the new harbour, and likely to become a total wreck. [frey.B.&Ams.Shs.] ... - ... AMSTERDAM, Jan. 2.-Tho Emma, 10 all NorwegianTruk.Pref 71 - 8 thisport, from Baltimore to 20 10 Paris and Lyons 154 -161 p 254 1 high was stranded near Karaperdum 31st Dec., and 40 40 Do. bonds is high and dry, and with masts cut awe ' a y. 20 all Paris and Orleans _- ROTTERDAM, Jan. 2.-The Hendrik from Batavia to 20 all Paris and Rouen 4O -42 other Rotterdam, d rove on shore near Renesse, Dec. 30. The 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 314 - 314 sea was running too high for steamers to get near her. x St. APPLEDORIC, Jan. 3.-The M • 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 3- 4 p port to Torquay, put in her() tahircisulmsoof mo rning, 'tilts. from New- 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 1' - 1 d LSOD, ruing, nearly full of 20 all Rouen and Havre - 191 water, having carried away her forefoots and bulged her 20 12 Royal Danish bottoms on Mortstone, and had to be run on the ground to 5 2 Royal Swedish 1 - par Ls to prevent her sinking. 1 - f d aises The full extent of the damage is not 20 all Sambre and Mouse B4 - 9 yet known. Mr. SUNDERLAND, J an . 5,-, ri ., 10 6 . Do. 51 per cent. pref. ... - ... were Mana,of Montrose a_r t a . nhlio . w i :? 3:3lcs r ke ra s.ah; n a c cin is re co ,wbs O es f avvo N edn a shir p . lOS e ;; 2 2 0 0 2 S.E. of France ......., .- - ••• iich, 6 Southern of France 3• - 5 p and ane, of Sunde ; rl M an a d7 first . HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 4. 20 6 StAndrews & Quebec ... - ... ) de- stranded near West Hartlepool D ec. 13 (Swedish brig), 20 2s. Upper India Scrip - ... 13 , has this day gone 84 all West Flanders • 4 - 41 mu- to pieces. igh- WHITBY, Jan. 4.-The2o 10 Do. 51 per c. Pref - 4 d pot. from London; the Bedlington Beta, ssechLoo.._neeol,toiamfisNewcastle, 20 10 Western of France 7 - 8 p thin from Folkestone ; the Mary A s ' iti s,'?°! l 1 1, of this port, 10 4 West. of Switzerland 14 - lid , both 20 2 Wiesbaden ... - - out the Donnington, (schooner), of ih t is "n p g o l h don, all bound to this port in ballast, are fr om Lob- 20 12 Zealand. . each On the 41 - 4 d 101 'yea ;ins beach, at the north side of the harbour. It Pb°lortsei;nganda strong gale from the east. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ider LINES 'andemoia th th e Shr. Paid RAT*Wiv• SHIELDS, Jan. 4.-The Treasurer, of this gra - Euretta, of and from Hull, have driven on the T ) Od, Rocks. Leasing Closing Prices Business '''' - Compans. yesterday. this day. rem XINGSTON, Jan. 4.-Arrived-The Thetis, from St. -..... -___ rich Jo hn's, New Brunswick. ---- _ ----- tght liria.umAnis, Dec. 3.-The Picton, to Liverpo o l, has 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletehley.... been run on the mud without d amage for safety, having Bt. 100 Buekghamsh. L. &N.W. 10 - 1 . -- 103 tght nen lost anchors and. cables. 50 ell Clyde L. Caledon... 51 - 52 Ling St. 100 EJA 1 • Glstr &D neo n. gr. and (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 25 __ 6P. cent .... Gt.Northn 141 - 144 1 at LIVERPOOL, Fiday, 10 30 a.m. all Gifts. Barr, & Caldonian. igs. Wind, S.E ni t _ ., moderate, and damp hazy weather. Neils Direct itaa p wa l. D y k. di Yk ec . B New. 25 all D a , i s f,„ • -.- -. nch ..__ - ' - ' l u reported loss of the steamer, Manx Fairy, has not 25 all .Do ... - ... to Peen confirmed, and it is thought to have been incorrect. 100 all girl • n • F r 43 t.Westil 3O -32 A • tely yoralYiria:-Margaret (s.), from Havre; New York, New to a ' i Lad 'Margaret Sale, Marnharn •; Britannia, St, John's, New 50 all Mal & sa . .: y . erw e i ' ••• - , Itriunsco .and W Bar at ks erw ell i - 1.11 her CO 12 all Do. 4 Sha res. Do - 554 itffchE(lsb.)in, g, Lo D nd a o n n zi . g •; Enscaldina, Porto 25 all Do. 1 Shai. D:N.M- lO9 ...4 all Lee.istae_ - 28 the I Vind P. RI , %nEENSTOWN, JUL 4. "I -,-, .._,"'" w "astern l3i - 141 of • A • ' -----.-,, strong. rrived 20 all .u0... - warene e Do did pa_ - from --award's Isl and Mauritius ; Sea Nymph, Prince St. 4 100 Lowestoft gr. Ve,,,,Liverpool.N per cen t.., orfolk )ck ..._ e ela spoken I t... Do on- etwood and Per Ina, -Dec. 5, lat. 32, long. 13, the St. 100 Do. 6 per c ...... tu, wood 49, lon Frances, from Sydney, for London. Dec. 54 all Manch. lI. Ln.&N.W. . vas and Matlock & Midld. 2f - 3 aiondort, withlg. 1 6, Albert Gallatin , from New York, for is's owl of bowsprit and fore-topmast, 60 all bliddlesbro' & Stckton di pined. Darlingt. ... -. ere Redcar The b ... re, with da m eas O f . /Cent ( ) • HOLYHEAD, Jan. a 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 99 -xi DMg e . T .8 put in for a supply of d H ea d , h ail , steak he is , c an 50 an Northern and le ~, . g dames, on the rocks nea r , the Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 60 - 62 and is likely to • Ir. go to pieces. 5 all Do. 6 per et. Do .... - ... 'he (BY Stramalt- -- taa 5' all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - „. )g- AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) 25 all Prest. L. &Wyie • dtIS . W. to Wind NNY , . ~ h alf i , GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.30 A.M. &Ln&Yk ~. - ot- Arrived -Soho ° ‘, eb• Cloudy 112 Do. 4 Shares. Do S • 100 Rustn.&Hit. Gt. Northn 140 -14 i le 140 - 143 ire Wind, W. mode DEAL, Friday, t. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 9 A . M.----- -2) 18 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Passed -Robert , - a step', cloud Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh ... don; Louise Maria,enson, f - lid Moran, from Philadel i f.om Algoa Bay, for Lou- 12 94 S. Staffordsh.. M.rMerlean 2 °' The Dublin screw- s tewQ uebec ,r "(I°ll for L P la, for London ; James 50 all We Vll St kt & ar a eygr oe • of Ispoke naer, fr • 6 per cent ... Darling . ... - ••• he R?? , the shiVoyal ai - i, 4 „ ° 3 1 Plymouth for Hartle- 25 all Do.. Do ~ ,30- 31 1 vnearis, lat. 47.20 • i ''''''Lla, from Shie lds , P DOS 9 Mag. 10,30 W - 99 ~ Dec, 26 1 All well. I THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN VARY 6. 1854, 1.2 f 12i 25 12i 124 12i St. 100 100 100 6 100 all 10 100 ;100 15 8h 8 10 25 10 1.0.6 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 all 14 all all all all all all 13.5 24 all 15 11i all all all all all 12s. Apia Fria . . Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian ... Australasian Australian Australian. Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.D achy of) Blmnarvon Iron and Coal . , British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocacs & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cohn. Copper Colonial Gold !Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng, 'Do. Pref. 71 p. cent, English and Austin, Copper Sineltg. Co. General.. Gt. NuggetVe inScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn. New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller (West Granada,., West Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 Australia 'Yuba.. 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Yesterday London experienced a continuance of the serious interruptions to its business which occurred on Wednesday, owing to the non-arrival of the mails, and an extensive stoppage of railway traffic, in consequence of the great fall of snow which took place on Tuesday night throughout the midland, northern, and north western districts' of the kingdom, and over the metro polis itself. The appearance of the streets yesterday was in some respects even more uncomfortable than on Wednesday. During the night a second fall of snow had come down, to an average depth of three inches, the wind having shifted from east to south-west, with a thaw, gentle in the morning, but increasing in rapidity during the day, accompanied by fog, which settled down over the city between three and four o'clock in the afternoon. The fog continued to hang about during the whole evening, and about seven o'clock a smart shower of sleet or hail—it was diffi cult to say which—fell for about half an hour. Omnibuses were more numerous than on Wednesday —in fact, the supply was much as usual ; but the great majority were still drawn by three or four horses, and making slow progress even then. Of cabs the supply was also greater than on the previous day, and of those out fully one-half were drawn by two horses, some being tandem, many, however, having the leader mounted by a boy. Other cabs had their horses in pairs. The Paddington, Hampstead, and other long stage omnibuses generally carried a placard addressed to the public, stating that iu consequence of the incle mency of the weather the proprietors had found it ne cessary to increase the fares. Cabmen having two horses made their own terms, seldom running for less than is. per mile, and frequently getting more ; in fact, the shilling was always asked, and generally cheerfully given where only a single horse was driven. The snow which fell on Wednesday appears to have extended far over the country, but not to such an amount as to create additional obstructions upon the railways, some of which, as will be seen from the fol lowing account, have been snow-blocked to an extent unknown in the previous history of railways. not arrive at London-bridge until after 6 a.m., being nearly two hours 'behind its time. This delay was caused more from the slippery state of the rails than snow, the latter having been almost cleared away. The line be tween Margate, Ramsgate, and Canterbury, which re mained blocked throughout Wednesday, had also been cleared, and a train reached London-bridge late on Wednesday night, many hours behind its time. The trains continued to arrive yesterday somewhat late, but no serious delay took place. The down trains were des patched as usual, after the rails had been covered with gravel. The passengers were fewer than usual during the day. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The mail and other trains on this line came in yester day rather late, but no considerable inconvenience was experienced. The line is now perfectly cleared. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. Yesterday morning the Southampton mail was delayed a short time at Farnborough, where the snow had slightly drifted ; but it arrived in London soon after its usual time. The first ordinary train from Southampton was also rather late, but the other trains arrived and were despatched as usual. On Wednesday morning the North Stafford train, which should leave Derby for Crewe and Liverpool at ten o'clock, did not start until after eleven. As soon as it had started and entered the Normanton cutting, it became embedded in the snow, and could nat proceed on its journey. Assistance was sent for, and a powerful engine belonging to the Midland Company was despatched for the purpose of pushing it through if possible. This engine, however, also stuck fast. A second engine, a powerful one, used for conveying large luggage trains, was sent to draw them back into the station yard, which it succeeded in doing, and the train has remained in the station yard ever since. Three times afterwards on Wednesday an attempt was made to force a passage through this cutting, but it was of no avail, and the Birmingham and Derby, North and South Stafford lines, &c., were declared " blocked." On Wednesday afternoon the 4 o'clock train from Lincoln got embedded in the snow about 2 miles on this side the city, and has not yet been removed. The afternoon train from Leeds, due at Derby at 8 5 p.m. on Wednesday night, was stopped at Chesterfield, and the passengers had to take beds in that town. The north mail due at Derby at 11 on Wednesday evening did not arrive until 7 o'clock yesterday morn ing ; and the train which follows it, due at 5 20 yester day morning at Derby, did not arrive until 8 o'clock. The Ambergate branch has been blocked since Tues day night. Yesterday (Thursday) morning an attempt was again made to " force the pass " of the Normanton cutting by five engines, but they had to return to Derby ; and the station-master said there would be no further at tempts made that day. "~ .. no other object than the very superfluousa3Flidai3'of,.. .. . ,7-: ,_. dissociating himself from the frantic and ciipzinal authOr:.:;.',, ; ;; of the e:nzeute in which Lord Kilwarden feV,T :l'hil,llfr;:- -, ' - ', . ;,,: - . ,..j; Emmett should in return have assailed ikiir: - Civith:,the„l--- ,„: :' 1 measureless sarcasm of which Mr. Plunket *irnself li* --:. set many examples will surprise no one wlAirelfeets:.:;.. ;,:,.s`;''' the po s iti on and ' character of that young nlanc,i 4 ll6 - .1 ' 44 accused M r . Pl unket of having inculcated -popular re sistance and physical force in his speeches; both at the bar and in Parliament, while the adversaries of esta blished order, immediately after the trial, charged him with ingratitude and treachery in volunteering to assail 1 the son and brother of men with whom he had lived on 'terms of intimacy, and with whom he once had shared those sentiments which, on the trial of Robert Emmett iu 1803, he indignantly reprobat3d. Thatthis accusation ,' was utterly false Mr. Plunket proved long afterwards i upon the trial of an action which he brought against William Cobbett for propagating that unfounded charge. On the 22d of October, 1803, he was advanced to the 1 office of Solicitor-General for Ireland, and on the 15th of October, 1805, to that of Attorney-General. Tho death of Mr. Fox, and the pressure on the king respect- I, ing Roman Catholic claims broke up th e Government, 1 and Mr. Plunket resigned, after holding the office of 1 Attorney-General from October, till 31ay, 1807. He had now ceased to go to circuit ; in a great measure he withdrew from the common law courts, and gave him self up to the pursuit of Chancery practice. In every Chancery suit he appeared as leading counsel, and con tinued in the undisputed enjoyment of that position from 1807 till 1827, in the course of which period his fees, exclusive of professional gains during the preceding 20 years, could not have amounted to less than 120,0001:, or an average income of 6,0001. per annum. At the general election of 1812, for he was known to be favourable to Roman Catholic claims, it was for the first time Mr. Plunkett took his seat in the British House of Commons as representative of the learning and orthodoxy of Ireland. He had previously sat for Mid hurst from January 1807 to April in the same year. A. single speech, however, sufficed to set him right with the House. When he first rose no one knew what sort of oration to expect —a dry lawyerlike disquisition, or a burst of Celtic declamation. No one was prepared for, and, therefore, everybody listened with surprise and attention, to a man whose quiet, self-possessed, grave, and studious mien bore no trace of Hibernian origin; a startling array of facts, reasoning, ingenious, severe, and eminently forcible, a masterly grasp of the whole subject, I felicity of illustration, variety, condensation, freshness, the choicest diction rendered doubly expressive by a de livery earnest, impressive, and unaffected, procured for his debilt an amount of favour so great that the wonder is he should have succeeded in preserving it unimpaired throughout the 15 years that he sat in our House of Commons. His exterior certainly presented nothing pre possessing ; his stature was short, his limbs clumsy, his countenance a small and unfavourable specimen of the Scottish physiognomy, aggravated by a true " vinegar aspect ;" yet his Parliamentary success was not merely remarkable —it was brilliant. The great men of that day vied with each other in compliment ing their new companion ; and Mr. Canning was bold enough to affirm that the advent of such a man brought back the days of Burke and Pitt, of Fox and Sheridan. As Macaulay says of Hamp• den, " his eloquence was of the kind most esteemed in Parliament—ready, weighty, perspicuous, condensed." In the world of politics he rarely conceded any advan tage, and never spared an adversary, but in private life he was placable, rather generous, and even kind-hearted. Amid his domestic circle he i 3 said to have been most amiable. The " Manchester Massacre," combined with a prodigious amount of discontent throughout the country, rendered Lord Liverpool's Government very sensible of the value of such an auxiliary as Mr. Plunket. Upon that occasion he defended their policy, or at least extenuated their errors ; and, when the proper opportunity arrived, they seemed by no means unwilling to manifest their grattitude. The death, in 1822, of the second Marquis of Lon donderry, better known as Lord Castlereagh, led to a variety of Ministerial changes ; and, though Lord Liverpool continued to be Prime Minister and Lord Eldon still held the Great Seal, yet the intense Toryism of the Government was mitigated. Mr. Canning took the manageinent of the House of Commons, Mr. H us . kisson became President of the Board of Trade, and several members of the Grenville party joined the Ad ministration, Mr. Plunket receiving the office of Attor neeeneral for Ireland. the House of Commons he continued to hold a position among the highest order of public men. Mr. Canning more than once said, that no individual what ever contributed so much as Mr. Plunket had done to the success of Roman Catholic claims. The names of Grattan, O'Connell, and Sidney Smith were mentioned ; but Mr. Canning repeated his deliberate opinion that Mr. Plunket was the most efficient labourer that ever toiled in that cause ; for this reason—that he gained over adversaries by persuading them that a repeal of the penal laws would strengthen the estab lished church in Ireland. But he ceased to have a seat in the Lower House before that great change in our Constitution was consummated. In 1827 the state of Lord Liverpool's health rendered his retirement indis- pensable, and Ed. Plunket being then in the 63d year of his age, and having been five years' in the office of At - torney-General, thought he had a fair claim to a seat on the bench. Mr. Canning, at that time Prime Minister, did not like to lose his services, in the House of Com mons, and proposed to appoint him Master of the Rolls in England. This plan, however, was, after a little consultation, abandoned, and Mr. Pluziket was, in the month of June, 1827, raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Plunket, being at the same appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland ; and in that important office he continued till the close of the Wellington Ad ministration, a period of somewhat more than three years. While Lord Plunket presided in the Common Pleas namely, from June, 1827, till November, 1830, his judicial career, though attended with much success, was not marked by any very extraordinary events. Not so, rienis:sPinaryeadyli, however, his position as a member of the Upper House. No one can forget that the great feature of the Welling ton Ministry was the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. While that measure was under discussion in the House of Lords, the Duke invited Lord Plunket to sit with him on the Treasury Bench, to advise him step by step —as the phrase is, "to take charge of the bill," and see it fairly through the house. The measure called "Emanci pation" having been carried, the labours of Lord Plunket as a legislator reached their close. Occasionally he made a few remarks in Parliament, but he scarcely ever again de livered a speech or earnestly engaged in any discussion. With the exception of five months, between November, 1834, and April, 1835, the Whigs remained in,possession of the Cabinet, and Lord Plunket was their .irfsh Chan cellor, till a short time before their withTrawal froto. by Lord Campbell. occa sionally came over to London ; but he was 66 years of age before he took his seat on the bench of the Court of that at that advanced period of his life he was entitled to withdraw from Parliamentary labours. His public office, Chanceryi whenng t in n e llarsetlanreluctantly Whig and M life may be considered as terminating in 1841 ; still, for some years after its close, he continued to visit his friends and to diffuse the charms of his conversation. At length lie became oppressed with the weight of human infirmity, yet even in that night of life' were occasionally seen many bright gleams of his once clear and powerful in tellect. foaardinrdlyP"lb:'encskliet 434 i 391 9 i 81 In consequence of the absence of advices, caused by the non-arrival of the northern and other mails, 530 bills were noted on Wednesday evening by the Bank of England, and the same was the case also to a large extent at the various private banks. The instances, however, would have been much more numerous, but for the use of the electric telegraph. No letters were received in the city yesterday from Liverpool or Manchester, or, indeed, any place north of Wolverhampton. From Aberdeen the last letters were on the 30th of December. The Glasgow and Belfast advices are three days overdue, and the Edinburgh and Dublin two days. The mails from the west (Bristol, Exeter, &c.) were delivered yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and those from the eastern counties (Ipswich, &c.) at about 4. According to the Melbourne Morning Herald, a private letter received i n Vi ctor i a states that the new governor . to in Lord Marcus Rill. VlENNA.—Letters from Vienna, received by a Lon don firm, announce that a reduction in the Austrian duties, both on pig and railway iron, was to take effect from the Ist inst. The reduction in pig iron is to the extent of 10s. per ton—that is to say, from the existing rate of about 255. to 15s. ; while on rails it is to be 2/. per ton, or from about 7/. to 5/. These alterations are likely to be sufficient to lead to a steady importation of pig iron, and probably also of rails. CONTINENTAL ADVICES.—The general continental advices continue uninteresting. At Paris, especially, great dulness prevails. The letters from Hamburg are to the 30th ult., when money was abundant at per cent., and the rate of exchange tending favourably for this country. From St. Petersburgh the exchange is slightly less favourable, the quotation being 39id. AllSTRALlA.—Australian advices have been received yesterday via Panama, nearly a fortnight later than those by the last arrival, and thus furnishing another demonstration as to the true route for speed. They are dated Sydney, the Ist of October, and give a favourable description of the general tone of the market for imported goods. The receipts from the various mines during the preceding week had been large, and the number of per sons engaged at them was increasing. A new act for the regulation of the goldfields was to come into opera. tion on the day of the vessel sailing. It reduces the license fee to 10s. per month, and the royalty upon veins on Crown lands to 3 per cent., while it also abolishes all extra charge in the case of foreigners. Among the bills just passed in the Legislative Council was o ne for incorporating the Hunter River R ailwa y Com pany, and another for the Australian Coa l Minin g Com pany. The price of gold was 775. 6d. to 785., and the Helen Baird, which had sailed for Londo n on the 30t h of September, had taken 13,879 ounces (of which 10,267 are f or t h e Union Bank of Australia), while the clipper ship Walter Hood, which would depart in a few days, was also to carry a considerable sum. Among the questions under di scuss i on , consequent upon the warlike appearance of affairs i n England, the necessity for fortifying Sydney occupied a place. -- GREAT WESTERN. The trains here since Wednesday morning have con tinued to arrive and depart pretty punctually, no fur ther inconvenience than that recorded yesterday having been experienced. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. A most serious interruption of traffic has occurred on . . this line. When the Liverpool and Manchester morning mail train arrived on Wednesday 12.30 p.m., nearly eight hours behind its time, after having been blocked for five hours in the cutting at Tring, it was confidently anticipated, as stated yesterday, that this train having cleared the way, other trains would follow an hour or two late. Unfortunately, however, the hope proved to be fallacious, the train in qutstion, as it now appears, having come on in advance of the snow, leaving more formidable drifts behind it than that in which it became embedded at Tring. Except from the Birmingham line no other train arrived during Wednesday, and no other had arrived up to yesterday afternoon ; the station master at Euston-square learning by telegraphic despatch that the Manchester and Liverpool line was so completely blocked up below Stafford that clearing it so as to allow the passage of a train during the course of yesterday was all but hopeless. The mail-train which left Liverpool on Wednesday morning, and that which left London on Wednesday night, with numerous other trains, remained blocked at Stafford, where a demand arose for beds, which the town could hardly supply. Telegraphic de spatches also stated that the Trent Valley line was im passable, as was also the Holyhead line, upon which the snow lies piled in parts to the height of nine feet. Captain Huish and the resident engineer were engaged during the whole of Wednesday night and yesterday with a large body of labourers in endeavouring to re move the obstructions, but so vast was the accumulated mass of snow that their progress was necessarily slow. Up to 11 o'clock last night no fewer than 13 through trains were due at Euston-square, not one of which it was expected could possibly arrive until to-day. The Midland line from Rugby downwards remained also completely blocked, no train from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, or the entire district having arrived since the storm set in. The superintendent of this line yesterday telegraphed instructions to Euston-square to issue no tickets to the Midland stations, while Capt. Huish, from Stafford, also directed that no tickets should be issued for the main line north dt Birmingham, and, under these circumstances, the morning mail for the midland district, as well as for Manchester and Liverpool, was yesterday forwarded via Birmingham, whence the various bags will be despatched to their respective destinations in the best manner possible. At the same time, it was deter mined that a strenuous effort should be made to push the mail train of last night along its usual route. Telegra phic messages and guards arriving spoke of snow falling, but not in large quantities. Upon inquiry subsequently at the Euston station, it was ascertained that the block up on the Midland line had been partially removed, so as to admit of the arrival of the North British mail train shortly after 4 o'clock p.m., 36 hours after its time, it having been due at 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning. This train brought in the letter-baks and parcels from Dar• lington. No Pther train from the Midland district had arrived at 8 o'clock, and telegraphic messages announced that the Manchester line was still blocked. GREAT NORTHERN. . • NotwithStanding the arduous exertions of Mr. S. Clarke, superintendent of the line, aided by other officers of the company and a large body of labourers, the main line between *Peterborough and Newark continued blocked throughout. Wednesday night and the whole of yesterday. Their exertions, however, were more suc cessful on the loop line which diverges from the main line at Peterborough, and joins it again at Retford, be yond Newark. One line of rails was cleared during the night, and instructions were consequently telegraphed to King's-cross to book passengers through to York by that route. The down trains, therefore, started as timed, but very few passengers presented themselves during the day. The first through train since Tuesday night which came in was a mixed train from York, bringing all the detenus up to the time of its departure. This arrived at King's-cross at 4.20 yesterday afternoon. A second train arrived from York, which city it quitted at 12 . 0 behindn m. , about 9 o ' c l oc k , b e i ng a b out an hour and a half its time. B o th th e - e tra i ns came b y th e 3 loop line, no communication, up to last night. being possible with Grantham or Newark on the main line. The Great Northern Company are fortunate in havinita second line to fall back upon when their main line be comes obstructed. But for this circumstance the traffic on their railway between London and the north must h a ve been complet e l y suspended, perhaps for several days, by the snowsto rm. I t i s calculated the Great Railway ahe suspension of traffic, esp ec i a lly th e coal t Company will lose between 4,000/. coal Northern traffic, o by consequ ent on the storm. EASTERN COUNTIES. We stated yesterday that a special train, drawn by se ho e r r e ngines, wos despatched from th e s itchstearfntioin at 9 o'clock o n W e d nes d a y n i g ht t o eadl Cambridge,powerful ow with the vi ew of making another attempt to v however, proceeded only as far as Elsenham, from which impossibleplace at Chesterford. This train, to make any progress. It was therefore flraccet eit waso ilr p u u g thbatclketsrio Bishop's Stortford, where it re mained during the night, and was taken on yesterday morning. mail trai n a l so came t o a s t an d at E special, was b ac k e d t o Bi s h op ' s Stortford, where it l ikewise r ema i ne d on W e d nes d ay night, but proceed ed o n its journey a s ear ly as d eeme d pa g The vast accumulation of snow at Chester ford may be ima g i ne d from the fact that nearly 400 men were e ngaged in its removal from practicable l in e , arid , yTheest yesterday like da w y n them morning. _. Wednesday mornin g , an d d ur i ng th e n i g ht , until 4 o'clock ye sterda y afternoon, at which h our a 4 o'clockii telegraphic messag e from Chesterford announced th a t an opening had been m ade. At the same hour, ho wever , the Norwich mail , due at 4 .15 a.m., had not arrived, nor was it expectedlor some cons id era b le t i me. This train was then block ed in near Ely, where the sno w h a d drifted to an immense extent, and where several hun dreds of men were engaged in its removal. Throughout yesterday considerable confusion prevailed at the Shore ditch station, in consequence of the number of people who arrived there for the purpose of proceeding by the various trains, many of which had been suddenly dis. continued. At 9 o'clock last night a telegraphic despatch, re ceived at the Shoreditch station, conveyed the gratifying intelligence that the entire line, with the exception of the loops, had been cleared, after almost superhuman exertions. The Norwich mail arrived about 13 hours behind its time, and the down mail was despatched shortly after 9 o'clock. At half-past 9 a telegraphic communication was received from Thetford, stating that an accident bad just occurred at that place, through a train or engine running off the line, in consequence of the points sticking. No particulars could be ascertained, but it was understood that the accident was not of a serious character. All the trains, with the exception of the express, will be forwarded to-day ; the quick rate of travelling of the latter being considered dangerous, the directors came to the determination to suspend them. SOUTH-EASTERN. The Dover mail, due at 4,50 yesterday morning, did DEATH OF LORD PLUNKET. The electric telegraph brings intelligence of the death of Lord Plunket, yesterday, at his residence near Dub lin, at the great age of 89 years. His death revives re collections of a time so far distant that many will wonder when they read that a man so famous when their grand fathers wore young survived until within this present week. Throughout the first quarter of -the present century, the bar of Ireland was rarely adorned by talent and learning. Far above the most eminent of his order stood William Conyngham Plunket. He had not perhaps the legal lore of Saurin or Burton, the fine genius of Curran, or the graceful elocution of Bushe, but he was the most efficient advocate that Ireland ever produced. He ad dressed a jury or a judge, an English or an Irish audi ence, a select committee or a popular assembly, with equal power and success. A supporter of Roman Catho lic claims, he still contrived to win and to retain the suffrages of Dublin University —a lawyer indurated by the practice of his profession, he was yet a legislator and a politician —a flaming patriot with Grattan, Flood, and Cbarlemont—a supporter of Addington and afterwards of Pitt ; on the death of the latter, an aristocratic Whig swearing by Charles Fox ; a Grenville in Perce val's time, a Tory with Lord Liverpool, a partisan of Canning upon favourable terms, and a staunch Liberal with Melbourne and Grey. He began the world with scarcely the position or the resources of a gentleman, but long before old age could quell his keen ambition he had won a coronet for himself and a mitre for his son, places for several of his family, together with ease and opulence and honours, and every other appliance that could soothe the decline of his own protracted existence. Fully 40 years practising at the bar, nearly 20 years in the House of Commons, twice Attorney- General, once Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, twice Lord Chancellor of Ireland, he retired from public affairs in 1841, and survived, as we have said, till yesterday. Some fourscore years ago the Rev. Thos. Plunket was the pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in the town of Enniskillen. He had two sons, the eldest son of whom was Patrick ; the second, considerably junior to his bro ther, was the celebrated man whose death we have just recorded. Lord Plunket was born in the month of July, 1764. In a pecuniary sense his prospect of in heritance was small, but nature compensated him by the most precious of her gifts—a sound mind in a vigorous frame. A few of the north of Ireland Presbyterians doubt the doctrine of the Trinity, as it is generally re ceived in Christian churches, and of that number was Mr. Thomas Plunket. While yet a comparatively young man he removed with his family to Dublin, and became the minister of Strand-street Chapel, in that city. This change greatly facilitated an object very dear to his heart, that of giving a liberal education and learned pro fessions to both his sons. Patrick, the eldest, became a physician, died childless, and, we believe, unmarried, more than forty years ago, bequeathing to his brother, William (Lord) Plunket, a large library and a very considerable fortune. William was, however, yet a boy when death removed his father from a world in which his struggles were at once severe and unsuc cessful. He died in embarrassed circumstances, and left to his congregation the care of his family. This appeal was handsomely responded to, and, though the Unitarians in Dublin were neither numerous nor wealthy, still a sufficient sum was subscribed to pay Mr. Plunket's debts, as well as to defray the expense of keeping the younger son at school, and completing the education of the elder, who soon found himself in a condition to return their assistance as well as to contri bute to the expenses of William Plunket, who had re solved to engage in the profession of the law, upon which he entered in Hilary Term, 1787, having previously ob tained a scholarship and graduated with considerable credit at Trinity College, Dublin. The legislative inde pendence of Ireland had not been established many years when Mr. Plunket was called to the bar, the one event having occurred in 1782, and the other in 1787. The late Lord Charlemont was then one of the leaders of the Irish Liberal party, and Mr. Plunket, while at college, had acquired no small fame for oratory in a de bating club called the Historical Society, which in those days held its meetings within the walls of the Dublin University. He was just the man "to badger a Government," and Lord Charlemont, with his usual shrewdness, secured his services. His Lordship immediately brought him into the Irish House of Commons for his own borough of Charlemont, and Mr. Plunket then commenced a career which ended with the Chancellorship and a peerage. He was bold, sarcastic, unsparing ; at once witty and logical, popular and prudent, he displayed an energy which misfortunes could not conquer, and a spirit of political antipathy as strong as if the Ministers of that day had once been his friends. Stimulated by narrow circumstances and boundless ambition, he gave all his days, and almost all his nights, to toils which politicians " court, and think them joy;" but, though capable of speaking at the shortest notice, he was yet a holiday orator. He could indeed speak with ease and effect about anything or nothing ; but he never relished small skirmishing, and almost always reserved himself for great occasions. Not that he was ever in the habit of writing pamphlets and committing them to memory, but it seemed as if the fervour necessary to his nobler efforts could only be excited by profound emotions long indulged, supported by reasonings so cherished and nur tured as to have become a part of his being. With the every-day business of legislation his name is therefore little associated, while the fame which he acquired in the Irish House of Commons is due principally to the power which he displayed in resisting the Legislative Union. He scarcely could be said to have brought to its discussion the views of a philosopher or the experi ence of a statesman ; but from night to night, during the debates on the Union, he directed against the Treasury bench a perfect hurricane of wrath. Al though these efforts conferred no benefit on his country, they tended greatly to advance his own reputation ; although the Viceregal Castle would not capitulate, he took the Four Courts by storm. The palace of the Lord-Lieutenant closed its gates, but in the Temple of Justice he was received as her most favoured son ; professional income which had been reckoned by hun dreds soon rose to be computed by thousands, and the legal circles of Dublin, not less than those of the North- West Circuit, still cherish the traditions of his forensic victories. Every faculty of his vigorous mind, as well as every feature of his extraordinary character, were disciplined and developed by the Union debates ; and most especially did be acquire fame from the boldness— we had almoA said the audacity—with which he con fronted his political adversaries. The extinction of the Irish Parliament seemed for a time to extinguish Mr. Plunket's hopes of building up the character of a statesman ; but he "improved the occasion" by creating the greatest forensic reputation that any Irishman ever attained. A short time after his "call" he obtained business sufficient to justify his being allied in marriage to a lady of good fortune, and de scended from an ancient family. The wife of Mr. Plunket was Catherine, only daughter of Mr. John M'Causland, who had represented the county of Done gal in four Parliaments. The union of Mr. Plunket with Miss M'Causland took place in 1791, and a nu merous family were the issue of that marriage. Anxious as he must necessarily have been at this period of his life to provide for the necessities of his position, yet he cordially united with his brother, Dr. Plunket, in re turning to those members of his father's congregation who subscribed to pay that gentleman's debts and main tain his family the amount of all their c ontributions, with full interest, so that the Unitarians of Strand street lost no money and gained much honour by their connection with the Plunkets. When the rebellion of 1798 burst forth Mr. Plunket was a Member of Parliament, a rising man at th e bar, and the father of a family—all excellent reasons, even if higher motives werewanting, to restrain him from abetting that sanguinary m ovement ; though he subsequently gave his professional aid to some few men among its leaders and victims. Alany years before that fat al period, at the time when Persian savans were indoctrinating all Europe, it is said that Mr. Plun ket did not quite escape their influence, aid that among the Irish Liberals of 1789 —more especially at the houses o f Dr. Emmett and his son Thomas—Mr. Plunket was accustomed to proclaim that " all the sovereigns of Europe were malefactors, an d a ll th e na ti ons o f E urope enslaved." But such a charge against such a man is more easily preferred than established, and we have yet to learn that there ever existed for it even the semblance o f any fou n d a ti on. People have thought, however, that it was urged with sufficient pertinacity to render Mr. Plunket very desirous of some signal and public oppor tunity to give that calumny a practical refutation. An occasion favourable for that purpose presented itself in the month of August, 1803, upon the trial of Robert Emmett, whose followers murdered the Irish Chief Justice, Lord Kilwarden. Mr. Plunket—who in three months afterwards became Solicitor-General—appeared, in addition to the learned gentlemen who were then law officers of the Crown, as counsel for the prosecution ; and there are those who thought, and said, that he discharged his duty during that painful trial in a manner more re markable for zeal in his cause than for humane conside ration towards the culprit. The immediate conviction and ultimate fate of the prisoner were regarded as matters of certainty. The earnest address of Mr. Plunket to the jury was therefore calculated to promote , LIVERPOOL—DEc. 5 So severe a winter has not been known in this dis. trict since 1842. Snow fell the greater part of yesterday, and during the whole of the night. There has been a cessation this morning, but the atmosphere threatens a further down fall. We have had no arrivals of trains from London since an early train yesterday morning ; in the afternoon a telegraphic despatch was received at the Lime-street station of the London and North-Western Railway from Crewe, stating that the line was blocked up with snow, and that the 7.30 and 9.40 trains from Liverpool for London were standing there unable to proceed, while the London down trains were detained from the same cause at Stafford. Mr. Norris, the chief engineer, had gone with 100 men to clear the line at Standon ; of course, all the trains which afterwards arrived at the two points, Crewe and Stafford, were unable to proceed further. A second telegraph message, received last night by Mr. Ilberry, the station-master at Lime street, station, reports that nothing had passed Crewe since the down mail train on Tuesday evening. " The line," it is stated, is " blocked up between Whitmore and Stafford. Mr. Norris, the engineer is there, and we are sending by daylight 300 men to his assistance." These men would get to work the first thing this morn ing, and hopes are entertained by the railway officials that they will be able to clear so much of the line as will enable the 9 p.m. train from Liverpool to London to get through without stoppage. The mail train which left Liverpool at the usual time last night was unable to proceed further than Warrington. A telegraph from Warrington states that the line is snowed up between that place and Crewe, and that they would be unable to clear it until this evening, The non•arrival of the London trains at Liverpool caused the greatest inconvenience in all circles, but per haps to no one is it a greater cause of anxiety than to the provincial editor; he is at his wits end to know how to dish up a presentable bill of fare, and fervently prays for a speedy thaw. A lady residing in Liverpool was yesterday morning to have been married to a gentleman from town, who was expected to join the guests assembled at the mar riage feast in the morning. Instead of his bodily pre sence, however, the bride received a telegraphic mes sage conveying the intelligence that her intended was " snowed up" at Stafford. Nineteen or twenty trains 'from all _directions have come to a standstill at Bolton. An accident happened on the line near Holyhead yesterday, the train getting off the rails, and running it a snowdrift. The driver and stoker were suffocated. In the absence the London journals, the merchants on 'Change had recourse to a snowballing match, which ended in a riot on a small scale. They were ranged in two sides—cotton-brokers versus share-brokers, the latter section being marshalled by a leader of prodigious proportions. The melee raged thickly and furiously, and a dense crowd assembled to witness the encounter. Ultimately, the head constable, Capt. Greig, entered on the scene of action, accompanied by a section of police, and attempted to put the belligerents to flight. They were, however, upon their private property, and asserted their right to do as they liked with their own. They renewed the match in the captain's presence. He or dered arrests to be made. An indescribable scene fol lowed. Several merchants were taken into custody, and marched off to Bridewell, amid the yells and groans of the infuriated " merchant princes," who wreaked their vengeance upon Captain Greig and the " Blue coats " by hurling at them showers of well-aimed snowballs. The head constable's hat was repeatedly displaced; he was several times times thrown down, while he was picturesquely bespattered with snow. The snowballing was renewed, and the head constable returned with a larger force, who attempted to take possession and clear the flags. They were vigorously hustled, however, and speedily broken up into units. The captain then walked into the news-room, with the intention probably of ad dressing the merchants, but he was surrounded by a crowd of menacing faces, and literally hustled from the room. He was ultimately compelled to withdraw his men, who left the ground followed by a smart shower of snowballs. The ringleaders who had been taken into custody were liberated—their names had been booked. The matter at one time had a somewhat seri° ous aspect, several windows in the police-office being broken, and the crowd assuming a threatening attitude. POISONING AT BERMONDSEY. Yesterday morning, Mr. W. Carter and a highly re spectable jury re-assembled, for the third time, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Bermondsey, to investigate the extraordinary circumstances connected with the death of James George Trump, aged six years, the son of James Trump, a plasterer, residing at 9, Princes-road. It will, no doubt, be recollected that on the 21st of December last the deceased child died, after partaking of a paste prepared by its mother, in some hashed mut ton, and that the whole family were afterwards seized with very violent sickness, and from several suspicious circumstances the inquiry was twice adjourned for the purpose of an analysis of the stomach being made. It may be as well to state that an infant, aged 17 months, did not partake of any of the paste, and was not taken ill. Yesterday it was proved by s medical gentleman, that the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic. The same poison was also found on the remains of a pudding, of which the deceased had partaken. It also appeared by the same evidence that both father and mother had partaken of the poison. The Coroner, in summing up, said—Since I have been in office, have never had such a case before me. There is no doubt that a great wrong has been committed, but where to attach the criminality I am at a loss to say. You, gentlemen, must consider where the suspicion lays. The father buys the flour, and the dumpling is made by the mother. The flour has no doubt been tampered with by some person. The mystery is not the death of the deceased, but the fact of the mother being taken ill, and arsenic being discovered into their vomit. By order of the Coroner, the court was cleared of all except the jury, and, after about an hour's consultation, the public were re-admitted, and the father and mother were called into the room. The Coroner, addressing the father and moth er, said —lt has been found by the jury that your son has died from poison, but by whom administered there is no evi dence to prove ; but I hope it will not be long before the matter is brought to light, for whoever has adminis tered it has been guilty of a most heinous murder. From the evidence there is no charge against either of you ; but I can only repeat that the case is fraught with the greatest suspicion, and that a most foul wrong has been I done. The jury have also requested me to read their verdict to you, and it is this—" That the deceased child died from poison, arsenic being found in the food of which he partook ; but we have no satisfactory proof how it became mixed therewith." At the conclusion of the inquiry the Coroner said he hoped the police would not lose sight of the case, but endeavour to bring to justice those who had committed so foul a crime. / 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 pot ct. prcf. (iss. atX5O, ristol & Exeter 4 p] cent., stock... Do. Do., shares aledonian .410 Chester & Holyhead Guar. N . per cent Cork&Bandon 5,1- P.C Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. 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