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tribirb UVitions SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 7 agst Half and Half. 15 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken). CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Aldford (taken). 66 to 1 agst Catspaw (taken). 66 to 1 agst Duchess of Lorraine (taken). 66 to 1 agst Typee (taken). DERBY. 6to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 9 to 1 lagst King Tom (taken). 30 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 33 to 1 agst Andover (taken). 50 to 1 agst Old Noll (taken). 80 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 100 to 1 agst The Early Bird (taken). OAKS. 4to 1 agst Meteora (taken). BULWER LYTTON'S POETRY. The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart.. Vols. 111. and IV. Chapman and Hall. Quoting the holy words with all reverence—it has occurred to us that never, perhaps, since the creation downwards, has THE POET been more per fectly, more accurately, or more exquisitely described than by the inspired lips of Saul of Tarsus, in one divine sentence of his, that one divine, majestic, and most touching utterance :—" OC EV • rats tapatc rim trapcog avrov, aE q ffEe c re cat tcerqpiac irpoc rov avva l uvov cro)2'Etv avrov sic Oavarov, µEra tcpaorig taxvpac (3acpvcov irpoo-evercac, at evict xovcreetc airo rng evXaPetac " According to the elo quent version of the old vulgate—" Qui in diebus - earns sum, preces supplicationesque ad eum, qui .possit ilium salvum facere a morte, cum clamore valido et lacrymis offerens, exauditus est pro sua • Teverentia." Or, for the benefit of the unlettered, in our own tongue—" Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence." It is The Poet. Speaking with a kindred reverence, we here trap ' scribe, and would ever repeat, that passage as one that entirely defines The Poet, as one that consti tutes (Allis whole character, and genius, and being, • and victory, the most complete delineation. It matters nothing to us that some might charge us with pedantry or affectation in giving these re markable words as we have given them, at once in the Greek text, in the Latin vulgate, and in our own language. It matters little that some might mistakenly regard the allusion as an indecorum. The sentence is here advisedly reiterated in three • versions simply with a view to the stronger and more direct enforcement of its application. It is transcribed by us altogether too rever ently to be in any way indecorous as a quo tation. And, as it is transcribed, so let it be read. Considered in this light, we believe that every scholar must perforce recognise the justness, the accuracy, and the all-sufficiency of these divine words, regarded thus as the limning or portraiture of The Poet. Meaning, of course, when we say Poet, a true Poet, a great Poet, one worthy of that glorious designation. One—observe who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears" [has not Shelley himself sung of these Poets ? "They learn in suffering what they teach in song"] has " offered up prayers and supplications" [all the loftiest and truest poetry being literally, it may be indirectly, prayer or adoration] "to him that Was able to save him from death" [mark the ultimate consummation of success] "was heard for his reverence." Heard !—the 'benignant response of the Muse. And for what ?—for his " reverence !" Now, humanly speaking, there could be little possibility of profanation in the re ference by us of this memorable passage to the Poet's delineation—when it is added that we can find it in our conscience to apply that lofty title merely to some eight, or ten, or twelve names out of the whole catalogue of aspirants recorded in the history of profane literature. Dignifying with the glorious rank of Poet in its strictest signification, only such giants as Dante and Milton, as Homer and Shakspere. Numerous others there have been, gifted only with glimpses of the " faculty divine"-..throbs of the cestrum—thrills of the afflatus. Poets, it may be, in innate capacity, but certainly not in complete realisation. Talking of the distribution of destinies and characters among mankind, Lamartine has nobly said somewhere in his " Jocelyn:"— "Dieu, qui de ses desseins connait seul le mystere, A partage la ta,che aux enfants de la terre : Aux tins le sol a femtre of des champs semer, Aux autres des enfants, des femmes pour aimer, A ceux-15, le plaisir d'un monument qu'on fonde A ceux-ci le grand bruit de leur pas dans le monde." Happily, no doubt, for the world itself, these last are, of all, the least numerous—and least nu merous among the least numerous, the Demigods of Poetry. According to Schiller, indeed, the poet was, from the dawn of creation, a kind of surplus minim of humanity—his destiny little else than an after-thought of Omnipotence. However this might be, the great Bards of the earth have re vealed themselves only at distant intervals in the lapse of generations. Kindred to them, neverthe less, in genius and in aim, though not wholly, be it said, in achievement, there have been others who have disclosed in occasional utterances the passion, and the soul, and the vitality of the poet in their 43ompositions. The " strong cry" has been he ard, l sere and there, through the more equable flow of ;;heir rhetoric—the " tears" have, now and then, 1 Sparkled down on their pages, and become eter i aised. These, generally speaking, are the men most 1 3eloved among the intellectual benefactors of the r i . l a we multitud e . Dantes an d Milt ons are regar d e d w ith t.lis.e and with a sort of reveren ti a l a d m i ra ti on ; b u t se poets (so-called) are admitted to the affections az ad into the hearts of the population. Their writ in writ ings—to employ that phrase which (now 4 , familiar in. our mouth s as household words ") was first ut ;ed by Lord Bacon in his Dedication of the ninth edition of his "Essay s " t o th e D uke of Bucking lawn. " come home to mew's businesso and bosomes." They become, at last, the mental lares arid literary penates of our hearths—not poets as en W 4 3 have said in the strict, and lar ge , an d lofty ' of that grea t title, but akin t o poets, or, if se nse Lid. th emsel b ves, poets only by snatches interjec ti onally. Conspicuous among these in our English r Own days— * hatever the adverse dictum of the little cliques as id coteries of the Victorian Age of lite rs ,ture—must be ranked the author of the volumes In .entioned at the head of this criticism, and of so in any others, and those others so various in their character ! Mr. Disraeli once said, very happily -if we recollect rightly, the remark occurs in his pi 3ychological romance of " Contarini Fleming"—. tl iat the Poet of the present epoch is the Novelist. S it Edward Bulwer Lytton has a double claim, tl ierefore, in this respect upon our co nsideration. I f he has written the most ambitious epic of the o entury—the only epic, indeed, possessing really :rand, and national, an d hi s t or ical pretensions —'h° Il ins written also the most diversified and admirable romances of our generation. He has chaunted in t aelodious and often majestic numbers the legen dar y 1 aories of "Kin g A r th ur :" but, besides this, his facile Pen has called into being that long procession of fic titious creatures, attesting, in his character as a novelist the scope an d f ecun dity o f hi s imagination. eerting our att e nti on as muc h as p oss ible, how ever ) from. his fame as a nove li s t, di s regarding for a While the tehaxqtuißsinitewceol ingenious suggestion of "Vivian Grey," we may accept the work's here reprinted in a really tial or rLytton edition, as sufficient testimony divine desi is, in truth, a poet in the reservedpar sense alreildy applied by us to that the days o r haition. A Poet ! for his voice, "in "with a stro ll : that breathes flesh," rises, indeed, (at times) than of the spirit in rythm ears"—rises (at intervals) f, less of intellectual artifice unfrequently whi l e ' prayer and supplication." Not might say of him as turning over these leaves we of Rubin; _ wit Was once said said so deliciously Especially in reference avail les in Vol. 111 , immediately larmes dans la mix. to the miscellaneous pieces " King Artliur"--il e ately following the close of particularly the minorti " Earlier poems i n P two o era h s 0 , ' • 0 ' k b s u t more charm ingly entitled " Corn Flowers." graceful imagining, be cause, in our author' s So entitled agining, Song is a rid arta(' e hull 3ed to shore ant to ne on at the ,wick, men, g W., o men of the when, latter I went ig all mums is now ) boat guard pool to to the nuary, of the I boat, .e here re been 4th of wrecks, ,ebecca ander abella, (brig), n New British 3artle- I, Dec. L 'three irrived )swich, Ind for , south )sed to ved. Liver a, with cue. , undee, ost im- as been. vithout arently LI, bow t seven m, and i Dec., 1. here. Ind the Le Herd r other r saved. —Hall )ourne ; Ann I—Con ; Fore :(1 Dee., tle 9th, a 20th ; tto, for Irambin . T.-- A r- i f from Belgian tre, was Nov. — ay. -George 7 Valpa- ;ydney, aritius ; !uebec ; g hard, Turkish Jondon ; lay, left , quarter 3rieneect 50 N. ) P.M. Captains nida, of shore in ro latter , 7om the, fo boat. a moun,- H.) 9 A.M. yreneeg, ra shing supplied lon, for !ardiff. .PANIEfie •ence to letropo s on the, 'outages ed with es have tinental, various iportant will in. for the tinental d Euro , at all •ansmis- ies have Steam leaves for the put in aturd ay [ North t. John lalifax, British ws, and during 3ther to and the )5,000/. Ind the under If silver at the Bncy to state of Strallari once on rg qno :ount tternent for the .nted to hose of abruaryr held nO t towlJ• Lord •ned tO 7as not ood 13i ed yew I Abe' 311, sir moicg ndoa. instoo e eaten 's Cant of is 3r Mr. E. —Tbi 4 i n 0 0 n t bet is oW $ll. "the Harvest-flower of Life"—a thought thus ten derly articulated : "The Corn Flower opens as the sheaves are rife, Song is the twin of golden contemplation, The Harvest-flower of Life." "For emotional melody in its subtler and. more deli cate modulations we even prefer these " Corn Flowers" to the ornate and g orgeous epic which precedes them, and which Sirßulwer Lytton, not altogether without reason, regards as, all things considered, the masterpiece upon which he may repose his hope of an enduring reputation. Several of the poems comprised in the collection thus figura tively designated, "most" of them, indeed, in the First Book, according to the printed announcement, " have been recently composed and hitherto unpub lished," while others in the Second Book are now given tothe world in like manner for the first time— these latter " being chiefly of a more thoughtful cha racter." A familiar favourite, here and there, starts forth from among these novelties to our recollec tion. As where we meet once more with the " rathe violets" that bloomed first, if we remember rightly, in one of the Annuals—or where in " Love and Death," and in " The Language of the Eyes," we recognise the primeval loveliness of the verse through all that we cannot but regard as the blurrs and blunderings of emendation Gratefully, however, we accept in one of these emended poems that exquisite epitome of human existence : " Thus Love is best known By the tears it has shed ; And Death's surest sign Is the smile of the dead." It is remarkable among these effusions how re peatedly our author blends the utterance of. an anguish the most poignant with images of the ut most tenderness. nits, in the very same produc tion, "Is it all Vanity ?" in which his soul cries out in an agony— " Seek thy lost Psyche, yearning Love, no more ! • Love is but lust, if soul be only breath ; Who would put forth one billow from the shore If the great sea be—Death ?" he can sigh thus plaintively over the ruggedness of the track up the mountain of years— " Out on this choice of unrewarded toil, This upward path into the realm of snow ! Oh for one glimpse of the old happy soil Fragrant with, flowers below I" and can close his meditative verse with that thought of sublime consolation— " Longings obscure as for a native clime, Flight from what is to live in what may bo, God gave the soul. —Thy discontent with Time Proves thine Eternity." In a similar mood of philosophy, he draws wisdom from " The Reperusal of Letters written in Youth" —wisdom that ripens to this conclusion — "Happy the man in whom with every year New life is born, robaptised in the past — In who each change doth but as growth appear ; The loTeliest change, the last ! Full many a sun shall vanish from the skies, And still the aloe show but leaves of thorn : Leaf upon leaf, and thorn on thorn, arise, And lo—the flower is born !" It is not alone, however, by metaphors thus daintily elaborated that Bulwer Lytton embellishes the miscellaneous poems appended to his more am bitious composition : nor is it, again, by conceits as happily expressed as that graceful stanza in " The Loyalty of Love"— " My heart is the dial ; Thy looks are the sun : I count but the moments Thou shinest upon." Corn Flowers , hardly less lavishly than the " pic tured urn" of Gray's Fancy, can pour forth—when they list— " Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." • How consolatory and inspiriting, for example, is every syllable of that " Address to the Soul in De spondency !" Is there not a resonant eloquence in the following adjuration, for instance ?—an elo quence vibrating with the tenderness of Chris tianity : " Why—counting the gain or the loss— The badge of the temple assume ? March on : if thy sign be the Cross, Thy triumph must be at the Tomb." Above all, are there not the loftiest truth, and the most touching solemnity, and the most elevat ing solace in the lines here subjoined : " The thunder that scatters the pest, May be but a type of the whole ; And storms which have darkened the breast, May bring but its health to the soul. " Can the earth where the harrow is driven, The sheaf in the furrow foresee — Or thou guess the harvest of heaven, Where iron has entered in thee g" Illustrations of a like kind might be multiplied, but these are assuredly sufficient. Before closing our allusions to these same perennial " Corn Flowers"— , especial reference, however cursory or incidental, should in all justice be made to one of the principal charms of the collection. A classic idyll—" The Dispute of the Poets"—a Dialogue on the Poetic Character. In this remarkable effusion, the author has gracefully typified the flower and the light of intellect, thef/os and the lux of imagination. In the ideal forms of Anthios and Lykegenes, he has em bodied those truths of which, in modern times, Goethe and Schiller were the contrasting impersona tions. He has here perfected a poera tendingmarvel lously well to illuminate that notable dispute which, says he in a footnote, "can never, perhaps,be settled" —the argument as to whether the real aim of the Poet should be to delight or to instruct. This be witching theme he has pursued through all the mazes of a melodious discussion—now maintaining that " Feeling" is the source from which " wo cull The moly of the Beautiful ;" now that " Thought," and not Feeling, is " the charm which from ambrosial domes Draws the Immortal to Time's brazen towers, When on the soul the gentle Thunderer comes-- Comes but in goldn showers." Still—though the dispute alternates between the Child on the one hand and the Priest on the other, between that lovely verse which is, as it were, the epitome of the poetic creed of Anthios— " As COLOUR to the world, so song to life !" and that, perhaps yet lovelier, which is the conden sation, so to speak, of the argument of Lykegenes— " Song is to soul what unto life is LIGHT "- Sir Bulwer Lytton, with a comprehensive and all embracing sympathy, • terminates the discussion in favour not of ono, but of both the imaginary dis putants. His conclusion being that they are " both divine"—Anthios and Lykegenes. In Vol. IV. the six dramas are commenced with " The Duchess de La Valliere," " The Lady of Lyons," and "Richelieu"—leaving " The Sea Captain," " Money," and " Not so Bad as We Seem," to appear in that fifth volume which, we presume, will complete this admirable edition of the Poetical and Dramatic works of the most brilliant of all living contributors to our national literature. What sings he himself at the termination of the Poems here finally collected and elaborated ? " Calmly to time I leave these images Of things experienced, suffered, felt, and seen ; Fruits shed or tempest-torn from changeful trees, Shells murmuring back the tides in distant seas— Signs where a soul has been. As for the form Thought takes—the rudest hill Echoes denied to gardens back may give ' • Life speaks in all the forms which Thought can fill ; If Thought once born can perish not—here still I think, and therefore live I" Wherefore so may he appropriately close the lasi volume of his writings with that solemn and touch. ng Epigraph. POST-OFFICE MaNTIILY DIRECTOR. MESSRS. LETTS, ROYAL EXCHANGE. This publication has now become an almost indis pensable requisite of every office, shop, and counting house throughout the country. It is issued monthly in the form of a large sheet almanac, and, in addition to a comprehensive diary for the month, with the despatch and arrival of the principal foreign and colonial mails, it contains all the information that can possibly be required with regard to the Post-office—the rates of postage to every part of the world, the hours of despatch from London, as well as the hours of delivery ; the regulations with regard to Parliamentary papers and proceedings, and notices of objections to voters ; the regulations as to money orders, registered letters, newspapers, books, and a great amount of other valuable matter. With the commencement of the piesent year an improvement has been introduced into the sheet which the commercial community will duly appreciate, viz., the number of days averaged by all letters in their transit to and from London. From a notice we learn that the February edition will, exclusively, contain a list of all foreign post towns, with the countries in which they are situate. This also will be of great use to all who are engaged in f o reign correspondence. The accuracy of the whole con tents may no doubtisipubli be shed i b m y p t l h ic e it p ly relied ermission u o pon ft , as the hepos " Post master-General, m "Director" is and edited by a gentleman connected with the foreign department of the General Post-office, and who, we imagine, has access to the very best in formation that can be obtained. The production does infinite eredit,to Messrs. Letts, to whom the public i s excelof the mlenetchdaiarraicetse,nalmanacs, ; already ae other annualindebted many RELEASE FROM PRISON OF TIIE WELL-KNOWN DUGDALE —On Saturday, at the Judges' Chambers, an application was made for the discharge of the prisoner Dugdale, who was committed for two years for selling indecent books and immoral publications, on the ground of an error in the conviction. Baron Martin, having heard the arguments in support of the discharge, made an order for the release of the prisoner. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1854. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) I SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY), ;t. 100 ;t. 10k) 5 30 Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c 1 Blyth & Tyne 10 pert et, pref. (iss. at£so) 'Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Tlio. Do., shares CORN EXCHANGE. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, in which a good business was doing, at an advance of from 2s to 4s per quarter. Barley was in good request, and rather dearer. Malt, oats, beans, and peas advanced. The flour trade was brisk, on higher terms. The continental markets have been less active, owin g to the severity of the weather. neverthele ss, p rices have ruled firm. The stocks appear to be greatly reduced. The latest adyices from New York state that both wheat and flour were on the advance. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 23,228 quarters of wheat, 4,710 barley, 4,375 oats, 2,070 beans, 1,080 peas, SO tares, 8,649 linseed, 5,930 rapeseed, 53 sundry seeds, 1,486 sacks and 45,674 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise, was very moderate, and in but middling condition. By land carriage, the receipts were on a limited scale. Although the show of samples of both red and white was small, millers in general, owing to the liberal import of flour from the United States, evinced less anxiety to purchase ; nevertheless, the de mand may be considered steady, at Friday's advance in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. The amount of business doing for forward delivery was comparatively small, yet the growers were firm. We were tolerably well supplied with foreign wheat, in which a full average business was transacted, at an im provement in the currencies of Monday last of 3s per quarter. Several floating cargoes changed hands for home con sumption, at 2s to 3s per quarter for money. The show of both English and foreign barley was mode rate. All descriptions moved off briskly, at 3s per quarter above the currencies of this day se'nnight. Malt—The supply was moderate, moved off steadily, at is per quarter advance. There was a good consumptive inquiry for oats, at is per quarter above the rates of the Monday last. Beans were in moderate supply, and good request, at is to 2s per quarter more money. The sale for peas was active, and the quotations further advanced is to 2s per quarter. The flour trade was active, at 2s to 3s per sack, and is to 2s per barrel more money. 7.1 Paid] RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Basiness done this day. it. 1100 !CI 5 ;t. WO .5 all thiedoniau £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent Cork &Ba ado n 5 p. c Dundee Perth&Aber dem Junction EastA uglian (£3los) 6 per cent..... Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (I:717s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2....... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. ..ClO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p. ets East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. . ..... Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. at 10 p. c. Do. 4 A percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,Ist Pre Gt. Southn. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Berks 4 Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 1 Do. con. & red. 46 p c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeeni. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. a., Stock... Leeds Nu. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B... London and;Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c.' Lond. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds 99 6 6 64 all 33 all 5 all 7i 2 si all 61 all LO all CI all .0 all ;t. 100 all 5 I all ;t. 100 3t. 100 LO 10 LO 4 61 all It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 6 6 ;t. 100 211 9 ';t.1100 CITHEENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red • • .. new 74s to 863 Ditto • • • • .. .. old 805 863 Ditto, White new 76s 90s': Ditto .. . • .. old 803 89s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 74s 868 Ditto new • • • . 74s 8631 Rye—Old • • • ......• 47s 48s New • • • • • • .. 47s 489 1 Baley—Grinding . • • .. 378 39a Malting . • • • • .. 44s 485, Chevalier •• • • . 493 508' Kalt--Suffolk and Nor folk • • • • • • • • 66s 70s Brown . • • • • • • • . • • • • 5813 62s King ston and Ware 74s 76s Malt—Chevalier .... 76s to 77s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 28s 31: Potato ...... 32s 340 Yonghal and Cork Black... •... 28s 300 Cork, White ..... 27s 33s Scotch, Feed. .• .. 82s 35s Beans—Tick .• • ...... 42s 463 Pige0n5.......... 56 , 58s Peas—Gvoy 46s 48s Maple .•. • • ...... 51s 52s White... •• • ..... 58s 66s _ . Londonderry& Coler. Shares ...... Londy. & Ennis. Sh aanch.,Shef., & Lin., Boilers 60s 64s Flour—Town-made... 638 708 Suffolk •• •• 628 64s Stocktn & Norfolk 593 608 _ . 4 Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO ...... Do., £6. Ilarypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent SMITHFIELD. Do ...7. T. ..... ..... ..... Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birth. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4. per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5i per et— Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. 215,6 p. c. Owing to the extreme severity of the weather, the arrivals of foreign stock into London last week were very limited —namely, 1,100 head. During the corresponding period of 1853, we received 3,214 ; in 1852, 3,337 ; 1851, 2,357 ; in 1850, 1,066 ; in 1849, 1,035; and in 1848, 1,235 head. momsurroLolmamiasrmmEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen lO5 ... 715 Now Liep lO9 1,171 Total 214 ... 1,886 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 ...... 427 ... 2,340 ... 67 ... 30 0 1852 602 2,366 318 4 1851 483 ... 1,574 ... ... 282 ... 48 1850 1 7 3 938 ... 83 1849 ISB ... 8 1 7 ... 50 The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was very moderate. Amongst it were about 60 oxen from Spain, in fair average condition. With home-fed beasts we were rather scantily supplied, owing to the non-arrival of several cattle trains from various quarters, caused by the slippery state the of the tr raadilse The attendance of buyers was g, and beef ruled steady at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d. per 8 lbs. The primest lots readily produced sd. per 8 lbs. • From the northern counties we received 1,000 shorthorns; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 1,100 Scots and shorthorns ; and from other parts of England 400 of various breeds. Scarcely any beasts were on offer from Scotland, the steamer, with several dead animals on board, having put into Leith in a disabled state. The show of sheep was seasonably good, but numbers of them were suffering from rot. For all breeds we experienced a very dull inquiry, and last week's prices were barely sup ported. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 5s 4d per 8 lbs. From their scarcity, prime small calves were dearer, the top quotation having advanced to 5s 6d per 8 lbs, but other kinds of veal were dull and drooping. There was a moderate sale for pigs, at last week's quota tions. Po _ Scot. Cen., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shreweby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min), 8 p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.i,;(1. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. Do York& N. Midland & S. Parch Per:,Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. e. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 10 4 4 Large use. calves 3 G 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 f, 5 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Large hogs 36 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Small porkers 4 4 410 Second quality ...3 10 4 6 Suck - huge:lives ..23 0 28 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 4 101 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 Beasts .. •• • • .... .• . ..... 3,349 1 g Beasts• • . ..... ........... • 339 1 Shoup .•••• • . • . .... .. , . _22,8 sO Sheep .. •••••• • . • • ...... 1,590 Calves .•••••—.• • • , • .• • • 214 C alves.... Pigs .• ••. • • • ............ ; 187 fig 5............ ••.•.. •• . . POS,EIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLY. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on 20 Monday, Jan. 10, 1853, and this day, Monday, Jan. 9, 10 1854. Per Slbs, to sink the offals. St. Jau. 10, 1853.1 an. 9, 1854 25 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. 25 210 to 3 03 6to 3 a St. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ••• - - S ec ond quality ditto 3 3 4 3 10 P r ime large oxen 3 6 2 8 4 6 Prime Scots, dLc 310 4 24 10 C o arse and inferior sheep 3 8 31 0 3 4 4 0 4 43 10 Second quality ditto 4 6 4 8 4 8 P r i m e coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 0 5 0 Large coarse calves 3 0 4 0 3 6 Primo small ditto 4 2 4 6 4 6 Large hogs ... ••• ••• 210 3 6 3 6 Neat small porkers 3 8 310 4 4 Beasts... ... 2,736 Sheep 2 0 , 500 194 Pigs 210 4 . 4 1 0 4 4 1 2 3,34',, 22,889 250 184 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 12, 1852.—Beasts, 3,556 ; sheep, 24,760; calves, 114; pigs, 30. Jan. 13, ISsl.—Beasts, 3,949 ; sheep, 19,070; calves, 100 ; pigs, 295. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report, the arrival of country-killed meat has been coparativoly kmall ; yet these markets are well supplied. Although the business doing is not to say CS' tensive, prices are very firm. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 310 Do., prime large 4 0 4 2 Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 6 4 4 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 6 Do., prime 48 5 4 0 10 Veal 4 0 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. We have to repori;:ligaTMProvement in the demand for good and fine hops, at full quotations. In other kinds only a limited business is doing. Last week's imports wore 1 bale from Calais, and 96 ditto from Ostend. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. Os to 171. 17s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 101. Os to 12/. 12s ; Sussex ditto, 101. Os to 12/. ; and foreign, 71. Os to 91. Os per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very limited supplies of potatoes have reached us since Monday last coastwise and by railway. The imports have been 45 tons from Dublin, 5 from Cork, and 2 from Limerick. The trade is toleraqy firm, as follows : Kent and Essex regents, 130 s to 1504; Scotch ditto, 130 s to 140 s ; Scotch cups, 110 to 120 s ; foreign, 100 s to 120 s per ton. WOOL. Public sales of from 3,000 to 4,000 bales East India, China, and other low foreign wools are appointed to take place on the 13th and 14th inst. At these sales no fine colonial will be brought forward. There is more doing in English wool, and the finest qualities are rather dearer. Foreign and colonial aro in better request, at full quota tions. Last week's imports wore 970 bales from• Sydney, SOO from Algoa Bay, and 100 from Callao. SEEI DS. Linseed has sold briskly, at of fully is per quarter. The: clover seed on former terms. rencies. an advance in the quotations re is iair businees doing in Cakes command full cur- Curnlp,White, per bush. 184 to 21s Swede .. • • •—• •• 20s 23s %dastard, Brown •• .• 103 134 White, new ••• • .. 14s 163 Ires,Winter, new .. 7s 6d 830 d Spring •• • • Os Od sOd Canary, per quarttr 61s 65s Rye grass •• •• •• • • 28s 84s Clover, Red Eng, (cwt.) 56. 664 White • • 72s 80s Foreign Red.. •• .. 54s 64,1 White.... 708 76s Trefoil, new .. 19a 24s I Carraway 42s 48s Coriander.... ........ lOs 158 81 'llempseed, per quarter 33s 388 Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 59s 633 Crushing •• • • .... 558 589 Baltic •• • • 509 55s Odessa ...... 519 578 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English • • . 91 lOs 10/ 5s Foreign, per ton 9! Os 111 108 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ lOs 7/ Os itapeseed, New, prig 30i Os 31101 TALLOW. A good business is still passing in our market, and prices j j are again higher. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 60s 6,1. for February, and 618 to 61s 6d from April to June. Town tallow is scarce, and worth 5 . 8 s 6d per cwt. net , cash. 1850. , 1851. , 1852. I 1853. 154, a d d i 3 3 7 7 8 8 3t a t0 3 0 6 0 s s 9d od tei to 4r i i p s oq 9 0 d d 0 0L 0d tc Stock this day ...... 44,452 I 52,583 ; 61,246 46,676 43,191 Price of Y. C. • • • • Od Delivery last week • • 2,518 1 2,759 2,313 1,737 1,326 Ditto from June 1 .... 61,233 66,885 67,555 63,963 65,008 Arrivals last week.. 571 4,670 1,583 1,278 2,261 { 1t0 39 :395 ° Dittofrom June 1.... 89,215 87,950 92,267 70,001 84,884 Price of Town .....• Als Od 39s 6d 39s 6d 478 9d 61s Od METROPOLITAN CAB FARES.-It is stated that the hand-book, with a list of cab fares, and distances from each and every leading cab stand, which the public has so long expected from the Commissioners of Police, is about to be issued. The list—besides having the advan tage of comprising at one time the several starting places i n an d roun d the metropolis--will, it is said, have the additional advantage of including very many dis tances which it was found difficult to attach to the limited space allotted to the tables posted at every stand. It is not stated why the Commissioners of Police have not long since proceeded with the execution of this work, without which the Hackney Carriage Acts of last session can never receive their intended effect. 100 'Aberdeen i 841Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June....._ all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birmng. Wolverh. & -Stour Valley 28 Birkenlid. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., 3 18 0 i B D 4 l o y s . t , o ll £ 4 & 2o T .4 y . 2 l s le tj o : i n g : £25 (iss. at £45)...' 100 ( Bristol & Exeter 100 'Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead' all Cork and Bandon ' a 411105 Cork,C o d u e r ü b e l i n J aB & l u ll B eaneck. & Pas ;s.' l s on t J .. u:n g. .:3 all Dundee Perth &Aber all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & 11.) all Eastern Counties__ 100 Ea , sternUnion,A.stk. 100 Do., do. B. . 81 Do.NewA(lateThirds) 100 East Lancashire ... 100 'Edinburgh& GlasgOW . , 311Edinb. and Peebles,,, l 100 !Edinb.Prth.&Dunde o 1 'Forth and ClycleJunc. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock .„„, 100 Do., B. Stock _ 'lOO Gt. Sth. &West. (Ires l 1100 Great Western.. , 11 Irish South-Easter, all Lancaster &Carlisle.. 11f Do., Thirds 100 Lancasb. &Yorkshire 171 Do., Fifths i 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all Loudon & Blackwall 81 Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 1 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,101.5h.,M&8...0 21 Do. Eighths 1100 London & S.Western 421 Do., £5O all Lndidrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lineln. 4h Do., Man. &Liu. Un 100 Midland 1100 Do. Binning. & Derby 471 Midland G.West.(lr.) 171 Do. 1 Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle 100 Newmarket 5 Do, Bury Extensions 171 Newpt.Aberg.& ll tfd & Rostrevor a 1 174 N Ne e w w7y & W E a li nt s u k p i o llen int 100 Norfolk ...............•, 31 Northu.Counties Un 100 North British . 16 North Devon, No.l 111 Do., No, 2..... . all Dc., 1 A D e ferred I 8 Do., A B Guaranteed) all North LondOn 1.1 N s . t & ea S d . , \N a r n st d n C ., i li ty am j. p - 1 1 171 North Staffordshire-1 all North Western , 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford Worcester a Wolverhampton 2.2 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Miclland 1 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Oswestry ...... 61 Shropshire Union ....1 ~. Do. A, B,C, &D, fully, Stockton paid uI 100 Taff Vale at & per par l 8 Do. £lO shadesc i e n cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern ..... all South Wales 15 S. rorksh. Rivet-Dna 5 Do. 2.2 Staines,Wolc.,&Wok all 16f Stockton & Hartlopl. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 , 20 Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... 17 Vale of Neath.. ___ all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 14 West Cornwall.. 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London 51s. Wmblodon &Croydon 100 York Newctl. &Berw. l , 20 Do. Extensions...—. 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland .0 7 5 3 :0 8 O all .7i all. O 10 !O 8 .t 0 all !O 2 5 all 20 10 ... 10 0 8 !Oi 20i, ;Oil 104 all 5 5 4 13 15 .0 13 5 2 5 3 LO 5 !O 12 ?,0 33), 29 LO 10 20 2 all 9 all .. 6 all :0 all _o all 9 10 9 40 6 all I 9 all 9 0 11 4 0.1 10.1 !co all ?CI 12 5 2 ?.0 fill LO 6 . 10 2 ?,0 6 !O 2s. 8i all ?.0 10 1 ,0 10 O; 4 /0 2 10 12 li - .. - 5i - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS, Leasing Closing Prices Business Compass. this day, this day. ----- 50 all Bedford and Ln.s,N.w. Ble t e hley. .1 St. 100 BuckghamsiL L. &N.W. 101 10 . 3 50 all Clydesdale Je. Calodon ... 51 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. 6p. cent Gt.Northn 140 143 140 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Noils.Direet. ••• 25 all Do. New Do — 25 all Glstr.&Da.Pr. Gt•Westn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. Now Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y •&N•Md• 111 25 all Do. Shares Do ......... 54i 12A all Do. Shares Do ...... 27 28 121 all Lon.&Greenw s.}.;a:;iern. 13 14. 20 all Do. Preference Do ......... 246 —25 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent Norfolk ... X 93 95 92 1i St. 100 Do. 6 per et— D o .. . 5i all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock & Midld. 2 - 3 50 all Micldlesbro & Stckton & Redcar 1.00 all Midld.Bradfd 99 101 100 50 all Northern and Eastern Sp. 60 . 5 all Do. 6 per et Do 5. , all Do.Fixedsp.c Do . 2,e all Prost. &Wyre L. &I\ .W. .• &Ln& Yk 1 12 Do. ?; Shares. Do ....... . •.. S 100 Roystu.&Hit. Gt.Northn 140 143 5 100 Do.Shopth.St. Do ..... .. . . 140 143 2 , 18k Shef. Roth. & Lancash .& Goo l o eg•.s.p.c Yorksh_ 12 9S. Staflordsh KOK:lean 2 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling. 25 all Do Do ,,, - 31 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt•Westu 97 99 19i -20 f 9 - 9i 11 9 d 18 - 19 5i - 40 94 - 96 51A - 52 14 -15 14 - 15 43 -45 8 - 9 4i - 41 12i- 1.2 i 36 - 42 27 - 29 61 - 63 61 -• 63 21 . --- li 82 - 83 58 - 60 127 - 129 102 1 81 -81 i 90 - 95 I 13 -lip 63 - 634 74 - 12 -- 13 71 8 95 I —9 7 P LOli 1011, par i pl p a r i P 74 76 13 12 d 10 9 d 19}20 --d' 6O -- 6O 33 35 54 56 id par 5 4 d 2 34 6 8 46 —4B 3a —3 9 1 (1 274 284 8 10 li - 24 64 - 1 7 50 ... 52 86i • 4(11 Id par 34 - 36 91. - 93 56 - - 58 55 - 60 55 CO 2i 2cLis 14 16 7 8 11 12 3i 3fid 13 • 15 59 60 32 33 3 2 d 4 5 ii ::.30 2i - 21 14 -- 15 5A - 6i 25 - 27 62 63 9 Bidi 44 4 d 444 454 FOREIGN. Atwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junet Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erqueliu Demerara . Dijon and Besagon. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula) Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds ! Gt. Central of France , Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (cx interest) Northern of Prance.. Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds.. [ fa lY.B.SzAms.Shs.] Norwegianrernk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do.bouas Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg I Quebec & Riehrnoud 'Rouen and Havre (Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse._ per cent. pref. of France 'Southern of France IstAndrews & Quebec (Upper India Scrip 'West Flanders. ID o. s? j per c. Pref .Western of France_ IWost. of Switzerland ,Wiesbaden ............ Z e a1and........ ,• 2i - 1 - 4 - i• : i• .. - •' 2 3 1 id 2i 4i id 2 ld id I -- 1$ - i - MINES. Ague Fria Anglo Austrlu. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Dachy of) Blienarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colouial Gold Copiapo . \Copper Min. of Eng.\ I Do.Pref. 7 p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General IGt.NuggetVeinSerp IDo. Registered Great Polgooth . Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde I Pontgiband Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron , Do. New Santiago de Cuba__ South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba 50 50 20 20 St. 10 St. 25 51.21 2 124 a g 82 A 3 58 A 801 11 1 63 2l 31 101 7i 95i 6 101 i i 75 6 20 i 20 59i 60i 60 4 24a 3ia * P 1 p 3p aid par .d 9a 6 ii 74 - 144 - 42 44 37 39 30/ —30 i 2 4 3 1 ( 18 19 ld par 1 7i 2 - -• 4n 8 15 p 1 :0 all 6 3 121. all 21 all L2Q 10:j ;t. 100 3t. 100 L 65 5 LO 6 gt. 100 - it. 100 gt. 100 St. 100 20 all St. 100 .5 15 & all 8 all 0 all 0 10 5 all .0 11 0.0 all O all 5 3 3t. 100 I IIO 1 all 1 all )8. all LO 2 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all il) all 1I all !O 13. Leal 16 it. all !.5 all 5 all O all 2 all 34 all 1 all 1 all 3 all 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all 1 all ;0 all 5 1 1 1 I all MI all .5 1 15 4 - ) 11i J. all LO 7 !8h all 1 all 1 all all 1 12s. I. I all all all 27i I 11 11i i i 55 111 59 4 8.2 62 . i , 2 44 i 5 23 i 2 18A 19 9A 51 6 71 i 33 1 303 i 4 an 4 is il d 4d i i al JOINT-STOCK BANKS• Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American' Chrtd. Buk.of Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Buk of Australia . London and County London Joint Stock Loud. andWestmi ust.. National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor. poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Anstraln. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co , South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of Loudon Union of Madrid 72 - 74 .• Pis 11 idis 2 1d i i P *42:= ii 42 - 44 i d— par 71 - 73 74 - 7i MISCELL. Aubin coal and Iron Australian Agricult. / , t_ustralsu.Pcilie Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smelt;.' and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal. of Franeel Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land..., N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nam. Co N. B. Australasian ,Do. Now NAIL of Europe Steam Peel Rr. lA. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental) Do. Portland Iron Co Royal DM Steam.... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Laud ,OUS . 39 : 41 • • • .... 6 = 70 75 - 80 - 1$ p - p 16 - 18 11 - 13 •.• ... 2 —ldxin all 10 - all all 25 par— ip 60 all 25 all 281 id -- itt. _ 35 p d, a 14 39. i 9 69i 8i 9 6 1 I FURTHER. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COAL.—This morning, in consequence of the extreme scarcity of coals at the various wharfs, the retail coal-dealers of the me tropolis and suburbs generally, increased their prices ld. and 2d. per cwt.—viz., those which were selling at 25.. 2d., 2s. 4d., and 2s. 6d. per cwt., are now respectively 2s. 3d., 2s. 6d., and 2s. 7d. per cwt. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BRHAD.—TIIIB morning the bakers of the metropolis mad a simultaneous ad vance in the price of b re ad, the 41b e . loaf which was sell ing at 9d., 9id., and 10d., cannot now be o bt a i ne d f or less than 9id., 10 d. , and lid. res p ectivel y ; h ousehold t o o r country thborLeaedagisuea d ba v ker anc y bread edapelin is y ' viz., from Sid. at 10d. the 41b. loaf, and the best or full priced is from is. to isi. Old. The reason assigned for this increase in price is, that flour which could be bad last week atat this 705., 11 wi day's market be ful l y 753 ? 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 20 10 20 35 10 22 all all 6i_ 6a 4 44 5i 6 4 I P I leTp 1 -- 1 1 -- lgi -- ••• '''' ... """ 2/ - - 108 - I 110 P. 8 - 6 7 101 103 95 100 98 100 par L4O 142 2i - 3 12i - 13 6} - 7i 9t - 10 P 140 - 142 I - id 1164, - 106 - 116 - 25 - 103 - 91 - 10 151 - 12 d- 22 - 17 - 1i - 94 - 97 31 - 41 par; d... par A d iP 1i 1 d 2 -- 3 d d A d d 9 - 11 d 8 10 5 6 2 2i 32 34.xcl - * d 45 47 121 - 13 05 . -75 4 - 2i 2d' 14 —l6 lt 21 d 1 4 ... 11 7 d i* = 11; 4 par 31 1 = 3 - 11 - - fi - 4 - 161 10.1 14` P , 24 TILE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. We have been favoured with the following nar- native of the proceedings of Captain Maguire, the officer in command of the Plover in the Arctic Seas. The extraordinary forbearance and ad mirable conduct of Commander Maguire in his treatment of the natives whom he encountered on the coast will be appreciated by the public, and, we hope, appropriately rewarded by the Admiralty In accordance with my last communication I proceeded to sea from Port Clarence on the morning of the 21st of August, and, with a favourable breeze, passed through Behring's Straits by the eastern passage on the following day at noon. A succession of contrary winds delayed our progress to the N.B. to a much greater extent than was considered favourable, to insure our complete success of rounding Point Barrow at that advanced period of the season. In our passage to the northward we passed , several whale ships cruising in squadrons, a caution they seem to have prudently adopted for the benefit of affording mutual as sistance in the event of disaster. Their success up to that time seemed to be indifferent, and we have been since in formed by natives from Point Hope, that whales have be- come very scarce on the coast since the ships have come in pursuit of them. The last whaleship (French) seen by us was on the morning of the 25th of August, in latitude 69° 30' N., longitude 167° 43' W., carrying all sail to the south ward. We soon afterwards made the ice in heavy floes, and tacked in shore to ascertain its distance from the land, when Ire found the contrary winds had done us good ser vice by opening a free passage of from 10 to 15 miles, in which we beat to the N.E., making but slow progress until the night of the 2d of September, when a slant " from the southward, with a fast falling barometer, warned us that a change of weather was at hand. Our distance from Point Ban ow, now reduced to 50 miles, I thought we could accomplish before the ice set in shore, and therefore pushed forward under all sail, and rounded it at the dis tance of one mile on the following day at noon, Septem ber 3. The approach to the channel leading between the sandy islets that form the proteetion we were about to seek for the winter in Elson's Bay was found, contrary to our expectations, shoal and intricate, making it necessary to anchor the ship and sound out the passage, if it was found not to afford sufficient water, of which there was a doubt. Our position was not one to lose time in, shut out, and close down on an exposed shore, with a gale coming on that would soon have loaded it with ice. Having ascer- tabled, as expeditiously as possible, that there was about nine inches to spare across a shoal before we got to deep water, the anchor was weighed, and, after making a few tacks, the narrowness of the channel and the ship taking the ground twice made it advisable to anchor cal kedge under shelter of the spit. A fortunate turn in the cur rent enabled us to effect this, as by the time the warps had been run out the gale had increased so much as to render it unsafe to trip the anchor. However, finding a strong weather current setting, it was weighed, and the ship warped into a wild-looking anchorage for protection in a gale of wind—no 'land being visible except the low sand spit of Point Barrow and the islet adjoining, not more than five feet above the level of the sea, which broke over them with great violence during the height of the gale. These aro again guarded by the shoals lying off, on which the drift ice grounds, making the anchorage when gained secure, but difficult of access or egress. Daylight next morning showed us how fortunate we had been in getting shelter ; the gale now veered to west was unabated—the sea broke heavily over the shoals passed yesterday, and against the sand spits to within a short distance of the ship, while the offing twas encumbered with heavy ice, becoming gradually closer with the gale. As we found a strong current setting to windward, I had no doubt of the ship holding on, although the confined space of the anchorage did not admit veering more than 30 fathoms of cable. In the afternoon the gale began to moderate, and on the following day the ship was moved to a more secure berth, near the position selected for winter quarters, where we remained until the ice set fast, on the 24th of September. A succession of strong gales and thick weather for the following week retarded our preparations, consisting chiefly in collecting driftwood, not f2und here in a abundance. From this material the plank for housing in was sawed, and the remains stacked for the winter filing. Advantage was also taken of every opportunity to send a boat to sound the channel, knowing the difficulty of the task after the ice had formed, and on its breaking up we should be too anxious to move with it, to have time for that purpose. On the 25th pancake ice began to form in the fay and drift out rapidly with the current. A party was sent to haul the launch up on the adjacent islet, to be out of reach of the natives. This service was performed by Mr. G. T. Gordon, mate, who, when returning in the gig, with a fresh and favourable wind, was unable to push his way through the young ice, and was carried in it through the passage into the offing. In this distressing dilemma a second boat was lowered, in which Lieutenant Vernon promptly volunteered his services, and by running out 700 fathoms of whale line the gig was reached, now carried some distance off the land. By this means they were en abled to reach the spit, although they had another narrow escape from being carried out by the line parting when they were close to it; fortunately, one of the men sufficiently quick to leave the end among a crowd of Esqui maux, drawn to the spot by witnessing the state of our boats, and they hauled them up, where they had to remain for the night, the ice being now to strong to allow us to haul the boats through it, and not sufficiently firm for the people to walk on board. During the night the ice moved but once, a short distance, then set fast, and in the morn ing we had the satisfaction of receiving our boat's crews on board, after experiencing a degree of anxiety for their safety that is not easily described. The following days were occupied in sawing a canal to wards our winter position, which was much delayed by un expected movements in the ice undoing our work when nearly completed; and on the 30th, at 10 p.m., we were trachea up it by about 70 natives, men, women and children, whose shouts and exclamations of surprise gave 'animation to the whole scene and made it one of deep interest. Our time was now busily occupied in making the usual preparations for passing a winter in this rigorous climate, which we had thus early observed symptoms of. A tem porary house was erected close to the ship to receive our deck-load of provisions, to enable us to have them clear, for the crew to take exercise when the state of the weather would not admit of their leaving the ship and an observa tory for the reception of the magnetical instruments was constructed from ice alone, which answered the purpose perfectly for 8 months. These arrangements were completed by the 20th of October, when the necessary winter routine was esta blished for an economical expenditure of fuel and provi sions, with due attention to order, cleanliness, occupation, and amusement, to lighten as much as possible a time con fessed by all as being depressing and monotonous. Many valuable hints on the subject were gained from the works of Captain Parry, in following whose example I considered we could not err. Taking advantage of his experience, the masts and yards were kept in their proper places, affording a better mark for seeking the ship from a dis tance, bearing in mind our being here in expectation of parties falling back upon us for safety, and as the land is very low, and in winter it may be said not visible, the ship made a fine object, being discernible, in clear wea ther, at the distance of nine miles from every direction. Deeming it a matter of importance that the Plover's position at Point Barrow should be known as far as to the eastward as possible, and also wishing to ascertain whether Dease's Inlet would afford shelter for any vessel that might at any future, time be desirous of wintering there, I took the earliest opportunity of making a boat excursion to perform this service, and left the ship on the morning of the 21st of September, in the gig, acc ompanied Mr. T. A. Hull, second master. Steering off the land into five fathoms, we passed a good deal of sailing ice, and proceeded East-North-East, over an oven bottom of from five to six fathoms, with the wind fr( n the S.E. Changing our course to the southward, we got entangled among a series of sand spits, when taking to (m -ous we steered along the outside of the largest island of the group; which we then supposed to be connected with the mainland about Point Christie but was afterwards found to be one of the very low chain of sandy islets running along this coast. As I suspected this was takir a ev us to the east ward of the inlet, I landed to ascend th e highest part to see how much further it extended, and found a second island running in the male direction. The water being too shoal for hauing the boat up hero, we stood out into deeper water, and at length succeeded in hauling the boat up for the night on the second island. Daring the night a strong breeze sprang up from the N.W., with a temperature of 30 deg. Knowing we had run our distance for Dease's Inlet, I was not a little puzzled to know where we were, as I could scarcely fancy it was possible to lay down this coast with out noticing these islands. On the following morning, our observations being com plete and the boat loaded, and, now concluding that Deaso's Inlet must be looked for to the southward, and first erecting a conspicuous mark, on this place, of the Plover's winter position, we steered for a point just visible S.W. (true). This proved to be Point Christie, where we landed in time to get the latitude at noon. Its highest part does not exceed 10 feet above the level of the sea, and hero we erected another large mark. The season now seemed to be so far advanced that I was in doubt between crossing the inlet and returning to the ship, but, as I considered my object would not be carried out without placing notices on Point Tangent, I deter mined to cross it,• and started with a fine leading wind from the northward. In two hours wo reached the eastern shore, which is even more shoal than the i west ern,lla t the water about Point T an g ent being so 8 lo our boat could not be got w ithin a cable's length of the beach. Having now found that the greatest depth of water to be obtidned by sounding directly across h D la eas_e's I n nlet was 11 feet only, with its sh ores extremely s o considered the question settled that no vessel could fid winter quarters there, and, after leaving the proper notices, started on our return to the ship. Sludge ice was observed, t on our return, to be forming in all the small bays th t he temperature having fallen to 19 de g" waning the night athe open season was nearly at an end. Passingin the same place as the previous one for the sake of the driftwood, we left the next morning with all haste for the ship, which, with a fine breeze from the northward, we reached by noon. Twelve hours after our return, it was reported to me that the ice was drifting past the ship. A further examination of Dease's Inlet was afterwards made by Mr. T. A. Hull, second master, in the month of M a y, in continuation of a survey of this coast from Point Barrow eastward. The southern shores of this inlet, which had hitherto been left blank on the charts were now traced. It was found to extend in a S.W. direction for a distance of 20 miles, its breadth at the mouth being eight miles, and ter minating in a shoal bay. The S.E. shore is much higher than the rest, one cliff there being as high 24 feet. Four inconsiderable rivers empty themselves here, two on the eastern and two on the western shore. . The chain of i s lands which, commencing at the Plover's winter quarters closely abut on Point Tangent - the west ern part of which was discovered by Captain Moore ' and denominated by him Plover's Group has been found to be 10 in number (on but two or three of the largest of which is there the slightest sign of vegetation), running in a line almost parallel with that of the coast, or E.S.E., and W.N.W. (true), from Point Barrow to Point Targent, where they terminate, the only channel between them of sufficient depth for a ship being the one by which the Plover entered. From the time of our arrival at winter quarters, situated two miles E.S.E. (true) from the Esquimaux settlement on Point Barrow, celled by them Noo-wook, we found this people, contrary to our preconceived opinion, very trouble some and unfriendly. To such an extent did this feeling ex hibit itself, that it would have been prudent to remove from their vicinity , particularly as we had received more than once unmistakeable hintalo that effect, had circum stances admitted it ; but, as we occupied the only spot of deep water to be found on this part of the coast, it became necessary to put up with the evil, hoping that time and a 'better knowledge of our character would improve their conduct, and I had no doubt our 'wintering amen: them would eventually be attended with beneficial results. The commencement of our intercourse wls attended with many unpleasant circumstances No single boat's crew could be at any distance from the ship without being pilfered from in the most daring and barefaced way, and upon every trivial, and often without any occasion, their knives were drawn upon our men, who, although armed with muskets, had strict orders in no case to make even a show of them, unless obliged by necessity, as I thought recourse to that force was to be avoided, when a good feeling in favour of any of our missing countrymen who may at any future period be in their power was the object sought. Carrying out these views to the extent of not showing our arms was n an o d, t ap a p t rec t i h a e te r d equest of tw o o ffi cers going w ith a wa t er i ng as they mistook forbearance for timidity, party to the village, to carry their guns nominally for the purpose of shooting small birds, the show of them was found to have so good an effect that it was adopted on all future occasions, although we were obliged to cease send ing for water after a few turns, there being always some unpleasant display on their part that was best avoided whbn possible. While occurrences such as I have mentioned were taking place daily with our parties away from the ship, the diffi culty of dealing with those collected about her was suffi cient to employ all the people left on board, exclusive of the pressing duties of the ship, with a small crew at this season. About the 15th of September they appeared'to be re turning to their winter huts, from their usual summer's excursion along the coast to the eastward, and, as the ship lay in their direct traok, we had a visit from all of them, including also the Cape Smyth tribe, being the two most numerous in any part of the coast, numbering together about 500. As many as seven or eight large "U-mi-aks" arrived daily for eight or nine days, containing their sum mer tents, families, dogs and sledges, &c. They appeared perfect strangers, and looked in amazement at us and the ship. They brought with them a small quantity of fish and venison ; with the latter they parted reluctantly, and seemed to prefer begging and stealing (iu which they were most unscrupulous) to any kind of exchange. On the morning of the 17th I was informed that a large 1:1-mi-ak had come alongside, and the crew had forced their way on board. As this was not an uncommon case I thought nothing of it, when I found that Lieutenant Vernon was attending on deck. He soon came down to inform me that the chief of the par ty had a musket, and was very anxious to get gunpowder in exchange for vend," son. This piece of information I considered the worst t had received among many unpleasant circumstances that I had experienced, feeling that we could not remain among them if they had firearms. It will be proper to state here that we have, at a very late period of our stay, identified this chief as the same who followed and annoyed Commander Pullen at Point Berens in 1849, full particulars of which are given in his journal As he expressed a wish to see me, I went up and found a large, powerful, elderly man, with a peculiarly bad ex pression of the countenance. Ho had a Hudson's Bay musket, with the name of Barnett on the lock ; it was a good deal worn, but fit for service. He had a powder horn hanging hunter-fashion under his left arm, but pretended to have neither ball nor shot, for which he was most press . _ ing, and would not dispose of anything except for ammu nition. This, as a matter of course, he was not supplied with. I saluted him with much friendship, made his wife a present, and took him down to my cabin, where I made him a present of tobacco and satisfied his curiosity about the ship below. Then I took him on deck with the idea that he would go away ; but nothing seemed further from his thoughts, as he remained about the decks and slipped down the hatchways on to the lower deck several times— a part of the ship they have not had access to during any of our stay. During the forenoon several "U-mi aks" arrived alongside the ship, discharging their crews in swarms on our deck, so as literally to crowd it for the day. They were allowed every freedom consistent with their known propensity for stealing ; but some bolder than others were difficult to deal with. One man attempted to force back the after-ladder doors, and my stopping him brought about a slight scuffle between us. That did not seem to have satisfied him, as ho so on a ft erwar d s cam e in contact with the quartermaster of the watch, a quiet but rather short-tempered powerful young man, who, before any body could interfere, gave him a lesson he will not soon forget ; he dealt him fair English blows about the head, each of them sufficient to stun any one except an Esqni maux ; but he received them until they had the effect of quite taming him, when he was put over the side in the presence of at least 60 of his countrymen, few of whom offered to interfere, and the remainder looked on with in difference. About noon, when, at my particular desire three parts of the crowd went away, the remainder were evidently detained by the old chief, whom there was no moving out of the ship without having recourse to force, and this I had no intention of, preferring to wait until he got tired of his visit, and this seemed unlikely for the pre sent, as he hailed three U-mi-aks, full of people, to come alongside. I heard the word " tewax" (tobacco) used very often, I supposed as the inducement, and the children, I observed, had been sent'sway. It occurred to me they might have thoughts of pillaging the ship, their numbers to ours seeming so overpowering. In order to be prepared for anything of the kind the men stationed on deck were sent down, one at a time, to arm themselves with pis tols, to be kept out of sight in their breasts, in the event of a simultaneous attack being made with their knives, all being provided with good ones, and adepts in their use. When the men were all armed I was satisfied to wait the result. A silence seemed to prevail, as if they had not de cided what to do, and, whether they had or not meditated any mischief beyond stealing as much as they could, they attempted nothing, and went away as night came on, leav ing the old chief with his own boat only. He had conti nued to range about the ship in the most insolent way, and I think it reasonable to suppose it was only the fear of of our firearms that kept him from mischief. When left by himself, I was cautious not to urge his going away, as I had clone when there were 70 people with him, but, letting him choose his own time, he remained until 7 p.m.—a visit of 12 hours. When he was gone I was so thoroughly tired and provoked, and knowing that every person in the ship must be suffering in the same way, it became necessary to adopt a different system, the number of small articles stolen during the day, notwithstanding all our vigilance, affording sufficient pretext for the change. All work was stopped the next day, and an efficient arrangement made to allow only one boat's crew on board at a time, and, whatever dissatisfaction it might give it was necessary to adopt it. It seems necessary to mention here the difficulty of keeping a numerous tribe of natives out of a vessel like the Plover, as the ice chocks make a convenient landing place on the outside not more than four feet from the water, running the whole length on both sides, where they mount in all directions, and i n some cases , w h en prevented, they cut at our men's legs with their kni ves , and in one or two instances cut through bore-cloth trousers. While the knives of some were engaged in this way, those of others were busily employed cutting the lead scupper pipes out of the side. The nails of the copper were proof against them, but no part, of the side escaped their attempts. From this cause it became necessary to cover all the parts assailable outside with a sheathing of wood, and after the ship was frozen in which she enclosed round with a chain, riven through posts fixed in the ice, al the distance of seven yards from the side. This arrangement, although very unpopular, was found most beneficial. The day succeeding the ono last described the chief was observed sitting on the spot close to the ship, and I was told had hailed the ship, as if he wished to be sent for. This I thought too good a joke. He was soon after wards picked up by his own boat, and came alongside, but, to his surprise, was not allowed on board, as so many things had been stolen the previous day.. During the time .he was standing on the gangway, the crew happened to be cleaning, discharging, and reloading their arms and ex amining the two carronades, at which he seemed to stare a good deal and wont away. Several U-mi-aks arrived alongside, as usual, during the day, but none of the crews were allowed on board. Soon bartering was carried on and a few presents made to them, but they seemed to prefer adding to their stock by stealing to any exchange. The following morning we had another early visit from the chief, accompanie .by some other leadifig men. They brought as a peace offering all:the articles stolen from the ship for several days. This I considered very satisfactory, and permitted them to come on board. They remained the whole day, but their conduct was altered very much for the better, particularly the old chief, who was now content to remain.on the quarter deck, to which they were restricted. I think the display of our cleaning arms before the chief on the day previous led him to imagine we were intent on doing them mischief, and seemed to account for this sudden change in their manner. The system of keeping them out of the ship, except with permission, and then to a very limited number only, being once commenced, it was continued throughout cur stay, and, although it was very difficult to make them under stand the necessity for it, which made it disliked, and was the cause of some ill feeling towards us, it was impossible, through their numbers and want of honesty, to adopt any other course. At first we endeavoured to explain to them that we wished all to come on board in turn, but, so far from entering into this view, those wh o were admitted and reuiainedthe whole day would invariably be the first alongside on the following morning, and ba the most cla morous and least satisfied of those not admitted. These di sa pp o intments, at not being allowed on board, were retaliated in one or two i nstances b y parties landin g and carrying away our driftwood, collected in a stack on the spit near the ship. This was found too laborious a revenge for them, and fire was tried , but a boat being sent, they and did not r e p ea t it. mp One n t n e b n te d hi e ne d go itoo occa si o n aNnecessitys v as io n an o f a o c u c mr i ad e, e n h t , cuttingspr spreadinto a winter bout oo quarters, tieores: and frequently surrounded by three times their number of natives, much caution was n ecessary t o preven t th e t oo ls from being stolen, and many s li g ht squa bbl es t oo k pl ac e between our men and theirs i n con s eq u en c e o f their playing them tricks and trying to trip them up. On these occasions they always selected those of our people who, from their appearance, were least likely to resent their jokes, and in some instances they found they had mistaken their men. Points of this sort were the most difficult for a command ing officer to deal with, as it was not possible for him to prevent the provocation, and when not resented the mo tives were misunderstood. A more serious affair took place on board the ship. The officer in charge, Mr. Hull, second master, in keeping back a large powerful man who attempted to force his way over the side, had a knife drawn on him by a friend of the others on board the ship, who immediately called out for the women and children to retire. Mr. Simpson, the sur geon, was standing near, and very soon produced before the man with the knife one of Colt's revolving pistols, and explained to him the use of its six charges, which had the effect of keeping them very quiet for the remainder of the day. I met the women and children retreating over the ice ahead of the ship, and thought something must have happened, although they told me they were going home to dinner. A chief, arriving at the same time, reassured the retreating party, when we explained to them that if they used knives we must use guns, but otherwise we wished to be good friends. Similar squabbles took place fre quently. While our men were employed building the storehouse, knives were drawn as usual, and in two in stances the women and children were sent away. This was a cause of a good deal of anxiety with me, as our men, being unarmed, were very much at their mercy under such circumstances, and, in the event of arming them, more forbearance was necessary than some of them would have been found to possess, from the frequent p r ovocations they had received in return for the usual kindness and good nature that characterise seamen. On giving the subject every consideration, and seeing that it must excite an unpleasant feeling for our men k to have knives poi n t e d at them without a means of defence being at hand, the quartermaster of the watch, and two petty officers of the party working_ on shore, were armed with pistol s , b u t properly cautioned no t to produce t them unless under cir cumstances of necessi t y , as I hoped he mere knowledge of their having them would be sufficient. Of this we soon had an instance. One of them played off one of their usual practical jokes on one of, our men, by kicking him in the carry back of the knees whencarrying a spar, for which he was rewarded with a blow on the face. He then drew his knife, when the corporal of marines coming up, and being known to have a pistol the offender ran away. 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