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

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. • Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat were on a very limited scale, and the show of samples of both rod and white was trifling. Owing to the closing of tho in land navigation rendering it impossible to deliver, the amount of business doing was limited ; nevertheless, fac tors were very firm, and needy buyers were compelled to pay an advance o f i s t o 2 s per quar t er on M on d ay ' s pr i ces. The import of American wheat has been good ; yet the sale for all kinds was steady, and prices were fully is per quarter higher. Floating cargoes were held at a rise of 2s per quarter. We were very moderately supplied with barley, which sold steadily, at is per quarter more money. Malt was in good request, and is dearer. We had a good demand for oats, at Gd per quarter more money. Beans, peas, and flour were held at enhanced rates. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 1,160 ARRIVALS THIS WBRK, Barley. Malt. 2,550 2,520 730 19,060 510 Oats. Flour. 1,180 1,040 13,750 2,400 , 27,920 br SMITHFIELD. .The supply of beasts in to-day's market was very mode rate as to number, and deficient in quality. Prime breeds moved off steadily. at full prices ; otherwise the beef trade warn in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's currency. With sheep we were fairly suppli e d . The trade was by no means active, yet we have no change to notice in prices. Calves, the supply of which was limited, moved off slowly at late rates. In pigs comparatively few transactions took place. Mulch cows were dull, at from 14/. to 18/.. 5s each, in cluding their small calf. Per 81bs to sink the offals. 8. d. s. d. leiferior Beasts.... 3 2 to 3 4 &cowl quality.... 3 6 3 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, ote. 4 3 4 10 laferior Sheep ...3 6 4 0 Second quality ...4 2 4 4, Yuma orse.-wlled.4 6 4 101 s. d. 0. d• Prime Southdown 5 0 5 4 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Primo small d 0... 410 5 4 Large hogs 3 4 4 2 Small porkers _4 4 410 _ . ISucklfugcalves —23 0 2S 0 [Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 /leash . TOTAL SUPPLY. .... • . Cheap ........... ...... 4,400 ClalTes FOAZIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ••.. • • • •..• • • ... . 212 Sheep 330 Calves.. • • • 60 Pigs. .. •• • • NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. About an average business was transacted in each kind f neat, as follows : Per 81be by the carcase. R. d. B. d. Beer, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., raiddling 3 6 3 10 Do., prime large 4 0 4 2 Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 6 4 2 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 6 Do., prime 4 8 4 10 Veal 4 0 5 0 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. About an average business is doing in most kinds of hops a Monday's currency. Very few imports have taken ace this week. The following are the quotations : Y and East Kent pockets, 141. Os to 171. 17s ; Weald of /Cent ditto, 101. 5s to 12/. 12s ; Sussex ditto, 101. Os to 121. ; and foreign, 71. Os to N. Os per cwt. COLONIAL Sucum.—The market has been , extremely firm for British Plantation since the opening, and West India qualities have advanced Gd to ls per cwt. Barbadoes, by auction, was sold at 32s 6d to 38s for ord to fine, and at 37s Gd to 40e for mid to fine crystalised Demerara. East India, Mauritius, dark brown, at auction has been sold at 28s 6d, ortl to fine brown at 29s 6d to 30s 6d, low and mid yellow at 33e to 355, good and fine yellow at 35s Gd to 37s 6d, and crystalised at 38s. Bengal good white Benares has realised 395, mid 38s, low to good yellow Mau ritius kind 33s to 38s, good and finebrown 318 Gd to 335, and Cossipone 41s to 425. Madras common mid to fine brown has realised 28s 6d to 308 Gd, low to fine yellow 31s to 355, and a few lots of grainy fine yellow t o m id white 38s to 42 s 6d . Penang went is Gd to 2s 6d hi g h er than l as t mout h , the brown at 30e Gd to 33s 6d for low to fine, and the yellow at 33s 6d to 36s 6d for low grey to fod yello w . Foreip.—The de man d h as b een goo d , and ull prices have been'obtained. Havannah at auction sold readily at 38s 6d to 40s Gd for good yellow to florettes, and at 36s for low yellow. A floating cargo of brown Pernam buco went at 20s 9d, and one of Java for Holland at 23s 3d. Befirted.—There are ready buyers for home consumption M rather higher rates. Br own l umps are 45 5, and grocery 456 6d. to 50s. COPEEE.—There has been a steady market, but with no great amount of business. Native Ceylon has been at 50s for good ord, with few sellers. Plantation has also been rather quiet, except the triage sorts, which are in demand at high rates. Good bold coloury sold at 703, good mid at 63s to 655, low mid and mid at 58s to 62s for fine, and mixed at 54s 6d to 575, triage at 47s to 565, and peaberry at 63s to 665. Neigheray sold at 62s to 71s for greyish well made, and at 67s for peaberry. Naidoobatum sold at high prices, small to good bold grey close made 66s to 708, fine and fine fine ord and mixed pale and foxy 53s 6d to Us, and triage 45s to 565. Mocha was held for higher ra o te', good yell ow l ong b erry 78s, triage sold at 52s 6d 60s. RICE.--A large business has been done, and the quantity in first hands is small. Prices are up 3d per cwt., several 'thousand bags having changed hands at the advance. Bengal mid and good has beeis sold at 16s 3d to 16s 6d, and Madras at 14s 3d. Madras to arrive brought 14s 9d. COTTON.—Prices are firm, and at auction Tinnivelly rea lised 4d, and Madras 30 to 30 per lb. SALTPETRE.—The market is firm, fine having realised 31s for cash, and Bengal by auction sold at 29s 6d to 30s for low and low mid 13 to 10i per cent. refraction. SPlCES.—Pimento by auction has been sold at Gd to bid for good ord mixed to good mid even. White Singapore pepper has realised 10d for mid dingy. Malabar partly sold at 4d f or m id h a lf h eavy. Cloves at 6d for ord dark Bourbon ; and nutmegs at 2s 5d to 2s Gd per lb. for Singapore small. TEA.—The market has been dull, common congou at Is 2id to is 2id per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been very firm at 59s 3d to 59s Gd per cwt. on the spot. _ GREEN FRurr,—The inclement state of the weather has a pejuclicial effect on the market, and out-of-door consump tion is completely checked. Some parcels of oranges from St. Michael and Fayal, offered by Keeling and Hunt at public sale—the principal part of the former was bought in from want of buyers, the latter went at a reduction of 2s per box. Some enquiry exists for lemons for confectionary purposes. Seville sours are much wanted. Nuts of all kinds scarce, and prices well supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPING, -(THIS DAY. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light aim. It is slightly freezing on the surface, but is thawing slowly. Dui', Jan. 4.—Three bodies and a boat were washed ashore this morning, near No. 2 Battery, snpposed to be part of the crew and appointments of the vessel wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. FALMOUTH, Jan. s. —Wind, N., light. Ai rived—Al ehymist, from Qu e b ec ; Vassitei Siji are t (T ur ki s h war st.), C onstantinople. Sailed —St. John, for Savannah. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. s. —Wind, E. Arrived—Vulture, from New York, for Antwerp ; Oceanus, Quebec, for Sun derland. Sailed—H.M.'s sts. Conflict and Dragon, for the w estward.—The Callinder, arrived here from Lisbon, re ports having spoken, on the 17th D ec ., i n l a t. 45 , l ong. 9, the Lucile (Spanish brigantine), having on board the crew of the Andromaque (French), Marseilles to Nantes, which foundered in lat. 45 N., 10 W. PLYMOUTH, Jan. s.___W ind, E.S.E. Arrived—Meteor, from Mauritius ; Grenville Bay, D a lh ous i e : M aran h am, Quebec ; Nini Deeps St. Michael's ; Od n i, St. Üb es, f or Bergen, with loss of' sails and 'spars. Sailed—Margaret, St. Michael's. BRISTOL, Jan. s.—Arrived Belmont, from Quebec. iLERA.COMBE, Jan. 4. Arrived—Etewan, from St. John's, N. 8., for Bristol, leaky, and damaged sails. SHEERNESS, Jan. 4.—Wind, E. Arrived—Hilding, from St. Üb es . FONVEY, Jan. 3.—The Heir of Madryn (Welsh sch was totally wrec k ed, Charleston Pier, this morning.ooner) HOLYHEAD, Jan 3.—The Henry (brig), of Whitehaven, from Cardiff to Liverpool, is on shore near the Breakwater of the new harbour, and likely to become a total wreck. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 2.—The Emma, from Baltimore to this port, was stranded near Bamperdum, 31st Dec., and is high and dry, and with masts cut away. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 2.—The Hendrik, from Batavia to Rotterdam, drove on shore near Renesse, Dec. 30. The sea was running too high for steamers to get near her. APPLEDORE, Jan. 3.—The Marquis of Sligo, from New port to Torquay, put in here this morning, nearly water, havi ng carr i ed away her forefoots and bulgedfull her bottoms on Mortstone, and h a d to be run on the b o - round to prevent her si n ki ng. The full extent of the damage is not yet known. SUNDERLAND, Jan. s. —The San Francisco, of Naples , li ana , of Montrose ; Mary Ann, of Seahana, Devonshire :- an d Jane, of Sunderland, are all wrecks ; crews saved. Jan. 4 . —Th e HARTLEPOOL, M ania, (Swedish brig), stranded near Jan. 4. Dec. 13, has this day gone t o pieces. of Ne weastle, , (schooner), of this port, WHITBY, Jan. 4.—The Beta, (schooner), from London ; the Bedlington, from Folkestone ; the Mary Ann, (brig), of this po r t ; and the Donnington, (schooner), of this Port, both from Lon don, all bound to this port in ballast, are ashore on the beach, at the north side of the harbour. It is blowi ng a strong gale from the east. SHIELDS, Jan. 4.—The Treasurer, of this port, and the Euretta, of and from Hull, have driven on the Tynemouth Rocks. KINGSTON, Jan. 4.—Arrived—The Thetis, from St. Johns, New Bru nsw i c k. IdE AUMARIS, Dec. 3.—The Piston, to Liverpool, has ,been run on t h e mud without damage for safety, having lost anchors and cables, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Fid9.y, 10 30 a.m. Finderep, S.E., mod era t e, and damp hazy weather. Th orted l ogs o f the steamer, Mani Fairy, has not Arriy c i— "en confirmed, and it i s thought to have been incorrect. Margaret (s.), f rom H avre ; New York, New ! Lady Sale, M arn h am ; Britannia, St, John's, New •,i, ; Fularv,fick ; Barkschiff Elbi ng, Danzig ; Euscaldina, Porto and Waterwitch (s.), London. mind, E.S.E , strong. -,,4.llived—lna., Live Mauritius ; Sea Nymph, Prince -c,a'svard.'s Island, rpool. the TI-Nre"ele a Poken, per Ina. —Dec. 5, lat. 32, long. 13, eetwood and. Frances, from Sydney, for London. Dec. 29, lat. 4.(i 1 lose 6, Albert Gallatin, from New York, for London, with of bowsprit and fore-topmast. HOLYHEAD, Jan- 5. Thep uches s of Rent (a) put in for a supply of coals, and with dama ge. The brig James, on the rocks, near the Read, has sank, and is likely to go to pieces. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 4. (By SGBDIA.RLNE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) Wind, N - W ., half bb, c GRA VESEND, Frid a y, 9.30 A.M. e l Arriv e d— Soho, from Ilavoreud .. DEAL, Friday, 9 A • lr ' Wind, W. Moderate, and cloudy. assed---R4ert Stephenson, from Algoa Bay, (loll; Louise Maria, Philadelphia, for London ; James koran, fro Quebec, for London. for Lon. The Dublin screwsteamer, from P lymouth, for MAT Pool, spoke the ship Royal Victoria, from Shields, I . ' Odom; 10. 47 10 Ng long. 10.3041 V„ .„..7-_,,,,,,!..,',7,,2‘.0r. ..,,.,.•,i.:,.,.,,r,,,.., 23# # 10 91 61 33 W 251 i ore on. the _- I ...,„ ~.......utt. ........ .. ..... I 4i -- 4di 10} blowi ng a LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. rtryn' an the Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business I, from St. 50 St. 100 _Bletehley... Compass . this day. this deb, ---------• ________ __..—_ ........._....... erpool, has all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. 50all rißuckgham_ sh. L. oft N.W. 101 103 'city, having ••• .... ••• St. to :: "ipii`.o7Le.tusseoltliireecJeTedon ... 51 52 25 all Q6lsail*.:&Bean:rtr;.:*(k :Calto*.lid.o.:niart.hiln... 11 ... 1 14 . 4 . LO 30 a.m. . et.Westa. 30 32 her. all Hrt p Dk ... ---__ ••• 17, has not 25 all Olst i r. i. incorrect. 100 • * Yk. New . York, New Railway . . B e * 'ohm's, New 50 all Hull & SellaY YAN•lici * 109 ldina, Porto 25 all Do. [Shares Do . • 111 121 all Do. Shares Do ......... 4 i 55 I' Jan. 4. 121 all ail Do.Preferencei4n•Greeiw D 5. 0 E814.; .... ri .. .. 20 Et ---: 1 2 1 5 1 iph, Prince St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Norfolk ... 94 on o g n ..l3, D t e li c e . 6 5 t. i 100 ,2 ma Do. n 6 ch p .B er xto ct. n D ia z twAir: ..... *95 ad w York, for and Matlock. & Midld. 21 t. 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & 3 D, Jan. 5. Redcar Darlingt. ___ )f coals, and 100 I all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 _ 101 100 50 all Northern and Ics, near th e Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 60 62 5 all Do. 6 per ct Do — •.. 5 4 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo ... RATH.) 24 all Prest. &Wyre L.& .. 9.30 A.M. &Lndark - 1 12 Do. i Sh ares . Do ...... . ..... ...... S, , 100 Roystn.drilit. Gt.Nort] , - - ...: ay, 9 Ax. 2 St: 100 Do.Shepth..St. D. . 1.4 0** 143 181 Shef. Roth. ' go 143 Goo] , sy, for Lon- 12 9A o - . a Lancash.& on ; James 50 -• ....g.5.p.c Yorksh ... a ...,. dtaffordsh.. MrMelean 2 IP' for Hard' 411 - WearValleygr Stockt. & Ids, fr - 6 per cent... Ditiling. ... -•-• ••• i, - -(-'" 25 all Do Do 3O 31' NI ea Tr New lit 100 Wiltatitsmrd .Weste 97 :72 99 t , 0 . . St. 20 27i 22 25 20 20 50 25 20 20 10 10 263 13i. 20 20 50 20 20 20 25 20 20 50 20 20 17i 20 20 20 20 SHARE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. EIILWALIfi. Closing Prices this day. Basiness done this day. 20 - 21 4 i - 5 9 9i 11 9 d 18 - 19 5i - 95 - 97 51 -54 14 - 16 14 -15 44 : 46. 8 - 9 43 - 4i 121 -12 i 35 - 42 28 - 30 62 - 64 63 -- 65 21 - 23 83- 84 59 - 61 128 - 130 103 - 105 81k-- 82 93 98 1 13 11 p 63} 7} 7 dj 13 -13 i 8 8 96i 974 101§ 102 par p * P 75 a 78 12i -- 110 10 -- 9 d 19A -20 A -d 602 - 61 34 36 54 56 Par 5 4 d 2i 31 6 8 48 —5O 3$ 34 d 28 30 8 10 - 24' 6 - 74 50 ... 52 6 - bid' 8i 9 1 d par 35 - 37 91 - 93 56 - 58 55 - 60 55 60 2i Ills 14 16 7 8 11 12 3i —38 d 14 16 59 60 32 33 3 2 d 4 5 27 - - 30 21 3 14i -15 i 5 3 - 6i 25 - 27 8 • 84 63 641 9 Ndi 41 3ict 45 46 Paid! 100 ;Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do . , £20..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) [ Bristol & Exeter [Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJunc 'Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 'Do. New ......... all East Anglian (£25 L. s &E.& L. & D.) all Do., (XlB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties.. . 100 ,EasternUnion,A. stk. 100 Do., do. B. 8. Do.NewA(lateThirds) 1 100 East Lancashire 'lOO , Edinburgh & Glasgow l 3. Edinb. and Peebles._ 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 1 Forth and Clyde June. ,100 Glasgow &S. Western 1100 Great Northern Stk 1100 Do., A. Stock 100 'Do B. Stock 1 , ~ 100 , Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 100 ;Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster &Carlisle 111 Do., Thirds. ...—. WO Lancash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding lin Leeds Northern 1 ILiv.Crsby.litSouthpt (London Qa Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., £5O Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Man ch. She f. & Lin cln Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ..... ........... Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket IDo. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfcl. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk ........ Northu. Counties Un North British North Devon, Nod Do., No. 2 1_ Dc. A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ... Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, & D, fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern .. South Wa1e5......... .. S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale... Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath . Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London Wmbledon &Croydon York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Be,ders to Graissessae Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara !Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lako Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia IDo. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Lioge (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams. Shs.] NorwegianTruk. Prof Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish IRoial Swedish. Sambre and Mouse... I Do. 5A per cent. pref. S.E. of France........ Southern of France.. St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders ........ Do. 51 per C. P ro f Western of France... l West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand... FOREIGN. i d 8p lid 17. 11 all j all' 100 100 121 .00 474 17;' all .00 5 176 7 all LOO 3i 16 111 all 2.2 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 2.2 all 161 100 8 100 20 all I 51e. 100 20 11i 100 10 20 20 33i, 12 10 29 10 97 5i 524 2 12i i i 83i 4i 31 4 128 1021 81t 64i431ii 10, 9h 974 7 102 11 i 2 2112 20 i I 20 60i 1 60i 1A 28i i 80 59H 45i i .p 2id. 3i2 it P 1 p 3p - 3d - A P id 6 2 1~ ~=: 8 15411, 47 42 31i 4p Id 19A W. 45 40 30 , 1 3 i . - f " l ,/ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN VARY 6, 1854. PREFERENCE SHARES. THE SNOW STORM. not arrive at London-bridge until after 6 a.m., being nearly two hours behind its time. This delay was caused more from the slippery state of the rails than snow, the latter having been almost cleared away. The line be tween Margate, Ramsgate, and Canterbury, which re mained blocked throughout Wednesday, had also been cleared, and a train reached London-bridge late on Wednesday night, many hours behind its time. The trains continued to arrive yesterday somewhat late, but no serious delay took place. The down trains were des patched as usual, after the rails had been covered with gravel. The passengers were fewer than usual during the day. Yesterday London experienced a continuance of the serious interruptions to its business which occurred on Wednesday, owing to the non-arrival of the mails, and an extensive stoppage of railway traffic, in consequence of the great fall of snow which took place on Tuesday night throughout the midland, northern, and north western districts of the kingdom, and over the metro polis itself. The appearance of the streets yesterday was in some respects even more uncomfortable than on Wednesday. During the night a second, fall of snow had come down, to an average depth of three inches, the wind having shifted from east to south-west, with a thaw, gentle in the morning, but increasing in rapidity during the day, accompanied by fog, which settled down over the city between three and four o'clock in the afternoon. The fog continued to hang about during the whole evening, and about seven o'clock a smart shower of sleet or bail—it was diffi cult to say which—fell for about half an hour. Omnibuses were more numerous than on Wednesday —in fact, the supply was much as usual ; but the great majority were still drawn by three or four horses, and making slow progress even then. Of cabs the supply was also greater than on the previous day, and of those out fully one-half were drawn by two horses, some being tandem, many, however, having the leader mounted by a boy. Other cabs had their horses in pairs. The Paddington, Hampstead, and other long stage omnibuses generally carried a placard addressed to the public, stating that in consequence of the incle mency of the weather the proprietors had found it ne cessary to increase the fares. Cabmen having two horses made their own terms, seldom running for less than ls. per mile, and frequently getting more ; in fact, the shilling was always asked, and generally cheerfully given where only a single horse was driven. The snow which fell on 'Wednesday appears to have extended far over the country, but not to such an amount as to create additional obstructions upon the railways, some of which, as will be seen from the fol lowing account, have been snow-blocked to an extent unknown in the previous history of railways. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 pei ct. pref. (iss. atX5O; ristol & Exeter 4 in cent., stock. ... Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 6i per cent Cork&Bandon 5i P.C Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction. EastA nglian (£3los} 6 per cent...... ..... . Do. (1;5) 7 per cent Do. (E 7 170 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. e. No.l Do., No. 2.. ..... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts. East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. . ..... Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Do. 4,i percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i pcr Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredecm. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848._ London and;Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Loud. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis Sh 3ianeh.,Shef.,&Lin.,l Shares, No. 1...... 1 Do. Now, Do., Niarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per cent. D 0......... ........... Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 41 per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 51 per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British !North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolvcrh. £15,6 p. c. cot. Con., New Pref. 'hrows& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of id Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,l p.c.Pref. I Do York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch 6 7 101 6i-- 6R 4 -- 4i -- 6 -- 1 p -- lip lk -- lip 13t -14 i 20A - 7 21A 2i - 3i di -12 Ins no I i i 1) 8 - Si 62 -- 7 101 -- 103 95 -- 100 98 -- 100 id -- pan 141 -- 143 1 2i - 3 - 13 6i- 7 9i - 104 P 141 143 $ id 106 - 110 112 - 116 2i . -:- ii 101 - 103 - pl 9i - 10 15i 161 al 10/ 12 14 id — il 23 24 17 19 14 i d 95 98 3 44 id Par GREAT WESTERN. The trains here since Wednesday morning have con tinued to arrive and depart pretty punctually, no fur ther inconvenience than that recorded yesterday having been experienced. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. 12i 12 12i St. 15 8i 8 10 all all 1 10 4 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. 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New .. -- ••• i . - iP .• ••• - gd if P 31 33 9 10 5 6 a 5 7 4t d idd A most serious interruption of traffic has occurred on this line. When the Liverpool and Manchester morning mail train arrived on Wednesday 12.30 p.m., nearly eight hours behind its time, after having been blocked for five hours in the cutting at Tring, its, was confidently anticipated, as stated yesterday, that this train having cleared the way, other trains would follow an hour or two late. Unfortunately, however, the hope proved to be fallacious, the train in question, as it now appears, having come on in advance of the snow, leaving more formidable drifts behind it than that in which it became embedded at Tring. Except from the Birmingham line no other train arrived during Wednesday, and no other had arrived up to yesterday afternoon ; the station master at Euston-square learning by telegraphic despatch that the Manchester and Liverpool line was so completely blocked up below Stafford that clearing it so as to allow the passage of a train during the course of yesterday was all but hopeless. The mail-train which left Liverpool on Wednesday morning, and that which left London on Wednesday night, with numerous other trains, remained blocked at Stafford, where a demand arose for beds, which the town could hardly supply. Telegraphic de spatches also stated that the Trent Valley line was im passable, as was also the Holyhead line, upon which the snow lies piled in parts to the height of nine feet. Captain Huish and the resident engineer were engaged during the whole of Wednesday night and yesterday with a large body of labourers in endeavouring to re move the obstructions, but so vast was the accumulated mass of snow that their progress was necessarily slow. Up to 11 o'clock last night no fewer than . 13 through trains were due at Euston-square, not one of which it was expected could possibly arrive until to-day. The Midland line from Rugby downwards remained also completely blocked, no train from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, or the entire district having arrived since the storm set in. The superintendent of this line yesterday telegraphed instructions to Euston-square to issue no tickets to the Midland stations, while Capt. Huish, from Stafford, also directed that no tickets should be issited for the main line north of Birmingham, and, under these circumstances, the morning mail for the midland district s as well as for Manchester and. Liverpool, was yesterday forwarded via Birmingham, whence the various bags will be despatched to their respective destinations in the best manner possible. At the same time, it was deter mined that a strenuous effort should be made to push the mail train of last night along its usual route. Telegra phic messages and guards arriving spoke of snow falling, but not in large quantities. Upon inquiry subsequently at the Euston station, it was ascertained that the block up on the Midland line had been partially removed, so as to admit of the arrival of the North British mail train shortly after 4 o'clock p.m., 36 hours after its time, it having been due at 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning. This train brought in the letter-bags and parcels from Dar lington. No other train from the Midland district had arrived at 8 o'clock, and telegraphic messages announced that the Manchester line was still blocked. Santiago de Cuba. South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada 15} f i 4314 i GREAT NORTIMN. Notwithstanding the arduous exertions of Mr. S. Clarke, superintendent of the line, aided by other officers of the company and a large body of labourers, the main line between Peterborough and Newark continued blocked throughout Wednesday night and the whole of Yesterday- Their exertions, however, were more suc cessful on the loop line which diverges from the main line at Peterborough, and joins it again at Retford, be yond Newark. One line of rails was cleared during the night, and , instructions we re consequently telegraphed to King tecross to book passengers through to York by that route. The down trains, therefore, started as timed, but very few passengers preseuted themselves during, the day. The first through train since Tuesday night which came in was a mixed train from York, bringing all the detenus up to the time of its departure. This arrived at King's -cross at 4.20 yesterday afternoon. A second train arrived from York, which city it quitted at 12.30 p.m., about 9 o'clock, being about an hour and anmi c a ßoth otiro t nii.eleuiwp: Newark rtko trainson na m last tt hcea night,e main by b lei t inn h eg e . pl a coosps halfib line,lpossible behind intioi its Ge or na t l i nt nntibue. The Great Northern Company are fortunate in having a second line to fall back upon when their main line be comes obstructed. But for this circumstance the traffic on their railway between London and the north must have suspended, perhaps for several beendays,by .t Railway Compa ny i e completely snowstorm. It is calculated the Great Northern will lose between 4,000/. and 5,0 001, b y the sus pension of traffic, especially the yesterday th a t a spec i a l tra i n , d rawn by coal traffic, consequent on th e s t orm . EASTERN COUNTIES. We stated several powerful engines, wos despatched from the Shoreditch station at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night to Cambridge,wev through of making another attempt to force o Chesterford. This train, h far as Elsenham, from which however, proceeded with the the snowo viewnly a s at place it was impossible to make any progress. It was thereforeStortford, where it re mained dl putiing back the to Bishop's night, and w as t a k en on yesterday morning. The do wn mail tra in also came to a stand at r Elsenham, and, like the special, was backed to Bishop's Stortford, where it likewise remained on Wednesday night, on journey a s early as deemed practicable butb proceeded morning, The vast accumulation of snow at Cheste rford may be imagined from the fact that nearly 40 0 m en were en g a ged in its removal from r il e yesterday saor 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and during the night, until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which hour a telegraphic message from Chesterford announced that an opening . had been made. At the same hour, however, the Norwich mail, due at 4.15 a.m., had not arrived, nor was it expected for some considerable time. This train was their blocked in near Ely, where the snow had drifted to an immense extent, and where several hun dreds of men were enga ged in its removal. Throughout yesterday considerable confusion prevailed at the Shore ditch station, in consequence of the number of people Who arrived there for the purpose of proceeding by the various trains, many of w hich had been suddenly dis continued. At 9 o'clock last n ight a telegraphic despatch, re ceived at the Shoreditch station, conveyed the gratifying —......fsshwi intelligence that the entire line, with the exception of ....1 c onsequence o f th e a bse n ce of advices, caused by the the loops, ha d been cleared, after almost superhuman non-ar r i va l o f th e nor th ern an d other mails, 530 bills were exertions. The N orwich mail arrived about 13 hours noted on Wednesday evening by the Bank of England, behind its time, and the down mail was despatched and the same was the ease also to it large extent at the after 9 o'clock. At half past 9 a telegraphic shortly various print:: hatillie. l l he instances, however, wouldreceived from Thetford,• stating that hair. communication was .., peen much more numerous, but for the use of the at that an accident had just occurred place, through a electric telegraph. the line • No lette rs were received in the city yesterday from train or engine running off . ,in consequence of Liverpool or Manchester, or, indeed, any place north of the points sticking. No particulars could be ascertained, Wolverhampton. From Aberdeen the last letters were I but it was understood that the accident was not of a on the 30th of December. The Glasgow and Belfast ' serious character. advises are three days overdue, and the Edinburgh and 1 . the exception of the Dublin two days. The mails from the west (Bristol, I All the trains, with . express, will Exeter, &c.) were delivered yesterday afternoon at 3be forwarded to-day ; the quick rate of travelling of the o'clock, and those from the eastern counties (Ipswich, latter being consider ed dangerous, the directors came to &c.) at about 4 . rivate the determination to sus p end them. According to the elbourne Morning Herald, SOUTH-EASTERN. r aid, a letter received in Victoria states that the new governor I 1 M ' The Dover mail, due at 4 . 50 y est e rda y mornin g , did. ill to 13e Lord Marcus Hill. all all all all 12e. West Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 Australia Yuba...., JOINT-STOC. Australasia British Colonial Banki i i di K BANKS. 25 100 100 20 and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. lik. of Asia Colonial 50 50 100 100 Commercial of Lon& English Scottish and Australian Chrtd. London Chrtd. 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New Nrth of gurop °Stearn Peel Er. td i • mho, Pt:i.ift iiiar Oriental i d- par 73 - 76 7,i - 7i lOUs. 38 : 40 ••• '''''' 75 i 75 -- 80 -- 14 11 p 16 - 18 11 - 13 43i 4 42 xd 2 --Idzini •.. Par — itP ••, •i• t-- pa 74i I 9 9 i 81 91 2i ... Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam:... Scot; AnArah,liiirest. South Austral. Lan Submarine Telegraph Van Diemeteki - O) - 37i4 id- iP 10 2i xd 141 14 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The mail and other trains on this line came in yester day rather late, but no considerable inconvenience was experienced. The line is now perfectly cleared. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. Yesterday morning the Southampton mail was delayed a short time at Farnborough, where the snow had slightly drifted ; but it arrived in London soon after its usual time. The first ordinary train from Southampton was also rather late, but the other trains arrived and were despatched as usual. On Wednesday morning the North Stafford train, which should leave Derby for Crewe and Liverpool at ten o'clock, did not start until after eleven. As soon as it had started and entered the Normanton cutting, it became embedded in the snow, And could not proceed on its journey. Assistance was sent for, and a powerful engine belonging to the Midland Company was despatched for the purpose of pushing it through if possible. This engine, however, also stuck fast. A second engine, a powerful one, used for conveying large luggage trains, was went to draw them back into the station yard, which it succeeded in doing, and the train has remained in the station yard ever since. Three times afterwards on Wednesday an attempt was made to force a passage through this cutting, but it was of no avail, and the Birmingham and Derby, North and South Stafford lines, &e., were declared " blocked." On Wednesday afternoon the 4 o'clock train from Lincoln got embedded in the snow about 2 miles on this side the city, and has not yet been removed. The afternoon train from Leeds, due at Derby at 8 5 p.m. on Wednesday night, was stopped at Chesterfield, and the passengers had to take beds in that town. The north mail due at Derby at 11 on Wednesday evening did not arrive until 7 o'clock yesterday morn ing ; and the train which follows it, due at 5 20 yester day morning at Derby, did not arrive until 8 o'clock. The Ambergate branch has been blocked since Tues day night. Yesterday (Thursday) morning an attempt was again made to " force the pass " of the Normanton cutting by five enaines, but they had to return to Derby ; and the station-master said there would be no further at tempts made that day. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 5. So severe a winter has not been known in this dis trict since 1842. Snow fell the greater part of yesterday, and during the whole of the night. There has been a cessation this morning, but the atmosphere threatens a further down fall. We have had no arrivals of trains from London since an early train yesterday morning ; in the afternoon a telegraphic despatch was received at the Lime-street station of the London and North 'Western Railway from Crewe, stating that the line was blocked up with snow, and that the 7.30 and 9.40 trains from Liverpoorfor London were standing there unable to proceed, while the London down trains were detained from the same cause at Stafford. Mr. Norris, the chief engineer, had gone with 100 men to clear the line at Standon ; of course, all the trains which afterwards arrived at the two *points, Crewe and Stafford, were unable to proceed further. A second telegraph message, received last night by Mr. Ilberry, the station-master at Lime street, station, reports that nothing had passed Crewe since the down mail train on Tuesday evening. " The line," it is stated, is " blocked up between Whitmore and Stafford. Mr. Norris, the engineer is there, and we are sending by daylight 300 men to his assistance." These men would get to work the first thing this morn ing, and hopes are entertained by the railway officials that they will be able to clear so much of the line as will enable the 9 p.m. train from Liverpool to London to get through without stoppage. The mail train which left Liverpool at the usual time last night was unable to proceed further than Warrington. A telegraph from Warrington states that the line is snowed up between that place and Crewe, and that they would be unable to clear it until this evening. The non-arrival of the London trains at Liverpool caused the greatest inconvenience in all circles, but per haps to no one is it a greater cause of anxiety than to the provincial editor ; he is at his wits end to know how to dish up a presentable bill of fare, and fervently prays for a speedy thaw. A lady residing in Liverpool was yesterday morning to have been married to a gentleman from town, who was expected to join the guests assembled at the mar riage feast in the morning. Instead of his bodily pre sence, however, the bride received a telegraphic mes sage conveying the intelligence that her intended was " snowed up" at Stafford. _ . Nineteen or twenty trains from all directions have come to a standstill at Bolton. An accident happened on the line near Holyhead yesterday, the train getting off the rails, and running ft a snowdrift. The driver and stoker were suffocated. In the absence the London journals, the merchants on 'Change had recourse to a snowballing match, which ended in a riot on a small scale. They were ranged in two sides—cotton-brokers versus share-brokers, the latter section being marshalled by a leader of prodigious proportions. The melee raged thickly and furiously, and a dense crowd assembled to witness the encounter. Ultimately, the head constable, Capt. Greig, entered on the scene of action, accompanied by a section of police, and attempted to put the belligerents to flight. They were, however, upon their private property, and asserted their right to do as they liked with their own. They renewed the match in the captain's presence. He or dered arrests to be made. Au indescribable scene fol lowed. Several merchants were taken into custody, and marched off to Bridewell, amid the yells and groans of the infuriated "merchant princes," who wreaked their vengeance upon Captain Greig and the "Blue coats " by hurling at them showers of well-aimed snowballs. The head constable's hat was repeatedly displaced ; he was several times times thrown down, while he was picturesquely bespattered with snow. The snowballing was renewed, and the head constable returned with a Larger force, who attempted to take possession and clear the flags. They were vigorously hustled, however, and speedily broken up into units. The captain then walked into the news-room, with the intention probably of ad dressing the merchants, but he was surrounded by a crowd of menacing faces, and literally hustled from the room. He was ultimately compelled to withdraw his men, who lafS the ground followed by a smart shower of snowballs. The ringleaders who had been taken into custody were liberated—their names had been booked. The matter at one time had a somewhat seri' ous aspect, several windows in the police-office being broken, and the crowd assuming a threatening attitude. DEATH OF LORD PLUNKET. The elpetrie telegraph brings intelligence of the death of Lord Plunk2t, yesterday, at his residence near Dub- lin, at the great age of 89 years. His death revives re collections of a time so far distant that many will wonder when they read that a man so famous when their grand fathers were young survived until within this present week. Throughout the first quarter of the present century, the ,bar of Ireland was rarely adorned by talent and learning. Far above the most eminent of his order stood William Conyngham Plunket. He had not perhaps the legal lore of Saurin or Burton, the fine genius of Curran, or the graceful elocution of Bushe, but he was the most efficient advocate that Ireland ever produced. He ad dressed a jury or a judge, an English or an Irish audi ence, a select committee or a popular assembly, with equal power and success. A supporter of Roman Catho- lie claims, he still contrived to win and to retain the suffrages of Dublin University--a lawyer indurated by tie practice of his profession, he was yet a legislator and a politician —a flaming patriot with Grattan, Flood, and Charlemont—a supporter of Addington and afterwards of Pitt ; on the death of the latter, an aristocratic Whig swearing by Charles Fox ; a Grenville in Perce val's time, a Tory with Lord Liverpool, a partisan of Canning upon,favourable terms, and a staunch Liberal with Melbourne and Grey. He began the world with scarcely the position or the resources of a gentleman, but long before old age could quell his keen ambition ho had won a coronet for 'himself and a mitre for his son, places for several of his family, together with ease and opulence and honours, and every other appliance that could soothe the decline of his own protracted existence. Fully 40 years practising at the bar, nearly 20 years in the House of Commons, twice .Attorney- General, once Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, twice Lord Chancellor of Ireland, he retired from public affairs in IS4I, and survived, as we have said, till yesterday. Some fourscore years ago the Rev. Thos. Plunket was the pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in the town of Enniskillen. He had two sons, the eldest son of whom was Patrick ; the second, considerably junior to his bro ther, was the celebrated man whose death we have just recorded. Lord Plunket was . born in the month of July, 1764. In a pecuniary sense his prospect of in heritance was small, but nature compensated him by the most precious of her gifts—a sound mind in a vigorous frame. A few of the north of ,Ireland Presbyterians doubt the doctrine of the Trinity, as it is generally re ceived in Christian churches, and of that number was Mr. Thomas Plunket. While yet a comparatively young man he removed with his family to Dublin, and became the minister of Strand-street Chapel, in that city. This change greatly facilitated an object very dear to his heart, that of giving a liberal education and learned pro fessions to both his sons. Patrick, the eldest, became a physician, died childless, and, we believe, unmarried, more than forty years ago, bequeathing to his brother, William (Lord) Plunket, a large library and a very considerable fortune. William was, however, yet a boy when death removed his father from a world in which his struggles were at once severe and unsuc cessful. He died in embarrassed circumstances, and left to his congregation the care of his family. This appeal was handsomely responded to, and, though the Unitarians in Dublin were neither numerous nor wealthy, still a sufficient sum was subscribed to pay Mr. Plunket's debts, as well as to defray the expense of keeping the younger son at school, and completing the education of the elder, who soon found himself in a condition to return their assistance as well as to contri bute to the expenses of William Plunket, who had re solved to engage in the profession of the law, upon which he entered in Hilary Term, 1787, having previously ob tained a scholarship and graduated with considerable credit at Trinity College, Dublin. The legislative inde pendence of Ireland had not been established many years when Mr. Plunket was called to the bar, the one event having occurred in 1782, and the other in 1787. The late Lord Charlemont was then one of the leaders of the Irish Liberal party, and Mr. Plunket, while at college, had acquired no small fame for oratory in a de bating club called the Historical Society, which in those days held its meetings within the walls of the Dublin University. He was just the man "to badger a Government," and Lord Charlemont, with his usual shrewdness, secured his services. His Lordship immediately brought him into the Irish House of Commons for his own borough of Charlemont, and Mr. Plunket then commenced a career which ended with the Chancellorship and a peerage. He was bold, sarcastic, unsparing ; at once witty and logical, popular and prudent, he displayed an energy which misfortunes could not conquer, and a spirit of political antipathy as strong as if the Ministers of that day had once been his friends. Stimulated by narrow circumstances and boundless ambition, he gave all his days, and almost all his nights, to toils which politicians " court, and think them joy;" but, though capable of speaking at the shortest notice, he was yet a holiday orator. He could indeed speak with ease and effect about anything or nothing ; but he never relished small skirmishing, and almost always reserved himself for great occasions. Not that he was ever in the habit of writing pamphlets and committing them to memory, but it seemed as if the fervour necessary to his nobler efforts could only be excited by profound emotions long indulged, supported by reasonings so cherished and nur tured as to have become a part of his being. With the every-day business of legislation his name is therefore little associated, while the fame which he acquired in the Irish Hbuse of Commons is due principally to the power which he displayed in resisting the Legislative Union. He scarcely could be said to have brought to its discussion the views of a philosopher or the experi ence of a statesman ; but from night to night, during the debates on the Union, he directed against the Treasury bench a perfect hurricane of wrath. Al though these efforts conferred no benefit on his country, they tended greatly to advance his own reputation ; although the Viceregal Castle would not capitulate, he took the Four Courts by storm. The palace of the Lord-Lieutenant closed its gates, but in the Temple of Justice he was received as her most favoured son ; professional income which had been reckoned by hun dreds soon rose to be computed by thousands, and the legal circles of Dublin, not less than those of the North- West Circuit, still cherish the traditions of his forensic victories. Every faculty of his vigorous mind, as well as every feature of his extraordinary character, were disciplined and developed by the - Union debates ; and most especially did he acquire fame from the boldness— we had almost said the audacity—with which he con fronted his political adversaries. The extinction of the Irish Parliament seemed for a time to extinguish Mr. Plunket's hopes of building up the character of a statesman ; but he " improved the occasion" by creating the greatest forensic reputation that any Irishman ever attained. A short time after his "call" he obtained business sufficient to justify his being allied in marriage to a lady of good fortune, and de scended from an ancient family. The wife of Mr. Plunket was Catherine, only daughter of Mr. John M`Causland, who had represented the county of Done gal in four Parliaments. The union of Mr. Plunket with Miss M'Causland took place in 1791, and a nu merouslamily were the issue of that marriage. Anxious as he must necessarily have been at this period of his life to provide for the necessities of his position, yet he cordially united with his brother, Dr. Plunket, in re turning to those members of his father's congregation who subscribed to pay that gentleman's debts and main tain his family the amount of all their contributions, with full interest, so that the Unitarians of Strand street lost no money and gaine d much honour by their connection with the Plunkets. When the rebellion of 1798 burst forth Mr. Plunket excellent. reasons, was a Member of Parliament, a rising man at the bar, and the father of a even if higher motives were wanting, t o him from abetting that sanguinary Ymov aid movement t ; o th s cn o l i g n h e he subsequent l y g ave his professional few men among its leaders and victims. M an y y ears b e f or e that fatal period, at the time when Persian =vans were indoctrinating all Europe, ' it is s a id th at M r. Plun ket did not qu ite escape their influe nce , ai d t h at among the Irish L iberals of 17 89 —more e s p ec i a ll y a t th e h ouses of Dr. Emmett and his son Thomas—Mr. Plunket was accustomed to proclaim that " all the sovereigns of Europe were malefactors, and all the nations of Europe enslaved." But such a charge against such a man is m ore easily preferr e d th an established, and we have yet I to learn that there ever existed for it even the semblance o f any foundation. P eop l e h ave thought, however, that it was urged with sufficient pertinacity to render Mr. Plunket very desirous of some signal and public oppor tunity to give that calumny a practical refutation. An occasion favourable for that purpose presented itself in the month of August, 1803, upon the trial of Robert Emmett, whose followers murdered the Irish Chief Justice, Lord Kilwarden. Mr. Plunket—who in three months afterwards became Solicitor-General—appeared, in addition to the learned gentlemen who were then law officers of the Crown, as counsel for the prosecution ; and there are those who thought, and said, that he discharged his duty during that painful trial in a manner more re markable for zeal in his cause than for humane conside ration towards the culprit. The immediate conviction and ultimate fate of the prisoner were regarded as matters of certainty. The earnest address of Mr. Plunket to the jury was therefore calculated to promote no other object than the very superfluous purpose of •. dissociating himself from the frantic and criminal author of the eineute in which Lord Kilwarden fell. That Mr. Emmett should in return have assailed him with the measureless sarcasm of which Mr. Plunket f had set many examples will surprise no one who recollects the position and character of that young man. He \f/74...z:4 , :4., accused Mr. Pl un k et of having inculcated popular re- it" Cl'f' 7 sistance and physical force in his speeches both at the 241" bar and in Parliam en t, w hil e t h e a d versar i es o f esta- - A blished order, immediately after the trial, charged him with ingratitude and treachery in volunteering to assail the son and brother of men with whom he had lived on terms of intimacy, and with whom he once had shared those sentiments which, on the trial of Robert Emmett in 1803, he indignantly reprobated. That this aocusation was utterly false Mr. Plunket proved long afterwards upon the trial of an action which he brought against William Cobbett for propagating that unfounded charge. On the 22d of October, 1803, he was advanced to the office of Solicitor-General for Ireland, and on the 15th of October, 1805, to that of Attorney-General. The death of Mr. Fox, and the pressure on the king respect ing Roman Catholic claims broke up the Government, and Mr. Plunket resigned, after holding the office of Attorney-General from October, till May, 1807. He had now ceased to go to circuit ; in a great measure he withdrew from the common law courts, and gave him self up to the pursuit of Chancery practice. In every Chancery suit he appeared as leading counsel, and con tinued in the undisputed enjoyment of that position from 1807 till 1827, in the course of which period his fees, exclusive of professional gains during the preceding 20 years, could not have amounted to less than 1 20,0001., or an average income of 6,0001. per annum. At the general election of 1812, for he was known to be favourable to Roman Catholic claims, it was for the first time Mr. Plunkett took his seat in the British House of Commons as representative of the learning and orthodoxy of Ireland. He had previously sat for Mid hurst from January 1807 to April in the same year. A single speech, however, sufficed to set him right with the House. When be first rose no one knew what sort of oration to expect—a dry lawyerlike disquisition, or a burst of Celtic declamation. No one was prepared for, and, therefore, everybody listened with surprise and attention, to a man whose quiet, self-possessed, grave, and studious mien bore no trace of Hibernian origin ; a startling array of facts, reasoning, ingenious, severe, and eminently forcible, a masterly grasp of the whole subject, felicity of illustration, variety, condensation, freshness, the choicest diction rendered doubly expressive by a de livery earnest, impressive, and unaffected, procured for his debdt an amount of favour so great that the wonder is he should have succeeded in preserving it unimpaired throughout the 15 years that he• sat in our House of Commons. His exterior certainly presented nothing pre possessing ; his stature was short, his limbs clumsy, his countenance a small and unfavourable specimen of the' Scottish physiognomy, aggravated by a true " vinegar aspeot ;" yet his Parliamentary success was not merely remarkable —it was brilliant. The great men o that day vied with each other in compliment ing their new companion ; and Mr. Canning was bold enough to affirm that the advent of such a man brought back the days of Burke and Pitt, of Fox and Sheridan. As Macaulay says of Hamp. den, " his eloquence was of the kind most esteemed in Parliament—ready, weighty, perspicuous, condensed." In the world of politics he rarely conceded any advan tage, and never spared an adversary, but in private life he was placable, rather generous, and even kind-hearted. Amid his domestic circle he is said to have been most amiable. The " Manchester Massacre," combined with a prodigious amount of discontent throughout the country, rendered Lord Liverpool's Government very sensible of the value of such an auxiliary as Mr. Plunket. Upon that occasion he defended their policy, or at least extenuated their errors ; and, when the proper opportunity arrived, they seemed by no means unwilling to manifest their grattitude. The death, in 1822, of the second Marquis of Lon donderry, better known as Lord Castlereagh, led to a variety of Ministerial changes ; and, though Lord Liverpool continued to be Prime Minister and Lord Eldon still held the Great Seal, yet the intense Toryism of the Government was mitigated. Mr. Canning took the management of the House of Commons, Mr. Hus kisson became President of the Board of Trade, and several members of the Grenville party joined the Ad ministration, Mr. Plunket receiving the office of Atior ney-General for Ireland. In the House of Commons he continued to hold a position among the highest order of public men. Mr. Canning more than once said, that no individual what ever contributed so much as Mr. Plunket had done to the success of Roman Catholic claims. The names of Grattan, O'Coinell, and Sidney Smith were mentioned ; but Mr. Canning repeated his deliberate opinion that Mr. Plunket was the most efficient labourer that ever toiled in that cause ; for this reason—that he gained over adversaries by persuading them that a repeal of ' the penal laws would strengthen the estab lished church in Ireland. But he ceased to have a seat in the Lower House before that great change in our Constitution was consummated. In 1827 the state of Lord Liverpool's health rendered his retirement indis pensable, and Ed. Plunket being then in the 63d year of his age, and having been five years' in the office of At - torney-General, thought he had a fair claim to a seat on the bench. Mr. Canning, at that time Prime Minister, did not like to lose his services, in the House of Com mons, and proposed to appoint him Master of the Rolls in England. This plan, however, was, after a little 'consultation, abandoned, and Mr. Plunket was, in the month of June, 1827, raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Plunket, being at the same appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland ; and in that important office he continued till the close of the Wellington Ad miuistration, a period of somewhat more than three years. While Lord Plunket presidedin the Common Pleas namely, from June, 1827, till November, 1830, his judicial career, though attended with much success, was not marked by any very extraordinary events. Not so, however, his position as a member of the Upper House. No one can forget that the great feature of the Welling ton Ministry was the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. While that measure was under discussion in the House of Lords, the Duke invited Lord Plunket to sit with him on the Treasury Bench, to advise him step by step —as the phrase is, "to take charge of the bill," and see it fairly through the house. The measure called "Emanci pation" having been carried, the labours of Lord Plunket as a legislator reached their close. Occasionally he made a few remarks in Parliament, but he scarcely ever again de livered a speech or earnestly engaged in any discussion. With the exception of five months, between November, 1834, and April, 1835, the Whigs remained in possession of the Cabinet, and Lord Plunket was their Irish Chan cellor, till a short time before their withdrawal from office, when he reluctantly resigned, and was succeeded by Lord Campbell. Durinegamtheeovlasert toW tiogndMoiist n n ; ry Lord but hewas Pl f u u n ll k 6 et 6 occa sionallyyears of age before he took his seat on the bench of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and it may fairly be considered that at that advanced period of his life he was entitled to withdraw from Parliamentary labours. His public life may be considered as terminating in 1841 ; still, for some years after its close, he continued to visit his friends and to diffuse the charms of his conversation. At length he became oppressed with the weight of human infirmity, yet even in that night of life were oocasionally seen many bright gleams of his once clear and powerful in• tellect. VIENNA.--Letters from Vienna, received by a Lon don firm, announce that a reduction in the Austrian duties, both on pig and railway iron, was to take effect from the Ist inst. The reduction in pig iron is to the extent of 10s. per ton—that is to say, from the existing rate of about 255. to 15s. ; while on rails it is to be 2/. per ton, or from about 71. to 51. These alterations are likely to be sufficient to lead to a steady importation of pig iron, and probably also of rails. CONTINENTAL ADVICES.—The general continental advices continue uninteresting. At Paris, especially, great dulness prevails. The letters from Namburg are to the 30th ult., when money was abundant at 4i per cent., and the rate of exchange tending favourably for this country. From St. Petersburgh the exchange is slightly less favourable, the quotation being 390. AllSTRALlA.—Australian advices have been received yesterday via Panama, nearly a fortnight later than those by the last arrival, and thus furnishing another demonstration as to the true route for speed. They are dated Sydney, the Ist of October, and give a favourable description of the general tone of the market for imported goods. The receipts from the various mines during the preceding week had been large, and the number of per sons engaged at them was increasing. A new act for the regulation of the goldfields was to come into opersp tion on the day of the vessel sailing. It re duces the license fee to 10s. per month, and the royalty upon veins on Crown lands to 3 per cent., whi le it also abolishes all extra charge in the case of foreigners. Among the bills just passed in the Legislativ e Council was one for i n corporating the Hunter River Railway C Company, and another for the Australian Coal Mining ompany. The a nd the Hel en B a i r d , price of gold was 775. 6 d. to 785., which had sailed for London w hich th 30th of September, had taken 13,879 ouncea (of 10,267 are for the Walter days, w a s also to Union Bank of Australia), while the clipper ship A in m a on f g ew the questions under hood, ar ry a w e o h n i e s ihd era b ulc e l s d u e m p r t discussion, consequent upon the warlike appearance of affairs in England, the necessity for fortifying Sydney place. occ upied a -: ~- ~~ POISONING AT BERMONDSEY. Yesterday morning, Mr. W. Carter and a highly re spectable jury re-assembled, for the third time, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Bermondsey, to investigate the extraordinary circumstances connected with the death of James George Trump, aged six years, the son of James Trump, a plasterer, residing at 9, Princes-road. It will, no doubt, be recollected that on the 21st of December last the deceased child died, after partaking of a paste prepared by its mother, in some hashed mut ton, and that the whole family were afterwards seized with very violent sickness, and from several suspicious circumstances the inquiry was twice adjourned for the purpose of an analysis of the stomach being made. It may be as well to state that an infant, aged 17 months, did not partake of any of the paste, and was not taken ill. - Yesterday it was proved by a medical gentleman, that the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic. The same poison was also found on the remains of a pudding, of which the deceased had partak en. It also a pp eared by the same evidence that both father and mother had partaken of the poison. The Coroner, in summing up said—Since I have bees in office, have never had such a case before me. There is no doubt that a great wrong has been committed, but where to attach the criminality I am at a loss to say. You, gentlemen, must consider where the suspicion lays. The father buys the flour, and the dumpling is made by the mother. The flour has no doubt been tampered with by some person. The mystery is not the death of the deceased, but the fact of the mother being taken ill, and arsenic being discovered into their vomit. By order of the Coroner, the court was cleared of all except the jury, and, after about an hou r ' s consultaton, the public were re - admitted, and the father and mother were called into the room. The Coroner, addressing the father and mot h e r, said —lt has been found by the jury that your son has died from poison, but by whom administered there is no evi dence to prove ; but I hope it will not be long before the matter is brought 0 light, for whoeier has adminis- Vred it has been guilty of a most heinous murder. From the evidence there is no charge against either of you ; but I can only repeat that the case is fraught with the greatest suspicion, and that a moat foul wrong h as b een done. The jury have also requested me to read their verdict to you, and it is this— " That the deceased child died from poison, arsenic being found in the food of which he partook ; but we have no satisfactory proof how it became mixed therewith." At the conclusion of the inquiry the Coroner said he hoped the police would not lose sight of the case, but endeavour to bring to justice those who had committed go foul a crime. • ~ --. 100 100 100 6 100 1191 109 10i i - ) - f". ,; , fX ,~ ~~:,r !~~ ~' "bY. ~.~ 12i 12i, 25 12; all 1 1 all .y'