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

THE SUN, LONDON , THURSDAY E VENING. JANUARY 6, 1853. NDING J AN. 5, 1853. THE SHARE MARKETS. t • - i '.z . gr-i al <, 1 A 1 , MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. , - , , ~ t 4,` ' THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND OLTARTEII E , ,_ r, ant 4 -:'-4 .1 ' tuon . CITY, Two o'CLocK. -.......___ No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth January, 1852 and 1853, showing the Increase and Decrease -• BRITISH RAILWAYS. -----' - - The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were thereof. • - --- . , --,•Closing Prices Baslness done estimated at 6,000 h a l es, of which 1,000 American Shr. Paid Rett.wers. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. this day. this day. were taken for export and on speculation. The , A , ended ,-------^-------, ended r -------.A.--.., f---A-----, - _.... -____ market closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, - -- 1851 1851 1851 1852 1852 1852 1852 1852 1853 1853 Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. i --- St. 100 W Bi A Am be b ni g. ee N n o . ang. Bost. 34 - OXFORD UNIVERSITY American, 450 Egyptian, at 6d. to 9p., and 400 Surat, at 3d. to 4d. per lb. In Railway Shares x x x - x £ £ x _,_____ ______ x £....____ £ x x .e & Eastn. June32l 32 11 2 6i - 7 6 7 ELECTION Customs ••••.•• • • • • . . • 4,548,266 4,318,218 5 335 073 4 551 5 ,• , , ,12 18,761,069 4,615,025 4,502,164 5,036,809 4,541,384 18,695,382 Customs ..... ...... .... , Excise .. .. .. .. .. ..... . 1,980,536 3,419,810 4,139,854 3,552,970 13,093,170 2,070,064 3,443,516 4,303,755 3,539,646 13,356,981 Excise .. ••••• • • • • • 263,811 05,687 .... 18,128 •• - 13,324 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. dt • a good business was done, at steady prices. - The six weeks' average price of wheat is 435. 4d. stamps. • ... 1,548,008 1,5'5,492 1,432, 5 64 1,427,485 5,933,549 1,515,985 1,626,826 1,529,421 1,615,029 6,287,261 I Stamps .•••• • • . • • 353,712 .. .. 187 , 51 4 Stour Valley loi -11 • 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & _Taxes . ... 167,764 2,045,231 165,025 1,185,922 3,563,962 295,048 1,503,707 159,215 1,419,873 3,377,843 1 Taxes OXFORD, THURSDAY, 3 P.M. property Tax ••••• • • • • • 2,089,950 976 , 881 1 ,57 0 , 136 56 7,956 5,304.923 2,068,827 1,056,991 1,915,581 468,238 5,509,637 1 Property Tax .. .• • • 204,714 • .. • . 100,282 •• .. Cheshire Junct d' l :E 25 xe C te c 7......" 10 2'2 7 -- 109 23 10 22 81 61 - sid per cwt., and the last week's 465. 7d. The week's sales were 102,845 qrs. Post-0ffic3...... ...... . 272,000 240,000 306,000 246,000 1,064,000 259,000 230,000 261,000 272,000 1,022,000 1 Post-office ' • . • • 42,000 26.000 •••- 273 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., t d o onian. ..... 4 a l 143se - 23i 231 GALDSTONE 277 Crown Leads • ... ••• • • . 40 000 30 000 40 000 40 000 150 000 .80 000 60 000 The merchants connected with the Azores and Miscellaneous , _ ~ , , , , , 40,000 50,000 . 260,000 Crown Lands .. .... 110 . ,000 .... 40,000 •• • • •••• • • .. 21,974 91,241 28,02 30074 172,241 41,733 202,189 17,799 32,008, 293,729 Miscellaneous.. •• • • 121,488 1,434 •• • - 22 184 Do., £20. PERCEVAL - Lisbon orange trade having come to the determine of assimilating the terms of selling to those Total Ordinary Revenue 10,668,518 12,646.873 13 317 104 11,410 419 48 042 914 10 945 642 12 625 39 13, 137,580 11,963,17 48,302,833 I. re T s o t t m al o .. .. . 8. . . . 1.053,721 293 , 806 589,21 1 31,452 Imprest Moneys, &c. .. 261,765 139,770 ' 124,330 117,545 '643,410 '140 ' 441 ' 212,683 3 2,996 142,938 634,063 p neys, -c. .... 9,347 25,3 93 ..., TATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING.) Repayments ofAdvances 141,908 123,409 165,255 372,37 i 802,943 88,608 i 216 6,,2 234,042 491,995 1,031,297 RepaymtsofAdvncs. 228,354 .. .. 119,624 .... St. 50st. 1170011 ChesterCß adopted in London, the alteration commenced on the Ist instant. --- - - 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 171 - 18 18 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. The quarterly and yearly statement of the Total Income • • 11,072, 1 91 12,910,052 13,606.689 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,731 , 13,054,733 13,635 618 12,603,:11 50,468,193 1 Total .. ••. • • . 1,282,079 303,153 734,228 31,452 50 45 Dubliu&BelfastJunc. 3- 2 d - ------.-1-. 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber _____-.-- 20 to 1 agst Galvanism revenue is considered highly encouraging. An Amount applied to Con- r Deduct Deduct • 303,153 31,452 deep Junction ....... 81 - 91 17 to 1 - Richmond , increase of 702,7761 . on the three, and of nearly solidatedFund*...... 5,868,205 7,975,091 8,794,247 7,353,212 29,995,755 5,695,185 7,620,934 8,443,718 7,647,14 M 29,407,030 t Decrease [Decrease Ditto as Advances .•• .. 429,684 364,748 286,617 313,643 1,394,692 236,576 326,343 388,835 '499,376 1,451,130 -- 25 all Do. New. 25 to 1 - Grapeshot a million on the twelve months, could not be other- Ditto, as part of Ways & 978,926 / Increase 702,776 [lncrease 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. . 30 to 1 - Lampedo wise regarded. The surplus on the quarter is Means of the Year •• • • 4,774,302 4,570,213 4,525,825 4,228,480 18,098,380 5,242,970 5,107,406 4,803,065 4,456,592 19,610,033 on Year. Quarter. &E.& L. & D.)..... 54 -661 6 474,918/. over the expenditure, or for the year to --- 18 all Do., (£lB E. & H.).. 4,1 • 4a DERBY. - Total . ••• • ! 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,731 13,054,73 1 13,635,618 12,603,111 50,468,193 the sth January, 4,915,078/. There will conse- I 20 .all Eastern Counties..... 13 - 14 131 16 to 1 - Cineas quently be again a fair amount available for the • Exoluslve of Advances. ' , 25 all Eastern Union, Class - ••• • • -..- .. . . A. late E. U. 5h.... 101 - 111 25 6 Do., do.._ • - ••• ... .-., 111 7 ' 445 ill tJ 0 - 5E , / VR , 444 F !;:i I- . CITY, Two o'CLocK. No. L-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters endeu uwi ei all tic. y , .6.,,,,A+ ..L..-. ......,,,,, ~..,, „ . - . e , „„„,., _ ...•.-,-. -- • - -- estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED Y EAR Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 1 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. were taken for export and on speculation. The , ---A------1 endedf-.-- April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, market closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 1851 1851 1851 1852 1852 1852 1852 1852 1853 1853 XFORD UNIVERSITY American, 450 Egyptian, at 6d. to 9p, and 400 £ £ x £ £ £ £ £ _______ x x Incr . e . a . s . e. De 6 c s r ,6 eas n e. Increase. Decrees( £ £ £ -- X ELECTION Surat, at 3P. to 41-d. per lb. In Railway Shares a good business was done, at steady prices. - Customs ••••••• • • • • • • • 4,548,266 4,318,218 5,335,073 4,559,512 18,761,069 4,615,025 4,502,164 5,036,809 4,541,384 18,695,382 Customs ..... ••• • • • Excise.. •• • ..... .. • • •• 13,324 • The six weeks' average price of wheat is 435. 4d. Stamps. • Taxes ••-••• • • - • • .... 167,764 2,045 , 231 165,025 1,185,922 3, 5 63,962 295,048 1,503,707 1 5 9, 2 15 1,419,873 3,377,3 . 43 •1 Taxes OXFORD, THURSDAY, 3 P.M. Property Tax ••••• • • • • • 2,089,950 976,881 1, 8 700 36 567,956 5,304.923 2,068,827 1,056,991 1,915,581 468,238 5,509,637 , Property Tax .• .• • • 204,714 d .. • . 100,282 • ... per cwt., and the last week's 465. 7d. The week's sales were 102,845 qrs. Post-0ffic3...... ...... . 2 72,099 240,000 306,000 246,000 1,064,000 259,000 230,000 261,000 272,000 1,022,000 1 Post-office ' •. • • 42,000 26.000 •••• L&LDSTONE 277 determine- Crown Lends • • .••• • • • - 40,000 30,000 40,000 40 000 150 000 •80 000 60 000 40,000 80 000 260,000 Crown Lands ••• • • • 110 . 000 .... 40,000 , , , , , . . , . •• • • Miscellaneous •••• • • .. 21,974 91,241 28,02 30,574 172,241 41,733 202,189 17,799 32,008, 293,729 Miscellaneous.. •• • • 121,488 -.. 1,434 •• • - 3ERCEVAL 294 The merchants connected with to t t h h e e Lisbon orange trade having come Azores --..._.....--. Total Ordinary Revenue 10,668,518 12,646.873 13,317,104 11,410,419 48,042,914 10,945,642 12,625,393 13,2r3,5811 11,963,173 48,302,833 Total •••• . • • • 1.053,723 293,806 589,211 31,452 Irnprest Moneys, &c. • . 261,765 139,770 124,330 117,5 4 5 643 , 410 140,441 212,688 137,996 142,938 634,063 Imprest Moneys, &c. •• • • 9,347 25,393 TATTERSALL'S- (THIS EVENING.) commenced on tion of assimilating the terms of selling to those adopted in London, the alteration Repayments ofAdvances 141,908 123,409 165,255 372,371 802,943 88,608 r 216.6.3`2 234,042 491,995 1,031,297 RepaymtsofAdvncs. 228,354 .... 119,624 ..., • • •• the Ist instant. -- - Total Income • • 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,6 0 6 .6 8 9 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,73 1 ,13,054,733 13 , 635 618 12 , 60 3,:11 50,438,193 1 Total .. •• .• • . 1,2 8 2,079 30 3 , 153 734,228 31,452 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. The quarterly and yea rl y statement of the ____ -.--.-.-I-. 20 to 1 agst Galvanism revenue is considered highly encouraging. An Amount applied to Con- 303,153 [Deduct 31,452 f Deducl 17 to 1 - Richmond , increase of 702,776/. on the three, and of nearly v s t olidated Fund* .. .. .. 5,868,205 7,975,091 8,794,247 7,358,212 29,995,755 5,695,185 7,620,934 8,443,718 7,647,14 M 29,407,030 Ditto, as Advances ..... 429,684 364,748 286,617 313,643 1,394,692 236,576 326,343 388,835 '499,376 1,451,130 Decrease -- Decree 25 to 1 - Grapeshot a million on the twelve months, could not be other- Ditto, as part of Ways & 978,926 on Year. '""" '" LQuarte wise regarded. The surplus on the quarter is Means of the Year •• • • 4,774,302 4,570,213 4,525,825 4,223,480 18,098,380 5,240,970 5,107,406 4,803,065 4,456,592 19,610,033 30 to 1 - Lampedo 474,9181. over the expenditure, or for the year to - Total. ••• • ! 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,689 11,900,335 49,489,267 11,174,731 13,054,731 13 , 635,618 12,603,111 50,468,193 Increase ~,,,, , 7 , 7 „ I - Increa. DERBY. the sth January, 4,915,0781. There will conse -16 to 1 - Cineas quently be again a fair amount available for the 100 to 6 - Umbriel Sinking Fund, notwithstanding alterations in the , 1 25 to 1 - Hurworth duties, the Kafir war, and other drawba cks. No. 11.-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ending s th Jan uar y , 1852 and 1853. -- 40 to 1 - Rataplan The Bank of England Directors, at their " Par- -"'""-- Quarters ended Jan. 5. ' Quarters ended Jan. 5. 40 to 1 - Barbatus lot" meetin g , this mornin g , came to the determi- „,....-, -. ~.---------. 1852 1853 CHARGE. 1852 1853 ---------- nation to advance the minimum rate of discount INCOME. ITALY. from 2to 2i per cent. The policy of such a uses- £. x. X. £. . ........ ....... ........... 5,761,804 5,737,663 sure has been canvassed for some days, and as far Customs 569,558 576,226 4,578,217 4,560,104 Terminable Annuities •- • ............. „ „ „„ •„ ...• • . e Committee of the Italian Academy of Philo••••••- r met on the Ist inst., under the Presidency as the value of money is concerned, it was gene- Excise . •••• • • • 3,563,322 3,549,561 Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund ~ „ ........ •1,427,485 1,615,029 Sinking Fund •.••• • • • • ........... 744,753 • • •• • 476,085 runt Terentias Mamiani, who pronounced an rally admitted, in the best informed quarters, that stamp ) ; •. .. ...... 1,185.922 1,419,873 The Civil List • there was no ground for an advance, at Taxes aural speech in presence .af an immense audi- Property Tax ••••• • • • • • • ,tha Consolidated Fund ........ „ „ ..... ..... ..., ..., .• • • ............................. • . 3:51,167 499,376 On the 2d M. Piranelli was to deliver a let- least until the effect of the dividend pay- •Post-ollice .... • on the life and writings of the Abbe Gioberti. meets was seen. In all probability, they Crown l ell Lands 30,574 32,008 Total •Charge •••••••.•• • • • . • • • • ............... 7,840,140 7,716,669 e King received, on the Ist, the deputation of would have caused money to be more plentiful, if a n and e ou others .. • • 38,841 31,072 The Surplus •••••••••••••••••".••• • • • • • • • • • . • • . .. .. . . ......... 4,159,915 4,915,078 • ImprestMoneys ........ • • • • • • • • • • Ihamber of Deputies, to whom his Majesty ex- not cheaper ; but it is precisely on this ground we Produce of the sale 01 O'd Stores .. • • 78,704 111,867 ed his satisfaction for the numerous and im- believe, that the Bank of England has raised its Repayments of Advances .• • ..... •• • • 372,37 1 491,995 12,000,055 12,631,747 nt labours accomplished by the Chamber. terms ; the great number of new schemes that 11,929,392 12,631,747 The Surp'ul of the Revenue at 16th October, 1852, was, after providing for the charge for that Quarter ........ •• •• •• 16,432 owe thanks to that Assembly," he added, were about to be broached being likely to receive To cash brought to this account from To which is to be added the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, as above stated, in the present Quarter.... •. • • ...• •• • • 4,915,078 having overcome all the difficulties raised in an dividends . The question impetus from the savings on the Consolidated Fund.. 70,663 .. The Amount issued in the Quarter ended sth Jan., 1853, in part of Sums granted by Parliament out of the ------ 4,931,510 Pay." In the evening the King gave a grand arises, however, can the Bank keep up its charge, if 12,000,055 12,631,747 Consolidated Fund for Supply Services .............. ..... ..... ... ••••-•• • • • • • • ...• •••• • • • • ..... •••• • • • •• • • 4,456,592 --- sr, at which the Presidents of the Senate and bullion pours m from Australia and California ? The Surplus Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the'Consolidated Fund , and for the p a y ment of Su pp l y %amber of Deputies, all the Ministers, t h e We think there can be no hesitation as to the reply, I Serv i ces i n G rea t Britain in the Q uarter ending sth Jan., 1850.... ••..•• .. • • .............. ...... .. • • 474,918 dent of the Council of State, and M. Maximus and further, that frequent alterations should b e - 3glio, assisted. After dinner their Majesties, studiously avoided. The Funds have suffered by the above circum- THE apanied by their guests, repaired to the Royal * . Accounts ;M. de Codrosy, Inspector-General ( tre, where they were received with marks of stance, though not to the extent they would have (From the Times.) ... Finance ; and MM. de Casabianca and Bartholj ctfull sympathy and the most expressive ap- done if speculators, anticipating something of the The quarterly returns of the reve nue entirel y The Pays of y esterda y g ives a re view of the y ear Auditors at the Council of State. A third decre e. kind, had not previously operated. In this way we bear out the pleasing admissions which th e force of 1852 similar to th at of the Constitutionnel, showing appoints M. Noel, of Paris, notary to the En - account for a fact noticed a short time back under truth and a few months of office extracted from the the benefits to the cause of order which have been peror, officer of the Legion of Honour ; and AUSTRIA. this head, of a certain per tentage having been late Chancellor of the Exchequer. All things con- derived from the political events of that period. fourth nominates knights of the same order, 111 e three Northern Powers have given Napoleon g iven for the " put" of a large amount of Consols. s idered, the re never, within our recollection, was In the Constitutionnel there is a long article on the Hebe rt, Q uestor of the Le g islative Body, Count d tderstand that, though they recognize him as The next Bank return is expected to show a falling a mor e p ro sperous atement. _We must still say, restoration of the Church of Saint G enev i ev e to the Cambaceres, one of the members of that body, an eror of the French, it is not as the third off of about 200,0001. in the bullion. The val ue o f " all thi ngs c onsidered," for in various branches of purposes of religious worship. A grea t p or ti o n of M. Manceaux, the Secretary. Another decre Itch of his race- Another Part of the Reser- Consols this morning has been 1001 to #. • Ex- the revenue the comparison of periods continue to the article consists of a biwtorY of the building, confers promotions in, or appoints to, the Legia nis that the treaties of 1815 will be main- chequer Bills are 70s. to 735. premium. Bank be affected by rec ent reductions. Be g innin g with but in one p art it declares that the restitution of of Honour on a very large number of officers, sub dto the letter. Stock kee ps up at 223 k to 224 k. The New 3± per the comparison of the q uarter j ust ended with the this Church to reli g ious worshi p is not onl y a reli- officers, and privates in the army, and awards th e sudden and remarkable improvement in the Cents. have realised 104/ to i-. corresponding quarter of the previous year, we are gious event of the hi hest importance :-it i s a p - military medal to others. The names fill fou of exchange must be attributed rather to Foreign Securities are affected to a minor extent encountered with a decrease in the Customs to the litical one, the significance of which will not escape columns in the Moniteur. . , ,-. ,-, 1 007 evrrrirk rr +„ 4-b .......1,5.+.45na in the , rt +tarsi - inn TA +b. viefetry of ehristinni+v ever The Bourse was again dull, owing to th ITALY. The Committee of the Italian Academy of Philo : sophy met on the Ist inst., under the Presidency of Count Terentias Mamiani, who pronounced an inaugural speech in presence of an immense audi tory. On the 2d M. Piranelli was to deliver a lec ture on the life and writings of the Abbe Gioberti. The King received, on the Ist, the deputation of the Chamber of Deputies, to whom his Majesty ex pressed his satisfaction for the numerous and im portant labours accomplished by the Chamber. " We owe thanks to that Assembly," he added, " for having overcome all the difficulties raised in our way." In the evening the King gave a grand dinner, at which the Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, all the Ministers, the President of the Council of State, and M. Maximus d'Azeglio, assisted. After dinner their Majesties, accompanied by their guests, repaired to the Royal Theatre, where they were received with marks of respectful sympathy and the most expressive ap plause. The three Northern Powers have given Napoleon to understand that, though they recognize him as Emperor of the French, it is not as the third Monarch of his race. Another part of the Reser vation is that the treaties of 1815 will be main tained to the letter. The sudden and remarkable improvement in the rate of exchange must be attributed rather to the recognition of the Empire than to any confidence which the new English Ministry inspires here. As some days have elapsed since the electric telegraph brought us the names of the members of the new Administration, people have had time to reflect on the matter and dis cuss it at their leisure. The result is, they have come to the conclusion that, though no British Ca binet ever contained greater political capacities, it is one with which Austria has little reason to be satisfied. The Presse says that Baron Prokesch will be sent to Rome, "in order to restore the former influence of Austria in the Papal capital, and to neutralise the present preponderance of France." by the "re-action in Consols. Spanish Deferred. bring 23 1 ,and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39-i. Mexi can are 23* to 1. The Turkish Loan is as low as premium. Dutch and other Stocks are much the same. The Chartered Australian Land, Mining, Im porting, and Refining Company has introduced its shares upon the market, and a royal charter is to be applied for, and Mr. C. Watt's patent for reducing the ore is adopted. By this plan amalga mation is entirely superseded, the great expense of quicksilver being totally avoided, and yet every particle of gold or silver is extracted at a compara tively small expense. Mr. C. Watt has also a patent for refining gold and silver in the most ex peditious and least expensive mode hitherto known. It has been deemed expedient previously to the application for and grant of a royal charter for se curing certain privileges, and for limiting the lia bility of each shareholder, to arrange for the pur chase of an estate in the country where it is pro posed to commence operations. Accordingly, after a protracted negotiation, an agreement has been concluded for the purchase, in a well-known auri ferous district, of a large freehold estate, situate in the county of Argyle. On one side of it there is a long range of rocks, capped with quartz, and in the valley beneath a rapid stream flows into the lower levels, presenting all the features of an immense accumulation of gold. These lower levels are oc casionally overflowed, and large alluvial hollows have been formed, where, in obedience to the gra vity of the quartose matters and the force of the impelling torrents, the precious metals are deposit ed in the sand or mud. A first-rate proprietory is stated to have been secured, and very sanguine expectations of large returns are entertained. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : (From the Times.) The quarterly returns of the revenue entirely bear out the pleasing admissions which the force of truth and a few months of office extracted from the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. All things con sidered, there never, within our recollection, was a more prosperous statement. _ We must still say, " all things c onsidered," for in various branches of the revenue the comparison of periods continue to be affected by recent reductions. Beginning with the comparison of the quarter just ended with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, we are encountered with a decrease in the Customs to the , extent of 18,1281., owing to the reductions in the duties upon sugar and to the diminished importa tion of corn. In the Excise of the year there is also a decrease of 13,3241., to be referred possibly to the high price of barley. In stamps—always held to be indicative, if not of prosperity, at least of business—the quarter shows an increase to the amount of 187,5441. In the assessed taxes, also, there is an increase of 233,9511. The property tax, on the fluctuations of which so many theories have been raised, exhibits an increase to the amount of 100,2621., for the causes of which we must necessarily look back some years. The Post-office declares an increase of 26,0001., and the Crown Lands of 40,0001. Altogether, the increase in the ordinary revenue of the quarter is 557,7591. ; and, though it admits of peculiar ex planation in several items, is hardly consistent with any other supposition than that of great prosperity. When repayment of advances and other extra ordinary items are included in the account, the quarter's increase becomes no less than 702,776/. The comparison of the two years 1851 and 1852 gives a result of an equally agreeable character. In Customs, for the reason alread y re f erred to in the comparison of the quarters, there is a decrease of 65,6871., which, in a branch of the revenue yielding last year 18,695,3821., is a very trifling matter. The Excise of the year shows an increase of 263,311/. ; and the Stamps an in crease of 356,7121. The Taxes are largely affected by the substitution of the House for the Window Tax, and the result is a decrease of 186,199/. The Property Tax yielded 204,7141. more in 1852 than in 1851, though we are not about to insist on that increase as a proof of contemporaneous prosperity. For the other items it is sufficient to refer to the table ; but the result is, that the ordinary revenue of the year just elided exceeded that of the previous year by 750,5721., and when extraordinary items are in cluded, the increase becomes 978,9261., in which it is impossible not to recognise a great improvement on the condition of the people. Nor can it be for gotten that, when at the close of the year 1851, we had to record a thriving revenue for the Cus toms and the Excise, it was obvious to reply—and it was, indeed, replied—that the Great Exhibition had much to do with both these items, haying induced a large consumption of both exciseable ar 11 dutiable articles, and having been the direct means of an, extensive foreign importation. Not withstanding what was then supposed to be a forced and preternatural state of the revenue, it now ap pears that the year 1852 has yielded very nearly as much as the previous year und.er the head of Cus toms, and a quarter of a million more in the item of Excise. derived from the political events of that period. In the Constitutionnel there is a long article on the restoration of the Church of Saint Genevieve to the purposes of religious worship. A great portion of the article consists of a history of the building, but in one part it declares that the restitution of this Church to religious worship is not only a reli gious event of the highest importance :—it is a po litical one, the significance of which will not escape attention. To the victory of Christianity over philosophical scepticism, is just added, as a natural consequence, the triumph of the principle of order and of authority over anarchical doctrines. A striking proof of the invincible logic which unites human affairs one to the other ! After two explo sions of the spirit of revolution in 1792 and in 1830, the Church, devoted to the Patron Saint of Paris, hecame the Pantheon, a lying name exhumed from Paganism, since, far from becoming the temple of all the gods, this edifice without an object was to be the Necropolis of the illustrious dead. At two epochs also, after the restoration of social ideas under the government of two Napoleons, the cross again became resplendent on this magnificent dome, and the altar of Christianity was , again raised. Let it not after this be said that history is not a lesson of wisdom for those who know how to read in the annals of the past the lessons of the future. The Union, expresses a sort of triumph at the re-establishment of religious worship in this church. The front of the church was illuminated on Mon- Great Western North Western South Western Brighton Midland South Eastern North Stafford Caledonian Great Northern 1853. 13,884 45,928 9,851 9,971 23,642 15,076 5,502 9,174 15,527 1852. 13,868 40,247 8,403 8,094 20,048 12,654 4,571 7,798 10,080 day evening, and on Tuesday there was a consider able crowd to place lighted wax candles round the . _ gold shrine which is said to contain the heart of the Saint. Grand services were celebrated on Monday in the Church of Sainte Genevieve at Nanterre, in which village she was born. A great number of pilgrims went to drink water from the well of the louse in which she is said to have re- Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick. 17,818 7,613 14,093 16,299 6,605 13,036 The Railway Share market is down about 1 per cent., although speculation certainly has no need to be checked in them, and like most sound under- takings they will ultimately benefit, the fewer new companies are brought out. The Gold Mines are all in favor of buyers and also the Land Com panies, as the list will show, bnt no serious decline has occurred. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business clone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ...... ... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ............ New 31 per Cont. Annuities........ ...... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6.4 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6l India Bonds, £lOOO B3 99i South Sea New Annuities Consols for Opening 18th January Exchequer Bills Id. March. June. £lOOO.. £5OO 7O 3 Small 7O 3 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 99 al i Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent.... ......... Ditto for the Accoun . t. Peruvian 6 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64 Portuguese 5 per Cent. Portuguese 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 39 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49 i i x d Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 234 i x d Spanish Passive (Converted) si Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 4 p c Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 4 P French Rentes, 3 per Cent Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent.. BB Belgian Bonds, 4} per Cent. Ex. 25fe 9B- 9i Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 66t i x d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates... THREE THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January We must say that the natural inference from such a statement is, that national burdens may still,be extensively though gradually reduced, and even additional expenditure undertaken for the defence of the cou n t r y, w ith ou t th e disagreeable process of laying on any new tax, or increasing the area or intensity of an old one. At all events, that is the lesson the people will draw from this statement, and it would be scarcely possible to drive them out of it. Taxation is not a theory, but a fact, and, though the people may like radical reform in some things, they will not easily endure a radical reform of the taxation which begins by aggravating the load now clogging the industry and talent of some important classes. Henceforth, unless matters change much for the worse, "impo sition" of taxes will be almost unknown, and reduc tion, more or less, be the only thing spoken of. After the fate of the last Budget, he must be a bold man who will prepare another of an equally original character. As evidence of the national prosperity, the statement before us comes with peculiar felicity just at this moment, when a score of constituencies are re-electing their Free-trade representatives with almost entire unanimity. Never did an Adminis tration walk into office and run the gauntlet of a new election with more entire success—not one member having yet lost his seat. The prosperity of this island under free trade is such as to compel the assent of those who denied it as long as they could, and even now persuade others to do so. The times that are coming no man can tell. Undoubt edly there are elements of future difficulty and even danger in our position ; but with all things becom ing more abundant, with the means of communica tion from any one part of the world to any other in creasing year by year, and, perhaps more than all, with the metallic circlilation, the base of all others, becoming yearly augmented, we cannot refrain from hoping, and even anticipating, the best for the con dition of the people, and for all the branches of the Imperial revenue. CUSTOMS' REFORM. (From a Correspondent.) sided ; and many of them carried home little bottles full of it, in the belief that it would cure their sick Dupin and Beranger, Councillors at the Court of Accounts ; M. de Codrosy, Inspector-General of Finance ; and MM. de Casabianca and Bartholy, Auditors at the Council of State. A third decree appoints M. Noel, of Paris, notary to the Em peror, officer of the Legion of Honour ; and a fourth nominates knights of the same order, M. Hebert, Questor of the Legislative Body, Count de Cambaceres, one of the members of that body, and M. Manceaux, the Secretary. Another decree confers promotions in, or appoints to, the Legion of Honour on a very large number of officers, sub officers, and privates in the army, and awards the military medal to others. The names fill four columns in the Moniteur. The Bourse was again dull, owing to the number of defaulters declared. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 80c., and closed at 105 f. 30c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway ' Shares, 1,025 f. ; Rouen, 992 f. 50c. ; Havre, 525 f. ; Great Northern, 880 f. ; Bale, 360 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 805 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 911 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Marseilles, 760 f. ; Western of France, 750 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 622 f. 50c. ; St. Dizier to Gray, 540 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 603 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued at 500 f., 800 f. children: The Assembles Nationale, in noticing the para graph of the Moniteur repudiating a work called the Limites de la France, rebukes with some energy the apparent encouragement given to warlike ideas in some quarters from which a different policy was to have been expected. A ministerial journal (the Patric) is iu particular reproached with having copied from a Belgian paper an article on this sub ject of a mischievous tendency. It is probable that the article in question was reproduced by the Patrie without due consideration of its tendency, and that the Assemble'e attaches to the fact more importance than it merits. At any rate, the personssu re pudiation of the Moniteur, as the official organ of althoughthe Government, theremay be quite fli is c i e ii. t . - who to pretendshow that, know that the pacific intentions' of the Government are not sincere, the Government itself is resolved to give proofs of its sincerity. The Assemblee remarks that, "Singularly enough, every one wishes for peace ; from one end of Eu rope to the other Governments promise it to the people ; it is put forth in solemn speeches, and it is even sung at all the theatres, as though we had just signed the peace of Amiens, and nevertheless the slightest pretext—a few pages from a pen with out authority—are sufficient to inspire every one with the ideas of war. The - fault , w e loudly de clare, is not with the Imperial G ove rnment, but lies with the press. The most unequivocal assu rances given to the country, and particularly the solemn recognition which it has ma de of the trea ties of 1815, completely sh e lt er its responsibility, whatever may occur. The immense majority • in France wish only for order, repose, employment, repose, prosperity, and a certain at least 3. certain appearance—of liberty, .sup port any Government, which will seciny, if only for a day, the enjoyment have seen, since 1848, theof these blessmgs. e _ personification of this policy sought for in the La martine, Cavaignac, andTost opposite camps. repre sented it in his day t Changarnier, each hi e nephew of the Emperor represents it in the ; high es t degree, and derives from it the principal strength of his Government. When the journals to Which we allude do not, by their ridiculous dithbies brin fine days of 1804, let them- not fearg us back to the to enter with us into the realities of the state of affairs, and all these reports of war will The Duke de Pado soon fall to the ground." has been installed as Governor of the Invalidesiie by General Sauboul, the Commandant, who representedbeing Prince Jerome, in consequence of his confined to his apart ments by illness. After the ceremony of installa tion, the Duke reviewed the he invalides, and then at tended a Te Deum in the chapel. a When the religious service was over he paid General Sauboul had previously to Prince Jerome. order of the day in the name published a . n name of his Imperial Highness, announcing the change, and congratu lating the invalides on the appointment of so brave and experienced an offic er as his successor. Accounts have been received of the Labrador steam-frigate having quitted Messina for Syra, with Abd-el-Kader and hi s sui • te on board. The Moniteur says :_cc The ratifications of the commercial convention between France and Bel gium of the 9th ult. were exchanged on the 31st, at Brussels. It is known that this convention again places • in vigour the former treaty." A special supplement of the sam e journal announces that the Russian Minister delivered to-day his credentials to the Emperor. The Ministers of the United States, Wurtem burg, Bavaria, Tuscany, Hanover, Baden, and S ax ony have received their credentials. Letters from Frankfort of the 3d states that the Diet has, through its President, informed M. de Tallenay that it had recognized the French Empire. It is stated that the attention of the Department of Police has been for some time particularly directed to the Legitimist press—the Republican and the purely Orleanist organs having nearly dis appeared—so far at least as the advocacy of their peculiar doctrines is concerned. The Austrian and Prussian ambassadors in Paris have received their new letters of credence, and will present them almost .iuunediately. Those of Russia were expected to arrive yesterday. The recognition of the French Empire by the three Powers is made without the slightest reserve or conditions, and that full confidence is expressed by them that the declarations in favour of peace, made by the Emperor of the French at Bordeaux and Saint Cloud, will be fully realised. Nearly the same form of recognition has been adopted by the three Powers, and Napoleon 111. is addressed as mon frere. In the letters of credence addressed to Louis Philippe by the three great northern courts he was merely addressed as Sire. A decree in-the Moniteur suppresses the several superior commands instituted by the decree of Feb. 12, 1850, in the military divisions in France as being no longer necessary, and directs the Com mander-in-Chief of the army of Lyons to hold at the same time the command of the Bth military territorial division: and the commander of the army of Paris to hold that of the Ist military division. Another decree appoints a Commission to verify the service of the public Treasury during the year 1851, the said Commission being composed of M. Stourm, Councillor of State, President; MM. Chadenet and Ai g non de Monsigny, Masters of Requests ; MM. There are others besides Messrs. Cranford and Travers of the city of London, clamouring for the reform of this establishment. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have a correspondent, under the signature of "Junior," who addresses its members through the columns of the Mercury on the same subject. They appear at occa sional periods, the last (No. 5) being in the publication of the 28th of last month, and its principal complaint seems to be, that the Board insist on sending them as chief officers their favourites at other ports, who, being strangers to Liverpool and its commerce, are ignorant of its habits or requirements, and, as a rule, adopt a new mode of their own in conducting the business of the port, upsetting and deranging all former established practice. One of these inspectors, it would appear, was selected some time ago out of London, and on his arrival he set himself to work most valorously in reducing the number of officers belonging to the port, thinking, no doubt, that as the cry of economy was abroad, that was the best mode of testifying his appreciation of the appoint ment conferred on him. He submitted a reduction in the number of landing waiters, and had it carried into effect ; but to what extent the letter does not state. It is admitted, however, by himself, in answer to the Council of the Chamber of Commerce, that one officer is frequently obliged to attend, or rather be responsible, for the examination of the cargoes of fifty-two foreign ships at one time ! The vessels are supposed to contain free goods, of course ; but what did Mr. Cobden say in reference to the examination of free goods ? Why, "that unless a careful review was taken of goods reported as free,' the public revenue would be defrauded to a great extent, for it was as likely that the bales claimed to be free would be as much tobacco as cotton." It is im possible that one person can discharge his duty, at least in any way approaching efficiency, if he is to attend the discharge of so many ships at once. The writer, who enters into all these particulars with official minuteness and great skill, concludes his letter by exonerating the Commissioners as authors of these evils, but condemns 15 6 15 all ;t. 100 i 0 all 3t. 100 3t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 4) all ;t..100 L 2 11 50 all 61 111 3t. 100 ?,0 15 L 4 114 i 0 all all 1.1 all 1.0 3 4. 100 3t. 100 !O 12 1.0 1 3t. 100 i 0 42 40 34 . 25 all 25 al l St. 100 8A 4A St. 100 St. 100 50 47 2 25 17i LOO all 3t. 100 Z 1 14 ;301 all them for the placidity With which they become the vic tims of their " practical advisers" in so , readily adopting their suggestions. 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Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock ......... 1.65 5 !Co all 5 all 2 all Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian .£lO ... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork&Bandon 53 p c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction .. EastA nglian (310 s) 6 per cent...... ...... Do. (E 5) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., Now 6 p c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do., £lO Deben. Sh. EastLancash. 6 p.cts. East&WestYorkshirc Junction, Fifths..... &Hub. Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... 109 - 111' I all 100 106 - 108 [5 i 9 8 I all 19 - 20 -AP 6 - 6.1 - 3 - 4 - iP 1 3 4 .1 -lip 1 - 15 A:, I all 18 -• 18i Great Northn. 5 P.C. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berke dr Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Great Western • fixed, l 43, per cent... ....... . 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Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do 5 1 3 ;t. 11b0 563 40i 40 69 ." - - 1 - li p L5O -- 152 23 i -- 36 := 4 p 6 2- 2 [Ol4 -102 A 254 -- 261! L 7 I 5 . ) ,5 10 13fi i 49i 50 . 21_2} Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Easternl(Rcading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. Do. 4. per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.&Hartl. Guar. sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. , Do.. 11 - 11 231 83 2a 891 13 i hi 73 2 134 li 59i Si 9 li Pnli 15 1101 9i York& N. Midland H & S. Purch 17 17?,' 14 16 —17 A par 26 26 19 -T ;2.6 id ipm 1103 - 105 5i - 5 1011 2 - 1031. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Aust ra lasiTh—....________ 3.3 100 all British N. American ... ...... ... 83 li 2 . d. 100 25 Colonial ..• ...... ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don ... 4 English Scottish and ... ." Australian, ........ of I - R 4 651 51 20 2i Loud. Chart. Bk. Australia . ........... 21 3 51 50 20 Lone_ on and Count . 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... ... 21i 100 20 Loud. &Westminster ... .-- lO OO 35 1. ; Npao New 50 50 22. National of Ireland — ::: 25 all Oriental Bank of ... Corporation. — 25 5 Do. New ... 40.1 ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... -- 49 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company -- ••• • •• " 51 50 x . ti 25 all South Australia 49 —,, 73 2 25 all Union of Australia 7l . :i --E i- - ' ... 2i Do. New — 50 10 Union of London •.. TURK-Y- The Journal de Con stantinople, of the 19th, con firms the news already communicated relative to the blockade of the Albanian coast. The semi-offi cial organ of the Turkish Government says, that it is to extend " from Ulcinia (no such place is to be found in any.of my maps) to the extremity of the Turkish frontiers. Austria will not permit the Turks to land either in the Bay of Cattaro or near Stagno, and the military force in Dalmatia is being much increased. The argument employed by the Austrians in defence of their policy is, that they have as much right to prevent the Turkish ships entering " their " bays and creeks as the Turks have to consider them selves masters of the Bosphorous. • A remark that both the coasts of the ,Bosphorous belong to the Turks, but that the Austrians are willing to deny the right of way of the Turks to their own property, was received with a tremendous burst of indigna tion. MONTENEGRO AND ALBANIA. The Rajahs who are to be forced to serve against Montenegro are said to be in a state of great excite ment, as they have paid the " Haracs" in order to be exempt from military service. Things are by no means quiet in the neighbourhood of Antivari. In the recent proclamation of the Porte, the Mon tenegrines are not only entitled rebels, but " male factors, robbers, and murderers." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 5 Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief of this port, proceeded this day on Admiralty leave. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., superintendent of the dock-yard, is consequently Acting Port-Admiral pro tem. Mr. Alexander Henderson, midshipman of the Furious steam-frigate, and Mr. Jenkin H. Thomas, midshipman of the Blenheim, passed examinations on board the Victory qualifying for the rank of lieutenant this day. steam-sloop, Commander T a th am , came The Fury, 6 , into harbour this morning. ge, flag-lieutennt t o R ear -Ad m i ra l Lieutenant Yon Fanshawe, returned from leave this morning. The Sidon, 22, paddle-frigate, Captain Goldsmith, has received orders to prepare for sea, and w ill proceed to Queenstow n, and thence, it is reported, to the Medi terranean. SHEERNESS, JAN. 4, Her Majesty's screw steam line of-battle ship Aga memnon, of 91 guns, 550-horse power, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, will be completed in her internal fit tings by the dock-yard in about seven days, and will then be ready to receive fuel, ammunition, & c . Her Majesty's ship Monarch , 84 guns, guard ship o f ordinary, Captain Charles Hope, R.N.—The following commissions have been received, and taken up for this s hip—viz., Lieutenant George B. Williams, July 3, 1840, vice Lieutenant Robert S. Moore, January 10, 1851, a ppointed to Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollope, fitting here (receied). Second Master, Mr. Au gus t us F. Mugford, Nov. v 9, 1848 (taken up). lier Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake, of 8 guns, Com mander Henry Trollope. Mr. T. Bourchier, ac ti ng master, yesterday took up his commission to this vessel. The sailing tender Hart, tender to her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120 guns, left here to-day in charge of Quar ter-master William Green, for Hardwich, for the purpose of conveying volunteers for the navy from Harwich to his port. On arrival they will be borne out on the Waterloo's books as supernumeraries for general service. Some excitement is being created here in consequence of a joiner in her Majesty's dockyard threatening the principal officers of this establishment with an action for the recovery of moneys which have been mulcted from his wages for neglect of duty. A. solicitor has been em ployed by the joiner to bring the action, the result of which is, that the joiner has been discharged by Ad miralty order for not conforming to the standing rule that is, if any mechanic, or other person, has cause of compla..int, he or they are at all times at liberty to send their petition to the Admiralty through the office of the Captain - Superintendent, when a p ro p er i nves ti ga ti on will be instituted by the authorities. Several publie meetings of the mechanics have already taken place re lative to the above case. paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops ller Majes t y 's having grounded on the cant near the White Buoy off the Isle of Sheppey a survey of the depth of water was , made, and it has been fou n nd that the water has shoaled considerably of late. In c osequence the White Buoy has been carried out in a nor th- e ast direction about 50 14 feet water at low spring oue of the buoys laid fathoms, thereby giving tides. he buoy referred to being down at the entrance of the Medway by Admiralty order, it is under the superintenden ce o as t' the master attendant of this yard for the time being, of the river Medway JAN. 5. cata Her Majesty's screw steam guard IToratio, of 24 guns, and 250-horse power.— r. leave. Clerk . Carnegie has returned from Admiral ty . on for this inhitPhe Hon. S. TT. Mr. C. W. Motherwell took up his commiss i on ship yesterday. Her Majesty's guard-ship of ordinary, t George B. e.—Lieutenant guns, Captain Charles Hope.— • ' to this Williams July 3, 1840, took up his commission • Monarch, of 8 4 ship yesterday, and obtained Admiral's leave—viz., day s . us Com mander Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake, of Bgu four ' occurred roander Henry Trollope.—A serious accident t° a B hipwright named Edward Mockett on board this. vessel, by one of the dead-eyes of the foretopmast rigging falling from the foretop striking him on his head, lace rating the scalp, and brain. Re liesat P in precarious state. A producing severe concussion of the present a very large numbe r of shipwrights are engaged on this vessel, blocking out the bows and doubling her down five strokes on her bends with African' oak timber and plank, so as to resist the ice. Her Majesty' s Paddle -wheel steam-sloop Barracouta, 6 guns, 300-horse power; Commander George Parker.— Lieutenant Thom as H. G l ollingwood, December 20, 1852, has taken up his commission for this sloop. WOOLWICH, JAN. 5. APPOINTMENTS. Paymasters—William H. Wiseman (1844), from the Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, at Devonport, to the Odin, 16, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, vice Ramage ; George G. Nelson (1848), to the Valorous steam-frigate, vice Wiseman. Masters-Assistants—Charles Leigh, to the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; C. W. Stevenson, to the Rattlesnake, 8, store-ship, fitting at Sheerness for the Behring's Straits expedition. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the Week ended Jan. 6, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. IBIRLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. •• 4611 7d 29s 8d las 9d 129 s 7d 435 s Od 32s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od is Od is Od is Od Is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 102,845 ; Barley, 94 642 Oats, 24,706; Rye, 66 ; Beans, 5.889; Peas, 2,958 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ us per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to I/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 18s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WRITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWQATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies OlL'offer to -day were large, yet the trade ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, JAN. s. —Alth oug h the supplies of each kind of fat stock were seasonably large ; demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 58 Od ; Veal, 3s to 4 s 2d ; P or k 2 s 8d t o 3 s 10d e had a very steady market per 80131bFs,otRoD:in JkAtNhe. to-day, an d last week's prices were freely supported. Beef, from 2s 10d. to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 2d to 5s Od; Veal, 3s Od to Is Od ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 10d per 81bs. LE wEs, JAN. firm, and prices higher, as Quarter old Store PigsT,l,l9strtoad2e3seach. follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4 d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. 2 R OYA L DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE E AR . Th e quarterly meeting of this useful institution was held yesterday at th e Dis p ensary, Dean-street, Soho-square • Dr. Lankaster in the chair. Mr. Harvey, surgeon to the institution, stated to the meeting that during the last three months the new admissions of diseases of the ear, complicated with affections of the head and throat, and some distressing cases of noises in the head, were 313 ; cured 79, relieved 53. The re mainder were under the able and skilful treatment of Mr. Harvey. The s - fi nancial statement was read, which was considered sati factory. Votes of thnks were passed a nd the to the chmeetiairmng an and to Mr, Rarvey,a the surgeon, separated. GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette says :—" M. de Bismark Schcenhausen communicated to the Germanic Diet, on the 30th ult., a project of reply to the official announcement of the accession of the Emperor Napoleon 111. to the throne, which was adopted without discussion." AUSTRIA. The Triest Zeitung, of the 31st December, con tains the following news :—" Prince Daniel has re turned to Szabljak, in the neighbourhood of which fort all points of strategic importance are to be for tified. The truce has been broken by both parties, and skirmishes continually take place. 2,700 armed men have joined the Montenegrines from the Herzegowina. A battery had been erected on a promontory called Kerba, which overlooks the Lake of Scutari, and just at this point the Turks attempted to effect a landing, but were repulsed, leaving 600 dead behind them. The loss of life on the part of the Montenegrines was also serious. George Petrovich, Prince Daniel's uncle, is about to undertake a journey to this capital and St. Petersburg." The reports of the Triest Zeitung must be re ceived with caution, as that organ of the press is evidently hostile to Turkey. PIEDMONT. A letter from Turin states that all the Jews who had been allowed to fill public situations in conse quence of the spirit of tolerance of the late consti tution, have been ordered either to change their religion or to resign. The majority of them, it is said, appear inclined to adopt the latter alternative. TUSCANY. The Genoa Mercantile Courier, of the 31st ult., quotes the following letter, dated Florence, 28 " Marshal Haynau has been here for some time. Se veral aristocratic families, known for their attachment to the Austrian Government, have received him with the ut most distinction, and invited him to 'entertainments and banquets. The Orsini family, in particular, distinguished itself by its demonstrations, and caused him to be admitted on Sunday last to a sitting of the Philharmonic Society, which, notwithstanding his presence, was most brilliant and gay. But this is not all. The arts, of which Tus cany is the centre, also wished to honour in a becoming manner such a guest, and the pencil of Bezzuoli, and the graver of Dupre are to portray his effigy. The first of these artists demanded 500 scudi for the task, but ultimately accepted 300. The Marshal wishes to be painted at full length, surrounded with all the acces sories commemorative of the part he acted in the events of Hungary. Thus, while the Austrians themselves, the companions in arms of the Marshal, endeavour to avoid him, Italian families, Italian artists, offer him their good offices, and celebrate him by works of their genius. These are fortunately very rare exceptions, and so repulsive that we cannot dwell upon them any longer. The wife of Madiai is better. Her pardon, however, has not not yet been granted." TURKEY. • The Augsburg Gazette, under date of Vienna, 28th ult., says :—" We learn that the Vladika of Montenegro is about to take advantage of the armistice concluded with the commander of the Turkish troops to visit our capital. If he comes he will not find much sympathy for his warlike pro pensities and projects of conquest." A letter from Constantinople, 15th ult., in the Trieste Gazette, says :—" We learn that the Mon tenegrins have made another incursion on the Turkish territory, and have gained possession of a fort, two towns, and twenty villages, after having massacred all the Mussulmans." THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE WORLD UP TO 1853. The extent of telegraphic communication, completed and in operation throughout the world, at the beginning of the present year, may be estimated, as far as can be gathered from the returns, at nearly 40,000 miles. Of this amount there were nearly 4,000 miles in Great Britain, of which 100 miles only were underground, with I about 400 or 500 miles in course of construction in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland, and as many more projected. In America there were 20,000 miles of telegraph com pleted and in operation, with 10,000 more in process of construction. Russia has just commenced her system of telegraphs between St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Cracow, and the ports of the Baltic and Black Seas. About 4,000 miles are about to be constructed in India. The only unsupplied portions that will soon present themselves on a telegraphic map of the world will be Australia, Africa, and China. THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—The ordinary half-yearly . court of the proprietors was held yesterday at the South Sea House ; Mr. Franks in the chair. The statement of accounts showed that the income of the society was 147,1151. 7s. 7d., while the outgoings amounted to 81,8871. Os. 3d. A dividend was declared of 1. per cent., leaving a balance of 1,1291. 12s. 10d. THE BURGLARY AT RAVENSWORTH CASTLE.—No clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of this bur glary. The following is a list of the property stolen : A small green leather dispatch box, containing 1001. in 51. Bank of England notes and sovereigns ; a small blue leather box, containing shirt studs, gold buttons, shirt pins, and a small seal with arms ; a doubled-cased gold watch, with a long chain and two small chains appended; a small Geneva gold watch, heavy gold chain and seal, cypher, and gold locket attached, and two gilt keys ; a diamond half-hoop ring, a ruby and diamond riog, one diamond single-stone ring, one engraved seal-ring for little finger, garnet and diamond rings, plain gold rings, diamond and emerald ring, gold eye-glass, gold pin (dark red stone and diamonds), enamelled gold pin, garnet pin, locket pencil case, clasp for a cloak, pair of silver tweez ers, twisted gold ring, &c. LOVE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.—Men and women whose life was ceaselessly occupied with ideas and intrigues of love, were naturally always susceptible of its influence ; and if, as Rochefoucauld observes, " there are some people who would never have fallen in love, if they had not heard love mentioned," many per sons, through hearing it talked of wherever they went, fancied they had found it where it did not exist. Sur- b i y ma ca g u in s a es tio o n f , a som m e os m t e n n .di e e n u: d lous character. In o r d er t o prove t h at t h e seat of love prised de ov or at e these to e explain ns themof the is in the blood, Segrais relates a story of a Ger man gentleman, whose faithless mistress, desiring to get rid of him, ran him twice through the body with a sword. Ile did not die of his wounds, but, strange to say, when he had recovered, said Segrais, "He felt as much indifference for the princess as if he had never loved her, and he attributed this to the loss of blood." —Guizot. RAILWAY& Bedford and Blotchley Birm. & Oxfd guaranteo Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh . Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Glas. Barr. di Neilsn.Direct Do. New firtlpl. Dk. (II Railway & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. dz Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar ... Midld.Bradfd Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. di Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit Do.Shepth.St Shof. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh Wear Valley gr 6 per cent Do 1 Wilts &Somrst Closing Prices this Day. 30 - 31 29 : 1 - 304 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54 56 148 - 150 33 - 34 112 114 56 - 57 27 - 28 14 - 14 25j - 26 19 - 204 23 - 25 3 - 3i liiii :: iiiii 64 - 66 151 -15 i 151 _ 153 i I'd • 054 - 106 i Business this day. FOREIGN. RAILWAY'. BelgianEastn. Junet. Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Bosom9on. Dutch Rhenfila . East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia. Do. New Namur & Liige (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Sits.) NorwegianTrunkPref Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Southern of Fiance St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5} per c. Pref. Western of France MIN Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co. General Golden Mountain Great ?olgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita. ........ Mexican&S.Americn ' New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican West Mariposa Yuba Closing Prices this Day. 1 - 2 ii -: ii 2 p 1d 6 —7 pin 2 pa 2 p r —1 1 -lip 7-71 5 - 54 i - 1 1 - 11 10 - 12 p 2i - 2ip 8- 9i 6.1 71 341 - 141 -15 i l'i - 1 . 6 *p 38 - 40 38 - 40 311 -31 i 4 3 / 4 - 5 p - P 20 - 20 3 / 4 9 -10 f 3 - 33/4 pxn d a p 9 —lO p 1 -1k p - P 31 -4f p 7 -8 d— 4 p P— 6 P P— i p Par P i P 11 13 4 5 2 3 29 —3O 4•2 1 44P 3 - 4tcp 7 7i 11 d d I p 1 141;) 4 4§ lf lip 2 2ap P 27 29 iii - 12 p - gi - Pj MISCELLANEOUS Australian Agricult 'Canada 127 - - - 280 - li Copper Miners of Eng. Do. Preference lelystal Palace .. .•. .... ... Eastern Steam. ~ .-- •.• Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land.... Peninsular & Oriental Royal Mail Steam ... South Anstral.Land Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph.. 4 = e; i i - 2 O 2O ... - ... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind at Noon, S., fresh breeze, and cloudy. SoftquipLecaClllueemiallavbe'emanrngB:aand experience(' CoDmmiLtoLd,oreJ,an. Demerara. s.—Win s.—Wind, sailed—Rifleman for South Se N.S.W. ; San Francisco, do. ; .8 offmrfr:th:elb.Ranilkni,veer,:idean:d Sailed —Hendrick L H e e e ll n e e spr G t, ilb M ert aulre m a u i e n re ; , Mar B . . vWed. Hudson, New York. S.W. Arrived—Eclipse Jan. esFthWind' , P sa oo il t, d passage until she arrived off fine weather th . t) h w e 3, 1 1 Para lav eb i T, inst. ; Propontes, Buenos Ayres ; Coquette, Honduras ; American 'Ton whole of the s H in ol e y , he s ad t. o ß n omingo ; Union, New York ; Standard, Tatmago uc h e. P u t b ac k— Ebbs Brahe, Mobile. The Mary Dickson of Belfast was in contact this morning with the Princeton—was dismasted, and drifted foul of the Kossuth. Jan. 6.—Sailed— Digby, Melbourne ; Sir R. Jackson, Valparaiso ' - Virginia, Man zanillo.; Empress, Baltim ore ; Ci ty of Glasgow, Phila delphia. FALMOUTH, Jan. s.—The Lady of the West of New port, Bristol to New Orleans, was abandoned in a sinking state on the 26th December, 47 N., 9 W. ; master and fourteen of crew picked up in the long boat by the Fanny of Salecombe, and transferred to the Esther, arrived here ; the remaining four of the crew had left in the pinnace. hore. CARDIFF, Jan. s. —The Mary Cook of Glasgow is on , FRASERBURGH, Jan. s.—The Spring of Shields was abandoned in a sinking state ; crew picked up on the 26th of December. The vessel which run into the Freedom on the 29th, was the Maria, and not the Myra, as reported; she is supposed to have gone down. MARYPORT, Jan. s.—The Wilson, from Liverpool, is on shore; expected off. FLAY Jan. s.—Th e Cl or i n d a, T roon to S myrna , has been assisted in here leaky, &c., and must partly discharge to be caulked. MONTROSE, Jan. s.—The Wheathill of Wisbesch was abandoned on the 26th of December ; crew saved. • DUNDEE, Jan. s.—The Express of Sunderland foundered on the 28th of D ecem b er , f or t y m il es o ff this port , crew saved. aban. SHIELDS, Jan. s.—The Perfection of this port Wa s cloned ; crew saved. foal' YARMOUTH, Jan. s.—The Jago, Blyt tiered on the 27th of December, off Whitb y ore ill n ri wa .....ger ), htoL w ~ ' to p e d. tiered anoNew SOUTHAM PTON, York. Jan. s.—Wind, S.W. ----------- deCliVity suf. DECLIVITY OF RIVERS.—A very Three inches flees to give the running motion to TB47l:f4: ;es a per mile, in asmooth, straight channel,,P velocity of which gathers the about three miles an hour. The . g* loftiestB,or the in the he w i g o h r t l d o , l f its mouth, only about waters of the Himalaya mountains' is at eighteen hundred miles v r° el of the sea—about twice eight hundred feet above the le the height of St. _u_ Paul burgh, and to fall these • eight Arthur's Seat, near in course, the water re • hundred feet in its long c ~ quires more t i, The great river Magdalena, in South than a mon • • running fora thousand miles America, between two ndes, falls only ridges of the A f five hundred feet in all that distance. Above the commencement ofthe sand miles, igis seen descending i n r • apids and cataracts from the mountains. The gigantic so gentle a descent to the O Rio de in Plata has fif teen hundred miles from its ocean, that in Paraguay, 'B"innt4LinG:snatdnhoen which have sailed mouth, large ships are seen, the force of the wind again st the current all the way, by ` the beautifully a lone ; that is to say, which, on gradually lifted inclined plane of the stream, have been current, to an b y the soft wind, and even against the spires. —A • , elevation greater than thtt of our loftiest 7 nott 8 Physics. Leasing Compans, London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W Caledon Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern. Do Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do L. di -/ :W: d:Lndc Yk Do Gt.Nortlin Do I.,ancash.& Yorksh larlsiClean Stockt. & Darling Do ; Gt.Westn Business done this day. 27 ex new 34 i i 261 5f 3 38 11 8 20i 20 10 9i 10i i pm. x.ll. 19 18/ h 1 42 I 4 fil 31 /1 I f li it 2 3 1 id II i i 9 283 7 75 8 6 soi 1i 89 679 Bi 3 4 20 2 20 95 124 12 20 20 1211 St. St. 25 20 20 334 10 20 20 20 20 20 10 28i 1 1 all 100 all 100 all all all all 112,1 100 100 18i all all all 13.5 243 liooh IC)Gi