The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

X . ,• ; ...,,.. , • • . . • • THE .S UN, LONDON ) ~.........„, _____ MON . E Y M A li, K. E" ;PROPOSED DRAINAGE OF THE MARSHES OF T,--). Sl - _s MARKETS-(THIS DA 1 T.HE THAMES-(THIS DAY.) -- 4 --. AND I CO RITISH RAILWAYS. W IMBECIA.L INTELLIGENCE. .......-.4,- . -.• A meeting of gentlemen favourable to the movement - ---•- _ Closing Prices Basiness done Ihe * E d-. , CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. for draining the marshes on both sides of the Thames, Sim ?mid itAiLwArs. this day. this day. mii __ , ..v 3 * Ca 00ttOil at Liverpool yesterday were from London as far as the Nore, was held to-day at the _____-_----- 500 1 Ted at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which Bridge-house Hotel, London Bridge, to receive the re- St. 100 Aberdeen ............. 224 -23 22h Seri q 11 .412 an d 1,500 Surat ware taken on spe- port of the committee appointed on the let November 20 81 Arnim.. Nottng. Bost. _. _ 4ti ""° . • The market closed steadily without alter- to consider the propriety of calling a public meeting in & n. Juno.-- DI - Di 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ... - .., oil - t h e C it y o f London , or to take such steps up on that re- 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. & i port as might be thought advis a ble. Stour Va11ey......... 9 - 10 rs ,, can, 100 , !'c rush and Maranliam at , - 4 , 'Yptian, at 6d. to ad., 2,500 Surat, at l i d. to The Sir Culiing . Earley, Bart., presided. . 31 23 Birkenbd. Lanesh. & 41d . Per lb. Cheshire Junct...... 11 - 9 d rn, Railway shares were firm. following is the report of the committee :- 27i all Do. Chesil. & Birk., 4,-.l.ne Tartar, from Sydney, brings dates of only£so & £25 Costs-. 17 - 19 "The . committee appointed to inquire into the sanitary ugust 28, but 7,050 ounces and agricultural state of the marshes on the sides of the 22 .. 184 Do., £20.... ..... ...... 54 - 45,1 of gold. 2 0 30 13lyth & Tyneoriginal AG follow' Thames, the means for their improvement, the existing £25 (iss. at £45).... •-•- •.. bn „ nig suggestions are from a curies- r - u•Ltent : legal powers for this purpose, and the propriety of ap- St. 100 Bristol & Exeter 9B - 100 plying to Parliament for an extension of such powers, St. 100 Caledonian 5 61 - 56 4 57 6A eia ' :,! e . ree iving that there is a movement in the City to beg to state :- 50 all Chester & Holyhead 18 4 - 1 74 17 ......- 16 accordanoe with the Commissioner of a 4 l t l e l e l i r t ?t p meanst ys i r n emarks in re Openheim, to effect an " That the marshes on both sides of the Thames con- SO all , Cork and Bandon l4 tain about 32,000 acres of land. 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass ••• ••• - ••• for • " in the ~. eig o presentstamp as applied to O.) 45 Dublin&BelfastJune " - 4 1 dat ed bills of exchange drawn in England, butall Dundee Perth fullest information has been . obtained, is the district bo as _ &Aber from abroad, I send the following case tween Woolwich and Erith, and which may be fairly 25 dean Junction that.., illustration of another of the many ills taken as representing the whole. 25 all Do. New ..... - ••• 1 4 con /I le mercantile community has had to bear "Of the district between Woolwich and Erith about 25 all East Anglian (£25 L ro aen i t e llueuce of the existence of these laws in their 1-18th part of the marsh consists of open ditches, which, - &E.& L. &D.) 5l - 51 51 1 . „ to me f L° r ,,, :-A bill for 9001. sterling was presented in many cases, have not been cleaned out for a great 18 all ,Do., (XlB E. & H.) 34 '.., to or discount in February last, having a few days length of time, and they are rank with rotten and de- 20 all !Eastern Counties , 42 1 : 1: 4 134 • run, ceot, whi ch I 'did' at the current rate-viz., 4 per caying vegetation. St. 100 lEasternUuion,A.stk. stru Jeer annum. This document (in the present con- " Ague and allied disorders prevail throughout to 100 iDo , do. B . 30 -32 h at ,:t; nof the law not a bill of exchange)purported to Graveend and Southend, and occasionally extend to * 2 -. 1 1 81 Do;New . A(iate - T - liird . s •. ) s•-• ...: .: A re been drawn by a house in Sierra Leone, on its the adjoining high grounds. St. 00 East Lancashire St. 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow 64 • 66 to pa: drawn in London. The acceptors refused " Attention has been specially directed to the sanitary not sue at maturity, and not being on a stamp, state of the district between Woolwich and Erith, and, 10 31;Edinb. and Peebles ••• - ••• I could thro usl e , th em- I had, therefore, to bring an action taking into account the natural advantages of its situa- St . 100 jEdinb•Prth.dlDunde 22 - 24 231 10 1 Forth and Clyde June •• • ••• p arty b r _ the broker who brought me the bill, against the tion, and that its population includes a large portion of St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western •• • - ••• soe soo rcu n whom he received it, for `money paid,' and, so',diers-picked men in the prime of life-the rate of St. 100 Great Northern Stk 854 - 864, 86 4 'eorduently, the name of the for•ner had to be on the ' mortality in Woolwich is high, and the amount of sick- St. 100 Do., A. Stock - 68 60 knew, bas Plaintiff. Th e verdict was o b ta i ne d f or the ness excessive ; the proportion of cases of sickness to St. 100 IDo., B. Stock ,PA - .1 3 _ 2 130 1 Irok o u t t ' but the ' -aw's delay' just gave time for the deaths being calculated as nearly double the ordinary St. 1100 Gt. Stle&Westaivo re.) 104 - a elm _ Plaintiff) to stop payment, and defendant having rate (40 : 1 instead of 26 :1) ; and that the excess of St.lloo Great Western B4 -- 84 4 84i i 5 12 11 Irish South-Eastera •• • - ••• Iv a , s '",,, linpwards of 9001. against his estate, the amount sicknoes and mortality is greatest •in the parts of Wool -50 1 all Lancaster &Carlisle. 95 • - 1 00 1 ", off against the judgment. wich nearest to the marshes, viz., the Arsenal district, . 14 -15 pi thil 11i Do , Thirds..... • " I am, yours truly, where the rate of mortality considerably exceeds that of - i , t. 1 100 Lan ' oaso.ayor i o l; i ;* 68 - 68,4 68$ i 9 84 " MINUS NiZFE HUNDRED POUNDS." London, and that in the last six years there have been 194 175 Do., Fifths 6i - 6 id 114 c • k t 4 fleeting of the Proprietors of the Canada 1,749 . recorded cases of sickness amongst the workmen 14 114 Do., Wst. Riding Um •• • - ..- ci 0 0 4 2 e P r a llY held to-day, Charles Franks, Esq., the of a single department of the royal works-men neces- 50 all Leeds Northern 134 -14 sarily in the prime of life. n all Liv.Crsby.diSouthpt. ••• - ••• the in the chair, a dividend of 21. per share " That the general character of disease in Woolwich 11 3 / 4 all London; & Blackwall d. 81 _..- 1 10 th e , Cl ued, free of income-tax, and payable on and its neighbourhood is indicative of malarious info- la() 10 g4 I, 4 o o. n d d :B rri ri lb ..ii ai t.& st s h .e n st. t 100 - la loth r • ence : ague and allied disorders being notoriously preva- c'raelit •`P xuno. We extract the following state- lent ; the cases and relapses of ague in a single year lo4 4 - 104 4 1041 5 3t. 100 'London &N. Western ~ Par - 0 Land sold (1847) being estimated at no fewer than 8,000 ; and that 't o o 12 1 , D po o . . , F u r L ha sti.x&B...c. i - ii p Acres. Average. such diseases are especially prevalent in the Arsenal dis -124 21 Do. Eighths ... - •.. Le a . 3,861 at 253. Od. trict and in Plumsteasl ;in illustration of which, the fact St. 100 . Loudon & S.Western 78 79 79 f3A le converted to sales 45,580 at 14s. 6d. may be referred to,• that in the year 1847 there were 405 , Land leased ..... .... .... 15,925 at 248. 10d, cases and relapses of ague among 50 421 Do., .£5O. ..... .. 420 convicts in the 40 34 Do., £4O ... 12 -11 d 10 - 9 d Justitia hulk, near the marshes, whilst in the same 25 all Lundrry.drColeraine ••• - ••• • Re e s: Total 65,366 period there were but 69 cases among nearly the same 25 all Lndudrry. & Ennisk. •_..., - __. ( 'lts in Canada to Dec, 1853 £98,836 7 2 number of convicts i n the hulk, stationed at the dock- St 100 .Manch •a S a hef . .tL ia inzl i n a: 2 .. 5 . _ 254 254 1 5 Ditto ditto " ' 1852 51,149 7 8 yard ; that between April, 1848, and April, 1849, there 8} 10 . ( 1 4 \ D ,;•l, , m uct • ....& ' . 64 __ 64i 64i 541 were 112 registered cases and relapses of ague (or nearly St. St. 100 Do. -1 13 ' i 'nil .... iie - r . isy . 37 see 39 .. The English lncrease in 1853 £47,686 19 628 per cent.) among the 402 workmen of the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal ; that the crews of 50 474 Midland G.Westar.) -.- ... s t ee _ -, tuglish funds are still rising. Consols have... - ..• vessels detained above two or three weeks near Plum- 2 Do. s • -•-• -* 4 don 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ••• - ••• 25 17 1 A Shares eas high as 95 for money, and have been stead invariably suffer ague and allied disorders ; and St. 100 Newmarket 54 - 56 Renee for account, but are now 041 -. The intelli- that last year, w h en , ow i ng t o the coolness of the pre- 64 5 Do. Bury Extensions 4d - par d • f rom Paris strengthening the belief enter- vious summers, the malaria was confessedly less intense 25 17? Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 44 - 34 tallied i " di n some quarters, that there will be a than usual, one-sixth of the population of the hamlet of 50 7 Newry & Enniskillen 4- 3 4 all Newry Warreupoint ' l4o lllt • Piccardy was affected with ague. 20 Ilt - 3' in maintaining peace between the great "It should be added that the medical men on both & Rostrevor - 8 Owe,_St. 100 Norfolk.. ....... 4 4 , ". The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. sides of the Thames-from Woolwich to Gravesend -50 34 Northn.Counties Un 31 -34 d , • bear a strong and uniform testimony of the baneful in- h e : re alised 96/ to 96L and the Three per Cents. St. 100 North British 334 - 344 34 fluence of the marshes in their respective neighbour- 16 16 North Devon, '0 1 N . 8 - 10 lice d, 94i to 95. Bank Stock is at 219 to 220. hoods, and their testimony is confirmed by the mos t Zehe . • • • t o suer-bills are 2s. to ss. premium, and India eminent physicians of London. l 6 111 D - 0., No. 2. - .. -.. 8 all Dc., 4 A Deferred... 14 - 24 "a at " The committee have also to state that, in the opinion 8 8 IDo., i B Guaranteed 64 -74 1,, _ p,r. of Professor Airey, supported in some degree by that of 50 all North London • apec u s. e , foreign market has been inactive as regards Professor Babbage, the marsh lauds are in a great inea- 10 1.1 IN. &S. Wstn., Hemp- ee_luative transactions. Peruvian Bonds have sure the cause of the London fogs ; and that in the stead, and City Ju.. ... - ••• 20 171 North Staffordshire.. 51 SO 124 12 h 4 ,,_ a i 6 74, continuing rather heavy. Equador opinion of many of the most eminent physicians of the 20 all Nora Western 84 - 94 84 i 43 b a ''..' 4 have been at si. There has been a bargain metropolis, they . exercise .. a most injurious .. influence .. on - 1-* 10 10 N. &S. Westrn. Juuc. par - o the the health of its inhabitants ; an opinion which is con- Hinckley, kr Greek Red Bonds at 7. Russian Bonds 10 1 Nuneaton, aad ' . e s tead firmed by the occurrence of malarious affections in Leicester ... - ... • l ti b yat 113 f to I. There have been bargains many parts, but especially in the eastern districts ; and St. 100 Oxford Worcester di! __ - x, ll .„ te ll 21 per Cents. at 644, and since at 65. by the remarkable correspondence between the increase Wolverhampton__ 3940 b ar ' the Gold Mine Shares there have been a few of cases of ague on board the Justitia, and that of deaths 280 t. 1002.2 Portsmouth ... - ... Scottish Central - 93 gains ill,. at barely former quotations. The meet- from fever in London. Se p _ of the Lake Bathurst Company we find is for " With respect to the condition of the marsh lands as St. 100 Scottish Midland.- ,etOrrOW • 84 4 , , being convened St. 100 Do., L. &N. Westu. 55 affecting agriculture, Mr. Russell and Mr. Dickson, two St. 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 60 - 6 2 ,60 by the Gold Mine large occupiers of land in the Piumstead and Erith reholders. Guaranteed Stock T he . rs. marshes, have given in evidence that they are losers 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 24 -14 di s, '-', Australian Consols shares have beenas high as to a large amount annually in consequence of the present 261 all Shrewsby. & Chester ~ill cL par. The other Land Companies' shares are system of penning up private ditches ; while . Mr. .Win. (Nor. W. Min.) l5 - 17 11_ 11 , though not very active. The Australasia Cotton, a gentleman universally known in the city of 13 3 / 4 all Do. Halves, do. 7l - 85 London, and owning . large property in Essex, has proved 20 all Do. Oswestry ll - 13 1 10 4 , lc shares have declined 1./., and the others are i',:luite so good. that the measures which he has adopted in lowering •2() 64 Slu•opshire Union 34 --31 d Iris ditches, and for improving their outfall, have mate- .., , ~ Do. A, B,C, &D, fully u ere has been a rising market again for the paid up at per cent. ... -. ... nglish Rai l way S h ar es, although the business de,„ rially improved the value of his land. "As to the means of improving the drainage of the 50 all South Devon l6 - 18 re has been extremely limited. The Great t. 100 South Eastern 634 - 644 marshes, with a view to remedy the evils alluded to, the th e remains at about the previous rates, but 00 all South Wales 334 34 committee have to report- • No rth-Western Lancashire and Yorkshire are about 105.,20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 4 -- 2 d " That, in regard to the Essex side of the Thames, ‘ e.) 5 D 0.... :rth-Western lOs , anti the Midland ss. to 10s. and the district between Woolwich .. and Erith, the .corn ghet the N . th and ' akar ;and orStafford, some of the mittee have been in communication with the eminent 2 :' o 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&W . ok. ... - :.• 25 all Stockton & Darling 27 - 30 sti t _ ler lines, in proportion. In French Shares enaineers, Messrs. Walker and Burgess, and Messrs. ... 164 Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ... ere has been scarcely a bargain, but the Belgian Easton and Amos, who report that in both there is a St. 100 Taff Vale • - •• • " hi -10 shades a m glier. The Luxembourg aced to i better, natural drainage. With regard to the Plumstead and 10 BDo .L . - ... . '•)4riabre and Meuse have advan i. Erith marshes, Messrs. Easton and Amos state that the St. EX) Do. Prof., No. 1•••••• ••• -.- drainage can be accomplished by new sluices (through 25 20 l'h an a d me m s , H ilw av a en Dock . 24 . 34 the banks), and by sinking the whole of the ditches to 20 17 Vale of NeatL l5 .- 16 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. one connnon level, or nearly so • and that the fresh 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 6 - 7 ( Promih,e Official List.) drinking-places required in some. of' the lands would be 50 all Waterford&Limeriek 28 -30 L a , Rii,in.,. dens furnished at a little expense. 20 14 West Cornwall 8 ---_,, 84 s ' l4 St " With respect to the legal powers for such purposes, .., 1 West End of London i',l)er a Stock ... .......... ........ ...... ............ 219 20 N es „s i ent. Reduced Annuities 944 54 3 the committee are not yet in a condition to say posi- and Crystal Palaco.. ... - ... teu s - ,r Per Cent. Annuities 961 441 /1 4 tively whether it will be necessary s to apply to Parlia- 20 all West London . d . - ... IlidW'unuities Ex ire sth Jan., 1860 , 54 Bonds, £'looo p . ........... ....... .. - merit beenher extension. The committee have, how- 10 51st \ m kN e, ou&gioy ou ... - ... ,!.. 100 DYor Extensions....... ewetl.dtEerw. 644 - 654 65 4 hitt ever, in communication with two courts of cons -2o 20 o. 84 - 84,1 tile °, under ,ClOOO par missioners of sewers on the Essex and the Kentish sides 25 114 Do. G.N. E. Purchase 4 -34 d Sole for Opening 18th Jau. 944 g 4 a i of the river, the clerks of the two courts being them , 01 St. 1.00 - IYork &N. Midland.. 484 - 494 AK „ egner Bills, ld. selves members of the committee. The Essex commis s.,looo 5 2 p sinners of the Havering.v.tte-Bower Court, whose coin . 1;500 5 2 P mission includes 8,000 acres of marsh land, intend to knell 52 6 p apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for new 10 6 Autwrp &Rotterdam, 2 - lid et o `ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. powers. The commissioners of the Plumstead and 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1- 1 041144°r Bo d Erith lands on the Kentish side have, at the committee's 20 8 Beziersto Graissessac 3 - 2 d ca , o n s is , uonds R e d - ... 1' ib to, Blue' - 15 tr ii . 7 l'o etoo v ian Bonds 44 per Cent. - ••• 20 10 Dijon and Bt . isaeon 2 -31 p neese Bond's, A per Cent - marshes, to ascertain what can be effected in the pre -11418„is °Ex all over-due Coupons 4Ol sent state of the law. 2 - lid b i r t O Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. .£ St ll3l 4 "It is obvious to the committee that, whether an im- 20 all East Indian 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 3 -44 p Ip a ,, ; ,_() 44 Per Cent 9B roved system of drainage of the Plumstead and Erith 20 2 Do. Extension , P -i p lits4,i, Bonds, 3 per Cent 464 P and other marshes be carried out under the provisions of 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula; 4 - lip 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France' 24 - 3 p a New Deferred, 3 per Cent 225 the present law or some new act, the voice of the public, ... 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada ) vib„ bi dews on the above payable in London. -catch 'n when attention has once been directed to this matter, Shre. and 80nd5.... 3 --1 2 d ni nit" 4 pe r C xchange en , 25 per Cent. 12 Gull 644 545 wil l con d emn th e con ti nu i ng ex i s t ence of th e p resen t 20 8 Gt. Central of France 4-- 1 p "t. Certifieates...... - 204 201 Gt. Wcstn. of Canada , THREE O'CLOCK. rid assurances of support to any well organised system of Shares id - i p Q , o ... .:: Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - ... nsols for Opening 18th January 941 4x d better draining the marshes on both sides of the Thames Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 ... - ... from highly influential quarters, besides a general assur- os ; 201 104 Hamilton & Toronto par - 1 p h i ante from her Majesty's Government of concurrenc e in lto all Do. 6 per cent .• - •• • Mk, CR OP GOLD.--The quotation of gold at Paris is the object. 20 5 L a k e C ons t. & B a sle ... - ... bt 2 phi ns Per mille discount (according to the last tariff), ~ The committee have not ventured to print the vain- 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 N il s . ", at th e E ng li s h Mi n t pr i ce o f 3/ . 17 s . 101 d. per a bl e an d interesti ng ev id ence w hi c h they have c o ll ec t e d per cen t. p re f. eed e ,, for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.091 ; until the sense of the meeting has been expressed. 20 15 Luexembourg ........ 111 - 114 11i 4 B IS .o „ l 'ne exchange at Pa r i s on London at short being ~T he question is a large one. It seems to the corn- 10 10 Do. (Railway) 74 • 74 74 I i ip I ,v , it follows that gold is about 0.38 per cent. dearer mittee to be proved that the health of the inhabitants 5 2Do - 24 the h a Ve than in London. By advices from Hamburg of the metropolis is much affected by the state of the 5 3 Do. (Canal) - 24 24 ki t r t rte e of gold ii 4214 per mark, which, at the English marshes, and the committee venture to recommend that 10 5 , Do. 6p. cent.. pref. 4 - 4 p 55 4 Rip. Price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, means be provided and measures taken to insure a inure 20 12 ILyons & Meditemn. ... - bpi ... 20 104' Madras 4 - lip 114 4 an exchange of 13.34 • and, the exchange at Ham- extended knowledge of the facts, in the hope that the 33 3 / 4 29 Maria Antonia - ... Sold i n ° London at short being 13.11, it follows that interests of the owners and occupiers of the marshes will 10 10 Do. New . - comes 0 .78 dearer in Hamburg than in London. The thereby be promoted, and that what is due to the public 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ... - ... !O d: of exchange at New York on London for bills at welfare will be secured. 20 all Namur & Liege (with Q bta e -Ya' Sight is 110 per cent., and, the par of exchange "C. E. EARDLEY, Chairman." interest B4 - 84 Si 4 it t o b e en England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., 20 all Do. (ex interest) la s a ' s , ° wa that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent. The CHAIRMAN, after briefly detailing the circum- 16 all Northern of France 3sa - 351 - °ll4 - ,, v `nir of England ; and, after making allowances for stances which gave rise to the appointment of the coin - 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds 440 °8 of transport and difference of .interest, the pre- mittee, stated that they had now sat two months, and [fmy.B.S./Ams.Shs ] ... - ... the .ate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from had collected a great deal of information as to the 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 74 - 81 %Isited States. 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6a -17 hp agricultural value of the land proposed to be 40 40 Do. bonds day ) ,, eI UNG ACCIDENT THROUGH THE FROST.-Yester- • - ... qsaii ' r ightful accident happened to a young man named drained, and as to the effect of the present bad 20 all i l i pPaairi.jas andau Orleans 47 _- 4 19 !he a s e ! Jones, whilst engaged cleaning the windows of state of the drainage on the health of the imnie- 20 20 all ;Paris and Strasbourg 334 - 334 ;04,„;"' I P Tavern, at the corner of Marylebone and Charl diate localities as well as upon the health of the me- 20 4 IParisCaen&Cherbrg. 31 - 4p by t i: e reets. Owing to the state of the pavement caused 1 . The importantsubject lead been entertained 104 104 Quebec & Richmond id - 4 d tropo is. le 'ali ke Bevere frost, the ladder on which he was standing by Lord Palmerston in a cordial and business-like man -20 all (Rouen and Havre 194 - 201 kie so (1 from under him, and he fell on the irons pike.; 2 o 9 Royal, Danish ld - par .h ued the area. Some persons immediately has- ner. .111 r. Macgregor,. the chairman of the South-East- 5 2 Royal Swedish , 1 - 4 d N it to the poor fellow's assistance hot not being aware ern Railway, and himself, h a d two opportunities of 20 all ,S ‘ ambre and Meuse 94 - 04 94 4 4 4 feare spikes had entered his leg, they occasioned, it communicating with his lordship, who showed a tiro- 2 1g I s ) . l . s , l f p i v cent, pref ... - ... 4 11xi, e‘ etl, additional laceration to the wound, in their rough acquaintance with the matter, and was able to 20 6 ISouthern ra of nc F e i..Qe -.. ** 6 p Il e v ,:3' to disengage him from his frightful osition. tell them as much about it as they were able to tell him. 20 6 IStAndrews&Quebee ._ ___ - 20 2s. !Tipper India Scrip - ... L ot h as conveyed with all speed to Middlesex Hospital, p di e t is still in a dangerous condition. 4 84 all West Flanders - 5 11 ,1 1 ii (I , l ' P ROM BLULDINGS.-Yesterday Mr. Payne held into the remedy which he thought might be applied, 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Prof , i - 4d 91 s''' Ja s eat at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the b o dy stating that he had a bill in preparation for the drain- 20 10 Western of F rance _ 74 - si p 'till d ' ll Dobner, a bricklayer, aged 21, who h a d been age of the whole metropolis, and that he felt very It 4 ,West, of a Switzerland 16 - id "„hilat he a fall from a building in New-street-square, ,ula sk lle svas fixing a chinine - ot His master Mr :inch disposed to attach . to .it provisions for r 12 Zealandes a en - ... affected " 0 - ..... 4 - 3 ii i the drainage of the suburban districts, which e itn se e s' ° f Gough square . , deposed p ihat he had ' asked job " t iether he thought it would be safe to attempt the the health of the metropolis, and particularly those be LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. •it w wit hout an assistant, and he replied that he thought tween London and the mouth of the Thames. The first le s , ° IN M r. - 6 Op • , Wood, foreman of bricklayers at a build- question to be considered was whether the drain- Ahr.lPaid it Leasing AMWAY& Closing Prices Business C ) Illy 2 . ° , B ite, saw the accident, and considered it not ae of the marshes would conduce to their agricul- 1 loi this_T; this day. Ndii7" ill the deceased to attempt such a •job, but ex tu'ral value. Upon that point the committee - 50 ' all' lie • ---- ------ ln ,,_asi t g n 'Y imprudent in any master to permit a work had ascertained that they were the most valuable lands :"'ilist -go out on roof insuch weather without au nld an t• II a • in the neighbourhood of London- -so valuable that they ' St. 100 B B u di e e k i eoa o would not have done so in fine weather ; !tie', theredid not require the use of manure, and no doubt if they 50 all' Clydesdale Jc. , Caledon... 51 - 52 ought to have been two or three men to le ngth a job. The Coroner' . addressed the jury at some were cleared from water, they would turn out to St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. t iQt, ° n the imprudencebe as valuable gardens for the supplying the metropolis 6p. cent .... Gt.Northn 142 - 145 143 to g the of M Clarke,in not • r. - with vegetable productions as those at Battersea. There 25 all Glas. Barr, & Caldonian. , 4 1 , authority of a master to compel the deceased was another important fact which ought to be mentioned. 1. 4 e'd e an assistant. The jury returned a verdict of 25 all Do. New Do ... - ... Between London and Gravesend there were no less than ssti s e •-ental death," and several expressed a wish that 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. CSIt.W t ... • 30 - 32 I'l4B call e d Should - That7oo acres of ditches ; and if only 300 of these were dis- too all eo . be admonished.gentleman Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. en with, the -value of the land reclaimed would be New. r o °rier i n, and was cautioned in strong terms by the pensed Railway & Berw.. ,_ - ••• klUp ' sufficient to accomplish the entire works necessary for 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 - 111 110 : 411 ich P "ED MURDER the drainage of the marshes. As to the engineering 25 a ll Do. . i Shares. Do togcrhidilaeniya:ii.d:lLLl.°4:NPNallsv. : 544 - 554 1 4 e , ei , AT EAST ACTON. -Yesterday question, they had the testimony of several eminent men, 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Do d . oo nse Leosent prevailed in the village of East Acton, 27 - 28 . , It , . queries) of that the object could be carried out by means of natu- 121. all Lon.&Greenw , S.Eastern. 134 - 145 I t ooll eal a rumour being circulated that a most St. 100 [Lowestoft gr. , ep se murder had been committed in the locality. ral drainage, and without either steam-engines or wind- 20 all Do. Preference Do 244 - 254 found marks and b • 4r o l i a zii rs that the naked body of a youth, with a num- mills to pump up the water to a higher level. (Hear.) Several other gentlemen then addressed the meeting ~Norfolk - 95 , at , a „ bruises On St. lOU Do. 6 per ct... Do _ _ various parts of it, was t al in of the ro • ect and resolutions were s ron s y favour .. p j , . ~ il a l ab " 11- past seven o'clock on Monday morning last 51 all Manch.Lixton. Ln.&N.W. tllsl:n.ation°ing maim passing down Irvi - res-lane. I passed pledging its support, and directing steps to be 50 all 31idc11 . esbro' & Stekton & and Matlock & Midld 2i - 3 3 i is. , body to Was . at once given to the police,' who caused taken for an early application to Parliament for a bill to ' hoe s i be removed to the Goldsmiths' carry it into effect. Itt,dcar . Darlingt. ... - T ... so n M thevillage,• Arms pub- Th ', proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the 100 all IMidld•Bra.dfd. Midland 99 - 101 1004 e e e ,,, 4 :..._ e where it now lies awaiting the `- • is.. a,, d ecoa r, s a tigation, and, if possible, to be identified. chairman. 50 all !Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count 6O - 62 4" o ttl u er s oli ' f e e ° at ppears to be about sixteen years of age, __ _._ __ 5 , all ,Do. 6 per et. Do att t proPertiures, with light brown hair, and of rather THE LATE SUSPECTED MURDER IN SCOTLAND:-A few 5e 1 all Do, Do ... - ::: eeea.ged in e _ ° , o "s. The police have been most actively weeks ago we reported a case of suspected murder which ae all IPrest. dr Wyre L. &N. W i a.,t, i ls a ese d , anoust to find to discover the friends of the had occurred, under rather extraordinary circumstances, ! &Ln&Yk ... - - see lab en ali ve t b out in whose company he was in the parish of St. Fergus, near Peterhead, Scotland, 1 12 ;Do. 1 Shares. Do . - - i °Pa e ., lB shroudedut at present this extraordinary affair the victim being a respectable labouring man, on whose S 100 i Roystn. & Hit. Gt.Northn 142 - 145 1424 in m . :t win be ystery. It is expected that the , life the alleged murderer, Dr. Smith, had effected insu- s .1100 IDo.SheptleSt. Do 142 - 145 Rich sd vis held. to•morrow morning. 1 13 1 S . Roth. & Lancash.& "4 the &tam te rances to the amount of 2,000/. Dr. Smith having been 2 s _ , eu q toi,, d so g n, D.D.. late Principal of Brasenose, 1 a ! Gooleg.s.p.c sorksia .., - d apprehended, a full investigation has been made, the ~,,, was born N 1) of the eighth baronet of that name, ' •12 9.S S Staffordsh MrSiClean 2 -11 d itofl •-t been made to the L d - k - , resu which leas jus t ',' rel y ",'' , L d his 54th year. for Scotland, upon "Y os o`"(-Plored both in His loss is deeply and . 'whether or not the accused shall take his trial fur the ' all 'Do Do 304 - 314 31 fiord, the University and in the 1 S ' 25 , deed, Meantime, Dr. tnith continues in close confine- St. 1100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 99 - - 100 . 1 runt in the gaol of Peterhead. 'FOREIGN. 10 6 Autwrp &Rotterdam 2 —14 d 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 14 20 8 Beziersto Graissessac 3 - 2 d Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 15 174 all Demerara 20 10 Dijon and Besnon 2 - 3p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3 —44 p 20 2 Do. Extension , P 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula , —16 p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 24 3 p 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada' Shrs. and Bonds 3 --12d7ii 20 S Gt. Central of France 4 -- 1 p 20. 20l Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares id p Do.bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 20. 10i Hamilton & Toronto par 1 p 0 all Do. 6 per cent &••• 20 5 Lake e Basle 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 20 15 Luexembourg 114 11 10 10 Do. (Railway) 7i • 7 i 7i 5 2Do lt 26 5 3 Do. (Canal) 2 24 2i 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. p 5 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 20 104 Madras — lip 11 A 33i 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New •-- ••• 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & RT. ••• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest B4 BSi 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France.. 35d 358 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds.. [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] - 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 74 84 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6/— 17 8 p 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 42 43 20 all ;Paris and Strasbourg 334 —; 334 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 36 —46 p 101 104 Quebec & Richmond id d 20 all (Rouen and Havre 194 206 20 9 ,Royal Danish ld par 5 2 Royal Swedish 1 d 20 all 'Sambre and M e u se 94 sail 10 6 1 ')o. 5i per cent. pref 20 2 ,S.E. of France.,.., - 20 6 Southern of France 5 6 p 20 6 ;St•Andrews & Quebec 20 2s. Upper India Scrip Si all West Flanders .... . 46 5 20 10 Do. por c. Prof . d 20 10 Western of France 74 P 1G 4 ,West. of Switzerland 16 id 20 2 Wiesbaden ... 20 12 Zealand . 4 7 2. 31d .... ft r THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1853, PREFERENCE BHARFS. leo Miii 6i -- - 64 1 P lip lop 13t- 144 2O - 21 2i - iii - iii 1109 -111 1 i -IP 8 - 8i 4 7 101 103 95 100 98 100 Ad par 1 112 144 2i - 3 iii 7- ii 7 -- 8 , loi . 101 I I, - 142 106 - 110 112 - 116 23 - 25 100 - 108 1 - 14 1 9 - 10 i 16 —16 k 11 13 13 15 d 24 - 24, 17 - 19. 9G - 99 4 - 44 id 1 d... par Ad I dhp 3 -- 34 d 6 10 - 12 i— i d 8 1O 2+ 2 32 34 3: pa►r 45 47 12 13 70 —BO 6 8 p 2i 3 d 14 16 d - 12s n ... d p a a 7 8 p ar- i 1)] -...- 4 • --' iP* - 31 - 33: 10 5. 7 6i id iP 5 a 4t 4 - - d. i— I a BANKS.. 79 - 81. ••• ••• i Nis 11 idis it id ' i 1p ii = ii 47 - 49 i d- par 74 - 76 -- 84 46 1 - 47 70 -1 - 75 p 2i l -- 2 i p ' i -- i 'l7 :: is ••• -- •.• 2 ld 8 - iP •••• - iP lip 40 par p 15 16 'Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 poi ct. pref. (iss. at.E5O 43ristol & Exeter 4 pi cent., stock.... iDoc Do., shares (Caledonian £lO. . Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Corkdrl3andonsi P.C. DundeePerth&Aber deen Junction......, I EastA nglian (£3los: I _6 per cent. .......... , - - Do: (i.!5) 7 per cent Do. (Z 7 17s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2 • IDo., New 6 p. c. St 1 1 'Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. .£lO Deben. Sh EastLaneasil. 6 p.cts East S. West Yorksh Junction Fifths Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. . _ _ Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem.— ] Do. 4 # percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. &Wcstn. (Ireland) Eighths... Do. 4 per et. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 1 Do. con. & red. 44 p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock._ Leeds Nn. 6p. o. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B„. London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Loud. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent Loudon & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Corer. Shares .............. Londy. & Ennis. Sh Nionch.,Shef.,& Lin., Shares, No. L..... Do. Now, £10......... Do., ),larypt.&Carl. 4p. C. Do. 4,i per cent—..... - Ntid.Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 44 per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5.4 per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & IVolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do "cot. Cen., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.c. Guar. IVaterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick ,4 p.e.Pref. 'York& N. Midland H. & S. Parch. Agua Fria ....... Anglo Austrlu. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.D achy of) Bhenarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Braziliaubnp.(issued at E 5 pm _ - Do. Cocaes & Culacla Do. St. Johu Del Rey Carsous's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General I Gt.NuggetVeinScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst , Liberty T4inares. I Loud.&Califoru.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Amerien, New Granada .. ...... . 'New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ,Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Ilihymney iron,, Do. NeW 'Santiago de Cuba.. South Australian.. ITin Croft .. - • United Mexican Waller I West Granada, West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia i Yuba .. JOINT-STO Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Buk .of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia Loudon and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWostminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poi atiou Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australu. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London lUnion of Madrid MISCE !Aubin uotti and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific Mail Australn, Royal Mail (Berlin Water Works American Laud Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace ....... Do. New Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam...—. • Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tol. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New. Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel Er. Ld. & Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam.... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Laud MARYLEBONE POOR-LA W INQUIRY. Yesterday Mr. T. W. Austin, the Inspector from the Poor-law Board, resume d hi s official inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the infant son of Garrct Walsh. Walsh was again under examination for several hours, and, gave his eviden ce very muc h i n t h e manner h e had done on the Saturday previous. He flatly refused to answer the questions of Mr. Russell, Mr. Poland, Mr. Carr, and other gentlemen. He said too, that he would answer no more questions about meal tickets. He was there to give evidence about the death of his child, which Mr. Messer and the poor-law board had been the cause of. The witness was supported by Mr. Peter M'Dougal, the chartist lecturer, who insisted upon Walsh's having fair play, and upon his own right, as a • ratepayer, to in terfere. Walsh finished his evidence by declaring that no one had prompted him at any time what to say. He knew his own course and could hear what was said as well as other people. He saw the newspapers, although he did live in the workhouse. Mr. Jame*: John Messer was next examined, and stated that 3ie had the general superintendence of the outdoor par relief, and the first application of Walsh for relief wag on the Ist of September, when he had an order for a 4th. loaf on that day. It was an "emergent" order, given on the instant and without any inquiry whatever. The relief was also to be immediate. On the 9th of September the wife applied for a midwife's order and relief at 14, Gee's-court. It then came under Mr. Beautron, the superintending inspector, who in quired into the case, and relief was granted. (Mr. Messer here produced the usual entries in the books.) Witness gave his verbal approbation. Such things never came before the board unless in an abstract form. Walsh had relief in food on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 18th, and2lst of September, which was the last he had in that .way. Mr. Beautron said that on the 18th of November he was applied to by Walsh for bread, and took him down to the baker's, where it was ascertained that he had already received his allowance up to the following Mon day. They both then came away, but witness called afterwards the same day at the shop, and told the young woman if Walsh called again to let him have some bread, as witness thought he might want it. Walsh called, and had two loaves. By Mr. Austin—Witness has the power to order bread on• his own authority, and when he does so he always makes a memorandum, but does not enter it an any book. The two loaves were nothing more than what the guardians had already ordered, but Walsh's name had not been put on the renewed list for them. The inquiry was then adjourned until this morning. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 21.--Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; light breeze, and dull hazy weather; the thaw continues. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed— Sea Park, for Swan River. Off Port —Arthur, from Quebec, for London. . . PLYMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, E. Arrived—Tartar, from Sydney, N S.W. ; Palmerston, 51aulmein ; Medallion, New York ; Curlew, Newfoundland—all for London. CARDIGAN, Dec. 20.—The Sincerity, of Aberystwith, has been totally lost on the rocks at Aberporth ; crew saved. MILFORD, Dec. 20.—Arrived--Jane Maria, from Mauri tius. It has been blowing a heavy gale from E.S.E., and several vessels have been driven on shore, including the Orion (brig), of and from Cork, for Newport. The King ston, of Bridgewater, drove foul of a brig, received much damage, and was run on shore to prevent her sinking. SHIELDS, Dec. 20.—Wind, S.E., strong gale. Sailed — Edward Bonstead, for Rio Janeiro ; Albion, Berbice.— The Commerce, of this port, which grounded on the Middle Sand, on the 17th inst., has come off, apparently with but trifling damage. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 19.—The Porto Novo (Portuguese schooner), Te - xeira for Cork, has been totally wrecked at Ballycotton ; crew saved. FALMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Wind, E., violent gale.—Ann Tapio Coehn, for Hamburg; J. H. Heydon, Buenos Ayres, Hamburg ; Showald, Rio Janeiro ; Fantome, Jamaica, London ; Brothers, Guernsey, Barbadoes.—The Duckets, of London, is on shore in Genar et Bay ; crew and cargo saved ; the latter partially damaged. Should thg weather moderate, the vessel will be got off. TAGANROG, Dec. 3.—The Prompt, hence to England, was stranded 25th Nov., 10 miles off Eiek, and was lying on her beam ends, when she was abandoned by her crew, who have arrived here. Serious losses are to be expected amongst the shipping from the late gales. ZANTE, Dec. 10.—The Felier, (Australian barque), Con stantinople, for England, has put in with cargo heated, and part thrown overboard. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind, E., moderate, and foggy. No arrivals or sailings. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 19. The Pollock, from Liverpool, for Apalachicola, put in here in distress, with mainmast head and bowsprit sprung, and with loss of main and mizen topmasts, and eight of he crew disabled. WEXFORD, Dec. 19. The Stag, of Penzance, camo ashore here this morning, and is high on the beach. A ship, reported. to be the Agues, of New York, with cargo, and about 150 passengers, came on shore on the rocks in the South Bay. If the weather should moderate, a portion of the cargo may b 3 saved. The French ship Caravanner, from Santanda, for Liver pool, came on shore this afternoon on Blackwater Bank, and went to pieces in a few minutes. Crew drowned. DROGHEDA, Doc. 20. The Chatham, from Liverpool, for Savannah, struck on the bar at low water last evening, her masts were cut away, and she is breaking up fast. One man and a boy came on shore, but the latter subsequently died. The remainder of the crew and passengers are all drowned. A very large ship is reported to be at anchor, in a peril ous position inshore, about 12 miles from this. WATERFORD, DEC. 19. Portuguese schooner Porto Novo, from Terceira, for Liverpool, ran on shore yesterday evening at Ballycotton, having mistaken the light for the Old Head of Kinsale. She soon went to pieces. Crew saved. The Caroline, from Cornwall, for Liverpool, was assisted in here in distress, and with loss of mainmast. KINGSTOWN DEC. 20. • The ship Fanny, from Liverpool, for Africa, has been in contact with the Eblana steamer, and lost stanchions, bulwarks, &c. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind E.N.E., cloudy ; tide, last hour's ebb. Arrived—Paca, from Helsingborg ; Two Brodre, Saai kobing ; Organ, Randers ; Baron Martin, Dunkirk ; En terprise, Archangel ; Trina Maria, Nykoibing ; Tronks Egberdina, Stralsund; Baron Osy (s.), Antwerp. Sailed—Panther (s.), for Ostend ; Fame (s.), Boulogne ; Menai (s.), Calais. DEAL, DEO. 21, 9 A.M. Passed—Ann Bridson, from London, for Hobart Town ; Florencia, London for Bilboa.; Fanny, London for St. Michael's ; Result, London for Calcutta ; Walvisch, Lon don for Adelaide ; Speedy, London for Sydney. Sailed—The Challenger, for river, in tow. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) AIR. ALBERT SMITII. (From the Weekly Dispatch. ) Mr. Albert Smith and the Editor of The Sun.—Mr. Albert Smith, who daily exhibits his monster picture of Mont Blanc at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, has re ceived such a castigation at the hands of the Editor of The Sun, that a long time must elapse ere he can get rid-of the soreness it has caused: Some time ago, itovill be remembered; Mr. Charles. Mathews, of the Lyceum Theatre, finding that a piece which had been produced at his house nightly attracted large audiences, felt, for the first time, the inconvenience of allowing the press to write orders, and, without much ceremony, cut off the ancient privilege, to the great dissatisfaction of order hunters. Mr. Albert Smith, whose name, of course, must be obtruded upon the public in some shape or other, interfered in the matter, wrote letters to the journals approving and applauding Mr. Mathews's re solve, and, of course, announcing his determination to pursue the same course. The press eared as much for Albert Smith as Charles Mathews, and left the two gen tlemen to act as they pleased. Mr. Webster then with drew the privilege from the Haymarket, and published a list of the journals to whom it had been accorded, with the number of " orders" that had been presented within a given period. The Times, finding the privilege had not been abused by the editor, printed Mr. Webster's list, omitting to mention that, although the editor had not trespassed upon the order system, others connected with the establishment had applied for and obtained, at the hands of Mr. Webster, more "private boxes" than all the rest of the newspapers together. It is a well known fact that many individuals on tine Tinies were favoured to an extraordinary degree. It was here thought that the whole affair would have ended ; but a trifling snarl from the Editor of The Sun last week drew down upon him the well-known Albert, who expressed his indignation that he should have been accused of discourtesy to the press, seeing that he had always been largely indebted to it. The Sun was not to be drawn away from its game by any pa l aver, and dis tinctly told Albert Smith that the press had been the means of calling attention to his exhibiti on, and exalting his room in public estimation ; that, when Mr. Smith founddlis room inconveniently crowded, he cut off the " fourth estate" to .make room for the paying public ; and, more over, The tun introduced an affair by no means credit able to Mr. Smith. It was this, that one o f M r . S m i th ' s employes tempted a clerk at The Sun office, without the knowledge of the editor or proprietor, to insert a puff paragraph respecting the picture of Mont Blanc, for the paltry bribe of a Sew advertisements. This charge proved too much for Mr. Smith, who flew into a violent rage, and bounding at a Leap to his writing-desk, at the farther end of the room, penned al 'otter to The Sun, in which he gave an indignant deoial to the statement. Rushing to the glass, brushing up his moustache, and thrusting his fingers through and through his flowing beard, to make himself look as wild as possible, he next examined his duelling-pistols, his conical and spherical bullets, and made every preparation fora hostile combat. Then he supervised his note, conned oe,er the word " indignant," and not deeming it too harsh art expression, folded the missive, and forthwith sent it away. The editor of The Sun looked calmly upon it, anLi. instead of sending a challenge, published it in his journ,al, leaving the public to draw their own conclusions in tee matter. We, as journalists, have calmly reviewed the question at issue, and our opinion is, that the editor of TiAe Sun has got by far the best of it. Of all men, Mr. Smith should have been the last to attack the press. He has 'Neon honoured by it, praised by it ad nauseune , when he ought to have been attacked, and has been hallooed on soroetimes in a course which, if it had been pursued by another indi vidual, might have been his downfall. Who is ;here who does not recollect his "Ballet Girl" and other similar rubbish; which the booksellers in Holywell-street' found I it to their advantage to retail ? NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, arrived at this port this morning in the steam. yacht Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul, from an official visit t; her Majesty at Osborne. He was re ceived on lauding at the King's-stairs, by Captain Lord Clarence Paget, Captain Crispin, Master-Attendant Un derwood, Mr. Murray, Superintendent Engineer, and other officers of the dockyard. After a glance at the progress made in preparing for sea the Princess Royal, screw, 91, Sir James proceeded to the Admiral Superin tendent's office, where Rear-Admiral Berkeley, Sir Bald win Walker, Mr. Watts, and other Admiralty represen tatives were present. A discussion with the chief officers of the dockyard took place here, which lasted until a quarter to three o'clock (Sir James arrived about 11), when the First Lord returned in the Fire Queen to Os borne, en route to London. ' The Princess Charlotte, 104, advanced ship, having been overhauled, caulked, and painted, came out of dock into the fitting basin this afternoon. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, is well forward in her rig. She has topgallant masts up and fidded, topsailyards crossed, and lower yards in course of slinging. She has picked up a good number of able seamen, too, her noble commander having a good name in the service. The Eeho tug, Master and Pilot, Harding, shipped up wards of 60 convicts this morning from the depots here, and put them on board the Seapark prison ship, at Spit head, for transportation to Freemantle. The Fairy and the Elfin, Royal yachts, run alternately to Cowes in attendance upon the Court, who will remove to Windsor on Thursday, via Southampton if the weather is foul, and via Gosport if fair. The Victory, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B will be paid off on the 30th inst., and re-cominissioned. if the vacancy we spoke of lately is made, Captain Chads will leave the Excellent on attaining his flag, and Sir Thomas Maitland will take his place, when, we believe, Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay will be appointed Flag-Captain to the Victory. The Tyne, store-ship, Master Commander Tucker, came into harbour this morning from Spithead, and hauled alongside the dockyard jetty to land three boats for the dockyard, and take in stores for Ascension and Rio. The Sinbad lighter arrived to-day with stores for this dockyard. In making her way for the harbour channel in the thick haze, she got ashore on the Noman Sand, when her rudder unshipped. The Echo towed her into port. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 20. The Bermuda Royal Gazette of the 22d ult. announces the arrival on the 17th of her Majesty's steamer Devas tation in four days from Halifax, with his Excellency Governor Elliott, who was met on landing by Major Oakley, 56th Regiment, Acting Governor. It is stated that on the 21st November there were no cases of yellow fever at St. George's, and the epidemic appears to he subsiding throughout the island. Miss Fanny Jervis, 14, daughter of Captain Jervis, R.N., died of yellow fever at Clarence-hill on the 21st of November. Capt. Jervis bad previously lost an elder daughter from the same cause. Orders for the 56th Regiment to return to England were received by the Devastation. The 44th, from. Gibraltar, will proceed to Bermuda. The inhabi tants of the island take every opportunity of emigrating to Melbourne by any passenger-ships which casually touch there. Letters, dated October 3 0 , have been received from the Por tland, 50, Captain H. Chads, The Thetis, 38, Captain Kuper, sailed on the 10th, and the Serpent, 12, Commander E. Weber, on the 13th of September, both for England. The Portland would probably sail b ab e out the middle of January, when she is expected to re lieved by the President, 50, Captain R. Burridg e ienant- Her Majesty's screw sloop Rifleman, 8, Lie u Commander H. Christian, which left Portsmouth yes terday, arrived in the Sound this morning ; she i s bound to South America. His Netherlands Majesty's steam-ship Hekla, 9, Com mander P. Van Welderen, of 2 50-horse power and 100 men, put in this morning for coal. She left Batavia on July 16, and Simon's-bay Oct. 24, and is bound to 'lel' ♦oetsluys. Her Majesty's screw-ship Rifleman, 8, Lieutenant- Commander H. Christian, which put back this m ornin g , encountered sever e weat h er i n the Bay o f Biscay. She has lost her c u tt er , an d has incurred other damage. The Royal George, 120, screw, and Sidon, 22, n p i a n ddle, both from Sheerness, entered the Sound . Arrived to-day----The steam-vessel Peni t n h s j u s l e a v , e Cap g ta . in Portuguese Screw Hall, belonging to the Sanish and Company, from London,for Cadiz, , with bilge pipes t from New York, choked ; the Medallion, 31‘Clin-i3 and the ship Palmer with wheat and flour, for Londiothn, timber, for Cowes for ston, Keay, from Moulin W. Moulmein, with Company's steam orders ; she reports the ship Hydaspes going tinGtsoheiTpable Bay on the 26th of vies tober. Captain Davies, tober. The merchant he 28th of August, and rounded which left Sydney o 7 n th o f October, entered the Sound Cape Horn on the is laden with wool, hides, and tal low, afternoon ; Bounces of specie and nine passengers, low, has 17, 0° L ok, o f the Herald, 8, surveying sloop. including l‘f .. - ~.etrlitionfn,October, in lat. 30 S., long. 20 W., About the one of Green's ships.; Dec. 1, the spoke the v shipinaric and the French brig Talisman, for Scotch , Dec. 10, off the Western Islands, saw a three ' Hav ;i'double - funneled steamer, bound ; Dec. 13, passed mas the waterlogged brig Clarence, of St. John's, New Brunswic ' k foremast and bowsprit standing, and decks swept ; and the brig Sobraon, from Calabar for Liver pool. WOOLWICH, DEC. 20. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—Edward B. Rice (1850), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard. Masters—John J. Ball (1843), borne on the books of the Blenheim, 60, screw steam•guardship, for service in the Dragon paddle-wheel steam-frigate, to the Blenheim, vice Roberts, to the Cyclops steam-frigate ; Benjamin Renaud (1845), additional in the Horatio screw steam guardship at Sheerness, to the Dragon, vice Ball. Paymaster—Walter Burke (1822), to the Cressy, SO, screw steam-ship at Sheerness. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, returned from Grimsby to Woolwich yesterday. The Vivid, Dover Mail steam-packet, Capt. Smithett, arrived at Woolwich to-day. GALE IN THE IRISH CHANNEL.—A very heavy gale has been blowing in the Irish Channel for the last three days, in consequence of which the mails between England and Ireland are greatly delayed. A sloop in Kingstown Harbour, laden with grain, was driven against a brig, and th e l a t ter went d own f ro m the force of the colli sion . A s hi p ' s l ong b oat was seen by one of the Dublin steamers in the Channel, and is supposed to belong to some ve sse l th a t h as b ee n wrecked during the storm, CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with home grown wheats; yet, as the attendance of buyers was limited, the demand ruled inactive, at Monday's advance in the quotations. The imports of foreign wheat have been large—viz., upwards of 21,000 quarters. Importers were firm in their demands, but the business doing was by no means exten sive, at unaltered currencies. Floating cargoes were hi good request. We were well supplied with barley ; yet the trade was firm, at full prices. Malt was held at extreme rates: We had a fair inquiry for oats, beaus, peas, and flour. In prices no change took place. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Nlalt. 1,450 1,660 1,150 21,570 1,270 Wheat. 690 Oath Flour. 1,210 En;llsh .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. WHITECHAPEL. 760 14,060 7,190 10,120 b The supplies being very large at this market to-day, there was less activity in the demand, as follows Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 25 ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s IN to 45 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81hs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a very inactive demand for all kinds of bops, at barely last week's quotations. me T n hte:_Rasin Sterling r d.a following na dividends haovnerb.aenena-dHveaf per Cent.rltisedforpay Bonds, Canada Debentures, Maryland State Loans, South Carolina Sterling Bonds, Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts Five per Cent. Bonds, Boston City Ster ling Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds, and Spanish Three per Cent. Consolidated and Deferred Stocks. THE JEWELLERY ROBBERY IN THE STRAND. —The rob bery of jewellery from a brougham in the Strand on Monday evening was effected with a good deal of adroit ness. Directly after the brougham stopped a genteelly dressed young man accosted the driver, and made some inquiries of him respecting a street at the West-end. Immediately after he went away one of the doors of the carriage was found open, and the bag containing the property was gone. No doubt it had been removed by an accomplice. The value of the booty is unfortunately double the amount stated yesterday, for it absolutely exceeds 2,0001. In the boot of the vehicle there wa s of similar property to the e x t en t o f severa l thousand pounds more. No trac e o f th e t hi e f has yet been ob tained. m ns.--The CHEAP EDITION OF THE LIVES OF THE land." It is to be work "The Lives of the Queens of E g ot 600 to 700 pages comprised in eight volumes post 87, h authentic portraits p m u e b n i t i c o , A f will l o o h b e s a e p r observe editionwith much ofm ss satisfaction s trninkanldhae o b u r a n t m each, and will be embellished W The evolume will be regularly pub the Ist of January, a and co mpleted. The price will be o l me handsomely bound, and when the ai f sth e e e v de libraryr y ev q er u y e queen, edition. natnhd until contain firstall the y o liva improvem ents eaept appear e o a r f the on 7s. 6d. per volume, found,t e mbellishments, &c., are con we doubt not, to vie in every irespect,con sidered,eoedf' lbu e em c e h s o ' apest publications of the day. It has been with the o b se rved that, "In this series of biogra phies, in whichjeetlthe severe truth of history takes almost t h e wildness o f r omance, it is the singular merit of Miss Strickland that her research has enabled her to throw new auy v doubtfulevery passages, i)orti on o i to annals which slie facts, and n to render m has described an interesting aed valuable study. She has given a most valuable contributi on to the his tory of England, and no one can be said t o p ossess an acc urate knowledge of the history of the country who our bring forth fresh has not studied this truly national work." light o 1100 100 1 30 FIRES.. —Yesterday morning about three I clock the extensive rang e of p rem i ses b e l ong i ng to Mist Bor wick and Priestley, Nos. 24 and 25, London-.w all, were discovered to be on fire. A powerful force, of ' engines and men soots hastened to the spot, but the &art Les raged unchecked until very considerable loss had b e ,en occa sioned. The cause of the accident is unknown ; but the firm were fortunately insured. Shortly bet fore eight last evening another serious fire took place at Mr. Baker's, bookbinder, No. 15, Bath-i-treet, Newgate street. The shop, containing a valuable stock .of books, was completely burned out, and the lower pai of the premises much damaged by water. The ca• use of the fire is unknown. A third accident occurred at Mr. a Hitchcock's, 17, Ratcliffe-street, Ratcliffe-hig. 6t way A d spark from the fire ignited some wearing ap f arel, and Mr. Hitchcock in attempting to put out the - $ awes was dangerously injured. The damage was oonsi d arable. 1100 1100 100 6 1100 all 1(4 100 100 10 all 14 all 11 pm 11 pm 1091 10 • ( 7 ,d xd b 29)trb Xtittiott. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Dec. 20.—The untoward events that have !happened in the Euxine, with the political mis givings which the retirement of Lord Palmerston has occasioned, are undoubtedly operating as restraints upon business ; and yet we had some further indications ' to-day of that tendency to an improvement—slow and hesitating as it is—which has latterly been showing itself in our thavket. The German houses are indeed kept back from operating, in any but a retail fashion, by the season of the year and the slate of the rivers. But the India and the Levant merchants are purchasing suitable goods and yarns ; and even for China some I little business has been ventured upon. For some other distant quarters, too, there are transactions in progress of limited amount. The home consumers of yarns are still buying ; and the home dealers in goods are now call ing upon the manufacturers and agents. After all, how ever, great caution characterises the proceedings of buyers ; and, without a caution, what we have said above may easily be construed as indicative of greater amend ment than has been realised. ROCHDALE, Dec. 19.---We have had a rather slack at tendance of buyers in the market to-day, and a very imited amount of business transacted. In wool there is little change ; the manufacturers buy for immediate use only, but prices keep very firm. This is generally con sidered the last market in the year, as there is little doing till the new market, which is held the first Monday after old Christmas-day._ ' - HALIFAX, Dec - . 17.---If there be any change notice able to-day in our piece hall, it is that there has been a little more demand for light mixtures of low quality. For lastings there is scarcely any inquiry. Higher rates have been obtained for some descriptions of yarn, but the general disposition seems to be not to operate to any extent. There is not so much doing in wool, and another advance has been established. HODDIERSFIELD, Dec. 20.—Since last Tuesday, busi ness in the warehouses -has generally been good, consi dering the time of the year ; and a considerable quan tity of finished woollens and waistcoatings have changed hands. In the Cloth Hall and the manufacturers' shops to-day, the demand has not been so brisk as the close of last week would have led one to suppose ; but it has been quite as brisk as that of any market which has been held lately. The downward tendency of prices succeededwwol l wool l l i ni p a r r e k v be a yt i liaesdtoaneweek ago h a s given way, and been likely to of firmness wfohricshomthe timeestataetolfmtslite, if we may judge from present appearances. During the week and to-day a good business has been done by the woolstaplers. SINKING OF A GRAVESEND STRAME.R. ERITH, MONDAY.—Last evening the well-known Gravesend steamer Meteor, belonging to the Star Steam packet Company, was run down by the Sylph, Dublin screw' steam-ship, her passengers and crew having a nar row escape of perishing with her. The Meteor was of iron construction, built by Miller and Ravenhill, of about 200 tons, and proportionate power. She left the Brunswick Pier, at Blackwell, on Sunday evening, about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock, under the charge of Mr. Hol lingsworth, the master, and with between 40 and 50 passengers. The night was rather dark, and a slight haze hung over the river ; but it was not so dense as to offer any serious impediment to the navigation. The tide was ebbing, which was in favour of the progress of the Meteor, and the wind was blowing rather fresh from the eastward. At 6 , o'clock she had gained Halfway Reach, and, after rounding the point above the Halfway House, she shaped a course towards the Kent or south shore, when her crew observed a large sea-going steamer coming up. As soon as possible atter she was sighted, Mr. Hollingsworth, the master, directed the helm to be ported, so as to go closer to the south side, in accordance with the Admiralty regulations. He imagined that the Meteor's lights had been observed by those on board the Sylph, and that she would have gone to the northward. The Meteor was then nearly in mid-channel, with her head inclined to the Kent side, and the master perceiv ing that the Sylph was bearing down upon him, hailed her to "port her helm." No answer was returned, when the hands for'ard shouted out, "Port your hel m ; for God's sake put your helm a-port." Still she kept on, as represented by those belonging to the Meteor, and at full speed. The Meteor's engines, however, had 'Zees stopped and reversed, but immediately afterwards the Sylph struck her with tremendous force just above her larboard paddle-box, completely burying her bows in the forepart of the Meteor. A most distress ing scene immediately ensued. Every one expect ing that the vessel would momentarily go down, a des perate rush was made to the bows of the Sylph, and in consequence of her height, the darkness of the evening, and the confusion that prevailed, many must have fallen Overboard but for the self. possession of the crew. Most of them were on the forecastle, and seeing the terrified state of the passengers, they leaped over to the Meteor's deck, and by assisting them up as well as they could, saved many who otherwise would have perished. By far the most marvellous escape, however, was that of 20 or 30 men and women who were in the forecabin at the moment of the ship coining in contact, and were not conscious of the approaching danger until the Sylph's bow actually bore in upon them, carrying away the steward's pantry, the companion ladder , and reaching more than half way across the beam of the vessel, thus shutting out all escape for them by the cabin door. The water was pouring through the small side port windows so fast that several of the passengers were up to their waists in water. Their cries attracted the attention of Mr. Hollingsworth, who at once, with the assistance of his own men and those of the Sylph, tore away the frame work of the cabin skylights, and by that means suc ceeded in preserving their lives. Several of them were in a most pitiable condition from the effects of fear and immersion, and it was with considerable difficulty that they could be got on board the Sylph. Had the Meteor separated from the bows of the Sylph, no human power could have saved them, as they must have been drowned in the cabin ; for, as soon as the vessel s separated, she went down head first. The ebb tide providentially had the effect of keeping her hanging, as it were to the bow of the Sylph for full ten minutes, and to than circum stance may be attributed the saving of every soul on board. In order to prevent her sinking in midchannol, and thereby in the way of the navigation of the river, the engines of the Sylph were put in motion, and the wrecked steamer, still h ang i ng on, was driven in towards shallow water, when the Sylph backed out and the Meteor went down, and, as she settled, the light in her funnel - was just observable above water. Shortly before she sank the Mars steamer belonging to the same company, came up from Graves end, and the captain hearing the fate of the Meteor, went alongside the Sylph and took from her the crew and passengers of the unfortunate vessel, and afterwards proceeded with them to Blackwell. The account fur nished by the officers of the Sylph is somewhat different to that given by the crew of the Meteor in respect to the course she was pursuing. The Sylph was under the charge of the usual Trinity-house pilot, who, with the captain, Mr. Smith, were on htehleoobkriote the the time, te having on, the forecastle, onht a-rdi wh it e light ta carpenter andwhi which et they u ay concludedr t er i a s 4 e rt..) be.T a e They vesselsawg saw the cabin wi . and great was closetheii.surpruidseowwsla,en that she upon was it a steamerto fin d, as they but the distance between the two attempting to cross their bows. Their engines were stopped and reversed, was so limited, that it was impossible to stop the way of the vessel, and they came together as before narrated. I t is quite clear that the Sylph had the lights required by the Admiralty regulations-- viz., a bright white light at the foremast head,*a green light on the starboard side, and a red one on the port side, but it would seem that the rule is not applicable to what are known as river steamers, those plying from Sheerness, Gravesend, &c., as they only have a white light on the bow, and another similar light up the funnel. Vessels lying at anchor are required by the Admiralty notice to exhibit a white light at their masthead, so that, should the white bow light of a river steamer become obscured, it is quite possible that the vessel might be mistaken for one riding at anchor. Were coloured lights shown, however, like those of sea-going steamers, the probability of such an error could not occur with ordinary care. The wreck of the Meteor lies midway bet ween the magazine on orusttheviKsibelnet. shore.ilalfw Halfway o l u e s w e an water e t r h h e ow Arrangements have been m ade for raisin g the vessel, e p rst d e e rn r m w a gh the Admiralty having granted the use of the d oc k yard chain-lighters for the purpos e of making the attempt. It is feared, however , tha t she is so much d amaged that she will break in two from the wei g h t of the engine s , & c . She is insured, but, we understand, not to the extent that will cover her loss. TURIN AND GENoa RAILWAY .—A Turin j ournal The gives s ome details of the inauguration of thi s li ne same nine t r stations, aih NN.hieh left arrived G e naotaGtehtem nexta at half-past - p w as i h e n e e. left Turin on the 6 th at half -past nin e , and, after to train stop ping e o r f he ti s i a e at n lo nson was only nine i comotives of Mr. Step minutes in performing 6,000 metres -e (nearly four English miles) on a radius of curves of 400 metres, and a rise of 35 per 1,000 from Polite Deciino to the . tunnel of the Giovi. The passage through this tunnel, which is 3 , 300 metres in length, with a rise of 29 per 1,000 was made in six minutes. The time ocupied from Genoa to Turin was four hours, as from Turin to Genoa, being at the rate of forty-one kilometres (about 26 English miles) per hour, AMERICAN MAIL STEAMER IN QUEENSTOWN. 011 Thursday evening one of the largest South American mail screw steam-ships put into Cork harbour in a dis able(' state, owing to an accident in her machinery, which rendered her screw unable to work, and necessi tated her to depend on her sails from Tuesday last until Thursday, when she entered Cork harbour. Her name is the Olinda, and she is the property of the South Ame rican and General Steam Navigation Company, which though only a short time, comparatively speaking, in existence, have made themselves remarkable for the power and speed of their boats. This vessel was built in Glasgow, is of 1,100 tons burden, and nearly 200- horse-power. She has been fora short time on the I Liverpool and Brazil line. On the 24th of September she left Liverpool with mails and passengers for the Brazils, and arrived safe at Monte Video. She quitted Monte Video early in November, with 23 mail bags and 70 passengers for Europe, including 10 steerage. Of these passengers 34 were landed at Lisbon, and 16 others taken in. On the vessel's arrival in Queenstown 62 passengers, including steerage, were on board. 121 12 12 st. St. 15 84 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 1 10 1 1 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 All 13.5 24 16 all all all all all all all all all all all all i 12g. 60 all 25 all 281 :oils. 1001 33 24 46 65 1i 48i 474 741 18; 2 71 1 41 15