The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-13 00:00:00

3 EVENING,I3, THE SUN LON.DON M-ONDA.Y. FEBRUARY lB5 4. ...____ AUSTRALIA. 1 On Major's Creek and Bell's Creek some few parties Ann Mary, Hans, Calcutta; Caroline, Lawson, Moreton , have been extremely fortunate ; and - two new spots Bay; Plantagenet, Pollack, London; Rebecca, Jordan, Cal- ' SPORTING NOTES. PORTUGAL. _PRICES OF SIIARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE,AND OTHER COM. ividendl AAmNou ees of great promise have been recently opened-one lao • Cheshire Witch, Eldon, Mauritius; Indianola, Cath- - .•- - .4 0--- SYDNEY, Nov. 26. on the Moruya, the other in the immediate vicinity of cart,' San Francisco; . Jackin, Norman, Guam, 5. Matilde, LIKINGS FOR LINCOLN. LISBON, FEB. t. PANIES' STOCK. Braid wood, Adelong Creek has been working Hamony, Pondicherry; Prins Mauntz, Bart, Batavia. The Lincoln Spring Meeting will commence to-morrow. Nothing of great importance has occurred gine° The Vimiera arrived on the 16th with the Eng- estimation,. and stands . a.fair gradually chance of 6. Contiance, Menezes Macao. 7. Admiral Grenfell, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • fish mail of the sth of August. Like her prede bitescwonlign publicone of our most important diggings. Several M'Clellanil, Port Cooper; Walter Maurice, Maurice, Hong Its programme sets forth - "attractions" powerful enough the departure of the Sultan with the mail of, the censor, the Stratford, she has made a more than large parcels have lately come into town by private Kong ; Jenny Lind, Lloyd, Guam. 8. Lallah Rookh, to excite the interest and command the attention of both 29th January... The Chamber of Deputies haa ap per cent. 40 0 0 Name of Company. per of Twohey, Melbourne. 9. Star of the East, Robertson , pleasure folk. Steeple-chases and fiat races P i ro dof the loan contracted at Porto for the com v.e . _ usually slow voyage. The Chusan, with the over- hands, and we believe that nearly 1,000 licenses will be Shanghai. 10. H.M. brig Fantome, Auckland. 11. Ata- turfites and Annum. Share. I / land mail, bringing the letters a September, was issued ' at this place during the month of December. The lanta, Lemissurrier, London. 13. Empire, Streck, Bora- are its leading "features ;" and whilst the former are p etion of the Minho roads. In -the Chamber of - x 3. e. x s. d. -.... due before she arrived. The only consolation of Ovens gold fields have some thousands of miners actively bay. 14. Adonis, Dutacq, Pondicherry; Ida, Reiner, likely to supply largely the "elements of excitement," Peers, Count Taipa made a lively attack tipon Australasia-......... 16/. the colonists is that the special contract system is employed in pursuit of the precious metal, and the sur- Guam. 16. Blair, Mordy, Guam. 18. Hu g h Walker, the latter promise to be productive of brisk speculation. British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 „ - merely temporary, and will cease if the result of rounding country is being prospected in every direction. Mackay, Callao Melbourne. ret Lady Flora, 'Gr P e a a r t ke i' •tSa..ii•nrig,.(saPre.Mla.- Five events will be decided each day. In the supply of Senhor Fontes, hinting that he was too cicisely connected with the tobacco contractors.. The co o m n i la e f eial of London. Si. peerr cent.cen '1( 0 1g ( 0 1 ( 0 21 ( 5 ) 0 0 _ Minister entered into a warm b defence of his con- Co ' .....:•: ' • • •. ' : . 61 1 1 > e r cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - butthe experiment of the Panama route is successful. A great rush has lately taken place in the Buffalo Range, Voyageur, thews, m ' 21. Balkan, Warn' wri rl gnt, neauri b •tius ; sport, at least, therefore, there are likely to be no short- Lai i i t ci d o n n a a n i d id w C e o L nt i y m . t . r 16 6 1 1 . . per cent. Char. B • k. • o • f • A • us. . - 10 50 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 210 0 14% we are not et in a osition to ronounce on its The mining intelligence has for some time past YP 1 3 Calphurnia, Geere Singapore; , Mary Nixon, Parker, • The T • comings. Trial Stakes numbers ten nominations- of duct, and challenged him to ring forward proofs i ll ni ad an . his unworthy insinuations. Count Thomar then been almost devoid of interest. Whether the effects results. Callao. 23. John Sugars, Doye, Amherst. Horatio, the Jewess, and Lioness being, perhaps, entitled availed himself of this declaration to taunt the of the winter are still felt in the gold returns, and met Altogether,.. we have great grounds of encourage- London Joint St • stock ... ( 6i. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 25 n ;it is very evident that, although . fluctuations in to the priority of consideration. My " likings" for their Ministers with their unfounded aspersions upon Provincial of Ireland.. I Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - there are fewer accumulations in reserve at the NAVAL I NT ELLIGENOE. himself, his late colleagues, and the whole party. NaDtilettl of ew. , .. per cent. 10 0 0 all - the productiveness of our gold mines do sometimes occur respective chances are in accordance with the order f Ireland.. land.... ,41 per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - • • or whether the late semi-political agitation from . diggings, or w various causes, yet we may justly conclude that --...____ He brought forward statements to demonstrate that e result as in which I have set them down. On the Grand Nat Provncial of Eng. 61 per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - among the miners has produced the same . they will neither fail nor diminish in yield for many years PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 11. at least as much progress had been made in the Ditto, New .....• •• 5 per cent 20 0010 0 0 - is not quite Steeplechase I shall not ex decided - ' press aopinion. Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p ct&bs. 25 0 0 all 44% the bad season, by suspending work, to come. daring his administration as Rear-Admiral Chads, C. 8., shifted his flag yesterday construction of roads g South Australia ... •..s ~ ct.& ~s. 25 0 0 „ clear ; but certain it is that on three of the princi- An important change in the gold market has taken To regulate my judgment by the tried ability of the Sld hand under that of the Duke of aan a ; that Union - t of ..ustralia•• ••40 . per cell , . 25 0 0 25 0 0 71 pal gold-fields of Victoria a diminution in the quan- place, within the last few days, owing to the alteration morning from the Princess Royal, in the harbour, to the probable competitors, I should select Maid of the West, crime was fast increasing. He censured the Go- Di :,•_- Union to oi • L • •••••• • • • • 40/ per cent. - 210 0 - turnsondon 8/. per tent 50 0 0 10 0 0 - tity raised can be noted, even compared with the re- of the exchange on London from 2 per cent, to 1 per Edinburgh, 58, at Spithead, when that ship exchanged Topsy, and Trout, as being the mostfavourably handi- vernment for their mismanagement of the negotia- union of M • ••• • • adrid ... - 40 0 0 all of the same month last year, when the popula- cent. premium, and as the advance of the wool season salutes with the Commander-in-Chief of the Port. Soon - - capped, but an "accommodating arrangement" between lions with the Courts of Rome and Brazil. tion on them was less in number. It may be also that will doubtless see a further depression, we may fully con- afterwards the Edinburgh steamed into harbour, and owners of horses, at the last moment, may upset the The Lusitania brings accounts of the loss of the INSURANCE COMPANIES. as "deep sinking" becomes more general, there will be dude that gold has seen its highest price for some months ranged alongside the dockyard jetty to exchange her most seemingly accurate calculations. Trout, it must Argentine steamer, which will be another heavy periods of less production, to be made up when the to come. Our present quotations are 70s. 6d. for Vic- Dividend Amount . crew and fit with all expedition for the accommodation blow to the recently established company at Liver- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, be remembered, has incurred a 7113 penalty ' • by his victory . deposit is reached at last. It is a disputed point toria, and 745. for New South Wales gold. • Annum. Share. which of the two systems is the more profitable, "Ea port since our last :- of her Admiral, who takes with him as secretary Mr. at Derby last week. Of the 28 horses nominated for pool. Serious apprehensions were also 'entertained Ounces. Cargenven, Paymaster, R.N. at present employed in for the safety of the French steamer L'Aveulr, .z s. d. X s d. " deep sinking" or surfacing." The last is steadier, the Spring H d f l • • an icap our 011 y have paid forfeit. The Nov. 16.-Blair for Batavia .... 750 ' the coast volunteering service. field is therefore likely to be numerically strong, althongh which started from this place on the Bth December, Albion ••••••••••• •• •.. 3/. 10s. 500 00500 0 95 can be carried on more cheaply, and by smaller Alliance Brit. and For. 71. I4s 6d ,a. 100 0 0 11 0 o 26 Add previous export 1,545,422 and had not yet arrived at Rio. The Commander:is-Chief, Vi ee .Ad m i ra l, Si r Thos. 3, it is somewhat difficult at present to obtain any trust- 'quo Marine ....... / p er bs. 100 0 9 25 0 0 - parties, and those who practice it are pretty sure, - if industrious, to make what would be considered 1,546,172 Cochrane, gave a splendid entertainment to the elite of worthy information as to the probable starters. Of the Admiral Corry returned to this harbour on the Anchor ........•• -- 6 per cent. 500 1 0 0 Atlas . las 65. 50 50515 0 20 white flu , on - good wages anywhere else ;but . any daily gain ttiat top weighted division Little Fawn a ear the neighbourhood, including the officers of both send- ~ ~, pp sto be the 29th, and subsequently hoisted the of trgus Life ......... •• 41 per cent. 100 0025 0 0 23 best in •• from the middle weights I shall select his promotion. British Commercial .. 7s Gd 50 5 0 5 ) 1 7i may be counted by shillings is here despised, and . Value at 7s. per ounce the temptation to "go in," as the phrase is, for - the Queen's wedding day-nearly 300 being present on Victress and President are my "fancies" for the Hurdle p • mails Cadiz the 3 d She peninsular for on r . County .............. 4/ 100 0010 0 0 125 Crown .. .. ...... .... 16s. 6d 50 0 0 50 ,4 20u the great prizes is almost irresistible. Surfacing MELBOURNE. • so interesting an occasion. Race. A FRESH MAN, brought the report of the wreck of the Olinda Equitygambling,the Summary and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6 in which 2001. or 3001, must be staked on o- THE GOLD. an accession of coa.stguardmen from various districts, to - - The exchange is 541, at 90 days' date ; inscrip- European Life ...... ... General. ..... ........ 15s. 20 0• 0 a n 2014 5 0 0 habilities of a single hole. It requires some sort .. 5% . .. 61 per cent. Stock. ~ 141 of machinery; skilled mechanics must be employed, For some months previous to the date of our last make up her number,of 400, and is getting on very ra li AIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. tious are 381 ; and Bank Shares, Rs. 372,000. . Globe . uardian ............ 5 per cent I 0 0 -1 45 0 1 59 a s well as rough labour hired ; and few can realise Summary (Sept. 23), there had been considerable pidly with her refit for service. : --e,---- The Lusitania brought twenty-five passengers, Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent 5Hi 0 3 50 "3 0 3'5 What it is to dig a hole 140 feet deep, till they agitation on the various gold fields, on account of a The Marlborough, screw, 131, building in this dock- LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. and starts for Liverpool at 4 o'clock p.m. Imperial Life Indemnity Marine - 1 sh.& bs. 160 0 0 20 0 0 62 have been down one. A problem has still to be variety of grievances, the chief of which professedly yard, has had all the artificers ta,ken off her, and distri- The half-yearly report of . the directors of this cora- I Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. b, 100 002 10 0 4114 solved in the southerngold fields,-that ld hof e s,-t at the was the high licence-fee of 30s. per month. This _ bated upon other ships fitting for sea. pany 'states that the ,net revenue for the six months theLeLONDON FEVER HOSPITAL. Law Life..... ........ - 100 00i0 0 o - gal and General Life - ending the 31st of December last, after deducting inte- 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% agitation had. taken a very dangerous form ; and, London Fire . richness or reverse of what are called the The P 'neess Royal, 9l, Capt. Lord Clarence screw, rest on loans and all other preferential charges, amounts se. in order to allay the excitement, the Government _ n London hip... - "second bottoms." Hitherto the miners have Yet has near! made u her corn lenient of 850 and to 172 970/ which added to 1 4951 the balance from the friends and su - agreed to reduce the fee, and, finally, fresh arrange- Pa P Y. P P , , o , ~, The annual general meeting of I) Marine...., .... ••• • .. 15s.per share 100 0018 0 0 - generally stopped. at certain strata of a kind of with a better class of men than have for some time past the 30th of June, makes the balance available for divi. porters of this charitable institution was held on Friday' M ed. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% . per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% white or pipe clay, which was considered the nients have been made. dend 174,4651. From this sum the directors recom- .Minerva •...... -•• .. sp. ct. &bs• 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 The reduction of the license fee satisfied the been obtainable by -other captains. She will leave the, at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen-street, T. Lin- Monarch ... - - ', 00 100 I% sign that the limit of the gold deposit downward mend a dividend for the half-year at the rate of five per National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0.1 210 1 2 diggers. The various gold fields have been ever harbour for Spithead, according to present orders, next coln's-inn-fields ; Mr. John Ashton Yates presided. had been reached. Lately more adventurous spirits cent. per annum, amounting on 6,761,264/. to Palladium Life.,, - 45 since- tranquil, - and the miners have continued Wedneeday. The..Cmsar, 91, screw, Capt. Robb has 169,031/., and leaving a balance of 5,433/. The in- The 94 -ECRETARY Stated that the total expenditure for Pelican ..... ..... - ' I _ have gone deeper, and pierced to the granite rock under the clay, which really appears to be the steadily to prosecute their 'search for the precious bee n removed to the entrance of th e stea m f a ct or y b as i n , crease in. the gross revenue for the past half-yea r ov er the year 1853 amounted to 3,1151. 11s. 6d. The total Kh ceni , -•••.- •• - 1 .. - 186 P r eessional Life..... • 5 , • per cent • 6 5 0 0 0 0 % metal. the corresponding period of 1852 amounted to 53,295/., receipts, including a donation of 50 guineas from the Povident Life..... : ; true bottom, as in some few cases the success of in readiness for going into the harbour on Monday .. , 1,.55. & le; 'lOO 0 0 10 1 0 o 44 We have very little to report in regard to the of which 34,7331. was from passenger traffic, andßock Life......,..,.,, s. the - ' experiment was something fabulous. The morning to receive her main and foremasts under theDrapers' amounted to 2,504/. 16s. sd. Ins 30(0 10 0 7 discovery of ne* gold fields. Rumours have been 15,936/. from -goods. The increase in the working 'balance Company, h f ßoyal Exchange •• ....... Si. p ct. &bs Stock, all 240 reading the-s sheet o the accounts for the year, s „ eire • celebrated "jewellers' shops" belong to this class ; shears. The Illustneus, 72 bl klf , oc s ip, Captain Harris, ' 23 21 4 / a nd in 6/ 10 • --". ft - current of discoveries in the Pyrenees, on the . . , . . expenses was , ~ but here again fortune proved herself as caprici- has received her masts and commenced rigging. She leaving the net increase in the receipts 30 0691 over .. •• 4:.p.ct &hs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 Wardy Yallock, 30 miles west of Geelong, and else- , the expenditure had exceeded the income by upwards United Tam ous as ever ; a few feet to the right or left made period of 1852 ' ' where ; and a rush took place some time ago fromwill soon be ready to commence the training of volun the corresponding - ._. . The direotors of 6001,, and that unless the hospital was better sup- vicwria Life ........ . 2 51. 5 p 5. e r e r en sh t .. 100 0 0 10 1 0 0 45h all the difference between a return of pounds, or consider it desirable, to increase the carriage stock,4 2 6 - the Ovens to the Buffalo ranges, 40 miles further teers on board. ported by the public than it had lately been the com even hundred weights, and a total blank. There and they have therefore ordered 20 first-class and • Blenheim, 60:(Screw), Captainthe Hon. F T east, but with as yet no decided result in any case. The is one person now in Sidney who sank a hole 127 and 20 third-class carriages be built ' • to immediately. admissions. It appeared from the report that 1,132 • The old gold-fields continue pretty well to Pelham, has discharged her steam reserve staff to the feet deep, lost heart when he got to that depth They have also ordered six engines, applicable for goods patients had - been under treatment the past Dividend Amount maintain their former reputation. The most Neptune, 20, Commander Gardener, of the latter shiduring • Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. and abandoned it ; a party of Germans working in P, trains, to 13e constructed and added to the stock. This " If these persons had net been removed to the the next claim took possession of the hole, dug exciting topic am ong the diggers is the ques- will relieve Captain Pelham of steam reserve duty to- step has become absolutely necessary in consequence of .I Y :l ear.. tal, and -the dof contagion thereby evented, only three feet deeper, and came down on a eposit tion of a second bottom-that is, whether, morrow, an d will c on d uc t th e fitting, armament, and the increased mileage of the goods traffic, being as increase .it is im ossible spread o rea ay what evils might have befallen ' X s. d. X s. d. • after penetrating the pipe-clay on which the soil- stowage of all steam vessels brought forward in the of 'nearly 70' per-cent. since the last goods engines were not onl P b 6 the • hwho not llungerford •••••• -..- - - - 12 among the largest ever discovered. The conse y the poor, ut rich also are secure Southwark 1011 0 0 - - f.Tous -earth has hitherto been discovered, seal- absence of the senior officer. . Lieut. A. Stewart, and built. The increased outlay on the carrying stock will quence to the unlucky first sinker has been a ner from the attack of contagious diseases. He feared the iew ii % '• " " - tional deposits may be found to rest on the rock one half of th d e to M: e rinesserying ?ti the 'Blenheim, will render it necessary to reconsider the arrangements made from did not rightly understand the nature of this Waterloo ....... '.: . p . .. 70s. per cent ! 1 5 0 g (, : g : •._ 5 - % 'VOUS fever, from which he is only just recovering, below. This question appears to have been deter-t o k - s m a o rro w. d She will be paid in February, 1852, when it was supposed that the amount charity, or its funds would not be permitted to get so Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. 12,. 60 0 0 60 0 0 - and a vexation that will probably haunt him for I Clo n e irl rg e e diat immediately her shore boo va D u lTo a _ls4 . ditto of 71. I/. Bs. Od. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - mined in. the affirmative at Ballarat, and to a cer- will f be required for additional plant would not exceed 50,0001. low. Had it not been for the support derived from life. It was worse than drawing the next number in a w few days; and e. it is "re ort r e e d 7a will , b w e h o ie t h n II ••••• •• •••• 1/. ss. 70 10 3 - 22 to the ticket that drew the great prize in a lottery. twin extent also at Mount Alexander and Bendigo. of the dockyard engineer 1p department on theu2Botb hand . It was then resolved ein to defray such expense out of occasional legacies the hospital must have been closed . . inst. revenue, by suecessiv stalments spread over a limited If the second deposits are uniformly distributed , altogether, for it was impossible to have it conducted WATER-WORKS. Deep-sinking, however, is becoming the grand Every exertion is made to expedite . her appearance at period of five years, and that a reserved account should and in proportionate abundance to those at Balla-on a more economical plan, as could 'plainly be seen game at Bendigo and Ballarat, and surfacing is be - Spithead ; all the officers' cabins on the main deck are be opened for that In this purpose. pursuance of reso. Dividend Amount rat, it will probably take ages to exhaust the goldenwhen it ginning to be considered a confession of inexpert -knocked dewn, and all the guns are clear for action on lution, 10,0001. has b earl a ainst been yea yso charged g kept in an efficient state at less than 3,000/. a year ; treasures of Victoria. Annum. Share. cues or poverty-as only fit for " new chums." An both decks'. Shehas been materially improved this refit revenue. But the additions from ' ' time to time made and it must be borne in mind that, whether the - aristocracy is growing up among the diggers that The roads are now less infested with bushrangers and. will be a most formidable ship, and no marking to the plant • ft f • • w inain excess o the amount o patients w r man or few the establishment e e y , Xs.d.X s. S. East London will not condescend to wash buckets of earth in a and other desperadoes than they were a year ago, The Simoom, 18, screw troop-ship, Captain Smith, is 50,0001. estimated as the probable sum required , render must be kept up, ready for all emergencies. 01 Grand Junction .... ••' 4 . per cut 50 0 0 all 73 tin dish for a few pennyweights of dust, as in the and the amount of gold brought down by individual nearly complete in the. boiler and machinery department, it now necessary that the period of five years should be the 1,132 patients admitted during the year, there Kent.. •••• - primitive days of the pursuit. But as the impossi- miners, therefore, bears a somewhat larger propor- She is being coaled by convicts, and will move from the extended. The board therefore propose to spread this were dismissed cured of continued fever 631, of Lambeth ...... ••• • - 100 0 0 - . 7 ... ty of everybody getting to Corinth becomes tion to that sent down by escort than it did last steam I)asin into the harbour to-morrow. She takes cost of plant over a longer period, at the same half- fever 101, and of other diseases 116, while the deaths New River Company • 21.10 x, - - - Southwark &Vauxhall 5 per cnt. 100 0 0 - 89% evident here also, surfacing is far from being shag- year. In October last year we possessed two gold- out a battalion of Rifles, we believe, who received yearly charge of 5,000/. amounted to 207. The report concluded by stating that, West Middlesex -.•- 5/.los. pr et. - - lioli doped ; many hundreds are pursuing it with fair fields, and now we possess five-namely, 1. Mount orders to-day to prepare for embarkation. Mr. Eirington, the consulting engineer of the company as there was a balance against the hospital the corn- The Dauntless,. 33, screw, Capt, A. P. Ryder, will go states i n hi s re p or t that, with a reasonable amount of care, mittee trusted that the public would liberally come for- • DOCKS. success, and " new chums" are strongly advised to Alexander and Bendigo ;2, Ballarat; 3, The Ovens; to S • h dto morrow, according topresent try it in preference to the harder work and the 4, M'lvor ;5, The Goulburn. But although their pit ea , orders, th e peesna een t_ wa y of the South. Western Railway can ward, and enable them to fully carry out the object of The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Capt. Willcox, was un- be maintained at an average rate of expenditure, and that Dividend Amount its benevolent founders. greater risk of deep sinking. number is increased the yield will be seen to be less docked to-day and •is manning fast. She will be read it is in as good order at present y . g Pr tas any other railway of The report having been received and adopted, and Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. The reports of " rushes' to different flats and than that of last year; and when viewed in connec- for sea, ' we expect, in another week or ten days. its date that he is acquainted with. In the past half- Lord Monteagle elected president for the year _____-. -_______-___ - _ galleys still continue, though they are generally tion with the greater number of diggers now em- The Boscawen, •70, Capt. Glanville, at Spithead year 12,117/, has been received on account of the sales . ensuing, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, Xs. d. . unsuccessful, as they almost deserve to be. The ployed, the individual profit will not bear compa- inspected yesterday by Vice-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane,' was of surplus - lands; ere,, beyond the metro ol tan district, p i , and the meeting separated. Commercial .. •• .• ..•• 41. pr cent t•tock. stocks - . East and West India.. 4 ; .pr went 'tock. next great hit on the gold-fields will probably be rison with that of the first few months of the K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, who went out with his The numerous aggressive attacks on the company s pro- East Country.. - 20s. per sh. - - 2_ _ made by some of the enterprising prospecting par- gold discovery. There is still, however, plenty of staff and flain the Fire Queen steam yacht, Mr. Paul, perty by the promoters of rival schemes in • the session London • ••••• • 5 pr cent. Stock. - - ties, of whom several, it is understood, are now at gold in the soil. The country proves itself Master-Commander, of 1853 caused a serious expense to the company in STATE OF TRADE. Ditto Bonds.. ...... 4 per cent. - - - - work. more and more every day to be auriferous The Busaoiah, merchant freigbtahip, arrived at Spit- Parliament. These expenses the directors have con- ______.....____ St. Katharine •••••• •• 4 per cent. Stock. - outhampton ..... •• 11. 12s per c. ' 50 0• 0 50 0 0 i - The fields of New South Wales will, perhaps, in throughout almost its whole extent, and with head on Friday evening from the Thames, and was steered it right to charge against capital. With re- (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) Victoria ....... - . 51. percent. 20 0060 0 1 - consequence of the reduction of the Beene. 4.,.- the improved means which science could a #nrrl owed into harbour yesterday morning to embark troons gard to the charges on ivivann. s}. . smaraftl ftwe........1 - - 2200Paa100: 00 r____:. Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. share. I - I --•-- Australasia........... 6/. per cent. 4 40 0 s. d. o £ s. d. all 77 British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 ~ - Commercial of London. 54. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial .......... _ _ 3/ per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian ............... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 2 10 0 14% London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr i 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 (- London Joint Stock ... 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 25 Provincial of Ireland.. 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.- - • • .. 81 per cent. IO 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... 41 per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61 per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New .....• • • 5 per cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 44% South Australia ...... 8 0. ct.& •is. 25 0 0 „ - Union of .. ustralia •••• 40 . per cue. 25 0 0 25 0 0 71 Ditto .......... 0/ per cent. - 2 10 0 - Union of London .... ......Si. per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 all - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of - Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. ------ .£ a. d. ' £ s d. Albion .........• • • .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 95 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s 6d , a. 100 0 0 11 0 1 26 Ditto Marine ... _ _ 1 p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas . 4rgus Life ......... • • 44 per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 23 British Commercial .. 7s Gd 50 0 0 5 ) 1 71 Clericl.3led.&4len.Life spr ct. & bs. 100 5 0 10 0 0 2 % County .............. 4/ 100 0 0 10 0 0 125 Crown .............. 16s. 6d 50 0 0 5 0 4 20% Eagle . Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6 European Life ...... ... 15s. 20 0 ' 0 all 24% General. ..... ........ 5 0 0 „ 5% Globe . . .. 61 per cent. Stock. 141 uardian . .......... 5 per cent 1 0 0 0 45 0 1 59 Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent 5 el 0 , 1 50 "3 0 3'5 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine - - 1 sh. & ha. leo 0 0 20 0 0 62 Law Fire .....• - _ - 25. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 2 10 0 4% Law Life... - ........ - 100 0 0 )0 0 0 - Legal and General Life London Fire . London hip... - Marine......... • • • • . 155. per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 - Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% • per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva ...... - • • .. 5 p. ct. & bs . 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch • . - .. _ - A 0 0 1 0 9 1% National Loan Fund.. 5/, per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 2% Palladium Lite • .. Pelican ..... ..... - I - - 45 Phcenix - •• • - 186 P: , , essional Life•••• Provident Life l/. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 44 Rock Life Royal Exchange ....•• 6L p et. & bs. Stock. all 240 Sun Fire ' . •• 6/ 105. - - ft Ditto Life .. l/ 105 - 65 United Kingdom .. • • 41. p• ct & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - Universal Life Victoria Life ...... • 51. per cent. - 4 12 6 - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Hungerford ....” .. - £ a. d. £ s. d. • - - - 12 Southwark - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New orl% p.c 705. per cent 1 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ........ . _, „ _ .100 0 0 -5% Ditto Old Ann. of 81 11. 12s. 60 0 0 60 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. I/. Bs. Od. • 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Vauxhall ........ _ - 1/. ss. 70 10 3 - 22 . . WATER-WORKS. . Dividend Amount . Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. East London Grand Junction .... • • 4 . per cnt 50 0 0 all 73 Kent.... • • ...• • ....• 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - Lambeth ...... - 100 0 0 - - , New River Company - - - Southwark &Vauxhall 5 per cnt. 100 0 0 - 89% West Middlesex - - 110% LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly report of the directors of this cot. pany states. that the net revenue for the six month, ending the 31st of December last, after deducting inte• rest on loans and all other preferential charges, amount to 172,9701., which, added to 1,4951., the balance from the 30th of June, makes the balance available for divi dend 174,465/. From this sum the directors recom mend a dividend for the half-year at the rate of five per cent. per annum, amounting on 6,761,254/. to 169,0311., and leaving a balance of 5,4331. The in crease in the gross revenue for the past half-year over the corresponding period of 1852 amounted to 53,2951., of which 34,7331. was from passenger traffic, and 15,9361. from goods. The increase in the working expenses was 23,2141., and in the miles run 141,835, leaving the net increase in the receipts 30,0691. over the corresponding period of 1852. The directors consider it desirable to increase the carriage stock, and they have therefore ordered 20 first-class and and 20 third. class carriages to be built immediately. They have also ordered six engines, applicable for goods trains, to be constructed and added to the stock. This step has become absolutely necessary in consequence of the increased mileage of the goods traffic, being an increase of nearly 70 per cent. since the last goods engines were built. The increased outlay on the carrying stock will render it necessary to reconsider the arrangements made in February, 1852, when it was supposed that the amount required for additional plant would not exceed 50,0001. It was then resolved to defray such expense out of revenue, by successive instalments spread over a limited period of five years, and that a reserved account should be opened for that purpose. In pursuance of this reso lution, 10,0001. has been yearly so charged against revenue. But the additions from time to time made and now making to the plant in excess of the amount of 50,000/. estimated as the probable sum required, render it now necessary that the period of five years should be extended. The board therefore propose to spread this cost of plant over a longer period, at the same half yearly charge of 5,0001. Mr. Errington, the consulting engineer of the company states in his report that, with a reasonable amount of care, the permanent way of the South-Western Railway can be maintained at an average rate of expenditure, and that it is in as good order at present as any other railway of its date that he is acquainted with. In the past half year 12,1171. has been received on account of the sales of surplus lands, &c., beyond the metropolitan district. The numerous aggressive attacks on the company's pro perty by the promoters of rival schemes i❑ the session of 1853 caused a serious expense to the company in Parliament. These expenses the directors have con sidered it right to charge against capital. With re gard to the charges on revenue, the usual amount of 5,000/., is charged this half-year on account of the sum standing to debit of reserved plant account, and 1,510/, for extensions of stations, sidings, &c. ; and also a sum of 3,0171. was written off in respect of a deficiency in the coke department, which had been ac cumulating for many yearn. The line from Basingstoke to Andover will be ready for opening in the course of the ensiling spring. The report of Mr. Beattie, the locomotive and carriage superintendent, states that the stock is in a good sound working condition, and that 28 new engines have been built in the company's workshops since December, 1850, to replace a similar number of worn-out engines, which were paid for out of the current working expenses, and the ave rage cost during that time has not exceeded 80. per mile for engine power. Mr. Beattie stated, that he has been exerting every means to economise the use of fuel, as that item forms 35 per cent. of the working expenses, and that there has been an increase in the miles run over the highest mileage of any previous half-year, and a lower cost per mile. The total stock of engines is 122, of which 104 are in good working order. The capital account shows that 8,744,535/. had been received, and 8,769,4951. expended, leaving a balance against the company of 24,9601. The revenue account for the half-year ending December 31 last showed that 387,2901. had been received, and 158,2151., or 41 . 61 per cent, expended, including 20,0001. for Govern. ment duty, rates, and taxes ; leaving the net revenue from the line 229,075. Out of this is deducted 46,3581 for interest on leans and preference shares, 5,0001. for plant, 1,5101. extension of sidings and stations, 1,6261. bad debt account, 3,0171. deficiency of coal on final set tlement of stock, and 1,3311. proportion of guarantee to the North and South-Western Junction Railway Com pany, leaving a balance of 174,4651. available for the ordinary dividend. The roads are now less infested with bushrangers and other desperadoes than they were a year ago, and the amount of gold brought down by individual miners, therefore, bears a somewhat larger propor tion to that sent down by escort than it did last year. In October last year we possessed two gold fields, and now we possess five—namely, 1. Mount Alexander and Bendigo ; 2, Ballarat; 3, The Ovens; 4, M'lvor ;5, The Goulburn. But although their number is increased, the yield will be seen to be less than that of last year; and when viewed in connec tion with the greater number of diggers now em ployed, the individual profit will not bear compa rison with that of the first few months of the gold discovery. There is still, however, plenty of gold in the soil. The country proves itself more and more every day to be auriferous throughout almost its whole extent, and with the improved means which science could afford and a proper distribution and adaptation of labour, there is no fear but that our gold harvest will yield us for many years as much as will afford an ample average to all the colonists of Victoria. With reference to the four last-mentioned gold fields, it is certain that they have not been fully developed, and many of the most experienced miners are of opinion that the Oveaa especially has scarcely yet comparatively been touched; but operations in winter are much impeded by water, and their full development can only take place during the months from Decemb,ir to July. There are, therefore, ' strong expectations' of a large produce during the first six months of 1854. The fields of New South Wales will, perhaps, in consequence of the reduction of the licence fee, gradually regain a part of the population drawn away from them by the more brilliant reputation of the fields of Victoria. The number of dilgers in this province is very small. •The return of the gold from New South Wales for the month of Oc tober is only 5,995 ounces—a miserable figure com pared with the 100,000 ounces raised in the same period at Mount Alexander. The Bum:nab, merchant freigbtship, arrived at Spit head on Friday evening from the Thames, and was towed into harbour yesterday morning to embark troops for the East. We learn from Chatham that the whole of the artifi cers and labourers in that dockyard are now, with few exceptions, at full swing upon the task and job system of work, and earning from ss. to 7s. per diem. The progress made daily io building the Orion, screw, 91, is manifest even to an unprofessional eye, and the me chanics of all grades seem, under the excitement of the change of sptem, quite a new class of operatives. The sails and rigging of the Meeanee, 80, are complete, and she is ready for commissioning. We hear Viee•Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, command ing at the Nore, is suffering from an attack of gout. Rear-Admiral Martin, superintendent of this dockyard, continues very unwell. This is most unfortunate at thit pressing moment. MANCHESTER, Feb. 10.—The India and China houses have continued to operate in mule and water twist to a fair extent ; and some of the German houses have ventured upon limited purchases in anticipation of orders to eome, rather than in supply of any present demand from their customers, with whom trade is anything but good. The home buyers appear to be acting with much caution and reserve ; but on the whole prices are ex tremely well sustained. Doubled yarns (we do not refer to any so fine as 100's and upwards) being bought up, are very dear. In the department of goods there is more depression than in that of yarns. Yet the lower qua lities of skirtings, madapollams, and jacconets have been taken to a moderate amount for India. In domestics we have very little doing ; what demand there is being for the lighter makes. Printing cloths are flat. As re gards prices general tendency is rather against pro ducers ; and, where contracts are running out, there is a willingness to make a little concession. The latest telegraphic advice from New Orleans shows that the great deficiency in the receipts of cotton at the ports was causing some advance in prices. This has imparted additional firmness to the Liverpool market. It has also a somewhat sustaining effect upon our market. Yesterday (Thursday) morning, in accordance with a printed announcement of their intention, the Preston masters onened their mills for such hands as might choose to work on the old terms ; but we under stand that very few have as yet accepted the conditions ; it can hardly be doubted, however, that the. number will go on increasing until ail have done so. BRADFORD, Feb. 9.—Wool—There has been a great dullness in the wool market. The political news appears to deter spinners from buying at the rates now demanded. The holders evince more disposition to sell, no doubt to prevent loss in weight, which the weather in this and the next month always produces. Noils and brokes are firm from the small quantity making. Yarns— The profitless condition of the spinners is in no degree lessened, and there is no alternative but short time continuing till there is either a rise in the price of wool, or yarns obtain a price commensurate with the cost of production. Pieces- —The business doing continues very slugglish. For the spring there has been at pre sent but little provision made, but we are not without hope that ere long we shall see signs of marked activity. NOTTINGHAM, Feb. 9.—Tho .price of yarn is a trifle more in favour of the buyer. LEICESTER, Feb. 9.—There is no alteration in the manufacturing and spinning demand. Wools are easier to purchase. The monthly return of the produce of the Vie. toria gold-fields to ; the end of October gives the fol lowing result : Ballarat The Ovens M'lvor Mount Alexander 35,169 9,729 6.210 105,058 The returns of gold exported are rather more favourable than those of the comparative quantities brought down by escort. According to the statements published by Mr. Khull, the relative quantities of gold exported up to the present period of this and last year were as follow : -- Ounces. 1852 (eleven months) .. 1,843,811 1853 (eleven months, to :Nov. 26)... 2,175,586 With the number of fine ships likely to sail shortly, we are not without hopes of seeing the shipments of gold for this year amount to the round sum total of a hundred tons. Captain Fremantle, (.f the Juno, is also indisposed Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart., C 8., of the Cal hope, 2G, senior officer on the Australian and New Zea land station, is reported by the mail just in from.that region to have died at Sydney on the 2d of Novt.mber last. Captain Fremantle, in the Juno, was going out to relieve him. 156,166 The return from Ballarat, for October, as com pared with that of the same month last year, gives an increase of 7,481 oz. Though the return from Mount Alexander is still so large, yet, compared with the yield of October, 1852, it shows a decrease of no less than 232,426 oz. The total yield of the Victoria fields in October last year was 365,172 oz. For the past month, as above shown, it is 156,166 oz., being a decrease of 209,006 os. Ballarat is the only improving gold-field ; on all the others the produce is diminished. The death of Mr. Chimmo, naval storekeeper at Malta Dockyard, took place on the 29th ult. The vacant ap-. pointment is salaried at 6001. per annum. The United Service Gazette reports Captain Fitzgerald. of the Winchester, 50, having resigned the command of that ship (Sir F. Pellew's flag), and being on his pas sage to England. The darkest side of the reports from the gold region is the prevalence of disease, the frequent robberies, violent assaults, and brutal drunkenness. The Government of Victoria, among its new re gulations for the gold-fields, intends to license a certain number of publichouses on them, to check, if possible, the many evils produced by the retail trade in spirits having been heretofore illegal. Business is generally stated to be in a sound state, though in some articles there is a too abun dant supply for the maniet ; in others the stocks are short and prices are maintained. Complaints are made by old established houses that young and weak firms have entered too largely into specula tion in the colony, and, being compelled to realise at any sacrifice, have forced their goods on the market, or sold them at auction more frequently than established houses approve. It is certain that goods may often be purchased at auction-rooms in quantities at prices that prove retail shops must be making very large profits. But the mass of con sumers cannot attend such sales, and those who make a trade of doing so often buy goods at their own price, and sell again at a profit, .though to the importer there is a certain loss. The high charges for storage often compel sales of this kind, and only those houses who can command this accom modation can safely hold on, otherwise profits may be devoured by warehouse rent. There is no evidence of the power of consumption of the colony having diminished, but the demand varies very much according to the state of the weather and the roads, and we have had a continuance of unusually late rains that have rendered the com munications with the interior difficult and expen sive. The cost of carriage often doubles and triples the price of goods in the interior above their price in Sydney, and to that extent acts as a check on consumption. The roads are getting worse through out the colony, even round the capital, for, while traffic has increased, less labour has been bestowed to keep them in repair. The " wretched roads" is the constant burden of complaint in all intelligence from the interior, but the distances are so great that exertion is almost paralysed by a sense of the hopelessness of the task of connecting every point by roads even remotely resembling Macadam's. The evil is too gigantic for the old cure, and the only thing that can remedy it is the construction of railways that may supersede the present tracts altogether. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ALB k NY, KING GEORGE'S SOUND. ARRIVALS FROM NOV. 6 TO DEC. 10. Nov. 6. Chusan (m. s.), Down. 7. Ida Kiss, Galzinoich. 8. Coila, Koinge. 10. Mozambique, Corcoran. 13. Hen rietta, Van Laeun. 16. Amulet, Harwood. 24. Saxon, Flansens. 29. Americlno, Cernogorcioch. 30, Rory O'More, Church. Dec. 10. Chusan (m. s.), Down. DEPARTURES FROM NOV. 7 TO NOV. 30. Nov. 7. Chusan (m. s.), Down. 9. Foi, Hubert. 20. Africa, Ournon ; Amulet, Harwood ; William Stevenson, Williams ; Gentoo, Wittleton ; Marianne, Squibbs. 22. Coda, Koinge. 29. Archeoique Affre, La Borda. 30. Rory O'Morc, Church. The Vulcan, screw troop•ihip, Commander Von Donop, received her bowsprit yesterday, and will embark troops in a day or two. 120 coastguardrnen arrived by rail last night from the Kentish coast to join the fleet. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 12. The steam-tender Prospero arrived from Pembroke on Friday with 32 volunteer seamen, who were placed on board the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, Captain A. Lowe, in Hatnoaze. 29 of the youngest of the Coast Guardsmen, recently employed in the neighbourhood of Port Wrinkle, joined the flag-ship the same day. The St. George, 121, Captain Kingcombe, is to be taken into dock at Keyham to have her copper examined, preparatory to her being got ready for sea. The screw steam-sloop Desperate, 8, Captain William W. Chambers, is ordered here from Lisbon, to have a new mainmast and jibboom, which are to be fitted with all despatch. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, FEB. 11. SYDNEY. ARRIVALS FROM SEPT. 18 TO NOV. 23. ENTERED INwARDs.-;--The Reform, from Leghorn ; Yeoman, Callao ; Caroline, Holbeck ; Victoria, Memel ; Twee Zusters, Worcum ; Maria, Antwerp ; Ballarat, Port Philip ; America, Charente ; Commonwealth, Baltimore. Sept. 18. Singapore, Bath, London; Calphurnia, Geere. Melbourne ; Trent, Collette, Melbourne ; Straford, For rest, London ; Telegraph, Irvine, Liverpool ; Countess of Derby, Starcich, Launceston ; Julia Percy, Smith, South Sea Islands. 19. Alster, Penneng, Melbourne ; Lady Flora, Carker, Melbourne ; Ann Mary, Harris, Melbourne. 22. Walter Morris, Morris, Plymouth ; Isabella Hyne, Somerly, Melbourne. 23. Balkan, Wainwright, China ; Gipsy Queen, Rarras, London ; Thames, Hadley, London. 26. John Sugars, Doyle, London. 29. Defence, M'Martyr, Liverpool. 30 St. Anne, Griendean, Melbourne. Oct. 1. Mathilde, Harmony, Melbourne. 2. Abbot, Ferguson, San Francisco. 3. Daniel Ross, Kettle, Melbourne. 4. Jessie Byrne, Baker, San Francisco ; Star of the East, Robertson, Liverpool ; Adele, Thomson, Poi tland Bay ; Palembang, Hockstra, London. 6. Hugh Walker, Mac key, Glasgow. 8. Constitution, Trader, London ; Heather Bell, Jones, Auckland ; Galatea, Todd, Auckland. 10. Confience, Menezes, Lisbon. 11. Voyageur, Pirout, Mau ritius. 12. Ellenborough, Thornhill, London ; Eliza Mary, Chapman, Riatea. 13. Waterhen, Verhulst, Lon don. 15. Admiral Greenfell, Maclelland, New Zealand. 20. Casper, Eldred, Valparaiso. 21. Ann (s. s.), Gibbs, New Zealand 23. Indianoia, Cathcart, Melbourne. 24. Jenny Lind, Lloyd, Java ; Royal Exchange, Turner, Sonrabaya ; Ida Reiner, Melbourne ; Blackfriar, Tissiman, London ; Amelia the First, Mailer), Oporto ; Amicitia, Hellinger, Liverpool ; Isabella Hercus, Robertson, Lon don ; Holland, Mendez, Liverpool. 25. Great Britain (s. s), Matthews, Liverpool ; Kate. Greaves, London ; Flevo, Vandertrey, Liverpool ; Martin Luther, Batavia ; Iltan, Cole, Calcutta ; Caroline, Lawson, Liverpool. Oct. 29. Lallah Rookh, Turkey, Valparaiso; Jackin, Normann, Valparaiso ; Calliope, Home, South Sea Islands. 30. Volant, Vesey, San Francisco. 31. John H. Millay, Crandel, New Caledonia. Nov. 1. Trafalgar, 31'Ni - lder, Glasgow ; R tjasthan, Kerr, China. 2. Windsor, Tickell London ; Aurora, M'Vicar, London ; Adelaar, Boulet' Liverpool. 5. D'arnblat, Blanchard, Society Islands. 6; Sydney, Askey, Melbourne ; Indian Queen, Drummond, Now York ; Adolfe van Nassau, Borehur, Liverpool Fanny Fisher, Harold, Java. 10. Henrietta, Allen' Melbourne ; John Ormerod, Swine, San Francisco. 11' Maidstone, Eecott, Plymouth ; :Zeemanshoop, Drunker' Liverpool ; Willem Ernst, Doornik, Liverpool ; Alert' Smith, Macao. 15. Victoria, Meyer, Hamburg. 16. Royal, Stuart, Globe, Southampton ; Queen Margaret, Sp ence, Loudon; Duchess of Sutherland, Williamson, Londoe ; Vimeira, Neatby, Portsmouth ; Asa Thor, Culberg, Mel bourne. 17. Epsom, Buckland, Portsmouth ; Niger, Wallace, London. 18. Arrogant, Dye, Newcastle; Cybele, Schuser, Sourabaya ; Montezuma, M'lntyre, Melbourne ; Gay Head, Davis, M e lbou r ne. 20. Maria Catherine, Poel, Liverpool. 22. Chusan, Down, Melbourne. 23. Hope, Allen, Greenock ; Don Alphonso, Santa Anna, Oporto; Abel Taman, Hensing, London. DEPARTURES FROM SEPT. 16 TO OCT. 20. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Vesta, for St. Übes ; Thalia, M aur iti us ; Ch an ti c l eer , N ew f o un,iland. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.--The Rusamento, for Lisbon ; Celestial, Hong Kong ; Elvira, Buenos Ayres ; Lord William Bentinck, Valparaiso; Calypso, Jamaica; Era, Porto Rico ; Paris and London, Rouen and Paris; Vesta, Oporto ; Enchantress, Nantes. The . screw ship Algiers, 91, having been coppered, will be undocked on Wednesday, the 15th inst. All plumbers and millwrights employed in the Devon port dockyard are to work from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., to expedite the fitting of ships. The last Cape papers, received per Propontis, con tained a very minute account of a box of clothing, tools, letters, &c., found ashore at Mossel Bay, from which it was concluded that a ship had been wrecked in that vicinity. Yesterday, a letter from its owner, who is a seaman belonging to the Simoom, states that the box was washed off the deck of that steamer in a heavy gale when near St. Helena. The Simoom is now in dock at Portsmouth, and the owner of the box, George Pain, is with his friends near Dorchester. The Black Sea.—Captain Hedwith, of the merchant vessel Danthwaith, which arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday, states that about the 20th of November, while lying at Kertsch, in the Sea of Azof, a British built steamer, in the Russian service, entered that har bour in a very shattered condition, She had been at Port Nicola!, which she unexpectedly found in posses sion of the Turks, who fired at her with considerable effect. The funnel had about 50 shotholes in it ; she was completely dismasted, and her sides were well riddled, almost down to two strakes of the water's edge. There was a hole forward large enough to admit a boat, and, had the Turks fired a little lower, ■he must have sunk. As it W IR, in the hurry to escape she was run around ; but fortunately she backed off quickly. The captain and 25 of the crew were killed, and 100 wounded, being nearly the entire complement of the ship. WOOLWICH, FEB. 11. APPOINTMENTS. GOLD CIRCULAR. Since our last report for England was written our prospe c t s i n a ll quarters have materially improved. The Weathe r is becoming more settled, and, with the open ing of the summer, our gold fields present an appearance of activity and b us tl e to w hi c h t h ey have lowg been strangem We have learnt from a sure source that our northern diggings a re lik e l y to d o very well this season. The Am erican or la s arties at the Haning-rock have com pleted their w bourhood with abundance are able to supply all the neigh of note e nce of water for It is worthy mini ng operations. of tha l t the construction of sluices and the combinationlarge parties of diggers has become much more common both here and at our other mines, and that by this Trie,' much ground is profitably worked which would otherwise Rocky River also promises very remain untouched. is w e p ; upwards of 400 licenses have been issued at this Place during the pre sent.continue to month. The western main taingold-fields their position as our leading diggings, both in point r the spot where of population and productiveness. ground was first broken, is still tenanPted by a few par ties, who seem perfectly content with their earnings. The Turon is once more alive with the owner s of bed claims, many of whom have already had n successful hauls. Tambaroora supports severalcsunre v hundred n er diggers, although from the want of water l summer months, we must expect a diminution ingthebier numbers owing to the removal of the major portion to the neighbouring gold producing colonies. Louisa Creek and the Meroo have a considerable body of miners, who there find constant and profitable employment. The new field at Burrendong has also turned out very well, a n d, as but a small portion of the ground has been tried, w e may fairly look for yet greater things from this place. We hear but little of the Tuena ; but that little is to the effect that several o f the f ew p a rties who have stayed et a re gave made their fortunes, and that scarcely any rd_-;reP ! sion to grumble with their returns. - The „,„P ; 1- twn, .nti diggings were under a cloud at the date i —• v.63* Last .rapczt b u t • have since emerged, and are now outitlid to their old character for steady results. ' ..., Paymasters.—JarsesSTMoun - tsteven (1837), from the Boscawen, 70, flagship of Rear-Admiral Arthur Fan shawe, C. 8., appointed to be Commander-in-Chief on the North American and West Indies station, to the Ma jestic, 80, screw steamship, commissioned by Captain James Hope, C. 8., at Sheerness ; Frederick Brady (1842), from the Euryalus, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Chatham, to the Boscawen, 70, at Portsmouth, vice Mountsteven ; William H. Reeves (1844), recently serving in the Cleopati.a, 26, when on the East Indies station, to the Euryalus, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Chatham, vice Brady ; Thomas Hockings (1843), to the Wellington, commissioned as guardship of ordinary at Sheernt-ss. SEPT. 16. Osmanli, Corbett, Melbourne. 17. Mohawk, Little, London ; Victoria, Ch;sprnan, London. 18. Nia gara, Wilde, Callao ; David M`lvor, Baillie, Bombay. 19. Victoria, Owen, Valparaiso; Shanghai, - Parfitt, Point de Galle. 20. Watergeus, Kramer, Batavia; J. M. Chris tina, Watermans, Batavia ; Doggerbank, Sansen, Batavia. 21. Flora, Acock, Callao. 23. Clara, Jarman, Moulmein. 24. Aldebaran, Heijborn, Batavia; Dankbaarbeid, Post ma, Batavia ; F. C. Clark e , Jean, Calcutta ; Perseverance, White, Newcastle. 27. Asie, Marchante, Batavia. 21. Commodore, Broadfoot, Auckland ; Susan, Aldrich, Am panam. 30. Helen Baird, Wilson, London; Sartelle, Stafford, Callao. October 1. Trent, Collette, Guam ; Louis, Ross, South Sea Islands. 2. Telegraph, Irwin, Callao ; Ann, Float, Callao ; St. Gravenhage, Blok, Bata via. 3. Gibers, Techken, Callao ; Ann Aolzberg, Harries, Calcutta. 5. Keihriveider, Evers, Batavia. 7. Clontarf, Earthy, Calcutta. 8. Fanny, Smith, Newcastle; Early Bird, Park, Hong Kong. 10. Renaissance, Pickhand, Pondicherry ; Repeater, Wilson, Callao. 11. Alster, Pen nang, llong Kong. 12. Walter Hood, ISproat, London. 13. John Williams, Morgan, Anatam • Earl of Elgin, Lawson, C a ll ao. 15 . John Barrow, Obedgary, Manilla; Asherely, Ross, P or t C oo p er ; Prin cess S op h ie, Matzen, Batavia; Countess of Derby, Starcich, Moreton Bay. 17. Annette Gilbert Gage, Valparaiso. 19. Versailles, Eld ridge, Callao; Isabelita Hyne, Somerley, Valparaiso. 20. Royal Saxon, Johnson, Shanghai ; Juno, Basagur en , Ma nilla. 29. J u l ia Percy Smith, South Seas ; Singap ore , Bath, Arrae,a n ; D an i el ' Row, Kettle, Hong Kong. 30. Alert, Stewart, London. 31. St. Anne, Carandan, Guam; Adele, Thomson, Melbo urne . N ov . 1. Walmer Castl e , Price, Gum ; Vaiticaid, hillier , London ; John Pacliett, Stapleton, Ceylon. 3. Th uet : H a dl e y, Ifoulizaia. 4, Surgeons.—Charles T. S. Severn (1846), to the Monarch, 84, at Sheerness ; James Davidson (1848), to the Dragon steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. The greatest exertions are now made to man the navy immediately and place all the ships and war steamers in an efficient state for active service on the shortest notice. The Vigilant revenue cruiser arrived at Woolwich to , day from Sheerness, and took on board the whole of the men of the Coast Guard from the station at Charlton, as ' their services are required afloat, leaving only M r . Harrys, the chief officer, to do duty at Charlton. Mr. Pym (Master of 1851), serving as additional master to the Black Eagle steam-vessel, left Woolwich on Friday evening for Gravesend to raise men for the Royal navy, and will open a rendezvous there. An order was received at a late hour this evening to select 200 men of the Foot Artiilery, who are to be medically inspected to-morrow (Sunday morning) at the Ordnance Hospital here, and they are to proceed imme diately lcy railway to Portsmouth, for the purpose of be ing draughted there to serve as marine artillery on board the ships of war or war steamers now in commission or about to be commissioned for active service. No captain has up to the present date been appointed to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship at Devonport, and the belief is now universal in naval circles that the Nile will be selected as the 'flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., on hie appointment to the command of the Baltic fleet. i.%;13 of .L 4 - NOTTINGHAM TRADE. If the wars and rumours of wars have not paralysed th• lace trade this week—there is at all events a case of temporary suspension of animation. Nothing could be more languid than the existing state of matters. It may be that it is only waiting for a result or certainty of some kind to take a decided turn, but instead of any improve ment since our last, things are even worse. The worst thing that could happen, however, would be a panic much as would stop production ; and we are very averse to encourage such a feeling, resting assured that the hesitation exhibited in business is an utter mistake, and that the actual outbreak of war would occasion imme diate activity, and that under circumstances which, when they do arrive, will demonstrate the folly of the present pause. There is a softening in the silk Market owing to re cent extensive importations, the arrivals for the last month fully equalling 2,000 bales ; but also, in part, at tributable to the stagnation of feeling. It occurs to us that advantage ought to be taken of this condition of the market, before war begins in earnest--as, although, wages are at present at the maximum of ordinary times, owing to the high rate of living, it is impossible to tell what scarcity of labour or increase of its remuneration may ensue. We notice the arrivals of one or two German pur chasers this week from Leipsic, &c. The Hosiery branches have also participated in the unfavourable impression created by the state of our foreign relations, though in a minor degree ; and whilst Sutton goods are comparatively so active that in some instances they cannot be obtained fast enough from the operatives ; and there is a revival in the glove branch, and considerable activity in pantaloons ; the home trade generally, upon which our warehouses depend up till the American arrivals in May, and on which they are particularly dependent for the present, in consequenc e o f t h e caut i on inevitably evinced by shippers, is far slower than is usual at this period. Still it i 3 hoped that as purchasers are known to be taking goods exclusively for the supply of immediate wants, an easy demand from this source may be maintained up to the end of July, instead of stopping short at midsummer. Manufacturers necessarily prefer the ex citement and advantage of substantial orders, enabling them to look a month or two beforehand, to this drop ping fire, although we dare say it must amount to the same thing in the end. It is certain, however, that employment, though not excessive in any one branch, continues, from the numerous branches into which the trade is now divided, not only to be pretty generally diffused, but to occupy a number of hands.--Notting hainskire Guardian. RACING FIXTI FEBR RES FOR 1854. rARY. Lincoln Spring 14 Nottingham Spring ...... 21 Cll. MA . Liverpool Spring 1 Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 Warwick Spring 21 Catterick 27 Northampt on 29 30 Abergavenny Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny 2O York Spring 25 Malton 27 A.Y. Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring l2 Newmarket Craven l7 Newmarket F S ........ 1 Chester 5pring...,,,,,,.,, 9 Lothians Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S l6 Shrewsbury ~ 1$ Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes l9 Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 30 LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11. The Nelson, from Glasgow for Providence, has put into this port leaky, having been on shore. The Eliza, of Waterford, from Cardiff to Liverpool, is at anchor close to the rocks near Aberfrau, Carnarvon Bay, with loss ot sails, foretopmast, &a. A steam•tug was sent to her assistance. A lump has arrived from the Olinda (s. a.) with goods, and reports the steamer to hare been seriously injured by the recent north and north-east gales. The Ewelie, for Africa, at anchor off Tranmere, drifted ashore yesterday near Birkenhead, but floated off this morning without apparent damage. The pilot was absent at the time. The steam-tug sent to endeavour to get off the Bona Ven tura, ashore near Holyhead, not having succeeded in accom plishing her object, returned to Holyhead to-day. The Bona Ventura was removed about the length of the ship farther nut. The Calabria (s.), whose return from Now York may be expected about the 15th inst., has been chartered by Go vornment for transporting troops to Malta. The Esk, hence to Geeluig, was passed, Jan. 2, lat. 5 N., lon g . 19 W., 30 days o u t, an d h a d encoun t ere d very severe west and south-west gales. Rio DE JANEIRO, Jan. 5.- The Perseverance, from Per nambuco to Australia, put in 31st December, with main mast badly sprung, and mainsail split, and both will have to be replaced. The Clara Henrietta, from Amsterdam to Valparaiso, put in 15th Dec , with loss of mainmast. INVERKEITHING, Feb. B.—lt blew a most severe gale on the night of the sth and morning of the 6th February, dur ing which the Good Intent from Leith to Liverpool, parted from her anchor, and went ashorn below the Ferry Burns, in St. Margaret's Hope, and is much damaged, but it is expected that the cargo will be saved—crew landed. FREDERICKSTADT, Jan. 25.—The Kron Prins Oscar, of Porsgrund, from London to Lange Sandfiord, has put into Asmalsuntl leaky, with loss of false keel, and must repair, having been on shore off Heig. LUBECK, Feb. 7,—The Oberon, from Newcastle to Ma laga, which was on shore on Vosterbank, near Schouwen, on February 4, has struck heavily, her deck is burst, and her cargo (coals) washed out. NASSAU, Jan. 9,—A large part of the cargo of the Young Queen, from St. Jago . de Cuba to Swansea, wrecked at Bird Rock, has been landed in Crooked Island. The Wil liam Pitt, for Liverpool, put in here yesterday in a leaky state, and has been ordered to be discharged. The leak is supposed to be below the copper. DEAL, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.N.W., fine. The steamer Kossuth, from Dundee for Melbourne, has arrived in the Downs with the crew of the schooner Dolphin. The cap tain refused to leave her, and it is feared that she soon afterwards went down. WARBERG, .Tan. 28:—The Prederikka, frern Rio Janeiro to Cop en h agen , w hi c h was stranded off Roskar, l as t n i g h t, has become a c om plete wreck and sunk ; crew (except one man) saved. VIANA, Jan. 28. - The Al fecto, hence for Queenstown, in proceeding to sea, Jan. 27, struck upon a rock in the middle of the bar, broke her rudder, ran upon the Putois Rocks, and was wrecked. FLEETWOOD, Feb. 9 —A broken box, painted blue, with "W. Phillips, passenger to Melbourne, Wanted on the voyage," on it, has been picked up at Norbeck, near this place. SYDNEY, N.S.W., Nov. B.—The Juno (Spanish schooner) hence to Manila, hay been wrecked on the coast here. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Epsom, from London to Sydney—Sept., lat. 1 N., long. 17 W. The Halifax (barque), bound S., 3d Fob., lat. 42 N., long. 12 W. . • The Arab, bound S., sth Feb., lat. 47 N, l ong . 8 W. The Ada, from London to Melbourne, 7th Dec., lat. 10 N., long. 27 W. The North Star, for Melbourne, same day. rho Northern Light, lat 20 N., lung. 24 W. Tic Pato, from London to Hobart Town, let Jan., lat. N., long, 21 W. 1 • L; i . 50 0 0 6 0 0 CANALS. Dividend Names of Divideiu Names ol Zi e. i- , per Companies. p,per eric Companies. el Price. Annum. 4 Annum. et, J.. — -,----- .£ £ A shtn BtOldh 93 7. p. Cl 167 Macclesfield. 100 21. 103.1 50 Barnsley , • 160 Neath., . • . 100 • 16i 150 Brknk& Abrg ,50 4 Oxford • • 100 13 . 115 Birmingham 40 4 , 9 , % Peak Forest. 78 5 Os 95 Coventry.. • . 100 25.. 205 Regent's ... 30 7$ 16% Derby ••• • • 100 6. 63 Rochdale 85 11. 108• 66 _ Ellsmre&Chs 69 25i p. ct Somrs• t Coal ,4., GranclJunetn 100 4 , pr. ct 64 Do Lk F't; 12 Do , 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. 13 turd &Wore 140 281 407 •;rand Surrey 100 21. 10s. 55 41, rewsv•ory —1125 Grand Union 100 'V. f s 12% qourbrldgv., 145 201. 285 Kennt & Avn 39 6s. rd. 7% 4evern and 1 1 1 Lancaster • 100, Wye hail. , 26( 21. 24 Leeds &14 v p 100 25/. 530 W rw i ct & 7 ! Leicester.,., 100, 5/, 100 3/. 3114 68 Binning. j Leicstr & Vth, 83 4/, , W arw i c k & Loughbornahll42 701 Napt o h . 1 100 3/, 19 Monmouthsh 1 100 Worcstr & i . 11Intgineryshlilio liirming. 78 31 31 MeltnAlwbry 100 • Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. 641. 10s. Od. . - j•• ..•Lo ..,-, ...,L isa - it,. Wl.' 0%. C • GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend , Amount Name of Company. per ! of Paid. Price. Annum. i Share. ; - ' £ s. d. £ s. d. British - -• • • • • •• - .. - - - - Ditto Provincial - - It. Bs. 2O 0 0 20 0 0 2*, Brighton -.. ....., 5/. 120 0 0 20 0 0 15 1 City of London ...... GI. !100 0 0 160 5 0 130 Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67% Equitable ...... •• •• 50/. 50 0 0 all 26 ' Great Central --•• • 71 per cent, ,10 0 0 10 0 0 12 Imperial ............ 1 bonus. :50 0 0 all 85% Independent .......- 6/. 140 0 0 „ ' 46 London.. .... ........ - 1 SO 0 0 f 9 - Do., Parl. Preference 61 per cent. 1 , 25 0 0 ~ 25 P. ce ix ....... •• .... 311. per cent. , 50 0 0 49 0 0 27% Rateliff ..... ....... 51. .100 0 0 JO 0 0 73 United General -- .- 11. 50 0 0 all 22 Westminster Chartered 5/ per cent, 50 0 0 ~ 3 9 Ditto, New ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 • 0 'll LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. ' Annum. Share. - - - •X s. d. X s. d. Rank of Scotland -•• 7!. per cent. 100 0 o 100 0 0 185/ Os British Linen Company 8! per cent. 00 0 0 100 0 0 2091 0 Caledonian Bank .. •• . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3 18s City of lasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 IS : 0 :0/ 15s Clydesdale Bank .... 51. p cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 2s minercial Bank •• 71. per cent 5 0 0 0 100 0 0 981 Os Eastern Bank.... •• - 51 per cent 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/15s Ediub & Glasgow .... 3%, p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 15s Exchange Pilik of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 6s. Gd National Bank •• • • % per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 16i I s North of cotland Bank 5, per cent 20 0 5 , 210 0 4/. 7s ' Royal Bank of -t cot!. .. 91. per cent 11'0 0 0 100 0 0 13011 t Union Bank of Scot. • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 1) 0 92/ Os Western Bank - ...... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 9 0 '1 171 tlliance Fire and Life.. 8 ~ pr cant 100. 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s British Guarantee .... Ai. pet cent. 10 0 1 2 0 0 I/. 3s Caledonian Fire Incur .01. per cent. iuu 0 0 10 0 0 261 Os ity of • •lasgow Life •i/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 7s Colonial Life .... . 5/. per cent. 90 0 0 1 0 0 41. Iss Edinburgh Life Incur ;1. percent. 100 0 0 15 1 0 ;25110s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5 /.percent. 00 0 0 212 6 141. 7. Life ssoc of • , catiftnd til. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 , 1 . Iss National Fire and Lif e 6/ . Per cent. . 0 0 0 1 0 0 ;I/. I3s North British Incur .. 7 • per ~e,t 100 0 0 20 0 0 ,36/ I s cottish Union Insrne. 7 l . pr cent 21 0 0 I 0 0 11. 12s tandard Life .•... . 5 per cen t 0 0 0 I I 7 0 17/ Cs .United Dep. Assurance 5/. per cent. 10 0 6 I ' 0 - MISCELLANFOUS. Dividend Amount , Name of Company. per of 1 Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - £ s. I. £ s. d. Nssarn Tea - ...... 3'. 5 0 0 U 20 0 0 15 Wetien Mart• ••.•• • • • 2/. 58. su 0 0 - - iustralisn A s ;riculturl IL I Is. 6d. 100 0 0 17 10 0 403 Australian Trust ... 6 , per cent. - 2 0 0 - Australian Royal stall 5/. 10 0 0 8 0 0 - s nglo- Mexican Mint. 1' 105. 10' 0 0 'e 0 0 25 British American Land 155. - 38 10 0 69 Can ala •• • • -• • • Fi percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 7 . 71 1)o. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - ....., - (Otto, h per cent. - 51. per cent. - , _ 110% 'Hy Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - _ Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto •• •••• •• ( 11 ) - 25 0 0: 15 0 0 - ' Equitable Reversionry 51pr. cent 100 0 0 'lOO 0 o - Ditto Nov - 50 0 0 12 10 0 - Gen. revers. & TriveSt. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 , Inn 0 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 pct 15 0 0• 14 0 0 - Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. I - - Fhangerford .......• . 2/. 1G;. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London Institution ..•. - - - - London Reversionary 51. per cent 15 0 0 lb 0 0 - Russell Institution- - - - Price's PatentCand•Co. 10/. percent. 20 0 0 1 If ? 0 0 , 26% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 flOO ofl I - m Royal Mail : team.... 11. p. share. 100 0 01 60 0 0 - South Australian .... 57. per cent. 25 0 0i 25 0 0 36 34 I t Trust and Loan C omp. - of lipner Canada.... - - - [ADVERTISEMENT.] Sight and Hearing The Royal Exhibition, 1851 Extraordinary Powerful Munich German Glass Telescopes, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. - A valuable, newly invented, very small powerful waistcoat -pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearl y seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 33 inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and th e double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket. and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can he clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Deafness —New Discovery—The Organic Vi brator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Bei ng of the Mlle colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist. ante that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarla-stre e t, h cos ailly. Observe, opposite the York Rotel COUNTRY MARKET& HADDINGTON-FEB. 10. The following are the prices of grain at our ma rket to-day : WIIKAT. BARLEY. OATS. Awls First B4s Od 43s Od 35s Od 51s Od Second 74s 3d i 39s Oct 31s lid 46 8 10d Third 6os Oct l 32s Od als 6d 36s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 476 qrs., 417 sold ft SP barley „ 425 qrs., 382 sold ft ft ft oats 511 qrs., 427 sold Pt beans 196 qrs., 162 sold f f ft Average of whoat £3 14 3 6-12ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beaus . ........... ..... DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—FEB. 9. Wheat ou the top is down, current price 2s down, and lowest 2s down, Oats on the top 4d down, current price Is 4d down, and lowest same as last market. Barley on the top 6d down, current price 6d d own , an d l owes t 1 $ down. Pe as an d beans 6d down on the top, current price 2s down, and LOs down on the lowest price. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 323 Wheat 7> 4 6 Od 1243 Oats 34s 8d 24s Od ... ...... 18s 8d 551 Barley 4ls 6d 34s Od 49 Peas . & beans 50s Od 46s Od Average of wheat, 3/. 5s 2id. ABERDEEN—FEB. 10. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 27s 6d to 28s 0d; 401bs per Lusbel ; new oats, 27s Od to 28s Od, 401bs per bushel ; bere, :37s Od to 01 Is Od, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 36s 6d to 37a Od, 531bs per bushel • wheat, red, 65s Od to 68s Od, 621 b. per b us h e l ; wheat, white, 73s Od to 76s Od, 621bs pei bushel ' • oatmeal, 23. Od t e 21 s Od ' per b o ll ; flour, 60s Od to 61 s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 6d to 8d; mutton, .litto, 6d to ld ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d; pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 7d ; salthon, per lb, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits,. each, Od to Od ; tallow, p:r stone, 5. 9d to Os Od; potatoes, per peck, 10d to is 2d; butter, per lb, 9d to 10d; eggs, per doz, Os 81 to Os gd ; hens, per pair, 3.- Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditt o , 2 s 01 t o 26 6d; ducks, ditto, 2. Od to 3s 01 ; ducklings, ditto, 2.. 6d to Os ; turkeys each, 4s 0,1 to 5. Od ; geese, ditto, 3. Od to 4. Od ; butter for exuortation (present cure), per cwt, 82s to 84. Od; ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ; eggs, wholesale, price, per dozen, 9d t o Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21b loaf, 4d ; , pork, fine small, Os Od to is Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od; lamb, per lb., 5. 9d to Od ; cheese, per imperial 'stone, 5s 6d to RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has exhibited firm feeeling all day, and closed steady at last night's currenct —Caledonian, 26a; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65i, ; a London and North-Western, 103, ; Midland, 62i ; Bout • . Eastern and Dov er , 18 5-16 65 MANCHESTER, FEB. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-clay has been very small, prices have ruled higher. The sales were :—Leeds, 65k, g ; Dovers, 184, g. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 11. , • ice. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day quotations were about sta tionary. London and North:Westerns were .den i e this morning at lU2i. Among the closing quotaticklaivere Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 81. 16s. 3d. ; sellers, 8/.. 18s. 9d. Eastern, Counties,, sellers 131; East Lancashire, b u y ers 641 ; G rea t W estern; buyers 82, sellers 83 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, buyers 65, sellers 651 ; London and North-Western, buyers - 1031, sellers 1034; Midland, buyers 63, sellers 63i ;"Shrecisbury and Birmingham Preference, sellers, 9 .; Shropshire buyers, 3/. 18s. 9d. di s . ; S out h Staff ordshire, buyers 2: sellers 1i dis. BRISTOL, FEB. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The c o n tin ue d state of suspense and uncertainty as to war or peale taiises the market to remain in a dull and depressed condition, with little or no business doing. The only transactions during the day were in Bristol and Exeter Stock, which was'done at 95, and Great Westerns at 82. -SEABORNE IN signifies that the malls are, sent, from. tht aware Post office y the night—and 51 by the morning -dispatch. . - • •...... .. m . . , Day wneu ,0 4 , .' . + Fro sea.. When ..GUNTE.ES in General Post- • ' Pori duo in Office, fmn.to.s.. .I)ieJateho, . England. america(byltrit.pack): , Every Friday .. . Lteeroo. . Each Mon. imerica (by United Sts. . . packet) ..........N Ten. 7 ......... .. Llverp.to. Feb.,Hl America (by IT States / packet) ..........N .. • • .... Sou. hail) , , ( Arrived . Australia (via South-, • I__ affipton) ••• .. .. .. ... MlMarch 4.. • ..... • • Southern!, Feb. 20 Ditto (via m amines) . N 'March 8 ..... , . Dover..-... Feb. 16 Ditto (via Cape of t•Sood ' I Hope) ............NlFeb. 4 Africa (West Coast I ..Nr.3d of the ;month . Plymouth . ...Arrived Alexandria .......... " , " 1 8, 'l, 24, &'lO of ..1 Dover .. Feb. 16 Alexandria.-- ....3114th & Zoth of mon. Sbutheniftort Feb. 20 ice. liaharmui ...,......,.M 17th of the mom: Seuthamploti Fels 6 Belgium ............N i Daly .........: .• Dover :44. i.;llaity Brazil ............ .. NI 9tti of the mouth., Southampton Feb 16 RUPlll.lAyres.... ....Nl:9th of , he mont!... Southanipt.a. Feb., 16 0 Cape of Good /ha t e .•.N 14th 01 the moil' Plyinotith . ..Tab: 26 0 Y Cape of Good Elope .. 14th et the month. Southanipte n 5 ape de Verds .. .. ..Z. 14th or the month Plyment a .. Feb. 26 '5 C 1, Cleyho.,(see'lndia) ' _ 1 6% Ceylon.. ••• ......... ..N 14th of the mono. PlyttiAlll2i ".. 'Feb. 26 6 ~ 'hanne; isles ........ N MOI I ,Wed.,&Frti S..tuthatmiton Tu.Th.Sat. rhi11................M ad& llth of meal, S t outhamptonireb. 16 China (see India) 1 17 Constantinople „ .....2'.. 7,8,17,21,&27 cr , m Dover .. 'Constantinople ........,4th & 20th of molt Southampto.. Feb. 20 16 t ;ont. of Europe M& N Twice daily ...... Dover ....•. Twieedally I 4 Egypt (see India) I Frauce ........ M & N Twice daily.... .. Dover ...... Twicedally II 1 , Gibraltar .. .. • . .... M 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 an; Southampton Feb. 16 A Greece (see India) 9 Greytown ..........M,2nd 8217th of non. Southampton Feb. 16 Hamburgh .......... Ni Tuesday & 'Fridst3 London ..... I 1 Havannah .......... Mi 2nd of the. month Southamptefilif arch 1 .. . -Holland' ...-.'••• .. .... . M:Da11y.'....'.. -;., Dover '.•..-• • Daily li, , Honduras ..........Mll7th of the Month. dthatifpftel l Feb. in --", . India (iflaSouthampt.)3ll4th 32. 20th of mom SotithtutiOnd Peb. 20 . lndia' (via Marseilles)ll, itth& 24 th . 6 f month Dover ,i `Feb . 16 L lonian Isles '(See WWI, 17; &V of non ihreer.t .`'.•.' Feb. 10 V . . Ireland' ' ..'.... ..31 - & N I Twice daily '..... Holyhead .':. 7twieedaily Li5b0n..............M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. SouthantptotiFeb. 16 lee. ' Madeira - ............ m 9th of the month thampton Feb. 16 Madeira...: . ... ..,;.. N - 23d of „month .... Plymouth ..' , Feb. 14 , Malta (see India). Malta .. '.........: ..N 7,17,19,27, 30 °fin. Dover ...... Feb. 10 - . Mauritius (see /tuna) • ' 1 ' 2,, • Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth ...Feb..26 5 m u l e° ...... ) Naples ..... ........N 'bthlsth2sthofm on. Dover :—... Feb. 12 r % New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month SouthamptoreFeb. 1 6 i New Zea1and.......... By private skip .. Various ports .Uneertain. 1 Papal Btates ........2i s thlbth2 s tbothion. Dover ...... Feb 12 ili Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th2Bthofinon. Southampton' Feb. 16 1 Peru .. .. „Ai 2d & 27th of mon Southampton Feb. 16 .• Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Feb. 26 Sicily ..............N s thl 6 th2sthottnon, Dover ......; Feb. 12 t% Tuscany • • •,, •• •• •..„N 3thlsth2sthofmo n . D over •••• • •I • I Venezuela .......,,ml2d & 17th of month Southampton 'Feb. 16 ! Van Diemen'sLand (s ee 1 1 Australia) .. 4 West Indies ........I4 2d& 17th 0. month Southamnion FAh_ in Southampton Feb. 16 (2d 17th o month * When any of these gates call on ft Sunday, the mails wip be dispatched on the following they with the exceptien of the India Tilt Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched the day preceding. SOLDIERS AND SHAVING.-It is 60 years since that Englishmen were only known in Central Asia as eocen trio and insane barbarians, who, wherever and whenever they had a chance, cut off horses' tails and men's beards without mercy, for which they held by all the "true believers" in greater abhorrence than the fire devotees of India, or the devil worshippers of Kurdistan. Some yiars since, in a lucid interval, common sense and humanity cured our countrymen of their former propensity, and their noble animals were permitted immunity for their "fly flappers." This insanity for years past has clung with determined tenacity to the old gentlemen of the British army. No sooner is a new adjutant-general appointed than he issues a new order on " hair." The man who mounts a horse is permitted to grow it ; the man who pads the hoof is ordered to scrape it off from the tip of his ear to the tip of his nose. It is reported that 15,000 of us are about to accompany 40,000 of our brave Gallic brothers-in-arms to Turkey ; and only fancy the 15,000 turning out every morning at gun-fire to make faces in bits of looking-glass, while the other 40,000 are cleaning their Mini 6 rifles and laughing at them ; for I grieve to say there still exist many marti nets in the British army who consider a scraped face of far greater importance than a clean musket.---Am Old Soldier. [ADVERTISE3IENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed. See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Vill a M essina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect —nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Ald borough." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway'. oint ment) at Prosesso-r Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine venders through• the world. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 11th inst., at Upper Bedford-place, Russell square, the lady of H. W. Woodhouse, Esq. On the 12th inst. at 12, ;loyal-crescent, Notting-hill, the wife of W. G. Rendl e , Esq., George-street, Plymouth. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at Trent-Yale Parsonage, Newcastle, Staffordshire, tho wife of the Rev. William Harvey. At No. 11, St. Berna,rd's-ereseent, Edinburgh, on the 10th inst., the wife of James Stevenson, Esq., late Super intending Surgeon, Madras Establishment. HAWED. On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, James Bart lett, Esq., oldest son of James 'rruscott, Esq., of Duncan terrace, to Sarah Jane, second daughter of Mr. Robert Hearn, of Pitulica. On the 11th inst., at St. John's Church, Hackney, G. Smith, Esq., of Glocester-terrace, Hyde Park, to Eliza beth, daughter of John Blakeway, Esq., of Upper Clapton. DIED. On the 11th inst., at Blackheath Park, Kent, in the 31th year of her age, Susannah Elizabeth, the wife of Murray Richardson, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Harring,ton-square, in the 57th year of her age, Sarah Ann, relict of the late J. B ar b er , Esq., of Hawthorns, Harehatch, Berks. On the 11th inst., at Chester-villa, Lansdowne-road Notting-hill, Major-General G. P. Bradshawe, K.H. On the 11th inst., at Inverness terrace, Edward, only son of the Rev. A. Tooke, M.A., aged 28. • LINDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 777 e Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of laidamaz, Menials . , February 13, 1154. ' nieti)E. and Wes Apply In 10. 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