The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

~,-. : p rom pt ................... - THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIT ..... _ seniell l s, MINING INTELLIGENCE. , SHAR N MARKETS-(THIS DAY). COURT CIRCULAR. ' THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. 3c eption, 4 - ol effects , • (Front the Mining Journal of this day.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. m ay be WINDSOR, DEC, 30. The weather yesterday in the metropolis was such as The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High- for IWe cannot report any large amount of business this e of our Closing Prices Business done on shore ilea the Duchess of Kand Countess G Till Sent, the Earl - has not been experienced in this country many The Christmas holidays have taken many parties Ur. Paid IllawAYs , yesterday. this day. years, for within the space of a few hours from hard week. from town ; and at this season generally there is but a in de- e, Lord and Lady John Russell, the lady in waitin to the little doing. - ---, The St. 100 !Aberdeen ..... ........ 201 -21 i onerous Duchess of Kent, and Lord Raglan. g frost it turned to rain, then to snow, and afterwards the wind blew so etrong as to almost resemble a gale, On the Metal Market we reported so-fully last week, 2 0 86 Ambg. Nottng. Bost.Srnished The Band o f th e S cots F us ili er G uar d s atten d e d a t the thermometer at the Royal Society's receiving - house, in t, linen , Oast le during dinner, and performed the following corn- Hyde-park, during Thursday night fell to 21 degs., that we have the less to say on this occasion. The holi- & Eastn. June...-. 41 -54 • 50 all Belfast & BallYnsena ••• - "' maining positions :- days have, as usual at this period of the season, been the 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. di tstrophe ?,larsch Triumphale " Fannhauser" reason of our not having more to report. Firm as the Stour Valleys...-. 9 - 94 ' onnphonie No. 3, Andante con moth, idle- evening. In the first part of yesterday morning it rose market generally stands-demand on the increase, and 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 1_11:0 un poco agitate, vivace non troppo, Cheshire Junct....„ 11 - 9 d as high as 35 degs., and at noon it stood at 38 degs. produce lessening-the year we are now about corn ;ador. 4 aegio, allegro vivassisimo, composed mencing is likely to exceed the business done in that 18 - 19 and dedicated to her Majesty Queen At 2 o'clock it descended to 30 degs. At 5 o'clock p.m. 27i all 1 D2 50 . C sl h e x s h 2 . 5 & C a ß n i s r . k . .. : Victoria, by F. Mend elssohn. it fella gain 2 degs., and indicated 28 degs. Fahrenheit. now ending.-Copper, Tin, and Lead are firm, and 22 184 Do., £20....... ....... . 54 - - 441 The-Queen's private afterwards attendedand band likely to remain so, or go higher. Of the two former 25 30 'Blyth& Tyneoriginal £25 (iss. at £45).... ••• - •.. 0, P 14 .4 3'ed the following selections :- 3 pa pers at 30.11 inches, suddenly changed to 29.53 inches, being the stocks are small, notwithstanding a report that St. 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 98 - 100 964 6 re a mmo-" Zanetta" Anger. Banca will yield for the next sale 2,000 parcels more St. 100 Caledonian. 54 i - 55 4 51f 39 44 3f a fall of nearly half an inch-an extraordinary . circum- L .p rz etto-"Frieschutz" than 1852. Such a tritlina excess will scarcely be felt ; 50 all Chesterl & Holyhead 16 -- 17 electric ainfonia, No. 4 (first movement) Weber. stance in so short a time. The wind in the morning Beethoven. was south-west, but in the middle of the day it changed and Tin-Plates will fetch higher rates, as the American 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 14 -15 - Ilia Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Alb er t, accom panied by to due west ; in the evening, at 6 o'clock, it was north- tariff proposes to exempt them from duty. 20 all teork, Black. & Pass. ••• - ..• John a t the Lord - Ru sse ll, wen t oa t s h oo ti ng this morning, west, with every appearance of becoming quite north In the Bullion Market,-Dollars, ss. °id. per ounce. 20 10 Cornwall' - ••• Bar Silver, ss. lid. per ounce standard ; ditto holding Great attended by the Earl of Listowel and Captain the Hon. again during the night. 25 all Dundee Perth dea.ber -1)• de Roe. s gr. gold, ss. l'id. per ounce, standard ; bar gold, 50 45 ,Dublin&BelfastJunc. 46 - 47 84 - 9 the co. The sudden change in the weather for some hours dean Junction 778 9d. per ounce, standard ; Spanish doubloons, 2 5 all Do. New......... -.--. :ing. The Duke of Cambridge is expected to-day, on a visit iBs. ed. to 78s. 9d. per ounce ; Columbian ditto, 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. to her 34 almost put a stop to skating and sliding in the various - ' . 'banked ajesty. 778. Gd. per ounce ; fine cake; 565. OS(1. per ounce. &E.& L. & D. 5.,,, 41 - 54 parks, for although the ice was tolerably firm, yet the . b _The Marquis of Abercorn, with the Ladies Harriet and snow that had fallen the previous day had become dis- The gold mining share market has shown a great 18 all Do. (£lB E. &11.) 3e. 4 of St. 4.)e4 triX Hamilton, have been invited, and are also ex- solved, and there remained several inches of water upon inertness of business, and although some of the ;teem- 20 all Eastern• Counties._ 134 - 13/ 134 4 35 - 42 Petted this afternoon, dited descriptions of stock have been inquired after, yet St. 100 Eastern Union A.stis . orreries the surface of the frozen rivers. About 500 persons, how the recent disclosures made at the several meetings con- Sir Charles Eastlake (president) and Mr. Knight (sec ressiou St 100 'Do , do. B ' . - 31 - ev ventured on the ice in the Regent's Park, and were vened by Mr. Guedalla. have caused a great depression pressed 'Vary of the Royal Academy) had the honour of having2s , ' 84 Do'Ne A(la - te - T - 11 * (1 . );) ••• - • • amusing er' themselves by skating, when towards, two in the less preferable descri tions ; in fact, the are--65 '= p y sttt. 100100 l E E d 4t Lancashire,,,.,. w 64 - 66 634 4 .I inburgh & Glasgow 63 63 . all audience of the Queen. o'clock the atmosphere became darkened so as to re- scarcely saleable at a heavy discount. It was rumoured 10 31Edinb. and Peebles._ •.. - ••• ailtrah - semble the fall of night. At the same time a tremend- yesterday that considerable difference of opinion exists St 100 'Edinb.Prth.&Dundea 22 - 23 OCaeiell Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday ous snow squall set in, accompanied with a strong wind, among the directors of the Port Philip Company. This is io 1 IForth and ClydeJunc. •• • IPO4 [M ined ' the Governor of Canada. No accident beyond a few falls took place in this park to be regretted, as, from the knowledge displayed by St. 160 'Glasgow & S.Western ::: - ;s . 62 . Mr. Evan Hopkins, the local superintendent, there is St.. 100 'Great Northern Stk 844 - 85 f 84 3S each. - - during the day. little question but that ' the affairs of the association have St.. 100 IDo. A. Stock - 61 59 60 al, the' "AIN-LADEN VESSELS 1N THE BOSPHORUS. The number of gentlemen who ventured upon the been managed abroad with the greatest ability, and with St. 100 D0.,1 B. Stock tia bad ' 4. Serpentine-river, Hyde-park, was not great. The ice a due regard to economy. Favourable advices have been [lstria!' The Newcastle and Gateshead Commercial Asso- . . . . . was described as being 31 inches thick, and very firm received by the Quartz Rock and Agua Fria Companies, S s t. t. l l loo oo G G r t e . a S t th w. .& es W te e rn st : ( . l .. r . e : ) . 834 - 834 83 12 11 Irish South-Easters. ... - ••• elation has received the following communication but no perceptible improvement can be expected to take .estiou. Its • beyond the water on the surface. Owing to the super-peeting the towing of rain laden British ves-place in these stocks until some actual results come to 164! 11 1 1 Do , Thirds. ...... rid de - sell through the Bosphorus and Dardenelles, and intendent (Mr. Williams) having, in the middle of the hand. The Australian Cordillera Company state they 50 1 all I l Lancaster &Carlisle 93 - 98 ed tbe 48 0 through the Straits of Gibraltar, by her Ma- day, had caution boards stuck up along the banks, expect, on the arrival of Mr. Thomas, who will be des- 194 174 Do., Fifths 6e. -64 d 'es , St. 100 3 ' Lancasts. &Yorkshire 664 - 67 664 6 J ty s steamers not otherwise engaged :..... many were deterred f rom go i ng u p on th e ice. Those patched by the Crcesus, that the differences between the 14 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. ••• - ••• d lig go "Whitehall, 19th December, 1853. who were skating about two o'clock became greatly be. superintendents will be satisfactorily arranged; and it 50 all Leeds Northern 134 - 131 134 is to be hoped that in this, as well as in other companies, 20 all Liv•Crsby.&Sontb.pt ••• - ... , . 1 ' Gentlemen,- lam directed by the Lords of the wildered, owing to the park becoming quite dark, when 11 3 / 4 all London & Blackwell 84 - 81 some more definite information in future will be given Committeethe of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge those who were skating at the east end of the river were L 0 84 Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. f - 14 p oed a "ue receipt of your letter of•the 16th inst., requestinthose who have embarked their capital on the faith of 3 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 984 - 9 9 4 99 istifies . that orders be • la given to her Majesty's steamers to assist heavy shower of rain. Those who were g favoured with a ' s t e h v e er r a e l s p p r e c c s ta p b e l e e tus n e a s. mes which have appeared in the Bt. 100 London &N. Western 103 - ieli um 2 above the bridge that crosses the Serpentine were more donte . ! s r_ the transit of cornLladen vessels by towing them 21 12 Do. Fifths - 4 P fortunate, for, instead of rain, they encountered a tre- In Miscellaneous Shares the market has been devoid "Tough the Bosphorus and Dardanelles and also through 10 1 D0.,16/.ShaM&B oat - P of hia of interest. • the straits of Gibraltar ; and in reply, ' I am to state to mendous shower of snow. 124 24 Do. Eighths • ••• - ••• 1 • . g:sti, for the information of the Commercial Association, Several noblemen and gentlemen of the Skating Club St. 100 London & S.Westeru 77 78 return that having communicated with the Lords Commissioners were on the Long-water, and, with others, the number THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. 12A -114 d 50 424 Do., £50............... s 40 34 Do. X 40.... .. 9 - 8 d 5 . the Admiralty, my lords are informed that her Ma- . 5e TO , is returned as being 1,000 ; but no accidents took place. __,,.._____ 25 all Lndndrzy.&Coleraine ... - •.. Jesty's steamers in the Bosphorus are otherwise fully e Very few went upon the ice in St. James's Park, and The following is from the circular of Mr. Thos 25. all Lndndrry. & Enuisk. ••• -..- ngaged, and that at Gibraltar there are not any St. 100 Manch•Shea&Lincln. 22 - 23 Sri learners l i f4 amers available for the purpose.-I am, gentlemen, only two became immersed, who were got out by Ed- Thorburn, dated Glasgow, Dec. 31 :- 84 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. • - - --d Yutir obedient servant, ward Cook, and taken to the marquee. On the Round- "Sir,-Though in 1853 the exports and home con- St. 100 Midland 621 - 634 624 1 Ceuw' ; • 1 aud ', H FARBER pig iron 9 0 "T. H. . pond no accident occurred. The frost set in again last sumption of were 5 ,000 tons, exceeding by St. 100. Do. Birraing.& Derby 3 6 38 t • , "Messrs. Potts and Mather, Newcastle." evening with increased severity, and it was extremely 300,000 tons any previous year, the fluctuations in the 50 474 Midland G.West.(lr.) a. - ••• 25 174 Do. 4 Shares .......... ... - ... difficult for vehicles or pedestrians to pass to and fro in price of the article were neither so great, rapid, nor 100 all Neweastle&Carliisle- ••• - ••• in the streets, violent as in 1845, when with an increasing stock and a St. 100 Newmarket 54 - 56 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)- r i s for , • progressive production prices reached 110 s. per ton. of • rte , -• 25 17A Newpt•Aberg.&Htfd. 5 - 4 d 64 5 Do, Bury Extensions 4d - par DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT BRAD- " After the fall, which was influenced by the au 50 ai Newry & E nn i s kill en 2 t -34 rid a,; ' COVENT GARDEN. FORD, YORKSHIRE. merited stocks, and the raising of the rate of in- 20 all Ne Warren rat w fell , Owing to the present severe weather, the supplies of 6 - 8 se. terest by the Bank of England, in January, eaten- & Rostrevor otters , moat articles on sale to-day were small ; hence prices were lett the advance. urs ay nig ta, sive pure ases were made per . A few minutes before 10 o'clock on Th d • h • h at 535. 6d. to 655. St 100 Norfolk. . .. . 48 -52 49 %/. the ' ton, prices continuing to oscillate until the middle of 50 34 Northn.CountiesUn 3/ -3A d warehouse, occupied by Messrs. Berwick Brothers and • Pauses-Pine apples, English, 4s Od to 6s Od each; October between the latter quotations, according to the St. 100. North British ......... 304 - 314 304 30 Gillies, and Messrs. Broadbent and M'Crobin, stuff 16 16 Noh Devon, N 0.1.. 8 - 10 ,Votr, c u,itto colonial, is Od to la 3d each • hot house grapes pacific or warlike tone of the news from the East. It r Od to 9s; foreign ditto, is to 2s 'Od ' . per lb; apples, merchants, Swaine-street s Bradford, was discovered to beingascertainedthe stock had decreased then - 16 lls De l , No. 2.. ....... .... ••• - ••• 34 J.' '" to 8 bush •8 all D , A Deferred... If - 24 is a per, pears, 2s to 5s per dozen ; lemons, be on fire. The building is a new erection, belonging to h a lf since February, and that the prohibitory duties into 8 e. i Guaranteed 64 1 three Od to 2s ; oranges. 4s Oil to lOs per 100 • almonds, 2s 8 Do., B- er on "° 3 lb Barcelona 20 bush.; ' i 5 per . ; nuts, 20s per cob-nuts, 00s to Mr. W. H. Ripley, and was five stories high. It was France would be considerably modified, about 50,000 50 all North London ..... ... 50 ... 5 t a , 40 8 per 1001bs. h 9oc u 'ed by the tenants as a stuff warehouse, and when ; c esnuts, 8s to -Os per bushel ; filberts, cpi tons were purchased at 675. 6c1., 705., 725. 6d., 75 • -s., 10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hemp el 0 11 Ws to 1003 per 100 lbs; walnuts, 8d to is Gd per 100. the fire broke out it contained stock worth about 30,000/. 775. 6d., and 80s., principally on French account. . stead, and City Jn.. ... - ... ;c1 te - VEGETABLES Cbb - a ages, 101 to is 3d ;Brussels sprouts, 2s 6 d to 3s Od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, 6d to 10(1 each; The flames were first seen at the back part of the pre- "The stocks of 210,000 tons in warehouse-keepers' 20 171 North Staffordshire.. 5a 54d and makers' stores are now in few hands, and hence the 20 all - North Western........ 84 - 9 d , e d to green s , 3 s 6d to 5 s O d per d oz. b unches; red ca bb ages, 2s to raises, f rom that p or ti on occup i e d b y M essrs. Berw i ck firmness of the market, and the refusal of the iron- 10 10 N. & S.Westrn. June. 1 - par , NO 58 4 Od per dozen ; potatoes, 85s to 170 s per ton ; and Co., at which time they were issuing from the roof, masters to make further sales at the quotations of to- 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, su rt o. b e en 1 . Ps, 3s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozenand Leicester - -. Information was immediately given at the police-office, day. Owing to the varied and extended uses to which • the utuaches • cucumbers, Os 6d to is Od each ; !celery, 9(1 to 18'iron is applied throughout the world, the shipments and St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Gd per bundle ; spinach, 2s 6d. to 3s; Oct per sieve ; and a posse of police, with the corporation apparatus, • • • Wolverhampton 364 - 374 local consumption of the article have this year been 20 2.2 Portsmouth ••• -- ••• onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s were despatched to theplace, andwere followed ' in a Lib& Der doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6,1 to 8(.1 ; - unprecedented, though an advance of 70 per cent. has st. 100 Scottish Central pre' 'Mall salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; horse-raddish, 2s Oct to 4s Od short time by the fire en g i nes belongi ng to the Leeds been established, and freights have risen fully 50 per St. 100 Scottish Midland 57 - 58 59 • 2.1 . per bundle ; mushrooms, Os 9d to 2s Od per pottle; parsley, and Yorkshire, and the Halifax, Bradford, and Keighley cent. The United States have again been by far the St. 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 5B - 60 the 18 Od to 35 Od per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, is Od to insurarce companies. In the me an ti me a n ex p ress wa s largest customers, and increasing exportations to that St. 100 Do., le &N. West's . 8 6d per bundle. be calculated upon, as recent accounts • - quarter may . in Guaranteed Stock 55 - 60 con - despatched to the barracks, and about 11 o'clock the dicate a modified specific duty on iron will be imme- 10 10 a h b &13 fd 24 - 2dis Shrews by. He r o fd. • NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. barrack engine, attended by three companies of 28th diately andadopted proposed D on- o Turkeys, 4s Od to 15s; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s Od each ; Ducks, Foot , was on the spot. There being a plentiful supply " Notwithstanding the existence of legitimate causes (Nor. W. Min.) l4 -16 fa 6d to 3s Od; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d ; wild ditto is 134 all Do. Halves, do 7 - 8 lira' 60 is 6d ; Pigeons, 5d to 10d each; roasting Pigs, 4s ad to 9s of water; the engines were soon brought into play, but, for stimulating production-the average price of the 20 all Do. Oswestry each ; S auey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od •e ditto Chickens, Os Od although worked with great energy, the flames, fanned Year being 20s. per ton higher than the average price of 20 64 Shropshire Union 34 - 3/1 ,1 21 the t o o Os Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d to 48 Od per couple; by a brisk north-west wind, extended and threatened the last five years-the make is 50,000 tons less than in ... ~, Do. A, B,C, &D, fully the pheasants 8s tolls 0(1 ; Chickens, 2s Od to 3s Od per couple ; an adjoining warehouse on the west, occupied by the years 1852, 1851, owing to the scarcity of labour and paid up at per cent. ... - ••• left 35 easants 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridges, is ad to 2s 01; Hares, Od to 4s Od; Leverets, Os Od to Os 'Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d Mr. J. Behrens, stuff merchant. Mr. Leveratt, the raw material. " Scotland possessed fifty years ago only 13 furnaces, 50 all South Devon ~ 15 -- 17 St. 100 South Ea5tern......... 61 - 62 61i 60 hiclo to 3s Cel; Grouse), 2s Oct to 2s 6d; Snipes, 9d to ls ad; Teal, the chief constable, then directed the efforts of the small produce of which realised 10/. to 13/. 5O all South Wales 324 334 per ton. .ved 6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to • • • . . 20 15 8, Yorksh, River Dun 3 -- 2 d urs. is Ott; and Plovers al to is each. El•Is Ea lOs 61t , 6 ng is o gs, ( a 114 furnaces are now in his men to saving this building, and, a change of blast, the value of the produc -20 5 Do.. 4 - 5 the 12s Od; French dittoBa Od to 9s Od per 120 • Ostend fresh wind taking place about the same time, accompanied tion of which at the present price amount to the large sum of 2,800,0001. per annum, about one-half of which 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. ... - ... butter 11s 6(1 to 13s Oct,Oand English 12s Od to 15s Od per with rain, he was successful in destro •the • destroying communi- •25 all Stockton & Darling 27 - 30 ion dozen lbs, is expended in wages. These facts, taken in conjunction 164 Stockton & Hartlepl ... - ... tits, BILLINGSGATE. cation. The fire by this time had obtained so complete withannualtabular ~ my - .., iof an ascendancy over the main building that all hopes of stocks, prices, &c., will give an idea of the extraordinary 10 8 Do. £lO shades ..• - ••• , Turbots, 2s Oct to 22s ; Brills, is Od to 7s each ; Salmon 38 to Os Od per lb; Cod Falb, 2s Gd to 8s Od each ; Soles, saving it were abandoned, and the efforts of the several growth of the iron trade of Scotland to its present gi- St. 100 Do. Ppd., No. 1 ... ... cur , 3d to is 6d per pair • Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 10d to fire brigades in attendance directed to the adjoining gantic dimensions and of its great national importance." 25 20 Thames Haven Dock ing ! 3 8 Od • Crabs, 6d to 2e. 6(1; Whitings, 3s to 1280 d per doz•• warehouses on the east side and at the back. About D '• , and Railway 2/ '•-•s • 3 I 20 17 Vale of Neath l5 - 16 oreys, Is Ott to ss; Mullets, is to 2s 6(.1 each; Common 3 o'clock the fire began to abate, and shortly afterwards )Si- 0 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 51 - 64 ysters, lOs OctOd to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Od per it was got under. The destruction of the main building Of " HOW THE LAW IS RESPECTED 50 all Waterford&Limerick 27 -29 b ah; Mackerel, 00s to 00s per 100; Smelts, is ,6d to 3spr doz.; was complete, there being nothing lull at back but the A T CI - lELTENIIAM." 20 14 West Cornwall 8 84 • the s kate, 6(1 to Od. per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; walls and partially burnt pieces, while the front is in )n- . Bloaters is 6(1 to 2s 6)1 per doz. ; Fresh Horrings, 5s Od such a dilapidated condition as to render its removal . ... a West End of London and Crystal Palace ... - ... nal , !°_ Os Od' per 100 ; Haddocks 63 to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, necessary. The excitement during the progress of the TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 20 all West London is ! 'u to 1 - ; 4 ~ s each Carp, 2s Od per ' brece • Tench, 2s Od . - ..• fire was most intense, and the public, from a mistaken SIR,-About a fortnight ago there was a report 10 51s. wmbiedous t creydoe s , - ... . in , is (lid 'each , Halibut, a, us Oa. per brace ; Gurnets,l.d to • notion of saving property, broke into some half-dozen in the Record, and probably in other papers of an St. 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 64 - 65 64 2s 0 1 A uck per lb • Salt Fish, 2d to 5d tier lb. ; Prawns, ( to 25 20 Do. Extensions an '" O - 1 'Flounders,is to 1:. 6 1 • - -- • ..• 9 i - 8 .1. 1 25 11: 1 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 - 3idt art . super lb.; Pike 6(.1 per lb. goods into the streets, and under these circumstances it master at Cheltenham, by the father of a boy who 2 1 • St. 100 I York &N. Midland.. 47 - 48 / I- BREAD. is difficult to form any accurate idea of the loss which had been flogged by the master's orders. Now, ty- , The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from has resulted, but it has been estimated, by gentlemen Sir, lam no advocate for the abolition of corporal if • -told to 11d; of household ditto, 9(1 to 10d per 41b loaf.qualified to atnot less than 50 060/ The prin judge, punishment he NEWPORT. cipal sufferers are Messrs Berwick and Co., whose stock, judge, in giving his decision, strongly censured the 10 6 Antwrp &Rotterdam 2 - lid 31 4 of lieef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; mutton , 3s Gd to 4s 8d; valued at 23,0001., is entirely destroyed, and Messrs, excessive severity of the flogging, as exhibited in the 5 3 Belgian East. Junct, 1 -16 ' te al, 3s 6d. to 4,3 8(.1; pork, 3s 4d to 5s Octper Blbs. Broadbent and M'Crobin, whose loss will not be much2o 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 - - 2 d ty evidence, and gas,© substantial dams to the es nt WHITECHAPEL. under 10,0001. The former are insured to the full ex- I't . p am iff. I next see in the same newspaper, of , •• ••• Central of Italy .0 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 15 is ßeef from 3s Oct to 4s 2(1 • Mutton 3s 4d to 4 • tent of their loss in the Globe Yorksh , Veal „, s 8d , . ire West of the 19th ult., that a meeting has been held at 174 all Demerara . ' the Royal ,3s4dto 4s 8(1; Pork, 3s 41 to 4s 10d per Sibs. by England, Liverpool and London, and Incur- St the carcase. ante companies ; but the latter have only an ins • urance Cheltenham, to express their sympathy with the 20 10 Dijon and Besa9on •2l -34 p le in the Leeds and Yorkshire, to the extent of 2,000/. defendant in the above-mentioned action. Now, 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 2 d HIDES AND SKINS. 20 all East Indian 3 - 34 o 'I 4_lfarket hides, 561 h to 641 h, 24d to 2fd; 641 b to 721 b, 21(1 At the time we write the origin of the fire is unknown, though the speakers affect to feel great respect for 20 2 Do. Extension 4d - i p t, to Out' 721 b to 801 b, 21d to 3d • 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 34,1 •dit is stated that the premises were safe at half-past 9 the law, the evident tendency of the meeting is to • an 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula a - i P 5 4 . • , "A to 961 b, 34d to 34d; 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 3fd • 1041 1 i at which hour they were locked up. impugn the justice of the judge's decision, and 20 10 Gd. Juuet. of France 24 - 3 p it • t o 1121 b 34d to 44d. Horse hides, 5s 6d to 6t3 Otl; calf skins, deaden its effect on public opinion. We all know • ... 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 13 ight, 2s Od to 3s 6d; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Od; polled that, in' political and other prosecutions, the de- Shre. and 80nd5...,, 4 - 3daa 4 a s heela 7s 3(1 to 9s 3d; Kent's, 6s 3d to 7s 9d; Half-breds, 20 8 Gt. Central of France p 4 -• 1 • " 3 3d to 7s 9d ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. THE RENT DAY AT KNOWSLEY. Pendant is often hailed as a martyr to his princi -204 204 Gt. Westn. of Canada a •. pies. So I suppose, in this instance, the school i HAY MARKETS. Thursday last being the rent day of the Earl of master is to be considered a martyr to the principle Shares ld - par ... ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - ... ,Ssirastrinros --Meedow hay 31 15s to Si 12s • clover " I.l tto, 4/ Os t 0 .61 10.4' and straw, 1/ 17s to 214 s per loa •d. Derby, his lordship's tenants, to the number of three -I should; perhaps, say the fundamental principle ... ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 ... - . e . " S upply limited, and eriade firm. hundred, were entertained to dinner in the coach-house -of severe corporal punishment. Did not the high 204 104 Hamilton & Toronto 4d - I p t CUMBERLAND, -Meadow hay 41 Os to 51 15s • cloverat K I in English hos italityand grave position of the speakers, at the meeting 11.:0 all Do. 6 per cent e. - 4.10 , _ , _ , Knows le a style of true oldp • 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ~. - ... 1 ' ditto 41 , , , -13 to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 18s to 2t 5 s per load.alluded to,preclude such opinion, we might an It will readily be believed that three hundred stalwarts 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 41. limited. supply, and a steady demand. have imagined that the sympathy expressed for the Lancashire farmers, full of high spirits, inspired by the per cent. pref. ditto hay, 3/ 15s to Si lOs ; clover - 114 10 uex... ‘4ltto, 4/ 48 to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 11 17s to 214 e per load, general agricultural prosperity ; a lively sense of grata - in the " Anti-Jacobin" :- 10 10 Do.(Bailamo) 6l - 74 Fade firm, and supply very limit e d. tude to their generous landlord, of whose great talents, ---- " For his mind 5 2Do l4- - 24 high position, and spotl ess r eputation every man of Sh ape d str i ctest p l ans o f di sc i p li ne , sage sc h emes - 5 3 Do. (Canal) li - 24 2 Z-LOYD'S SHIPPI N G.-(THIS DAY.) them feels personally proud, as if he somehow had a Such as Lycurgus taught when at the Shrine 10 5 Do. 6p, cent. pref. ... - ...p 20 12 Lyons & M e diterran. ... - ...p Of the Orthyan goddess, he bade flog right to participate in th em , an d had done something or 20 104 Madras 4 - 1 P ~,___. The little Spartans - LONDON, Dec. 31.--Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. , other towards their acquisition ; and with appetites But time shall come 334 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New . . - ••• fight breeze, and fine, clear, frosty weather. sharpened by a frost which had brought the therm- When -- and laws be all repeard." -.-- -. 20 2 Melbourne Dk.ee By. ... - ... PORTSMOUTH, ~ Dec. 30.-Wind, W.N.W. to N.N.W. meter down to 23 degrees and a decimal fraction-would - n-,,l'ilved-Puggoard, from. Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen • I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, 20 all Namur & Liege (with ‘teelhe, Baltimore, for Bremen. ' do ample justice to the substantialities under which the JURIS CONSULTUS. interest 20 all Do. (ex interest) 7l -84 8 COWES, Das. 30.-Wind, N. Arrived-Elise, from well spread tables groaned. We need not describe the • - -. Porto Plata. 16 all Northern of France 35 •- 354 344 exhilirating scene-a lively imagination may conceive 20 all Do. 201. 3p. e, Bds •,,,,POOLE, Dec. o.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Antelope and • 140 • - ' latter • h bulwarks untsineer, from Newfoundland-the with loss of it, but an attempt at description would only do it in- A MISER'S RELATIVES.-Yesterday Mr. Brent held [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] ... - ... an inquest at the Moor Arnie, Cadogan-terrace, Chelsea, 10 all Norwegianlank.Pref 74 - 8 and with cargo damaged. justice, and detract from its richness of effect. berg,PALMUUTH, Dec. 30.-Wind, N.W. Arrived-rends- The young Lord Stanley,the hopeful h •of heir an death took place under 20 10 Paris and Lyons 164 - on Mary Handel, aged 73, whose . . 40 164 p 254 Company.the following circumstances. Police-sergeant William 40 Do. bonds tiEnuas ants, Dec. 30.-Wind, N.W. Arrived-Oro- ancient and noble race, presided on the occasion. Upchurch, 23 B, was sent for by scleceased's landlord on 20 all Paris and Orleans.,,, 46 - 48 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l - 43 kocto, from Dalhousie, for Fleetwood. With becoming condescension, but with that grace Monday morning, in consequence of her not having Congo Isla of Sk e) Dec. 24 .-The Wm. and H - made her appearance for several days. On arriving at 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 324 -33 20 4 P ' C &Ch b • 3 4 ens aen er rg. - p Trig), of the isle of Man, is leaky, with keel damaged, her residence, 22, Cadogan-street, he effected an entrance ving been on shore. - i d by the window, as her . room door was locked. The apart- 20 all Rouen and Havre l9 -• 20 CARDIFF, (Dec. 30.-The Snowdon Lassie, hence to placed entirely at his ease, his lordship well and ably ment was in a filthy disorderly state, the bed stripped of 20 9 Royal Danish ld - par D ublin, got on shore last night at Breaksea Point, did the honours of the day. The same ambition to ex- the clothes, and the furniture lay scattered about. On the 5 2 Roal Swedish l--4 d Pavia houroven, Dec. 30.-Wind, N.E. Arrived-Wallace, eel which prompts the esquire in the field to win the floor the door, and with her feet Sambre Y s a 9 M• Richibucto. Sailed-Victory, for Swan River ; near - 20 all and Meuse B4 --s. 9 L'" s arlborough, Melbourne ; Balnageth, do. Off Port-A spurs of knighthood,-which impels the heir of one of place, lay deceased, enveloped in a blanket, with all her 10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pref . - ... ' 4 •r s tie vessel, with mainmast gone, making for the harbour. the oldest peerages in the kingdom to command the ap- clothes on. She was quite dead and cold. On undressing 20 2 S.E. of France .-•, - .•• 4 I ?..WANSEA., Dec. 30.-Sailed-Jessy, for Barbadoes ; Sir plause of listening sendtes, -which prompts him to be- her, he discovered between her flannel and stays 1101., 20 6 Southern of France 4•- • 6 p • -L. Godsmed, Cuba. in five, ten, and twenty-pound notes, with six sove -20 6 St. Andrews & Quebec ... - ... 1 B RIELDS, Dec. 30.-Wind, N. Arrived-Richibucto, stow his eloquence at the meetings of Mechanics' Insti reigns wrapped in a piece of dirty - •• ' ° . a _lia Quebec. tutes and other popular assemblies, and without which, there were two Bank Stock certificates, the one for 81 all West Flanders 44 - 4 - d . " 10 Do. 51 per c. Pref . 1 wARRENPOINT Dec• Bohemian Girl, Smyrna to Liver . , • 30.-The . indeed, no true greatness can hope to be achieved,- 201/., the other for 50/., and also a sovereign and a-half 20 10 We of France 74 -8 4 p I aa pool has been floated off the Long Rock with , d ab , ~ , were called into requisition in this humbler sphere. The folded in a bit of old newspaper. On further searching 10 4 W es t, o f Switzerland li - lid ...a ge . earldom of Derby stands at the head of all our local no- the room he found a quantity of plate and jewellery. 20 2 Wiesbaden - ... 4. ILFRACOMBE, Dec. 30.-The Lewis (schooner), of and eases Brigham, it and it delights us to see that, as generations roll on, The appearance of the apartment indicated the greatest 20 12 Zealan , ....... ... - 4 d b .-. for Southampton, which put in here leaky, bil Ya - "Ill bee n placed on the Graving Bank ; her butts and the scions of this illustrious house are conscious of their poverty. Mr. Burton, deceased's landlord, stated that rolls are much s t ra i ne d, an d th e wr t er i s runn i ng ou t o f responsibilities as well as of th e i r r i g ht s , an d no bl y sus - d ecease d, w h o was o f ver y eccentr i c habits, had lived in LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. et starboard bilge. Her crew refuse to proceed in her. tain intellectually and morally the high position which his house four years, nearly all which ti me she scarcely - they inherit. The late Lord Derby may be emphatically allowed any one to enter her room. She had alarm bells Leasing Cies tog Prices Business Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compass. yviterday. thi s d a y. said to have been the most respectable man and th e mos t attached to the door. Mr. J o h n S m i t h , surgeon, per (BY ELECTRIC TELEGR APH .) perfect gentleman in the kingdom ; the present E ar l i s formed the post mortem examination. The body was e nd IV*LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 10.30 A.M. the acknowledged head of the great politicalextremely emaciated,and the stomachand intestines ---- all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. party ~ I N.W., fresh breeze, and snowing. earri li__ ved-Isabella, Achilles, from Naples ; Hugo, from which he represents ; his life from boyhood has been de- were void a food. The immediate cause of death was Bletchley.... ••• - ... Bucleghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 - 103 tdvo e to the public service ; his talents and his elo- extraeasation of blood on the brain, but whether that St. 100 t 4 Labllr g ; OrOMOOtO, from Dalhousie, for Fleetwood ; Jc. Caledon... 51 - 52 50 all Clydesdale Otto Pastorita, from Bilboa ; Fenna, from Riga •; Frichen q . , uence no less than his high rank, have secured him a was produced by starvation, cold or any other cause, ‘ l O Von Manteuffel, from Dantzig public reputation co-extensive with the globe, an d w h a t he could not positively say. The coroner having in- St. 100 E ti Lin c eo e l n n t • gr GraNerth 42 n a - 145 Off the Port.-Aden, from China.. is very much better he enjoys in his ancestral halls and quired whether any heir to the property had appeared, es 2, ) all Gla P s: Barr. di Caldonian. in the bosoms of his tenantry the character of a liberal a stout, broad-shouldered, brawny-looking countryman, Neils. Direct. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 29. *.• ''' oeo - Wind ind N.E. landlord, an agricultural improver, and a hind-hearted with his hands buried in his trousers pockets, swag- 2; all Do. New Do ... - ... Itra rr ivecl-Witch, from Bahia ; Sarah, from Naples ; man. While he maintains amongst his equ a l s th e dig- gored his way towards the coroner, and said he was the 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Er. Gt•Westn 3O - 32 eu • Btrie from Pernambuco-all three for Liverpool. nity of his birth, of his station, and of the honours and party in question. The summoning officer then ten- 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. S A • I ' Railway & Dem- .., - .., Led-Joseph Friedlander, for Antwerp; Lord Maid- rewards conferred on him by his sovereign, he can un. dered him the book to be sworn, which he for a few to ne, for Mauritius. bend in his elegant retreat at Knowsley ; and while at seconds hesitated to tat e, glancing suspiciously at the 50 all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 109 - 111 1104 all times the farmer's friend, he can occasionally stoop, coroner, the jury, and the summoning officer, as if he 25 all Do. A Shares. Do 544 - 554 (By SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) 21 all Do. 1 Shares Do on festive occasions, to become the farmer's companion dreaded a trick being played upon him. At length, hay- 1 4 , ~ , , - _ GRAVESEND, SATURDAY, 10 A.M. for a time. ing taken the oath, he replied, in answer to questions ,lii $ 12 all Lon. (11. Green* S. Eastern. 13a - 144 20 all Do. Preference Do - qr l CUSTOMS RETURN. It delights us tofiud that the present Lord Stanley, like from the coroner, Why, Pm come from Maidstone. I St. 100 Lowestoft gr. a .0 2 W ind 'ay - a waternlan• My name's James Hodges, and I married 4 per cent_ Norfolk - 95 Qived-Lion, from Gravelines. guished sire, that while heaspiresto greatness in the state, her niece ; that's all about it. Coroner : Are you the St. 100 Do. 6 per et.. Do Cal • Lion, steamer, for Ostend; Triton, steamer, hedoesnotshrink from the ' relative? Witness (with grin) • Why, sarenly I 51 all • kikhumblerand moredomesticvir- only a . , Manelalixton. Lu.&N.W. tues which grace the character of a country gentleman, and is. A young woman here stepped forward, and said she and Matlock & Midld. 2 - 3 Wind W I.T ,-, r , DEAL, SATURDAY, 9 A.M. which have made " s the fin e Old En g lish Gentl eman " had known deceased several years, and that she (witness) 50 all aridallesbro' & Stckton & aeaaled _a a .`• " ~ fair, and frosty. told one of the most admirable types of the Anglo-Saxon believed him to be the heir, for deceased frequently Itedear, . Darlingt, ... - 0 4er e i ne ,: Robert Peel, from New York, for London ; race. It augurs well for the future good of the country her so. Several other parties also came . forward and 100 all Midld Bradfd Midland 99 - 101 1004 Deto ur . ,au go Bay, London ; Danish brig Fredrika, Co-1 50all ' ' ' - to find the sons of our highest aristocracy instead of claimed relationship to deceased, when the coroner in- Northern and ard, River to Rainsgate ; Norwe g ian shi p Bay " s p endin g their lives in indolent en joyments ' and in the formed them that the property would be detained by the : Easternsp.c.,E. Count 6O - 62 clew:saver St. Lawrence, London with loss of anchor and • ' i„l a i m ' 5 all Do 6 per et !Do h '''' cfr the North questionable indulgencies of a Sybarite, nerving them- Court until the rightful heir legally proved h , . -.- -. s'all ' • •• r ' •he ;brig 4 oreland, and has boon supplied from verdict in accordance with the me- ' Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - o r ittei Father Matthew, Montreal, London, with loss selves from their youth to shrink from no labour, no The jury returned a 2a all Prest. &Wyse L. &N. W. ••• •• I tlPPli e a nd chain off the North Foreland, and has been exertion, no effort personal or mental, which may qua- dical evidence. &LndsYk ... - - A. bri from hence. lify them for the due discharge of those high respon- MRS. BLOOMER and The Lily have emigrated to 1 12 Do. 4 Shares. Do know n . g O n shore on the Goodwin Sands. Partic u l ars on . sibilites to which they are called. We congratulate Mount Vernon, Ohio. In the last number of heriournal S 100 Roystn.ez Hit. Gt.Northn 142 - 145 ourselves on this cheering prospect, and we congratulate she says :-" Our husband having purchased an interest S.- 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 - 145 R,ppl,t, - them ; and it is by no means inconsistent with our pro. ,i n The Western Home Visitor, published at Vernon, 2 18 Shea Roth. & Lan cas h.& •qatr ii 'sENTATION EAST fe,sion, as political reformers, to hail as an omen for Ohio, and determined upon removing to that place, forth- Gooleg.s.p.c Yorksh.. ... - d OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.- m inl2 94 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 -14 d . 'kr I: .d, the Liberal candidate for East Gloucester- good this devotion of young men of rank and title, and , with, we, as a true and faithful wife, are bound to say ... a , . , 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & tt go , as issued. an address, • ' possessions," ,ns" to the disinterested service of their in the language of Ruth-` where thou goest Iwill tr‘k t° t he Poll intimating his determination "great go ; , 6 per cent ... Darling. ... - - a _ e Pi ece __ .... • The nomination will, in all probability, country and their kind. Foremost amongst these is and so before another number of The • Lily reaches its I 25 all Do Do - 31 , . ' i l 4 0104 on week at Gloucester, the contest will' the heir of the - House of Derby. . Long may he live to subscribers we shall, if all is well, have settled in our I St, 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 99 - 100 "v• 1 fulfil "the promise of his youth,"-Liverpool Chronicle. western home."--New York Tribune. 1 THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1853. PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen ..... .... I Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. atX5O) ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock.... Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent Cork &Bandon 5 i p.c Dundee Pcrth&Aber deen Junction 7 iiii EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p . cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Prth.&Duudee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great North , ' 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prGrn Do. 4 A percent. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per et. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. con. & red. 41 p.c( Do. do. 4 per cent 1 Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No.l 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. Lond. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds 6i - 61 4 - 44 52 - 6 4 - 1 p -- lap lk -- lap 131 -- 14 20 - 21 2i - 126 - 12.2 109 - 110 P 8 - 81 100 100 100 6 100 64 101 103 95 100 98 100 id par 143 145 2i - 3 Londonderry& Coler. Londy. do Ennis. A Sh Manch. ,Shef.,d; Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, Do., £6 .......... Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4A per cent. ..... .j iii = ii 7 - 8 91 - 104 P all all 10i 100 100 Do ...:. ... .. ..... ...... 1 Mid. Consof. 6 p. c. St Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. .5 0.. 141 143 i id 106 - 110 112 - 116 ... - 2i' - ii 102 - 104 4 - ip Scot. Cen., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 9,1 10/ 15/ 16 0;4 101 ,13 15 d S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do York& N. Midland H k S. Purch 23 24 17 19 1 id 95 - 98 3 - 44 id THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER EV.4. The Freeman's Journal gives the following ac count of the facts connected with the loss of the steamer Eva, from Glasgow, and 11 persons on board, in the Channel on Wednesday evening : " The ill-fated vessel, since her construction, about nine months ago, had been plying on the river Clyde until very recently, when her owners determined upon sending her to Australia, with the view of em pl oy i ng h e r there in the coasting trade. She was to some extent converted into a sailing-vessel for the purpose of the voyage to Melbourne ; her paddles were unshipped and stowed away in the hold, while her boilers and machinery were left untouched, so that when she arrived at her destination she might be re stored to her former character as a paddle-steamer. She left Greenock on Tuesday morning, with a crew number ing 14 men, together with the captain, Mr. Fisher, his wife, his sister-in-law, Miss Herd, and the steward, John )):Kenzie —making a total of 17 souls. She proceeded ou her course satisfactorily until Tuesday night, when she en countered the dreadful gale that raged in the Channel all that night and the following morning, during which time she strained and laboured to an extent that caused consi derable alarm among the crew. This straining was attri butable in some measure to her great length—a circum stance that excited the surprise of the captain and crew of the Prince steamer when they first observed her—and also to the weight of a cargo of coals which she carried, and all her steam machinery, which was lying amidships. Between 7 and S o'clock on the mornin e of Wednes lay she was sti uek by a heavy sea, whereupon all on board were alarmed by a loud report, which, on investigation, was found to have been caus34l by the breaking of the keel right, in the cen tre; the vessel, in fact—to. use the language of one of tie rescued sail ors i n narrating t h e occurrence—` hav ing broken her hack.' The entire framework and body of the ship immediately began t o giv ; way, and the water pJured in so quickly that in a short time the hold and the cabin were filled. The captain, upon discovering the irreparable nature of the injury done, directed signals of distress to be made, and th e lifeboat to be lowered. His orders were promptly obeyed. The signal flag which attracted the attention of tho se on board the Prince steamer and the trawler, was run up to the wizen peak, and •the lifeboat was safely lowered ; but in the hurry i and excitement of the moment, three o f the na into her incautiously, and she was, unfortunaalvjuumppeset, and before any effort could be made to recover her she drifted away. The mate and the steward then dropped a second boat, into which they succeeded in getting safely, but had scarcely done so when a third sea man leaped into her, and she was also upset. The unfor tunate man, whose want of presence of mind led to the overturning of this second boat, sank, and was not seen again, while the mate and steward, after great exertion, were enabled to get upon the upturned keel, to which they clung with desperate tenacity. Those who remained on the deck, including the captain and the two ladies before mentioned, seeing that there was no hope from the bo a t s and finding that the ship was rapidly breaking up and sinking, lashed themselves to spars and loose planks, and shortly before she went down committod themselves to the waves, in tha hope of being soon picked up by ehe Prince steamer, which they had previousls discovered bearing down upon them. The Prince, belonging to the City of Dublin Steampacket Company, Captain Doarl, left Liverpool, at twelve o'clock on Monday night for Dublin. While proceeding on her course on Wednesday morning, after nine o'clock, some of the passengers and crew on deck discerned at a distance of about 18 miles west by north from the Bailey Lighthouse, and about three miles south of themselves, what appeared to be an unusually long, strange-looking ship. Although the glasses were put in requisition, it was found impossible to arrive at a posi tive conclusion as to whether the stranger was a screw steamer, which her length and the distance between two of her masts suggested, or a sailing vessel of large size. The topmasts and all the yards, except the foretopgallantyard, which hung loose, were gone. The mate, while examin ing her through his telescope, discovered that she had a si g nal of distress flying,—a circumstance which he in stantly communicated to the captain, who quickly came on deck, and at once gave orders to put the steamer about and bear down to her relief at full speed. At this time no one on board the Prince entertained the slightest suspicion that the object of their anxiety was in so shattered and helpless a condition, and when, after steam ing towards her for five minutes, he was seen to go down, a feeling of horror, considerably increased by the calamity being altogether unanticipated, pervaded the minds of all who witnessed the catastrophe. In the course of 10 minutes the Prince arrived at the scene of the wreck, and there was presented the sad and miserable sight of 15 or 1.6 human beings, including two women, clinging to spars and shriek ing for aid, while they were being tossed about at tbe mercy of waves, which were rolling fearfully. Captain Dearl, in his statement published in the Freeman, of yesterday, and in his evidence at the inquest, alleges that he made _very possible exertion to render effective assistance to the wretched people perishing before his eyes ; but that, owing to the heavy sea which was running at the time, and the great difficulties invariably experienced under such cir cumstances in lowering boats from a steamer constructed as the Prince is, the boats could not be successfully launched, and that be was thus, to his great mortiffcation and sorrow, compelled to witness the destruction of so many lives without being able to afford any relief. One of his boats was broken up and carried off, and another was so severely dashed against the ship's side that the plank ends started from the sternpost. To the noble and gallant conduct of the fishing trawler Emerald Isle is clue the honour of rescuing, from almost certain death, six fellow-creatures, under difficulties and circumstances that would have appalled less intre pid hearts, and which defeated all the efforts of an experienced captain, with a numerous and efficient crew, five boats, and all the resources' of a powerful steamer at his command. The names of those four poor, humble, hut chivalrous and devoted men ara—John Dunne, master, his son, Edward Dunne, "\l'illiam Carroll, and Peter Col lins. The trawler, which, is the property of Mr. Good, of this city, left Ringsend on Tuesday, morning for the pur pose of fishing in the Channel. About half-past 7 o'clock on We.lnestlay morning the men on board saw the distress signal made by the Eva. They pulled in their nets , and proceeded as quickly as possible towards the vessel. They arrived close by her at about a quarter past 9 o'clock, and just in time to see her break right across, and go duwn in the centre, the stem and stern being the last to disap pear. They ran their smack in among the floating sp .re, to which the people were clinging, and in a few minutes got out their frail little boat, scarcely 14 feet in length. Carroll and Collins got into this miserable shallop, the escape of which, into so furious a sea, has been declared by r ome who were present to be almost miraculous ; ant!, while Carroll skulled about from spar to spar, Collins was engaged in dragging in the men that could be reached. This was a most difficult work, in consequence of the men being lashed to large pieces of timber, and fromtheir being unable to assist themselves, having been rendered quite numb by their long immersion in the water, which was bitterly cold. In one instance Collins was holding a man for more than half-an-hour, quite bewildered as to how he could get him into the boat, the man being lashed to twolarge forms, and quite insensible. Several attempts were made to loosen the lashings, but in vain. The poor fellow was at last got in ',37 Carroll, who had been busily engaged steering, in order to avoid shipping any of the seas that were rolling, seizing a favourable opportunityto give his brave comrade a hand, when by their united strength they succeeded in getting on board forms, man, and all. They were engaged searching about for upwards of two hours, until they were satisfied that no others were near to whom they could render any aid. Then, and not till then, they returned to the smack, which under Dunne's charge, kept close to them although hav ing, at great personal risk, and extraordinary persever ance and exertions, saved six men. They conveyed the survivors to their little cabin, and, having set all to rights, they were making for Kingston, when they descried dark speck upon the crest of a wave, at a distance of a mile and a half or two miles. No thing wearied by their humane labours, and only anxi ous to ascertain if their was one more whom they could preserve, they tacked ,and proceeded towards the dark object, which gradually became more and more distinct till at length they saw the young man holding firmly on by the keel of an upturned boat. On seeing his deliverers approach, he gave a faint cheer, or rather cry, o f wel come, and in a few minutes more he was safe on the deck of the trawler. He proved to be the steward, who, it will be recollected, got with the mate and a third man who was drowned, into the second boat that upset. H e stated that the mate held on by the keel for more than an hour, but having been repeatedly swept off by the waves, and becoming exhausted by his efforts to reo• • his hold, he at length let g o , s t rugg l e d violently foain few minutes, and then, droppin g hi s arms b y his sides rhae gave a look of anguish at the steward, and disappeared. He also states that he saw th e s t eamer and the tra w ler hovering about the plac e o f th e wreck ; he watched them with a beating heart and an anxious eye, and when be saw them leaving without noticing him he end's loured to resign and prepare himself to the fate he now deemed inevitable. He was several times washed off the drifting boat, but al ways successfully endeavoured to regain his Pl"' o n the keel, to which he h a d c li m b e d for the eighth or ninth t i me when he was taken off, having been in the water for 3J hours, The labours of the crew of the trawler were not yet at an end, for during their passage home they en gaged, as freq uen tl y as the management of the smack would permit, in attending to the poor sufferers in the cabin, and suppl y i ng such warmth and refreshment as they could command. in order to restore them to animation. A ll their effort s i n this respect w e re unavailing as so worn reference to John Carmi c h ae l , the engineer of the Eva, who w out by exhau s ti on an d l on g exposure the cold that he died in the course o f a coupleof at Ringsend at sin the eveniug,llaahnom The smack arrived d e u when the news of the othin could exceed calamity sp rea d th ro ugh the vi poor people, p reseed g forward with the zeal with w hi c h the blankets and restorativ es for the half-perished survivors. Their wants were f ministered to by the fishermen's wives, who tended them care and well. They were subse quently removed to the Sailors ' Home, where every possible . t attention that human.' . could suggest was paid them. Mr. Institution, supplied them yesterday with Marshall, of the instance of Mr. Good, the owner of warm clothing, who undertook to be accountable for the the Emerald the event of its not being otherwise paid. The poor cost, in fellows are profuse in their expressions of gratitude towards their gallant deliverers and the good people of Etingsend, w ho, they say, consoled them by their sympathy, and re lieved them, out of their limited means, with a generosity that would have reflected honour upon the wealthiest iu the laud. We regret to state that the captain, with his wife and her sister, are among those who were lost. When leaving the vessel, they attached themselves to a small raft, and, when last seen from the trawler, the captain was hold ing his wife's head above the water, although she, together with her sister, appeared to be dead. Before the boat could reach them, they were swept away by a sea which broke over them. We give the names of the drowned, with the exception of one man, whose name none of the survivors can recollect :—Captain Robert Fisher, his wife, and sister in-law ; Fritson. chief mato ; Robert Douglas, second. mate : James Kanapl, seaman ; William Beaton;seamau ; John Bohey, seaman ; and Neil Douglas, seaman. " The names of those saved are —Alexander Grimmond, seaman ; John M'Kinsey, steward ; Win. A. Gordon, seaman ; Walter Scott (a negro), cook ; Eliza Solveli, seaman (Portuguese); and a sixth, whose name we could not ascertain." Mr. Davis, one of the county coroners, held an inquest on Thursday on the body of John Car michael, the engineer of the Eva, who had been picked up in an exhausted state, and died shortly afterwards on board the trawler. A. number of witnesses having been examined, the jury, after a short consultation, returned the following ver dict : " We find that the deceased came by his death by the ship Eva, on board of which he was engineer, foundering at sea on the morning of the 28th inst." The following well-earned expression of praise was attached to the finding : " The jury cannot separate without bringing under the notice of the public and the authorities the gallant and humane conduct of Mr. John Dunne, skipper of the Eme• raid Isle trawling-boat, and of Robert Collins and William Carroll, and the boy Dunne, who formed the crew of the trawler, who, by very great exertions, and at the risk of their own lives, succeeded in saving six persons fromlthe wreck." ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. DISMISSAL OF DR. GAY. Yesterday a numerous meeting of the governors of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-lane, was held in the board-room of the hospital "to consider, with a view to confirmation, a resolution of the committee of manage ment, unanimously passed at their meeting, held on Wednesday, Dec. 14," the said resolution having re ference to the dismissal of Dr. Gay, one of the surgeons to the hospital. It was proposed and seconded that Mr. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark, and a member of the com mittee of management, should take the chair. It was also proposed and seconded that Mr. Garrard, of Hyde-park gardens, should preside, on the ground that it was unfair to Mr. Gay that a member of the com mittee of management should preside at the meeting. On a show of hands Mr. Pritchard was chosen by a majority of 79 to 32. The CHAIRMAN called on the secretary to read the minutes of the Board of Management, which would put the meeting in possession of the facts of the case. It appeared from these minutes that on the 30th of March last a biographical sketch of Mr. Gay appeared in the Medical Circular. Amongst other things contained in this sketch was the following remark : "It is not too much to say, that the position this hospital has assumed is almost solely owing to the exer tions of Mr. Gay. But for the repute which this gen_ tleman'has gained by his surgical -successes this institu tion would have been unknown. Unlike many other surgeons, he is not indebted to the hospital for his cele brity ; on the contrary, the hospital owes everything as a surgical arena to his skill and enterprise." • No notice was taken of this paragraph till the 13th of J u ly, when Mr. Halswell brought it under the notice of the Committee of Management. In consequence of their resolution the Secretary wrote on July 15 to Mr. Gay and asked'for answers to the following questions : "1. 'Was the manuscript or proof of your biography, published in a medical paper of the date of March last, seen by you previously to its publication ? 2. Did you supply any part of that biography? If that biography was published without your knowledge or sanction, have you written to the publisher to complain of any statements or allegations it contained ?"—Mr. Gay replied on the 19th, and gave the following answer to the interrogatories put to him :—" I supplied the editor of that journal with the simple facts of the places of my birth and education, and with such references to my own writings and other works as were required for the compilation of that Biography. I am not in any way responsible for the personal or general observa tions which it contains. I did not either supply or sug gest them ; I did not see th em i n manuscr i pt or proof - nor was I aware of their nature prior to their publica tion. I have not complained to the editor of any state ments or allegations contained in that biography." On the 27th of July the committee considered the letter of Mr. Gay, and came to a resolution, after requesting Mr. Gay to withdraw, that Mr. Gay be called on to correct without delay, in the same publication, the statements complained of. Mr. Gay accordingly wrote the following letter to the editor of the Medical Circular ;—"My at tention having been drawn to some statements in a memoir of myself, published in the March number of your journal, I beg you will do me the favour to cor rect them in the ensuing number. lam not, as therein stated, the principal surgeon' of the Royal Free Hos pital, there being two other full surgeons connected with it beside myself, Dr. Marsden being the senior. In attributing the position (professional I presume), which the hospital has attained principally to my services, I feel most sincerely that you have overrated them, and, at the same time, overlooked those of the founder and the other medical officers with whom I have had the honour of co-operating during the period of my connection with it. I hope you will do me the justice, moreover, to admit that I am not in any way responsib!o for the opinions contained in that Biography, either in reference to myself personally, or to my relation with the Free Hospital, and that I was not, is the slightest degree, made aware of their nature prior to their pub lication." On the 3d August the board of management again met, and Dr. Gay attended with a letter from the editor, stating that Mr. Gay was in no way responsible for the opinions expressed in the memoir, and that they were not written in consequence of any suggestions or information from him. The committee thereupon came to the unanimous resolution that the explanation of Mr. Gay was not satisfactory, and on the 10th of August they agreed to the further resolution, "Th a t D r . Gay had forfeited the confidence of the committee." This resolu tion was come to by eight ins mbers of the committee, which consists of thirty. The next meeting of the com mittee did not take place till the 14th of Deceuiber, 1853, previously to which Mr. Gay wrote a letter to the committee, in which he expressed his regret that his disavowal (for some reasons unknown to him) had not satisfied them, and added, as a proof of his sincerity, that "in the event of a republication of the memoir ho would use his best efforts to obtain the omission from its details of anything that might he deemed offensive either to the committee or Its colleagues." The committee on that occasion came to the following reso lution :—" That this committee, referring to its former resolution of the 10th of Ati4tist, records its conviction Hilt neither .Mr. Gay's letter, read this day, nor any other act of his: since thot perirnl, has in any way tended to alter the opinion of hi• condnet then expressed, and, therefore, it is further resohed that Mr. Gay be, and he is hereby dismissed from his office as one of the surgeons of the hospital." Mr. HALSWELL moved that the resolution of dismissal be confirmed by the meeting. . Mr. WATSON seconded the motion. Mr. GARRARD moved "That in the opinion of the meeting Mr. Gay was wholly unconnected with the ar ticle which appeared in the Medical Circular, further than having supplied the editor with the simple facts of the places of his birth and education, together with such references to his own writings and other works as were required for the compilation of that article, and that in the opinion of the meeting the resolution of the com mittee was, therefore, unfoundec." Mr.. BIGGS seconded the motion. After considerable discussion, in answer to Mr. SHER, The CHAIRMAN said that the medical men received no salaries. At the end of the year they received some gratuity, if the funds permitted it. A show of hands was then taken on the amendment, which was lost by 87 to 36. Mr. BARNARD then moved another amendment for referring the matter back to the committee. This amendment was lost by 67 to 41. The original motion was then put and declared to be carried. A vote of th an k s t o th e c h a i rman terminated the pro ceedings, which appeared to create great interest amongst. the subscribers. BED-HOT SHOT. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Morning .Advertiser in answer to what appeared yesterday : SIR, —Seeing a letter in your paper of this morning, signed "D. Hammond," stating that furnaces for heat ing shot were being made in the Commercial-road with all despatch for the Russian Government, in reply, I have no doubt lam the person alluded to, and beg to say, that your correspondent is in error, inasmuch as the furnaces in question are for our own Government, and not for Russia, as described. You will, therefore, do me the favour by placing be fore the public this corrected statement. I am, Sir, yours, &c., JOHN FRASER. 10, Commercial-road East, Dec. 30. THE ROAD AT HYDE-PARK-CORNER.—The road front Knightsbridge to Hyde-park-corner seems to us a dis grace to the practical science of the day. On the first occurrence of frost it is absolutely impassable without danger. It has been an unenviable notoriety in this respect for years, and still no remedy is attempted. On Monday night last, foil example, we saw at one moment five horses on their sides, and all the others passing were compelled to walk with care to avoid taking the same position.—Builder. IMPROVEMENTS IN BROMPTON.—In the preliminary notices for acts of Parliament for improvements in the metropolis the neighbourhood of Brompton stands pro minently forth. The Royal Commissioners promise several new and extensive public roads. Mr. Farlar. the original proprietor of a great part of Brompton square, has also given notice to make a new road from the end of Brompton-square into the road leading to Princes-gate, Knightsbridge, and so to the Kensington road, an alteration that has long been desired. If we understand rightly the Kensington improvement com missioners had also taken up this proposition, concern ing which we shall have something more to say. The Kensington improvement commissioners have also re cently removed an obstruction in the shape of iron bars at the end of B rompton-creseent, next to Fulham-road —a great improvement.—Th e Builder. BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMPANY.—A meeting of shareholders in this company was held yesterday, Mr. W. Henderson presiding, when a statement was sub mitted relative to the proceedings of the committee ap pointed to protect their interests. It appeared that several endeavours had been made to obtain information from the directors respecting the position of the under taking and the funds remaining in hand, but that nothing satisfactory could be elicited, and that consequently, after a fortnight's labour, little or no progress had been effected. 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The audience on the occasion was most numerous, and included, besides a vast concourse of the inhabitants of Rome, a great number of visitors from England and other parts of the world. The history of ancient as well as modern Rome, formed the subject of one of the most elaborate harangues ever delivered by this eminent ecclesiastic of the Roman Catholic Church. It is further stated that an important additional degree of honour has been conferred upon the Cardinal by his Holiness the Pope, in regard to the government of the spiritual affairs of the Roman Catholic Church. The Cardinal is expected to leave Rome shortly on his return to England, for the purpose of resuming his ecclesiastical functions of this country. Pm Pm 14 102} 2i if