The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-06 00:00:00

TilE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVETqING, JANUARY 6, 1858 , TRE SHARE MARKET'S. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. • 5, THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JAN lB5 3. _____,. _ • ---.6.-----... BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid RiaLwers. Leasing Closing Prices Business CITY, Two o'CLoeit. No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth January, 1852 and 1853, showing the Increase and LN ;crease tkoreof. Compans. Yesterday. this day. va •,.... The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were - - YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ev led Jan. 5. Yesteray. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American QUARTERS ENDED , ended , _,,_ , ended t A I = ........'...1 '...."'n St. 100 irberdee7............. 311 - 321 32 Bletchley .... N. West. ... -...... were taken for export and on speculation. The Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, 1852 1852 1852 1852 1853 1853 Increase. Decrease. Increas 0. 'Decrease. -- 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. - ... market closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 -- - 31 _ r----------- ArV' ______J'il,eii s i ______°cltB . s'l°' JNii:' x • £ x x x x x x x x X 14 all eirrn Eas ng t . n iir j o un lve e rh. &6i-7 6$ 7 304 all Do.withoutgr Do 29/ -30 i American, 450 Egyptian, at 6d. to 92-d., and 400 x x x ,7,09 2,070,0644,615,025 3,443,5164,502164 5 4:3 0 0 3 3 6 : 84 6 9 3 4 :6 54 39 1 :6 3 4 8 6 4 1 1 3 8 :3 6 6 9 6 5 :9 38 8 2 1 F Ctis .c to is ms ... .:: .... :::: .... 26i, . 8 . 1 . 1 65,687 .... , 18,128 301 a ll Birm.Wolv. & ....... 4,548,266 4,318,218 5,335,073 4,559, 5 1 2 1 Surat, at 32d. to 4id. per lb. In Railway Shareis r x r e . s . :: ; : ....... 1,980,536 3,419,810 4,139,8 54 3,552,970 1 3,0 93,170 •• •• .... i 13,324 •. .. MA 44 . •• • • 186,199 223 951 '•• •• Stour Va11ey......... 101 -11 Dudleyguar. Do 3O -31 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 - 30 a good business was done, at steady prices. Stamps. .. ............ 1,548,008 1,525,492 1,432:052664 1 1,417, 9 48 2 5 2 3 5 , 9 66 33 3 ,. 9 5 6 4 2 9 1 , 515 , 985 29604, 1 1 ,6 6 0 26 3:7 8 0 2 7 6 1 , 529 , 421 169213 1 1 : 6 41 15 9:8 0 7 2 3 9 3 6 :3 2 7 8 7 7 :8 2 4 6 3 1 T St a lm es ps . ...• • • .• .• .•.:::: 353 . ,.7 . 1 . 2 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & St. 100 Buckghamsh .L. &N.W. 109 -in '567,956 5,304.923 2,068,827 1,056,991 1,915,581 469,238 5,509,637 Property Tax.. •• .. 204,714 ... 100,282 " •• .. Cheshire Junet...... 61 - sad 22 The six weeks' average price of wheat is 435. 4d. 240 000 306,000 246,000 1,064,000 259,000 230,000 261,000 272,000 1,022,000 Post-office'. •••• • • • • •• • - 42,000 26,000 ...• 27i a n . ; 9 7 :9 7 6 8 0 4 2 , 045 , 231 976,1 1,516705,136 Do. Chesh. dr'Birk., . 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon per cw-t., and the last week's 465. 7d. The week's cprooswilt _ o re an . ,i; .. .... .. .. .. :: :: 2 4 , 0 2 :0 0 0 0 0 0 Property Tax •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. 2,2 1 301,000, 40,000 40,000 150,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 , 80,000 260.000 Crown Lands • ..... 110,000 .... 40,000 28,452 30,574 172,241 41,733 202,189 17,799 32,008: • 293,729 Miscellane,ous.• •• • • 121,488 .... 1,434 •••• £5O & £25 Cons.... 22 - 23 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 21,974 9 ,24 . •• • • 2,2 184 Do., £20............... 2/ -2 d 6p. cent ..... Gt.Notrhn 149 - 151 _ Miscellaneous •••••• •• ------.. -- 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. 33 - 34 sales/were 102,845 qrs. - ---- - - Imprest Total .••• • • • • 1.053,725 293,809 589,211 31,452 St. 100 Bristol anxeter 107 - 109 108 i 25 all Glas. Barr. & The merchants connected with the -Azores and Total Ordinary Revenue 10,668,4 g 12,7g.Ng 13,• : ' , ,g , ( 1 ) 11,11V1 4 g 48,( 6 )4 4 M 10,9 1 ::,6 4 V 12,m : 3 6 2 13 , 2 3,580 ib mg: 48,N2 4: g2 Moneys, &c. • • ... 9,347 25,393 •• .. St. 100 Ca1ed0n...... ...... .67 - 684 67 1 Neilsn.Direct Caledon... ... ... Lisbon orange trade having come to the determine; v Bt a c. • • 2 1 61 1'908 123 , 409' 165, 255 ' 372,371 802,943 88,608 216.652 234,042 491,995 1,031,297 RepaymtsofAdyncs. 228,354 ces ße aym ts fAd n 4 , --- ___- •• • • 119,624 ----- •••• 50 all Chester & Holyhead 23, -24 25 • all Do. New Do •-• •- ••• Im p prest e m n on o eys, 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 17' - 184 18 tion of assimilating the terms of selling to those Total •• • • •... 1,282,079 303,153 734,228 31,452 50 45 Dublin&BelastJunc. 3-2 ci 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New, Total Income • . 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,731 13,054,733 13,635,618 12,603,:11 50,468,193 adopted in London, the alteration commenced on - . 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber- Railway & Berw.. .., - ... nnt applied to Con- 303,153 i'Deduct 5 - Dedue• 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.Md. 112 114 the Ist instant.t Decrease 31,452 L Decrease deen Junction .... ... 81 - 91 Anisoondated Fund... .... 5,868,205 7,975,091 8,794,247 7,355,212 29.995,755 5,695,185 7,620,954 8,443,71 S 7,647,143) 29,407,030 25 all Do. New ......... - ... 95 all Do. A Shares. Do 56 - 57 The quarterly and yearly statement of the Ditto, as Advances .• •• . 429,684 364,74 s 286,617 313,643 1,394,692 236,576 326,343 388,835 499,376 1,451,130 --..... 121 all Do. i Shares. Do 27 -28 1 Increase 702 77n c Increase 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. revenue is considered highly encouraging. An pato, as part of Ways & 978 , 92 6' Lon Year. ' ' Quarter. 12i all Lon.drGreem, &Eastern. 14 - 14 means of the Year.... 4,774,302 4,570,213 4,525,825 4,229,480 18,098,380 5,242,970 5,107,406 4,803,065 4,456,592 19,610,033& E. &L. & D.)..... 6 - 61 61 increase of 1•02,776/ • on the three, and of nearly 18 all Do., (£lB E. & H.).. 41 4i 20 all Do.Prefeience Do - - 261 a million on the twelve months, could not be other- Total ... .. 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,731 13,054,733 13,635,618 12,603,111 50,468,193 20 all Eastern Counties..... 13a ,-• 131 13i 20 all Lowestoft gr. wise regarded. The surplus on the quarter is • Rxclusive of Advances. 25 all Eastern Union, Class '4 per cent... Norfolk - 201 A. late E. U. 5h.... 101 - 111 20 all Do. 6 par ct.. Do 23 - 25 474,9181. over the expenditure, or for the year to ---------=== ....1 25 6 Do., d 0....... ..... ... _ ... 51, all Manch.l3xton. Ln.&N.W. . • the sth January, 4,915,0781. There will conse- No. IL-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ending sth January, 1852 and 1853. 25 all Do. B. &C. - 81 and Xatlock & Midld. 3 - 34 qu.ently be again a fair amount available for the --- St. 100 East Lancashire Sinking Fund, notwithstanding alterations in the •-- Quarters ended Jan. 5. Quarters ended Jan ' 5. 50 all East & West Ind. Dk. Redcar Darlingt. ... -- ... e• .... N CHARGE. ~.....-.......--...., 1852 1853 & Binning. June.... 55 - 60 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 1071 - 103/ 108 duties, the Kafir war, and other drawbacks. 1852 1853 50 all Northern and The Bank of England Directors, at their " Par- INCOME. - 79 Eastern sp.c. FL Count.. 64 - 66 St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 29 - 30 lor " meeting, this morning ? came to the determi- . x. Z. Permanent Debt •••••••••• • • • • • • • " • • • 2 50 5 a al ll l Pr Do e . s F t. ix & ed W s yre p.e L D . o di/s.W: ... - nation to advance the minimum rate of_ discount ExciseC Customs s .. 4,578,217 4,560,104 Terminable Annuities.. • • .... ...... • • ........ •••••••••••••••• • • '• • • • ' • • ' • ' • • '": •'••••••••'• • • ' • ' • • • • • • • 569,558. 576,226 from 2to 2i per cent. The polic e y .. of e su an ch .. a as me ‘. a- 3,563,322 3,549,561 Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on • the Consolidated Fund .• •••••••• • • • • • • • St. 100 Great Northern Stk.. 811 - 821 81/ 80 sure has been ea,n.vassed. for som day , d. lax stamps ••--- •• - - 1,427,485 1,615,029 Sinking Fund ••• • • • •••••••• • • • •• • * • ••••-• • • • ** • ..... ••-••'•'• *: • • " • • • • 71 . 4;743 476,085 St. 100 Do., IA. Stock .., ... 43 -45 &Li& Yk ... - ... Taxes .. .... 1,185.922 1,419,873 The Civil List •• • • "" • • ...... '•"'•••••''"'•'•• • ' • • • " • • • • " • ' ' • ....... '•'•-•" • • • • • • 99,195 99,413 St. 100 Do., aB. Stock 120 - 122 is concerne d , ._ it was gene- 121 1i Do. • 1 Shares. Do as the value of money Property Tax .. ••.• • • ........ ••• • • • 367,956 468,238 Other Charge,s'on'the Consolidated Fund .. •••••••••••• .. •• • • • .. •• • • ••••• • • " • •• 351,187 327,901 50 all Great Southern and St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 152 - 154 rally admitted, in the best informed quarters, that post-office • • • -••• • • • • • 246,000 272,000 For Advances • • .......• •••• • • • • ...... ••* ***. • • • •• • • • • ....•••••• •••• ••• • ' •'• • • 513,643 499,376 Western (Ireland).. 106 108 106 1 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 152 - 154 ground for an advance, at Crown Lands BO,OOO St. 100 Great Western........ 94i -- 954 95 41 there wa,s no miscellaneous • • 30,574 32,008 Total Charge •• I• •.. least until the effect of the dividend pay- Imprest food other Moneys ...... .... 38,841 31,072 The Surplus - 74 Goole g. 5. p.c Yorksh .. ... - ... seen. In all probability, they Produce of the sale of Old Stores .... 78,704* 111,867 ments waS l2 91 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean i - 4 d would have caused money to be more plentiful, if •• . 372,371 491,995 12,000,055 12,631,747 lei 114 Do., Third 5............ 11 - 12ip 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & Repayments of Advances not cheaper ; but it is precisely on this ground we 11,929,392 12,631,747 The Surp!ui of the Revenue at 10th October, 1852, was, after providing for the charge for that Quarter - ... believe, that the Bank of England has raised its ca sh brought to this account from To which is to be added the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, as above stated, in the present Quarter.... •. • • .... .... 4,915,078 25 all Do.. Do 32 - 33 To s ings on the Consolidated Ftuid.. 70,663 14 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un. 2- 2 d terms ; the great number of new schemes that " The Amount issued in the Quarter ended sth Jan., 1853, in part of Sums granted by Parliament out of the 4,931,510 50 all Leeds Northern l7i -18 St. 100 Wilts &Somrst Gt.Westn. 1051 - 1061 106.. were about to be broached being likely to receive 12,000,055 12,631,747 Consolidated Fund for Supply Services •••••••••••••••••••••••"•• • • " • •• •• • • • * •• •• • • • • • • • • - ... an impetus from the dividends. The question -- 11 all London Si Blackwell 9k - • 91 91 The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the'Consolidated Fund, and for the payment of Supply 10 3 Lend. Tilb. Si Sthend. 1 - 2p 5 FOREIGN. arises, however, can the Bank keep up its charge, if Services in Great Britain in the Quarter ending sth Jan., 1850 •• ••••••••.. - .. • . .. ...... .................. s , .. 474,918 ' ____-_,,,-_,_•!____ St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 108 - 109 108 bullion pours in from Australia and California ? St. 100 London &N. Western 125 - 126 125 4 1 Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Yesterday. this day.. We think there can be no hesitation as to the reply, THE REVENUE. FRANCO, Dupin and Beranger, Councillors at the Court of 20 12 Do. Fifths 3l -4/p 15 and further, that frequent alterations should be .6- Accounts ;M. de Codrosy, Inspector-General of 10 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 1 - 2 p studiously avoided. (From the Times.) --•-. Finance ; and MM. de Casabianca and BartholY, St. 100 London Si S.Western 91 - 921 91. 5 3 BelgianEastn. Janet. 1 - 2 The Funds have suffered by the above drown- The quarterly returns of the revenue entirely Th e p ays o f 50 42/ Do., £50........ ...... 5. -41 d yesterday gives a review of the year Auditors at the Council of Sta.te. A third. decree 40 34 Do. X 0...... ..... ... 4 -3/ d 20 all Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon ..... ... - ... stance, th oug h not to the extent they would have bear out the pleasing admissions which the force of 1852 s i m il ar t o th a t o f the Constitutionne/, showing appoints M. Noel, of Paris, notary to the Ern- 25 a ll Lndnd &Coleraine 11 - 12/ 20 all Charleroi &Erquelin. 14 - 15 done if speculators, an ticipating something o f th e truth and a few months of office extracted from the ° the benefits to the cause of order which have been peror, officer of the Legion of Honour ; and a 25 an Lndndri n : Y y: & Ennuk. 20 - 21 174 a ll Demerara - - ki n d, had not previously operated. In this way we late Chancellor of the Exchequer. All things con- d er i ve d f rom th e po liti c al events of that period. fourth nominates knights of the same ord er , AL St. 100 Manch-Shef•daiincin• 3 0 4 -31 i 31 k 20 6 Dijon and Ber , itlon 2 -24 P account for a fact noticed a short time back un d er sid ere d, there never, w ithi n our reco llection, was I n th e Constitutionnel there is a long article on the Hebert, Questor of the Legislative Body, Count de 81 44 Do. Man. &Lin. Un. 3/ -3 d 20 8 D Rhenisli - 1 d this head, of a certain per tentage havin g been a more prosperous :tatement. We mild dill say, restoration of the Church of Saint Genevieve to the Cambaceres, one of the members of that body, and st. 100 ffidiand ............... 80 -81 79i 80 20 all D utch nn 6 -7 pan ex now given for the " put" of a large amount of C onso l s . " all thin gs considered," for in various branches of purposes of religious worship. A great portion of M. Manceaux, the Secretary. Another decree St. 100 Do. B rad 47 -49 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2, -2/ p 50 47 1 Midland G. West-(Ir.1 ... - ... 20 4 Gd. Junct. of France 11 -1/ p 8 The next Bank return is expected to show a fallin g the revenue the comparison of periods continue to the article consists of a history of the building, confers promotions in, or appoints to, the Legion. 25 174 Do. / Shares .......... ... - .., 201 101 Gt.Westernof Canada Off of about 200,0001. in the bullion. The va l ue o f be affected by recent reductions. Beginning, with but in one part it declares that the restitution of of Honour on a very large number of officers, sub- 100 Shares 1 -11 p been 100 ... .., Do.Bds.astiss.)lBs7 - - . Consols this morning has ito I. E x - the comparison of the quarter kid ended with the this Church to religious worship is not only a reli- officers, and privates in the army, and awards the St.. all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ... - ... 100 Newmarket,.... 5O - 52 52 chequer Bills are 70s. t c ' 735. premium. Bank corresponding quarter of the previous year, we are gious event of the highest importance :-it is a po- military medal to others. The names fill four 25 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 31 - 3 d ... ... Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 .. - ... 50 7/ Newry & Emus' kille • 2 1 - n 28 20 14 Luxembourg 7 - 7 Stock keeps up at 2232 to 224 k. The New 34. p er encountered with a decrease in the Customs to the litical one, the significance of which will not escape columns in the Moniteur. 10 10 Do. (Railway) - 51 Cents. have realised 104± to i• extent of 18,128/., owing to the reductions in the attention. To the victory of Christianity over The Bourse was again dull to-day from the 20 all Newry Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor B/ - 91 5 11 Do. - Foreign Securities are affected to a .minor extent d ut i es upon sugar an d t o th e diminished imports- philosophical scepticism, is just added, as a natural number of defaulters declared. The Four-and-a- St, 100 N0rf01k................. 57 - 59 561 5 2/ Do. (Canal) 1 - li• by the re-action in Consols. Spanish D e f erre d tion elf corn. In the Excise of the year there is Consequence, the triumph of the principle of order Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 80c., and closed 15 all Do., New ........ ...... 8- 9 20 5 Lyons Si Mcditerrar lO -12 bring 23i, and Portuguese _ . 4 per Cents. 39i Maxi- also a. decrease of 13,3241., to be referred possibly and of authority over anarchical doctrines. Aat 105 f. 30c. for the end of the month ; the Three : ( t ) ICP hn.Counties Un. 2i -21 d N i t rt th BT h ... .... 401 - 411 401 20 11 Madras 334 29 Maria Antonia 2l -2/ p •• - ••• can are 23i to f. The Turkish Loan is as ow as i to the high price of barley. In stamps-always s t r iking proof of the invincible logic which unites per Cents. closed at 80f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway 16 13 North . Lo i n, No - 1.. et -61 d 10 10 Do. New •• - ••. Dutch and other Stocks are much th e held to be indicative, if not of prosperity, at human affairs one to the other ! After two explo- Shares, 1,025 f. ; Rouen, 992 f. 50c. ; Havre, 525 f. ; 16 61 Do., No. 2............. ... - ... premiUM- 20 all Namur & Liege (Tri same. least .of business-the quarter shows an increase sions of the spirit of revolution in 1792 and in 1830, Great Northern, 880 f. ; Bale l 360 f. ;_ Paris and 8 all Do. 1 A Deferred ... 21 -24 interest) B-8/ 8/ Australian Land Mining Im- to th The Chartered _... ~ „ee , . --e amount of 187,5441. In the assessed the Church, devoted to the Patron Saint of Paris, Strasburg, 805 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 911 f. 25 c . ;8 5 Do., 4 B Guaranteed i- d 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6l - 7 Ai , an d R e fining uomPanY 'las mbrouuceet its taxes, also, there is an increase of 233,951/. Th e b ecam e the p a ntheon, a lying name exhumed. from Lyons and Marseilles, 760 f. ;Western of France 20 171 North Staffordshire.. 8 -31 d 13/ 16 all Northern of France 35. -35 A 31/ po 8 , , 20 all North Western........ 1 - 20 all Do. M. 3p. c. Beg shares upon the market, and a royal c h ar t er i s to property tax, on the fl uc t uat i ons o f w hi c h so man y paganism since, far from becoming the temple of 750 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 622 f. 50c. •; St. Diner C. Watts patent for theories have been raised, exhibits an increase all the gods, this edifice without an. object was to to Gray, 540 f. ;Bordeaux and Cette, 603 f. 75 c . •1081 N. & S.Westrn. June. 31 -41 p Pra• (fmy.B.&Ams. Rs.) lo - 151 154 be applied. for, and , St. 100 Oxford Worcester & 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre, ... - ... reducing the ore is adopted. B . y this plan t ams i ga _ to the amount of 100,2621., f or t h e causes o f b e the Necropolis of the illustrious dead. At two Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued at Wolverhampton..... 52 - 53 20 11 Orleans & Bordeaux ... - ... region is entirely supersede& the great expense of whiela we must necessarily look back some years. epochs also, after the restoration of social ideas 500 f., 800 f. St. 100 Scottish Central ...... 96 -98 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6l - 16/p 26/ $ avoided, , and yet every The Poet-office declares an increase of 26,000/ , under the government of two Napoleons, the cross St. 100 Scottish Midland...... 64 -66 40 28 Do. Bonds - ... quicksilver being totally: particle of gold or silver is extracted at a compare- and the Crown Lands of 40,000/. Altogether, the again became resplendent on this magnificent dome, GERMANY. St. 100 Shrewsb , &Birmg. 66 - 68 20 all Paris and Orleans 39 - 41 St. 100 Do., L. ,r N. Westu. : mSi iStock...ilnche)ertChester d. r. 7 :9. . - ._ - 80 . . 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 -40 384 $ ' tively small expense. Mr. C. Watt has also a increase in the ordinary revenue of the quarter is and the altar of Christianity was again raised. The Cologne Gazette says :-" M. de Bismark 2 1 6 0 4 0 8 Gua r an te ed B S h h Nr r e e o w w s s w .b b y y 20 all Paris and Strasbov , , 32 -32 i 31* patent for refining gold and silver in hitherto most ex- 557 , y 591. ; and, though i t a d m i ts o f pecu li ar ex- Let it not after this be said that history is not a Schcenhausen communicated to the Germanic Diet, 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbr;. 54 - fil) 8t t (61.4 Ds E hroo o au.:oi:dhp g Ass a uE a sh i.wp i ß v re.a i tc s tt . j : r y i .; :i.D1. . c . 0.. .. n:. ... i ... • .1 1 : .y : . pe diti cus an d least expensive mode known. planation 111 several items, is hardly cons i s tent w ith l esson of w i s d om f or those who know how to read on the 30th ult., a project of reply to the official 104 24 Quebec &Richmond It has been deemed expedient previously t o th e any „ t i ler suppos i t i on t h an th at o f grea t p ros perity. in the annals of the Past the lessons of the future. announcement of the accession of the Emperor 13, all ( .W. . 20 1 3 9 4 4 _---- 2 12 31 20 all Rouen and Havre..., 21 - 211 201 20 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 10/ - 11. 101 si 10A app for and grant of a royal chart e r f or se _ w hen repayment of advances and other ex t ra _ Th e u n ion expresses a sort of triumph at the Napoleon 111. to the throne, which was adopted 20 20 4 Southern of France 3/ -41 cur i ng ce rtain privileges, and for • •ting the h a _ ordi nary items are included in the account, re-establishment of religious worship . in this church. without discussion." 2 .. 0 . 20 4 St. And. & Quebec(A) ... - ... bility of each shareholder, to arrange_ for the pur- the quarter's increase becomes no less than The front of the church was illuminated on . Mon-_ - 3 5 5? 1;011 sough Dev0n.......... 23 24 221 20 17 Tours and Nantes ... - ... chase of an estate in the country where it is pro- 702,7761. day evening and on Tuesday there was a consider- AUSTRIA. 81 - 85 83 2i _....-- ... 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 1 - bin pm. x.n. 8i all West Flanders.. ; ~ ..._ . _ . , on posed. to commence operations. Accordingly, after The comparison of the two years 1851 and. 1852 able crowd. to place lighted. wax candles round the The Triest Zeitung of the 31st December c 5l -5i -•• • go 10 4 Do. 51 per c. Prof ad - p a protracted. negotiation, an. agreement has been gives a result of an. equally agreeable character• gold shrine which is said to contain. the heart of tarns the following news :- Prince Daniel has re- 5 0 . a ll south Wales 20 9 Western of France lOl - 10ip 19 concluded for the purchase,ls S. Yorksh. River Dun 13 - 13 in a well-known auri- In Customs, for the reason already referred to in the Saint. Grand services were . celebrated on turned to Szabljak, in the neighbourhood of which 20 : - - 39 1 894 f0rta11............. 20 ' 5 D 0.... ..... . 4 - 4 4 ferous district, of a large freehold estate, s it ua t e i n the •;.,orapa r i son of the quarters, there is a decrease Monday in the Church of Sainte Genevieve at points of strategic importance are to be for- MINES. ... 164 Stockton Si Hartlepl. ... - ... the county of Argyle. On one side of it th ere i s a o f 135,6871 ., w hi c h, i n a b ra nch of the revenue Nanterre, in which village she was born A great tified. The truce has een broken by both parties 25 19 Thames Haven Dock 1 all Agua Fria ...... ..... - 4 14 p long range of rocks, capped with quartz, and in the yielding last year 18,695,382/ is a very trifling number of pilgrims went- to drink water . from - the and skirmishes continually take place. 2, 4 700 .; and Railway. ..... ... 21 2A 10s. all Anglo Californian - 1 la valley beneath a rapid stream flows into the lower mat ter. The Excise of the year shows an well of the house in which she is said to have re- armed. men have joined. the Montenegrines from 20 17 Vale of Neath......... 13A -14 138 $ 10 2 Australasian 4-5 p 61 l eve l s , prese nting all the features of an immense increase of e 63,3111. ; and the Stamps an in- sided ; and many of them carried home little bottles the Herzegowina. A battery had been erected on 20 all Waterfd. Si Kilkeni 94 - 9; . ; 20 5 Australian 1 all A Badßri us te t is i n •a h l ( i AGd a tis n 7-8 8 a j r: t ie c e h. h Goy ol o d lfd) . i p ......: 1 IF) p 1 1 1 all Australian Cordillera accumulation of gold. These lower levels are oc- crea so of 356,7121. The Taxes are largely full of it, in the belief that it would cure their sick a promontory called Kerba, which overlooks the 50 all Waterford&Limeri' 27 - 28 - p i t casionally overflowed, and large alluvial hollo ws affected. by the substitution of the House for children. Lake of Scutari, and just at this point the Turks 20 13 West Cornwall...-. 9/ - 10 have been formed, where, in obedience to the gra- the. Window Tax, and the result is a decrease The Assembles Nationale, in noticing the pars- attempted to effect a landing, but were repulsed, 20 all West London. 1 all Ave Maria 2 11 0 1. 1111a 3 11 .5 British Iron 4P- P 1 v ity o f the quartose matters and the force of the of 186,199/. The Property Tax yielded 204,714/. graph of the Monit . eur repudiating a work called leaving 600 dead behind. them. The loss of life on . - .•• 10 . 10 3 0 . nr i f i t tußerw. 73 _ 74 73 11 - 13 impelling torrents, the precious metals are deposit- neore in 1852 than in 1851, though we are the Lintiles de la France, rebukes with some energy the part of the Montenegrines was also serious. 25 20 Do. Extensions....... 6k -64 a 13 ed in the sand or mud. A first-rate proprietary is *not about to insist OR that increase as a Proof the apparent encouragement given to warlike ideas George Petrovich, Prince Deniers uncle, is about 25 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 21 - 2 d 191 35 24/ Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4 - 5 41 stated to have been secured, and very sanguine of contemporaneous prosperity. For the other in some quarters from w hi c h a different policy to undertake a journey to this capital and St. St. 100 York &N. Midland- 59i - GOS 59t 3O all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 - 3 expectations of large returns are entertained• items it is sufficient to refer to the table ; but the was to have been expected. A ministerial journal Petersburg." • PREFERENCE SHARES. 20 .15 Do. St. John Delßey 29 -30 result is, that the ordinary revenue of the year just (the Patric) is in particular reproached with having The reports of the Triest Zeitung must be re- ~., . 1 all Carson's Creek The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained. up St, 'lOO Aberdeen ... - 40 all Cobre Copper 4 2 - 1.1 to this day, are in round figures as under :- ended exceeded that of the previous year by copied from a Belgian paper an article on this sub- coined with caution, as that organ of the press is 5 all Do. No. 2,7 p. 0.- ... - 45 5 1 Colonial Gold 34 - 41 p 4/ $ 750,572/. and when extraordinary items are in- ject of a mischievous tendency. It is probable evidently hostile to Turkey. 1853. '1852. St. 10) Bristol Si Exeter 4p. ... 14 Copiapo 7 - 7,.., . duded, the increase becomes 978,926/., in which it that the article in question was reproduced by the - cent. Stock .......... 109 - 111 Great Western IA 884 13,868 5 all English and Austin. North Western 45,928 40,247 is impossible not to recognise a great improvement Patric without due consideration of its tendency, PIEDMONT. 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ... - ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO ...... 106 - 108 107 Copper Smeltg. Co. 14 - 4 d 34 South Western 9, 851 8,403 on the condition of the people. Nor can it be for- and that the A ssem ble s attaches to the fact more A letter from Turin states that all the Jews who 20 all General - - Brighton - had been allowed to fill public situations in conse- 15 all Chester Si Holyhead Guar. 51 percent... 19 - 20 1 all Golden Mountain,,.,. 1d- 1 p 14 1 Midland 23,642 20,048 we had to record a thriving revenue for the Cus- pudiation of the Moniteur, as the official organ of quanta of the spirit of tolerance of the late consti-3 all Great Polgooth ll -11 p South Eastern - a p 1 all Lake Bathurst........ A 4P lh North Stafford 5,502 4,571 it was indeed „ replied-that the Great Exhibition although there may be persons who pretend to religion or to resign. The gi all Dundee Perthdrk.' * . eer- 1 all Liberty 1 -14 p Caledonian 15,527 -10,080 induced a large consumption of both exciseable Majon'ty of them, it is arenow tr . the pacific intentions of the Government said, appear inclined to adopt the latter alternative. 34 all m deen Junction - 64 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold • stA nglian (£3 10s) Great Northernginvoe roofs the Government . itself is resolved Quartz Crush. c 0... a fl Lancashire and Yorkshire - 3h' 1 all Mar:quita ........ ...... A-ti p 14 York and North Midland ed_ every one wishes its sincerity. TUSCANY. 5 all Do. (g 5) 7 per cent.. .3 - 4 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 4 - 44 14,093 13,036 TheAssemblee remarks that, "Singularly enough, The Genoa Mercantile Courier, of the 31st ult., 1 all New Granada' -i P Newcastle and Berwick withstanding what was then supposed to be a 1 all Nouveau Monde li -14 p 2 The Railway Share market is down about 1 per and preternatural state of the revenue, it no f w orc ap rope to the other Governments promise it to the " Marshal Haynau has been da her t e ed f for peace ; from one end of Eu- quotes the following letter76l a l lt. tension, sp. c. No.l 1 - 2 p 11 g 1 7 1 Wo 8 1 i ) ,i 7 ti,',); E c t x . -• . - P 1 all Port Philip --7 28p 3A f cent., although spec elation certainly has - no need pears that the year 1852 has yielded very nearly as people ;it is put forth in solemn_ speeches, and it is veral aristocratic families known Florence, 28 e. : se -e. 64 all Do., No. 2.. - 1 P pm. 1 all Quartz Rock - 1 p 1$ like . - for . 1 1 r rei o r n a l ttachment toso all Rhymmc Iron 27 -29 to be checked in them, and most sound under will u ltimately benefit, the fewer new much as the previous year under the head of Cus- jus p ei ti g ane ne g tTi t all the theatres, as though we had the Austrian Government, have received him with the ut -2 the slightest the Eastern Union, .( i, : : all l Do., New cO ri t. l . ) 1 -15 9 1 0 a l ll O/ Sa sou nt t i h ag A o m d t e ra C l u ia ba n ? 8 , __- i 9 p t a kings they oms, and a, quarter of a million more in. the item peace of fr ati:v p t nevertheless Guar. 6 per cent.... 18 -• 18A companies are brought out. The Gold Mines are d also the 4 Excise ' banquets. The Orsini family, in 10 all Do , RlO Deben. Sh. .., - ...- 10 7 Tin. Croft l6 - 12 f buyers, an e Land Com- most distinction, and invited 'hi m particular, distinguished St. 100 Ea4Lancash. 6 p.cts. ... - ... 281 all United Mexican 9 - 94 an in favor o ... . brat serious - t Will show,no decline We must say that the natural inference from out authority--are sufficient to ins • pire every one itself by its demonstrations, and caused him to be admitted 5 all Ea s t&WestYorkshire 1 all West Mariposa i--iP li 1 panies, as the lissuch a statement is, that national burdens may with the ideas of war. The fault, we loudl de- to entertainments and on Sunday last to a sitting of the Philharmonic Society, Junction, Fifths ... - ... 1 all Yuba 4 - lip 2 has occurred. _._____ still be extensively though gradually reduced, and dare, is not with the Imperial Government, y but even, additional which, no t w ithstanding his presence, was most brilliant 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundef 3 - 31 d gay But this is not all expenditure undertaken for the lies with the press. The most unequivocal u- an ' • The a r ts, of which Tus- • St 1100 Glasgow Si S.Wcster - 1 mu nal FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK TRES DAY guar. 5 per cent....! ... - . . St. 100 Great Northn. 5 -.127 - 1 9. 9 MISCELLANEOUS (From the Official List.) defence of the country . , without the disagreeable rances given to the country, and. particularly the eany is the centre, also wished to honour in a becoming manner such a guest, and the 11--s_ DI VIPPCQ of lavinn. nn any new tax, or increasing solemn recognition which it has made of the t St 1103 Do. sp. c ,Redee P m.:. 100 1 35 Australian! Agricult. r 285 - 290 I 284 7 2 _ -- - _ _ _ tree- the graver of Dunre are to n,..4-....... 1.:. ..fRo-v_ The • -1 in - .... .---, ' 110 = 11A I 19.110stna rim _ I - - pencil of Bezzuoli, and BEI TISEE FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK TRES DAY (Front the Official List.) Rusin ers a Bank Stock • 224 A 31 one. 3 per Cent. Reduced ................ ••• • • • •• • 101 I 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities... ........ ..... 104$ 4 4 0 " Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 ' 8 6 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 India Bonds, South Sea New Annuities Consols for Opening 18th January March. Exchequ er Bills lid. ............... 70 3 June. ----bodo.. ...... ...... ........................ £5OO ..................................... 70 3 5ma11....................................... 70 3 ___. ' PRICE OF FO REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'QLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 99 at G re nada Bonds , Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent 234 i Ditto for the Account!. Portuguese 4 per Cent. 394 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 44 i Ditto New Deferre d, 3 per Cent 23t Spanish Passive (Converted) si Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4 1 2 p Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent. , 1852 Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent A 673 i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. Consols HALI-PAST TWO. 1001 i NO. 1.-An AbstraCt Ox ...' ••-• ','" •'• - ---- -- --- - Sliereoi. ...., ..,... YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ev led Jan. 5. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Closing; Prices Baslness dons QUARTERS ENDED 65,687 , r.,----A--------, ended , i ended t , r _______ -_J ...------, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, 1851 1851 1851 1852 1852 1852 1852 1852 1853 1853 Increase. Decrease• Increase. 'Decrease. •1 St. 100 Aberdeen ............. 311 - 32/ 32 ~. -- -.----- ---- 263% . 8 . 1 . 1 ----F 2O 8i Ambg. Nottng. Boat. X X £ X £ £ X X £ X 24:067105:006254 3,443,5164502164 5 4:3 0 0 3 3 6 : 8 75 0 5 9 3 4 5 54 39 1 :6 3 4 8 6 4 1 1 3 8 :3 6 5 9 6 5, 9 38 8 2 1 E Cu5 .c t0 i5 mii ... ............. ........ X X X • X • & Eastn. June .... + 18,128 6 i - 7 6 i 7 :ligl4 all Birmng. Wolverh. & 1,980,536 3,419,810 4,139,84 4 3 0 Customs .. .. .. .. .. .... 4,548,266 4,318,218 5,335,0743 4,559,512 970 1 3 8 :0 76 3 1 1 427,485 5,933,549 1,515,985 1 626,826 1,529,421 1,615,029 6 287 ' 261 Stamps 353 7 •• • • 13 324 Stamps' .. .. .• • . .... • • 1,548,008 1,525,492 1 . 432,025165 1,165,922 3,563,962 295,048 1,503,707 159,215 1,419,873 3,377 . 843 Taxes • . •• •• • • .... ' ' 12 .... 187,5 4 4 . • ... Stour Valley IN - n •••.... 186,199 223,951 ! •• .. 31 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & T axe s .... ...• •..... .. 167,784 2,045,231 1 1470,136 567,956 5,304,923 2,068,827 1,056,991 1,915,581 468,238 5,509,637 Property Tax. ••• • • 204,714 2,089,950• ••• • 100,282 • ... Cheshire Junet 6l - sia 22 Property Tax • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 976,881 • '' 246,000 1,064,000 259,000 230,000 261,000 272,000 1,022,000 Post-office'. •••• • • • • Post-office ••.•••• • • • • • • 212,000 240,000 306,000 •• • • 42,000 26,000 .... 30,000 40,000 40,000 150,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 , 80,000 260.000 Crown Lands ••• • • • 110,000 271 all. Do. Chesh. 6z Birk., • • - 40,000 •••• Crown Lan ds ...... .. .. 40,000 14' 28,452 30,574 172,241 41733 202189 17,799 32,008 : 293,729 Miscellaneous .•• • • • 121,488 £5O & £25 Cons 22 -23 Miscellaneous •••• • • .• 21,974 9,2 •• • • 1,434 .... ------ ---- ---- -- ..--_---... Z2 18i Do., £20............... 2/ - 2 d Revenue 10,668,518 12,646.873 13,317,104 11,410,419 48,042,914 10,945,682 12,625,393 13,2 g 3,580 11,968,178 48,802,833 Total .••• • • • . 1.053,725 293.806 589,211 31,452 St. 100 Bristol & Exeter ...... 107 - 109 1081 Total Ordinary M oieys &c • • 261,765 139,770 124,330 117,545 643,410 140,441 212,688 137,996 142,938 634,063 Imprest Moneys, &c. Imprest , , • •••• •• 9,347 25,393 •• • • St. 100 Caledonian...... ...... .67 - 684 67 1 tsofAdvances 141,908 123,409 165,255 372,371 802,943 88,608 216.652 234,042 491,995 1,031,297 RepaymtsofAdvncs. 228,354 Repaymen •• • • 119,624 •• •11 50 all Chester & Holyhead 23. -24 -___ -- --- - -- Total Income .. 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,731 13,054,733 13,635,618 12,603,:11 50,468,193 Total •••• • . .. 1,282,079 303,153 734,226 31,452 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 17 ' - 184 18 --- 5O 45 Dublin&BelastJune. 3 - 2ci Amount applied to Con- cDeduct 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber -303,153 c' Deduct 31,452 ~ soli dated Fund •••• .. 5,868,205 7,975,091 8,794,247 7,353,212 29.995,755 5,695,185 7,620,934 8,443,719 7,647,143) 29,407,030 / Decrease L Decrease deen Junction ....... 81 - 91 Ditto, as Advances .•• • . 429,684 364,748 • 286,617 313,643 1,394,692 236,576 326,343 388,835 499,375 1,451,130 25 all Do. New ......... ., ... --...... Ditto, as port of Ways & Means of the Year •• • . 4,774,302 4,570,213 4,525,825 4,229,480 18,098,380 5,242,970 5,107,406 4,803,065 4,456,592 19,610,033 978,926 1 Increase ~,,,, q7n c Increase 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. ' Lon Year. ' "`" ' ' L Quarter. &E.& L. & D.) 6 - 6i 61 18 all Do., (£lB E. & H.).. 4 4 Total .•• .. 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 4 9, 489 , 26 7 11 , 174 , 731 13,054,733 13,635,618 12,603,111 50,468,193 1 20 all Eastern Counties l3a L- 131 132 • Ixelusive of Advances. 25 all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh lO2 - ni Quarters ended Jan. 5. ' Quarters elided Jan. 5. e• 1852 \ N 1853 CHARGE. ' .--- 177 --- 1853 INCOME. X. X. X. X. Permanent Debt ••••••••••• • • • • • • " • • ' Customs •. • . • 576,226 Excise •• • • ••• •.•• 1,427,485 1,615,029 Sinking Fund •••••• • • • • • • •• •• • • Taxes ... 1,185.922 1,419,873 The Civil List •• • Property 'ram •••• • • • • ........ ••• • • • 367,956 468,238 Other Charge,s'on'the Consolidated Fund .. •• • • ............ •• • ........, ........ Post-office ••••• • • • • • Crown Lands •• • • • • • 40,000 80,000 Miscellaneous ••• • • • Imprest food other Moneys ...... .... 38,841 31,072 4,159,915 4, 915 , 0 7 8 Produce of the sale of Old Stores .... 78,704 , 111,867 R e p a yments of Advances .• • 11,929,392 12,631,747 The Stirp'ui of the Revenue at 10th October, 1852, wag, after providing for the charge for that Quarter To cash brought to this account from To which is to be added the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, as above stated, in the present Quarter............ savinos on the Consolidated Fund.. 70,663 •• •• 4,915,078 .. The Amount issued in the Quarter ended sth Jan., 1853, in part of Sums granted by Parliament out of the 4,931,510 12,000,055 12,631,747 Consolidated Fund for Supply Services •• • • .......... •••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • -- The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the • Consolidated Fund, and for the payment of Supply Services in Great Britain in the Quarter ending sth Jan., 1850 • • • • • • • • • • .. • • .. • • • • ...... „ ................ 474,918 Tae comparison of the two years 1851 and 1852 gives a result of an equally agreeable character. In Customs, for the reason already referred to in the , comparison of the quarters, there is a decrease of (55,687/., which, in a branch of the revenue yielding last year 18,695,3821., is a very trifling mat ter. The Excise of the year shows an increase of 263,311/. ; and the Stamps an in crease of 356,712/. The Taxes are largely affe.oted by the substitution of the House for the. Window Tax, and the result is a decrease of 186,1991. The Property Tax yielded 204,7141. plore in 1852 than in 1851, though we are . not about to insist on that increase as a proof of contemporaneous prosperity. For the other items it is sufficient to refer to the table but the result is, that the ordinary revenue of the year just ended exceeded that of the previous year by 750,5721., and when extraordinary items are in chided, the increase becomes 978,9261., in which it is impossible not to recognise a great improvement on the condition of the people. Nor can it be for gotten that, when at the close of the year 1851, we had to record a thriving revenue for the Cus toms and the Excise, it was obvious to reply—and it was, indeed, replied—that the Great Exhibition had much to do with both these items, having induced a large consumption of both exciseable and dutiable articles, and having been the direct means of an extensive foreign importation. Not withstanding what was then supposed to be a forced and preternatural state of the revenue, it now ap pears that the year 1852 has yielded very nearly as much as the previous year under the head of Cus toms, and a quarter of a million more in the item of Excise. We must say that the natural inference from such a statement is, that national burdens may still be extensively though gradually reduced, and even, additional expenditure undertaken for the defence of the country, without the disagreeable Mocess of laying on any new tax, or increasing 'the area or intensity of an old one. At all events, that is the lesson the people will draw from this statement, and it would be scarcely possible to drive them out of it. Taxation is not a theory, but a fact, and, though the people may like radical reform in some things, they will not easily endure a radical reform of the taxation which begins by aggravating the load now clogging the industry and talent of some important classes. Henceforth, unless matters change much for the worse, "impo sition" of taxes will be almost unknown, and reduc tion, more or less, be the only thing spoken of. After the fate of the. last Budget, he must be a bold man who will prepare another of an equally original character. As evidence of the national prosperity, the statement before us comes with peculiar felicity just at this moment, when a score of constituencies ties of 1815, - completely shelter its responsibility, whatever may occur. The immense majority in France wish only for order, repose, employment, prosperity, and a certain quantity—or at least a certain appearance—of liberty, and willingly sup port any Government, which will secure, if only for a day, the enjoyment of these blessings. We have seen, since 1848, the personification of this policy sought for in the most opposite camps. La martine, Cavaignac, and Changarnier, each repre sented it in his day ; the nephew of the Emperor represents it in the highest degree, and derives from it the principal strength of his Government. When the journals to which we allude do not, by their ridiculous dithyrambics, bring us back to the fine days of 1804, let them not fear to enter with us into the realities of the state of affairs, and all these reports of war will soon fall to the ground." The Duke de Padoue has been installed as Governor of the Invalides by General Sauboul, the Commandant, who represented Prince Jerome, in consequence of his being confined to his apart ments by illness. After the ceremony of installa tion, the Duke reviewed the invalides, and then at tended a Te Deum in the chapel. When the religious service was over he paid a visit to Prince Jerome. General Sauboul had previously published an order of the day in the name of his Imperial Highness, announcing the change, and congratu lating the invalides on the appointment of so brave and experienced an officer as his successor. Accounts have been received of the Labrador steam-frigate having quitted Messina for Syra, with Abd-el-Kader and his suite on board. " Marshal Haynau has been here for some time. Se veral aristocratic families, known for their attachment to the Austrian Government, have received him with the ut most distinction, and invited him to en tertainments . and banquets. The Orsini family, in particular, distinguished itself by its demonstrations, and caus e d him to be admitted on Sunday last to a sitting of the Philh a rmonic Society, which, notwithstanding his presen ce , was most brilliant and gay. But this is not all. Th e arts, o f which Tus cany is the centre, also wished t o h onour i n a becoming manner such a guest, and the pencil of Bezzuoll, and the graver of Dupre are to portray his effigy. The first of these artists demanded 500 scudi for the task , be painted at full length, surr ounded with all the acces sories commemorative of the part he acted in the events of Hungary. i Thus, while th e Austrians themselves, but ultimately accepted 300. T he Marsha l w i s h es t o the companions n arms of the Marshal endeavour to avoid him, Italian families , Italian artists, offer him their good offices, and celeb rate him by wor k s o f th e i r genius. These are fortu na t ely very rare except i ons, and so repulsive that we ca nnot dwell upon th em any longer. The wife of Madiai is better. Her pardon, however, has not not yet been granted." St. St.' 64 17 5 9 100 TURlciy . date of Vienna, The Augsburg Gazette nder 28th ult., says :—" We l earn that the Vl a dik a o f Montenegro is about to t a k e a d van t age o f the , u armistice concluded with the comm ander of the Turkish troops to visit our capital. If he comes he will not find much symp a th y for his w arlike pro pensities and projects of c onquest. " A letter from Constantinople, 15th ult., in the Trieste Gazette, says :—" We learn that the Mon tenegrins have made another incursion on the Turkish territory, and have gained possession of a ne fort, two towns, and twenty villages, after having massacred all the Mussulma ~, EastA nglhm (£3 1001 6 per cent Do. (g 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 l7s) 7 p. et 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., £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts Ea st&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths Edinb. Prth. &Dundec Glasgow & S. Wester guar. 5 per cent Great Nor thn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt: Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Burks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lancash. & Yoiksh., F. £20..... ...... Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 Do., No. 2........ Do., No. 3 • Do. , Quarters, 1848 London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ......... Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Lon. & N. West. Cov. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds st.l 501 sq St.l X (1 X a are re-electing their Free-trade representatives with almost entire unanimity. Never did an Adminis tration walk into office and run the gauntlet of a new election with more entire success—not one member having yet lost his seat. The prosperity of this island under free trade is such as to compel the assent of those who denied it as long as they could, and even now persuade others to do so. The times that are coming no man can tell. 'Undoubt edly there are elements of future difficulty and even danger in our position ; but with all things becom ing more abundant, with the means of communica tion from any one part of the world to any other in creasing year by year, and, perhaps more than all, with the metallic circulation, the base of all others, becoming yearly augmented, we cannot refrain from hoping, and even anticipating, the best for the con dition of the people, and for all the branches of the Imperial revenue. THE TELEGRAPH LINES OP THE WORLD UP TO 1853. — The extent of telegraphic co mmunication, completed and in operation throughout the World, at the beginning of the present year, may be estimated, as far as can be gathered from the returns, at nearly 40,000 miles. Of this amount there were nearly 4,000 miles in Great underground, with b of ooo w r h s i o ch o 100 miles only were milesin ncourse of construction in Eng- B l a a ri n o d tau , ti S n C Scotland, and Ireland, and as many more projected. In America there were 20,000 miles of telegraph com pleted and in operation, with 10,000 more in process of construction. Russia has just Commenced her system of telegraphs between St. Petersburg, g Moscow, and Cracow, and the ports of the Baltic and Black Seas. About 4,000 miles are about to be constructed in India. w s o o r o l n d will be present Ththeemseenllvyesuonnsuapptlieeldegrpaoprhiticonms athpaot will f the Australia, Africa, and China. THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—The ordinary half-yearly court of the proprietors was held yesterday at the South Sea House ; Mr. Franks in the chair. The statement of accounts showed that the income of the society was 147,1151. 7s. 7d., while the outgoings amounted to 81,8871. Os. 3d. A dividend was declared of 1i per cent, leaving a balance of 1,1291. 12s. 10d. g buttons, shirt THE BURGLARY AT RAVE NSWORT II CASTLE.—No clue has yet been obtained to the p er petrators of this bur glary. The following is a list of the property stolen : gns ; a small blue A S i.sßmaanllkgrofeeEnnlgeld notesaatnherdisp anal s h studs d ov box, containing 1001. in erei leather box, containing shirt ,old pins, and a small seal with arms ; a doubled-cased gold watch, with a long chain and two small chains appended; a small Geneva gold watch, heavy gold chain and seal, cypher, and gold locket attached, and two gilt keys ; a diamond half-hoop ring, a ruby and diamond riog, one diamond single-stone ring, one engraved seal-ring for little finger, garnet and diamond rings, plain gold rings, diamond and emerald ring, gold eye-glass, gold pin (dark red stone and diamonds), enamelled gold pin, garnet pin, locket pencil case, clasp for a cloak, pair of silver tweez ers, twisted gold ring, &e. LOVE IN THE SEVENTEETH CENTURY.—Men and women whose life was ceaselessly occupied with ideas and intrigues of love, were naturally always susceptible of its influence ; and if, as Rochefoucauld observes, "there are some people who would never have fallen in love, if they had not heard love mentioned," many per sons, through h e aring it talked of wherever they went, fancied they had found it where it did not exist. Sur prised at these efforts of the imagination, some men en deavoured to exp lain them by causes of a most ridicu lous character. In order to prove that the seat of love • is in the blood, Segrais relates a story of a Ger man gentleman, whose faithless mistress, desiring to get r id o f him, ran him twice through the body with a sword. H e did not die of his wounds, but, strange to ' say, when he had recovered, said Segrais, "He felt as much indifference for the princess as if he had never loved her, and he attributed this to the loss of blood." 12 121 12A St. The Moniteur says :—" The ratifications of the commercial convention between France and Bel gium of the 9th ult. were exchanged on the 31st, at Brussels. It is known that this convention again places in vigour the former treaty." A special supplement of the same journal announces that the Russian Minister delivered to-day his credentials to the Emperor. The Ministers of the United States, Wurtem burg, Bavaria, Tuscany, Hanover, Baden, and Saxony have received their credentials. Letters from Frankfort of the 3d states that the Diet has, through its President, informed M. de Tallenay that it had recognized the French Empire. It is stated that the attention of the Department of Police has been for some time particularly directed to the Legitimist press—the Republican and the purely Orleanist organs having nearly dis appeared—so far at least as the advocacy of their peculiar doctrines is concerned. The Austrian and Prussian ambassadors in Paris have received their new letters of credence, and will present them almost immediately. Those of Russia were expected to arrive yesterday. The recognition of the French Empire by the three Powers is made without the slightest reserve or conditions, and that full confidence is expressed by them that the declarations in favour of peace, made by the Emperor of the French at Bordeaux and Saint Cloud, will be fully realised. Nearly the same form of recognition has been adopted by the three Powers, and Napoleon 111. is addressed as mon frerc. In the letters of credence addressed to Louis Philippe by the three great northern courts he was merely addressed as Sire. A decree in the Moniteur suppresses the several superior commands instituted by the decree of Feb. 12, 1850, in the military divisions in France as being no longer necessary, and directs the Com mander-in-Chief of the army of Lyons to hold at the same time the command of the Bth military territorial division: and the commander of the army of Paris to hold that of the Ist military division. Another decree appoints a Commission to verify the service of the public Treasury during the year 1851, the said Commission b e i ng com p ose d o f M. Stourm, Councillor of State, President; MM. Chadenet and Aignon de Monsigny, Masters of Requests ; MM. 25 10 1.0.6 all all 8 [OO LOO Londonderry& Color. A Shares Londndry. & Ennisk Shares hianch.,Shef., & Lin.,' Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., 26 Marypt. &Carl. 4 p c. Do. 4A per cent .. 1112 E 114 9 1 - 9 1 -lip 1091 - 110] 152 -=is.sp D 0.......... Consol. 6 p.c. St Do. Consol. Bristol dr Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per emit %Torfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p• c• Do Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed.... Shrewsby. & Chcter (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent........ South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. Do. 4} per cent S.YorkshAp.c.Guar. Stock. & Ilprtl. Guar. sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 Water Al. &M ilk. Op. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch - - P 1 goi. 3A - 4 p 81 -- 8 13i -- 14 9A -- 10 101 -- 11 P 1 - li p 149 151 it 23 — -43 a 6 64 2 21 101 102 i 25i 26 2 3 / 4 101 3 / 4 2 24 2i p 11 —11 i 171 1 17 16. P 171 par — P 26 261 io io id ipm 103 104 5i 35 32i all all Australian Agricult Canada Copper Miners of Mag Do. Preference Crystal Palace lEastern Steam. Electric 31eg. of I. Gen. Steam Nr vigat. General Screw Stcam, Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherla'ids Peninsular& Oriental Royal Mail Steam ... South Austral. Land Univeral Emigration and Colonir.tion.... Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph .. R - 5 BANKS ••• .--• ... 68 : 70 lA 89 81i 67 6 Si x. d. 22 - 24 20 2 LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) :;0 x. d 73 LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind at Noon, S., fresh breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, Jan. s. —Wind, S.W. moderate. Arrived — Commodore, Demerara. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Rifleman, for South Seas • Van Galen, Sydney, N.S.W. ; San Francisco, do. ; Challenge, Hong Kong ; Hellespont, Maulms,in ; Marquis of Breadalbane, Sierra Leone ; Gilbert Munro, St. Lucia. Sailed—lendrick Hudson, New York. LIVERPOOL, Jan. s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Eclipse, Paraeba, sailed on the 7th of December, and experienced fine weather the whole of the passage until she arrived off Holyhead on the 3d inst. ; Propontes, Buenos Ayres ; Sine, St. Domingo ; Coquette, Honduras ; American Union, New York ; Standard, Tatmagouche. Put back— Ebba Brake, Mobile. The Mary Dickson of Belfast was in contact this morning with the Princeton—was dismasted, and drifted foul of the Kossuth. Jan. G.—Sailed— Digby, Melbourne; Sir R. Jackson, Valparaiso; Virginia, Man- zanilla ; Empress, Baltimore ; City of Glasgow, Phila delphia. FALMOUTH, Jan. s.—The Lady of the West of New port, Bristol to New Orleans, was abandoned in a sinking state ion the 26th December, 47 N., 9 W. ; master and fourteen of crew picked up in the long boat by the Fanny of Salecombe, and transferred to the Esther, arrived here ; the remaining four of the crew had left in the pinnace. CARDIFF, Jan. s.—The Mary Cook of Glasgow is on hore. `4IFRASERBURGH, Jan. s.—The Spring of Shields was abandoned in a sinking state ; crew picked up on the 26th of December. The vessel which run into the Freedom ou the 29th, was the Maria, and not the Myra, as reported ; she is supposed to have g one down. MARYPORT, Jan. s.—The Wilson, from Liverpool, is 011 shore ; expected off. ISLAY, Jan. s.—The Clorinda, Troon to Smyrna, has been assisted in here leaky, &c., and must partly discharge to be caulked. MONTROSE, Jan. s.—The Wheathill of Wisbeach wa s abandoned on the 26th of December ; crew saved. DUNDEE, Jan. s.—The Express of Sunderland foundered on the 28th of December, forty miles off this port ; crew saved. SHIELDS, Jan. s.—The Perfection of this port was aban- doned ; crew saved. YARMOUTH, Jan. s.—The Jago, Blyth to Lynn, fours. dered on the 27th of December, off Whitby ; crew saved, SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. s . — Wind, S,W, Aarived---Iler. mann (s), New York. DECLIVITY OF RIVERS. —A very slight declivity suf fices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile, in asmooth, straight channel, gives a velocity of about three miles an hour. The Ganges, which gathers the waters of the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only about eight hundred feet above the level of the sea—about twice the height of St. P au i s in London, or the height of Arthur's Seat, near Edinburgh, and to fall these eight hundred feet in its long course, the water requires more h than a month. The grPat river Magdalena, in South America, running far a thousand miles between all ridges of the Andes, falls only five hundred feet the that distance. Above the commencement a o n f d sand miles, it:is seen descending in rapids and in de la Plata has from the mountains. The gigantic ItioParaguay, fif" so gentle a descent to the ocean, that in which have sailed against the cu t rr i e s n teen hundred miles from its mouth, the force of the wind alone ; h the beautifully inclined Pane gradually lifted by . current, to an elevation greater spires.—Arnotre PhYtim the soft wind, larget all the way, by to say, of the stream, than hich, on have been and even a gain, .th ships are seen) that of our loftiest LITERATURE. CHRISTMAS BOOBS. Love in the Moon ; a Poem, with Remarks on that Luminary. By Patrick Scott, author of " Taylor, Walton, and Maberly. The author of " Lelio" has here given evidence that his powers of fancy are of no mean order—, they even extend to the verge of extravagance. A s a playful extravaganza, however, this elegant little volume, with its cover of cerulean blue, illumined by a golden moon, comes appropriately among the Christmas books. The prefatory remarks contain some interesting scientific particulars respecting the actual condition of the moon as known to astrono mers, but the moon of the poem is of a somewhat different nature. The scene of action is the hemi sphere not turned towards the earth, consequently it is not within the power of Arago or Lord Rosse to gainsay the suppositions of Mr. Scott. On that distant lunar hemisphere we are to believe that human beings exist, and hence this episode of " Love in the Moon," seeing that, according to the happy fancy of Mr. Scott, " Where there's Life, there must be Love." But we shall not introduce these lunatics to our readers, furthermore than to say that their names are Lunari, and Argentine , and that, unlike the in habitants of our world, their bodies are contained within their souls ! Having said this it is needless to repeat that the poem is purely an extravaganza, and we are inclined to think that Mr. Scott might have turned his powers of fancy to better purpose. The Inn by the Sea-side. An Allegory. Harriet Drury. Pickering. By Anna • We have. on other occasions noticed som e of Miss Drury's excellent works—her beautiful tale of Eastbury, and her most charming story of " Friends and Fortune"—one of the most charming books of its kind that we are acquainted with. This Christmas, we have no story from her pen ; but in its stead, however, she gives us an allegory—a most felicitous example of that effective mode of truth-telling. The " Vision of Mirza," and others of the kind, have been familiar to us all from childhood. Of a kindred spirit is this truth ful description of that Inn by the Sea-side, in which, travellers all, we make our passing abode, entering either by the Gate of Thorns, the Gate of Oak, the Flowery Porch, or the Princely Archway, but all leaving it by the same dark portal. For getting that they were travellers bound on a far journey, the visitors of this Inn too often forgot that it was not their abiding place, and the sum mons of departure continually found them with their travelling garments unprepared, and their reckoning not paid. The Picture Pleasure-Book. Addey. As a Christmas-box, or New-Year's gift, for the inhabitants of the nursery, we are satisfied that no book or toy can surpass in attractions this most attractive Pleasure-book. It has been making its appearance with the ma g azines for some months past in folio numbers, containing some half dozen pages of pictures, for the moderate price of six pence. One volume is now complete, and that volume, or even one of the monthly numbers, will afford immeasurable delight to little folks. Children so love " a story and " a picture ;" and the beauty of this work is, that its pictures tell their own stories, and, moreover, they are for the most part reprints from good drawings—a most important matter, seeing that the unformed taste of children should be early accustomed to good designs. These pictures, as works of art, are excellent, and their selection will, we are confident, give pleasure to those for whom they are provided. Sketches of various animals, and representations of little do mestic scenes and adventures are the chief subjects, and sometimes a whole nursery tale is narrated in successive pictures. Some of these are admirable. Arbell : A Tale for Young People. By Jane Winnard Hooper, author of the " Recollections of Mrs. Anderson's School." Addey, Old Bond street. This is a most desirable book for young people, and it is likely to prove serviceable to them, as it represents, in life-like manner, what would be disregarded in a series of reflections. The good character of the little heroine is made the subject of deserved eulogium, and it is especially pointed out that she could never by her own efforts have become what she was. After years of careful training, Miss Travers was enabled to rejoice in the results of the labour of love in which she had been sedulously engaged. Arbell was an orphan, thrown on her bounty, the child of an old friend. Neglected by all her rich relatives, deserted by her friends, the poor mother, as a last resource, sought out her old playmate Miss Travers, and her dying prayer was answered. Her daughter was warmly welcomed to her new home. In that peaceful re treat she passed a happy childhood. Georgy Cas tellan, the great friend of our heroine, was a very pleasing : her disposition contrasted w e ll w ith that of Lbell. She was perfectly natural—a merry, thoughtless girl, yet notwithstanding evincing some times great powers of boservation and judgment. The most interesting part of the story is when the time of trial comes, when Arbell is introduced to her grandfather, who, struck by her appearance, offers to make her his heiress. However, his kind ness does not extend to the true friend who had guarded so well the early years of his grand daughter. In the following scene Arbell declares her intentions :—" Come here, I have something to say to you, and I must say it quickly, for I am in a hurry," said her grandfather. " You are my grand-daughter, and I intend to make you my heiress, and will take you home to live with me immediately. You understand that. Now, then, I should like to pay back to this schoolmistress, who has taken care of you since your infancy, all the money which she has spent on your account. I should like her to be paid double the usual price for pupils. Sit down, and calculate how much that will be." Arbell felt the blood mount into her cheeks. She was indignant and deeply pained. " What is the matter ?" asked her grand father. " Can you not calculate a simple sum of that kind, my dear ?" " No, Sir," she replied, losing all fear in the strength of her indignation, and then finding the words come easily enough, so that she was astonished afterwards • " cannot calculate the sum of what I owe to the lady who has been mother, father, and all relations to me. You can't do it. No one can do it ; and if you could calculate it, I should deserve never to have a friend any more, if I insulted her by offer ing to pay it in money. You cannot pay for her love and kindness to me, but I will pay her in gra titude. I would rather go back to her, and work for her when she is old, than I would be your heiress, and send her the money she has willin g l y spent for me since I was taken in charity into her house." The astonishment of General Dudley at this s ch from a little, gentle, loving girl, can scarcelye described. After looking at her for a few moments, he burst into an ungovernable rage. R ever ies of a Bachelor; or, a Book of the Heart. By Ik. Marvel. Bogue. Whether or not the first title of this book be cor rect we cannot say; but, assuredly, the second is rightly bestowed. It is a book of the heart, full to overflowing with genial sympathy and home affection. The playful fancy of the style only en hances the deep feeling that lies beneath. The bachelor, by his lonely fireside, indulges in solemn reveries, and allegories, and castle-building. First musing over a wood-fire, the " smoke" suggests a vision of " doubt," the succeeding " blaze" inspires " cheer," and then follows " ashes" and " desola tion;" the visionary home is despoiled of its trea sures, the ideal wife and children are in the grave; andsonaturally, so pathetically is the loss imagined, that we canreadily understand him rousing from his dream, thanking God the sad picture is not a reality. Yet more charming is the comparison of the two hearts symbolised by the sparkling, deceptive sea coal, and the steadfast glowing Anthracite, and yet more delightful is THE BACHELOR'S VISIONARY HOME. c, From my soul I pity him whose li s g_ o .i nl e d d o Asw s i n th o s t iai l ec eis ho, P ai, a re f' Wne the mere utterance of that name. A home ! it is tha bright, blessed, adorable phantom, which sits bl it hest La the sunny horizon that girdeth Life! When shalt reached ? When shall it cease to be a glittering day dream and become fully and fairly yours ? " It'is not the house, though that may have it , ch u r l own s nor the fields carefully tilled, and streaked wit. I IC to you footpaths ; nor the trees, though their ere; the like that of a great rock in a weary fireside with its sweet blaze- pI Y ; nor ok ; but, more far tell of loved ones ; nor the cherished b 4,10 is _bares of your it the than all these--it is the PRESENCE. worship are there ; the altar ofh re -uarnd adorning it a ll , and passions tyou are beloved ; that the end of your worldly faith te te , ow, is the ecstasy of the atierhere' your errors will meet ever that there your troubles will ; se cio n nu (! ia in crt g e joyuti:iih:rstibttooliltoohera e:,ntaht a ; thising ears; and that + l . be ou ma unb urden a an d joyfully yourself !" • may be ent i re ly vfoiar,isttslliegsasepnopftlrieoptrsrifie,r, gatuisey:s.. r efle ctions on smiled away; that there y y our soul In the Third. Reverie, a cigar with a wisp of paper," and " with a match," sug abffection ; and the Fourth Reverie, in the form of a complete hi t the longest, is throughout, but especially s orY—very charming The glimpses of the cordial,. lk Book of the H ' eart c concluding portion. and the domestic life in its happiest phase, te nderly-touching the little child, allusion to the death of call his _ sufficent to entitle its author to commend it. It will give pleasure to all who appreciate genuine feeling. different itsfil :de° A ine P:rec confidence u r ye t t h manners of MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF RUTTISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 6, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and w ales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I B AELET. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 1 463 7d293 81 18s 9d 29s 7d 35s 01 32s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OATS • RTE. I mum _ Is Od lls Od is Od is Od l is mum _ YEAS. YEAS. od QUANTITIES OF GR.AIN SOLD LAST WEEK. 'Wheat, 102,845 ; Barley, 94 642; Oats, 24,706; Rye, 65 • Beans, 5.889 Peas, 2,958 quarters, SAY MARKETS. SiirrimELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 48; c l over ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw, it Gs to 1111 s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15 s 1/ 13s per lo v e. to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 4118 s ; and straw, 1/ Gs to d. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 03; clover 1 / 12 s per load. ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw , Supply good, and trade rather dul l. 115 a to MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—..... O at to-dav were large, yet the trade ruled steady, Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s l fid • Veal, full °ll prices.'offer to 48 2d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blbs, "' by t s h u e p c p a li r e c s ase. 2 SOUTHALL, JAN. s.—Although the supplies of , kind of fat stock were seasonably large ; demand ruled B,teady, a 2s 10d full prices. Beef, 2s 8(1 to 4s Od ; Mutta,..!n '' S 4 a to 58 0(.1. ; Veal, 3s to 45 2(1 ; Pork 2s 8d to 3s 10d per 81138, to sink the offal. to -da RMFOItI) , JAN. s.—We had a very steady mark et O BeetY'fr:Zl 2 1 s as I t od w th eek 4I 's I) .. rie , es were freely supported. Veal, n 1 Ud Mutton, 3s 2d to 5s Od ; 3s ' to 4s 0(1 ; Pork, .3s 0(1 to 3s 10d per 81bs. Quarter old Stor,,,ligs, LEWES, tiA 195 to 23s each. . x • .—The trade firm, and prices higher, as follows :—Beef, froni3 s Od to 48 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s nia ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8(1 ner 81bs. ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR.—The quarterly meeting of this useful institution was held yesterday at the Dispensary, Dean-street, Soho-square; Dr. Lankaster in the chair. Mr. Harvey, surgeon to the institution, stated to the meeting that during the last three months the new a d missions of diseases-of the ear, complicated with affections of the head and throat, and some distressing cases of noises in the head, were 313 ; cured 79, relieved 53. The remainder were under the able and skilful treatment of Mr. Harvey. The fi nancial statement was read, which was considered saLis 7 factory. Votes of thanks were fused to the chairman and to Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, and the meeting separated. The annual ball of the Linendrapers' and Silkmercers' Institution took place on Tuesday night at Willis's Rooms 14 Aid of the fluids, and wao well attended, CUSTOMS' REFORM. (Prom a Correspondent.) There are others besides Messrs. Cranford and Travers of the city of London, n,clamouring for the reform of this establislunent. Th correspondent, under Li verpoolthe signature Chamber of of "Junior," n Commerce or have a its , who add resses members through the columns of the Mercury on the sa me subject. They appear at occa sional peri o d s , th e last (No. 5) being in the publication of the 28th of last month, and its principal complaint seems to be, that the Board insist on sending them as chief officers their favourites at other ports, who, being strangers to Li verpool and its commerce, are ignorant of its habits or r eq uirements , n. and, as a rule, adopt a new mode of their o w n conducting the business of the port, One upsetting ofth these e d nng all former established practice. some time ago out of insp ectors, it would appear, was selected London, and on his arrival he set himself to work most val orously th in reducing the number of officers belong: f ng eeo t n o ome port, thinking, no doubt, was abroad, that was the his n y a e pp s reciation of the appoint mentthat as the cry waiters, a reduction in best mode of testifying by himself, ay e d tt l e l r ad it carried into conferred on him. the number of landing does not state. effect but to what extent the answer t e o ffi t e h e the It is admitted, however, Council of the Chamber of Commerce in , o ne that is frequently obliged to attend, or rather be responsible, for the examinat ion of the cargoes of fifty-two t o contain foreign s hips at one time ! The vessels are supp osed free goods, of c ourse ; but what did Mr. Cobden reference to th e examination of free goods ? Why, say "thatin unless a careful review was taken of goods reported as ' free,' the public revenue would be defrauded to a great e xtent, for it was as likely that th e bales cl aimed to be free would be as much tobacco as cotton. It is im possible that one person can discharge his s d o ut aty,ten at least the in any way approaching efficiency, if he itd discharge of so many shi p s at once. The writer, who en ters into all these particulars with official minuteness and great skill, concl udes his letter by exonerating the Commissioners as authors of these evils, but condemns them for the placidity with which they become the vic tims of their "practical advisers" in so readily adopting their suggestions. He also recommends the Chamber of Commerce to insist in the establiShment of a local com mision, with power to decide upon cases belongin to the trade of the place, independent of the Boar d in London, JOINT-STOI all all 25 20 l A.ustralasia Br'Lish N. American Colonial 'Commercial of Lou don _ _ English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart.. Bk. o: Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation IDo. New . all all 2 10 Provincial of Ireland o. Royal Australr .Bkg & Gold Importing Company South Australia Union of Australia Do. New (Union of London...