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

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 450 Egyptian, at 6d. to 911, and 400 Surat, at 3d. to 4-id. per lb. In Railway Shares a good business was done, at steady prices. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 435. 4d. per cwt., and the last week's 465. 7d. The week's sales were 102,845 qrs. The merchants connected with the Azores and Lisbon orange trade having come to the determina tion of assimilating the terms of selling to those adopted in London, the alteration commenced on the Ist instant• The quarterly and yearly statement of the revenue is considered highly encouraging. An increase of 702,7761: on the three and of nearly a million on the twelve months,. could not be other wise regarded. The surplus on the quarter is 474,918/, over the expenditure, or for the year to the sth January, 4,915,0781. There will conse quently be again a fair amount available for the Sinking Fund, notwithstanding alterations in the duties, the Kafir war, and other drawbacks. The Bank of England Directors, at their 4‘ p ar _ lor " meeting, this morning, came to the determi nation to advance the minimum rate of discount from 2to 2k per cent. The policy of such a mea sure has been canvassed for some days, and as far as the value of money is concerned, it was gene rally admitted, in the best informed quarters, that there was no ground for an advance, at least until the effect of the dividend pay ments was seen. In all probability, they would have caused money to be more plentiful, if not cheaper ; but it is precisely on this ground we believe, that the Bank of England 'has raised its terms ; the great number of new schemes that were about to be broached being likely to receive an impetus from the dividends. The question arises, however can the Bank keep up its charge, if bullion pours in from Australia and California ? We think there can be no hesitation as to the reply, and further, that frequent alterations should be • studiously avoided. The Funds have suffered by the above circum stance, though not to the extent they would have done if speculators, anticipating something of the kind, had not previously operated. In this way we account for a fact noticed a short time back under this head, of a certain per tentage having been given for the " put" of a large amount of Consols. The next Bank return is expected to show a falling off of about 200,000/. in the bullion. The value of Consols' this morning has been 100 k to Ex chequer Bills are 70s. to 735. premium. Bank Stock keeps up at 223 k to 224 k. The New 34. per Cents. have realised 1041 to k. Foreign Securities are affected to a minor extent by the re-action in Consols. Spanish Deferred bring 231, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39k. Mexi can are 23k to 1. The Turkish Loan is as low as k premium. Dutch and other Stocks are much the same. The Chartered Australian Land, Mining, Im porting, and Refining Company has introduced its shares upon the market, and a royal charter is to be applied for, and Mr. C. Watt's patent for reducing the ore is adopted. By this plan amalga mation is entirely superseded, the great expense of quicksilver being totally avoided; and yet every particle of gold or silver is extracted at a compara tively small expense. Mr. C. Watt has also a patent for refining gold and silver in the most ex peditious and least expensive mode hitherto known. It has been deemed expedient previously to the application for and grant of a royal charter for se curing certain privileges, and for limiting the lia bility of each shareholder, to arrange for the pur chase of an estate in the country where it is pro posed to commence operations. Accordingly, after a protracted negotiation, an agreement has been concluded for the purchase; in a well-known auri ferous district, of a large freehold estate, situate in the county of Argyle. On one side of it there is a long range of rocks, capped with quartz, and in the valley beneath a rapid stream flows into the lower levels, presenting all the features of an immense accumulation of gold. These lower levels are oc casionally overflowed, and large alluvial hollows have been formed, where, in obedience to the gra vity of the quartose matters and the force of the impelling torrents, the precious metals are deposit -4RI in the sand or mud. A first-rate proprietory is stated to have been secured, and very sanguine 'expectations of large returns are entertained. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western North Western South Western Brighton 3Vliclland South Eastern North Stafford Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 1853. 1852. ... 13,884 13,868 ... 45,928 40,247 ... 9,851 8,403 ... 9,971 8,094 . . 23,642 20,048 .. 15,076 12,654 ... 5,502 4,571 ... 9,174 7,798 ... 15,527 10,080 ... 17,818 16,299 7,613 6,605 ... 14,093 13,036 The Railway Share market is do wn a b ou t 1 per cent., although speculation certainly h as no need. to be checked in them, and like most sound under takings . they will ultimately benefit, the fewer new companies are brought out. The Gold Mines are a ll in favor of buyers, and also the Land Com! as the list will show, bnt no se r i ous d ecl i ne panies, has occurred. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY (From the Official List.) Business cone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. ..... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities N e w 3 per Cent. Annuitie s........ Long Annuities, Exp ire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 India Bonds, £l.OOO B3 South Sea New Annuities Consols for Opening 18th January Exc h equ er Bills lid. March. £lOOO 7O 3 £5OO 7O 3 Small 7O 3 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 99 8. Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent 23A Ditto for the Account , Portuguese 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23 Spanish Passive (Converted) 5 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4 1 Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 . 2 Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent l3 67n z„ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 99,1 - HALP-PAST TWO. 1001 i June. Consols MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES of mu of the TISII CORN For the Week ended Jan. 6, 1853, made up from the ai ne id ttirna Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In Lagi BI 135 s 0.1 I 3 ;:As 6d per Imperial Quarter. and , o, ales. I imperil Quarter. I OATS. I BYE. '• 1 463 7d 295 8d 18s 9d I 293 7d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I WHEAT. I BA RLEY. I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PEAS IS Od le Od Is Od lIsOdI Is od I s 0 :, QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Oats, 24,706; Rye, 66 ; Beats, Wheat, 102,843 ; Barley, 94 642 5.889; Peas, 2,958 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SurnlFlELD.—Meadow hay , 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and stra w, 1/ 6s to 1/ us per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2 / 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 18s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITtCHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2 / 15 s to 4/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 15 s t o 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5 s to 1 / 12s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. IsTrimarE AND LEADENHALL.-- Th to-dav were large, yet the trade ruledsteady,eli BuPPes on offer B at full prices. ef, 2a 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6 d ; Veal, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase._ each SOUTRALL, JAN. s.—Although the supplies of a kind of fat to is Od ; Mutton, stock re seasonably large • demand ruled stead y , at full Prices. Beef, 2s 8d 3s 4d to ri. °c l Veal . , 3s to 48 2d ; Pork 2s Bcl to 3s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. 0 RomFonn, (Tax. 5. We had a very steady market to - day, and rom 2last week's prices were freely supported. Veal,Beef from 2s 'week's prices were freely supported. Veal, 3s 0(1 t o 4s 14 to 48 Mutton, 3s 2d to 5 s Od ; Od Quarter old Stor e Pi ; Pork, .3s Od to 3s 10d' per 81bs. ga, 19s to 23 s eac h. LEWES, JAN. 4. --- The trade firm, and prices higher, as follows :—Beef, fr om 3 s Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4 8 Od ; P ork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 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 admissions 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 satis factory. Votes of thanks were passed to the chairman and to Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, and the meeting separated. The annual ball of the Linendrapers' and Silkinercers' Institution took place on Tuesday night at Willis's Rooms in aid of the funds, and was well attended, THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING J AN. 5, 1853. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years ereof a n d Q uar ters ended s th Janua r y , 1852 a nd 1853, showing the Increase and Decrease a. Shr. I Paid QUARTERS 1 UA ENDED Y EAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ended , .____--.. Year ended Jam 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. --, ended ,oc, lncrease. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, r -._____.........-_____ r _-..-_-_,---, 1851 1851 18'1 1852 1852 1852 1852 1852 1853 1853 1 2 2 2 1 ; 4 3 :4 --- ---- - --- . £ £ £ X X X X X X X Custom: .. .. .. .. .. •• .. 1,541,266 4,318,218 5,335,073 4,559,512 18,761,069 4,615,025 4,502,161 5,036,809 4,541 , 384 419873 1:7 3 9 7 : i C T t a is x to es ms ... ........ .. • .. .... • 2 £ £ £ 1, , .,80,536 3,419,810 4,139,854 3,552,970 13,093,170 Z 070,064 3,443,51 6 4,303, ;55 3,539,646 13,356,981 Excise ••••• • • • • ... 26 - - 65 ' 6" .. .. 18,128 Stamps . Taxes •. . ... Property Tax •. I Misce T ll o an ta e l ou . 5.............. .. .. 187,5 4 4 Post-oftice..... 60030 2 4 6 0 1 :0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 2 :0 0 0 0 0 0 1, 2 0 6 2 0 2 ;0 0 0 0 0 0 1 c P r o o s wii t-offi t c ar e ids ..... 20i714 186,199 223,951 .... 100,282 "• • .... Crown Lands 40,000 30,000 40,000 40,000 150,000 41,733 202,189 17,799 32,008; 293,729 42,000 26.000 - ... Miscellaneous •••• • • • • 21,974 91,241 28,1.52 30,"74 172,241 • ... 40,000 •• • • --,------- -- ----- -- - 1 •RepaymtsofAdvncs: •• •• 1,434 .• • . Total Ordinary Revenue 10,668, 5 18 12,646.873 13,317,104 11,410,419 48,042,914 10,9 8 4 8 5 :6 6 0 8 8 2 12, 2 62 16 5, 6 3 5 9 3 2 13, 2 2 3 , 3 4:0 5 4 3 2 0 11, 4 9 8 68 1:0 1 8 7 5 8 48,802,833 103129 Imprest Moneys, &c. • • 261,765 139,770 124,330 117,545 643,410 140,441 212,688 137,996 142,938 634,063 , Imprest Moneys, &c 1.04,725 293,806 589,211 31,452 Repayments ofAdvances 141,903 123,409 165,255 372,371 802,943 Total ...... .. ------- 1,282,079 9,37 25,393 • ... - - - .. .. 119,624 •••• Total Income • • 11,072,19 1 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 49A89,267 11,174,731 13,054,733 13,635,618 12,603,111 50,468,193 - ----- -- --- ----- 303,153 734,228 31,452 Amount applied to Con- • soli dated Fund. 5,868,205 7,975,091 8,794,247 7,358,212 29,995,755 5,695,185 7,620,984 8,443,718 7,647,1431 29,407,030 303,153 r Deduct Ditto, as Advances .•• • • 429,684 364,748 286,617 313,643 1,394,692 236,576 326,343 ' 388,835 499,376 1,451,130 Decrease 31,452 ________ Ditto, as part of Ways & Means of the Year •• • • 4,774,302 4,570,213 4,525,825 4,228,480 18,098,380 5,242,970 5,107,406 4,803,065 4,456,592 19,610,033 978,926 }lncrease 702 776 Decrease r Increase --- ---- Lon Year. ' L Quarter. Total. • . ..111,072,19 1 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 - - • • Rxelusive o 1 If Advances, No. IL—lncome and. Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ending sth January, 1852 and 1853.• ''"'"'""------- Quarters ended Jan. 5. ' Quarters ended Jan. 5. „,,----......--.........., 1852 1853 CHARGE. e .------- - --------, 1852 1853 —____ INCOME. X. X. X. X. ....... .. ...... ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • . .• ... ..... .. 5,761,804 5,737,668 4,578,217 4,560,104 Terminable Annuities ••••••••••—• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •• • • ••• • • • '• ••• • • • 569,558 576,226 Customs ••••••••'•'•• • • • • • • • • • • • • 3,563,322 3,549,561 Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund .• •• • ....... .. .... .. ......... ...... .• •• .... Excise • • • • • • ..... • • ...... 744,753 476,085 Stamps •• • ....... •• .. • 1,185.922 L 419,873 The Civil List .. ...... ...... ••• • • ..„, . • . ........ 62,195 99,413 Taxes • • • • • • • • • • ••• .. 367,956 468,238 Other Charges,on • the Consolidated Fund . . . . .. . . • . .. , • .. . . . . . . • • •• ~ ................ „ • • • • •• • • • • ........ 351,187 327,901 Property Tax • • • ' '' ' ' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 246,000 313,643 499,376 Post-office •• • • • .......... ••••• • • • • • 40,000 80,000 Crown Lands ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 30,574 32,008 Total Charge •• •• •• ,• •• •—• Miscellaneous • • •• • • • • • • • • • • " • • • • 38,841 31,072 Imprest and other Moneys ••••• • • • • • 4,159,915 4,915,078 Produce of the sale of Old Stores .. • • 78,704 111,867 R epa yments of Advances .• . ..... .... 372,371 491,995 12,000,055 12,631,747 11,929,392 12,631,747 The Surplus of the Revenue at 10th October, 1852, was, after providing for the charge for that Quarter .. .. .. ,• •• •• • • 16,432 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.... .......• To savings 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 I 12,000,055 12,631,7 4 7 Consolidated Fund for Supply Services .. ••.. • • .... ••••••••••••• • • • • • • •• • • • • • ••• • • •• • • ---- The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the Fund, and for the payment of Supply ! Services in Great Britain in the Quarter ending sth Jan., 1850 .. • ................. ••,.••••••• • • • • . • • . • • • .. 474,918 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1853. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closltig: Prices Yesteray. Bus,nees done this day. FRANC E . The Pays of yesterday gives a review of the year 1852 similar to that of the Constitutionnel, showing the benefits to the cause of order which have been derived from the political events of that period. In the Constitutionnel there is a long article on the restoration of the Church of Saint Genevieve to the purposes of religious. worship. A great portion of the article consists of a history of the building, but in one part it declares that the restitution of this Church to religious worship is not only a reli gious event of the highest importance :—it is a po litical one, the significance of which will not escape attention. To the victory of Christianity over philosophical scepticism, is just added, as a natural consequence, the triumph of the principle of order and of authority over anarchical doctrines. A striking proof of the invincible logic which unites human affairs one to the other ! After two explo sions of the spirit of revolution in 1792 and in 1830, the Church, devoted to the Patron Saint of Paris, became the Pantheon, a lying name exhumed from Paganism, since, far from becoming the temple of all the gods, this edifice without an object was to be the Necropolis of the illustrious dead. At two epochs also, after the restoration of social ideas under the government of two Napoleons, the cross again became resplendent on this magnificent dome, and the altar of Christianity , was again raised. Let it not after this be said that history is not a lesson of wisdom for those who know how to read in the annals of the past the lessons of the future. The Union expresses a sort of triumph at the re-establishment of religious worship in this church. The front of the church was illuminated on Mon day evening, and on Tuesday there was a consider able crowd to place lighted wax candles round the gold shrine which is said to contain the heart of the Saint. Grand services were celebrated on Monday in the Church of Sainte Genevieve at Nanterre, in which village she was born. A great number of pilgrims went to drink water from the well of the house in which she is said to have re sided ; and many of them carried home little bottles full of it, in the belief that it would cure their sick children. The Assembles Nationale, in noticing the para graph of the Moniteur repudiating a work called the Limites dela France, rebukes with some energy the apparent encouragement given to warlike ideas . in some quarters from which a different policy was to have been expected. A ministerial journal (the Patrie) is in particular reproached with having copied from a Belgian paper an article on this sub ject of a mischievous tendency. It is probable that the article in question was reproduced by the Patrie without due consideration of its tendency, and that the Assemblee attaches to the fact more importance than it merits. At any rate, the re pudiation of the Moniteur, as the official organ of the Government, is quite sufficient to show that, although there may be persons who pretend to know that the pacific intentions of the Government are not sincere, the Government itself is resolved to give proofs of its sincerity. The Assemblee remarks that, "Singularly enough, every one wish es f or . peace ; from one end of Eu rope to the other Governm en t s prom i se it t o t h e . people ; is put forth in solemn speeches, and it is even sung at all the theatr es , as th o u g h we had just signed th e p eace o f Am i ens, and nevertheless the slightest pretext — a f ew pages f rom a pen with out authority —are sufficient to i ns pi re every one with the ideas of war. The f au lt, we l ou dl y de clare, is not with the Imperial G overnmen t , b ut lies with the press. The most unequivocal assu rances given to the country, and p ar ti cu l ar l y t h e solemn recognition which it has made of the trea 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 martn s e o , u c g a h v t a f i g o r n a in e the an m d o c s h t a opposite r c e m ac p h s. rep L r a e - - sented it in his day ; the nephew of the Emperor highestrepresentsitinthestrengthof his degree, and derives from it the principal 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. 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 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 frare. 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-hi-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 being composed of M. Stourm, Councillgr of State, President; MM. Chadenet and Aignon de Monsigny, Masters of Requests ; MM. Dupin and Beranger, Councillors at the Court of Accounts ; M. de Codrosy, Inspector-General of Finance ; and MM. de Casabianca and Bartholy, Auditors at the Council of State. A third decree appoints M. Noel, of Paris, notary to the Em peror, officer of the Legion of Honour ; and a fourth nominates knight& of the same order, M. Hebert, Questor of the Legislative Body, Count de Cambaceres, one of the members of that body, and M. Manceaux, the Secretary. Another decree confers promotions in, or appoints to, the Legion of Honour on a very large number of officers, sub officers, and privates in the army, and awards the military medal to others. The names fill four columns in the Moniteur. The Bourse was again dull to-day from the number of defaulters declared. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 80c., and closed at 105 f. 30c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,025 f. ; Rouen, 992 f. 50c. ; Havre, 525 f. ; Great Northern, 880 f. ; Bide, 360 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 805 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 911 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Marseilles, 760 f. ; Western of France, 750 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 622 f. 50c. ; St. Dizier to Gray, 540 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 603 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued at 500 f., 800 f. GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette says :—" M. de Bismarlc Schoanhausen communicated to the Germanic Diet, on the 30th ult., a project of reply to the official announcement of the accession of the Emperor Napoleon 111. to the throne, which was adopted without discussion." AUSTRIA. The Triest Zeitung, of the 31st December, con tains the following news :—" Prince Daniel has re turned to Szabljak, in the neighbourhood of which fort all points of strategic importance are to be for tified. The truce has been broken by both parties, and skirmishes continually take place. 2,700 armed men have joined the Montenegrines from the Herzegowina. A battery had been erected on a promontory called Kerba, which overlooks the Lake of Scutari, and just at this point the Turks attempted to effect a landing, but were repulsed, leaving 600 dead behind them. The loss of life on the part of the Montenegrines was also serious. George Petrovich, Prince Daniel's uncle, is about to undertake a journey to this capital and St. t n l:e as T t r h ie a s t t o Z rg ei a t n to o ig f t m h us e p t r b: ss rise cl: Thevteer s d b lrv u eip r t g he r t . a ' s uotfi evidently hostile to Turkey. PIEDMONT . A letter from Turin states that all the Jews who had been allowed to fill public situations in conse quence of the spirit of tolerance of the late consti tution, have been ordered either to change their religion or to resign. The majority of them, it is said, appear inclined to adopt the latter alternative. TUSCANY. The Genoa Mercantile Courier, of the 31st ult., quotes the following letter, d a t e d Florence, 28 " 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 entertainments and banquets. The O rs i n i f am il y, in particular, distinguished itself by its demo ns t ra ti ons, and caused him to be admitted on Sunday last t o a s itti ng of the Philharmonic Society, which, notwith s t an di ng hi s presence, was most brilliant and gay. But thi s i s no t all. The arts, of which Tus cany is the centr e , a l so w i shed , th e penc il o f B ez zuoli, and to honour in a becoming manner such a guest, and the graver of D u p re are to po - rtray his effigy. The first of these artists demanded 500 scudi for the task, but ultimately accepted 300. The Marshal wishes to be painted at full length, s urrounded with all the acces sories commem ora ti ve o f the part he acted in the events of Hungary. Th us , w hi le the Austrians themselves, the companions in arms of the Marshal, endeavour to avoid him, Italian families, Italian artists, offer him their good offices, and celebrate him by works of their genius. These are fortunately very rare exceptions, and so repulsive th a t we cannot dwell upon them any longer. The wife o f M adiai better. Her pardon, however, has not not y e t been td " is grane. ..., --., TITRIT LE y . The Augsburg Gazeu x 28th ult., says :--" We learn that the Vladika of Montenegro is about to armistice concluded . with take advantage of the , under date of Vienna, the commander of the conquest." will ll urld n s o h t t fi ro n o d ps m t u o .c v h isi s t y o ur sympathy for his warlike pro capital. If he comes he tinople, 15th ult., in the pen A si l t e i t e t s e a r n fr d o p m ro c je o c ns ts t zf l Trieste Gazette, says :—" We learn that the Mon tenegrins have made another incursion on the ur gained possession of a f T ort, ki t s w h o te t rp wn toz a , n a d nd tw h e z y villages, after having massacred all the Mussulniang.,, e THE TELEGRAPH LINES OP THE WORLD UP TO 1853. The extent of telegraphic commu n i ca ti on , comp l e t e d an d in operation throughout the world, a t th e b eg i nn i ng of the present year, may be estimat e d, as f ar a s can be th , is ga thered amountf rom t theh ethere returns, were nearly at rl nearly 40,000 miles. Of 4 000 miles in Great Britain, of which 10 0 miles o nly were underground, with about 400 or 500 miles in course of construction in Eng land, 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 e -mmenced her system of telegraphs between St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Cracow, and the ports of the Baltic and Black Seas. About 4,000 miles are about to be constructed in India. The only unsupplied portions that will soon present themselves on a telegraphic map of the world will be 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 c h a i r. 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. THE BURGLARY AT RAVENSWORTH CASTLE.—No clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of this bur glary. The following is a list of the property stolen : A small green leather dispatch box, containing 1001. in 51. Bank of England notes and sovereigns ; a small blue leather box, containing shirt studs, gold buttons, shirt 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 ; 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 fora cloak, pair of silver tweez ers, twisted gold ring, &c. 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 Bochefoucauld. observes, " there are some people who would never have fallen in love, if they had not heard love mentioned," many per sons, through bearing 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 explain 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 s rid of him, ran hiin twice through the body with a sword. He 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." —Ouizot. Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Boit. & Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. LLesh. Cheshiro Janet Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O & £25 Cons , Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter.. Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Dublin&BelfaitJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£IBE. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Clss A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do. IDo., B. & C.. lFast Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., s B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 'Great Western Irish South-Eastern. Lancast 3r flit Carlisle. Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern....... Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright. ez S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do £50... Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shcf. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares . Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket. Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskilleu Newry Warronpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k.......... Do., New ....... Northn. Counties Un. North British ......... North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., ...... Do., A Deferred ... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S.Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... iScottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury &Minn. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrowsby. & Herat'. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestu Shropshire Union Do., A. B. C. &D. fully paid up at p. c...... South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0......... ............. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway [Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West London Woodford York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFEREM ( Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bristol & Exeter 4 p. cent. Stock .......... Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO ..... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... I Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ....... EastAngliau (310 s) 6 per cent ........... Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 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. East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent..., Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southu. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Great Western, fixed 4i per cent.. Cash. dt Yorksh., F. £2O. 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..,1 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 17 5 9 100 • Do. New Guar. 6p.e.1 Lon. & N. West. Cov. & Nun., IS p. o. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares .............. Londndry. & Ennisk. 5hare5............... Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £10......... Maiypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent....... Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & ' Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 41 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et.. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent . North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do 10 all 11 all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrowsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. .5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.6 d. Do. 4i per cent • S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.L Hartl. Guar. sp.c.till 1 Ju1y,1856 Water:d.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H. & S. Punch JOINT-STOi Australasia British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lou don English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. Westminstei National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation IDo. ilew Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal AustralD .Bkg & Gold Importing Company South Australia Union of A übLralia Do. New Union of London.. 31i - 32, 1 1 Q - 7 10 11 —53 d, - 23 2i 2 d 107 109 67 68, 23. 24 17 —18 4 i, 3 2 0 8i - 4 6 -- 61 13 10 '. 7 i - 8 77 - 79 55 -• 60 77 - 79 29 - 30, 61 - 63 81A -82 i 43 - 45 120 -122 106 108 954 6i -- 74 89 -- 91 11i 12ip 81A -- 85 3i 3}d 2 —2 d 173 -- 18 4 31 d 0 12:1 106 95 4.1 91 5 1084 125: I 1552 3 al 31 i 79i 80 2i-2'' 4;11 4^3t dl 84 9 34 44 p 52 53 96 98 64 66 66 68 75 - 80 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 , 3 -2i 23 - 24 84 - 85 39 - 394 13 - 134 4 - 41 21 2, 1 2 . 13/1 - 14 9 - 9g 27 1 - 28 9i - 10 73 74 21 Ggd --- 59 60„ SHARES, 1 109 - 1111 1106 - 1081 19 20 id -- i PI 6 - 64 - 311 3. - 4 • - 2 p 1 - p 1 - 15 18 -• 18.,, ..i 1 : ..i), 127 - 129 112 E 114 8,1 - 9 1 -1 109 A - 1103 iP- # P 152 - 155 -4 - Si; 13. -- 14 9i --103 104 -- 111 - • 1 IT 1i p 1149 - 151 $i -- P 23 -- 234 6 -- 64 2 -- 2i 101 i --10'4 25A -- 2q, 2} - ] 11 - 11 171 I, IG, 17', Par 26 - 26 19 - 20 - pm 103 - 104 -5; - i PI BANKS, •.. ••••- . ... - ... 6 7 1084 67-i THE REVENUE. (From the Times.) The quarterly returns of the revenue entirely bear out the pleasing admissions which the force of truth and a few months of office extracted from the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. All things con sidered, there never, within our recollection, was a more prosperous statement. We must still say, " all things considered," for in various branches of the revenue the comparison of periods continue to be affected by recent reductions. Beginning with the comparison of the quarter just ended with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, we are encountered with a decrease in the Customs to the extent of 18,1281., owing to the reductions in the duties upon sugar and to the diminished importa tion of corn. In the Excise of the year there is also a decrease of 13,3241., to be referred possibly to the high price of barley. In stamps—always held to be indicative, if not of prosperity, at least of business-- 7 the quarter shows an increase to the amount of 187,5441. In the assessed taxes, also, there is an increase of 233,9511. The property tax, on the fluctuations of which so many theories have been raised, exhibits .an increase to the amount of 100,2621., for the causes of which we must necessarily look back some years. The Post-office declares an increase of 26,0001., and the Crown Lands of 40,0001. Altogether, the increase in the ordinary revenue of the quarter is 557,7591. ; and, though it admits of peculiar ex planation in several items, is hardly consistent with any other supposition than that of great prosperity. When repayment of advances and other extra ordinary items are included in the account, the quarter's increase becomes no less than 702,776/. The 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 65,6871., which, in a branch o f th e revenue yielding l as t year 18,695,3821., is a very trifling matter. The Excise of the year shows an increase of 263,3111. ; and the Stamps an in crease of 356,712/. The Taxes are largely affected by the substitution of the House for the Window Tax, and the result is a decrease of 186,199/. The Property Tax yielded 204,7141. more in 1852 than in 1851, though we are not about to insist on that increase as a proof of contemporaneous Brosperity. 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 aro in cluded, 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 process 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 thin g s, they will not easily endure a radical reform othe 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 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 (rade 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. CUSTOMS" REFORM. (From a Correspondent.) There are others besides Messrs. Crauford and Travers Of the c ity of London, clamouring for the reform of this address es ° i la t d establishme n t. The Liverpool Cha m b er o f C om merce Mercury on ent, under the signature of "Junior," who .members through th e co l umn s of th e have a correspondent , the same sional periods, thee subject. They appear at occa of the 28th of last last (No. 5) being in the publication seems to he, that tii nonth, and its principal complaint 1 chief officers their e Board insist on sending them as i strangers to Liverpool favourites a at other ports, who, being 1 its habits or requirements, its commerce, are ignorant of mode of their own hi conducting and, as a rule, adopt a new upsetting and deranging u i c i ting the business of the port, One of these inspectors, ita former established practice. some time ago out of London, appear' was selected himself to work most valorously,and on his arrival he set of officers belonging to the m in reducing the number. that as the my of economy Pwarts, a thinking, no doubt, best mode of testifying his appreoia b t r o oad, that was the ment conferred on him. He submitted n of a the appoint the number of landing waiters, and had it reduction in effect; but to what extent the letter does not into It is admitted, however, by himself, in answer state. Council of the Chamber of Commerce, that onee r t o o ffi the is frequently obliged to attend, or rather be responsibler for the examination of the cargoes of fifty-two fore i gn e' ships at one time ! The vessels are supposed to contain free goods, of course ; but what did Mr. Cobden sa y i n reference to the examination of free goods ? Why, "that unless a careful review was taken of goods reported as ' free,' the public revenue would be defrauded to a great extent, for i - t was as likely that the bales claimed to im be free would be as mu ch tobacco, as cot." It is possible that; one person can dischargeh his duty, at least in any way approaching efficiency, if ei to atten who d the discharge of so many shi p s at once. 'The writer, enters into a 11 these particulars with official minuteness and 4 great sk ill, concludes his letter by exonerating the Cokmmissiowers 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 suggest ,ions. He also recommends the Chamber of Commerce to ) insist in the establishment of a local com mission, witl ii power to decide upon cases belonging to the trade et the place, independent of the Board in London, xd xd 18 100 100 all all 45 all 81 80 oi • pm. 2i 101 i 2 r 0 x. d. 73 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing lompans. losiwr Prices Yesterlay. RAILWAYS, BedfJrd and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd 1 guarantee Do.withoutgr Birm.Wolv. Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New Hrtlpl. Dk. dz i Railway Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per et... Manch.Biton. and Matlock Middlesbro' Red car . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. } Shares. 2 Roystn.&Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. di Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh.. WearValleygr 6 per cent ... Do Wilts &Somrsti Loudon & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N.W. Caledon Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New & Berw., Y.&N. Md, Do • S. Eastern Do Norfolk ... Do . , - Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do 1 L. & N. W Cm& Yk Do IGt.Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. it Darling Do Gt. Westn 30 - 31 29,i -30 A 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54. 56 149 - 151 33 - 34 112 .114 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 -- 144 ' 25i -- 263 23 --254 3 - 3i 1074 1: to 64 66 - pm 52 - 151 52 - 154 ~- ~~i 32 - 33 .05i - 1061 FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. BelgianEastn. Junct. Central of France(Or• leans & Vierzon Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besancon, Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway)... Do. (Canal) • Lyons & Methterran, ,Madras Maria Antonia. Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest), Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.; NorwegianTrunkPrei Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen.. Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaon & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond.. Rouen and Havre.„. Sambre and blouse._ Southern of Franco.. St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes.... Upper India Scrip.,, West Flanders . !Do. t$ per c. Pref. Western of France, Agua Fria lAnglo Californian A us tralasi au Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Avo Maria Baden (Gd .Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaos & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain...,, Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Load. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita.. ...... Mexican&S.Amerien. New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican West Mariposa.. Yuba MISCEL: Australian Agricult !Canada ICopperMiners of Eng, Do. Preference ....... !Crystal Palaco. Eastern Steam Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land.... Peninsular & Oriental Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Univeml Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph 68 - 70 22 - 24 LLOYD'S SHIPPING (THIS DAY.) 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. ; Challengd, Hong Kong; Hellespont, Maulmaiu ; Marquis of Breadalbane, Sierra Leone ; Gilbert Munro, St. Lucia. Sailed—Hendrick Hudson, New York. LIVERPOOL, Jan. s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Eclipse, Paraoba, sailed on the 7th of December, and experienced fine weather the whole of the passage until she arrived off Holyhead on the 3d inst. ; Propontos, Buenos Ayres; Sinn, St. Domingo ; Coquette, Honduras ; American Union, Now York ; Standard, Tatniagouche. Put back— Ebba Braho, Mobile. The Mary Dickson of Belfast was in contact this morning with the Princeton—was dismasted, and drifted fail of the Kossuth. Jan. 6.—Sailed— Digby, Melbourne ; Sir R. Jackson, Valparaiso ' • Virginia, Man zanilla ; Empress, Baltimore ; City of Glasgow, Phila delphia. FALMOUTH, Jan. 5.--The Lady of the West of New port, Bristol to Now Orleans, was abandoned in a sinking . state on the 26th December, 47 N., 9 W. ; m a ster 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 horo. abandoned in a sinking s t a t e , p • icked up on the 26th Jan. s.—The Sp r i ng o f Shi e ld s was crew FRASERBURGH, of December. The vessel w hi c h runinto the Freedom on the 29th, was the Maria, and not the Myra, as reported ; she is supposed to have gone down. MARYPORT, Jan. s.—The Wilson, from Liverpool, is on shore ; expected off. IsLAY, Jan. s.—The Clorinda, Troon to Smyrna, has been assisted ed in here leaky, &c., an d must partly discharge t be caulk. MoNruosE, Jan. s.—The Wheathill of Wisbeach was 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. dYered ARMOUTH, Jan. s . —The J ago, Blyth to Lynn, foun on the 27t SOUTHAMPTON h of December, off Whitby ; crew s ave d. mann (s), New York. , Jan. s . —Wind, S.W. Aarived—Her- DECLIVITY give the runnin OF RIVERS. —A very slight declivity suf fices to about three miles anll straight channel, gives a velocity of per mile, in asinowil g motion to water. Three inches waters of the hour. The Ganges, which gathers the is at eighteen Himalaya hundred miles the loftiest in the world, eight hundred feet miles from its mouth, only about the height of St. above the level of the sea—about twice Paul'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 than a month. The great river Magdalena, in South America, running for a thousand miles between two ridges of the Andes, falls only five hundred feet in all that distance. Above the commencement of the thou sand miles, has seen descending in rapids and cataracts from the mountains. The gigantic Rio de la Plata has so gentle a descent to the ocean, that in Paraguay, fif teen hundred miles from its mouth, large ships are seen, which have sailed against the current all the way, b y the force of the wind alone ; that is to say, which, o n the beautifully inclined plane of the stream, have been gradually lifted by the soft wind, and e ven against curr ent, to an elevation greater than that of the sp i res . -4 rnoteB Physics. our loftiest Closing Prices Yesterday. 1 - 2 ii -: 16 2 -- 2ip 11 1 d 6. —7 pxn 2 —2i p 1 —1,4 p 1 —lip 7 -7 5 - - 1 1 - 14 10 - 12 p 2i- 2ip 8 -- 8 Gi 35 -35 A 144 -- 151 161 -- 16ip 39 -- 41 39 -- 40 32 -32 i A -- P 21 -21 i 10i --11 34 -- 44 pxu 51 -- } si d-- 4 P 101 -- 10ip lf - p -1 , p 4 -5 p 7 -8 - 1 1 1 ) -- PP P -- P P 11 - 13 4 - 5 2 - 3 29 - 30 - P 42 - 44 3f- 43p 7 - 7i if i a 14-1 p #p -14 p P 4 I - - P - lip 2 - 2ip - P 27 - 29 .1 8 - 9 10 - 12 9 - 9i - P - *EOIIS ;85 - 290 ••,. - . 5 - . Business done this day. ex new Bushies. this day. 12. 12i 20 20 12i St. St. 25 35 321 all all 100 20 10 50 100 LITERATURE. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Love in the .1110017. ; a Poem, with, Remarks on that Luminary. By Patrick Scott, author of " Lelio." Taylor, Walton, and Ma,berly. 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. .As 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 Rosso 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, " Wher6 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, finlike the in habitants of our world, their bodies hre contained within their souls ! Having said thisit 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. By Anna Harriet Drury. Pickering. We have on other occasions noticed some 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 mo s t felicitous examioile.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, travell ers a ll, we ma k e 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 th e i r reckoning not paid. The Picture Pleasure-Book. Actiey. 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 magazines 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 tO.l their own 26k e stori' _ies, 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, g ive pleasurd to those for whom they are provided. Sketches of various animals, and representations of little do mestic scenes and adventures are the chief subjEkts, and sometimes a whole nursery tale is narrated in successive pictures. Some of these are admirable. 38. g 31 g 8t • 201 20 101 9i 10A pm. x.n. 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 rtsults 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 C as .. tellan, the great friend of our heroine, was a very pleasing girl : her disposition contrasted well with that of Arbell. e ' 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 mon e y s h e has willingly spent for me since I was taken in charity into her house." The astonishment of Generall Dudley at etcahirsceslp;ebcehdfersoemribead.littAleitegrent oving girl, can looking at her for rage.a few moments, he burst into an ungovernable • Reveries 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, a„ssuredly, 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 " sm o k e ' suggests a vision of " doubt," the succeedin " 14taze" inspires " cheer," and then follows "ashes" and " des o la- . tion;" the visionary home is despoiled of its tre,a sures, the ideal wife and .children are in the grave; and so naturally, so pathetically is the loss imagined,_.s that we can readily understand him rousing fronl . hi y. dream, thanking God the sad picture is not a t r he al!t _ Yet more charming is the comparison of sea coal, yet and the steadfast glowing Anthraci hearts symbolised by the sparkling, more delightful is deceptive.tan. • THE BACHELOR'S VISIONARY HOW " From my soul I pity him whose soul d oes not it is ea p at the the mere utterance of that name. A 1 7 - -shome its highest on bright, blessed, adorable phantom, a w o i w th b y e our to o y wo o glittering day ' to reached ? When shall it cease be e Trhen shall it be the sunny horizon that gircleth Lif yo el r ! hi s r . dream, and become fully and fairly in. Y have its charms " It is not the house, though t hat northe plc footpaths ; nor the trees,. though nor the fields carefully ; ca rp land ,nor yet is -theu it likethatof a great rock in a • t sweet blaze-Play tires which fireside, with its the cherished book ; but tell of loved ones ; nor the ______, E. , p more far , a h na th st e re ir ak s e ha d than all those—it is the ±?,,,".` The - 1 -Ares of your tilled, and ; there ; the altar of your confideuee there p are dl faith is there and ere; the end of your worl t y. passionateflow adorning it all, and ding your blood in , i 53 the ecstasy of the • tion that there, at least, you are belovedcon • yo are understood ; that there you r e ,, that there 1 rots with gentlest forgiveness ; that the your will meet ever re troubles • sm il o d away ; that there you I ,will be f„ r iese of harsh, nnsympathisinauublirden 3"43ur s°lll ma y be entirely and j o yf u n g ears; and that there ou y yourself 1 ." y In the Third Re ver i e, “ with a wisp of paper, a,, cigar ' ' lighted with a coal" and cc • , gests appropriate reflections wits a mannersgaffec Lion ; and the on different of Fourth . in the fo rm of a Reverie, the longest, is throughout, but especially the concludi ng p or ti o n. complete history — ver y c h arm i ng throughout, ali b naNes of domestic • life in its happiest phase, and the tenderly -touching. allusion to the death of the little child, is sufficent to entitle its author to C all his " A Book of the Heart." 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