The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-11 00:00:00

. . . • THE S UN, LONDON, ....., _........._. ......s B a HILARY TERM. POST-OFFICE MISMANAGEMENT. f SHARE MARKETS.-(TH IS DAY). - 4 l. 4l- ---.1---- 4. it., ter This being the first day of Hilary Term, the judges TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. BRITISH RAILWAYS. t a breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor, and afterwards SIR,-It is desirable that all correspondents of the _ the went in procession to Westminster Hall. It was past 1 has suspended the delivery Shr. inmates of the Queen's Bench Prison should understand that the Postmaster-Genera raid R AzwA y s . aming Mei 81181111388 done this day. two o'clock before the business of the term commenced, Ms day. ten of letters from the sth inst. I hope w few observations of and up to the tour of our going to press nothing had from your able pen may awaken his lordship to a sense St. 100 A.berdeen l Bl - 2 04 204 20 ost come before any of the courts of sufficient public interest 20 8 1 a b N t B st. 2. M g. ot ng. o rce to justify a report. appears at issue is whether the confidential Post-office of duty, if he is void of feeling. The real question which & Eastn. Junc....„. 41 - 5 4 4 rceso all Belfast & Ballymena ... - ..• 'en LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.- (THIS DAY.) prison expenses, or by the person hitherto p duties shall be . performed by turnkeys, and charged as 14 all Blrmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 9 - 94 as lt., LONDON, Jan. 11.-Wind this day at Noon, N. ; mo- department to which the postage is paid. It is an art ful dodge to gain credit for profits, and at the same time 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 27i all Do. Chesh. & Birk., Cheshire Junct ll - 9 d in g derate breeze, and cloudy weather.T h The advantages of this department kind ; has for avoidin g already tOO 0 e e many xpen s unjuste . vas DOVER, Jan. 10.-Wind, N.E. Arrived-Alfred, from - 19 Terceira ; Eliza, Alicante, for Rotterdam. 22 18i Do., £2O 54 -46 d ,es. DEAL, Jan. 10.-Arrived-Caucasian, from Calingapa , vexearnmmpelen,ttohffie offices s ge h avest number am o p f s I affixed,et t e r s i s s which y I o t p h r e e rs presume e -25 30 Blyth & Tyne original Dth tam ; A re quipa, Bahia ; Waban, New ' York ; Brooking, are charged as revenue to the Post-office • whereas, be £2s (iss. at £4sa ... - ... DEt- Zante ; Burlington New York, for Hull (and not the fore the postage was paid by stamps, the letters passed St. 100 Bristol & Exeter 9 4, - 96 941 DUS Wellington, as reported in yesterday's shipping). Arrived free on her Majesty's service. St. 100 Caledonian. . - 52 4 52.1 11 ian from the River, and sailed-Hebe, for St. Übes ; Duke of It is quite time that some investigation of the expen- 50 all Chester & Holyhead 144 .-- 150 iter Roxburgh°, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Luco n i a , Ad e l a ide, d i ture o f t h e p os t a l department in St. Martin's-le-Grand 50 all Cork and Bandon l4 -15 in S.A.; Devon, Calcutta ; Frederick VII., Valparaiso ; took place, for with the facilities of sending letters at a 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ... - ... Prince Albert, Jamaica ; Prospero, Bost on ; J essam ine, ••• •• • ant St. Michael's ; Isabella do. few shillings per ton, and charging them at from one 20 12 Cornwall - ore FALMOUTH, Jan. 10.-Wind, N.N.E. Arrived-Mar- p enn y u p wards p er half ounce, it does not require much 50 45 üblin&BelfastJune 43 --45• nit shall Bennett, from Batavia ; Janet, Rio de la Hache ; assistance from Cocker to prove there must be a vast 25 all D d u e n e d n e j e n P n e e n ti h na &A .. b .. e . r . -- 8 ...._ 9 Sophia, Mobile. Off Port-Frederick Grosse, Havannah, 25 all Do. New ....... - ... me, and sailed for Antwerp, amount of jobbing or mismanagement to produce so small an amount of profit. 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. hat Jan. 10.-Wind, N.N.W. to N.N.E. I am your obedient servant, &E.drL. &D .) 4 i - q 4a I of PoRTsMOUTII, Arrived-H.M.'s S. Serpent, from Valparaiso and Falk- OBSERVER. 18 all Do., (£lB E. & H.) ••• ' ••• een land Islands. Sailed-Caroline, for Masnlipatam. 20 all Eastern Counties.... 121- 124 121 11 / yof . CLYDE, Jan. 9.-Wind, E., strong. Sailed-Advance, erri for Mobile. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. St. 100 EastUnion,A.stli. 8a - 42 • ABERDEEN, Jan. 9.-The Carl, St. 100 Do., do. B. ' 26 -28 Queen's Prison, 9th Jan., 1854. 25 84 DaNewA(lateThirds) ••• - .... Are of Calmar, from Lisbon to Gothenburg, laden with salt, was driven ashore among6l - 63 the the rocks a little to the southward of the harbour mouth SIR,-Perhaps you will kindly . publish in your influen- St. 100 East Lancashire upy this afternoon, and is likely to become a wreck; crew tial journal the fact, that since Wednesday . the 4th in- St. 100 Edinburgh&Glasgow 61 - 63 10 34 Edinb. and Peebles_ ... - ••• the saved The Joan Augusta, of Mallon, from Stromstadt to St 100 'Eclinb.Prth.&Dunde“ 21 - 23 that this port, with a cargo of bones, drove ashore half a mile P olished to effect stunt no letter has been delivered in the prison. The 10 1 ;Forth and ClydeJunc. •• • ... Post-office within the walls has been abolished t of north of the entrance of the harbour, on the 7th JahuarY ; a Paltry saving. Many letters have been tendered at St. 160 Glasgow &S. Western •• • - •• • crew saved ;if the weather moderate, the vessel may be the gate, where they have not been received. The Go- St. 100 ! Great Northern Stk 8 34 - 84 4 834 44 I. at got off. vernor could not, without employing an additional turn. St. 100 'Do., A. Stock - 61 60 1 LEITH, re- Jan. 9.-A ship's b oa t, w ith fi v e of the crew key, take charge of a correspondence which occupied the St. 100 IDo., B. Stock a ._127 - 129 128 4 Ink, g oin g off to the Roads last night, capsized, and all on en ti re t ime of a man accustomed to the office before it St. 100 ;Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 99 - 101 Se- board perished; the Ophelia, of Boston, U. S. was spoken was closed up. Many of these letters are supposed to St. 100 Great Western.., Bl - 814 814 i 1 with on Dec. 30, in Hollesley Bay, the steward dead ; the ieen Rosa put into these Roads ; a vessel like the Ophelia has contain money or Post-office orders, and the , persons . to . 12 11 ;Irish South-Easters. ••• - ... 1 50 all ,Lancaster &Carlisle 9O - 95 Ting come up to the roads to-day. whom they were addressed are suffering severe . priva .ely, CROMER, Jan 10.-The Vigilant (Ketch), of Lyme St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 63 - 63 4 631 8 i Lions in consequence of their being withheld. One 161 114 Do., Thirds.... ..... -134 p and Regis, colli er , in b a llast, sprang a leak last night when gentleman, who has been prisoner since the early part 194 174 Do , Fifths ; 7 1 -74 d felt near the Dudgeon Light Vessel, and was abandoned in a of last year, was to have received his discharge, but in 14 114 Do . , Wst. Riding Un. •.• - ... d sinking state by her crew, who landed here this morning, consequence of Lord Canning's vagary he has been 50 all Leeds Northern l2 -13 fit., MONTROSE, Jan. 9.-The Finance (brig), of Hartlepool, ill eg ally detained six days. What renders the ease the 20 a ll Li v• C rs b y .&S ou tb.pt. ••• - ... from London, in ballast, came ashore at Sea green ' s , a b ou t more ser i ous i s th a t hi s w ife is exceedingly ill. 11 ; all London di Bla.clawall 71 - 8 500 ten miles of this place, on the 6th of January, and is I forward you a copy of a memorial, which was nu- 1.0 84 Lond.Tilb.& Stheml. i- i P • - lon- strained ; crew saved. A quantity of wreck came ashore merously signed and transmitted to the Postmaster- 3 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 95 -97 956 64 ,000 to-day at Johnshaven, it appears to belong to the Mould, General some time before the day appointed for the 3t. 100 London &N. Western 1014 - 1011 1014 1 i ,000 of Sunderland ; it is feared the crew have perished. 1 d - par SUNDRaLAND, Jan. 10.-The Inverness, of Harwich, closing the post-office. An answer was sent, acknow- 20 12 Do. Fifths dars has sunk in Sunderland Harbour, having driven against lodging the receipt, and stating that it would ' be taken 10 1 Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Par - 4 p the the quay on entering ; the Samuel, of Grimsby, is stranded into consideration ; the only r e sult, however, was, tha t 124 24 Do. Eighths B - 6 :St. 100 London & S.Westeria 74 14 76 754 i sing near Sunderland ; crew saved. the closing took place on the 4th, in place of on the 6th, a 0 424 Do., £50......... BRISTOL, Jan, 9.• The George, of and from Liverpool, as originally appointed. I trust that you will protest 40 34 Do., £4.0 10 - 9 d ....... nit. from the coast of Africa, was fallen in with on the 28th aga i ns t th e i n j us ti ce i n flicted on those who are unable to 25 all Liaindrry.&Coleraine ... - k of Dec., in distress, with main and carried away, boats help themselves. The humanity you have invariably 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ... - lon and bulwarks gone ; captain and crew sick ; mate in exhibited towards the afflicted induces me to hope that St. 100 Martch.Shet&Lineln. 20 - 21 204 and charge, by the Prince of Wales, arrived off Pill, and sup- the plied with provisions and small stores. you will not disregard the hardship of e position of the th B4 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ... - - d .i PADSTOW, Jan. 9.-The Sarah, of and f or J erse y, f rom prisoners and capt ives.-Your obedient servant, St. 100 Midland . ... .... A VICTIM. St. 100 Do. Birming.&Derby 33 35 ipled Swansea, with coals and coke, was driven ashore here last night; crew saved. P.S.-A gentleman, recently discharged, called on 50_ 47 1 Midland G.West.(lr.) ... - ... 25 174 Do. i Shares ..... - „, our MALDON, Jan. 10.-A boat, with " Providence, of Saturday, at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le ne in, 100 all Newcastle & Carlisle ... - ••• Tour, Fevershara, George Mann," has been picked up on the Grand, for his letters, but was refused, as they were Foulness Sand. directed to the prison. A person on duty appeared to St. 100 Newmarket 54 - 56 64 5 Do. Bury Extensions 4d - par ✓ CO- Nriv YORK, Dec. 28.-The Coquette (brig), of Ber- think it a good joke, stating that " the Governor was sable muds., from the West Indies, was lost in the Gulf Stream, obstinate, but they could be obstinate too." 25 174 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 5 - 4 d 50 74 Newry & Enniskillen 2i - 34 7, to during a gale, on the 16th Nov. -- 20 all Newry Warrenpoint love- The San Jose sailed from London on the 6th Jul for Lagos and Accra, and was at Portland on the 9th, but y has & Rostrevor 6 - 8 with" TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. ill of not since been heard of." The memorial of the undersigned prisoners actually St. 100 N0rf01k............ - ... 47 5 50 36 Northn. Counties Un 34' -34 d ----- confined in the Queen's Prison, rious St. 100 North British 2B -29 284 (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) "Sheweth,--That memorialists have heard with alarm 16 16 North Devon, No.l 8 - 10 irthy LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30. A.M. and regret that it is your lordship's intention to discon -16 111 Do., No. 2. •• - ••. and ' Wind N.N.E., moderate, and frosty. tinue the branch post-office in the Queen's Prison from tent. 8 all Dc., i A Deferred 1 - •24 Arrived-Sarah Sands (s.), from Portland •; Isabella and after the 6th'of January next. 8 8 Do., 4 B Guaranteed 64 - 74 your Harnett, Calcutta ; Sea Nymph, Baltimore ; Otseonthe " That before this resolution be carried into practical 50 all ,North London.... 52 ... 55 sassi.• ••• i and Colonel Cutts, New York • Pedlar, Laguna ; Mount operation, they earnestly entreat your lordship to recon- 10 1.1 N. &S.Wstn., Hamp.) well. Washington, Montreal; Lady Franklin, New York; Pre- sider the question, which is fraught with such dangerous stead, and City Jn ... - ... ogo sident, B uenos A yres ; Industrie, maceie ; Belle Antonio, consequences to themselves and to all persons who may 20 174 North Staffordshire 6 • Rd 114 orta- Alexandria ,• and Princeton, Quebt c. i the On the 21 st December, in lat. 48, long. 16, the Prince- henceforward be confined in the principal debtors' prison . 20 all North Western. - 86 10 10 N. di S.Westra. June. 1d - par ton, whilst lying to in a heavy gale, made out a dismasted. of the United Kingdom. Iyself 10 1 Nuneaton, Hincldey, . Do • brigantine; stood towards her, and found her to be the Loyalist, of Plymouth, from New York, for London ; lay "That the persons confined in the Queen's Prison are and Leicester ' sow ••• olely by her till 5 of a very different class from the inmates of any other St. 100 Oxford Worcester & P.m, of the 22d, when, the weather mode- prison throughout the country. The latter, with few Wolverhampton 34 - 36 You rating, succeeded in taking off the crew. exceptions, belong to the localities in which they are 20 2.2 Portsmouth ful- • . -- ... KINGSTOWN, Jan. 10. detained, and consequently have opportunities of per- st. 100 Scottish Central i will I Arrived-Emma, Wind, N.N.E. sonal communication with friends, by whom any busi- St. 100 Scottish Midland_ - 58 hen, , from Cadiz ; Minerva, Oporto • Waak- ness of importance may be transacted. In the Queen's St. 100 Shrewsbury &Birnag. 55 - 60 r you gaambiel, Amsterdam ; Brilliant, Pugwash •; Lielpho, Prison it is different. Persons from all parts of the St. 100 Do., L. &N. Westn. mous Charente. Guaranteed Stock._ 55 - 60 kingdom are congregated within its walls. Many are is." 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 24 - 2dis Wind N.N.W. Arrived-Cargey, QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 9. engaged in serious litigation, and consequently 263 all Shrewsby. & Chester their correspondence with friends and professional (Nor. W. Min.),,,.,. 14 - 16 from Mauritius, for B r i s t o l ; Idas, advisers is of a very important and confidential Demerara, for Limerick • Junior, Callao . ; Gratitude,l34 all Do. Halves, do 7 - 8 not Kertch ; Margaret, Philadelphia ; Gabriel, Hava.nnah for character,. on the security and regularity whereof 20 all Do. Oswestry lO - 12 Liverpool, ' their future prospects in life, the probability of effecting 20 64 Shropshire Union 34 - 311d' 21 ;ter- ' Off-Zoe, from Mauritius, for Bristol ; St. Math 'n arrangements with creditors, and often of defeating un- ... ~. Do. A, B,C, &D, fully eing St. Domin go , f or Li verpoo l.' just claims mainly depend. They strongly feel that such paid up at per cont. ... - ... Sailed-Carl, for Hamburg ; Lord Sidmouth and Lord security and regularity could not be relied on (money or 50 all South Devon. . 13 -15 par- ) - Hallo, for Gl asgow ; Glas, for London ; Excelsior, E. valuable securities being frequently transmitted) if the St. 100 South Eastern 584 - 594 594 4 osed. . Boucher, and Eleanore, for Liverpool; Eleanor, for Bristol, unsatisfactory mode of transit proposed were substituted %) all rit t o li rk W altßi;;;;4sl; 3 g -2 3 d 32 'our- for that which, as a branch of the General Post-office 20 5 Do. cans (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) establishment , affords a g uarantee for the safet y , the 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. .4 - 5 - ... sc. ; GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. privacy, and the regularity of all communications. If 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 27 -30 'aria Wind N.N.W, tide about high water, weather fresh, the contemplated arrangement be carried out, the letters ... 16 f Stockton & Hartlepl. .., --- , a , 30f. ; and cloudy., must pass through many intermediate and irresponsible St. 100 Taff Vale.., - .., nof Arrived Jan. 10-Aunt Mary from Bombay ; Endraght, hands before delivery. Different officers are on duty 10 8 Do. £lO shades . - •.. ;Teat Behevening ; Londer Jolland, Helsinborg ; Two Friends, each day, over whom no effectual control could be exer- St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 „., ..- ... Konigsberg ; Conner, Gothland. cised by the Post-office authorities in the event of 25 20 Thames Haven Dock tares Arrived Jan. 1.1-Nathalia, from Skielskoer. the miscarriage or unnecessary delay of the correspon- and Railway .. 24 • Ili Sailed Jan. 11-Royal Charlie, for Port Adelaide ; Char-20 17 Vale of Neath......... 14 - 15 , lotto, Port Adelaide; Queen, steamer, Harlingen. deuce. Hitherto, besides the regularity and security, 20 all Watorfd. di Kilkenny 54 - 51 the opportunities of receiving and despatching their 50 all Waterford&Limerick 25 - 27 DEAL, Wednesday, 9 a.m. letters without delay or supervision has been exceed -20 14 West C0rnwa11........ 8• - 84 the Wind N.N.E., fresh, and cloudy. ingly satisfactory and beneficial to memorialists 1 West End of London Passed-Teneriffe, from London, for Newport ; Man- who greatly dread the inevitable annoyance, ineonve- - and Crystal Palace.. .., - „, male turn, from London, for Azores. 'oyal Sailed-John Bunyan, for River, in tow ; Orion for nience, and injury that must follow the adoption of 20 all West Loudon - - .- ters, Belalogne. the contem p lated chan g e. 10 51s, Wmbledon &Croydoe ... - ... " They also beg to suggest that the depositing so St. 100 York Newetl&Bervv. 624 - 634 63 1 re- many letters with the officers at the gate would mate- 25 20 Do. Extensions....... 9 -84 d who MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) rially interfere with the efficient discharge of their 25 114 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 1/ -44 d her -4. duties, and create difficulties in controlling and regu- St. 100 York &N. Midland.. 45 - 46 456 5 4 Cher CORN EXCHANGE. lating the affairs of the Prison, that would render the • employment of at least an additional officer indispen- FOREIGN. ~ A . very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in lig- sable. This, it is submitted, would cost more than L'° - day's market. Factors in general were very firm in 10 7 Antwrp &Rotterdam 24 - 2 d Jord their demands, and Monday's prices were fully supported. the maintenance of the present Post-office establishment 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1- 14 and The amount of business doing, however , was comparatively in the prison, so that besides the great inconvenience 20 8 Beziersto Gmissessac 4 - 2d 5 che- sm all.. and injury above referred to, it would occasion increased .., ... Central of Italy. ...... ... - ... ited . Foreign wheat, the imports of which have amounted to expenditure in place of being a saving to the Public 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 12 - 14 12,410 quarters, moved off steadily, and in som instances Exchequer. 174 all Demerara the ..• ----• ••• quotations had an upward tendency. Floating cargoes "That if the branch post-office within the walls be 20 10 Dijon and Besagen ... - m p 6th. were. held for more money. not continued, memorialists feel that they will, in many 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 2/d luta Barley and malt sold freely, at extreme rates. instances, be compelled to receive their letters at some 20 all East Indian 3 -34 p 234 The there was a steady inquiry for oats, at very fall prices. 20 2 Do. Extension Peninsula of Fiance - 3 i " p 4 4d - 4 p 24 lave 13, MIS, peas, and Indian corn were quite as dear as on address . outside . the prison, and also to send others for 2. .0 5 . l a 101 Gd, G t . I j n u d n a c a t n . an posting in the different offices by special messengers, Xou clay.-- P A- good business was doing in flour, higher onterms. which would be a source of great expense and inconveni -10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada ng a The top price of English was 75s per 280 lbs. once to memorialists, and attended with considerable Shrs. and 80nd5.,., 44 -34 d the 20 8 Gt. Central of France id - id the ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. danger of loss of important communications. "Memorialists, therefore, for the above and other 204 204 Gt, Westn. of Canada Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. entreat that the branch post- • Shares 2 id heir English .. 710 380 / 1,460 - ... ... Do. bonds (2 issalB62 ... - ... Irish ... 420 cogent reasons, respectfully ... ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - .. the - - - Foreign .. 12,410 2,800 - 1,85 ° - office within the Queen's Prison may be maintained on 660 26,990 br its present footing, and that letters may be received and ring , , 204 104 Hamilton & Toronto , id - par . despatched as heretofore, through an officer of the Gene- ICO all Do. 6 per cent rate WHITECHAPEL. raj Post-office." a. - ••• per Our market has ruled firm to-day, at extreme rates. 20 5 Lake Cond. & Basle _ - ... Reef from 3s 4d to 4s per cent. pref. tree 3 s Mto 5s 0 - a ; pork, 4s; 3s 4d to 5s Od per Blbs by the MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE AT lIUNSLET, 20 -15 Luexembon - carcase. 9 g 9 4 0 4 i 4 able NE A R LEEDS. 10 10 Do. (Railway) 54 - 64 64 log- • 5 2Do BOROUGH HOP. 11 - 14 80. The demand for all kinds of hops is steady, at full A most mysterious event has just occurred at the 5 3 Do. (Canal) l4 - 2 10 5 De. 6p. cent. pref. i - ad prices, above place, by which one person has lost his life, and 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. . . - . ...P another has been very seriously injured. Fronting to 20 104 Madras i *-- 4 p what is called Hunslet-road lived Thomas Longbottom, 334 29Maria Antonia . bet THE SOUTH AMPTON M AIL P ACKETS. Ati -The Tagus..• -. ••• who, on Christmas-day last, married a farmer's daugh- 10 10 Do. New (Captain Joy), b e l ong i ng to the Peninsular and Or i ental ••. - ••• nu- Company, left on Saturday with • the usual Peninsular ter ' „ and so far as is known lived with her on the 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. .., - , iisi- mail, She had on board twenty-one passengers, 21,0001. best terms up to the time of his death, which occurred 20 all Namur & Liege (with firth on Sunday morning last, under very extraordinary interest e F s i t s ) nce 324 - 32/ 7 - 74 in gold and silver specie for Lisbon, and a usual cargo, Thu Royal Mail Company's steam-Lhip Great Western circumstances. The father of the deceased lived in 1620 an all D Nn o i . t ( h ex er i n nt o e f r has (Captain Bevis) left on Monday afternoon with the usual the same house, and, along with him and three 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds in monthly Brazilian mails, forty-twoand other sons, carried on some colliery works at Huns passengers, a [f . 201. ... - 13 specie. low 1 am: il l amount of cargo and The next homeward let, the father having formerly been a railway con -10 all Norwegianl'rnk.Pref 74 - . portion o f thi s mail is expected to arrive on or about the 20 10 Paris and Lyons l4 -144 p 21 n a 16th instant 4 1 1 ,by the T a y. tractor. The newly married couple were at Leeds hellon i KOF A STEAMER.-The steamer together on Saturday last, the deceased appearing *WREO Yorkshireman, to treat his wife with every kindness, and at one 40 40 Do. bonds ... .ian gng to the Belfast Steam Company, has been2o all Paris and Orleans 42 - 44 toi,ally wrecked. On Wednesday, at half-past 2o' 1 k place . they called at she was supplied with a glass of 20 all Paris and Rouen 37 -39 iStS p. /11 ., she left Morecambe with a ' of .c oc wine. They returned home together in the evening, and 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 30 - 304 a . cargo general mer assen er ; and, although about eleven o'clock retired to bed, the father of the 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 2 - 4 p chi Lndise, and with only one deceased occupying a bed in the adjoining room. The 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d 1 it was blowing a strong passenger,; from g SS E Dr 20 all Rouen and Havre - 18] bed-room in which the couple slept fronts the road, the ceeded satisfactorily upon her way until• • " • (:).• house being entered from a stone platform or landing 20 12 Royal Danish ld - par 11 she came within sight of the lighthouse at Donaghadee. The 2 Royal Swedish 1 - 4 d Copeland light was not observable, owing to the snow about two yards above the level of the causeway, the 2 ' o all Sambre; and Meuse 74 - 8 1 ell- platform having iron palisades along the outer edge to 10 6 I Do. 5A per cent. • f sqt malls ; and the intention of the captain ' being to keep ereprotect parties from falling. Nothing unpleasant oc- 20 2 S.E. of France ,• --- ••• LH_ to the right of the Copelands, and to shun the Sound, curred during the night, not even sufficient noise to 20 6 Southern of France., 2 - 4 p ter dangerous on such a night ; he imagined that he was lighthouse of attract the attention of the deceased's father, who slept 20 6 Staindrews &Quebec ... - .., doing so when he sailed to the right of the light which in the next room ; but about seven o'clock on Sunday 20 2s. Upper India Scrip - ... via 3 visible, but which proved to be theDSO morning a person passing the house found the deceased's 84 all 'West Flanders 3l -44 x n of • De enaghadee. By this mistake he was led into the very wife lying-, attired only in her night clothes, and in a 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Prof 5 1 - 4 d ' dal iger which he had endeavoured to avoid, and th e fi rst alai masa' o f it was the striking, at half - past 11 o'clock state of insensibility, upon the stone platform just under the wind ow o f th e b e d room s h e an d h er husband 20 10 ,Western of France -6 p ith 1G 4 ;West. of Switzerland 14 - lid bad occupied on the previous night. The person 20 2 ;Wiesbaden•p.n a., of the steamer upon a bed of rocks, about a mile 20 12 Zealand. _ ........ .. rut . to thel north-west of Donaghadee The fore compact- who made this discovery at once gave an alarm, and - 1 d Lk, me nt immediately filled w ith water ; and in a sho r t the elder M r . L ong b o tt om was spee dily arouse d, wh en all liar le the st ern canted somewhat towards the north ;and it was f oun d t h at all the doors were loc k e d , and .his son LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. upon her forehead, C ompans. this clay. this day. al, scs.rcely an hour had elapsed from the time a t w hi ch also missing from his bed room, the window of which pal I isades o f the for thd woman, an pa rt of the paddle box ; and the bow portion twisted who it was ascertained had a wound - - _ a , roi and till it was at right angles with the remainder of the •50 Bediord and Ln.&N.W. ng,a t n h d at th sh e e n had sear f o a h ll w en aa ag i a n i a n d s e t all , --... ey thi 3 vessel. About a quarter past 12, the . bow portion for her garden, over Bletchley.... St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 10 - 1 . -- 103 - /yr be an to break up, and it then became evident to Capt.husband. Marks made by naked feet in the snow were disc v o sid er e rd of l t e h a e di n ng ive f r ro A m ir t e he ; a h n o d us j e us in t t o o p t p l o ie . Sifily that it would be folly to risk any further the lives sal elds . to t 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon,,, 51 a wall of seven feet high, and across sere- St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. - 52 of those on board, as there was not the slightest prospect of their being able to render the smallest assistance site where these 6p. cent Gt.Northn 140 - 143 ns to wards the saving of the vessel or her cargo, and ac- the deceased, footmarks terminated, the body of 25 all Glas. Barr. di Caldonian, ut covered o Neils. Direct. co rdingly the boats were lowered, and, at half-past 12 in the water, life b nly by his shirt, was found ••• - ••• 'a- . being quite extinct. As we have 25 all Do. New Do. . _ ... o'ciock the mate, with twelve• el . the s - • ' di I others , inclu ing pa said, tne NN o e affair In ae.n is at 25 all Glsta&Dn.Fr. St. Westn. 30 _ 32 present involved in ger, dropped down under the ship's quarter, and at the greatest mystery • the 100 all Hrtl 1 Dk. & Yk. Np . ew, ea one o'clock one of the quarter-boats, with a crew f being able t ° not ... seven. any explanation, and persons, got also under the shelter of the sternso all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 109 - 111 • the wife of the deceased still continuing .i- There they remained until seven o'clock on Thursday sensible. and so ill that it is - 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 544 - 554 morn' in du r ing which extremely doubtful whether 30 b , g• t , time signals lights were kept can recover. Almost the only supposition 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 27 -28 urning and pistols which is 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 134 - 144 In the , firing with unabated constancy by she ' datpresent is, that the husband, entertained people on the shore when the and, either under 20 all Do. Preference Do 24i - 254 vessel and made to • , the • in a state St. 100 Lowestoft gr. burning of a large blue light,bed, opened the 4 per cent... Norfolk,,, 92 - 94 difficulty and a and succeeded, with great nd thrown himself out, and his wife, awakin St. 100 Do. 6 per ct Do window, an d • - - --- , t considerable danger, in effecting landing, in which they ga at the moment, has rushed to the window in time to 54 all Manclaßston. Lia&N.W. 33 followed by the life- were a short time afterwards get hold of him , , but, l os ing her balance, has fallen out and Matlock & Midld. 24 - 3 i- expressed his d t • oat . and her crew. The captain after him. Mr. Blackburne, the Leeds borough core- 50 all Middleebro' di Stckton & e erminat on Darlingt. ... - ... t while a fragment of her 1 to remain by the vessel neropened • • *tion relative to the affair, at the Redear , an inquisition 100 all Midld B • dfd Midland 99 - 101 100 994 B of the crew volunteered still ket toether ; six others White Horse Inn, Hunslet, on 3londay afternoon,. but • la • .., to so all Northern and !-. remained there, when, accompany hinca and they the inquiry adjourned to Monday next, to afford at nine o'clock was Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 60 - 62 left Donaghadee on foot time for obtaininginformation and allowing a post 5 all , to bear the tidings Do. 6 per et. Do le to Belfast,-. - -. 1 every other mode of travelling mortent examination of the deceased body to be made. 5a all . Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... by the snow. He arrived i-- being rendered impoLsible --..-................----.... 2 ,- ) all Prost. & Wyre L. &a. W. ..• - •.• n Belfastabout five ' in a state of great fatigue, h a - '&Di& YIL ... -.- greatving had towide along a THE CO LONIA L NEW SOUTH WALES.- 1 SURVEY OF . . 12 Do, i Shares. Do part of the way through a depth S 100 ' - - snow.-Belfast New: L etter, of several feet of Yesterday the Land and Emigration Commissioners at Roystn.&Llit. Gt.Northn 140 - 143 140 engaged a num- S:. 100 Do Shepth.St. Do 140 - 143 140 BURNING THE CZAR.-On the their offices, Park-street, Westminster, 2 ; 18' S. b hef. Roth. r l a st,evening of Monday bet of young unmarried men, to be employed in the Co- di Lancash. & the Emperor of all the Russia 'Goole g. 5. , econtinue to Pa Yo k h d Russian Was publicly burned lonial survey of New South Wales, and will l2 94 S. Staffer 1 h rs •• - a (in effigy) in the market place of Cupar Each c s .. MrMClean 2 - lid 7 tied to the place of execution in a • cart drawn He was car- do SO until they obtain the full number required. 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. I & and accompanied by a band of music by an ass, person so engaged will receive a free passage, and enter 6 per cent ... Darr mg. ... _ - r The demolition and torch bearers. into a bond to serve the Colonial Government for three 25 all Do. Do ........ . 30 - 31 a of the Autocrat was greeted by the years in the surveying department, and receive 301. St. 100 WiltstWomrst Gt.Westn. 97 - 99 }l uny cheers f b 0 the ystancleri,--Eainbur 4A d • .9 verttorr. . a-year wages and full rations. FOREIGN. 10 7 Antwrp &Rotterdam 24 2 d 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 14 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 4 2d 5 . . ... Central of Italy., 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 12 14 174 all Demerara ..• 20 10 Dijon and Besagon — p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3 —34 p 20 2 Do. Extension d p 24 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula I 54 an 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 24 3 p ... 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds 44 —34 d 20 8 Gt. Central of France id id 204 204 Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares 2 1.1 ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds(2iss.)lB62 204 104 Hamilton & Toronto , 4d par ICO all Do. 6 per cent ••• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref, 20 15 Luexembon - 9g 9ggi 10 10 Do. (Railway ) si 64 64 5 2Do 1 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 2 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. prof. 4 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ./3 20 104 Madras 4• — •4 P 334 29 Maria Antonia - ••• 10 10 Do. New • 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 7 74 20 all Do. (cx interest) 16 all Northern of France 324 —32 i 20 all Do, 201. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.SrAms.Shs.] . 13 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 74 8 20 10 Paris and Lyons l4 —144 p 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans., 42 44 20 all Paris and Rouen 37 39 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 30 304 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 2 4 p 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 1 d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 12 Royal Danish ld par 11 5 2 Royal Swedish l— 4 d 20 all iSambre and Meuse 74 84 10 6 Do. 54 per cent, pref 20 2 S.E. of France - 20 6 Southern of France., 2 4 p 20 6 StAnclrews &Quebec ... 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 84 all 'West Flanders 3i 44 lc 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Pref 1 4 d 20 10 ,Western of France,,, 5 6 p 1C 4 ;West. of Switzerland 1i 20 2 ,Wiesbaden 20 12 Zealan( l _ ........ 5 4 d THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1854. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c , I Blyth & Tyne 10 pe] ct. pref. (iss. at£so; Oristol & Exeter 4 pi cent., stock.... THE STORM IN THE NORTH SEA. SHIELDS, TUESDAY. Yesterday, at noon, we thought the worst of the gale was over, and that the ships which had so bravely weathered out the terrific weather would reach their destined ports in safety. But two hours after noon a heavy gale of rain came on, and in the evening the glass dropped, the wind chopping round to the east. The sea again rose at the bar with fury, and the ice came down with the water, entirely filling up Shields harbour, and putting a stop to all navigation. The bill-men in North and South Shields were sent round, requesting seamen to go aboard of their ships, and the greatest anxiety has been felt all night lest any of the screw moorings should give way. The night, however, has worn over, and the screw moorings have held their position. A vessel was capsized at Newcastle-quay by the ice yesterday, but no material injury was done. 98 = iez 6i -- 61 4 -- 44 5} -- 6 i - i P li - lip li --lip 13i -- 144 1 About tide time yesterday night several vessels ran for the harbour. They were met by the ice and " freshet," and five of them are ashore on the Herd Sand this morning, making 17 vessels that have got on to that dangerous sand since Sunday night. Their names are—the Junius of Christiana, in ballast, from London ; the Lively collier, in ballast, from London ; the Savannah, in ballast, from London ; the schooner Happy Return, laden with guano, from London ; and the Ocean Billy Boy, in ballast. The Junius and the Savannah appear to be complete wrecks. In fact, with the exception of one or two of the larger vessels, there is not much hope that any of the ships stranded on the Herd will weather out the gale. Immediately upon the first vessel getting on the Herd last night, the South Shields lifeboat, manned by the pilots, put out, but while pulling down the Narrows they nearly lost their lives. They got jammed among the ice, and must have drifted out to sea, had the people on the shore not got lines to them, and hauled them and their gallant boat from their perilous position. They could yield no help. But, fortunately, the tide was ebbing, and the poor fellows who were wrecked crawled on board the larger vessels on the strand, and sheltered themselves until between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning, when they were got out with lines. They were in a moat exhausted and worn. out condition, but, being supplied with warm food and clothes, they are recovering. Before daylight this morning an awful catastrophe took place. A schooner was noticed to approach the Herd, and immediately foundered, with all hands. There is also a report about a brig having gone down with her crew in the terrible sea that is raging. A vessel was observed the night before last to founder off Blyth. Several boxes of oranges and some boards have come ashore near Creswell. They are supposed to belong to this unfortunate craft. A quarterboard shows her to be a vessel named the Emilie. It is stated that the body of the master has come ashore, with 601. in his pocket. 21 - 311 ,118 - 120 108 - 110 i- i P 8 - 8i Gi 7 101 103 95 100 98 —lOO l id par 1 140 -- 142 i 2i - 3 6i - 7i 9 10i - 140 142 1 4 id 23 = 23 A brig is reported to have been seen to go upon Hartley Baits, with the loss of all bands. Name not given. Captain Watts, master of the Coquette, reports that at 2 p.m. on Friday, Tynemouth being 20 miles dis tant, he fell in with a Prussian vessel, corn laden, the master of which reported that he had lost six hands overboard, and that he and another man only were left. A London trader, reported to be the Wentworth Beaumont, was seen off here yesterday. She was well out to sea, being a stout noble vessel, there is every reason to think she will reach Leith Roads. The Thames trader is reported to be in Leith Roads. Both vessels have very valuable cargoes on board. The poor fellows who were brought on shore here by the lifeboats yesterday are all recovering. Some of them were in a wretched plight, through fatigue and exhaus tion. Bad as the disasters are at our harbour in rough weather, the loss of life must have been fearful, but for the courage and hardy bravery of the South Shields pilots. The gale that has been raging since Tuesday night will be the most fearful we have had for many years. North and south of us we hear of nothing but wrecks. With the very imperfect information we are in possession of, not less than 100 sail of vessels, large and small, are supposed to be ashore on the coast be tween Lowestoft and Leith Roads, and there is every reason to fear that considerably more than that number of seamen have met a watery grave. The wind is still high, and heavy snow showers are falling as I close my despatch. 100 - 102 i - if P 9i lo 151 161 12 16 9 141 id — ii 22 24 17 19 1i i d 94 97 3 4i id par WRECK OF THE BRIG AGNES.- GALLANT RESCUE. The following graphic account, written by Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P. for Dublin University, of the wreck of the brig Agnes, on the coast of Dublin, and the gallant and persevering exertions to save her crew, will no doubt be read with much interest : "On Monday, the 20th December, 1853, having learned that in the heavy gale of the preceding night a brig had been driven on shore at Benhead, between Balbriggan and Drogheda, I rode to the place, in order to see if any assistance could be rendered. "It was then nearly high tide. The vessel was about a quarter of a mile from the shore, one mast alone above the water. The second mast, with one man, had fallen before I reached the place. On this mast there were three sailors, standing or fastened on the cross trees. A tremendous sea was breaking around them, such as to render it impossible for an ordinary boat to live for a moment. The mast appeared to be kept up by the fore-stay and shrouds, but as the topsail was flapping, and the vessel apparently much broken, it seemed very unlikely that the mast could hold. " The Coast-guard and several gentlemen were on the beach, but it was quite obvious that nothing could then be done to save the men. The Hon. Thomas Preston sent a message to Dublin, in the hope that a life-boat might be sent down, and made available at low tide. " I went there again about 8 o'clock p.m., at low water. The life-boat had not arrived. The night was dark, but the outline of the mast could be discerned. I brought with me from Balbriggan an experienced man, with the view of considering whether any steps , could then be taken to save the men. The two officers of the Coast-guard who were there were decidedly of opinion that any attempt in a common boat would be fruitless, and attended with loss of life. Having examined the appearance of the sea with the person I had brought with me—a man of spirit and courage—we arrived at the same conclusion. " On the following day (Tuesday, the 21st) Mr. Henry A. Hamilton, who I believe up to that time had been from home, took down his own boat (a common open boat) from Balbriggan, where he resides, and, with a crew who had volunteered to assist him, was about to make an attempt, when the life-boat arrived from Dublin by the railway. None of the Coast-guard offered to accompany him, and the attempt was considered hope less ; nevertheless Mr. H. Hamilton, with three sailors from Balbriggan, one from Skerries, and an American sailor who happened to be there, determined to make the attempt. They did so, at great risk, but were then unable to reach the wreck. "Expecting every moment that the mast would give way, in about an hour after the first attempt Mr. Hamil ton resolved on making a second. One of the men re fused to go ; but another volunteer was found. " The second attempt I myself witnessed, and I never saw greater intrepidity or perseverance displayed. From the state of the sea nearly every wave broke into the boat. It was steered with great skill, or must have been upset, or the men washed out of her. " The tide was running so strong to the northward that when they had reached, with great efforts, perhaps two-thirds of the distance of the wreck from the shore, they were, at least, so far from the vessel, so that it was quite manifest they could not reach her. There were rocks to the southward of the wreck, which rendered it impracticable for them to embark at any other point. After continuing their gallant efforts for at least an hour, they were obliged to return. The only hope that then remained was to make the attempt again at low water, if the mast should hold so long. But then it would be dark, and the risk, on that account, much greater. "At half-past seven p.m. they again launched the life-boat on the face of a raging sea, and almost total darkness. I was then present. Most providentially they reached the wreck, and succeeded in saving the lives of the master and two seamen : two others and a boy had perished. The men were so much exhausted that it was impossible, in my opinion, that they could have survived the night. On the foll Owing day the mast fell. "I have no hesitation in stating that, under Provi dence, the preservation of those three lives is to be attri buted to the courage and spirit of Mr. Henry H. Hamilton., " The names of the crew who accompanied him were —John Murphy, of Balbriggan ; Cowan, of Balbriggan ; Ryan, of Balbriggan ; Herbert, of Skerries ; Mr. John ston, an American sailor. "kr. Henry A. Hamilton is a magistrate of the coun ties of Dublin and Meath, and resides at Rochford House, Balbriggan." The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck have duly appreciated Mr. Ha milton's gallantry by voting to him their silver medal ; the five other men who accompanied him in the boat have received locally 61. each in consideration of their intrepidity. It is hoped that an efficient life-boat will without delay be stationed on this dangerous point, and that the local residents and others will generously come forward to aid the above institution in so good and hu mane a work. LOSS of Two LIVES BY FlRE.—Yesterda,y morning Charles Bedford, Esq., Coroner for Westminster, re ceived information of two deaths by fire under the fol lowing melancholy circumstances : — l t appears that the deceased, Thomas Cook, a potruan, age d 42, residing at the Crawley Arms, Fulham, was taking something off the fire, when his apron caughtfire , and he was envel oped in one sheet of flame. Assistance bein g at hand the fire was extinguished after much difficulty, when he was conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where eve r y assist ance was rendered by Mr. C utler, sur g eon, till death terminated his sufferings . The second case is that of James Pearce, Wilton-road, Pimlico, whose clothes took fire from a lighted candle. He was also removed to the above valuable institution, where every aid was used to relieve his sufferings, but, from the severe injuries, he gradually sank and expired. . 1 / 4 „ ; • w • Po. 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Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land 1 i d ... par P lid — 3 § d 2 - d - d - dd 9 11 i i d 8 10 5 6 2 2 32 343r i d d 45 47 14. 13 3 / 4 65 75 4 6 p - 14 -16 id -- par -- 21 -a 10 ". 11 d 6i -- 7i g d i - iP id par— #P 31 33 9 10 5 6 id 7 d 3}— 4 d 4d i - i BANKS. 73 - 75 ..• •.• clis idis 2 lid P .ii .7_ ii 43 - 45 4 d— par 73 - 75 7i - 7i es . ••• - ••• 40 - 42 69 .1. - 71 It P 16 .= ii 11 - 13 . —ldxinl .•• --- ••• par-- ip par lip 36 38xd i d— i p 14 15 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. DENMARK AND SWEDEN. COPENHAGEN, Jan. s.—The Norwegian Marine Department has proposed. to his Majesty that in future the frigates required, according to the plan laid down on May 21, 1835, shall be built on a much larger scale, namely as 50 gun vessels, with 300 to 350 horse-power. In connection herewith, we add a list of the larger vessels in the present Norwegian navy :-1. The frigate St. Olaf, commenced in 1852, will be armed with twenty-six 601 b. bomb cannon, and fourteen 301 b. ball cannon ; horse-power, 150. 2. The fri gate Desideria, launched in 1851, carries twenty four 601 b. bomb cannon, and twelve 301 b. ball cannon. 3. The frigate Freya, launched. in 1828, has twenty-six 24-pounders, and ten 18- pounders ; repaired in 1845, but is in such bad condition that she will probably have to be cut down to a corvette, and perhaps provided with steam and a screw. 4. The corvette Nornen, commenced in 1852, will carry four 601 b. bombs, and twelve 301 b. ball cannon ; horse-power. 80. 5. The corvette Nidaros, launched in 1851, is armed with six 601 b. bomb cannon ; horse-power, 200. 6. The cor vette Nordstjernen, launched in 1841, carries two 501 b. bombs, and eighteen 24 pounders ; she will soon require a thorough repair. 7. The corvette Ornen (the Eagle), launched in 1849, bears six teen 18-pounders. 8. The corvette Ellida, launched in 1848, a cadet-ship, carries ten 18-pounders. 9. The brig Frederiksvoern, launched in 1815, and repaired in 1836, must again be restored ; she car ries sixteen 18-pounders. Free-trade petitions continue to pour in upon the King of Sweden. Several have lately beeti for warded from the working men of Stockholm and other great towns, hereby demolishing the last argu ment of the Protectionists, that their system of taxation and confiscation is for the especial benefit of the working class. A remarkable picture of "protection" may be found in the condition of the Swedish cloth manufactories. As you know, foreign cloth is entirely prohibited, and has been so for Onerations—a system which has cost Sweden mil lions, for the benefit of a few individuals. And with what effect ? In 1850 there were in Sweden 160 cloth manufactories, with a total of 1,015 looms, 4,932 workmen, and a produce of 1,013,907 ells of cloth, and 364,250 ells of other stuff (woollens); the whale worth 6,917,857 rd. bk. This has sunk till, in 1852, we have 130 manufactories, 752 looms, 3,509 workmen, 812,687 ells of cloth, and 410,724 ells of woollens ; the whole worth 5,075,640 rd. bk. Meantime smuggling is more active than ever in all parts of the country. The news from Finland states that the glorious Navarino massacre of Sinope was celebrated in Helsingfors, on the 18th of December, by a Te Deum in the churches, a ball at the palace of the Gover nor-General (Rokassowskij), and a general illumi nation. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Jan. 10.—The Manchester market con tinues inanimate. The rise in corn, and the increased fear of war, add materially to the prevailing caution. But, being generally free from stocks, and in many arti cles well supplied with orders, spinners and manufac turers exhibit the greatest firmness in regard to prices. The overland mail is telegraphed, and this has occasioned an inquiry for the East to-day, with some business in certain goods and yarns—less in the latter than in low qualities of the former. ROCHDALE, Jan. 9.—This has been the new market, which, in general, is more a day for the settlement of Christmas accounts than for business. It has been rather thinly attended ; and the roads in many places being yet impassable, on account of the late snow, goods could not be brought to market. The demand for pieces has been tolerably good, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. Though we have had no great business doing in wool, prices remain firm, and their ten dency is upward. ' HiLIFAic, Jan. 7.—Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was about the usual attendance of merchants and manufacturers in our Piece-hall to-day, and rather more goods were disposed of than for the last few Saturdays, but the quantity was not la r ge. Yarns remain much as they were; and there is no quot able variation in the wool market. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 10.--A moderate business for the season has been transacted in the Cloth-hall in broadcloths and plain trouserings ; but in the fancy vest ings there has been but a small demand. The wool trade has been quieter to-day than for some time past. SUSPECTED MURDER IN BROOKE'S MARKET, HOLBORN. Yesterday Mr. Brent conducted an inquiry into the circumstances-attending the death of Mary Ann Allan, an aged spinster, who was found dead in her room, 4, Beauchamp-street, Leather-lane, having a severe wound on her forehead. It'appeared from the evidence that the deceased was of eccentric and miserly habits, and that she would never let any of her relatives know where she wal re siding. She occasionally visited her brother, Mr. Wm. Allan, button-maker, No. 118, St. Martin's-lane, and her aunt, who lives at No. 2, Peter's-court, Fleet-street. She was with her aunt on Thursday and Friday last. On that (Friday), as she appeared unwell, a cab was hired to take her home. She was accompanied by a female, and directed the cabman to drive her to Greville-street, Holborn. There she felt annoyed at the presence of the female, who, in order not to annoy her, sat on the box ; and she observed that she did not wish any of her rela tions to know where she was living. She then gave di rections to the driver to take her to Aldersgate-street, Gravel-lane, &c., when, after going about for some time, he 'again went to Greville-street. She got out there and was recognised by Mr. George Sims, optician, No. 9, Greville-street, who took her home. She proceeded to her room, but was not again seen alive. Deceased's landlord deposed that on Sunday last, as nothing had been seen or heard of his tenant, he entered the room, and found her dead, and her body injured as described. He immediately procured the attendance of a policeman and a surgeon. The latter attributed death to the wound, which he said might have been caused either by a fall from a great height, or a blow from some blunt instrument. She could not have walked after such injuries, which, moreover, must have been inflicted within 24 hours of their discovery. He believed that they were caused by a violent and wilful blow. The Coroner said it was necessary now that they should adjourn the inquiry for further evidence. It might be that the deceased had drawn some money out of the savings bank. The summoning officer, Mr. Stripland, here remarked that the rent-book was found on the stairs leading to an upper story, where deceased was not in the habit of going. The jury unanimously observed that under the cir• cumstances it would be advisable to adjourn. The Coroner then bound over the witness to appear at a future day, and the inquest was adjourned. The Coroner directed the officers to make inquiries at the savings bank, and of the stockbroker whose name was on the receipts. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The East India and China Association have published their usual comparative statement of the number of ships, both British and foreign, with their aggregate tonnage, entered inward and cleared outward with cargo from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter in the years 1852 and 1853. According to the statistics of vessels entered inward, the increase in the case of the port of London has been 7 vessels and 27,90 D tonnage-the difference between 711 vessels, with 384,531 tonnage, in 1853, and 704 vessels, with 356,622 tonnage, in 1852. The return for Liverpool shows an increase of 52 vessels and 46,672 tonnage - the difference between 255 vessels, with 155,741 tonnage, and 203 vessels, with 109,069 tonnage. There is also an increase in the case of Bristol and Hull of 6 vessels and 2,356 tonnage, the arrivals in 1852 hav ing b een 30 vessels, with 11,613 t onnage, an d i n 185 3 36 vessels, with 13,969 tonnage. The return for the Clyde exhibits a decrease of 7 vessels and 3,281 tonnage -the difference between 39 vessels, with 14,577 ton nage, and 46 vessels, with 17,858 tonnage. The increase on the whole statement is 58 vessels and 73,656 tonnage -the difference between 1,041 vessels, with 568,818 ton nage, in 1853, and 983 vessels, with 495,162 tonnage, in 1852. Of this increase the principal consists of arri vals from Sydney, Bombay, Madras, and Ceylon. The statistics of vessels cleared outward show the large increase in the case of the port London of 312 vessels and 143,412 tonnage-the =Terence between 954 vessels, with 485,972 tonnage, is 1853, and 642 vessels, with 342,560 tonnage, in le. The return for Liverpool shows an increase of 139 vessels and 52,493 tonnage-the difference between 515 vessels, with 280,054 tonnage, and 376 vessels, with 2 2 7,556 tonnage. Bristol and Hull figure for an increase of 18 vessels and 2,894 tonnage, the clearances in 1853 having been 21 vessels, with 4,888 tonnage, while in 1852 they only comprised three vessels, with 1,994 tonnage. The re turn for the Clyde exhibits an increase of 103 vessels and 20,138 tonnage-the difference between 188 vessels, with 61,552 tonnage, and 85 vessels, with 41,414 ton nage. The increase on the whole statement is 572 vessels and 218,942 tonnage-the difference between 1,678 vessels, with 832,466 tonnage, and 1,106 vessels, with 613,524 tonnage. Of this increase, nearly the entire amount arises from an augmented trade with the Australian colonies and New Zealand. 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 12A St. 12 12f 25 all all 10 100 100 161 10 St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 all 100 15 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 all 13.5 244 all 15 1 10 1 1 all all 15 11i all all all all 12s. 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 10 22. all all 20 15 1 14 15 20 20 20 37 6i x d THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—With the exception of Mr. Ellison, baro meter maker, of Norwich, who still lies a t th e B e ll I n n, Thetford, suffering from injuries on th e l eg an d c h es t, in a very b a d con dition, the various parties hurt by the collision on this line, who still survive, are said to be progressing favourably, every possible care and attention to their state being paid to them by the direction of the company. The inquest was adjourned. THE WESLEYAN 3rIETHOUISTS.—The recently pub lished census tables on public worship show that there are in the original connexion 428 circuits in Great Britain. There were 6,579 chapels in England and Wales belonging to this connexion in March, 1851, con taining accommodation for 1,447,580 persons. The num ber of attendants on census Sunday was—morning, 492,744; afternoon, 383,964; and evening 667 3 850, in cluding an estimate for non-returns. lit i pm pm 134 211 1091 1001 31 x d 74k 5 41 42 ad 73 4 Ili 1 3 i it lt Ga i 4101 4 ,,Lit #. '~ ~ e` .1 (... A bread riot is a very old and very vulgar thing‘____". ll !_ ' There were b rea d r i o t s a f ew mont h s after thit- .9 : -> enactment of the Corn Laws of 1815, and they re k curred at rather short intervals till 1846. Indeed, there have been bread riots in all ages, for when bread is dear, and the people unemployed, —two things very likely to happen together,—the people, being hungry and having nothing else to do, are apt to make a rush at the bakers' shops, when they have exhausted both their cash and their credit. We say "the people," though it is won derful how a mere handful of fellows nobody ever saw before can emerge from somewhere nobody knows, and get up a riot for any purpose whatever, the stupid respectables going round with them, simply to see whatever is to be seen, but thereby giving body to the movement. But a bread riot, after all, is a mere flash in the pan. There is no more method, or danger, or augury of any sort in a bread riot than in a " town-and-gown ' row, or in the recent snowballing match on the Liverpool Exchange, or, to come nearer to the point, in the circumstance of some disorderlies, on being released from a goal, breaking some large plate-glass shop panes in order to extort money - from Poor Law guardians, or in the act of the half-starved mother who slips a bit of bacon from a shop under her shawl. Anybody who plunders a shop proclaims himself in the wrong. There is no argument or pretence of argument in the case, unless the fact of a person being hungry and out of temper is to be considered a justification for a crime. When, twenty years ago, agricultural mobs went about breakingthrashing-machines, andwhen, half as long ago, agricultural labourers went about firing stacks, there might be a shadow of bad argument in these outrages. There is not even that much of reason or sophistry in a bread riot. It is a mere act of hunger and passion. Bread is sometimes cheap, and sometimes dear. For the last seven years the complaint on the part of the agriculturist has ever been that it was too cheap, and., so far from exces sive fluctuations, no period can be shown in which the price of bread was so uniform. The result is, that far these seven years we have had no bread riots ; and when people in London are told that the bakers' shops at Exeter were pillaged the other day, forthivith some people with short memories pretend to think it quite a sign of the times, a modern invention, a natural result from the repeal of the corn laws, and never heard of before. Nay, an amiable and judicious contemporary goes even further,' and suggests that hunger is a very good excuse for robbery, violence, and theft. If a man has been led to expect that he will have cheap bread, and has had it cheap enough for a good many years, the instant it becomes dear he may, it seems, go and take it without paying for it, and break the baker's head or windows into the bargain. We cannot congratulate these would-be incendiaries on their prospect of fanning the flame, for flame there is none, and, if it were, all the puffing and blowing of the anile pair of cheeks in question would never get it up. Think of these writers telling a few ill-conditioned vagabonds in a low part of Exeter that they had " been goaded to extremities" by " illegitimate practices,' meaning by that singular phrase the arguments in favour of frse trade. Think of charging Free-traders exclusively with " waging war against labour" by the introduction of machinery, when every labourer knows that machinery had been in troduced into agricultural processes as fast as the farmer could afford it, long before free trade was a question of the day We are then gravely informed that these ragamuffins at Exeter had been " seduced by the sophisms of Free Trade emis saries," and that having, " consequently, antici pated great amelioration in the external conditions of life," on the " exposure of ,the fallacy" they had " considered themselves aggrieved, and, impelled by the cruel pinchings of hunger, had risen up against their betrayers "—viz., the poor little bakers, provision dealers, and other pur veyors of the labouring class. tay, if the flame cannot be fanned, at least it can be felt, and the writer warms up with his own combus tibles. Civil war itself rises in all its charms to his disordered imagination, and he is prepared to excuse it. "If rebellion is in the slightest degree excusable—justifiable it can scarcely ever be—it is when men are driven to it by want." Why, who does not want ? If that is an excuse, everybody has only to take what ho wants, and the law of might at once, becomes the only law of the land. But an agricultural rebellion would be a very poor thing ; so, besides fanning the flame, a a further attempt is mad to direct it—just to throw a flake or two over the wall to the manufacturers, and bring the hungry, and therefore quite " ex cusable," rebels about their factories. "We very much fear lest the people in the manufacturing dis tricts should embark in a similar course of violence." What a kind interest to take in the welfare and peace of the millowner, add how surprised he must be at this expression of sympathy from so un expected a quarter ! Whatever you do, don't nail his ears to the pump. "But," continues our new " Manufacturer's Friend," " should the "supplies, that is, the weekly su b scr i p ti ons f or t h e Preston turnouts, before the difference between the employer and the employed is settled, and should they be then rendered desperate by want, we cannot answer for the consequences." We be lieve we can allay the grievous apprehensions of our nervous contemporary. We will "answer for the consequences." We will pledge all our political reputation that if a mob of Preston turnouts at tacks either a baker's shop or a manufactory, and does a little plunder or destruction, the mischief will stop there, and Parliament won't think it ne- • cessary to pass a hasty bill re-enacting the Corn Laws.—Times. BREAD RIOTS. THE VIENNA MONEY-MARKET. The state of the Vienna money-market, owing to the increasing insolvency of the Austrian Government, ap pears to be such that, in the midst of the prevailing panic, the most extraordinary delusions are circulated as to the sources whence relief is to be hoped for. The latest of these seems to have been to the effect that cer tain English capitalists have offered to get up a loan of 10,000,0001. sterling if the Austrian Government will entirely break with Russia. After the failure of the attempt to raise money in London last summer, when political affairs were far less complicated, and when the financial condition of the country, although known to be deplorably bad, had not been so thoroughly exposed as it is now, it has doubtless been felt by the Vienna specu lators to be hopeless to persuade the people that there is any possibility of getting an advance upon the ordi nary plan, and hence they have been driven to base their expectations on the ide a o f it s b e i ng offered as a bribe. Happily, however, there is no present prospect of more English cash being sent to Austria on any terms other than such as would bring utter discredit on the home market, and the accep tance of which would therefoie be avoided to the last. The Government have just refused to receive, ex cept at 15 per cent. discount, the paper of their own National Bank, which all other persons in the country are compelled to take at par, and it may be presumed that nothing could be wanted in addition to this act, and the statement of their estimated excess of expenditure over income for the coming year, to extinguish their borrowing• powers in all quarters. They have therefore no resource except among their own subjects, and as an appeal to them cannot belong delayed, an inducement obviously exists for the most urgent efforts to obtain instantaneouslyquestion.e a s o d m v e e lr tf s !, l en p d p : t a h r t e eh n e t p r conclusion adjustment of the n en ol t us s i ta oo te w o o f p o au nc i e a b n e ti adopted a th i n a e t d n , o apnodssitbhiwould at the t loan, therefore, of th e a re t f e o m re p , o ary un less it were a forced one, would have to be con tracted on war terms. If also, the attempt were made during the prevalence of vague pretences on the part of the Czar in favour of a moderate policy it would be known that Austria entertained no faith in them, since, supposing them to be sincere, she would only have to wait a short time for their fulfilment in order to raise what she might want under all the advan tages of restored confidence. This question will conse quently furnish better means of testing the private views entertained as to the results to be shortly expected than could be found in any other manner. From the course of France likewise, and even of Turkey, on the same point, the public both in London and Pap's will be able to form useful inferences. So long as the idea of the practicability of an early arrangement is not wholly abandoned, the applications for the 8,000,000/. required by the former Power and the 2,000.0001. by the latter will be postponed. If they are made during a mere in terval of favourable rumours, they may be regarded as being hastily :put forth before an inevitable explosion, and under no circumstances therefore can they be safely touched until positive treaties of peace shall have been published and accepted on all sides. EMIGRATION SOCIETIES.—Our readers will be glad to hear that the cause of systematic Colonisation, combined with Emigration, so lon g advocated by the Friendly . Societies' authority, Mr. Scratchley, is likely to be re cognised by the Legislature. A clause has been intro duced in the new Friendly Societies Bill, which is to be brought in this coming session, whereby permission is given to form Benefit Emigration and Colonisation Societies, on the plan devised by Mr. Scratchley, in his well-known treatise on " Industrial Investment and Emigration." (J. W. Parker and Son, 4 Institute —of which one 3 petitions i 4 45, West Strand.) This concession may be considered an o th er instance of the power of publ ic o p ini on elicited by PETITIONS. issued by tbeDFurierinngdl y the s ociseutmiesmienr of our most experienced li fe ass urance managers, Mr s Bridges, is the secretary—were distributed in all parts of the United }Kingdom, and we understand that many thousands of s i,natures were obtained from persOns of all classes. The industrial public are much beholden to the Friendly Societies Institute, which has undertaken Eic , i m portant a movement, attended, as it must have been, with consider able expense. ~• { r