The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-23 00:00:00

-••••••,..A040•1••• MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. 21118 sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were est i/nated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American 1_ 44 4 ( . 15°0 Surat were taken for export and on specu -71.?r4 The market was steady, but closed tamely, without change in prices. The sales comprised pi., American, 200 Pernam and Maranham, at Z t ; to rid .; 120 Bahia, at 64d. to 71d.; 300 Egyp . 'at °id. to 9d.; a n d 1 , 000 S ura t , a t 2d. t o 4id . nr, lb. Rail way s h ares were dull, and prices had " d ownward tendency. (-Menial produce ha s b een t a k en f ree ly thi s we ek, 44d Prices have tended upwards. Holders of have evinced much firmness, and some kinds re coffee are dearer. Tea has been in increased su l lie s% and a furth er a d vance i s ex p ec t e d. Th e at Pl3h ee of tallow are limited. Saltpetre has been ricegher r a t es, and rice is firmer, owing to the d o in grain. In spices a f a i r b u sin e ss has been t Ile . Cotto n i s qu i et, b ut steady. T h ere has oemore eit inquiry for hemp, and prices have risen. T h eas advanced 10s. per cwt. to last week's railway receipts ascer t a i ne d u p this day are in round figures as under gre a t w 1853. 1852. ester!' "rth- We t s ern 47,0A 3 45,791 bnilo-Western midla n d ' 4 -1.(11 10,019 10,004 Bentil.n eal Ea stern . e rr , l onian, and Edin. and Glasgow 13,973 12,534 Lav Northern S hurebane and Yorkshire 17,041 17,478 general meeting of the shareholders in the .reath Australian Company, held this morning, a r ? favourable report was made, and the next ntend, it was state d , wou ld b e equa l to t h e l ast. the report, which is merely suppl e m e nt ar y, it i s i ned by the Directors that tnti(c'ee transactions embraced are for the six months )4 _24 the 30th April last, and such information as has 41,7, recently come to hand. Advices have been re ed to the 28th September, giving a gratifying ac 00to of the prosperity of the Colony, in which this hi: 4 "Y has participated. At no former period have denteeeantr been in a more rosperous and indepen . 4,,keition y , and your rents s o well paid. e amount received from the ordinary sources of 'l.l, an ent income d ur i ng th e half-year has been 10,025/. 7`, 7 41 r. Gile s wr i tes i n S eptem b er, that ' there are now sa i d e gsels of an aggregate tonnage of 6,031 tons loading t he lAischarging alongside the company's wharves, and ' 3o ‘ ...lided ware h ouses are nearly full of goods. ' yeti New leases have been granted of 1,197 acres of nor : country lands, at rents varying from 3s. to ss. per acre, an ef the mineral lands at Mount Barker 1,000 avi e fo r d a dairy f arm a t 2 s . p er acre , a nd 102 acres for and illtural purposes at 2s. to 4s. per acre ; the minerals th e „ th e right of working them being reserved. Although th at ef the latter is low the directors are pleased to see e ee llintencement, has been made in letting the surface h ap Is v aluable property for such a purpose. They are he 0 ., 1537 fd50 to state th a t th e a tt en tion of the Coloni s t s i s ori n nr ileg to he again directed to Copper mining. A 'let fierce, near to the Kanmantoo Mine, has been qui : ll cl t.o a party who had formerly worked it, but relin e " his holding for the gold digging of Victoria, at good royalty and a bonus paid for the lease. tai;Seyeral sections of land, suburban to Adelaide, con bee 65 5 acres, the leases of which had expired, have to/1 re-let at an advance of rent varying from ss. to lls. r acre ; and Mr. Giles writes that for other leases about 2 0 ,1 e ,xPire, he fully expected to obtain a similar increase. L ac i" Acres of Country land, more distant p er m , Adelaide, Sales relet at an advance of ls. to 3s. cre. ili c 'eles of Land.-It has not been the wish of the of ptors to sell land to any extent in the present state ) na ,"e Colony. The only sales advised up to September oil e t ar two acres in Adelaide for 350/. each, five small . ef ° i ll/lents at Port Adelaide for 8501., being at the rate per acre, and fifteen allotments at Port Wil of AI Township, f about half an acre each, at the rate et,, v `• Par acre. And to tenants exercising their right P l 'eeinption, the sales have consisted of 288-i acres of o „ e _ country lands, and two small portions (about one 41, 1 e ) of a town acre for 1,473/., being at the rate of 4 er . 15-8 - per acre for the country lands, and 4001. per doe for the town portions. .Emigration to the colony has proceeded satisfactorily Cilia the present year. The return of the greater n e tliber of the colonists from the gold diggings, and the of nearly 2,000 immigrants at Adelaide, up to e end of June, hadincreased the population to up ,"ards o f 72,000 ; an d th e amoun t rem itt e d t o h er M a - Je atY's Commissioners by the Local Government is ade oNte to the passage-morey of an addition of 8,000 in ne current year, and a n equa l num b er may b e ca l cu l a t e d 41 for 1854. ~::The opening of the navigation of the Murray is pn th, i t t go fraught with advantage to South Australia, genche directors cannot omit allusion to it. Intern - Si va : tag been received of the arrival of the steamer at 120 - es, astation in the colony of Victoria, about floes up up the Murray, and only 70 miles distant to 111 ,2 40 unt Alexander gold fields. She was expected h r ;"ve early in October at the Goolwa, with h a return a t e ef wool being the beginning of a traffic, t e va ka7t " t ent of which it is impossible at present to est e. eo h 4 , 3 The directors have only to add, that the prosperous •tli te - ‘ 44 tion of the colony, and the favourable accounts that re , th iat lY received, g i ve th em every reason to believe tha t the polar have the pleasure of submitting to you at polar annual meeting in June a most satisfactory re ' t ," 4 your affairs." 01 .4 the commencement of business this morning -nilB°l3 1_ - were comparatively firm at 941 the re that Lord Palmerston would return to the 1 .0 1.1• t c , 184 7 giving great satisfaction, as it was under -111,-,11.(4 his views would be adopted. Afterwards, ir e r ver, some weakness was observable, and a de ts;:,..a Occurred to 94* upon sales by an influential er• At this moment there is a sudden fall to 93* )1,,` ' }PI a rumour that Baron Brunnow and M. de --'l4seleff are about to quit London and Paris, and alth r e : l igh this is considered warlike, we seldom lnber to have witnessed the expression of ..ao r • h 4 se unfeigned satisfaction in City circles, or to to V e heard more uncomplimentary phrases applied t he repre sen t a ti ves o f an y f ore i g n power. The DA aer al remark is that it would have been better if N. , o f Y had been requested to leave long ago, instead 4°ll r having a discretion in the matter. Bank 4 kias - te* •is dull at 219. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to ,' • Pta. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 'the r being 96k, have dropped to 95k. p o ll ere has been a good deal of business doing in eat ' e ,lll Stocks, and prices are generally rather -vier P 4 4 1 0, • Brazi lian New 41 per Cents. have been 'h, 14. " 43 , at 921, and Buenos Ayres at al. Mexican L ' ! ix o e 41111 at 241, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. have : ,, ;,;t ar t b een higher than 68/. There have been steady gai ns in Spanish Deferred at 22 to k , and in ort ur „ e e tiliese 4 per Cents. at 43i. Russian 5 per %Zt s . have been 112 to 112 f ; Belgian 41 per s. ) 95i and 95/ ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 961. ti i ' l l waY Shares have ruled rather lower again, 6 de . e ine being about ss. to 10s. in some instances. 1 .44 /l a , th- Westerns. have bees 103. to 11. worse. 14,, ,,1 ' e rn Counties keep steady. Caledonian have IP:. about I lower, and others in proportion. n on Shires are a little weaker, but Luxembourg tolerably well. 441 13 14 the Gold Mine Shares there is not much doing, th ey maintain their value. lje w i L t he Joint Stock Banks there have been very t ransactions, and the Land Companies are dull. • i pt FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Oficial List.) Business done. Stook . 9ellt. Reduced Anntolies 94a a p e • ,jent. consols Annu 4 t;es shut I.,ievr%eent. Anno!lies, 1726 1 .0 1 ,„u a l per Cent. Annuities 96/ 6 1 Cah"lllluities Expire sth Jan., 1860 51 5-16 4 )la for Opening 18th Jan. 'Rem, 91 1; ti 8 I leer Bills, ld. 1000 ' 3 p • 5.‘15°13s . ‘15°13 ................ 36 P trian: ......................... 3 6 P ...... P ................... 4.10. ,r a ,,• O F FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. • ii:l'l44 Bokds, 5 per Cent. 921 x d t. e at() v u New, 1852, 4 . 4 pc , r Cent 65 1),411):N Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 831 4i ke,!sit tonde; 1825, 3 per Cent 24. 1, ,,1. lean 3 per Cent. 63 l'ot,:,!art Bonds, 41 per Cent. L 43 . 1; R oEsi: lies° Bo*, 4 per Cent St ll - ii h „ ." 1 1 110148, 1 822, 5 per Cent. X 0.)1 ''‘ll4ll New Deferred, 3 per Cont. 4,.. . ,8 lathipt,_ Dividends on the above payable in Londo n n , . l a x d blitZ,, ll3 nxis 4i per Cent. ex. 25 fr '44ehall L Cent. 12 Gull bilk., ,22 Per96l -- 4 per Cent. Certifieates ..... r„.i Nso is for opening 18th January y ALF-PA 5 93 7; TWO. v to,.o_,At txrr COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes -13-41,47 afternoon at the Foreign Office. The Ministers th e Pt Were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, of 1,-,(1- Cha nce ll or, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke • • 4,,ZeWcastle, th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. ee`uh "Y lierbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The crsat five hours and a half. WALL.—At meeting of the directors just held, ti runel was requested to take steps for the construe . iarzf wthhpiesieiction of this line between S a it as h and Lis- frco 1 will complete the contract for the entire 4 YMOilth to Falmouth, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEO. 22. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal chil dren, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Miss Butted, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain the Hon. D. De Ros, left Osborne at 10 o'clock this morning, and proceeded to Windsor Castle, arriving there at 20 mi nutes before 2. _ _ . A guard of honour from the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, with the band of the regiment, received her Majesty at the Windsor Railway station. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg is expected to arrive to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince will shortly leave England for Lisbon on a visit of condolence to his brother the King-Regent of Portugal. The Earl of Listowell and Mr. Ormsby Gore have arrived as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The Marchioness of Ely has been succeeded by Vis countess Jocelyn as Lady in Waiting. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office in NV hitehall-place; present—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Earl of Chichester, and Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre. Her Majesty's Royal bounties to a limited number of aged and meritorious poor in various parishes and dis tricts in the metropolis were distributed in the past and current week, under the special direction of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord.Higi Almoner to the Queen, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Sub-Almoner, and Mr. Joseph Hanby, Secretary and yeoman of the Almonry in Ordinary. THE LATE COLONEL MACKESON. The following General Order was published in the Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary of Tuesday, October 4th, 1853 : " The Most Noble the Governor-General in Council, having discharged the painful duty of *announcing the death of his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, is impelled by a sense of the double loss which the State has at this time sustained to depart from ordinary course, in order that he may further bear a public testimony to the merits and character of the gallant soldier who has, lately fallen by an assassin's hand. "The reputation of Lieutenant-Colonel Mackeson, as a soldier, is known to and honoured by all. His value as a political servant of the State is known to none better than the Governor-General himself, who, in a difficult and eventful time, had cause to mark his great ability, and the admirable prudence, discretion, and temper, which added tenfold value to the high soldierly qualities of his public character. "The loss of Colonel Mackeson's life would have dimmed a victory. To lose him thus, by the hand of a foul assassship is a misfortune of the heaviest gloom for the Government which counted him amongst its bravest and best. "By order of the Goiernor-General Of India in Council. " J. P. GRANT, "Officiating Secretary to the Government of India.'. PANORAMA OF C ONSTANTINOPLE. Mr. Burford has brought out a very pretty and aerially •painted picture of Constantinople. The view is taken from the top of the Seraskier minaret, and em braces a very wide range of country, not delineating merely the city, but the city set in the surrounding landscape, and showing in the clearest manner the geography of the peninsula on which Constantinople is built, from the Sea of Marmora on one hand to the Bosphorus on the other, the Asian hills bounding the prospect. The picture is executed in Mr. Burford's happiest style. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. This favorite place of amusement and instruction was re-opened last night for the Christmas holidays, with a novelty - in the shape of a series of very effective views, illustrating life in the Polar regions, the chief portion of them being taken from sketches made by Captain Ingle field, of her Majesty's ship Phoenix. No attempt is made to set forth a complete route, but characteristic points are taken, such as will afford a tolerably accurate notion of life in the northern regions. The death of a-bear, for instance, is a good standing Arctic episode, which is here reproduced with great effect. Then we are shown how a ship may run the risk of being crushed by closing blocks of ice ; and the use of blue lights" is ren dered evident to ocular inspection. Icebergs, fields of ice, encampments on the ice, are all effectively repre sented, and a mock aurora borealis flashes its dioramic lustre over the cold sublimities. Care is also taken that the spectators do not quit the Arctic regions with hearts too chilly. The prefatory lecture terminates with a sec• tion of the Investigator in winter quarters, showing how, under the kind auspices of Captain M'Clure, the Arctic travellers keep a " merry Christmas." Nor is Mr. Stocqueler's lecture less agreeable than the picture it explains. Easy in manner, natural in expres sion, concise in description, and copious in facts, this most unpretending of lecturers has cultivated the art of conveying the greatest possible information in the fewest possible words, till it has attained a perfection which few others can rival. The "Ocean Mail" is repeated every evening after the Polar sketches. THE WARDMOTES. This year has been most unprecedented in the history of the civic elections, for out of the numerous wards only in two were there any opposition to the candidates re turned by the precinct meetings, those being Langhourn and Bassishaw, the result of the contest in both cases being the return of the old members. At the official de claration of the Aldermen yesterday, the figures given for the several candidates were : BASSISHAW. 57 Lester 61 I Fuller Britten Locke Bradbury 3B. The Alderman declared the first four gentlemen elected . 63 . 58 LANGBOUEN. ... 93 Howard. ....92 Shaw ... 86 Bell ... ... 85 Brown ... 80 Dunn Unwin Bache Snelling Webber J011y.... Miller The first eight were retur : lied. 77 82 67 36 27 13 THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE. The following communication was made last evening to the police in the various stations in the city : " The commissioner has great satisfaction in announc ing to the officers and constables of the City Police Fo rc e that their application for an advance of pay has been met by the police committee in the most liberal spirit, ena bling the commissioner to make such advances to the respective classes as he considers will best conduce to the comfort of the force and the safety of persons and pro property within the city. "The commissioner, in stating the additional pay he intends to give to the officers and constables from and after the Ist of January next, desires it to be understood that no person will be admitted into the force who is under sft. Bin. in height, whose age exceeds 32 years, who has more than two children, who does not bring the testimony of a good character for at least twelve months immediately preceding his application from well-known parties, and who does not satisfy the commissioner that he enters the force with a sincere determination to merit a continuance in it. Present Pay. Pay from the lst of Jan. Inspectors of Reserve £2 10 0 ... £2 15 0 Inspectors of Divisions 2 4 6 ... 2 10 0 Sergeants 1 4 0 ... 1 8 0 Detectives . 1 5 0 ... 1 10 0 First Class Constables . Second ditto 1 0 0 ... 1 2 0 AFTER A PROBATION OF ONE MONTH._ , _ _ Third Class Constables £o £ 1 0 0 Fourth ditto OlB 0 ... 1 0 0 Fifth ditto GOLD.—A limited portion of the 800,0001. of Austra lian gold brought by the Victoria has been sold for ex portation, and a considerable quantity has gone into the Bank. At the same time a large sum still remains to be disposed of. EMIGRATION.—It is stated that the Emigration Com missioners, at their sitting yesterday for the receipt of tenders; have not taken up any vessel, owin g , it is pre sumed, to the high rates of freight demanded. BAR SILVER—The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer was sold yesterday at 61id. per ounce. LAKE BATHURST GOLD MINING COMPANY.—A meeting of the shareholders of the Lake Bathurst Gold Mining Company took place yesterday with the view of devising measures for the protection of their interests. The ex posure connected with the formation of this • project in the Court of Common. Pleas, before Chief Justice Jervis, on the 16th inst., was brought forward as furnishing ample grounds for the parties interested to take proceed ings against the directors for the recovery of their deposits. Severe allegations were made against the pro moters of the undertaking, both with respect to the assumed purchase of freehold land and the measures re sorted to for bringing the shares into the public market. Of the whole quantity issued, it transpired that not more than six or seven thousand were paid upon, although it was represented to the Committee of the Stock Ex change, when the settling day was originally fixed, and the quotation introduced into the official list, that the required two-thirds of the capital had been subscribed. It was stated that about 6,0001. constituted the existing funds of the company, the expenditure not having been on an immoderate scale. Two of the directors, Mr. Bagshaw, M.P., and Captain Denny, desired to co operate with a committee, if one came forward, for the purpose of giving the shareholders assistance in carrying out an investigation. This offer was readily accepted, and, a feeling having been generally expressed that resti tution of the amount ought to be enforced on all the shares brought into circulation, a committee was ap pointed, including the two directors, for inquiring into the whole transactions of the company. Subscriptions will be raised for resorting to further proceedings, should they ultimately be considered necessary. THE STJN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1853. IYIA.RKET NEWS-(TIII$ DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was very moderate. For all kinds we had a steady, though not to say brisk, demand, at fully . Monday's prices. From abroad the imports of wheat have been large-- viz., rather over 29,000 quarters . A full average business watransacted in most descriptions on former terms. Floating cargoes were in request, on 'continental Re count. _ The shew of barley was rather limited, and a good clearance was effected, at the late advance in prices. There was a fair inquiry for malt, on former terms. The arrivals of oats from Ireland having been large, tiro demand for that grain was less active; yet, in some in stances, rather more money was paid for old corn. Beans, peas, and flour as on Monday. • 1 ALRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. Malt. 1,890 3,200 2,880 28,920 1,850 Wheat. 760 Engi is 4 Irish .... Foreign .. Data. Flour.! 770 1,920 15,730 • 19,580 I 10,120 br SMITHFIELD. A very limited supply of beasts was on sale in to-day's market ; yet the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at barely Monday's prices. The numbers of sheep were trifling, but quite equal to the wants of the buyers. In the quo tations no change took place. Prime small calves were scarce, and held at full currencies. Other kinds of veal moved off heavily, at a decline of 4d to Gd per Sibs. In pigs next to nothing was doing, on former terms. Mulch cows were dull, at from 141. to 19/, each, including their small calf. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 41PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Small porkers 4 2 410 Second quality ..3 6 4 4 Sucklingcalvcs ..24 0 29 '0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 410 Quarter old pigs 22 0 26 '0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ...... . .. ... 200 SHAR MARKETS-(THIS DAY). ___.4, BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid' ii,AILWATEI. 100 100 100 all all all be. New . 50 1611 St. I.oi all all 100 100 8 1 100 100 100 100 100 4n 17.3 all 100 17i' an, 10 1 2.2 100 100 100 100 'South Eastern.. South Wales.. 2.2 all 16 100 8 100 20 ,Do. £lO shades. 'Do. Pref., No. 1 all 51s. 100 20 11i 100 !Aberdeen ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bost Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena Thrmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkonhd. Lancsh. & Cheihire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons—. Do., £2O Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter ;Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass ;Cornwall iDublin&Belfast June. !Dundee Perth &Aber• deen Junction ....... lEast Anglian (£25 L. & E. di L. dr D.) ,Do., (£lB E. di H.).. 'Eastern Counties..... ' Eastern Union,A. stk, Do., do. B I Do.iiewA(LateThirds; 'East Lancashire 'Edinburgh 4SI Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles tEdinb.Prth. &Dundee IForth and ClydeJunc. 'Glasgow & S.Western 'Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre., Great Western , Irish South-Easters Lancaster &Carlisle Po., Thirds _ _ _ Lan - cash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Biding Un. Leeds Northern....... Liv. Crsby. &So athpt. London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...C1 I Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., £l-0 Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ..... ........ Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares ... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket .. Do. Bury Extensions Newpt•Aborg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., A Deferred Do., a B Guaranteed North London ' N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ... Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herold Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, & D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon ..... ....• S. Yorksh. RiverDuu l Do.. Staines,Wqk.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling., Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkonny Waterford&Linaeriek West Corn wall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London Wmbledon &Croydou York Newctl.&Berw. Dp. Extensions....... Do. G.N. E. Pin•chase York di N. Midland.. Closing Prices yesterday 22 - 23 5i - sil 9 - 10 11 - 911 17 - 'l9 - 414 98 - 100 - 561 166 176 14 - 16 46 .- 47 8.1 - 81 #- 5 3t 4 13g -13 i 42 - 44 30 - 32 65 - 67 64 - 66 22' 2 ii 85 - SG 60 - 61 130 - 132 101 - 106 84 -81 i 95 - 100 14- - 15 p 674 - 68 6g - 61 3 (i - - 8 A —: leP 100 101 104 1044, par a pj 78 79 12 11 d 10 9 - - -d 64 - 61 37 ;.ri 39- 54 56 cl par 4 2t— 3i 6 - 8 52 - 54 33 - 33 3 14 8 - 10 - 24 6j - 7i 51 ... 53 s?- 8 par 1 p 38 - 39 91 - 93 57 -- 58 60 - 62 55 - 60 I 21 - 15 - 17 - 11 - 13 3k - 30' 16 -- 13 621 -- 63 331 34 3 -- 2 d 4 -- 5 ii iio - 34, 15 16 6 - 7 28 - 30 8-g 61 65 Bi. sai 4 48 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziors to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besa Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of Prance Gd . Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 iss )1862 Hamilton & Toronto . Do. 6 per cent... Lake donst. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg ..... Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran. Madras .. Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrnk. Pre f Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre..: Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse— Do. Si per cent. pref. IS.E. of Franco Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 54 per c. Pref, . Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand. lil - j par 111 - 7;} - - 2 - 2 lid 1 lg 3 -- 2d 13 - 15 2}— 14d 3t —43 p p - P 2j— 3p i" = -8/ 35 - 35 7i 16} - 47 - 41 - 33 - id 19 id 9k - i . -- - 6 pi 4i 5 d 7i i 51 d p 14 ~4, 4~d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley St. 100 Buckgb.amsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon ... 51 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent— Gt.Northn 142 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ••• ••• 26 all Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt•Westn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl.'Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 111 25 all Do. i Shares Do s4i 551 12?, all Do. 1 Shares. Do 27 28 12i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern l3l 20 all Do•Preforence Do — 25. St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent._ Norfolk 93 95 £t. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do si all Manch•Baton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2 3 50 all Middlesbrot & Stekton & Redcar . Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 99 101 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count 6O 62 5 , all Do. 6 per et.. Do .• 54 all Do.Fixedsp.e Do • 2 5 all Prest. &Wyre L. W. .• • &Lu&Yk 1 12 Do. Shares. Do — S 100 Roystn.&llit. Gt.Nortbm 142 145 S-• 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 145 2 , 18 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Gooleg.s.p.c Yorksh d 12 94 S. Staflordsh— MrMClean . 2 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darling. 25 all Do Do 3 .OA —31 i St. 100 Wilts4Somrst Gt•Westn 99 100 Business done this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... Blyth & Tyne 10 per et. pref. (iss. at.Z5O) 1: ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester Holyhead Guar. 5i pm. cent Cork&Bandon 5i p.c undeePerth&Aber deen EastA nglian (X. 3108) 6 per cent Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (i 17175) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dtmdee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Retleem., at 10 p. c. pram .... Do. 41 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pret Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) , Do. con. & red. 4? p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London and'Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. Now Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londondeni& Coler Shares ..... Londy. & Ennis. Sh blanch.,Shef.,&Lin., i Shares, No. 1— ... Do. Now, 210......... Do. £6. ... ......... liarrpt.a . Car . 1. 4p. c. Do. 4i per cent. Do .. — . ...... ..... 1 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Cousol. 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Copper Smeltg. Co, General Gt.NuggetVelnSerp Do. Registered..,,,,, Great Polgooth .... Lake Bathurst , Liberty Linares. Loud .4:Cali Cora. Gold Quartz Crusit: Co Mariquita IMexica nfr,S.A.mericn Now Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip 'Quartz Rook Rhymnoy Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba.. South Australian.. Tin Crort ...... United Mexican all West Granada all West Mariposa 12a. Wort Mug Mining► ol Australia all Yuba all 13.5 24i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 I all Australasia 7B 81 40 all British Colonial Bank , and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of•lndia, Austral., and China dis 1i 25 5 Chad. Bnk. of Asia lll Adis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chad._ 20 15 London Chad. Bilk of Australia A 1 p 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — ... 40 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• ••• 50 221 National of Ireland .„ 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Co: poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. Now — 5 1 Itoyal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co 4d— par 25 25 South Australia — 25 all union of Australia 74 76 74 2A Do. New — 50 10 Union of Loudon 40 all (Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 lAubin (.;(xtl and Iron 25 17.', Australian Agricult. 46 47 4G 20 12 Australsu.Pcifie 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... 10 2 ;I, I Berlin Water Works 50 3874 Brit. American Land 70 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smcltg. and Reduction Co 100 324 Canada Company 5 5 'Crystal Palace 2a —2.; p l 7A 5 4 Do. New 24 p 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam ...... 25 20 ElectricTelegTaph (A) 16 25 15 Do. (B) ll 13 1 1 Vcctrie Tel. of Irel. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 18 General Screw Steam ••' 20 71 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig,. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel ••• 10 4 Netherlands Laud 2 ld 2 IN.S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co ... -- 1 all N. B. Australasian / .• 1 6 Do. New. 8 --- 20 10 Nrtli.o7Errop-.:Stearn • 5 all Peel Rr, Lfl. & Minrl. 50 all Peninsular dr Oriental sP Gs xd & b 50 25 Do. da. , 2 all Portland I ron C o ••• 100 GO Royal M a il Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest •1 1w p 25 25 South Austral. Land 40 1 all Submarine Telegraph par -. " ,P 100 28?, Van Diemen's Land 15 CHRISTMAS RAILWAY TRAFFICS. —From an early hour this morning, the greates t activity prevailed at the us railway termini, par ticularly the South-Eastern, Great Northern, Eastern C o unties, and North-Western , in consequence of the immense number of packages and parcels of game and poultry that were constantly arriv ing, by the passenger and other trains. A consignment (4.800 Turkeys, 1,600 ge ese, besides several hampers and crates of other d escri p tions of poultry, was received at the Eastern Counties terminus for a salesman in Leaden hall-market, and the quantity o f game that arrives from the North of England and Scotland is scarcely credible. The contractors for the delivery of railway parcels being unable to comply with the provisions of the act of Par liament for the delivery within a specified time after their arrival in the metropolis, have been compelled to hire extra porters, vans, cabs, and other vehicles to ac celerate the welt. FREE TRADE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last night the first annual meeting of the shareholders in the Free Trade Freehold Land Society, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's inn-fields. The meeting was fixed to take place at seven o'clock ; at that hour the room, one of the small ones, became crowded to excess, and a great number of shareholders still continuing to arrive, it was found to be utterly im possible to transact the business of the evening in the then state of the apartment and lobbies adjoining. Mr. Squu (the secretary) then came forward and sail, owing to the exceeding large number of share holders present, the committee were under the necessity of requesting the gentlemen to adjourn to the hall — (cheers) —where they would find much better accommo dation than the limited size of the present apartment offered. On our entering the hall we observed the following gentlemen on .the platform :—Sir Henry Winston Bar ron, Bart.; John Beadnell, Esq.; Lemuel Brockelbank, Esq.; Captain John Bishop-Culpeper, Henry E. Canney, Esq.; James Wyld, Esq., late M.P. for Bodmin ; Fred. A. Daviss, Esq.; W. Dickinson, Esq.; Lieut.-Colonel Dickson, John Gate, Esq.; Joseph Gimson, Esq.; W. S. Hodgkinson, Esq. ; Jos. Haynes, Esq. ; Jenkin Jones, Esq.; S. M. Martindale, Esq.; Thomas A. Pott, Esq.; Lieutenant-Colonel Starr, Rowland Stagg, Esq., G. Tyler, Esq. ; T. C. Unwin, Esq. ; H. B. Taplin, Esq.; S. P. Hook, Esq.; Azimulah Khan, on a mission from India, in a magnificent Oriental costume, which attracted much attention, and many other highly influ ential gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN (James 'Vyld, Esq.), on taking his seat, said he felt great pleasure in occupying the chair ; it was an honour he did not expect. The meeting hav ing been pleased to appoint him to preside over their deliberations, he should rely on all of them to support him in fulfilling that duty. He thought that the first business of the evening consisted in reading the notice convening the meeting. He should call on the secre tary to do se. The SECRETARY then read the advertisenaent. The CHAIRMAN —That being done, the next thing for them to hear was the report of the executive committee. Mr. SMITH then read the report, from which it ap peared that the executive committee of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society, in presenting their report, con gratulated the meeting •n the great success that had crowned their labours—success very far beyond their most sanguine expectations, and exceeding, they be lieved, abything hitherto accomplished by any freehold land society. The total number of shares enrolled since the society was established on the 15th of August amounted to 2,021, representing a capital of 80,840/. In forwarding the interests of the society, the committee had held six public meetings, viz., at the Whittington Club, Strand ; the Belvedere, Pentonville ; the Hanover square Rooms ; the Horns Tavern, Kennington ; the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end ; and the Hall, Cam berwell—the results of which had been very gratifying, and those results had been obtained at a very small expense. The expenditure for office fixtures and furni ture to the present time had been but 1541. 18s. Bd., and , the current expenses of management and rent for the four months the society had been established, 3131. 10s. 9d., making a total of 4651. 9s. 7d., less than 12s. per cent. on the amount of capital subscribed for. The report went on to state that it was satisfactory to find that the two estates already purchased for the society at Anerly and at Camberwell were eagerly sought after, and the executive committee confidently believed that the representations made by the surveyors in reference to them would be fully realised, and that they would prove highly advantageous to the shareholders, either for the purposes of building, investment, or profitable re-sale. The committee had arranged that the first public ballot for rights of choice to these estates should take place on Monday, the 30th of January next. Other estates were under the consideration of the surveyor, and the committee hoped shortly to be en abled to satisfy the shareholders in every direction. The committee, in conclusion, observed that by a continua tion of the co-operation which had hitherto been shown by the members, combined with economic management, and a judicious investment of the funds of the 'society, they had no fear that in a very short time the Free Trade Freehold Land Society would rank second to none in efficiency and prosperity. The reading of the report was frequently interrupted by loud cheers, and on its conclusion, Mr. PARNELL moved that the report just read be re ceived and printed for circulation among the members of the society. Mr. PATEMAN seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN then formally read the resolution, and having put it to the meeting, declared it carried unani• mously. In accordance with the rules of the society, the exe cutive committee all went out of office at this meeting, but the whole offered themselves for re-election. The CIIIIIMAN said, agreeably with the rules of the society, they had now to elect an executive committee, as the term of office had expired of those gentlemen who had till this evening fulfilled the duties of that com mittee. A long discussion then took place with respect to the desirability of limiting or increasing the numbers of the existing- committee. At length Mr. JENKIN JONES moved that the whole of the exe cutive committee whose term of office had expired be re-elected. Mr. GATE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meeting, and declared it carried unanimously. Mr. TYNDALL then moved that Mr. Canney, a gentle. man upon whose honour they could all rely, and who held a large, if not the largest, number of shares in the society, be elected an auditor. (Cheers.) Mr. JONES said it gave him great pleasure to second the motion of Mr. Tyndall. Tho CRAIRMAN then put the election of Mr. Canney as an auditor to the meeting, and declared it carried nem..dis. Mr.]. ) ATEMAN then proposed as the other auditor to be elected by the meeting a gentleman in whom they could place the most implicit confidence—(cheers)-111r. G. Tyler. Mr. SIIEE bogged to second the nomination of Mr. Pateman. The CHAIRMAN declared the election of Mr. Tyler carried. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Captain Bishop•Culpeper, Colonel Dickson, Mr. Gate, Sir H. W. Barron, and Mr. Jones. A gentleman, whose name we could not learn, then, in a very neat manner, proposed a resolution to the fol lowing effect :—" That the thanks of this meeting are justly due, and are hereby awarded, to James Wyld, Esq., for the urbanity and impartiality with which he had conducted the proceedings of the evening." The vote of thanks, having been seconded, was then put to the meeting, and carried amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to return thanks, said, first of all he must thank them for the honour they had just conferred upon him ; yet (said the Chairman with ia :l smile) he thought h e d eserved it. (Cheers.) H e had endeavoured to conduct the business of this large and highly influential meeting in a manner that would reflect honour on the society. ceeded, the vote of thanks that the in eTe fit h ; hadhe w o a s l la id a n sue s t u ll f e i most enthusiastic manner awarded more most heartily to ficient proof. He begged o nce u th p u o n n k h t i l m te . meeting for the honour had conferred The proceedings then terminated. lastT H s E un Cz a wroms. announcingoffitheeerfsacot f o f t h t e h the landingimme diate department of Cust oms, including some of the highest —A par agraph appeared in some of su p e r y a ' n s nPulteion ' officers in the serv ice, and the announcement specifically of several mentioned the names of the parties who were thus to there was not the slightest foundation for the retire from the public service. We have reason to know that statement, and in fact that it was from beginning to end a pure fabrication. VIE SUPPOSED MURDER AT EAST ACTON.—ADDI TIONAL PARTICULARS.—Some trace of the friends of the deceased has been discovered. It appears that on the morning of Saturday last, the 17th instant at 5 o'clock, a young gentleman, named J. W. Roberts, suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from the Southampton House Academy, at Kentish Town, and notwithstand ing the exertions of Mr. Saltmarsh, the proprietor of the academy, and the deceased's friends, no trace of the youth could be discovered. The miszing youth (Roberts) is described as being 17 years of age, but apparently much younger, and has light hair. He was dressed very respectably, in a black cloth overcoat, frock coat, waistcoat, and black trousers. The body found in Irvins-lane answers the description as far as the personal appearance is concerned, but of course no identity could be made by the clothing, as that of the deceased has not yet been discovered. The coroner's officer for the Acton district has forwarded information of the discovery of the body to the friends at Southampton House Academy, i and no doubt the body will be identified as th a t of the missing party, Roberts. The police are still makingin quiry into this extraordinary and mysterious affair. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—The Professors of University College gave their first college soi r ee for the winter ses sion on Wednesday evening, in the handsome library v ef e r a y r t , b e w a e u r t e i ful exhibited photographic during tahre - : drawings, evening, a nd adjoining room in the college. A great number of and other works fine paintings by Mr. G. apartment containing them l c Lance. rrhe F laxingannsscutpe including some tures are always much admire: which these leallingtheseto toiciocailzraryhi,n agreeable reunions are held. The attend ance 9f guests, as usual, 580 Bea s ts.l Calves • - 160 Calves.. • • • • • Sheep.• •••.. • • • ••• 1,940 Sheep.. ••• • • • .... •• ...... 400 NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. A steady business was transacted at this market today, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 ,Do.; middling 3 4 . 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 Do., prime 4 4 .4 8 Veal 3 4 4 8 Pork, email 4 2 5 • BOROUGH HOP. Although the supply of hops on offer is very moderate, the demand is heavy, and prices are barely supported. This week's imports are 98 bales from Ostend, 8 ditto from Havre, and 232 ditto from Antwerp. The quotations are— Mid and East Kent pockets, 14/. Os to 17/. 17s; Weald of Kent ditto, 101. ris to 121. 12s ; and Sussex ditto, 10/. Os. to 12/. ; foreign, 7/. Os to 91. Os per cwt. COLONIAL. SITGAR.—Thero has been a firm market for British Plantation, and with a steady demand. Barbadoes, auction, sold at 328.6 d to 375, for low to fine ; the rest being taken in at 35s to 37s per cwt. Crystalised Deme rara brought 33s to 37s Gd. East India has had a good sale also at full prices, without much being offered pub licly. Ord to dark syrupy brown sold at 265.6 d to 27s 6d, fine brown at 31s to 31s 6d, grey at 32s to 32s 6d, and low and mid yellow at 33s to 345. Bengal mid to good yellow Manritius sort brought 33s to 36s • good white Benares 38s Gd , grainy mid yellow 33s Gd, good 35s Gd to 36s 6d; and superior yellow 39s to 39s Gd. White was taken in at 41s, and Cossipore at 465. Madras grocery brought 37s Gd to 39s for fine yellow, and low white Benares sort, and 38s to 39s W. for very good yellow to superior white grainy. Some common descriptions realised 26s Gd to 27s 6d for low brown, and 29s to 31s for mid brown to low mid yellow. Foreign has been in good demand, with not much offering. Yellow Havannah has been sold at 39s to 40s Gd for good and fine florettes, and mid to fine brown at 35s to 36s 6d. 'Brown Bahia brought 31s 3d to 345, and white Bahia 395. Refined has continued in small supply, but the demand has not been very brisk. Grocery lumps wont at 44s to 48s per cwt. COFFEE.—Holders are very firm, and extreme prices are asked. Native Ceylon has been brisk, and larger sales have bean made at 49s for good ord. Plantation Ceylon also has, been in request, good and fine colony held, having realised 64s to 755, low mid and mid grey bss 6d to 61s small and triage 45s to 565, and common peaberry 60s Gd. Old pale Rio has been sold at 495, and Madras publicly went off well, good ord pale and foxy at 49s 6d to 50s f. fine ord at 53s 6d to 56s Gd, and low mid and mid greyish at 58s to 645. Mocha has been rather cheaper, clear gar bled greenish selling at 60s 6d to 645. RICE.—The demand has been good, and higher prices have been obtained. Bengal good mid white has bee n so ld at 15s to 15s Gd. Madras has .realised 13s 6d to 14s for mid and good pinky, and 14s for good bold white. SALTriruE.--FOrmer prices have been supported, the latest miles being at 29s to 30s for Bengal 11i to 41 per cent. refraction, and at 27s to 28s for Madras ord and mid 24. to 15 per cent. refraction. • SPlCES.—Pimento has gone at full rates, ord grey' to good mid were sid to 61d. Allepy Pepper has realised 4d to 5d for good half heavy. Singapore Nutmegs sold at 2s 9d to 3s 3d for mid, and good mid brown. Bombay Cloves went at previous rates. Mid dark bid to 6id. COTTON.—There has not been much doing, but former prices are paid. TEA.—This article is in more demand, and common congou has been at is 2d to is 2nd. TALLOW.—The market continues - ;Ai:may, cud PYC has been done as high as 58s per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—The market continues bare of stock from contrary winds, and owing to the near approach of the Christmas holidays, prices have advanced generally. A cargo of oranges, from St. Michael's, sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at an advance of 2e to 3s per box. The crop of Messina lemons is likely to be short. Messina nuts have advanced 3s. per bag. No black Spanish in the market. Chesnuts 2s to 3s per barrel higher. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 23.--Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. There has been some rain during the night and this morning, but the wea ther now appears inclined to improve. DOVER, Dec. 22.—The Cleopatra, Berdianski for Ant werp, which put in here yesterday, struck on some rocks outside the harbour on entering, makes one foot of water per hour, and must discharge.—The Deutschland, Bordeaux to Bremen, which put in here on the 20th inst., has fallen over, is very leaky, and must discharge. BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), Dec. 22.—The Perseverance (s), of Dundee, foundered this morning ; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 22. —Wind, E. Arrived—Jane, from Mauritius, for London, with damage in a gale, on 3d inst., and from contact with a schooner off the Start, on the 18th inst. LComet, from Algoa Bay, for London, leaky. PORTLAND ROADS, Dec. 22.—Arrived—Amelia Maria, from New York, for Rotterdam ; Sea Park, London, for Swan River. CROOKHAVEN, Dec. 22.—Arrived—Sophia, Quebec. GRIMSTADT, Dec. 7.--The Oscar, bound to Newcastle, has put in here leaky, and must discharge part of cargo. WARRENPOINT, Dec. 21.—The Adolpo, Seville to Liver pool, was driven on shore, near Dundrum Bay, on the 19th inst. ; the vessel is a total wreck ; crew saved ; part of cargo (Indian corn) saved in a damaged state, and the re mainder carried away by the peasantry.—The Bohemian Lass, flout Smyrna to Liverpool, was driven on shore yes terday on the Long Rock, bottom damaged, and fills with the tide ; cargo much damaged ; crew saved. ARENDAL, Dec. 6. —The Oxford, Liverpool to this port, run aground, near Maerde, sth inst., but is expected to float off.—The Emigrant, from Luba to London, has put in here, with loss of foremast, and mainmast sprung. EMDEN, Dec. 18.—The Rosins, of Papenburg, Newcastle to Hamburgh, is stranded on a sand bank on the Elms, and lies on the ice in a very dangerous position, abandoned by her crew, who have landed ; an effort will be made to save the vessel. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—N. Boynton, Petersburg, U.S. Amazon, Quebec, for New port ; Francis, Clyde and infer& for Barcelona, cargo shifted, and deaky. DROGHEDA, Dec. 21.—The master, mate, and one of the crew of the Agnes, (brig), of Whitehaven, which got ashore on the 19th inst., between Birkenhead and Wan neyvrater, have been rescued by a life boat, after three attempts had been made. The remainder of the crew, four in number, perished, during the exposure of 50 hours. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.45 A.M. Wind, N., moderate, and raining. Arrived—Baltio, (s.), from Now York ; John Bibby, Paraiba • Orleans, Quebec • Venus, Naples ; B. L. Har rison, Baltimore ; Van Stein, Philadelphia ; Saratoga, Now York. Off Port—Dash, schooner. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, FRIDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind, N. W., cloudy ; tide, four hour's ebb. Arrived, 22d.—Lion, (s.), from Nieuwdiep. Sailed, 23d--Byron, for Charleston; Carlos, for Go thenburg; City of Paris, (s.), Boulogne. DEAL, FRIDAY, 9 A.M. Wind, N. W., moderate, and close. No arrivals. Sailed—Thelroung Turk, for river. THE NORTHERN PORTS CLOSED BY ICE.—Yesterday notices were posted up at the Royal Exchange, that, in consequence of the ports of, Hamburgh and Rotterdam being closed by the ice, no more steamers will be de spatched from the port of London to these cities. At Antwerp, also, in consequence of the late severe cold weather, no vessels can arrive, because of the ice in the channel being frozen at a distance of 20 miles from that city. •Yesterday a steam-packet of the General Steam Navigation Company was to have sailed from their wharf, at East Smithfield, but, upon the directors hear ing of the obstruction, her despatch was delayed. The traffic to the north of Europe will now take place via Dover and Ostend, by the Belgian Government Railway. FIRES.—Last night, at a few minutes before nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the lofty premises occupied conjointly by Mr. Baker, a sailmaker, and Mr. Hinchley, granary-keeper, No. 25 , %Yapping High-street. The flames commenced in the top floor, used as the sail fac tory. The firemen went to work, but they were unable to get the mastery over the fire until the whole of the valuable stock of sails were destroyed, and considerable damage done to the granary below by water. The suf ferer, it is understood, was insured in the Atlas Fire office. Yesterday afternoon, also, a fire, which it is feared will be attended with fatal results, happened on the premises of Mr. Miller, No. 3, Blackman- s t ree t, Drury-lane. • Between 1 and 2 o'clock loud cries of fire were heard by the inhabitants to proceed from the pre mises in question, and on entering they found one of Mr. Miller's children completely encircled in flame. By great perseverance, and at no little risk, the fire was extinguished, but not until the poor creature was burnt in a most frightful manner. The sufferer was taken to the hospital. ' 105 831 4 31 8 100 104 3j igid 30 20 1 40 31 1 3 1 all all all all all li pm Pm ALLEGED POISONING OP A WHOLE FAMILY AT BERMONDSEY. EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, opened an inquiry at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Bermondsey, relative to the extraordinary and mysterious circumstances attending the death of James George Trump, aged six years, the son of a plasterer, residing at No. 9, Prince's-road, near the above house. The jury having proceeded to view the body, the fol lowing evidence was adduced : Jane Trump deposed that she was the wife of James George Trump, a plasterer, residing at No. 9, Prince's- ' road, Bermondsey. On Monday morning last she (wit ness) sent the deceased to purchase some potatoes for dinner, and at one o'clock the same day her husband, herself, the deceased, and her youngest child, aged seventeen months, sat down to partake of some hashed mutton. They all partook of it, and about five minutes after dinner the deceased became very sick, and vomited almost constantly, bringing up a dark green fluid. Soon after the deceased was taken ill, her husbandicomplained of being very sick, and vomited violently, and directly afterwards witness was also taken ill. The Coroner.—When your husband was sick did you notice what he ejected ? Witness—Yes, sir ; he threw up a green fluid, the same as the deceased. Witness continued—There was some flour and water in the hashed mutton made into a paste, and put on the top of the meat. The flour was obtained at the shop of Mr. Lambert, baker, of Neckinger-street, Bermondsey, and had been in the house about a week. Notwith standing her husband was very ill, he left home to go to his work, but he had not been gone above five minutes when she (witness) began to vomit, and brought up a large quantity of green fluid. The infant did not take any of the paste, and was not taken ill. When the deceased became sick he did not complain of being in pain, but was very sleepy, and witness placed him on the carpet before the fire, but did not send for any medical assistance. At tea time her husband returned, and said he was very sick, and complained of pains in the head. Witness felt remarkably sick, and retired to bed with the deceased about nine o'clock in the evening, and her husband left the house to do a job of work. He returned home about one o'clock the next morning, and took the de ceased out of bed to look at him. A few minutes after wards she (witness) was alarmed at finding the deceased's hands quite cold, and her husband immediately got . up and went for Mr. Paul, a surgeon, but before he arrived the child was quite dead. The Coroner—Does your husband belong to any burial club ? Witness—N o , sir ; but he is a member of the Foresters' Order, an d if he died I should be entitled to a sum of money for his funeral. A Juror—What was the flour with which you made the paste kept in ? Witness--It was kept in a paper bag, with Mr. Lam bert's name printed on it. The Coroner—Did you ever use any flour out of the same bag before ? Witness—Yes ; on Sunday week bit. I then made a pudding, which the whole of us partook of without any ill effect. Witness continued—Did not give any of the paste to the youngest child, as she thought it was too hard, and accordingly only gave it some hi ea d with a little gravy out of the hash. Before they ban dinner, witness sent the deceased to an oil•shop for some salt, of which she and her husband partook, but she was not positive whether the deceased had any or not. Mr. Slow, the coroner's officer, said lie had seen Dr. Paul, but that gentleman could not any manner ac count for the death. The Coroner said that he thought the case ought not to proceed any further, as a post mortein, examination was absolutely necessary. It was a most serious and suspicious affair ; three persons being suddenly seized with sickness immediately after partak;A2,- of a meal. He (the Coroner) felt that he should nu„ oe doing his duty in such a case, if he did not institute the strictest impiry into the circumstances connec ed with it. Mr. Slow said that he had seen a- Jilm an where the deceased had purchased the salt, an . he informed him that there was nothing of a poisonous nature in the shop within the reach of a child of the deceased's age. After some further conversation the inquiry was adjourned, and an order placed in the hands of Mr. Slow, authorising Dr. Paul to make a post mortal; examination. The case has excited the greatest interest in the neigh bourhood, and the result of the anatomy is looked for wafd.to with the greatest anxiety. THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.—. Between January and November last, as appears from a recently printed Parliamentary paper, 29,866 ships, of 6,546,320 tonnage, employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, entered inwards, and 29,699 ships, of 6,462,035 tonnage, cleared outwards. OPPOSITION TO THE CHRISTMAS-DAY HOLIDAY.--At the last meeting of the board, held in the Marylebone Court-house, Mr. Mitchell moved that the inhabitants be invited to close their establishments, and cease all business on Monday next, so as to enable their assist. ants to enjoy and recreate themselves on that day ; and that a circular containing that suggestion, be sent round to each householder. Mr. Mitchell forcibly, feelingly, and eloquently urged the justice and necessity of the motion. Mr. Clement George seconded, and Messrs. Hasselden and Hodges supported the proposition, which was opposed by Messrs. Jacob Bell, Soden, and others, as it savoured of dictation to the inhabitants. The motion was put and lost, whereupon Mr. George observed that oven the loss of the motion would not defeat its object, for the publicity given to it by the press would stimulate all the tradesmen and others to carry it out. (Rear, hear.) He could promise for the inhabi tants of Oxford-street that they would faithfully observe next Monday as a holiday. (Hear, hear.) AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. —The vessels forming the bulk of this squadron still remain in these waters. We have the Macedonian, frigate, in our har bour. The Powhatan, steamer ; the Vandalia, sloop ; and the Southampton, store-ship, are at Cumsingmoon. The Susquehanna, steamer, and the Supply, store-ship, are at Whampoa; and the Mississippi, steamer, to which vessel Commodore Perry lately removed his flag, is at Macao. The Saratoga, sloop, is at Shanghai, and the Plymouth, sloop, off the coast of Loochoo, where the whole fleet will rendezvous, it is said, sometime in January, and proceed to Japan in the month following, where their imposing appearance must command a very civil reception. We imagine there can hardly be a doubt that the commodore will be enabled to carry out the desire of his Government in establishing a treaty of commerce without having occasion to fire one single gun.—Hong-Kong Register. TILE LATE CAPTAIN WARNErt.—Tho following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times :—" I beg to inform you that your paragraph concerning the late Captain Warner was o rrnectly correct. The captain d b i e e d d s , id o e n a t n li ( e i s to th nk inst., down his po l last x w y o , assure your fabrication'was present p ea re n s t e b n e t r a s t fo hi r : correspondent that ther ' e was no g ross in the rel)ort of h v is d ea th. hed T a lie b w y ife y a o n u d r seven children, although correspondent, do really exist. If their relative is anxious to do his part in relieving their distress, which, too, is an absolute fact, and no 'fabrication, I shall be happy to give him their present address. --I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE MEDICAL MAN IN ATTENDANCE. Henrietta-street, Aeet,T u CTevr garden, n OF THEtgoaurrden,Dec.2lT. SHIPWRECK Llns._This morning information was received by the Ina, Haines, master, from Dundee, arrived in the river, of the total loss of the brig Faitheoff, for Barcelona, at midnight on the 21st instant. It appears that the Faitheoff had en countered very severe weather, and was bearing up for shelter, t struck e heavily eessful o e n ffo t r h t e s ttail get of her the off, L the ong Sand, that she began to break up, and the cap t a in, A. Grove, with the crew, took the boat , and w i t h great difficulty succeeded in getting on board the Ina, which vessel was coming up the Leven, but in such sea a was d, and when 0 s after sheviolent somes an exhausted condition, from exposure, that it was only by the greatest attention on the part of Captain Haines and his crew that they recovered. The shipwrecked mariners were brought to London by the Ina. The Mette Margareth, also arrived in the river, has brought the crew of the Augusta, which foundered off Flom borough Head on the night of the 16th instant. THE COAL AND IRON TRADE.-011 account of the proximity-of Christmas, great anxiety is felt by iron , mongers and the people generally to get in a stock of coal for their immediate wants. The demand is, there fore, very great, and far in excess of the supply. Large tracts of thick coal still lie immersed in water at Tipton Green, the Moat Colliery, and the Deepfields, and there seems no probability at present of a re h lea w se il_ , l o b n ri a n c a c o o fi u tt n uhs t pe. of the disag reem ent which exists amongst the proprie tors as to the expense of erecting water - engines and o th er necessaries. The iron trade still maintains un- abated vigour, and t he ironmasters will not rem ain satis fied, it appears , t ill there is another raissea declared of 2 yt p oe e a r tr t h, ton evni uponviz.:—Bars, a:n_ d Bu m rad a r s n ,i u t manufactured r eandtoiort hoops, iron, commencementlw2l 1 1c ; an justification ,0 for 131. price thisre i r c et step,oni it was Sahosant the when theef rraw rwomna materialk e r s fetchesstate, has now attained the the above rate. We would caution the ironmasters against that will again bring down the price, in discomfiture.— Ilrolverhampton a deux D a u n ti d es t h he as in j pa te end herald.na any 3 ultimately ireci THE WINE DUTIES.—A. report to the Committee for the Reduction of the Wine tion to Paris and Bordeaux by Mr. Oliveira, on his return from a visit of i.nvirstiga utesrtvbeneemngisweumede districts. Ho describes, aa and the have been expected, the prevalence of a very strong sml feeling in favour of a re- , ciprocal trade with this country among all classes of the Population in the part of France to which his inquiries related, coupled with a sense that the recent measures of the Government, in dealing with coal and iron, may fairly be quoted as an earnest of their intention, which should be responded to on this side. Among many other statistical facts obtained by his visit, he refers to those which relate to the almost total absence of intem perance among the people where wine is the only be verage ; and also to others, which annihilate the objection that, if our c onsumption should materially increase, there would be a difficulty to meet it by an adequate supply. I n putting this point to the best informed persons in France he was met by smiles of astonishment. The present annual produce of France is stated at 900,000,000 gallons, while the capacity of increase is virtually illimitable. Under these circumstances Mr. Oliveira observes, "Our present consumption from all countries being six millions of gallons, if it were in four years to increase tenfold, which is not at all improbable, producing with a ls. duty a revenue of 3,000,0001., we should require sixty millions of gallons, which France alone, to say nothing of Portugal and Spain ) would supply without any effort whatever." 204 ICO 20 50 25 100 St. 25 20 20 10 10 10 26i 20 20 12 10i 29 ; 10 74 . 2k 2k 1P 98 56 5i 13 I 67. i 11 78. S 25 4i 63/ i 32i 3 4S i 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 12i St. 12 12 25 all all 10i 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 25 10 l.0•C 1 10 1 1 12i all all 15 all all all 11 i