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

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. The selection provided for the patrons of the concert illa st night was of a mixed character. Certain brief eltracts from the Zaubollote and Maritana were the Pieces put most prominently forward in the bills. The en gagement of Miss Louisa Pyne secured a brilliant per- Mrrnance of the great aria of the Queen of Night, the celebrated " Gli angui d'infernio." One of the charming terzettos was essayed by Miss M. Wells, Miss J. e 3 9, and Miss Thirlwall; and the fine air, " Qui sdegno ' Zras rendered with portentous gravity by Mr. Lawler. "W • Harrison, who had been announced to sin g the b eautiful song, " 0 cara imagine," gave instead the "813 i 11 0 gentil" of Donizetti. The former pieces, and the overture, Which were carefully played, constituted the extracts from the Zauberfiote. The selections from the P P il lar opera o f W a ll ace ' s wer e confined to the two Songs, "There is a flower" and " Scenes that are brightest," devolving upon Mr. Harrison and Miss onisa 13 3 7 f1e, and a third morceau by Miss Wells. In e Course o f t h e f i rst part of the concer t M r . W. G-. earns contrib u t e d an a bl e i nterpre t ra ti on o f Mr. Stern de Bennett's pianoforte concerto in F minor, a work demanding executancy of the best, and taste the most refi ne ,, Miss Thirlwall sang the " Voi the sapete" of Mozart in an agreeable manner ; and Alice's well-known 13 " g in Robert le Diable, 6` Quando lascia, la Nor 111,andia,” fell i n t o th e sa ti s f ac t ory h an d s o f Miss Louisa 4. Beethoven's first symphony was the principal Instrumental performance. Herr Lutz conducted. ZZO rD'SSHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) : 1 4, 0 norr, Dec. 29.--Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; °ruerate breeze, and fine, clear frosty weather. There Bela 1 7 deg. of f ros t l as t n i g ht. The barometer at seven i aetr o ey e r k oyre t e h rh i st s . morning stood as low as 15 deg. This is, e greatest degree of frost experienced for very °4l tW EBTOPT, Dec. 28.—The Panope, of Caen, Blyth to here and th e J a mes, of Goole, have been assisted in l i s ,, Lt aving been ashore on the North Beach. la n d": 110 1ITH, Dec. 28.—The Affiance, of and for Sunder ',On shore ; crew saved.—The Snipe, of Faversham, e li s tKing up.—The Samuel, of Clay—the Juliana, of and the Yarborough, of Grimsby, are on shore 1 1 , - ; l4, orton, with several other vessels • crews believed to D ean saved.—The Buoy Yacht ( schooner), of Wells, 4 0 v o2 l shore back of the North Pier.—The Thos. and Ann, c f ,lch was on shore at Caistor, has been assisted off, and reharging here h' E A.llmikuis, Dec. 28.—The Quebec (barque), of and for jarpool, from Dantzic, is aground on Fear's Bank, ap ently without damage. ataeili.jusny, Dec. 28.—Wind, E. to N.E. Arrived—John 1 -arY, from Shields, for London, very leaky. ItiZ I ,LLY, Dec. 26.—Wind, E. Arrived.—Achf, for Havre, f I ° BB of mainmast, &a. ; Hamburgh, St. John's, N. 8., Vinll. CA - •'"T°N, Dec. 13.—The Eliza (British barque), from / 1 ;1 1 . 13 , f 4.'ns to New York, went on shore near Curretuck 13 ) ,7 4 ,' , and will, with her cargo, prove a total loss.—The ei . — ,_"sh barque Marine is on shore at Nanset Beach, but is -- v v eted off tight. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind N.E., moderate, and foggy. Arrived ar -C 1 Auguste, and Ichnelle, from Dantzic. ?tit back,—Argo, for Trieste, having been ashore on the WEXFORD, Dec. 27. 4'4• 11 ° Joven laudius has been put on a mud bank and Iseharged part of her cargo—a small portion in a damaged 13tate. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 27. 4 lnd northerly. 7 V:2ceded—Carl, from Porto Rico ; Hannah, Perham- Sailed ;- PallasOd romus, St. Johnfo's,r London New Brunswick. —Pr. I; SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind N. P. ; 44_ hours flood ; fine. tArrived—Daniel, from Middlethorp ; Urania, Colbert; 112 ▪ 4, Archangel ; Sarah, Palermo ; Triton, Calais. Demerara. DEAL, THURSDAY, 9 A.M. ind E.N.E., fresh, thick, heavy snow. No arrivals. .11MMINIIIMOMEWIlMOI 1 • tit'ittt„. t MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) XOIGENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 0 the Week ended Dec. 29, 1853, made up from the Returns of tl-e I nspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and ',Vale-, Per Imperial Quarter. Ienze.y.IBARGEY. I OATS. / RYE. I BEAVS. I PEAS. 70s Odl 375 lid 2os Od 445 4d 465 101 49s 6d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. Zis BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. Si 40s 2d 25s 3d 43s 10d 50s 3d 52s lld DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. VBEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I SEA,. IS Od is Od is Od Is Od is Id Is "1,: QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST IVEBAK. 7 eat, 71,764; 8ar1ey,102,148; nats, 20,885; liye, 254; Beats, 4,760; Peas, 1,589 quarters. HAY MARKETS. d i ,,ITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 51 12s ; clover 4 7 40 , 41 Os to 61 and straw, 1/ 16a to 214 s per load. short supply, and a firm demand. t ii C t iUMBERLANT.—Meadow hay, 31 103 to 51 15s ; clover 41, Oa to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 11 16s to 2/ 5s per load. "PPly limited, and trade firm. ditto, 414 s hay, 31 Os to f;/ 123 ; clover Pt°, to 61 6s ; and straw, 11 16s to 2143 per load. Fade rather active. MEAT MARKETS. YENVOITD AND LDADENFIALL.—The general demand ire('ir steady at this market to-day, at very full prices. the6ef, from 3s Od to 4s 24 ; Mutton, 3s 44 to 4 s 8 d ; l, 3s 44 t o 4 s ; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s 04 per Sibs, by carcase. to daygOUTHALL DEC. 28.—The supplies of stock on sale was limited, and a steady business was tramsacted, 1/ g 3 follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 870 to d • al, th 3e 6d to 4s s e 84 ; Pork, 3s 44 to 4s Bd. per 4 ° B )si Ve nk offal. th e OSIFORD, DEC. 28.—The general trade ruled firm, and quotations were well supported at to-day's market, L O / follows :—Beef, from 3s 44 to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6 4 t 5 s 24 ; Veal, 3s 84 to 4s ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d Per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 26s each. -MURDER IN BELOIMIL-EXECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL. Leopold Lachaert, the man who was recently con . " e roned to death by the Court of Assizes of Ghent, for t ae murder and robbery of a collecting clerk, named A andamme, was executed on Saturday, in that city. ' ll immense crowd assembled to witness the execution, a nd a great number of them, to be sure of good places, passed the whole night on the ground. After his con 'ettmation, Lachaert became very penitent, and fre quently expressed his hope to merit the pardon of l eaven eaven by his Christian death. But he often said to It ' keepers, " Men are not executed now-a-days, are ?" On Saturday, the chaplain and chief turnkey went to him at an early hour, and told him to pre -113,,ue for death. At first he would not believe what they said, but on its being repeated, he rose murmur eg, " Let God's will be done !" He then asked if L ' e could be permitted to see his family. His brothers were sent for, and a most painful scene took Vac; all weeping bitterly ; but the condemned seemed 'finest of the three. He demanded their pardon for the dis honour he had brought on them, and for the danger tiWhich he had exposed them by causing them for la rue to be suspected of being his accomplices. He often s obbed " Poor Father !" After his brothers had left, he beard mass, and received the sacrament. He then par tZek of food, and remained in communication with the chaplain for about an hour. Shortly atter the ma gistrates arrived, and the papers relative to the rejection • fohis appeal to the Court of Cassation, and to the King , Pardon, were read ; but he paid no attention to them, a ppearin g absorbed in prayer. It was expected that he c e uld make revelations compromising his brother .Fran but but he declared that he had nothing to say except w th at he m er it e d th e p un i s h men t he was about to receive. hen the executioner proceeded to cut off his hair, he 'ude no remark, but when he was told to place his sa ying, behind him that he might be bound, he refused, ging, " What is the use ? I shall make no resistance." . "on remark of a turnkey, he yielded. After this he appeared to pay no attention to what was taking place, 11 , Continued to pray fervently. On, however, being placed in the cart, he thanked the keeper and the turn keysf of the prison for their attention to him, and his a t t t ee assumed a smiling expression. He ascended the t h e l ) lef the scaffold without assistance, but on seeing 1 1 :„ Knife suspended above his he id he started with a Z i r er- A moment after, however, he fell on his knees crucifix Murmured a prayer. A priest then gave him a to kiss, and' pronounced his absolution, after Qulob he w as pl ace d on the fatal plank, and the knife `l' e i It was noticed that the majority of the spectators v_ r e !women and that many of them were carrying ueir children' on their shoulders. , BU ICIDE OF A CITY SOLICITOR. Yesterday, Mr. a 'Yne held an i nques t on th e body of M r . J ames H urs t, aged 75 , an old inhabitant of Alilk-street, and for many ''ears solicitor to the St. Ann's Society. On Monday n ight last the deceased went to bed in good health, but 1" Cher d epressed in spirits. One of h i s servants went to • r oom at a quarte r b e f ore 7 o'clock on Tuesday morn- Ing for some keys, but he did not speak to her. At lialfpast 9 another servant went up to his room, as was lenstornary, to call him for breakfast, and found her I:Laster suspended by a cord from his neck round the oedpost. Ile was quite dead. He had spent part of ehristmas-day with his son, and he was observed to ',hake hands in an unusual way with his son's wife and bandchild ren, saying, " God bless you all. " He then rur t i_ y left the house. It seemed he had lately been eln th e h abit of talking a good deal to himself; and on " oeeasion was overheard saying, " If it is to be the kse, it must be so." On Friday last he went up to a l a tee n , of whom he had but a very slight knowledge, himstk him cordially by the hand, and asked him to give i nean l i ° t o ; :„ The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary ofiSerTII4VESTERN RAILWAY.—We understand that an been made by the Snell party to the conserva b,e lode to select three directors from those recommended whetof the committees, and let the seventh be Sir eitOara Heathcote, to whom it dons not appear that re . 'r party has objected. The proposition has been 4 C e ted by the conservatives. If that proposition were "elision, we hear that Mr. Mortimer would, to prevent the elisien, retire unconditionally and absolutely from 15±4toot..—.11orwpa44' Journal, THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. The continuance of the extreme cold of Tuesday, du ring the night, when the temperature stood for several hours as low as 26 Fahrenheit, with a sharp and strong N.N.W. wind, had the effect of greatly increasing the thickness and security of the ice, which was on Tuesday thin and exceedingly brittle. THE SERPENTINE.—Yesterday morning the Humane Society's men, under the inspection of Mr. Williams, the superintendent, made an inspection of the ice, and lines were drawn across so as to mark the open space which would be comparatively safe, men being placed on duty with ropes and sledge laddets to be in readiness in case of accident. There could not have been less than five thousand persons at one time assembled on the ice, the banks being lined by several thousand well dressed spectators, principally ladies, who appeared to enjoy the sight of the sport. The tent of the Royal Skating Society was erected above the bridge, and a large number of the members were present, the snow having been cleared to render the skating easy. If the weather continues, the ice will be in first-rate condition. During the day upwards of twenty persons were so severely cut and bruised by falls that medical relief was administered to them at the Receiving House. From half-past 10 o'clock to half-past 2 o'clock G immersions took place in a depth of water varying from 6 to 8 feet. The parties were—William Leach, Thomas Allen, Thomas Baldwin, Alfred Gashawk, and two gentlemen, names unknown. The whole were rescued by Freemen, Murphey, Pavey, and Adams. They were placed in warm baths, and after receiving other attentions, were eventually enabled to proceed home. KENSINGTON GARDENS. —On the Long Water and Round Pond there were, during the day, 2,500 skaters and sliders, including several members of the Skating Club, but no accident occurred, although the ice is de scribed as only 2 inches thick and dangerous. REGENT'S PARK.—The number of skaters and sliders amounted to many thousand persons, the ice being in the morning in a very good condition. The tent of the Royal Skating Club was also erected here, and several of the principal members of the club were present. In the course of the day, however, the ice, from some cause, parted in several places and became very dangerous. During the day a great many persons were cut and bruised by falls. In one instance, the shock produced a succes sion of strong fits, which were eventually mastered by the attention of Dr. Hodding, in the marquee. About three o'clock in the afternoon a gentleman while skating was suddenly left upon an island of ice, from which he was long unable to reach the shore ; but, under the di rections of Mr. Superintendent Williams, a land line was swept up to him, and a breaker and ordinary ladder so thrown across the fissure as to admit of his walking to the shore without his even being wetted, and he was received by his friends and the spectators with loud cheers. ST. JAMES'S-PARK.— Yesterday there could not hare been less than 4,000 or 5,000 persons on the ornamental waters, upwards of 2,000 skaters and sliders being on the ice at one time. The skating was confined to the open space in the centre, the icemen keeping the crowd off from the east and west ends of the water, which are at present unsafe. Between eleven and half-past twelve the ice gave way in three places, and caused the immer sion of nearly 20 persons in about six feet of water. The whole were rescued by deputy superintendent Parsons, and icemen Cook, Cullins, Marshall, Knapp, Baily, and Terry. The names of those who received warm baths, stimulants, &c., at the marquee, were Philip Whormsley, Henry Wilton, John Skelton, Henry Light, Charles Abbey, Joseph Cantle, James Longworthy, Charles Frow, Alfred Ward, Samuel Burder, and Alfred Fowler. All were perfectly recovered before the closing of the gates, which by the exertions of the park-keepers and the police was effected as early as half-past three o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1853. GREAT FIRE AT NEW YORK. On the 10th inst. the most extensive conflagration that has happened in New York, since the great fire of 1846, broke out in the premises of Messrs Harper and Brothers the celebrated American publishers. The accident was occasioned by a plumber, who was at work in one of the lower storeys, and who, after lighting his pipe, threw the burning paper into a vessel of camphine which ho had mistaken for water. Instantly the place was in flames. Fed with combustible materials on every side, they soon raged with volcanic fury. There was scarcely time for the occupants of the, vast building to escape with their lives. Out of the 650 employes within its walls, some 400 had not returned from dinner, those who remained being chiefly the young women employed in the press rooms and bindery. Thanks to the daring efforts of the firemen, whose first efforts were directed to saving life, these were all rescued from a dreadful fate, though one of the number was so much injured that she died on the way to the hospital. Several other persons were more or less injured. No fewer than 2,000 men, women, and children have been thrown out of employment by this catastrophe. The ravages of the fire were not con fined to Messrs. Harper's e-tablishment, but extended to the neighbouring premises. The Walton Hotel, an extensive edifice, built a hundred years ago by a gentle. man of that name, but which has of late been an emi grants' house, was also completely destroyed. The following is the estimate of the property of the Harpers, lost and saved :—Property in the buildings— The bindery establishment, estimated to be worth about 60,000 dole. ; 34 Adams presses, valued at 75,000 dols. ; 9 hydraulic presses, 15,000 dols. ; materials in the com posing room, 15,000 dols. ; the stereotype foundry and electrotype apparatus, 5,000 dole. ; printed sheets of the Pictorial Bible, half of which was owned by J. G. Adams, 30,000 dole. ; steam-engine and boiler, 5,000 dole.; stock of books and printed sheets, estimated in the inventory to be worth not far from 800,000 dols.; woodcuts, estimated at 50,000 dols.; 10 buildings, wol th probably 150,000 dols.; stereotype plates, valued at 400,000 dols.; total property, 1,655,00 0 dols. Property saved—Stereotype plates, 400,000 dols. ; wood-cuts (probably), 40,000 dole. ; books, papers, and miscellaneous, 10,000 dols. ; total saved, 450,000 dols.—total loss, 1,205,000 dols. On this amount the insurance does not exceed 250,000 dollars, distributed among a large number of companies, only one company, an English one, in Boston, having over 5,000 dols. Ten buildings were occupied by the estab lishment of the Harpers, five storeys high, and extend ing through the entire block, from Franklin-square to Cliff-street, five fronting on each side. They were also all of recent erection. The New York Daily Times gives the following sketch of the operations of this enterprising firm : - " The establishment of the Harpers was founded by James Harper, the eldest of the four brothers who now constitute the firm. He came to this city in 1801, a lad 15 years old, and served an apprenticeship of six years to Paul and Thomas, the leading printers of that day. His brother John soon followed him, and learned his trade of Mr. Seymour, a printer, in John street. In 1817, with the small capital James had saved, the brothers opened a small book and job office in Dover-street. The first book they printed was " Seneca's Morals ;" the second was an edition of the " Methodist Catechism." The first book they pub lished on their own account was " Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding." They toiled with unre mitting industry, and maintained the highest character for enterprise and integrity. In 1820, the third brother, Joseph Wesley, joined them, and six years later Fletcher became a member of the firm. From that time until now they have carried on the publishing business with a degree of well directed energy which has few parallels. They removed to Cliff-street about 1820, and have added one building after another to their establishment, as the demands of their business required. The amount of books they have issued is almost incalculable. For the last few years they have published, on an average, 25,000 volumes a minute for ten hours a day ; and from three to four thousand persons have obtained a livelihood from their employment." THE PARSES.—His Royal Highness the Ranger of Hyde Park has recently caused fresh notices to be affixed to the various gates of the Park, in lieu of the former ones, on the subject of the use to which the car riage drives and rides are to be appropriated. The ad mission of hackney carriages of all kinds is prohibited, and no laden carts or other vehicles of the kind are to be allowed to pass through the Park. No horses ridden by stablemen and others, for the purpose of exercise only, are to be admitted for that purposr. THE WINDBOUND. —Easterly and baffling winds have now prevailed for some time, and it is therefore certain that a large fleet of homeward-bound vessels must be detained in the chops of the Channel, unable to make a port. It, therefore, seems desirable that the Govern ment should despatch two or more vessels to their as sistance. Many are doubtless in want of provisions and stores of one kind or another, LIABILITY OF THE PILOT SERVICE.—IMPORTANT IN QUIRY.—An inquiry was held on Tuesday before Joseph Pollock, Esq., judge of the county court at Liverpool, at the suit of the Liverpool Dock Trust against Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., owners or agents of the Collins line of American steam-vessels, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the Bell Buoy, situate at the mouth of the Mersey, which was struck by the steamer Baltic, while entering that river on the 14th April last. It appeared that on the morning of the above date, the vessel was coining in at the rate of 12 knots an hour, in charge of a pilot, who mistook the lights, and although a proper look-out had been kept, the buoy was not discovered until too close to avoid a collision. Several parties connected with the port were examined for the purpose of showing that the ves sel was going too quick, and that the captain should have interfered with the pilot when he must have known be was acting wrongfully, For the defence it was urged that the owners could not be considered responsible, as the law compelled them to take a pilot, and defined very clearly the duties of both the pilot and of the captain. The accident had arisen from a want of judgment on the part of the pilot, who stated in his affidavit that he mistook the lights and considered he had passed the buoy, until he heard the man sing out, when it was too ' late to avert a collision. The speed was not greater than usual on a clear evening, and the captain stated in evidence, that during his last voyage lie went at the same speed, and under the same circumstances. De cision was deferred until the 9th of January. TILE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN SOllO. Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest on the body of Barclolph Theodore Heasse, who had committed suicide after making a desperate attempt to murder his wife. Francis Hays, who lodged at the same house as the deceased, No. 15, King-street, said he had known him for the last six months. He was about 34 years of age, and a tin-plate worker. Last Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, witness heard the cry of "Murder," and rushed upstairs to the second floor landing. He there saw a woman in her night dress ; she said, " I am murdered." Witness helped her down to his own room, and soon found that she was covered with blood. Wit ness ran for a policeman, whom he found at the corner of Nassau-street, and they proceeded upstairs and found the deceased making a gurgling noise in his throat, and the blood pouring out from a very large wound. He was lying on the bed, with one leg and arm hanging off it. There was also a very young child lying on the bed, and it was covered with blood. The policeman sent witness for a doctor, but he had to go to five or six places before one could be found at home. When witness returned two surgeons had arrived in the house. The poor woman was subsequently removed in blankets to the workhouse. Hannah Hodgkin, the mother-in-law of the deceased, stated that she lived in Spalding, in Lincolnshire, and came up to town on last Wednesday, to attend her daughter in her confinement, which happened on the Wednesday morning. The deceased sent the letter and the money for her. He seemed very good to his wife ; in fact, so much so, that his wife said they were more than usually comfortable. On Saturday night last, a little before seven o'clock, he asked her to go out to market with him, and she did so. He left her at a tea shop in Grafton•street, Soho, saying that he would be back in a minute. Witness, being a stranger, waited for two hours, lest she should be lost. At last she was fetched home, and what she saw there nearly sent her out of her mind. Her daughter and the deceased bad been married eleven months, but she had never had eleven minutes comfort with him. He bought a razor last summer, and in a quarrel stated that they should both go off together in one bloody bed. She wrote to witness about his bad treatment and jealous temper, and witness sent for her to come home. She had left him upon one occasion. On Saturday, he appeared very kind and considerate the whole of the day—so much so, that witness was rather surprised at it. He never showed any disposition to do his wife harm be fore witness. Diana Brand lived with her husband at 15, King street, Soho. She only knew the deceased by lodging in the same house. She did not associate with them, be cause her husband had an objection to foreigners. Wit ness was present when the deceased's wife was confined. He came and looked closely at the infant, shook his head, and said, " Enough, enough." Ho appeared otherwise very kind. After some further evidence, Mr. Walter Bullock, 16, Rupert-street, Haymarket, master tin-plate worker, stated that the deceased had worked for him about four years. He was a sober man, but of very irritable temper. Witness believed that he had spoken to the men in the shop about being jealous of his wife, but nobody noticed him. He has been of late very irregular in his work for the last few weeks, and witness had spoken to him about it. No one thought that he was insane. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased de stroyed himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity. THE ALLEGED POISONING OF A WIIOLE FAMILY AT BERMONDSEY. Yesterday Mr. Carter resumed the investigation of the mysterious circumstances connected with the death of James George Trump, aged 6 years, the son of a plasterer, residing at No. 9, Prince's-road, some particu lars of which have already appeared in The Sun. On the former occasion the testimony adduced tended to show that on Saturday week the deceased, his father and mother, dined off some hashed mutton covered with a kind of paste made with flour and water. After dinner they were all seized with violent sickness and the de ceased expired on the same day. An infant, aged 17 months, who had some of the gravy out of the hash, but did not partake of any of the paste, was not taken ill. Mr. Lambert, of Neckenger-street, Bermondsey, the baker of whom it was alleged the flour with which the paste was made was obtained, attended during the pro ceeding.. Richard Trump, the father of the deceased, deposed, that after dinner ou Monday week last, he left home as usual to go to his work, but in about an hour after wards was seized with sickness and vomited several times. On returning home to tea, witness found his wife and the deceased lying down before the fire. His wife complained of sickness, and also informed him that the deceased had been sick, but that he (deceased) had not complained of any pain. Witness again left home• about six o'clock in the evening, and returned about one next morning, when finding deceased was worse, pro cured the attendance of Dr. Paul, but the deceased expired before his arrival. The Coroner—When you were seized with the sick ness did you feel any sensation of thirst, or heat in the throat ? Witness—Not at all, sir. Coroner—Can you in any way account for yourself, and wife, and child being so suddenly seized with sick ness directly after dinner ? Witness—No, sir, not in any way. Coroner— In what was the hash cooked ? Witness—ln an iron saucepan. A Juryman—Had you any copper cooking utensils in use at the time ? Witness—None whatever. Coroner—On the last occasion your wife swore that you did not belong to any burial club : is that true ? Witness—l belong to the Foresters' Order, but neither myself, wife, nor children are entered in a burial club. Coroner—Did any person ever use any threat against you or your family ? Witness—l never heard of any. Coroner—Did your wife ever purchase any article to destroy vermin ? Witness—None that I ever saw. The Coroner said, from a communication he had re ceived from Mr. Paul, the surgeon, he felt the case must be again adjourned. _ . _ A. juryman observed that the house in Prince's-road had only been occupied by Trump fur six weeks, and that it was previously tenanted by a bonnet-cleaner. He believed in bonnet cleaning articles of pernicious character were used, and that some might have been left about the house. The Coroner (addressing Mrs. Trump)—Did you ever discover anything in paper which looked like salt lying about the house ? Mrs. ;,Trump—No, sir, the house was thoroughly cleaned when we went to reside there. After some further evidence, the case was adjourned for a week, when the result of Mr. Paul's analysis will be made known. SPOILT STAMPS.—To prevent any delay to parties who may be desirous of exchanging the old receipt stamps, which have now become useless by the new Penny Re ceipt Stamp Act, the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes (Inland Revenue Office), Somerset House, have issued a notice, informing the public, that the allowance for spoilt stamps, which has hitherto been daily, except Sundays, will henceforth only be on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, between the hours of twelve at noon and two o'clock in the afternoon, when they can obtain the new penny stamps in exchange. GLASGOW.—We understand there is some probability of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton presiding at the Athe naeum soiree, which was recently postponed till the mid dle of January. THE UNFOB.TUNA.TE STEAM-SHIP HUMBOLDT.—A tele graphic despatch, dated at Halifax, 12th inst., states that the Humboldt still held together, but the wind was from the east, and there was no possibility of saving her. The cargo was getting out with difficulty. Her stern was all under water on the larboard side, as far as the wheelhouse. The engine is very little above the water at low tide ; the cargo forward was all under water. The steamer Marion, from New York, arrived on the afternoon of the 10th inst., and was rendering assistance. A later despatch received from Mortimer Levingston, Esq., at Halifax, states that the ship was fast breaking up, and would in all probability soon go to pieces. Only about 200 tons of the cargo will be saved out of the 450 on board when she left Havre. The Halifax Chronicle attributes the loss of this vessel to the igno rance of the person who attempted to pilot her into the harbour, and intimates that he was not an authorised pilot. It says :—"There never was a more flagrant case. A fisherman appears on the dec k of a steam-shi p , which, with her cargo, is valued at eight hundred thou sand dollars. He represents himself to be a pilot, and on being asked for his certificate, stated that he had left it in his boat or at home. Confiaing in his statement, and naturally anxious to secure for their passengers rest and refreshments in a friendly port, •the officers gave him charge of the ship. He alt ered her course contrary to their judgment. They remonstrated ; he persevered in his stupid ignorance, and in a few moments she struck upon the Sisters, and the sea rushed into her with such rapidity that there was no rescue for human ' life, but by a frightful squandering and waste of an enormous amount of capital. 'To punish that pilot ought to be the first wise thought of every man inter ested in the character and prosperity of this fine sea port."., SPORTING NOTES. STRAWS ON THE SURFACE. Steeple-chase meetings are appointed to take place at Stretford and Westbury next week, when the racing "interregnum" will be at an end. The gathering at the first-mentioned place will, perhaps, consist princi pally of " Manchester men," but the promised sport is, nevertheless, likely to excite a wide-spread interest, and occasion same brisk speculation. The entries for the principal events were numerically strong ; the forfeits were declared yesterday (Tuesday), but the acceptances have not yet been published. The "Stilton Affair" seems destined to remain unex plained, and the " nobblers" are, it is said, hardening in confidence and assurances. The plaintiff refuses to come into court ; he has withdrawn from the action, and paid the defendant his taxed costs. Public expec tation has, therefore, been annoyingly disappointed. Still it is questionable whether the persons notoriously implicated in this disgraceful transaction will be allowed to avoid punishment. A full and impartial investigation of the case by competent legal authorities would, doubt less, be attended with exposures discreditable to certain individuals of high standing in the sporting world. The "sweet do-nothingness" which is at present en joyed by the sporting fraternity is a sufficient apology for the brevity of my notes. For many a day no sport ing incident of even temporary importance has occurred either to excite interest or stimulate curiosity. A report of a fire at the London Club made a slight "sensation," and although it proved partly true, yet it was greatly exaggerated, and the damage done was too slight to occasion any inconvenience to the members. Dec. 23. A FRESH MAN. THE LEEDS CETAMBER OF ;COMMERCE AND THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Board of Trade have at length seen the necessity for an improved classification of woollen and worsted manufactures exported. Up to the present time, as all connected with these departments of trade are aware, the published tables of exports and imports periodically issued by the Board of Trade have adhered to a system of classification so imperfect that it has been impossible to ascertain the relative proportion of woollen and worsted exports. This has very properly come under the notice of the Board of Trade, who have consulted the Leeds Chamber of Commerce upon the propriety of a new classification. The following communication was received by Mr. Cawood, secretary to the Chamber last week, from the Board of Trade upon this subject : " Board of Trade Statistical Department, Dec. 12, 1853. " Sir,—A change in the classification of woollen manu factures in the accounts of trade being under the considera tion of the Board of Trade, I forward to you a copy of the specifications proposed, as I am desirous of having the opinion of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce on the subject and any suggestions it may have to offer. " I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " R. W. FONBLANQUE. " The Secretary of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce." The specifications referred to by Mr. Fonblanque are as follows. They originated, it appears, with the Brad ford Chamber of Commerce, in a memorial to the Board of Trade : " 1. Woollen goods (comprehending all Pieces goods of which either the warp or the weft, mud or both are woollen) value. "2. Worsted goods (comprehending all Pieces goods of which either the warp or the weft, and or both are worsted) value. " 3. Flannels { IPards and value. "4. Carpets—viz., carpets and druggots 1_ Yards and made of wool f value. Of „ carpets composed of wool mixed with cotton, Yards and linen, or other ma- value. tonal "5. Blankets 1 Pairs and value. "6. Shawls, woollen or worsted I No. and value. "7. Hosiery, woollen or worsted, viz , Dozens stockings and PP other articles value. PP "8. Small wares and articles, woollen or) worsted, not properly falling under any of Value. the foregoing heads " Yarn, woollen Pounds and value. „ worsted - • Upon receipt of this communication a meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce was convened, and took place in the Council Chamber, on Monday afternoon last. Darnton Lupton, Esq., presided, and after a con versation upon the subject which had brought them to• gether, the meeting appointed the following gentlemen, as a sub-committee, to consider the whole matter, and report thereon to the chamber, viz., Mr. D. Lupton, Mr. W . Firth, Mr. Charles Bousfield, Mr. Charles Hindle, and Mr. Thomas Plint.—Leeds Times. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Dec. 27.—The American accounts show an active business in cotton at advancing prices. The weather continued highly favourable for picking, and for maturing the plant ; but the receipts were still de creasing. As might be expected at this holiday sea son, the attendance on the Manchester Exchange has been rather smaller to-day than usual ; and the amount of business, in yarn and goods, has not been at all considerable. The motives for caution continue to operate upon buyers and to tell upon the state of our market. Within some days back, some pur chases of water twist and 40-in. shirtings have been made for China. These shirtings are therefore not to be had at the previous low rates. There has been more doing of late in domestics and T cloths ; but the increased cost of yarns has placed the makers of those goods in a worse position than before. HALIFAX, Dec. 24.—As is usual at this time of the year, our Piece Hall has been very slenderly attended to-day, and scarcely any business has been transacted. In wools and yarns there is no quotable change, either as to demand or price. BIRMINGHAM, December 24.—1 n every branch of the iron trade full activity still prevails ; orders continue abundant for rods, bars, sheets, plates, and rails ; for castings, also, there is a large demand ; while pig iron has been in such request, that good qualities are mostly bought up for next quarter. The demand for coals continues unabated. SNOW-STORM IN LIVERPOOL. —On Tuesday morning snow fell heavily in Liverpool, and a few minutes after nine o'clock a rare atmospheric phenomenon occcured. While the snow-flakes were falling thick and fast, one vivid flash of lightning burst through the morning gloom, accompanied by a loud peal of thunder and sharp hail. SNOW-STORM.—TYNEMOUTH, Tuesday night.—As the fleet of collier vessels was leaving the north-east ports yesterday morning, though the weather appeared bright and clear to the ordinary observer, seamen watched with an ominous eye a dense mass of clouds banking up in the north-east. The last of the vessels were crossing the bar, when a heavy squall of wind came away from the north-east, accompanied with showers of hail and sleet. The wind caught a Blyth brig, the Cygnet, which was being towed out, and threw her sails back; the force of the wind overpowering the steamboat that had her in tow, the brig was driven on the Herd Sand, where she is now a total wreck. The Supply, of South Shields, was also driven on to the edge of the Herd Sand by the same squall, and got such a thump that she had to be immediately taken into the harbour again , both pumps going to keep her afloat. She will have to be discharged and put into dock. The crew of the Blyth brig were gallantly rescued by the South Shields pilots in the lifeboat, and safely brought into the harbour. The other large fleet of vessels, as stated in the despatch from here yesterday afternoon, ships drawing under 16 feet of water, all got safely away. There's now a very large fleet of laden vessels on their passage to Lon don. To-day the storm cloud's have burst, and we are now experiencing a heavy fall of snow , which is drifting. It has been snowing nea rly all day. There has been a considerable " fall" the darkening, and the storm seems to be still " brewing." The laden colliers have had a spanking wind from the N. and N.N.E. since they left the north yesterday. Last night was clear and star light, but the appearance of this night is producing great anxiety and alarm among the seafaring people. The fleet, they calculate, will be passing into the Would to night, in the neighbourhood of the sands off the coast of Norfolk—a passage most dangerous for a large fleet of laden vessels to thread in a night like this. The sea is terrific off our bar this evening. Notwithstanding the large number of vessels that left here yesterday, there is still a heavy fleet of laden vessels in the Tyne. If the weather of this morning . had been like what we had yes terday morning, we should have had another large de parture ; now the laden vessels are safely locked in port until the weather and sea moderate. 9 p.m.—The wea ther still looks dreadfully wild, and snow continues falling. The wind is N.N.E., blowing half a gale of wind at sea, with blinding snow showers. THE CHRISTMAS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.--The amount of the Christmas traffic on all the leading metropolitan railways would appear, from the usual returns, to have considerably exceeded that of any previous year. On the London and North-Western, during the period no minally called "Christmas week," extending over seven days, there passed " down" the line 27,000 parcels and Christmas presents, an d " up " 12 , 250 f or distribu tion throughout London, this being exclusive of many thousands of parcels, coming by goo d s t ra i ns. L as t year on this line the "down" parcels were 25,000, and the "up" 12,000. In the passenger traffic there was a correspond ing increase. The Great Western conveyed, exclusive of large consignments by the goods trains, 16,000 parcels and presents by the "down" passenger trains to all parts of the west, and 13,000 from the west " up" to the metro polis. The Great Northern disembogued from their depots at King's-cross 10,000 parcels " up," and about the same nnmber " down," exclusive of goods trains' consignments, and the Eastern Counties in four days carried 15,000 parcels " up" from the agricultural dis tricts, and about half that number " down," besides a large tonnage to and fro of agricultural and dead stock. In each case special arrangements had to be made on a large scale for the safe and speedy transmission of these Christmas cargoes, and a large additional staff was in requisition. SHARE MARKETS-(THIS DAY), BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices y.sterday. Business done this day. Paid 20§ - 21 41 - 9 - 10 1 1 9d 18 - 5i - 98 - 54i - 16 - 14 - 100 551 17 15 46 - 47 8 - 9 4/ -- 5i 3 - 4 lai.- 13i 40 -- 44 30 -- 32 64 - 66 63 - 65 2ii : ii 84- 85 59 - 61 129 - 131 101 - 106 83i - 84, 95 —lOO l , 67 — l 67 ' 6i 6id 13. k -13 i 8. — lip I 99 100 1031 101/ par P 78i a 79 12 11 d 10 9 d 22 - 234 - --d 63 - 634 37 • 39 54 56 I a par 4 —' 3d 2i 34 6 8 51 —53 3a 3 d 301 311 8 10 1t- 2i (:; - 76 50 ... 52 1 d par] 30 - 38 91 - 93 57 - - 58 58 - 60 55 60 23 2dis 14 16 7 8 11 12 3i 15 -- 17 601 -- 61 33 34 3 -- 2 a 4 -- 5 27 -: 30 15 - 16 27 - 29 8 • 63i 8 —84 a, 4 47i FOREIGN. 10 6 Antwrp &Rotterdam 2 —13 d 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 33 20 8 Beziersto Graissessac 3 - - 2d • . . ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 15 173 all Demerara 20 10 Dijon and Besa9on 2. —33 p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian...., 3 —4/ p 20 2 Do. Extension 3d 3 p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula, 3 —13 p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France, 23 3 p ... 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada' Shrs. and Bonds 33 —23 d 20 8 Gt. Central of France / p 203 203 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares ld par Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 . Do. bonds(2iss.)lB62 203 103 Hamilton & Toronto id # p 11 1 0 all Do. 6 per cent — ••• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 20 15 Luexembourg ll 113 103 114 10 10 Do. (Railway) 7 73 5 2Do l3— 23 5 5 3 Do. (Canal) 2— 2/ 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref — ...p 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran, ..p 20 103 Madras 3 1 p 333 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New ••• 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 7i— 8/ 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 3ll 34 345 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy.B. &Ams.Shs.] 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 73 83 20 10 Paris and Lyons lsf 164 p 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 46 48 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l —43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 32/ —32 f 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 3 4 p 101 101 Quebec & Richmond d - 4 d 20 all Rouen and Havre 193 203 20 9 Royal Danish la par 5 2 Royal Swedish l— 3 d 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl —9/ 10 6 Do. 53 per cent. pref — 20 2 S.E. of France ..• 20 6 Southern of France 4 6 p 20 6 St • Andrews &Quebec 20 2s. Upper India Scrip Si all West Flanders .4 6 20 10 Do. 53 per c. Pref 20 10 Western of France., 73 —B4 p 1G 4 West. of Switzerland 1 - lid 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 12 Zealand ......... 43 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Sin. Paid RAILWAYS. Business Compare.y. this ay. ......M.••••••••••1. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. ••• St. 100 Buckglimush. L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caladon... 51 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent ... . . Gt.Northn 142 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 25 all Do. N ew D o ••• ••• 25 all Glstr.&Diar. Gt•l'Vestn 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 25 all Do. Shares Do s4i —5 5 i 12 all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 124 all Lon.diGreenw S.Eastern l3 14 20 all Do. Preference Do St. 100 Lowestoft gr. a. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do ..... „ L . ; _ 4 per cent... Norfolk 5i all Manch.Baton. Die!. & mgud. 3 50 all M a i n d d dles M fd Mdland._ 99 —• 101 100 all Midld.Brad • i b at ro ll 50 all Northern and R e dear ....... D . arlingt. St c kton Eas tern sp. c. E. Count 6O 62 ..• . all Do .Fizedsp.c Do S W. 5 all Do. 6 per et. Do .- 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W diLn&Yk 1 12 Do. i Shares. Do — s 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 142 145 S.. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 145 2 , 188 Shef. Roth. di Lancash.di Goolo g. 5. p. c Yorksh ..; d 12 9i S. Staffordsh.. IvlrMelean 2 lid 50 all WearValleygrStockt. 6 per cent Darling . 25 all Do Do 3O 31 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst at:West:l 99 100 20 20 50 20 all all 100 ,100 106 100 3i 100 Sb 10 St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 16i St. 196 14 all all all 82 100 100 100 - 42,i 34 100 - 100 47i1 174 all 100 50 25 100 Bt. 100 31 ,100 20 20 10 10 2.2 100 100 100 100 St. 10 St. 25 20 10 St. 25 all 51s. 100 20 11i 100 (Aberdeen ........ Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena -- Btrmng. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley.. Birkenhd. Lanesh. do Cheshire Junet !Do. Chesh. dr Birk.,l £5O & £25 Cons.— Do., £20..... ... IBlyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Ca1ed0nian............. l ( Chester & Holyhead iCork and Bandon.... :Cork, Black. & Pass. 'Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. &E.&L.&D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. 'Eastern Counties .. :EasternUnion,A.stk. IDo., do. B . . 'Do.NewA(lateThhds) !East Lancashire ...... 'Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... 'Edinb. Prth. &Dundee I 'Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk.. I Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western.. Irish South-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Third 5......... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &So nth pt London & Blackwall Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. &S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,IG/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., £40...... Lnndrry.&Coleraine! Lndndrry. & Enuisk.! Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares ..... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket. Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2.. ....... Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London ' N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn4 North Staffordshire North Western ' N. & S. Westrn. Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley,i l and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton ' Portsmouth Scottish Central ... Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. d; Chester (Nor. W. Min.)....„ Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, & D, fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern Sotink Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun 1D0........... ..... ....... Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Watcrfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wmbledon &Croydon York No wctl. dz Bcrw, iDo. Extensions. Do. G.N.E. Purchase' York & N. Midland.. 54A 5 65 65i 5 1031 22/ 2 62i i 30i 12i 12i 25 15 8 10 1 10 1 1 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 100 5 5 4 !Aberdeen. Do., No. 2, 7 p. c , Blyth & Tyne 10 poi ct. pref. (iss. at£so, ristol & Exeter 4 p] cent., stock Do. Do., shares !Caledonian £lO Chester do Holyhead Guar. 511 per cent...l Cork&Bandons A p.c.' Dundee Perth &Aber dem Junction....... EastA nglian (£3los; 6 per cent. Do. ( 25 ) 7 per cent.. Do. (4., , 7 17s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex• tension, 5 p. c. No.l rDo., No. 2............. 0., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 1 Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. ..... Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr sp. c• Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem. at 10 p. c. Do. 4. percent. Scrip) Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pre Gt. Southn. ezWestn.' (Ireland) Eighths... Do. 4 per et. p re f. S t. ' Gt. Westn. (Berks dr' Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)..11 Do. con. & red. 4 j p.cf Do. do. 4 per cent... Do. irredeem. 4 p. c. I Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds No. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B... 100 100 100 6 100 London andlfirighton l Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 .. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lond. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. Loudon & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares [Ludy. & Ennis. ?; Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Niarypt. &Carl. 4p. c Do. 4l per cent D 0....... all all 10i 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 nid.Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & 13irrn. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 44 per cent. 15 all all all Norfolk Del;ent. Sh. l Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5,i per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. Scot. Ceu., New Pref. Shrews, Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. 4; Chester (NorM.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. E•istern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.e.Gnar. \Vaterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwlek,4 p.e.Pref. Do York& N. Midland H k S. Parch PREFERENCE SHARES. 99 = id 6h 4 1 - 4 - 6 -- 1p - - I;3i - 14 20 - 21 - 3i lio 122 1109 - 110 - P S - 8 [ lOl 103 95 98 100 id par l ,' 143 145 2i - 3 12A - 13 7 - S 10 -10 A i - P 141 - 143 4/1 1 106 - 110 112 - 116 23 . - 2.5 LO3 - 105 i - i P -10 i 15 - 16.1 9/ - 104 13 - 15 id - iP 24 24,,, 17 —1 9 r 1— i d 9G - 99 4 - 4i b.l. MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria I Baden (Gd.Dachy of) ißltenarvon Iron and Coal . British Austrin. Gold 1 British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek ICobra Copper Colonia.l Gold Copiapo \ Copper Min. of Eng Do. Prcf. 7 p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. General.. iGt.NuggetVeinSerp Do. Registered , Great Polgooth. . Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Anierien Now Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting C 0... Nouveau Moude 'Pontoiband _ _ Silve Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron I Do. New ( Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller (West Granada.. West Mariposa Worthing Mining a Australia 'Yuba.. JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.audWostminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales ._ Oriental Bank Cor potation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australis. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia_ I Do. New lUnion of London ._ Uniou of Madrid MISCE AubF --- n k,onl and Iron 'Australian Agricult• Australsn.Pcitic Ma!! Australis. Royal 313 '' Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Company Crystal Palace tto. New 'C r ystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Nayig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian po. New Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel Rr. La. & Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam.... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Dienien's Land CUSTO3IS PRO3fOTIONS.-Mr. Robert Pope, tide-sur veyor, of Grimsby, has been promoted to the same office, at the higher-classed port of Sunderland ; and Mr. Christopiier 111‘Cain, acting tide-surveyor at Sunder land, has been promoted to the office of established tide-surveyor at Grimsby. There are now three esta blished tide-surveyors at Sunderland ; and we are glad to say that, from the increased amount of business ab the port, they a re a ll k e pt ac ti ve l y employed.—S hi pp ing Gazette. NON - SAILING OF THE AMER ICAN STEAMER. — Th e United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, which was to have sailed yesterday forenoon from the Mersey, with the bi-weekly mails for New York, was detained. Owing to the north-east wind having cut off the tide she was unable to leave the Huskisson Dock, but would be ready for sea this morning, and was I expected to sail about ten o'clock, THE UNITED STATES 0.;1 1 1 4 "7 • .-.." In estimating the population and resotiNg oat S wonderful country called " the United States of Ame rica," and in dilating, as is frequently done, on the un exampled rapidity of its growth, it is seldom remem bered that these vast tracts of territory possessed inha bitants of their own long before even the Pilgrim Fathers set foot on Transatlantic ground. It is true that this original population was thinly scattered over a continent of enormous extent, and that the conditions of its social economy were incompatible with any large development of its numbers or power. Nevertheless, the North American Indians were once the owners of North America, and their fate, we should think, must have occasionally suggested itself as a subject of consideration to the English reader. What has become of all these red men of the woods ? —of this extraordinary race, which attracted the admir ation of philosophers and moralists, and which only one century ago was encountering the British arms with no discreditable result ? They have never been exterminated like the old French noblesse, nor massacred like the Aztecs, nor civilised into a different state of being, nor absorbed into the white population. Where, then, are they now to be found? This question can be answered with considerable accuracy, and we can present our readers with the latest information on the subject, from the most trustworthy source. The Administration of the United States includes a " Commissioner of Indian Affairs"—an officer whose especial charge it is to superintend all transactions between the American Government and the Indian population resident on its territory. This officer makes an annual report of the affairs under his direc tion, and the'report for the past year contains the in telligence required. The whole number of red men still surviving in North America is estimated at 400,000, and of these it is cal culated that 18,000 still linger in the country east of the Mississippi—that is to say, in the organised territories of the Union. These figures are probably given with some accuracy, but we should be inclined to distrust the correctness of the computations made with respect to the outlying or unoccupied lands. There are said to ,be about 150,000 Indians in California and New Mexico, 12,000 in the Utah or Mormon country, 23,000 in Oregon, 63,000 in the Plains and Rocky Mountains, 29,000 in Texas, and about 110,000 i n Minnesota and along the Texan border. It must evidently be impossible to arrive at any conclusive result in a census like this. We have seen the numbers set very much higher, and also somewhat lower, but the relative distribution of the aggregate is given probably on good grounds, and the best information obtainable would, of course, be at the command of the American Government. ` ~. r _~~ The measures adopted with reference to this class of the population have assumed various characters at dif ferent times. Originally, as everybody will recollect, the early settlers of Kentucky and Virginia conquered their farms and homesteads from the Indians with the rifle and the sword ; but as civilisation advanced, and the ascendancy of the colonists became established, other proceedings were devised for securing the desired end— viz., the relinquishment of territory nominally owned by the native occupant in favour of the increasing population of the settlers. Generally this transaction was accom plished by way of bargains and treaties, probably snore or less compulsory, and the Indians made a formal sur render of their rights for a stipulated consideration. The tribes themselves were either placed in some particular tract assigned to them for their residence in the terri tory ceded, or, more frequently, were transplanted bodily to some territory far away towards the west, so that years might elapse before the citizens of the Union were brought into contact with them again. The former was the case in the States of Michigan, and New York ; the latter plan was adopted at other points, where the experiment has now to be repeated once more. The extraordinary results of the gold discoveries in California have precipitated the " enclosure," if we may use such a term, of the whole North American territory. Formerly civilization and culture advanced gradually towards the West, and, such was the prodigious expance of the continent, that years might have elapsed, notwith standing the influx of population from Europe, before the Pacific shores had been reached in the ordinary way of progress. But the treasures of California first occasioned the formation of an important state at the extreme north west angle of the whole territory, and then produced a constant stream of living traffic between this State and the others. The consequence is, that the continent is now, as it were, being colonised at both ends, while a particular community, that of the Mormons, in its desire to escape the vicinity of regular Governments, has settled itself in the middle space between the Atlantic States and the Pacific. None of these events could be antici pated at the time that the territories in question were assigned to Indians who had been removed from the western frontier of the Union, but these Indians are now found so troublesome to the " emigrant," i.e., to the American proceeding overland to California, that it is thought desirable to remove them once more. For this purpose the Commissioner of Indian affairs has been visiting the various tribes, and it is hoped that satisfactory arrangements can be made for the purpose. Many tribes evinced a disposition to part with their territorial ownership on condition of certain reserves of land to be made in their favour ; but this con dition is not approved by the American Government and the results ofexperience are considered to suggest that the removal of the natives from regions required by the citizens of the Union should be complete and absolute. The two races of savages and borderers are seldom found to live in harmony together. There aro still tracts of territory in this boundless continent to which the Indians can be transferred, and, if this system is steadily pursued, perhaps the race of red men will expire before the whole continent is settled, and thus a mighty problem would be solved. It scarcely appears to us that any other end is probable or that any practicable alternative lies between the gradual extinction or violent extirpation of the native tribes. The later policy of the American Government seems, upon the whole, to have been characterised by humanity and forethought, but very little success has hitherto attended any attempts to bring the In dians within the pale of civilisation. They learn the vices of the white men, and forget the virtues they once possessed themselves ; missionaries labour among them without any substantial effect, and the only eligible course seems to be that adopted—of pro curing by bargain and treaty their migration to grounds where they will be beyond the reach of the borderers, and where they may still have range enough for their occupations of hunting and roving. Fortu nately, they appear amenable in this respect to the arguments of the American Government, which pro vides for their gratification by a yearly appropriation of money, nor do they seem to cause much trouble, except where the white men, as in California and Utah, encroach upon their settlements. Our own border tribes at the Cape are less agreeably dis posed. There is room enough in the interior of the continent for all the Caffres alive, but no measures have hitherto been successful in inducing them to quit our frontier. They live, not by hunting, but by theft, and cannot be dislodged from the best steal in g g rounds . At pres en t they appear to be quiet, but this tranquillity bemaywill of short w tt,dure fear,ation, be et and soutrletd so easilyroubles, a when they they return the " Indian Affairs" of the American Government.—Times. MELANCHOLT SIIICIDR.—A melancholy sensation was created in Dublin, on Tuesday, by an announcement of the suicide of Lieutenant-Colonel Brownlow Villiers Layard, who for some time represented the borough of Carlow in Parliament as a warm and sincere supporter of Liberal principles. At that period the deceased was a captain in her Majesty's 37th Foot, and was subse quently promoted to the command of the 9th Regiment of infantry, from which he retired not very long since. THE MAIIRITIIIS.—PLYMOUTH, Wednesday.—Advices from Port Louis, dated Nov. 12, received here, give the rates of freight at 3/. to 3/. 55., and the exchange at 5 to 6 discount. The General Screw Steamship Company's outward mail-packet Hydaspes, which left Plymouth on the 15th of September, and arrived at the Cape on the 26th of October, sailed from the Mauritius on the 12th and arrived at Point de Galle on the 25th ofNovember, The homeward ship Bosphorus, Captain Maynard, which left Point de Galle on the 24th of November, sailed from the Mauritius on the sth of November, and is naw due at Plymouth. DEATH OF DR. GILLKREST.-Dr. James Gillkrest, Inspector General of Army Hospitals, and Correspond ing Member of the National Academy of Medicine of France, expired on the 25th instant, at 1, St. Alban's place. This veteran officer entered the medical depart ment of the army in 1801. In Paris, during the three days of July, 1830, he gave the benefit of hi s mature experience as a military surgeon, to the wounded of both places. In 1832, during the prevalence of cholera in London he was in defati g able in his exertions among the poor, and in a series of letters he gave a graphic sketch of the progress of that epidemic. In 1833 he was recalled to active service as principal me dical officer at Gibraltar, where his experience in cho lera became again available during its prevalence in that garrison in 1834. After a n ar d uous and eventful ca reer of 41 years' active service, he was promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Hospitals-, and placed on the retired list in December, 1846. Since his retirement he presented t o the French Academy of Medicine a work on yellow fever, which called forth a high eulogium from that learned body, and he contributed to the General Board of Health a valuable monograph on the same subject, published in the board's second report on quarantine. On various occa sions Dr. Gillkrest had also published papers on cholera, calculated t o di spe l the f ears of the timid when called upon, in the exercise of the ordinary duties of humanity, to assist patients suffering from this disease, having con vinced himself by careful observation that panic during pestilence is scarcely less disastrous than on the field of battle. DEcniAL COINAGE.-- MEETING IN LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, at noon, a meeting, convened and presided over by the Mayor, John B. Lloyd, Esq., for the pur pose of affording the inhabitants an opportunity of ex pressingan opinion on the benefits of a decimal currency, rrency,was h held in the Sessions-house, Liverpool, and was at tended by several of the leading merchants. The first resolution was moved by William Brown, Esq., M.P., and Chairman of the Select Committee of the House of Commons upon the subject, and seconded by Thomas Bouch, Esq., Vice-President of the Chamber of Com merce, recognising the principle and advantages result ing from the system. Another resolution, pointing out the facilities attending upon a decimal coinage to all classes in the community, was proposed by Thomas B. Horsfall, M.P., and adopted. Several speeches were made by the mercantile gentlemen present in favour of the adoption of the proposed currency, and the meeting concluded by unanimous votes of thanks to Mr, Brown and the Mayor for their exertions in the cause. Nll"tivisl4lPE it ' .- .34 i , ~....1-tyt, ~ . -- '-.4 . 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