The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

.. , ..,, THE SUN, LONDON, - ~...„._....„.._ ~........., ..............._ air .___ ---.- _ , :i.; - 1 51 UNEY MARKE A rii - TILE W SHA. I ? )WEATHER AND THE PARKS. MARKETS-(THIS D A Y). .-._ st. •COMME AND BRITISH RAILWAYS. St RCIAL INTELLIGENCE'. The frost which has prevailed during the past few i days continues, and with increased severity, for from Closing Prices Buiness done St • this day. this day. Tb ; ) Sal CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. 12 o'clock on . W . ednesday night_ the mercury rapidly Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. descended until it had fallen so low as 15/, degrees be- ...._:____ loi _ es of cotton at Liverpool yesterday wer© st. ' wore matedeat 7 000 bales, of which 500 American low freezing point-a lower temperature than has been St. 100 Aberdeen ..... ........ 2 06 - 21 i 214 5 85 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. .. _ 15 nee n for known for many years. At 7 o'clock yesterday morn- 20 & &etre Junes...... 1 2 - Di export, and 500 American and . 50 all Belfast & Ballymena - - "' 6 4, Surat 1 : 1 Y . , at ful°lll 3 Poculation. The market closed ing the thermometer indicated no higher than 17 de -6 grees, being 15 degrees of frost, and during the day 14 all Willing. Wolverh. & ~ _ ~ Stour Va11ey......... v ri pricer.. The sales comprised 5,000 - " ter leau 50 ti ao ) Bahia, at 64(1. to 74d. ; 500 Egyp- had not ascended to more than 27 degrees, again re- 3 3 ' 'at 6 d to 915 and 50 • c.. ; 1,500 Surat, at 2id. to 41d.north and, from the clear and 27, all 4 Do. Chesh. & Birk., acedwiinngd, atup n to or B o'clock la . st , night, to 2 . 5 degrees,. with 31 28 B c ir i te s nh hir d e . J La an u ct csh. * 11 .... 9 7 R e p_ a Sea Island, at Is. 3d. to 2s. 3d. per lb. bright starlight night, giving every indication of a frost , t w ~y Shares. 6 f ernoon 22 301 D0 5 ., 0 £ 4 20 25 Cen2.... l gi -- rid 'were dull at lower prices. Blyth & Tyne original of considerable duration. On Wednesday a t £25 (iss. at £45).... ••• - ••• 6 • u Colonial and Foreign Produce'Markets hay- the wind slightly veered to westward, -the then cloudy 2 ° I'lg been 1 98 - 100 10 litri e t ec i ll , e-rise -d this week, business has been re- atmosphere was cleared by a descent of snow, icewhich se 100 Bristol & Exeter 20 of t , w T'•ureliase by private contract. The prices the le was eventually frozen hard to the ground. The on 50 St. 100 all Caledonian.......- e a an .ii o . l .; h - e . a. .ci 7 . 11 -,_ 11,7 i 55 a4l go all Cork and Bandon l4 - 15 10 a t oeic tiling staples are well maintained, and the ornamental .. waters in the Royal parks, &c., had, St 8 are not heavy. The deliveries also continue ••• - ••• from the intensity of the frost, gained such additional ' , ,,0 all Cork, Black. & Pass. •••• - - 5 RbOtl. 1 - 46 8 i .....- 4 9 7 v kliet, ,In coffee there has been a tendency to ad- strength as to cause a great accession of skaters and 2 2 0 050 au4 1 5 0 DD Co uu r bu nwall b i l ea ._ bl-lt tea has become duller. Tallow is also sliders, as well as to draw to their banks a vast assem ble of s ectators, particularly on the banks of the cer. -rx,- 4 8a ., n' e are now much in the same position g e P St u tile close Serpentine. 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. ..., finan cial' of 1852. Trade is sound and finan- TilE SERPENTINE. -On the surface of this piece of 25 all Do. New ... - ... &E.& L. &D.) t - :I St e i v. lll.o spects are good, so that under ordinary water there were during the day upwards of 7,000 skaters 18 all Do., (XlB E. &. IL)" 3. i- 13 i 135 i 5 St te''n.lnstances full support might be expected to and sliders, including several members of the Skating ?0 100a11 Ea Eall .n n u C n o i t o in n ti A es . . a 33 s_ 42 1( 17 e .1 1 to the various markets, but there is the Club. The ice was in admirable condition when cleared St. ▪ 29 -31 1( e'llnoSt. 100 Do., do. 8..... ...... tty„ US drawback of politics which may overcome from the snow. Along the banks were innumerable I r . florcnrablit contingencies.2s3t 1005 D E o•N t e L w a A ea (la ash t G e i T riae hirds) Al i .....- 4,a: •,_,• : 65 163:1. 84 0 I stalls, occupied by men lending out skates,. who drove. a 2( Several cargoes of oranges have arrived since profitable trade. 5( The only accident in this park during -mrlatreaslos : 1 1 00 1 i E E E l i i i n i ll i b b b . ul . p a rt g u h h d . P drx eeb u l s i rs d l e4 ; •• • 2 1) ;• =- kn ee • The Challenge, from Fayal, brought the s. day . was that to a young gentleman named George, ..• SI 47 0 Packages, a portion of which, together with , 0 re iding at 68, Upper Berkeley-street, Edgeware-road, 10 1 Forth and Clydejune. ... St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western :::, -... i i i s 4t cargoes St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, who, from a fall on the ice, received . a . severe concussion s Public Sa l of the brain. During the morning, in consequence of St. 100 Great Northern Stk !II - St. 100 Do., A. Stock ' .2! - , n , 11 l ockage. e, went at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per S Messina l uita h Lemons sustain their value. an order from the Woods and Forests, a number of carts St. 100 Do., B. Stock - ;pi! were employed to remove ice from the east end, in order hit. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre u n l i _ -"IX, ‘ 1 , .!!- i 21 1117, 3 advanced 2s. per bag. Chesnuts ss. per l .' el l ow to supply her Majesty's ice wells at Buckingham Palace. n. 12 1 0 Great western th.etera 0 0 .! _ 00 ... 1 156 S sever el.. The adverse wind has prevented It was accordingly found necessary to place lines across go ' all I Laneaster &Carlisle 93 - 98 ver., fruit cargoes from reaching this port, and a to prevent the skaters and sliders from getting on that 13 -14 p S tio -.: indifferent supply for the Christmas consump- portion whence the ice had been abstracted. 161 111IDo., Thirds 31. 100 lameash.&Yorks. . 6( 6 S - 67 66i 5 - 60 101 4 W as the result. , 198 175 Do., Fifths •. Thi s THE LONG WATER AND ROUND POND.-The ice at 14 11 i Do., Wst. Riding Un. ••• - ••• d S It th may be regarded as the last business day E these places was in excellent condition, and was visited 50 all Leeds c ort a h so ern t;t . ii • pt .. : 1- .. 3 . 4 -..._ 13 135 *hi ° Year 1853, and looking back at the events by a great number of skaters and sliders. Fortunately N. all L lia i ndon 6 i . Blackwell 8i - 8g 5 to e . ,„ 11 h ave arisen, one may discern abundant rea. there were no accidents. On the banks of the Long 40 85 Lond.Tilb. & Sthend. 4 -14 p m tor c ep l s et _ gratulation that commerce has proceeded Water was erected the elegant marquee of the S 100 Lond.Brigtt.drS.Cst. 985 - 99 8 Skating St. 100 London &N.Western 1035 - 1044 1045 31 48 4 greenegularly, and that our traders have stood their Club. 30 12 Do. Fifths - 4 F 1 1,, d against all disadvantages. It will be re- REGENT'S-PARK.-The attendance of skaters and lo 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 r- 1 P 2 -.4e/ b. i„„__ ••• - ••• uered th a t on th e let of Januar the minimum sliders at this point amounted to some thousands, while ,125 28 Do. Eighths l 1)11A„: of discount at the Bank of the wasl2s -115 d from the brightness of the day .. the banks of the orna- St. 100 London & S.Western 77 7 8 771 5 50 428 Do., £5O •• • • 2 per Cent., that on the Bth of that month It v P mental lake were thronged with innumerable spectators. 40 34 Do., £4O. ...... ........ 9 - 8 d I There were no accidents from immersion, but several 25 all Lnudrry.4sColeraine ... - - I lit Was raised to , and on the 22nd to 3 per cent., all laidudrry. & Ennisk. ... - ••• 1 Whi c h • cuts and contusions from falls, which were promptly 25 /. vnt . it remained until the 4th of June, when St 100 Manch.Shef.daLineln. 22 - 23 22 3 E / 8 attended to by the medical officer of the Royal Humane 8 5 . 45 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ••• - -d E I raised to 3-i. The amount of bullion in the stk of -..-,. Society. St. 100 Midland . . 621 - 8•34 621 4 3 t i er England had, in the interim, sunk from ST. JAMES'-PARK.-The ice on this piece of water had St. 100 Do.Birm &Derby 36 38 1 s to 2 0 to about 18 millions sterling, and Consols Midland G . . 'West. (Ir.) ••• - ••• 49 1 become materially strengthened by the intense frost of r,. 25 'III Do. iShares ........ ... - ... f. II 111 3 •Oli i had been down to 991 in January, and the preceding night, but was nevertheless considered to 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. •-•- - A a • t er gain to 1001 i in May. On the 3rd Septem-E be dangerous in various parts. There were, however, St. 100 Newmarket....... : -.. 54. d - 56 5 Do. Bury Extensions i - par 41 F. t o the discount was raised to 4 per cent., and not less than 6,000 skaters and sliders who ventured on, 25 4 175 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 5 - 4 d 2 1)6 1 4°18 ) which were about 98, gradually fell to and the only accident which occurred took place about E t oh.,._ •' O il the 17th of that month, when the Bank 3 o'clock, at the west end, near the fountain, when Mr. 50 7i Newry & Enniskillen 25 - 34 21 / 20 all Newry Warrenpoint 6 - 8 & Rostrevorl I, B T MIl ta charge was made 45 per cent. The Hooke, 93, Felton-street, and his relatives, Henrietta . St. 100 N0rf01k......... ...... ~ 48 -52 48 it t q9ctober brought up the charge to 5 per cent., ' and Mary Hooke, broke in, but were speedily rescued 50 35 Northn. Counties Un 35 -35 d 1 Which it has since remained, and in the same by Superintendent Parsons and several icemen, and at- St. 100 North British ........• 305 - 315 305 .. 8 . -1 . (:) . tile, tended by Dr. M'Cann. ja til Consols were done as low as 91. Although 1 Ponsl6l6 1 1 1 6 a N iDn ort ., h N D e. ev 2 o . n.. :. N 0 .. . ...... g i everal occasions during the year, extreme On the Surrey Canal,.. Clapham-common,. and . various 8 all be., 5 A Deferred... 14 - 24 2 1 )1 3Pl ' e llension has prevailed with respect to the open waters in the vicinity of the metropolis,. innumera- g 8 Do., 5 B Guaranteed 64 -75 50 all North London ..... ...: 50 ... 52 1.1 " 44 4te ble skaters and sliders amused themselves without any it be na question, it was not until September that 10 1.1 N.& S.Wstn., )lamp-1 serious injury. stead, and City Jn.. l ... - ••• 2 tee calue so decided as to lead to anything erublin g a panic, and then the public E ti lilia ANOTHER FIRE IN THE CITY. 2 0 20 all? NorthNotii Western........ 5 8 ! _....- 5 0 5 d 10 10 N. 4S. Westrn. June. 1d - par son again became tranquillised. The 4/Bcertained deficient in the crop s , exercised, about - 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley,l - ••• 2 At two o'clock yesterday morning the vicinity of the an d Leicester • • thi sh y Period, a great influence, as the bullion in the City was again the scene of another devastating fire, 365 - 375 36 5 r o _ t 'k Was weekly declining, having been at its St. 100 O w xf e r ver W ha o m r p ee to ste n i . ...dz 1 making the third that has happened since Monday last. 20 2.2 Portsmouth ... - ._, : th west point within the last two months, and with It orignated from some as yet unexplained cause, on the St. 100 Scottish Central :T 9l - p . 92 of e aggravation of strikes, and a rise in the prices premises in the occupation of a Mr. Burgin, upholsterer St. 100 i) soottish b bl ury idla dr n ß d irm .. g. g7 B ...._ 58 60 58 II , all the great staples, including grain, and cabinet-maker, No. 26, Great Winchester-street, eee e t , tallow, coals, and several articles of London-wall, a building of some antiquity, a relic of St t .. 100 D G o u ., ara L. nt & ee N d . s W th e c s k tn 55 - 60 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd 25 - 2dis Colonialtoms produce, it was a matter of as- house architecture long before the great fire in 1686. 265 all Shrewsby. & Chester te tu ahnierit with many that the export trade No person appears to have slept on the premises ; they (Nor. W. Min.) l4 -16 ' k the U n i ted 7 - 8 ' b Kingdom continued astonishingly were used as a kind of warehouse for upholstery, some 135 all Do. Halves, do rl 'lc, due in part, no doubt, to the Australian de- of the upper floors being made into workshops. When 2 2 0 0 all 6i s D hi o . . o o ps e h w i e re st u ry idon 3 11 1 .-~ 3d12 Ina ud, but likewise to our general foreign business, theTT closed on the previous night by Mr. Burgin the lights ... ~. D0.A,8,C, &D,fully United States proving large customers. The were properly extinguished, and the place was compare- paid up at per cent. ... - ... tively safe • and so they continued till about two 50 all South Devon ..... significant points which we have now before us to ' . • St. 100 South Eastern 6l - 62 614 25 o'clock yesterday morning, when the policeman on 50 all South Wales... bullion us in an opinion of the future, are that the duty in the neighbourhood, on passing the door, ob- 20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 3 -2 d 11 -liOn in the Bank, although larger in amount 4 - 5 served a glare of light at the back of the warehouse- 20 5 Do. than, it was a short time back, is still greatly 2O 2.2 Staines,Wole.,&Wok ... - ... room, and in a second or so saw that the place was on 25 all Stockton & Darling 27 - 30 l 'elcw the sum at which it stood in the fire. Immediately alarming the occupants of the ... 165 Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - .., b eginning of the year, that discounts have adjoining houses he proceeded to despatch his brother St. 100 Taff Vale - - ••• been advanced 3 per cent that wheat has this day 10 8 Do. £lO shades e - -. ri„ .) n 28. to 35., th a t large imports are still required, eonstables, who came to his assistance after hear- St. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 . - ~. ing the springing of the rattle, to the brigade stations in 25 20 Thames Haven Dock agar coffee tallow, tea, and other articles are at Whitecross-street, Watling-street, and Jeffery-square, and Railway. ..... about the highest point attained this year, and that 20 17 Vale of Neath ..... - 16 th e with information of its outbreak. The engines of those 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 55 - 65 , War with Turkey is yet in progress. There is stations, with a full corps of engineers and firemen, 50 all Waterford&Limerick 27 - 29 25 4 :uuladant room for caution therefore, though we quickly reached the spot, but in the meantime the fire 20 14 West sN;es Z i o T7f alL ia . ); 8• - 85 gist also plenty for hope, and our merchants and had gained prodigious strength and power, arising from •••• 1 and Crystal Palace ..„ - .., capitalists stand well prepared whatever may the circumstance of the extraordinary quantity of timber 20 all West London - ... happen. in the building. Its appearance when the firemen ar- 10 ols. Wmbledon&Croydoi. ... - ... rived was truly terrific. Not only was the whole front- .St. 100 York Newctl.daterw. 64 - 65 64 I.l e English funds are firmer, upon an official 25 20 Do. Extensions...-. 81 - Sidi 115 age of Mr. Burgin's premises in one vivid sheet of flame, 25 115 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 -34 d an nouncement in the Afoniteur that the Ottoman P but it reached completely across the street, and fired the St. 100 York &N. Midland 47 - 48 . Porte has accepted the terms of arrangement pro houses on the opposite side, numbering 11, 12, and 13, rsed by the allied powers. This was known, per FOREIGN. which were all burning fiercely, and a most direful con telegraph, soon after the market opened, and Con fiagration was apprehended. Very fortunately the fire- 10 6 Antwip &Rotterdam 2 -15 d 4 11 °18 5 which were 932 -i, rose to 934 to 94k. They men obtained an almost instantaneous supply of water, 205 ? Belgian isse Jun ssa ct e . 1 3 . - 1. ha ve a\re since been 932 to 94, with very little doing. . ' - 8' I.3eziers t E o fli t .a . and getting their engines into full play, the whole of their Central of Italy - _. Th e speculators do not appear very sanguine as to 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 15 What the Emperor Nicholas may do, and the public engines were directed towards preserving the row of houses opposite to that of Mr. Burgin, which was past 175 all DF . merara d . Be • 2 -"'' ... - 3 r ather keep up the supply of New 31 per Cents.,2o 11 3 D Du lj t o e n h a l n theni: g° n.- 2t -2 5 pd saving. After considerable difficulty the men accomplished 'wh ich are 954 to -5. Bank Stock is heavy at 2171. their task.. They then conveyed their hose into the houses 3 - 35 p be -- x 2O all East Indian . r .equer Bills are ss. to Bs. premium. Nos. 25 and 27, the former occupied by Mr. Skee, general 20 2 Do. Extension id -5 p F oreign securities have been dull. Mexican are merchant, and the latter by Mr. Bowling , boarding 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 20 10 Ga. Janet. of France 25 - 3 p !:,t at 24 to 4, and Spanish Deferred 3 per Cents.lo Gd. Trunk. of Canada house keeper. The roofs of each building . had taken fire,. ... Sh nd Bonds -"" 22 . Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 97, and since $ }, and the flames were descending rapidly into the interior, ,0 6 ... Russian 41 per Cents. aro 974. ~ 8 Gt. C r en a tral of France' 5- 1 p 205 205 Gt. Westn. of Canada but the men soon succeeded in checking the fire from The English Railway Shares aro about 1 per proceeding further, although the main body of it, in Mr Shares ld - par "lit better as respects the principal lines, the h ßurgin'L remises continued raging for upwards of an ... ... Do. bonds(l iss.)lSs7 ... - ... 1 . ~ 2 . 0 0. 0 i a . i. . 115 . i DDI Leskoi o oa m . b 6u o et u poo c e l nur s s ( s zet 2 e. i n s T s i . ) 113a 1 0 8 ns 6 ti 2 oe . r• . : .: _ .. . 1 . - ! . :1) 108 Teat business being in Midland, North Western, When i l subdued all that remained of the premises w o e u r r e ' the walls , the interior was entirely consumed, and "Teat Western, and Aberdeen. French shares are also better. the roof and floors . had fallen in. An intense frost pre vailed at the time, so great, indeed, that the firemen 5 4 Lucca and t Pistoja, ref. 5 _ ... d The Gold Mine Shares are dull, the Banks firm, were coated with ice, and icicles were hanging f rom 11 104 %I the Land Companies' neglected. 20 10 15 10 D L p u:e . l i na e c m en i b lw on a P r y g ) _...- 1 7 1 4 5 7 their helmets, an occurrence that has not been expo -14 - 25 45 5 rienced since the night when the Old Royal Exchange 5 5 3Do l5 (Canal) l/ - 2i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. was burnt down, in January, 1838. 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. e. - •••1) (From the Official List.) Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the brigade 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ...p Rushiess done. who was present at the fire, has made the following re. 20 10 5 Madras i- 1 P 115 Rank 3 Stock ............ ......... . ........... ...... 2175 por t t o th e diff eren t i nsurance companies on th e c ha 33 5 29 Maria Antonia - •.. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94k -. N ew Cent, Consols Annuities •hut ratter of the property destroyed and • damaged :-The 20 2 M e lb ourne Dk. & Ry. ... - ••• ' 3 1 per Cent. Annuities 054 54 5 4 premises No. 26 , Great Winchester - street, London. 20 all Namur & Liege (with . Consol s for Opening 18th Jan. - 4 31 wall, tenanted by Mr. Burgin, upholsterer, for the most interest 7l - 9 1 Exchequer Bills, Id. 20 all Do. (ex interest) . - ••• part destroyed ; cause of fire unknown ; insured in the 16 all Northern of France 35 - 351 355 £l000 X5OO SS p Royal Exchange office. No. 27, in the same street, oc- 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds.. Binall 5B p fray B.&Ams.Shs.] ... - ... cupied by M r . Bowling, boarding-house keeper, roof {- • 7. 8 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8 - __l PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. and upper part of the premises damaged by fire, and the 20 10 Paris and Lyons 165 -16 p 263 5 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bl contents by water ; insured in the Phoenix office. No. 40 40 Do. bonds -•-• a.ni.tto 5 per Cent .. . Isexica n 3 per Cent. - damaged , insured in the Atlas office. Three houses on 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 46 - .4-B__ 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l. -43 „ Ditto for the Account.. 4 tssia n Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St - the opposite side of the street, fronts much scorched, &c. 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 3- 4 p e ,.Ditto 45 per Cent 975 8 Another fire broke out about the same time as the 104 104 Quebec & Richmond id - 4 d i'dnulait Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O above did, in the neighbourhood of Chapel-street, West- 20 all Rouen and Havre .... 19 - '2O ?parish Bonds, 3 per Cent 464 1 20 9 Royal Danish ld - par Paalish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22 minster, which destroyed part of the house occupied by 5 2 Royal Swedish 1 - 5 d ii b Dividends on the above payabieln London. Mr. Baker before it could be got under. 20 all Sambre and Meuse Si 10 6 1 30.55 per cent. pref - 9 • 81 ... - ... e tch Exchange, 25 per Cent. 12 Gull • 645 20 2 S.E. of France ... -- • .- D itto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... THE TURKISH QUESTION.-A requisitio n is i n course 20 6 Southern of France.. 4- • 6 p THREE O'CLOCK. of signature for presentation to the churchw a rd ens of '2O 6 St. Andrews &Quebec ... - ... 20 2s. Upper India Scrip.,. ... - ... Consols for Opening 18th January.... ..... 934 4x d St. Pancras, calling upon them to convene a public 8/ all West Flanders 45 -4/ meeting to protest against the supineness of the Govern- 20 10 Do. 55 per c. Prof , • 4 - 5 d 4 4 W INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). meet active upon measures the against Turkish th e question, aggres s io a n n s d o f t to Russia, more 20 i 10 We s ternof France 75 -84 p 4West. - lid -••• 2O 2 Wiesbaden A CHRISTMAS " GHOST" STORY.-On Sunday' even- •• - ••• SECONDARIES' COURT. ing, about half-past nine o'clock, the pedestrians near 20 12 Zealand 45 -4 d (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) Everton-crescent were startled by hearing strange sounds proceeding from the chapel of the R ev . J. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. JOHNSON V. COOPER. Kelly, at the corner of Field-street. At first the A QUESTION AS TO COUNTY COURTS. noise was only indisti nc t, an d passers-by stopped and Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing °losing Prices Business • Th. . is was an action to recover the sum of 121. 17s. on wondered, but, intent on their own pleasure, 'went Cog this day. this day. - b i ll la. of exchange. their way and thought no more about it. Not so, - _ . ', r • J. R. Chidley, Gresham-street, appeared for the h h o e w e e h ver, l a . number of o h f e curiosity-hunters, u thente r s , u w n h d o s h or u fn n u g entd a r a b an o n u de t 50 all B l ßedford etehi ey a . n . d . Ln.& N. W. . _ .. . Plainti ff cu f rio ll sity- O :/ and proved the acceptance, &c., and the only round t a ge y ed r ifice, indulging in a varietys , St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 - 103 b r j_ e etion taken was, that the" action ought to have beenso all Clydesdale Je. Called= ... 51 - 52 conjectures, and speculating as to what they c ou ld be, ono or two of the more experienced hazarding St. `',...nght in the County Court. lOO E.Liucoln. gr. Gt.Northn 142 - 145 er : 3 -r- Chidley, in reply, contended that there was a the remark that they . had " seen something" flash 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. 6 p. cent gcnrrent jurisdiction, and that the plaintiff could - ••• maintain his action in the superior court. altogether, and although this fact was more remarkable, 2; all Do. New Do - ... Th e lea still the coldness of the night drove the ghost-hunters 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Elt.litestn 3O - 32 learned Secondary held to that effect, and refused away, one old woman alone retaining her post, positive 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New t° g r ant any c e rtifi ca te to deprive plaintiff of costs, which that there "must be something" in it. Herpatience Ivouldßailway & Berw.. ... - •.: - Only cause delay, and in this case it would appear was also giving way, and she was in the act of moving t e 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 644 _-- 1 5 1 - 5 - 1 5 defeat justice, from the spot when a loud rumbling noise was heard, fol- 25 all Do. 8 Shares Do kr, • lowed by a tremendous knocking at one of the doors, and 12: 1 all Do. i Shares. Do - 28 . Chidley said he was perfectly open to discuss the b l o u t eB ,t . ion before one of the learned judges at Chambers, immediately succeeded by loud shrieks and cries for help 124 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern. 2 1 4 35 4 ....- 2 1 5 4 i 20 all Do. Preference Do it appeared to him that the defendant must show which caused the old lady to shudder. Still she kept her' presence of mind, and induced a young man to climb St. 100 Lowestoft gr. very i, ri ,ong grounds before the plaintiff would be de- over th e ra ili ngs , an d make inquiries as to whence the St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do - - 4 per cent... Norfolk - 95 th. the of costs when circumstances had driven him t o untimely sounds proceeded, for she was now certain 55 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N . .W. in7:perior Court-indeed, in many instances, litigancy that no ghost ever made such a noise before. The and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 3 A u all Middlesbro' & t c county courts led t o ver great expenses. young man soon ascertained that the " s p irit-ra pper" v 50 S Da k r t i c t i n n e ds . ... ...... ... was a little girl, w h o h a d b een sen t t o c h ape l by 100 all Midld.Eradfcl. Midland 99 - 101 deprive verdict was given for the y plaintiff, the certificate to her parents, wh ere th e e ff ec t s o f th e Ch r i s t mas c h eer she Redcar the plaintiff of costs being re f use d, had part a k en o f, a t di nner h a d caused her to i ndulge in 50 all N E o a r s t t h e ez p and c. E. Count.. 60 - 62 60 4 _ a quiet nap. On the congregation dispersing she did 5 4 4 , IaB OROUG.H-STREET-(THIS DAY.) all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ......... ... - •.. not awake, and being so very little (only fo ur y e ars old) 5. all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... ..... ... - ... she had been overlooked by the chapel-keeper in his ee all Prest. & W re L. CS. W. ____,_. dzLn&Yk ... - rounds and locked in. Her screems on being dig / '- desie,....y4iciaskatr,doßn ranwhite, who was brought . up on Thurs. covered were fearful, and it was no easy matter to pacify 112 Do. 5 Share . Do - - a charge of sending certain anonymous her. At length the chapel-keeper was found, the doors 14 0 te t r e s et t0 Mr. Owen, the secretary to the London Trade opened, and the unwilling prisoner released, when shel42 - 145 hi s b Jon Society, appeared again i to . day in answer to flew, rather than ran, home, none the worse for her im- S,. 100100 D Ro o y .s s h tn ep .di th H .s i s t t . : G p t o .Northn 142 - 145 ail. 2) 181 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& tr at The solicitor having exp eine to the magic- prisonment, though dreadfully frightened. The strange Goole g. 5. p.c Yorksh ' ... - d :-.11..(111‘,at a most humble apology had been made to noises which first attracted the notice of pedestrians in 12 95 S. Stafiordsh.. MrMClean 2 - lid m're go th so all WearValleygr Stockt. dz en, and th a t genti"nar, had be en induced to the street were caused by the child wandering about the n I s is r.,,Thaeiza. pr n o e s es ecu . tion i; on the prisoners entering into ch a p e l i n search of a place of exit, in the course of which 25 all D 6 or r Do 3O -31 cent ... Darling ... - - 14 9 ,„ __ e sum of 1007., to be of good be- sho several times stumbled against the pew-doors.- St. 100 Wilts4Soulrat Gt.Weetn 99 - 100 ' '"' v.r tia6 144 twelve months. Liverpo4 rifPN. . 100 100 :5 30 ;0 5 it. 100 .5 an 3il all 5 all 7 2 64 all 61 all LO all ;0 all 5 I all FOREIGN. 10 6 Antwip &Rotterdam 2 lid 4 5 3 Belgian East. Juliet. 1 1 A 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 --- 2 d .. . . Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 15 174 all Demerara.. 20 10 Dijon and Besagon • 2 - 20 S Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3 34 p 20 2 Do. Extension id 4 p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula p 20 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 24 3 p ... 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds 4 3d 64 20 8 Gt. Central of France 4 1 p 201 20 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares ld par Do. bonds(l i55.)1657 . . ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 204 104 Hamilton & Toronto id 4 p 104 11'0 all Do. 6 per cent — •.• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... ..• 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pr0f....... . ...d 20 15 Luexembourg lO4 ilk 11 ioi 10 10 Do. (Railway) 64 74 7 5 2Do l4 24 44 5 5 3 Do. (Canal) l4 24 10 5 Do. 6p, cent. prof. ••• ...p 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ...p 20 104 Madras 4 1 P 114 334 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — •.• 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 7i 84 20 all Do. (ex interest) • ••• 16 all Northern of France 35 354 35} 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams•Shsi ••• ••• 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 74 8 20 10 Paris and Lyons 164 —161 p 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 46 —4B 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l. —43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 324 —33 20 4 ParisCaen& Cherbrg. 3 4 p 104 104 Quebec & Richmond id 4 d 20 all Rouen and Havre .... 19 20 20 9 Royal Danish id par 5 2 Royal Swedish l— 4 d 20 all Sambre and Meuse B4 9 81 10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pref ... 20 2 S.E. of France - 20 6 Southern of France 4•— • 6 p 20 6 St. Andrews &Quebec ••• 20 2s. Upper India 5crip......- 8i all West Flanders 4 4i 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Pref , 20 10 Western of France 7 —B4 p 1G 4 West. of Switzerland lt lid 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 12 Zealand THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DEC EMBER 30, 1853. MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) Aberdeen .• Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Blyth & Tyne 10 por ct. pref. (iss. at£so) : • tol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock 111 g. Do., shares aledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead 'Guar. 54 per cent Cork &Bandon 5 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7175) 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.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & s.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northrs 5 p.c 1 Do. 5 p. c.,Red.eem., at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southu. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i per Do. do. 4 per cent 1 Do. irrodeem. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848... London andlßrighton 6 I - iiii 100 3 / 4 993/4 CO RN EXCHANGE. 0 24 6i -- 61 1 -- 41 51 -- 6 -- 1p -- 10 1* -- I#k 13i -- 14 Fresh up to this m oming's market, the arrivals of Eng lish wheats were very limited; hence, the show of samples was comparatively s' Ca all. The attendance of both town and country millers the ing good, the demand for all kinds ruled active, at an t ►cl vance in the prices of last week of from 2s to 3s per qu al ter, and a clearance was speedily effected. There was a good•ir tsquiry for foreign wheat, partly for shipment to the Cont; itient, and prices were from 2s to 3s per quarter higher th an on Friday last. The imports are only 4,570 quarters. _ _ _ Floating Cargoes so Ed freely, and the quotations had an upward tendency. We had rather arc active inquiry for barley, and fine parcels advanced is p or quarter. Malt was in short s upply and good request., at extreme quotations. The oat trade was: ether active, and good dry corn pro duced Gd to is per qi tarter more money. • White peas were lsto 2s higher. Grey and maple, as well as beans, move( L off readily at extreme rates. The flour trade wr a firm, and American barrels were is dearer. 20 - 21 .0 all it. 100 5 all ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. I Oats. 1,110 1,720 1,640 3,240 4,570 1,780 2i - English .. Irish .. •• Foreign .. Flour. 890 8:2 - 50 I 9,76-01br8 ;t. !ID° ,120 - 122 SMITHFIELD. it. 100 ;t. 100 1 109 - 110 , - fi P To-day's market was fairly supplied with beasts as to number, but their general quality was inferior. Prime Scots, &c., sold ste tadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade ruled dual, at Monday's currency. Prime Down sheep were scarce, and quite as dear as last week. All other breeds were i n moderate request on former terms. Calves—The suppl: r of which was limited—sold slowly ; but no actual chan go took place in their value. Mulch cows were very dull, at from 141. to 191. each, in cluding their small calf. 0 10 .0 4 64 all 8 - 8A 6 7 101 103 95 100 98 100 id par 143 145 ••• ."--. • •• ^. • Guar►nteed 5 P. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. ••• ••• ..-. • - - c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6p.c Loud. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler ••• ''''' . ... •. ... - • 2 3 / 4 - 3 6 Shares .............. Lonely. & Ennis. 6 Sh Nlanch.,Shof & Lin 12i - 13 7 - 8 - I}Q . . I Sharos, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., 26 • ...... Marypt.dtearl. 4 p. c. I Do. 4i per cent. I._ • •• ''' ••• '-''' Do ................. Mid. Consol. 6 p• c. St Do. Consol. Bristol & 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 " xford Worcester & Wolverh. 1'.15,6p. c 0 •• • '''' ••• ''''' 141 - 143 - 106 11 . 6 112 - 116 •• - 23' L ii 1102 - 104 cot. Cen., Now Pref. hrews& Birm. N. (4. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 9t - 10 151 - 161 9 - 104 - 151 d - ip S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 09.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.o. Guar.' \Vaterfd. op. c. York Newcastle and' Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 23 24 17 19 1 —d, 95 - 98 3 - 41 Do. York& N. Midland H k S. Purch 0 - THE MILITARY STRENGTH OF RUSSIA. I like them, they became a formidable obstacle to all the reforms contemplated by the State, and especially so in thd army. Peter I. soon had to suffer from the impudence of the Strelitz. He got rid of the ambitious soldiery in a bloody, but efficacious manner, in the midst of one of tlitzi most dangerous wars which Russia had for a long ti im sustained. rom the feeble nucleus of the compaigne d' agreme n t e w ch in his early years he had organised, P e t er I . had co enced the formation of an army after the European fa i ion, destined to supersede the Asiatic t roops Which toad in Russia. The regiments Itroobajeuski an d S menowski, which now a iieye Inrm the Imperial Guard, were the first regiments of the new army.* They were created by voluntary enrolment, chiefly from anliong the lesser nobility ; but, in consequence of the unwarlike character of the Russians, this system of en rolment did not keep pace with the wants of the new army, and Peter I. introduced the recruiting system as it exists at present. The obligation of the nobility to serve in the feudal army was extended to the permanent arrny, and the only choice allowed to a gentleman was the pai ticular troop or regiment into which he was to enter as a common soldier. This system was maintained until the reign of Catherine 11., who abolished the direct obligation, and substituted for it the indirect obligation which is in force at the present day. Peter reaped the first fruits of his military reforms, even before the suppression of the Strelitz, in the con quest of Azoff and in a victory gained over the Turks and Tartars by the Black Sea. He then attempted to give weight to Russian power in the political balance of Europe ; but he was made to feel the superiority of European tactics at the battle of Narva, where 15,000 Swedes compelled 80,000 Russians to lay doWn their arms. The Spectateur Militaire contains an article on the armies of Russia, of some value at the present moment. It is an analysis, with comments, of a pamphlet recently published by Baron Auguste de Haxthaussen ;I• the pamphlet itself being an extract from a work in three volumes, published originally in 1848, under the title, Etudes sur la Situation Interieure, la Vie Nationale, et les Insti tutions Burales de la Russie. The Spectateur observes„ that the author seems designedly to have chosen such burning epochs as 1848 and 1853 as fitting seasons to lay before Western Europe a work in which the strength and resources of the Muscovite Colossus, as we have been accustomed to think him, are detailed with an enthusiasm amounting to exaggeration. Whatever, however, may have been th e author's motive, his book deserves attention, as from its perusal we may attain to a fair approximation to a knowledge of the numbers which the Czar can actually call into the field ; as to the quality of these numbers, events in actua progress will soon give us some practical knowledge. Baron Haxthaussen gives most im portant information as to the heterogeneous ele ments which compose the Russian army—its re sourees of every kind, prepared now for a long time —its formation and numerical strength. He considers the Great Army of Operations, as the active army is called, to be remarkable for the speed of its movements,—" Son armke active, dite Grande Armee d'Operation, est d'une mobilite re marquable ;" upon which the Spectateur observes that experience has always proved the contrary. However rapid the movements of a Russian army may have been when fairly in an enemy's land, — witness Suwarrow's brilliant campaign in Northern Italy and Switzerland in 1799, —yet history always tells us, at the commen cement of a war, of allies looking with anxious glance to the North for their pected succour, and in imminent danger of utter destruction pending its arrival. We must, indeed, except the prompt and rapid movement of the Russians when called to the suppression of the Hungarian insurrection. This defeat, and the symptoms of internal de-organisa. tion which it revealed, did not discourage Peter I. The very greatness of that disaster turned to his profit, for Charles XII., despising hi s a d versar y, let slip the occa sion for completely humbling Russia. Peter assembled' a fresh army, enrolled officers, and learnt from the Swedes the art of conquering at the cost of great defeats and some feeble successes. Niue years later Charles XII. learnt at Pultowa the mistake he had committed at Narva. After the death of Peter I. the Russian army f oun d in Mentschikoff, Munich, and Keith, men able to carry on the work of the great reformer. The successes of Russian army were for a long time confined to victories over the Turks and the Poles, troops which at that time Were not held in high consideration in Europe ; but be fore the battle of Zorndoff, Keith wrote to Frederic, " Pour vaincre les Russes, it faut lea battue en breche et les demolir comma une forteresse." The Russians had stood firmly at Zorndoff and at Kunersdorf ; and Europe learnt that an obstinate de fence was well suited to their national character. This opinion has obtained credit by the great defensive bat tles of the Russians against Napoleon. Suwarrow also proved that the Russian armies like all good troops, only require exercise and an able commander to distin guish themselves in attack as well as in defence. Fhe march of this general through Switzerland shows what can be done by Russian troops. In 1700 the Russian army was the laughing-stock of Europe at the battle at Narva. The same army quitted the field of war in 1799 greatly to the regret of its allies. This army (we are still translating from Ilex thaussen), like all other European armies, was unable to withstand the superiority of French troops commanded by Napoleon ; but even in succumbing it had the glory of giving more trouble to the great captain of his time than any other. Since this period the Russian army has made some great and glorious expeditions in Asia and in Europe. A sovereign who is every inch a soldier, says our Baron, tout militaire—as energetic as he is intelligent, has, dur ing 25 years, spared neither trouble nor expense to strengthen and to perfect his army and to get rid of numberless abuses. In short, the Russian army, both as to numbers, organisation, and instruction, is very different from what it was in Germany and even it Poland. We must observe that Baron Haxthaussen is absolutely carried away by his enthusiasm for Russia. His comparisons are ill-chosen. Surely, in comparing the military organization of Russia of the present day with that of France, it is not with the administration of Louis XIV. or Louis XV. that the comparison should have been made, but with that of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111. On this subject the Spectateur justly remarks,— " Why speak of the Sybaritism and lax discipline of the French troops during the seven years' war ? Com pare the Russian soldiers who fought in the Caucasian wars with our soldiers daily engaged at the foot of the Atlas range ; speak to us of our army of Italy, which has saved the capital of the Christian world." The Baron attaches great importance to the names given to each regiment in the Russian army, in stead of a simple number, as in the French army. It is rather characteristic of our gallant neigh bours,over the water to attach much importance to such a small matter ; but the Spectator re marks, — "This system has been kept up in Russia in order to perpetuate the historic souvenirs of each regiments, and to revive at the moment required the passive courage of the Russian soldier. This system, which may be well suited to nations among whom men are slow and difficult to be aroused, was suppressed in France at the great re rolution, as it recalled the ancient divisions, feudal and se7gneurales, and was opposed to that amalgamation of the French people which produced strength by unity. Great advantages have accrued in the recruiting of the French armies by this change, and the memorable battl es of the Pyramids, of Arcola, f Rivoli, Marengo, Auster litz, Jena, Eylau, Friesland, Wagram, Moscowa, Lutzen, Bautzen&c., prove that the mere numbering of our regi ments has not lowered the intrinsic courage of our soldiers. If at a later period the restored familyresumed the plan of re cruiting by departments. as formerly the recruitment had been by provinces ; and if we had the legion of Calvados, of L'Herault, of the Cantal, &c., it was evidently done to please the old Courts of Europe ; for as soon as France was again free in her movements she got rid of the re maining marks of feudalism to return to the plan of simple numbering of regiments, which admits of an equalisation of physical strength." The Spectateur then proceeds to say that the Russians regiments, already locally named, receive a number to show their place in order of battle, whether they be cavalry or infantry, just as our Scots Greys are the 2d Regiment of Dragoons— nulli secundus, as they proudly add on their achievements—just as our Enniskillen Dragoons are our 6th Regiment; just as our East Kent re giment (the Buffs) is our 3d Regiment of Infantry our Ist Warwickshire is our 6th Regiment, our East Norfolk is our 9th, our Yorkshire East Riding is our 15th, our Leicestershire our 17th, our Royal Irish our 18th, our Cheshire our 22d, our Royal Welsh Fusiliers our 23d, - and so on to the 99th. The Spectateur cqntinues,— " We infinitely regret that a deplorable partiality pervades this pamphlet, in which the author be comes the apologist of all the measures of the Rus sians—political, administrative, and military—and the depreciator of every Western idea. If M. de Haxthaus sen were not an admirer of quand meme of the Russian Government, he would certainly have expended his criticisms, not on the measures exported from Paris to St. Petersburg, but their unreasonable application to men unable to appreciate their value, or who, in their itnprudent pride, thought it was sufficient to copy what was done in France in order to raise a Russian to the elevated position of a French soldier." * The Ismailowski Regiment was also of this numbe but it was not formed until 1730, by the Empress Ann, to support the old regiments. These are but French opinions of Russian sol diers ; but, as we are quoting a military periodical in high repute in France, and a devoted Bona partist organ, we think we are not wasting time in recording such opinions. Our French editor pro ceeds to say,— " We liave too high an opinion of M. de Haxthaussen not to be convinced that he well knows that every people has its own peculiar stamp, and that, in spite of the efforts of the Emperor Nicholas, the Russians have to undergo many a change ere they rea c h th e l eve l o f soldiers of Western Europe"—that is to say of French soldiers, as we do not suppose that our military editor means to assert the inferiority of Russian troops, either to Spaniards or to Portuguese. Whether Englishmen are included under the name Western Europeans, or whether we are still to be classed as " des fieres inset laires," and nothing more, we know not. The Spectateur continues,— " That part of the work which relate to the Cossacks, seems to us to be written truthfully, and in great de tail. The author, after conferring the highest praises on these troops, finishes by somewhat qualifying his estimate of their real value, and what he says of their utility in war is incontestable, and has been already pointed out, to the Emperor Nicholas by a Russian gene ral officer in a memoir, entitled " The Cossacks, and their Usefulness in War." The Spectateur's comments on the concluding portion of Baron Haxthaussen's book, which treats of the naval strength of Russia, we translate ver batim : " Our author (Ifaxthaussen)," say the Speetateur, " always abounding in courtesy to the Czar, exclaims, without attempting to prove what would indeed be most difficult of proof, that the fleet is completely equipped and efficiently manned (compl 4 tement equip6e, et p, , iilr vue d'un nomhreux p ersonne l) . W e willingly admit that the Russian navy is well equipped, but M. de Haxthaus sen must agree with us that good materials alone are not sufficient to constitute a good navy, as men m ust, above all, be thoroughly accustomed to - the sea to be of any use. Now, surely it is not in the Black Sea that the Russian navy can acquire this experience ; coasting is all that can be learnt there. As to the fleet in the Bal tic, the ice holds it prisoner for five m onths, and when the tardy thaw does set it free, it is in vain that it looks on the distant horizon amid the / nighty waves_ u ef xn the e h ocean, for its oth er h a lf; i ts younger s i s ter of tl Sea. Wh a t can we think offle e t E which can only m anoeuvre for one single month state o in a the year ?" We have now d one with our French editors 's com ments on his Russianized countryman's tneletter. We shall bear will proceed to an analysis of alection with which his own in mind the Muscovite pre and take all his statements countryman charges hymn of salt. with an apportion ° Btngstitutions which actually exist in The remarkabl o i . be ell back to the reign of Peter I. ; but Russia ma y periodt3the military power of this empire has since that extended vastly. With the exception of the Cossack s and the militia, all the regular army may de looked upon , work o f his (Peter's) hands. a 3 the Peter I. was not the first Russian monarch who saw t h e superiority of Western military art, and who endea voured to introduce it into his own arm y. I van 111., b e tween 14 6 2 and 1503, had att em pt e d t o organ i se a per inanent army ; but the scanty intercourse between Rus sia and Western Europe kept Russia from a thorough acquaintance with the progress of the art of war, and opposed various obstacles to the military reforms pro posed by the Czars. The na ti ona l s pirit of the Rus sians, moreover, repels, with an antipathy often fanati cal, whatever comes from a foreign source. The Russian army was composed at that time of a feudal curiere ban, - I' of an effective force of about 260,000 men. This army, w • hich had all the defects in herent in feudal arrays, and which was strongly marked with the military manners of Asia, was grouped, in time of war, around a nucleus of permanently levied troops, the greater part of which were composed of the famous Strelitz. The Strelitiz, who were raised by Alexis Michaelo witz, father of Peter I. to about 40,000 men, bor e a strong resemblance to the Janissaries, not only in their organization and privileges, but also in their qualiti es and in their defects. Like the Janissaries, the Strelitz formed the nucleus of the army when they manifested bravery and usefulness in time of war ; like the Janis saries, demoralized by their privileges in time of peace, I they became an arrogant and factious soldiery ; and, MINES. Agna Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Bloenarvon Iron and Coal ' British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Cop iapo ,Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7, p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt.NuggetVeinScrp IDo. Registered Groat Polgooth. Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares.. Loud.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares MMin and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New , . Santiago de Cuba..... 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Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel Rr. Ld. & Peninsular & Oriental Do. du. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land P d Par t p d ?t —.....— d d 10 - 12 i i ci 8 10 5 6 2 2i 32 34 jd par 45 47 lIP 65 75 s' 7 p 2a— ad 14 —l6 id—ip ( 111- 11 ... Per Blbs to sink the offais. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Large erse. calves 3 6 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 4) 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 .6 4 8 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 '0 3 4 Small porkers 4 2 410 Second quality ...3 .6 4 4 Sucklingcalvos ..22 0 28 0 Prime crse.-w110d.4 6 4 10,Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY:. FOREIGN INITYLY. Beasts — 1,112 Beasts • • ...• • • .... •• .. • 320 Sheep ..••• 129 Calves,... •• .. .. —...... •• 94 Plgs.••• —— •• •••• •• —•• .• Calves ...... •............. Pigs .• •• ••••••• • • • • • et. •• 300 NEWGAZE AND LEADENHALL. A full average burliness was transacted at this markei to-day, at full prices.. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d.. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2; 4 4 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 4 4 8 Pork, small 4 2 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. - During the present week there has been a slight improve. ment in the demand for medium hops, at very full prices. Otherwise the sale has ruled inactive. The imports are 193 bales from Glucksta dt, 180 ditto from Antwerp, 418 ditto from Ostend, and 4 ditto from Havre. The prices are— Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. Os to 171. 17s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 101. 5s to 121. 12s ; and Sussex ditto, 101. Os. to 121, ; foreign,, 71. Os to 9/. Os per cwt. COLONIAL. There have been no public sales, as the markets are closed for the holidays. TEA.—Business has not been brisk, and common congou remains at about the previous rates. COFFEE.—Private sales of good native Ceylon have been made at 49s 6cl to 50s per cwt. The stock of coffee in London is 17,300 tons against 21,000 at this time last year. The deliveries for home consumption this year have been 16,800 tons against 15,650 tons in 1852. &MAlL—Prices continue nominally about the same. Brazil and Havannah are in request. Refined has been at 44s for brown lumps. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been at 593 to 593 3(.1 per cwt. on the spot. COTTON.—The market is rather dull but firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- (THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 30.--There has been a sudden and great change in the weather. The wind isinow at W.S.W., ac companied at times with light rain, and it thaws fast. NEWPORT, Dec. 29.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Auguste, from Hamburgh ; Eagle, Clyde, both for St. Thomas ; Prince Frederick, Bremen, for Rio Janeiro. Sailed— Claussa, for St. Thomas. HULL, Dec. 28.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Doctor, from Richibucto. Sailed—Asia, for St. Michael's. BRISTOL, Dec. 29.—Wind, E. Arrived—Emerald, from Berbice ; Tweed, Onaga. SALCOMBE, Dec. 29.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Madoira Packet, from New York. CLYDE, Dec. 28.—Wind, N. Sailed—Margaret Mitchell, for Bombay ; Robena, New York. FILET, Dec. 28.—Yesterday, a small ship's boat, con taing throe or four men (without oars), was seen behind the bridge. The life-boat was immediately launched, but before it reached her a heavy sea struck the boat, and the men were seen no more. The boat is marked " Margaret, of Newcastle—William Southoron," in black ground, with white letters. WISBY, Dec. 16.—The Sir Charles Forbes, from Stock holm to Lisbon, was wrecked on Solfoo Reef, near Faro, on the 12th Dec., and there is but little hope of saving either materials or cargo • crew saved. ST. IVES Dec. 27.—T h e Princess Royal (smack), of and from Milford, for this port, drove on shore on the beach this afternoon, during a strong gale from N. to N.N.E., and is expected will break up ; crew saved. BOSTON, Dec. 27.—The .Daisy, from hence to London, got on the Long Sand, and is likely to become a wreck ; crew saved. _ _ - LOWESTOFT, Dec. 29.—One of the vessels reported yes terday on shore north of Corton, proves to be the Juliana, of and for Wells, from Shields ; she has become a total wreck ; crow saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind N.W., strong breeze, and squally. Arrived—Panama, from New Yerk ; Quebec and Jane, Danzig • Gannet, Ocean steamer, Lisbon. Off the Port—The Duke, from Calcutta ; and ship Mar mion. A telegraph has just been received here, stating that a steam tug was putting into Beamuaris Bay, at 10 a.m., with a large three-masted steamer in tow. The Gannet reports that the Matilda Wattonback, which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th with mails for Australia, put into Lisbon on the 19th, with fore and mainmast gone close to tho rigging, Tho ship Elizabeth was also at anchor inside Lisbon bar, with mainmost gone. A schooner capsized on West Hoyle Bank at 8.30 this morning, and there is reason to suppose all hands are drowned. HOLYHEAD, FRIDAY, 10 A.M. Wind, N. N. W., a strong gale. DUBLIN, DEC. 29. The Eva, screw steamer, from Greenock to Australia, foundered yesterday 15 miles E.N.E. off Lambay. Seven of the crew saved by the fishing smack Emerald. The captain, his wife, and her sister, second mate, and five men drowned, and another of crew died on board the smack. This is the vessel reported by the Prince steamer yesterday. The screw steamer Times, which sailed for Liverpool on the 27th, broke down near Holyhead and had to put back to Dublin under canvass. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, FRIDAY, 10.20 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind W. ; thaw, with rain ; half flood. Arrived—Annie Kairnes Minds, from Sasiobing ; Eagle, (s.) Boulogne. DEAL, FRIDAY, 9 A.M. Wind W.N.W., fresh, and cloudy. Anchored—Alegra, from London for Oporto ; West Kakella, London, (Port Philip ; Eclipse, London, Ma deira ; James Holmes, London, Bardadeos ; Watchword, London, Barbadoes ; Scindian, London, Calcutta ; Hamil ton, London, Cardiff; Carphine, London, Madras; Mar garet Pollock, Bathurst, London ; Rattler, Callao, Lon don ; Prince Edward, from westward. PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—At the Sheriffs' C th o e u s r t wh , ee rrßedie ffcal le d aLol f ud n u s d q pd u ol e a ns r e e y tx , as e cu s c t ro e rr rd edn iay, surrender t 0 00h the ht ehee following xcigues per sons n tcustody exigencies ooff the several processes against them, under penalty of outlawry :—William Charles Earl, Edward Case, Chas. Mathias Gunnell, John Robins, G. P. Papanicolas, Sir Augustus William Hillary, Bart., John Gifford, James Moon, Sir Sandford Graham, Edward William Coleman, George Swaby, and Sir Wyndham Carmichael Anstru ther, Bart. The next proclamation will take place on the 26th of January. THE LONDON Docxs.—The new building at the en trance of the Loudon Docks, which is being erected by the directions of the Government for the accommodation of the Customs department, is nearly finished, and will shortly be ready for occupation. It is intended to de vote it entirely to the wine and spirit delivery depart. ment of the Customs. When completed, greater space will be afforded for the working of the several depart ments, and important facilities afforded to parties trans acting business. INDICATIONS OF A SEVERE WINTER.—If there be any truth in what old people say respecting large flocks of birds being an indication of a severe winter, we have never seen stronger symptoms of one than in the present season. Fieldfares, redwings, starlings, larks, &c., were never known to be more numerous or in larger an extraordinary number of th e l atter kind of bird r n flocks ; and, within the l as t f ew d ays, we have ? romis killed at a single shot. Th e season ap p e ars t° P. cieuette. e plentiful sport for minor sportsmen.— WHOLESALE EXECUTION.—At Este, ila twere shot, Venetian province, on th e 19th, fifteen men for murders in execution of a sent ence o f court exed and acts of brigandag e . They were a f band 39 men, e! of outeat the same time. They formed part condemned to periods of im prisonment, the remaining 24 were eon prisonment, with hard labour , v fi te Lombardo arying from four to 18 years. THE CHOLERA IN SCOTL AND.--S 0 far as the reports of the parochial autho ri ti e s of Edinburgh go, the city is at present free from cholera. In Glasgow, however, it has greatly increased. In the city parish there were on twenty Fri da y c s a e g v e e s n a ncases seven and deaththree; d e n e a th s u s n; dayon, aoyn, Sseventeen cases and six deaths . ; and on Monday, thirty-seven cases and ten deaths ; while in the barony parish, on Satur day, S u nday, and Monday, sixteen cases and four deaths were reported. The virulence of the disease is lessening in Dundee, where on Friday there were sixteen cases and two deaths ; on Saturday, one case and no deaths ; and on Sunday two cases and two deaths—making since the commencement of the outbreak, 539 cases and 311 depths.--Sootaman. " " Les Forces Militaires de la Russie sous les Rapports Historiques, Statistiques, Ethnographiques, et Politiques. Svo. Paris. " Ban" and " Arriere Ban," convocation of vassals under the Crown, who were obliged to march and have in, their suite, accor di ng t o th e i r qual i ty, ti so m adly Mell-ftt aria And Archon. FATAL COLLISION NEAR MANCHESTER. A railway collision, attended by the loss of one life and serious damage to several others, took place yester day (Thursday) morning, at a quarter past 10 o'clock, at a station recently opened upon the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, called the Newton-heath station, between three and four miles from Manchester, and intended for the accommodation of the inhabitants of a large manufacturing population at Newton-heath, a vil lage on the road to Oldham. The details of the acci dent are in themselves quite simple. The train for Yorkshire left the Victoria station at Manchester at 9.45 a.m., and reached the Newton-heath station within a quarter of an hour of that time. It con sisted of an engine, tender, and four carriages, the last having the guard's van incorporated with it. The carriages were tolerably well filled. It stopped at New tonheath to take up some passengers, that being usual, and Mr. Whittaker, the station-master, says, that as soon as it arrived he went to his signal-post and turned on the double red light, signifying, " a train at the sta tion." Notwithstanding this precaution, however, in less than a minute after a train for Oldham came rushing along the same line of rails, at the rate, as near as can be calculated, of 15 miles an hour, and without stopping dashed into the Yorkshire train with such force as to propel it 50 yards beyond the station, and to bring itself to a stand-still. The signal which Whittaker put on is 400 yards on the Manchester side of the station, and there will therefore be two things to be examined into—whether the signal was put on by Whittaker ; and if so, why the engine driver of the Oldham train paid no attention to it. The morning was foggy, and the account now given is, that he did not see it. The result to the Yorkshire train was, that the last carriage was completely broken up, and all the pas sengers were scattered about upon the line or thrown down an embankment, on which the rails run at that point. Henry Tidy, the guard, was in his box, and he was picked up labouring under severe concussion of the brain. Jane Sykes, a girl aged about 17, on her way home to Lindley, near Huddersfield, was found in an insensible condition, and expired in the station a few minutes after she was conveyed there ; her grandmother, with whom she was travelling, Ellen Lord, wife of Richard Lord, tailor, of Syke's-hill, Preston, was taken to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, dreadfully cut up ; and seven other persons received serious bruises and personal injuries. We hear that much blame attaches to the company for their arrangements in respect to this station. It is said that the Oldham train, which does not stop at the Newton-heath station, only starts five minutes after the Yorkshire, which does stop at the Newton station, so that there is a continual danger of accident arising from that source. SNOWSTORM IN THE WEST.— Winter has set in with extreme rigour in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, and South Wales, and at the present moment the ground is covered with snow to the depth of nearly a foot. The snow began to fall on Tuesday, and continued without intermission until night. It wax acco mpan ied by a biting north wind, which increased occa si6nallv on Tuesday and Wednesday to a brisk breeee, and has drifted the snow considerably in exposed p l ace s. Tuesday night was fine, and the thermometer has been ever since Monday night several degrees below the freezing point, and the sunshine on Wednesday made no impression on the snow. The road traffic is much impeded, but the railways are clear, though the slipperiness of the rails and the usual incidents of severe weather have caused the trains to be generally behind their proper time. AN EXTRAORDINARY (TREE.—The Gardeners' Ciro nide announces the discovery in Calilbrnia of altnos *nag nificent coniferous tree, 300 feet high. " This magnifi cent evergreen tree, from its extraordinary height and large dimensions, may be termed the monarch of the Cali , fornian forest. It inhabits a solitary district on the ele vated slopes of the Sierra Nevada, near the head waters of the Stanislau and San Antonio rivers, in lat. 38 N., long. 120 10 W., at an elevation of 5,000 feet from the level of the sea. From 80 to 90 trees exist, all within the cir cuit of a mile, and these varying from 250 feet to 320 feet in height, and from 10 to 20 feet in diameter. Their manner of growth is much like Sequoi (taxodium) sem.. pervirens, some are solitary, some are in pairs, while sonic, and not unfrequently, stand three and four t o . gether. A tree recently felled measured about 34 feet in length, with a diameter, including bark, 29 feet and 2 inches, at 5 feet from the ground ; at 18 f eet from the ground it was 14 feet 6 inches through ; at 100 feet from the ground, 14 feet ; and at 200 from the n ne ground, 5 feet 5 inches. The bark is of a pa l e cinnamon and fromro und, l2 somewhat w 5 hiantc are pendent,ein thickness. resemblingT The h s b b y r a ow ne n h , lets are a cypress or juniper. The leaves a pale grass green. Those of the young trees are spreading, with a sharp acuminate point. The cones are about 21 inches long, and 2 inches across at the thickest part. The trunk of the tree in questi • on was perfectly solid, from the sap -wood to the centre ; and judging from the number of concentric rings, its age has been esti mated at 3,000 years. The wood is light, soft, and of a reddish colour, like redwood or taxedium sempervirens. Of this vegetable monster, 21 feet of the bark, from the lower p art o f the trunk, have been put in the natural form in San Francisco for exhibition ; it there forms a spacious carpeted room, and contains * piano, with seats for 40 persons. On one occasion 140 children were admitted without inconvenience. An exact representa tion of this tree, drawn on the spot, is now in the hands of the lithographers, and will be published in a few days." What a tree is this ! of what a portentous aspect and almost fabulous antiquity ! They say that the specimen felled at the junction of the Stanislau and San Antonio was above 3,000 years old—that is to say, it must have been a little plant when Sampson was slaying the Philistines, or Paris running away with Helen, or .Eneas carrying off good pater A nehisie upon his filial shoulders. And this may very well be true, if it does not grow above two inches in diameter in 20 years, which we believe to be the fact. At all events we have obtained the plant. The seed received by Messrs. 17( itch has all the appearance of vitality, and since the tree is hardy and evergreen, it is a prodigious acqui sition. 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His lord ship was met by Mr. Bolton, of Wolverhampton, and Mr. W. J. Beale, of Birmingham, solicitors, and by Mr. R. Serle, of Stourbridge. His reception is extremely gratifying, and little doubt is entertained by his friends but that his return for South Staffordshire will be roost triumphant. The great strength of Lord Paget lies in the increase of the constituency since the last contest for South Staffordshire. Lord Ingestre, his opponent, has not yet arrived from North America, but is daily expected. 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