The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-28 00:00:00

MO NEI Y ARYE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIG.BNCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were , estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 600 American and 400 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, and prices of all kinds fully supported. The sa l es comprised 5,000 American ; 25 0 Egyptian, at 6d. to Bd. ; 800 Surat, at 211 d. to 4id , ; and 40 Sea Island, at Is. 3d. to 2s. 7d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The Tea-market is rather flat to-day, as the supplies from China are likely to be considerable. Tallow is well stipported. P.Y.C., on the spot, is B s. 6d. to 58s. 9d. per cwt. Native Ceylon coffee has been sold as high as 495. 6d. to 50s. per cwt. Accounts from St. Petersburgh again advert to t, significant fact that the British merchants :unearerrwow co ereg m r p a a d s u s a , lly bringing their affairs within in order to be prepared to leave at a short notice ; and several who had entered into contracts for hemp, tallow, and other products, 114 disposed of them at a pecuniary loss to Russian fir ms. This is but a just appreciation of the character of such a ruler as the Emperor Nicholas, so little to be relied upon, and is the sequeLof the litarY opinion given by Earl Clarendon when two of th e l ea di ng merc h an ts in the Baltic trade, a few weeks back, applied to him for information. l'he national revenue of the Czar will • speedily feel the effect of this contraction of commerce. At the meeting of the Australian Freehold Gold ° rine shareh o ld er s, held yesterday afternoon, reso tit::ls were p as sed to adopt measures for pro curing from the board of Directors a statement of accounts, and if necessary of winding up the affairs w the company. It appears that there are t i ll 30,000/. in hand, that the, Directors were grievously imposed upon in the purchase °f land at Bathurst, which although in the tents of the prospectus certified to contain g° l6l , proves to be worth very little, and various e u e t t o of are e Xpenses have been incurred. Several of the di not alone of good commercial standing, t known wealth, and there is no imputation 'of fraud against them. The shares are understood t° have been pretty fairly allotted, and the princi- Pal grievance is the want of judgment displayed in Paying for a property before it was tested. Chan cery proceedings are going on to compel restitution, and the main point with the shareholders is, whether the directors ought to sustain . any e ventual loss. The Company professes to have °een started on the cost hook principle, but there a re grave legal doubts whether this can apply where !en') has been issued, and where the seat of opera tions is not in England. This part of the question We will not now discus's, but content ourselves by reniar::ing that the accounts should be submitted to every scrip-holders for the time being, at least Once or twice a year, regardless of registration. , Some large and influential holders of Peruvian °ends have issued a notice requesting parties in terested to meet them at the London Tavern on the 12th inst. Upon this occasion a full state bleat will be made of the proceedings of the Peru vian Government in endeavouring to circulate its home debt in London and Paris, and mea sures will be devised* to protect the English creditors and to obtain a larger appropriation of the guano proceeds. The consignment of more guano ls a matter in which our agriculturists also are greatly interested, and their co-operation may be desirable. The- funds have been flatter this morning, The conditions which Turkey is stated to insist upon — viz., that the old treaties shall not be renewed, and the alleged declaration of the Emperor Nicholas, in non-official, communications, to demand greater concessions, diminishing the chances of peace. The money market, however, is so good, that Consols, without some decided news, will not apparently give way to any extent, and shortly the dividends will increase the ease at present expe rienced. The quotations for Consols have been • 93i to 94. 'Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. premium. The New 3 per Cents. have been 951 to . Foreign Securities have been quiet, and rather lower. Russian 42 per Cents. have been dealt in at 98 and 982. Dutch 4 per Cents,. after being .96i have receded to 951. Danish Bonds are 103 'to 1. Brazilian Stock is worth 98. Portuguese per Cents. have been 43k, sand Spanish 3 per vents. not higher than 21 g r .' Railway shares have not varied much, but there is a want of buoyancy. The French lines have been duller. sold Mine. Shares are neglected. Cobro Copper Mine are 1/. 108. lower. The Land Companies' Shares remain about the same, and the Banks are heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY ( From the Official List. ) nuoness Aone, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941 3 i New 3} per Cent. Annuities 9s 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto under £lOOO 3 Consols ' for Opening 18th Jan. 937i 4 3l gdi India Stock for Account Exchequer Bills, id. £lOOO 5500 • Small 6 3 p 6 3 P PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9B Chilian ilouds, 3 per Cent 75 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO3 i Equador Bonds A" Grenada Bonds, Deferred eiceek Bonds, Red .. 61 7 Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 231 4k Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. 43t Ditto, 1848, 3 per Cent 4O Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St ' Ditto 4i per Cent 94 S Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2l 2 Dividends on the above payableain London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January 938 x d THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, Dec. 27. — The . Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Corn pally's ship Iberia, Captain George Bradshaw, sailed this afternoon with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, taking out 20 passengers, among whom is his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg and suite, a general cargo of manufac faetured goods, and specie value 1,0001. sterling. The screw steam-ship Douro, Captain Hederstedt, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, also sailed this morning for Bombay, via the Cape of Good Rope, to be employed on her arrival out in the Indian mail service. The screw steam-ship Rajah arrived to day from Wales with a cargo of between 600 and 700 tons of coals for the use of the Peninsular Company's steam fleet. This vessel is now regularly employed in conveying coals between Cardiff and Southampton, and renders great service to the company in the existing high price of coal freights. The Rajah, although of 700 tons burden, has only engines of 60-horse power. The steam-ship Euxine, Captain F. Meehan, will leave ou Thursday, the 29th inst., for Gibraltar, Malta, and Con stantinople. Among her cargo will be 30 heavy pieces of iron ordnance (32-pounder shell guns) for the Turki.4l). Government, from one of the iron factories in the north, which is understood to have large contracts in hand for warlike materials, including cannon, &c., for the Otto man Government. AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD COMPANT.—A meet ing of the shareholders in the Australian Freehold Gold Company took place yesterday, when a resolution was passed appointing a committee to protect their claims. The absence of accounts and the doubtful pros pects of success were urged as grounds for winding up the undertaking. It was stated that the directors are a respectable body of persons, but that, having compro mised their position by connection with promoters who induced them to enter into the purchase of a worthless section of land, they ought without delay to bring the company to a close and divide the remaining asses. 'she real question at issue was, whether the board could not be compelled to refund the whole of the deposits if • legal proceedings were instituted against them, the con tract for the property on the part of the vendors having, as in the case of the Lake Bathurst Company, been of • a disreputabl e nature. The Australian Freehold Com pany having beep one of the earliest in the field, it had been brought out under encouraging circumstances, and the greater part of its capital had, it was believed, been subscribed. A. considerable sum, reported at about 3 . 0 ,000/., b e i ng un d erstoo d to rema i n i n hand, it Ns as desirable th at act i ve measures shou ld b e t a k en to• pre vent furth er unnecessary out l ay, and to facilitate an early di s t r ib ut i on. The shareholders generally concur ring in these observations, the committee was aP" Poi n t e d , and the meeting adjourned. , FOREIGN GOODS UNDER L ) OND. —An important con cession has been made by the Commissioners of Cus torn; which will be a material convenience to the holders and removers of foreign‘ considerable extent, spirits, and other goods under bond, to a the • sue of an order dispensing with a separate bond on the oc casion of every individual removal of foreign goods of anY kind, in bond, from one part of the kingdom to another ; and allowing a general bond to b e en t ere d into for the purpose, which is to cover all subsequent tran sactions of this na t ure , un d er cer t a i n regulations Specially arranged and approved for th e purp ose . Th e roCOeinzittnitisii under OriershaVe bee n ena bl e d t o e ff ec t thi s •arrange the provisions of the Act 16 and 17 Vic cap. 107, of the last melon of Parliament. • SHAR MARKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. Paid RI iLWAYS. 100 ao !Aberdeen ............. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Raqtn. June. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cans.... io I all IA I all 1 1 28 all 184 Do., £20.... ........ Z 5 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) ;t. 100 ,Bristol & Exeter St. 100 C a 1ed0nian.......... • 50 all Chester & Holyhead r.O all Cork and Bandon 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass 20 10 Cornwall 50 i 45 D üblin &Belfast junc. 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber ! deen Junction 25 all Do. New ......... ... . . 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. dr L. & D.) 18 all Do., (£lB E. & 20 all Eastern Counties.. St. 100 EasternUnion,A.sti St. 100 Do., do. 8....... 25 BL4 Do,NewA(lateTh irds) St. 100 .East Lancashire St. 100 Edinburgh &Glasgow 10 . 3 Edinb. and Peebles St 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde. , 10 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western St. 100 ;Great Northern Stk St. 100 Do., A. Stock .. St. 100 , B. Stock St. 100 'Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) St. lOU ,Great Western.. 12 11 Irish South-Easters. 50 all ' Lancaster & Carlisle.. 1611 11 Do., Thirds...... . . . 3t.1100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 171 11i jo all 20 all IA all LO N Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern..... .. Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt. London SL Blackwall Loud. Pi h. & Sthend. I 100 it. 100 0 12 .0 1 .2i 2:1 m. 100 Loud. Bright. & B.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths - Do. ,16/.5b.,M&8...C , Do. Eighths London . S.Wostern 50 42 40 34 25 all 25 all St. 100 41 1 St. 100 St. 100 50 47:, 25 17i 00 all St. 100 61 5 25 174 50 7! 20 all Do., .£5O .. • Do; £4O .......... ..... Landrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Afanch.Shef. &Lineln. Do.„ Man. & Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares •..• Newcastle di Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&fitfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warronpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. h. ►too St. 100 -1 6 16 .6 11§ 8 all 8 8 0' all 0 I 1.1 !O !O all LO 10 LO I 1 st. I 100 30 2.2 3t. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 b 10 Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed !North London N. &S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire: North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland._ Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. ez N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestu Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Eastern South Wa1e5..... ...... S. Yorksh. Rivsr Dun Do . . 14 - 16 7 - 8 11 - 12 3i 32,1 L3i all ;0 all !O 6i 15 --- 17 60i 61 33 34 3 --2 d. 4 -- ;t. 100 0 all X) 15 20 5 20 2.2 25 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Vale of Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford &Lime rick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London • Wmbledon &Croydon York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland - It. 100 .0 .8 it. 100 5 20 - 20 17 20 all 50 all 20 14 5i - 27 - 29 8 9 all 0 518.1 it. 100 15 20 11? 2 t. 100 63i 6ii 8i —81 a 4 3d, 47i 48. 64 11i i 48 FOREIGN. .0 6 katvnsp &Rotterdam 2 —1.4 d 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 34 !O 8 Beziersto Graissessac 3 - - 2 d Central of Italy — all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 15 17i all Demerara — ?0 10 Dijon and Besagon 24 -34 p 2,0 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3g 4i p 20 2 Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula • lip 6 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 2i 3 p • ... 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds 34 —24 d 20 8 Gt. Central of France / p 204 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares l,l par ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 0.. D . bonds (2 i55.)1862 . 104 Hamilton & Toronto id p .I'o all Do. 6 per cent — 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 20 15 Luexembourg ll 116 111 10 13 Do. (Railway) 7 74 71 5 2Do li 2i 5 3 Do. (Canal) 2 .21 10 5 D 0.6 p. cent. pref. ... ...p 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ...p 20 104 Madras — 1 p 33i 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & % Ry. 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 7i 8.1 81 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France 341 34 j i 35 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] - 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pre 74 83 20 10 Paris and Lyons l5l —3.61 p 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l 43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 321 321 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 3 4 p 101 101 Quebec & Richmond d I d 20 all Rouen and Havre 1971 —• 204 20 9 Royal Danish id par 5 2 Royal Swedish 1 d 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl 91 9 10 6 ; . 10. 54 per cent. pref. „.. 20 2 S.E.t of Franco • 20 6 ;Southern of France.. 4 6 p 20 6 ISLAndrews &Quebec 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 8i all West Flanders 4— 6 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Prof ' 20 10 Western of France 7i —BA p Ic, 4 West, of Switzerland 1d• 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 12 Zeala rl , l 4i 4 d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices BUIIIIBBII Sin. Paid RAILWAYS. Compans. this day. this day. ---- -----.. ----. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley .... ... ..• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 1011 50 all Clydesdale Jo. Caledou... 51 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Northn 142 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ..• -- ••• 2; all Do. New Do — ... 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr.[Gt•Westu 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. &' Yk. New Railway & Berw.. ... ... 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 111 1 25 all Do. 6 Shares. Do 5 4 3 /4 —55 i 12, all Do. i Shares. Do 27 28 12i all Lon.&Greonw S.Eastern 136 14. 20 all Do.Prefereuce Do 246 —25 St, 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per et... Do — 56 all Mauch.Baton.ll4u.drN.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2 - 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redear Darliugt. ... . . 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 101 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. E. Count.. 60 62 • 5 all Do. 6 per et Do -- ••• 5. all Do.Fixedsp.elDo ... 2.) all Prest. & Wyre L. &I\. W &Lu&Yk ... 1 12 Do. 6 Shares. Do _ S 100 Roystn.dalit. Gt.Northn 142 145 S.. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 1.45 2 , 188 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g• 5. p. c Yorksh ,.. d 12 96 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 pet* cent,.. Darling . ... 25 'all Do Do 3O 31 3Ci St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Weetn 99 100 20i - 21i1 - 9 - 10 11— 9 dl 18 - 19 5i - 98 - 100 54 - 551 16 - 17 14 -15 46 -- 47 8A - 9 i - 34 • 4 13i- 13A 40 - 44 30 -32 • 64 - 66 63 - 65 2i = iii 84 - 85 59 - 61 L 29 - 131 LO4 - 106 831 - 84 95 -- 100 13i -- 141) 67 -- 676 64 -- 6id 13/ - 13 8 81 I 9 —lOO 1 1031 1041 Par P 78 791 12 11 d 10 9 d 22i - 23 63 -63 i 37 39 •*, . ••• 54 56 par 4i 2t 34 6 8 51. —53 3 -34 d 30A —31 A 8 10 - 24 64 - 74 50 ... 52 5i - Nc( 8 1 l 1 d par 36 - 38 91 - 93 57 - ps 58 - 60 55 60 21 2,lis TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1853. 100 Aberdeen 1 100 Do., No. 2,7 p. c ! 30 Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at.£so) 100 ristol & Exeter 4pr cent., stock 5 o. Do., shares 100 Caledonian £lO all ester & Holy-head Guar. 5i per cent 6/ Cork&Bando usi p.c all DundeoPerth&Aber- deep all EastA ngliau (23105; 6 per cent ...... all Do. (25) 7 per cent., 2 Do. (27175) 7 p. ct., all Eastern Counties Es tension, 5 p. c. No.] all Do., No. ....... all Do., New 6 . p. c. St. all I Eastern Uniou, Ser Guar. 6 per cent.. all Do. £lO Deben. Sh 100 EastLancash. 6p. cts all East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent........... 100 Glasgow & S.Westorn guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northr 5 p.c. 1100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram.... 10 Do. 4:k per cent. Scrip 4 Gt.N. of Scot. ,lstProf all Gt. Southu. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 2 Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks &I Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Do. con. & red. 44 p.c l 100 Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 Do. irredeem. 4p. c. 6 Lan. & York. F. 220, 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock... 13 Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. l 9 Do. Quarters,lB4B.., 100 London and,Brightor Guaranteed 5 p. c.. 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 ~...... ..... . 100 Do. New Guar. 6 / Le 100 Lond. & N. W., Cov: & Nun., 5 per cent. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 12 Londonderry& Coler Shares . 12?, all Lowly. & Ennis. Sh 25 all Nianch.,Shef., & Lin., 1 Shares, No. 1 10 all Do. Now, £10... 6 3 Do., 26 12A all Harypt. &Carl. 4p. c 12. all Do. 4A per cent...— 12 101 Do. St. 100 Hid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 161 5 Do. Pref. 4} per cent. 10 6 Norfolk Debent. Sh. l St. 100 Norfolk Extension... St. 100 Do. Pref. 5. per ct... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c St. 100 North British 20 all North Staffordshire St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. £15,6 p. c. 15 Do all Scot. Can., New Pref all Shrews& hirm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.5 d. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 'lOO York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Prof. 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland II & S. Porch 1 I all 1 1 an i all 1 all 1 all 1 all io all 1 all .),0 13.5 35 24 '•0 all !O 15 1 A ;t. all I 5 all 5 all ►O I all 2 I all 3, all all 1 all 3 all all 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 al 1 1 all ;p all 5 1 1 I all i 0 all 5 15 R) 11i, 1 all .0 7 Bs? all 1 al 1 al 1 all 1 123.1 1 1 all LO all LO all i 0 all ;0 2 O 25 O 20 O 10 9 1 15 0I 20 !CI 10 iO 22 !O all . ) ,5 all .0 I all 5 I 1 5 25 ;5 all - 2t, 0 10 6 7 iiii 6i -- 6R 4i -- 4i 54 - 6 P 14 -- 131 -- 14 20 - 21 2i - tio - 122 - 109 - 110 - ••• ''... • 8 - 8 ... -- •. 6} 7 101 103 95 100 93 100 id par 113 145 2i - 3 ii i = ii - 8 10 - 1O p 1 141 143 a id 23 - 103 - i - 91 - 151 - 91 13 - i d 24 17 96 - 4 - id MINES. AguaFria ....... Anglo Austrin. Gold Auglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) BlEenarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron B a r a t z 2 il s p ianl ni mp.(issued Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Slueltg. Co General Gt. Nugget Vei uSeip Do. Itegisterea Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares. Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Maxiquita ........ MexicauB7,S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde IPontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft ... ...... United Mexican Waller , West Granada , West Mariposa Worthing Mining o Australia Yuba JOINT-STO I lAustralasia . IBritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bilk: of Asia Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Buk, of Australia . London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid MISCELL 5 5 174 .),0 12 [0 8 2i io 38A 5 1 Aubin uoul awl Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcifie Mail Australis. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smcltg. and Reduction Co ' Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal, of France Eastern 5team........ EloctricTolegraph(A, Do. (B) 1 all 1 ?,0 10 5 all 50 all 50 25 5 25 l all )O 28.i.', ... -- ..• 43 - 45 11•• .... 5 = 5 Electric Tel. of Irel. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian ' Do. New Nrth. of Europe Steam Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental ••• - P - P 16 ••• .ii - 11 - 13 ... --- ••• i - iP ••• - ••• i - iP -- Do. do. Portland Iron Co ... . Royal Mail. Steam._ Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemon's Land 21 ' 51 xd & b 38 - 0 l4iP Ad- ip 15 - 16 POST-OFFICE NOTICE. —Newspapers addressed to the British Possession of Accra, on the West Coast of Africa, will be forwarded by the contract mail-packet free of postage, provided they are posted in conformity with the general regulations applicable to newspapers sent through the post to British colonies and countries beyond sea. Upon each newspaper addressed to Dutch Accra a rate of 2d. must be paid in advance. MUTINY ONBOARD ADMIRAL PELLEW'S FLAG-SHIP.—A letter from Hong-Kong says—" We hear there has been a mutiny on board the flag-ship. It appears that on the Bth Nov. the men, who have not had liberty for eighteen months, sent in a petition on the subject to Admiral Pel lew, who immediately ordered the ship to be got ready for sea. In the evening there was a noise below, when the drum was beat to quarters, and some of the men re fused to come on deck, upon which the officers were ordered to compel them at the point of the sword, and in doing so several of •the men were severely wounded. P d par ' * d 1 i d 3 -- :3; .4 d d 4 d a _ d 10 12 —d, 8 10 5 6 2 2i 32 34 x id par 45 47 P 12 X 13 70 80 6 8 p 2}— 3d l 14 16 par —1, 2i d id— d 11 12 ta 7 - Par 7 8 id- ip . - ... i - ).:P - - P 31 33 9 10 5A 6A id— -5 7 4A 5 A d 4 - d id d 'X BANKS. 78 - 80 ••• • •.• fi iclis idis la 1p 42 7- 44 47 - 49 d— par 72 75 7, - 8i EOUS. 100 : i 99,} SPIRIT OF JOURNALS, sail well. Our plan has been totally different to this. We have built our vessels in Government yards by men who have been hired because they were safe voters—not because they were good ship wrights—and the consequence has been that ships of war are produced at a huge cost, some of them rolling so enormously that the lower guns are useless unless the sea is smooth'as glass ; others that will not sail, and others that will not steer. Our wasteful blunders have been innumerable, but these proofs of mismanagement are allowedto float idly, en cumbering the Navy List, costing large sums of money for repairs and superintendence, and form ing a constaut excuse for hanging upon the taxes a host of aristocratic idlers as Admirals and Post- Captains on half-pay, or on nominal service. What we need is a thoroughly efficient navy—every ship equal to the work her size fits her for, and a body of the best seamen in the world, willing to man our ships when required to do so. At present we waste a large portion of our Naval Taxes on useless officers and worthless ships ; and then, to make both ends meet, we so starve down the wages of the seamen that the best A. B.'s run off to ''lme rica and elsewhere for the very simple and practi cal reason that in said America and elsewhere they get better pay and better provisions than they are offered in the British Service. Since a new fleet is in contemplation, the only terms on which it should be sanctioned are that with such new force we have also a naval reform. Sir James Graham is in the position to make the needful changes, and he ought, for his own reputation's sake, no less than as an honest minister, to take proper steps for the purpose, He has an active good Reformer, the popular Member for Middle sex, as a Secretary—a man•whom the public rely upon to see all the justice done in these matters which a Secretaryispermitted to do, and surely between a Reforming First Lord and a Reforming Secretary to the Admiralty we might well calculate upon having, in the year before us, a good instalment of naval reformation, as some set-off against certain backslidings of the Cabinet in other matters. But do not let any mistake be made. Naval reform does not mean any cheese-paring that may weaken the navy, but wise re-arrangements that shall give us a - more efficient force by far than we have at present, without (it may be) much extra cost. What the country asks, and has a right to ask, is a thoroughly efficient English fleet. Ships for the Black Sea, ships for the Channel, ships for the Baltic, if requisite. All these we ought to have for the 6,235,4931. voted for the navy for the year 1853-4 ; more especially when we find the ,Navy List published in January of the present year tell ing us that we have no less than 545 ships of war —their names running all through the alphabet, from the heavy Aboukir at Devonport, to the 100- h ors e steam-ship Zephyr, then of Woolwich—all built and paid for. Surely with a force of this sort on paper, and with the sum of more than six-and a.quarter millions sterling voted for a single year's pay, food, and repairs, we ought to be able to fit out a fleet or two beyond those 'now in service. Admiral Dundas has but comparatively few ships of these five hundred and forty-five. Where are all the rest ? There are some, we know, as usual, in the Tagus ; but if we estimated the complement of Channel and Mediterranean fleets together, at the odd forty-five ships of war, we still have five hun dred vessels unaccounted for. Out of these let us, if need be, have a Baltic fleet, and a good one ; and if we are told that the whole five hundred will not furnish such fleets as we ought to have afloat, or that first class A.B. seamen and g ood gunners are not to be had to man such additional fleets, without a large increase of the 6,235,4931. Navy Estimate of last year, let us, we say, have a com mon sense commission, such as the Czar recently sent to overhaul his fleet in the Baltic. Let us have the shams picked out and sold (they will fetch a good price just now), and with the money so gained, and the money saved by not manning and officering useless hulks, and not keeping a little army of half-pay lumber, let good ships be built by contract, and better wages be given to the seamen. Our marines, too, are a force of value and importance. Let them profit by our reforma tions. We may get marines when we cannot get seamen. Let us have more marines for our money, and (we repeat) let Sir James Graham— now a Cabinet Minister of considerable Admiralty knowledge—inaugurate those important changes. He should not try any cheese-paring, but such a true liberal economy of the enormous resources voted by the House of Commons as shall give England what she should always enjoy—the un doubted mastery of the Sea. Whatever else comes, let us maintain to the full extent the pre eminence of that force which has so long given to Great Britain her position amongst the nations of the earth—our Wooden Walls. But let our endeavours to that end be wise ones. THE STRIKES. (From the Morning Herald. ) Lord Palmerston's answer to the memorial from Preston will not do much for the adjustment of the strikes. Perhaps his lordship did not intend to do much, or to say much either. If so he has succeeded admirably in his intentions. No ono can blame him for venturing too far ; no colleague can accuse him for pledging the Government to any uncomfortable course of action. The electors of Tiverton cannot call him to account for the non fulfilment of his promises, seeing that he has made none ; and the working men of England, who chose out Lord Palmerston from his colleagues because they supposed that there were moral and mental 'qualities in the man which gave them hopes of his sympathy, perhaps of his co-operation, cannot hereafter condemn him for inconsistency. That failing supposes something fixed and standing from which the inconsistent has departed. We defy any one to point out such a departure in Lord Palmerston's letter ; for the most obvious reason — there is nothing fixed nor positive in it. Yet the letter is a kind one ; and more than that, the letter is a long one—very considerably long for an official letter—remembering, moreover, who the letter-writer is. More than once, also, the remarks of Jack Falstaff occurred to us during its perusal : "He talked very wisely, and yet I marked him not ; and yet he talked very wisely, and in the street too." There is wise talk in that letter, and plenty of it. If wise talk could heal' the wound, Lord Palmerston would have been no bad physician in the matter. These three quali ties do not often meet in a Ministerial document 7-- kindneSs, wisdom, and length ; yet they are found here, and that in a combination more than remark able—kindness at no cost, wisdom that brings no fetters, length that requires nothinc , unsaid. No Minister less able than Lord Palmerston could have accomplished such a feat ; none could have mean dered through so much print with so many expres sions of good will, and left nothing striking behind him. It is only foolish sheep that lose their wool in wandering through briars. But we must try to reduce the letter to its real dimensions, to its substance and its sinews, if there be any, and they are shrivelled enough for such a windy external. Putting aside a few rather strange admissions for the present, the whole, after being reduced to a kind of a literary pemmican, amounts to these three propositions : I. Strikes are a bad thing. 11. Government can't help you. 111. Therefore you must help yourselves. If there be more in the letter, let some of our readers show that more, and we will admit it. Now, it does appear to us that something might be gained in the way of clearness, and of brevity, if we were to arrange these propositions as they stand in the minds of the working men, and, give us leave to say, of the true governor. It will saveus a deal of arguing, something of weary penman ship, and a little impatience, by so doing. Thus then, argue the men : I. Strikes are a bad thing. 11. We can't help ourselves. 111. Therefore Government must help us. • • Now, all the tales and romancings and dry rea sonings written by Miss Martineau, e owners, or even by the ablest o r l economists, on the first of these propositions, might well have been spared. No n one disputes it—least of all the workei n d g ou m b e ts n: nign the name of all that is honest, l e t it not this strike,, sed e without starvingfi r fire, f this that weather,the t who oo a t h, w sickening wives and famishing e o hi ld t re n s f o t as accounts show us, r a ki ng ou t the hog's-wash withoutrd, actually with the morsels which the tables of the rich man's ser vant have rejected—in God's name let us not do such a deed of hypocrisy, as to talk to these men of the evil of strikes, as if they did not hear and feel that evil more than we do o urselves—more by actual experiment of flesh and blood than our.ima gination can conceive. What is their appeal to Government but a confession of that evil—what is their whole language but a confirmation of it ? Pray let us leave, therefore, this topic, and come to that which is the real point at issue. " Government can't help you," says Lord Pal wo can't help ourselves," say the merston. sa y t o both, " Have you tried ?" Gladly men. would we see the dispute adjusted, if it could be, without the interference of . Government • because the work would be done more thoroughly, more fairly, and more usefully to all parties concerned iu it. But if that cannot b; Government must interfere. For what other' purpose does a Govern ment exist, if it be not to adjust that for men which they cannot adjust for themselves ? •We know of no Other use, no other functions of a Go vernment; and when M. Comte's philosophy comes into vogue (no wonder that our modern econo mista are such admirers of his system), then shall we need no Chancellors of the Exchequer, no Home Secretaries, for everything will then do for itself, THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Times. ) The time i s approaching when we may expect to learn the answer of the Porte to the propositions transmitted from Vienna on the 7th inst. It is already known that these communications had been received at Constantinople on the 15th, that Red schid Pasha had been induced by the representa tives of the Four Towers to give them his support, and that they were to be taken into consideration by the Divan a few days later. Indeed, according to one telegraphic communication received through Paris, but as yet unconfirmed, it is stated that the Great Council had, on t'he 18th inst.; authorized the Turkish Ministers to open negotiations. The questions put to the Porto by the Collective Note are, in fact, two :—Whether the Sultan will con sent to treat for peace at a conference to be held with the Four Powers and Russia ; and what are the terms of peace required by Turkey, in the event of the opening of such a negotiation ? It is probable that the Turkish Ministers will insist on the evacuation of the Principalities as a preliminary to negotiation, but, as that is a condition precedent which evidently could not be enforced, it is hoped that the Porte will content itself with a formal as surance that the restoration of those provinces forms in the eyes of all the Powers an indispensable condition of peace. In other respects Turkey will name her terms of peace, subject, of course, to fu ture discussion, but we hope the Porte will not overlook the importance of pledging all Central and Western Europe to her territorial security, by adopting the spirit of the conference to which she is inviad, for, though tile Porte may have little confidence in the success of such negotiations, she loses nothing in dignity, and rather strengthens her cause in the eyes of Europe, by allowing them to proceed. But we do not conceal from ourselves that the real obstacles to any beneficial result from these propositions lie with Russia, and are not likely to be removed. The Protocol, of the Four Powers records and assumes as an indisputable fact that Russia has repeatedly expressed her readiness to treat, and that the assurances of the Court of St. Petersburg are in this respect to be believed, but we have no reason to suppose that these assurances are worth more than the declarations Russia has so repeatedly broken ; and, if the language of the Russian State papers be carefully examined, it will be found that she has constantly evaded the reoognition of any European rights in this ques tion, or the authority of any Conference at all. Her policy has uniformly been to tie the Porte down by separate conventions to concessions giv ing her an exclusive right of interference ; and, though she has failed in preventing the Four Powers from uniting in support of the principles on which peace might be restored, we have ceased to believe that mere representations will suffice to carry those principles into effect. Moreover, the progress of the war, the vast extent of hostilities or hostile preparations now in active progress, and the passions, religious, and national, excited by the contest, effectually exclude the idea of an armis tice, and have rendered negotiation far less prac ticable than it has been at any previous moment. If the Emperor of Russia had desired peace he has had ample facilities to insure it, but every day brings us fresh evidence that he has availed himself of these pretexts chiefly to keep in check his most formidable opponents, to carry on his own plans of operation, and to bring the whole question in the Spring to a more positive issue. The Austrian Government, already beginning to find that the hopes of pacification have come too late, and that the time for more energetic mea sures is at hand, has published in the official cor j respondence, which is prepared at Vienna under the eye of the Minister, a mean 6,nd drivelling article, dictated, to all appearance, by the Russian Embassy. After stating that the Four PoWers are endeavouring to effect by pacific measures and moral influence the restoration of.peace, the Aus trian Cabinet expressly denies that "it has assumed a less friendly or menacing attitude towards Russia," and declares that she has not in the least renounced' her friendly sentiments towards her allied neighbour, and will not have to renounce them in future." The article adds, that the " in timate friendship between these two great monarchs is the surest guarantee for the peace of the world and for the conservative interests of Europe." The appearance of this declaration at Vienna at such a moment is, we fear, an evident proof that the independent portion of the Austrian Cabinet is unable to hold its ground, and that a degree of pressure has been applied which the enfeebled empire cannot resist. The ink is scarcely dry on • the Protocol of the sth of December, when the Cabinet of Vienna aro ready to repudiate its spirit, and to defeat the influence it might have exercised on Russia. We have not to learn anything of the faithlessness of that Court ; all history is full of it ; but if the conduct of Austria opposes herself to the general interests of Europe in this conjuncture, and thereby greatly extends the disastrous effects of this rupture, she may rely upon it that on her own dominions the first and heaviest retribution will fall. In the North of Europe the influence of Russia is exerted with the same activity, for it is every where based on dynastic intrigues, opposed to the true interests and desires of the people. Thus, in Sweden, we learn from good authority, that an attempt has been made by a mandate from St. Petersburg to engage the Court in this .contest, with a view to closing the Swedish ports, and eventually the Baltic itself, against English and French vessels. The Swedes are a gallant people, stoutly opposed to the influence of Russia, which has already robbed them of Finland, and is even now pressing into its service, by land and sea, men whose forefathers served in the ranks of Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XTI. To them and to the Danes the maintenance of neutrality and indepen dence is of vital interest ; but, if that becomes im possible, their existence as free men depends on the preservation of their ancient affiance with the Maratime Powers. The King of Sweden recognised in his speech from the Throne the importance of defending the independence of the country, and we trust that he will not betray it to Russian counsels. • If these effects are already beginning to manifest themselves in Europe, the same policy is pursued with equal activity in Asia, and there it is ob viously directed against the interests of the British empire. Persia has fallen under the yoke, and the troops which once followed the standard of the Sophis are now to be led by a Russian General against the Turks, and to display in provinces already wrested from their own empire their zeal in defence of the " Orthodox Greek faith." In Affghanistan we hear of a renewal of the intrigues of 1838, with which we had to contend when first we encountered the hostility of Russia in Central Asia, and even the distant expedition to Khiva is reported to be renewed. If we place these facts in the scale and weigh them against the Russian assurances that the Em peror Nicholas is ready to treat for peace, all such declarations will stand for very little, and we must look to other modes of arriving at the termination of this dispute. The course to be pursued by the maritime powers is now clear and straightforward, and instructions are on their way to Constantinople which will cause the decided measures now agreed ___.... upon to be carried into immediate effect. A NEW FLEET FOR THE BALTIC. (From the DaiZy. News.) A new fleet is about to be fitted out for service (it is said) in the Baltic and there can be little doubt but the name of Sir Charles Napier will he found in the list of candidates for the command of it. Without now discussing the question whether or no the new fleet is needed, we may well hasten to say that any official proposition for extra force afloat ought to be accompanied by an official offer to get rid of some existing naval abuses. The upper ranks of the service are sadly overstocked, whilst good and most active officers are kept on the shelf. Our navy, moreover, is encumbered by a host of vessels, scores of which are fit for nothing but coal hulks. Why should a large portion of our navy be a costly sham ? The worthless ships should be sold out of the way at once, that we might really know how we stand. An immense paper fleet is a mere excuse for keeping an in ordinate number of useless officers, whilst we have the greatest difficulty in mustering enough able seamen. Indeed no step in naval reform would be more valuable than one that got rid of the "top hamper" of our navy list—which per mitted the best officers to get promotion and active service,—which weeded out what is useless, and which expended the money saved by getting rid of worthless admirals and worm-eaten shii.s, in giving better pay and more comforts to the able•bodied sailors. We might have the finest fleet in the whole world, and could, if need be, sweep the seas of all evil-doers, come whence they might, if we had the good sense to insist on putting our Navy thoroughly to rights. We find that the Russians are taking a wise step of this kind. They have turned out the worthless portion of their Baltic fleet, and have ordered a large number of screw line-of-battle ships —to be built by contract. What a story this tells. The Czar has the wit to find out which is the cheapest and quickest and most business-like way of getting a powerful fleet to sea. He goes with cash and con tract in hand and lets the shipbuilders of Europe and America compete with each other- for his cus tom. In this way he will get his twenty or thirty sail of the line . at a fixed price, and if his contract is carefully worded (as it doubtless will be) no ship will be paid for unless it will steer, steam, and and every man also, what Lord Palmerston ex horts these operatives to do, i.e. help themselves ; no thanks to any Government. Bat until M: Comte's golden age arrives, and so long as there is an executive, we must expect of governments to do that for us which we cannot do for ourselves. And this is one of those things ; "We cannot help ourselves," say the men, " and therefore Govern ment must interfere for us. Now if Lord Palmerston had been a Cyrus the Mede, or a Gregory VII. (which by the bye he is not); but if he had been, he would not have said " Government cannot help you," but " Govern- ment can and shall ;" and if men did. not want, if they did not feel the value of Government and cry to it for aid, he would have sent emissaries among them and made them cry. But being a very honest and candid man, and estimating the governments of these days at their value (a lesson which he learned in the Foreign-office), and knowing the real worth of his own Government in particular, he blurts out very sincerely, "the Government is of no use : it cannot help you. lou must govern yourselves. If indeed. it had been a dispute about pocket votes and pocket boroughs, about reform, about free trade, about Canada Reserves, about education, about churchyards, about the dead and not about the living—about questions dead or good as dead, why L or d John would help you to get rid of them, or help you to bury them, that's much the same. But as this is a vital question, one that must be met face to face, and can't be dodged, can't b . e compound e d w ith, won't cry peace when there is no peace—Government can't help you ; you must help yourselves." The working men have no cause to complain of Lord Palmerston. He can't help them—we never thought he could ; "as a member of the Govern ment he cannot interfere." If the dispute is ever settled it will not be by this Government • if it re mains unsettled—poor, helpless Government—it must remain unsettled ; there is no help for it. So says Lord Palmerston, and he is the Govern meat's man. Well, this shows Lord Palmerston's opinion of it ; and by the time that his letter has been freely circulated among the working men of this nation, his opinion on this matter will be theirs. "Government cannot and will not help them." How should they ? Like Lord Palmerston they regret their inability to interfere ; .like him they find it " impossible to form even a just opinion as to the merits of the dispute' without much morein formation." Good men and conscientious, do an act of injustice by interfering in matters they do not understand ! For the last three months and more a dispute has been going on, involving the prosperity of this country, the life and death, the comfort and happiness, of thousands of men, women, and children employed in our manufacturing districts—eating into the heart's-core of the working-men—discussed, reported, argued in the columns of every morning paper and of the leading provincial journals. How is it that Government should be expected to know anything about it ? How can they form, in the absence of more detailed information, any just con clusions ? For the life of us we cannot see. Per haps, in his hot haste for disfranchisement, Lord John has stumbled on the name of Preston ; per haps Lord Aberdeen or the Duke of Newcastle, in their foreign musings, have been interrupted by a paragraph or a leader on strikes in general and Turkish strikes in particular—perhaps the Chancel lor of the Exchequer or Mr. Cardwell may have had some misgivings about tariffs and trades when the exports of manufactures were brought forward by the working men ; but how is it to be expected that they should have gone out of the way to gain information, to have formed opinions, to be willing to interfere? Is it not a sufficient reason for knowing nothing about it, because every one else does know about it ? That's a sound and sober principl e o f action. Besides, it is a home business, and Lord Palmerston is Home Secretary. Let him look to it. If he cannot decide, who can ? " Every man for himself, and God for us all," is the true maxim in religion and in politics, in society, in economy. It is at the bottom of all our greatness as a nation, as a trading and commercial people. If you don't believe it, ask Moses and Son, from whom our Ministry buy their paletots and their principles. But we have yet a word more for this famed etter. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, DEC. 21. No news from the Levant. The French mail has no arrived. The Agamemnon steam ship arrived on Friday last, and left on Monday for the fleet. A man named John Johnston was killed just as she came in; having fallen from the mainyard on to a gun, and rebounded into the water. He was picked up severely contused and quite dead. The Gcann, Commodore Schroeder, and Mercury transport. (Prussian) arrived ou Friday last from Ports mouth, and left on Tuesday for Naples. The Amazon Prussian frigate sighted the island on the same day, and went on to the Levant without call- ins. The Triton, being ready for sea, will proceed to the fleet on the 30th inst., with despatches expected by the Ripon and Vectis. The Spitfire surveying ship, from the Levant and Corfu, arrived yesterday. The Dutch Admiral Bouricius, with the Prins von Oranje and the Doggerbank, left yesterday morning for Naples and ports of Sicily. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27. The Sidon, 22, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Goldsmith, finished coaling this morning, and is now taking in pro visions and stores for the Mediterranean fleet. The Leopard, 18, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain George Giffard, is ordered to hold herself in readiness for sea, believed for the Mediterranean. Similar orders were issued to the Medea, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Phillimore. • The Frolic, 16, sailing-sloop, Commander Nolloth, was towed to Spithead this afternoon. The Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, is about to be com missioned at this port by Captain Ryder. The Pique, 40, sailing-frigate, is also about to be com missioned at Devonport. The Fairy Royal yacht, Master Commander Welch ' , went to Stokes-bay again to-day, to try Mr. Murray s screw with the ball. Eight runs along the measured mile showed a loss of speed of about a tenth of a knot. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, will be taken out of the fitting basin to-morrow, and hauled off to moorings alongside the Victorious hulk. It is rumoured that Rear-Admiral Corry will bring home the sailing-ship Prince Regent, 90, pay her off, and hoist his flag in the Princess Royal, or a sister ship. The Sidon will carry despatches to him off Lisbon. A court-martial, consisting of Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, president ; Captain Lord Cla rence Edward Paget, of the Princess Royal ; C aptain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, of the Blenheim_ ; Captai n Giffard, of the Leopard ; Captain Crispin o f the Victoria and Albert ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge- Advocate of the Fleet, assembled to-day on board the Victory, to try James Andrews, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, on board the Sidon, on a charge of stealing a 5/. note from a tin-box, the property of Lieutenan Hodgkinson, of the same ship. The prisoner was Lieu" tenant Hodgkinson's servant, and being observed to change a note at the Bell tavern, near the Sallyport, by a corporal of the ship, the number of the note was °b• tamed, and it was afterwards discovered that this note had been lost from a locked box in Lieutenant Hodgkin son's cabin. The Court ad j udged the charge to be fully proved, and sen t ence d the prisoner to be imprisoned for 18 months in Winchester gaol, and to be th en dismissed the service i n disgrace. Captain Goldsmith, of the Sidon, prosecuted for the Admiralty OOLWICH, DEC. 2 APPOINTIONTS. Lieutenants Da vid Spain 0847), from the Basalisk, 6 , Paddle-wheel steam. v essel, on the a llorth Ge American 1,0 and, West India station, to the t j.to3 i l ßrid or e ge io the screw steam-ship at, Devonpor W Basilisk, vice Spain ; Morgan ng Si er (1853) g , recent y promoted from mate of the Excellent , gunnery ship at Royal William , 120, at Devonport Portsmouth, to the 47servin i the Ajax, 58, scre Hugh M. Elliot ), is g at C ork, re-appointed to that ship w for steam flea -ship serv ice is t h e Wizard, 6, brig tender to the flag-ship at that port. paymasters —James B. Hay (1846), to the Pique, 40 ; John • Ancell (1846), to the Dauntless, 24, screw steam -frigate, at Portsmouth ; Frederick Brady (1842), to the Euryalus, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Chatham ; James C. Aldridge, to the Diamond, 28, at Sheerness. Naval Instructors—Rev. William S. Harvey (1847), to the Princess Royal, 90, screw steam-ship at Ports mouth ; Rev. John K. Langton (1853), to the Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. Gunner—George Farrin to the Basilisk. Captain Thomas Bakar Pleydell, of the Chatham di vision, is appointed as Senior Officer of Royal Marines for service in the Cre ssy, 80, screw steamship at Sheer ness, and the number of the corps under orders for ser vice in her, in addition to the captain, is-1 subaltern, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1, drummer, and 73 privates of the Chatham division ; 1 subaltern, 1 sergeant, 1 cor poral, 1 drummer, and 40 privates of the Woolwich di vision ; 1 subaltern, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 25 gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery from Portsmouth, making a total of 1 captain, 3 subalterns, 3 sergeants, corporals, 2 drummers, and 133 privates, or a 'comple. inept of 150 men, including officers, non commissioned officers, drummers, and men. The Onyx Dover mail steam-packet, Second Master Rutter, when she left Woolwich at a quarter past 10 a.m. on Saturday last, preceeded to Long Reach, where she made three runs at the measured mile, and showed an average speed of 121 knots per hour. She afterwards held on to Dover, and arrived at the pier at that station at 7 p.m. where Mr. Stuart, who piloted her round, left her and returned by railway to Woolwich. The Prometheus steap-sloop,, being now ready for ser vice, went down the river in charge of Lieutentant Robertson, of the steam department afloat, to try her engines and speed at the measured mile at the Lower Hope, below Gravesend, and returned in the afternoon of to-day, the result being satisfactory, as, on the aver age of three runs, she made nine knots per hour. The Rhadamanthus steam troop and store ship, Mas : - ter-Commander, Belam, left Woolwich to-day for Chat ham, to take on board at that port a quantity of con LLOYD'S SKIPPING.-(TIIIS DA Y.) LONDON, Doc. 28.--Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breeze, and fine clear frosty weather. DEAL, N.W., frosty. Arrived—Star, Tag anrog. Arrived from the river, and sailed—Plumstead, Melbourne ; Trimandra, Cape of Good Hope, Tuscan, Bar badoes. CLYDE, Dec. 2G.—Wind S.—Sailed—Amanda, Boston, U.S. ; Argyle, do. ABERDEEN, Dec. 20.—Wind stormy.—Arrived —Albion, Quebec. SHEzmzEss, Dec. 27.—Wind N.—Arrived—Leontine, New Orleans, for Bremen, on account of the ioe in the Weser. POOLE, Dec. 27.—Wind N.—Sailed —Phcenix, St. trbes. OFF THE HOLMS.—Arrived—Hope, Africa. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Wind, .N.—Sailed—Fear Not, St. Michael's ; Alarm, Terceira. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Wind, N. E. Arrived —Balana guith, from London. for New Zealand. BRISTOL, Dec. 27.—Wind, N.E.—Arrived—City of Kandy, for Mauritius ; Breeze, Buenos Ayres ; Boa Fe, St. Michael's. NEWPORT, Dec. 27.—Arrived—the Victoria, Quebec ; Barahona, Liverpool; Jacob Gross, London, both for St. Thomas's • -Nimrod, Liverpool, for Hong K ong .—S a il e d— Skatan, St. Thomas. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Gento, from Cardiff, for Sierra Leone, making water • Alex, Rio Gr an d e .— Sailed—Maryllannah, for New Orle9.ns.l CROOKLLarEN, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Skerryvore, Buenos Ayres. SHIELDS, Dec. 27.—Sailed—Alderman, for New York. YARMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Jefferson, from Buenos Ayres. _ _ _ CHRISTIANSAND, Dec. 13.—The St. Helena, bound to Newcastle, has put into Mandal leaky, and must discharge, having struck on a rock. NEW YORK.—A barque and a schooner were seen sunk, 11th Dec., 15 miles to the S.E. of Pollock's Rip light-boat, with their topmasts above water, by the John Gilpin, arrived here. WHITSTABLE, Dec 27.—About 50 planks have been landed, reported to have been thrown overboard from the Flamingo, of Hull. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 27. The Otterspool, which was ashore 10th Dec., on Red Island, St. Lawrence, was being Par tinily discharged. The Susannah, from Quebec to Liver- Pool,c. re , etot_allcylw saved lost at Prince Edward's Island, previous to MONTROSE, Dec. 26.—1 t is feared that the Gem, of this port, which sailed from hence, 28th Nov., for London, has been lost, as a boat, with " Gem of Montrose" on it, cams ashore at Buckhaven. ANTWERP, Dec. 26.—The Annetta Fossina, from New. castle to Rotterdam, went on shore near Bromershaven previous to 22d Dec., was got afloat, but, making much water, was run ashore near the Renese Lighthouse, where she filled ; cargo and materials expected to be saved. DOVER, Dec. 27.—The Guilhermina, arrived off this port from Oporto, was in collision, about 5 a.m., 21 miles W.S.W. of Dungeness, with the Arundel, off and from Exeter, for the north, in ballast, when the latter imunedi• ately sank ; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 10.45 A.M. Wind N.E., fine, and frosty. Arrived—Dryad, from Callao ; Tryphena, St. Michael's; Hyam, Dram. The United States mail steamer, Baltic, has not pro• ceeded with the mails for New York, there not being suf.- ficent water to enable her to come out of dock. It is at present thought she will be able to get out of dock at ten o'clock to-night. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind N. ' • fine, with slight breeze. High water, Arrived, 28th—Furet, from Gravelinea ; Anna Maria Dorothea, Aalborg ; Victor, Archangel. DEAL, WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. Wind N., fresh. No arrivals. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. to-dap the receipts of English wheat eoaetwigie an g e were on a very limit e d sca l e. Th e F a r b e y sh l aunpd carriage in some instances, tdheemqannodtafotiroVs.wkienrdesrruttthlt steady,he than a ' last week. Foreign wheat, the imports of which are limited, moved off freely, and really fine parcels were is per quarter dearer. Floating cargoes were very firm, at extreme quotations. Barley was in demand, but we have no actual advanco ,o notice in prices. The malt trade ruled steady, on former terms• Oats, beans, peas, and flour were in request, and quit°► as dear as last week. Wheat. En4ish 570 Irish .... Foreign .. 1,890 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. I Malt. I Oats. ) 1,0 6 0 r 400 680 Flour. 480 1,140 5,0 N GOO brs 1 WHITICHAPEL. Our market is tolerably firm to - day , as follows :- 13 ?f from 3s Od to 48 2s ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 4tl to 4s Sd ; pork, 3s 4(1 to 4s 10(1 por Sibs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. There is a slight improvement for most kinds of haps. In prices, however, no change can be noticed. SPECIE TO INDIA AND CHlNA.—According to a state ment just published by Mr. James Low, the shipments of specie from England to India and China from the 20th of January, 1853, up to the 20th inst., have amounted to 6,682,1771., of which 986,5741. was gold, and the remainder silver. The proportion of this taken out by the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany was 6,321,9831., while those of the General Screw Company carried 360,1941. The sum included in the aggregate total as having been sent direct to China is 1,614,8921. PERUVIAN BONDHOLDERS. —A meeting o f Peruvian bondholders has been called for the 12th of January at the London Tavern, to take into consideration questions affecting their interests. 55/ 5 51 131 i 84 i 3t 67 a 61 7 10 100 99i 104 i 3t 78 7h 8h 23; 24 sn f 3 n 3 301 Li 15 i G2a 11 21 3 St. 20 12. St. 15 8h 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 Pm 11 pm 1051 i i X lB} 9 19 18i verted mahogany timbers for the new Royal steam yacht Windsor Castle, building at Pembroke, and convey it to that port. The Rhadamanthus had commenced trying her speed at the measured mile at the Lower Hope, after being repaired here, when the Prometheus returned to Woolwich. The Banshee steam-vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Louis R. Reynolds, has been taken into the King Wil liam IV. Dock to have her bottom examined, and it was found that a portion of her copper had been stripped off and her false keel injured, when she run aground during her late trip to Cork, when the Lords of the Ad miralty visited that port. The repairing of the false keel and recoppering will delay her proceeding for ser vice, as a 'mail packet on the Mediterranean station longer than was originally intended. Workmen have commenced clearing out the slip from which the Brisk, 14, screw steam-sloop was launched at this dockyard, as a new corvette, to be named the Pearl, and t, carry 20 guns, is ordered to be commenced im mediately, on the slip, when the timbers now in it are removed. The Pearl is to be fitted with a screw-propeller. 4-4,01W+ SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Dec. 27.—The American accounts show an active business in cotton at advancing prices. The weather continued highly favourable for picking, and for maturing the plant ; but the receipts were still de creasing. As might be expected at this holiday sea son, the attendance on the Manchester Exchange has been rather smaller to-day than usual ; and the amount of business, in yarn and goods, has not been at all considerable. The motives for caution continue to operate upon buyers and to tell upon the state of our market. Within some days back, some pur chases of water twist and 40-in. shirtings have ' been made for China. These shirtings are therefore not to be had at the previous low rates. There has been more doing of late in domestics and T cloths ; but the increased cost of yarns has placed the makers of those goods in a worse position than before. HALIFAX, Dec. 24.—As is usual at this time of the year, our Piece Hall has been very slenderly attended to-day, and scarcely any business has been transacted. In wools and yarns there is no quotable change, either as to demand or price. BIRMINGHAM, December 24.—1 n every branch of the iron trade full activity still prevails ; orders continue abund an t f or rods, bars sheets, plates, and rails ; for casting s , a l so, there is a ' large demand ; while pig iron has been in such request, that good qualities are mostly bought up for next quarter. The demand for coals continues unabated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-YESTERDAY. On Saturday, 4,000 to 40 was taken about Rennyside Hero for the Chester Cup, but the same odds might have been obtained to win a few thousands more. To-day there was a disposition to lay against Miss Mowbray for the Liverpool Steeplechase : 9 to 1 was currently offered, and we think 10 to 1 would have been laid, but there were no takers. King Toni, Dervish, and Ruby, all for the Derby, are very firm ; Virago for the Chester Cup continues to be backed at any advance upon 100 to 3, an unprecedented figure at this period of the year. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (offd.) 25 to 1 agst Come Away (taken). GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 50 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 50 to 1 agst Heapy (taken and offered). CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agst Virago (taken). 45 to 1 agst Tom (taken 50 to 1). 50 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 66 to 1 agst Alford (taken and offered). 100 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 100 to 1 agst Heapy (taken). 100 to 1 agst Kennyside Hero (offd). DERBY. Bto 1 agst King Tom (taken 9 to 1 freely). 12 to 1 agst Dervish (taken 13 to 1). 20 to 1 agst Ruby (wanted). o f joil s tern ) j e ct ittlo lye!' [O' k,. t 85 59A 1301 143 24 3i 104/ 45 6 13 21 i llf N 1g i