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

MONEY MARKET AND GommEixrAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TV 0 o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri can taken for export. The market continued heavy, but closed without change in prices. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at Sid. to 51d., 800 Bahia at 6d., 200 Egyptian at bid. to 81d., 500 Surat at 20. to aid., and 50 Sea Island at 9d. to ls. Id. per lb. The share market was dull, and closed heavily. The Mincing-lane markets close for the holidays to-morrow, and reopen January 2. The letters received from the textile manufactur ing districts state that there was a moderate busi ness doing at Manchester in certain articles adapted to the Indian markets, but at Huddersfield an uneasy feeling still prevailed, owing to the over shipments to Australia. At Liverpool there is a heavy tone in the markets, and the uncertainty re specting Mr. Oliver's affairs is not without an effect. The 'Walter Morice, from Sydney, brings dates of August 10, with 1,712 ounces of gold and 1,9501. The steamer Baltic, from New York, has no specie on board. The half-yearly general court of the Canada Com pany was held to-day—Charles Franks, Esq., the governor, presided, and stated that the receipts in Canada in the present year, to November 24, were 164,6141. 19s. sd. against 94,9631. 19s. last year, showing an increase of 69,6511. Os. sd. The chair man said the affairs of the company were in a very prosperous condition, and a dividend of 31. per share upon 8,915 shares was proposed and agreed to. After a few questions from some of the share holders the court adjourned. Money has been rather more in demand during the last two daysin the discount market, and it is probable that as we approach Christmas, and until the turn of the new year, there will be a little tightness felt. There is still a shipment of gold to the Continent, and the arrivals this week are wore limited. The market for English Stocks has been de pressed, and the report that a French loan of twenty millions sterling is intended, together with rumours that although 10,000 foreigners only will be kept here as a depot, 40,000 to 50,000 will be raised gradually to serve abroad, and that even the subsidising system will be permitted, act prejudi cially on the funds. Consols have been 91 to 91i for account, being now 91 to 4. The New Three per Cents. have realised 911 to 91i, and the Re duced Threes 91 to 1. Bank Stock has been quiet at 207. Exchequer Bills continue at 4s. to 7s. pre mium, and the Bonds are at 991 Foreign stocks have been steady, and with mo derate transactions. Peruvian 41 per Cents. have realised 691 to 704. Mexican have been dull at 21. Sardinian Bonds have been marked 841 ex div. Spanish 3 per Cents. bring 39k, and the New Deferred 181 The Turkish stock, fully paid up, is at 731 to 74. Dutch 2/ per Cents. are 614. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 211 to 218 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto 42 per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 14 to 191 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 392 ; ditto Certificates, 5i to 5 ; ditto Passive, 41 to 4. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 13,469 12,819 Caledonian Great Northern 23,619 18,455 Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern These returns, it will be observed, all contrast favourably with the corresponding period of last year. • There has been a flatter market for Railway Shares, and the business done has been of a:very restricted character. The Caledonian line has been dealt in at lower prices, as well as the Brighton, South-Eastern, North-Western, and Midland. The North Stafford, South Wales, and Eastern Coun ties continue as before. Foreign Shares are weaker, but with limited operations. Great Luxembourg are to I lower. The Mining market has been quite nominal. Joint Stock Banks are dull. Crystal Palace do not quite support the rise of yesterday, but the recent good purchases have made them scarce. The South Austialian Land Shares have been firm. 20 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. 20 (From the Official List.) 20 20 20 20 100 Bu.iness done Bank Stock 207 9 3 per Cent. ReOuced Annuities 9lk 1 3 per Cent Consols Annuities Shut. New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 Consols for Account, 10th January India Stock for Account 226 Exchequer Bills, 24d. 4 7 Small Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3A per Cent. 99A Ditt o 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Mexican 3 per Cent. . Ditto for the Account ........................ 21 20k Peruvian Bonds, 4} per Cent. ............... Ditto for the Account 69A 70i Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B4 x d Spanish Bonds, 3 per C ent 394 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi k Turkish Scrip, paid up iu full Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 6lk i Ditto 4 ncr Cent. Certificates...... THREE THREE O'CLOCK. nonsols Ditto, January Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Dec. Wind this day at Noon, S.W. light breeze, and dull, hazy weather, with drizzling rain. The weather has for some few days past been extremely changeable. The Mercury of the _Barometer fell from " Fair" to " Much Rain," and has, within the last twenty four hours, gone up to "Fair" again, and there has been alternate frost and rain. MARGATE, Dec. 29.—The Marie Rose, on shore near irchington, has become a total wreck Sher stores and materials are saved, and the remainder of cargo is dis charged. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—H.M.S. Blenheim, from the Baltic. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.W. sailed—Lady APDonald, for Adelaide, S.A. P LY MOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrive d — Nancy, from Monte Video. FALMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, N.N.W., blowing a gale. Arrived—Catharina, from Rio Janeiro. Off Port—Walter Morice, from Australia. SWANSEA, Dec. 20. —Wind, N.W. Arrived—Esther Frances, from Cuba. HULL, Dec. 20.—Wind, S.W. Arrived.—Doretta, from St. John's, N.B. ; Hygea, St. Stephen's. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. ____ Wind, W.S.W. The Salveen, for Valparaiso, which put back yesterday, c ame in contact with the Columbine, lying i n th„iver. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. D. Wind, variable. Arrived—Hy and Lord Burleigb, from Callao ; Mariane, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, Dec. 20. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Lochlibo, from Quebec. Sailed — Mary, for Matanzas. (BT SIIIMARINS AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) 4U GRATESEND, Thursday, 9.55 a.m. 50 Wind, W. ; tide, first hours' flood ; weather fine. 25 Arrived, Dec. 20—Lightning, from St. Michael's ; 20 Speedwell, Seville; Aurora, West Coast of Africa ; Star, Seville ; Panther (s), Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, Antwerp. 100, Sailed—Sir E. Banks (s), for Calais ; Alar (s), Dunkirk ; 100 Chimera, Calcutta. 20 DEAL, Thursday, 9.43 a.m. 20 wi n d, N.W. ; moderate, and fine. No arrival s. 50 Sailed —Mariner, Ravenseraig, A gn es, Clio, Diligence, 50 Cecily, Berth a, Warrior, and Martaban, for the river. 100 Remains —Bangalore, for Dundee. 100 THE RECRUITING STANDARD. Recruiting Department, Horse Guards, December, 19, 1854. CIRCULAR- MEMPTIANDTTM. Referring to the General 1);-1.,r of Tile '3oth Oct,c,!;c - : last, regulating the standard of recruits, the General Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to direct that, until further orders, the standard f or the Infantry shall be reduced to four feet four inches.--BY command. G. A. yfAISZBALD, StiARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. ICllosing Prices this day.: Biafora dons this day. 4a i 11. In3id.l R•ILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen....:.. - i 3 Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena. all Rirmbig. Wolvorh. & Stour Valley ...... 29 Birkenlid. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons 19 Do., £20... 30 illyth &Tyn origina £25 (issil. at £45; 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan ... all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, &Pass 16 Cornwall Cricif Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth&Aber Seen Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties..... 100 Eastern Union, A Stock.... ......... •• 100 De., B. Stock 81. Do., New 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 9 t Ediub. and Peebles 'lOO Edin.PrLb &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock .-.00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14f Do., Thirds 4 Do. r, ear Thirds__ 100 Lancash.andYorksit 19?. Do., fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding U all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst . 100 Loud, and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lol. Sli. 2? Do. Eighths 100 Lor don and S. Westii 422 Do., £5O 34 . D• 0., £4O all Lndudrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry.&Ennisk. 100 Aanch.Shef.&Lincln 41 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. 100 .11idland 100 )0. Birmn g. & Derb all Nlidld. G. West. (Ire ) 22? Do. Half Shares all N• ewcastle & Carlisle. 54 Nowmkt.BuryExten. 21t Nwpt. Aberg. & H rfd ' 8 N ewry & Enniskiller. all Newry Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 32 Northn.Connees Un. 100 N• orth British alll North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all Do., t i A Deferred a ll Do., B Guarantee , 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Parch.' all Do. Leeds LOO Do. York aII North London 8?. Do. New £lO II 1; N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jo., 172 North Staffordshire.. all N• orth Western..,.... all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth 1.00 Scottish Central 100 ScottishlYlidland all Shrewsby. & Herefd al 4hropshire Union Do_ A, B, C,& ,full ; paid paid up at per co, ill South Devon 00 ;oath Eastern ill South Wales 5 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Due 5 Do 8 3taines,Wok. &Wol; dl tockton & Darlinj. Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 . Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO =hares. 1.00 Do. Pref., No. 21. Thames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neatit all Waterfd. & Kilkeln3 all Waterforcl&Limerici. 18 West Cornwall. 3 West End of Londe], and Crystal Palace all West London Ills. Winabledu &Crorlor 812 F St. 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. 10 6A St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 100 20 25 25 25 FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4.1 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Jolla. of France 12 Gd. Tk of Cana&A is all Do. do $ll Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. a❑ Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.WesternofCanad Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55., all Do. do., '62, p. 56.. all D.. do., 76, p. '60.. all D.. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Sharet-I all Do. Obligations ....... , 10 Lyons and Geneva ...1 12 Lyons & Mediterran 163 5/ladras Do. New 31. k Maria Antonia 1,11 Do. do. New 2 'Melbourne Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines . guar. 34 p. c. & red. at 22M. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. e Bds. (fmy.B.&Aras.Shs.) all NorwegianTrinkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds• all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mow._ all Do. 5i p. cent. Prof. 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) iall West Flanders all Do 51 per c. Prof_ 12 Western of France_ 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ....... 20 Zealand , 20 - 201 4 - 5 8 - 81 13 12 ,+ 16 - 17 7 - 6 93 - 95 601 - 60/ 13 - 14 - 11 .•• ... 4 - 3 6i - 74 - 14i - lug 11i - 14 28 - 21 70 - 53 - 55 ioi = loi 67 - 69 89 - 90 77 - 79 123 - 125 90 - 92 70 70 58 - 62 72 - 77 6 - 8 6 - 8 73 -73 i 5i - 54 106 107 100 —100 k d d d d 1 83 — 81 9 • 8 9 8 23 - 24 68 69 41 - 12 id -- par 10i -- 9 4 it -- 24 49 - 51 n 3tl 31 32 8 10 1/ —1/ 66 73i 74i 7 6, 1 4} —3/ 12 12/ 52 53 52 54 par ip 4i 4ad 6 A d 31 - 32 GO - 62 8 - Biv 43 - 45 11 - 13 58h - 59 28, - 29 - 35 - 37 3 - SA 16 17 4 - 20- `2 6 - 7 G . - 18 - - ..., d— A p "". • • • - P 3 - 3 30/ -31 i 12 - - - ia GI 8 7 9 - 7d 10 84 iP - 161 - 17/ . .... ••• is - Ip. 2 d par 2 a par 2 d -- Par' o• —. •.' .. dis 31 3 2 2t A a ip . ... d par ••• "'" • ,•• ...'. • - 7 33 -3: 12i - 12 - $A - 9A 19 - 19, 46 - 48 28 - 40 - pm 2Cq - 21 t ) 2 - i 7f i - 7t ••• '''''' ... - pm . d . s• si, i 16, 1 , - 17 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _. all Australasia ............ all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. America', 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia., & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22?, National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Irelan( 1 1 ... :i• •• d d 211 .- 22 3i = 40 38 - 40 • k". 1.11 tral & Gold. Imp C 0.., South Australia Union of Australia... Do. New Un4on of London.."ll all all 2 41 -- 43 67 - 69 '''' ,• 3 _ 2.(1' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1854. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. s ing Pric es Business this day. Shr• Paid. RAILWAY.; CLOemaSpianng • Cl° this daY• s• 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. West ... ••• St. 100 ,Buckgbamsh. L.&N.W. 95 100 St. 100 ClydesdaleJc. Calotion._ 98 100 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 130 135 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• 25 all Do. New Do ••• ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Westn ••• 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Pk. New. Railway & 50 all Hull & Selby V. &Nidd 103 ••••• 1 05 25 all Do. Shares. Do 52 . . ••• 12i all Do. Shares. Do . ••• „ , 12i Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 13, 20 all Do.Prefereuce Do 23 —24 10 all Lon.,Til., &S. Peto &Co ll —11 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. tOO Do. 6 per et. all Yfanch. Bxtn. L&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2g —2i 50 all Nfiddlesbro' & Stcktou & Redcar. . Darling,t. 10( all didld.Bradfd :Malawi 9l 93 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 5 9 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do .... s€' all Do. Fixeds p Do ..• ••• 5 all Prest. & Wyrt, L. &N.W &Ln&Yi ••• all Do. Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.&liit. GtNorthn 130 135 25 IS 3 Shef.Roth.ane Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 93 S. Staflordsh. A.MClean 2 2 d 50 all WearYalleygt .:tockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do. St. 100 Wilts&Comrst qtWestn 92 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. 97 - 100 St. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 30 Myth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Obester & Holyhea Guar. 51 per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Bandons4p.c all DundeoPerth &Aber deco Junction all EastAuglian (£3los : 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 l7s) 7p. c all :astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1' all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 r . all Eastern Union, Scril Guar. 6 per cent.. all Do. 51., 10 nor cent. all Do. 10/. Del;entr.Sh- , all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash.6 p. cts. all East and West York shire June. Fifths all Edinb Prth.&D undee 4 per cont. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. C. Rodeem., at 10 p. c. prom... 100 00. 4 p. c 8 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof all ;rt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 7 Do. 4 per c. Praf. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. 100 Do. con. red. 4 t i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 De. irred„ 4 p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... all Do. Cheater Bp. e.P.S. all De. do. 5 p. c. d 0... 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do ........... . all Do. do. do ...... • ..... 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O LOC Do. 6p. c. Stock ... 100 ILondon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. .00 Lon.&N. W., Coy. tit Nuneaton 5 p. et.. 5 London &S. Weston. Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler ii = iii 95 i 5i - 64 - Ix' - P 12 - 134 ... .. ... 60 - 65 1114 - 116 107 - 109 99 -= 101 6 -- GA 91 -- 96 89 -- 91 91 -- 93 0i 10# 16 -- 17 10 101 71 -- 73 18 3 / 4 -- 19 3 / 4 131 --141 It -- id 133 135 PA ... --. .. - 3 r Shares 91.1 Londy. & Eunis.4 Sh. all Ilan., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO ...... 4i Do. £6 all Niarypt .& Carl. 4 p c all Du. per cent 1N Do 1.00 Consol.6 p.e.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 114. Do. Pref. 4.1; per een, 10 Norfolk D,lbenture 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Steel. 100 Do. 5 P.C. Ext 'l.OO Do. 5 per ct.prof 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. a 00 North British .CO Y. E. rem., 4 p.c. P. 5 Do. do. 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c 1 9 Do. do. Quarters 45 10 De. York R.& all North Staffordshire.. iOJ oxford,Worcester,Fl Wolverh.Xls,6lo.c. all Scot. Cent. ,New Pre' 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon Ds. fixed, 41 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4.3 per cent all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar all S Wales Gua. 4p. c. all Do. (lc 4i p. c.... all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, 4 Waterfd..&Kilk..6p.c. 11 - 114 i - il3 - 135 - 111 W - N tO4 - 103 100 - 102 90 - 92 3 - 33 1 = D 112 7 - 114 11 13 id par 22/ —22 i 95 100 15 18 ... -•• :Id iP ST. THOMAS'S DAY.-THE IVARDMOTE BIECTIONS. Ibis being St. Thomas's Day, the several wardmotes connected with the municipality of the city of London was held. There were but few questions of general importance entertained by and discoursed upon to-day by the can didates for the City representation for the year ensuing. There was no political excitement. Generally speaking, there was little or no opposition, and the proceedings in the different wards wore merely pro forma. In the fol lowing nineteen wards there was no opposition : Aldersgate Broad-street Dowgate Aldgate Candlewick Langbourne Bassishaw I Cheap Lime-street Billingsgate Cripplegate Portsok en Bishopsgate I Cordwaincrs' Vintry Bread-street I Cornhill Wallbrooke Bridge There were new candidates in the following wards : Castle Baynard—Moesre. Odell and Palmer, in place of Messrs. Bailey and Hoppe. Coleman-street—Mr. Ilcsthall, in place of Mr. Sid rgton. Farringdon Within--Mr. C. Read, in place of Mr. T. M‘Gregor. Farringdon Without—Mr. Scamell, in place of Mr. T 11. Fox. Queenhitlic—Mr. J. Copeman, in place of Mr. W. Tyler. Tower—Mx. Pay(len, in place of Mr. Briggs. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) David Spice, aged 16, was indicted for committing a rape upon a child under four years of age. Mr. Payne prosecuted. The case was unfit for publication. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to four years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C.) Williant M ayltcw;was indicted for feloniously breaking into and entering the dwelling-hous e of Elizabeth Susan Colley, on the night of the 2d of November. Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and Mr. Rebton defended. The facts were these :—The prosecutrix keeps the Masons' Arms, Lambeth-road, and upon the morning above-mentioned, at about half-past three o'clock, a police constable, George Turner, saw prisoner come from the house, and run across the road. The officer followed, and caught hold of him, and told him to come back, as he knew he did not live there. He, the officer, then took him to the station, and afterwards found that the house had been entered from the club-room window, which looked into China walk. He was convicted and sentenced to twelve months' mprisonment and hard labour. This closed the business of the session. THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WARREN- STREET. RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER THIS DAY. At 20 minutes after one, the prisoner, Emanuel Bar thelemy, who stands charged with the double murder of Mr. Charles George Moore and Mr. Charles Collard, was brought up before Mr. Hardwick and Mr. Bingham, for re-examination. The avenues leading to the court were most densely crowded. The deceased gentleman, Mr. Moore, was one of the senior wardens of the Wheelwrights' Company, and, but for this tragical occurrence, would, according to the usage of the livery, during the ensuing year, have been made master of the company. He was a gentleman universally respected and beloved by his fellow livery- I men. Mr. Herring, the solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner looked somewhat paler than upon the occasion of his last examination. He was, as upon the former examination, handcuffed during the whole of the proceedings. The first evidence gone into was that of the servant girl, and others who have been examined, and whose testimony has already appeared, and was under exami nation when we went to press. Inspector Checkley stated that there were other wit nesses to be examined during the day whose testimony tended most materially to clear up the mystery which hangs around this truly appalling case of homicide. The servant girl in addition said that she had seen prisoner about six times at her master's house. He came to tend the engine. She never knew her master to have gone to France. Mr. George Moore— I am son of the deceased_ Upon going over the place after the murder, I found a small sum of money in the iron chest. Ido not know where the key was found. Inspector Chockley said it was found in the room where the scuffle took place. Mr. Moore continued—My father generally kept that key in his waistcoat pocket. William Smith, police sergeant, proved finding the key. In answer to Mr. Hardwick, Inspector Checkley stated that they had been unable to take the female spoken of, and that he had authority to say that no one else was concerned in the murder. After some further evidence, the prisoner was fully committed for trial upon both charges of wilful murder. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Dec. 21, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. ( OATS. RYE. i BEANS. i PEAS. 723 34 345 6.1 285 64 , 47s 4d i 483 94 j 48s 3d T WHEAT. I BARLEY. H E SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. 1 OA TS. RYE. 1 BEANS. 1 PE. 735 01 1 35s ld 283 84 I 44s 6d 1 49s 5d ; 493 AS la DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY, OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. I Is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 110,395; Barley, 114,753; Oath, 17,446; Rye, 472 ; Beans, 4,761; Peas, 2,933 quarters. , MEAT MARKETS. A 3s 8 E 4 ANDto L Is EA, B I7 I N ; li v A e L a L l . , — .4s An od extensive business 3s Mutton,NO (l E to vG 4s 8 d per was transacted, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; 81bs, by . the carcase. to bs Od ; Pork, SOUTHALL, Dec. 20.—We had a steady demand for each kind of st oc k , at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to bs Od; to Mutton,4s 6 per 3 s to6 B ll lb s, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Dec. 20.—Our market has ruled tolerably firm, as follows : — Beef from 38 4d to 58 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d : Veal, '- 5 8 0 1 •Veal 3810 d to 58 Od ; Pork, 3s 241 ' 4s ud to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. ditto, 31 Oto 5/ 15, • ray MARKETS. s SMITIIFIELD.—m oa d ow hay, straw, 2/ 15s to 41 15 s ; clover A moderate supply and a dull trade. „ CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 18s to 41 16 s ; clover ditto, 3/ Os t o 5 /15s • and straw, 1 / 5 s t o 11 11. per load. and ll 3s to 1/ 9 3 per load. Both hay and straw w ere steady. WHITECRAPR L. —Meadow hay, 2115 s to 41155 ; clove r ditto, 31 Os to 610 s • an d straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 10s per ]oad. Trade rather dull. ' COURT OF COMMON C OU NCIL. —At a Court of Corn mon Council yesterday, the chairman brought up the report of the Consolidated Committee, containing pro positiocs in answer to the r ecommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Corpora tion. The adoption of the report having been moved, Mr. Fry proposed, as an amendment, that the consi deration of the report s hould be adjourned, on the ground that there was not now time to discuss it, be cause the re-election of the Court was close at hand. Mr. W. Jones said, he had been informed that Go vernment had prepared a measure upon the subject, and therefore it was not desirable that the Court should proceed further until they knew the n ature of that mea sure. A di scuss i on ensued, the result of which w as the adoption of the amendment b y a m ajority of 25, the against it, 31. s quart ities of in Torbay, her ringshav 000. Of this n u T m i b Bh e r a s wv b e g e r i se n re g Ee tN f l y o Fr been es h en enEataken . dfa vn e n at t sh , te evonshire coast. b een most unfavourabl e . DEMAND seaso n h a s e IRELAND.—It been created I sn u n u cra t e h ebe r e e dr e e ad d b a oi y nu s t s t 4 h eco e uo fi r, oi s o h o g e o r r a nwo e e n r le a e stsT takento h r c a r n o a s t 98,00, one larm e h a a r u s l. t a T t h a e within the last f e w days among a portion of th e agricul turalh evous community, which has resulted in a demand for gold on banks, not only in the city of Limerick, but in some of the neighbouring towns. The Limeri c k R eporter, alluding to the matter, says—" We understand that the groundless alarm originated in a senseless observation that some of the banks had closed, and that, like all alarms of the kind, it spread till it extended its influ ence to Limerick and other towns about. In Limerick the demand has been of a limited character, and calcu lated to injure only those who have permitted them selves to bo actuated by it. We notice the subject for the purpose of assuring the people that there is no cause whatever for the alarm, and that a demand for gold under the circumstances must only tend to do injury to their own prospects. It must have the effect not only of lessening the marketable value of agricultural produce, but of curtailing bank accommodation, and thus inflicting a detriment on all classes, whether in the relation of landlord, merchant, shopkeeper, employer, Ltrmer, or operative. We believe the banks of Ireland generally were never better prepared than they are at this moment to meet any demand upon them. A de mand for gold, at the same time, can only result in public detriment and individual suffering, because it must bring down the value of produce And lab Our.". 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Coal & Inter: Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... 12?, Nrtli.ofEuropoSteato all' Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. a ll Peninsula.r & Oriental 45 De. .‘ • . . 1 : ,, t , i' `., - m ...! i , ll .-..'reet. Austral. Invest.' all .4outh Aus Tel tral.rLand a ll "übniar. egaph, all o. Registered........ 74 1 Tap Diecigied lel4llo GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. (From the Quebec Mercury of Nov. 30.) The Quebec and Richmond branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad is now opened to the public, and is in every respect un fait accompli, as briefly announced in our last. Quebec is now placed in direct and speedy com munication during the whole course of the year with her sister cities both in Canada and in the neighbouring States. The first public train ever run on the line left South Quebec station on Monday morning at nine o'clock, and proceeded with passengers and mails en route to Richmond, there to meet the trains running north and south between Portland and Montreal. We had been favoured with an invitation to accompany Sir Cusack Roney and the officers of the company on this initiatory trip, and right gladly availed ourselves of the same. In spite of occasional thick snow storms we dashed along in glorious style through cut ting, clearing, bush and forest till we reached Richmond. There we arrived at one o'clock, having made the run in four hours, including stoppages at the Chaudire ' Kelly's, Black River, Methot's, Becancour, Somerset, Stanfold, Nieolet, Harvey's, and Danville stations, ten in number, at which m'iil bags are exchanged every day trip, the mail conductors accompanying-the cars. Though the track is not ballasted for about ten miles, the drive was roost agreeable throughout. Among the party were Mr. Reekie, agent of the contractors, Mr. Martin, superintendent of line, and Mr. Maenzie superintendent of the motive power on the Quebec and Richmond district, nephew to the celebrated civil engineer of that name in Britain ; to all these gentlemen we are indebted for information. We were permitted on request to accompany the engi neers on the locomotive itself during a part of the journey, a position that we would by no means recom mend to the timid excursionist, who could not but participate in the thrills or horror which we every now and then experienced at the dep:orable recklessness of our still unenlightened country people as they walked along the track in many places, and, notwithstanding the timely warning notes of bell and whistle, obstinately held their ground till they were all but reached by the bounding train. However such carelessness may merit punishment, God forbid that the people should perse vere in this practice till warned by the sad lessons else where too often told of wherever the iron track is laid ! Besides being enlightened as to the power and peculiari ties of an English engine, we witnessed satisfactorily from this proximate point of observation the readiness with which all its movements can be con trolled. Having, however, previously determined to extend our stroll southward from Richmond, the diversion gave us an opportunity of a most charming moonlight drive, down the very banks of the St. Francis, on the return the same evening, upon a loco motive of American construction, one of great power, which, to our eye, had many advantages over the Bir kenhead engine that conveyed the first Quebec train westward. It possessed the improvements of its English companion, and had others of native origin, we presume, the chief of which is its being on eight wheels, the four front ones forming an independent carriage from those in rear, so as to permit of the locomotives work ing with greater freedom, and causing it to jar less than if too solidly connected front and rear, especially in running round a curve. Space is not given—us to extend as we would into the details of feeding and w orking the iron horse. At Sherbrooke the Grand Trunk Company have a more extensive suite of buildings than at South Que bec. In approaching that station the very extensive Brompton Mills, owned by Mr. Clarke, form a very prominest object of attention to the stranger. Large quantities of lumber are exported thence to the south. The Portland route is exceedingly well built, and the cars glide most smoothly over its heavy and secure rails. The company, unlike that of the Great Western line in Upper Canada, have taken into their employ many Canadians as well as Englishmen. The condector, with whom the first passengers went out, Mr. Vallee, being a Franco-Canadian, and as we are informed an intelligent and active officer. The uniform of the conductors merits t a e p i (l a s u s e i s n t g i 0 nuo andtice ; a t i t t e i n s a b u t e tright the t p h a a s t s e t h e epa rty h a e u e t i o wear i sed some distinguishing mark. They are clad in a neat blue surtout, with gilt buttons, and " G.T.R." in small letters on the collar indicates the company in whose service they act. They wear also a blue cloth forage cap with gold band. In the winter, though it may be permitted to dispense with this light dress, we do not admire the adoption of a complete mufty, as if aroused from his slumbers on a night train, any man asked to show his ticket would feel justified in demanding the credentials of the " gent" should he wear the garb of an ordinary passenger. Talking of the minor comforts of American cars; we decidedly prefer them to those of England, or even the more snug and cozy cars of la Belle France, where the want of a stove is only in part compensated for by the feet warmers. At Richmond the excursionists were met by a number of familiar faces from Montreal, who had started from the opposite end of the route at about the same hour as ourselves of Stadacona, and the half-way meeting formed an appropriate place and occasion to sa tiate the appetites of all the voyageurs, a mat ter of no minor consideration to either caterer or guests, after the keen though agreeable weather experienced in the morning. A. most grateful collation was generously provided, including every luxury of meats and wines. Sir Cusack, and Lady Roney, Mr. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, and others were at the head of the table ; ap propriate toasts were honoured, and it is needless to add that ample justice was done by all concerned, when the shrill whistle warned us that the hour of departure had , come. eft:" entry and exit as the train halted at the various country posts on the way, a most satisfactory indication of the extensive business the line is certain to do when its details of its managementand working, and the hours of starting, &c., become generally known to the many small communities throughout the district which it traverses. 'We under stand that as many as one hundred and fifty through passengers came down by one of the first evening trains. INDIA HOUSE. A Quarterly General Court of Directors and Proprie tors of the East India Company was held yesterday at the Company's house, Leadenhall-street. Mr. Al•Naghten, deputy chairman of the Court of Directors, presided. 4 The minutes of the last general court having been read and confirmed. The bye-laws were read over, certain alterations made, and the amendments agreed to. Mr. LEWIS then moved, "That the Court of Direc tors do distribute among the proprietors , to each indi vidual, a copy of Thornton 's Gazetteer." He belived the only objection to the motion was the expense ; but he did not think, considering the importance of the work and the valuable information it was likely to disseminate throughout the British empire, .where little authentic was known respecting India, that any objection could be fairly taken to it. Captain SNEA seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN trusted the honourable gentleman would rot persevere in his motion, as it would be at tended with an expenditure of something like 8,0001., and the effect of it might be to establish a precedent for other expenses of a similar kind. Any gentleman who wished to expend a few pounds in this valuable work could do so, but ho did not think the company ought to bo called upon to pay it. Mr. WEEDON said, if the hon. proprietor had recom mended that every one should purchase the book and place it in his library, he would be doing good service. After a few words from Mr. Clarke, the motion was put and negatived. THE 6TH NATIVE LIGHT CAVALRY. Mr. LEWIN then rose to move, " That the Court of Directors do lay upon the proprietors' table a copy of the despatch from the Madras . Government on which the military authorities of the Home Government confirmed as legal (if they ever did so, as has been stated) the proceedings of the military authorities of Madras in the case of the court-martial of the 6th Light Cavalry." Also, "That the Court of Di rectors do lay upon the proprietor' table a statement showing the present position ofall the parties (or their rela tives) of the same regiment (in respect of pension or other maintenance) who were punished by award of court martial, or summarily dismissed without trial. The same statement to show the rank, the length of services, and whether any of the parties had received honorary rewards for distinguished services to the State." He had frequently brought this question before the court —(hear, hear)—but he contended that the whole affair had been an act of injustice, and a breach of faith with the unfortunate sepoys. The lion. gentleman then proceeded to repeat the circumstances which gave rise to the mutiny, and which have been frequently detailed in the former proceedings of the court. The unfortunate result of the affair was, that two men were put to death, and 13 ordered to be transported for life. That these men were shot illegally there could be no doubt, and that was to some:; extent admitted by the sentence of transportation having been revoked with regard . ;to nearly all the men. The men had not been put upon their trial for nine months after the affair took place, and during all that time they were doing duty regu larly with the other Indian forces. The commandr in-chief had refused a copy of the proceedings to the relatives of these men, although they were legally entitled to it. The most extraordinary thing was the way in which seven native officers were summarily dis missed from the service. The court-martial was com prised of only seven instead of thirteen officers, and that alone constituted it an illegal court. He thought there could not be an objection to his motion. All he wanted to know was, what had become of those men who had been sentenced to 13 years transportation ? Mr. JONES seconded the motion. The CRAIRMA.N said he would hest consult the feel ings of the court by meeting the motion with a direct negative. The question was then put and negatived. Captain M`GREGon asked a question relative to the granting of a brevetshiP to Indian officers who retired upon full pay after a lengthened service ; to which The CHAIRMAN replied that the new arrangement made by the royal warrant of the 6th October last, as it would to some extent affect the Indian army, had not been lost sight of by the directors. The hon. gentleman might rest assured that pari passu, so far as the new w a s 'app the same regulations were system adopted with regard to the Indian army. likely to be The regulations on this point will be published in a few days. An Hon. Proprietor gave notice of a motion for the next quarterly court relative to the payment of 10,000/, to the Indian Steam-packet Company, as compensation for the services rendered by that company in 1842. Th, Coat then adi,panqd, THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL, The worst feature of the proceedings of Government in connection with the Foreign Enlistment Bill, is the distrust which they evince towards the country. If the Cabinet be acting fairly by us, and be doing that of which it is not ashamed, why not have stated openly what were their intentions ? Why not declare the true drift and whole scope of their measure We do not believe that, when Parliament assented, on Tuesday night, to the passing of the Foreign Enlistiusnt Bill, on its second reading, either majority or minority had any true notion of the real value of the measure about which they contended. It is a positive fact, that at this moment the country thinks, and we suspect Par liament also is persuaded, that the measure which is ' now before a committee of the whole house involves only the employment of ten thousand foreign mercenaries in our service abroad, whereas it really and truly aims-- 1. At the employment of perhaps forty or fifty thousand mercenaries abroad, the ten thou sand being kept in England as a depot. 2. The subsidising of German States. Now, as to the first poi nt the Q uee n may, in virtue of her royal prerogative, empl o y abroad as many foreigners as she or her Government may choose, the only check upon this action of the Government, on the part of the people, being their power of granting or refusing the supplies for the payment of such troops. But the Queen cannot, unless sanctioned by special Act of Parliament, introduce into this free country one single foreign soldier, and therefore the Cabinet has brought the present bill before Parliament, that they may be allowed, not, as they pretend, to drill only 10,000 foreigners and send them to the Crimea, but really and truly to establish a per manent depot in this country of 10,000 men, which, as every person acquainted with military affairs knows, is considered equivalent to the existence of an army of 40,000 or 50,000 men. That is what the Government are insidiously driving at. If the measure be so good, why not avew it ?—why not convict us of foolishness in opposing it ? No ! The Government of Lord Aberdeen know they do not possess the true confidence of the country ; and, instead of endeavouring to gain it by English measures, they are trying to deceive it. The conscience of the country is honest—would that of the Government were so also ! Parliament have no notion as yet of the expenditure it is really called upon to sanction, and that it will be called upon to provide for. It is not to know that till it has irretrievably committed itself by giving its sanc tion to the establishment of a depot in this country of ten thousand foreign troops. The next point is the subsidising of foreign States, which is involved in this measure. For we assume that, in accordance with all precedent, the foreign Stites whose troops we hire will require so much per head in addition to our undertaking to pay and provide for the contingent we may engage. From foreign Govern ments these troops must be hired—there is no doubt of that. There is no chance of recruiting a legion. We know how well the King of Naples treats his troops— his only friends—and that he has exhausted Switzerland, offering pay and bounties with which we cannot compete ; but, perhaps, the most complete and prac tical proof of the impossibility of raising a foreign legion by large bounty and good pay is offered by the Pope, whose recruiting officers have scoured Germany and Switzerland in vain. His Holiness required a legion of eight thousand men only, but he has not yet, after nearly six months' attempts, succeeded in enlisting two thou sand. Under these circumstances we feel warranted in assuming that we cannot tempt German volunteers to fight and die for us for the wretched stipend of the Bri tish soldier ; and we look upon it as certain that the present Cabinet is prepared to hire large numbers of troops from German Governments, paying them, accord ing to precedent, a subsidy for their use against our enemies. Which are the States that have the good fortune to be selected for our subsidies—what are the soldiers it will be our lot to be defended by, we shall shortly know ; in the meantime, the following information, conveyed to us by the Allegnzeine Zeitung of the 13th instant, throws perhaps not a little light upon the subject, The Allge meine Zeitung's Gotha correspondent writes, under date, Gotha, December 7 At the sitting to-day of the Saxe-Coburg Gotha Parliament, under the Presidency of Court Councillor Becher, besides the proposition of varioas alterations which concern the constitution of the state and the Royal Household, other propositions also of not less im portance (nicht minder wichtige) proceeded from the Government. "It demanded, namely, a credit of 100,000 thalers for the mobilisation of the contingent, and also 56,000 thalers for furnishing it with more effective fire and side arms. " The timely care of the Government goes yet further. It has already caused its army estimates to be prep ared, and will account for the amount demanded with the Parliament. These propositions of the Government are now being discussed in committee, and will be considered in the whole house at its next sitting." This mobilisation of the Saxe-Coburg contingent, and, further, the myste rious indication of the increase in the army estiin ates, is but too significant. Mr. Disraeli well put forward the argument that we are acting as though our army alone was opposed to that of the Emperor of Russia. Have we not an ally 1 An ' ally who can land as many men as we wish, or can transport and pay for on the Crimean shore. Yet here is another mystery 1 Another Ministerial silence ! Has application been made to France ? Or has the Go vernment weortained that the German is, indeed, the cheapest market of muskets, if not of patriotism ? On another occasion, when England, represented as now by the nobre§t and bravest of her land, stood weak and weary, but still uneowed before an enemy who arro gantly supposed that that dreary night was to be the last of that faded host, her hero is represented to have said that " If we aro doomed to die, we are enow To do our country loss; but if to live, The fewer men the greater share of honour." Some such sentiment probably animates the gallant army that now upholds the honour of England in the Crimea, though outworn, as these brave men are, by fatigue and unrest, and dizzied by the ceaseless roar of artillery and the incessant sounds of war that shake the ttrengest nerves, they may well be excused if they do wish for more men from England. But what will that unconquerable band whose hands can so well keep their heads say when they are told that they are to be grateful for more men from Coburg—that their deliverers are to be Germans, bought lean by contract at per thousand souls (for by such phrase German royalty asserts the complete property of the prince in her seh jects), fattened in a couple of months on British fare, and then sent with a piteous resignation to the great slaughterhouse on the Tauric Chersonese, for so no doubt, those ill-timed levies will regard the spot which our men look upon as the welcome theatre of deeds ; whose valour, never surpassed, is repaid by renown rarely equalled, and coeval with the history of the land. Brave men the Germans undoubtedly are, but are they equal to meet the brunt of such a battle as Alma, to bear unmoved such a terrible onslaught as Inkerman ? De plorable as was the carnage at Balaklava, yet the coun try would prefer to hear of it than to have to record the conduct of that Hanoverian Colonel of Hussars, who, at Waterloo, after reiterated orders to advance, when at last a staff officer brought him the caustic direction either to attack or to withdraw his men, blandly thanked the astounded aide-de-camp for the courteous alterna tive, and selected the latter course. What would Lord Cardigan have said to that ? What security is there that it might not occur again ? But why is this outrage offered to the manhood of England ? Cui bone ? What country ever sent forth such an array of soldiers, all volunteers l Guards, ca valry, artillery, infantry, all soldiers of th e i r own free choice ; not one man taken from his home by force of law ; whilst militia battalions rise as by magic from the earth, as the armed men sprang from the fabled teeth — every man of whop; is a better man than can be expected from these unnational levies, with what is oven of much more importance—a perssnal, a local, and a national character to support. Will any one say that, supposing a regiment of the line to be reduced to five hundred bayonets, the addition of th ree hundred men from a mi litia regiment would not restore its numerica l efficiency, without perceptibly affecting its discipline in quarter, or its conduct in the field ? The men are there , t he will is there, the war spirit exults throughout the length and breadth of the land : those that do not fight are con tent to pay. The very drawing-rooms testify in lint and mittens to the readiness of the country for battle, and we are told that we require mercenary Germans to fight our battles. There must be some evil influence at work to • produce such an untoward result. England is true enough to herself, but the hour is not far off when, with one voice, England will ask—Are her public servants true to her ?—Morning Post. ACCIDENT TO THE MARCHIONESS OF lIASTINGS. HOLYEEAD, Dec. 20.—The Chester and Holyhead Company's packet Llewellyn had a very rough passage across from Kingstown on Monday. During the gale, as the vessel was nearing the Welsh coast, she was struck by a tremendous sea, which broke over her amidships and carried away a portion of the bulwarks. The Marchio ness of Hasting s and her daughter, the Lady Bertha Hastings, were among the passengers, and had seated themselves on deck to windward, where they were in some measure protected by a canvas awning. Unfortu nately, the sea struck the ship where the marchioness was seated, snd with so much force that both ladies were thrown with great violence from off their seats and carried across the deck under the bow of the long-boat to leeward. The marchioness was completely stunned, having sustained a sevei e blow on the temple, and some injury to her back. The man at the helm missed both ladies instantly, and on assistance arriving, the marchio ness was found completely wedged in under the long boat, from which position she was removed with diffi culty. The Lady Bertha escaped comparatively unhurt, but on the Llewellyn arriving at H ol y head, the marchio ness was so ill that it was found necessary to re move her ladyship to the Royal Hotel , where she received from Mrs. Hibbert the assiduous attentions required by the severity of the injuriem she had sustained. The marchio ness, was on her way from C arton, the Duke of Leinster s seat, to Portsmouth, to meet her husband, Capt. Yel vertoo, of the Arrogant, whe is hourly expected to arrive at that port. It was considered by the captain of the Llewellyn, and many persons on board, that both ladies had had a most miraculous escape from being washed overboard. BRAMHOPE TUNNEL.—We understand that the repairs of this tunnel are so far complete as to ad m it o f a goods passing on the line morning and eve n i ng . It i s hoped that in a short time the repairs will be in ouch a t s r tt hl e 60114 Mloß pM§Clagerli to prmea 601 I i 14 i 111 i 90 89i 90 78A 7 1231 70 ex arr 721 3 1063 6 100 t 100 h 23i 6Si i 5 10 St. St. 5 5n 9 8i 281 9 20 121 25 20 Bt. 10 25 10 1.0.6 St. 20 20 20 25 211 21 k 30 20 1 21 3 I sst, 3 1 331 4 to 1 1 2 20 1 3j 8.80 131 13 218 37i 8 pm ih di' 110 k 3k 13a i 2i xd li 38 7 THE THETIS FRIGATE. In the frigate Thetis the Christmas-bob slipped by the English Ministry into the coy, but unctuous hand, of the jovial Majesty of Prussia ? The cus tom of " boxing" may not be-without its advan tages, but, like other good customs, it should not be pushed to a ridiculous excess. Why give away a frigate from the English navy in a mere fit of official prodigality, when a revenue cutter, and, say, a couple of lighters, would have sufficed ? We have never yet heard of any one who has passed Batik post-bill for 1001. into' the hdrnfhand of a. railway porter for simply carrying _ garpet-bag along the Arrival-platform from a train to a Hansom cab. Why should he ? The'man is well content with his illegiOnate sixpence, and there is an end of the transaction, There must be some uncom mon i n ducement, of which we have yet,no hint, which has led Sir Janes Graham to oclepart so vio lently from the usual laws of barter, and so ludi crously to outstrip the most liberal givers of hia time. There was an Indian Prince one rainy day last week, who scattered a cari:iage-full of caps and hats among the astonished population of a French town ; but then an English frigate, fully armed, is surely worth the stock of many hatters. What can it mean ? Is it that the King of Prussia has resolved not to join the alliance without a sub stantial trink-geld or tip ? And is the unfortunate Theti , , the douccur necessary as the price of his participation in the policy of the Western Powers t Does the English Admiralty, on the other hand, imagine that the Prussian Monarchy is on the eve of one of Prussia's great mistakes, and that the graceful Thetis must in a few weeks inevi tably revert to her original owners? That would be some excuse, but then it would have been just as easy to take the two gunboats which we are to receive as a cousideration for our poor frigate as to recapture her. Conjecture must necessarily be fruitless upou such a subject. It is a State mystery. Our present rulers are prone to mystery, which in ninety-nine cases out of a hun dred is simply a veil thrown over a worthless pic ture, as many groaning shelves of blue . books are there to testify. For the time we can only k now what Sir James Graham is pleased to tell us, W hi c h is, that he and his colleagues have delivered ov er a magnificent frigate, fully armed, into the hands of a Power which in six weeks may be involved ir k hostilities with England as a point of honour. Really this is too bad. It is our earnest wish non " to pick holes," as the common phrase runs, in the coats of men who are directing the action of Eng land at a most critical period of her history with out strong reason, but the cession of a British ship of-war into the hands of a neutral, almost of a hos tile Power, at such a moment cannot be slurred over or concealed from public observation. The little that we know is most unsatisfactory, and. evidently betrays a consciousness of much previous and painful blundering even on the part of the man who was stating his own case. Thus, however, it was that Sir 'Tames Graham endeavoured to purge himself and his colleagues from the blame of wan ton waste of the public property In the month of June last, as Siri , James in formed the house, the King of Prussia inquired of the English Government whether they would be willing to give a couple of old corvettes in ex change for two gun-boats which had been built in this country for Prussia by Mr. Scott Russell. We can understand that at the time England might with sound policy have given her gold for Prussia's brass ' • a few gun-boats for Baltic service might in June last have been cheap at any price. The gun boats were duly inspected, and the Prussian Go vernment were informed in due course that the English Admiralty had no objection to effect the exchange. As the season for Baltic operations dwindled away to nothing the English negotiators evidently cooled upon a bargain to which the keener-witted Prussians were resolved to hold them fast. At length in the month of Sep tember, a compromise was effected, upon what terms Sir James Graham himself must explain : " The Prussian Government acceded to a proposal which we made, that, instead of two corvettes, an old frigate should be taken for the vessels in question. . . . . The Prussian Government intimated that they thought the honour of the British Government was pledged to the exchange, and it was not thought desirable to involve the question in a difficulty of that kind." Had not, then, the honour of the British Government been involved, or deemed so to be, the bargain would not have been con cluded. Sir James Graham, in fact, had made a bad bargain, but was held to his word. Let us, however, leave this consideration for a moment out of the question, and simply ask what is the real character of the ship which Sir James Graham so contemptuously characterises as "an old frigate," and which we have been giving away in exchange for the two gun-boats Nix and Salamander 7 "The Thetis, 36, was launched on the 21st of AuguA, 1846, at Devonport. She was designed by Messrs. Chatfield, Read, and Creuze, of the Naval School of Architecture, and is of 1,524 tons burden." This young frigate is spoken of by naval connois seurs in terms of great admiration, and has ap peared to give great satisfaction in the Channel, and the Pacific, and wherever she has been em ployed.__ The suggestion is, that Sir James Graham has h really madoa blunder, and has mistaken a younger for au older ship, and the English nation must pay the penalty. The case is one which calls for very earnest inquiry, although such inquiry may be without practical result. A Prussian cap tain has arrived in Plymouth to take the poor Thetis home to her new masters. Englishmen feel about their ships as Arabs feel about their horses. It is impossible to part with one of them without a pang, even when the bargain is, commercially speaking, a good one, and how much worse in a case like the present ? Let us add that all Down ing-street is ready enough to snort with official sa tisfaction when the correspondent of a public journal is caught tripping, oven upon an unimpor tant point ; perhaps some one of the heroes of bureaucracy will be good enough to point out a blunder made by a public journalist equal to that of the First Lord of the Admiralty in his betrayal of the Thetis to a foreign Power.--Tines. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterrday.) MAN:CHESTER, Dec. 19.—Business has been rather un favourably affected to-day by the reports of the sanitary condition of our army in the Crimea, and by a feeling of anxiety about the position of the Government in re gard to the F ore ign Enlistment Bill. At the same time the declining tendency of prices in cotton inclines the with c o a f u t tl i o e n d ; ay a . n d The buyersfeeling has y yarns influenced ed g aggregate transacti ons in y arns have not been large, but c o t o h d e s proceedings act prices have contin ued stead y . Common 40's mule for India have been sold at an advance of id. per pound upon what was obtainable last week. There continues to be an active demand for printing cloths, T'e, long cloths, and domestics, for the Mediterranean and Levant markets, and the prices of last week are fully sustained. Of low shirtngs, jacconets, and madapoilams, the mar ket has been pretty well cleared, and the production is largely pre-engaged for two or three weeks. ROCHDALE, Dec. 18.—We have had a rather slack at tendance of buyers iu the market to day, and the amount of business has been upon a limited scale. Wool has been firm, and prices have been rather in favour of sellers. SHIP - WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. DEAL, Wednesday.—During the snow-storm and gale from the N.W. on Alonday evening a fearful wreck took place on the Goodwin Sands to the bark Devonia, of London, nearly 500 tons burden, Captain Lawson, master, while on her way making for the Channel, on a voyage to Aguilas, from Shields, with a cargo of coke. The following narrative of the sad catastrophe is taken dt a i r mG t eeedo George g i h n ee from the lips of the chief mate, Robert Parkin, one of the survivors. The Devonia sailed from Shields on Saturday last, and, after encountering severe storms of 1 snow and rain, fell in with a terrific storm off Yarmouth. I The vessel was made all snug, and nothing happened to I alarm the crew until about 9 o'clock on Monday night, timewhen the e ery , e aaroms made dtehaat completethe ship bad bre a s c t h ruc o k ve c atththe vesselsame washing overboard Richard Boyd and Allen Brown who immediately perished. The remainder of the crew ' then ran to the poop for shelter, and had scarcely reached there before the vessel broke up, fri o nc r gol r o a wu t h l r ;r han p 1 two or three places. They . continued to hold on to the wreck and mate, w (t h h l c e h sdtieteadrd,a John fo c r ,tr t o e i li ne lv ( ) a ur i s r:a) :l o u remains of the poop, perished mate)f from a exhaustion dil is shoulder and dislocated and was muck bruised. They c D o a ld v . is' t T h h e c s n ec a ' r u ra d tor were at length providentially sighted from the Lo-d Warden steamer, Captain Robinson, and the Princess ' Helen steamer, Captain Jenkins, . from Boulogne for Folkestone (both vessels belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company), which instantly bore down to the spot, and after a great deal of trouble succeeded in taking them fr . 0 —viz. Captain Lawson, Charles Petts, John Thomas, Alexander Lnmsden, Richard Jenkins George Jenkins Thomas Davis, George Holywood, James Al`Diarmid William Berry, William Brown, and Thomas Praden, 'seamen. On the poor fellows being pick e d up, they were found to be almost in au insensible state from cold and exhaustion. Upon their landing at Folkestone, Captain Hawthorn, R.N., the harbour master, and Captain Unniest, R . .N., personally attended in providing the poor fellows with oreature comforts and warm clothing. An American captain, who was on board one of the packets, went round to the passengers, and succeeded in collecting a sum of money for the benefit of the unfortunate fellows. The pilots who came in to-day report that not a vestige of the wreck is to be s oon On tie Godwin. chief 1 ief floated from the 42t i