The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-04 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY• The following important telegraphic despatch has been received in Paris from Constantinople, dated December 26 : " The Council of Ministers had on that day notified to the four Ambassadors that it had adopted, very nearly, the propositions suggested at Constantinople by the representatives of , the Four Powers. " The Council of Ministers had not yet drawn up its statement in due form, but it was to do so, and to transmit copies to.the four Ambassadors on the 29th of December. " The Caradoc arrived on Monday night at Marseilles. She left Constantinople on the 25th ult., and no doubt must bring intelligence of im- porta nce, since Lord Stratford de Red cliffe thought fit to despatch her, for some reason, before the Porte made known its resolutions respecting the propositions of e the Ambassadors." The following has been received from Vienna, dated Tuesday evening : " The Overland Constantinople mail of the 22d of December had not reached Vienna yesterday evening. "No mail from London bad arrived since the 27th of December, and the Oest. Corresponclenz was totally silent on the Eastern question. " Russia is as much excited against Austria as against England and France. " Kars is said to be in the hands of the Russians." The Monitiur confirms, by the following tele graphic despatch, the news that some disturbances had broken out at Constantinople : " PERA, DEC. 22.—The general meeting having authorised the Minister to negotiate, the students of the mosques, urged on by some Ulemas, met yesterday to petition against that determination ; for an instant a riot was apprehended, but the measures taken by the Cabinet, assembled at the Sultan's, pre-. vented all disorder. From 300 to 400 students were arrested, and at present everything is tranquil. A proclamation announces the real object of the delibera tion of the general meeting, and declares that severe measures will be employed against all disturbers of the public peace." A letter from Erzeroum, of the sth ult., in the Patrie, announces that the family of Mr. Thomson, Charge d'Affaires of England at the Court of Tehe ran, bad arrived in that town. Mr. Thomson was himself to leave Persia, and to rejoin his family as . soon as his last instructions, expected ' about the 15th of December, should arrive. The same jour nal adds : " Private letters from England announce that it had been ascertained by the last news from Asia that the affair of Persia was only the commencement of a general system adopted by Russia to cause a rising of all the Asiatipeople, and to draw them into its sphere of action. But the English agents, who for several months have followed a ll th e ph a s e s f that policy, have succeeded in baffling it on a great many points • and up to this moment Persia alone has allowed herself t,o be drawn into a demonstration which will be fatal to her. However, the alliance of the two great Western Powers re-assures all interests in England ; and the frank and firm policy of the Government of the French inspires absolute confidence." The Augsburg Gazette, under the head of " Last news from the theatre of war," states that the amount of the Turkish force on the I:anks of the Danube is 123,000 men, without including the re serve at Schumla ; and the force of the Russians on the Danube, including the reserve, only 110,000, but that the ussians are preparing to assume the offensive. General Luders, it is said, is to force the passage of the Danube at Matschin ; Prince Gortschakoff is to besiege Rutschuk ; and General Aurep is to attack Kalafat. A. letter from Tiflis, of the 2d ult., positively states that Prince Woronzow had just received very important despatches from St. Petersburg. They announce , it is 'said, the sending of a rein forcement of artillery, which he had demanded, and which will place at his disposal eighty pieces of artillery. They also announce that two fresh divisions of infantry will be added to the forcenow under his command. These despatches, which reached him before the affair of Sinope, order him to continue energetically the war in that part of Asia. _ . A letter from Erzeroum, of Dee. 5, states that a serious difference had taken place between the Governor of Tauriz and the Consul of England at that place, which, as is well known, contains a considerable number of English. The difficulty was regarded as the counterblow of what had passed at Teheran between the Minister of Great Britain and the Government of the Shah of Persia. A letter from Malta of the 28th, states that the English merchants who have entered into contract for the supply of coal to the English squadron in different points of the Black Sea, have received notice to prepare themselves to execute their 'con tracts within a very short delay. The depots of coal are to be established at Sinope, Trebizond, and Varna. The Journal of St. Petersburg, of the 23d ult., notices as follows the articles against Russia, which appeared in the London journals, after the receipt of the intelligence of the affair at Sinope :—" On the receipt of the news of the naval combat at Sinope, the English journals published furious articles against Russia, calling for war, and terrible reprisals against the Russian navy. We give the reply of the Journal des Debats to these declamations." This paragraph is followed by the article of the Debats, offering a sort of excuse for the Russians, and which was noticed at the time in the Messenger. The Journal of St. Petersburg, of the 23d ult.,' after stating that, from the 3d to the Bth ult., the Turks had not made any incursions on the left bank of the Danube, publishes as extracts from a report of Prince Gortschakoff, a detailed account of remarkable acts of courage displayed by different officers and men in what the St. Petersburg jour nails calls " the obstinate affair of Oltenitza." It has already been , stated that the Emperor of Russia has conferred the Grand Cross of the second class of St. Vladimir on M. Stur ve, Coun cillor o f St a t e , director of the principal Obser vatory, for his services in measuring the arc of the meridian from the Polar Sea to the Black Sea. The Journal of St. Petersburg now an nounces, that, for their services in the same affair, M. de Stang, Minister of the Interior of Norway, has received the Order of St. Stanilas of the first class ; Dr. Hanstean, director of the Hydrographic Department of Norway, the Order of St. Anne of the second class, with the insignia in diamonds ; M. Prazmowski, first assistant of the director of the Astronomic Observatory of Warsaw, and M. Seelander, director of the Ob servatory of Stockholm, the Order of St. Anne of the second class ; Dr. Lindhagen, assistant to the director of the principal Observatory, the Order of St. Vladimir of the fourth class ; Capt. de Lund, of Norway, Li eu t enan t Sk ogmann , o f the Swedish na v y, an d P rofessor Agardh. of the University of Lund in Sweden, the Order of St. Anne of the third class ; and Dr. Woldstadt, professor and director of the Observatory of Helsingfors, and the candidate Wagner, rings set with diamonds. THE AFFAIR AT MATSoHIN. A detached account of the affair at Matschin has reached us. It appears that in the night be tween the 12th and 13th December, two Russian steamers, having s i x gun-boats in tow, passe d in front of Galatz on their way to Ibraila. On the foll ow i ng morn ing, a bout ten o' c l oc k , a : heavy cannonade was heard at Galatz in the direction of Matscbin, a Turkish town contain ing from 4,000 to 5,000 souls, situated about four leagues south-east of Ibraila, in the embouchure of one of the arms of the Danube, at the foot of a range of mountains, where a few small br eastworks have been thrown up. According to the l atest in formation recei ve d, th e f o ll ow i ng are the cause and circumstan ces of the combat which took place near Matschin. For nearly a month the garrison of tha t plac e , cons i sting of from 5,000' to 6,000 infantry and a small detachment of cavalry, was a continual so urce of ann o y ance t o th e garrison of Ibraila, by se nding out excursions of sharpshooters to attack the Walachian outposts stationed ou an island e PPosite the town. These outposts, eight or ten'in in- nu 1 , er, which c om . manded a view of the Turkish operalio - g etachm n en b, ts lvere successively destroyed by small 01 , the island , which, under cover of night, landed General t... ~ surprised and set fire to their quarters. contin ual u2ers, wishing to put an end to these =and er a tta cks o hal issued the order to the com volunteer t he garrison of Ibraila to organise a corpssharpshooterst to constitute some companies of to make excurs o i be conveyed across the right bank But as the appe:ins in the vicinity of Matschin. heightened, it a was feebly responded to, though of booty in the PearB' by the prospects held out to attempt a coup shaped of Pillage, the general resolved the night of the 1 ,,,e . main against Matschin. On landed , the two steamers, with the six gun-boats,of the Danue, 2 ,000 'o°°° men on the right bank garrison of Ibraila, 1,00 which belonged to the and the remainder o the to the camp of Sereth, lit t l e . corps, commanded 'garrison of Galatz. This command e d by Brighdier-General THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1854 Majesty to reign many years over your loving and grate ful people." _ _ . This address having been put to the chair was unanimously adopted. The Chamber afterwards authorised the Cabinet, by a majority of 86 to 13, to levy the taxes until the close of March, 1854. The Senate also voted on the same day the reply to the King's speech, without any discussion. • We read in the Parlament° of the 29th ult. : " The budget of 1854 fixes the expenses of the State at 149,314,294 livres, and the receipts at 125,061,061, leaving a deficit of 24,253,233 livres, viz., 13,097,300 livres for the ordinary expenses and 11,155,926 for the extraordinary ones. If we compare these numbers with those of 1853 we find a diminution in the expenses of 1,613,081 livres, although there appears an augmenta tion in the ordinary expenses of 4,000,609 livres. The Ministry is not preoccupied with the deficit of 11,000,000 in the extraordinary section, because it relies on the results accruing from the construction of the Alexandria, Novara, and Arona Railway. It directs all its attention to the deficit of 13,000,000 in the ordinary section. A considerable reduction is to be effected in the estimates of the Ministry of Justice, and if the general state of Europe was not opposed to the conversion of the Five per Cents., now at par, the desired balance between the public receipts and expenses would be immediately ob tained by that very simple financial operation." The Pope has appointed Cardinal Asquini a member of the Congregation of the Inquisition, and Monsignor de Luca to the post of Apostolic Nuncio at Munich. The Pope held a public Consistory on the 22d ult., in the palace of the Vatican, to perforni the ceremony of conferring the cardinal's hat upon Monsignors Brunelli and Pecci. The candidates, after kissing the Pope's slipper, received the Papal embrace, and afterwards those of their new col leagues. The Ambrosial hymn was then sung in the Sixtine Chapel, and a secret Consistory held, in which the Pope proposed several bishops. Car dinal Brunelli has since been appointed a mem ber of the congregation of regular bishops ; and of those of the council, the index, and examina tion of bishops ; and Cardinal Pecci has also been appointed to those of the council, sacred rites, ecclesiastical immunities, and regular discipline. DENMARK AND SWEDEN. The Aftonbadet announces, on authority, that the Secret Committee of the Swedish Diet has de cided on strict neutrality in case of war. A treaty has been concluded with Denmark for a ommon course of operations by sea. 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Austral. Invest 1 lip 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37xd. 36A i d j all Submarine Telegraph Ad— ip 100 281 Van Dicmou's Laud 14 15 THE LATE GAROTTE MURDER AT BARNSLEY. —The adjourned inquest touching the death of Thomas Hus band, the man who was found dead on the Barnsley and Pontefract turnpike road on Sunday evening week, was resumed on Monday. Tho jury, after a long delibera tion, returned the following open verdict :—" That the deceased, Thomas Husband, was found dead, but there is not sufficient evidence to show how he came by his death." A FACT FOR THE CZAR.—The Emperorof the Fre nc h some time back gave directions to the Minister of War to prepare a report for him, giving an exact detail of the present situation'of the French army, to be accom panied with a statement of the number of men that France could, if necessary, place on a war footing. This paper, it is said, has been lately sent in, and the num ber of men which could be employed as, just stated, is set down in it at 1,250,000. FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE BY FIRE AT ROCHDALE. A emit' ‘gration broke out on Tuesday morning in the woollen mill of Messrs. R. Kelsall and Brother, at Roch dale, flannel manufacturers, by which two of the work people in the mill lost their lives, and not fewer than twelve others were more or less injured. Messrs. Kel sail's mill was a brick building, erected about 11 years ago, and situate in Smith-street, near to the river Roach (from which the town takes its name). It was ten win dows, or about thirty yards, long, and eight windows, or thirty yards, wide, four stories high, with an attic. The two lower stories, a portion of the third, the fourth, and the attic were occupied by Messrs. Kelsall in the preparation for weaving of flannel ; that portion of the third story which they did not use was ltt off to Mr. Thomas Scott, a carder of wool, wl.o appears to have risen from the position of a working man, and in his old age was acquiring the means of living in competence. One of the processes for which his machinery was adapted, was that of "deviling," or separating the fibre in the fleece, besides cleaning it, answering to " willowing" in a cotton factory ; and this was performed in a portion of the third room, adjacent to the staircase leading to all the upper rooms, and over the engine-house. The mill started at six o'clock on Tues day morning, and there would be at that time probably 150 hands in the various rooms of the building, Mr. Stott employing 24. Of the whole, by far the larger proportion, most probably four-fifths, would be females and children, many of the latter "short timers." At seven o'clock Mr. Stott's son, Samuel, a young man aged 23, was in the " Devil hole," which was separated from the rest of the room by a thin boarding of wood, when sud denly he saw a flame playing over his head about the burner of the gas, and calling to a carter who was assist ing him, they strove to extinguish the flames by putting on sacks. It is usual to have water in buckets in the t " Devil-hole," because of the danger of fire arising from he rapid evolutions of the beater, and the consequent chance of the elimination of sparks from contact with some gritty substance in the wool ; but they had been removed the day before, while the workpeople were cleaning the place out, and, consequently, were not at hand. The flames spread so rapidly that the two men were quite powerless, and an alarm was given to the hands in the mill, and also to the fire-brigade, whose en gine house and three engines are on the rooms of the town commissioners, exactly opposite the burning build ing. The hands in the room No. 3, both those employed by Mr. Stott and by the Messrs. Kelsall, escaped, so far as we heard, unhurt, though they had to pass the "Devil-hole" to do so, and to rush through smoke and fire. Not so the unfortunates in the rooms above. They heard the alarm east, and not until the fire had attained some head, and on going to the usual means of exit, the staircase, they found it filled with smoke and fire, which were warping themselves up from the room below. To attempt to descend was certain death—to remain was equally cer tain destruction. In these frightful circumstances they were seen by the firemen when they turned out with their engines. Fire was pouring out from four windows at the end of the room farthest from the advancing fire, which were described as being blocked up with heads and faces, in which the utmost agony and desperation were depicted, and cries for help rose above every other sound. Upon the roof, at the lowest point of the dizzy height to which the exterior walls towered, probably 50 feet, there were several calling out for the same assistance ; and as if in mockery of them, when the firemen obtained two ladders, and placed them beside the wall, they were found to be so short as to be of no avail. At last, however, the presence of mind of some of the men gave them the means of escaping. One man, named Rd. Duck- worth, unwrapped a partly woven piece of flannel from a loom, fastened one end to one of the posts of the loom, and pushed the other through the window, allowing sonic dozen or fourteen children and women to slide down it from the fourth story. Henry Ratcliffe also assisted in the same way, and another man, named Taylor, got a piece of cotton rope, and, ascending to the roof; he let down no fewer than 14 persons, who all descended safely, with one unfortunate exception, Margaret Scott, a wo man who seems to have let go her hold when she was a considerable distance from the ground, and received such injuries by her fall that she died subsequently. When he had let all down, the noble fellow descended himself; and was comparatively uninjured. Another fatality occurred in the same way among those who had hold of the piece of flannel. A woman, named Ambler, had not sufficient power to hold it when she got out of the window, and in falling she dislocated her back, and died soon after. From the fourth story at the back of the mill, the hands jumped out of the windows into a pit of slaked lime which was there, and one if not more is so seriously injured as to lead to fears of fatal consequences. One, it is believed, will lose her eye-sight through the lime getting into them. It is feared that all have not escaped, and one Irish lad is supposed to be lost in the fire ; he has not been heard of since. A number of persons were let down by the rope of the triangle which is at the end of the building where the fire originated, but some little distances from where it was raging. The casualties, so far as we have been able to ascertain them, are as follows : DlED.—Hannah Ambler, Amen-corner ; Margaret Scott, Clarke's-place. INJURED.—James Kershaw, 1, Holroyd-street, Vi car's-moss ; Jane Standrig, 2, Livsey-street ; Jane Taylor, Henry-street, Guide-post, daughter of R. Inglis ; William Butterworth, top of Milk-stone ; Betty Chadwick, daughter of John Chadwick ; Alice Shore, daughter of James Shore, 12, Molesworth-street, Vicar's-moss ; Mary Wolfenden, Back Drake-street ; Elizabeth Armitage, Portland-street ; Mary Hardman, Church-lane ; Reuben Sutcliffe, Bailey-street ; Martha Heywood, Cleveland-square ; Emma Slott, Hanging Bottom. Most of these were injured in the arms and legs, and they were removed to their own homes as soon as they were got away. Most of the injuries were caused by the reckless jumping of the people through fright, for beds were procured upon which they might have fallen had the circumstances of the case rendered more care pos sible. One girl jumped from the fourth story into the arms of Mr. Eccles, the superintendent of the fire brigade, and was saved uninjured. That would be, at least, a fall of 40 feet. Of course the three engines be longing to the town were got to work, but it was found impossible to save any portion of the burning building, from which flame was poured forth with such fierceness as to set fire to several other buildings adjacent. Sparks and pieces of burning materials fell thick as hail, and at a distance of fifty yards the clothing of one of the firemen was set on fire, and scorched him. They worked away, however, by means of engines, high-pressure plugs, and hydrogents supplying the engines from the river Roach, and by ten o'clock the fire had burnt itself out. The damage it is estimated will not be less than 10,000/. The poor man Stott, in whose room the fire originated, has lost his all, about 1001. as he was not insured. The loss of Messrs. Kelsall is not yet ascer tained,' but they are insured—in the Leeds and York shire, it is said, for 4,400/., and in other offices. The townspeople hastened to the spot as soon as the fire-bell was rung, and they worked to put out the fire with the most praiseworthy diligence. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. A special court of sewers was held at the Greek-street office ; present, Mr. R. Jebb . (chairman), Sir C. Fel lowes, Mr. Thomas Hawes, Mr. Baker, Mr. T. F. Field and Mr. Smith. The SECRETARY (Mr. Woolrych) read the usual state ment of accounts, which showed the present available balance to amount to 48,6001. Works were then ordered by the Court, the aggregate expense of which was estimated at 8,9471. The SECRETARY announced that notices had been given of intended application to Parliament in the next session for the following bills : —Southwark and Crystal Palace Railway ; North Metropolitan Railway ; West Keut and Crystal Palace Junction Railways ; Charing-cross Bridge ; Great London Drainage ; Thames Embank ment and Railway ; Wellington Docks, Southwark ; Direct Southern Railway and Thames T e rminus ; Wandle Water and Sewerage Company ; the Commis sioners for the Exhibition of 1851 ; Thames Improve. meat • and Westminster Terminus Railway.The' Court then ordered the notices to be referred to the engineer of the committee , with instructions to as certain how far the proposed w orks will interf ere w i t h the drainage of the metr o p olis. In consequence of the recent decision of the commis sioners exempting tithe-rent charge in the hands of clergymen from assessment to sewers -rate, the Court next ordered that the sum of 171. 11s., which had been paid by the Rev. R. Dalton, rector of Lambeth, to be refunded to that gentleman, the coll ec ti on o f t h e rate i n question not being yet closed. After disposing of some further business of a purely formal nature, the court adjourned till the 19th inst. ROYAL DANISH RAILWAY.—A report on the present position of this railway has just been issued by the chairman, Mr. G. G. Glyn. The line of 44 miles be tween Tonning and Flensburg, connecting the North Sea and the Baltic, is expected to be opened in the summer, the permanent way being already laid throughout half its length, while the earthwork for the remainder also is nearly finished. The works on the short section forming the junction with the Kiel and Altona line are to be vigorously prosecuted in the spring, and arrangements are in progress for a beneficial interchange of traffic with neighbouring companies.. The amount expended thus far has been 255,0001., and the stipulated propor tion of the 100,0001. which is to constitute a security for the minimum dividend of 6 per cent., guaranteed by Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey, has been duly depo sited. ALLIANCE BETWEENISWEDEN AND DENMARK.—The Gazette de Cologne asserts that the two Cabinets are about concluding a treaty offensive and defensive, and' the immediate result will be the fortification of the Danish coast, and more especially of the Danish capital. AN IRREPARABLE Loss.--Lost somewhere between sunrise and sunset two golden hours, each set with sixty golden minutes. No reward is offered, as they are lost for ever.—OW Countryman, 'Nbition+ SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. Owing to the heavy fall of snow in the country, several of our papers and communications have been unavoidably delayed. IPSWICH GRAIN MARKET.—Jan. 3. There was not a large supply of wheat to-day, which sold readily at a further advance of 2s to 3s per qr. upon last week's prices. Barley in good supply, which was not so easily disposed of as of late ; but an advance of is to 2s per qr. was realised. Beans and peas scarce and dear. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 8 's to 843 Barley, grindi ng ... 36 s to 40 s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 83s to Hs Peas 51s to 54s Ditto (old) Barley, maitiug ... 44s to 49s,Flour, per sack A.VERAGES FOR THE WEEK REDING DEC. 31, 1853. Wheat Barley Oats Beaus Peas Engelhardt and Colonel Daragan, advanced on Matschin with the intention of attacking it in the rear or the north-eastern side. Whilst this movement was being carried out, the flotilla under the direction of Gneral Luders, who, with his staff, was on board one of the steamers, which did not take au active part in the action, ar rived where the canal crosses into the Danube, and attacked a battery situated on the extreme left of the town. The fire opened at half-past ten, and was kept up on both sides till noon, at which hour it ceased, when the flotilla, abandoning that point, attacked a second battery on the extreme right of the town, so as to combine its fire with that of the infantry, which was approaching the town. This second battery received the enemy still more vigorously than the first, and withstood, unsubdued, the firing of the flotilla till nightfall. The water of the river being very low, the Russian guns were all pointed too high above the banks, and the balls nearly all passed over the battery. This resistance, joined to the energetic defence of the garrison of the town, which at noon exchanged a warm fusillade with the Russi an infantry, completely defeated the projected coup de main, the only object of which was to take the place and burn it down, and_compel the Turkish garrison to retreat into I the interior. According to Russian officers, the same plan appears to have been adopted to drive away all the Turkish garrisons from all the points they occupy on the right bank of the Lower Danube, and from which they would not fail to make excursions on to the left bank should the river become frozen over. An attack is daily ex pected on the part of the Russians against Isatchka and Toultcha... At the very moment this account was written, a Russian steamer was attempting to destroy with her guns a small group of houses on the right bank of the Danube opposite Galatz, at the entrance of a canal forming a small peninsula ; this attack, however, was provoked by a few shots fired into the steamer by a Turkish post quartered in the houses. Even according to a Russian version, the Russians had from 400 to 500 wounded at the at tack on Matschin. This, h owe ver, requires con firmation. The troops ming the expedition re turned to their respective quarters on the night between the 13th and 14th. The flotilla received very immaterial damage, from which it would appear that the guns of the Turkish batteries were of very light calibre. FRANCE. The Paris papers of yesterday had not reached us at the hour of going to press. By telegraph we learn" that the Bourse was feeble yesterday, and no business done. The Three per Cents. were quoted at 72f. 20c. for the end of the month • and the Four-and - a - Half at 100 f. At Madrid, on the 28th, the Three per Cents. were at 43k. An imperial decree confers the cross of the Le gion of honour on fifty-one persons belonging to the navy ; and the military medal on eighty-eight seamen and marines. Baron Fagel, who has been for 18 years Minister Plenipotentiary of Holland at Paris, has just with drawn from public life on a pension. . The infantry barrack at Malaga fell to the ground on the 23d ult., killing twenty-six men and wound ing twenty-two others. SPAIN. Accounts from Madrid, Dec. 27, state :—The Ministers still continue to do nothing ; but it is reported that this negative policy does not meet with the approval of all the members of the Cabinet and may even, if persisted in much longer, lead to its dissolution. It is evident that the Government, having placed themselves in an exceptional state by the sudden and indefinite suspension of the Cortes, without even obtaining an authorization to collect the taxes for the year which is about to commence, can only preserve any hold over public opinion by making use of the dictatorial powers which they have virtually assumed, to carry into effect measures of such general interest and. such admitted importance that the public at large would accept them with joy, and, in the benefits conferred by them, might forget their unconstitutional origin. But if the Cortes are to be closed, and legislative action supplied by no other means, it is impossible for a Ministry which has almost all the notabilities of the country opposed to it, and which has but little prestige with the public, to continue long in so anomalous a state ; and some members of the Cabinet are said to be already sensible of this, and to have given expression to that feeling. M. de Turgot's state still continues a precarious one ; he passed a restless night, but is reported this morning to have experienced some alleviation in his sufferings. The inflammation has extended from the right leg (where the ball was received) to the left leg, which is an unfavourable symptom. The question as to whether the projected Nort of Spain railway to Irun should go to Valladolid by Segovia, or Avila, was -subnaitted to a junta of eight Spanish engineers. The more direct line is by Segovia, but t was thought that the difficulties incident to crossing the Guadarrama mountains would make it impracticable ; and the roundabout way of carrying by Avila, and avoiding the sierra, was preferred in consequence ; but it appears that six out of the eight engineers applied to have given it as their opinion that it is perfectly practicable, and more advantageous to carry the line by Segovia, piercing the Sierra de Gaudarrama ; and that the f Government are disposed to let the resolution o the question depend on the opinion of scientific men. , It is stated that the questions in dispute between Senor Salamanca, and Senor Alvarez, first con cessioner of the Ciudad Real Railway, have been adjusted, and that the former remains with the line, and has g iven bills to the latter for the expenses incurred by him, to the amount of from 5 to 6 millions of reals. The Bevista Militar states that the foot artillery is to be increased, and a different organisation given to it. Instead of regiments, it is to be organised in battalions of 6 batteries each, with a lieutenant colonel and a commander ; and some batteries of horse artillery are also to be added to that force. Manila letters, of the 18th Oct., state that the governor of the province of Zamboanga, Colonel Oscariz, was about to lead an expedition intended to occupy the Isle of Zulayan, situated in front of Golo, and two miles distant from it, the principal object being to afford the protection of the Spanish flag to nearly 8,000 captives whom the Moors have there. It was expected that they would be glad to submit to Spanish authority, and to colonize the said island, which was to be fortified. The medical report issued on December 28, re specting M. de Turgot, is not satisfactory. The inflammation is complicated with gout, and he has passed another sleepless night. It is reported that he received on the 29th, by telegraph, a despatch from Paris, stating that the Emperor approved of his conduct. A Malaga letter, of the 23d, states that a sad disaster occurred there at three a.m. There had been continued heavy rains for many days, which had doubtless loosened the foundations of the bar rack of La Mercid, a great part of which fell down ; they were occupied by two companies of the Savoy regiment. 36 dead bodies, and 22 wounded men, mostly severely so, had been taken out of the ruins. The following are the prices of Stocks :—Three per Cents., 43i ; ditto Deferred, 27k, 15-16 ; Re deemable ebt, first class, 8 9-16 ; ditto, second ditto, 4i- ; Coupon Certificates, 34. Exchange on London, 51 75. ITALY. M. Cadorna read, on the 28th ult., to the Pied montese Chamber of Deputies, the raught of the address in reply to the speech from the throne. It was as follows : "Sire,—The Chamber of Deputies is happy to address you at the beginning of this session. The noble and generous words by which you inaugurated the present Legislature have moved the nation, which has read the faithful history of the acts of your reign. It remembers with pride that you bravely fought by the side of your magnanimous father for the independence of the country. It is aware that your wisdom and political moderation have obtained the approbation of the world, and that your firmness in difficult times, and your unalterable loyalty, h ave i nsp i red universal conf id ence. It re j o i ces at having co-operated with you in saving its liberties, securing the national independence and honour, and upholding spotless a banner the symbol of our wishes and hopes. This noble people, Sire, bears your august name deeply engraved in its heart, and is animated with the sincerest devotion and gratitude towards your sacred personycreodu l andthep ta redyrreisaesety. representatives Accept that that people, pledge, given given to who participate in its sentiments, and affection. We thank Divine Providence for having granted us the honour and happiness of proving to Europe that the reign of the laws is assured in this land, when the Prince is the Palladium of liberty. May it please the Almighty that the happiness with which He has blessed this kingdom shall prove the prelude of the glorious destinies which Providence, we trust, has reserved to us in its inscrutable decrees. We will con tinue the work of the last Legislature, and afford the Government of your Majesty the most efficacious co operation possible for • the .No sacrificedevelopment willofagricutletutroeo, industry, and commerce , and the improvement an d pro pagation of public instructi your under great for us, when required for the defence of national honour, the consolidation and d evelo p ment of the con stitutional institutions inaugurated by yu the r ceg g is u of st father, and which flourish in sa fet y , t p e r n o d g r t e o s s facei whichli ta t is o ro ra n l e ; in A te l l l le o e u t r ua e l x , e a r n ti d on ro s ' yourthat t m h ythoen!liwfeeoffeenlatoinornse.ourSaigree,anudnitsetdrenagntdh a re rr d a o y n e h d le. a . around a s t h er a i l a l l L God bless and perpetuate that union, and permit your WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. Information has just arrived by telegraph that the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magdalena, with the West India mails, had put into Weymouth yesterday afternoon, for fuel, and through stress of weather. The mails are landed at Weymouth, and will b forwarded to London by the 3 o'clock train. AME=RICA, The following is the substance of a private tele graphic despatch received at Halifax, and dated New York, December 22 : The Hermann has not arrived. Advices from Washington, state that the Naval Committee of the Senate had reported favourably on the proposition for the immediate construction of six steam frigates. An exciting debate on slavery has taken place in the House of Representatives. The subject was introduced by Gerrit Smith, the Abolitionist Re presentative for New York, while the House were considering a resolution voting a sword and thanks to Capt. Ingraham, for his conduct at Smyrna in the Kossta affair. We learn from Pennsylvania that the railroad riots were being continued. The citizens, headed by the Mayor were, on the despatch of the news, tearing up the track of the Western Railroad at the street crossings in Fairview Township; the bells were ringing, cannons were being fired, and the greatest excitement prevailed. The Legislature of Texas had passed a bill in corporating the Mississippi and Pacific Railroad. The river steamer Zachariah Taylor had exploded her boiler, by which three persons were killed, and ten severely scalded. A still more fatal steamer explosion had occurred at Charlestown. The vic tims in this latter case amounted to thirteen. The United States Government has despatched an officer to the Pacific to take measures to capture the Sonora invaders. Advices from New Orleans deny positively that any Cuban expedition is fitting out. Flour has advanced 12),c. Sales to-day, 11,000 barrels. Wheat is inactive, and corn unchanged. Continues firm, with sales for the last two days amounting to 3,250 bales. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--- (THIS DAY. LONDON, Jan. 4.--It blew a gale last night from N.W., and a heavy fall of snow took place to the extent of from 6to 8 inches. The drift varied in places from 2 to 3 foot and more. A similar fall of snow has not been experienced for the last seventeen years. • OFF HASTINGS, Jan. 2.--Maroon, from Dundee, for Sydney, N.S.W. PLYMOUTH, Jan. a—A severe gale from E.N.E. pre vailed last night. Two schooners are lost near Dawlish. The Atalanta, of Exeter, was wrecked on Exmouth Bar ; crew saved. A vessel, with mainmast, m izentopms.st, &e., gone—decks swept, and no appearance of any one on board, was passed on the 20th Oct. by the Hudson; Mau ritius to London, which vessel was spoken, Oct. 27 (133 days out), by the St. Hilda, arrived here. DEAL, Jan. 4.—lt has been blowing a very h e avy gale all night from S.E. by E., and continues. No mail was dispatched last night from hence, in consequence of the weather. A galliot is seen beyond the Goodwin Sands, and will become a wreck. Fears are entertained for the safety of the crew, as no boats can proceed to their assist ance from here. GLOUCESTER, Jan. 3.—Arrived—Kelvin, London, for Mobile. Sailed Pauline, St. Thomas ; Barrahona, Jamaica ; Sarah and Emma, New Orleans. SHIELDS, Jan. 4.—Five or six sail are on shore on Tynemouth Rocks. Strong sea; wind S.E. NEW Youx, Dec. 16.—The Porto Rico, of Camden, was fallen in with, 7th Dec., lat. 35, long. 68, water-logged and abandoned. HAVANNAH, Jau. 7.—The Louise (French brig), Havre to Tampico, has been wrecked on the Colorados—crew saved. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The Roman, Canton io this port, was abandoned in a sinking state, 28 N. 28 W. ; crew and a passenger saved by the R. B. Foster, arrived here, and by the W. Price, Rio for Philadelphia. ANTWERP, Jan. 2.—The Eugene et Leon, of Bayonne, sailed from Havana, 20th August, for Havre ; the Mario Francois° sailed from Martinique, 23d August, for New foundland the Marie Caroline left Cuba towards the 15th August, and have not since been heard of. MIRA.MICHI, Dec. 17.—The Golden Light, in proceeding 'to sea 4th inst., took the ground, and was so cut by the ice as to become waterlogged the following day, and is now a wreck. GASPE, Dec. I.—The brigantine G. D. T., of Montreal, put into Perco, 2d inst., with crew mutinous ; shipped a pilot and some fishermen, to bring the vessel round to this port, but after making two attempts, was obliged to put back (this port being closed by ice), and the vessel leaky, without a crew, and having lost sails, anchor, &c. , has dis charged, stored her cargo, and been beached. HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 22.—Severe gales have been ex perienced lately in the vicinity of Turk's Island and Ber muda, several vessels disabled, and others lost. The Hum boldt, (s.), has become a wreck, with about one-third of her cargo on board. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, E. ; moderate, with light falls of snow and sleet. Arrived—Australia and Now York,. from New York ; Countess of Elgin, Bombay ; Alcyone, Quebec. Off the Port—Ocean Queen, from Pugwash ; Euxine, Bathurst ; Amistiana, Zenobia. (BY BUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday, 10.30 A.M. Remains—The Austrian ship Alexander, for Hull ; English barque Robert Watson, for Antwerp ; English brig Bride of Abydos, for Antwerp; and English brig Orion Oeion, for Boulogne. MARKET NEWS-(TIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Tho supplies are very moderate. The state of the wea ther stops all work upon the river, and very few sales are being made from on board ship. This morning wheat is held with increased firmness, and the millers have to pay an advance when purchasing. Barley is also held for more money, granaried parcels of Oats being at Monday's rates to needy buyers. All other Corn is fully as high, but the amount of business doing is not extensive. Wheat. 880 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 1 Barley. I M alt. 1,4 , 0 I 730 I Oats. 1 Flour. 820 English .. Irimi •• •• Foreign .. 6,8 4 0 2,110 i 12,7-70br WHITECHAPEL. Notwithstanding that the supplies of each kind of meat were tolerably extensive, the general demand ruled steady, and in some cases the quotations had an upward tendency. Beef from 3s Gd to 4s Os ; mutton, 4s 2(1 to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 811 to 4s 2d ; pork, 3s 10d. to 4s 10d per Blbs by the carcase. LIVERPOOL-JAN. 3. This morning's market was well attended, and we had again an active demand for the loading articles, The ad vance realised on Friday's prices was 6d per bushel on wheat, Is per barrel on flour, ld per bushel on oats, 1s per load on oatmeal, and is per qr. on' Indian corn ; making the improvement since last Tuesday 10d per bushel on wheat, 2s 6d per barrel on flour, 2d per bushel on oats, 2s per load on oatmeal, and 2s per qr. on Indian corn. LONDON AND NOETH-WESTERN.—This company have determined on adopting a system of quarterly contract tickets between the principal towns upon their line. 'D 17 all io all o 14 20 all 10 51s. St. 100 25 20- 25 11a it. 100 b 6 5 3 !O 8 !O all L 74 all :0 10 !O 8 !O all '•0 2 5 all ?.0 10 10 Oil 20A 2O 10i C 0 all 20 5 5 4 421 15 .0 10 5 2 5 3 Lo 5 !O 1 2 ?,0 104 ;3i 29 LO 10 ZO 2 80 all 0 all all 9 all .0 all 0 10 FOREIGN. A.mtwrp &Rotterdam I Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graisgessae Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Rosason Dutch Rhonish East Indian Do, Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds IGt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bOnds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 iss .)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembonrg DoDo. (Railway) Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. p ro f. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & tinge (with interest • Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201.3 p. e. Bds [fmy.B. &Anis. Shs NorwegianTrnk. Prof Paris and Lyons Do. bonds . Paris and Orleans Paris and Itouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and H avre Royal Danish Royal Swedish. ..... Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5:3 per cent. pref. Is.B. of France.. ...... ( Southern of France.. St. Andrews & Quebec 'Upper India. Scrip West Flanders.,, .. Do. ri per C. Prof Western of Prance... West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden .......... Zealand.. • •... 8i all :0 10 10 11 4 K!. 2 12 24 "Q(1 1 4 2 d 13 - 15 - 24 2t - 2.1:1 3} - 3 12 - A P - 1 p 24 - 3 p 4 :id Par = P 1 id pail - 1 O 6 6i _ 2 2 id. : par P, 7i - S 34 - 34. 74 - 15A - 71 3.6Ap 45 47 40 42 31 - 32,} 3 4 184 19 ld par 1 8. 9 •.• -- - 4 --- i - 4i id 8p lid 1/ - 4 i - 11 ;I LINES LEA S ED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compaq, Closing Prices Business "mPans. this day. this day. 50 all Bedfor`d and L n•&N.W. • Bletchley ••• ••• St. 100 Bnekghanish• w 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Je. Oaledon... 51 52 St. 100 B.Liucolnr gr 6p. cent Gt.:Northn 141 144 143 25 'all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. • •• 25 all Do. New Do. ...... • ••• 25 all Glstr.&Do•Fr• 61 t•liesin. 3▪ 0 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk• & Yk• New. Railway .. . 50 all Hull & Selby Y.01.1.1d. 10▪ 9 111 25 all Do. Shares. Do ......... 546 556 121 all Do. Shares. Do . . 121 all Lon.&Gre enw B.l :astern.l46 20 all Do. Preferen ce Do ......... 24:5 256 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 p e r cent • Norfolk ... 93 95 St. 100 Do. 6 per ct • Do ... 5i all Manch.la x ton. Ln.dr;;T:W . and Matlock & 3 50 all Middlesbroe & Stekton dr R e dcar . . . Darli ngt. 100 all Midld.Bradalrvfldland... 99 50 all Northern and Basternsp.c. E. Count.. 60 5 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ......... ?2 . 5' all Do.Fiscdsp.c Do .... ••• ••• 2 5 all Prest. dt wyre . 1 • W. 1 12 Do. Shares. S 100 Roystn.drilit. Gt.Northn 140 - 143 140 S.. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do .... .. . 140 143 140 2 • 183 Shef. Roth' L'crr" — d Goole n ' '.s. p. e Y ul o s la h. k . 12 96 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling. 25 all Do.. ............ Do ......... 30 - 31 301 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 99 100 MINES. HEALTH OF LONDON . DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Registrar-General's Report.) The deaths in London registered in the week that ended last Saturday, amounted to 1,656. Coroners' cases, that have been accumulating for some time, and are now registered at the end of the quarter in unusual number, have partly contributed to produce the excess. The mortality has been raised principally by the severity of the weather. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843.52, the average number of deaths was 1,160, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,276. There is an excess in the number actually returned above the calculated amount of 380. The deaths arising from diseases of the respiratory organs rose last week to 347, while the corrected average for corresponding weeks is 259 ; to bronchitis 171 are attributed ; to pneumonia, 118 ; to hooping-cough, Ten deaths from cholera were registered in the week, which the following are the particulars : West Districts.—Population, 376,427; deaths from' cholera none. North Districts.—Population, 490,396 ; deaths from cholera none. Central Districts.—Population, 393,256 ; deaths from cholera, two. Clerkenwell.—Pentonville.—At 1, Cleremont-place, on 21st December, the widow of a corn merchant, aged 54 years, "cholera (30 hours), collapse (10 hours). Mr. Morgan, the medical man says :—" On Monday morning she had spasmodic pain and sickness, which left her at noon, but the bowels were constipated, and to obtain relief she took oz. of castor oil, without effect, and the same night a blue pill, the next morning a blue draught. Tuesday at five p.m. the bowels began to operate, and continued to do so violently until two p.m. On Wed nesday, on which day I first saw her at nine a.m., and found her pulseless at the wrist, hands and face livid, bowels acting involuntarily ; no vomiting or cramps. She died at nine p.m. in spite of vigorous stimulating and counter-irritant treatment. The house in which she has lived for a year is large, airy, well-drained, and stands on high ground. Her spirits were depressed from altered circumstances, and she took but little animal food." City of London ; South.—At 2, Old Fish-street-hill, on 28th December, the wife of a carman, aged 49 years, "cholera (16 hours)." East Districts.—Population 485,522.—Deaths from Cholera 7. Whitechapel ; Spitalfields.—A.t 18th, Wentworth street, on 27th December, a tailor, aged 00 years, " malignant cholera (24 hours)." Whitechapel; Whitechapel North.—At 122, Went worth-street, on 26th December, a publican, aged 45 years, " cholera (15 hours)." Whitechapel; Aldgate.— At 2, Sun-court, Aldgate, on 23d December, a bricklayer's labourer, aged 40 years, " cholera ; diarrhcea (3 days)." Stepney ; Shadwell.—At 8, Claremont-square, on 27th December, the wife of a labourer, aged 60 years, " diar rhoea (one day), cholera (18 hours)." Stepney : Limehouse.--At 40, Ropemakers-fields, on Ist November, a bricklayer, aged 54 years, "natural death, sudden, from cholera." 111 the same sub-district, at Regent's-canal•basin, on 28th November, the mate of a ship, aged 33 years, "found dead, cholera (12 hours)." Poplar ; Bow.—At Old Ford-lane, on 7th October, the daughter of a labourer, aged 13 years, "cholera." In quest. South Districts.—Population, 616,635.—Deaths from Cholera, 1. Greenwich ; Greenwich East.—At the Union Work house, on 31st October, a labourer, aged 2S years, "cholera (18 hours)." Inquest. Two centenarians paid the debt of nature, and were registered in the week :—On the 28th December, at 17, Sherborne-street, Blandford-square, the widow of a ser- vant, died at the age (as stated) of 100 years ; and on 23d December, at 45, London-street, Ratcliffe, the widow of a mariner died, reported to have arrived at the extreme age of 106. Mr. Wells, the registrar, writes as follows : " This person, although at so great an age, was able to walk about, and come down stairs alone until two days before her death ; she bad never suffered from any disease, and never had any medical attendant or taken any medicine, and retained all her faculties to the last with the exception of her sight. She was a native of Scotland, but had lived in London-street for the last seven years. Her youngest child now alive is 72, and has children who have also families." At 10, James-street, Ratcliffe, on 28th December, the son of a labourer, aged 2 years, died of "scarlatina (3 weeks), anasarca (14 days), convulsions." Mr. Wells states that " this is the fourth child that has died of the same disease in the same house within 3 weeks." At 86, Brunswick-street, Haggerstone, on the 25th December, an engine driver, aged 40 years, was " poi soned by the fumes of lead, over-exertion producing typhoid fever (7 days)." At 2, Margaret-street, Stamford-hill, on 23d December, the wife of a baker, aged 21 years, died of " childbirth (20 days), peritonitis (8 days), diarrhoea (12 days). The medical attendant, Mr. Kenny, states that " this woman's death was caused more by the stench of the house where she was confined (Abney-gardens, West Hackney), than by the peritonitis resulting from her confinement. A most intolerable stench rises from a drain or cesspool under the floor, into which run the sweepings of a butcher's slaughter-house. The house is unfit for human habitation. The deceased was only removed a few minutes to Stamford-hill, when she expired." Last week the births of 791 boys and 775 girls, in all 1,566 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the ave rage Lumber was 1,299. WRECK OF THE REINDEER.-On Saturday intelligence was received of the fatal loss of the brigantine Reindeer, of Great Yarmouth, off Guernsey. In making up Chan nel she encountered strong N.E. winds, and, with a view of obtaining shelter, Capt. Jones determined upon running into Guernsey. The brigantine continued beat ing about, when she struck on a sunken rock, called the Sambule, about a mile and a half northward of Lihou, and went down in deep water ; Captain Jones and his two mates, Richard Bowden, of London, and John Plockett, of Bideford, perishing with her. THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPAL Bo- ROUGHS.-On Saturday were issued a Parliamentary paper, containing a return of the accounts of boroughs -in England and Wales for the week ended the 31st August, 1852. The balances in the treasurers' hands were 61,5051. 19s. ld. The borough rates in the year were 328,6591. 4s. 9d., and other receipts 1,027,284 is. 101 d., making a total income of 1,417,449 1 . ss. 81d. The expenditure was 1,305,511/. Os. old. ; of which 30,5791. 10s. bid. was balance due to the treasurers, and 1,274,9311. 19s. Old: was the expenditure. CONSCIENCE MONEY.-The following is the account of the advertised amount, during each month of the last year, of the sums received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer from anonymous correspondents, for unpaid taxes :-January, 1,3231. 2s. 2d. ; February, 115/. ; March, 601. ; April, 691. 17s. 6d. • May, 9181. 19s. 8d ; Jun' "1,6612. 18s. 4d. ; July, 1041. 16s. • August, 651. 13s. 6d. ; September, 151. ; October, 831. 15s. 10d. ; November, 60/. , • December, 2201. lls. 6d. ; total, 4,7581. 14s. 6d. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Mr. Currie, and the friends of the late directors, whether from want of sup port, or honest scruples of conscience, we know not, have thought prudent to accept, in a modified form, the proposal of Mr. Mortimer, conveyed to them through the agency of Sir William Heathoote. The modification suggestedis to the effect, not that three candidates should 'be taken from each list, but that Sir William should select six (the chair being given up to the hon. bart.thim self) from whichever party he pleased. The original shareholders' committee, to preserve their property as much as possible, have acceded to this proposition, in serting, however, two provisos of their own, to which we should imagine the party favourable to- e xtensions in general can scarcely object. The first is, that the two retiring directors (Mr. Mortimer and Colonel Henderson) be nominated for re-election. The object of this stipu lation, of course, is to secure the return of Mr. Morti mer, on whose defeat the adverse faction bad concen trated their desires ; but, unless they consider their own candidate, Colonel Henderson, as an adequate set off, we do not see how the suggestion can well be refused acceptance. The other stipulation is that the chairman of both committees (Mr. Currie and Mr. Snell) s hould be permitted to retain their candidatures ; to which we believe Sir William himself has not the least objection ; but how Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Benson, and others may be advised by Mr. Bircham, it is somewhat difficult to prognosticate. In the event, however, of the proposi tion being agreed to, it would follow that Sir William Heathcote's responsibilityy would be reduced to select ing one candidate from each list, the other five being as follows :—Sir Wm. Heatlicete, Bart., Lieut.-Colonel Henderson, Henry Mortimer, Esq•, William Philip Snell, Esq., and Henry Currie, Esq. Assuming that an anti-extensionist is selected from the Morley Hotel Committee, that party would thus be increased from two to five in a board of thirteen. Should a con t es t by thi s process be avoided, much good undoubtedly will have been effected ; but it still remains to be seen whether ornqoutietshcee g in rea t t he gam bod a y rra o n fsha e rnet..httaa shareholders y e likely to acquiesce nntes. ~~~ \ , 1