The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-11 00:00:00

MONEY MA RK T tNI- CO 31 31 ER( TIV.7 I .If:LL f CAT V, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 • - American taken for export. The market closed steadily without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 4,700 American, 150 Pernam and Mar anham at sd. to Gid., 20 Bahia at 6id., 100 Egyp tian at 51d. to 6id., and 1,000 Surat at 31d. to 4id. per lb. Railway Shares were firm. _ . The corn trade is firm this morning at Is. per qr. advance on wheat. The next India and China mail on the 19th inst., is to be taken out by the steamer Indus. Vile ship Gloriana has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, with dates of Oct.. 20. A very large mercantile failure had occurred there, by which, as we understand, some of our most important Man chester warehousemen suffer severely. The intelligence received from New York by the steamer Asia, mentions the important fact that heavy shipments of breadstuffs were being made to Liverpool, and so large were the quantities pur chased for the purpose, that freights to English ports had been advanced. On the Monday pre ceding the departure of the steamer, the shipments included 70,000 to 80,000 bushels of grain, and 4,000 to 5,000 barrels of flour. The stock market continued irregular, but with a fair business doing. According to the last weekly return the City Banks showed a decrease in the deposits of 1,846,808, in the circulation of 159,446 dols., in the specie, of 604,549, and in the discounts of 492,289 dols. The Russian Government has been arranging to obtain surgeons from the colleges, not only of the Czar's dominions, but; likewise of Germany, and from the latter country a great many students in medicine will proceed. Very active movements have been going on in Bessarabia, and Prince Paskiewitch and Gortschakoff were in constant communication. • The project of law in Pruss ia p rohibitin g the cir- Est culation of all foreign paper money in retail trans- 20 20 actions, had occasioned much discussion in Berlin, 12. but it is not proposed that it shall come into ope- St. ration until January 1856. 50 On the Vienna Bourse the ho p es of p eace are p 5 stated to have become very strong since the re- 25 St. ported accession of Austria to the new treaty, and B'2s the note of Count Nesselrode offering to accept the St. four points. 50 At the meeting of the Bank of Australia this day 25 the following statement was read and passed : (00 " 1. In pursuance of the course hitherto adopted at this period of the year, to give the proprietors a gene- x . O ral view of the progress of the business since the annual 20 meeting, without entering into details or figures, the directors have to report that the accounts received since St. June exhibit a considerable increase in the operations 50 of the bank in the colonies, and that the large rate of St. profit of the preceding year has been maintained, al. 16 though not, as then, arising from the purchase an ship 16 - meat of gold. 8 "2. The directors have transmitted to the superin- St tendeat instructions respecting the separate investment 25' of the guarantee fund, the receipt of which has been re- 25 cently acknowledged ; and, although the increase in the 50 business has temporarily delayed the completion of this St. important object, the proprietors may rest assured that 50 it will be carried into effect at the earliest possible pe. 10 riod. 10 "3. The latest advices mention that considerable mercantile pressure existed in Australia, but no loss of 20 any importance had at that time fallen upon the Bank. B 4. The Directors are enabled to state, that the ac- 10 counts already in their possession, of the profits on the year's transactions, justify them in declaring their in- St. tention of making an incresse in the bonus next April of 10s., raising it to 565. per share ; which, together with 20 the usual rate of di vide n d of 6 p er cent., will make 4/. St. per share, being e q uivalent to 20 p er cent p er annum St. on the capital stock of the corporation." The English stock market is quieter, but prices have been at a further advances. Consols have 50 been at 923 4, and since at 921 for the account s t , with the dividend off. The New 3 per Cents. have 50 been marked 91ft to 92, and the 3 per Cents. 94. 20 to 91i. Bank Stock has been firm at 209. Ex- 20 chequer Bills have remained at 3s. to 6s. premium. 25 The Bonds have been done at 2. st. Foreign Stocks have been very dull. The 10 Turkish Scrip is at 7i to 8 discount. Russian 41- 25 per Cents. have realised 88. Mexican Stopk is at 21i 4. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 92k, and 20 Belgian 4 1 per Cents. 91. 20 50 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 tocks:—Grenada, Deferred Bonds, sto 6 ; Mexi- ••• can, 21i to 21i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto 1 2 2 0 3 per Cents., 48 to 59 ; Portu g uese 4 per Cents. , _ 41. to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 90 to 98 ; ditto _ 4i per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 19i to 19i ; ditto 3 per Ce n t s., 39 to 391 ; ditto 'Ai Certificates, 5i to 5'4- ; ditto Passive, 4 to 414. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. 17? ) Caterham Dec. 20, King William-st. 20 Great Central of France Great Luxembourg Ditto Lake Constance and Basle Doe. 27, St. Gall. 20 Northern of France West Flanders Deo. 23, 61, Moorgate•street. 100 Ditto The Railway Share Market has been at advanced 1-9,g rates, and with about an average business doing. 25 Caledonian, Midland, North-Eastern, and Great ~.2 5 Western have been principal l y dealt in. Foreign `5 Shares have been in fair request, but not higher. 100 The Mining Market is heavy, the Joint-Stock Banks are a shade higher, and the Steam Naviga tion and Land Shares are about the bailie. 20 5 Prom, the 05rial Lie. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 , (1Loc Business done Bank Stock 209 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 li i i. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, 20. 3 21000 „» 2500 t. 3 Small 6 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 35 per Cent. Ditto 1859, ;, 99a 2 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Maxican 3 per Cent. ... 2li i Russian Bonds, 45 per Cent BB Turkish Scrip 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account 7 - 8 d i Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 45 per Cent. ex. 25 fr Dntan itzehange, 25 per Cent. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 Der ueux,. t.;ertifieates ...... 915 HALF-PAST TIM . 925 i Consols ................... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 11.—Wind this day at Neon, S.S.W. ; light breezeith fine weather. DOVER, Dec. 10. —Wind, N. Arrived—Champague, D from Newport ; Thalia, Newcastle, for Malaga, with damage to sails and bulwarks, having been in contact with a ship in the Downs. Sailed—lris, for Malaga. Put back—Dover (s), O s t en d, with machinery out of order. OFF BONCHURCH, Dec.lo. —Cimbria, for Constantinople. FALMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind N. Arrived —Sylph (a), from London, and left for Dublin. Put back—Venilia , Liverpool. P ORTS MOUTH, Dec. N.N.E. Arrived — Martha Jane, from Shields, a n d sa il e d f or t h e C ape an d Madras; Lady Lglinton (s), Dublin ; I. 0. Shields, for Constantinople, leaky . Sailed—Hx.s. Hecla, for the Eastward ; Cosmopolitan (s.s.), the C r i mea ; Magdalena (8.84, ditto ; Cambria, Geelong ; H.M.S. Leopard, Black Sea ; Antiuore, Constantinople. COWES, Dec. 9.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Albert, from London, for Falmouth, with damage, and three of tke crew washed ove rboard. Sailed—Alma (a), f or th e Crimea ; Petrus, Antwerp. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind, E. Sailed London. . Syren, for London. HULL, Dec. 10. — Wind , N. Arrived—Quimswell, from New York ; Frances Hayes, Quebec ; Puzzle, Terceira ; Telegraph (s), Antwerp ; Jupiter (s), Gothenburg. Sailed Richard and Harriet, for Melbourne. CLYDE, Dec. , • . d N W Arm-eel—Merlin, from Halifax. Sailed—Queen of the Isles, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Priam, Melbourne : Ambassador, Havannah ; Mary, Ma tanzas ; Eliza, Boston. DUBLIN, Dec. 9.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Matilda, from St. Übe's. QuEsNwrowN, Dec. 9.7—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Bri tannia, from Callao ; Rio, Honduras ; Bangalore, Callao, for Dundee; Mary Ann, Callao. WATERFORD, Dec. 9.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— H.M.S. Argus, from Donegal. AIISTRALIA.—Fu advices have been received from Adelaide, South Australia, regarding the navigation of the River Murray. It appears that the steamer Lady Augusta, towing the two barges Eureka and Wakool, nad reached Wellington with valuable cargoes of wool from stations on the river, and had again started upwards on another trip. In the upper Murray district there was much less water than during last year, owing to the i u n su h al floods not having yet come dowu. Captain Cadell, the tea, seasteatner Melbourne, had entered the river from Port illond afterwards crossed the bar outwards for time in f t, where he took in goods and went is a second placed a It is added that the legislative body had safety, sum on the estimates for surveying,. 12"Ing• erecting leading marks at the sea mouth STINRE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 'aid.' LOO Aberdeen risubg. Nottng. Bost. , and Eastn. Junet... all :3 Di fast Sr, Ballymena. all 'Bit-ming. Wolverh. Sz Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Ifanesh. Cheshire Juliet...... ' all Do. Chah. & .250 mad £25 Cons. 19 Do., 30 Myth &Tyne original 225 (isscl. at X , 15,, 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Ca ....... '2ls. Carmarthen and Car digan . all Chester d Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 C wnwall 1.; Oriel' Junction 45 DulAiit&PelfastJuae. all Dundee rerth&Aber , leen Junction all Do. New LOO East Anglian all Eastern Counties :00 Esstern Union, A Stock 100 Da., B. Stuck 814 Do., New ..... .00 East Lancashire 1 : 00 Edinburgh & Glasgowl 94 Minh. and Pub .00 &lin. Prtb &Dundee' 1 worth & Clyde June.' 00 Glasgow &S. Weston.' .00 Great Northern .00 Do., A. Stock 00 Do., B. Stock DO "lt. Sth. ti,West.(lre.;l 00 Great Western 1 -- i .00 'Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 141 4 Do., Thirds 4 Do. Now Thirds [OO Lancash.andYorksi: 19 Do., Fifths 111 Do., f'i'st. Itidiug Un all Liv. Crsby.StSouthpt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst .00 and N. Westu 12 Do. Fifths 1 1D0:101.5h.,M&8... 271 Do. Eighths 100 IT ordon andS. Westn ' *24 Do., £5O 34' Do., £4O all Druludrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 , Aanch.Shof.k Linen 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Iticllancl 100 • )0. Birmng. &Derby all Nlidld. G. West. (Ire, ) 226 Do. Half Shares <lll Newcastle & vowmkt.BuryExten.l 19: Nwpt.Aberg. 8 '1 ewry & Enniskillen all Noway Warrenpoint _ . and Rostrovor 100 Norfolk ..... 3 Northn.Connties Un 100 North British alll North Devon, No. 1 all Do.. No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guarantee , ) 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Porch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London 8 Do. New £lO 1/ l.i N. &S. Wstrn. ,llamp- stead, and City .Tn. 17, North Staffordshire., all North Western..,..., all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 00 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth LOU Scottish Central . ,00 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. da Herefd il Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full paid up at per co, , dl A - outh nevou ,X) oath Eastern 11 S'outh Wales 5 Yrksh. & Riv. Du 5 Do S itaines,Wolc,& \Vol; T 1 I tocktOn & Darliu 'toekton & llartlapl 10(1 Gaff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares 1(X) Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dool , and 11,ilway all Vale of Neath all Watcrfd. & Kilkenu all waterfora&Limeri, 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace ' IWost Loudon Ills. Winadedn &Croydou all Antwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Juno. 8 Beziers to Graissossac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndi a.Serip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible ail Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. 'Tuna. of France 12 Gd. Tk of Canad.a.A. is. all Do. d o all (Do. St. Lawrence & Atlaugc do. all Do. Cei i - ,. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent.' Gt. Western of Canad, 100 100 20 20 20 20 Shares all Do. Bds., paya.blo's7 with option till '55. all De. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all De. (10., '73, withou I option all Hamilton Bz, Toronto all De. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basic all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do.. Obligations iO Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Meditorral 1 ,41.6 j !Madras 2 Do. Nev 3li Maria Antonia %lot Do. do. Now 2 'Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur ik Liege (with interest). all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 p. e. k red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1851 all Do. 201. 3 p. s Bds. (fmy.B. & Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54. p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 14 St. AndreW'e find Quebec (A). all West Flanders all Do 5? per e. Pref 12 Western of France_ 1;; west. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ............ 20 Zealand ............... TOINT-STO' all Au5tra1a5ia,........... all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chita. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lona 16 English Scottish and Xustraliau all fond. Cha.rt. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New.. 2.2, National of Ireland. all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of CorporAtion . 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. Ncw 1 Royal Australn.l3kg gc Gold Imp Co all. South Australia. all Union of Australia 2?, Do. New 10 ' lju‘ou of Lonclo..“, eloging Prices Saturday. 20 - 2oi 4i - 4i n - Si 12 11 ii 16 - 17 7 - 6 93 - 95 61i -61 i 13A - 1 , 4 10 - 41 - 31 - 73 15 - 16 11i - 114 69 - 71 53 - 55 19 - 20 67 - 69 88 - 89 75 - 76 123 - 125 87 -8 ) 70i 71 69 - 71 72 - 77 6 -8, 6 - 8 72i - 73 5i - 5 4 41 104 -- 106 1 994 100 dd d 4 d 1 4 -- 84 83 9 • 8 :11 9 8 i*3 68i 69 39 - 41 id— pal 101 9 4 , 2 2t 49 - 51 3i • 3 i 31i 32 10 - 6i - 75 - 76 62 - 6 4t - 3U 13 -13 12 - 53 53 - 55 1 3 p 4 - 6t - 6§ 31} - 32, 91 - 93 60 - 62 71 - 8} 43 - 45 11 13 - 60. 29 - SO. I - i 34 -- 36 ..• -"' ... - •. 3 - 4 7 18 4 - 4 20 - 2 6 - 7 6 - 7 FOREIGN. 6 - 61 1 - 14 is-Ap ..• - 3/ - ••• ''.... - P i - 31i -- 32 - 1 1 3 1 --- 'T . 1 ) 8A - 7 9 - 7d 10 81 1p a zp par iP 16; -- 17.4, is :- ii; lid •-d 2 d par par -- 2p ~. die 3 4 3 d ... - . ... id-4 p ,•• ..... e• 6i - 7 ••• - ••• :341 - 35 121 -- 12 RA - 20 -204 p ... 46 ig 38 40 ,•,*„ pm zus —21 i Isl par ' 2/ lid 76 8 ... -pm 4 - 6_p i6i = i*i BANKS. — n -- 7. — io fa —I a 3i— 3d 20 - 21} 37 - 39 37 - 33 41 - 43 67 - 69 VA V.: pet Engine.; done this day. Bedford and Bletcliley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. L Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fr Dk. Railway Hall & Selby , Do. Shares. Do. 4 I Shares. 'Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlosbro' & Redcar . Indld.Bradfd Northern an , ! Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. Do. Shares. Roystn.k Hit. Shef. Roth a , Goole g. 5 p.c.' S. Stafforcish. Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent_ Do. Wilts&mrst 95 - 100 99 - 101 131 - 136 103 - 105 13 -- 13 23 -- 24 10/ -- 111 2A - 2i 92 - f 4 - 59 134 = 136 i . d 30 - 31 91 - 93 20 I S THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1854. LINES LEASED AT FIXED JENTALI. IPaid.l RAILWATF; Leasing Compans Closing Prices Saturday. BusinoSs this day. London & N. West. Caledon... .Nrthn. [(lonian. fit. Yk. New. Y. Do Do IS. Easton Peto & Co. ,Norfolk L.& N. W. & Stckton & Darlingt. Aiillancl.. E. Count. Do L. SLN.W ALLiaStin Do GtNorthr. Laucash& Yorksh. A.MCleau 'tockt. & Darlingt ltWestn PREFERENCE SHARES. St. DO St. 11.(X) 25 I 30 Xberdeen No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 504 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 56 per cent Do. do. Pref. N.. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons p. c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (I:310s 6 per cent I Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex , tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . c. St. Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent... _ _ It. 100 !CI 5 t. 100 .5 all all 64 all 6i all NI all 5 j all 7i 2 6' all 61 all • all O all 5 all 10 all It s all it. 100 5 all 5 I all Do. 51., 10 ner cent.' Do. 101. Deliend.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundeei 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 is p. c Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref i Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants'Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm, Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S. Do. do. sp. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches, Gua. Stk. Do. do. do it. 100 10 84 61 all !O I 7 i 0 6 Do. do. do Lan. &York. F 1:20 1 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. dr Nuneaton 5 p. ct. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderiy& Coler Shares Lowly. & Ennis. Sh Shef., & Lin , .2 C ;5 all .0 all 6 4 1.2 A all 1.24 all 1.2 IW. Shares, 1;4).1. ... Do. New, £lO IDo. £6.: ITarypt.&Cazl.4 p c per cent. trim' at. 1100 - vlid. Consol .6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol 6 per cent.... [)o. Pref. 41 per eel' qorfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stec 00. 5 p.c. Ext Do. 5,4, per ct.prof.„ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. N'orth British 97 - 100 Ilcrvg, 4 p.c. P. Fr : 160 5i - 61 i -- i 1 - ) 4- t P 12i -- 13,E 22, ; - 24 25 10 ..0.6 60 - 65 va ii I It. I KO M all !O all ?.0 16 ?,5 all 106 - 107 1 99 - 101 15{ 5 2 I all 6 -- 64 93 -- 95 89 -- 91 91 -- 93 10 -- 11 16 -- 17 10 10i 71 -- 73 18 -- 19 9 -- 9i ' 13i -14 i lt --, id 134 136 Do. do. do._ ...... Do. Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters 4S De. York & Pr r• North Staffordshire )xford, Worcester, iv Wolverh.£ls, scot. Cent. ,New Prof Do. 5 per cent south Devon 5) 4 0.. fixed, 41i per ceff S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6cl. Do, 4. per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Wales Gua. 4 p. c. DO. de. 4i p. c.... . itockton and Dar- lington, 5 per cent Do. do. do, itoekton and Hartle. ... '-'' ... 2/ - 2p 10/ -- lli i - iP • • t 33 135 1k id 1 din - 90 104 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 92 3 - 8 I 110 - 112 • • I 11 13 id par 221 22 15 :18 pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 ,Waterfd.Sailk.6p.c. . ••• :I'd iP I 2 1 d 109,i Mr. Smith O'Brien has gone to Brum said, he intends to reside with his family, We have great reason to doubt the truth of the reporl that Prussia has adhered to, much less signed, the Aus trian Treaty. Indeed, if we are rightly informed, the treaty has not yet been formally communicated to the Court of Berlin. as, where, it is Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, already the conductor of his own magazine and the New Monthly, has taken Bentley's Miscellany under his direction. A new tragedy, called The Gladiator of Ravenna, lot long ago anonymously produced at Vienna, and which was received there with the utmost enthusiasm, proves to owe its patronage to Herr von Weber, a son of the com poser of Der ]7reyschutz. EMIGRATION. —The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for vessels to proceed respectively to Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, each to be ready for passengers between the 25th of January and the 2d of February inclusive, as may hereafter be determined. A NEW CEMETERY.—A prospectus has been issued of the London and Western Districts Cemetery Company, with a capital of 50,0001. in 51. shares. The site which has been sanctioned by the Home-office is at Park-hill, Isleworth, and comprises about 60 acres, with access by road, railway, river, and canal. A medal will be promptly issued to the troops serving in the Crimea. The medal will be given to all those who have served in any part of the present campaign. A clasp will be added for the Alma and one for Taker man. The regiments engaged are to have en their colours and appointments the words "Crimea," "Alma," and " Inkerman." THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—It Barcelona, Rens, Tar ragona, Valencia, and Alicante arrangements are being made for conveying persons to and from Paris during the Exhibition, and maintaining them there for eight or fiifteen days for a fixed sum. I NCREASE D CONSUMPTION OF TEA. --- Saturday a Parliamentary paper was published, from which it ap. pears that in the ten months ended the sth November, 1852, the quantity of tea entered for home consumption was 47,122,979 lbs. ; in 1853, 49,800,547 lbs. ; and in the present year, 51,461,318 lbs. A NEW MANUFACTORY.—We understand that a com pany of German gentlemen will shortly commence a n extensive factory at the westend of this borough for the purpose of manufacturing German wools of every v a . riety.—Sunderland Times. PHILADELPHIA. —A great impression has been pro duced here by the stoppage of Reeves, Buck, and Co., the largest iron manufacturers in Pennsylvania. The liabilities of the house are stated at different amounts, from 2.00,000/. to 300,0001., while their nominal assets are represented to reach from 800,0001. to 600,0001. PRINTERS STRIKE.—The printers of Nashville are on a strike. They demand thirty-five cents per thousand ems, which the proprietors refuse to give. MARYLEBONE ELECTlON.—Yesterday a telegraphic despatch was received from Sir Charles Napier, consent. ing to his nomination for this borough. In the telegra. phic despatch he announces his political creed thus : " War to the knife with Russia—extensive reform— vote by ballot—shorter Parliaments—and general edu cation. He also states that he and his squadron of five ships have been detained in the Great Belt by heavy gales. SEASONABLE SUPPLIES FOR OUR SOLDIERS IN THE EAST.—Two young ladies of Dowlais, Glamerganshire, the Misses Evans, daughters of Mr. John Evans, have in a most praiseworthy manner forwarded for tke use of the wounded, &c., in the East 5,793 yards of linen ban dages, 108 yards of flannel ditto, 34 linen, and 23 flannel shirts, made by themselves. Three hundred and eighteen Polish non-commissioned officers and soldiers have accepted the offer made by the French Government to the Russian prisoners quartered in tbu Isle cfAix, to enrol themselves in a foreign legion to fight at:ainst Russia. We aro told on good authority that by this time (Dec. 9) French reinforcements to the extent of 30,000 men must have arrived in the Crimea. The French army there will speedily be 80,000 strong. It is not intended to form any more divisions (the 9th Division is the last), but the " Cadres" will be filled up so as to augment the army to the strength we have stated. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET. This being the day appointed for holding the Great Christmas Cattle Show, the usual bustle and excitement invariably witnessed on this occasion were apparent at an early hour. The great difficulties experienced during nearly the whole of the present year in rearing adequate supplies of what may be termed fat stock fer this and ether markets, and the unusually bad condition in which the beasts have come to hand during the past six months —indeed, we may state that fully two-thirds exhibited here since the latter end of June have been beneath the middle quality—led many parties to conclude that there would be a great comparative deficiency in the supply for Christmas consumption. Although there were some defi ciencies to which we shall presently allude, the show, taken as a whole, was a ♦ery good one, and kept up its long-established - character. In bringing the leading breeds under particular notice, we may observe that the changes in the mode of exhibition in the show yard in Baker-street, have been productive of a great amount of benefit, because they are keeping pure blood amongst our stock, and thereby ena bli u g us to fall back upon a reserve—in the event of cross-bred animals becoming deteriorated—the ♦alue of which can scarcely be estimated. Tu-day's market strongly illustrated these remarks. In former years, we have been accustomed to witness a good supply of beasts from the west of England ; in other words, the number of Devous has formed a heavy portion of the arrivals. To-day, that breed reached us to an ex tent seldom before witnessed, and of weight and quality which surprised the most experienced breeders. This we look upon as one of the results arising from placing the Devons as the first-class beasts in the show-yard. To show the strength of the supply, we may observe that there could not have been loss than 1,600 pore Devons on sale many of them weighing from 180 to 200 stones, and very few under 150 stones of 8 lbs. The prices realised fir this particular breed were nearly on a par with those obtained in the corresponding week in 1853. We now come to the Herefords. This portion of the supply was, if anything, far superior, taking weight, condition, and quality into consideration, to most former seasons. Many of the beasts were of enormous weight; indeed numbers of them were superior to any shown in the second-class n the yard last week. The high prices paid for this particular breed dur ing the whole of the present year, and the almost total ab sence of disease amongst it, have operated as a great pre ventive to the breeders, whose gains have greatly exceeded almost any former season. But we have yet to enlarge upon. another portion of this great exhibition, viz., the shorthorns. From nearly all parts of England, but more particularly from Lincoln shire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Norfolk — noble, well-proportioned, and bulky animals reached us. The value of this portion of the supply it would be impos sible to estimate ; and we congratulate the feeders in having forwarded so splendid an addition to the aggre gate numbers. This breed has certainly lost none of its excellent points from being placed in the third class by the Smithfield Club, and here we would remark that the heavy breeds of beasts have this season failed to come up to their accustomed weight from reasons already explained. More than the usual number of wonderfully fine Scots bred iu England and Scotland were in the market. In our opinion they formed one of the most interesting features, notwithstanding their colour, and, when we consider the great value of this breed—indeed a more valuable one does not exist—we are led to tie practical conclusion that it has never received fair play at the hands of the Smith field Club. If the commitsee can point out to us a supe rior class of beasts we will at once admit that we are wrong, but not before. As regards the various other breeds shown this morning _ we may intimate that they did not exhibit any points worthy of particular observation. However the show in this respect was a good one. There was about an average eupply of foreign stock in the market, but its general con dition was very inferior. And it is a remarkable fact that little or no improvement has taken place in it since the passing of the present tariff laws, notwithstanding that we have paid the Dutch graziers high prices for both beasts and sheep. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were 5,831 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we received 4,795; in 1852, 4,869 ; in 1851, 3,628 ; in 1850, 5,734; in 1849, 3,720; in 1848, 3,155; and in 1847, 1,913 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh lO2 203 ... Harlingen Rotterdam 562 ... 1,083 Nicu Plop 43 312 Amsterdam 22 401 pord 47 Ostcud 5 ... - ... ns ... -- ... Total ... 1,098 4,461 274 ... It is supposed tiat neatly five thousand of the beasts were brought into London by the various railways. Allowing nearly one hundred miles for erech beast to travel, it would require nearly six hundred engines to draw this immense bucolic supply to the Metropolis. The companies generally made the most perfect arrangements to for ward the stock, and great credit is due to them for the promptitude with which they met this heavy demand upon their locomotive power. The City authorities exerted themselves to provide space for the supply, yet a large portion of the beasts was placed in some of the adja. ... _ cent streets. The evil of the want of adequate accommo. dation will no longer be felt, as the trade of this market will be removed next mouth to Copenhagen-fields. The following are the numbers of beasts exhibited, and the prices obtained for them, on the great days during the past fifteen years : Year. 1839 1840 1811. Beasts shown. 5,074 3,528 4,500 Prices. 3s 4d to 5s Od 4s 4d 5s 8d 31 8d 5s Od 1 ii 12 4,541 1843 4,510 3 s 4d 4s Ed. 28 Sd 45 4cl 1844 ... 5,713 ... 4 3 Od 4s 6d 1845 ••• 5,326 ... 3s 61 43 8d 1846 ... 5,470 ... 4s Od 5s 8d 1847 .. 4 , 282 33 4d 4s 81 1848 ••• . 5,042 ... 33 4d 43 8d 1819 • ... 5,765 ... 3 3 4d 4s 61 1850 ••• 6,341. ... 3s Od 3s 10d 1851 ••• 6,103 ... 2s 8d 4s 2d 1852 ... 6,271 ... 2s 8d 4s Od 1853 ••• 7,037 ... 3s 2d 4s 10d Although we have described the beasts as of excellen quality, it must be understZlTh-atthe total number in the market was not equal to the supply exhibited at the same period in 1853 , ne i ther was the agg regate sh ow to prime in quality, arising from numerous low breeds, brought forward. The present arrivals may be thus referred to : Mr. Robert Morgan exhibited some first-rate stock, the property of his Royal Highness Prince Albert.. The same gentleman showed some wonderfully fine short horns be longing to Mr. Robert Cook Mr. W. Themes , a n d Mr. W. Goodall, Lincolnshire graziers ; Mr Thoma s Feltome, Mr. R. Leeds, and M r. Alday, residing in Norfolk ; and Sc ots from Mr. Mil ne , Mr. Martin, Mr. Cooper, and other gra ziers in Scotland, Mr. D. Maidwell ex hibit e d 40 extraor dinary Scots, bred by Mr. MacCombie, of Tilley, from Aberdeenshire. These Scots were decidedly the best in the market. Mr. D. Borley showed some good Scots, forwarded by Mr. . 111 tenborough, of Brabrook, Northamptonshire, and from Mr. Martin and Mr. Knowles, of Aberdeenshire ; also some prime short horns from Mr. Wright, of Tring, Norfolk. Mr. Dixon brought forward some very fine short horns, the property of the Marquis of Exeter ; short horns, fed by Mr. Thomas, of Holbeach Marsh; Lincolnshire ; Herefords, bred by Mr. Marshall, near Banbury; and short horns, the property of Mr. J. Little, of Whittles's. Messrs. Giblettand Gurrier showed 50 very fine Scots, belonging to Mr. W. Mile, of Aberdeenshire ; also several lots, the pro perty of Messrs. Stuart, Sheppard, Martin, Knowles, and others, together with 80 Spanish oxen. As regards the beef trade, we may observe that, owing to the probable state of the weather, and the large atten dance of country butchers, many of whom purchased ex• tensively, it was decidedly firm, and prices were on the advance. A few very superior Scots realised ss. Bd. per 811ss., and the general top figure for beef was ss. 4d., at which a good clearance was effected. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was not to say very superior, there were some remarkably fine animals on sale. Messrs. Weal exhibited 70 prime Downs, fed by his Boyal Highness Prince Albert; 56 Downs, the property of E. F. Whittingstale, Esq., of Langley Bury, Herta ; and 100 Gloucester ewes, belonging to R. Rowland, Esq., of Creslow. Messrs. Weal had also prime sheep from numerous graziers. , Mr. Eland exhibited 50 superior Lincolns, belonging to Mr. Hernley and others. Mr. W. Gurrier showed 20 heavy Cotswolds, the property of Mr. W. Hewer, of Northleack. These animals realised from 41.105. to 61. each. Also 15 Coltswolds forwarded from Wiltshire, and which ranged at 51. per head. We had a good. demand for all kinds of sheep, and, in most instances, prices advanced 2d. per 8 lbs. A few very superior Downs sold at bs. 4d., and the general top figure was ss. 2d. per 8 lbs. The show of calves was limited, and the veal trade ruled steady at last Monday's prices. The highest figure was ss. 6d. per 8 lbs. Piga were in fair average supply and moderate request, at our quotations. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton- shire we received 2,000 short-horns ; from Norfolk and Suffolk, 800 Scots, Herefords, &c. ; from other parts of England, 2,000 of various kinds; and from Scotland, 600 horned and polled Scots. " Per 81bs to sink the offal& s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality—.. 3 10 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 410 Primo Scots, &e. 5 0 5 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Seconu quality ...4 0 4 4 prime erse.-wlled.4 6 410 TOTAL SUPPLY. S. (1. s d. Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2 Large crse. calves 4 0 410 Primo small d 0... 5 0 5 6 Large hogs 3 4 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 5 0 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 Beasts .. • • •'• • • gi Sheep .• • .• .. • • • • .. • • .• ..22,82D Calves:.• .• ••••••.• •• •• .. 107 riga ~•• ....••es to .2 ..•• 240 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts•• •• •• •• •• •• ••.. . 1,135 Sheep • . • • • • •.. ..... ...... 2,t20 Calees.. •••••.. • • .. ..... . 67 Pigg~~............ ~..._~ A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec. 12, 1853, and this day, Monday, Dec. 11, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the otrals. Dec. 12, 1853.1Dec.11,1854, s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4 3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 3103 10 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 1 4 8 410 Prime Scots, (tc 4 8 4 10,5 0 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 0 3 4 1 3 8 310 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 4 44 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 6 4 10,4 6 410 Prime Southdown ditto 5 0 G 25 0 5 2 Lambs 0 0 0 0 ;1:1 0 0 0 Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6'4 0 410 Prime small ditto ... 4 8 5 o's 0 5 6 Large hogs ... ... 3 4 4 0 4 4 2 seat small porkers 4 2 4 10'4 4 5 0 6,181 Sheep ... 23,830 22,820 Calves... ... ...253 107 Pigs 295 210 Symms ox SALE , Dee. 13, 1852.—Beasts, 6,271; sheer, 20,570; calves, 220; pigs, 310. December 15,1851.—Beasts, 6,103; sheep, 23,420; calves, 74 ; pigs, 482. CORN EXCHANGE. About an average business was transacted in Vi beat in most of the country markets held on Saturday. In prices no material change took place. Barley and malt were very (lull, and rather easier to purchase. Oats, beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention. Advices from New York to the 28th nit. state that no change had taken place in the grain markets. On the continent, tko business doing in wheat for shipment to England has been limited. The arrivals of home-produce up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 5,258 quarters of wheat, 6,846 oats, 9,748 beans, 472 peas, 328 tares, 6,059 linseed, 5,283 sacks and 1,415 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise and by land carriage, were on a moderate scale, and in but middling condition. On the whole the stands exhibited rather a limited number of samples of both red and white, especially of the latter. Notwith standing that the attendance of millers was not to say ex tensive, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home pro duce ruled steady, at an improvement in the quotations obtained on Monday last of is. per quarter. At that amount of advance nearly or quite the whole of the supply was cleared off. _ _ _ ........._ The show of foreign wheat was but moderate. Good heavy qualities were in fair request, and, in some in stances, is per quarter dearer than on this day lee'enaight. Low and middling parcels sold slowly on former terms. We had very little inquiry for floating cargoes of grain. Holders, however, were very firm in their demands. The show of barley was smaller than for some weeks past. However, the trade ruled heavy, and prices were barely supported. The malt trade was very dull, and the quotations were rather easier. The supply of eats was rather extensive, whilst the de mand ruled heavy at 6d to is per quarter beneath last Mon'iay's currency. Large supplies of foreign beans being on offer that de scription of produce was heavy, and is per quarter lower. Peas met a dull inquiry, at is per quarter less money. There was rather more doing in flour on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier 713 to 73s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnak., feed 27s 30s Potato . 2Bs 32. Yonghal and Cork Black. •• 25s 29s Cork, White 27s 31s Sootch,Feed. •• 28s 31s Beans—Tick .. 41s 45s Pigeons .•.. 45s 503 Peas—Grey ..• ••• •... 37s 40s Maple... .• •• 41s 43s •• •• •• 46s 48s Boilers ••• 483 51s Flour—Town-made. •• 68s 73s Suffolk •••• • 54s 62s Stocktn & Norfolk 54s 56s Wheat—Essex & Kent. Red .... new 708 to 833 Ditto•• •• ........ old 74s 818 Ditto, White new 79s 86s Ditto.. •• .... old 78s 88s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 66s Ditto new •• 658 Rye—Old •• •• •. —8 New ..•..•...... 42s Barley—Grinding ..• 32s Malting . .• .• •• •• 338 Chevalier•• •• • 37s 62s 67s 56s 608 KingstonandWare 688 70s —s 47s 348 36s 38s NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Very large supplies of country-killed meat have been received up to these markets since Monday last, and the show of each kind slaughtered in the metropolis is season ably good, thouet deficient in quality. The general de mand is in a sluggish state, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 0 3 1 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 I Do., do. small 4 2 4 6 Pork, large 3 0 3 8 e. d. N. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Veal 3 6 4 10 Pork, small 3 10 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. Fine new hops are very scarce, and selling at full quota tions. Other kinds are dull in sale, at barely late rates. Last week's imports of foreign hops into London were ex tensive, viz., 13 bales from Dunkirk, 8 from Calais, 22 from Havre, 1,914 from New York, 1 from Boulogne, 194 from Hamburg, 248 from Rotterdam, 779 from Ostend, and 305 from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 151 10s to 21i Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 141 144 to 161 lOs ; Sussex ditto, 141 Os to 151 10s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise and by railway the receipts of potatoes during the week have been on a fair average scale. The imports have amounted to only 12 bags from Hambro', 3 baskets from Harlingen, 6 hampers, 8 baskets, 2 bags from Rotter dam, 8 sacks from Dublin, 10 bags from Liwetiek, and 70 bags from Belfast. The general demand is steady, as follows :—Scotch reds, 105 s to 1103 ; do. Regents, 105 s to 120 s ; York Regents, 105 s to 125 s ; Lincolnshire do., 95a to 115 s ; other kinds, 90s to 105 s per ton. WOOL. Since Monday last so little business has been transacted in our market that the quotations have ruled nominal. The imports have amounted to 650 bales from Melbourne, 500 from Hobart Town, 153 from Buenos Ayres, 9 from Leghorn, 2,500 from Sydney, 232 from Alexandria, and 93 bags from Hambro'. The following are the current rates of English wool Southdown hoggets, is 03 to is ld ; Southdown owes, is 0,1 to is 0 d ; half-bred wethers, is 03 to Os 03 ; half-bred hoggs, is 01 to is Oid ; Kent fleeces, is 13 to is lid ; Leicester fleeces , is 03 to Is 0 d ; flannel wool, pm to is ld ; blanket wool, 91t to is ld ; and combing skins, Os Od to Os Od per lb. SEEDS. There has been a moderate inquiry for 'clover seed, at about stationary prices. Linseed and rapeseed move off freely, at extreme quotations. Cakes are quite as dear as last week. In other articles very little is doing. Turnip,White,per bush. 21s to 255 Swede • • • • • • 213 38s Anstard, Brown • ... • • 8s lOs White, new . • . • .. 105 —s r sres,Winter, new .• • • Ils 12s Old • • • • • • •• • Os OdOs Od Oanary, per quarter .. 44s 50s Rye grass • • • • • • • • • • 243 283 Clover, Red Eng . (cwt.) —s —a White • • • • .... •• —a Foreign Red ...... —s — e White • • • • —s —s Trefoil, new ... • ...... 16a 203 Carraway.... •••• • • .. 26s 40s Coriander •• • • .... •• •• 163 183 liempseed, per quarter CI 44s Linseed, Eng.iowing•• 66s 68s Crushing .• • . •.. 62s 64s Baltic ••••.. • • .. 58s 62s Odessa .• •••••• • • 631 65s Linseed Cake, pr. ton—: English •• . 111 11812 10: Foreign, per ton 11:0s 12' lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 61Ot 6'los liapeseed,New,pr lit 30 10: 34; Os TALLOW. Our market has ruled heavy since Monday last, and prices have given way is per cwt. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 61s 6d ; and for the end of the year 64s 9d per cwt. Town tallow, 63s Od per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s 6d. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. Stock this da 56,152 68,451 48.819 42,140 33.577 37e Od 36s 9d ••.o 46, Cd •43 555 9d ;4s 6 , 1 to nice of Y. C. ..•• to 37s 64 Od —9 Od to i6s Od --s 04 Delivery last week • • 2,254 3,156 3.329 1,347 2,011 Ditto from June 1.... 51,734 57,455 57,118 58,0G7 43,618 Arrivals last week.. 1,785 290 1,926 11.165 1,376 Ditto from Junel.... 82,246 89,372 65,309 75 9.0 41,175 trice of Town.-- 39a 6d , 398 6d 493 3d 58s 01 G 5, 6d REPRESENTATION OF EAST GLOCESTERSHIRE.—NO reply has yet been received from Mr. Holford, who has been solicited by the Conservatives to come for ward for the vacant seat, and who is still upon the Continent ; but an address has been put for ward by Mr. 3. Curtis Hayward, the chairman of the Conservative committee, in which be says, Mr. Holford's "high character, and his well-known prin ciples, are a sufficient guarantee to the electors of the division, that he would most satisractorily represent them in Parliament." The Hon. Grantley Berkeley has also addressed the electors, promising to go to the poll, on tie supposition that the electors wish to return " a representative who will be firm to Lord Derby, or any other Minister whiise measures will mete to every class in her Majesty's dominions a fair share of those blessings which are not blessings shared in universally." LIVERPOOL, Dec. 9.—The Royal mail steamer Ame rica, Lang commander, sailed for Halifax and Boston to-day with 150 passengers, including Rear-Admiral Bruce, who goei out to take command of the Pacific fleet. The South American paddle steamer, Captain Haram, sails to-morrow, with about 50 passengers and the mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Brazils, and the River Plate. The screw steamer Hydaspd, late Lusitania, sailed to-day for Marseilles, having been purchased from the South American and General Steam-ship Company, by the French Imperiet Company, to run between that pert and Balaklava. TEN GUAYAMAS AFFAIR.—In that portion of the nar rative of the affair at Guayamas between the French and the Mexicans, Doctor Pigne-Dupuytren states positively that Mr. Calve, the Consul of France, said to the French assembled about his house—" Surrender to me your arms, and I promise you the lives of all shall be safe, and that of Count de Raonsset likewise." He further states that there are twenty people ready to swear before God that he used these words.—San Francisco Herald, Oct. 29. THE SECRETARYSHIP TO THE POOR-LAW BOARD. —The statement which we published two or three days ago, on the authority of a contemporAy, that Mr. Hayward, Q.C., succeeds Lord Oourtenay •as Secretary to the Poor-law Board, is, we believe, well founded ; and the appointment will be viewed with just and general satis faction by all who are acquainted with the peculiar qua lifications of that learned gentleman for the important and responsible post in question. his juridical and general acquirements have been abundantly proved by his wr itings, and by his eighteen years' editorship of the Law Magazine er a s v d e r w i n e g know n t i t o h n a t to e a s a , d f m o n t a r a tyieoanrsOfptahide pa a oor laws, and that h e h as wr itten fully, ably, and on sound principles, upon nearly every sub ject connected with it. In the course of a public in quiry which he conducted in Dublin, in 1847, his duty led him to examine personally into the con dition of the poor of that c it y ; a n d his report exhibit s a complete and thorough acquaintance with all the leading sanitary questions which bear on the well-being of the humbler classes. From all that we know of the high character, sound judgment, and enlightened views both of the Pre sident of the Poor-law Board and of his new coadjutor, we are satisfied that those gentlemen will most cordially and efficiently co-operate in the business of that im portant department which Mr. Baines has for several years, so ably and successfully adminOtered, TABLES OF THE TRADE NAVIGATION OF THE 8,777/., Hamilton imported only 1571., and some other PROVINCE OF CANADA FOR THE TEAR 1853, I ports none at all. The value of the " osiery",imported by the whole province amounts to only 3,5161. 4s. 10d.; surely this is ridiculous. Why, we know a merchant of Belleville (a third-class port in Upper Canada) who imported fully that value of this article alone. On turning over the next page to "Hosiery" we find Bel leville put down for 4,5231. of haberdashery,. or more than what the remainder of the province imported alto getker. What luxurious and independent folks they must be ia Toronto. Of the jewellery and plate imported into the province Toronto alone imported 20,8331. out of 39,8601., while they monopolise the lace goods alto gether, say 2,5961. out of 2,7531., said to be imported by the whole province. But it is not in jewellery and plate and lace only that the Terontonians beat the remainder of the province; they excel in music it appears, of 33,7091: Musical instruments imported by the . province, they alone imported 25,0191. Really they are a happy people these Torontonians; they don't care a fig for time, at least so says the "General Statement of Imp orts." W e notice that of the " unenuinerated articles " paying 12h - per cent. Montreal alone is put down at 190,1331., or more than one-half of the value put down for the whole pro vince, for these articles. The proportion which the im ports cf Quebec bear to those of Montreal is about 1 to 3 or 1,141,5941. to 3,331,5391.; yet the unenumerated articles for these ports show a proportion of about 1 to 28, or Quebec 6,912/., and Montreal 199,1321. Quebec, 18th November, 1834. A. B. C. (From the Quebec Chronicle.) Su3ll is the title of a large volume of 486 pages, pre sented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of his Excellency the Governor-General, and bearing the signature of the late Inspector-General. The volume, it is stated, is compiled from official returns. Viewed in the light of information furnished by the ExecutiVe Government to the Houses of Parliament, and through them to the people at large this volume is a very impor tant one. It forms the balance sheet of our Import and Export Trade. It is our own statement of this trade put thus in an official and conspicuous manner before the world. It shows the sources from whence taxes to the amount of 1,028,676/. 15s. 7d., during the fiscal year of 1853, have been derived. Commencing with the class of dutiable articles, which presents itself first in order in the " Summary Statement of Imports" we will take a cursory glance at the principal articles from which the larger amounts of revenue have been derived. Promi nent among this first class of articles, subject to a speci tic as well as an ad valorem, duty, stands the article of Raw Sugar. Here we find 282,220 cwt. ; value, 251,9191. ; duty, 107,6921. ; that is, the sugar conwunied by the working man at two meals of three, to sweeten Ins coffee in the morning and his tea in the evening, is taxed 40 per cent., or for every shilling's worth he con ,ufnes he pays sd. taxes to the Inspector-General. Next comes the article of Tea. Hero are 5, 292, 3551b5. ; value, 390,1051. ; duty, 70,8141., which show that this article of every day's consumption, " the cup which cheers, yet inebriates not," s taxed 18 per cent., or 2d. on the shilling. Next in importance comes Molasses, an article of healthful luxury to the working classes. Here we find 1,406,525 gallons ; value 53,3711. ; duty, 19,1281., or 36 per cent. ; that is, 4id. on the shilling is paid in taxes for each shilling's worth consumed. Next comes Wine of all kinds. Here are 358,471 gal lons ; value, 51,3321. ; duty, 24,3061., or nearly 47 per cent., or sd. on the shilling. Now, take up Spirits and Strong Waters. Brandy, for instance, shows 147,828 gallons • value 34,891/. ; duty, 23,5061., or 6 7 per cent. Gin shows 129,273 gallons ; value, 12,9421. ; duty, 16,1631., or nearly 125 per cent. That is, brandy is taxed Bd. on the shilling, and the taxes on gin amount to more than the original cost of the article itself by 25 per cent. The consumption of imported whisky ex ceeds in quantity nearly that of all the other strong liquors put together. We have whisky, 324,074 gal lons ; value, 24,453/. ; ' duty, 7,1071., while brandy, gin, and rum put together, show 341,858 gallons. Turn ing up to page 466 of the book of tables, we find the "Inland Revenue Department" shows that 2,728,692 gallons of proof spirits, the produce of 1,390 stills, have bees manufactured in the produce during the year 1853. Deducting 14,485 gallons exported, there re• main for consumption in the province 2,714,207 gal lons, of our own production, which, added to our import, show a total of 3,038,281 gallons of whisky remaining for consumption. We leave the advocates of the Maine Law and their opponents to deduce what conclusions they please from these figures, but we wish respectfully to suggest to the Inspector- General the policy, nay, the necessity, of reducing the present duty of 47 per cent. levied on wine. Increase the consumption of wine, and you pro tanto decrease the consumption of these noxious alcoholic liquors. The total value of the articles subject -to a specific as well as an ad valorem duty, entered for consumption during 1853, was 1,042,79i1.; duty, 331,163/., or nearly 32 per cent. Now, while we admit that on some of the articles included in this class we would gladly see a higher rate of duty levied, because we consider their consumption noxious to the public) health and morals, yet we firmly believe that the duties on many of the articles, namely, raw sugar, green coffee, molasses, tea, and wine, ought to be lessened considerably, and in such a way that the poor as well as the rich man should reap the benefit somewhat proportionably. We consider that the total abolition of the ad valorem duty would benefit the rich man more than the poor man. Abolish the ad valorem, duty on wine for instance ; then the poor man who requires a bottle of wine for his sick wife or child must pay the same duty per gallon on wine which costs him at the rate of 10s. per gallon, as will the rich man or the epicure, who guzzles his daily quantum of crusty port or sparkling champagne, which costs 255. a gal lon. The tax would be more equalised by being levied on the value only. This, it may be said, would open the door to fraud ; impose, then, a discriminating duty, which would be a happy mean between the two ex tremes. The 2d class, or 30 per cents, preserved spices, naaccaroni, fruit, dried and undried, might be ad mitted at a much lower rate of duty, and at the same time increase, not decrease, the revenue. The reci procity act will admit dried and untitled fruits, the growth and produce of the United States, free of duty, but this will be very limited in operation, as apples and peaches are perhaps the only fruits the United States produced in any-quantity for exportation. By reducing the duties on the above-mentioned articles, the consump tion of these healthful luxuries in our northern climate would be much increased. 3d class, or 20 per cents. The duties on this class will undergo considerable al teration by the reciprocity act, in fact they will be nearly all abolished; 19,0001. out of 32,000/., the total value imported, comes to us from the United States. 4th class, or 12 j per cents. The total of this class shows a value of 5,121,1731. ; duty, 640,1461., or 62 per cent. on the whole amount of duties levied on imports. The largest item of this class is cottons; value, 1,315,6851. ; duty, 164,4611. Next come Woolleas ; value, 1,254,256/. ; duty, 155,7821. Next Iron and Hardware; value, 648,7201., duty, 81,0901. Next Silks; value, 360,3301. ; duty, 45 041/. We notice what are termed " Unenualerdted Articles" among this class, showing a value of 351,0581. ; duty, 44,2571. What these unonaine rated articles are the tables do not tell ; nevertheless we consider the amount sufficiently large to make it desira ble, nay, necessary, that these articles should be specified at least in part. The articles at present paying 12! 2 per cent. which it, would be desirable to admit at a lower rate of duty are, we would suggest, thread and yarns of all kinds, oils, except linseed oil, paints and colours, starch, wrought spikes, and wrought nails, drugs and inedicines, cider, earthenware, glassware, curled hair, and manufacturers of hair, such as hair seating for cabi net-makers, varnish, writing ink, bees' wax, hooey, arrow-root, sago, glue, &c. There are many more arti cles, we hare no doubt, which it would be desirable to add to the above, but as the " unenumerated articles " are not specified, we cannot particularise them. In a young and growing country like Canada some amount of protection is required in order to foster domestic manufactures, or at least those manufactures which tend to create industrial enterprise and develope the latent re sources of the country. Experience has proved that a duty of 121 per cent. is a sufficient protection for this purpose. Those articles which it would be desirable, nay, even necessary, to tax as being the sources from whence the public revenue is derived, we would reduce to say 10 per cent., or not lower than 74 per cent. The former rate, 10 per cent., we deem sufficiently high for purposes of revenue. We think the feeling of the country is not in favour of imposing a protective duty on 5,121,1731. out cf 7,551,3811. the total of dutiable goods entered during 1853. :i 4 We will now take up the sth and last class of dutiable articles, namely, "Articles paying 2i per cent." Here we have, value, 1,296,8951.: duty, 32,4221. By a regular gradation of decrease it would be supposed that, if the duty imposed on the articles composing this class were decreased, it might be reasonably expected that such articles would be placed among the "free goods." There are some articles of this class we consider which ought to be allowed to eater into consumption free of duty. But they are few in number, we are of opinion. Coal and coke, which cannot be procured too cheap, for our river steamers, our manufacturing establishments, and for the domestic hearth, these articles are of the number. Very many of the articles we would wish to see reduced to the nominal duty of 1 per cent. ad valorem. All materials for shipbuilding purposes should be reduced to the lowest rat e of duty. This lowest rate we would make 1 per cent. Anchors, chains, copper and yellow metal, sailcloth, .rope yarns, sheathing felts, prepared irongig, pitch, tar, resin, flax, hemp, tow, pig hoop iron, sheet iron, pipe clay, palm, p ine and cocoa nut , oil, tremails, bunting, and likely some other articles welch do not suggest themselves just at this moment ; all these we would desire to see reduced to 1 per cent, ad valorem. The Free Goods we deem to be pretty numerous a ready, and we confess we have no particular desire to see them increased. These suggestions ,which would be found pretty general in their results, we have made in a rather hurried manner, with the view of preparing public opinion for the canvassing of the changes in our present tariff, which changes all parties seem to think absolutely necessary. We shall again resume the sub ject, and go somewhat further into our relation with the ,iifferent countries, including of course the United King dom in our remarks. The tables before tie form a very useful, we should say a very necessary, expesd of the trade of the province, got up too at considerable ex pense and trouble. The information they contain should be as correct as possible. If the statements which these tables contain have been found necessary for statistical purposes, for the information and guidance of the Mi nister of T ra d e an d N a vigation, for the informati on and guidance of the commercial interest in the province, anda and for the purpose of being a text-book of our imp_ a exports, for the mother coun try and the wery:rasludraetlay n it is important, nay necessary, that these m 1 should be correct, or nearly so. Their cerrecetrusens_wthilel much depend on the capacities of theerpiul hro ghout the official returns from the different p t province. Their correctness willdimeneddimatoariye perhaps on the capacity of the official who is with the superintendence of this depart h ment at head quarters. Now although ma tters of this kind we submitn t wailtthogaelltdeurepdoesfteerdenunep tint' et. the fi f gures are mani these official tables, that some festly incorrect.different heads e imports are given the values under each ii of these different heading s should b e correct. If not correct th h ey should total gi ve n value t pets imported into Now i n t o the Provi nce durin g the y ear 1853 is s tated at 4, 00 there is no merchant connected with the Dry Goods trade but will shake his ent as that. Hbeaualdilatnodn laugh o utright at such a stat em importing duri n g the year 886,3771 , only imported cal - pets to the value of 98/. 4s. 11d. ! Absurd. Montreal and Kingston seem to have imported all the carpets used in the province ; surely this is incorrect. Take the heading of clocks and watches : Toronto imported not a single clock or - watch during 1853 ! Can it be that our, friend the " clockniaker" has smuggled them all across the frontier ! Again take clothes ready made : surely the value of these articles imported into Montreal during 1853 exceeds 8201. 11s. 4d. Torontotwith her total imports only one-third as large as those of Montreal im ported 6,7501. of the same articles; there is something wrong and very absurd hero indeed. There is another i class called Fancy Goods.", While Toronto imported LITERATURE. Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. These volumes contain the translations of the despatches of Sebastian Giustinian, the Venetian Ambassador at the English Court in the time of Henry the Eighth. They extend from 1515 to 1519, and are addressed to the Signory of Venice. The private reports of an ambassador at a foreign spurt would at no time be devoid of interest, for they give perhaps a clearer view of the private affairs of king s and courts than any other f orm o f history. T hose now before us, of course, acquire an additional value from their antiquity. It will be seen from the following extract from the intro duction, by the translator, Mr. Rawdon Brown, that it is somewhat unusual to find so complete a chain of letters of that date : " When the translator first ventured to entertain the hope that a selection of the papers which had furnished so much amusement to himself might possess some interest for the public, he did not hesitate in fixing his choice on the despatches of Giustinian. "It is so much more difficult, in proportion to the remoteness of tiie period, to picture to the imagination its manners, motives ' and modes of thinking, that contemporary letters full of the hopes, the fears, ant the reports of the day, acquire a vast additional interest by their antiquity. And as they become more interesting, unfortunately they are ales more scarce ; no unbroken series of letters, such as the Giustinian cor respondence from 1515 to 1519, has hitherto appeared in print, whether written from Loudon or any other capital. "The discovery of the Giustinian correspondence is recent. In the year 1843, the noble Girolamo Contariai bequeathed to the library of St. Mark his family collection of books and MSS. ; amongst their contents Was a bulky folio volume to which my attention was first drawn by Signor Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, one of the officers of St. Mark's library, to whose zeal we owe Ithe catalogue of the Contariai legacy, and of the museum of the ' Marciana,' and to whose accurate knowledge the frequenters of that institution are indebted for so much information. The paper is of the same manufac ture, and bears the same water-mark as that on which was written the letter of Henry VII. previously described. The volume contains 226 letters, copies of those addressed by Sebastian Giustinian to the Signory during his English embassy. They are transcribed by L his secretary—himself a man of some note in Venetian annals. The copy is dated 1515 to 1519 ; it is headed according to the pious form of the day *ln nomine Domini,' and is thus attested by the transcriber at the end : _ . ... " ' Nicelans Sagudinits fideliter exlimplavit.7 "As the entire collection is too large for publication, the translator has endeavoured to select such letters and parts of letters as seem most likely to interest., by their graphic touches and lively notices of the events of th• day, or by their bearings on English history and literature." The translator observes on the singularity of the fact that so many of the official documents and state papers of the Signory of - Venice should have found - their way to the pub lic. A Government so famous for the mys tery that enshrouded all their manoeuvres and the occult nature of their actions, one would have naturally supposed would have preserved all State papers in impenetrable secrecy. " Before trans mitting the official documents to the Government it seems to have been the general practice," says the translator, "to retain a copy for the family library or muniment room of the ambassador him self, and thence, or perhaps from the notes of some one who heard them read in the Senate and com mitted their substance to paper, these reports not unfrcquently, even in early times, found their way to the public." So early as the sixteenth century some of these diplomatic fragments were printed and sold in the Venetian territory. The trans lator has prefixed to the work a preliminary ac count of the Giustinian family, and the early career of the ambassador, whose despatches relate to a period when so many celebrities flour ished. It is only to be regretted they do not ex tend a little further. The chivalrous Francis 1., his ambitious mother Louisa of Savoy, and the gentle Queen Claude, the powerful Emperor Charles V., Henry the Eighth himself, his two sisters, Mar garet of Scotland and Mary of France, Catharine of Arragon, Sir Thomas More, and Wolsey, then just made a cardinal, are among those who figure in these pages. Those desirous of studying the secret intricacies of courts and cabinets will find these volumes afford them peculiar facilities of becoming acquainted with the details of the policy of that eventful period ; while their value as a work of antiquity, as well as their authenticity, render them especially fitted for a book of reference. The House of Raby ; or, Our Lady of Darkness. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. This is a most melancholy story. The style is superior, and the description of characters and events powerfully and feelingly given. The point of the story turns on madness—a sombre and appal ing subject ; but it is divested of its horrors, and shorn of its misery, in a great m easure, by the pe culiar manner in which the dreadful fact is made known to us. A thrilling interest and a touching tenderness is evinced for those unhappy ones suf fering under the greatest calamity to which "flesh is heir," instead of the abhorrence, the loathing, and the terror generally manifested by the world at large. Margaret Hastings, the heroine, is a beau tiful character, an impersonation of strength of mind; with tenderness of heart and generosity of disposition, she combined firmness and gentleness to no ordinary degree. Her presence seemed like a beam of light ; in the darkened house of the sufferers she was as an angel visitant, e xorcising the evil spirit that haunted the family of Raby. She gave up to their service the whole of her life. In childhood she was their playmate, in youth their companion, and through all the long years that intervened to old age she was their friend, their assistant, their nurse, their guide. Without her there could have been no breaks in the cloud, no lull in the tempest, and no respite from the fell destroyer. But, with the blessing of Heaven, she contrived to make the home o Insteaf afflic d - tion at times happy, and always peaceful. of being a confirmed lunat ic in a wretched asylum, Arundel Raby was at times a shining light in the world ; he distanced his competitors in his generation, and the sorrow that overshadowed hi m only ren dered his waking • more , real, more earnest " than e t a h t at a o n f d seemed hTahraes trials of Margaret were gr , and insupportable to mamny,esyedet I s a h b e o f u a r i . led s n h o e tt and flinched tot in her self-i p g f e or i ek T il h le e d ex ph pe y r a i i e e n ia c n e s o , f genera.. and the dross of the malady shut out the wildest dreams pr tnithsi,ntgh e l arn l in of better things ; but Margaret had faith, not si mere shadowy belief, or vague trust, but firm, un way ;she pre-eminently. was un shaken Confid ence --the fai t h t h at " could move mountathe Her work ins er w s i as n h ita ers in strument of amelioration to the lot of the sufferers. In the course of the work many interesting p erson na ar e met with ; a degree of artistic skill is shown l: i n th e ir description, such as is not often faund .m. ro mances of the day. Thos e w h o p r efer the com positions which have tho ug ht and deep feeling for their distinguishing characteristics will be satisfied with " The Rouse of Raby." The style is not that of morbid melancholy, and the tone is net desponding or repining. The ruling passion, the pervading spirit, are courage and con stancy —courage in a warlare with the powers of darkness, that armed warriors might have shrunk from, and constancy to trust in Providence through dangers and sufferings that eclipse those ordeals for mhich others have wore the bero's or the martyr's crown. The hou se of Raby, with its ministering spirit, Margaret Hastings, never aimed at concealment or subterfuge, and a useful warning they thus conveyed to their fellow-mortals ; they acl;nowledged that theirs was the bitter in the cup of life, theirs was to be the burden and heat of the day, o th ers more favoured might hare the evening hours an d the lighter portion. " Keen March winds and soft April showers" alternated their existence ; the flowers and fruitage were reserved for a- future land of promise, and a distant home of rest. By these sublime reflections a skarper sting than death's was removed, and the victory wae wozi over a darker night than that of the gra" 69i 70; 644 71 70i 72/ 31 100 5i 100 i 99i 23 3 1 Si 0 8f 50 I SI 751 5 13 53 2i 5 I all 3 all ;5 all :5 all L2: l all 2 all ?,0 all LO all St. LOO 5A all i 0 I all ;(3$ tll .23 all it. 100 :5 18 2 9: 1 2 iO all 15 I all It. 100 r 3 1 i 2i