The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-05 00:00:00

THE }FRENCH EMPIRE. The Monite ur contains a decree which, allowing the, superior military commands of the armies of Paris and Lyons to subsist, owing to the continu ance of the same state of circumstances which had occasioned their being organised, suppresses all other superior military commands within the terri tory. Several columns of the Moniteur are filled with the names of officers and sailors of the navy, de corated with the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Moniteur and other Government journals are filled with an account of a procession of relics of St. Genevieve. The following is one of the soberest accounts which appeared "The solemn inauguration of the Pantheon as a place of religious worship, and under the name of the church of St. Genevieve, took place yesterday. On Sunday the relics of that saint, which, after 1830, had been de posited at Notre Dame, were exhibited to the public in the cathedral, where they were placed on a pe destal hung round with draperies of velvet bordered with gold fringe, and with wax lights burning in candelabras around it. Yesterday morning the relics were transferred to the church of St. Genevieve with great ceremony, the cortege being composed of all the clergy of the churches on the left bank of the Seine. The streets through which the procession passed were filled with a dense crowd of spectators, and many of the houses were hung with white drapery. On reaching the church of St. Etienne-du-Mont, in which church the tomb of St. Genevieve stands, and which was mag nificentl y orna mented and lighted on the occasion, the clergy of that church, after offering incens e to the relics, and accom panied by a band of young girls dressed in white, joined the cortege, and proceeded with it to the Pantheon, the front of which building was surrounded by an immense crowd of persons. On the head of the procession reach ing the entrance of the Pantheon, the Archbishop of Paris, surrounded by his clergy, went forward to receive it, and preceded it into the church. The mass imme diately after commenced, at which the Archbishop offi ciated, after which he ascended the pulpit and delivered a sermon appropriate to the occasion. The ceremony was terminated by aTe Deum. The church was crowded in every part. After the inauguration, the Abbe Du quesnay, the senior of the clergy of St. Genevieve, gave a breakfast to the Archbishop and his grand vicars, and at which MM. de Persigny, Fortoul, Romieu, de Con tencin, and M. Constant Dufeu, the architect of the church, were present. The Archbishop proposed the health of the Emperor, which was drunk with the great est enthusiasm." According to the Moniteur, there assisted at the reception of the relics of the saint their Excel lencies the Ministers of the Interior and of Public Instruction, the Director of the Beaux Arts and the Director. General of Public Worship, the Pre fect of Police, and the Prefect of the Seine, &c. The Archbishop, in his discourse, recalled to mind the various desecrations to which the church of St. Genevieve had been subjected since Louis XV. had laid the foundation-stone. Louis XV., it is hardly necessary to add, was one of th e grea t es t monsters of depravity the world had ev er seen , b u t the alliance of superstition with immorality is a fact as familiar as a proverb. Superstition, sys tematically employed as a means of government by unbelievers, although proved by experience to be dangerous to religion as to government itself, would seem still to hold its place in the science of ru l e . As yet we perceive only the immediate fruits in such acts of persecution as took place the other day at Troyes, where the authorities ins u lt e d th e Protestant clergyman and his flock at the f unera l of a young Protestant girl, and in the exclusion, in other places, of Protestants from burial gr oun d s . By and bye we shall see something more. On the occasion of the reception of th e l a di es on the evening, of New - Year s-day, at the Tuileries, the Emperor entered the salons at half-past nine, preoeded by the Duke de Bassa no, Grand Cham berlain, and the Count de Baciocchi, Mast er o f th e Ceremonies, and followed by Prince Napoleon, his military household, some of the Ministers, the President and Vice-President of the Council of State, and several other grand functionaries. Hi s Majesty was in the full dress of a General-in-Chief, and wore the Grand Cordon of the L eg i on o f Honour, and the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and several other decorations, all mounted in brilliants. Prince Napoleon was in a black coat, with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The first salon was reserved for the mem bers of the Imperial Family, the Ministers, and the foreign diplomatic body. In the second salon and in the Salle des Marechaux were a number of ladies, generals, senators, councillors of state, and several members of the Legislative Body, of the magistracy, the Institute, and of the Municipal Council. The band of the Guides, in their new scarlet uniform, were in attendance and played during the evening. Among the persons of distinction present besides the Ministers and the Senators were Mar shals Magnan and Vaillant, the Pope's Nuncio, the English Ambassador and Lady Cowley, the Belgian Minister and Madame Firmin Rogier, the Swiss, Danish, Greek, and Portuguese Ministers, the Prince of Hesse, the Duke of Brunswick, the Prince de Monleur, and Prince Czartoriski. The Emperor made the rounds of the salons several times, speaking to several ladies who were pointed out to him by Count Baciocchi. He walked suc cessively with the Princess Mathilde and Lady Cowley, and at eleven o'clock his Majesty retired. The sums paid into the Paris Savings' Bank on Sunday and yesterday amounted to 651,565 f., from 5,819 depositors, of whom 1,028 are new. The amount drawn out was 280,750 f. The receipts of the Caisse de Retraites for Old Age from the 27th ult. to the 2d inst. were 1,715,163 f. from 1,405 depositors, of whom 489 were new. The Bourse opened heavily to-day in consequence of forced sales of Three per Cent. Government Stock on account of speculators unable to pay their differences. After those sales were concluded prices improved. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 90c., and closed at 105 f. 85c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 811. 35c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,025 f. ; Rouen, 990 f. Havre, 530 f. ; Great Northern, 886 f. 25c. ; Bale, ; 360 f. Paris and Strasburg, 812 f. 50 c. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 767 f. 50c. ; Western f France, 700 f. for the 15th inst. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 625 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 605 f. ' • Shares of the new Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued at 500 f., 890 f. SPAIN. M. Martinez de la Rosa has had a long interview with the Minister of the Interior, which was of a most satisfactory kind. It appears that the Govern ment will support M. Martinez de la Rosa as Vice- President of the Royal Council. The d ecree rela tive to the liberty of the press is not yet ready. Bourse.—Three per Cents., 4.41 ; Deferred, 24# ; Exchange on London, 51 paper. RATING OF THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday a general.meeting of the vestry of St. Pan cras was held in the vestry-hall, King's-road, Camden town, for the purpose of hearing the appeal of the London and North-Western Railway Company against the as sessment made upon the company's property in the parish—James Parker Pierce, Esq., in the chair. Mr. STRUTHERS, from the firm of Messrs. Swift and Wagstaff, stated that he appeared to appeal against the a ssessment of the property of the London an North- Western Railway Company, situated in the parish of St. Pancras. The present assessment was laid at 34,3311., whereas, by the late decision of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Middlesex, the amount was fixed at 16,000/. Mr. Wagstaff bad no objection to the appeal being gone into that day, but the understanding was that this case should stand over till the special case came before the Court of Queen's Bench, and his principal witness was subpoenaed elsewhere, but if the vestry declined to delay the hearing till another day, he would a t once go on with the business of the a p peal. Mr. E. W. Watkins, exa mined by Mr. St ru th ers, of t stated that the gross earnings the railway i n th e parish were 10,2 291 . T he opening of the Great Nor thern and -Birmingham and Oxford lines had greatly re duced the earnings of the lin e in that pari_sh ; from- the above sum was to be deducted, for w orking and oth er expenses, 6,2111., leaving 4,0181 . liis valuation of th e Eustion-station, comprising the l and and buil&ngs, was 5,248/. ; the Camden station he estimated as 7,3461. The rateable value of the property, as laid down by M . r. Serjeant Ad ams at the Quarter Session of September, 1851, was 12,718/. The expenses of the line were cal culated a t 374 p er cen t. ; the gross receipts were esti mated at two-and-a-half millions, and the expenditure at 1 ,300,000/. ; the amount of capital inve sted in the "hole railway during the last year amounted to 26,000,000/. He could not say what the receipts were at the C am d en and Euston stat i ons ; h e did n ot believe the property would have been so valuable had the coin- P, : anY not "ng the fixed the terminus at Euston-square. In estima judmentvalue of the property he was guided by his own what it had as oo to what the property would let for, not station had :t building. The portico at the Euston beyond ornament 50,0001. ; its only value now was, railway stationent merely nominal. He never knew a Ruzby, which to be l e t excep t i n one i ns t ance , th a t at 1,0001. cost 100,0001. in building, and let for- Mr. J. G. yr —ARnING' vestryman, regretted that a gentlemn wha appeared on behalf of the railway com pany should be ignorant of the rate a bl e va l ue o f th e pro perty removed by the erection of the two stations in the parish. If this this appuleitnt company any were permitted to go on in perpetuating a gross robbery on the rest of the pari e i l l )e Mr. WATKINS contended th at, while the company con. tributed 3,000/. annually towards the rates, it caused no increase in pauperism. Mr. Churchwarden BILLET denied this assertion. Mr. JOHN KISSICK moved that the assessment of the railway property at 34,3311. be confirmed. Mr. J. CRAMP seconded the resolution some further discussion, was carried l °n.; which, after *ate with one di9sen- SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR OXFORD. OXFORD, TUESDAY. A very sho e ti d n m Lo il n e d e o f n th a i n s d eNrthityo.s-Nst Six nsenßs were g bra c n ata ch st o r f op th h e e took place last evening, on the Oxf r w e a Railway, kilwithinled en aboutthee ta, two have died since ; two more are so seriously hurt others their lives are despaired of ; and about twenty have sustained more or less severe bodily injuries. The accident seems to have occurred throug h a deplor ablemisunderstondingpassengertran ileang o on xf t e h r e d p a a t rt so.f3tohep.dmri.ver_Hoef hadthe t the that a been positively desired not to start un til the arrival f of an as engine came in a few expected coal train. A ball mi nutes after thisatemanorder (sin was given, dead)iven,and it the utnfortun mistookissuPtPhic2srefodr and, imagining that the line was elear, pro ceeded on ' his journey. He had scarcely cleared the city ' boundaries when he came into v iolent collision with a train o f fo rty-four laden coal trucks, propelled by two engines, the dreadful consequences of which are above indicated. In order to render intelligible the mode in which the collision took place, it is necessary to explain that, ow ing to the partial falling in, about two months since, of the Wolvercott tunnel, distant about three miles from Oxford, it has since been necessary to close one line of rails, and the traffic between Islip and this city (five miles) has lately been carried on over a single line only. For the prevention of accidents, pending this arrange ment, positive orders were laid down that no train should leave Oxford or Islip without a direct telegraphic understanding between the station masters of the two places. Last evening about five o'clock, Mr. Alfred Blott, a very old servant of the North-Western Com pany, received a message from the Islip station-master, inquiring whether a coal train then at Islip might come on to Oxford. Mr. lßlott, aware that nearly half an hour must elapse before he could start the 5.30 p.m. trail from Oxford to London, and remembering that the coal trains invariably ran the distance between Islip and this city in from fifteen to twenty minutes, replied in the affirmative, and gave the necessary orders to his officials not to allow the up train to leave until the expected coal train should have arrived. Mr. Blott cautioned the guard personally, and men: tioned it also to the policeman on duty—in fact, every person about the station was perfectly conversant with the circumstance. At half-past five o'clock the London train was made up. It consisted of an engine and ten der, driven by John Tarry, a very old servant of the company, with Robert Bugden, also many years em ployed on the railway, as his stoker ; a third-class car riage next the engine, a second-class carriage next, a first-class carrriage next, and a break van last, with Joseph Kinch as guard in charge. There were 21 pas sengers booked by the train, most of them of the poorer class. No first-class tickets were issued. Just pre viously to the train starting, Mr. Hayes, the locomotive foreman at O x f or d, a dd resse d T arry, and told him that he must not start until the coal train had arrived. Tarry replied, " All right, sir," and Mr. Hayes pro ceeded to another part of the station. Mr. Blott had also left the platform at this time, and had gone into his private office to transact some business. Sergeant Gwin, of the company's police, who was in char ge o f th e station, also left theplatf orm ani:l went into the booking office to see if there were any more passengers for the train. The driver Tarry and the guard Kinch were engaged in conversation together, and the train was perfectly ready to start, awaiting the usual signal. At this moment a ballast engine, employed on the works at Wolvercott tunnel, approached the station, and ran from the main line on to a siding, about one hundred yards outside the platform shed. This engine carried a white light in front—all coal en gines show a green light. It is therefore urged that the driver ought not to have been mistaken as to the non arrival of the coal train. However this may be, it is clear that the unfortunate man must have imagined the coal train had entered the station, for without waiting a signal to start from any authorised person, he put on his steam and moved away from the platform. The rush of steam called the attention of the officials to the circum stance of the train having started, and Mr. Blott and Mr. Hayes immediately hastened to the platform, where in a moment they ascertained that the train had left, and also the terrible fact that the coal train had not arrived. They both instinctively ran up the line shouting and hal looing after the receding train. All they could do was to alarm the guard, who put down the break hard ; but, owing to the speed and lightness of the train, failed to arrest the attention of the driver. It appears that the policeman on duty at the auxiliary signal, about two hundred yards out of the station, aware of the danger into which the train was running, exhibited his red signal as it approached. Owing to the steam in which the engine was enveloped, the driver did not see the red light until he got very close to the signal post. He then sounded his whistle twice, and most unfortunately, instead of keeping the danger signal on, the policeman shut the red off, and turn ed on green, signifying caution. This circumstance probably re-assured Tarry, and he increased the speed of his train immediately afterwards. The railway, after leaving the station, runs parallel for some considerable distance, with the Great Western, from which it is se parated only by a ditch about twenty feet wide, gene rally full of water. Both lines intersect a large tract of common land belonging to the freemen of Oxford, and known as the Post Meadow, at this time, owing to the recent floods, covered with water to a depth o f t wo or three feet. The up train had not traversed this meadow, and had scarcely got a mile from the station, when it came into violent collision with the coal train, proceed ing in the opposite direction. The consequences were of the most awful character. The engine of the passen ger trained was turned completely round, and thrown into the water ditch, in a frightfully shattered state. The first engine attached to the coal train fell upon it, the wheels of each being transfixed, and the second en gine also ran into the ditch. The third-class carriage and the second-class carriage were completely broken up, scarcely two boards remaining attached, and the passengers were scattered about the line in every direc tion. The crash of the collision was heard at a very great distance, and parties residing in the neighbourhood were soon on the spot endeavouring to render assist ance. Mr. Blott and Mr. Hayes, who had never ceased running after the train, also soon came up, and did everything in their power to prevent further injury by stopping all down trains on the line, the 2.45 p.m. from London being at this time due. The difficulty of knowing what to do in order to assist the injured parties was greatly increased by the ravages of a fire which, kindled from the furnaces of the engines, burst forth im mediately after the accident. Messengers were soon dispatched to Oxford for assistance, and, as the telegraph was broken by the accident, information was sent on to Islip, with instructions to telegraph at once to Wolver ton. The injured parties were then got out of the debris as rapidly as possible, and sent on to Oxford, where they were at once admitted into the Radcliffe Infirmary. One man, who was very seriously hurt, preferred remaining at a small public-house at Hayfield Hut. There were three or four hundred prrsons on the spot shortly after the accident, and no lack of willingness to assist ; but a controlling head was wanted under such dreadful circum stances, and it was found in the person of Mr. Cardwell, who, having expected his wife by the 2.45 p.m. down train, was terrified when he heard of the accident, and hastened at once to the spot. The honourable member rendered almost superhuman exertions, working as only a gentleman can work. The gallantry of his exemplary conduct may he gathered from one simple fact. A poor fellow, shockingly injured, called out for a drop of water to cool his scorching thirst ; Mr. Cardwell, having nothing better at hand in which to convey the liquid to him, dashed his hat into the stream, and thus relieved the sufferer. Mr. Grafton, of the firm of Grafton and Hood, engineers, of Ox ford, was early _in attendance, and ably seconded all that Mr. Cardwell proposed. The alarm which pre vailed among the crowd was very great. At one period an approaching train on the Great Western Railway was thought to be running on the North-Western line, and 30 or 40 persons rushed into the water to escape an im agined danger. Two engine-drivers and two stokers were killed on the spot, all their bodies being frightfully mutilated. One male passengey, not yet identified, was thrown under the wreck, and before his body could be extricated the upper half of his frame was burnt to a cinder. A poor young woman named Caroline Davis, a passenger, was thrown into the water, and in some extraordinary manner became imbedded under the boiler of the passenger engine. She was only discovered by her legs having protruded above the water, and it was 6 o'clock this morning before her body was extricated. Mr. M'Connell arrived from Wolverton about mid night with a large force of mechanics ; and Mr. Bed ford, the chief of the company's police force, was also early in attendance. The men under Mr. M'Connell's direction worked with admirable effect during the night, and one line was cleared for traffic at an early hour. The passengers by the down trains, last night, were received at the Sheriff's-bridge, near where the accident occurred, and brought on to Oxford in omnibuses. It was quite impossible, in the confusion that prevailed last night, to obtain a list of the injured parties. Mr. Alderman Browning, the resident managing director of the railway at Oxford, who has been indefatigable in his exertions since the accident, completed his inquiries about noon to-day, and from him we have received the following list of the sufferers : DEAD. Lying at the Saddlers' Arms, Plantation-road, St. Giles's. John, Tarry, driver of the passenger train. Robert Bugden, stoker of the passenger train. Thomas Landon, stoker of the first coal engine. A male passenger—unknown. At the Queen Victoria, Plantation-road, St. Giles's. Robert Lawes, driver of the first coal engine. Caroline Davis, of Parringdon, passenger to Winslow. At the Radcliffe Infirmary. Samuel Willcox, stoker of the second coal engine. Richard Falkner, sen., a mechanic, belonging to some place in Surrey. INJURED. Radcliffeson of fut fi hnne Infirmary, Richard Richard Falkner, the r,jun., Falkner, head cut and body bruised. Job Falkner, another sou ; body bruised and thigh burned. John Williams, hawker, of Birmingha m fracture of arm — s ince am p utated. , compo un d Joseph Townsend, of Bicester ; dislocated hip—since re d u ced. John Harper, of C heltenham ; compound fracture d on e thigh and both legs broken. Thomas Monney, of Little Coxwell, near Farringd on ; head cut, fractured jaw, and thigh injured. John Walters, of Bicester ; knee and thigh injured. William Knibbs, of ,Bicester ; head cut and injury to ribs. Sarah Smith, of Steeple Claydon, injury to chest. At Graces' Hotel, near the Railway Station. James Sayers, of Winslow ; four ribs fractured. George Slade; suffering from the shock, At the Anchor public-house, Hayfield Hut, near where the accident occurred. William Jones, of Doncaster, horse dealer ; seriously hurt about the head and body. At the Railway Hotel. Henry Watts, breaksman of the coal train ; suffering from the shock. At Bletchley. - Joseph Kinch, guard of the passenger train ; head cu and body bruised. It will be observed that of the six men in charge of the engines only one has escaped. The survivor, John Lee, states that he saw the passenger train was on the same line of rails with himself, but not until within a very few moments of the collision, owing to a slight curve on the railway at this point. He was driving the second engine, and after shutting off the steam, he told his mate, Willcox, that he should jump, advising him to do the same. Lee immediately got over his tender on to one of the coal trucks, and had 'crossed two or three others before the collision took place. Willcox hesitated to follow, and the next moment he was lying under the wreck, with a thigh badly fractured, and his pelvis dread fully lacerated. Lee did not jump off the train until it stopped, and after doing so the first person he saw was his mate, whom he dragged out of the wreck by main force. Willcox was among those taken to the infirmary, where he died this morning. Richard Falkner was travelling in company with two sons in search of work. He left his wife at Oxford, and she was to have followed this morning. He was insensible when picked up, and remained in a state of collapse, without taking food, until this evening, when he died. Caroline Davis is the daughter of a shoemaker at Farringdon. She was proceeding in company with Thomas Monney, who is now lying in the infirmary at Winslow, on her way to Wotton, where she was engaged to take the superintendence of an infant school. We have stated that all the bodies were frightfully mutilated. Tarry's watch was crushed nearly flat, the hands being fixed in the dial plate at thirty-five minutes after six. He has left a widow, and although it may appear unnecessary to allude to such a circumstance here, it is currently reported that he lived on such ter rible terms with his wife that when he left his house last night she declared that she hoped he would never enter it again. Bugden was a very fine young 'than. He had six children by a former wife, and about four months ago married a respectable young woman, who, besides being enciente, is left to foster an orphaned family. Sarah Smith was discovered in a state of almost per fect nudity, on the buffer of one of the engines, with a piece of iron firmly fixed across her throat. She was extricated with great difficulty. This poor woman had been to Oxford to see her brother, who had enlisted a few days previously. She has lost everything she pos sessed. Jones, the horse dealer, who is lying at Hay field Hut, had 1231. in notes and gold in his pocket when the accident occurred. He is very much injured. It is feared that both this case and that of Harper may terminate fatally. There were some miraculous escapes of passengers in the train. Two little boys, sons of a local clergymen, were sitting opposite each other in the second class car riage, escaped unhurt. Another gentleman escaped with a few bruises, and a third was so little hurt that he proceeded to London last night by the mail on the Great Western Railway. The coroner has appointed the inquest to be opened to-morrow morning (this day), at the Star Hotel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Galvanism 25 to 1 Contentment (taken) 25 to 1 Richmond (taken) 25 to 1 Tobolski (taken) 30 to 1 Hirsuta (taken) 30 to 1 Defiance (taken) 30 to 1 The Hatchet CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 20 offered on the Field, but nothing done. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _EVENING, JANUARY 5, ENTRIES FOR THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Gossip, 3 yrs ; Auchinleck, 3 yrs ; Sharavogue, 4 yrs ; Hambletonian, 4 yrs ; Bell Tinker, 3 yrs ; Jacque line, 3 yrs ; Minerva, 3 yrs ; Lampedo, 3 yrs ; Lady Emily, 3 yrs ; Helen, 3 yrs ; Ireland's Eye, 4 yrs ; Llanforda, 3 yrs ; Break-o'-Day-Boy, 3 yrs ; Content ment, 3 yrs ; Muscovite, 4 yrs ; nekton, 3 yrs ; Polly, 3 yrs ; Sweetheart, 6 yrs ;. Chaffway, 3 yrs ; St. An drew, 4 yrs ; Pride, 3 yrs ; The Bishop, 4 yrs ; „Peggy, 3 yrs ; Father Thames, .4 yrs ; Octavio, 4 yrs ; Merry Bird, 4 yrs ; This, 4 yrs ; Joe Miller, 4 yrs ; Fionn-na-Coul, 3 yrs ; Don Quixote, 3 yrs ; King of Troy, 4 yrs ; Madeline, 4 yrs ; Sir John Barleycorn, 4 yrs ; Termagant, 4 yrs ; Gholab Singh, 5 yrs ; The Deformed, 3 yrs ; lanthe, 5 yrs ; Lough Bawn, 5 yrs ; Hobby Horse, 3 yrs ; Maria ; Ilex, 4 yrs ; Little Dame, 4 yrs ; Scarecrow, 4 yrs ; Tordesillas, 6 yrs ; King of Trumps, 4 yrs; Azael, 4 yrs ; Jack the Giant Killer, 3 yrs ; Tavistock, 3 yrs ; Charley, 3 yrs ; Kingston, 4 yrs ; Charity, 3 yrs ; Grapeshot, 3 yrs ; Weathergage, 4 yrs ; Ethelbert, 3 yrs ; Houla kin, 4 yrs ; Cotton Lady, 4 yrs ; C-oldfinder, 5 yrs ; Dabahick, 3 yrs ; May Day, 5 yrs ; Nerva, 3 yrs ; Lady Blanche, 4 yrs ; Tremble, 4 yrs ; Tobolski, 3 yrs ; limier, 4 yrs ; Constantine, 4 yrs ; Candlewick, 6 yrs'; Audubon, 3 yrs ; Florist, 3 yrs ; Defiance, 3 yrs ; Lucio, 4 yrs ; Nutshell, 6 yrs ; Bit of Blue, 4 yrs ; Ariosto, 5 yrs ; Eulogist, 3 yrs ; Little Harry, 4 yrs ; Ninnyhammer, 3 yrs ; Buckthorn, , 4 yrs ; Quasimodo, 4 yrs ; Lindrick, 4 yrs ; Indian Warrior, 4 yrs ; Galvanism, 4 yrs ; Perfidious, 3 yrs ; Massaroni, 3 yrs ; Babette, 4 yrs ; Selina, aged ; Pelopidas, 4 yrs ; Lady Harriett, 4 yrs ; Happy Joe, 4 yrs ; Ammonia, 4 yrs ; Placid, 3 yrs ; Waterfall, 5 yrs ; Moselle, 3 yrs ; Postulant, 3 yrs ; Richard Primmer, 4 yrs ; The Dandy, 3 yrs ; Molasses, 3 yrs ; Psaltery, 3 yrs ; Bellewstown, 5 yrs ; Daniel O'Rourke, 4 yrs ; Alp, aged ; Victress, aged ; Benita, 4 yrs ; Cariboo, 6 yrs ; Burndale, 4 yrs ; Prime Minister, 5 yrs ; Confessor, 5 yrs ; Attack, 4 yrs ; Allegro, 4 yrs ; Garforth, 6 yrs ; Prevention, 3 yrs ; Corybantes, 3 yrs ; Feramorz, 3 yrs ; Newminster, 5 yrs ; f. by Venison, out of Wedding-Day, 4 yrs ; Poodle, 4 yrs. MANCHESTER SUMMER RACES. -TUESDAY. ENTRIES FOR THE UNION CUP. 5 y L rs on ; g ß bo e w st , , 4 3 yrs yrs ; April Fath Fool,er Thames, 4 S 3, s to Placid,Wrsa.n o a i3 , yrs 3 mee or vu ; an,Pt Mountain nm yrs e D ;e M er i ,n Tested,iss t yrs , 4 s;y yrs Frantic, CardinaliFc Prevention, e yr t sT o ; ni Thes, Wiseman, e rsm, yrsin t 4 yrs ; Larrywhent, 4 yrs • Chaseaway, 5 yrs • Truth, 5 yrs ; Skit, 3 yrs ; Gaffer Green, aged; c.byThe ' Emperor out of Begum, 3 yrs : Break-a-Day Boy, 3 yrs • Osbaldeston; 6 yrs; Lady Flora, 3 yrs; Candlewick, 6 yrs; Co' nmore, 4 yrs; • Michaelmas Maid, 3 yrs ; g by Galao r , d am by Alfred 3 yrs ; Hobbie Noble, 4 yrs ; Sanita, 4 yrs ; Ari os t o , 5 yrs ; King of Trumps, 4 yrs ; Russborough, 6 yrs ; Warhawk, 4 yrs ; Kohinoor, 4 yrs ; The Judge, 3 yrs ; Woolwich, aged; Redmond °Manion, 4 yrs ; Kite flyer, 4 yrs ; Lal age, 4 yrs ; Morning Star, 4 yrs ; Chil ton, 3 yrs ; The Gift, 4 yrs ; fby Faugh-a-Ballaugh, out of The Era, 3 yrs ; Common Sense, 4 yrs ; Valour, 3 yrs ; The Nabob, 4 yrs ; Evadne, 4 yrs ; c by Mel bourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 4 yrs ; Ibis, 4 yrs ; Mrs. Birch, 4 yrs ; Harp, 5 yrs ; Richard Primmer, 4 yrs ; Madeline, 4 yrs ; Ammonia, 4 yrs ; Richmond, 4 yrs ; St. Michael, 4 yrs ; Lady Agnes, 4 yrs ; Farmer's Boy, 4 yrs ; Agnes Wickfield, 4 yrs ; Tordesillas, 6 yrs ; Timid Fawn, 5 yrs ; Snowdon Dunhill, 3 yrs ; Little Davie, 4 yrs ; Jack Leeming, 5 yrs ; Daniel O'Rourke, 4 yrs ; Trousseau, 4 yrs ; Sir R. Trenchard, 5 yrs ; Mire Hill, 4 yrs ; Incense, 3 yrs ; King O'Neal, 4 yrs. THURSDAY. NOMINATIONS FOR THE MANCHESTER TRADES' CUP. Lady Evelyn, aged ; b fby Melbourne out of Gaiety, 3 yrs ; Banshee, 4 yrs ; Candlewick, 6 yrs ; Terpsichore, 4 yrs ; Bird-on-the-Wing, 4 yrs ; Charming Woman, 3 yrs ; the Nabob, 4 yrs ; Frantic, 4 yrs ; the Belle, 3 yrs ; b c by Sir Hercules out of Dexterous, 3 yrs ; Little David, 4 yrs ; the Red Lion, 4 yrs ; ch g by Harkaway out of Pass, 4 yrs ; Peggy, 3 yrs ; Mrs. Birch, 5 yrs ; the Sut ler, 4 yrs ; Redmond O'Hanlon, 4 yrs ; Dressmaker, 3 yrs ; Gholab Singh, 5 yrs ; Tavistock, 3 yrs ; Lady Amyott, 4 yrs ; Lady Harriett, 4 yrs ; Lambton, 3 yrs ; Moun tain Deer, 5 yrs ; Weathergage, 4 yrs ; Ariosto, 5 yrs ; Rach6te, 4 yrs ; Ammonia, 4 yrs ; Lady of the Grove, 5 yrs • Richard Primmer, 4 yrs ; Black Doctor, 5 yrs ; Broughton, 3 yrs ; Monsoon, 3 yrs • Madeline, 3 yrs ; ' The Carrier, 4 yrs ; Talfourd, 3 yrs • kffie Deans, 3 yrs ; Aaron Smith, 5 yrs ; Goldfinder, 5 yrs ; Miss Truth, 5 yrs ; Ethelwolf, 4 yrs ; Charley, 3 yrs ; Postulant, 3 yrs ; Valour, 3 yrs ; Shropshire Lass, 3 yrs ; Chaffway, 3 yrs ' • Hatchet, 3 yrs ; Royal George, 4 y rs ; Bit of Blue, 4 years ; Jack Leeming, 5 yrs ; b. f. by Faugh a-Ballagh, out of Miniature, 3 yrs ; King of Trumps, 4 yrs ; b. c. by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 4 yrs; Indian Warrior, 4 yrs ; Allegro, 4 yrs ' • Lindrick, 4 yrs. ; Fancy Girl, 4 yrs ; Woolwich, aged ; Audabon, 3 yrs. ; The Event, 4 yrs ; Confessor, 5 yrs • Corybantes, 3 yrs ; Haricot, 6 yrs ; Alp, aged ' • Little Fawn, 5 y rs . ; Chief Justice, 6 yrs ; Cariboo, 6 yrs ; Prevention, 3 yrs ; St. George, 6 yrs ,• Merry Bird, 4 yrs ; Lough Bawn, 5 yrs ; Sister to Wanoti, 5 yrs ; Veteran, 4 yrs ; Benita, 4 yrs. FRIDAY. NOMINATIONS FOR THE SALFORD BOROUGH OUP. Longbow, 4 yrs ; April Fool, 3 yrs ; Lalage, 4 yrs ; Evening Star, 4 yrs ; King of Trumps, 4 yrs ; Russ borough, 6 yrs ; Bethgelert, 4 yrs ; Mrs. Birch, 5 yrs ; The Harp, 5 yrs ; Woolwich, aged ; Ammonia, 4 yrs ; Talfourd, 3 yrs ; Merry Bird, 4 yrs ; Audubon, 3 yrs ; Lough Bawn, 5 yrs ; Anne Page, 3 yrs ; Candlewick, 6 yrs ; Lady Amyott, 4 yrs ; Prime Minister, 5 yrs ; Conmore, 4 yrs ; Benita, 4 yrs ; Lady Eveline, aged ; Sister to Wanota, 5 yrs ; Monsoon, 3 yrs ; Little Fawn, 5 yrs ; b.c. by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 4 yrs ; Chaseaway, 5 yrs ; Game Tommy, 3 yrs ; Dress-maker, 3 yrs ; Madeline, 4 yrs ; Tordesillas, 6 yrs ; St. Michael, 4 yrs ; Lady Agnes, 4 yrs ; Braxey, 4 yrs ; Unity, 5 yrs ; Prevention, 3 yrs ; Michaelmas Maid, 3 yrs ; Postulant, yrs ; Miss Emma, 3 yrs ; Tested, 4 yrs ; St. George, 6 yrs ; Jacqueline, 3 yrs ; Kiteflyer, 4 yrs ; Little Jack, 6 yrs ; Evadne, 4 yrs ; Lerrywhent, 4 yrs ; Peggy, 3 yrs ; War Hawk, 4 yrs ; The Judge, 3 yrs ; Richard Primmer, 4 yrs ; The Carrier, 4 yrs ; Charity, 3 yrs ; Little Davie, 4 yrs ; Needle, 4 yrs ; Fancy Girl, 4 yrs ; Father Thames, 4 yrs ; Hobbie Noble, 4 yrs ; Valour, 3 yrs ; Mountain Deer, 5 yrs ; Sanita, 4 yrs ; Shropshire Lass, 3 yrs ; The Nabob, 4 yrs ; Weathergage, 4 yrs. WEST LONDON PROVIDENT SOCIETY. —A preparatory meeting of the West London Provident Society was held last evening in Thulstham-street, Edgware-road. The rules of the society, as approved of by Mr. Tidd Pratt, were submitted to the meeting and met with general approbation. Mr. Vesey, the son of the eminent brewer in Holborn, is the projector of the plan. A public meeting 'vas resolved upon. OPENING OF APSLEY HOUSE TO THE PUBLIC The Duke of Wellington liberally proposes to open the principal apartments of Apsley House to the public during the present month of January, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from ten till three o'clock. Admission tickets are to be issued by Mr. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street, in answer to written applications, with name and address: Visitors are requested to observe the regulations made by the attendants and the police. From a small catalogue just issued we take the follow ing particulars relative to the Mansion Apsley-house was built by Henry Bathurst, Baron Apsley, Earl Bathurst ; it was purchased by the late Duke of Wellington in the year 1820, and was subse quently greatly enlarged by him. From the Entrance hall visitors pass to a room, upon the right hand, used as "The Waiting room, in which there are marble busts of the late duke, by Steele, of Edinburgh ; Lord Castle reagh, Mr. Perceval, Colonel Gurwood, Colonel Pon sonby, &c. &c. " At the Foot of the Staircase stands a Colossal statue of Napoleon, by Canova, presented to the late duke by the allied sovereigns of Europe. Entering the " Piccadilly Drawing-room, are several admirable paintings ; those most worthy of mention are—' A por trait of John, Duke of Marlborough,' over the mantel piece, The Chelsea Pensioners,' by Wilkie ; the com panion painting, The Greenwich Pensioners,' by Burnet ; Van Amburgh in the Cage with Wild Beasts,' by Sir Edwin Landseer ; and several cabinet specimens of the Dutch school. Proceeding to the adjoining " Drawing-room, over the door, on entering is a por trait of Marshal Soult ; and a fine portrait of Pope Pius VII. This room also contains the original painting of The Melton Hunt,' by Francis Grant, Esq., R.A. ; and copies from Raffaele, by Bonnemaison, of the four celebrated works known as The Spasimo," La Ma donna del Pesce," The Pearl,' and `The Visitation.' Over the door, leading to an inner room, is a Portrait of Mr. Pitt,' and another of the late Mr. Arbuthnot,' by Gambardella. Opposite the pier glasses, stand a pair of vases, porcelain de Sevres, presented to the duke by Louis XVIII. "The Picture Gallery. It was in this apartment that the annual banquet of the 18th of June was held ; the late duke occupied a chair fronting the large central fire place. The gallery contains numerous admirable speci mens of celebrated painters, the name of each artist ap pearing on the frames, The candelabras, of Russian porphyry, in the centre of the room, were presented by the Emperor Nicholas, and the vases , o f p or phy r y, from Sweden, at the side of the apartment, by the late King of Sweden. "The small Drawing Room.—Upon the table, near the door, a Malachite vase, presented by the Emperor Alexander; above it is a portrait of the present Duches's of Wellington, by Gambardella ; upon the right-hand side a full-length portrait of William IV., by Wilkie ; and upon a table are placed two services of very hand some Sevres china ; one presented by Louis XVIII., the other, formerly belonging to Joseph, King of Spain. "The Striped Drawing Room.—The most interesting paintings in this apartment are:—' The Battle of Water loo,' by Sir Wm. Alien (taken from Napoleon's head quarters); portraits of Lord Berosford, Lord Lynedoch, Lord Anglesea, and Lady Wellesley —by Sir Thomas Lawrence ; Lord Nelson, by Sir Wm. Beechey; Lady Charlotte Greville, by Hoppner ; Sir George Murray; and over the door, portraits of Marshal Blucher, and the late Lord Cowley—by Hoppner. Passing through this room, visitors descend the back staircase, and are con ducted to " The China Room, in which are portions of services of Prussian and Saxon china, presented by the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and Louis XVIII., contained in glass cases. The silver plateau, in cases, on each side of the mantel-piece, was presented by the Regent of Portugal, for services during the/ peninsular war, from 1808 to 1811. Opposite the entrance is placed the Wellington shield, manufactured from designs by Stothard, and presented by the merchants and bank ers in London in the year 1822. Upon the cases are some remarkable busts in bronze, of the Marquis of Wellesley, Henri Quatre, the Prince de Conde, Louis XIV., and Marshal Turenne. " From this room we pass through the Secretary's Room, the Duke's private Room, and the Duke's Bed Room (in the arrangement of which not the slightest alteration has been made since they were last used), and thence into the garden by an outlet constructed as a pri vate communication with the mansion, and habitually used by the late illustrious duke." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4. The new Board of Admiralty will meet for the first time for the transaction of official business on Friday. Captain John Shepherd, appointed to the Victory, as Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, joined to-day, and read his commission on the quarter-deck. Captain Elliot, of her Majesty's ship Phaeton 50, has succeeded in obtaining permission to pay his ship off at this port, instead of at the eastward. Commander Bowyer, who was First-Lieutenant of the Meander, 44, wider Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, is appointed to the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, vice Mends, promoted. The Pallas, 50, Russian frigate, having undergone a thorough refit, was towed out of this harbour to Spit head last evening after sunset. The Simoom, 18, iron steam-transport, Captain King come, will be paid wages on Thursday, prior to proceed ing on further service. The Avon steam-vessel, Second Master-Commander Veitch, arrived at this port on Sunday evening from Plymouth, with 52 newly-entered men, volunteers for "general service," a number of whom she discharged into the ships at Spithead en passant, and the remainder she transferred to the Victory. The Plumper, 11, screw sloop, Commander Nolloth, will be paid off on Thursday next. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, and the:Fury, paddle steam-sloop, 6, Commander Tatham, now lying at Spithead, are ordered to come into har bour as soon as .they have unshipped their powder, shell, &c. The steam-squadron of reserve, under the superinten dence of Captain W. H. Henderson, C.B„ of the Blen heim, 60, since the commissioning of the Sidon, Odin, Furious, and Medea, has been reduced to four vessels viz., the Leopard, 12, 560-horse power ; Vesuvius, 6, 280-horse power ; Bull Dog, 6, 500-horse power ; and the Stromboli, 6, 280-horse power ; Hecla, 6, will shortly join ,then a , h av i n g been masted ready for rigging. all paddle-wheels. The PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4. Her Majesty's frigate Dido, 18, C a ptain William A. Morshead, sailed yesterday mo rn i ng for the Pacific station. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 116, Captain F. T. Michell, advanced guard-ship, now lying in the Sound, was placed to her anchors yesterday, ab out 50 fathoms west o f h er ordinary moorings, where s h e will remain until they are taken up and replaced securely the western arm having been dragged during the tremendous storm of Sunday night, the 26th ult. WOOLWICH, JAN. 4. Lieutenant William 11. Phipps (1845), who was ap pointed to the Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Woolwich, on the 20th ult., having applied to have his appointment superseded, his req ues t was granted, and studying steam at the f ac t ory at Woolwich Dockyard, has been appointed to the I mperieuse, vice Phipps. Lieutenant Harry Smith (1 845), who was at the time Captain B. B. Watson. c. 8., of the Imperieuse, on Lieutenant Harry Smith' s taki ng up his comm i ss i on an d joining the frigate, sent him round to Plymouth yester day to raise men for that war s t eamer. Mr. William A. Dinnen is appointed chief engineer, and Mr. Charles Moore and Mr. James William German, recently promoted, Mr. Moor e t o the Fi rst Cl ass , an d Mr. German to be acting - assist an t eng i neer o f th e Se cond Class, have been appointed to the I mper i euse, 50 , and taken up their commissions a t thi s port. 50 50 50 25 50 40 25 25 all 111 100 114 all all all 3 100 100 100 100 100 100 17 5 9 100 all 8 100 100 10 all lil all i 5 25 all 1 all 2 10 MANNING THE NA VY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. Sir,— I shall endeavour to show your correspondent who signs himself "A London Manufacturer," and who has written an excellent letter, that a s t ou t b o y, a ft er s i x months' floating school discipline such as I proposed, would be worth 91. per annum and his food on board merchantman. Observe—l don't mean children of 13 14 hardy fellows of 16 years o or r thereabouts. years of a g but strong, While the vessel is in port, and th e crew dism i ssed, a constant routine of petty work has t o b e per f orme d, scarcely enough for a.man, and not often to o m u c h f or a boy. You must have some o n e to do it. N ow a man ' s wages will be 18s. per week, but the boy's wages wou ld only be 3s. 11d. ; add food , 108.—Inakings are 245. per 13s. lid, per w w e e e e k k . . If you employ a r igger his wages when th e " men " were In foreign ports boys are v er y useful ; many a time better employed in the hol d or aloft, an d man y a have they pulled the master asho re hogshead of sugar have they helped to bring alongside in the West Indies. • _ When a green boy joins his - vessel a day o r so b e fore she leaves port, he finds himself totally a d r ift an d i n every body's way ; his ignorance and --- bewilderment are he pi c k s up a know called stupidity, and, of course , he is bullied by the officers and cursed by the men. Slowly, am id sea sick nessdge andnf the acquiring and his sails, "sea and cautiously goes legs,aloft. " By degrees he becomes of some little use but in most cases it is by very slow degrees indeed. ' The common saying is, that for the first six months he is scarcely worth his food. on board after six months' Compare floating such a school boywith oneteaching ; taken latter is at once atthe home, knows the ropes and gear, runs nimbly aloft, lies out on the yard, and is able to handle the light sails. This fellow is at once of service, inure than double the value of the green hand ; yet the usual pay of the latter as an apprentice is 4/. for the first year and his food. It is a easily seen that the trained lad would be worth two of him: As to the value of a boy after six months' training, I may give the following example :--I engaged a strong, hardy lad, of some 16 years of a ge ;, he joined his ship for the first time last March ; he has made two North American voyages, and has been most serviceable during the recent trip home from Quebec. He deserved a present, and has received one. I fully agree with your correspondent on the great benefits which would result from the addition of moral and intellectual training to the nautical education. When your correspondent arrives in Liverpool I shall send him my address. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A LIITURooi, Sairovim. Jan, 1. St. St. St. St. 50 St. 16 16 26 13i 20 20 , 20 20 50 20 TEE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this Day. 31i -- 32il - 7 10 11 64 —54 cl 22 - 23 2i -- 2 d 107 -- 109 67i -- 084 23A -- 24 17i -- 181 3 -- 2 d 8i - -- 6 4f 4 13 -13 g 10 -- lli 7 i - 84,,, 177 - 79 55 -• 60 77 - 79 29 - 30 61 - 63 81i -82 i 43 - 45 120 -122, 106 108 941 -- 951 6t -- 74 89 -- 91 114 -- 12ip 841 -- 85 3 3/ d 2. -- 2 d 17 —lB " 1 _ - 2 p 109 - I 5 126 3 41 p 1 2 p )1 923 4. - 3A d .1 123 ;0 21 303 314 3i — 3 d 80 81 47 49 50 - 52 2 i - 21 8- 94 57 - 59 8 - 9 2 -2i 404 - 41A' -64 2k d, 3 di 8i - 3A - 4i p 52 - 53 96 - 98 64 - 66 66 - 68 75 - 80 19 - 20 si 10 14 - 15 3 - n 23 - 24 84 - 85 39 - 13 - 13 : 1 4 - 41 1321 - 11 911 - 93 27 - 28 1 9i- 101 73 74 61 —68 d. 2 2 d 59 6041 1.09 - 1111 106 - 1081 19 ,-- 20 id —ip 6 - - 3 - 4 2 1i 2 p - p 14 - 15 18 18. 3 = *a. St. St.! 64 127 -:1i.6 112 E 114 81 - 9 1 -li p 1091 - 1101 15E -----155 P - - PI 3i -- 4 p 8i -- 13i -- 14 9 - 14 10i -- 11, 1 - 1 ) 149 -- 151 23 * :: 23i P 6 -- 64 2- 21 1014 -102 i 25i - 26 10 25 10 1.0.6 2i 2i p 11 11} 171 —17 i 1 p 16 7i par i p 26 —26 i Bee3ness done this day. 19 - - 20 - 103 - 104 5i - 40 100 100 100 i - iPI BANKS. 853, all 13.5 243 RAILWAYS. 100 184 100 100 all all 45 all Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.— Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Immesh. di Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. dr Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. ....... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon DublindißelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do.. Do., B. & C..... East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., s B. Stock.-- Great - Southern and Western (Ireland).. 'Great Western..... ... 16ch South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Third 5... . . ...... Laneash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do„ Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths ' 1 Do. ,10/.5h..M&8...0 London & S. Western Do £5O ... Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Nianch.SheLdthincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ...... ........ Do. Birming. it Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket........... Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k....... ...... Do., New 100 all 34 100 Northn. Counties Un, North British ........ North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2... .... ..... Do., i A Deferred... Do., , B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. d; S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ... Scottish Midland... Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn, Guaranteed Stock.. Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... IDo. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do., A.B. C. &D . fully paid up at p. c...... South Devon. South Ea5tern......... South Wales... ....... . S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0........ ............ ..... Stockton dr Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West London. Woodford York NewetL&Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 67i 8 82 1i 1211 £0 106 k 95; 5 84 i i 1i1125 48 80 i A a M 2 41 40 ii il 59 i 60 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bristol & Exeter 4p, cent. Stock .......... Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5i p.c., 'Dundee Perth&Aber- 1 deen Junction....... EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent............ Do. ( 2 0 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. ...... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do., £lO Deben. Sh. EastLancash. 6 p.cts. East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... l Ediub. Prth. &Dtmdee Glasgow tt S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks di Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Great Western, fixed 4i per cent........... Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £2O. Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., No. 3 ...... Do. , Quarters, 1848 London and'Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 . Do. New Guar. 6p. c Lon. & N. West. Cov. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares ....... ...... Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £10....... .. Do., 26 Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do . Mid. Cons& 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et.. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent . Nokh British .... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do (Shrewsbury & Birm, 15i i 231 3 84 89 133 i 27 New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 106 A 1127 i .10 f S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.6 d. Do. 4i per cent S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar Stock.& Hartl. Guar sp. c. tllll Ju1y,1856 Wateed.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch JOINT-S' 1 Australasia British N. American Colonial Commercial of Lou• don English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 83 2 61i 1 a. d. 6 i re's i i London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation Do. New Provincial of Ireland IDo. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company South Australia. Union of Australia Do. Novd Union of London :;0 i.d. 73 9 RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & guarantee .:. Do. without gr Birm.Woly. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh . Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Glas. Barr. Neilsn.Direct Do. New 304 St. 50 St. all 100 all 100 Elitlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent 'Do. 6 per ct 3fauch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c.' Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.e Prest. & Wyre 11,1 100 100 18 Do. Shares. Royatn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St. l Shef. Roth. dzl Goole g. 5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do 1 Wilts &Somrstl RAILWAYS. BelgianEastn. Junct, Central of France(Or• leans & Vierzon Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara !Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. pm. 14/ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans, London dz' N. West. Gt.Westn Do Closing Prices this day. Do Do L. drN.w, Caledon , 30 - 31 29i 30 30 - 31 29 - 30 1 03 - 111 54 56 Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New Berw Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W & Midid Stckton & Darliugt. Midland 149 - 151 83 - 34 '• - ... 12 • 114 56 - 57 27 - 28 14 - 14 254 - 264 - 204 23 - 25 3 - 3i E. Count Do Do . L. &r. . &Luck Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash. dr Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do IGt.Westn. 07 I: ios 64 - 66 pm 152 - 154 152 - 154 i } d 25 4i 32 -- 33 1.051 -106 i 9 8j FOREIGN. Do.(Canal), Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) all Northern of Prince. all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds, (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.; all NorwegianPrunkPrei 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 10 Paris and Lyons 28 Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans Pai'.s and Rouen.. Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond.. Rouen and Havre.... Sambre and Meuse... Southern of France.. St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes.... Upper India Scrip... West Flanders.. ...... IDo. 5i per c. Pref.. Western of France., MW: Agua Fria . Anglo Californian Australasian Australian 4. Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austria. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&SAmericn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymmo Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican West Mariposa Yuba Closing Prices this day. 1 - 2 14 - 15 2 -- 1d 6i —7 pan 21 2i p 11 p 1 -lip 551 5 - 5 - 1 1 - 11 10 - 12 p 23- 2 p 8 - 84 - 7 35 - 354 4 14 - 154 164 -- 16ip 39 - 41 39 - 40 32 -32 i 5 1 - - 21 -21 AP 1 3 - 11 - - 41 -- ban 5t 5t d p 101 -- Nip Pi - 1 pi 4 - 5 p, 7 - 8 ) P 3 ) P p - 13) 11 - 4 - 5 2 - 3 29 - 30 42 - $ -44 P 3i - 4ip 7 -'4 11 - i (1 A d- i p 14 - li P i - 14 .1 1) , f- - - - 1 ,a, 4 - - 2 -41 P) - 27 -29 P 8 - 9 - P 10 - 12 9 - -14 p Business done this day. 32i 2 ex new # pm. x.n. 19/ i 2I A 1 7 6A 7 1; i lit 12 30 44 2i 161 4 24 2 14 3 i $ lf 27 8 Busines i this day. MIS CEL: 35 32i all all Australian Agricult 'Canada Copperbliners of Eng. Do. Preference Crystal Palace Eastern Steam 'EOTJS 1285 - 290 .•• Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land.... Peninsular & Oriental Royal Mail Steam ...I South Austral. Land Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land Submar. Telegraph ..I 290 84 90 82 68 - 22 - 24 80A 68 - 70 68 71x 23A 4 2 4 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very limited, and greatly out of condition. For all descriptions, owing to the small number of buyers in attendance, the demand ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations, and a clearance was not effected. From abroad, 3,180 quarters of wheat have come to hand. Importers were firm in their demands, but the amount of business doing was trifling, at late figures. We understand that very large purohases of grain have been effected on the continent for spring shipment. Floating cargoes were dull, and rather lower to purchase. Fine malting barley was scarce, and quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts met a slow sale. We had a dull inquiry for malt, at late rates. Oats were quite as dear as last week ; but beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention. English .. Irish • Foreign .. ARRIVALS MS WHEN. Wheat. I Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. 2,060 I 1,880 f 3,120 50 2,150 2,910 3,180 WHITECHAPEL. For each kind of meat, the supply of which was sea sonably good, we had a steady inquiry to-day, as follows ; —Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 8 lbs. by the carcase. BOROUiH HOP. Fine hops are in somewhat improved request at fully Last week's prices ; but all other kinds are a slow sale. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind at Noon, S.S.W., light breeze, and fine Blear weather. The accounts from the outports represent very stormy weather to have been experienced yesterday all round the coast. A vessel, bottom ul: n o d f o a n light brown colour, of about 70 feet of keel, spparently oil laden, was passed Dec. 31, by the Albion, arrived at Ly tham. The Enterprize, Hamburgh to Plymouth , sailed from Cuxhaven on the 23d of October last, and has not since been heard of. The Providence, Dantzig to London , passed the Sound on the 16th of October, and has not Since been heard of. DONEGAL, Jan. 3.—The Florence of London, h ow , f. „ Oporto, has received much damage in the l a k e gales - -; h ; 6 to 7 feet of water in her hold, and mu s t b e beached and sur Q r u ey E e E d N . sTowN, Jan. 3.—The weather Still continues very illgtt stormy. The Grace, Demerara to 'Wo r k. outside Caniller Point. PENARTH ROADS.—Put back—Wm. W nte ., r, s a tr n o d nr gale, ill.. Ar- Good Hope, with chief officer, e LOWESTOFFE, Jan, 4.—Wind, S Frederick , is aground Cape rived—Providence, Sunderland for. London, with damage, having been in contact. Arrived —Janet Walsh, Hula, Jan. 4.—Nioti S.W gale,N a e wwliOrleans.eitsh, everyE Bombay' b appearancea y ; Thee o r ' oi na ofn do e • fai , DEAL, Jan. 4.—Wind, S. W . b d y di r to S .y . , night. p blowing ut b aoA r r ilc— a O h y G e t : i vy ; , Vopnriantnhccooeuver's Island. C 0 AV E G l d , owda win, 8 . ~ . Whitby has been wrecked Sand s lsla - n --- d W; . crewind Ann saved.Sr DARTMOUTH, Jan 4.—Wind, S.W., stormy. Arrived — Galati a , Buenos Ayres.. FALMOUTH Jan. 4.—Wi n d, S.W. fresh gale. Arrived —lndian, Monte Video for Liverpool Secundena and Ra mon, Havannah. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Melody , Rio de la Plato. Sailed—Adelaide (s), Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 4.—Wind, W. Arrived—Lana,' Honduras Calabar ; South Carolina Mobile Zibiah, n°Arnatilived , Ellen, Savannah. Off Port — Eclipse . Jan. 5 . - - 1 =AXOtig (a); York, at half-Past 9 NM( Arrived—barnley, OXFORD UNIVERS'ITY ELECTION. (From the Times.) Sir Robert Inglis once boasted in the House of Commons that as representative for the University of Oxford he was probably returned with less trouble and cost than any other member. - The rule of this model election is, that the candidate , says nothing, does nothing, pays nothing, and must not even go near the University till after the lapse of some weeks or months, when, as a great favour, he is permitted to take a day ticket to Oxford to lunch with his mover and seconder, to leave a card of thanks at a score of common rooms and as many houses, to finish the day very pleasantly wherever he likes, and be home again by night. Including his railway ticket and his cab, we believe the suc cessful candidate need not be 101. out of pocket, and for that outlay he enjoys the pleasantest seat in Parliament. All this is very well for the mem ber himself, and makes a very verdant little ••oasis in the Serbonian bog of British electioneering ; but it is not so pleasant for the unfortunate consti tuents. Members of Convocation, besides pay ing more than two guineas a-year for the plea sure of keeping their names on the books, are liable to be called upon every election by any body who chooses to proclaim that he means to stand, or that somebody else will stand, or that if that somebody else will not stand another somebody else, now in nubibus, will be got to stand. Reversing the ordinary rule, the University candi date dances, and the el ec t ors pay the piper ; so it is very bard if somebody can't be got to dance when his music and entertainment are both gra ti s . I u other cases a candidate adopts the sumptuary rule of " counting the cost," and backing out if he finds himself likely to be beaten. In Oxford there is no consideration of prudence . to prevent a man ' s go i ng to the poll, and keeping it open. fourteen day s , t o the great am usemen t of his particular friends, and the immense é c l a t o f a very insignificant name. The only suffering parties are the parsons and law yers, who are at the pains to come up from their parsonages or their chambers at a cost exceeding their annual payment to the income tax, for the pleasure of assisting at a contest the result of which everybody knew from the beginning. That is precisely the infliction under which the University of Oxford is suffering at this moment. Some nameless individuals, said to be the same that attacked Mr. Gladstone in the Carlton, and threatened to throw him out of the window, after sleeping off their debauch have sit to work to get up a show of opposition to his return for the University. If that sham opposition were to be at the cost of the sham opponent and the real opposed there would not be so much reasoji to com plain, for it is an incident that may happen in any borough in the country, and a challenger who shares the risk with his antagonist cannot be utterly con temptible. But it is the peculiarity of this sham opposition that it is to be done at the cost of the voters—the voters on both sides, whether for Mr. Gladstone or for the man of straw set up against him. The contrivers of the nuisance do not even risk their names and credit in this instance ; they are really nameless—as nameless as the noisy fel lows who wake you up with a double knock at two in the morning, or break your windows, or smash the gas light, or do any any other heavy drollery 4 that sort. Nob o dy k nows or cares w h o i s doing tins. As little does it matter . whom the Oxford party have got for their Guy on the occasion. At one time they proclaimed through a congenial medium that they had secured the Marquis of Blandford ; then it was the Mar luis of Chaudos ; and when he repu diated the honour thrust upon him, it was Sir John Dousy Harding," as he was called—anybody, in fact, or anything, that could be fished up out of the calendar. A contemporary has been at the pains to show, and does show most clearly, that there has been an enormous amount of lying on the part of the committee for the sham opposition. We confess we think it rather superfluous to prove that what is a lie from first to last is composed of lies in its details. It is so little of a novelty to find per sons of the Carlton school practising these little vagaries, these changes of names, through Frail, Mason, Johnson, Smith, Thompson, &c., and cor responding changes of appearance, that we should hardly have animadverted on the fact that a man was declared a consenting candidate who had pub lished his det e r m i na ti on no t t o stand. Passing over the obscurity which envelopes the origin of the movement, and the oscillations of statement which have characterised its progress, we will confine our selves to its state at this moment. A man has been actually found ; that is, if there is such a man as was yesterday proposed in convocation at Oxford. The person on whom the gentlemen of the Carlton have fallen back is one Mr. Dudley Percival, said to be a son of the minister who was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, to be a member of the National Club, to have got a first class thirty years ago, to have had the honour of being beaten by Wakley and Duneombe for the borough of Fins bury in 1837, and to be " a sound churchman, a consistent politician, add a talented man." His present occupation and residence we are not in formed of. Mr. Dudley Perceval, then, is the Cincinnatus of Churchmen who has been dragged from utter obscurity—granting that there is such a man—to molest members of Convocation and make them pay for supporting Mr. Gladstone. The second visible member of the movement is a Dr. Lem priere, who calls himself the honorary secretary of some committee ; and the third an d l as t mem b er of this picturesque group is Archdeacon Denison, who, mad as he is, has just sense enough to know that Mr. Gladstone will be re-elected, as he was last time and that the sole result of th e pre t en d e d op position will be abstracting the best part of a five pound note from the pockets of several hundred clergymen and lawyers who can very ill afford it. Really, it is becoming high time to ask what is to be done, not for the present election, but for the future. As matters now stand it will always be in the power of anybody to annoy the majority of the Convocation by dragging them up to a pretended contest. The mem bers of Convocation who are on the whole satisfied to retain Mr. Gladstone, or who at least prefer him to the nominees of the Carlton, are probably two to one compared with the others ; so a contest is likely to inflict twice as much loss on Mr. Gladstone's supporters as on his op ponents. Such is the speculation on which these proceedings aro founded. But it is clear that if the game is repeated every election, the University will be obliged in self-defence to ask Parlia ment for some other system, which shall save the time, strength, and pockets of the ten or twelve hundred gentlemen victimised in this fashion. In other elections shabbiness of soon punishes itself, for even poor Flewker, when he found W. B. and Co. would not reimburse him for fighting their battles, turned against them and sold them. But there does not seem a chance of any such poetical justice in the Universities under the present sys tem. Only think of several trains full of valuable, busy, but not very rich men ; going down to O x f or d part, after a ll, he e o i r s aouvrery and even existence this they t o nevervo t e for h ea r o d r ofagainst y ese yesterday, a p y e , rson whose of our old friend Mr. Harris. To remove any near relative l nwoew cannot only h hold u t think faithnk that doubt on this point, let him be exhibited at Exeter- H a ll, with documentary evidence of his name, ex istence, and history; his first-class his defeat a t Finsbury, his " talents," an d his principles. If we must go to Oxford to record our votes, it would at least be something to know that we • were voting against a real man, and not a mere name. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Messrs. HURST and BLACKETT, Successors to Mr. COLBURN, of Great Marl borough-street, have announced the following New Works for publicatiqn during the present season :—Me moirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third. From Original Family Documents. By the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G., &c., 2 vols.—A Tour of Inquiry through France and Italy, illustrating their present Political, Social, and Religious Condition. By Captain Spencer. 2 vols. (Now Read Life in Algeri y.)—Military a.. By the Count P. de CasteHanes.— Wise Saws and Modern Instances. By the Author of " Sam Slick," &c. 3 vols.—Travels in India and Kashmir. By Baron Schonberg. 2 vols.—Memoirs of John Abernethy, F.R.S. With a view of his Writings, Lectures and Character. By George Macilwain, F. R. C. S. 2 vols.—A New Work. By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," &c. In 1 vol.—Family Roma: tool; or,. Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Ar . 0 , Y_. By J. B. Burke, Esq. 2 vole .— Autobiography 201s 1 . ____*“ English Soldier in the United States' Army. from 1847 to 1852. By F. Gerstauk e er. 15 v d writers are also announced Narrative of a Five Years' Journey Round following new Novels by distinguish :_ _ a ,_ ti-1 , a; 010 announced by the same . Ptuistheenrsant,s-1, : —Lady ‘ StorY• Gore. Long's New Work, TiieL Daughter. BY the i Author Ready.)—The Dean's f Scottish Life. , B li Y s Wife. By Harry Muir. A Story of _ C. __ & The 1 the Author of "Emilia of " Margaret Maitland, BY t-e Miss Pardoe.—Castle Avon . _ ct Ty.) ____A Ne Ite (Now Re a dof th nd . the e Grange. By the Wyndham," . Long a, . B omhill • or, The T 'lope —The Mrs. iv •, , •,.i e in L• &ay. r° - of ~ Aaeiai... Ready )Ao, Author ___ ,e . County Beauties. ( /ve ]___Holloway's Pills a certain Specific Eruptions.—Extract of letter f Scorbutic . - --olsi.V for the Cure o .tt chemist, Leammgton; dated Nov. 25, from Mr. Abbi p; Professor Holloway.—Sir,— A person ~ To d for eight years with scorbutic eruptions osch, of 19, Regent street, Learning a John Mar g • 1 at length the whole surface of the mouth nalne E :tie face were covered with sores. He T r l ai fi nc E t e : and lower l y eeD ' l s ry Eleio;:sntmenitenagtudhphilels7 t a ried all kinds of remedies, without deriving any benefit 1 0 8 d 52 10 : w — er part 0 , w a t At washricelcioimn t m h e r n ee de d d ay to s p u r s o e d H u eoeld a great change for the better, and in a short time effected a no loperfectw 7--re."—Sold b y all druggists, and at Professor Holloway s establi s h ment, 214, Strand, London,