The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARRET. Under the management of Mr. Buokatone. THIS EVENING, Dzo. 27, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatris. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. EVINING, DEC. 27, New scenery, dre,ses, decorations; and appointments, magnificent Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings; Columbine, Mdlle. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowes, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury. A MORNING PERFORMANCE on JAN. 2, commencing at two Juvenile Night on THURSDAY, JAN. 5, when the Comic Panto-, mime will commence the Performance . --- - Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 58 min.after4o Evening 20 min.aft. 11 To-Monnow--Morning 0 inin t after 0 I Evening 57 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, DEC. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 40—highest since noon yesterday. • 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29•D5. WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, and fine, frosty weather. Some slight snow in the night. 4 .4 ri 4 l%. '7,,ag' l o4l‘ 411161 LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1853, Wearisome though the Russo-Turkish question has become, it is nevertheless essential to observe the latest phase in its complication. To do so just now is one of the most irksome and disheart,_ ening duties of the journalist. Irksome and dis heartening—it is, however, we repeat, absolutely and imperatively requisite. It is requisite in order to keep the public through the publicist au courant with the affairs of the day, and in order to acquaint the community with the relative situ ation of the interests of the various states of Christendom. If, with this latter object especially in view, we. direct a cursory glance at this mo ment over the European continent, we shall dis cover, in the attitude assumed by England, and France, and Austria, and Prussia, and Russia, and Turkey, extraordinary cause indeed for dis quietude as to the ultimate consequence. In Turkey we discover a Government com pelled to exhaust its resources and its ener gies by supporting an enormous army and a considerable navy on a war footing for the pur pose of withstanding the hostile advance of a neighbouring power, and in the hope of aven g ing a series of execrable and sangui nary wrongs. In Russia we observe a vast and unwieldy des potism gathering together from all side s —f rom the shores of the Baltic and of the Cavian, Fi ns , and Swedes, and Calmucks, and Persians—to support a lawless and ambitious adventurer in the perpetration of one of the most heinous political crimes ever attempted since the dawn of tion. In Prussia we perceive the least of the princi pal powers of Europe maintaining a balance of policy that may at any instant be allowed to pre ponderate on either side, according as events may render advisable the close, to the right or to the left, of this prolonged equilibrium. In Austria we remark that suspicious tacitur nity as to the rights involved in this protracted discussion, which renders it doubtful whether gratitude for aid in the Hungarian war, or a ter ritorial greed for tidbits like the province of Montenegro, may lead, sooner or later, to the identification of the views entertained in the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg. In France we discover a powerful and generous race pledged by its thrice-elected ruler to a pacific line of policy—pledged by that noble and mag nanimous declaration of NAPOLEON M., at Bor deux, "I'Empire c'est la paix," that assurance, the sincerity of which the EMPEROR has since then so gloriously vindicated : in France, we see a Powerful and generous race thus pledged by its SOVEREIGN -eager to redeem that pledge by its COEICCSSiOns, and yet burning to r e p e l th e au d ac i ty of the Ru ss i an, AUTOCRAT, and to vindicate the' outraged rights of Turkish independence. In England, l ast and most remarkable spectacle of all, we behold one of the mightiest, if powers on the globe, acting the mightiest, of the not as the political Mar lot of Christendomglobe, • ..c. —justliy ing the indecision of Prussia, panderinc, to the sinister designs of Austria, hanging li ke a clog on the energy and magnanimity of V -, ranee, desert ing. ' ato Russia, Turkey, and truckling assuming the boastful pride of a sham protector towards the SULTAN, and all the while trembling ambition and audacity of the AUTOCRAT. And all these ills, the fruits of an unprincipled Coali tion ! We have sown the storm and we are reap ing the whirlwind. Wo have sown Aberdeenism e nd i lte are reaping Disgrace. It is the natural . :.., ;DAS - etDeuce of our temerity in consenting a f c ), tOr - since- to the committal o f th e d es ti n i es of • . •,:.,::- • the country to the keeping of a hybrid ''S4`;''- Whici-Tory-Atadical-Conservative Government. <r;,, _ .:- ____ L ., ~ ,;, .. i, , ,-1 1 ) ..: Eieven months hate elapsed, or nearly elapsed e?" 1 4- .." . THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr, E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Dec. 21, Will be pa•formed GVY YNNETH VAUGHAN'. Characters by idessrs. Belton and Morgan, Miss Featherstone, &c. After which, DELICATE ATTENTIONS. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Laud of Toys. Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Bnckstone, and W. Farrell ; Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. roynter, Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Miss E. Grey. After which, a Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR 4 ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHABLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son, Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon. and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be produced a new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AY) THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Panta'oon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborongh. THIS EVENING, Dzc. 27, • Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hugh es . After which, an original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris. Bare Christmas Amusements —The Great Attraction of London— " One of the Sights of London" —The Sea of Ice and Marvellous Adelohi effects in the exciting new Nautical Drama of "THE THIRST OF GOLD," every Evening—A new Grand Fairy Spec tacle, NVMBEII And during the. Week, the Popular New Nautical Melo-drama , in Jive tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE THIRST OF GOLD. or THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parsclle, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskeil, &c. ; with an , entirely new grand specta cular legendary Christmas piece, In two act., with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER Kip, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley.. Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. E w A igan Tß . ROYAL. Lessee and OLYMPIC Manager, r . T A H . 'PSIS EVENING, DEC. 27, (And during the Week), Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters p. by R o bson and Mrs. Stirlin g . Mr. After whic, a new historico-geographical CHRISTMAS PAN TODIEMR, called HARLEQUIN COLUMBUS ; or, The Old World and the New. Harlequin, Mr. F. ,Moreland; Pantaloon, Mr. W. uochez ; and Columbine, Miss Wyndham. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Grand combination of attraction for the Holidays. The only Eques trian Pantomime in the Metropolis, and the wonderful Performing Elephants. THIS EVENING, Disc. 27, (And during the week.) The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST; or, THE MAGIC GONG— In which Mr. W. Cooke's wondrous Elephants will appear. Followed by a series of Mr. Wm. CoOke'a matchless scenes of Eqaestriartism in THE CIRCLE, by the talented artistes of this establishment. After which, a New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC PANTOMIME, written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr.. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUTTON'S jOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite. since the beginning of that Russo-Turkish ques tion, which is still in the slow agony of a pro gressive development. And what, let us ask, is the latest change in the kaleidoscopic variations of this deplorable subject of contention ? Why, it is a fitting sequel to our long series of melancholy and craven negotiations. It is this—it is actually as follows this latest information received by way of Vienna, from Constan tinople. That the Austrian Internuncio at the Sublime Porte, communicated to the British, French, and Prussian Ambassadors a despatch, informing them that the SULTAN has consented graciously to send a Plenipotentiary to the Con ferences, provided the Russians evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia —BUT, adds the news, " the Am bassadors of the three Powers have been instructed to urge the SULTAN not to insist on this condition, and to assure him that the integrity of the Turkish empire is to be maintained, and that the Principalities shall be restored as soon as the dispute with Russia shall have been settled !" Was there ever such wretched folly, such despicable timidity, such perverse violation of logic, or such odious disregard to all the nobler dictates of magnanimity ? The SULTAN is urged not to insist upon the Russians evacuating the Principalities, and yet he is to credit the assertion of the Powers that the integrity of the Turkish Empire is to be maintained ! Why, than this, England has lately heard of nothing more, contemptible or more preposter o u s -- exceptin g that miserable little incident of Lord PALMERSTON'S huff with the Cabinet, followed by his withdrawal of his resignation —an incident, the closing absurdity of which, by the way, it is not surprising to find caused a fall in the funds at the Paris Bourse yesterday. No—.glose over these events, as we may, through a fear of wounding our national self-esteem, it is impossible to deny that the Russo-Turkish Question from first to last has reflected only infamy upon England —that the passage of the Pruth has been a disgrace to our statesmanship and the Vienna Note a disgrace to our diplomacy—that the mas sacre at Sinope has imprinted a stain upon our banners such as cannot be very readily obliterated, and that for all this lamentable past the people of these islands have reason to be grateful to the imbecility and pusillanimity of the ABBRDIEN Government. Considerable alarm has been occasioned among commercial men by the extraordinary facts brought to light during the investigation of the case of Mr. S. L. OPPENHEIM, before Mr. Commissioner FARE, at the Court of Bankruptcy, on Monday last—facts, too, that may exercise a yery preju dicial influence on our foreign trade, unless ade quate means be forthwith adopted to redress a serious grievance, for which at present there is not only no sufficient remedy, but where the law itself inflicts the injury on innocent parties. In the case of OPPENHEIM, it appeared that a bill of exchange for 3001. sterling had been discounted by. the London' and Westminster Bank in the or dinary course of business. This bill purported to have been drawn at Natal in the month of De cember, 1852, and was accepted by him in due course. It would, if bona fide, which it purported to be, have been, as a foreign bill of exchange, exempted from the operation of the Stamp Laws ; it was therefore drawn on blank paper. During the course of the inquiry, however, it turned out that the bill was not merely accepted, but also drawn, in London, and that, though dated at Natal in. December, 1852, it was actually alto gether concocted in Broad-street-buildings, in the City of London, in May, 1853. That there was a flagrant breach of the law none could deny. That there was a gross fraud upon the national revenue was equally palpable. But who were the sufferers ? Not the parties by whom the evasion of duty was planned and carried into execution ; not those who profited by the false pretence, who put in their pockets the duty of which the Inland Revenue had been defrauded. Far from it ! It was the innocent holders, who had given the full and fair value for the security, who had every reason to suppose it genuine and what it was re presented to be. This was unquestionably wrong, but what follows is still more monstrous. Who was the gainer ? The person who, if not the concoctor of the fraud, was at least particeps criminis, and who was permitted not merely to gain Bs. 6d. at the expense of the national ex chequer, but 3001. at the expense of the London and Westminster Bank ! The assertion is startling, but it is true nevertheless. It was at the counting-house of Mr. OPPENHEIM that the bill was drawn and accepted, with his full and perfect knowledge and concurrence. It was through him that it was sent into circulaiton, and it was his estate that profited by the proof of the debt being expunged. There is no principle more generally recognised than that " a man shall not profit by his own wrong," that he shall " be estopped from setting up any unrighteous de fence," or " denying the truth of what he had himself asserted in reference to the transaction." This is a straightforward, honest doctrine, which no Judge would suffer to be even controverted. But in the present instance, although on the face of the document it was stated to have been drawn at Natal, and though the bankrupt, by accepting it, virtually admitted the fact in the most solemn and deliberate manner, he is permitted te deny it subsequently ; and be it recollected, not for the purpose of enabling the Government to recover the unpaid stamp duty, but to enable the acceptor of the bill to exonerate his estate from a just and righteous demand. Can this be right? Most decid e dl y not. B ut i t i s not merely the injustice of the l aw t h at has excited such serious appre hensim!s—it is operati on its impolicy ; for its practical must be to render all unstamped bills unnegotiable, to prevent the ordinary banking facilities' from being afforded to foreign merchants, and thus, by cu t t i ng off credit, to inflict a heavy blow and great discouragement on the trade and commerce of the country. The advocates of the present system—for, monstrous and indefensible as it is, it still has advocates among red-tapists, who with a pert sneer tell us that it is " necessary for the protec tion of the revenue"—may tell us that it is analo gous to a case of forgery, where an innocent The holder may be mulcted of his property, cases are, however, by no means similar. U n d er a forgery, the holder cannot, of course, r ecover against the alleged acceptor, but he or at le ast can. a ga i nst every bona fide party to the ,b against every person cognisant of the fraud. The bona fide endorser, who had received actual value, or who by hi s en d o rsement had given the world , to understand that such bad been the case, could not set A up as a defence that the name of the acceptor, drawer, or of any previous endorser, had been forged. By his signature he had recognised the validity of the document, and would not subsequently be permitted to impeach it. A forgery, in fact, is not by any means so mischievous a transaction, in a legal point of view, as the fictitious statement that a bill has been drawn abroad, for the forgery only would partially, while the enormous statement of the place of drawing would totally-, vitiate the docu- In a case of forgery, the estate of forger or utterer would be liable, in that of misdescrip tion it would be exonerated. And yet, the wilful and deliberate forger is not merely transported for life, but sent to a penal settlement, while the drawer or acceptor of a fictitious foreign bill may receive —a first-class certificate !! ! But it is not merely a solitary instance of the kind that was brought under notice. The bankrupt merely acknowleged that, during the two years he was in business, he had been a party to similar bills, to the amount of no less than 4,000/., but also deliberately stated. —and there is no reason to doubt the truth of the assertion—that it is " a common custom with many London, houses I" Thi s is, indeed, alarming ! This may well create a profound sensation Measures should at once men LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY RECOGNIZANCES. MARLBOROUGH-;STREET-(THIS DAY. NUMEROUS CASES OF CRUELTY. George Felton appeared before Mr. Hardwick, in answer to a surninons granted at the instance of Mr. Middleton, secretary to the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, charging him with driving a horse in an unfit condition. David Watson, one of the society's officers, stated that on the Ist instant he saw the defendant driving a horse and cart in Oxford-street. Under the pad of the saddle was a wound about the size of a crown piece, and a piece of sacking was adhering to it. Another wound was on the horse's back ; and altogether the animal was not in a fit state to work. Fined ss. and costs. Jacob Shell was next charged with a similar offence. Smith, a constable belonging to the society above alluded to, stated that on the 10th instant he was in Crown-street, Soho, when he saw the defendant driving a horse and cart laden with coals, and on examining the horse's back he found a wound on it about the size of his hand. The horse was also in a very poor condition. Fined 10s. and costs. John Southam was fined ss. and costs for the like COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 26, The Queen, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. Prince AlbeA, accompanied' by Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, went out shooting this forenoon, attended by the Earl of Listowel, Lord Alfred Paget, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and qapt. Hon. D. Ros. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Majesty to-day. The Duke of Newcastle has left town for his seal Clumber Park, Notts. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes, terday from the Governors of Hong Kong, West Aus-, tralia, Malta, and Gibraltar, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE COURT.—The Royal dramatic performances in he Rubens Room at Windsor Castle will not, we be; lieve, be resumed until after the expiration of the family mourning for the late Queen of Portugal, namely, on the 17th proximo, when the first drama played before her Majesty and the Court circle will be Sir Edward 13. Lytton's drama of Money. The Duke of Rutland is surrounded by a family circle at Belvoir Castle, including the Marquis o Granby, Lord and Lady John Manners, Lord George J. Man ners, the Rev. Mr. an d L a d y Adeliza Norman. His grace will complete his 76th year on the 4th of the en suing month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and a family circle are passing the holidays at Motcombe House, Dorset. The Countess of Leicester has left town for Holkham Hall, after a brief sejour at Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Rbsebery are receiving a family circle at Dalmeny Park, N.B. The nuptials of Lord Lymington with one of the ac complished Ladies Nevill, daughters of the Earl of Abergavenny, is understoud to be postponed, on account of the dangerous state of health of his lordship's father, Lord Portsmouth. The Austrian Minister to the French Court, the Che valier Hubner, has returned to town from Brighton, en route to resume his diplomatic duties in Paris. THE LATE COUNTESS OF EGLINTON.—The funeral of the much lamented Countess of Eglntion and Winton took place on Friday afternoon, in the family vault at Kilwining, on which extensive alterations have been made during the week, it being now 36 years since it was last opened. In accordance with the wishes of the deceased lady, jhe obsequies were conducted with the strictest privacy.—North British Mail. PRINCE ADAM CZARTORYSKI.—The Polish exiles in London assembled numerously, on the 21st instant, at Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, to read the speech of Prince Adam Czartoryski, delivered by his highness at Paris on the 29th ult., and voted to him an address expressive of confidence, respect, and gratitude, for the indefatigable manner, ability, and prudence with which, from his earliest days, and during a long and unblemished career, that illustrious patriot has been watching over the future destinies of Poland. That the general aspect of European politics opens a new field to Polish patriotism cannot be denied ; and that the worthy prince is, by his antecedents, his hams, and his position, the national representative in foreign lands of the rights of his country, is also undeniable, The address was signed, on the part of the assembled, by Lieutenant Charles Szulezewski, who occupied the chair on the occasion, and by Mr. N. F. Zaba. THE SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY IN THE CITY.—The City yesterday, considering the fact of its being "boxing day," presented an appearance which may, perhaps, be denominated "unexampled." Not but that the dense fog which " clothed" the whole of its ancient boundary "as with a garment," during the early part of the forenoon, and the " biting frost" which formed " The fancied landscape on the window panes" of the citizens, most faithfully depicted the severity of the season, but that the hum of the " working bees" in this vast "hive of industry" was tempo rarily hushed by the common consent' of the citi zens, and that a day of " rest" from bodily toil, and a day of "recreation" for all parties had been mutually agreed upon. The shops in the leading thoroughfares were closed, and the doors of the warehouses as safely padlocked as they had beim the day before, except in one or two instances, which ought not to be nameless, but which, perhaps, it is better at this season of the year that we should make so, seeing that loss, and not profit, was, in most of the cases, the result of the obstinacy of the proprietors to the general will, the parties being compelled eventually to yield, through that mighty force of circumstances," the absence of even "the ghost" of a customer. As a consequence of tins general closing —this just tribute of the wealthy " capitalist" to the "rights of labour"—thousands of merry faces might be seen—the industrious of both sexes—all of them wending their way from the " murky city" to the "parks," the " exhibitions," the "galleries," the "firesides " of their friends, and though last, not least, to the "theatres," there to take in, in the company of "laughter-loving in nocence," their fill of "fun and frolic," to remember in such company the "joyousness of the past," and to awake with renewed vigour to the performance of the "duties of the present." z E n s i A d e T r T a E b l e r , T TO e x ci te m M e n u t n DErt A was or e a tFEMALE.edin the— mnYeoeiDgss t t h Ee b r PudEual A atrociousoo neighbourhood attemptof a C g l e i d a, n st e 90 e r yy murder-el years, r n s e , , of i naN nao. s s r, e r q i Le u de e e n 'lv e s e . obi nu o i f al dn a i n n a g m s, ed Ch l‘ a l n . c l e V ry il - i l is a ' ne, and from what can be gleaned, very slight hopes are entertained of the recovery of the per petrator of the horrid deed. It appears, that the in jured female and her husband, William Willis, aged 61 years, a la,w-writer, had lived very comfortably toge ther; but from some reason unexplained he, on his re turn home in the morning between two and three o'clock seized a table knife, and rushed to the bedside of his wife, and endeavoured to cut her throat ; she struggled violently, when he inflicted a most severe wound in her h of e ad. the r00m, 6.1e 1 jumped out ;tod called o f bed, a out "Murder u iu r r de sl d to the door of t he hus husband (Willis) immediately seized a razor, and inflicted a fright ful gash on his throat, by which the windpipe and o l c a a r r i l t o i d r d artery but s w s e o r t e l l o a n i d e o b ro a i r o e g, up s t n a o i r t s, d f i o v u i dnedd he . had jumped into bed and covered himself over with the outbed c o l f o b th ed es a . nd T e h o e nv p e o y li e c d e W h a e r w d, as K ta in k g e , n e surgeon, was in immediate attendance, and rendered College Hospital, where Al tlio r a . vC G ila e gn o t r e g arr e 'bri L uvr a ey N d ;son, the house- every assistance, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mrs. Willis has suffered most severe injuries in protecting herself against the murderous violence of her husband. There are several rumours as to the real cause of the melancholy occurrence, but the truth can not be ascertained. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) DISCHARGE OF A BANKRUPT FROM CUSTODY ON HIS OWN An application was made to his Honour to discharge a bankrupt out of custody, being bankrupt on his own petition. His Honour ultimately gave the discharge, on condi tion of the bankrupt entering into his own recognizance in 1001. to appear and surrender in due course. His Honour said it was an unusual application, but the con dition was absolutely necessary to prevent bankrupts from getting their liberty and then absconding. The court would by this process have a control over the bankrupt. An order for discharge was then made out. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1853 be taken to devise a remedy for this fearful state of affairs ! We are quite convinced that Mr. OPPENHEIM, or the parties to whom he alluded, had, or have, no intention of defrauding the par ties with whom they have been or are dealing, but the practice is no less dangerous, and deserves the prompt attention and decided reprehension of a commercial community. We may be " a Nation of Shopkeepers"—we do not deprecate the desig nation ; but if so, it is only the more incumbent on us to remove the blot from the national statute book with as little delay as possible, to remedy the absurd mistake into which Parliament was be trayed by a Chancellor of the Exchequer, who thought that everything should be subservient to the revenue, and that the only thing to be re garded was the mode by which that revenue could most easily be collected. offence: MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There was a holiday yesterday in the cotton market at Liverpool. k The letters by the Europa steamer from New York have not yet been delivered. The specie on board amounts to 875,000 dollars. The Anna Mary from Sydney brings no later dates, but 3,489 ounces of gold. The Matilda Wattenbach sailing ship which took out the Australian Mail from Liverpool on the 3d inst., has put in to Lisbon dismasted. The accounts via Marseilles by the overland mail represent business as being rather dull, owing to the Ilindoo holidays, and the sales of piece goods at Bombay were at low prices compared with the like period of 1852. Money was getting dearer. The China markets were still deranged by the war. The funds have been unsteady—Consols, which were 931 to 94, being now 944 to for the opening. A fair business is doing, considering this is holiday week. The New 3/ per Cents. have been 95g , to and the 3 per Cents. 93-4 to 94/. Bank Stock is firm at 220. Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. to es. premium. In the Foreign Market business is extremely inactive, and prices are heavy. Mexican Bonds are 241, being previous prices. Peruvian Bonds are depressed, being 68i. There is a decline of f per cent. in Portuguese Four per Cents., the quo tation being 43, and Dutch Four per Cents. are similarly affected, being 96. No bargains are re corded in Russian or South American Securities. There is very little doing in Railway Shares, but the tendency in particular lines is rather to im prove. Caledonian have risen 10s. to 15s. on Satur day's prices, Lancashire and Yorkshire 55., and most others are a shade better. Midland and North British are scarcely so firm. French shares are steady, and Paris and Strasbourg and Northern of France are rather higher. Gold Mine Shares are wholly neglected, and the Joint Stock Banks aro very dull. Australian Agricultural Shares are about 10s. to 15s. lower, and the South Australian have fallen about 11. Crystal Palace shares are flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Oficial List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3, 1 44 I New 34 per Cent. Annuities South Sea Old Annuities .. Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 94 3 44 India Stock for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. 21000 . 2500 .. 'Small ii 4 ad 3 6 p 3 6 p 3 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65 Chilian Bonds, 3 per Cent 75 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent L. Ditto 5 per Cent .....,... ................ 103 Alexicau 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 24 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 6B Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 43 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St llll 13 Dividends on the above payablelin London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates .. THREE O'CLOCK. Console for Opening 18th Janttery.... ..... 94 s x d MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. These markets are closed until the 3d of January, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 15s to 5/ lOs ; clover ditto, 415 s to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 11 16s to 214 s per load. A short supply, and a brisk demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 15s to 51 12a ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 61 6s; and straw, 1116 s to 21 5s per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ lOs to 5/ 10s; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ 103 ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade steady. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY. LONDON, Dee. 28. —Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breeze, and fine, frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 2G.—Wind, E. to N.W. Arrived— Fanny, Callao. FALMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind, N.E.—Arrived —Nurmis, Callao. YARMOUTH, Dec. S.—The Eliza, Onega to London, has arrived in the Roads with damage, and very leaky, having struck on the bar at Archangel. DEAL, 27. Wind, N. W., moderate. Arrived—Father Mathew, Quebec. Arrived from the river, and sailed— Merchantman, Port-Philip ; Countess of Zetland, Cape of Good Hope; Jane, Barbadoes ; J. G. Heeksher, New York. COWES, Dec. 26.—Wind, light and variable. Arrived —Thomas Ellah, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind, E. Arrived Leemo, Akyali, for Schuderm ; Edwin, Now York for Antwerp. PENZANCE.—Arrived—Choice, Cardiff for London, with damage, and one man washed overboard ; leaky. GUERNSEY, Dec. 25.—The Reindeer, of N. Yarmouth, Monte Video for London, struck yesterday on the Sam bule Rock, and soon after sank in 12 to 14 fathoms water —master and mate drowned. An a tt emp t w ill b e made to raise her. CHRISTIANSAND, Dec. 12.—The Hammond, of Belfast Memel to Belfast, put in on the sth inst., leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. The Aberdonian, of Aberdeen, Archangel to London (63 days), put in on the 9th inst., leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind N., moderate; snowing. Arrived—Persian, (s. s.) from the Mediterranean; De mosthenes, Ibraila ; Mercurius, Rotterdam. Off Port—Covenanter ship, and Lisbon brig. (BY SUBMARINE AND' EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, TUESDAY, 10 A.M, CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind N. W. Oide high water, fine. Arrived Caroline, from Dunkirk ; Deborah, Sines ; Amenia, Gothenberg ; Margreta, Holbeek ; Olive, Genoa. DEAL, TUESDAY, 9 A.M. •Wind N.W., moderate, and cloudy. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.---The weather has been intensely cold since Friday last, and the frost, havinc, orna mentalagain set in with' great severity, cause d the 6 water in the various Royal Parks to become again covered with ice. Notwithstanding the precau tions issued by the Royal Humane Society, a great num ber of persons ventured upon the frozen waters, and a number of immersions occurred, owing to the ice giving way. At one time, five lads were under water in St. James's Park ; but from the inquiries made, it is under stood that no life was lost. THE POST-OFFICE AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.— Yesterday the employds of the Post-office were privileged by the authorities with a partial holiday. The London district postmen were permitted by the Postmaster- General to finish their town duty for the day, after the noon delivery ; and those in the country districts enjoyed, so far as practicable, a short respite. The delivery of letters by the general post, after the arrival of the mid day mails, was also discontinued ; but the evening despatch of the mails, outward, took place as usual ; the correspondence, however, was very sca n ty, th e heaviest part of it taking place in the newspaper depart ment, in which, as might have been expected, but littl e change occurred. There being comparatively but a small number of letters posted in the after part of the day, the sub-sorters of the district office were relieved from the midnight duty. So far as can be learned, this is the first time, during the last quarter of a cen t ury, that any such holiday h a s been given to the hard-worked men in this branch of the public servioe upon any day excepting those of Good Friday and Christmas-day. When those days have hitherto fallen upon the Sabbath day, the business of the office has been ca rr i e d on as usual. There is every reason to believe that, in conse quence of this important concession on the part of the Postmaster-General being made known on Saturday, a large number of the principals of the vari ous mercant il e establishments in the City were induced yesterday to close their establishments. FEARFUL COLLISION ON LUDGATE-HMI, AND PROBABLE Loss OF LlFE.—Last night, about nine o'clock, a col lision of a frightful character happened at the foot of Ludgate-hill, of which the following are the particu lars :—lt appears that as one of the cabs belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway was proceeding past St. Paul's Cathedral, the horse attached to the vehicle took fright, and dashed down the hill at a terrific pace. Several persons crossing the road had very narrow escapes, but the cabman managed to keep the a ff r i g ht e d animal cl ear o f passing vehices until it came to the foot of the hill, where, however, the horse drove against the back of another cab proceeding in the same direction, and the consequence was that the driver of the foremost cab was thrown from his seat, and he pitched upon his head, which was so seri ously injured that the poor fellow's face became covered with blood. He was removed to a surgeon's immedi ately, but it is feared that his injuries will terminate fatally. His cab was likewise greatly broken, and the teeth of the other horse stuck into the back panelling, making an indentation of at least an inch deep. The horse in the hindermost cab was so much injured that it was left lying at the corner of Parringdon-street to be killed. The driver of this vehicle only saved his life by clinging to the Royal Society's fire escape, at the corner of New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; and Harms worth, the conductor of the machine, having the presence of mind to scotch the wheel of the cab, no further mischief happily took place. . . ) LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Telegraphic advices have been received from Con stantinople of the 15th inst. It is affirmed that the Divan accepts the resumption of negotiations. The allied fleet have not yet entered the Black Sea. Violent tempests had taken place. Eighty mer chant vessels had been lost. The price of corn has risen from 25 to 50 piastres. A number of vessels have been freighted. War has been officially de clared by Persia. The rupture between the Schah and the British representative has been .notified by him to the consuls. The whole Russian fleet has left Sinope, after having stayed there for two days for repairs. A despatch from M. de Bruck the Austrian Inter nuncio at Constantinople, was on the 20th i ns t. communicated to the Ambassadors of Great Bri tain, France, and Prussia. The news contained in this document is, on the whole, satisfactory. The Porte will send a Plenipotentiary to the con ferences, provided the Russians evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia. The Ambassadors of the three Powers have been instructed to urge the Sultan not to insist on this condition, and to assure him that the integrity of the Turkish empire is to be maintained, and that the Principalities shall be restored as soon as the dispute with Russia shall have been settled. Other advices from Constantinople inform us that the Turks would consent to no terms unless the Principalities were first evacuated. On the contrary, the Porte seems determined to push on the war, and an expedition was about to sail for Sebastopol. It was also considered very unlikely that the Emperor of Russia, after his late successes, would consent to any negotiation based on the evacuation of the Principalities. The following is from a Copenhagen correspon dent, dated Dec. 19 : " Very strange intelligence arrives from the Rus sian Baltic provinces, which I hav e no d ou bt w ill interest you. Th e Royal detachment of 4,000 men has gone into winter quarters. Helsingfors is• on a military footing. A large man-of war fleet lies close to the fortress, and in the northern harbour are anchored the man-of-war Andreas and three colossal frigates, one of which is the Finnish frigate Olof. In Cronstadt, new and most extensive forti fications are going on. As to Finland generally, a hitherto unheard-of step has been taken. The grena diers will probably be stationed along the coast from Viborg to Helsingfors, and in the north of Finland proclamations have been read in the churches inviting the peasantry to enter the Rus sian army as recruits. But, not content with this, the Russian recruiting agents have made the same slight mistake of meum and tuum, as Russia has already done in so many countries, and have com menced recruiting in those parts of Sweden which lie nearest to the Finnish border. It has been re marked that this latter step is a decided proof that Russia has the most friendly intentions towards its " old ally," Sweden, for otherwise it would not think of filling its ranks with born Swedes. The Gazette de St. Petersbourg contains the fol lowing bulletin, sent by General Prince Beboutoff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army in the Caucasus, and dated the 3d inst.:- 1 "I have already in my last report informed your Highness of the retreat of the Turkish corps from Bayandoury upon Kars on the 25th ult., and of my marching in pursuit on the 26th. I added, that not being able to overtake the enemy, I fell back upon Bask-Shouragel, where I took up my quarters. "On the 30th ult. I was informed that the said Turkish corps rallied before reaching Kara, and, that again concentrated in the vicinity of Subotane, they had formed a cam p near t h e hamlet of Bash-Kadyk Lar. I resolved at once upon compelling the enemy to accept battle, with a view to their punishment, by a decisive defeat, for the outrage and robberies perpetrated by the Turks on our territories previous to the commence ment- of hostilities. " Early on the Ist December I advanced against the enemy. My force consisted of one battalion and three companies of the Constantin Nicolajewitsh Grenadiers, threetbattalions and three companies of the Cesarewitch Cara.bineers, one battalion of your Highness's Chasseurs ; 'the l'st and 2d battalion of the Prince of Warsaw In fantry, one battalion of Caucasian Rangers, two compa nies of Caucasian Sappers, the regiment of Wurtemberg Dragoons, the 4th Don Cossacks, one regiment of Cos sacks of the line, three sotnias (hundreds) of detached Cossacks, 21 heavy battery and Ist light battery of the Caucasian Grenadiers, the sth heavy battery of the 21st Brigade of Artillery, the 7th battery of the Don Cos- sacks, and one sotnia of mounted militia. "After ascending the heights in front of the hamlet of Ougonzly, I saw the Turkish troops fully prepared for the fight. They marched out from their camp near Bash- Kodyk-Lar, and took up a position on the heights in front of that hamlet, at some little distance from the hamlets of Grazlo and Gamza-Kerial. I advanced immediately to within two gunshot distance from the enemy's lines, when I formed my troops in order of battle, and then marched upon the Turks. My first line, composed of the Ist battalion of your High ness's chasseurs, two battalions of Prince of Warsaw Infantry, and seven heavy batteries under Major-Gene ral Kishinsky, was directed against the centre of the enemy's position. Against the re-ular cavalry of the Turks, and the numbers of their Kurdish auxiliaries, I pushed at the same height with the first line on the left four squadrons of Wurtemberg Dragoons, four pieces of Cossack artillery, and seven sotnias of Cossacks, under Major-General Raggowut. " In the rear and to the right of our first line I placed en echelon, two squadrons of Wurtemberg Dragoons, four guns ofthe flying battery, and two sotnias of Cos sacks, under Major-General Prince Tsharichavadze, for on this side our right was threatened by the Kurds and by two regiments of Turkish horse. "My second line consisted of two battalions of the Constantin Nicolajewitsh Grenadiers and two batta lions of the Cesarewitsh Carabineers, under Major- General Prince Mukhranski. The 3d and 4th battalions of the Carabineers, the Ist Light Battery, and the 4th Don Cossacks, formed the reserve. "At noon my first line had taken up its position, and the cannonade commenced on various points. We worked 16 guns, and the Turks worked 20. As the fire of the artillery could only serve to increase the slaughter, I was desirous of terminating it, and my batteries had scarcely opened upon the enemy, when I prepared to dislodge the Turks at the point of the bayonet. "For this purpose I detached from the second line the Cesarewitch Grenadiers, and placed them under Major- General Prince Orbeliani, and the Constantin Nicolaje witsh Grenadiers, under Prince Bagration. These two de tachments were ordered to march to the left of our first line, ascend the heights, and attack the right of the Turkish position. This manoeuvre was most admirably executed. Notwithstanding their obstinate resistance, the Turks were driven back and compelled to give up part of their position. I am sorry to say that Prince Orbeliani received two wounds in the course of this attack. In the meantime our cavalry under Major-General Raggowut, pressed closer and closer upon the Turkish horse, and at the charge of the Grenadiers and Carabi neers a column of four squadrons of Dragoons rushed simultaneously upon the enemy's squares, and, sup ported by the Infantry, drove them upon the Turkish left. On this occasion we took 22 guns from the Turks. " While these events were taking place on our left, our artillery was still busy in the centre. Our extreme right, under Major-General Kishinski, was clossly pressed by part of the Turkish horse, and the Turks had, moreover, detached four battalions from their centre, which, posted in a ravine between their position and our first line, opened upon us from that , point. But our artillery and infantry repulsed the Turkish horse, and their detachment, which occupied the ravine, fell (upon seeing the advantages gained by our grenadiers and carabineers) back upon their centre, and soon afterwards took to flight. " When the combat commenced we had on our right only certain hordes of Kurds and two regiments of Turkish horse, but when this force deployed, and ad vanced against Prince Tsharichavadze; it was found that the Turkish cavalry was supported, by four pieces of artillery and six battalions of foot. This circumstance compelled the Prince to make several attacks against the enemy's, infantry and cavalry, in ordei• to remove theni from our right. The contest continued to 3 p.m., and terminated• on this point likewise with a general rout of the Turkish forces. Our dragoons took two field pieces. "Although the Turkish horse endeavoured to cover the flight of their , foot, still we pursued them until late in the evening." We were in total ignorance of the more immediate cause of the catastrophe at Sinope, but the Augsburg Gazette now gives some perfectly satisfactory in formation on the subject. Immediately after the arrival of the Egyption fleet in the Bosphorus it was affirmed at Constantinople that the allied fleets were to enter the Black Sea, and the Porte formed the adventurous project of wresting the Crimea from the Russians. The plan was not long concealed from the 'Russians, and, in consequence of positive information received, some of the troops originally intended to form part of the army in the Danubian Principalities were sent by General Liiders to the Crimea. The united fleets did not enter the Black Sea, and the Porte, being obliged to relinquish its original plan, resolved to send the materiel of war and the money which had been prepared for the expedition to some Circassian port. The arma ments were kept as secret as possible, and the fleet, —consisting of two squadrons—which was to con vey the artillery, ammunition, &c., to the moun taineers, was placed under the command of Os man Pasha, a resolute man and a good seaman. The latter left on the 11th of November, and at the same time the allied Turco-Egyptian fleet sailed into the Black Sea in order to attract the attention of the Russian admiral, and to mask OsmauPasha's expedition. After cruising during 18 days without seeing a single Russian sail, the Turkish fleet re turned to the Bosphorus under the impression that the fear of meeting the Anglo-French fleet had in duced Prince Menschikoff to remain quiet in the port of Sebastopol. The Russian admiral must, however, have been exactly informed o f w h a t was intended , for, without troubling himself about the main fleet, he , had ChM= Pasb.a's movements care: fully observed. The latter, by means of his steamers, soon became aware that the enemy was on his traces, and he therefore sought safety in the roads of Sinope. The Russians had, however, resolved to strike a heavy blow, and on the 30th of Novem ber the squadron was destroyed. The news, of course, made a great impression on the war party in the Divan, " but a still greater one on the officers of the French and English fleets. who felt that every ball which had struck the Turkish Ships had also morally hit the vessels of the allied fleets, which, almost at the same time that the catastro phe took place, had got up a mock fight for the edification of the inhabitants of Constantinople." FRANCE. The Paris papers of yesterday had not arrived when we went to press. We have, however, re ceived the following telegraphic despatch : The rumour of Lord Pahnerstou's return to office caused a fall in the funds. It was mooted in Paris yesterday that the Eng lish and French Governments had now very little hope of a pacific solution of the Eastern question, and that both France and England were about to make preparations for an expedition to the Baltic early in the spring. Sir Charles Napier was to command the English fleet in that sea. The Bourse was heavy yesterday, without much business doing. The Three per Cents. closed at 73f. 75e. - for the end of the mouth, being a fall of 65c. as compared with the closing prices of Satur day. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents., closed at 100 f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,165 f. ; Rouen, 1,040 ; H avre , 492 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 867 f. 50. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 807 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 745 f. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 611 f. 25c. ; Great Central, 515 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 508 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 730 f. THE COAL TRADE. (Prom the _Daily News.) Coals are frightfully dear and—How can they be cheapened ? becomes an interesting question. Lower freights would be one step towards cheaper coals. Ministers intend (so rumour says) to pro pose to Parliament the opening of our coasting trade to foreign shipping. This is a measure we have repeatedly urged the necessity of ; seeing that whilst our mercantile shipping for the long voyage and for foreign trade generally is rapidly in creasing, no considerable augmentation of coasters is concurrenty in preparation. Any and • every addition to our present means of transport coast wise will therefore be welcome. • It is indeed quite possible that such a measure may not at first add very largely those means, and there is no fear of the coasting trade of the greatest of all maritime nations getting permanently into any other hands than those of its own people. But, without anti cipating a great influx of foreign vessels to our coasting fleet as a consequence of opening the trade, it may reasonably be expected to have a very considerable effect in improving the efficiency of our coasting vessels, and by that improvement our means of transport will practically be increased. The truth is, that our coasting trade wants a fillip such as competition only can give it. At present it is a monopoly, and the pressure of a little rivalry will in all probability quicken speed in loading and discharging, and navigating our coasters, improve the seamenlike qualities of their skippers, and pro mote subordination and good conduct amongst the men. Perhaps it will also tend to a more general use of the screw propeller, an end very much to be desiderated. With the best coals now selling in the Coal Ex change at 325. and even 355. a ton, this question of the coasting trade is a matter of very great im portance to London and its millions, for never, we believe were stocks either in private houses or on the retail merchants' wharves so low as they are now. In June last the quotations had fallen to 155., and as the highest point reached in the pre vious winter was only 225., and the price of fuel had for two years before been unusually moderate, people generally were persuaded that coal would remain permanently cheap. Stocks consequently were not renewed, and here, at the commence ment of a severe winter, coal is selling for almost as much as when, some forty years ago, it was charged with 7s. 6d. a ton duty. In 1813 the price of coals, charged with that duty, was 445. a ton ; and in 1830, when it still had a duty of some 4s. to encounter, it was only 275. 6d. a ton ; yet here in 1853 it is quoted, all Government duty having long since been repealed, at 345. Having had coals at 14s. in both March, 1850 and 1851, and at only 6d. a ton more in March, 1852, and having seen them at 15s. in the summer of this year, we may well shiver at the present cost of fuel. The consumption of coal in London during the last twenty years has gone on very rapidly increasing, and that without much reference to prices; until now, in 1853, we use just double the quantity we did in the year 1833. In the present year 1853, our consumption of coals will have reached 4,000,000 tons, of which probably railways and canals will have brought upwards of 500,600 tons. The ratio of increased consumption is greater than the ratio of increased population ; for during the last twenty years it has certainly not doubled itself, and the increased con veyance of coal by rail has, there can be little doubt, diminished the area supplied through Lon don, many districts being now served direct instead of from the Thames. With consumption increasing at this rate, even in spite of prices now quite doubled, it is satisfactory to observe that metro politan dependence on the north of England and on shipping as a means of transport is somewhat diminishing ; though as yet the amount of coals brought by railway and canal has had no effect on the value of sea-borne coal. On the other hand, it must be recollected, that the question whether railways can permanently carry coal at a profit is yet undecided ; for though it is true present high prices give them a profit, and a large profit, those prices, it is to be hoped, are only accidental ; and the effect of the wear and tear of coal traffic on rail ways has to be ascertained. Nor can it be over looked that, if railways are largely to increase their coal transport, the number of their rails must either be increased, or the traffic will fearfully augment the dangers of railway travelling. Within the last twenty years the coal trade in the north has undergone a perfect revolution. The Tyne has ceased to retain its " coaly" pre-emi nence • many of the colli er i es f amous in its history have been given up, some exhausted, others un remunerative ; and the Wear and the Tees have become much more important rivers. The dis covery of coal beneath the magnesian limestone led to the working of much larger mines as well as to the production of much superior fuel, and by means of railways from the Tees a great inland dis trict has been opened up in Auckland, previously a very poor and worthless district. In that period, too, a class of middl emen w h o b ought from the collieries, and sold in London, has been done away with, and coals are now almost invariably sent south for the account of the various collieries ; and so the only charges between them and the retail merchants are factorage and the abominable City Tax. Whilst, however, the capacity of Durham to sup ply coals has been greatly developed within that period, new sources of demand have opened on it, in the enormous extension of our steam fleet, in the coke required for railway locomotion, and other mechanical purposes, and in the growing de mand for British coal in foreign countries. The example of France seems likely to be followed by Belgium, and perhaps by Germany also ; and though, owing to the obstructions created by an absurd system of retail trade in Paris particularly, the recent change in the French tariff may not greatly increase French consumption of our best household coal, it will lead tea very great demand for manufacturing coal for the purpose of supplying France with British iron. That change will, it is said, create a demand for some 600,000 or 800,000 tons of our iron annually; and as, on an average, it takes three tons of coal to make a ton of iron, the effect on our coal trade must be very considerable. Moreover, on the Yorkshire side of the estuary of the Tees a new and most important iron field is being worked, situate near a small port, which a few years ago was created because of the difficulties of navigating that river up to its old capital Stockton, at a spot called Middlesborough, where there is now a rising town with docks, rail ways, and an important trade, on what, twenty years ago, was a beach, or little more than a fish ing village. Middlesborough is in truth the marvel of the north of England. Ironstone, worth ten years ago ls. 6d. or 2 s . a ton royalty,: is now doubled or trebled •in value ; small needy pro prietors have suddenly (to their own great surprise) become rich men ; furnaces are rising up right and left ; and there are people who deliberately enter tain the opinion that instead of Middlesborough exporting its 10,000 tons of coal a year, in not many years it will be obliged to import coal to supply its iron works. Time of course alone can show how this will be ; but there can be little doubt that the manufacture of Middlesborough iron will have some, effect on the London coal Market, by increasing local consumption. There is, however, abundance of fuel in England to give us a cheap supply ; and nothing will more rend to reduce present prices than increasing the means of transport, and reducing the enormous coal freights now obtained. So if Ministers really do intend to ask Parliament to throw open our coasting trade, they will do a very sensible thing, and one that London, as well as the Coal Tr e, will be very grateful for AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt.Ss' 8 non, arrived in the Mersey this evening abo ut , o'clock, with the u s u a l mails from the United State: and British North America. The 'Europa from New York on the 14th inst., and has brought , besides th e ma il s , 65 p assengers and nearly a mile' dollars in specie on freight. The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, from hence, arrived out at New York on the 11th inst. The Brothers Harper, the well-known and exten: sive New York publishers, have suffered a lirs t severe loss in hav ing th eir publishing houses M that city destroy e d by fi re . Th e amount of property destroyed is es ti ma t e d a t no l e ss than one and a Oil_ million dollars. Very u n fortunately for the P r e" prietors the amount of their stock and propertl insured was but to a limited extent. Authentic intelligence has been received of the i movements of the filibustering expedition that side ; recently from San Francisco. They have succeedsuo, in capturi ng th e t own o f L a P az , i n the distric t Lower California. The proclamation of a new Re public followed the capture. • the A marked improvement had taken place 111 b e New York money market since the sailinc• o f t BAltic, and business in general was decidedly more active. Stocks, however, were fiat, and deolinuig in value. fed The cotton market at New York is reNr . :„ brisk, with a goo d average amoun t o f boil; doing. Pric es have slightly advanced, as will seen by the foll ow i ng quotat i ons : —New Orley and Mobile mid. f a i r t o fair, 11 c. to 1 2 4 0 . ;,.,h1; Up' lauds, 11c. to 1] tic. Decreasing re ceipts of 'e various ports will account for this rise. Amos,6o Compared with the same per i o d o f last 15 the receipts show a d ecrease o f o ver 450 , bales. In the market for breadstuffs prices had gilsern way, owing to th e a d v i ces b y t h e previous ste i t i being looked upon as unfavourable. There little disposition to purchase at the folloil prices :—Western Canal flour, 6 dols. 62 it„, 1° dols. 75c. per barrel barely supported ; Ge llll prime wheat, 1 dol. 72c. to 1 dol. 74c. per 6 01bs ' r ; Southern wheat, 1 dol. 68c. to 1 dol. 70e. •P e to 601bs. ; Indian corn, round and yellow, 7 C )c ' 780. per bushel, steady ; Indian meal, 4 deli. - 4 dols. 121 c. +• no' Provisions do not show any change from tp tations, old me ss p or k b e i ng quoted at 14- dc49,:eir 13i dols. ; prime from 11 d o l e . t o 11f do's. ; "12 mess, 14 dols. to 14i- dols. ; and new prim 13 dols. Good Western brands of mess beef fet ch u dols. to 13 dols. ' • more ordinary brands, 12 (I°l to 14 dois. ; State mess, 8 dols. to 10 do j prime, 5 dols. to 5 dols. ; beef hams, Staff' dols. to 14 dols. • western, 14 dots. to 15 t i in lard, strictly good, 9&C. to 10fO. ; keg , I 7 A.frl 'w. ; cheese, Ohi o , 74 c . to Bic. State Bic. to 10c. per lb. f ;'de. Freights re ma i ne d muc h t h e same as a t 41, parture of the last steamer ; the asking rates, —To London : tobacco, 60s. per hhd. turVel t ia, ss. der 28011 v. ; flour, 4s. 9d. per brl , grain per bushel ; b ee f, B s . per tierc. To . Live rr cH is , " flour, 3s. to 3s. 3d. per brl. ; grain, per bushel ; cotton, 3-16 d to id. per Exchang e on L on d on was quoted at 1091 t,..° 1 9 -1 1; with but few sa l es . On Paris, 5.111 to 0 .'"" Bremen, 80i to 81. ; Hamburg, 37 to 371. TEE MURDER AT ACTON. Yesterday a long inquiry, adjourned from V e l e last, was resumed before Mr. Wakley, r especting di death of Richard Medhurst, aged 14, whose dead b ! • had been found on th e M on d ay morning previous in ditch in Irvine-l ane , qu it e na k e d . The body whicilL ui, 11 in an out-h ouse a t th e rear of the Goldsmiths' '"; presented a very shocking appearance. It vise je t i very emaciated state, and there were numerous el % ations upon it, the r i g ht eye b e i ng b lackened an d° swollen. John Clarke, carman, in the service of Mr. 51 1; Acton, said th a t as h e was go i ng down the lane hy"-• side of the Goldsmiths' Arms, he saw the deceased In ditch which was a b ou t 300 yards from the house. f b, ie body had no clothes on, nor anything to cover it. . 0 gave information to the police, and the body was Wulf to the Goldsmiths' Arms. George Medhurst, No. 11, Slade's-place, All e n-stre et ; Clerk enwell, id en tifi e d t h e d eceased as his son. He bis • saw him aliv e on th e 30th O c t o b er. W i tness, with Die son, was in th e em pl o y men t o f M r. T hurtell, cutter, whose manufactory is opposite the lunatic Old -street. On the evening of the 30th of October, o _ l 9 left the factory together, and as witness wanted to 017 A to the forema n , h e sen t hi s son home alone. Witnessb,hr not seen him sin ce till F r id ay a f ternoon last, on vlbh day, in consequence of information from the Clerk' well Police-station, he went to Acton, and there b e found his unfortunate child at the Goldsmiths' Ar m ' (Here the w it ness was much affected.) When Wi tne ; found th a t hi s son did not return on the night of , 30th, he made inquiries, and ascertained from a 13° :. named Georg e J ac k son , t h at at a few minutes afte r seven o'clock, the same night, his son was taken 1 1 1) b i t a man in a chaise cart, who went away with him toot: . Shoreditch. The man came out of a coffee-shop, i n °, street, near B un h i ll- row , b e f ore wh i ch the cha i se ear" in which was a black pony, was standing. By the Coroner—My °son was a sharp, steady 14c1 ' He was never out at night. Coroner—Was he in good health, and stout ? Witness—Oh, yes, sir. I believe that he has not n, a bit of bread t o ea t s i nce h e l e f t home. His b one s almost through his skin. He was a very hearty es ter ' He had no cough. The Coroner observed that the appearance of the de , ceased when first seen would seem to show that he ha ; been subject t o ill usage ; t h at he had been starve d, cot confined for some ti me; an d that in order to Pre v A eot • detection, he had been brought down to Acton in state in which he was found. Several of the Jury--That is our opinion. 'a s The father a dd e d th at hi s son had three-pence 1 leather bag ; an d h e was t o ld that the man, who .e/t, tall, stout-mad e , w ith a f u ll f ace, had on a fustian n°L. He had no susp i c i on o f any one having caus ed child's death. George Jackson, aged 11 years, living with his fs t i r at No. 38, Allen-street, said that he worked at Thurtell's, and identified the deceased. Witness gfr; with him on the even i ng o f t h e 30th of October, whesiee man asked him, witness, to go with him in his oar; to he wanted a boy to hold his horse. Witness offere d go, but deceased said, "I'll go," and he was taken a ff by the man, who went towards Shoreditch. There W re , a little boy at the time holding the horses head. 1/8 A t ceived a penny from the man, who said he would h e ess the same place the next day and call for him. W i t / . does not kno w if th e same man was there the nest daps Leigh, a ge d 13, w h o also works at the ineve " s o factory, havi ng corro b orated the evidence of t h e two witnesses, stated that the man drove a chaise ca rt' the wood p ar t o f w h ich under the body was Paineit green. The sid es were ma d e of cane work, an d the s o . was a cross-board swinging between the off and 11 , 8 sides. Th e h arness was d ecent. The man, too, ' l° ' • , i r rh is black coat. He was a tall man, with a full face. witness, shortly a ft er h e gave h i s evidence , fain ted away, and was attended by a surgeon.) wa de Inspector Bick erson sa id that inquiries bad bee n of the prop r i e t or o f t h e coffee-shop, 64, Old•street, au' ut the man, but he was not known there. ; r 1 that be Mr. Thoma s F ranc i s , surgeon, Acton, sa id j t he saw the body on M on d ay , t h e 19th, w h en it fis‘! d appearance of havi ng b een covere d with a quan tity ointment. Th e h an d s an d f eet seeme d as i f they ba4 been tied with a cor d. Th e b o d y was extreme ly erns ted, and there were sores all over it. There were also s oe v ral scratches, as if done by some pronged iustrinot l ied like a fork. Th ere was a b ru i se ou t h e bridge ni fi nose, and the ri g ht eye was bl ac k, swo llen, and soy with echymosed bl oo d. Th ere was no f o od in t le ,oc mach or large intestines, and there were sonael spots on the mucous membrane. On the back and were sores as if f rom l y i ng f or som e time in one tion. On opening the brain, he found congestion of the vessels, and on o p en i ng th e c h e st, he discove re d left lung to be very extensively diseased. to he I T i e h v e e c t o h r a o t n a e r e Im o b e ? r a v a e d d that horr every i t h h l e e re mn w r a d s erhad b r e e: S c l3 _ o7; mitted, or why s h o uld the poor boy have met ei in: e e treatment he had ? It would appear that he had and t t h h a e t tr t e h a e tm d e i n se t a h s e e h o o f c:li t rl h e e ca l o, , a ver l: had confi b n e e e d n a b n r d tar ou s ght v o ed r: from It was a case which he thought called upon or . ? e quest the Secretary of State to offer a rewa rd f e covery of the person or persons who had brought body to Acton. Coroner (to Mr. Francis)— Might not a blow upon the eye such as the deceased has received, in his state of ex haustion, produce concussion of the brain ? Witness—lt might produce it, and consequently de hay_ th. Foreman—W ou ld no t th e violence the deceased. d e eased subject t o, w ith th e ill usage and stavation, P°' likely to accelerate his death ? Witness—Certainly. '' „A to be The Coro ner otserved that the case apPear one of deliberate murder. The jury remarked they. were un animouslyt o of th tehasetti,te. 0 00r P e: nion, and th e y wished the coroner to a pp ly tary of State to offer a reward to di scover the perpeai the The inquiry was adjourned fora fortlikght, - coroner direotatkt tho'tddyjeliould n'od'e 2i ICO o 20 10 20 20 33i 10 26 20 20 16 20 20 40 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 20 10 20 20 20 20 8i 20 20 Bt. 80 et. 16 1.1 1 8 6 I l ] a 2 0 i 20 E d 10 b 10 - 10 al 261 al a. S:. Bt. !ii 20 1 2, Bt. 110 St. li Bt. 11 St. 11 20 10 St. 25 25 !t. 20 20 . 20 2o 20 .12 60 ...._, st. 20 20 t l / 4 Bt. 25 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 11 10 1 0 17 114 11 I ►ll IS .5 S 5 .2 S 8 II L 7 \ 11 V 4 V 1 V al V is. 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