The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-29 00:00:00

........ _ ...,...._______._......._......- Fr EDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. T.he s e l ect i on provided for 48, the patrons of the concert last night was of a mixed character. Certain brief I ttacts from the Zauberflote and lifaritana were the 1462 9 Put most prominently forward in the bills. The Tg a gement of Miss Louisa Pyne secured a brilliant per 4114ance of the great aria of the Queen of Night, the "1 ,,,.. 1311 ted cc Gli angui d'infernio." One of the charming - 8 / ;t 3l 'zettos was essayed by Miss M. Wells, Miss J. ~,,,..1 3118) and Miss Thirlwall ; and the fine air, " Qui sdegno" rendered with portentous gravity by Mr. Lawler. Harrison, who had been announced to sing ebeautiful song, "0 cars imagine," gave instead the S p i rt° gentil" o f D on i zett i . T he f ormer p i eces , and the apert ure, o which w ere care f u ll y p l aye d, con stituted the t act ' s 'hum the Za u b er fl o t e . Th e selections from the Tar opera of Wallace's were confined to the two e t s ) "There i s a fl ower " an d " Scenes that aro il."3lghtest," d evo l v i ng upon Mr. H arr i son an d Miss llis a ?pie, and a third morceau by Miss Wells. In c,le co nies of th e fi rst part of the concer t M r . W. G. Z in g contribut e d an a bl e i n t erpre t ra ti on of Mr. Stern dle Bennett' s p i anoforte concerto i n F m i nor , a w ork emanding executancy of the best, and taste the most Mfined. Miss Thirlwall sang the "Voi the sapete" of ozart in an agreeable manner ; and Alice's well-known acl eg in Robert le _Diable, " Quando lascia la Nor 'sate „ 1 , 313, la, fell int o th e sa ti s f ac t ory h an ds of Miss Louisa e• Beethoven's first symphony was the principal '`qtrutnental pertormande: Herr Lutz conducted. IL 0 y SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) -1,0/Th k o a —°X. Dec. 29.- —Wind this day at Noon , N. E. ; orate breeze, and fine, clear frosty weather. There er n i r l7 dag. of frost la s t night. The barometer at seven g 'n-la morning stood as low as 15 deg: This is, Inere%re, the greatest degree of frost experienced for very an Y Years. To "EaTorr, Dec 28.—The Panope, of Caen, Blyth to 1'" (3 ., and the Ja . mes of Goole, have been assisted in 41? . aving been ashore on the North Beach. 18 4 - I ,,"lionTli, Dec.2B.—The Alliance, of and for Sunder is - 1" 8 on shore ; rew saved.—The Snipe, of Faversham, ij ea king np.—The Samuel, of Clay—the Juliana, of to it e ,l-7 - and the Yarborough, of Grimsby, are on shore he r Orton, with several other vessels • crews believed to is 6" 1 ' 6 % 1 saved.—The Buoy Yacht (schooner), of Wells, vhi n shore back of the North Pier.—The Thos. and Ann, di c , ll j'as on shore at Caistor, has been assisted off, and Lill cu arging here. e 4ll smis, Dec. 28.—The Quebec (barque), of and for ,Pool, from Dantzic, is aground on Fear's Bank, ap atlY Without damage. and M ary, from Dec. 28.—Wind, E. to N.B. Arrived—John Wi r th from Shields. for London, very leaky. Nvirtl'LY Dec. 6 —Wind E. Arrived—Achf, for Havre, 108 '171111! of mainm . ast, &c. Hamburgh, St. John's, N. 8., 41 - ,7 1 9 2 g Dec.3.—The Eliza (British barque), from 11,;: a gOS to New ' York, went on shore near Curretuck and will, with her cargo, prove a total loss.—The 114811 barque Marine is .on shore at Nanset Beach, but is eqleeted off tight. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 10 . 30 A.M. `k IP' a N.E., moderate, and foggy. gtrved.—Carl Auguste, and Ichnelle, from Dantzic. t back.—Argo, for Trieste, having been ashore on the ; Th e WEXFORD, Dec. 27. ',„,,1111101 a oven Claudius has been put on a mud bank and urged part of her cargo—a small portion in a damaged QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 27. Wind northerly. arrived —Carl, from Porto Rico ; Hannah, Pernam- Villas, St. John's, New Brunswick. ' 4110 ( 1 --Prodromus, for' London. t, ' IBY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. :; Wind N.W.• 44 hours flood ; fine: Ar rived--Daniel, from Middletborp ; Urania, Colberg ; Eliza, Archangel ; Sarah, Palermo ; Triton, Calais. Sa iled —Reindeer, Demerara. DEAL, THURSDAY, 9 A.M. •N 0 E.N.E , fresh, thick, heavy snow. arrivals. MARTCIT NEWS-(THIS DAY.) IP r4 ENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN ,* , 1,." 14 Week ended Dec. 29, 1853, made up from the Returns of a e s Pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale. lni 2. .._Perial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 70 3 Od 37s lid 2os Od 448 4d 468 10.1 49s 6d ' 4l lBl " THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. 2, 8 d 40s At 1 BARLEY. 2d 25s 1 OATS 3d . 1 43s 10d RYE. 1 50s BEAN 3d S. I PEAS. 52s 11d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ~.. ”BR • BEANS. I PEAS. , -.T. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. 4 S 00 Is Od Is Od 18 Od lis Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRA: Wheat, 71,764; Barley, 102,148 ; t 4,700; Peas, 1 IN.SOLD LAST WEEK. Oats, 20,885; Rye, 234; Beans ,589 quarters. HAY MARKETS. _,%) , ITITIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 128 ; clover '''•l°ltto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. . sort supply, and a firm demand. d i • e tt tIIBERLANI3 —Meadow hay, 3/ lOs to 51 15s ; clover 41 Oa to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 5s per load. PPly limited, and trade firm. it;YRITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 5/ 12s ; clover 1 1 7 40 , 41 4s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 11 16s to 2/ 4 s per load. T rade rather active. MEAT MARKETS. NriVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand beef, steady at this market to-day, at very full prices. from 3s 04 to 4s 24 ; Mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s 8d ; P eal 3s 4d to 4s 84 ; Pork, 3s 44 to 5s 04 per 81bs, by the carcase. , 01 1THALL, DEC. 28.—The supplies of stock o n sale ""-day was limited, and a steady business was trans acted, r follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Bd. ; Mutton, 3s 64 to 2 8 1 , ( k 1 ; Veal, 3e 6d to 4s 84 ; Pork, 3 s 44 to 4 s 8d p er "'us, to sink the offal. 4 ,ROMFORD, DEC. 28.—The general trade ruled firm, and .416 quotations were well supported at to-day's market, follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 64 60 58 2d Veal, 3s 8d to 4s ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d Per 81bs . Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 26s each. MURDER IN BELOIM-EXECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL. Leopold Lachaert, the man who was recently con °el:lined to death by the Court of Assizes of Ghent, for t he murder and robbery of a collecting clerk, named .„ andamme, was executed on Saturday, in that eity. An immense crowd assembled to witness the execution, a nd a great number of them, to be sure of good places, Passed the whole night on the ground. After his con ileumation, Lachaert became very penitent, and fre quently expressed his hope to merit the pardon of 'leaven by his Christian death. But he often said to 'lie keepers, " Men are not executed now-a-days, are they ?" On Saturday, the chaplain and chief turnkey Vent to him at an early hour, and told him to pre pare for death. At first he would not believe what t hey said, but on its being repeated. he rose murmur trig) " Let God's will be done !" He then asked if 'a could be permitted to see his family. His brothers were sent for, and a most painful scene took Place, all weeping bitterly ; but the condemned seemed firm es t of tho three. He demanded their pardon for the dishonour he had brought on them, and for the danger to which he had exposed them by causing them for la Ulna to be suspected of being his accomplices. He often Sobbed " Poor Father !" After his brothers had left, he beard mass, and received the sacrament. He then par took of food, and remained in communication with the C haplain for about an hour. Shortly after the ma gistrates arrived, and the papers relative to the rejection °f his appeal to the Court of Cessation, and to the King • for pardon, were read ; but he paid no attention to them, appearing absorbed in prayer. It was expected that he 'would make revelations compromising his brother Fran ; but he declared that he had nothing to say except that h e merited the punishment he was about to receive. When the executioner proceeded to cut off his hair, he made,_ no remark, but when he was told to p lace his 'lands behind him that he might be bound, he refused, Is a ying, "What is the use ? I shall make no resistance' . 1 51'1 nremark of a turnkey, he yielded. After this he , a ppeared to pay no Attention to what was taking place, out continued to pray fervently. On, however, being raced in the cart, he thanked the keeper and the turn °sll of the prison for their attention to him, and his „.. 'ace assumed a smiling expression. He ascended the steps of the scaffold without assistance, but on seeing t 1 3.0 knife suspended above his head he started with horror. A moment after, however, he fell on his knees a nd murmured a prayer. A priest then gave him a cr ucifix to kiss, and pronounced his absolution, after Which h e was pl ace d on the fatal plank, and the knife It was noticed that the majority of the spectators were women, and that many of them were carrying their children on their shoulders. SUICIDE OF I CITY . SOLICITOR. Yesterday, Mr. Wayne held an inquest on the body of Mr. James Hurst, a g e d 75, an old inhabitant of Milk-street, and for many Years solicitor to the St. Ann's Society. On Monday night last the deceased went to bed in good health, but rather depressed in spirits. One of his servants went to hid room at a quarter before 7 o'clock on Tuesday morn ha for some keys, but he did not speak to her. At f -past 9 ano th er servant went up to his room, as was Customary, to call him for breakfast, and found her master suspended by a cord from his neck round the bedpost. He was quite dead. He bad spent part of C hristmas-day with his son, and he was observed to shake hands in an unusual way with his son's wife and grandchild ren saying, " God bless you all." He the n abruptly l e ft ' the house. It seemed he had lately been in the habit of talking a good deal to himself ; and on °no occasion was overheard saying, " If it is to be the e ase) it must be so." On Friday last he went up to a Person of whom he had but a very slight knowledge, '3l:Losk him cordially by the h an d, an d as k e d him to give !inn 100/. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary in san i ty. ” Soura-WEsTERN RAILWAY.—We un d ers t an d th a t an ? . tier ha s b een made by the Snell party to the conserva- Iby rce side to select three directors from those recommended each of the committees, and let the seventh be Sir Heathcote, to whom it does not appear that ether party has objected. The proposition has been raejected by the conservatives. If that proposition were ,?eePto . d, we hear that Mr. Mortimer would, to prevent ‘l,lBaension, retire unconditionally and absolutely from the co ntest.—Herapath's Journal. f THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1853 . SHARE MARICETS4THIS-TDAY)., TIIE ATTEMPTED MURDER OHO AND SUICIDE IN S. Ttiirti Utittom BRITISH RAILWAYS. fit. 100 h. 100 5 30 Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest on the body of Bardolph Theodore Heasse, who had committed suicide after making a desperate attempt to murder his wife. Francis Hays, who lodged at the same house as the deceased, No. 15, King-street, said he had known him for the last six months. He was about 34 years of age, and a tin-plate worker. Last Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, witness heard the cry of "Murder," and rushed upstairs to the second floor landing. He there saw a woman in her night dress ; she said, " I am murdered." Witness helped her down to his own room, and soon found that she was covered with blood. Wit ness ran for a policeman, whom he found at the corner of Nassau-street, and they proceeded upstairs and found the deceased making a gurgling noise in his throat, and the blood pouring out from a very large wound. He was lying on the bed, with one leg and arm hanging off it. There was also a very young child lying on the bed, and it was covered with blood. The policeman sent witness for a doctor, but he had to go to five or six places before one could be found at home. When witness returned two surgeons had arrived in the house. The poor woman was subsequently removed in blankets to the workhouse. Hannah Hodgkin, the mother-in-law of the deceased, stated that she lived in Spalding, in Lincolnshire, and came up to town on last Wednesday, to attend her daughter in her confinement, which happened on the Wednesday morning. The deceased sent the letter and the money for her. He seemed very good to his wife ; in fact, so much so, that his wife said they were more than usually comfortable. On Saturday night last, a little before seven o'clock, he asked her to go out to market with him, and she did so. He left her at a tea shop in Grafton street, Soho, saying that he would be back in a minute. Witness, being a stranger, waited for two hours, lest she should be lost. At last she was fetched home, and what she saw there nearly sent her out of her mind. Her daughter and the deceased bad been married eleven months, but she had never had eleven minutes comfort with him. He bought a razor last summer, and in a quarrel stated that they should both go off together in one bloody bed. She wrote to witness about his bad treatment and jealous temper, and witness sent for her to come home. She had left him upon one occasion. On Saturday, he appeared very kind and considerate the whole of the day—so much so, that witness was rather surprised at it. He never showed any disposition to do his wife harm be fore witness. RAMWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. It.lloo 20 2 -21. i 4i - 51 ;t. 100 .5 1 all 21 9 9} 11 9 d\ 3il all 18 5a 5 all n 2 6i all 98 - 166 54i - 55 16 -- 17 - 14 - 15 61 all LO all ZO all 4G - 47 Si - 9 - 51 3 t t 4 13i - 13 - 42 29 - 31 64 - 66 63 -- 65 2i* 83 - 84. 59 - 61 129 - 131 104 - 106 83 -83 i 93 - - 98 13 -14 p 66 - 6i - i3A 78 liP I 99 -- 100 1 103; -- 1034 par— P g P 77 78 124 9 8 d - Diana Brand lived with her husband at 15, King street, Soho.. She only knew the deceased by lodging in the same house. She did not associate with them, be cause her husband had an objection to foreigners. Wit ness was present when the deceased's wife was confined. lie came and looked closely at the infant, shook his head, and said, " Enough, enough." He appeared otherwise very kind. After some further evidence, 621 -62 i 36 33 54 56 4 d p ar 5 4d 2t 31 6 8 48 52 31 3i d 30 31 8 10 Mr. Walter Bullock, 16, Rupert-street, Haymarket, master tin-plate worker, stated that the deceased had worked for him about four years. He was a sober man, but of very irritable temper. Witness believed that he had spoken to the men in the shop about being jealous of his wife, but nobody noticed him. He has been of late very irregular in his work for the last few weeks, and witness had spoken to him about it. No one thought that he was insane. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased de stroyed himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity. li - ` 2 66 -7? . ; 50 ... 52 ..61 7 Eid 9 1 d par 35 - 37 THE ALLEGED POISONING OF A WHOLE FAMILY AT BERMONDSEY. . 91 - 93 57. - - 58 58 - 60 Yesterday Mr. Carter resumed the investigation of the mysterious circumstances connected with the death of James George Trump, aged 6 years, the son of a plasterer, residing at No. 9, Prince's-road, some particu lars of which have already appeared in The Sun. On the former occasion the testimony adduced tended to show that on Saturday week the deceased, his father and mother, dined off some hashed mutton covered with a kind of paste made with flour and water. After dinner they were all seized with violent sickness and the de ceased expired on the same day. An infant, aged 17 months, who had‘some of the gravy out of the hash, but did not partake of any of the paste, was not taken ill. Mr. Lam'oert, of Neckenger-street, Bermondsey, the baker of whom it was alleged the flour with which the paste was made was obtained, attended during the pro ceedings. Richard Trump, the father of the deceased, deposed, that after dinner on Monday week last, he left home as usual to go to his work, but in about an hour after wards was seized with sickness and vomited several times. On returning home to tea, witness found his wife and the deceased lying down before the fire. His wife complained of sickness, and also informed him that the deceased had been sick, but that he (deceased) had not complained of any pain. Witness again left home about six o'clock in the evening, and returned about one next morning, when finding deceased was worse, pro cured the attendance of Dr. Paul, but the deceased expired before his arrival. The Coroner—When you were seized with the sick ness did you feel any sensation of thirst, or heat in the throat? Witness—Not at all, sir. 55 - 24 - 14 - 16 7 - 8 11 - 12 31 -- 3tid 15 17 60 61 324 33i 3 -- 2 d 4 5 ii =- ii • 21 7 7; 3 ' 15 - 16 5 3 / 4 - 6 3 / 4 27 - 29 8 • 83/4 631 -64 i - 4 - 461 - Coroner—Can you in any way account for yourself, and wife, and child being so suddenly seized with sick ness directly after dinner ? Witness—No, sir, not in any way. Coroner— In what was the hash cooked t Witness—ln an iron saucepan. A Juryman—Had you any copper cooking utensils in use at the time ? Witness—None whatever. Coroner—On the last occasion your wife swore that you did not belong to any burial club : is that true ? Witness—l belong , to the Foresters' Order, but neither myself, wife, nor children are entered in a burial club. Coroner—Did any person ever use any threat against you or your family ? Witness--I never heard of any. Coroner—lsid your wife ever purchase any article to destroy vermin ? Witness—None that I ever saw. The Coroner said, from a communication he had re ceived from Mr. Paul, the surgeon, he felt the case must be again adjourned. A juryman observed that the house in Priece's•road had only been occupied by Trump for six weeks, and that it was previously tenanted by a bonnet-cleaner. He believed in bonnet cleaning articles of pernicious character were used, and that some might have been left about the house. The Coroner (addressing Mrs. Trump)—Did you ever discover anything in paper which looked like salt lying about the house ? Mrs. ,Trump—No, sir, the house was thoroughly cleaned when we went to reside there. After some further evidence, the case was adjourned for a week, when the result of Mr. Paul's analysis will be made known. SPOILT STAMPS.—To prevent any delay to parties who may be desirous of exchanging the old receipt stamps, which have now become useless by the new Penny Re ceipt Stamp Act, the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes (Inland Revenue Office), Somerset House, have issued a notice, informing the public, that the allowance for spoilt stamps, which has hitherto been daily, except Sundays, will henceforth only be on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, between the hours of twelve at noon and two o'clock in the afternoon, when they can obtain the new penny stamps in exchange. GLASGOW.—We understand there is some probability , of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton presiding at the Athe , nazum soirdc, which was recently postponed till the mid dle of January. THE UNFORTUNATE STEAM-SHIP HUMBOLDT.—A tele graphic despatch, dated at Halifax, 12th inst., states that the Humboldt still held together, but the wind was from the east, and there was no possibility of saving her. The cargo was getting out with difficulty. Her stern was all under water on the larboard side, as far as the wheelhouse. The engine is very little above the water at low tide ; the cargo forward was all under water. The steamer Marion, from New York, arrived on the afternoon of the 10th inst., and was rendering assistance. A later despatch received from Mortimer Levingston, Esq., at Halifax, states that the ship was fast breaking up, and would in all probability soon go to pieces. Only about 200 tons of the cargo will be saved out of the 450 on board when she left Havre. The Halifax Chronicle attributes the loss of this vessel to the igno rance of the person who attempted to pilot her into tho harbour and intimates that he was not an authorised pilot. It says :—" There never was a more flagrant case. A fisherman appears on the deck of a steam-ship, which, with her cargo, is valued at eight hundred thou sand dollars. He represents himself to be a pilot, and on being asked for his certificate, stated that he had left it in his boat or at home. Confiding in his statement, and naturally anxious to secure for their passengers rest • and refreshments in a friendly port, the officers gave him charge of the ship. He altered her course contrary to their judgment. They remonstrated ; he persevered I I in his stupid ignorance, and in a few moments she struck upon the Sisters, and the sea rushed into her with such rapidity that there was no rescue for human life, but by a frightful squandering and waste of an enormous amount of capital. To punish that pilot ought to be the first wise thought of every man inter . ested in the character and prosperity of this fine sea port." THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. The continuance of the extreme cold of Tuesday, du- I ring the night, when the temperature stood for several hours as low as 26 Fahrenheit, with a sharp and strong N.N.W. wind, had the effect of greatly increasing the thickness and security of the ice, which was on Tuesday thin and exceedingly brittle. THE SERPENTINE. —Yesterday morning the Humane Society's men, under the inspection of Mr. Williams, the superintendent, made an inspection of the ice, and lines were drawn across so as to mark the open space which would be comparatively safe, men being placed on duty with ropes and sledge ladders to be in readiness in case of accident. There could not have been less than five thousand persons at one time assembled on the ice, the banks being lined by several thousand well dressed spectators, principally ladies, who appeared to enjoy the sight of the sport. The tent of the Royal Skating Society was erected above the bridge, and a large number of the members were present, the snow having been cleared to render the skating easy. If the weather continues, the ice will be in first-rate condition. During the day upwards of twenty persons were so severely cut and bruised by falls that medical relief was administered to them at the Receiving House. From half-past 10 o'clock to half-past 2 o'clock 6 immersions took place in a depth of water varying from 6 to 8 feet. The parties were—William Leach, Thomas Allen, Thomas Baldwin, Alfred Gasha,wk, and two gentlemen, names unknown. The whole were rescued by Freemen, Murphey, Pavey, and Adams. They were placed in warm baths, and after receiving other attentions, were eventually enabled to proceed home. KENSINGTON GARDENS. —On the Long Water and Round Pond there were, during the day, 2,500 skaters and sliders, including several members of the Skating Club, but no accident occurred, although the ice is de scribed as only 2 inches thick and dangerous. REGENT'S PARK.—The number of skaters and sliders amounted to many thousand persons, the ice being in the morning in a very good condition. The tent of the Royal Skating Club was also erected here, and several of the principal members of the club were present. In the course of the day, however, the ice, from some cause, parted in several places and became very dangerous. During the day a great many persons were cut and bruised by falls. In one instance, the shock produced a succes sion of strong fits, which were eventually mastered by the attention of Dr. Holding, in the marquee. About three o'clock in the afternoon a gentleman while skating was suddenly left upon an island of ice, from which he was long unable to reach the shore ; but, under the di rections of Mr. Superintendent Williams, a land line was swept up to him, and a breaker and ordinary ladder so thrown across the fissure as to admit of his walking to the shore without his even being wetted, and he was received by his friends and the spectators with loud cheers. ST. JAMES'S-PARK.— Yesterday there could not have been less than 4,000 or 5,000 persons on the ornamental waters, upwards of 2,000 skaters and sliders being on the ice at one time. The skating was confined to the open space in the centre, the icemen keeping the crowd off from the east and west ends of the water, which are at present unsafe. Between eleven and half-past twelve the ice gave way in three places, and caused the immer sion of nearly 20 persons in about six feet of water. The whole were rescued by deputy superintendent Parsons, and icemen Cook, Collins, Marshall, Knapp, Baily, and Terry. The names of those who received warm baths, stimulants, &c., at the marquee, were Philip Whormsley, Henry Wilton, John Skelton, Henry Light, Charles Abbey, Joseph Cantle, James Longworthy, Charles Frow, Alfred Ward, Samuel Burder, and Alfred Fowler. All were perfectly recovered before the closing of the gates, which by the exertions of the park-keepers and the police was effected as early as half-past three o'clock. GREAT FIRE AT NEW YORK. On the 10th inst. the most extensive conflagration that has happened in New York, since the great fire of 1846, broke out in the premises of Messrs Harper and Brothers the celebrated American publishers. The accident was occasioned by a plumber, who was at work in one of the lower storeys, and who, after lighting his pipe, threw the burning paper into a vessel of camphine which he had mistaken for water. Instantly the place was in flames. Fed with combustible materials on every side, they soon raged with volcanic fury. There was scarcely time for the occupants of the vast building to escape with their lives. Out of the 650 employes within its walls, some 400 had not returned from dinner, those who remained being chiefly the young women employed in the press rooms and bindery. Thanks to the daring efforts of the firemen, whose first efforts were directed to saving life, these were all rescued from a dreadful fate, though one of the number was so much injured that she died on the way to the hospital. Several other persons were more or less injured. No fewer than 2,000 men, women, and children have been thrown out of employment by this catastrophe. The ravages of the fire were not con fined to Messrs. Harper's establishment, but extended to the neighbouring premises. The Walton Hotel, an extensive edifice, built a hundred years ago by a gentle man of that name, but which has of late been an emi grants' house, was also completely destroyed. The following is the estimate of the property of the Harpers, lost and saved :—Property in the buildings— The bindery establishment, estimated to be worth about 60,000 dole. ; 34 Adams presses, `slued at 75,000 dole. ; 9 hydraulic presses, 15,000 dols. ; materials in the com posing room, 15,000 dols. ; the stereotype foundry and electrotype apparatus , 5,000 dole. ; printed sheets of the Pictorial Bible, half of which was owned by J. G. Adams, 30,000 dole. ; steam-engine and boiler, 5,000 dole.; stock of books and printed sheets, estimated in the inventory to be worth not far from 800,000 dols. ; woodcuts, estimated at 50,000 dole.; 10 buildings, worth probably 150,000 dole.; stereotype plates, valued at 400,000 dole.; total property, 1,655,000 dols. Property saved—Stereotype plates, 400,000 dols.; wood-cuts (probably), 40,000 dole. ; books, papers, an d miscellaneous, 10,000 dole. ; total saved, 450,000 dols.-4otal loss, 1,205,000 dols. On this amount the insurance does not exceed 250,000 dollars, distributed among a large number of companies, only one company, an English one, in Boston, having over 5,000 dols. Ten buildings were occupied by the estab lishment of the Harpers, five storeys high, and extend ing through the entire block, from Franklin-square to Cliff-street, five fronting on each side. They were also all of recent erection. The New York Daily Times gives the following sketch of the operations of this enterprising firm : " The establishment of the Harpers was founded by James Harper, the eldest of the four brothers who now constitute the firm. He came to this city in 1801, a lad 15 years old, and served an apprenticeship of six years to Paul and Thomas, the leading printers of that day. His brother John soon, followed him, and learned his trade of Mr. Seymour, a printer, in John street. In 1817, with the small capital James had saved, the brothers opened a small book and job office in Dover-street. The first book they printed was Seneca's Morals ;" the second was an edition of the " Methodist Catechism." The first book they pub lished on their own account was " Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding." They toiled with unre mitting industry, and maintained the highest character for enterprise and integrity. In 1820, the third brother, Joseph Wesley, joined,them, and six years later Fktcher became a member of the firm. From that time until now they have carried on the publishing business with a degree of well directed energy which has few parallels. They removed to Cliff-street about 1820, and have added one building after another to their establishment, as the demands of their business required. The amount of books they have issued is almost incalculable. For the last few years they have published, on an average, 25,000 volumes a minute for ten hours's, day; and from ,hree to four thousand persons have obtained a livelihood rom their employment." THE PM: MS.—His Royal Highness the Ranger of Hyde Park has recently caused fresh notices to be affixed to the various gates of the Park, in lieu of the former ones, on the subject of the use to which the car riage drives and rides are to be appropriated. The ad mission of hackney carriages of all kinds is prohibited, and no laden carts or other vehicles of the kind are to be allowed to pass through the Park. No horses ridden by stablemen and others, for the purpose of exercise only, are to be admitted for that purpose. THE WINDBOUND. —Easterly and baffling winds have now prevailed for some time, and it is therefore certain that a large fleet of homeward-bound vessels must be detained in the chops of the Channel, unable to make a port. It, therefore, seems desirable that the Govern ment should despatch two or more vessels to their as sistance. Many are doubtless in want of Rrovisions and stores of one kind or another. LIABILITY OF THE PILOT SERVIOE.—IMPORTANT IN- QuIBY.—An inquiry was held on Tuesday before Joseph Pollock, Esq., judge of the county court at Liverpool, at the suit of the Liverpool Dock Trust against Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., owners or agents of the Collins line of American steam-vessels, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the Bell Buoy, situate at the mouth of the Mersey, which was struck by the steamer Baltic, while entering that river on the 14th April last. It appeared that on the morning of the above date, the vessel was coming in at the rate of 12 knots an hour, in charge of a pilot, who mistook the lights, and although a proper look-out had been kept, the buoy was not discovered until too close to avoid a collision. Several parties connected with the port were examined for the purpose of showing that the ves sel was going too quick, and that the captain should have interfered with the pilot when he must have known he was acting wrongfully. For the defence it was urged that the owners could not be considered responsible, as the law compelled them to take a pilot, and defined very clearly the duties of both the pilot and of the captain. The accident had arisen from a want of judgment on the part of the pilot, who stated in his affidavit that he mistook the lights and considered he had passed the buoy, until he heard the man sing out, when it was too late to avert a collision. The speed was not greater than usual on a clear evening, and the captain stated in evidence, that during his last voyage he went at the same speed, and under the same circumstances. De cision was deferred until the 9th of January. 'Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastu. June. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lauesh & Cheshire &met—. Do. Chesh. d; Birk., £5O & £25 Cans. ... Do., £20... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. .... ...... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon !Cork, Black. & Pass. Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deon Junction IDo. New ............... (Fast Auglian (X 25 L. & E. &I. ttb.)..,.. IDo., (XIB E. & Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. 8...... Do,liewA(lateTLirds) East Lancashire lEd inburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles idinl);Prth.&Duncieol Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Easters Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds Lancasta. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &South pt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. &S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.Sh.,M&B ...0 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., £4O Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ....... Do. Birming. &Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket...... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.AbergAHtfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2........ De., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London , N. & S. Wstn., Hamp -1 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. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent , South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do . . . . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale... Do. .£lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway...—. Vale of Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London . Wmbledon &Croydon, York Nowctl. do Berw. Do. Extension: Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland FOREIGN. &atwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Ca Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent • Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per ,cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (cx interest) Northern of France Do. 2U/. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref IS.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland, Wiesbaden Zealan ......... i - 7 1 1 ....-- 2 lid 1 14 3 -- 2 d 13 - 15 2. 3ip 2 2 d t i id k P lip `2i— 3p 4 3d P id psr id i pi 10/ - 11 - 11 --_. 221 .4 - 7f - 81 34~ - 35 7a 16 46 48 41 43 32/ 32/ 3 4 ;d— kc 19 20 par 1 81 —9/ 4 --- .0 \ all 3t. 100 5 all 5 1 au R. 1,100 ;t. ioo R.. 1100 .0 10 .0 , 4 6/ all to ) 2 6 it. 100 3t. 100 it. 100 L. 6 6 it. 100 V) 13 l2i 9 3t. 100 1. 100 ,0 all t. 100 100 ;1 121, .2i all ;5 all LO all 6 3 2i all 11 all .21 10 it. 100 it. 100 Ali 5 ,0 6 3t. 100 st. 100 3t.1100 'it. 100 h) all ''t. 100 15 8, 1 1 8 10 LO 10 n all LO 0.6 all 0 all 5 3 k. 100 L 7 I 5 1510 11:3 Aberdeen .........: Do., No. 2, 7 p. C Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. atL5O) ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandon 5 i p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (43105) 6 per cent......, Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (27175) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 . p. c,St lEastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent._ Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. Great North" 5 p.c ] Do. 513. c.,Reaeel m, at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4? . , percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lstPref Gt. Soutlin. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths.., Do. 4 per et. pref. St_ Gt. Westn. (B ec k s &I Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)..‘ Do. con. & red. 41 p.c' Do. do. 4 per cent... Do. irrecleem. 4 p. c. lan. & York. F. 1: 9 ;, , , Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds Nu. 6 p. c. No. I Do. Quarters, 1848._ Loudon and;Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, op. c., 1852...... .. Do. New Guar. 6p ( . . Lond. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S.Western, Cou. Thirds Londonderg& Color i Shares . Lundy. & Ennis i Sh' Vla n eh. ,Shef. , & Liu., i Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, £10......... sfaryptakCarl. 4 p. c. Do. 4. per cent Do.. Ifid.Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Prof. 4 per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5. per ct... Do. Way. Val. 6 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester &' Wolvcrh. £1.5,6p. c. Do Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Readhri Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfl&Kilk.6p.c. ' York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do. York& N. Midland & S. Purch SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. i Shr' TATTERSALL'S. 1820 (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. 9to 1 agst King Tom (taken). 22 to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 33 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 40 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). Nothing else done. I SPORTING NOTES. co STRAWS ON THE SURFACE. Steeple-chase meetings are appointed to take place at Stretford and Westbury next week, when the racing "interregnum" will be at an end. The gathering at the first-►mentioned place will, perhaps, consist princi pally of " Manchester men," but the promised sport is, nevertheless, likely to excite a wide-spread interest, and occasion some brisk speculation. The entries for the principal events were numerically strong ; the forfeits were declared yesterday (Tuesday), but the acceptances have not yet been published. The "Stilton Affair" seems destined to remain unex plained, and the " nobblers" are, it is said, hardening in confidence and assurances. The plaintiff refuses to come into court ; he has withdrawn from the action, and paid the defendant his taxed costs. Public expec tation has," therefore, been annoyingly disappointed. Still it is questionable whether the persons notoriously implicated in this disgraceful transaction will be allowed to avoid punishment. A full and impartial investigation of the case by competent legal authorities would, doubt less, be attended with exposures discreditable to certain individuals of high standing in the sporting world. The "sweet do-nothingness" which is at present en joyed by the sporting fraternity is a sufficient apology for the brevity of my notes. For many a day no sport ing incident of even temporary importance has occurred either to excite interest or stimulate curiosity. A report of a fire at the London Club made a slight "sensation," and although it proved partly true, yet it was greatly exaggerated, and the damage done was too slight to occasion any inconvenience to the members. Dec. 28. A FRESH MAN. THE LEEDS CTIAMBER OF 'COMMERCE AND THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade have at length seen the necessity for an improved classification of woollen and worsted manufactures exported. Up to the present time, as all connected with these departments of trade are aware, the published tables of exports and imports periodically issued by the Board of Trade have adhered to a system of classification so imperfect that it has been impossible to ascertain the relative proportion of woollen and worsted exports. This has very properly come under the notice of the Board of Trade, who have consulted the Leeds Chamber of Commerce upon the propriety of a new classification. The following communication was received by Mr. Cawood, secretary to the Chamber last week, from the Board of Trade upon this subject : " Board of Trade Statistical Department, Dec.l2, 1853. " Sir,—A change in the classification of woollen manu factures in the accounts of trade being under the considera tion of the Board of Trade, I forward to you a copy of the specifications proposed, as I am desirous of having the opinion of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce on the subject and any suggestions it may have to offer. " I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " R. W. FONBLANQUE. " The Secretary of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce." The specifications referred to by Mr. Fonblanque are as follows. They originated, it appears, with the Brad ford Chamber of Commerce, in a memorial to the Board of Trade : "1. Woollen goods (comprehending all Pieces goods of which either the warp or the weft„l and or both are Woollen) 3 value. "2. Worsted goods (comprehending all Pieces goods of which either the warp or the weft, and or both are worsted) . value. .1 'Par ds and value. " 3. Flannels . "4. "Carpets—viz., carpets and druggets t Yards and • made of wool f value. PP „ carpets co posed of wool mixed with cotton, Yards and linen, or other ma- value. terial Pairs and "5. Blankets value. "6. Shawls, woollen or worsted 1 ) No. and value. "7. Hosiery, ,woollen or worsted, viz ,) Dozens stockings and other articles) value. "8. Small wares and articles, woollen o r ) worsted, not properly falling under any of Value , the foregoing heads " Yarn, woollen „ worsted . Pounds and value. .. Pounds and value Upon receipt of this communication a meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce was convened, and took place in the Council Chamber, on Monday afternoon last. Darnton Lupton, Esq., presided, and after a con versation upon the subject which bad brought them to gether, the meeting appointed the following gentlemen, as a sub-committee, to consider the whole matter, and report thereon to the chamber, viz., Mr. D. Lupton, Mr. W . Firth, Mr. Charles Bousfield, Mr. Charles Hindle, and Mr. Thomas Plint.—Leeds Times. SNOW-STORM IN LIVERPOOL. —On Tuesday morning snow fell heavily in Liverpool, and a few minutes after 2 nine o'clock a rare atmospheric phenomenon occcured. While the snow-flakes were falling thick and fast, one 2 vivid flash of lightning burst through the morning gloom, 2 accompanied by a loud peal of thunder and sharp hail. SNOW-STORM—TYNEMOUTH, Tuesday night.—As the fleet of collier vessels was leaving the north-ea.t ports yesterday morning, though the we tther appeared bright and clear to the ordinary observer, seamen watched with an ominous eye a dense mass of clouds banking up is the north-east. The last of the vessels were crossing the bar, when a heavy squall of wind came away from the north-east, accompanied with showers of hail and sleet. The wind caught a Blyth brig, the Cygnet, which was being towed out, and threw her sails back; the force of the wind overpowering the steamboat that had her in tow, the brig was driven on the Herd Sand, where she is now a total wreck. The Supply, of South Shields, was also driven on to the edge of the Herd Sand by: the same squall, and got such a thump that she had to be immediately taken into the harbour again, both pumps going to keep her afloat. She will have to be discharged and put into dock. The crew of the Blyth brig were gallantly rescued by the South Shields pilots in the lifeboat, and safely brought into the harbour. The other large fleet of vessels, as stated in the despatch from here yesterday afternoon, ships drawing under 16 feet of water, all got safely away. There is now a very large fleet of laden vessels on their passage to Lon don. To-day the storm clouds have burst, and we are now experiencing a heavy fall of snow, which is drifting. It has been snowing nearly all day. There has been a considerable " fall" since the darkening, and the storm seems to be still " brewing." The laden colliers have had a spanking wind from the N. and N.N.E. since they left the north yesterday. Last night was clear and star light, but the appearance of this night is producing great anxiety and alarm among the seafaring people. The fleet, they calculate, will be passing into the Would to night, in the neighbourhood of the sands off the coast of Norfolk—a passage most dangerous for a large fleet of laden vessels to thread in a night like this. The sea is terrific off our bar this evening. Notwithstanding the large number of vessels that left here yesterday, there is still a heavy fleet of laden vessels in the Tyne. If the weather of this morning had been like what we had yes terday morning, we should have had another large de parture ; now the laden vessels are safely locked in port until the weather and sea moderate. 9 p.m.—The wea ther still looks dreadfully wild, and snow continues falling. The wind is N.N. E . , blowin g half a g ale of wind at' sea, with blinding snow showers. THE CHRISTMAS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The amount of the Christmas traffic on all the leading metropolitan railways would appear, from the usual returns, to have considerably exceeded that of any previous year. On the London and North-Western, during the period no minally called "Christmas week," extending over seven days, there passed " down" the line 27,000 parcels and Christmas presents, and "up" 12,250 for distribu tion throughout London, this being exclusive of many thousands of parcels, coming by goods trains. Last year on this line the "down" parcels were 25,000, and the "up" 1 12,000. In the passenger traffic there was a correspond ing increase. The Great Western conveyed, exclusive of large consignments by the goods trains, 16,000 parcels and presents by the "down" passenger trains to all parts of the west, and 13,000 from the west " up" to the metro polis. The Great Northern disembogued from their depots at King's-cross 10,000 parcels " up," and about the same number " down," exclusive of goods trains' consignments, and the Eastern Counties in four days carried 15,000 parcels " up" from the agricultural dis tricts, and about half that number " down," besides a large tonnage to and fro of agricultural and dead stock, In each case special arrangements had to be made on a large scale for the safe and speedy transmission of these Christmas cargoes, and a large additional staff was in requisition. 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 abundant for rods, bars, sheets, plates, and rails ; for castings, also, 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. ..t mai tt. 1100 ' 8i i 0 I all A all a 128 il all m I 184 * I 30 100 100 all all :0 I all k I 45 !,5 I all :5 all ;5 all s I all 0 all it. 100 It. 100 5 8. it. 100 3t. 100 0 3i it 100 ,0 1 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 Bt. 100 12 11 50 all 1611 11i St. 100 19i 174 14 Ili SO all ;0 all all §i ; 1100 ;t. 100 ;0 12 .0 1 2i 26 ;t. 100 A 34 . all sh K. 100 A. 100 if) 476 a 5 17 XI all t 100 6i 5 >.5 17i It. 1100 OD 3i 3. 100 .6 16 L 6 lla 8 all 8 8 i 0 all LO 11.1 0 all .0 10 .0 1 m. Iwo !O 2.2 ;L 100 ;t. 100' ;t. 100 it. 100 .o to :61 all ;-i all I all ;0 all ;t. 100 0 all !O 2.2 15 all 164 4. 100 LO 8 it. 100 25 20 , 20 I 17 !O I all 0 all X) 11 ?0 all [0 Ms it. 100 15 20 I 11. 1 ;t. 100 ,0 6 5 3 :0 8 to all qi all !O I all 5 all !O 10 10 !O 8 MI 20i ;off ion '0 all !,0 5 5 4 !O 15 .0 10 5 2 5 3 1.0 5 tO 12 10! 33i 29 l 0 10 /0 2 20 all A all 16 all !O all 0 I 12 4i - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILITAYS. Compans. this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and Lu.&N.W. Bletchley ... -- ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jo Caledon... 51 52 St. 100 E.Lineoln. gr 6p. cent ... . Gt•Northn 142 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ... ... 25 all Do. New Do a... 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westu 3O 32 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Bony.. ... ...... 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.Md. 109 111 25 all Do. 6 Shares DO s4i —55 j 12. all Do. i Shares. Do 27 2 8 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern I3A —14 h 20 all Do. Preference Do 24i —25 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norf o lk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct.'.. Do . . -•— -- 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.d t ii.W. .4 3 and Matlock & Midlcl• 2 -- 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redc ar Darling 9 t• -- ••• 101 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midlan d.- 9 50 all Northern and , cout t.. 60 62 Eastern sp.c. E. 5 all Do. 6 per et D o ......... .... . • • • ... 5' all Do.FixedsP. ol)° ,ii;:W: ' 2.5 all Prost. 45‘re L iLn&Y Wl k ••• -- -- 1 — rtoystn. Gt Northn 14`' —. 145 S. 100 Do. 1s 1 1. 00 2 Do. e z H it. • - Sh e pth•St. Do 142 145 - si shef. Both. & Lancash.& i Shares: Do 2 J 1 Goole g. 5. p.e Yorksh .• ... d n 9 i S. Staffordsh.. liirMCleau 2 lid 50 all WcarValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling . . . 25 all Do Do 3O 31 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Wcstn 99 100 543 5 65 65h 5 104 83A 3 1031 22i 2 621 i 30 60 2dis loi 111 34i if 8 161 p, p lid 6 : iiii 6i -- 4 4} 51 -- 6 -- 10 l 3 -- 14 20 - 21 21 - tio 109 - 110 - .{ 8 - 8A 7 101 103 \ 95 100 93 100 id par 143 145 2i - 3 12 - 13 7 8 9 lo.f 1141 - 143 id . 106 - 110 112 116 23 -:- ii 102 - 104 - -101 15/ 161 91 101 I'3 15 i i d ip 23 24 17 19 1 i d 9G - 99 4 - 4i ,1 id MINES. 1 all jAgua Fria...... ..... 4 p 1 all !Anglo Austrin. Gold 1 d ... par 105. all Anglo Californian Ad 1p .10 2 Australasia n 20 6 Australian 3 -- 3A 1 all Australian Cordillera $ , d 1 all Australian Freehold. $ $ d 1 all Ave Maria $ d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) $ Rd i 50 all Blxnarvon Iron and 10 12 1 Coal 1 all British Austrin. Gold Idi 4 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 241 Brazilianlnip.(issued at 1:5 pm 5 6 5 3 / 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 21 2$ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 —34 x 1 A Carson's Creek #d par 40 all Cobra Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold — ... 16 Copiapo . l2 13 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 70 80 25 all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. 6 8 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 21 3d, 20 all General l4 —iii 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinSeip it —1 p 2 Do. Registered — 31 all Great Polgooth 2} 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty sd— Ad 3 all Linares ll ... 12 11/ 11 1 all Lond.&Californ.Goid Quartz Crush. Co.. $ $ 1 all Mariquita id par 10 9 Mexican&S.Aniericn 7 7f 1 all Now Granada Ad — A p 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. ... 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney iron 3l 33 15 15 Do. New 9 10 30 11i Santiago do Cuba 5l 61 1 all South Australian $ 10 7 Tin Croft ....... 5 7 281 all United Mexican 4/ 4i 4$ 1 all Waller $ g d 1 all West' Granada $ $ d 1 all West Mariposa A 4d 1 12a.,Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba a. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _ . 40 all Australasia 7B 80 40 all British Colonial Bank ... ... and Loan Company 50 • all British N. American ... ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral. and China R— - 8 7dis 25 5 Chrtd. BI:k. of Asia. 14 idis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ._. ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chad._ 1i —14 d 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia 50 20 Loudon and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond.audWestrainst ... ... 100 35 National Provincial of England • 20 10 Do. New .• ••• 50 22. National of Ireland._ ... ... 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ikeland ... . 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg •• • ; and Gold Imp. Co id— par i 25 25 South Australia • ... 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 74 2A Do. New n 7i 7ii 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid .• • 1 • •••• _,... _ MISCELLANBOIS 5 5 Aubin coal and Iron ... _ ... I LIA 3 25 174 Australian Agrieult. 42 --- 44 --' .- 20 12 Anstralsn•Pcific Mail — 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail :.: "• 10 24 Berlin Water Works.. ._.: in 50 38 A Brit. a n d Reduction American Land co.. . . 6 . .. _.- 1 .: :. 68 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smug. 100 32A Canada Company-- 11 1 1 1 . p 5 5 Crystal Palace ......... 3.2 _ 1 i p 5 5 4 Do. New.... ........... ' • France i 4 2 'Crystal Pal. of •• ••• 20 3 Eastern St" in '' i . .A . )16 18 25 20 Electriaeleg ra ' ' 11 13 215 15 1 Dttegf! .. T-c.i.i„...aiv-iigii..ti.: ... _.— ..... 15 14 20 18 Gene ral Gen. Steamer,. 4 Irish S t c ro r ot B S t :l7a n i ' • -- :::. 20 7 ' 4,1 nd B e etroot St. Navig. ... .. 20 g N a t Pt. Steam Fuel .... : 2 -- t id 10 1 A 4 Netherlands Laud.... 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter -2 Stem. Nay. Co - ••• 1 a ll N. B. Australasian par— ip 1 i Do. New 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... 5 all Peel,Rr. Id. & Minrl. par ip 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. do. ... ... 2 all Portland Iron Co ... ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... •• • 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 —— lb 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 3 8 1 all Submarine Telegraph Id— I,- P 100 28A Van Diemon's Land 14 15 CUSTOMS PROMOTIONS.-Mr. Robert Pope, tide-sur veyor, of Grimsby, has been promoted to the same office, at the higher-classed port of Sunderland ; and Mr. Christopher WCain, acting tide-surveyor at Sunder land, has been promoted to the office of established tide-surveyor at Grimsby. There are now three esta blished tide-surveyors at Sunderland ; and we are glad to say that, from the increased amount of business at the port, they are all kept actively employed.—Shipping Gazette. NON-SAILING OF THE AMERICAN STEAMER.—The United States mail stearn-ship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, which was to have sailed yesterday forenoon from the Mersey, with the bi-weekly mails for New York, was detained. Owing to the north-east wind having cut off the tide she was unable to leave the Huskisson Dock, but would be ready for sea this morning, and was expected to sail about ten o'clock, a,m. pm m 14 13i p THE UNITE. ►F AMERICA. In estimating the population and resources of that wonderful sountry called " the United States of Ame- rica," and in dilating, as is frequently done, on the un exampled rapidity of its growth, it is seldom remem• bered that these vast tracts of territory possessed inlia bitants of their own long before even the Pilgrim Fathers set foot on Transatlantic ground. It is true that this original population was thinly scattered over a continent of enormous extent, and that the conditions of its social economy were incompatible with any large development of its numbers or power. Nevertheless, the North American Indians were once the owners of North America, and their fate, we should think, must have occasionally suggested itself as a Subject of consideration to the English reader. What has become of all these red men of the w oo d s ? —of this extraordinary race, which attracted the.admir ation of philosophers and moralists, and which only one century ago was encountering the British arms with no discreditable result ? They have never been exterminated like the old French noblesse, nor massacred- like the Aztecs, nor civilised into a different state of being, nor absorbed into the white population. Where, then, are they now to be found? This question can be answered with considerable accuracy, and we can present our readers with the latest information on the subject, from the most trustworthy source. The Administration of the United States includes a "Commissioner of Indian Affairs"- -an officer whose especial charge it is to superintend all transactions bet Ween the American Government and the Indian population resident on its territory. This officer makes an annual report of the affairs under his direc tion, and the report for the past year contains the in telligence required. The whole slumber of red men still surviving in North America is estimated at 400,000, and of these it is cal culated that 18,000 still linger in the country east of the Mississippi—that is to say, in the organised territories of the Union. These figures are probably given with some accuracy, but we should be inclined to distrust the correctness of the computations made with respect to the outlying or unoccupied lands. There are said to be about 150,000 Indians in California and New Mexico, 12,000 in the Utah or Mormon country, 23,000 in Oregon, 63,000 in the Plains and Rocky Mountains, 29,000 in Texas, and about 110,000 in Minbeenta and along the Texan border. It must evidently be impossible to arrive at any conclusive result 'census like this. We have seen the numbers set very much higher, and also somewhat lower, but the relative distribution of the aggregate is given probably on good grounds, and the best information obtainable would, of course, be at the command of the American Government. The measures adopted with reference to this class of the population have assumed various characters at dif ferent times. Originally, as everybody will recollect, the early settlers of Kentucky and Virginia conquered their farms and homesteads from the Indians with the rifle and the sword ; but as civilisation advanced, and the ascendancy of the colonists became established, other proceedings were devised for securing the desired end— viz., the relinquishment of territory nominally owned by the native occupant in favour of the increasing population of the settlers. Generally this transaction was accom plished by way of bargains and treaties, probably more or less compulsory, and the Indians made a formal sur render of their rights for a stipulated consideration. The tribes themselves were either placed in some particular tract assigned to them for their residence in the terri tory ceded, or, more frequently, were transplanted bodily to some territory far away towards the west, so that years might elapse before the citizens of the Union were brought into contact with them again. The former was the case in the States of Michigan, and New York ; the latter plan was adopted at other points, where the experiment has now to be repeated once more. The extraordinary results of the gold discoveries in California have precipitated the "enclosure," if we may use such a term, of the whole North American territory. Formerly civilization and culture advanced gradually towards the West, and, such was the prodigious" expanse of the continent, that years might have elapsed, notwith. standing the influx of population from Europe, before the Pacific shores had been reached in the ordinary way of progress. But the treasures of California first occasioned • the formation of an important state at the extreme north west angle of the whole territory, and then produced a constant stream of living traffic between this State and Ithe others. The consequence is, that the continent is I now, as it were, being colonised at both ends, while a particular community, that of the Mormons, in its desire to escape the vicinity of regular Governments, has settled itself in the middle space between the Atlantic States and the Pacific. None of these events could be antici pated at the time that the territories in question were assigned to Indians who had been removed from the western frontier of the Union, but these Indians are now found so troublesome to the " emigrant," i.e., to the American proceeding overland to California, that it_ is thought desirable to remove them once more. For this purpose the Commissioner of Indian affairs has been visiting the various tribes, and it is hoped that satisfactory arrangements can be made for the purpose. Many tribes evinced a disposition to part with their territorial ownership on condition of certain reserves of land to be made in their favour ; but this con dition is not approved by the American Government and the results of experience are considered to suggest that the removal of the natives from regions required by the citizens of the Union should be complete and absolute. The two races of savages and borderers are seldom found tolive in harmony together. There are still tracts of territory in this boundless continent to which the Indians can be transferred, and, if this system is steadily pursued, perhaps the race of red men will expire before the whole continent is settled, and thus a mighty problem would be solved. It scarcely appears to us that any other end is probable or that any practicable alternative lies between the gradual extinction or :violent extirpation of the native tribes. The later policy of the American Government seems, upon the whole, to have been characterised by humanity and forethought, but very little success has hitherto attended any attempts to bring the In dians within the pale of civilisation. They learn the vices of the white men, and forget the virtues they once possessed themselves ; missionaries labour among them without any substantial effect, and the only eligible course seems to be that adopted--of 'pro curing by bargain and treaty their migration to grounds where they will be beyond the reach of the borderers, and where they may still have range enough for their occupations of hunting and roving. Fortu nately, they appear amenable in this respect to the arguments of the American Government, which pro vides for their gratification by a yearly appropriation of money, nor do they seem to cause much trouble, except where the white men, as in California and Utah, encroach upon their settlements. Our own border tribes at the Cape are less agreeably dis posed. There is room enough in the interior of the confluent for all the Caffres alive, but no measures have hitherto been successful in inducing them to quit our frontier. They live, not by hunting, but by theft, and cannot be dislodged from the best stealing grounds. At present they appear to be quiet, but this tranquillity may be of short duration, and our troubles, when they return, will not, we fear, be settled so easily as the " Indian Affairs" of the American Government.—Times. r MET, HOLr i SUICIDE. A melancholy sensation wa s Dublin On Tuesday, by an announcement of the suicide of Lieutenant-Colonel Brewnlow Villiers Layard, who for some time represented the borough of Carlow in Parliament as a warm and sincere supporter of Liberal principles. At that period the deceased was a captain in her Majesty's 37th Foot, and was subse quently promoted to the command of the 9th Regiment of infantry, from which he retired not very long since. THE. M A URITIUS.—PLYMOUTII, Wednesday.—Advices from Port Louis, dated Nov. 12, received here, give the rates of freight at 31. to 31. 55., and the exchange at 5 to 6 discount. The General Screw Steamship Company's outward mail-packet Hydaspes, which left Plymouth on the 15th of September, and arrived at the Cape on the 26th of October, sailed from the Mauritius on the 12th and arrived at Point de Galle on the 25th of November. The homeward ship Bosphorus, Captain Maynard, which left Point de Galle on the 24th of November, sailed from the Mauritius on the s th of November, and is now due at Plymouth. DEATH OF DR. GILLRREST.—Dr. James Gillkrest, Inspector General of Army Hospitals, and Correspond ing Member of the National Academy of Medicine of France, expired on 'the 25th instant, at 1, St. Alban's place. This veteran officer entered the medical depart ment of the army in 1801. In Paris, during the three days of July, 1830, he gave the benefit of his mature experience as a military surgeon, to the wounded of both places. In 1832, during the prevalence of cholera in London he was indefatigable in his exertions among the poor, and in a series of letters he gave a graphic sketch of the progress of that epidemic. In 1833 he was recalled to active service as principal me dical officer at Gibraltar, where his experience in cho lera became again available during its prevalence, i n that garrison in 1834. After an arduous and eventful nped career of 41 years' active service, he was promotedad lac the rank of Inspector General of Hospitals on the retired list in December, 1846. Since his retirement he presented to the French Academy of Medicine a work on yellow fever, which called forth a high eulogium from that learned body, and he contributed to the General Board of Health a valuable monograph on the same subject, published in the board's second report on quarantine. On various occa sions Dr. Gillkrest had also published papers on cholera, calculated to dispel the fears of the timid when called upon, in the exercise of the ordinary duties of humanity, to assist patients su ff er i ng from this disease, having con vinced himselt by careful observation that panic during pestilence is scarcely less disastrous than on the field of battle. DECIMAL COINAGE. -- MEETING IN LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, a t noon , a me eting, convened and presided over by the Mayor, John B. Lloyd, Esq., for the pur pose of affording the inhabitants an opportunity of ex pressing an opinion on the benefits of a decimal currency, was held in the Sessions-house, Liverpool, and was at tended by several of the leading merchants. The first resolution was moved by William Brown, Esq., M.P., and Chairman of the Select Committee of the House of Commons upon the subject, and seconded by Thomas Bouch, Esq., Vice-President of the Chamber of Com merce, recognising the principle and advantages result ing from the system. Another resolution, pointing out the facilities attending upon a decimal coinage to all classes in the community, was proposed by Thomas B. Horsfall, M.P., and adopted. Several speeches were made by the mercantile gentlemen present in favour of the adoption of the proposed currency, and the meeting concluded by unanimous votes of thanks to MT. Brown and the Mayor for their exertions in the cause. 989 102 4 ~~ I ~` }