The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-05 00:00:00

THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of this day.) GERMAN WOOL MARKET. —The year 1853 is un doubtedly, for our German wool trade, a year on which the great hopes of many for the improvement of prices of the raw material are attached. The regular good sales of wool, which have been effected since the clip up to the present time, not alone to our inland manufac turers and combers, but chiefly by the great and con tinued demand for England and France, have emptied our stocks to such an extent as was scarcely to be expected. The increased consumption, as well as the diminished quantity of coloured wools, imported into the English market, and the deficiency in the shearing or last year in our country, account for this state of things, and it was natural that the prices or all descriptions of wool should creep up, and in duce the contractors to pay higher prices for the coming clip. Great expectation of the result of the coming wool fairs prevail throughout the whole country, and the demands of the farmers are at present Bo extravgant that no reasonable business is, just now, to be done ; but by far the greater quantity of the wool is already secured by the contractors. More has been Contracted for than in former years, and it is not un likely that the quantity of wool in first hands brought into the fairs will be comparatively small. The month of January has been very favourable for the wool trade ; great deal of business has been done lately. The re maining stock of good markish and Pomeranian wools has been taken out of our market for the English trade, and higher prices have been paid for it than hitherto. In low fleeces there has been a large business done for England, which has created . rather a sensation. The Prices of this .article, which was neglected, went up a few dollars per cwt. Prices paid for those low fleece wools (which contain locks, &c.) ruled from 35 to 50 r.d. per cwt. The same lively demand has existed for low coarse skin wools, of which large quanti ties have made their way to England and Scotland. Fine cliped wools were sold at,54 to 62 r.d. per cwt. The weather being very unfavourable for drying this de scription of wool, causes it to be rather scarce. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET IN JANUARY.—The local monthly circulars are highly satisfactory. The past month opened with great activity, which has continued throughout, and the sales, both on the spot and in the country have been very considerable, and in all cases at advanced rates. The stocks of all kinds of foreign wools are so completely exhausted, that quotations can hardly be given at present with any degree of exactness. the great difficulty is to meet with the kinds required, and in such cases buyers have in a great measure to yield to the pretensions of the sellers. There is very little on the way to this country from any of the Euro :•an ports, where supplies are universally reported to be light, and if the demand continues, prices are likely to become considerably enhanced in value. The quantity of home wools left in growers' hands is small, and they are held far above the highest rates that have been yet obtained. River Plate wools continue in fair request for merino and Mestizo, nothing good on hand, Cordova is sought after, sales having been made at 91d. to 10d. per lb., and they , are now firm at the latter figure. Mogadore is in de mand, the sales have been confined to a few small lots in second hands. Mediterranean of all kinds much in quired for, particularly Egyptian of good length, but all sorts extremely scarce ; there have been several sales made for arrival, but not to any extent. Alpaca is in good demand at 2s. 9d. ; also Mohair at 2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d. per lb. The next series of public sales in London has been fixed for the 13th inst., when about 30,000 bales of Australian, Cape, and East India, &c., are to be brought fo rward. More than the usual interval has elapsed since the last public sale of colonial wools, there is conse quently very little left in the hands of the trade ; a brisk competition may therefore be expected, anc), a consider able advance will, no doubt, be established. For all kinds of Scotch the demand has been very active, and some sales of Laid Cheviot have been made to send back to Scotland ; as high as 20s. per stone of 24 lbs., has be en , paid for second rate parcels. In Irish wools there not been much doing for France, but there is a good 'ccluiry for the home trade, and prices 'are well sup- Ported. . The London wool market this week is very firm. The i nt ports into London during the week ending to-day nave been 551 bales, of which 202 were from Germany, 10 9 from Belgium, and 191 from the Cape of Good ilope. In the foreign wool market we have had only a quiet market again this week—the near approach of the London sales, and the uncertainty as to future prices, naving influenced to some extent the operations of buyers. In the Liverpool wool market there has been a good demand for wool at stiff prices. The imports of the past week are-411 East India, 3 Lisbon, 6 Con stantinople, 1,300 Peruvian, 1,390 Alpaca. The woollen cloth market of Leeds has been rather dull this week. There was only a limited business done in the Cloth Halls on Saturday and on Tuesday, the Weather was so foggy and dark that it was almost im possible to transact business ; the consequence Was, there was a very thin attendance of mer chants in the halls, and a very flat and quiet mar ket. Prices are very firm. We believe a very large business would have been done on Saturday, espe cially in the White Cloth-hall, if the manufacturers would have taken a little less for some of their goods ; but a very slight reduction would have cleared some considerable lots. With the high price which nbw rule for all the raw materials used in the manufacturing of woollen cloths, we believe the manufacturers have con siderable difficulty in producing goods at present prices, and it is quite impossible to replace present stocks at the same rates. Business in the home trade has been slack during the present week, but the shipping houses con tinue brisk and active. The trade of the woollen dis trict continues in a good and satisfactory state. There has been a full average business done durin g Janwtry, both in the cloth-h a ll an d i n t h e warehouses. The . mills in the clothing vill ages are i n goo d work, and the opera tives generally well employed. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—WO have had a rather flatter market to-day than that on the preceding Monday. The wool market has undergone little change ; the manufacturers show no disposition to buy at present, under the impression that prices have reached their highest point. BRADFORD MARKET, FEB. 3.—The worsted market was very quiet in character, no feature of importance presenting itself for notice. The spinners are well sup plied with wool, and all are waiting the result of the sales now coming on. There is no movement in the yarn or piece trade. Employment is steady and full. TRADE OF LEICESTER.—The home demand for hoseiry continues steady in the warehouses, and the execution of orders for the Australian and Canadian markets. Pre sent prices, however, in worsted yarn are not obtainable, but the confidence that they must be eventually realised has prevented the workmen from shorter employment. The demand for cotton hose is extensive, and relieves the labour market. Althouga raw cotton has receded a trifle, the supply of brown cotton yarns suited to our manufacture barely keeps up to the demand, whilst blue greys are most difficult to obtain. Worsted spinners are not yet able to obtain the advance on wools, and experi ence a difficulty in making sales. Wools remain steady, at their advanced price. The increase of the rate of dis count by the Bank of England will have a tendency to check speculation, whilst the lightness of stock in the hands both of the grower and the woolstapler may at least keep present prices firm. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mining Journal of this clay.) MINEs.-During the week, there has been a very active business doing, particularly in the dividend- Paying mines, and those of good repute ; and a pretty general advance has taken place in the prices. South Caradon have risen from 1551. to 1851. and 2001. West Caradon, from 2901. to 3001. Basset, from 5751. to 600/. East Doren, from 871. to 951. Gonamena, from 91. 10s. to 101. 10 s . Me r llyn, from 4/. 5 5 . t o 41. 15s. and Si. Mary Ann, from 311. to 331. Caradon Consols, from 121. to 151. Craddock Moor, from 43r. 10s. to 511. Trelyon Consols, from 51.105. to 9/. 10s. North Damsel, Wheal Norris, Boscean, St. Day United, and several other promising concerns, are in considerable request. In the Metal Market, Copper advanced during the Week 181. 10s. per ton, equal to 2d. per lb. ; the present Nice being for Sheets ls. 2d. per lb., and 1261. per ton for Cake. In the bullion market, Mexican and South American dollars, 4s. 110. per oz. Bar silver containing gold (all gold above five grains in the pound to be paid for), s s. lid. per oz. standard. Bar silver, without gold, 5 8. 11d. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 775. per oz. Columbian doubloons, 765. per oz. The sale of copper ore at Thursday's ticketing was 4,355 tons, amounting to 30,832/. 10s. 6d., the average produce and standard being 6i, 1611. 18s. The corres pondinb tr sale last month was 3,293 tons, produce 6;1, 1471. 18s., showing an advance of 131., equal to Us. per ton on the ore. Court Grange, Dyliffe, Llechwydd-du, Black Craig, Dundalk, Driggith, Nancekuke, and Great Wheal Bad 'ern, have sold lead ores during the week. Trevelyan, Charlestown United, Union, Bescean, and Mengearn e and Tregunstis, have sold black tin. Mengearne and Tregunstic Mine sold 14 ton of tin, at 6 01. per ton. Penhale Consols sold 20 tons of silver-lead ore on the 15th January. At 'Lydford Consols, 16 tons of lead ore have been sampled. At Boringdon Consols, 33 tons of lead ore remarkably ebeen sampled thi s wee k. Th e m i ne is look i ng good well ; in sev era l p ar t s the levels are laying open tribute grou n d. A great improvement has taken place in the Keswick Mines —the lode in the 30 fin, level south, at Brandley, being worth 25 cwts. of ore per fm. From New York we learn that the Gardiner commis- e sion ers, recently appointed to examine the silver mine claim e d b y Col. Gardiner, in Mexico, have returned, after a fruitless expedition. From Valparaiso (Dec. 15th), we learn that copper was in great demand, everything coming forward being readily bought up, and that large purchases had been effected for the United States and France, at advanced rates. In the market for gold mining shares great stagnation has prevailed. There has been a decided disposition to oo ntsrate ; and prices, in sympathy with the oth er depart drooping tendency, of e ge, hav e s h own a constant In the market for miscellaneous shares, including insurance, steam-packet, bridge, gas and coke, water works, canal, docks, and other u ndertakings, the activity observable a few months back, when such remarkabl ease prevailed in the money market has passed off, there being no longer any brisk demand for investment • prices however are well supported. The inquiries for 2 bank shares continue, and the market for this description of property consequently maintains on the whole a firm ap pearance. . _ , AMERICA. - - .C. -- ARRIVAL OF - THE PACIFIC. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. By the United. States' mail steam-ship Pacific, we have advices from New York to the 22d ult. She brought 54 passengers, but no specie. The Pacific passed Holyhead at two p.m. yester day, but was compelled to come to anchor at six p.m. on account of dense fog, and did not arrive till seven o'clock this morning. The screw steamer Andes, Captain Hutchins, arrived at New York from Liverpool on the 21st ult. The Royal mail steamer Europa, Shannon, com mander, arrived at Halifax on the 20th. The proceedings of Congress do not possess any in teresting features. The debate on the Monroe doc trine as applied to Cuba, was resumed on the 19th and again adjourned. A message from the Presi dent had been laid before the Senate respecting the refusal of the Indialis in Florida to migrate to the country west of the Mississipi assigned to their tribe. The following is the conclusion of General Cass's speech in this debate : "We have evidently reached one of those epochs in the career of nations to which the historian of their de cline and fall looks back, in his searching investigation into the causes of their fate. Our duties are plain— noble, indeed, and our position invites them to fulfil them firmly and fearlessly. The progress and improve ment in all the great branches of human industry, and especially in those which relate to the inter communica- tin of nations, and to the benefits that each may derive from all, by the interchange, as well of knowledge as of material products, have brought the human family more closely into contact than at any former period, and have opened interests which have, if not new, become much more powerful in their extent and operasion, and which gave some degree of unity to the public feeling of the world. We cannot with draw from this great association—we cannot isolate ourselves from the common sentiment of the age, nor ought we to do so if we could. Our place is assigned to us by events, almost beyond our control, and as we will fill it worthily or unworthily, the judgment of the future will pronounCe us the inheritors of the spirit, as we have been of the labours and sacrifices of the men of the re volution, or craven descendants, false to their principles, as to our own honour. lam well aware, Mr. President, that such views expose a man to a great deal of obloquy in this country. I have experienced all that in common with many others. But neither the advent nor the ap prehension of it has deterred me at much earlier periods of life, and certainly will not deter me now, when that life is fast drawing to a close, from the expression of an earnest hope that the American name and fame will be maintained by the American people, with the bright ness of true glory, undiminished by the neglect of a single deed, or the commission of a single deed which national honour may require we should do or leave undone. There are men—American citizens even —who cannot appreciate sentiments like these ; who disbelieve in their existence, and who deride and denounce all those who avow them as demagogues. I have seen a great deal of this political perversity— this unpatriotic pre-disposition—which prompts many men to take part always against their country, whatever be the 'position in which she is placed. Ido not recol lect a single controversy in which we have been involved with a foreign power, since I have been on the stage of action, when the whole sentiment of the country was united in the cause of the country. I doubt if there is another people on the face of the globe whose history presents so many instances of this want of true national pride, patriotism rather, as our own. Whether it re sults from any peculiar political idiosyncracy I know not. Or whether our party feelings are so strong that we are blinded by them, and led, in their vehemence, to think that all is wrong our opponents do, or it may be, at any rate so far as England is concerned, that some of the old colonial level still remains, which leavens much of the lump—be it one or the other, or whatever else —the deplorable consequence is certain, and the senti ment of Decatur not less noble than just, " Our country, right or wrong," which, being truly understood—felt, rather—means, that when embarked in a controversy with a foreign nation, it becomes every true citizen, after the course of this country has been decided by the con stitutional authority, to submit to that decision, and to support her cause, and not the cause of her foes. But returning from this aggression, if it can be called one, more immediately to the subject, I would observe that conservatism and progress, as they are called, designate principles, positions rather, which are useful in their moderate, but injurious in their extreme application. In the meantime, we desire that we may be left free in our career, rightfully free, unimpeded by tor tuous European policy or project of aggrandisement upon this continent ; and every American who participates in this sentiment will be ready to proclaim it, as these reso lutions do, and abide by it, in safety and in danger. We do not intend to be circumscribed in our expansion, nor do we intend to have this hemisphere ruled by maxims, suited neither to its position nor to its interests, and di vided into political communities, dependencies of Euro pean monarchies, or under their influence, and therefore liable to be involved in every war breaking out in the old world, and thus extending its dangers and its ravages to the new; and by which means we should be exposed in ail time to come, to have our lines of communication with our Pacific coast interrupted, our commerce cut in two, as Lord George Bentinck said, and wars entailed upon us; agreeable to the moral code of Blackwood, that imper sonation Gf English Tory feeling, as " blessings to man kind," together with all the other vexatious annoyances which such a state of things could not fail to bring wi th it. If this is not to be our destiny, we must be pro: gressive till the great objects are accomplished, and then just as conservative as may be necessary to maintain our high position in the world, our free institu tions, and all those elements of individual national prosperity which God has given to us, and which, I trust, man will never be able to take away. This will be the truly American Union of progress and con servatism." The Canadian Reciprocity Bill had been under consideration by the committee, who had decided upon the main principles which should govern them, but had not concluded as to the details. The shipments of sugar from Cuba for 1852 were stated to be 331,881 boxes to the United States ; 24,884 to Great Britain ; 241,632 to Cowes and a market ; 45,739 to the Baltic ; 41,325 to Hamburgh and Bremen; 17,607 to Holland; 35,024 to Belgiv'n; 154,275 to Spain ; 62,818 to France ; 48,434 to Trieste and Venice ; 2,500 to Leghorn and Genoa and to other porta 11,907 boxes—giving a total of 1,017,486 boxes, against 1851 of 1,237,089 boxes. We find the following telegraphic communication in the New York papers : " NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 18. " The brig America, from Vera Cruz, reports that the City Castle, on the evening of the 28th of December, declared in favour of the revolutionists," Previous advices to the sth lilt. do not mention such an occurrence. "NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19. "The Mexican news is generally meagre and unim portant, but is favourable to the revolutionists. " The Carthagena papers say that Santa Anna is making preparations to return to Mexico immediately. " The Mexican Senate has not acted upon the Tehu antepec question. " The State of Cordova has joined the insurgents, and Orizaba was hourly expected to do the same." BALTIMORE, Jan. 19. A correspondent of the Nueces Valley Gazette, writing from Brownsville on the 23d ult., says : " The revolution has been proclaimed in Monterey, and it is rumoured that Caravajal was there. Colonel Montero, of the regular Mexican army, was captured by him. Canales escaped when Cardenas was arrested, but it has since been reported that he was murdered by some rancheros. General Morett had got up a pronuncia mcnto and was marching on Zacatecas. The regular forces had been again defeated by the revolted national guards, and returned to Matamoras badly cut up." A correspondent of a New York paper, writing from Havannah on the 15th ult., states that a British subject, Mr. Boylen, had arrived at Havan nah from St. Jago de Cuba, having been expelled from the latter place by the Governor-General, Medenilla ' who would not give him any explana tion of such a proceeding:. A letter, dated San Juan del Norte, January 2, states that Belize, or British Honduras, has been elevated to the position of a colony, the superin tendent converted into a sovereign, and a constitu tion given to the people. The letter also notices the prevalence of a rumour to the effect that the Central Americans had possessed themselves of the Port of Limas, from which they were e j ec t e d i n 1 851 by Her Vlajesty's schooner Bermuda, and again hoisted the Central American flag in the room of the Mosquito. In the New York stock market there was an active demand for most descriptions of Government and State stocks, and prices were well sustained. The money market was easy at 7 per cent. for prime business paper at three to four months. Foreign exchange in good demand. Bills on LOn don (60 days), 109# to 109 - • Paris, 5.15 t o 5.131. ; Bremen to 41#; Hamburgh, 36/ to 34 , Amsterda m men, 79 1. 41f The cotton market was active, but without alter ation in price. The sales for the three days were 5,900 bales. Little or no change to notice in the flour market ; the Europa's accounts had not pro duced any marked effect. A fair business had been done in wheat, and holders were firm. Indian corn had slightly declined, prices closing at 70c. to 72c. per bushel for white and yellow southern, according to quality. Pig iron was firm, and sales had been made at 35 dols., six months, and it was afterwards held for 35 ddooisls.: sciaxshm;oncrs.monNabvaarl in s r t o ore o e f h eese pork had ul a at I s vas un s a e lt li e i r n e g d. at 7 T i e market for pro v i s i ons was t generallydeoawsiner wardtendeinnaecyt.iveß. utt P er ri a ce n s d Freights to London :—Tobacco, 25 5. ; per 2801 b. , rosin, 4s. ; grai n , 10, 3 id. per bushel. turpentine, prices. 3s. 6d.. LETTERS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The Post-office authorities; have advertised that ship-letter bags will be made up for Australia by the steamer Antelope, which will leave Liverpool about the latter end of this month, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBR CARY 5, 1853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Moniteur was looked for yesterday morning with greedy anxiety by thousands of families, to ascertain if their relatives were included in the Emperor's promised political amnesty. Never, probably, have so many copies of the Government journal been published in a single day. Pardons are decreed to no less than 4,312 persons (condam nes) by name, exclusive of the generals and the representatifs du peuple who were proscribed or sentenced to durance in consequence of the events of December, 1851 ; and the exiles are to be forth with restored to freedom. There is much rejoicing and a better state of feeling in all classes of society throughout Paris. The police made a number of arrests of persons having in their possession lithographed caricatures representing the Empress smoking a cigarette. It is asserted more confidently than ever that the Imperial coronation will take place in the month of April. The Bishop of Versailles has left Paris for Rome on a secret mission ; it is believed to have reference to a request on the part of the Emperor that the Pope will be present on the august occa sion. His Holiness is known to be in a difficulty on the subject. While very desirous to stand well with the de facto ruler of a Catholic country, to whom the Holy See owes many obligations, Pius IX. is restrained by the counter claims of the Le gitimists, and by the influence of the great Euro pean Powers. Dispositions, it is known, are already made at Rome for the chair of St. Peter to be vacated, and for the election of a new Pope, should any attempt at coercion be resorted to. The municipality of Amiens, imitating the exam ple of the Emperor, has voted the sum of 2,000 f., to be expended in dowries for three happy couples, to be selected by the authorities. The number of manuscript satires upon the Em peror, the Empress, and certain members of the Imperial Ministry, are stated by the police to in crease every day, and are circulated to an extent which occasions the Government serious uneasiness. Notwithstanding all the watchfulness of the omni present police, these clandestine publications have continued to multiply ever since the adoption of the new laws on the press. A distinguished mem ber of the Government has been heard to say that the same class of writers who overthrew Charles X., caused the flight of Louis Philippe, and the down fall of the Provisional Government, would now, in turn, overthrow the enipire. The Pays fills a considerable space with remarks on the effect produced on the public press in France by the last restrictions. It contends that the Go vernment has never been desirous of preventing fair discussion, and wished only to repress the abuse of liberty which was disgraceful to the press, and in jurious to society. The most ardent admirer of the liberty of the press must admit that, in France, the limits of fair discussion had been exceeded, and that many of the journals, instead of enlightening the public in the way of reform and amelioration, deluded it for purposes which, if successful, would have been ruinous to society. With regard to the present state of the press, it would be unjust not to admit that the Government exercises with modera tion the extraordinary powers with which it has armed itself, and there is reason to hope that, in proportion as writers show that they know what is due to the cause of order, the GovernMent, in its turn, will show that it is sensible of what is due to the cause of rational liberty. Yesterday there was a limited amount of busi ness transacted, but, still, the market has been firm, and prices well supported. For the account Threes left off firm at 79f. 20c., and Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 104 f. 85c. The market closed as follows :-Threes, for cash, 78f. 75c. ; for Ac count, 79f. 20c. ; Four-and-a-Half, for cash, 104 f. 65c. ; for Account, 1041. 85c. ; Bank of France Shares, 2,805 f. ; Austrian Loan, 961. 40c. ; Spa nish Threes, 45f. ; Neapolitan, 105 f. RAILWAYS. - The Share Market was also firm, and prices well maintained. For cash, Orleans closed at 985 f. ; Rouen (ex div.), 947 f. 50c. ; Bale, 340 f. • Northern, 830 f. ; Western, 652 f. 50 c. ; Cherbourg, 590 f. ; Paris and Strasbur g , 750 f. ; A P ar is and Lyons, 850 f. ; Lyons and ° vignon, 710 f. ; Cette , 552 f. 50c. ; Gray, 4901. : Monte reau, 217 f. 50. Mobiliere Shares closed at 710 f. ; and Credit Foncier at ,735 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. do not con tain a line of political news of interest. The Espana states as an extraordinary fact that an entire day had passed without any of the Madrid journals having been seized by the police. A Madrid letter of the 30th states that the Spanish Government has sent a fresh order to General Narvaez at Bayonne, to proceed immediat3ly to Vienna on pain of being considered a rebel for further refusal to obey its instructions. GERMANY. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, 2d, says : 15 —" The commissaries of the Bourse have (probably by order of the Government) given to several 61 bankers satisfactory explanations as to the relations of the Austrian Government with France." 3i The Temps, a semi-official journal of Berlin, 5 mys :—" It is announced in a most positive man- 7 4 ner that the Prussian Government will shortly read 6 to the two Chambers a communication having for 61i its object to augment the army, the portion to be in- 10 creased being the regiMents of the reserve." 20 The Hirlap of Pesth says that the mission given to Count de Leiningen has atwofold object—first, to St. address remonstrances to the Ottoman Porte rela- St. tive to the commercial relations of Austria and Turkey ; and, next, to discuss the affair of Mon- St. tenegro as far as it relates to Austria, and to coun- St• sel moderation. 64 The Weser Gazette has the following from Berlin, dated the 31st ult. :—" On the 29th a Council of 50 Ministers was held, at which was discussed the course to be pursued with regard to the press in St. Prussia, in the event of articles offensive to the , Emperor of the French being published, the French s t u . ambassador at Berlin having made representations s k ,, on the subject. After a long discussion, it was de cided that the journals, and particularly the New St. Prussian Gazette, should be recommended to ab 50 - stain from saying anything insulting to the French St. Government, and threatened with prosecution if 50 the French Government should prove they had made false or calumnious statements." 12 TURKEY. On the 18th ult., Fouad Effendi, Minister for 25 Foreign Affairs, set to the directors of the Bank of Constantinople the long-expected note which an- 10 flounces the final dispositions of the Government. 6 It states that "the Government assumes all respon- 122 sibility, and that the five Greek merchants will pay 12 to the bank for this post the sum of 190,0001., in St. bills, on London, Paris, Marseilles, and Leghorn, St. on Messrs. Spiridon, Baltazzi and Co., and , Messrs. Hava and Co., to the order of bank, -'260 in liquidation, and will be endorsed by the 3 commission for the liquidation of the bank. 2 The directors must immediately, on the receipt of these bills, give over the 23,000,000 piastres in St. their hands." This mode of withdrawing the sto direction from Messrs. Alleon and Baltazzi has so annoyed these gentlemen that they have announced 15 their intention of exposing their books and cor- 8 respondence with the Government in the Borsa, and even now they invite any merchants to ex- 10 amine their accounts. 10 A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 27 th ult., 25 in the Boersenhalle, says : We learn from a 10 source worthy of credence that the corps d'armee 10 ( of General Rudiger has received orders to advance t o wards the frontier of Turkey." 20 On Friday, the 14 th, the Russian Charge St. d'Affairs,M.Ozeroff, gave assurances to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, that the Emperor had ordered 17 Danieto 1., to evacuate the fortresses of Jublac 25 an d. Spuge, and to withdraw into the mountains. What a diplomatic mystification. Intelligence has been received from Montenegro to the Sd of January. The Turks have retaken the " - " N fortress of Spuge, situated on the confines between 20 the mountains and Scopoli. Omer Pasha by this 20 time must have taken Cetini, the capital of Mon- 20 tenegro. He penetrated into that country by Pod- 20 goritza and Lescopole, at the head of 5,000 Albanian 20 irregulars, 7,000 infantry, and 17 guns . He had 2P under his command Osman Pasha, Governor of 201 Shcodra, and Tussan Pasha, Governor of Perzerin. Ismael Pasha, on the other hand, will join him with 5 8,700 infantry, after having retaken the revolted 20 districts bordering on Heryegorin. The expedition 10 may be considered a rapid military march into 5 Montenegro. 10 ---=-- 20 THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER ; or, THE DAYS WE LIVE IN. Ei io. By o y s s M e s r s s i . n G g o a r n e G. exuberance G o f i vole.—Gifted el playful a i with 1 h i u r a m r e o u v r e rs a n a ci t i I p i t o y l i , s a h n ed and 20 shone all competition among our lady no_ „, persifflage, peculiarly her own, Mrs. Gvoeiriestlsias inthelo ngvictoouutr and vivacity of her sketches, evincing a thorough know- 20 ledge of the world, a keen sense of what is hollow and 18 artificial, with a generous appreciation of manliness and i 20 truth.—" ' The Dean's Daughter' is a creation of sin -10 gular delicacy and charm. Round her are grouped with 20 admirable arrangement the accessory characters requ i- 20 site to work out an exciting tale of ' the Days we Live 1 20 in,' all the personages wearing, in sooth, a most vivid 1 20 aspect of living and bustling actuality. As usual with 1 20 whatever i s t race d b y th e pen o f M rs . G or e, the sparkling I diamond dust of subtle sarcasm, ingenious allusion, or 20 brilliant irony, is sprinkled over every line."—Globe. t 20 MEMOIRS OF THE COURT AND CABINETS OF GEORGE 10 THE THIRD ; from original Family Documents. By the 2O Duke of Buckingham and Chandos —We are requested' portraits, ae,cmtt 2o, to state that the above work, in two . volumes, Bvo, with 1011 ii is published this day by Messrs. Hurst and 2 0 (successors to Mr. Colburn), 13, Great Marl- 1 10 borougb.-strest, an d may now be had of all booksellers. i 20 THE. SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. IZAILWATS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackroek and Passage Dublin&Belfast June D andee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) ,Do., do 'Do., B. and C !East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. I & Birming. June I 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 1 Edin. and PeeWes._ 'lOO - Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100110000 , D GDr o oaa. . A. B t . Stock and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 ,Irish South-Eastern a ll Lancaster & Carlisle in Do., Thirds 100 ,Lancash.& Yorkshire 7.5 IDo., Fifths 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un a ll Leeds Northern a ll Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all Lordon. & Blackwall 3 ,Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 !Load. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 'London& N. Western 12 !Do., Fifths. 1 ,D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 London &S. Western 424 Do., £5O 34 Do., xe_o all Londerz;. &Coleraine allLndndrry. & Ennisk. I 1C) Manch. Shef. &Lincln 48 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do.Birming. &Derby 47A Midland G. West. (Ir.) 171 Do. Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 ewm-rket 3 Do. Br-y Eximnsion 16 Isie ;vp. Aberg. &Hftd n N eury & all e .vry, Warner Aint, and Itestrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire Jorth Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Sec,' Dish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn uaranteed Shrewsby. &Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)._ Do Halves do Do Oswestry Shropshire Union 'South Devon ( South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl 'Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn Woodford York Newetl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland 100 lAberdeen all IDo., No, 2,7 p. c. 100 Bris. & Ea. 4 p. c. St.! 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO au. Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. 34 Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. all Dundee, Perth, midi Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. all Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7 17s), 7. p et. a l l Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l a n Do., No. 2 all. Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts Edinb. Prth.& Dund 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cont 103 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. at, 10 p. e. prem , a ll . Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed , q per cent 6 & York. P. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brigh.on Guaranteed 5 p. 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. 'all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 100 Da. New Guar. 6p. c 5 Loudon &S. West 3 Con. Thirds. 10 Londor derry & Color. A Shares . all Loadndii. & Eunisk. 6 Shares.... r" Manch., Sher.,&Lin., Shares, No. 1.... all Do., New, ....... 3 Do., £6 ....... ....... all Ma 7ypt. & Cell 4 p.c. all Do. 4A pe! cent....... B,', Do ....... ............... 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per 5 Do. Pref. 4A pe:cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5A per ct. all Do. Waveney 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordsbire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c., 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & New Guaranteed e l l. Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. aP. South Devon Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f Os. 6d. all S. Yorksh .4p. c. Guar. 3 Water:d & Kilk. 6p e. 100 Yora, Newcastle, and, Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 Do 10 York & N. Mid►and,' H. & S. Purchase 271 - 284 6 i - 64 10 - - 21 - 22 3 -- li d 106 -- 109 6Ci -- 61 21 -- 22 17 -- 17 1 d par) - 9 5 -- 54 34 -- 4A 12i -- 121] 10 - 12 7i si 72 74 55 60 76 78 d 25 i 27p 60 62 74 - 75 49 42 115 117 10IA -105 A 86 -- 87 6A -- 7 89 -- 91 12 -- 13 p 7 5 1 -75 i -- 4R d 3* -- 24 d 15t -15 i 8 i -- 4 105 -- 1 06 1174 -- 118 14 - 4 p 88 69 61 - 54(1 5 - 41t1 11 - 12 20i 28 - 29 3A 3 di 75 -- 7G 44 46 50 52 - 3} 3 - 3d —2/ 8 -8/ 52 54 7 1 — 8 2i 2N d 34 35 61 61 d i -- 2 4 d B. 81 8 41, 48i -- 49. 96 98 63 -- 65 67 -- 69 70 - 80 18 20 9 10 14 15 31 3 d 21 22 76i 774 36 38 13 134 4 441 2 - 24 14 - 15 - 9 264 - 271 9 - 9i P 4 6S 69 7i 'rid 2g 2 53 51 PREFERENCE SHARES. ... ' -- - 109 1104 - 106 19 - 20 - par - -1 p iz - ig p 14 - 7 - 144 18 - 19 - 3?'! 1126 -- 128 1112 - 114 8 1 -- 6 1 - 71 P .06 - 108 P - 1 P .50 -152 8h -- 4 p 8 -8! 131 -- 13; 9 -- 10 101 -11 i i -- i P i - I 'l5l - 153 - 224 - 23 P 5i - 61 2 -2; 104 - 105 25i - 26 i ) 11 -11 A 17 -17 i -- 16 --17 par -- p 261 19 20 par 1103 - 105 5 11 -5; par i pl FORE] 3 Antwrp.&Rotterdaml 6 Mon and Besancon.. 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian.. C B he Belgian t a e n ro F i ltn E . rq Jun ue c li t all ; 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Jr_nct. of France 15 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pre 7 Lyons & Mediterran, 4.; Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (witl interest a l ' Do. (ex interest) all NorLhern of France.. a'l Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. Urny.B.&Ams.Shs. - a ll . Norwegian 10 Paris and Ly ons all Paris and all Paris and R0uen...... all \Paris and Sta—sbourg' 4 ParsCaen&Cherbrg. NQuebec & R'c'mond - a ll Rouen and Havre.... ,mbre and Meuse.. 4 Do. s'‘, 4 3outbern of France.. Jpper India Scrlp... J 1 West Flanders 6 Do. 5 per c. Pref 9 . Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland New ...-i :GN. 11 -- 1 d 1 2 13 14 pai p --- 2 d r 3 1 11 4 p 2 21 p 1 dis—. p„ P 6 —7ixin 4 —44xin —llxin 1 —rixin dis 7 9P 2 —2IP 74 S 6 7 32* 32',1 131 141 8 13a 38 39 13Rp 38 39 29a 29! 1 31 p d— p 18 9 - -21 p * 4 g— 5 P d = p ttu.int al done . this day. 50 8 301 30/ 304 30/ St. 50 St. 61/ i 25 100 1211 1 50 26 l2 St. 75k St. 25 871 61 125 St, 751 6i 101 105 6 list i l7l 18i 76k I 1 100 82 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. hr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Busing Closing Prices Business Compans. Yes t erday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West • 301 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Gt.Westn 30 31xd 304 all Do. withoutgr Do 29 —3o2nd x d 304 all Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 301 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W lOB 110 50 all Clydesdale de. Caledon 53 54 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 149 151 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr •Gt.Westu 322 331 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & k. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 113 115 1131 25 all Do. Shares. Do 564 576 561 124 all Do. 4 S'aares. Do 27 28 13 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 141 20 all Do. Preference Do 25, 261 20 all Lowestoft 4 per cent. ° Norfolk l9. —19 i 20 all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 '25 5A all Mauch. Bxtn. L.& N. W - and Matlock & Midld 3 31 50 all Middlesbro' & Stektoa ac Redear Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 108 109 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do • 50 all. Do. Fixeds pc Do — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & . V &Ln 'k 12.1 14. Do. 2 Shares. Do . . .. .. . pin St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt No.:„ au 151 153 St. 100 Do.Shepth.S t D 0... l5O 152 25 18g Shef.Roth.and lAncas - a & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 91 S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 2 d 50 a ll Wear Yalleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. • • . 25 all Do Do 3l 32, 4 , St. 100 Wilts&Somrs . .GtWestn IO2A —103 ti MINES. 1 all Agua Ff.a 10s all Anglo Californian 1 4 p 10 2 Australasian l— 2l p 20 5 Australian 1 all. Australian Cordillera par i p 1 all Australian Freehold 4 d par 1 all Ave Maria - 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 1 p 20 13.5 British Iron B' 1 p 35 241 Brazilian Imp. (issued at .Z 5 pm.) 2l 31 30 all Do. Coca. , .:s & Cuiaba, 1 2 20 15 Do. S:;. Caan Del Re - ,- 29 —3O 1 all C.-rson's Creek par 1 p 40 all Cob:e Copper 4ll 421 8 1 Colonial Gold 2l —24 p 31 14 Copirpo i 6 7 Si. &l CopperMinersof Eng ... ... 25 'all Do. Preference 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —ll d 20 all General l5l 161 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 —24 p 3 all Great Polgooth lB —l4 p 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 8 1 all Loud. &Californ. Gold P Quartz C •ush. Co 1 4 d 1 all Mario aita ld par x all 10 9 Mexican &S. Amcric 4l 4 , 1 . a 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Mondo 1 —3l p 21 1 all Port, Philip 1 —ll p 1 all Quara Rock par— 1 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 —25 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian ld ip 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l2 28 all United Mexican 5 —6/ 1 all Waller - 2/p 1 all West Granada 4 4 P 1 all West Mariposa ld— , t p 1 all Yuba I 11 P 50 77i 20 50 100 100 20 53,i 1 I 25 00 10 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. a3l. Australasia all British N. American 2 Child. Bnk. of India, Australia, St China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lou- don 4 English Scottish and Australian 7i Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster ' 35 NationalProv.o , _:r 10 Do. New 22i National of Ireland.. 6, 11 . Oriental Bank Corporation 5 Do. Ne y 25 Provincial of Irelar( l all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Blig. & Gold Imp. Co.. ... 25 South Australia ...... 42 all Union of Australia... 72 2, Do. New 7 10 I Union of Londou ... 0 all I Union of Madrid 81 -- 82 1 - li ... —x ci 1 - lip 3 - 4Ap 441 —73 xd - 8 MISCELLANEOUS. O. 35 j Australian Agricult ' 220 225 6 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail .0 5 Australo. Royal Mail' 38A ;Brit. Amerien. Land ... -- O 132A'Canada 5 5 - Ci ystal Palace 4 2 Crys+ll Pal. of France' ... 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 El - etric. Teleg. of Ir — .5 14 Gen. St n Navigat — )0 50 Genet al, •rew Steam ' )(11 24. Irish F :root Su - • ... 1 all 'Nat. Pat. Ste - n Fa:f l 0 2 'Netherlands 2 3 :Nrth.ofEuropeStetu i 0 all Peninsular &Orion - L:1 50 25 Do. Do. )0 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 South Austral. 'And 41 46 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation )0 28.-1 Tan Diemen's Land : 14 16 .. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA Y.) LoNDO N, Feb. s.—Wind at Noon, N.W. Cloudy, a fall. of snow during the night. FALMOUTH, Feb. 4.—The William, of and for Turro, from Newpoli, sunk last night after being in contact, 10 miles E., with a Dutch gallica, crew save 1. Sailed—Cey lon, Panama. DEAL, Feb. 4.—Wind, E.S.E. by E.N.E. Arrived — Helvellyn, Ceylon ; Faitbful, Madras • Magdelena, Callao. Sailed—Nightingale, Shanghae; Charlotte, China; Albert, Dominica ; Commodore, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 4.—Arrived—Shanghae, Charleston. Sailed—Frances, Cape of Good Hope; Shenandoah, Phila delphia Hardie, Jamaica; European, New Orleans; Mary Hall, Baltimore. Off port.—Cornelia, Savannah. The Marys, hence at Cardenas, reports that on the 13th Oct., 12 miles N. of the equator, in long. 19 W., she experienced a marine convulsion, accompanied with a rumbling noise ; on the 15th, in lat. 28, long. 21 W., passed the remains of a ship on fire, and soon after some of her spars and sails; she was burnt to the copper, and a mere shell ; there was a little machinery in her, m and some large angular pieces of stone fromitoieba= 4 hold the i s x ‘r ) r n c., s c . k b ap , p i e r a o r n e be thatof stauncheons,essel and an iron tank near where the foremast beams,had stood ; small cook-house ' painted cream colour, was passed Jan. 15, lat. 37, long. 60, and several port doors, pieces of bul wark, nests of Americon pails, painted green and blue, were passed Jan. 17, lat. 39 N, long. 52 W., by the Southerner, arrived here. HULL, Jan. 4.—Anived—Tamarae, New Orleans. HARWICH, Jan. 4.—The Concord, from Alicant to Aber deen grounded on Beach Point to-day, but came off rather leaky. SOUTHWOLD, Feb. 4.- 'piled—The Alnwick packet, of and for Bly th, from Die e, came ashore this morning near Walbertwick. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. —Sailed—Ripon (s), Alexan dila. PLYMOUTH Jan. 4.—Ar, Ived—Venus, London for Car. thagena, much damaged, hiving been in contact off the poi BRISTOL, Feb. 4.—Saqed—Transit, Callao. ROTHSAY, Feb. 13.—The Sir Richard Jackson, from Greenock to Valparaiso, in leaving this day, grounded on the sand outside Bogamy Point, but is expected off with out damage. CARDINAL WISEMAN AT LEEDS.—Last night the Ito man Catholic Literary Institute held a grand soirée at the Music-hall, Leeds, to which an extraordinary interest was given by the presence of Cardinal Wiseman, who occupied the chair on the occasion. The hall was filled in every part by the elite of the Roman Catholic body of Leeds and the surrounding towns. The meeting was first addressed by Mr. Joseph Holdforth, who gave some details of the state of the institution. The Rev. John Wilson followed, endeavouring at some length to rebut the charge that Catholics do not value education in the masses of the •. Pople. The Hon. Charles Langdale, in moving the firs: sentime7 t, " The alliance of science and religion," admiaed that was now impossible to stop the course of education, t at the question to decide was simply the kind of eduen :.on that should be promoted, and argued that all edu- lion should, to be beneficial, be moral and religious in its character. Sir William Lawson, Bart., moved a sentiment expressive of delight at the formation and prosperity of such institutions as the Leeds Catholic Literary Institute. Cardinal Wiseman said that science has nowhere flourished more, or originated more sublime or useful discoveries, than where it bp been pursued under the influence of the Catholic rc, gion. As to the persecution of Galileo by the Church it was not until he made his discoveries a theologica, question that the Church interfered. Various votes of thanks, including one of heart-felt gratitude to Cardinal Wiseman for his present services, were passed, and the proceedings terminated at a quarter past 11 o'clock. • THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE. —We believe that arrange ments are in progress, or have already been made, by the New Crystal Palace Company with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company, to despatch one of their vessels at an early date, for the purpose of bringing over to this country the celebrated Cleopatra 's Needle, to be deposited hi the New Crystal Palace. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since my letter of the 21st inst. (printed in the Sun on the 27th) was written, expressing the universal regret felt on the retirement of Lord Chancellor Blackburne, an article has appeared in the Morning Herald of the 23d, j us tl y l au d a t ory of that distingu i shed judge, but most unjustly vituperative of his predecessor, the Right Hon. Maziero Brady, who now again holds tho great seal of Ireland. Differing in political creed from Mr. Brady, I nevertheless share in the general in dignation of the Irish Bar at the unworthy manner in which that article treats him. It is no dispraise of Mr. Brady to admit his inferiority to Mr. Black burne. To the latter's judicial, reputation I know not of any parallel. But Mr. Brady has merits of no mean order. Those were ably pourtrayed by the Right Hon. R. W. Greene (now a Baron of the Exchequer), when Mr. Brady was retiring from the Chancellorship in March, 1852 : " At the request of my brethren of the bar. I present myself to your lordship's notice, for the purpose of per forming a task personally to me most gratifying. It is to convey to your lordship our strong and unanimous sense of the zeal, the assiduity, the ability, and the im partiality which have marked your discharge of the ar duous judicial aties you are now about to relinquish. We have seen these qualities fully tested in many cases of difficulty and importance which have occupied your attention during the time you have presided in this high court. Upon these occasions, and upon all others, we we have marked your lordship's great anxiety to admi nister justice to the satisfaction of the public and of the profession. There is one point upon which particularly we feel desirous to convey to your lordship our senti ments—l allude to the uniform courtesy, patience, kind ness, and I may say indulgence, which your lordship has uniformly displayed towards us while practising in your court—to the most junior amongst us, as well as to the highest, that kindness has been manifested. I trust it has not been abused. I am perfectly sure it has been duly appreciated. The kind feelings which your lord ship's demeanour has engendered in our minds will ac company you into private life, and will, I trust, prove a source of permanent pleasure and satisfaction to your lordship. With the most cordial feelings of esteem, re gard, and gratitude, we respectfully bid your lordship farewell." Such was the language of a Tory on behalf of a body of whom four-fifths are Tories. The court was upon that occasion crowded by the bar, who rose and remained standing during the address thus delivered by their eminent leader. To say, as does the Morning Herald, that Mr. Brady, " petted and encouraged brawling and vulgar barristers," is simply untrue. Neither favouritism nor nepotism ever found their way into the Court of Chancery during his administration or that of Mr. Blackburn. Every practitioner, who de served courtesy, met with it in full measure. The very few who were undeserving of respect en countered such discouragement as they may have earned. It is true that Mr. Brady left an arrear to his successor, of which the latter speedily dis posed. But that arrear was caused by the long and severe illness of Mr. Brady. A more pains taking and industrious public servant it would be difficult to name. Indued with powerful common sense, he rarely came to a wrong decision. Were the files of the House of Lords searched, it would appear that there were as few successful appeals from his decrees as from those of any of his prede cessors who filled the Chancellorship during a commensurate period. Several causes decided by him were re-heard by his successor, and in ;every instance the former decree was affirmed. There is not now upon the bench any judge before whom the bar would prefer to plead than Mr. Brady, so great is his patience, attention, and good feeling. Hence, it is scarcely necessary to add, that the scurrilous calumnies of the writer in the Morning Herald, levelled at an excellent and honourable man, who has invariably borne his exaltation with the greatest modesty, so far from meeting sympathy in Ireland, have ex cited disgust amongst politicians and non-politicians of every school. lEQUITA.S. Dublin, Jan. 28, 1853. In my letter of the 21st, there occurs the quo tation, "Sedet dternumque sedebit." The last word was misprinted "sedibit." CAPTAIN SHRAPNEL'S QUARTZ•CRUSHING MACHINE. Thursday several highly-interesting and successful experiments were made in tho crushing of quartz of different kinds on the premises of Messrs. Glover, Ord nance engineers, Drury-lane, by a perfectly novel pro cess recently discovered and made the subject of a patent by Captain Shrapnel, son of General Shrapnel, the in ventor of the famous " shells" which bear his name. A number of gentlemen attended, by invitation, to wit ness the operation, among whom were Lord A. Chiches ter, Sir James Anderson, M.P. ; Mr. J. Greene, M.P. ; Mr. D. IL Bingham ; Mr. Wells, of the Admiralty ; Mr. Pierce S. Butler ; Mr. Louis Louden, Baden Min ing Company ; Captain Moyle, Mr. E. Hewitt, Mr. Archibald Reid, Mr. W. Romaine, and Mr. E. Jones, secretary to the Victoria Gold Mining Com pany. The inventor of the machine himself, and Captain Rumbold, one of its proprietors, were also present, and explained its merits. Had such an inven tion been simply intended to reduce, by rapid and effec tive process, the substances in which the ordinary me tallic products—such as copper, iron, and tin are found, and to which, by the way, it is eminently applicable—it might have been of interest only chiefly to persons engaged in those kinds of mining 2 • but when it is looked at in connection with the gold discoveries which have become the wonder of our age, and the great difficulty and expense consequent upon the practical and detailed pursuit of those discoveries, it assumes an im portance more general and commanding. To under stand the whole of the engine about to be described, regard should first be had to the cumbersome and com paratively tedious, ineffective, and expensive machinery by which, in the gold fields of California and Australia, the auriferous particles are at present extracted from the flinty substances in which they are generally embedded. When a company of adventurers enter upon a quartz mining enterprise, their first step is to prove the nature of the quartz vein before commencing more extensive operations ; and as it is almost impossible to find a vein containing any traces of gold in the vicinity of water, which is so essential to the process of gold-finding as now conducted, this initiatory proceeding is even at tended with considerable difficulty and cost. Much more so the more continuous and systematic works in which it may result ; for, in addition to the paucity of water, gold is also usually found in quantities which make the working of it worth while in a Willy wooded country, rendering fuel, so highly neces- Eary for conducting the operations, costly. Then, there is the enormous difficulty of transporting the re quisite machinery to the spot, in a country signally wanting in the very elementary conditions of eh Ilization —good roads. " Tbe machinery," says an intelligent person, writing from Meunt Ophir, in November last, "is brought over roads in some places requiring eighteen yoke of oxen, and in others, over gullies required to be bridged over for this particular service." The invention of Captain Shrapnel is dependent for its action neither upon fuel nor water, and it has the great advantage of being small, compact, and easily transferable to its destination. It consists simply of an iron chamber, about ten feet long, five feet broad, and eight feet high. Into one of these an aperture is made sufficient to admit the muzzle of a cannon, which moves backward and forward on a plane, a few feet in length, in front of the machine. The piece of ordnance used, and which may be of any calibre, is charged with lumps of the quartz supposed to contain gold, or any other of the valuable metallic substances which it is desirable to reduce ; and having been moved towards the iron chamber, and had its mouth inserted in the aperture already mentioned, the piece is then discharged by means of gun-cotton or gunpowder, and its contents blown with great violence against the further end of the structure, which has the immediate effect of breaking the entire charge of quartz into particles almost as small as tooth-powder, and collecting them on the floor, secure from any unauthorised intrusion from without. The pulverized matter is then carefully swept together, and submitted to the simple and ancient process of winnowing, delicately conducted, by which the gold drops into a receptacle by its own specific gra vity, and the refuse is blown away in the fall. We saw yesterday lumps of Californian quartz, and of granite in which copper and iron ore were embedded, instantane ously reduced to powder in the manner described ; but the winnowing apparatus, which is the necessary ad junct of the blasting machine, inasmuch as it is to prove the actual value of every atom of quartz submitted to explosion, remains to be perfected. The chamber, being constructed of iron plates of small size, and easily united or severed, is thereby rendered capable of being moved about with little difficulty from place to place ; and it may, besides its primary object, be converted into a dwelling-house, a place of shelter, or a miniature fortress, the hole in which the cannon is inserted for a blast being, if necessary, used for the dis charge of a revolver from within by the inmates, either for the protection of themselves or their treasure against an attack from without. We are assured that the apparatus is capable of re ducing and e xtracting the gold or other metal from thirty to forty tons of quartz per day, without the neces sity or use of water ; and when, in addition to this, its portable form and simple construction are taken into account, and its immense superiority in these respects over the machinery now in use, and in the effective way in which it does its work, the invention appears to be one well worthy considertion of persons engaged in gold digging—and their name is legion. lad I ALLEGED DEATH FROM VIOLENCE AT A LODGING HOUSE.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker held a lenthened inquiry at the Pewter Platter Tavern, Cock-hill, Ratcliffe, re specting the death of Robert Pennington, aged 54 years, late captain of the brig Pallas, who was found lying in the roadway severely injured, opposite the Newcastle aid Sunderland beer-ship and licensed lodging-house, Cock-hill, Ratcliffe. The known facts of the case, as already reported, were laid before the inquest, but none of the many witnesses who were examined could throw any,light upon the circumstances which led to the pre sence of deceased in the road, where he was found naked and mangled. The jury were thus compelled to return an open verdict. ',73,1 a !2 18j It. 100 It. 100 '0 all 5 all 15 all 8 I all 51 all ;5 8, 3 i1 ;5 all It. 1100 it) I all ft. 100 L 5 I all i 0 3i t. 100 .6 13 .6 62 8 all 8 . 5 !CI 174 :0 all [0 10 1 4. 100 100 100 100 100 .0 I 8 63 all .31' ell all 64 all 100 all 15 ;5 I I 19 9 all 9 11 . :0 13 0 11.1 s ID 1 it. 100 25 20 25 112 4t. JOO 8 - L-, 6{ ii Pic I 1 ~ _._ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXX. ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DERBY, Mr. Thomas Parr, whose judgment last year was found, in respect to Weathergage, to be superior to the talented match-making Admiral's, has a couple of Derby colts under the care of MANNING, at Letcombe, Berkshire, one of whom, the . b c Contentment, by Archy, out of Tranquillity, by Venison, nominated by Mr. Sadler , he declares i s good enough to carry off one, if not more, of the great spring handicaps. Contentment has been backed to a considerable extent for the Metropoli tan, in the race for which he will make his first , essay this season. He has also been supported with some spirit for the Newmarket Handicap and Chester Cup ; and last week was introduced into the Derby market at 100 to 1, rising, in the course of a week, between 60 and 70 points-35 to one being his price this morning. That his chance for the Metropolitan is a first-rate one, everybody knowing the . horse will readily admit : it is also not impos sible his winning another handicap in addition ; but as to his being " the ho rse " on th e Derby-day, that is a feat, in my opinion, as likely of realisation as the conversion of chalk into superior stilton. Report says he is within a dozen pounds of Wea thergage. He can stay a, distance, but is some what deficient in speed. Has run once, when be finished a bad third and last to Cineas, at Bath, for the Biennial Stakes. Mr. T. Parr's b c Mustang, by Melbourne, out of Lady Mary, nominated by Sir J. Hawley, has figured as a loser in four fields, and will not do for Epsom. J. HOPWOOD, of Newton-le-Willows, near Lancaster, has a br c of Mr. Redhead's, nominated by Mr. T. Stanley, y'clept Jacob, in training. He is by Faugh a Bal lagh, out of Vanilla. Has run and lost twice, and has no better chance than the preceding for the Derby. E. PARR, of Upper Lambourn, Berkshire, has Mr. °tabs.ldes ton's ch c Provost Marshal, by Cotherstone, out of Camp Follower, in slow work. He has run twice, and cut up badly each time. " The Squire" must find something better than this colt if he intends to do aught at Epsom. R. DREWITT, of Lewes, has under his care a b c of Mr. W. Smith's, Little David, by Slave out of 011 a, a run ner and loser once ; and Mr. W. Hale's Haco (late Harold), by Old England, out of Dauntless, nomi nated by Sir J. Hawley, also a runner once, when he was beaten off easily by Tamerlane, at Hampton. Neither will be of any service in the race of races. The four Derby horses in training at Epsom, are very inferior animals ; the Libel colt being perhaps the best. Reeves has a couple, namely, his own b c Deer hound, by the Fallow Buck, out of Growl, nomi nated by Mr. Carew, five times a starter, but never a winner ; and Mr. Delamere's b c by Libel, out of My Dear, who has yet to put in his first appear ance. Dockeray has Mr. Greville's br c by Alarm, out of Alkali, nominated by Mr. E. R. Clarke, a loser in the only race he has run ; and Wycherley is imitating Mr. Heathcote's br c Condor, by Laner cost, out of Cytherea, who has not appeared in public as yet, in the art and mystery of travelling to victory, or somewhere else. The following Derby horses are out of training —Mr. Delamere's colts by Don John and Para gone ; Mr. Collingwood's Tweed.side ; Mr. Adams's colt by the Merry Monarch, dam by Fmilius ; Mr. Harris's c by the Emperor, out of Odille ; Mr. Wright's c by Verulam, out of Makeless, nomi nated by Mr. Booth ; Captain Little's Magnet ; Mr. Lumley's c by Hetman Platoff, out of Gazelle ; Mr. Carew 's Nomination, by War Eagle, out of Rigolette ; Mr. Holliday's Sir Richard ; Mr. Hare's Whanghee ; Mr. Burgess's c by Valentis •simo, out of Chutnee ; and Mr. Sadler's Charon, nominated by Mr. Algernon Massingberd. This last named animal is not in England, therefore, I have classed him with the foregoing, but I have heard that he is, or has been, at work on the Con tinent. Mr. Burgess's c by Dulcimer, out of Africa, and Mr. G. Hobson's c by lon out of Recruit's dam, have paid the debt of nature. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING. A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 500 sovs. each, h ft. T.M.M. Teddingon.... Weathergage Kingston ... Age st lb 1 Age st lb .. 5 813 1 Stockwell 4 8 4 .. 4 8 4 I Hobble Noble ..484 Acceptances (which may be sealed up, to be returned unopened if there be no race) to be signified to Messrs. Weatherby, on or before the 16th instant; and if only two accept to be a match. SECOND SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY. A SWEEP STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 200 added by the Jockey Club, for three year olds and upwards ; the Ni in ner of the Northamptonshire Stakes, the Metropo litan, the City and Suburban, the Newmarket Handi cap, the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, or the Chester Cup, 71b, of any two of those races, 121 b extra ; horses to be entered on the 16th of February, and 2 sovs. entranee paid for each horse ; weights to be declared in the first week in March, and acceptances on the 15th of March, 10 to accept or no race ; if fewer than forty horses are entered, the handicap will not be made, and the entrance money will be returned ; MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Both fruit and vegetables sold steadily, at full prices. FRUIT.—Pine apples, Gs Od to 8s Od • hot-house grapes, 8s to lOs; Hambro ditto, is to is 6d per lb ; apples, dessert, 8s Od to lOs Od ; cooking ditto, 5s to 93 per bushel ; pears, is Gd to 4s per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s 04 ; oranges, 4s to 9s per 100 ; pomegranates, 44 to 6d each ; almonds, 6s per pock ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel • cob-nuts, 110 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8 s t o 20 • p er b us h e l. VEGETABLES.--Cabbages, 64 to is ; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s 04 per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 3s ; greens, is Od to 2s Od per dozen bunches ; French beans, 3s per 1(0 ; asparagus, 5s to 8s per bundle ; sea-kail, is 6d to 2s 6d per basket ; rhubarb, 9d to is Gd per bundle ; cauli flowers, 04 to Os per dozen ; potatoes, 85s to 150 s per ton ; turnips, 18 to 1 9d ; carrots, 2s 6d to4s per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, is to 3s each ; celery, ld to 2s C l per bundle ; spinach, is to 2s per half sieve; onions, 2s Od to 3s per half sieve ; beet, is to is Gd per dozen ; leeks, ld to 2d per bunch • shallots, 6d. to 84 • garlic Gd to 84 per lb ; endive, is to 1s Gd per score ; small salad Od per punnet ; horse radish, is to 3s per bundle ; mushrooms, is to is 6d per pottle ; parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, ls 34 1. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Turkeys, 4s to lOs each ; Ducks, 1s 9d to 3s Od; tame Rabbits, is Od to is 9d; wild ditto, 8d to is; Pigeons, 8(1 to is each; roasting Pigs, 58 Od to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 58 Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 3s el to 5s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od per couple; Pheasants, , !_s Od to C 3 Od; Par ridges, is 3d to is 9d; Hares, 28,0 d to 3s Od; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od; Grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od; Snipes, 6d to 1s; Teal, 9d to ls; wild Ducks , is 3d to 23 01 Widgeons, is to is 6d; and Plovers , C A to is each. English Eggs, lOs Od to 12s Od; French ditto, 8s Od to 12s Od per 120; fresh Butter, lld to is 2d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 8d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4-d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s la to 4s 6d; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s Od per 8113 s. WHITECIIATEL. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d • Mutton, 3s 4d to 4.3 6d ; Veal, 3s Id to 4s 6 d; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 8 lbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, ssod to lOs Od ; Brills, is Gd to 5s Od; Cod Fish , 3s 6d to sOd each; Soles, Mto 2s 3d per pair ; Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 8d to 2s oa ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 2s 6d to 6s per dozen ; Haddocks, Eid to ommo ls 2cl n ; Doreys, 2s Od to 6s Od; Mullets, Od to Os each ; C Oysters, 7s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 30s Od to 36s dozen;er bushel; Mackerel, Od to Os each; Smelts, is Od per State, 4d to 7d per 1b; Shrimps, is 6d. to 2s 2d. per g allon; Bloaters, is 1d to is 3d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 1s Od to is 6d per dozen. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, Od to 21d; 641 b to 721 b, 21d to 20; 721 b to 801 b, 24d to 2'd; 801 b to 881 b, 2d to 3d; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3ici; 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 4:1 ; 1011 h to 1121 b Od to Od. Horn hides, 5s Od to Os Od; calf skins, light, is Od to 2s Od; ditto, full, 3s 6d to 5s Od; polled sheep, 7s 6d to lOs Od; gents & Half-breds, 6s 3d to 8s Od ; and Downs, 4.5 9d to 6s 01 HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2 / 16 s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ lEs ; and straw , 1/ 5s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade dull, at previous quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 17s to 5/ ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. THROWING STONES AT A RAILWAY TRAIN. —The Bath magistrates have just inflicted a punishment for this dangerous offence whic h we hope will act as a caution to other mischievous persons. A lad, named Francis Sims, was charged by Mr. Burton, the superintendent of the Great Western Railway police, with throwing a stone, about a quarter of a pound in weight, at the up express train, us it was passing through a very deep cutting near Bath. His worship said it was well for the prisoner, an d o thers like him, to know the punishment to which they rendered themselves liable for this offence. He might be seeth e o the assizes to take his trial, and if there found guilty, . would be transported for the terin of his natural life. As Mr. Burton, however, had not pressed the charge under that Act of Parliament, the prisoner would be fined 101.—in default, to be impri soned for three calendar months. l'a;d 291 i x in x in x in