The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

I) r 31:azi SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 17. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Iltephen Henry Sulivan, Esq., now her Majesty's Chargé ( I:Affaires and Consul-General in the Republic of Chili, to be her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and Consul- Genoal in the Republic of Peru. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Captain the Honourable Edward Alfred John Harris, RN., now her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and Consul- General in the Republic of Peru, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General in the Republic of Chili. FOREIGN-0/TICE, JAN. 22, The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel Morison as Vice-Consul at Londonderry for the Grand Duize of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Lewis Shaw Merewether, Esq., to be Auditor-General, and Harvie Christie, Esq., to be Postmaster-General for the colony of New South Wales, and John Sterling, Esq., to be Agent for Church and School Lands in that colony. CROWN-OFFICE, JAL 22. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT, University of Oxford—The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, of Christchurch, in the said University, Doc tor in Civil Law, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer. JAN. 24. Borough of Carlow—John Alexander, Esq., of Milford,' county of Carlow, in the room of John Sadlier, Esq., who has accepted the office of one of the Lords Commis sioners for executing the office of Treasurer of the Ex chequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Treasurer of ,Ireland. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire. royal Berks Militia—Thomas Aubrey Howard, Esq., to bo Captain, Jan. 12. BANKRUPTS. William Colk, spirit-merchant, North Walsham, to sur render, Feb. 5, at eleven, and March 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Bas- inghall-street ; Linklater, Size-lane. Henry Simmons, innkeeper, Leicester, Feb 4 and 25, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry ; and Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Charles Fletcher, silk manufacturer, Derby, Feb. 4 and 1 1 5, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. J. Harris, mlicial assignee, Nottingham ; J. Bulgay, Nottingham. ,liobert Tate, jun., miller, Uxbridge Moor, Hillingdon Atin:dlesex Jan. 31, and March 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee, Basinghall street; Linklater, Size-lane. John Brooks, coal, timber, and slate merchant, South ampton,. Feb. 4 and March 8, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghag-otreet ; Deacon, Stead, and Tyke, Romsey, Hants. George Colawell, boot and shoe maker, Ashton-under- Lyne, Feb. 8, and March 1, at twelve, at the Manchester Distrid Court. Fraser, official assignee ; Brooks, Ashton under-Lyne. Willi am D ona ld, cattle dealer, Cumberland, Jan. 31, at eleven, and March '7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Steel, Cockernmuth ; Watson, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Messrs. Bischoff and Core, London. Robert Charles Roosmale Cocq, merchant, late of Co lombo, Island of Ceylon, now of St. George's-tennce, Liver pool-road, Islington, Feb. 4, at eleven, and March 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ;''Dewitt, Lime-street. John Fletcher, draper, Manchester-road, York, Feb. 7, and March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee,'Leeds ; Upton and Yewdall, Leeds. John Pass, innkeeper, Far Town, Huddersfield, Feb. 18 and March 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee ; Sykes, Huddersfield ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Herbert Allen, tailor and draper, Ann-street, Birming ham, Feb. 8 and March 2, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. T. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham ; E. and J. M. Barret, Leeds, and C. Benson, Birmingham. 3TARKRT INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day) SIIGAR. — There has been no improvement in the home trade demand for colonial, and supply keeping plentiful, prices again show some reduction ; but as stocks held by the retail trade are much reduced with a large consump tion, a better demand may be looked f or quicly. Pur chases amounted to 630 hhds, &e., including at auction 262 hhds. Barbadoes, which went briskly, and in some cases a small a(lvance was paid; middling to good yellow realised 36s to 38s 6d, and fine 39s to 39s Gd ; 86 hhds. Demerara crystalized, mid. 37s 6d to 335, good to fine 38a Gd to 41s ; 78 hhds. and 120 bags ord. grocery 34s to 34s 6d ; good to fine brown 32s Gd to 33s Gd per cwt. . REFlNED.—Purchases have been on a larger scale in re fined ,F,ugar for home consumption, in consequence of rather lower rates having been accepted. The currency for brown lumps is now Als to 44s Gd; Tittlers, low to fine 45s to 495, double 503 to 51s ; Irambro' loaves 45s 6d to 50s, double 51s to 525, and standard Ircups 463 per cwt. There is a further increase of supp!7; and the diffrn eece is 13s per cwt. between the raw and refined material. A good irusiness has been concluded in wet lumps, yet there are re ady sellers of low to good at 413 to 435, and fine 43s Ga t0. , 4-Is. Piezes have been only in moderate request; low to good at 35's to 395, and fine 40s to 41s. In bastards large -. . - ,ransactions have taken place ; brown at 27s to 31s, and yellow 372 s to 355. A free sale still exists for treacle, and there is a firm market. Boiled from West India mo lasses realised 15s 6(1 to Rs, patent 16s to IGs Cd, and golden syrup 17s to 18s. Briti s h crus h e d sugar i s no t cheaper, still only small export orders executed at 29s Cd to 30s. To-day home trade demand for refined sugar was ex tensive, and prices advanced, brown lumps selling at 44s 6(1. to 455, and low to fine grocery 45s Gd to 48s per cwt. Crushed. sugar sells more freely for shipping at previous terms. MAURITIUS.—Prices have rather declined, still several transactions have taken place privately. At auction 6,900 bags found buyers • low to middling brown at 28s to 30s 6d ; good to fine, il.s to 36s ; low to middling yellow, 33s to 35s ; good to fine, 35s 6d. to 37s Gd ; common to fine re fining, 32s to 36s - and middling to fine grainy yellow, 36s to 40s per cwt. This afternoon Mauritius sugar met with greater attention, and prices are well sustained—indeed, brown realised 6d per cwt. advance. At aution 9,356 bags were sold—good to fine yellow at 36s to 37s 6d ; low to middling, 34s to 35s 6cl. EAST INDlA.—Prices have rather given way for Madras, still purchaser are rather important. This afternoon a good demand was experienced for Bengal Sugar ; and the rates obtained .are Sully equal to last week. At auction 4,300 bags were chiefly sold; low to good white Benares at 36s 64.1 to 33s Cl, fine ditto 395, mid like Mauritius 35s to 35s 6d, grainy white 41s to 425, good to fine y e ll ow ditt o 38 s 6d t o os. Several parcels of Madras were disposed of at the previous currency, and at auction 129 bags realised 30s 6(1 to 32s for ord and good soft yellow. FOREIGN.—The valuo of white Havana afloat is 27s to 28s, brown 19s Gd to 19s 9d, and white Pernambuco 20s to 225. Havana, brown selling at 31.3 6d. to 34s Gd, low to middling yellow 35s to 37s 6d, good to fine 38s to 40s, Eorretss 40s 6tt to 41s 6d; Brazil low to fine brown 30s to 335, yellow 33s Gd to 355, white 35s Gd to 40s ; Java grey and white 36s Gd to 40s, brown and yellow 32s to 36s ; Fo reign Muscovado, good to fine yellow 37s Cd to 39s 6d, iow to middling 34s to 375, brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d ; China brown and yellow 33s to 33s ; Porto Rico, fine and superior yellow 39s to 41s, low to good 34s 6d to 38s 6d, brown 33s to 345. To-day a fair business was concluded privately in Foreign sugar, both for the home and continental mar kets ; prices are firm, and nono was offered at auction. MosassEs..—The supply is not yet adequate for demand, and previous prices are well kept up. Of Porto Rico 500 puns have been solid at 16s for old, with small parcels St. Vincent and Antigua 16s 6d to 17s, other sorts West India. 15s Gcl to 16s, Bengal and Madras 14s to 15s per cwt. Seve ral arrivals now looked for shortly. A good demand exists for Honey ; Narbonne at 56s to 645, Cuba 33s to 465, and Jamaica 408 to 52s per cwt. Several purchases made in tamarinds, East India 9s to 14s, and West India 24s to 445 per cwt. SALTPETME.—Boyers have shown less inclination to pay the former prices, and only a small parcel of 2,667 bags offered in public sale was taken off ; refraction, 3.} lb, 29s 6d; 5i lb t o 5i lb , 27 s t o 28 s ; si lb to 9t lb 25s to 263 per cwt. COFFEZ.—There is yet a reluctance to operate in Native Ceylon, but in prices scarcely any variation has taken place since last Tuesday. Small parcels having been sold pri vately at 46s for good ordinary, and old import at 45s Gd per cwt. To-clay the market for all sorts of Coffee pre sented a dull aspect. There was no public sale, and the private purchases were trifling both for the home and fo reign markets. The value of Native Ceylon is 458 to 45s 6d for good ord. The auctions at present declared are un important. TF.A.—There is yet little doing in low to good common Congon, and merchants are inclined to sell at 10d. to 104 d per lb., snpply keeping on the increase. Other sorts have been in excellent request by home dealers, still prices have not improved. Souchong continues to be required, and there is a firm market. Prices for fine rule at is 7d to 2s, good is 2cl to is 6d, and low to mid 9,1 d to is ld, the better sorts a b e i n g most wanted. P ouc h ong met with slow sale, and 7d to Ott is now the value, a larger quantity having been brought forward. The following is the currency for green —Hyson ord and mid is 1d to is 4d. good to fine is 5d to 2s 10d, choice 3s to 3s 4d, yo ung H yson Canton 10d to is, }Ty so n kind is 2d to 1s Bd, fine to supericst is 9d to 25 3d, Twankay 10d to is ld, Gunpowde r Canton 10d. to is ld, Hpson fond 1s 2d to 2s 9d, fine 2 s 10d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton is to 1s 2d, ,Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 2d, ilyson skin Sd to ls. RlCE.—Madras, pinky 10s Gd to lls, C or i nga gra i n 105 Gd to 113 3d ; :aengal, mul to fine white Its 3d to 12s 3d, low 10.3 9d to lls, broken lOs 3d to lOs. Gd, Araccan 9s Gd to 10s, white Java 1013 to 12s 6d, and yellowish Os to 9s 6cl. For arrival severed contracts have been concluded ; Madras 98 6d. to I.os, and Arracan :Os to Os 6d. TALLow.--Altbough a further reduction has been sub mitted to, still only a limited business was concluded for an y Prn'Pos - e. There are sellers of fine yellow candle on the spot at 4.1 s 0,1 to 45s 3d ; for delivery in next two montos at 455, and for tho latter part of the year at 41s (Id to 44s Pkt per cwt. Home melted is cheaper, and demand . moderata----45 5 Ca to 468 is the v a lue cash. Prices for other sorts hays given ~, vay. 64, simply keeping plentiful- OlLs. Th c ere is an inl. ' -et'is - ing den - iancl for Sperm, yet no rise has been established. At suction 76 tuns were disposed of—good a t 8 5/. 55 to 861. per w tun. In Seal larger transactions havo taken pla t ee s , t b o n o riso has been pro duced—pale selling at 351. 321. to 35/. Cod i's wanted, and 351. 15s, and other sorts with difficulty can be ob i under 34/. Southern 0 • , N t d.there being no increase of . 4 „ ), , 0.341. to 37/. for low to fine. In ..„..- 1 4 4. 0 - : , ‘Tith rather more in nlllPpilylthe currency -= ' .- silliets,l4s 4 a - raeeri concluded at 31s •io t, I n % m ti a l n er y e rsna r. P• , ____,,—, • _,.. i ...... , I ,',l "SL2Lisi ti e - bia\iscio: ~ ,c,il)a IS' tit is wanted.. The Market for tupe ~ .. L, ,,py. e d it remains active—pale realised 38s t o 38 3 Bd, i brown 36s 6d to 375, and refined foreign 39s to 40s. Olive is still selling at high prices, stock being much reduced ; the value of Gallipoli is 681. to 701., and other sorts 631. to 671. per tun. Linseed oil attracts much notice both for shipping and home consumption. The value is 31s. 3d. to 31s. 6d. on the spot, and 31s. 9d. to 325. for delivery. Lard oil is held for 60s. to Rs. per cwt. ilimf, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.--A good market for Leeward Island Rum, but supply being limited prices rule firm at is lld to 2s per gallon proof; but to arrive parcels can be obtained under these terms. Choice sorts, De merara:, 48 to 40 per cent. over proof sellin at 4s to 4s 6d, fine 34 to 26 over proof 3s 6d to 3s 10d, good middling o good ditto 6s t o 8 s sd, an d l ow to mid 30 to 40 over 2s 9d to 2s 11d. Havannah scarce, and under 1s 10d proof. Home and export clearances must still be regarded as sa tisfactory. Sales of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 made at 8s id to 8s 3d, 1850 ditto 8s 4d to 8s fid, 1849 ditto 8s 5d to 8s 7d, 1848 ditto 8s 6d to 8s Bd, older 8s 9d to 9s, low to mid sorts 7s to 7s Bd, and Bordeaux 6s to 6s 6d. Gin 17 per cent. under proof 8s 9d to 8s 10d, and 22 ditto 8s 3d to 8s 4d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tms DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 1734 iGlbraltar .......... Ditto, three month 3 .. 11 19 Leghorn ..............33 50 Rotterdam ..... .• • .... 11 19 1 A Genoa Antwerp .............. 25 30 ;Milan ........ ••..• • • . Bru , sels Hamburgh ............ 13 G ,'/Caples 41% Altona ....... ....... ;Palermo .............. 124 Paris.. .. ...... •• . .25 7Mlidessina .. 124 Ditto, three months •• 25 2734 Lisbon 53 Mar:T.llles Bourileaux 1111, Janeiro Franic'ort-on-Maine 11914lBuenos Ayres Berlin . ...... ISlcew York, 60 days' eight Vienna .. ..... ....... .. I I 2 IPhilatlelphla . . Trieste .. • U 5 YILICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburgli .. •• • • ...... 38% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50%Portugal (3-old Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz.................. 50% Mexican Dollars 0 4 11% Barcelona • • New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville ................ in bars .. 0 5 1% THE INDIAN ARMY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Si—At a time when the attention of the Legislature is directed particularly to the Government of our Empire in the East, the opportunity appears favourable for the consideration of a subject, not generally interesting per haps, but involving, nevertheless, the happiness and comfort of upwards of 30,000 British soldiers intrusted by her Majesty to the care of the Government of India —soldiers who, if their deeds of valour in the field are a marvel to nations conquered, their humble patience and obedience in quarters are no less a puzzle to the most astute native observer. Of the many ingenious modes adopted by the Indian Government for testing to the uttermost the moral and physical - constitution of British soldiers, none are so re markable for demonstrating the relations of cause and effect as what may be termed barrack economy ; for, apart from the consideration of other special influences incidental to locality and climate, it must be admitted as an axiom that precisely in proportion to the quality of shelter provided for troops will be their efficiency in the field. Barracks in India vary so much one from the other that it would be tedious and difficult to describe them in detail. It will be sufficient for me, therefore, briefly to class them, in order that, by a scale of comparison, your readers may comprehend more fully the last or lowest grade of human habitation allotted to British soldiers. First, there are permanent or architectural barracks, constructed of durable materials. With the exception of very objectionable buildings in the forts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, for the accommodation of a regi ment in each, there were not 10 years ago more than three or four barracks of this class throughout India. It would appear that Sir C. Napier succeeded in pre vailing on the Government to allow of the soldiere being treated with humanity • for, under his vigorous admin istration, beautif u l barracks were built at Kurrachee and and : 1 1Iyderabad in Scinde ; and, during his later com mand in India, he sicceeded'in causing plans and esti mates for suitable barracks to be granted for several new stations in the Punjab. But here ends the history of permanent barracks in India. The 2d class may be described a "lines" of low sheds erected on the sites of original encampments, strength ened and repaired from year to year, but of coure retain ing their primitive dimensions ; tin, having received from time the stamp of permanency, they are dignified with the name of " barracks ;" and of such are the principal stations in India. 3. "Temporary barracks," in all respects similar to the second class, though of lighter materials, being built expressly to be occupied for a limi ted period. Unhappily, however. Government fre quently lose sight of their own measures, and such buildings remain occupied by troops more than double the number of years allotted for their security, and disasters happen accordingly. Thus, the temporary barracks at Loodiana, in 1846, fell in, crush ing horribly a fearful number of men, women, and children of the 50th Foot. Barracks of this construc tion were also built at Kurrachee the same year, and are still occupied, though, I believe, calculated at the time to last only two or three years. Lastly, a flimsy covering of reeds, called a " chupper," overlaying a slight framework of junglewood (synony mous with our copse clearings) erected over a row of tents, commonly used as a slight additional shelter to troops destined to remain in the field during a hot sea son, or pending the construction of more permanent buildings at a new station. Of such were the canton ments in the Punjab during the years '49-50. But, Sir, there is yet another, a fifth, class of—shall I call it "barracks ?"—in which 500 of our best soldiers have been, three years at a time, languishing a painful existence for the past 14 years. Imagine the reed huts I have described above, bit without the principal shelter of the tents over whict they were originally constructed (these have long since been removed, otherwise they would have fallen in tat tered filth about the soldiers' ears); imagine, I say, those huts crowded with our countrymen in that Pandemo nium, Aden, and then compare their condition with that of convicts in this or any other country. The majority of your readers probably know little more of Aden than that it is a point on the Arabian coast intermediately situated between India and Egypt, and therefore eminently adapted as a coaling depot for the numerous steamers now plying on what is called the " overland route." Approaching this singular rock from the sea, a huge blackened mass rises abruptly upon you like a hideous dream, peaked and jagged. In vain may the eye, fa tigued with scanning this gigantic cinder, seek to rest on something green ; no signs of any vegetation are there ; the same black, silent desolation pervade every where, and insensibly reflects its sombre complexion on the mind of the traveller till the foot almost touches the shore, when a shout of " this bettur donkey, Sur !" recals him to the fact that the possession of his person is about to be contended for by half a hundred yelling Smallees. Passing from the coal depot along a well-made coast road, with the ever constant heights of Shum-Sham towering like a black spirit on the sight, the traveller suddenly enters by a picturesque gorge the valley in which the town and present cantonment of Aden are situate. Thie valley is said to be nothing more than an extinct crater, open at the lower end to the sea ; and now the rays of the sun, which before had been agitated by fresh breezes from the sea, strike with a concentrated force, multiplied in intensity by the heated, blackened sides of this infernal oven. Arrived at the town, one is surprised to see the sub stantial and well-to-do-looking houses of native mer chants ; but a stranger may seek in vain for the bar racks. Barracks ! God save the mark ! He must look closer into those heaps of dry reeds and rubbish down there to discover that they are the habitations of men— not the dregs of the native population, but Englishmen, in whom, it is true, the spirit of the conquerors of India still burns, but whose physique, alas ! has passed away —sapped and dried up by a horrible process of slow baking. Think of this, ye fine ladies of London—fa shionable censurers of American slavery ! Wot ye ever of your countrymen (born perhaps at some of your gates in happy England), flying into the dedert of Arabia— preferring rather to be the bondsmen of the Ishmaelite and followers of his prophet, than endure longer the slow torture inflicted on them by their Christian masters, the Court of Direct Ors ? This is no idle tale, Sir ; the records of courts martial in India in 1849 will prove my statement as regards two out of those who deserted to the Arabs, who were cap tured and brought back to Aden. It is stated of Sir Charles Napier that he arrived at Aden at that juncture on his way to command the Indian army. Sympathising with rather than harshly, condemning the wretched apostates, he endeavoured to probe the causes of their crime, and, it is said, asked one—" Why have you done this ? Something must have prompted you, tell me ; I am your friend ;" and the man, pointing with his finger, answered and said, •‘ Behold our dwellings and our oc cupations through three long years ; from the barrack to the canteen, and from the canteen to the guard-room cells. Good God ! Sir, human nature could stand it no longer." _ __ _ _ . _ Then the chief appeared to see the extent of the wrong done to his soldiers, for those who heard him said the words of exhortation came hoarsely from his throat. Yet even he, on whom the hopes of England and India were centred, had no power to relieve them. Bound hand .and foot by strict interdictory laws, his office was a mockery. Four years now have passed since then, and another British regiment has duly pined its time upon that weary rock. They now return to India, stalking shadows of whilom stalwart soldiers, the living proofs of silent mi sery and neglect. If any man doubts my story, let him move that the commanding officer of the regiment now about to be re lieved be called on for a statistical report of the march of his corps to Poonah ; and if one-half of those who lately garrisoned Aden preserve their ranks for 10 miles, I will denounce myself and all I have written. I wish to be understood that I do not declare Aden to he unhealthy ; the air is dry and pure, though fear fully hot. Men's brains are turned to water by the dis graceful nature of the covering--the flimsy open sheds I have described. In good barracks no troops would be more healthy or robust ; in their present hovels none are so ghastly and inert. —Your obedient servant, JAFF.iR ALL!. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 22, 1853 £12,181 3 1 Corresponding week last year 10,062 1 2 Increase in 1853 £2,119 1 11 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic retur l n for the week ending Jan. 22, 1853 ...................... £3,002 4 1 Comasponding week last year - 7,754 9 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853. 35,861 17 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 31,033 12 6 NAVAL •INTELLIGENCE. The estimates of the late Board of Admiralty are being revised by the new board at Somerset House, the First Lord, Sir James Graham, Captain Milne, the Hon. W. Cowper, with the second secretary, Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, forming the board. Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., is still in the country, and Mr. Secretary Bernal Osborne, M.P., has proceeded to Clonmel for a few days. Sir James Graham will himself move the navy estimates at the appointed time. The Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, at Sheerness, will be paid off to-day (Tuesday). We perceive that her stale sailing trials have been recapitulated by a contem porary. With all her good qualities as a sailing vessel she is inferior as . a man-of-war to the Highflyer, screw corvette. NAVAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN. One of the two vacant appointments of naval aide-de camp to the Queen, which the ex-First Lord of the Admiralty, the Duke of Northumberland, might have filled up, but which he left to be disposed of by his suc cessor, has been conferred upon Captain the Hon. Fre derick William Grey, C.B. (1828), brother of Earl Grey. The following is an account of Captain Grey's services, from O'Byrne's Biography : " This officer entered the navy Jan. 18, 1819; and while serving as midshipman of the Naiad, 46, Capt. Hon. Robt, Cavendish Spencer, contributed in the boats, under Lieut. Michael Quin, to the brilliant destruction, on the night of March 23, 1824, of a 16-gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary- strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous fire almost per pendicularly on the deck. He was promoted, immediately on passing his examination, to a lieutenancy, April 7, 1825, in the Sybille, 48, Captain Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, stationed in the Mediterranean; whence we believe he returned home in the following August on board the Cyrene, 20, Captain Percy Grace. His next appointment was, on September 26, 1825, to the Volage, 29, Captain Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, with whom he sailed. for South America, on which station he obtained com mand, April 17, 1827, of the Heron, 18. He acquired post rank April 19, 1828, and was subsequently appointed —Nov. 25, 1830, to the Actaeon, 26, which frigate, after an intermediate servitude in the Mediterranean, he paid off Sept. 4, 1834—Aug. 21,1835, to the Jupiter, 38, fitting for the East Indies, whither he took out the present Earl of Auckland as Governor-General—and (the latter ship having been put out of com m i ss i on S e pt. 27, 1836), O c t. 30, 1840, to the Endymion, 44. For his services in that ship during the war in China (where, in the attack upon Chin-Kiang- Foo, July 21, 1842, he elicited the best thanks of Major General Schoedde for the manner in which he superintended the embarkation of the troops under the orders of that officer, whom he accompanied as a volunteer throughout the day), Captain Grey, who paid her off towards the close of 1843, was nominated a C.B. He is at presant unem ployed. He married, July 20, 1846, Barbarina Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. F. Sullivan." THE ARTISANS OF THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS. We regret to find that considerable dissatisfaction has arisen among the artisans and labourers of the royal dockyards at their position and treatment by the Ad miralty. This feeling is displaying itself in various ways, in public and private meetings, and appeals to members of Parliament to support them in their appli cation for an increase of wages, &c. We regret the more that the movement has taken place at this parti cular moment, for it will appear as if the dockyard men had taken the opportunity of Sir James Graham's re suming his old office to rake up old sores and old recol lections of what they feel they suffered in former years at the hands of the right hon. baronet. The dockyard men, especially those working in the royal establishments in the Thames, cannot fail to con trast their position _with that of their fellow mechanics in such establishments as Mr. Mare's, of Blackwall, and they must feel that they dearly purchase their claims--if they live—to 201. a-year superannuation, by working for 21s. and 245. a-week only, when those in private establish ments earn no less than 6s. and 7s. a-day, with this ad vantage to the latter, that they were not compelled to purchase their appointments from political agents, nor are they subjected_ta the mortification of seeing inferior men placed over them as officers because of their politi cal influence. Whilst we trust that the dockyard men will not be extravagant in their demands, we would ad vise the Admiralty to treat that useful, intelligent, and skilful body of men who compose the artificers of the royal dockyards with a consideration they have not been accustomed to receive since the war. There is a great demand at the present moment for shipwrights, joiners, and labourers in all parts of the world, and we hear of daily intimations on the part of the juniors employed in her Majesty's service to attempt to better their fortunes elsewhere. At such a tinie as this, when we shall per haps find more difficulty in getting mechanics than sea men or soldiers, it behoves the authorities to give to the respectful memorials of so valuable and respectable a body of public servants a liberal and kind attention, and that they should not disgust the officers and men of par ticular branches by cutting of their chances of successive promotion in importing into her Majesty's service indi viduals from private firms to be their chief *facers. AN ADMIRAL A SECRETARY TO A GENERAL. There is no mistake about the matter, that Rear- Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., has accepted the ap pointment of secretary to Lieut.-General Lord Raglan. It is officially announced in the following general order : " Deputy Adjutant General's Office, Woolwich, Jan. 20, 1853. "His Lordship the Master General has been pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., to be his secretary. "H. D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant General." We should not be at all surprised to hear next of the appointment of Lord John Russell to the command of the Channel fleet, with Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier as his secretary, and Mr. Gladstone as the chaplain of the flagship.—Herald. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 24. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Argus, Commander Richd. Purvis, having bent sails, will proceed from Hamoaze into the Sound to-day. She is ordered to the East Indies. The General Sere* Steam Shipping Company's mail ship Hydaspes, due hero to-day from Southampton, is not yet arrived. She is appointed to lea're Plymouth to-morrow (Tuesday) for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. SHEERNESS, JAN. 24, The Phaeton, 50-gun frigate, Captain George Elliot. —The arrival of this frigate here to pay off has brought several scientific and naval gentlemen (not only of our own country but foreigners) here to inspect her, both as regards her hull and rigging. The particular inquiry of most of them has been as to the new mode of set ting up, or easing off, her lower standing rigging, as occasion requires. This is done by Rigmaiden's plates. The following statement of the results of trials, in ad dition to those before given, may prove interesting, not only to the naval depnrtment, but also to the maritime world. The frigates of the squadron, under the com mand of Commodore Win. F. Martin, are first com pared with each other. The result of the trials, by the wind, assigns to the frigates the following relative order _ _ . _ _ 4. Indefatigable. 5. Leander. 1. Phaeton. 2. Arethusa. 3. Thetis. In such breezes as gave the Phaeton a speed of from 9 to 10 knots with smooth water, her gain over the Are thusa was about 500 fathoms an hour in the direction of the wind. The Arethusa, under similar circumstances, gained on the Leander about 500 fathoms an hour. With a speed 6,7, and 81 knots the Phaeton gained over the Arethusa in the direction of the wind about 500 fathoms an hour. On these latter occasions the average gain of the Are thusa over the Leander was 300 fathoms an hour in the direction of the wind. With a speed of from five to six knots, the Phaeton gained on the Arethusa about 550 fathoms an hour in the direction of the wind. With respect to sailing "on a wind," the ships of the squadron have taken the following places :- 1. Pheaton. 5. Arrogant. 2. Arethusa. 6. Leander. 3. Thetis. 7. Dauntless. 4. Indefatigable. 8. Encounter. The trials " off the wind" place the frigates in the fol lowing order : 4. Leander. 5. Thetis. 1. Phaeton 2. Indefatigable. 3. Arethasa. During the first cruise, before the Phaeton and Are thusa joined the squadron, the Leander took her place before the Thetis and Indefatigable. In a breeze which gave the Leander a speed of 10 knots, she gained on the Thetis 167 fathoms an hour. On this occasion the Thetis gained on the Indefatigable 577 fathoms an hour. In breezes which gave the Phaeton a speed of from 4 to 7 and 81 knots, she gained on the Arethusa 500 fathoms an hour. The Arethusa, under similar circumstances, gained on the Leander about 300 fathoms an hour. When the squadron was in order of sailing, with the wind on the port beam, in force 7 (that is, a moderate gale, in which the same ship could just carry close hauled double reefs, jib, &c.), with squalls, the Leander, under treble-reefed fore and mizen topsails, double-reefed main topsail, main topgallant sail, and courses, was going . lo knots. Sailing off the wind, the s hi p s of the squadron took the following places :- 1. Phaeton 5. Leander 2. Indefatigable 6. Dauntless 3. Arethusa. 7. Thetis 4. Arrogant 8. Encounter. Tho steerage of the Thetis, Phaeton, Leander, Are thusa, and Indefatigable is very good. The best sailing trim of the Phaeton is about one foot six inches by the stern, and she then carries her helm from two spokes to half a turn a-weather. The best sailing trim of the Arethusa is about one foot three inches by the stern, and she then carries her helm from one spoke to half a turn a-weather. The best sailing trim of the Indefa ti g able is from ei g ht to nine inches by the stern, and she then carries a mode rate weather helm. The Leander's best sailing trim is about seven inches by the stern, but she then carries a slack helm. Tho Phaeton, Arethusa, Leander, and Thetis have sufficient stability to carry all the sail that their masts and yards will bear. The average reported inclinations with breezes which wera in force four to five (moderate and fresh breezes) under all plain sail have been as follows, but owing to the vibrations of the pendulums, these reports cannot be considered as rigidly correct. Deg. Deg. Indefatigable •. 41 • •• • 6 A rrogant... 51 Dauntless (no royals) 71 2 51 Arethnsa Thetis S Leander Phaeton t. RoHipp—The Phaeton IN ;Ha slowly and not deeply ; the Leander rolls quickly, and in some bad weather she rolled very deeply ; the Arethusa appears to roll more than the Phaeton, but less than the Leander ; the Arro gant rolls easily and not deeply ; she was the easiest ship in the squadron ; the Dauntless appeared to be a very heavy roller, and.to lurch much ; the Indefatigable rolls deeply. With reference to the time occupied in stays, the ships stood in the following order :—Thetis, Arethusa, Phae ton, Indefatigable, Leander, Arrogant, Dauntless. Stowage.—After due compensation and allowances are made for the differences of the fittings of the Phaeton and the other frigates, their relative stowage may be thus' contrasted : The Leander% stowage is better than the Phaeton's by 27 days' bread for 500 men ; the Arethusa's stowage is better than the Leander's by 31 days' bread for 500 men; the Arethusa's stowage is better than the Phaeton's by 58 days' bread for 500 men ; the Indefatigable's stowage is better than the Phaeton's by 83 days' bread for 500 men ; the Indefatigable's stowage is better than the Are thusa's by 25 days' bread for 500 men. The Arrogant stows 100 days' bread, 112 days' provisions, and 70 days' water for 450 men. The Dauntless stows 84 days' bread, 112 days' provi sions, and only 31 days' water for 270 men. She has Grant's distilling apparatus on board, but that cannot be taken into account where the stowage is a matter of comparison with other ships. Armament.—The Phaeton's upper-deck broadside guns are much more clear of the rigging than those of any other ship. Of all the frigates' bows, that of the Leander is the best battery ; of their sterns that of the Arethusa. It must be borne in mind that in all probability every ship, before long, will be fitted with a screw propeller. The Phaeton's properties would be still more in her favour than they are while she is propelled by canvass only. By displacing the ballast she now carries she may re ceive an engine without increased immersion. If a cer tain speed for each ship under steam should determine the size of the engine, it is obvious, from the greater ease with which the Phaeton is urged through the water, she will require a smaller engine than the other ships, and that the consequent expense of furnishing the ne cessary steam power will be less in her than in the other frigates ; and as a less encroachment would be made on her stowage than on any of the others', the existing dif ference under that head would be diminiShed. The Arrogant has attracted general admiration ; she sails well on all points, and her performance under steam has been very good. She carries her guns high, and she is easy. She has good accommodation for her officers and men. The Indefatigable stows more bread than the Arethusa by 25 days ; Leander, by 56 days ; and Phaeton, by 83 days. The Arethusa stows m•re bread than the Leander by 31 days, and the Phaeton by 58 days. The Leander stows more bread than the Phaeton by 27 days. Gallons of Days' Water. lem eht. The Leander can s t ow 45,024 Comp ... 60 The Phaeton The Arethusa " The Indefatigable The Arrogant The Dauntless " The Encounter " The water is calculated for every man at the rate of a gallon and a half per day. The Leander was constructed by Mr. Richard Blake, master shipwright, Portsmouth, and was built at that yard, 1848. The Phaeton was constructed by Mr. White, private shipbuilder, at Cowes, and built at Dept ford, 1848. The Arethusa was constructed by Sir Wm. Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, and built at Pembroke, 1849. The Indefatigable was constructed by Mr. Wm. Ede, master shipwright, Devonport, and built at that yard, 1848. The Thetis was constructed by Messrs. Read, Chatfield, and Creuze, foremen of the yard, late School of Naval Architecture, and built at Devonport, 1846. The Arrogant and Dauntless were both con structed by Mr. John Fincham, master shipwright, of Portsmouth-Yard, and were built there in 1848 and 1847. WOOLWICH, Jew. 24. APPOINTMENTS. Naval Instructor—William Roy (1846), from the Phaeton, 50, to the Amphion, steam-frigate, at Sheer ness. Assistant-Engineers—Augustus Mills, to the Odin, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; John Hinton, and W. A. Murfin, to the Rhadamanthus, steam-transport, at Portsmouth. Clerk—Thomas S. Vinall (1846), to the Barracouta, steam-sloop, at Sheerness. The Resistance, troop-ship, Master-Commander Brad shaw, will be ready to embark troops at this port on Wednesday, for conveyance to the West Indies. She is to take out detachments of the Royal Artillery and 16th Foot. The Medina, Lieut.-Commander Louis R. Reynolds, arrived at Woolwich to-day from the Mediterranean Station, and is to be paid off here. She was immedi ately taken into the basin. The Megnra, steam-frigate, Commander J. 0. John son, was taken out of dock to-day, and remains at moor ings in the river. The Tribune, 30, recently launched at Sheerness, has been taken into the inner basin and placed under the shears to have her boilers and machinery put on board. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Parry attended for Mr. Cawood, of Lime-street, in consequence of a complaint made on Saturday upon the part of a Zooloo chief and his wife and child, and a Kafir named Larder. The Zooloo chief and his wife and the Kafir had been en gaged to come to England for exhibition upon the pro mise of liberal payment, and the baby of the chief, which had been born in this country, became entitled to a certain amount, proportioned to the salary of the parents. The statement made by Mr. Alexander Smith, in ap plying for a summons on Saturday, was that the appli cants for whom he appeared had been engaged to come to England upon a mercantile speculation, for twelve months, at a bullock a month, by the brother of Mr. Cawood, a gentleman of respectabitity in Africa, that they had exhibited at Cremorne Gardens, where they had derived large pecuniary advantage in presents from the visitors, as well as in pay from Mr. Thomas Simp son, the proprietor ; that the term of their engagement included their return to their own country, at the,ex pense of the agent in the transaction, and that they failed in their application to Mr. Cawood, of Lime-street, to whom they had been consigned, for the property which they had left in his care. There were other matter men tioned at the same time ; and the Lord Mayor consi dered that the circumstances required investigation, and sent a messenger to the office of Mr. Cawood, to inform him of the substance of the representation. Mr. Thomas Simpson attended on Saturday and yes terday, Mr. Parry said that his client, Mr. Cawood, was most anxious to show that he was not only determined to have the poor Africans conveyed to their own country, but that he had traated them with the greatest kindness and liberality from the moment they had come under his care in England. The engagement with the Afri cans was not that they should have a bullock a month, which, in order to make it intelligible in this country, he would call 355. the price of a bullock at the Cape, but a cow a month, which was ten shillings less. The public would understand that the current coin of the Cape con sisted of bullocks and cows, so that the gentlemen in that country who belonged to the profession of which he had the honour of being a member, reckoned up their fees as so many bullocks and so many cows per brief. (Laugh ter.) Now Mr. Cawood had lost considerably by the speculation whether he was required to pay in bullocks or cows, but he was resolved that the Africans should not he losers under any circumstances. There had been an instance of that fact in the engagament of a house in Leicester-square, for which a large sum was paid, and the Africans could not be prevailed upon to perform upon more than two oocasions. It must be taken into con sideration that a Caffre was not in his own country con sidered to be worth more than a bullock, or a bullock and a cow, or at most two bullocks a year, so that the advantage in coming . over to E ng l an d, w h e th er h e was paid a bullock or a cow a month, was not to be despised, and the young Englishman who had so lately become a subject of the Queen of these realms caused an addition to the profits of the parents of ten shillings, or nearly half a cow a month. (Laughter.) All these expenses Mr. Cawood would be most anxious to leave to the arbi tration of any gentleman whom the Lord Mayor might think proper to appoint ; and the poor foreigners, whom the learned counsel believed to be exceedingly well conducted and honest people, should be sent home to Africa ; but it was only fair that the gentleman who had taken the responsibility upon himself should be en abled to secure his brother in Africa from demands which, if security were not given, would certainly be made. The Lord Mayor—Certainly, the statement which has been just made is very satisfactory. I wish to know whether Mr. Cawood will give up whatever goods the 'Africans have left in his care ? Mr. Parry said that everything they had left at Mr. Cawood's house should be at once given up to them. The sum, whatever it might be, due to them should be paid upon the judment of an arbitrator, and they should be sent back without the least expense. The Lord Mayor —I expect that this arrangement will be carried into effect. BOW - STREET. —Philip Russell, the conductor of one of Hartley's Putney omnibuses, was summoned be fore Mr. Henry for " wilfully deceiving " a passenger in respect to the destination of his conveyance. The complainant Mr. W. Fisher, a solicitor, of Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square, stated that he was in the Strand on the 16th instant, when he saw an omnibus with the word " Putney " inscribed on the flank, in letters as large as the panel of the vehicle. He hailed it, and took his seat inside, but on the arrival of the om nibus at th e f oot of P u tney-bridge, on the Middlesex side, he was informed by the conductor that it did nOt go any further. Witness said "This is not Putney ; this is Middlesex, and Putney is in Surrey." Defendant said, " We d o no t go over the bridge, in consequence of the toll." Witness told him he was bound to take him over, having painted the word " Putney" on the side of his omnibus. The defendant then pointed to the words " Putney-bridge," which appeared in small letters on the rear of the carriage, and refused to go further, in consequence of which the summons was taken out. Mr. Fisher, the complainant, said he had nothing to urge against the conductor, who was merely the instru ment of his employers in the matter.' _ _ _ Mr. Henry convicted the defendant, and ordered his employer to pay the penalty of 20s, AMERICAN BREECH-LOADING RIFLE. We can scarcely claim for the manufacturers or arti sans of this country the merit of being inventive, al though in adaptations and improvements there is no doubt we yield the palm to none. During the last few years, as our readers must be aware, many striking and valuable improvements upon the old regulation mus ket have been brought forward, but not one that can be called exclusively British. The unsettled state of European politics, and the apprehensions of invasion which have been from time to time put forward with so much confidence, however unfounded they may • be, have rendered the question of an improvement in fire-arms one of the most interesting of the day. We have had in turn the merits of the Minie the Prussian needle-gun, the carabine h tige, the Swiss ' Federal rifle, with their various alterations and emenda tions, discussed and contrasted, and we have now an American breech-loading .rifle, which, we are assured, gets rid of many, if not all, of the objections raised by the board of military officers here to the Prussian needle gun, while it. secures that great desideratum in firearms, loading at the breech and dispensing with that clumsy and antiquated appendage the ramrod, The needle gun, expe rimented upon at Woolwich some time back was found to permit so great an escape of gas at the breech after several rounds had been fired, and the certainty that this escape must increase in proportion to the length of ser vice of the weapon, decided the authorities in rejecting what they believed to be an unsafe, although, in other respects, a highly efficient fire-arm. The Minie rifle, with its heavy ounce and a half conical ball and propor tionately large charge of powder, was accordingly se lected, and at least 20,000 of our troops will shortly be armed with the weapon. Since the Government con tract for the Minie rifle was taken, Mr. Seares has brought forward an improved needle gun, which we had an opportunity of examining, and which, accord ing to the report of the manufacturers, completely ob viated the defect of the Prussian gun, there not be ing the slightest escape of gas from the breech, after several hundred rounds had been fired. We can ourselves bear testimony to the simplicity and per fection of the mechanism, the rapidity with which it can be loaded and fired, and the perfect safety from accidental discharge or fouling. The breech-loading rifle of Mr. W. Marston, of New York, which we were yes terday invited to examine, proves that the improvements in firearms have not yet reached their ultimate limit, and that we may yet see a perfect breech-loading weapon. Not having had an opportunity of seeing the rifle prac tically tested, we can only speak of its merits by hear say, but we can at least explain the simple and effic'ent mechanism by which the inventor loads and discharges it. The barrel has a moveable breach, which slides up and down in a groove, and when the gun is about to be loaded, a lever, which lies on the outside of the piece under the stock, is pushed out by the hand, and this moves along the groove a solid steel cylinder, the top of which forms the breech, and in the chamber thus exposed the cartridge and conical ball is depo sited. The lever being now drawn by the hand back to its original position close to the stock, pushes the steel cylinder up close to the butt end of the barrel, completely closing up the orifice of the bore, the cartridge by the same movement being impelled forward into the barrel. With the exception of placing a cap on the nipple, these two simple movements load the rifle, which is now ready to be discharged. We understand the gun can be loaded and fired seven, eight, or nine times in a minute, by a practised hand, but for all useful purposes it is evi dent that the acme of simplicity and rapidity has been attained. There is a peculiarity in the cartridge which also requires explanation. Its base is composed of a cir cular piece of stout leather, through which a hole is drilled, and in the solid steel breech there is a similar hole drilled, which slopes upwards to the nipple, with which it commu nicates—the fire of the cap passes through this hole, and through the corresponding hole in theleather wad, igniting the charge, and this is one of the objections that would first suggest itself, that the distance the spark has to travel, and the accident of a small particle of leather ' obstructing the hole at the bottom of the cartridge, may cause the piece to miss fire. We are assured that in practice this is not the case. Again, the liability to an escape of gas at the breech would appear to us to be nearly as great as in the Zund-nadelgewehr. The steel cylinder, when pushed close up to the butt of the barrel, enters it about a quarter of an inch, and this is the whole protection from an escape of gas ; but the inventor states that the wad of leather which covers the bottom of the breech renders it perfectly air tight. The leather per forms a further most valuable office, for when the piece is discharged it of course remains behind, and when the cylinder is drawn down, to load again, the leather wad remains at the bottom of the barrel, and is in front of the next cartride ; it is driven out of the barrel at the next discharge, and completely cleans it, so that the gun never requires washing or swabbing out. The arrangement of the butt so as to resist the force of the recoil is admirable, the leverage assuming the same position and combination as the keystone of an arch, so that it is capable of resisting a backward force of 300 or 400 pounds. A lengthened series of experi ments would, however, be necessary in order to test the weapon fully ; and we have no doubt the authorities here will take care that it receives proper consideration examination. t ie s piece We c here of at artillery,asnhnooet so highly, when tested i rforgetynes constructeds t,hat afterthe tao few loadea va ll gun, a atbhnuyedilt, a S breech, ee a cwuhte,hd authorities which report spoke dis charges had the entire breech blown off ; and had this occurred on board a ship or in a easemated battery, the result would have been extremely serious. The Ameri can rifle is said to have a point blank range of 300 yards ! and to have a good average range of be tween 700 and 800 yards ; the weight of the conical ball is half an ounce, the charge of powder 45 grains, and the length of the barrel 32 inches. The musket exhibited appears to us somewhat heavier than the British regulation musket, and in both it and the rifle there is an extravagant expenditure of metal, which adds to the weight of the arm without adding much to its efficiency. We have not yet seen the prin ciple originally suggested by Colonel Dundas, and since carried out so advantageously with regard to artillery, applied to small arms, namely, a different distribution of the metal employed in the manufacture of the gun, so as to throw a greater quantity in and around the breech, where the whole force of the explosion is expended, and to diminish it towards the muzzle, where it is not re quired. The range and precision of artillery has been greatly improved, and the force of the recoil con siderably reduced, by this improved arrangement, and why may not the same results be anticipated in small arms ? While acknowledging the simplicity and effi ciency of the American rifle, we cannot help observing that it has the defect of ! nearly all the improved weapons, additional instead of reduced weight, while all military experience establishes the fact that the sol is at present over weighted, and therefore not so efficient as he might be under other circumstances. We have no doubt that a judicious reduction of the weight of the fire arms, a smaller bore, and a lighter ball and charge of powder, would relieve the soldier of three or four pounds weight, without injuring in any way the efficiency of the weapon, and we need only cite the Swiss Federal rifle in proof of our assertion, which, with a ball a third of an ounce in weight, and a thimbleful of powder, will kill a deer or a horse at 800 yards. The late Duke of Welling ton it is well known, was so wedded to the old musket bore, with its ounce ball, that when the contract for the Minie rifle was put forward, it stipulated that the barrel should have an ounce bore—the result is that, with the conical ball, the weight is now an ounce and a half, and the charge proportionately heavy, an d the soldier must either carry two or three pounds addi tional weight of lead and gunpowder in his pouch, or the number of rounds served out to him must be reduced. This is evidently a step in the wrong direction, and a mistake that cannot be too soon corrected. We under stand from Mr. Moulton, the gentleman by whom the American rifle is exhibited, that the French Government have already given him a large order, and that in the experiments made with it at Woolwich, a few days since, in the presence of some of our military authorities, it gave much satisfaction. Until we have the details of these trials, or until we have an opportunity of seeing the weapon tested, it would of course be premature to do more than give the result of our own observations and the statements of the exhibitor. Mn.S GORE'S NEW NOVEL, " THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER.; oR, THE DAYS WE LIVE IN," is published this day, by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, successors to Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all the libraries. The following po pular novels are also just published by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett :—Lady Catherine Long's new work, "The First Lieutenant's Story," 3 vols. ; " Castle Avon," by the author of "Emilia Wyndham," 3 vols. ; "Broom hill, or the County Beauties," 3 vols. ; " Uncle Walter," by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols. ; "The Kinnears," a Scottish story, 3 vols. 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Lond. Caen Bk. of Au& 20 0 0 2 10 0 11 London and County Londit and Westininsir 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 36k London Joint• Stock 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Provincial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 DIA°, 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland , 41. per cent. 50 0 22 10 Nat. Provncial of Eng 161. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New Oriental Bank Corpora. :81. p. et. & be. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Sottib. Australia .. . • Union of A ustralia .. •• , Gt. p. ct. & b 3. 25 0 0 25 0 0 72% Ditto .. Unlm of London ' Union of Madnd 40 0 0 40 0 0 1 . V. i' ; '• -4.; • CI 414 '—' 4 2 ~.1 P• , r el et 3 4 ' . q :c) Colchester Harwich . Leigh .... Maldon.... 473 911 1216 2081 267 153' 2448 221 112151 75 i 13631 15 P, : 1 1 4 4: 1135 ii 25q 770 11856 1270 I gAURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount KIRKCALDY -JAN. 22. Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. The following are the quotations for gra i n :- • Annum. Sh a r e Wheat. 1 Barley, O a t s . I Beans. First £s.s. £ s. 5. Second Albion' ... ...... . • ... 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Third 42s Od 1 27s Oct 17 s 6d 1 Os Od Alliance Brit. and For. 71.145. 6d.bs. 100 0011 0 0 24% Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to 30s Od. Ditto Marine....... 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 55 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - --- Atlas 135.6 d, 50 0 0 510 0 ;0% COAL MARKET-JAN. 24. Argus Lie ........... 41. per cant. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Coma e-ci 0.. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7 Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :-- C/eriel.Med.& CI en. Life spr et. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21)% s. d. County . 14s. 50 0 0 50 0 171 A 4/ , 100 0010 0 0 120 s. (1. Bate's West Hart1ey......15 0 Hetton lB 6 Eagle Equity and Y1ANT...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 bU, Burnhope l4 6 Kepier Grange l7 6 European Lire ...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 All paid. - Carr's Hartey l5 0 Lambtou lB 0 Ger Glooe eral - 50 0 id 5 4 Hasting's Hartley 15 0 Luml e y 17 0 • 61. per cent. Stock. „ 149% Holywell. Guerchan ....... • • ... 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 G t 7 Imperial Fire......... 121. per c en t. 500 0 0 5 0 0 0 256 Willington Hartley l5 0 Russell's Hetto n 18 0 Imperial Life ..... .... 129. 100 0 0 10 0 0 104 North Percy Hartley ...15 0 Scarborough l7 .0 Indemnity Marine,, . 11.5 h,& 45. 100 0 0 20 0 0 57 Pelton Main l5 6 Stewart's 18 6 Law Fire ••• • .. .... .. Is & 25. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 q RavensworthW. Hartley 15 0 Plummer lB 0 Law Life....'. ........ - 100 0 0 .10 0 0 50 Tanfield Moor l5 0 Heugh Hall 17 3 Legal and General Life - 50 0' 0 20 0 54 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 9 Kelloe 18 0 London Fire London Ship.- ..... Marine...., ...... •• .. 15s.per s h are 100 0 0 15 0 0 18 West Hartley 15 0 S ou th K e ll oe 17 3 1 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Wall's End, &c. Backhouse 17 0 Minerva ......... sp. et. & be. 20 0 0 20 0 0 Parton l6 9 South Durham 17 0 Monarch ............ .„ - 50 0 I 0S• Hedley 16 9 Tees lB 6 National Loan Frnd .. 51. pe r cent. 20 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 2 2% Lawson l5 6 Cl eve l an d T ees l6 9 Palladium Lite........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 8 - - 45 Northumberland E. l5 6 W oo dh ouse Cl ose 15 3 Phoenix - 1 7 3 Riddell l6 9 Bi rc h grove G ra i go l a 24 0 Pro:essional Ufa.".... 5l. per cent. 65 0 010 0 % Walker l6 0 Victoria Steam 14 0 P , ovident Life .... .... N. ss. & b 9. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Cleunell 15 6 Llangennech 24 6 Rock Life ............ 55. 50 0 010 0 8 Eden Main 17 6 Nixon Merthyr's& Cardiff 26 0 Ro-al Exchange ....• • 61. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 236 Lambton Primrose 17 6 Powell's Duirryn Steam 25 0 Sun Fire •... .• 61. 105. - , 211 20 6 itto Life ..... 11.65. - 55 Belmont 17 6 Ra msa y' s C ana l United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.& bs. 20 0 0 4 ' 1 ; 0 4% Ships at market 355 1 Sold 122, Universal Life .• . ..... 11. ss. per t- h. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 , • Victoria Life . ..... • • 51. per cent. - 412 6 5% BRIDGES. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. o Annum. Share. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 24. - - - x STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Share Market op e ned firin s. (I. X s. d. Eiungerford.......... - - - 12 and good t o -d ay , b u t it h as d ec li ne d s li g h t l y t hi s afternoo n, f• NI Lhwark .......... - too 0 0 - - and closes with fl a t ness . Th e f o ll owing are th e c l os ing Ditto New of 7% pc. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - is prices from the authorised list :-Birkenhead, Lancashire , Wa' erloo ............ - 100 o 0 -3% and Cheshire (Chester and Birkenhead), 22; Caledonian' 60 0 0 24% 33 ; Eastern Counties, 121 ; East Lancashire, 184 ; Lan' Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21, Is. 05. - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. IL 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 224 casire and Yorkshire, 79$ ; London and North Western' Vauxhall .. ...... Av. 2/. 70 10 3 - 20 1211; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 31 ; Midland' ---- 78 ; North British, 91-16 ;South Eastern and Dover, 23i WATER-WORKS. York and N or th Midl an d , 27 i ; Manchester, Sheffield, O n Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Lincoln 6lnew, ip. ; Dutch Rh en i s h, 2 di e . Annum. . Share. s. d. s. d. •-- MANCHESTER, JAN. 24. X X East London 6l. per m frolit. Steck. -- 124% STOCK EXCHANGE. -Prices have given way rather ....e Grand Junction ..... • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - ;t 6 9 to-day, and Lan cas hi re and Yorkshire, a ft er openinc, with . . Kent................ 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 -- 8 , 1!4 a sale at 80, closed at 79a ; E as t L ancas hi re, 18 ; Easter n Lambeth ...... ••• . . . - 100 0 0 - - Counties, 121 ' Dovers, 23i ; London and North-Wester n _ New River Company.. 21.105. - - 60 stock, 1214 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 70 ; Cheshi Shoe' Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 -- " Junction, 6i d; Caledonian, 324 ; Midlands, 78 ; sli u '' west Middlesex •.... 61.05. pr cat. - -- 110 _____ fields, 30i. There was a very limited business. DOCKS. Dividend Amenrit Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.---. ---.-- X 8. d. £ 0. d. Commercial •• - - - •• 41. pr cent. Stock. - - East and West India.. G% l . pr cent. Stock. - 168 ex East Country.. ..... ... 20s. per 2'l. 100 0 0 - - London ... • ... •• .• 51. pr cent. Stock. - 129 ex Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per cent. - - - SL.Katharine ........ 4 pe; cent. Stock. - 100% Southampton .... .... 11. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 3931 Victork ............ - ' 20 0 0 2 0 0 3r. CANALS. Names of . Dividend Names of ...1 . Dividend Companies. 5 per Price. Companies. ii A u P n e u r m . Price. ic Annum. c - ‘..--- .£ X Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield • 100 21. 10s. 59 ilarnsley•••• 160 - - Neath •••• • • 100 161. - 2ritzt&Abrg 150 51. 82% Coxford... • • •• 100 131. 132 Birmingham 40 41. 105 Peak Forest. 78 , 31. iss. 70 Coventry.. • • 1001 251. - Regent's.... 33 \ 11. O. 16 y ; . Derby ..... , 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 65 21 . 42_ nn Cllare&Chr' 69 2% p. ct. 36% Semrset Co a l 150 - ilrandJunetn 10013 i. pr.et. 60 D0.1.k Fd St , 2 - - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. p r. c t . 12 St ffre &Wore 1 40 \ 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. los. - Shrewsbury.. Grand Union 68. Ken t& Avn 39 100 11. lOd. os. 2 1% Severn andge„ 145 201. 290 ) Lancaster . 100 - - Wyeltali. i 261 21 ' 0 " 21 Loods&Lfyrp 100 251. 550 Warwick& Leicester ..•• 100 bl. 66 IZlrming. 5 100 41 . 40 Leicstr&Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& } 100 31. Doughborogh 142 701. 510 Nit to n.. 28 Kormouthsh 100 - - Worcstr & Ilintgomrysh 100 - - Birmin g. j 78 3 L 33 MeltnMwbry 100 -- • Wilts & arks - 108. o,i. .7,, BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The R a il wa y Sh are marketwas tio i l flat to-day, and had a downward tendency. Tho (IA transactions were chiefly in local stocks. LEEDS, JAN. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the Share Market 11 1 again flat this morning. Ther e seems t o b e an a b senc e speculative feeling in the market, and very little is (1(341 The closing transactions were : Manchester, Sh e ffield, t o Lincolnshires ; North Westerns, 8i ; ditto POT ; 15a ; South Eastern and Dovers, 231 ; Midland stock, ?iv Leeds Northerns, 16. 3/ 10s. Od GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. uividend Amount Name of Company. per of P aid. P r i ce Annum. Sh are. _ .._._..._.__.,.......____. —.....____ . . 4. British •••• •••••• • • • • — l . 8. d. Ditto Provincial.... 1/. Bs. 20 0020 0 0 - 21 Brighton • • • ... •• •• • . 5/. 20 0020 0 0 16 City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 5 0 125 Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/ 75 0043 10 0 69 Equitable.. •• •••• • • .• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Great Cc itral:•• •• •• • • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14m Irnpe-ise ...... •• •• • • 31. E.; bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 n , Ineeperdcut . London.• .... •• . .... .. .... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 ... ....., 0 0 50 Do., Pail. Preference Si.per cent. 25 50 0 0 25 0 0 pho3nix .•••••••• •• • 0 0 25 Ratcliff ..... ...... • 311. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 27 United General ...... 61. 100 0 0 90 0 0 Westminster Chartered Si. 11. 50 0050 0 A 217, Ditto, New .... per cent. 60 0 , 50 0 0 37o_ ._._.__._._._::..:: 61 . per cent. 50 0 0 it) 0 0 1 60 LIST OF SCOTTISR COMPANIES' PRICES. 'Name of Company. Dividend .Am ount of per Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Bank of Scotland . 7l. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190110 Email Linen Comp 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2091 0 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 111 Os Clydesdale Bank.. •• •• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 '3 2s Commercial Bank . * 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1801 0 Eastern Bank •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 101 4s Edinb.kGlasgow Bank 3/. per cont. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. Ils Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 9s. Od National 8ank......* 04 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 3s Northof Scotlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 31.17 s Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 115110 Union Bank of Scot ..* 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 93/ Os Westtra Bank-- : 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 731 Os Alliance Fire and Life 93y i.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21112 s British Guarantee .. • ; 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 15s Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/ Od City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 15s Colonial Life • • 5/. per cant. 50 0 0 1 0 0 3/. 3s Edinburgh Life Roar. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 24/. Os Eng.& Scot, Law Life 5/.per cent. 50 0 0 217 6317 s 6 Life Assoc. of Scotland fl. per Cent. 10 0 0 110 0 3/. 173 National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 14s North British Insnr. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 135/. Os ScottishUnionlnsrne.* 73G1. precut. 20 0 0 1 0 0 32..9d Standard Life 5/, per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 12/ 108 United Dep.Assuranc 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21s. 6d * Ex Dividend. MISCELLANEOUS. —_.,____ Dividend Amount Hann of CampanY • per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ---- .E. e. d. :.c.. s. d. Assam Tea ••..•• .. • • 50 0 0 20 0 0 10% 2/. Se. 50 0 0 Es kuctisn id art •••• • • • • 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 245 Australian Acriculturt 35 0 0 to — 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 4 10 0 0 24 61. 1 7 ._ r to c e e . nt. 10 0 0 Anglo- Land Australian Aus tr al i an m ex T Royceicrau'n'tmX: Mint.. . lbs. 38 10 0 61 percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 _ Do. British s A p m 116!4 97 City Nav i gation 6 e p re r reei c;B o o n n d d s s 6 5 1 1 ; per cent. cent. 7.. 31 per cent. 25 0 0 20 0 0 22 25 0 0 710 0 g Electric Ditt ay I . . T a . e a . l t ;r . n a . Telegraph BondsuA)) Equitable Reversionry Si pr. cent. 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11736 Ditto New .....• • • 50 0 0 10 0 0 Gen. EMT& & Invest. bp.c.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 29 Hudson's 8ay........ Stock. 220 Hungerford ...... •... 21. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 London Institution ... 78 15 0 5 London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 0 1 5 0 0 15 Rouen Institution.... 12 Price's Patent Cand.Co. 101. per cent. 20 71 0 17 10 10 0 0 2531 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 82 S mth Australian .•• • • 51. per share. 25 0 0 Trust and Loan Comp. 25 0 0 55 of Upper Canada.... 2 0 0 0 3 0 AN IMPUDENT SCOUNDREL —The Tribunal of Correc tional Police has tried a man, named Verault, for a very impudent piece of swindling. He, on New Years'-day, went round to all the customers of a manufacturer, named Poubirau, and, pretending to be his porter, and wishing him all the compliments of the season, obtained presents of money from them. When the real Simon Pure arrived, he was told, to his great mortification, that nothing could be given to him. In his defence, the accused r:aintained he had done nothing wrong. "I had the trouble," said he, "to go to the customers, wearing out my boots and a pair of Berlin gloves ; I had the trouble to wish them many happy returns of the day, and that they might go to Paradise at the end of their lives : and yet it is pretended that I was not to ac cept the money they offered ! Why, I had clearly earned it—and you know, M. President, that we should give to Caesar what belongs to Ciesar !" Unmoved by this reasoning„ the Tribunal condemned the man to three months' imprisonment. GOOD PROFITS ON A CONSIGNMENT.—In the month of May last, Mr. John Wilson, an extensive boot and shoe manufacturer in Bishopwearrnouth, sent out 320/. worth of boots and shoes to Australia, and last week Mr. Wil son was gratified by the receipt of a cheque upon the Australian bank for the handsome sum of 925/. The boots and shoes had sold readily, and realized the above „., ~„ enormous profit. Mr. Wilsonas sent out a still larger stook, for the same market. SEABORNE MAILS. • (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rote° w / by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what when; COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Otllce, London. Disc atched. America (byllrit.pack.lN lan. 28 .•• • • . I.lVerpool • • 9 1fr America (by United Sta. Am packet erica ) (by U States" .••• .. N Tan. 1 7 ..) •• • • • verPool rob. a .......... S outhampton Australia paeket) (v . I • t; • • g • o • tg • • ampto) ... N TIII of each m on th S ou th amp t on Jan. Ditto (vi a M arEeilleS 24th of the month Dover ...... Feb. 24 *Ditto (via Cape of Good Africa l) (ViCs • i C—o•a•s•t•).... N N 2 23 d r o d f o F f eb ti ru ie Ho February.... Prilymmoouuttiih fracnbe. 21 : 09 Alexandria* .... N 19t1i8r3Oth of mon. Wirer .... • • Ja 1 ;;.„ Belgium . ...........N Dover ...... De" l ,6 Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb. Buenos Ayres .... .... 31 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb 1 " California ......31 & 17th of month Southampton Fseb• , ICape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the month.. Southampton A.1rP r ,..,1 Cape Sc Verde ......N 14thof the month.. Southampton A.rrivu'; Constantinople!......N 7thl7th27thof mo.. Dover Jan. Central America —.31 tnd & 17th of mon. E_' mthamptonl Feb. ' Channel Isles ........N Mon.Wed.& , Friday Southampton Tn Chili --NI 1d & 17th ofmonth Southampton Feb. 1 ,01 France ........ M & N Twice daily ...... Dover twice Greece* .. Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London Tues., t o. Holland .... —.Ai Wednesday & Sat London ..... SulleT,l Honduras .......... N 17th of the month. Southampton Feb. Ireland ........M Wl's . ; Twice daily ...... Holyhead Twie e t India (viaSouthampt.)3l 20th of themonth.. Southampton Arriv e India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th of month Dover Feb. 1 India (via Cape of Good 14th of the month.. Southampton A... t v ei Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month.. Southampton Artil y " Mediterranean (via Feb.': 9 Southampton .......M 20th of the month., Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles).N •ith& 24th ofmontb Dover Feb. Mexico Madeira M 9th&23dofthemon. Southampton Feb. 1 ' 7.... N t11,170,19th,27th, 11,1"n11,* " .... &30th of the month Dover ...... Jane 9 Naples* ... • N sthlsth2sythofmon. Dover Feb. 2 . Papal States* N sth 1 hth2 s thofmon. Dover Feb. A A Peninsula N 7thl7 th27thofmon Southampt San• 2° Peru •—DI 2d & 17th of month 'outhampton Feb. 1 Tuscany* N sth I.sth2sthofmon, Dover Feb. 2 West Indies ----DI 2d & 17th of month Soathampton Feb. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) * The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are Ma" , ota on the 2d of every alternate mouth. Those made up on the ° and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are son' sailing vessels at present from Singapore. t Mails are also made up on the 2d of every alternate month PC the Cape of Good Hope. * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveye d French packet to Marseilles. The West Coast of Africa mails will not ho made up this 1 11 ` j ltb before the night of the 28th inst. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Pair's Life Pills.—No medic ine yet offered to the world ever attained such distingui sll , celebrity ; it is questionable if there be. now any par' the civilised globe where its extraordinary healing tues have not been exhibited. The signal success attributable solely to the strong recommendations parties cured by their use. The proprietors of Far o ° Life Pills have now in their possession upwa r ds of ly" letters— several of them from clergymen of the Chill; of England, man y f rom di s ti ngu i s h e d Dissenting mill/, ters, from gentlemen connected with the Army and Nat also from M em b ers o f P ar li ament, M erchants, an d 13s though not least, from members of the Medical prof sion, and a skilf u l A na l yt i cal Chemist—all s p ea king A l i , the highest t erms o f th e value of this inestimable Din tine. This is a m ass o f ev id ence i n its favour berila all parallel, and stamp this medicine as being the 131° 1 `;j rational and the most use f u l me di c i ne i n the world. Sc)",i by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard • Barclay nn Sons, Farringd ' on-street ; Sutton a n d Co., Bow Churc",i yard ; Hannay and Co., 61, Oxford-street, London by most respectable dealers in medicine. Price is. 141 2s. 9d., an d i n f am i ly packets 11s. each. Direo o given with each box. BIRTHS. OP A SON. , On the 19th inst., in Wilton-crescent, the wifo of S. °. Leycester, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at 2, Pont-street, Belgrave-011 0141.* he wife of T. F. Stewart, Esq. On the 22d inst., Mrs. Reginald Walpole. __„... MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. P e t er ' s , I s li ng t on , Wi ll ;9 n .-- Owen John, eldest son of W. 0. T uc k er , E sq ., o f Ley tote Essex, to Sarah Elizabeth, second daughter of the. ° H. C. Gibbs, Esq., of Old Broad-street and Islington. o f On the 21st inst., at Tonbridge, Arthur Ch ar les, sir to the Rev. William amsden, rector of Ashurst, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Deacon, E S.I of Mabledon, Tunbridge. DIED. Drowned off the C a p e o f G oo d H ope, on th e 2 2d 0 September, 1852, John William, eldest son of J. Mu' 71 1 ,3 Esq., of Cooling C as tl e , K en t , an d chief officer of Monarch, East Indiaman, aged 29. eor On the 4th inst., accidentally drowned in the Nile s Cairo, on his pass age t o B om b ay, H arry G . F raser , x' s ,: cr , Cadet H.E.1.C.5., age d 17 , e ld es t son o f M a j or T . Frt r y 29th N.I. Bombay A rm y, an d A ss i s t an t Comm' General, Belgaum. oe' On the 23d inst., a t H am iltO n -t errace, St . John's -if of aged 45, Charlotte Eliza, the wife of T. R. Clarke, E° 44 " the India House. On the 21st i ns t., at • Albion-cottage, Queen $' Dalston, Matilda, wife of Sydney Smith, Esq. - r c ly On the 12th i ns t ., at L ou i sa -terrace, Exmouth, „-"' 0.3 Forrest, relict o f Si r Di gory Forrest, Knight, age d On the Bth inst., at Passmores, Groat Parndon, Francis Bayley, Esq., aged 53. rk, On the 21st inst., at, Richmond-terrace, Thornhill - P 3 Frances, wife of James I,l`lntosh, Esq. LONDON : Print e d an d P u bli s h e d b y MIIRDO Ul'4 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0 .4., Strand, in tho Precinct of - the Savoy, in, the eceanw Middlesex, Tuesday, January 25, 1653. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—JAw. 22. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 46s to 56a ; red, 38s to 50s ; barley, 28s to 36s ; oats, 17s to 24s ; beans, Maza;an, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 34s to 38s ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. GETT I ILMSFORD—JAN. 21. Prices to-day Is c.:e as follow :—Wheat, white, old 44s Od to 598 Od, new 42s to 578; red, old 40s to 495, new 35s to 453; barley, 25s to 28s ; chevalier, 30s to 373 ; grinding, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 30s to 35s ; white, 31s to 33s ; boiling 37s to 40s ; dun, new, 29s to 33s ; beans, tick, 328 to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; Mazagan, 29s to 325. The following is the official statement of the quanti of corn, &c., received in the port o f L on d on f rom th e p in Essex, . rom the 17th to the 22d January, both elusive : ities ,orts THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1853, i I