The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

MINING INTELLIGENCE: (From the Mining Journal of this c 14.) MINES. —There has been considerable business done in the Share Market during the week. Devon Consols have risen to 4051. and 4101. ' • Condurrov;, from 1051. to 115/. Herodsfoot, to Si. 10s ; South Tolgus, from 1951. to 2151 . ; Tamar Consols, from 51. 10a. to Si. 15s. ; Trehane, from 151. to 231., and in great demand ; West Caradon, from 2201. to 2451. ; West Providence, from 531. 10s. to 551. 10s. A great many shares have changed hands in Par Consols, Alfred Consols, Bedford United, Gonamena, South Tamar, and Wheal Golden, at the prices q uo t e d. Balnoon, Boscean, Cubert, East,Crown dale North Damsel, Wheal Augusta, Cradd oc k Moo r , Wheal Carpenter (Gwinear), Great Sheba, and Hennock, have been done at an advance, and buyers still in the market. Mendip Hills, North Buller, St. Day United, West Ding Doug, Langford, Robins, Clive, Treworlis and Trenethick, West Phoenix, and Fast Russell, are in demand. In the metal market, notwithstanding the late ad vance in copper and lead, both are in such extensive demand, that higher rates are expected. Tin is steady, and a large business doing. Plates are steady, and charcoal in extensive request. Spelter is firm at 201. los. ; large lots have gone off to consumers. Rails and bar-iron are without any alteration, and makers cannot execute orders as fast as they are required. Scotch pig is a shade easier. Three meetings of the iron and coal masters of Staf fordshire and Sh ro p s hi re h ave b een h e ld this week, each,.. exciting mor e th an or di nary i n t eres t. Thefirstwhlch was held at W a l sa ll, on T ues d a y, was thinly attended, and very little business was transacted. The meeting at Liverpool was numerously attended, and it was said that some large orders were withheld in consequence the high price declared at the preliminary meeting. The meet ing at th e T own -h a ll, i n Bi r mingham, was still more impor • tant. The principals of all the leading firms in the district were in attendance, and most of the large houses in London, Liverpool, and towns interested in the trade, were repre sented. Before business commenced, a rumour was pre valent that an advance of 20s. per ton was contemplated ; but, on the arrival of the leading members of the trade, it became known that it was not intended to make any advance, but that the prices decided upon last week would be firmly maintained. The meeting may be fairly described as rather excited ; the masters determined on retaining the prices, and the buyers anxious to effect a reduction ; 101. 15s. were offered in several instances for bars, but there was not a ton sold for less than 11/., re gardless of quality. It has been announced that one of the largest houses in the copper trade has issued notice of an advance of Si. per ton on this article, and if the circulars have not ac tually been issued, a rise to the above extent will cer tainly take place. At a meeting of the Northern coal trade, on Wed nesday, the colliery owners congratulated themselves on its improved state, and decided that the price of best coals should be raised from 225. 6d. to 245. per ton, and other descriptions proportionately. The Marquis of Londonderry expressed himself as desirous of co-operat ing with his fellow-proprietors in maintaining their re solutions. In the Bullion market—Bar silver containing gold, all gold above five grains in the pound to be paid for at ss. lid. per oz. siandard ; bar silver without gold, ss. lid. per oz. standard; bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. The sale of copper ore at Thursday's Ticketing was 3,262 tons, amounting to 24.575/. 65., the average pro duce and standard being 64, 152/. ss. The correspond ing sale last month was 3,833 tons, produce 64, 1341. 65., showing an advance of 191., equal to IL ss. per ton on the ore. • Rendre, Deep Level, Merllyn, Talacre, Rollaway, Plantation, Bwlch Gwyn, Tamar, Shallee, and Gurtna ; dyne, have sold lead ores during the week. Porkellis, Drake Walls, Georgia, Bosorn, Wheal Augusta, 'and Spearne Consols, have sold black tin. Messrs. Poweles Brothers, and Co., have received from New Granada 105 cwts. of rich silver ore, mint sweepings, cupel stuff, concentrated slag, &c., that has realised a large price per ton, as will be seen in the usual Place. Drake Walls sold, during the week, 18 tons of black tin for 1,2371.—0ne parcel of 64 tons realising 701. per ton, the highest price obtained for many years. At Lewis Mines, they sampled this week 19 tons of black tin. The lode in the 70, east of Praed's is 2i ft. Wide, worth 131. per fm. At Bosom Mine, they sold black tin, within the last 10 days, amounting to 2161. 45. 6d.; the better quality realising 641. per ton. The mine is looking exceedingly well. There is a fine course of tin in the bottom level— all'in whole ground. Sidney Godolphin sold, last week, by ticket, tinstuff to the amount of 2611. 12s. 2d.—one month's produce. Within the past few days the bottom levels have greatly improved, as well as the adit end, driving on a copper lode. The Tamar Mines monthly sampling of 92 tons of silver-lead ore, was sold on Tuesday to Messrs. Sims, Willyams and Co., at 221. 7s. 6d., whi c h w ill g i ve a profit of about 6001. on the December workings. We understand that the directors of the West Gra nada, or Veraguas, Gold Mining Company, have en gaged their superintendent and miners, and are busy in securing mechanics—all o: whom, with the stamps and requisite machinery, will L 3 on their way to the property in a week or two. It will be remembered that Mr. Champion, the late manager of the St. John del Rey Mines, which are paying dividends to the extent of 5 0,000/. per annum, returned about two months ago from making an inspection of the Veraguas Mines--of which he reported in the strongest pos sible manner ; while his well-known practical abilities, and strict impartiality, caused more than ordinary im portance to be attached to his repot:. The property is extensive, and the veins large. There is ample water power, rendering expensive machinery unnecessary, with abundance of timber ; and native labour is cheap and plentiful. A large quantity of samples, taken promis cuously, were broken and sent home by Mr. Champion under his special care ; and the results prove most satis factory. The average result of the ore taken from the surface, and from the principal lode, is worth 191. 14s. per ton ; the former by itself worth 51. 10s. per ton, and the latter 231. Us. 10d. per ton. The deepest sample taken is the richest for gold. Comparing this with other companies, it is found that the quartz of the St. John del Roy is worth only 11. 10s. per ton, and that of the Mariquita only 1/. 12s. per ton. Mr. Champion estimates that, aster payment of the machinery, Sr,c., there will be a profit the first 18 months of 56,2131., which will be considerably larger after that time. He considers the working of these veins " a most promising undertali:ng ; and he grounds his opinion "upon the richness of the ore, the facility of Working it by means of water-power, the abundance of excellent timber, and ample supply of native labour at moderate rates." A. very large amount of busine:A has been done this Week in the shares of the No - .h British Australasian Company, although the price been lower than it was at the end of last week. We understand that the sum of 7,000/, was sent out by the second of the new line of steamers, as a commencement for the purchase of gold, and that advices were received some time ago from the manage; to the effect that he expected to pay off all the liabilities in the colony by the end of December last, without disposing of any of the company's property. Our expressed opinions of the Kaw-aw Copper Mines, Possessed by this company has frequently and always been extremely favourable, and we aro now more than ever convinced of their very great value. By the directors' report, it appears that the sum of 40,0001. has been realised from the copper ore, although the workings are only about 24 fathoms deep from surface, and all the machinery in use is an old 14-inch cylinder steam-engine. The mines are situate close to the sea, and where large ships can anchor, so that there is no expense of land carriage. Furnaces for reducing the ore to regulus are in operation, so that when a powerful pumping-engine is erected, we anticipate results scarcely exceeded by even the B urra , Burra itself. Thi s company also holds y a third of the Bon Accord mine, adjoining The whole the Burra Burra, and sa id to b e on the same lodes possessio ns o f the company, in the `Australian`Australiancolonies are about 450,000 acres, a large proportion ofwhich in the neighbourhood of the Australian Agricultural is Company's Property. A Charter of gricultural I ncorporation is about to be granted, and we buenadpeprsetaiintded.a Loendon board of directors will shortly add that the company was established in Aberdeemany 1839, and that the capital is 123,0001., in shares of n l i / each, fully paid-up. The allotted sha on Thursda es in the Adelaide Land and Gold Company Were y. The applications had been exceedingly numerous, and more than usually respecta ble. The shares bear a premium of from t o The committee of the Stock Exchange have appointed Monday next as settling-day in the West Granada, or Veraguas, Mining Company, and the 20th a s th e N og. get Vein Company. Both companies are to be m ar k ed in the official list. We are glad to find that all the men sent out by the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Company from Cumber land, have been faithful to their engagements, and their conduct generally very satisfactory. At Swansea, there has anived—From Caldera, 400 tons of silver ore ; from Arica, 286 tons of copper ore and 80 tons of tin ore ; from Coquimbo, 430 tons of Copper or e , 50 t ons o f copper regu l us, an d 20 tons of Copper. The gold mining share market this week has been characterised by great depression ; indeed, a complete reaction would appear to have set in. The premiums on many d escr i p ti ons are van i sh i ng with almost as much rapidity as th ey were established—sellers offering very freely, w hil st the downward tenden is further assisted by " b ear " operations. The cause cy of this re-action is to be found in the highly speculative character of this market, which induces operators to dispose of their Shares whenever the other departments of the Stack Exchange are unfavourably affected. The desertion of the labourers of the Australian Auriferous Ore the Reduction Comp any , d eta i led by Mr. Webb, managing director of that company, has had an unfavourable effect, though we are informed by Mr. Cox, the agent at Melbourne of the Central Australian Gold Mining Company, that the labour mar ket is in course of settlement. The Australian Mutual Mining Company have likewise their labourers employ ed, but this, it must be remembered, is not in Victoria, but in New Sbuth Wales. It was anticipated that the arrival of the Australian mail steamer would have had a favourable effect on this branch OF investment, but the contrary has been the case. Although several of the companies have realised large profits by the purchase of gold dust, yet this is looked upon with distate, as being somewhat out of the sphere of their legitimate opera tions. The directors of the New Granada Company have received advices from their agents, informing them of a provisional contract for the purchase of the Frontino Gold Mine, near Antioquia. The Australian Freehold Company have received 2,897 oz, of gold from Syhey. A. company is about to be formed under the superintendence of Mr. Percival N. Johnson for the re duction of ores—the Australian and Californian quartz forming a portion of the company's operations. Such a desideratum has long been wanted, and from the high character of the manager, there can be but little doubt of the utility of the scheme, and the bona fides of tho undertaking. The non-official are—Monarch, a to I prem. ; L'Aigle d'Or, par to prem. ; Garnett and Moseley, par to prem. ; Australian Consols, to a prem. ; Burn's Creek, par to prem. ; Peel River, 91 to 101 ; Adelaide, par to prem. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The London market has been ver y firm, and the ex traordinary accounts from Australia about the yield at the gold diggings, renders the securing of the gold clip so mewhat more problematic al. The imports into Lon don since our last have been 2,050 bales, of which 1,082 were from Alexandria, 436 from the Cape of Good Hope, 381 from Bombay, 76 from Lisbon, 54 from Germany, and the rest from New Zealand, &c. In the foreign wool trade we have to report an active demand for most descriptions of foreign and colonial wool this week, recent rates being firmly maintained. In the English wool market there is no change of moment to report this week. Last week's prices are fully maintained, with an upward tendency. In the Liverpool wool market yesterday there was a very active demand for all kinds of wool, at higher prices. Imports for the past week :-7 bales from Marseilles, 167 bales from Buenos Ayres, 56 bales Egyptian, 136 bales Lisbon, and 1,249 bales Alpaca. With regard to woollen cloths, we had some little im provement in business at our Cloth-halls on Tuesday, compared with the last few market days, and there con tinues to he more business doing than usual at this sea son out of the halls. Prices remain firm, with an up ward tendency. The mills are in pretty full employ ment; and stocks very low, compared with what they generally are at this period. The trade, from these causes, is considered encouraging for the spring trade. Few buyers have been in the town, as usual, at this sea son of stock-taking, and, in consequence, business has been dull in the warehouses since this day week. The Rochdale flannel and wool market was but thinly attended this week, and a very limited amount of busi ness has been transacted. This is generally the case from Christmas-day to the new market, which is held next Monday. Wool continues to be a little firmer, and English wool to be more scarce. In the Bradford worsted market there is great uncer tainty hanging over the prospects of the trade, arising from apprehens'ons of an inadequate supply of the raw material. Though many firms have laid in well before hand, the bulk of spinners and manufacturers buy only for immediate consumption, and with them it is very difficult, many say impossible, to obtain a remunerative price, for no sooner is an advance obtained for pieces and yarns, than it is followed by an increase in price of wools. The inconvenience arises mainly from the rapid extension of our manufacturing operations rendering the supply of the raw material insufficient. A fair amount of business was done in pieces ; yarns were firm, those for Cobourgs being in chief demand. With respect to the hosiery trade of Leicester and NoWngham, the market is not yet moved for the new year. Several manufacturers are curtailing their make, the high price of yarns affecting the production, and the open weather has put a stop to the fancy trade. Wools have again risen in value, and worsted spinners are asking for an advance of id. per lb. this week. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1853. LUNACY OF THE EARL OF ELDON. A commission de lunatico inquirendo, touching th state of mind of the Earl of Eldon, was held yesterday at Shirley-park, near Croydon, his lordship's residence, by Mr. Commissioner Winslow and a jury of seventeen gentlemen resident in the neighbourhood. Sir Frederic Thesiger and Mr. Hawkins, of the Chancery bar, ap peared to prosecute the commission. Mr. Hugh Hill attended to watch the proceedings on the pal i; of his lordship. It appeared that his lordship's unsound ness of mind is of nearly two years' standing, but the commission was rendered necessary in con sequence of the recent death of the Countess of Eldon, who, during her lifetime, watched over his lordship with unceasing care and tenderness. He was born in 1804, and was consequently in the 48th year of his age. In 1831 he married a daughter of Lord Feversham, by whom he had issue six daughters and one son, Lord Encombe, a boy who was now about seven years of age. He succeeded in 1838, on the death of his grandfather, the distinguished Lord Chancellor, to the family honours and estates. The characteristic description of the unsoundess of mind was, not preva lent delusions, but a partial dementia, exhibited in great incoherence of conversation, occasional evanescent de lusions, and considerable excitement. The jury returned a verdict, finding that Lord Eldon had been of unsound mind from the 4th of June, 1851. It is said the estates -Cans brought under the sur veillance of the Court of Chancery amount to nearly 60,0001. a year. It was also rumoured in the court, though it did not come out in ev:dence, that the over study which has had such a disastrous effect on Lord Eldon's mental health was incurred in collecting and preparing the materials for the life of his illustrious grandfather, which formed the groundwork of the late Mr. Twiss's well-known "life of Lord Chancellor Eldon." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. TENTH DAY. OXFORD, FRIDAY.—The poll of to-day shows an in crease of 10 votes over that of yesterday. Out of the 31 votes recorded, 18 were for Mr. Gladstone, and 13 for Mr. Perceval. ISTATH OF THE POLL.-FIVE O'CLOCK. Gladstone Perceval Bl7 Majority for Gladstone —l3O GATEWAY IN ST. JAMES'S-PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It would be a great desideratum if an opening were cut out in the iron railing round the enclosure of St James's-park, at. the curve opposite to the Duke of York's Column, as pedestrians and promenaders would find it much more pleasant and agreeable (particularly in wet weather) to walk inside in preference to the out side of the enclosure, either across to Bird-cage-walk, or vice vend, or from and to Pimlico, on the north side. The insertion, in your much-read and popular paper, of these few lines will, I am sure, oblige many, but, espe cially, yours respectfully, Victoria-square, Pimlico, Jan. 10, 1853. J. D. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. NOMINATIONS FOR THE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. The Heriot, 5 yrs ; Isabella, 4 yrs ; Bell Tinker, 3 yrs ; Madame Landeau, 3 yrs ; Eliza, 3 yrs ; Longbow, 4 yrs ; Benita, 4 yrs ; Vermuth, 5 yrs ; Appleton, 4 yrs ; Sir R. Trenchard, 5 yrs ; The Bishop, 4 yrs ; Charley, 3 yrs ; Winter, 3 yrs ; Sylphide, 3 yrs ; Cassica, 3 yrs ,• Jouvence, 3 yrs ; b fby Launce lot, out of Wedlock, 4 yrs ; Ethelbert, 3 yrs ; Tickton, 3 yrs ; IVradeline, 4-yrs ; Jullien, 4 yrs ; Calot, 4 yrs ; Hatchet, 3 yrs ; Peggy, 3 yrs ; Russbo rough, 6 yrs ; The Varmint, 4 yrs ; Bardolph, 4 yrs ; Surprise, 4 yrs ; Allegro, 4 yrs : Quasimodo, aged ; Miss Delamere, 3 yrs ; Ida, 3 yrs ; Father Thames, 4 yrs ;' Prevention, 3 yrs ; Snarry, 4 yrs ; May Day, 45 yrs ; Hungerford, 5 yrs ; Narcissus, 6 yrs ; Henrietta, 4 yrs ; Kate, 4 yrs ; Master Norton, 3 yrs ; Tavistock, 3 yrs ; b f by Cotherstone, out of Wedlock, 3 yrs ; Anne Page, 3 yrs ; The Friar, 3 yrs ; Jack Leeming, 5 yrs ; Theseus, 5 yrs ; Evadne, 4 yrs ; Italian, 6 yrs ; View-Halloo, aged ; Sister to Singapore, 4 yrs ; Stamford, 5 yrs ; Katty Darling, 5 y.-0 ; St. Geor g e, 6 yrs ; Miss Emma, 3 yrs ; Bibette, 4 yrs ; Pancake, 4 yrs ; Convulsion, 4 y:s ; Glenluce, 4 yrs ; Little David, 4 yrs ; The Nabob ' ' 4 yrs • Dulcet, aged ; Tobolski, 3 y rs ; I n di an Warrior , 4 yrs ; Conmore, 4 yrs ; Candlewick, 6 yrs ; The Mersey, 3 yrs ; Defiance, 3 yrs ; Don Quixote 3 yrs • Tonic, 5 yrs ; Lord Fau conberg,' Tennyson, yrs;Farmer' 3 yrs • La d y Agnes , y Farmer's 80y,4 r ; 4 yrs Ch ; ilt b o . n i. Koh-i-noor, 4 of 3 by Yrs Sir Hercules, ou t ; Miss T en Miss Shirley, 3 yrs ; Truth, 4 yrs ; yrs ; c. by the Emperor, out of Cowl, 3 yrs ; Antigone, 5 y , Minister, 5 yrs. BHIPWRECRED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY —A meeting of th e comm itt ee o f management of this society took place yesterday. Pre seatir--),Ozrt.at the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N. (in the miller Lieut. William Stuart, Rev. C. B. ribble, Captain and Hail, R N. o rhoun, and Captains Hislop, Dixon, awarded for their reli orphans of drownedh cases of twenty-five widows and considered, and 2111. 9s. W. wrecked seamen, weremariners, and ninety-two ship wrecked crew of the fishinge. smack A reward Ari of ei f 805.f0r picking was vo t u e p d a t o t CromerWas reported the crew of the foundered sea and bringing to tuber by the secretary that brig Pursuit. 107 r i n w e i r d s o since the Ist of Decemrlelep 1 ,221/. 16s. ld. hal been and orphans of crowned ‘lfosross of clothes by ship m grantedariner mariners n; to relief 44t50 mariners wreck ; and in passing to their horn of the coast 544 shipwrecked pereo e n s s from various parts reports from various honorary agents of It appeared by many vessels were missing, and that the society that many more tions from the widows of the drowned might applica- It was therefore unanimously resolved th atthei) expected. do appeal, in the name of the committee t secretory 1 o th e i• and that the press be solicited to give it , publicity.pub_ic, committee then broke up till Fr:day next. The THE FRENCH AT DOVER.—The French man-of-war Con - e, bristling with cannon, put into Dover harbourLoan Thursday morning. It was imagined by some th a t s h e was the avant courrier of an invading French squadron, and thoughts were entertained of calling out the Dov er division of the East Kent Militia. It turned out, how ever, that our French brother had been induced to take refuge in our friendly port, partly in consequence of ad verse winds, and pai ,ly on account of running short of water and other necessaries. In proof of the good feel ing subsisting, however, between the two nations, we may notice that the officers of the French vessel were on Friday invited to dine with the officers of the Western Heights; Commander Herrick, and the naval officers of the town, were also invited to meet them.—Kenti/6 Observer. PENINSUL AR MAILS. SOUT. HAMPTON, JAN. 14. The Peninsular and 0 dental Steam Company's ship Iberia, Captain John. Bowen, arrived this af ternoon with the usual mails, and dates from Gibraltar, Jan. 6 ; Cadiz, Jan. 7 ; Lisbon, Jan. 9 ; Oporto, an. 10 ; and Vigo, Jan. 11. The Iberia brings on freig ht four packages specie, value 1,420/. ; 347 half-ch , ests oranges, 81 boxes Tangarine oranges, 15 cask 3 wine, 108 barrels and 33 boxes dates, and sundry merchandise. The ship Provinconist, of Londonderry, of 880 tons, John Shields, master, from Philadelphia, bound to Liverpool, with a valuable general cargo, foundered at sea on the 21 st of December, in let. 35.36 N., long. 51.31 W. The crew were taken off by the Spanish bark Union, from Havannah, and were landed at Vigo on the. sth instant. ' This packet left Lisbon of t Sunday, the 9th inst., at one p.m., when the emi grant ship - Africa, bound to Australia, was going out. A French steamer of war and her Majesty's ships Sa - nspareil and Inflex ible were at anchor in the Tagus. The Tay, Brazil mail steamer had not arrived. The Lisbon exchange quotations of the Bth for bills at three months were, on London, 54f ; Paris, 526; Amsterdam, 43; Hai aburgh, 48Z ; and Genoa, 524. The transactions on. the Continent had been limited, and few takers appeared on London ex cept the Board of Credit for dividend account. hi stocks and shares little had. been doing at 37f to 38 for Five per Cents. ; Four per Cents.; 31 to 32 ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 220 to 210 milreis dis count upon 563 milreis. These rates were in Lisbon bank-notes, disco =table at 2k per cent. Bank of Oporto Shares, Sto 9 per cent. premium in metal. _ _ _ There was no political mews in Lisbon since our advices. Considerable clearances of English goods had been made from. the Custom-house since the publication of the new tariff. The Queen had recovered from the cold which prevented her opening the Cortes in person. The weather had continued unfavourable, and prevented the Deputies from i the north from leaving the Douro, so that the Chamber in Lisbon had not met in sufficient numbers ti transact business. No further retrenchment ; had been made by any of the numerous dictatorial decrees published in the Lisbon Gazette. Our Oporto letter, of the..loth inst., contains the following The exchange has been dove at 54-id. and id. for bills on London at 90 days' date ; Brazilian paper has been latterly in the market, and on the whole a go, I deal of business was done both for this and the lak, packet. We have had no arrivals latterly from England. The weather for some time past has been rainy and boisterous, and there are very few British vessels in :' , e Douro. Business, both in the cotton and woollen trail rather flat. Brandy is now at 110 milreis and scar- Very few wines have been changing bands lately. Me late change in the British Ministry seems to give satisfac tion. The Portuguese are beginning to learn the mei;t3 of a strong government. No news in politics ; every thing quiet." The accounts from Gibraltar are to the 6'zh inst. inclusive. The following British ships of war were in the bay :—The Britannia, Albion, Trafalgar, Bel lerophon, Arethuss, Samp-on, Reti:butkm, Niger, and Antelope. The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's ship Euxine, five and a half days from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d irst. and proceeded to Marseilles. The screw steamer Arno, nine days from Liverpool, arrived on the 2d inst., and left for Naples on the 3d. The screw steamer Arabian, 10 days from Smyrna and five days from Malta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, bound to London. In reference to the recent acts of piracy on the north coast of Morocco the Gibraltar Chronicle of the Ist instant contains the following : " It appears that the coast of Riff is as insecure as ever. A Melilla letter, of the 13th ult., states th..t, three days before, a merchantman happening to be be calmed within about fifteen miles of the land, a boat manned by eight Moors went alongside, but perceiving that the crew consisted of from 18 to 20 men, and that an attempt to board the ver-el was likely to fail, the pirates contrived to prevail upon the master to admit them, and, when on deck, their le., der ordered him to steer his course towards the coa.sL. The master refused ; the leader insisted ; and the rohner, directing hi; sailors to arm themselves wit's knives or razors, took up a large one himself, and went to the latter, who, on seeing him advance, shot him dead with a pistol. A young sailor, exasperated by such treacherous conduct, fell upon the leader with a knife in each of his hand. and wounded him, but was, in his tut.i, shot at and wounded by another Moor, and jumped into the sea, evidently preferring the death that awaited him there the torments which he knew those barbaeans inflict upon their victims. The sailors, who were apparently unprovided with firearms, then betook theinselves to the hold. Thither the pirates durst not follow them, but, going to the cabin, plundered if, taking away, among other things, four trunks fulii of clothes, a case of sulphur, two watches, and a spyglass; and subs - luently left the vessel without searching her more minutely, being probably afraid that the crew in the hold would ultimately oppose their departure_" THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA. SOUTHAMPTON, J. N. 14. The packet brig Brilliant, Captain Allan, has arrived here in seven days from Madeira. The Brilliant reports the following arrivals at Madeira : The Norwegian schooner, Decemb3r 30th, 41 days from Hartlepool, bound to Rio de Janeiro ; the British bark Sir Williaaa Holks, 30 days from Ply.,nouth, bound to Port Philip ; the bark Lancashire Witch, 43 days from Sunderland, for Cuba ; the bark Phantom, 53 days from Lon don, for Jamaica. January I.—The British brig Pekin, 36 days from Hartlepool, for Demerara. Jan. s.—The brig Richard Cobden, 40 days from Newport, for St. Thomas' ; the Hamburg bark Aleda, 63 days from Hamburg, for New Yo - . 1, ; the American ship Europe, 39 days from Liv:•;-- pool, for Philadelphia—short of water. Jen. 6.-- The British steamer Pirate, 24 days from Glasgow-, for Sydney—left on the 6th for her destination. The outward African mail steamer was observed standing into Funchal at noon on the 7th instant. The homeward Brazil mail packet was hourly ex pected. By recent resolution of the Cortes, promulgated in Madeira, all vessels arriving at that island for refreshments or passengers are to be free of port dues. The iron steamer City, of New York, Captain Hart, arrived here to-day from Oporto with a cargo of cattle. Owing to very heavy weather she lost upwards of 40 beasts on the voyage, and had to put into Portland for provender and water for the 150 which remain alive. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Council of State held a general sitting on Thursday, at which the Emperor presided, when a bill on civil pensions, another concerning found lings and poor orphans, and a project of a decree, having for its object to modify the statutes of dif ferent religious communities, were presented for consideration. M. Fournier des Ormes, advocate, has been named chef du cabinet of the President of the Senate. The budget of 1854 has been sent to the Counc - a of State, so that the Legislative Body will be able to enter on its examination during the first days of its sittings. By the terms of the Senatus-Consultum, the budget is to be presented by chapters. From the monthly returns which have just been published of the state of the Bank of France, it ap pears that the metallic reserve has declined 224 millions of francs in Paris, and n millions in the branch-banks. The discount accommodation has increased 22-i millions in Paris, and 20 millions in the departments. The advances in public securi ties of France has fallen off 8 millions in Paris, and /of a million in the provinces. The advances on railway securities have declined 3k millions in Paris, but have increased 2-i millions in the pro , ;nces. On the side' of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have advanced 8 millions in Paris, and 6 millions in the branch-banks. The account-cur rent of the Treasury has advanced 8f millions. Private accounts-current are 10 millions less ia Paris, and a million less in the provinces. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present 4824 millions, to 686 millions of notes in circula tion. . _ .....,.... The Moniteur publishes a long report from the Minister of Marine on the re-organisation of " the administrative service of inspection " of that de partment. The Minister states that a system of control of the construction, fitting out, and arming of vessels, and of the accounts, purchases, awl operations of all kinds, was established for the navy by Colbert, was improved by his successors, and was completed by the First Consul, by decree of the 7th Floreal, an VIII. This decree, says the report, "worthy of meditation, like everythi'ig which emanated from the genius of the extra,' r clinary man wilo then governed France," esta blished ma ra ti me pre f ec t s, an d un d er t h e name o f inspection, a modificati on o r Colbert's system t.f control, which inspection was dependent on t:), Minister alone and corresponded with him. In 1815 re -established redr bu e r in ny 1828 the control t a h n e d sy a stemo pre fectureswas was r es t ore d w i t h mod i f i cat i ons, and the control was re-oro•anised with the name of " in spection." In nearly 1863 sulpBpures a body called the " Commis sariat de la Marine," control was unitin 0. the corps of adminis tration and th a t of , inspection was f orme d, an d th e great abuses, ssmed.accßorudtantcheatwilteh the dto and in wish of th e Chambers, the administrative services 1 of the navy were reconstituted. Although, how- ever, the institution of .Maritime ?refects was strengthened and the control was re -established, the provisions of the First Consul's decree of the 7th Floreal were not fully carried out.. The Minis ter then goes on to show that it is necessary, for the good of the service, that reforms should now be made, and he recommends that. the control or inspection should be confided to fur ictionaries of a high grade, possessing from fuel r rank moral authority, instead of to a great number of ill paid functionaries, as was done by the ordinance of 1848, and that the control should be exer cised by resident and itinerary inspectors, in order to have the advantages of coPLstant surveil lance, without the abuses, which pei:sonal relations are likely to cause to be tolerated when there are only one set of agents residing long in the same place. He says that the travelling inspectors will be able to see everything, to cause the Minister's orders to be everywhere uniformly executed, and by their verbal instructions to do away with, a mass of correspondence ; also to examine the reforms which can be effected, and prepare information useful to the Minister in coming to a decision on any subject. In execution of these recommenda tions, the Minister proposes to the Em - peror to sup press all the subaltern places, which only serve to s well the lists of employes, whilLst they lessen the authority of the corps to which they be ► - long ; and to have three inspectors of the first class employed nearly all the year in rounds of inspection. He next says that a chief, a sub stitute, one or two deputies with some clerks appear to him sufficient for the three ports of Rochefort, Lorient, and Cherburg ; a chief, a sub stitute, two or three deputies, and wee clerks for Toulon and Brest. He recommends that the no minations in the service shall be made, according to merit, not seniority. The total expense of the ser vice of inspection thus organised, ilie calculates at 232,000 f. ; but it will replace the. ex i s ting system of control, which costs 282,000 f. ; so that a sav i ng of 50,000 f. will be effected. --.A. decree of the Em peror, dated the 12th, enacts that the recommen dations on the report shall be carried into effect ; it regulates certain matters of detail relative to the duties to be performed, and fixes the salaries of the inspectors at from 5,000 f. to 1 0,000 f., and of the deputies at 3,000 f ; and 3,500 f. Another decree of the same date nominates the different inspec tors and deputies. The Coin % of Cassation has given a j u d gmen t t o the effect that, according to the French law, a Frenchman may proceed against a foreigner for debt in France, even though he m ay h ave previ ously brought an action against him before, and had it decided by a foreign tribunal. The ques tion arose in consequence of an Austrian, named Todesco, having appealed to the Coust to put a stop to certain legal proceedings which a French man, named Baudon, had commenced against him in Paris, after having cited him before the Tri-, bunal of Commerce of Vienna, and which the Court of Paris had admitted by judgment of November, 1851. We read in the Patric :—" Several French jour nals have repeated an article from a Geneva journal, which announces that the railway from Lyons to Geneva, and to the frontier of Italy, had just been conceded. This account is in correct. The question is still under considera tion, and no concession of the kind has yet been made." M. Rinn, Provisieur of the Lycee Louis-le-Grand, has been named Professor of Latin Elocution at the College of France. M. Paulin, member of the In stitute, has been named Professor of the French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages. M. Forneren, Rector of the Academy of the Seine- Inferieure, has been appointed to succeed M. Rinn at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand. The Minister of War, and Colonel Blondel, di rector of the Depot de la Guerre, have presented to the Emperor the sixteenth part of the map of France drawn up by the officers of the staff, and the first part of the same map on a reduced scale. The Em peror expressed his approbation of them. The Bourse was more firm yesterday than for several days past, and a rise took place in the price of public securities in general. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents. opened at 104 f. 80c., and rose to 105 f. 20c., at which they closed for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 15c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,002 f. 50c.; Rouen, 985 f.; Havre, 510 f. ; Great Northern, 848 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 778 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 883 f. 75c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 730 f. ; Wes tern of France, 672 f. 50e. ; St. Dizier to Gray, 500 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 627 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 575 f.; Dijon and Besangon, 520 f.; Shares of the Bank of. Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), A" SPAIN. The journals, which have arrived in due course, give no news of interest. General Narvaez had ad dressed a long petition to the Queen, dated Bayonne the 15th, inviting her Majesty - Co relieve him from the humiliating position in which he has been placed by what he calls flagrant injustice. There were re ports current of intended modifications in the Min istry. The 9th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. PORTUGAL. The Chambers were opened on the 2d inst. by commission, the Queen having been prevented by slight indisposition from attending personally, and there was, therefore, no royal sp eec h on th e occa sion. Many of the deputies from the provinces not having yet arrived, it may be some time before a sufficient number can be mustered to form a house ; besides which, a fortnight or more will no doubt be wasted, as usual, in the appointment of com mittees and settlement of otheripreliminary matters, the whole of which might with common diligence be got through in less th an h a l f that time. The long-expected revision of the tariff, or, more properly speaking, the new tariff, as it embraces all the articles mentioned in the old one, has made its appearance. The duties, i nstead of being lowered, on cot ton and woollen manufac cures, many articles of which will thereby be shut o u t f rom the Portuguese markets. are in almost every i ns t ance raised, especially those are precisely such a r ti c l es of luxury as the On some things, cer t a i n l y, they are lowered ; but revising commissioners (sly roo-ues) are likely to require themselves : harps an pianos for their daughters, and carri ages and Champagne for their own use and delectati on . Under the impression d - that the duties upon cottons, woollens, hardware, &c., would be lowered, the British merchants here had for some time past been keeping back as much as possible from clearing their goods inwards through the Custom House, and the consequence is, that they will now have to pay the higher rates. Count Santa Maria has been appointed military governor, in the room of Viscount Fonts Nova, lately deceased. The count is what the French t er m a sabreur, and has never turned his attention to politics, or to anything else but his own profes sion. Some amusing anecdotes are told of him. On one occasion, wanting to speak of a polygon, and not being deep in Greek derivations, he called it a cornered circle. On another, he said that it was a waste of money to macadamise the down-hill streets, as it would be quite sufficient to macadam ia the up-hill ones. GERMANY. sa y s :-.." Th e polic e are keeping up a special The Universal Lerman Gazettc, under date sth inst., surveillance over such persons as took part in the Fr ankf w ot e Pa p r ia li c am ed en e t n , revolutionary movement of 1848. It recently ar rested an ex-deputy of the dwasse. administration pHae i p sE n ion l o .i f liCd m hu i e n dli e l'i s .c . ahn li . e is accused of having kept up a correspondence with the political refugees Frankfort for a cons i- Kudlich th ere in Switzerland and London. Domiciliary v i s it s were made at the residence of his father, and also at those of some of his friends, but they led t o no derable sum." result. wasa d r af Among en a the ban k p e a r pe a rs t of M. The _Augsburg Gazette states from D armstadt that a prosecution has been commenc e d against the t d r e ea pu so ty n. Muller Melchiors, on a charge of high , The same journal publishes the text of the letter of the Marquis de Tallenay to the President of the Germanic Diet, announcing the accession of the Emperor of the French to the thron e . The lan guage is the same as that employed by the other French Ambassadors at foreign courts. It states Peace, and that that the efforts of the French Government will a c i e n t te ha n t an it e s e intentions of i a t h h va as ys a t fi el m d t c o onfi the de m n will be in accord with the sentiments of foreign govern ments, and that thus the repose of the world will be secured. The three superintendents of the Grand Duchy of Hesse have just addressed a circular to the pastors, enforcing on them the necessity o f us i ng their utmost exertions to strengthen the evan gelical creed in the minds of the people, at a time when the prejudices against it seem to be re newed. TURIN. In its sitting of the 10th the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin concluded the discussion on the bud get of the navy department. It having been moved that the excursions of the fleet be extended beyond the Mediterranean, the Minister of War objected to this course, showing how unlikely it was that the Sardinian fleet should ever be wanted anywhere else but in the Mediterrann ; hence the impor tance of making it well acquainted with the pecu liar nature of those seas, as, in case of a war break ing out, an event which, it was well known, was far from improbable, the support of the navy would be of the highest importance. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. i Closing Prices Yesterday. Aberdeen ...... 30 30 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Ea.stn. June..... 7 Bit Tang. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 104 11 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct...... 64 6 d Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... 22 22. Do., £20........ ....... 3 —2. d Bristol di Exeter...... 107 109 Caledonian. 'Chester & Holyhead' 23 234 'Cork and Bandon.... 17 i 18 Dublin&BelfastJune., 3 —24 d Dundee Perth &Al.)ei ' Been Junction Do. New East Anglian (1:25 & E. & L. & D.) (xis E. & IL). Eastern Comities_ E.-stern Union, Ms, A. late E. U. Sh Do., B. & C East Lancashire ... East & West Ind. Bk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgoi , Edinb.Prth.&Dunde: Glasgow & S.Westeri Great Northern Stk . Do., 2 A. Stock Do., B. Stock.... Great Southern RI Western (Ireland) 'los 107 Great Western 924 93 Irieh Souli-Eastern. Lancas . ..er &Carlisle BB 90 Do., Third 5........ 111 124 p Lancash. &Yoritsbir. 83i 83 Do., Fifths 3 3 8 4 ' Do., Wst. Riding Un. 2 - 21 d, Leeds Northern........ 17 174 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & Blaeltwalli BA - • 94 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. p Loncl.Bright. S. est. 105 167 London &N. Wcstei 122?, 123 Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.Sh. 1I 1 1 1 p London & S.Westcrn 903 914 Do., £SO. Do. .£4O 4 3 d Lndndrry.&Coleraine 11 12 Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 194 20 .IT•4ueli.Bliet. &Li 'le 29. 30 Do., Man. &JAIL Un. 3 3 d Midland 7B 794 Do. Binning. dr Derb 46 48 Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. J, ShrJet3 Newastle & Carlisle.. ' 51 52 Newpt.Aberg:drlftfd.l 31 —d, & Enniskillen 24 24 Newl7 Warrenpoint : & Rostrevor ....... 81 Norfolk 57 Si - '• -- ••• :~~ I 3 -13 i 9 - 10 74 - 8 74 - 76 55 60 5 -- 77 27 29 n 1 61 63 79 80 40 42 119 121 Do., New ............ Northn.o nnties Lin INorth 131:tish ......... 2 d 3$ 39 INorth Devon, No.l Do., No. 2..... ••• • ! iDe., 4 A Deferred B Guaranteed,' North Staffordshire , Western.. N. dr S. Weortrn. June. iOxfor 1 Worec-Jlr 61 61 d 2a.-2 fi d 44 - 3 d 8* 9 3 3 4 i P Wolverlampton. ...` 50i —51 i 100 ;SL•ottish Centrsl 95 97 100 Scottish Midland ..... 64 - 65 100 ISI ire wsbury ft Hiring ; G 7 69 1C) 'Do., L. & N. Weal Grqr , niced Stock.. 8 Sbrev% sby. & Hu IC(1 'Shrowsby. Dlestc) (Nor. W. Min.) ~.. all Do. Halves, d 0....... 20 i 'Do. Oswesixy 621S4ropshire Unio, , paid up at p. e. M South Der0n........ 0 South Eastern 11 South '4Vale3 5 S. Yorksh. P_verDun 5 Do.. Stockton & Hartley].; Thames Haven Dock, and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkeo-v Waterford&Limet West C0rnwa11....... West L0nd0n........, Woodford... ...... York Newca&Berw. l 70 71 Do. Extensions.......l7i 7Ad Do. G.N.E. Purchase' 2 —24 d York &N. Midland . ) 571 58? 70 - 80 19 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 3i - 2i .. 22i 80 - 81 38 - 384 13 - 13 4 - 44 2} 2i 13/ -14 t 9i - 10 I 27 - 28 91 - 10 PREFERENCE SHARES. Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Suck Do. 4 p. c. Share- Caledonian £lO !105 Chester & Holyhead! Guar. 5i per 19 Cork&Ba-idon : - , 1 .1,-. d Dundee 'erth,(- s Been Junet• I 6 64 Ea stA nglian (.t"; 10s) 6 per cent.... 3R 311 Do. (£6) 7 per cen t 3 4 Do. (':7 17s) 7p. e!;•• K P Eas'ern Co'mV Ex tensioa, sp. c. No.l 1 1 p Do. i;o. 2. l, 1 p Do., New 6p.c. St 14 141 Easi,ern Unior, Scrip Guar. 6 per eel L Do., SA 0 Deben. Sh _„ Easi;Lancash. 6 p.e Ls East &West York shire, Jur cti on, Fi Edinb.Prtb.&Dundeef 3 Glasgow & S.Wc-,t( 321 guar. 5 per cont. : Great Northn. 5 1 , .c , 127 128 Do. 5 p. c.,ltcdec-r at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southu. &V ( 107 - 1091 1071 - 20 - i P 18 -• 18A 112 -- 114 (Ireland) Eighths..: Gt. Wesin. (Berke di BE SHARE MARKETS. 108 65, 1 231 Baslness done this day. 134 4 81-- 9 611 all al 6 it. Iwo 161 6 it. 100 0 I 13 L2i 9 10) I.'loo DI all - 1 p 109 - 110 Hants Ex. 5 p. 1 Great Western, fixed! 4i per cent I anca ,h. &Yo _sb F. 220 • Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Lcods Noire-n, 6p. cent., No. 1 .... . Do., No. 2 1)o., No. 3 ..... Do. , Qu "tors, 1848 London andißrighton Guarar .eed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertib'e, 5 p c., 1852 . . !Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lon.& N.West.Cov.d• Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londndry. & Enr isk Shares Manch.,Shef., &Liu , Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £10... Marypt&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Bhna. 6 per cent i 150 152 Do. Pref. 41 per er i Norfolk Extensio 23 23.1 Do. Guar. 5i per ,L. i 5i Do. Waveney 5 per cent 2 -- 24 North British ...... 101 102 North Staffordshire 2si —26 i Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do Shrewsbury & Biro.. New Guaranteed... 11 11, 1 Sbrewsby. & Che ; t er ! 4 (Nor. W. Min),B p. c, 174 —17 i Do. 5 per cent..,,.... ' South Devon ......... 14 —17 A Do. New Par 1 P S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6.1. 26 26. Do. 4i per cent S.Yorksh.4p.e. Guar l9 20 Stock.&Hartl. Guar sp. c.tilll Ju1y,1856 ••• Waterfd.kKilk.6p.c. id Par York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 103 105 'Do si 50 York& N. Midland H & S. Porch - p - 152 ... --- p 3 i - 4 1. 8 - 8A 13i -13 i 9 -- 10 10i -- 1 - ii 1, 2 21-pl 14 - ipl 20 35 10 224 JOINT-STOCK BANKS Australasia Britixh N. American Colonial 81 83 Commercial of Lon don. English. Scottish and; Australian Load. Chart. Bk. ofi Australia London and Coon i London Joint Lond. ,• Nationall'rov. Do. New r, I National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation. ........ ~ - ... li - 4 3 ; - 3 • - ... - ... - - ... - 1:1 5 o. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New...... 1 Royal Australn.likg. & Gold Importing Company . all Union of Austral:a '73 4 10 - Uni on o f London . V. Do. New i ... .... LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RA LWATS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Testerday. Be :ford. and London & Bletchley... N. West Binn. & Oxfd. guarantee ... P Gt Westn. Do. withoutgriDo ......... Binn .Wolv. &I Dudley gna r. IDo ......... Do. wthtguar. Do ........ Buckghamsh . !L. d i N. W. ClydesdalaJc. ,Caledon E. Lincoln. gr.l 6 p. cent..... Gt. Notrh n Glstn&Dn.Fr. Wcstn. Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Caledon Do. New . Do flrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. Nov Rill way & Be rw. . [full & Selby Y.&N. Md. Do. A Shares Do Do. Shares. Do Lon. & Gr( cow S. Eastern Do. Prefen. nee Do Lowestoft gr., 4 per cent... 'Norfolk Do. 6 per ct.. Do Manch.l3xton. Ln. &N. W ; and I fatlock & Middlesbro' & Stektou , Redcar. Da rl ngt. Nfidlil Bradfd. INI idla ' I Nora 3rn and Eastern sp. c. E. Count , 64 66 Do. 6 per ct :Do Do. Fixed sp. c, Do I Prest. & Wyre L. & . W I d:Ln& • 30 - 31 294 -30 i 30 31 29 30 b 0 111 54 56 148 -- 150 32 i --33ixd 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 —l44xd 25i -- 26 19i -- 20 23 —25 xd 3-31 108 - 109 Do. A Shares. !Do - pm Royain.& Hit. ;(4t.Nortlm 'l 52 154 Do.Shepth. St. ,110 Shef. Roth. di'Lanca qh. Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh 1 -- • S. Staffordsl l .. • NirliClean! d Wear" Valley gr l Stockt. & 6 per cent ...' Darling ... Do !Do 314 32 Wilts&Sorarst:Gt.Westn lO3 —lolxd Businest this day. FOREIGN. 103 x.d Closing Prices Business done Yesterday. this day. 1 —Adis 1 -- 2 13i -14 i i -- Ipxin 2 - lid - 6/pm 2 —2/ p d p 1 --lipxn 6 -• 1 - 1 - - 8 -10 p 2i - 8 si l 6 7 336 — 34 1411 - 154 14i -154 p 38 -- 40 38 -- 39 30/ -30 i -- 5 p gxin 19 -- 20 9/ -- 9i 2 -- 3 p par 7pxn par, 50 50 50 25 50 40 25 25 50 25 100 St. 25 Iwo' St. St. St. St. 20 17 20 all 50 all 20 13 20 all 10 1 St. 105, 25 20 25 10 St. 100 5 1 1 all St. 1100 20 ; 5 St. 1100 15 all 634 }j all 3il all 5 all 7i 2 6ii all .0 all it. 100 5 all 5 all ;t.I 100 It. 100 1.11100 3t.(1100 it. 1100 2il 10 .2ii all 5 I all l 0 'all 6 3 123 all 123 all .23 83 ;t. 100 it. 100 '.!31 5 roil all 5 all 2 all it. 10 0 all it. 100 15 I 9 8 all LO I . all LO 10 all .0 14 0.6 all ;t. 100 !O all 2, 1 , all 1100 8s 18i LOD LOO all j all 45 G all 100 all all all 3 100 100 92i A 2 821 11i 101 122 i 15i 90i 29i #Bl a RAILWAYS. Paid Ar ' worp&Rotte••dam~ Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon a-id Besangon Dutch Rhenish Plot Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Janet. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds . (Ist iss . )1857 Do. Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway) Do. 4i 29 10 all Do. (Canal) Lyons dr Moditorran. Madras Maria Antonia.. .. IDo. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. ! s o'. 3 p. c. Bds (. ny. B. &Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkpreP Orle its & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds . s and Orleans and Rouen _ Paris and Stmlitom ParisCaen& - CirL:: Quebec &11;c1-1 , und Rov-n and Hay:- I;'').nitre and 11' a t. Southern of France ISt. And. & Quebeeo 'Tottrs and Nant t. Up i yer India Scrip... West Flanders ! 5 Do. 5i per c. Pref....!4 d Western of France.. 64 West. of Switzerland id MINES. AguaFria . al l Anglo Ca l :fornifin 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all :Baden (Gcl.Duchy of) all :British A ustrin. Gold 13.r , British Iron.. ...... ..• Brazilianlmp.(issued • at £5 pm all iDo. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 IDo. St. John Del Rey all CArsons's Creek.,.., all ICobre Copper 1 (Colonial Gold. 14 CopiapO all English and Austin. Copper Sme.:+g. Co ' all General all Golden Mountain all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst.. all Liberty all Lono.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita.. ...... 9 Mexican&S.A.mericn all New Cralada all Nouveau Monde all Pc :-t Philip all iQulxtz Rock all I 'thy nme Iron 10:7,3a Wig° de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft ...... ....... all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa....,, all Yuba Z —lip i p 3:{ - 4 i 4 p G I - , id- 7 plp ;IP- p par p par p p 8 - 10 21 - 30 li -- 29 - 4 d k 4 14 - 14 n d 4 P I 4 4i 4- - P lf lip 26 —P i —27 A 5. 16 —1 2 P 84 P MISCELLANEOUS (Australian Agricult. 255 265 Canada Ciystal Palace Eastern Steam Electric Teleg. o: Ir Geu. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land Penirsular& Oriental Do. Do. Crybasalace of Prance, Royal Mail Steam South Austral.Landl 63 65 Univeral Em igratiou and Colons" Van Dienien's Land 19 21 Submar. Telc3Taph 28 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 15.—Wind at Noon, S.W., fresh breeze, and eoudy. It has rained heavily all morning, but the weather now appears to be breaking. The St. Antonius, Konigsberg to Cowes, passed the Sound on the 19th of October, and has not since been heard of. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 14 . —Wind, W.N.W. Sailed —Chal lenge, Hong Kong. FALMOUTH, Jan. 14 . —Wind, W., fresh breeze, and fine. Sailed—Heela, La Gttayra ; Estafette, New York. DEAL, Jan. 14.—Wind, N.W., moderate. Arrived— Ste van, Saldanha Bay, for Aberdeen ; John Bunyan, China ; Lavinia, Buenos Ayres ; Adm. Browning, New York. Arrived from the River—Governor M`Donald, for Africa • Euphrates, Ad e l a id e , S . A . ; Margaret, Sierra Leone ; Arthur, New Orleans. Airived from the River, and sailed—Potentate, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land; Brunette, do. • Jane, S wan Ri ver ; H astings, Calcutta ; Tom Bowling, ; John Cooper, Bombay ; Mercury, Cape of Good Hope • Sai'or's F r i en d, d o . ; J ane, do. ; Susan Crisp, Alps Bay ; Aporo, Grenada ; Castle Lach ltm, Jamaica ; Trope, do. ;Franklin King, New Orleans ; Britanria, Mobile; Ocean Qrn, New York. Sailed most of the outward bound. The Jane Watson,. Sydney, for Dublin, was fallen in with waterlogged, on the Bth of January, in lat. 49 N., 17 W. ; crew taken off. The Andromeda (barque), from Quebec, was spoken on the 4th of January, in lat. 49 N., 30 W., with loss of bowsprit, topmasts, and decks swept. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 1 4.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Sparks, Canton ' • Dumbarton Y ou th ( s ) , Africa. Sailed— John, Savannah. The sunken wreck of a large full-rigged ship was seen on the 14th of October, in lat. 4 S., long. 106 E., in six :athorns wata., with her topmasts above water, in a dangerous position for ships steeling to or from Gasper Straits ; the water for several miles round was much shoaler than marked in Horaburgh's charts. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 14.—The Clio of this port foundered off Tynemouth on the 11th instant ; crew saved. WHITBY, Jan. 14.—The Richard Cobden, Shields for Aviero, has put in with cons i derable damage, having been in contact w.th the Fruiterer of Wells. BRIELLE, Jan. 14.—The Cleveland, Maldon to Sunder- Jan. 14 . —Wind, W.N.W. Sai6aledai3l7-laelltsh,aurtnMapii; land, was abandoned in a sinking state on the Ist of January last, in lat. 56 N. ; crew saved. TORBAY, Sailed— shire, Australia ; Cecilia, Madras ; Afri can Protectk Jamaica ; A-igelique, New York ; timore ; Mona, Bermuda. TRADE NEWSPAPERS. --- A class newspaper, ta gla king ss, under its prot ec ti on t h e truly important article o f has just been i ss u e d from the Sunderlad press, and edited by the Messrs. Harkley and CO., the eminent glass firm of that place. To the trade it will afford the most complete index of all that is requisite to know for the purposes of commerce, and a perusal of its contents will equally satisfy the political economist of the result of the late l measure for the relief of glass from fiscal restrictions. The first number is certainly a curiosity in its way, and follows as a meat upon i n t e l l i fitting sequ ence of enlighten gent legislative enactments. [ADVERTNEMENT.I—The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pill, astounding cure by this miracu. e . lons medicine, after every other means had failed.—Se extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, ,r Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. e a —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have h e ic ff t 6 h all the the cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, all over most eminent of the faculty at home and a not even the . Continent had not been able to effect—n g igood) A.,. l D s. waters of Carlsbad I will cure any a d y % BOROUGH." These wonderful ills also Her 24 4 0 orders of the liver or stomach. , s Establishmelihrough , ointment) at Professor Holloway .cin e vendors or Marienbad ( Strand, London, and by all medicine out the world. 374 8 pm. 3 7 8 9 1 1 70# 70 10 x.d. Pm. 100 20 10 50 50 1151 x.d. ex new ex. in. 19i 9 i i i ex new li k i 24 2h 1250 60 I LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. The usual half-yearly court of the members of this benevolent institution was held in the board-room of the Asylum, in the Old Kent road, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Bryon taking his seat for the first time as chair man. The minutes of the last two courts were confirmed, and the secretary, (Mr Jones) read the report of the board of management on the 25th year's proceedings of the society, in which it was stated that the gross amount of the subscriptions and donations during the past year was 2,7831. ls. 7d., by means of which, every claim up to the close of the year had been discharged, and the al lowance to the inmates of the ladies' wing made up to 6s. per week to couples, and to ss. per week to single per sons. The balance in the hands of the bankers was 4461. 7s. 9d., besides cash with the different brewers, 9,250/., and with Mr. Robert Hanbury, 1,3251. 18s. id. The ball at Christmas 1851, produced 1841. 10s. ; the fancy fair in 1552, 1461. Os. 10d ; and the dinner, in 1852, 461. 13s. The board also acknowledged the receipt of 1,0007. from Mrs. Barnet, of. Highgate, pursuant to the wish of her deceased brother ; of 300/. from an unknown friend, and of 21/. from the late Mr. Duff. They expressed.their thanks to the Rev. Mr. Martyn, the chaplain, for the Etithful, zealous, and highly effi cient manner in which he had discharged the onerous duties of his offic e ; and to the Rev. W. C. Moore, and the Rev. Mr. DrydgeF . , for the eloquent addresses de livered by them in time chapel on Sunday, the 2d inst., in aid of the society's funds. Any encomiums on the secretary, Mr. Jones, would, they observed, fall short of his merits, for if at any time during the twenty-four years he had been in office he deserved praise for his exertions in their behalf, that exertion in the past year had not been lessened. The board noticed in compli mentary terms the services of Mr. J. Bloomfield, the medical attendant, and then proceeded to report on the domestic affairs of the institution. No serious com plaint had been made with regard to the conduct of the inmates, and during the year they had lived in accord ance with the rules, and in. amity with each other. Seven inmates had been removed by death, being the average number, and not more than was to be expected from the advanced age arrived at before admission to the asylum. On the 10th of December, the vacant habitations were filled up, but one death had since oc curred, which left one habitation unoccupied. The total number of inmates was 154. To complete the ladies' wing, twelve more houses required to be erected, but it was thought desirable to postpone there erection until the existing building was hilly endowed. For a long time past a very general desire had been expressed that some step should be taken to raise a fund to grant a weekly allowance to every inmate sufficient to meet their neces sities. All that the board had been able to do up to the present period was to make up the weekly incomes of married inmates in the main building to 7s. per week, and of single inmates to 6s. per week ; and the weekly incomes of the inmates of the ladies' wing to 6s. and ss. respectively, according to whether couples or single per sons. But they expressed a confident hope that those of the trade who had not yet subscribed would give their support to the endowment fund. In weekly allowances and remuneration to nurses for attendance on the sick during the past year, 925/. Bs. had been expended. The board acknowledged the liberality of the donors and subscribers, and the assistance afforded by the auxiliary committee. They suggested that in future the practice adopted at the last election, of filling up all habitations vacant on the day of election, notwithstanding the less number vacant when the voting papers.were circulated, should be continued ; and, in conclusion, the board expressed their grateful thanks for the very numerous company, and especially the ladies, who honoured the society with their patron age at the ball on the previous evening, which, by more than 250 persons, exceeded the number present on any similar occasion, and whose presence would' unquestion ably produce a larger profit to the institution than had ever before been derived from the annual ball. On the motion of Mr. VOUSLEY, seconded by Mr. L. JONES, the report was unanimously adopted. The statements of the receipts and expenditure under the different funds were read in detail, but the only salient points were noticed in the report. In reply to Mr. VOUSLEY, The CHAIRMAN said the chaplain was paid out of a special fund, to which ten brewers annually subscribed ten guineas each. Four trustees, ten committeemen, and an auditor were then elected, and the remaining business was a series of complimentary votes in acknowledgment of the services of the late committee, of the auditor, of the chaplain, of the surgeon, of the secretary, and, last of all, of the present chairman, concluding with the presentation of a shilling each to all the inmates. THE LAND TAX.--LIBERTY OF THE ROLLS. Last night, a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Liberty of the Rolls was held in the Vestry-room, for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee, and to consider of the best mode of assisting the Tower Hamlets division in the action now pending on the subject of the land tax, which action is defended by the Board of In land Revenue, to prevent an equalisation of the land tax being carricd out in that division. Wilcoxen, one of the overseers, took the chair. Mr. V. STEVENS then addressed the meeting, and said, having taken an active part in the matter which had called them together, he wished to say, that he con sidered all who were suffering under the opera tion of the land tax were bound to come forward and contribute to assist the division of the Tower Hamlets in the action which was now pending, and in the result of which they were all deeply interested, Mr. Stevens concluded by moving the followfng resolution : That this meeting is of opinion it is desirable for the rate-payers of the Liberty of the Rolls to afford their assistance by a subscription to aid and assist the Tower Hamlets division in the action which is pending between them and the Commissioners of Land Tax for that divi sion, and for that purpose recommend that each rate payer of the Liberty be called upon for an amount equal to twopence in the pound upon the amount of his assess ment, as it stands in the paving rate-book of the said Liberty." Mr. R. MOULTON said he had pleasure in seconding the resolution, and was of opinion that, if by the pay ment of twopence in the pound, as was proposed, they could get rid of the heavy assessment of 2s. 6d. in the pound, the amount at which the liberty was at present rated for the land tax, they would not only be great gainers themselves, but would b e d o i ng much good to the country generally. The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. JENNINGS, vestry clerk, next addressed the meet ing, and said he had that day delivered in the special case, which had only been settled by counsel, but which it was unnecessary he should trouble the meeting by reading. He could only say that it had cost him many hours of anxiety and labour. He had hopes that this special case would be immediately argued in the Court of Queen's Bench. He might say that he understood the Land Tax Commissioners were in a difficulty as to mak ing an assessment for the ensuing year. With reference to what had fallen from Lord Campbell, on the trial, as to the way in which the rate had been levied, he thought there could be no doubt that his lordship was adverse to the present mode of levying the rate. Mr. DANIEL, after alluding to the steps already taken on behalf of the parish upon the subject of this tax, said he was of opinion it would be ultimately the duty of the various parishes to go in a body to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, arid represent to him the hardship and the expense to whi c h th e par i shes were put in contesting the matter with Government. There were not fewer than 600 to 700 divisions in the country interested in this important question. Mr. HAMMOND said, after what had been said, he did not think it necessary he should do more than move, " That in pursuance of the foregoing resolution, the a 'rig out of the same be referred to the Land Tax carrying of the Liberty of the Rolls." Mr. V. STEVENS, after some complimentary remarks upon the conduct exhibited by . their vest ry c l erk in con nection with this question, said he had very grpheatatplteahe sure in moving the following resolution thanks of this meeting be presented to Edward Jennings, Esq., for his readiness in acceding to the wishes of the committee, by taking up the case for the Tower Hamlets upon the death of Mr. Moseley, their late solicitor and for his continuing to act as solicitor to the appellants, and for the able and efficient manner in which he had conducted the sam e u p th e present time. " Mr. RICHARD MOULTON seconded the resolution. Th mr e . resolution ioans,waatsstohmene l a e gr ngti eec i l , to. ex pressed hi s acknow lhim. edgments for the high compliment that h a d b een paid Mr. WHITTLE, of the Tower ilamlets who co-plaintiff in th e act i on referred to, attended' themeeting, briefly expressed the satisfactio n th ey felt at the pro businesseeeeeingsofwthee evret then given d terminated. ven to th e c h a i rman, and the THE COIL TRADE.----On Wednesday a meeting of the coal trade of f t o h r e fe a d co i ho s district e . catr exported( fromi n cl ( including isnhgo. shows Northumberlands amaterial a.l . and Durham) was held in the Assembly -rooms at Newcastle 11P°11-TYne, to take into consideration the state and Prospects of the trade. About forty gentlemen, repre senting several of the most important collieries of the district, were present. Mr. Hugh Taylor presided. . 1 - report was read, giving statistical accounts of the . t e r from September, 1851, when the last meeting vats f or d and, after cohgratulating the meeting upon The Marquis of Londonderry, who ws.. prospects, recommended an advance in the his s brother was desirous desirous of co-operating with report which had been owners, and he approved of the which was unani mously ' He also moved a resolution, ° t i February next, mously adopted, " That from the 2 1 5. 2 6d. to 245. per ton, the price of coals be raised from,. _ n. „ and other house coals in proporr_vve have just been - n , ...XPORT OF COTTON AND YAK , ' t of the total value of cotton ed with a statemen Li ver pool and the Clyde favourptsril:n:e7acidoahls; 1840 to 1852 inclusive ; from how stationary this branch of has°continued. In 1840 the total value our export trade 8 3241., and in 1852 it was 1,219,728/. exported was I ' l6 ' only 831, to Bombay, and d od i s t a is n o d n y ri a o r i n ia etxopobrtseedry 0241._, and in 1844 it The quantity, however, of the r e ia an v o a t n h t: rose to 1,5 88 , 3 _ t ki je cis ren ° t g years, which we shall ta te k in nity of adverting to.-81iipping Gazette. p tdii r i:fl P e n p e s r a o e r r l :O t i s: fl u e s arevßEFOßMa4em. awaisnDEMONSTRATION Preparations for the holding of a soiree at M Oldham, a J bout the 4th o r 7th of February, in honour of r. W. . Fox, the newly elected member for the borough. A large marquee is being erected, which is expected to contain about 3,000 people, and it is expected that several eloquent and leading members of the Legis• 'nature will be present. 12 •'.XkV4 r• ~- x. d. 12 20 20 12,1 St. St. 25 20 20 33h 10 20 20 20 20 8i 10 20 111 100 - 100 18i $OB i 81- 14 i 3/ 4