The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-16 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 15. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia, Captain George Bradshaw, arrived on Saturday evening last, at nine o'clock, and landed mails from the following places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Thomas Strover, R.N., Ad miralty agent. During the homeward voyage of the Iberia she experienced such bad weather frota Gibraltar to Lisbon, also on the coast of Portugal, that com munication with Oporto was impossible. On the outward passage experienced strong N.E. gales and heavy snow storms, accompanied with thuider and lightning, across the Bay of Biscay. From Usbon to Gibraltar heavy S.W. gales, with a high sea. Her dates of sailing were :—Gibraltar, Jan. sth, 7.15 p.m. ; Cadiz, 6th, noon ; Lisbon, 9th, 8.20 a.m. ; Oporto, no communication ; Vigo, 11th, 4.30 p.m. She had on board 11 passengers- - viz., 3 first class, 2 second, 6 deck. The freight of the Iberia consists of 9 packages of specie, in value 15,0001. ; 85 boxes of eggs, 1 cask of wine, 373 boxes of oranges, 23 baskets of chestnuts, 33 boxes of Tangerian oranges, 9 casks of salt provisions, and 30 packages of sundries. Her Majesty's Ships at Gibraltar—The steam sloop Vesuvius ; the steam-frigate Sidon left Gib raltar on the sth inst. with stores for Constanti nople. Her Majesty's Ships at Lisbon—The Prince Re gent (flag), Duke of Wellington, Arrogant, Impe rieuse, Cruizer, 'Valorous, Desperate, Odin, and Tribune. French war-steamer Newton, the usual Portuguese squadron, Royal Mail steamer Prince, and the General Screw Steam-ship Natal. The following ships were observed on the voy age :—Dec. 28, exchanged colours with the Penin sular and Oriental Company's vessel Douro, lat. 49 18 N, long. 4 40 W ; Jan. 9, 10 a.m., exchanged colours with the Royal Mail steamer Tay, running in for the Tagus ; Jan. 11, 5 p.m., coming out of Vigo, spoke the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, who reported having passed, on the night of the 10th inst., a brig dismasted and abandoned, lat. 44 10 N, long. 9 5 W ; Jan. 12, 8.30 a.m., lat. 44 6, long. 8 38, passed and ex changed colours with the Royal Mail steamer Great Western ; Jan. 13, exchanged colours with the General Screw Steam-ship Crcesus, lat. 47 9 N, long. 6 30 W ; Jan. 11, 8 a.m., passed close to a schooner under Norwegian colours half-mast, abandoned, and waterlogged, in a sinking state, town of Vianna E by N seven miles. WEST INDIA. MAILS. By the Royal Mail Company's Steam-ship Solent, Capt. T. H. Jellicoe, arrived at Southampton, 1 . yesterday, at four p.m., from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Beddek, Admiralty agent, we receive our usual despatches and papers. The latest dates brought by the Solent are : Greytown Dec. 17 Barbadoes. Dec. 27 Santa Martha — 24 Jaemel Chagres — 24 Antigua 29 Trinidad. Demerara Carthagena, Jamaica — 26 Porto Rico — 29 Grenada — 26 St. Thomas — 31 The Solent brings on freight—s99,o27 gold dust and bars, $452,353 silver, $197,724 specie, $3,462 pearls, 115 cases of cigars, 224 bales of tobacco, 55 bales of cochineal, 50 serons bark, 54 do. drugs, 27 packages of succades, 48 do. Sundries. The American mail-steamer, Winfield Scott, run ning from St. Francisco, to Panama, had not ar rived at the latter place on the 24th December, being eight days overdue. H.M. sloop-of-war, Virago, sailed from Panama, for the Gulf of San Miguel, on the 17th December, for the purpose of examining the proposed route for a canal across the Isthmus of Darien. The treasurer of St. Vincent has been killed by a fall down stairs, his death being almost instan taneous. The Cumberland, 72, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief, was at Barbadoes on the 27th, and was to sail for Jamaica the next morning. The Calypso, 18, sailed from Barbadoes for San Domingo on the 26th Dec. to protect British interests. The Megmra, steam troop-ship, conveying troops from the Windward. Islands to Barbadoes, where they are to be,concen trated. The Imaum, stationary guard-ship, was at Jamaica. The Daring was on the coast of Cen tral America. Ships all healthy. Mr. Hoffman, Paymaster of the Daring, died of yellow fever at Jamaica on the 24th Oct., and Mr. E. J. Evans, from the Admiral's office, was appointed to the vacancy. The U.S. frigate Columbia, 50, Commodore New ton, was lying at St. Thomas's on the 31st Dec. ; also, the U.S. steamer Fulton. The U.S. corvette Albany, 22, sailed from St. Thomas's on the 28th Decanter. Her Majesty's brig Espiegle, 12 guns, was fallen in with by Royal Mail ship Teviot, Dec. 27, on her way from the Spanish Main. The American barque Atlas, from Liverpool to New Orleans, with a large number of emigrants on board, had been towed into St. Thomas's, entirely dismasted ; 47 of the emigrants had. died f cholera. Cholera was still raging at St. Thomas's, but the number of deaths was daily decreasing. It was entirely confined to the coloured population, not a single case being known amongst the European community. All the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company's ships were perfectly healthy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS IN KINCISTON HARBOUR, DEO. 27. Discharging Cargo. —The English barque Castle Lach lan—the English brigantine Harriet Ann, and the Con test—the Warren Brown (American) —the English schooners Prince of Wales, the London, and the Ha lcyon—the Anita, and the Dante (Dutch) —the Amalia (Spanish)—the Justina M. Bandall, and the Canton (American). Loading.—The English barque Cambrian—the English brigantine Kate M‘Whinney—the English schooner Ocean Queen. Cargo on Board—The English brig Aid—the Ameri can brigantine William Clarke. Ready to Sail.—The Dutch brigantine Vampire. The brigantine John Gottenburgh, for Honduras, cleared yesterday. The barque Alice arrived at Montego Bay, from Lon don, and the brigantine Plato, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived at Falmouth, on the 20t1< inst. The schooner Triton cleared at St. Ann's Bay, on the 16th for Baltimore. SOUTH AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay, Capt. Rivett, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Wm. Persse Newenham, arrived this day, at 7.30 p.m. She brings mails from Buenos Ayres, 3d Dec. ; Monte Video, sth ; Rio Janeiro, 15th ; Bahia, 20th ; Pernambuco, 23d ; St. ;Vincent, 31st ; Teneriffe, sth Jan., 1854 ; Madeira, 6th ; Lis bon, 10th. She landed 19 passengers at Lisbon, in quaran- tine. The Tay brings 15,000 dollars in specie ; and on freight, 4,0001. worth of gold dust ; diamonds, to the value of 19,479/. 10 15s. 31 boxes of tangerines ; 96 ditto lemons ; ditto eggs ; 80 packages of sundries ; and 321 serons of cochineal. From Buenos Ayres our dates are to the sth instant. Dr. Ortiz Veles, member of the Chamber of Re-. presentatives, had gone mad. The Chamber ordered a fresh election to be proceeded with. With regard to the election for the Presidency of • the Confederation, the result of the voting at Cor rientes and Entre Rios was only known. In this last province General Urquiza had obtained the majority, and in the former Sur Zubiria, ex-Presi dent of the Congress of Santa Fe. The " Inside" party and the " O utside" pa r tly their squabblings, and are thereby "biting off their own noses," and upsetting all the relations of life and commerce. Monte Video has had a small coup d'etat, which ended in a fight of a minor kind, with some bloodshed. The "Whites" and " Reds" are the contending parties . The "Wh are the strongest at present. At Rio Janeiro yellow fever had ceased its ra vages and departed, as also at other ports. It had been fatal among the crowded shipping lying hud dled together near the stinking shore and quays. But although fever was defunct, the ship was de nied pratique at Teneriffe, Madeira, and Lisbon, and that, too, with clean bills of health. When will the laws of quarantine be revised and amended ? The folly of man but makes the visitations of the. Almighty the more destructive in all their ulterior consequences. Bills on England, per doubloon, 68s. Currency, per dollar, 21d. Bills to the amount f 160,000/. have been drawn by this packet. RIO DE JANEIRO. We have dates from Monte Video up to the Bth inst. per Brazilian steamer of war, Amazonas. The Blanca reaction has terminated. Colonel Lamas, on retiring from San Jose, united with Col. Benites near Colonia, but being both pursued by Col. Flores, the party dispersed in flight on per ceiving the advanced guard of the Colorados. The Guerillas who infested Cunelonos, and kept 75f. ; ledi- Bor 90f. ; ak of 16 44 08 8 , 79 7 41. 94 '67 - '7B 78 )47 22 367 - tOO - )93 - )36 10 [l9 - )00 - 324 -- DOO - 000 -- 580 37 000 -- 039 -- 790 -- 095 66 379 7 ice, I-017T. .e cash th by d have i'rench The sed by n have credit 7. The caport hat the Dan at . er the pa per i 0 acts ova lions. TmentS Lilab's - eat in' hat 10 , of the that 3 DUCIIY t, Bear of the ;ablish ; M. c l 7 1 1 IY) ' ll [ in his s a free article ositioa one of Le capi en the ,aed in 'which ploYe he 80 5 1 Dlinis hrOtl,cl3 .e pain' Hrigh ninutel orts ian and id rot, knd ea- iprae , ck Ex- nlar r. in con' a to b e nen-of' 17 cor' loats, A lamer* L 11.1St'f l y ridi' in fai r ; le dal :Tossing 1. Th e )oard Rise' re' e 110 1198 theil l l anni9Y state° !cornill forbi d' thoU t are l a r a spe: hich 10 cerciSea rs re" elan Dry bi is tru e ' tb° r° t he in rier° . tile the capital in alarm, were beaten on the 7th inst. by Col. Tagis, at the Passo de Cadena. Sur Giro had ao-ain embarked. Advices from P6araguay state that the Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation demanded from the Government of that State the immediate delivery of the so-called Argentine Missions, a ter ritory w hich, by the treaty of 15th July, should only at be e vacuated after the ratification of the treaty by the Congress of Santa Fe. The 'United. States steamer of war, Waterwitch, destined to explore the sources of the Rio da Prata, had arrived at Assumpcoa, limit of the Paraguay Republic to the east of Alto Paraguay. The Swordfish and Seraphina were at Pernam , buco. The former had a fin passage out of 28 days. The Strang, of Bideford,`as at St. Vincent. The with, African screw-steamer reached Tene rifle in six days from Liverpool, could not commu nicate with Aladeira, and lost foremast and top mast on her way out ; second officer washed pver board and drowned. A Liverpool ship, named the Maria Gethenbach, had , lost foremast and main mast, off Made h a d mails and ira, and was lyi female emigrants ng at Lisbon in qua- on ra ntine. She board, for Australia. The near approach of the holidays, had had the usual effect upon the markets which were conse quently heavy and dear in various articles, such as flour, fish, &c. LLOYD'S SSIPPING•_(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 16.—Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; light airs, and hazy weather. DEAL, Jan. 16.—The Indus, of Dundee, Antwerp to Valparaiso, is on the Goodwin Sands, is discharging, and, shut:dd the weather continue fine, is expected off next flood tide. Dovrit, Jan. 14.—The Grafton, of Maryport, with salt, from Liverpool, to New York, has been lost outside the channel ; the crew landed here to-day. Jan. 15.—A brig, apparently Swedish, with two round-houses on deck, dis masted and abandoned, wasp assed, Dec. 30, in lat. 39 N., long. 39 W. Arrived — Elements , from Havannah, for Hamburgh, with loss of sails. PoßTsmouni, Jan. 15.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived — Sir Howard Douglas, from St. John's ; Lady of the Lake, Punta Arenas, with crew sick of the scurvy. Sailed—. H.M.'s et. Banshee, for the westward. The Palestine, from Batavia, for Hamburgh, which put into this port on the 6th inst., leaky, is discharging, is dischaiging her cargo, which is in a damaged state. FALMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind, S.S.E to E.S.E. Arrived — Duke of Roxburghe, from London, for Hobait Town, with pump out of order ; Prince Albert, London, for Jamaica ; Greyhound, St. Michael's, with sails split, &C. ; Alfred, Patras. MILFORD, Jan. 15. —Wind, S. by W. Arrived—Arrow, from St. Michael's, for Liverpool, with loss of sails and other damage, having been in collision with a brig ; Fa vourite, Girgenti, for the 'Clyde, having been thrown on her beam ends, had to cut away some sails, ropes, and thrown part of cargo ovarboard before righting. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Pigeon, from Pernambuco, for Bremen. NEW QUAY (Cornwall), Jan. 14.—The Chester (sch.) , of Chester, came ashore last night, and has gone to pieces ; her master intends selling materials and fragments.—A 7essel, of about 1,000 tons, with sixteen painted ports, small fiure-head, and only bowsprit standing, and burned down to the white streak on her larboard quarter, was passed, Dec. 26, in lat. 48 N., long. 15 W., by the Devon shire, Spence. LEITH, Jan. I.l.—Arrived—Arab, from Sunderland, for London, leaky. CLYDE, Jan. 14.—Ar r ived —Mercy, from llaulmain ; Ipswich, Moaritius ; Lord Haddo, do. ; Walter Baine, Pernambuco ; John Fyfe, New York ; Ann Rankin, St. John s, N.B. ; Adept, Quebec ; Hero, St. Übes ; Cathe rine; Matanzas. PETERHEAD, Jan. 13.—The James and Thomas (sloop), o f this port, from the Frith of Forth, with coals for this port, in taking the North Harbour during a gale was driven on the rock s, but immediately.floatedoff, and sunk in deep water ; crew saved. CADIZ, Jan. s.—The Juno, from Liverpool to Genoa, with a general cargo, was driven ou shore at Conil, Jan. 3 ; crew (except the cabin boy) saved. It has been blow ing very hard at S. and W., with a high sea on for the last three or four days.—The French barque La Jeune Agathe has been in collision, dining the gale on the 3d, with the brig Sampsons, of Liverpool, causing sundry damage to her hull, spars, and rigging. ~~~ R (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10 A.M. Wind, S., moderate, and foggy. Arrived —Virago, from Prince Edward's Island ; Broom, Queboc • Levere, Cuba ; Fairfield , Charleston; Aurora, St. Mc'hael's ; Euphrosyne, St. Domingo ; Jane Mont - gomery, Philadelphia ; Siluria, Newfoundland ; Edward's Ferirago, Gallipoli Rover, Morocco ; Kaffir, Prince Island ; Gazelle, Pugwash ; Hendrike, Lisbon ; Gertrude, Miraruichi. The steamer America, with advices from New York to the 3d, and Boston to the 4th, was off the Great Orms head road at 8 o'clock. She will arri H ve about 11. OLYHEAD, Jan. 14. Wind., S.W., fresh. Arrived —Kingston, from St. John's, N.B. Put into New harbour, King of Tyre, St. Michael's ; Josephine, Havannah ; Aquilade, Barcelon all from Liverpool. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 14. Wind S.W. Arrived—Robert A. Lewis, from Callao ; Eliza Ann, St. John's ; Horatio, Havaunah ; Maria B. Marianopoli ; Acastus, Harbour-Grace, with loss of sails, stanchions, and bulwarks, bowsprit sprung, decks started, and boats stove. The clipper ship Staffordshire, from Liverpool, for Bos ton, has been lost off Cape Sable. Captain, master, crew, and 146 passengers perished. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.50 a.m. Wind, S., low water ; light and thick. Arrived—John Bright, from Whampoa ; Magnet (s.), Harlingen; Queen (s.). Harlingden. Arrived, 16th.—Ravensbourne (s.). from Antwerp; Soho (s.), Havre. Sailed, 15th.—Antwerpen (s.), for Antwerp. DEAL, Monday, 9 a.m. Wind, S.W., very light and thick. Passed—lo, from London, for Swansea. Owing to the very thick fog since daylight, nothing can be seen of the Indus, reported on the Goodwin Sands last night. The agent is still on board. DEATHS OF DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS.—We have to record the deaths of Admiral Gordon T. Teal, and Col. Childers, C. 8., Col. J. Muttlebury, Lieut.-Col. Wood roofe, Col. Plenderleath. C. 8., and Col. J. Murton, C. 8., all old and distinguished men, of a class now fast disappearing from amongst us. Col. Plenderleath served in Egypt, France, the Peninsula, the Netherlands, &c., and held a gold medal. BENEDICT. This distinguished composer, having recently superintended the production of his Crusaders at Munich, under the title of .Der Alte von Berge, the first representation of which, we read in the German papers, met with decided success, is on his way to Lon• don. He conducts the next concert of the Harmonic Union at Exeter Hall. HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTITU TION.. —A ball in connection with this very valuable society is to be given at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, (to-morrow) Tuesday evening, when it is to be hoped a large number of its friends and supporters will attend. The object of the parties who have got the thing up, is not so much gain as to make the institution more generally known, and to induce a greater number of persons to become members. Unfortunately, the society has lacked what could be called an adequate amount of support from the class to whom it addresses itself, and has consequently been considerably cramped in its operations—the sums awarded to necessitous and aged members and their widows, being in most cases much belo w what the y would be if the funds were info more prosperous state. It appears that there is a reluctance on the part of club servants, cooks, waiters, &c., to join the institution , though we could scarcely point out any body of indi viduals who are more liable to vicissitudes, arising from ill health and want of employment. THE Loss OF THE EVA STEAMER.—Upwards of 4001. has been received towards a fund for rewarding the four brave fishermen, the crew of the Emerald Isle fishing boat, who so gallantly rescued the survivors of the Eva steamer. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship, Asia, Lott commander, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday morning for New York, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American possessions, 56 pas sengers, and a large and valuable cargo of merchandise on freight. PARIS BUILDING LAND COMPANY.—An undertaking called the " Paris Building Land Company" has been formed, with a capital of 108,0001., in 51. shares, of which 25,0001. is to be subscribed in , London. The plan consists in the improvement of some neglect ed feeshold ground in the Quartier Rollin, by the construction of three new thoroughfares, and ultimately of a leather market, supposing a concession be obtained for that purpose. A dividend of 5 per cent., and the ultimate repayment of the principal, with 25 per cent. bonus, is collaterally secured by additional mortgages estates dtreaewkinpgl place on 100 S on the part of th e ven d o r of the property. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The fourtee nth public right s aturd ay of , c t h h o e i tohn inst.,the offices, 33, Norfolk-stre e t, Strand, in the presence of a large assemblage of shareholders. The Rev. Dr. Wor thington was iu the chair, supported by Mr. Cribb, and members of the executive committee. The secretary announced that shares up to 8,396 inclusive had been taken, representing a subscribed capital of _418,800/. from the 7th of September, 1852, to the 14th of January 1854, in about sixteen months. Mr. Bennett, solicitor, of Sise-lane, and Mr. Cowling, of Notting-hill, were the scrutineers. The fortunate members whose numbers were drawn reside principally in Suffolk, Lancashire, Cheshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Somersetshire, Warwick shire. and Bucks. Fifty shares were added to the order of rights by seniority, the first 700 numbers in the regis ter having now the privilege of selecting lots on estates. The fifteenth drawing was announced to commence on Saturday, Feb. 11, and the rev. chairman added that the allotment of the valuable Downshire-square estate, Castle-hill, on the Bath-road, Reading, was fixed for Wednesday, March 1, an announcement which afforded hareh ol d Th ers. great satisfaction to the s • Wool. e prices asked are BRADFORD, Jan. 12.-- such as to deter buyers, and the market is only flat. Noils and brokes without change. Yarns—There is little doing except to order, and what is doing in this way is anything but an average of former years. The com parative high prices for full-bred wool renders the trade discouraging. Pieces.—The recent fire has caused a large quantity of goods to come i n to the market on impair regular busi favourable terms, and this tends to ness. Goods made chiefly of wool leave a miserable re turn, in consequence of the high price of THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JAN ITARY 'l6, 1854. A.RICET NE WS-(THIS DA Y. SHARE MARKETS.-(THLS DAY). 100 Aberdeen 100 Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... 30 Blyth & Tyne 10 pei ct. pref. (iss. at.£so; 100 ristol & Exeter 4pi cent., 5t0ck......... . 5 Do. Do., shares BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid) RAILWAYS. 'Closing Prices Saturday. Basinessdone I St. this day. . b: 100 'Aberdeen ..... 19. 0 4Ambg. Nottng. Bost Eastn. June. 0 all Belfast & Ballymena 4 all 'Birmug. Wolverh. Stour Valley 1 28 IBirkenhd. Lanesb. & Cheshire Junct 7i all Do. Chest'. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons._ 2 18i Do., £2O 5 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) L. 100 Bristol & Exeter t. 100 ,Caledonian. 0 all ,Chester & Holyhead 0 all Cork and Bandon 0 all 'Cork, Black. & Pass 0 12 'Cornwall 0 45 iDublin&BelfastJunc 5 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . . 5 all pc). New 5 all 'East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.).._ g all Do., (£lB E. & HO_ 0 all ,Eastern Counties ft. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. It. 100 IDo., do. B 5 82 Do.NewA(lateThirds) 100 'East Lancashire - 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 0 3a Edinh. and Peebles_ >t 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 1 Forth and Clyde June. 100 ! G lasgow & S. Western 100 ' Great Northern Stk.. 100 IDo., A. Stock \ 100 IDo., B. Stock 100 :Gt. Sth.&West.(lre) 100 (Great Western.._„, 11 Irish South-Easters. all Lancaster &Carlisle.. 11 Do., Thirds ~ 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 17A Do., Fifths 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. all London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Stheud. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 22 Do. Eighths 100 London & &Western 411 Do., £50........ 34 Do. £40........• all L u dndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Enuisk. 100 Mancla.Shef.&Lineln. 4 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmin,g & Derby' 47 AlMidland G. West. (Ir. ) 17 Do. 2 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket... 5 Do. Bury Extensions 172 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 7 Newry & Enniskillen, all Newry Warreupointl & Rostrevor 100 3 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British ..... 16 North Devon, No.l 11l Do., No. 2 • all Dc., 2 A Deferred... 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London ..... 1.1 N. & S.Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn..l 172 North Staffordshire.. all North Western........ 10 N. &S. Westru. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 2.2 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. &N. Westu Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Herold.' all Shrewsby. & Chester' (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Gswestry ......... 6i Shropshire Union.... Do. A, B,C, &D, fully' paid up at per cent. all South Devon 00 South Ea5tern......... all SoulL Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 2.2 Staines,Wok.,SzWok all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & llartlepl. 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shades 1.00 Do. Pref., No. I_, 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway.— ..... 17 Vale of Neath......... all Waterfa. & Kilkenny all, Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall.. 1 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London 51s. Wmbledou &Croydon 100 York Newctl. &Berw. 20 Do. Extensions....... hlz Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York '& N. Midland.. 100 'Caledonian £10...... all Chester & Holyheac Guar. 5. per cent... 6,1 Cork&BandensAp.c all DundeePerth&Aber. - ... 100 - 94 all Ideep Junction EastA nglian (£3los; Ca 4 5} 5 10 d 6 per cent .. all Do. (,1;5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Es• _ _ 18 5d tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2............. all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do. £lO Deben. Sh... lh - 130 lh - 13 - 144 96 53 —15 a 15 100 EastLancash. 6p. et& all East Sr, West Yorksh _ _ _ - ... - 45 Junction Fifths all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. 100 Great Northr 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 10 Do. 4 percent. Scrip 4 Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pre all Gt. Southn. &Westn. 2i - 1 118 - 120 108 - 110 P (Ireland) Eighths... 2 Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. 6 Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Do. con. & red. q p.c 100 Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 Do. irredeena. 4 p. c. 6 Lan. dr York. F. £2O? 100 Do., 6p. e., Stock... 1 13 Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 3 9 Do. Quarters,lB4.B... 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. • 100 Loud. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. 5 London &S. 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New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft ...... ....... , United Mexican • Waller West Granada West Mariposa 'Worthing Mining o: Australia Yuba St. 10 St. 25 FAIR PLAY FOR PRINCE ALBERT. energetic self-command, than we have a right to expect from the husband of the Queen of England. And why should not we, too—the public—bide our time ? We write on the 16th of January. We know that, in fifteen days more, the great Inquest of the Nation will assemble. Six hundred and fifty-four persons of every imaginable variety of feel ing and opinion, will then meet to deal with any and every matter of public interest as duty and inclination may prompt them. Surely, if there be so much as the shadow of a shade in these charges, some one of them will then find it out. Possibly, we may then, too, discover what " M.P." is made of ; and somebody, we doubt not, will be there to hang a calf-skin on his r ecrean t li m b s . B u t as suredly, *and at all events, these charges, if they live so long, will then come to their trial. If the gauntlet be thrown down, the Ministers must take it up—the truth must be known. Why not wait until Tuesday, the 31st ? Justice asks it ; and pa tience will not be severely taxed. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) Twelve months ag6, nothing could be more bril liant than the popularity of the Prince Consort. At the present moment, it seems, so far as the pub lic journals afford a criterion, to be overcast. Was the vane right then, and is it wrong now ? or wrong then, and right now ? or right, both then and now? That is to say, has the Prince deserved both our admiration and applause then, and our dislike now? The censures in which some of our contempor aries have, for the last fortnight, been dealing so liberally, purport to be founded on certain allega tons, to which they have as liberally given cur rency. Some of these allegations have been to the following effect :—That the Prince occupies a seat at the Council-table of the Queen ; that he is com monly present when the Ministers have audience of her Majesty ; that he is by birth a foreigner ; and that he has relatives abroad, with whom he corresponds. Of these propositions, some are known to be true ; and with respect to the rest, we are tempted to ask whether, if they are true, they constitute a ground of charge against him ? Let us pluck up our courage, and look at them one by:one. PRINCE ALBERT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,---Some member of the Carlton Club has put forth a laboured argument to prove that his Royal Highness Prince Albert is legally incapable of being a Privy Councillor, and he further seems to lay some stress on the fact that the Prince was never sworn. As I happen to know something of these matters, I wish to prevent any misconception, on this point at least, from taking root in the public mind. A R attentive examination of the quotations from dif ferent statutes brought forward by the Caritonian critic will satisfy any one that they prove the case against himself. I will endeavour, nevertheless, to make it still more clear. The acts for naturalising Prince Albert were copied word for word from those for naturalising Prince Leopold when he married - the late Princess Charlotte, in virtue of which he was made a Privy Councillor on the Ist of July, 1816, with the sanction of Lord'Eldon, then Lord Chancellor. By the Ist George I. it is directed that no person shall be naturalised unless in the bill for that purpose a clause is inserted declaring that such person shall not thereby be enabled to be of the Privy Council, &c. In the case of Prince Leopold and Prince Albert, respectively, bills were first brought in, enacting that acts 'for their natu ralization, without the clause or particular words directed by the statute of George I. to be inserted, might be exhibited and brought into Parliament. The way being thus cleared, subsequent acts were passed in the case of each Prince, enacting that he should "to all intents and purposes whatever be deemed, taken, and esteemed to be.a natural born subject of this kingdom, as if he had been born within the realm, any law, statute, matter, or • thing to the contrary notwithstanding." The question then reduces itself to this,---whether a person born out of the realm may be made a Privy Councillor ? In the case of Prince Leopold, Eldon was Chancellor, and Garrow and Shepherd, Attor ney and Solicitor General ; in that of Prince Albert, Lord Cottenham was Chancellor, Lord Campbell, Attorney, Lord Truro, Solicitor Gene ral. The opinions of the whole Carlton Club would hardly prevail against such a legal array as I have quoted ; and those who might question the authority of the great Whig lawyers will hardly refuse to defer to that of Lord Eldon. With regard to Prince Albert not having been sworn, the person who made the remark is no doubt ignorant that members of the royal family are introduced into the council, and are not sworn. I have some doubt whether such has been the usage with regard to every member of the royal family, but it certainly has been as to the sons of the sovereign, and to her consort, when a queen has been on the throne. The precedents of Prince Leopold (though the Princess Charlotte was only presumptive heiress), and of Prince George of Den mark were followed in the case of Prince Albert, both of whom were introduced, and took no oaths. The late Duke of Sussex, whom I consulted (in refe rence to Prince Albert's being made a privy coun cillor), informed me that the usage was to consider the King's sens as being Privy Councillors from their birth, to be introduced into the Council when the King thought fit; and that they were never sworn ; but that more remote relations were sworn like other Privy Councilors, and that he was him self introduced in his father's lifetime, and took no oath ; but subsequently, on the accession of his bro thers, George IV. and William IV. (when the whole Privy Council was re-appointed), he had taken the usual oaths. I myself administered the oaths to him and the Duke of Cumberland on the accession of Queen Victoria, but I am not satisfied that I was right, according to use, in so doing. I am, Sir, yours obediently, C. C. GREVILTM. The meetings of Council, at which the Queen is present, are attended by Cabinet Ministers and by the Prince ; but not by Cabinet Ministers and the Prince alone. All Privy Councillors newly sworn, though not confidential advisers of the Crown, in variably remain during the transaction of business ; and the officers of the Household, when Privy Councillors, are also present. And certainly it does not seem wholly irrational that, if the relation of a Chamberlain or a Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen's person is such as to bring these function aries into the Council Chamber, the Queen's hus band should likewise be found there. But, when there, does he take part in the deliberations ? Does he know the secrets ? As much as the Prime Mini ster—that is, not at all ; and for the simple reason that there are no secrets and no deliberations. If our contemporaries wish us to march two centuries backwards, we shall find that the meetings of the Council in the presence of the Sovereign had a real and material bearing on the affairs of the country ; and we have read, in the writings of Mr. Anstey, pious longings for the revival of such a state of things. But, as a matter of fact, these meetin g s are now meetings of pure form, without either de bate or conversation and the business transacted at them is never confidential, but open to the pub lic eye- 4 -commonly before, always immediately after, the proceedings. And yet upon this airy basis the ingenious hands of certain journalists have contrived to raise a pretentious fabric of misstate ment against the Prince, and of delusion in the public mind. But then it is said, the Prince is present when the Queen sees her Minister in private. Let us assume—for there is not evidence of the fact before us—that this is true. If true, is it, or is it not, matter of blame ? Consider the position of 'Queen Victoria as a woman and Sovereign. At any time she may be required, in consequence of votes of Parliament which she cannot influence, to part with advisers whom she may have long and inti mately known and to take to her daily councils , on points the most vital to herself and to her people, a body wholly, or almost wholly, composed of entire strangers. This is no extreme suppo sition. The case has happened within the last two years—it may at any time happen again. Well, our Queen is married. We desired that she should take a husband who should be virtuous, prudent, and intelligent. She took one who was also ac complished, informed, able, and energetic, in a de g ree which, whatever his original sphere of life, must have raised him to distinction. We speak the simple truth, which hundreds can at test, when we say that, in Prince Albert, high natural abilities have been improved by sin gularly careful and assiduous culture, to a rare point of excellence ; and the public has always believed that the conscientious activity of his character was tempered by a prudence no less remarkable. Is it right, then, is it natural, is it possible, that a wife so charged with labour and with care should debar herself from the assistance of a husband so endowed ? We are certain that the voice of England will answer in the negative. And if the Queen is not to be shut out from her husband's aid, we ask, with equal confidence, whether it is Letter that such aid should be given by one who has no direct cognizance of the advice tendered by a Minister, and who declares his own opinions when that Minister is absent —or, on the other hand, that what he suggests or asks should be suggested or asked before the man who must answer to Parliament for his acts, and who also knows himself to be backed by the full power of Parliament in making good his ground, even in the presence of the Sovereign? We pretend to no special information on this or any other of the points to which we are alluding. We do not raise the question whether, if the Minister thinks it right to communicate with the Sovereign alone, he is not entitled to demand a private audience. But we unhesitatingly assert that, if the Prince is present when the Queen confers with her ad visers, and if his presence is found to be disadvan tageous to the public interests, we are not left without a remedy ; for the Minister is as distinctly responsible for the safety of those interests in this as in any other matter, and he is bound, on his responsibility to Parliament, to decline compliance even with a personal wish of the Sovereign, when he believes that his assent would be injurious to the country. Let us add that the self-proclaimed foes of secret influence are, in our judgment, really doing all they can to bring that monster into, active vitality. What state of things can possibly go so far towards rendering secret influence a mischievous necessity as that which the authors and abettors of the present outcry appear to desire ? Practically, what they insist upon is, that the able and highly gifted man whom the Queen has chosen as her Con sort shall advise and influence her exclusively at times when no one of the guardians of the Consti tution, made by law responsible to Parliament, shall be present to watch, to measure, to compre hend—ay, and, if necessary, to counteract and to set aside—that influence. • But the allegations to which we have adverted are not the only ones now current. It has been— not boldly, indeed, yet broadly—stated, that the Prince either thwarts the Ministerial counsels, or impresses on them an anti-English character; and that, by his correspondence with relatives and friends abroad, he employs British influence apart from, and contrary to, the decisions of the Queen's advisers. Theie are very grave charges. And the first question that naturally arises must be, What is the evidence for them ? who is it that makes them ? The evidence is singular—it is, it seems, non-contradiction erected into an entity. The chief accuser is, indeed, a formidable person—it is some one who signs himself " M.P." at the foot of a letter in a daily newspaper. 'But why does not the cowardly and skulking penman of that letter— if he has truth, or what he believes to be truth, to tell—authenticate it by his name ? He writes, forsooth, to recommend an English policy ; yet we doubt if he can be an Englishman, and we are certain he does not belong to the illustrious assembly whose distinctive mark he thinks fit to assume. Unless, indeed—but we forbear. It is enough to say that charges made ,by anony mous or irresponsible writers, as are if they were made by nobody—or, rather, they are worse, because they are made by those who are afraid or ashamed to stand by their own assertions. But then these accusations have not been contra dicted. Is there, however, a better established rule among statesmen who care for their characters thsn this—that, when charges are made against them by irresponsible persons, without substantive presumptions of e vidence, and contrary to iiuncntradicke truth, such charges oug ht to ref; aa h r n- eq o. uires defence and that the reputation whic against such miserable slander is not worthhas tdneofteh,nda-ing t ? Is there one of our pu o b u li s c a m cc e u n se a r gams w em some foul-mouthed anonym one time or another, launched the most opprobri thereone among them em opprobri ous i mpu tations of loikfecraud Is , falsehood, corruption, perjury, and t who has ever P stoo ed to reply ? If such is the rule which s elf-respect dictates for them, an d w hi c h i s sustained by public approval, can any reasonable man sa y that Royalty is to come down from its high eminence to contend with those whose prowess impels them resistlessly to fight, but to fight only in, and under cover of, the dark ? VVe make an appeal, in a few closing words, to those sentiments and • piinciples which are held to be peculiarly English ; and we do it with the less fear because this • journal has never been charged, even by its worst foes, with subserviency to the Court, and because, on the particular question out of which these most discreditable imputations have grown, we have pursued a course as remote as possible from the anti-British feelings imputed to the Prince Consort. We say, then, simply, that, among Englishmen, in whatever rank, a man who has earned a character by his good conduct is entitled to the full benefit of it, until some evidence of misconduct is produced 'against him—or, at the very least, until some re sponsible person is found who declares that he is ready to produce such evidence. Now, Prince Albert did earn such a character ; and no such evidence, no such accuser is before the world. Had liis Royal Highness—who, we doubt not, like every other gentleman, feels a stain as if it were a wound — sought, with quick impatience, to vindicate himself against the extravagant and monstrous assertions of nameless accusers, it would have been a proof of a less masculine tone of character, and a less CORN EXCHANGE. There was less activity in most of the provincial markets held on Saturday, nevertheless, wheat supported the late rise in the quotations ; but barley, owing to the large sup plies on offer, might have been purchased on lower terms. The oat trade was firm, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Beans, peas, and flour were very firm. The amount of business doing in grain in most of the near continental ports continues comparatively limited, yet holders have been firm. The latest advices from New York state that a large business was doing in grain and flour for shipment to England, on higher terms. Very limited supplies of home produce arrived up to our market last week. The imports were good, viz, 23,228 quarters of wheat, 4,485 barley, 9,470 oats, 15 beans, 870 peas, 2,012 linseed, 1,964 rapeseed, 295 sundry seeds, and 36,763 barrels of flour. , Fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise, from Essex and Kent, the supply of wheat was on the increase, and of fair average quality. From all other quarters, coastwise and by land carriage, the receipts were moderate. The attendance of both town and country millers was compa. ratively small, and only a moderate business was transacted at, last Monday's prices, but at which a good clearance was effected. The largo imports of American flour induced great caution in effecting sales of home grown wheat for forward delivery. With foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary, we were tolerably well, but not to say extensively, supplied. On the whole, about an average business was doing in most kinds. Prices remained the same as on this day se'nnight. Very few transactions took place on continental account. In floating cargoes, several sales took place, but wholly for home consumption. Malting barley was dull, and Is. per qr. lower than on this day se'nnight. Grinding and distilling sorts sold on former terms. We had rather a slow sale for malt ; neverthless, the quotations were supported. Oats—the supplyof which was small—moved off steadily, at from 6d. to ls. per qr. above the rates of Monday last. There was only a moderate inquiry for beans, on former terms. The demand for peas was in a sluggish state, at late currencies. Flour was tolerably - firm. The top price of the best flour made was 755. per 2801bs. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex Sz Kent, Red • • .. new 744 to 863 Ditto •• .• ...... old 80s 86A Ditto, Whi;e new 7Gs 908 Ditto.. •• .... old 60s 89s Norfolk and Lin coln, Rod, old 74s B'is Ditto new •••••• 745 865 aye—Old •• •• •• 47s 48s New •• •• •• 47s 48; 13arley—Orindlr ..... 37s 39s 448 478 Chevalier•• •• • •• 483 503 A c ialt--SuffolkandNO-- folk •• •• •• .• 66s 70s Brown . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5Ss 6`.2s lilink-stonandWw:e 74s 76s Malt—Chevalier .... 76s to 778 Oats— YorKshire and Lincolnsla.,Feed 28s 3l Potato 32s 34s Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 288 308 Cork, White ..... 278 33s Scotch, Feed. .. 32s 35s Beans—Tick ......... 428 46s Pige0n5......... 56 Peas—Gluey .... 46s Map1e........... 51s White..........• 58s Boilers ••• 60s Floor—Town-w^.de... 703 Suffolk 64s Stooktn & Norfoil 6 is SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were limited —namely, 2,011 head. During the corresponding period of 1853, we received 3,111 • in 1852, 3,201; 1851, 2,433 ; in 1850, 410 ; in 1849, 1:406 ; and in 1848, 965 head IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEB. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 555 659 ... 311 156 From Beasts. il e a w rlbl i g i e e n p ••• ••• 1 8 3 0 1 N Ostend Antwerp - ••• 149 ... 211 ”. 1,681 „. 149 .. Total ... The yearly eomparisou of weekly imports - is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs i 53 ...... .._ 41S _. 2,449 _. -- ... 244 352 621 ... 2,223 .:. ... 253 351 399 ... 1,77 S ... ... 22 7 350 l5l ... 245 ... ;49 177 _. 1,122 ... ... 107 The arrivals of stock from Ireland last week direct by sea were 22 beasts, 16 calves, and 40 pigs. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with foreign stock, but the fresh receipts of beasts from our own grazing districts were considerably on the increase, and of full average quality. Notwithstanding that the attendance of buyers was good, the beef trade was in a depressed state, at barely Friday's depression in the quotations of 2d per Sibs. The primest Scots sold at 4s 8d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,200 Scots and short-horns ; from the northern districts 730 short-horns, and from Scotland 600 horned and polled Scots. Notwithstanding that the numbers of sheep were com. paratively small, the sale for all breeds ruled very inactive at Friday's decline of 2d per 81bs. The supply of diseased sheep was not so large as on Monday last. With calves we were scantily supplied ; nevertheless the veal trade ruled heavy, and prices were not supported. The top figure was 5s per bibs. Pigs were in full average supply, and sluggish demand at barely last week's currency. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s: d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, dm 4 6 4 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 Second quality ...3 8 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 IQuartel FOREIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. • • •• ....... ..... 4,460 Sheep ••• • • .• • • •• —16,150 Calves 63 .• • • • • •• • • •• •• •• .. Beasts •• •••• •• .. Sheep .• •• • • • Calves...... .. • • Piggy......... Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. sma.ll 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 6 4 2 SEE: DS. The demand for linseed sl are firmly supported. Canal': easier terms. Other articles urnip,White,perbush. lBs to 216 Swede .. •• • . 20s 23s vtustard, Brown ••• • .. 103 13s White, new •• • • 14s 16s 3.res,Win ter, new.... 7s 6d 8s Od Spring ••• • • Os Od sOd Canary, per quarter • 613 65s aye grass • • • • ... 283 343 Clover,RedEn3. (cwt.) 563 663 White 72s 80s Foreign Red.. • ... 54s 643 White.. • . 70s 763 Trefoil, new...• •. 19s 24s 7 1 sl 24 11'n s. d. s. d. •.. *me Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 4 20 Prime small do._ 4 8 5 0 10 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 St. Small porkers 4 4 410 25 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 25 r old pigs 21 0 27 0 St. " •. sou 7.. 35 ll - .. A. statement and comparison of the sup'tdies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 17 , 1853, an d this day, Monday, Jan. 16, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. • Jan. 17, 1853. Jan.l6, 1854 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 210 to 3 0 3 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 2 3 4,3 8 310 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 3 6 2 8 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, do ... ... ... ... 310 4 2 4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 8 3 10 ' 3 2 3, 6 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 4 0 4 43 8 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 6 4 8,4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 410 5 0,4 10 5 2 Large coarse calves ... ... ... 3 0 4 0;3 6 4 4 Prime small ditto ... ... ... ... 4 2 4 61,4 6 5 0 Large hogs ... ... ... ... •• ••• ... 2 10 3 ' 6', 4 103 0 2 ••• Neat small porkers 3 8 3 10'4 4 4 . Beasts... ••• .•• ... .. . 4, 1 502 4,460 Sheep ••• • ..' •.• ... ... 20,860 6,150 Calves... ... ... ... ... ... 307 63 340 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 19, 1852.—Beasts, 3,638 ; sheep, 2,270; calves, 174; pigs, 380. Jan. 20, 1851.—Beasts, 4,327 ; sheep, 20,670 ; calves, .53 ; pigs, 205. . NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. Since Monday last very large supplies of country-killed meat have been received up to these markets, chiefly by railway, and which have had a depressing influence upon the trade. To-day, the show of meat slaughtered in the metropolis was god, and about an average business was transacted, as followsb s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 1 Veal 3 6 5 0 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. On the whole a fair average business is doing in most kinds of hops, at last week's currenc The imports since Monday last are 225 bales from Ostend y. , 1 ditto from Calais, 42 ditto from Gluckstadt, and 188 ditto from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. Os to 171. 17s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 101. 58 to 121. 12s ; Sussex ditto, 101. Os to 121. ; and foreign, 71. Os to 9/. Os por owt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very moderate supplies of potatoes have arrived coast wise and by railway. The imports are only 40 tons from Belfast. Tho demand is steady, and prices are well sup ported. Kent and Essex Regents, 140 s to 155 s ; Scotch ditto, 130 s to 140 s ; Scotch cups, 100 s to 120 s per ton. WOOL. The small sales of East India and low foreign wools held last week passed off steadily. The whole of the parcels offered changed hands at full prices. There is an improved demand for both English and colonial wools in the private market, at extreme rates. Last week's imports were 656 bales from Taganrog, 203 from Bombay, 12 from Madras, 93 from Buenos Apes, 487 from Port Philip, 261 from Constantinople, 419 from Geelong, 310 from Swan River, 1,447 from Sydney, 600 from Algoa Bay, and 99 bags from Gluckstadt. Carraway.....• ...... 424 48s Coriander • • 10s 15s Hempseed, per quarter 33s 3ss Linseed, Eng.iowing.. b9s t 3s Crushing ........ 55s 58s Baltic .......... 50a bss Odessa .. • • •• • • 51s 57s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— ; Enllish •• . 91 lOs 10 5s Foreign, pev ton 9, Os 111 10s Baps Cakes, pr ton 6/ lOs 7 Os ; Rapeseed, New, prlat 30'04 32, Os All rules steady, and prices lj may be purchased on rather bre inactive. TALLOW. Our market continues firm as to price ; but the business doing is very moderate. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 61s, and for delivery in March and April 62s per cwt. Town tallow, 60s 6d net cash. Rough fat, 3s 4ad per 81bs. 1851. 1850. -,--- - - Stock this day ...... 42,442 52,931 60,532 44,270 43,344 Price of Y. C.* .. . S 39s Od 37s 3d to 3 6 s 3 d to , 46s Od la 0,1 to • to 00s Cd 37s 6d 36s 6d to 00s Od 00a Od Delivery last week .. 2,289 2.361 2, 858 2,416 2,638 Ditto from Jun e 1..., 63,525 62,249 7 0 , 413 66,399 67,638 Arrivals last week.. 279 1,812 2,144 30 2,783 Dittofrom June I .... 80,194 89,762 94,111 70,041 87,667 Price of Town ~.... 41s Od' 39s sa 396 6d 474 9d 63s ad 1853. I 1854 - 9 - 5 - 13 - 42 - 28 - CA - 63 - 23 - 84 - 61 - 129 - 102 92 951 12 —l3 p 63i 64 7} 7 d i 13 7i 8 i 96 i 98 1) 102 —102 k 1 d par par * p ti 4 7 5 77 13 12 d' 10 9 d 21A -61 33 35 54 66 d r 5 4 pa d 2i —• 3 6 46 48 3a-3 8 d 31 —32 8— 10 li - 2. 6 1 -7 , !;. 52 ... 65 1 d 35 - 37 91. - 93 56 - - 58 55 - GO 55 60 24 2dis, 13 15 1 64 7ii 10 12 3i 3gd 14 -- 16 59i 60 32 33 3 -- 2 d 4 5 27 1 - - 30 2 2i 14 - 5i - 25 - 27 7 • 8 *6* - 7 6 - 6 4 9 —84 ct -- 4ict 454 —46 A FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam 1 Belgian East. Juliet ' Beziers to Graiacessae Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara .. Dijon and Besnon 1 Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Trunk, of Canada Stirs. and 80nd5.... Gt. Central of Franc Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(' i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto , Do. 6 per cent Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 Per cent, pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New _._ .. . 'slelbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest 'Do. (ex interest) Northern of Fronde Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.E. &A ms. Shs ] NorwegianPruk. Prei Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans., Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre .... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i per cent. pref S SO E ViIn of r oiefr I'r2.nee i . u . ;;;JO . St. Andrews & Quebec .. „. Upper Luma Scrip West Flanders Prof Do. 5) per c. Prof . Western of Prance_ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ............ ze,alaw l ......... . 2 d 1 4 2 d 12 = 14 P 3 3 3 id zP §} - 4 3d zd - id 2 ld d pa, 91 91 1 i 2 id _ - ..1 3 1 - 4 2 7i - 8 34 ; ii - 8 i 14 - 14ipl 43 - 45 38 - 04 :30i -30 i -- 1(11 17i -- 11 — par - ... -- . ... - - THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Press of Saturday.) A secret negotiation carried on at Constantinople be tween Lord Stratford, her Britannic Majesty's Ambas- sador, and Redschid Pacha, while the public negotia tions were conducted, at the same time, by the ambas sadors of the Four Great Powers with the Porte, ter minated in a surrender, on the part of the Sultan, of all those points which the Divan, by a large majority, had previously decided to maintain. The instant the news of this surrender transpired, Mehemet Ali, the brother-in-law of the Sultan, and the head of the Pa triotic party; a man of honour and energy, violently protested against the course, as he affirmed, thus surrep - titiously obtained. The popular indignation was con siderable. The students, the most numerous and powerful body in the city, moved ; Redschid Pacha was charged by Mehemet Ali with having been previously convicted of 'taking bribes from Russia; the people were reminded that Prince Menschi koff had insisted, in March, on the dismissal of the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, and that, at the dicta tion of the Russian Envoy, Redschid Pacha had been appointed in his stead. The excitement became great. Redschid Pacha, panic-struck, resigned, and fled for refuge to a palace of the Sultan on the Bosphorus. Tranquillity was ultimately only restored by the menaces of the English and French admirals, who thus, instead of defending the Sultan from the Russians, discovered that their real mission was to defend his Highness from his own subjects. Much of what occurred on this occa sion has been concealed and suppressed, but our readers may rely upon this statement. The whole facts are before us ; but the intimation that we are now permitted to give will throw light upon late events otherwise very obscure. Notwithstanding this outbreak, and the exertions of Mehemet Ali, the conditions thus obtained from Turkey by the British Ambassador through his influence with Redschid Pacha became and continue the basis of the propositions since forwarded through Vienna to St. Petersburg. They are not, as has been erroneously, though authoritatively, stated, an Ultimatum. They therefore admit of negotiation ; and, with only a mo derate allowance for the modifications which under such circumstances occur, the arrangetnent, even if accepted by the Czar, will resolve itself virtually into an adop tion by the Porte of the spirit of the ,Menschikoff treaty. Peace may thus be preserved by the subjugation of Turkey being postponed. The ancient treaties are to be renewed ; and, as regards the provinces, the language employed with respect to their evacuation is merely the language already gratuitously used by the Czar him self. The circumstances above detailed are the circum stances referred to by anticipation in our leading article of the 17th of December, when we warned our readers ithat "an enormous diplomatic conspiracy was hatch ng," a warning followed up by some details then for the first time mentioned, and to which we must again refer. Notwithstanding this desperate resource on the part of England, the enterprise may yet fail ; for our perplexed and, as it will ultimately prove, ever•blundering Govern ment, while a promising negotiation was on foot, and before they could receive the answer of the Court of St. Petersburg to the Turkish propositions, which had been prepared in deference to the feelings and private intimations of Russia, though fit, in consequence of the affair of Sinope, to order the entrance of the fleets into the Black Sea. To change the circumstances while a negotiation was proceeding which you wished to succeed is a capital error. It will allow the Czar, if he wishes, to take new ground. Lord Aberdeen mutters " War," in - case the Turkish propositions are not accepted. One almost begins to fancy Lord Aberdeen has been maligned. It really would seem that he did not unders tand St. Petersburg. The propositions will not meet with such a fate from Russian diplomacy. They will be considered, and we shall commence the new year with a new phase of nego tiations. In the meantime, alas ! poor Turkey SUPPOSED SUICIDE. —On Friday information was for warded to Mr. C. C. Lewis, coroner for the county of Essex, of the discov er y of the body of a man in the river Lea, near Ships Hole , Westham. The deceased is described by Sergeant Grant, of the K division, as being about 26 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, with long dark hair. His attire consisted of a pair of Witney trousers, blue cotton waistcoat, a blue striped shirt, and a black silk neckerchief. The body (which was in a mos t decomposed state) was conveyed to the Union. 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As the tra in was passing Amber at station at its accustomed hig h speed, one of the wheels of the last carriage next to the behind break flew off. The train continued its course, and the station master immediately telegraphed to Derby, and also sent a pilot engine after the express, fearing th a t an accident would occur. The guard in the behind van saw that something was wrong, and applied his break as a signal to the driver, but the train ran a m il e an d a half past Amberg ate before it stopped. Th e t ra i n wa s, we believe, taken on cautiously to Wi ng fi e ld s t a ti on , where the carriag e was ch a nged, and the p assen g ers thus rd k e fromv e e n d wh ee didfurl r t n h o e e a o n m x l e e y. n contact It i s withf ortu a n n a y t e that person.— r n t o n. e Derby Reporter. Gii 4 7i 33i i 25i I i ill 311 A 1 si i GI i 31i 1 911 t --- • 0 'll -..-~~,` it" ' a, ¢~l 101 Ithly ance,