The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-28 00:00:00

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A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, yesterday evening, says Count Orloff was expected to arrive there this day (Saturday) on a special m issi o n. If the explanations demanded by R ussia, res p ecting the fleets in the Black Sea, are satisfactory, Count Orloff has pacific instructions. The Trieste Zeitung says 'that the Russian fleet at Kaffa, maintaining communications between the Crimea and the Russians in Asia, avoiding the risk of a collision. From Galatz, Jan. 20, we learn that English merchantmen have been chartered to convey larkish troops to Batoum. It was asserted in Paris yesterday that a great battle took place near Kalafat on the 20th. The . is sue was completely in favour of the Turks. It was also asserted that the Turks have retaken two islands on the Lower Danube. The subjoined is from Constantinople, on Jan. 13 :—" By the Trebizonde steamer, which arrived sere, on the evening of the 10th, and private letters, We hear that Admiral Dundas and Admiral Hame lin) in command of the English and French sailing s hips, are at Sinope. The Retribution, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, entered the harbour 14 Sebastopol in a fog, to the great dismay of the authorities there, who fired two unshotted guns across her bows, while a small steamer threw her self in her way. Captain Drummond warned her out of his way, and proceeded onward as far as the dockyard, to a convenient anchorage. The autho rities declined receiving his despatches till he moved five miles off, as he was much too near the batteries. He then anchored at the place indicated When theyreceived his despatches ; but there being 110 officer present entitled to open them, they pro slised to send an answer to Constantinople, and told him that if he remained, he must undergo 14 days quarantine. After remaining there about 36 hours, he rejoined the fleet on t he Bth. There were but six Russian sail of the line (possibly the Sinope ships) in Sebastopol harbour ; the remaining 10 are cruising in Kaffa Bay east of the Crimea." From Constantinople, Jan. 15, we learn that the Combined fl ee ts, which arrived on the 11th at Sinope, detached a divisio n of steamers to escort I be Turkish convoy to Batoum. The English steam-frigate Retribution, however, having, on her return from Sebastopol, announced that the Russian fleet had quitted that port, the two squad rons made sail for Batoum. The Turkish convoy had since returned without any accident to Con stantinople, after having disembarked the troops and provisions at Batoum. The Turks were about to resume the offensive against Akhalzik and Gumri. The pacific news from Persia was confirmed. A telegraphic despatch received by a respectable Greek house, dated Odessa, Sunday, Jan. 22, sa y s that port has been frozen up for at least a month. The Debats gives the following bit of informa l:nation :—" According to the news received from St. Petersburg at London and Paris, the reply of the Emperor of Russia to the notification of the entry of the fleets into the Mack Sea, is not in any respect definitive. As the English journals state, the Emperor replies by a question, and asks if the fleets are to observe a strict neutrality or to co operate with the Turkish forces. To this news, Which by bringing a fresh delay to the solution of the question, would appear to have a pacific ap- Pearance, we have to add on the othe r hand, that th e rep l y decided on in the Cabinet Council held at London passes for being much less conciliatory. The English Cabinet is said to h ave answered that , could not consider Russia and Turkey as being Russian the same footing in the Black S ea ; that the ttussian ships, in sailing or conveying forces in that. Sea, had no need of protection, whereas t he Turkish forces did require it, as events had Pr A oved." communication from Bucharest of the 12th says that, in consequence o f the disastrous news which he had received, Prince Gortschakoff had Postponed his departure for Krajowa. He wished first to adopt some preliminary measures. Several commandants bad received orders to endeavour to Pass into Bulgaria on different points, in order to divert the attention of the Turks, and facilitate the operations against Kalafat. Extraordinary couriers bad been despatched to the Prince of Warsaw, and to the Emperor, in order to render him an exact and detailed account of all that had taken place in the neighbourhood of Kalafat. A letter written at Vienna on the 23d mentions that Prince Gortschakoff and Prince Milosch had arrived at Krajowa. Prince Milosch intended re luaining some time at the head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff. After having received that intelli gence, Izzet-Pacha, commanding at Belgrade, invited Prince Alexander to remove from the service all the Russians, in spite of the per mission which they might have obtained to remain there. He also informed M. de Muschin, Russian Consul-General in Servia, at present in Semlin, that he would have him arrested if he again ap peared on the Servian territory. These measures will oblige Prince Alexander to quit his neutral Position, and declare in favour of one of the belli gerent parties. Another letter of the same date states as a cer tainty that the greatest loss in the late combats has been sustained by the Russians. The Turks have established themselves at Islas, which is at the right mouth of the Aluta. A letter from Vienna in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" It is stated in the most po sitive terms that Count de Nesselrode addressed, on the 7th, to the various ambassadors of the Czar, a circular in which the note of M. Drouyn de Lhays is discussed at length. It is added that the Courts of Prussia and Austria have communicated to the States of Germany their declaration of neu trality in the Turco-Russian dispute. The note has, it is said, been already c ommunicated to the Germanic Diet." The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 18th gives some interesting particulars concerning Osman Pacha, who was taken prisoner at Sinope :—" The Turkish Vice-Admiral Osman Pacha, who corn . reanded the squadron which was destroyed at Sinope, and who was made prisoner, is severely wounded in the leg with a fracture in the bones, and is in danger. He has been lodged in the town of Sebasto pol, and receives all the attention due to a brave adversary in misfortune. Near him as prisoners are the captain of a Turkish corvette, and another Turkish commander, dangerously wounded. Osman Pacha is 61 years of age ; he has been 42 years at sea ; he was 21 years in the service of Mehemet Ali, of Egypt, and has for 10 years had the rank of admiral. In the battle of Navarino he com manded an Egyptian brig, and afterwards had successively the command of a corvette, a frigate, and a ship-of-the-war at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, by 'Admiral Stopford. He s p eaks Italian pretty ' fluently. He was sent on a mission to England to order an engine for a steamer. When the frigate in which he was at Sinope began to sink, the crew became rebellious, and fled to the coast, after having plundered the unfortunate Pacha of his watch, his money, and his clothes. With his leg fractured, and in the water up to his waist, clinging to the breeching of a gun, Osman Pacha would have 6 perished if he had not been picked up by our boats." According to a letter from St. Petersburg of the same date, Osman Pasha had been examined with reference to the affair at Sinope, and had deposed that Mustapha Pasha, the senior admiral, had coasted Abchasia with three steamers, and landed there 60 tons (or casks) of powder and a quantity of lead ; and also informed the C ircassians that the Turkish fleet would, on the 2d December, bring a still more considerable quantity fromSinope and St. Nicolai. That he (Osman Pasha) had, in the mean time, waited forMustapha Pasha, and did not venture out of the harbour of Sinope, because he had caught sight of Nachimoff'sthree ships ofwar. Subsequently Mustapha had joined him, and afterwards came the catastrophe. The Samler von der See contains the order of the day issued by Nachimoff to the Black Sea squadron, and dated previous to the attack on Sinope, in which the Vice-Admiral arranges the details of the approaching attack. At the close he says, Let every man do his duty ; the Emperor and Russia expect glorious results from the Black Sea fleets : it is our part to justify these expecta tions.' (Piracy of Nelson's England expects.') Admiral Nachimoff used the following language, when speaking of the victory—" To conquer the Turks is no great affair. The matter would have been different had there been others in their place. Now, the others are there." The following is the text of the firma" lately issued by the Sultan to Prince Alexander Georgie witsch of Servia : " Alexander Bey, reigning Prince of Servia—may your dignity be lasting FRANCE. On Thursday, after the Council of Ministers, held at the Palace of the Tuileries, M. Drouyn de Lhuys despatched a courier to London, with the information that France has determined to adhere to the English alliance, and to abide by any resolu tion which the two Governments may determine upon, in order to force Russia to withdraw her unjust pretensions with respect to Turkey. If this be true, it is evident that any hesitation on the part of the French Government which may for a moment have manifested itself, no longer exists ; and the attempts of the Russians to gain over the Emperor Napoleon, by pretending that the question was an English and not a French one, have utterly failed. Indeed it was evident that the hesitation observed at the Tuileries proceeded, not from any doubt either as to the merits of the cause supported by the two powers, or as to the interest which both powers have in resisting Russian ambition • it proceeded solely from the embarrassm ents felt at home—from the deficiency of food, the stagnation of trade, and the financial difficulties—reasons which no prudent Government can fail to take into consideration be fore plunging into war. The decision come to will no doubt turn out the wise one. Delay could only aggravate the state of affairs, and give Russia time to strengthen her position, while it would be ruin ous to Turkey, and costly to the other powers. It is understood that Lord Cowley has again urged upon the French Government the necessity of taking measures for sending a body of 50,000 men to Turkey with the least possible delay. The only Paris journals of yesterday which com ment on the reported answer of the Emperor of Russia to the notification of the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea are the Pays and the Siecle. The Pays considers that the Emperor of Russia has merely demanded explanations without speci fying the particular points, and regards this as a proof that the Emperor has entered upon the path of moderation. It cautions the public against at taching too much importance to the fact itself, for it may, it says, be only a temporisation, but " this temporisation," it adds, " whatever may be the secret motives of it, is certainly a first step in the course of reserve and moderation, which it is neces sary to notice without exaggerating its probable consequences and results." The Siecle is evidently of opinion that the apparent moderation of the Emperor of Russia is only a calculation to gain time, and if possible to create a misunderstanding between France and Great Britain. The Siecle considers that the terms of the note of M. Drouyn de Lhuys were quite sufficient to show to the Emperor of Russia what was the real object of sending the combined fleets into the Black Sea. The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the Customs during the month of December last, and also for the year 1853. The receipts last month amounted to 11,840,175 fr., being a decrease of 1,565,812 fr. on the corresponding month of 1852, and an increase of 2,148,147 fr. on that of 1850. The yearly return of 1853 amounts to 140,395,473 fr., being an increase of 531,818 fr. over 1852, and. of 23,242,661 fr. over 1851. The principal arti cles on which an increase has taken place, as compared with 1851, are raw cotton, coffee, rough castings, coal, wool, and French colonial and foreign sugars. The above returns show a new feature, the quantity of cattle imported into France being now given for the first time, with an an nouncement that it will be continued for the future in consequence of its great interest to the public. The number of oxen and bulls imported during 1853, was 11,669 ; cows, 24,453 ; calves and heifers, 20,678 ; sheep, 187,156. The total amount of duty received on them was, in 1853, 689,426 fr. ; in 1852, 657,830 ; and, in 1851, 743,873 f. It is known that the duty was very considerably re duced in 1853. A feeling of uneasiness prevailed amongst the speculators at the Bourse yesterday, without any cause being assigned for it but the uncertainty which exists with respect to the Emperor of Rus sia's intentions. Public securities all gave way. The Three per. Cents. opened at 70f. 10c., rose to 70f. 20c., but fell again to 69f. 55c., and closed at 69f. 60c. for the end of the month. The Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,050 f. • Rouen, 940 f. ; Havre, 435 f. ; Great Northern, 2 745 f. ; Paris and Stras burg, 727 f. 50c. ; Paris to Lyons, 825 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 650 f. ; Western of France, 565 E ; Bordeaux and Cette, 550 f. ; Great Central, 447 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 450 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 640 f. PRUSSIA. The Post Arapt Gazette of Fr " ankfort, un d it heder the head of Berlin, 2 4 th, says : We have heard affirmed iu different quarters t hat Russia in quality of Agnat of the House of Oldenburg, had pro tested against the establishment of a Prussian mili tary post on the Jande. This statement is unfounded. Before the conclusion of the treaty all the objections which might have been started by third parties against its execution had bein carefully examined and discussed, and the contract ing parties did not sign the treaty until they were certain that no impediment would be thrown in the way of its execution. There is no protest to be feared on the part of Russia." The Prince of Prussia a few days ago caused his son, the Prince William, to be received a mem ber of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons. His Royal Highness said— " The future of my son, if his life be spared, will give powerful protection to the Order, but only in case it shall preserve the doctrine in all its purity." The Prince afterwards harangued his son on the great advantages of freemasonry. The betrothal of the Princess Maria Anne of Anhalt with Prince Frederick Charles Nicholas of Prussia, only son of Prince Charles of Prussia, took place on the 15th at the palace of Dessau. The bridegroom was born in 1828, and the bride, daughter of the reigning Duka of Anhalt Dessau, was born iu September, 1837. ITALY. We read in the Opinione of Turin of the 24th that M. Brofferio, the leader of the extreme left in the Piedmontese Parliament, who was rejected everywhere at the late general elections, has just been elected by the second college of Genoa. The _Parlament° of Turin quotes letters from Romagna of the 18th, mentioning some disturb ances at Tavenna and Bagnacavallo, which the Austrian troops had evacuated. At Ravenna, a large party of women pillaged the bakers' shops ; several of them being arrested were found in pos session of deposit books of the savings bank, show ing it was not starvation which forced them to the act. At Bagnacavallo, a mob of 400 to 500 strong committed a similar outrage. The ringleaders were arrested and taken to Ferrara. The provinces of Romagna are represented to be in a state of great destitution, farmers being forced to compulsory acts of charity for fear of pillage. The Milan Gazette of the 22d publishes a decree from the Austrian Minister of Finance, announc ing that in consequence of the fall in the value of paper -money, it will not be received at the cus tom-house unless at a discount of 17i per cent. Intelligence has been received from Rome to the 20th. It was rumoured that the monopolies of salt and tobacco were again to be farmed out to Prince Torlonia and Count Antonelli, brother of the Secretary of State. It was added that the parties obtaining this concession had paid into the treasury a sum of 2,000,000 piastres as a bonus. Viscount Hericart de Thury, member of the Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of the Central Society of Agriculture and Horticulture of France, has died at Rome. The ambassador of France, the officer in com mand of the army of occupation and his staff, and all the principal French residents at Rome tended his funeral, which took place on the 16th at . HIDES AND SEINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3 a to 34d; 721 b to 801 b, 34d to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3 . 0 to 30d ; 881 b to 961 b, 3id to 4d ; 9616 to 10 41 b, 4 d to 44d ; 1041 1 ) to 1121 b 44d to 4id. Horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od; calf skins, "I comman d. light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s 6d to Os Od; polled H ea A do Y w M h A ay R , K 3I ET O S s . to 51 8s ; " I have at all times provided for the maintenance sheep, 85 Od to lOs Od.; Kents, 75 Od to 8a 6d; Half•breds, intact of the privileges connected with the internal ad- 75 Od to 8s Od ; Downs, 5s Od to 6s 6d. ministration of Servia, of Wallachia, and Moldavia, BUMF E D—M I L . provinces which are in tegral parts of my realm. And ditto 4/ Os to 6l 6s • , , and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 3s per load. clover although, in consequence of the war which has broken Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. out between my Sublime Porte and Russia, the SPAIN. UUMBERLA.ND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 10 ; s clover treaties between the two Courts are abrogated, the 41 Oa to 61 Os • and straw, 1 ditto,, 11 16s to 21 4s per load. The Madrid Ga-ette of the 24th contains a Royal exertions of my Sublime Porte for the continuance ' 1 A full average supply, and a moderate demand. of the wellbeing and the peace of the faithful sub- decree accepting M. Escario's resignation as Gover- WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 8s ; clover jects in my realm are still a sure guarantee for their nor of the pr ovince of Cuidad Real, and appointing ditto, 41 Os to 6/ arely 8a ; an stationary d prices. straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. ma i n t enance (well-being and peace.) Moreover, as the .M. Herreros his successor ; another decree, fixing Trade dull, at b upholding of this kind of regulation is a consequence of the firm and constant principles of my Sublime Porte, which has prescribed them to itself, and as its dignity is involved in their maintenance, I have the sincere inten tion ever to uphold the existing privileges of those three provinces, and, far removed from wishing to diminish them in the slightest iota, it will always be my endea vour to give them (the provinces), according to circum stances, and in proportion to their devotion, further proofs of my sovereign well-affectedness. "This high command of my Imperial Divan is, there fore, promulgated, in order to pronounce publicly and make known, that it is my firm determination, as hither to, to remain intact the existing privileges of Servia, which is a portion' of my realm. " Thou wilt, therefore, forthwith after receipt of the same, provide that its contents may, in all its details, come to the knowledge of all those whom it may con cern. Thou wilt, as thy station and thy wisdom re quire, take every care to preserve at all times the weal, the quiet, and the peace of the subjects of my Sublime Porte, and thou wilt do thy utmost to carry out all these points into execution." This document, in addition to the rarity of this sort of thing, and to the peculiarities of its style, will possess another interest from its proclaiming so distinctly the view taken by the Porte of the validity of the treaties existing between it and Russia previous to the declaration of war, and, further, from the very positive manner in which it enunciates its consciousness of its sovereignty over Servia, as well as the Danubian Principalities. the pay of the Captains-General of the fourteen military divisions at 100,000 reals, and in case the troops under their command be formed into a corps d'armee, at 120,000 ; another appointing General Blanco, Commander-General of the camp of Gibral tar, Captain-General of Valencia 2 • ano ther accept ing the resignation, by M. A. Armero y Pana vanda, of the functions of supplementary member of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine ; and another enacting that elections for the renewal of one-half of the provincial deputation shall be pro ceeded to. By the new organisation of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine, the following gentlemen have ceased to belong to it :—Baron de Meer, president, MM. de la Torre Trascera, Arteaga y Palafox, Cabrera, Morena, Martinez, Mencos Arniero y Panavanda, Baldasano y Ros, Van Haien, Count de Peracamps, Peray, Cabaleiro, and de Najera. Of these gentlemen, Baron de Meer, Count de Peracamps, and Jose Baldasano, were senators, and voted against the Government in the railway affair. General O'Donnell, one of the generals designated for exile, had not presented himself to ob e y the orders of the Government. He was on a shooting excursion, and, according to his friends, did not know of the measure taken against him. The 22d being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. lONIAN ISLANDS. The following telegraphic despatch, dated Corfu, Jan. 22, has been received to-day : Dearness increases. A. famine is apprehended. The lonian Government has renewed the con tract with Austrian Lloyd's for five years' navi gation of their steamers, and postal communications with Corfu, Cephalonia, and the East. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR,' JaN. 27. St. 1 The Queen and Prince, with the Duke of Cambridge, 12 accompanied by the Duchess of Argyl l, the Marchioness 50.. of Exeter, and Viscountess Pa lmerston, attended by 1 6 i Viscountess Canning, drove out in tw o o p en carriages 34i yesterday afternoon, Colonel Bouv erie and Viscount ' Torrington were in attendance on horseback. 14 The following visitors left the Castle to-day :—The 50 Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis and Mar- 20 chioness of Exeter and Lady Mary Cecil, the Earl of 11i Malmesbury, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, 10 the Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount and Viscountess St. Palmerston, and Viscount Drumlanrig. St. Lord John Russell has been invited, and is expected 20 10 this afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arr i v ed at the new 12 t. Palace of Westminster at 11 o'clock y esterda y morning go from Windsor Castle, to preside at a meeting of the 40 Governors of the Wellington College. The Prince was 25 accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- 25 bridge, and attended by Viscount Torrington. St. The meeting was attended by the President, his Royal 812 s Highness Prince Albert, and the following Governors : St. —His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the St. Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Hardinge„l, the Right Hon. Sidney Herb ert, the Ri g ht Hon. Spencer Lst H. Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bart., Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., Lieut. Gen. Sir Alex. Woodford, 2 5 ' R. W. Cox, Esq., the Rev. G. R. Gleig, and the Hon. 50 W. P. Talbot (Honorary Secretary). 20 The meeting separated at a quarter-past 1 o'clock. St. St. BANKRUPTCY COURT-(TIIIS DAY). l6 16 (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) RAILWAY FAILURES,-IN RE HENNETT-IN BE HUTCHINGS. His Honour gave judgment in these cases in which the bankrupts had carried on very extensive cc...ntracts for railways. The facts were fully reported on Monday last. His Honour, now, atter a few remarks, expressed his satisfaction that he could grant an immediate certificate of the first class. ]N RE MAY. This bankrupt was described as of Edgeware-road, &c., straw hat manufacturer, and the case was the cer tificate meeting. The balance sheet prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles shows, debtor to creditors, 1,905/. ; by credi-_, tors' property, 275 1 . ; losses , 9081 . ; trade expenses, 1,4401. ; house expenses, 1,2631. The bankrupt had carried on business at three places at the west end of the town, and two at Ramsgate, and his losses were attributed to the badness of the season, which rendered the goods almost valueless. A certificate of the third class was granted. Y.) 5O St. light 50 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA LONDON, Jan. 28.—Wind this clay at Noon, W. ; breeze, and hazy weather, with rain. R A MSGATE, Jan. 27.—Wind, S.W., strong breeze. AT rived—Packetta, from Port au Prince, for Bremen. OFF DOVER, Jan. 27.—Charles Holmes, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 27.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Arun del, from Callao. Off Port—Challenger, from London, for Adelaide, S.A. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 27.—Arrived —Medway (s), from West Indies, for repairs. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 27.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ameste, from Havre, for St. Thomas ; Ellen Simson, Maulmain. FALMOUTH, Jan. 27.—Wind, S.W., strong. Arrived — Oscar Frederick, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Dudbrook, for Bombay. Off Port—Clara, Mazatlan, and sailed for Bremen, with $ll,OOO on freight. GRIMSBY, Jan. 27.—The Isabella, of and from Shields, for London, has been totally wrecked on the banks ; crew saved. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 27.—The Sir Alex. McKenzie, of and for Shields, from London, which went on shore to the southward of the harbour, on the 4th inst., has been got off, and brought in here. SHIELDS, Jan. 27.—Put back—Medora, for London, having been in contact, 23d inst., off Sunderland, with a laden vessel bound south. ST. ANDREW'S (Fife), Jan. 26 Arrived—lsabella An derson, from London, for Shields, with three feet of water in her hold. (BT SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) G R AVESEND, Saturday, 9.3 0 a.m. St. Wind, S., cloudy ; tide, 2A hours' flood. 20 Arrived—Cambala, from Shanghai; Seine (s), Bon- St. ,ogne. 15 Sailed—America, for Geelong. DEAL, Saturday, 9 a.m. 6; 6, Wind, W. by S., fresh. Anchored—Andromache, from London, for Liverpool ; Folkestone, London, for Porto Rico ; Vivid (s) , Ostend, $i and Fawn (s s), Calais, both landed mails. The ship Sea Queen proceeded to Ramsgate to repair 5 damages. 71 MARKET NEWS-L(THIS DAY. Ia N rg T e, GARDEN general demand ruled The supplies being heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 5s cm to 8s Od each ' • ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes' ss„to 8s; foreign ditto , i s 3d to 2s 64 p er lb ; a p ples, 6s to 12s per bush ; pears, 3s Od to 6s per dozen ; lemons, Os 94 to 2s ; oranges, 3s Od to 9s per 100 ; almonds, 2s to 3s perlb. ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 110 s to 120 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts, 85s to 100 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 64 per 100. VEGETABLES. —Cabbages, 9d to ls 6d ;russels sprouts, 2s Oil to 3s Od. per half sieve ; brocoli, 9d to ls 6d per bund.; greens. 2s 0d to 4s Oct per doz. bunches ; French beans, 3s to 5s Od per 100 ; potatoes, 140 s to 180 s per ton ; turnips, 2d. to 4LI per bunch ; carrots, 4d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, is Oct to is 3d each ; celery, 9d to is Gd per bundle ; spinach, 4s Oct to 6s Od per sieve ; onions, 2s 6d. th 3s 6d per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 24 to 4cl per bunch ; shallots, 64 to 6d Bd to . ; h ors e-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley. is 3s Od per dozen bunches; rhubarb, is Od tols 6d per bundle ; endive, 2s to 3s 6d per score. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s 6d; Geese, 4s 6d to 6s each ; Ducks, 2s to 2s 9d; tame R abbits, is to is 6d ; wild ditto, is Od to is 6d ; Pigeons, 64 to 84 each; roasting Pigs, 4s to 6s 6d eac h ; Surrey Fowls, 5s 04 to 9 s O d ; ditto Chickens, Os 04 to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, is 94 to 2s 94 per couple; Capons, 3s to ls Gcl ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s Od per couple ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Od; Partridges, is 64 to s9d; Hares, 2s 6d. to 3s 6d.; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od;Woodcocks, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, 94 toWid ls 6d; Teal, Gd to 9d; wild Ducks, 1 s 9 d to 2s 3d. ; geons, 9d to is Od; and Plovers, Gil to is each. English Eggs, 9s Od to lOs Od; French ditto, 6s 9d to 7s 9cl per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter lls Oct to 158 Od, and English 12s Od to 16s Od per dozen lbs: BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; Brills, 1s Od. to 5s each ; Salmon 3s Od to Os per lb; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 12s Od each ; Soles, 3d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to 18 per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d. to 2s 6d ; Whitings, is to 5s Od per doz.; Doreys, 2s to 7s ; Mullets, 6d to 2s Gd each ; Common Oysters, lOs Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od. to 50s Od per bsh; Mackerel, 00s to 00s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 3s pr doz.; Skate, iOd to Od per lb; Shrimps, 18 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bl o aters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrin g s, 8s Od to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 4s to 108 per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is Od each ; Carp , 2s Od per brace ; Tench, 2s Od to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut, 8d per lb. ; Salt Fish, 2d. to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 28 Od to 03.er lb. Flounders is to ls 6d per dozen ; urgeon, Gd per lb.; Pike 6d per lb ' . ; sprats, 5s 6d per bushel. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 11d to 11id; of household ditto, 10d to 104 d per 11b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 38 2d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 6d to 48 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s Oct per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4.810 d per 81bs. by the carcase. E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1854. Leasing Compans• London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian, iDo .... Gt. Westn Itk. New. & Berw. y. &Nlicl D 0......... D 0......... S. Eastern D 0......... INorfolk.. Closing Prices yesterday. Business this day. L.& N.W. & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. &lidland.. E. Count. Do Do, L. SzN.W. &Lu&Yk D 0... Gt Northn Do Laneash& Yorksh. 51.31 Clean Stockt. Darlingt. D 0......... Ifi'tWestn. SHARE MARKETS l'ald.l RAILWAYS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 4i 14 Clasing Prices Business done yesterday. this day. LOO Aberdeen 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons 181 Do., £2O 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 C a l e donian. ... —.. . all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all DundeePerth&Aber doen Junction all Do. New. ...... all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E & H)..„ all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8i Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 5 Edinb. and Peebles... .00 Edin.Prth. &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. .00 Glasgow &S. Western LOO Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock .00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) .00 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle' 14 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 17t Do., Fifths 114 Do. , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 83 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.IOLSh.,M&B 0 23 Do. Eighths .00 London andS. Westn 423 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. LOO Manch.Shef. & Lincln Do.,Man. &Lin. Un. .00 Midland .00 Do. Birmng. & Derby 47 t Midld. G. West . (Ire.) 17t Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle LOO Newmarket 51 Do., Bury Extension 17 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 7 2 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor 100 Norfolk 33 Northn.Counties Un. 00 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1, 113 Do., No. 2 all Do., 3 A Defened ...I 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London 4 Do. New £lO 1/ is N.&S.Wstrh.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17. North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth LOO Scottish Central 100 Scottish3lidland 100 Shrewsbury 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si ask 10 Shrowsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. • all Do. Oswestry 63 Shropshire Union . Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dural 5 Do 212 s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 161 Stockton & Hartlepl, 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. .00 Do. Pref., No. 1 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall.. 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 YorkNewctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 13 0 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland 91 - 20 41 - 8 - 9 12 —lO dig' 16 18 6 5 d 92 91 51i - 511 IA - 3.6 14 - 15 ii 1 - - U 8 - 9 4f lii = 131) 13 38 - 42 24 - 28 61 - 63 60 - 62 iii "::: i. r •• ....... .. 82* 83i 58 60 58 126 - 128 98/ - 81 - 1004 81 99i 80 80 89 93 11 —13 p 11 12 61 3 / 4 62 62 1 2i 71 —71 d _ 13 I .1 7fi 7i 7t par , P sin 98 -- 99 d 99 100- 101 101 d-- par ia—tr 76 - - 7 8 78 12i -- 110 9 d 10 -- •• • ''..-. iOi A.. al 61 60/ 33 - 35 1 31 : 5 5 5 i s a 71 21- 6 - 8 45 - 47 3$ 30 31 ... 32 31i 1 8 10 . ... it A- 14 - % 6 51 - 54 I - i -- Sdl 7 . 8 t par 33 - 35 iO 91 54 u 6 ; 55 60 55 - 60 1 21 - 20 13 J l5 10 12 3i 3id 13 - 59 - 31 - 15 60 1 591 i 32 i - ii ... -- .• ••• ---.. • .. - . 2i - 14 - 27 - 6 - .i 62 63 9/ ct 4i ct 45 -- 46 45 PREFERENCE SHARES 100 Aberdeen 00 Do. No. 2,7 p. c.... 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 LOO Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares .• • 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent si Cork &Bandon s ip.c a ll Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3lox) 6 per cent a ll Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 l7s) 7 p. c. a ll E as tern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No.l all all Do. Eastern New rn 0.26 p. c. St Union,all Scrip' Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. 100 East Lancash.6p.ete. a ll East and West York. shire June. Pref._ all Edinbrrth.&Dundee 5i per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 10 Do. 41 P. c. ScriP • 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prei all Gt,Southn.&Westm, (Ire l an d) Eighths) 4 Do. 4 per C. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westu. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. 1.00 Do . cov. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. &,York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 13 Do.Le edcluaNi..t6epri, . g c i No. . 1 9 . 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c L . OO Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton .... . 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds.. all Londonderry& Coler. Shares a ll Londy. &Ennis. Sh. a ll San ., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. , all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. £6 all Nlarypt•& Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 4i per cent__ 10A Do ...................... 100" Consol .6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4l per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock rlOO Do. sp. c. Eat 100 Do. 56 per ct.pref 0 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 00 North British all North Staffordshire , 00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. 5 10 St. 5 St. St. St. St. 20 15 Do.. .................... all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent........ all South Dev0n.......... 11 Do. fixed, 4. per cent a ll S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. , Ojper cent....... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c• till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&liilk.6p.c• 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do 10 York&N. Midlandll and S. Parch 10 25 10 1.0.6 - 7 101 .. -- ...xd Gi - Q 1 - 411 5 - 5 i - iP 1 lip 13 . a 14 - ... 2i - 12 1 12i 6 9 P - St. ili 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 - l'i - 119 11181 19 LOB - 110 P- 1 P • •• ....... . 8 - 8. o 4 7 ' 6 - - 98 9 9 95 96 id Par - 13, ... -.._ 3 1 7 p --- ... ,• - ... 39 - 139 li - pi ..• - .. 98 - i - 100 I Pm 10. 16 10 13 P - la 22i 17 - 19 li - - 96 id Faid.l RAILWAYS• 50 all Bedford and Blotchley.... St. 100 Buckgliamsh. 50 all Clydesdale Jc. St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. 25 all Glas. Barr. Sr, _ _ . Neils. Direct 25 all Do. New.....• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr 100 all Hitlpl. Dk. & Railway 50 all Hull & Selby 25 all Do. Shares. in all Do. Shares. 13i all Lon.&Greenw 20 all Do. Preference 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 20 1.00 Do. 6 per ct. 5i all Manch. Batas. and Matlock 50 all Middlesbro' & _ Redcar 100 all Ylidld.Bradfd 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. 50 qk Do. 6 per et. 50 all Do. Fixeds p e 25 all Prest. &Wyre 12i 12 Do. Sbares. St. 100 Royetn.SzHit. St. 100 Do.Shepth.St 25 181 Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. 12 9i 3. Staffordsh. 50 all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... 25 1 all IDo St. 100 Wilts&Somrst 99 - 101 50 - 52 39 - 141 30 - 32 LOS -- •• LOB 110 54 55 26i - 270 lh —l3lxd 21i 2501 21 - 3 9T - 99 59 - 61 138 _ 112 1.38 - 112 ~ dis 2i li 30 3 1 95 --97 x d FOREIGN. \lO 7 Antwerp&Botter dam 5 3 Belgian Eastn. Ju ne . 20 8 Beziers to Graisses sac 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India ,Scrip Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi& Erquelin 17i all Demerara 20 14 Dijon audßesancon 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 20 2 Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France ... 10 Grand Trunk Canada Shares and Bonds 20 8 Gt. Central of France 20q all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Do. do. (2d issue) '62 206 156 Hamilton & Toronto 100 a ll Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof 20 15 Luxembourg 10 10 Do. (Railway) 5 2 Do. Pref 5 3 Do. (Canal) 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran 20 10 Madras 33i 33 Maria Antonia ' 10 all Do. do. New 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds• 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) ' 10 all NorwegianTrunkProf 20 10 Paris and Lyons 40 all Ditto Bonds . ..... 10 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 104 10i Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 9 Royal Danish 5 2 . Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 56 p. cent. Pref 20 6 Southern of France 20 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) si all West Flanders 10 all Do. 56 per c. Pref 20 10 Western of France 10 5 West. of Switzerland 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand 1 1 fl A gua A .a ustrin. Gold 10s. 11 Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold ,1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal 1 all isritish Austrin. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issuad at £5 pm 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1 Carson's Creek 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica 10 all Cobre Copper 5 1 Colonial Gold ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent, 5 all English and Austrin, Copper Smelts. Co 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Ilariquita 10 9 AexicanL;.S.Americn 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron ...... 15 15 Do. New 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 28i all United Mexican 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia....... 1 all Yuba 3 2 ( 1 —1,, 4 3d par i p 3i 2id 3ip, 4a Par P 4 301 2 —1.4 d 2i - 1(.1 .. - • §d— par .. ••• ~ •-..... ••• 8i - 5 - II - 1 par • •• '".. .•. .--. . • - 7. 29i - 30 74 8i 121 latp 41 - 43 37 - 30 29 --- 29 3- 1 17 - 18 7A - 8 .. - . - .. i - 4 . - .. 2- 3 .8i - 4ti(1.1 - P 'a par i d— i 3 / 4 p d 2 `4 i (‘l\ i id 1 " 1 t 11 8P - 5 - 2 - 29 - i - 2 - 2i 44-- 46 par— i P 125 -- 60 -- 70 4 6 pi 14 16xdl A lt 4 - ( I 9 - 11 d 6ixd! a d par- ... ••• --__ d p 28 3Oxd 10 - -,5g i - 5 - 7' 3 d - d d -d! JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Char td. Bank of Asia 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, Sc China 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 10 English Scottish and . .. 75 - 77 id—id Australian 20 15 Gond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 bond. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 224 National of Ireland 20 all - New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia Do. New 50 10 Union of London 3 2a - &P ... -- • ~• ..--. . • •42 - - - - 'ii 421 - 46 71 - 73 7 - %' MISCELLANEOUS 431 3 4-IA 5 40 - 42 1 40 i 3 71 2 ---------- 5 all A.ubin Coal and Iron. 25 176 Austral ian Agricult. 20 14 A.ustralsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Austraan. Royal Mail 10 26 Berlin Water Works 50 386 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 326 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace 5 4 Do. New 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam 25 20 Eleetrit Telegraph(A) 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 76 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 a ll Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land.... 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian... Do. New 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 a ll Peel Rr. Ld. & 50 a ll Peninsular & Oriental 50 30 Do. Do. 2 all Portland Iron C 0..... 1.00 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 25 South Austral. Land 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 1 all Do. Registered........ 100 286 Van Diemen's Land 6 1 - - - - ;1.:2 75 - 80 6 - 16 - 18 16 - 18 2 - lei I 1 401 id— eP _ &1I 4 —15 p 35 37 A P Aci A P 13 14 Lady Dover's youngest surviving son, the Hon. Leopold A. Ells, has embraced the profession of th e law,and was yesterday called to the bar. , •er__ - ••PI ES. 3 31 d THE POST-OFFICE AND THE RAILWAYS. The following - circular has been addressed, by order of the Postmaster-General, to the various Railway Boards General Post-office, Jan. 25, 1854. Sir,—l am directed by the Postmaster-General to request the attention of the directors of your company to the seri ous and long-continued irregularity of the mail trains be tween London and the north. In doing so, I must premise that as this letter, with the exception of the subjoined special statement, will be addressed to the company gene rally, some parts of it may have no direct reference to your particular railway. It will be best, however, that each body of directors should be put in possession of the whole case, though the Postmaster-General distinctly re cognises the limitation of each company's responsibility to the conveyance of the mails over its own line wi thin the prescribed time, and does not expect that one company should make up for the time lost by another. Directing attention at present only to the night mail trains, as those most urgently requiring correction, it ap pears that in the month of November (taken as compara tively free from special causes of interruption), the time actually occupied on your line exceeded that allowed for the service to the extent shown by the enclosed statement. It will be easily understood that want of punctuality in a mail train not only causes a corresponding retardation in the delivery of the letters on the main line, but also, by dislocating the arrangements for branch mails, produces an amount of derangement and inconvenience extending throughout the whole ramification of the service. In many of the complaints which have naturally arisen from this state of things, the evil has been erroneously at tributed to want of sufficient force in the Post-office, al though it is obvious that so long as the mail trains remain irregular no increased efforts or expenditure in this depart ment can remedy the inconvenience. Nor can this irregularity in the mail trains be justly attributed, as has been alleged by some companies in reply to former remonstrances, to insufficiency in the time allowed by the Post-office, which, for the night mail trains between London and Glasgow or Edinburgh, by which ever route, exceeds that taken by the companies for their express trains on the same lines, and this, after making ample allowance for the addition al stoppages required for the mail service. So far, therefore, from it being neces sary or reasonable that the Postmaster -General should ex tend the time allowed, he is bound to demand a reduction thereof ; since the public has a right to expect that its correspondence should be conveyed at the greatest speed L attained in the conveyance of passengers, a point which, as the Postmaster-General has great pleasure in acknow ledging, the directors of the lines south of Edinburgh and Glasgow, by the western route, have, in the negotiations now pending, already fully conceded. Awaiting, how ever, the completion of the many minute arrangements necessary for this important acceleration, a matter which will occupy some few months, the Postmaster-General cannot but regard it as indispensable that an immediate stop should be put to the present irregularities. The real source of delay, as has been indicated on former occasions, is to be found partly in stoppages at stations, where they are not required by the mail service, but prin cipally in the excessive traffic thrown on the mail trains, much of this being of a kind commonly excluded from ex press trains; as, for instance, third-class passengers, pri vate carriages, horse-boxes, and fish-trucks. In fact, the night mail trains are generally much too long and too heavy to admit of the service being duly performed ; and it is essential that they be at once brought within proper limits —a change which might, perhaps, be facilitated by putting the trains in question on the footing of first-class express trains. That such a reduction of traffic would tend greatly to the desired result is shown by the fact that the mail train leaving S c otland on the Sunday, being of modera te size, is generaly punctual, at least until it has made considerable progress to the south. The unnecessary stoppages referred to above have been justified by some of the companies on the plea that they still leave time enough for the performance of the service —a plea which, I need not observe, is not only inconsistent with the allegation of insufficiency in the time allowed by the Post-office, but even amounts to a virtual admission that such allowance is excessive, and consequently should for the public convenience be reduced. The truth doubtless is, that even with these stoppages the prescribed time may be kept, provided all circum stances be favourable ; but it cannot be requisite to point out to the directors the necessity of allowing a margin for unforeseen mischances. In making these suggestions, however, the Postmaster- General feels that it lies rather with the companies to find the means for securing the necessary end—viz., the punc tual performance of the mail service. To attain this end, every effort is made by the Post-office ; several stoppages which the department was authorised to demand having been set aside at considerable sacrifice, while measures have been taken, and others are in progress, for removing causes of occasional' slight delay in the Post-office duty at the respective stations. Moreover, in the above-named negotiations for a still further increase of speed, his lord ship, in calling on the companies to secure the punctuality of the accelerated mails, by limitation in the number of carriages, and by the establishment of penalties for delay, offered to subject the Post-office to corresponding penalties for irregularity on its part, leaving it to the arbitrators to take these circumstances into consideration in fixing the remuneration for the service. This arrangement, much to his lordship's regret, was declined by the companies ; but he desires me to press the principle of the measure on the attention of your directors, and to add, that should they assent, as he trusts they will, to entertain the question, he will be prepared either to receive from them, or to lay be fore them, as they may prefer, the full and detailed terms of such an agreement. In short, the swift and regular conveyance of the mails must be regarded as the one essential object of the mail trains, and to this all minor considerations must be sacri ficed. It is for the performance of this duty, and upon this understanding, that the companies are paid; and to fail therein, unless from occasional circumstances beyond control, is to withhold from the public that which it has purchased at a large cost. If, with regard to any of the mails now in question, it be thought that the award has been made on a different understanding, his lordship is ready to re-open such award, in order that the matter may henceforward be placed on this its proper foting, and all doubt as to his right in e very ease to claim and enforce the most exact punctuality be removed. In thus urging on the directors measures essential to the right working of the Post-office system, his lordship would suggest for their consideration whether the adoption of such measures would not tend equally to the convenience of passengers and the benefit of c ompanies. It surely must be important that the conveyances bear ing her Majesty's mails, which have usually been selected with marked preference by the travelling public, should maintain, and even extend, that reputation for speed and punctuality on which such a preference is based. And, independently of this consideration, when, as in the pre sent case, several companies have to work in conceit, it is obviously to the interest of each that all should be punc tual ; and the Postmaster-General has, in fact, been strongly urged by certain of the companies concerned in running the mails in question, to exact punctuality from the others. Shout the directors desire it, the Postmaster-General is willing to consider any suggestions which they may make for such a re-distribution of the time between London and the north as may not interfere with the efficiency of the Post-office service, or any other proposals which may seem to the directors likely to further the attainment of the end in view.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ROWLAND HILL. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - BETTING AT MANCHESTER, YESTERDAY. Since Tuesday the betting has been rather remarkable for its fluctuations. Lord George for the Liverpool Steeplechase, has receded from 12 to 1 to 100 to 3 offered. Yesterday, for the Metropolitan, upon which event it has been difficult to make a favourite, Royalist was backed for all that could be got on at 20 to 1 ; and Newminster for the Chester Cup waq nearly friendless. 40 to 1 was taken freely about Sandhurst, and 1000 to 10 several times about Little Jem. Any advance upon 5 to 1 was eagerly taken about Autocrat for the Derby. To-day, at the commenceinont of business, a good deal of money was invested upon the Star of Surrey for the Chester Cup at 50 to 1, and subsequently 40 to 1 was taken to a tolerable amount, the layers, however, were so numerous not having previously laid, that 40 to 1 was offered at the close. 25 to 1 was currently offered against N ewminster, and Sandhurst, who had been in such force the day previous, was not named. 500 to 30 was taken once about Royalist for the Metropolitan, and afterwards offered. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Half-and-Half (taken). 9to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken). 15 to 1 agst Come-away (taken). 100 to 6 agst Peter (taken). 20 to 1 agst Bedford (taken). 100 to 3 agst Lord George (offered). METROPOLITAN STARES. 100 to 6 agst Royalist (taken and offered). CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Newminster (offered). 30 to 1 agst Tom (nom.) 40 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken and offered). 40 to 1 agst Jack Frost (taken and offered). 50 to 1 agst Nabob (taken). 66 to 1 agst Little Jem (taken). 66 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 100 to 1 agst Jewess (taken). - 100 to 1 agst Merry Monk (taken). It would be superfluou s to q uote all the hors es tn. are backed at 100 to 1. OSWESTRY STEEPLECHASES. —THURSDAY. FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 2 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added. About three miles and a half. 7 subs. Mr. Hargreave' s Rochester, aged, lOst 31b (car. lOst 51b ......................... (Tacker) 1 Mr. Thomas na. Diana, aged, Bst 121 b (W. White) 2 Mr. Palmer na. Maltster, aged, 9st 71b...(W. Jones) 3 Mr. W. Morris's Peter the Great, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (car. 9st 31b.) (G. Robinson) 0 Mr. G. Jackson's Valve, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (car. B s t 91b) (T. Turner) 0 Won by a length, good third. The winner was sold for 85 sous. The HUNTERS' STAKES, of 2 SON'S. each, with 10 added. About three miles and a half. m r . W. Morris's Peter the Greai, - 6 — y — r — S: . lost 101 b (Owner' Mr. T. Thomas na Diana, aged, lOst 41b (W. White Mr. J. Jackson's Valve, 5 yrs, lOst 4lb (Turner, Mr. Palmer na The Lawyer, aged, 12st (Tacker, Won by two lengths. SPRING HANDICAPS—HORSES SCRATCHED. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECEIASE.—Sir Peter Laurie and Clansman. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.—Bird on the Wing, Llanforda, Charley, Waterfall, Exhibition, Vinaigrette. B colt by Ratan out of Miss Martin, Barrel, Boddicot, Hazlenut, Amos, Cobnnt, and Domino. CHESTER CllP.—Puritan, Ulster, St. Stephen, Bal rownie, Haricot, Capt. Cornish, Braxey, Monimia, and The Penitent. Mr. Lumley's Maria was scratched out of all her en gagements on the 16th inst., at 7.30 p.m. The above list includes all that were struck out at Chester and York up to post time on Thursday night. yin ,;I.i NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SOTHEBY. Another flag-officer on the active list is reported de ceased—namely, Rear Admiral of the Red Charles Sotheby. This was another veteran officer of the war, and during his career in the service was employed afloat 21 years. Ho was the eldest son of William Sotheby, Esq., F.R.S., of Fairmead Lodge, Essex, entered the Royal Naval Academy in 1795, and embarked in 1798. In the Alexander he was present as midshipman at the battle of the Nile, at the capture of Le Genereux, 74, and Ville de Marseille store ship, at the blockade and surrender of Malta, and on shore, as aide-de-camp to Captain Ball, at the siege of the Castle of St. Elmo ; and in the Foudroyant he took an active part in the operations of 1801 art in gyp Et- As a lieutenant of the Thetis, 38, he too k p in a variety of operations against the Turks. From flag-lieutenant at Malta to Rear- Admiral Sir A. J. Ball, he was appointed, March, 1809, to the acting com mand of the Pilot, 18, which vessel, on her return from the Mediterranean, formed one of the ad vanced squadron in the expedition to the Scheldt. He was confirmed in the rank of commander Jan. 8, 1810 ; was next, from July 6, in that year, until posted, Feb. 28,1812, employed off Lisbon and again in the Mediterranean in the Latona, 38, arnta-en-flute ; and was afterwards appointed, Aug. 24, 1814, to the Slaney, 20, lying in the River Med way • Oct. 1, 1811, to the Tamar, 24, in which shi p he served on the Halifax, South American, and Cape of Good. Hope stations, until March 27, 1816 ; and , M a y 18, 1821, to the Seringapatam, 46, fitting for the Mediterranean, where, during a stay of more than three years, he was very active in the suppression of piracy, and on one occa sion, in May, 1845, forced the Bey of Rhodes, by his spi rited conduct, to acknowledge an insult which had been offered to the British consul. He obtained fla g rank March 20, 1848. Rear - Admira l Sotheb y married, first, Feb. 15, 1819, the Hon. Jane Hamilton, third (laughter of William, seventh Lord Belhaven and Stenton and secondly, Nov. 18, 1830, Mary Anne, daughter of the late Admiral and Lady Mary Anne Sotheby. By the death of Rear-Admiral Sotheby the following additional promotions take place ; To be Rear-Admiral of the llue—Captain Alexander Thomas Emeric Vedal (Oct. 4, 1825), vice Armar Lowry Corry (commander in chief of the western squadron), to be rear-admiral of the white, vice Sir George Rose Sartorius, to be rear-admiral of the red. To be Retired Rear-Admiral—Retired Captain John George Graham (1835), being senior to Captain Vedal, but without increase of half-pay, in accordance with the order in council of 1846. The senior captain on the active list now is Captain John Leith (Nov. 11, 1825). Captain the Hon. A. Buncombe (1824) becomes one of the seniors, and Captain Thomas Sandars (1841) succeeds to the 12s. 6d. half-pay list. The senior retired captain is John George Aplin. There are now only three retired captains in the receipt of 20s. per diem ; all the others on the 1846 list are either admi t rals or captains on 18s. per diem. REAR-ADMIRAL SIR G. R. LAMBERT, K.C.B. This officer, who has just been promoted to his flag rank, will be recognised. as Commodore Lambert, who com manded the naval forces in the late hostilities against Burmah, and for which services he has received the honour of K.C.B. Sir George Lambert is the son of a captain in the navy, and brother of the late Vice-Admiral Robert Lambert, and the late Captain Henry Lambert, R.N., and of two gentlemen holding high rank in the army. H e entered the navy in April, 1809, as first-class volunteer, on board the Eagle, 74, Captain Charles Rowley. Con tinuing in that ship for a period of five years, he attended in consequence the expedition to the Walcheren, co-ope rated in the defence of Cadiz, in 1810, assisted at the cap ture, Nov. 27, 1811, of La Corcyre frigate, carrying 28 guns, together with 170 seamen and 130 soldiers, and be held the fall, in 1813, of Fiume, Trieste, and other places in the Adriatic. After a further servitude of 11 monthsthe in the Glasgow, 50 , Captain Hon. Henry Duncan, on the Channel station, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant M a y 5, 1815, and appointed to the Ister, 36, Captain Thomas Forrest. Quitting the latter frigate in Jan. 1817, he next, from Jan. 1, 1820, until within a few days of his promotion to the rank of commander, Jan. 19, 1822, offi ciated as flag-lieutenant, in the Vigo, 74, to his brother, Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert, on the St. Helena Station. On Feb. 23, 1324, Captain Lambert was awarded command of the Carnelian sloop, in which we find him employed on particular service until advanced to post rank, August 8, 1325. His appointments have since been—Sept. 23, 1831, to the Alligator, 28, East Indies, whence he returned home and was paid off August 27, 1833—Dec. 8, 1845, to the Endymion, 44, on the North America and West India sta tion—and from Jan. 23, 1847, served as commodore at Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27. The Juno, 26, Captain Fremantle, arrived at Spithead this morning from the eastward, and saluted the Port Admiral. She is not manned, and has no sailing ordersat present. Captain Willcox arrived this morning and ook up his commission to the Dragon, on board which vessel he sub sequently hoisted the pendant. The Carysfort, 26, in ordinary, was brought down along side the dockyard this morning, and will be forthwith sent to Sconce Point, coast of Dorset, to take the place of the Talbot, 26, as a sleeping and berthing hulk for the engineer artificers employed on the works of defence in that position. The Mercury cutter, Lieutenant Freeland, has completed her repairs and taken in a quantity of provisions, ready to return to the Channel Islands when the state of the wea ther (at present very boisterous) will permit. The Vulcan troop-ship, Commander Von Donop, hauled alongside the dockyard to-day ready for docking to-mor row. We have before stated that this vessel and the Simoom are ordered to be expedited with all possible despatch. The Sealark, 8, training brig for naval apprentices, in charge of Lieutenant Fenwick of the Victory, has been despatched to Weymouth and Dartmouth to endeavour to obtain volunteers for the fleet. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Algiers, 91 guns, is to have engines of 400-horse power, and will be propelled by the screw. Her armament will consist of 1 pivot gun, 68- pounder, 95 cwt., 10 feet long ;28 8-inch guns, 65 cwt., 9 feet long ; 38 32-pounders, 65 cwt., 9 feet 6 inches long ; 24 32-pounders, 42 cwt., 8 feet long—in all 91 guns. It is said that the Exmouth, 91, screw, will be launched next month. The Phoebe, 50, frigate, will be the next ship launched, which will take place in about a month. It is now only nine months and three days since the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, was launched at this port. It has an swered remarkably well, and no doubt is entertained of the excellent qualities of the Algiers and the other ships that are being rapidly proceeded with. The Thetis, 36, Capt. Kuper, arrived in the Sound last night from Portsmouth to be paid down and refitted for further service. Her crew will be granted six weeks' leave of absence. She will come into harbour probably on Monday. The 'Wizard, 6, brig, arrived from Queenstown at 1.25 a.m. this morning. WOOLWICH, Jill. 27. APPOINTMENTS. Master—Richard Mowll (1841), to the Caesar, 90, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. Surgeons—John Moody (1838), to the James Watt, 90, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; David Geddes, M.D. (1831), to the Illustrious, 72, at Portsmouth ; Maurice T. West (1812), to the Caesar; Gerald Yee, M.D. (1850), re cently serving in the Archer screw steam-sloop, to the Dragon paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; Thos. Seccombe (1853), recently promotedfrom Assistant-Surgeon of the Hermes when on the East India station, tothe Royal Naval Coast Volunteers. Assistant-Surgeons—Robert Wallace, M.D. (1845), re cently serving in the Dauntless steam frigate when on the West India station, to the James Watt ; Charles H. Chambers (1851), 1 ,recently serving as additional to the Penelope steam-frigate flag-ship, on the West Coast of Africa station, to the Caesar ; Augustus R. R. Preston (18/G), from the London, 90, to the Illustrious ; John C. Ingles (1847), to Haslar Hospital at Portsmouth. Master Philip Luard (1852), recently serving in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, to the Euryalus, 50, screw steam-frigate. Naval Cadet Alfred M. Fairlie, to the James Watt. Clerks—W. H. Chapman (1848), from the Hogue, GO, screw steam guard-ship at Davenport, to the James Watt; George Teait (1848) to the Caesar ; and J. J. Lindsay to the Hogue. The launch of the Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, will take place at Deptford on Tuesda3' next, the 31st inst., between two and three o'clock p.m. The Prometheus steam-sloop was taken out of the basin at Woolwich in the forenoon of to-day, and immediately steamed down in the river in charge of Lieutenant Robert Robertson, of the steam-reserve, with Master-Commande r Henry William Allen, of the Lightning, to nav i g ate her to Devonport, where she is to be stationed as an advanced war steamer, 1 eady in every respect for sea at an hour's notice, her guns being mo unted and every requisite board, except a portion o f her powder. Mr. aspTlin, ass on . sistaut-inspector of steam mac hi ne ry, went far a G r avesend in her to enable him to report on the working of her machinery. The Melampus, 42, frigate h av ing taken on board the , boilers and machinery of the Algiers, 90, screw steam-ship, at Devonport, was taken out of the basin here to-day, and proceeded down the river in charge of Mr. Jackson, as sistant to the Master-Attendant at Sheerness Dockyard. The Melampus was towed by the Monkey, in charge of Second Master Syndercombe, and she will to -e her through the Downs. The Monkey has on board one of Mr. Peake's lifeboats, and will leave it at Folkestone, as it is intended to be stationed at Dungeness Head, for service at that part of the coast. wi O ci ne di s v er isi ge o a n nt, of o R n e rpooycaollaral, Marines s d 50 le privates ftthedoc of kya t r h d e s W tat eo io t of the North Kent Railway yesterday, under the command of Lieutenant Spratt, for Portsmouth, for service in the Illustrious, 72. Mr. E. Laws, Storekeeper of Pembroke Dockyard since JuneGleBo2rls,o hi h e avi i n e g s, died about a fortnight ago , it is said Mr. Store Receiver at Chatham, will be promoted to be storekeeper, and appointed to Pembroke Dockyard, vice Laws. Several of the engineers of the factory at Woolwich Dockyard who were applied to relative to their entering for service afloat as third-class assistant-engineers have volunteered cheerfully for that service. Thirty-four of the applicants for permission to join the Fisgard flagship, at this port, for service in the Royal navy, have been approved and joined that ship. PUNISHMENTS IN SWITZERLAND.—A punishment lately awarded in the canton of Unterwalden, for an assault which caused ultimate death, is a curious example of cri minal legislation in one of the primitive Swiss cantons. 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