The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

I I WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, J. 18. The Royal Mail steam ship Parana, Captain R. nevett, arrived here. at 11 a.m. to-day with the usual British and foreign West India mails, in charge of Lieutenant Brown, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Parana brings 27 passengers, and on freight gold dust, value 134,144 dols., silver in coin and bars, value 44,4981., and other specie, the total value being 800,000 dols, or 160,0001. sterling. The freight list also comprises—pearls, value 1,401. ; 30 serous cochineal, 46 bags pimento, 186 bales sarsaparilla, 7 bags bark, and 95 packages general merchandise. We regret to state that the advices by this steamer represent that yellow fever prevailed to a considerable extent in many parts of the West particularly among the shipping. The Parana has experienced fine weather on the voyage, her run from St. Thomas' having occupied about 11i clays. Shortly after leaving St. Thomas' for Jamaica on the outward passage the yellow fever made its ap pearance on board, the first case occurring at sea on the 22d December, and terminating fatally on the 25th. No symptoms of the disease were appa rent till after the ship had left St. Thomas' in prosecution of her voyage to Jamaica:, and it is therefore certain that at the former island the fever must have been contracted. From the 22d of December to the present time about 60 cases of illness have occurred, of which 30 have been un doubted cases of yellow fever. The following is a list of the fatal cases, from which it will be seen that the mortality is comparatively small, arising, possibly, from the constant and unremitting atten tion of Mr. Alfred Barton, the surgeon of the Pa rana, whose conduct throughout this trying period has been most highly spOken of t--. Lieutenant P. Inglis, R.N., Admiralty agent, passenger, died of dysentery, Henry Hobbs, servant, died January 13, yellow fever. James Fagan, servant, died January 11, ditto. William Dunmer, able seaman, died January 10, ditto. - Phillips (invalided from Derwent), yellow fever. Immediately on the arrival of the Parana she was Tisited by Mr. Wiblin, the quarantine officer, into whose hands was delivered a list of all the cases of sickness which have occurred. This list specified the dates of attack, death, recovery, or convalescence, as the case may be, and was attested on oath by the commander and surgeon of the ship. The mails and dispatches were at once landed ; but after a conference between the collector of customs (Mr. Powell), Captain Austen, C. 8., R.N., super intendent of packets, and Captain Barton, R.N., the company's superintendent, and Mr. who reported that the most recent death oz board occurred on the 13th inst., while the last case of seizure took place on the 12th, it was decided to keep the Parana under strict qnarantine till the 22d, when the stipulated 10 days will have elapsed from the last case of fever having developed itself, Mess contrary orders should be received from Sir William Pym, the Inspector General of Quarantine, to whom the whole particulars of the ravages of the disease on board the vessel have been telegraphed this afternoon. The following are the names of persons belonging to the P arana w h o were sen t to t h e h osp i ta l at Jamaica, labouring under attacks of the prevailing epidemic David Brown, fireman • Henry Mills, fireman ; Peter 44L a ckskey, C.T. ; Mr. R. iringle, purser of the ship ; Mr. A • Wylie, chief engineer ; David S es, A.B. ; Miss Pope, st ewardess ; George Bissett, C.T.; " illiam Mead, servant, '"enrY Behr, A.B. ; Patrick Caning, fireman ; A. Barley, Midshipman; Richard Squires, A. 8." Most of the convalescents now on board the Pa rana are doing well, and hastening rapidly towards complete recovery, with the exception of one of the crew, whose death is momentarily expected. A full s upply of medicines and all necessaries has been sent off.to the Parana by Mr. Wiblin , and fresh pro visions will also be provided ix abundance daily for t he use of the passengers and crew while the vessel is under quarantine. The most painful anxiety was manifested by the relatives of those on board to learn the names of the crew who have fallen victims to the disease, and every boat coming from the vessel was besieged by anxious inquiries as to the well-being of the various Persons belonging to the ship. According to accounts brought by the Parana from the Pacific, the cholera was prevailing at Lima. General Flores was at Valparaiso. The commander of the Pacific Steam Navigation Coinpany's ship Bogota reports that on his voyage to Panama he touched at the Lobos de Afuera Island to deliver dispatches from the Peruvian Government, and was informed that two armed 4inerican brigs had touched there the day previ °ugly for cargoes of Guano, but were not permitted to anchor, their commanders being informed that they might proceed to Callao, where the Peruvian Government would make arrangements for their loading at the Chincha Islands at 20 dols. per ton. From Jamaica we have intelligence, contained in files of the island journals, and our usual corre spondence, to the 28th of December, on which day the Parana left Kingston. The Legislature had been adjournedtfrom the 17th of December to the 25th inst. Previous to the adjournment several short bills had been passed, continuing to the 31st of March several acts which would otherwise expire on the 31st of December, in order that an oppor tunity might be afforded, on the re-assembling of the Colonial Parliament, to fully consider the seve ral acts with the view of amending or repealing each of them as might be considered expedient. Among the measures that will engage the attention of the Assembly after the recess is a bill introduced by the hon. member for Port Royal, Mr. E. Lucas, a gentleman of high standing in the mercantile community of Kingston, and well versed in finan cial matters, to withdraw from circulation all the present island Treasury notes, and to issue others in , lieu thereof. The object of the hon. gentleman Was said to be to ascertain how far the fears ex pressed in certain quarters, that the present issue e xceeds the amount authorised by law, are well rounded. The Christmas holidays had passed over with even more than their usual quietness. The i mpetus which in former days was usually given to trade at this period of the year was scarcely, if at , felt. The weather was mild with alternate sunshine and mild showers—the former predomi nating. The heat was intense for the period of the Year. The public health continued rather unsatis factory. There had been several cases of fever among the shipping of Kingston. Our accounts from British Guiana that the Court of Policy had been in session in deliberation upon several measures of great colonial importance. A new arrangement had been approved as to the management of the funds devoted by the Legisla ture to the support of the poor. They will in f uture be under the control of Poor Law Commis- sioners directly responsible to the Executive. The Educational Bill had been refused by the Court of Policy in its proposed shape, and had been referred to the Commissioners of Education with a recom mendation that a new bill be prepared embracin g tile leading points developed in the communication of the Court. Meetings had been held and com mittees formed for the purpose of assisting the Irish and American Exhibitions of Industry. A large and influential meeting was held on the 22d of December, in the rooms of the Royal Agricul tural and Commercial Society, for the purpose of adopting measures to put a stop, if possible, to the irregularities of the ships of the Royal Mail Steam packet Company. The St. Lucia papers state that the weather had been very unsettled in that island. Several estates had •commenced grinding, and, considering th e un toward state of the weather, a fair progress had been made in the manufacturing process upon the sugar estates: Business had been very dull, an d although large importations had taken place, no thing like the Christmas sales of other years had been effected. The new Governor was expected to retur n to Castries on New-year's-day. The Grand Anse estate had been sold at a judicial sale for 1 ,500/. and the Cocoa nut estate for 800 1 . In Antigua rain had fallen in great abundance. The Island of St. Kitts continued healthy, and the weather was most favourable. At Dominica the oppressively sultry weather prevailing there for a long season had been suc ceeded by rain descending in light continuous showers. This change of weather had brought with it a great deal of fever of a mild type. The papers from Trinidad and Barbadoes are destitute of news. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) The business done in imports since our issue of the 10th has been very moderate. Prices generally are too high to induce speculation, and in consquence the trade are merely purchasing to supply their immediate wants. CORN.-1,000 bushels South American have changed hands at 3s 9d afloat, in bulk ;of which re-sales are being effected at 4s 6d per bushel in bags. Baltimore is held for 108 per bag. PLOUR.—The market has been quiet since our last. Holders of Baltimore and Philadelphia are firm at 32s 6d to 335. We note a sale of 350 barrels New Or leans at 325. Freights are (lull. But one vessel has sailed from Kingston with cargo. GOLD. —We quote American at 11 to 2 and doubloons at 3 per cent. premium. PIMENTO.—There is not any on offer. RIDE. --Holders of Bengal continue firm at 17s, 6d. per 1001bs., but no operations of an important character have reached us. Rum. —There is very little at market. We quote 21 proof at 2s. to 2s. 3d. in bond. Sim..—The desire of holders to realise has caused a THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY l9, rather considerable decline in the value of all descrip tions of muscovado. We now quote dark to middlins , at 14s. 6d. to 165., and pod middling to fine at 10. to 18s. per 1001bs. TOBACCO.—The market continues very inactive, with heavy supplies. MONDAY, Noon, Dec. 27.—Since the publication of the foregoing on the 21st, this market has presented no appearance of activity whatever. At the same time im portations, especially of flour and meal, have been rather extensive, but it is not anticipated that any important decline will take place in prices. Holders evince no anxiety to realise, and this circumstance, together with the enhanced value of goods at places of shipment, will contribute additional firmness to our market, and serve to uphold our previous quotations. Of flour, the only operations which have been effected are re-sales of 700 barrels Baltimore, and 250 barrels Philadelphia at 325. fid. per barrel. Produce is also quiet, but we notice a further decline in the value of the lower grades of sugar, which is attri butable chiefly to the increased supply of inferior de scriptions. Exchanges on London.—Colonial and Jamaica Banks, 90 days, I per cent. premium ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pre mium ; 30 days, 14 per cent. premium. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Debats has an angry article against Rome for an act which it regards as a daring interference with the rights of the Galilean clergy. The offence is for having condemned to the Index a manual of canonical law hitherto in use in the French semi naires, composed by the Abbe Legueux, and re garded by all the French clergy of unquestionable orthodoxy. Another Abbe Delacouture has taken up the pen to prove that the decrees of the Con gregation of the Index have no force in France whatever, nor, indeed, in other Catholic countries. Having given a general view of the Abbe Dela couture's book, the _Mats makes the following observations : "This leads us naturally to examine the doctrines of the party which has for the last few years made itself the organ and defender of Ultramontane principles the most exaggerated. This party thinks that it has found in the late political events of which our country has been the theatre an opportunity for throwing off the mask, and for letting out its whole views. In its eyes there exists but one veritable authority in the world, that of the Pope. All questions, not only religious, but moral and political—for what political question does not contain a moral one ?—are refer able to one sole tribunal, sovereign and infallible, that of the Pope. The Pope has the right of free ing subject from their oath of fidelity ; subjects have the right of taking arms against their Prince whenever he rebels against the decisions of the Holy See.. It is again the social and political theory of the middle age ; and the middle age is for this party the a g e of peace and happiness par excellence, the ideal towards which it turns its eyes with regret, and if it be necessary for its purpose to falsify history a hundred times over it will do it. In literature the same party condemns the ancient classics, and would substitute for the Latin of Virgil and Cicero the barbarous Latin of the monks of the twelfth century, and of ages still more barbarous. In philosophy it ana themises reason itself under the name of free inquiry, declaring reason to be powerful only for evil, and inca pable of giving birth to anything but scepticism, heresy, impiety, and in fine, Socialism and Communism, with all their follies. But what characterises the party above all is its hatred for liberty, which it curses everywhere. After having for a length of time asked for liberty as en joyed in Belgium, it invites the Belgians to throw off those constitutional forms which have preserved that country from the storms of 1848. Little do these men foresee the effect likely to be produced by their identify ing Catholicism with absolute monarchy, and making the one depend upon the other, and showing the people that the Catholic religion is the irreconcilable enemy of their rights. In Protestant countries this party cries out against the slightest obstacle opposed to its propagand ism. In Catholic countries it finds it to be right and good that those who attempt Protestant propagandism should die in prison. When you point out these con tradictions, the answer is simple, that it suits its lan guage to times and circumstances. When it cries out for liberty in France, it was because it wants a weapon for its projects, which, when used, it throws away." Such is the Dads picture of the present conduct of the Ultramane party in France. The Constitutionnel contains the following article on the subject of railway enterprise : "It is interesting to compare the progress and move ment of railways in France and England during the year which has just elapsed. The comparison has more than a mere statistical interest, for railways at present play a great part in affairs of business. The network of rail ways open in France is about 3,708 kilometres in length, whilst those in England are 11,126 kilometres ; so that we have as yet only one-third of the length of railway communication to be found in England, though we have a territory nearly double and a population a third more. Such a disproportion evidently cannot be maintained, and must be attributed to accidental causes. We began by losing a considerable time in discussing the system to be followed, and then came the revolution of February to paralyse the spirit of enterprise and to destroy credit. Four years were thus absolutely thrown away. Fortu nately everything has changed since the 2d of December. Nothing has been neglected to repair as much as pos sible the mischief done. Nearly 3,000 kilometres have been added in 1852 to the lines already conceded. The works are being urged on with extraordinary activity, and we are sure to see, in the space of three or four years, our railways attain the length of 7,000 or 8.000 kilometres. What, above all, ought to encourage us is the returns, becoming every month more and more favourable, of our railways. The receipts have in creased from 107 millions in 1851 to 132 millions in 1852 or about 25 per cent. No doubt that augmentation arises in part from the extension of our railways, which have gained 400 kilometres during 1852. Buti it is caused still more by the revival of commercial affairs and the progress which railway travelling is every day mak ing in the habits of the people. Thus the receipt per kilometre in France, which was 32,345 fr. in 1851, rose to 35,673 fr. in 1852, being an increase of 3,328 fr. per kilometre. If we look to England, the results will be found quite the contrary. The kilometrical receipts, far from increasing, have dimished there each year. It was 3,3051. the mile in 1836, 2,2831. in 1851, and only 2,238/. in 1852. We have already shown that this arises partly from new lines being authorised in opposi tion to those already existing, and partly because after the best lines had been constructed, the less productive ones are now being made. In France, we are as yet only at what may be called the good lines. The opening of the new sections, in place of diminishing the produce, tends to increase it, and consequently the returns per kilometre are regularly advancing amongst us, whilst they are declining amongst our neighbours. These con siderations justify the favour which our railways enjoy. If they have doubled within the last year, that rise is only the consequence of a sound appreciation of the re venue of those undertakings. There is no doubt that they will resume their ascensional movement, as soon as the momentary embarrassments which have appeared at the Bourse shall have disappeared." - - Upon the subject of the alleged insults offered to the Government by a portion of the English press, the Pays quotes the article in the Moniteur, and then observes : "We have evidently nothing to add to the language, full of dignity and moderation in which the Moniteur points out the unqualifiable insults offered to Franp in the Government freely chosen by herself, and which insolently violate the most elementary sentiment of propriety, with respect to a friendly nation. All men of good faith will see that the Government has the conscience of having replaced society in its essential conditions of well-being, dignity, and progressive deve lopment, and that strong in the great things which it has accomplished and will still effect, it does not hesitate to render public opinion the judge of the calumnies by which the hatred of the vanquished parties misrepresents in foreign countries its acts, its intentions, and the ser vice which it has rendered, and the manifestation of that national sovereignty, the majesty of which no one is per , mitted to insult." With regard to the financial position of France, : the Constitutionnel remarks that the increase in the indirect taxes has even exceeded the estimate made by the Minister of Finance a month ago. He calculated the increase at 60,000,000 f., whilst it really is 66,000,000 f. Thus the deficit, which was primitively estimated at 101,000,000 f., and which, by the last estimate, was fixed at 40,000,000 f., will be reduced to 34,000,000 f. only. On the whole, therefore, th e G overnment ought to be well satisfied with the present state of things. • The session of the Imperial Council of Public Instruction has been opened the Minister of Public Instruction bell' . g in the chair. The minister laid before the counc i l six important April la. measures st founded on the decr ee o f 10th of from givirehnenoGtricaendChamberlain that the IstofofthneextEp mmolith eror has gen tlemen admitted t o th e receptions at the Tuil Tuileries must appear in uniform or in full dress. The Moniteur publishes a long account of the reception given to Abd el-Kader, at M ess i na , on his way to Broussa. The Kin g o f th e Two Sikes had ordered the authorities to do everything possible to render his visit agreeable to him, and the ex-Emir, ascribing these attentions to the in fluence of the Emperor Napoleon 111., was profuse in his expressions of gratitude, frequently exclaim ing that he and his sons, who were with hi m m p , w e belonged, and would ever belong, to the Emperor. Intelligence has been received from Algiers to the 10,th. Everything was quiet in the colony. An order from the Governor-General had directed the generals in command of divisions to avail them selves of the present repose to make up their full complement of mules for their baggage-trains. A. note in the Moniteur Algerien states that the Min ister of Agriculture and Commerce having had specimens of Algerian cochineal examined bycompe tent persons in France, had received • a report de claring that they were equal in quality to the best kinds of the Canaries. The specimens examined were of 1850. The Patric states that the Sultan has caused to be announced officially to the Emperor Napoleon 111., that the blockade of the northern coast of Albania by a Turkish squadron, in consequence of the state of Montenegro, will be in force from the moment of the arrival of the squadron. The Emperor, it is stated, has resolved to have stag hunts twice a week in the forest of Saint Ger main, on account of its proximity to Paris. For that purpose two packs of hounds will be sent to Saint Germain, one called the " pack of the Em peror," the other bearing the name of the town. One of the two weekly meetings will always come off on Thursday, under the direction of the first huntsman, and the officers of his Majesty's house hold ; any one will be allowed to attend it on foot, on horseback, or in a carriage. The second meet ing, which will be attended by the Emperor, will not be on a fixed day, and only those gentlemen who possess the buttons of the household of his Majesty will be admitted. It is calculated that each hunt will only occupy about an hour, so that his Majesty need not absent himself from his se rious occupations for more than three hours at a time. There are already about thirty stags in the forest of Saint Germain, and it is said that forty more are to be sent to it. Grand preparations are making in the Palace of the Luxembourg for the fete to be given by the members of the Senate to the Emperor, and to which, it is said, 4,000 persons have been invited. It will take place in a magnificent saloon, 56 yards long and 10i wide, which has been formed by the junction of the old hall of the Senat Conservateur, which was constructed in 1804, with the Salle des Conferences and the old Salle du Trone. The sup per will be given in the long gallery, which con tains the paintings of living artists, and large buf fets will be placed in the gallery on the ground floor. There has not been time to terminate defi nitively the ornamentation of the roof of the grand gallery ; but by means of paintings, &c., the new parts will be made to harmonise with the old. The imperial throne of 1804, which has been preserved since that period, and which is ornamented with statues by Chaudel, the sculptor, has been restored, and will occupy an estrade in the grand gallery. The funeral service for the late Marquis d'Haut poul, general of artillery, on the retired list, and brother of General d'Hautpoul, Grand Referendary of the Senate, took place on Tuesday at the church of Saint Philippe du Roule. A great - number of ge neral officers and several of the leading members of the Legitimist party were present. The deceased, who was born in 1780, was a distinguished officer of the Empire, and served in all the campaigns. At Moscow he was created a Baron of the Empire by Napoleon. At the time of the dethronement of the Emperor, he was a lieutenant-colonel. Under Louis XVIII., he was raised to the grade of major-gene ral, and remained one of the most faithful and de voted partisans of the Restoration to the last mo ments of the reign of Charles X. After the revo lution of 1830, he retired from the army. In 1833, he was called to Prague to replace the Baron de Damas as tutor of the Duke de Bordeaux, but, in consequence of some differences with the Duke de Blacas, he soon relinquished that post, and subse quently lived in retirement. The sums received at the Savings' Bank of Paris during the past week amounted to 923,374 francs, from 7,869 depositors, of whom 1,247 were new, and the sums paid out to 528,993 francs. The sums paid into the Caisse de Retraites for the aged, amounted to 362,681 francs from 989 accounts, of which 659 are new. The delay of a year for the sale of the property of the Orleans family expires in four days. The whole of that property is now alienated. The last sale has just taken place—that of the lands of Car teil, situate in the department of the Loire-Infe rieure. Louis Phillipe had purchased the property from the Marquis de Coislin for 1,300,0001. The price it has just fetched is 800,000 f. The great and really important question of the Emperor's marriage is likely to be settled in a few days, and that in a manner little contemplated by the Northern Powers. For some time pas Louis Napoleon has in vain sought to find a lady of the rank of Princess, combining all the qualities desirable in a person to be raised to the pre eminent position of Empress of the French. The qualities required are—suitable rank, suitable age, the Catholic religion, and willingness to accept Louis Napoleon as lord and master. The number of Princesses combining the first three of those qualities are very rare—so rare, in fact, that in the whole of Europe they may be limited to half a dozen. But it is the last requirement which has been the principal obstacle to Louis Napoleon's wishes ; for as the marriage of Princesses is a matter not of choice, but of State policy, Sove reigns and Governments are the " mamas" who have to be consulted, and whose consent is re quired. He has laid aside all idea of hunting after princesses, and has determined to raise to the Imperial throne a young lady whose principal qualifications for that high rank are her beauty and the admiration with which she has inspired his Majesty in the course of a personal acquaintance of some months' standing. The fortunate lady is Mdlle. de Montijo. She is the daughter of a grandee of Spain, the late Duke of Penamando, and is her self, in her own right, Countess of Teba. Her mother, the present Duchess of Penamando (more generally known simply as Madame de Montijo), is of Irish origin. Her name was Fitzpatrick, and her father was for many years British consul at Malaga, and she married a young Spaniard to whom she was much attached. It app ears th a t when Miss Fitzpatrick's !marriage took place, her husband was only a younger son, with scarcely any fortune. Afterwards, th e e ld es t mem b ers o f hi s family having died off, he succeeden to the rank of grandeo of Spain, and to the titles of Count de Montijo, Duke de Teba, and Duke de Penamando. The eldest sister of Mdlle. de Moiitijo is the pre sent Duchess of Alba and Berwick, who is the de scendant of the celebrated Duke of Berwick, the natural son of James 11. of England. Th e young lady herself is about 25 years of age. She is ex ceedingly beautiful, but her beauty partakes mere of the character of her mother's than of her father's country. Her complexion is fair, and her hair a light auqurn, but her eyes are dark. She is re markably handsome, and graceful in her figure, but not above the middle height. Her manners are lively and agreeable, and she is said by compe tent parties to have a particularly fascinating smile. The Emperor drove to St. Cloud. He was not any military escort. att T e h n e ded b expectations y entertained by the speculators at the Bourse, that confidence was completely re stored was not realised. On the contrary, a more rapid fall in the price of public securities in general was experienced during the last half - hour of busi ness. The Three per Cents., which opened at .80f. 30c., to 79f. 70c., and closed at 79f. 75c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, I,ooof. ; Rouen, 985 f. ; Havre, 500 f ; Great Norrthern, 850 f. ; Basle, 345 f. Paris and Strasburg, 765 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 868 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720 f. ; Western of France, 665 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 610 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 561 f. 25c. ; Dijon and Besangon, 520 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 670 f. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 13th. The Heraldo has a long article in which, after blaming in severe language the conduct of the Government towards Marshal Narvaez, it says "Is it extraordinary that the Duke of Valencia, having been made the object of the unjustifiable measure which had been adopted towards him, should have protested against it with vigour and energy Y We think that no one will be astonished at it, and particularly if two things are considered. The first is, that documents like that signed by the General, although addressed under an official form to an august personage, whom every one r espects, are in reality directed against the re sponsible advisers of an inviolable and sacred institution ; and the second is, that if this docu ment was distributed clandestinely, the Duke of Valencia ought not to be responsible for it." A deputation of the directors of the Opposition had had an interview with the Minister of the Interior. The latter expressed his regret at the present con dition of the periodical press, but observed that it was not the present Ministry who had made the laws which had led to that disastrous condition, and it had not the power to do all that might be wished in its favour ; he added, however, that orders had been given to avoid all unnecessary rigour. The deputation left the Minister little satisfied at the vagueness of his reply to their re monstrances. The Heraldo has also published an article, sup porting the demand of the holders of coupons to have them entirely converted into 3 per Cent. De ferred Stock, instead of remaining reduced one half as they have been. The Heraldo says that the claim is not only just in itself, but, if granted, would open the principal money-markets of Europe to Spanish stock, and would enable the Govern ment to convert great part of its floating debt, which is very b ur d ensome , into permanenestock. The Moderado Electoral Committee hold daily On meetings. there 0 ia0 1 : h 3t t h, e idtefiang definitive w iis i t th o t f hePro- gresista Committee candi dates for Mad r id. Three Modera e dos and three Progresist as fi g u dethe list. The former were MM, M ar ti nez MM.wh o m is e4diza also a b c e c i e , ptedby the GovernmentLujan, e Rosa, Mon, and Rios Rosas. The three Progresistas w and Murimo. The Governor of Madrid replied 'Us follows, to an application for leave to hold a preparatory electoral meeting " In virtue of the power, vested in me by the 7th article of the law of the 2d of April, relative to the Go• vernment of the provinces, I grant the required authori zation, on condition of being previously apprized of the day and place when the electors are to assemble." The Captain-General of Cuba writing under date 14th December, states that the island was perfectly tranquil, and that its sanitary condition continued to improve. The Three per Cents. were done at 44- ' • the New Three per Cents. at 23 9-16 ; th e D e bt o f the First Class, at 10f ; and that of the Second, at 51, AUSTRIA. The Press of Vienna says that there is not the slightest foundation for the statement, in some of the foreign journals, that the Austrian Government is sending reinforcements to its army in Italy. The Wanderer of Vienna states, on the authority of a person just ret urne d from ungary, that the wandering bands of gipsies, who were formerly so numerous in that country, have completely disap peared. Those gipsies who still remain in the country are established in the villages, and engaged in regular occupations. The Austrian Military Commandant of Leghorn, Count Crenneville, has issued a modification, dated the Bth, announcing the condemnation of six cus tom-house porters to various periods of imprison ment, as ringleaders in a disturbance which ori ginated among the porters on the 24th of December last, and had the appearance of a political demon stration, owing to disrespectful language applied to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. A jockey-club has just been organised at Florence by some of the Tuscan aristocracy. Its rooms are in the Palazzo, Uguccioni, where a reading-room,, a library, and a good French cook are the chief attractions. A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna announces that the Archduke Reinier died at Botzen, in the Tyrol, on the 16th. He was one of the brothers of the Emperor Francis 1., was great uncle to the present Emperor, and was at on e ti me Vi cero y of Italy. Another telegraphic dispat c h f rom Hano ver states that the Hanoverian Government has resumed its negotiations with the order of nobility. A letter from Vienna, of the 14th, states that the Earl of Westmoreland has announced officially to the Austrian Cabinet that he will remain at Vienna to represent the new Ministry in England. In consequence of a notification issued by the Imperial Lieutenant of Lombardy, dated the 11th, the conscription for 1853 in the Lombardo-Vene tian provinces commenced on the 17th. The num ber of recruits prescribed for these provinces is 13,390. At the end of December, 1852, the amount of State notes in circulation was quoted at 155,788,058 florins, showing a decrease from the preceding month of 2,501,066 florins. According to the official report, the sum total of Government paper withdrawn from circulation is 32,600,000 florins, which has been effected by means of a portion of the loan of 1851. Twenty-five millions of this consisted of State notes, with a forced currency. The statistical returns of the births, deaths, and marriages, for the year 1852, show for Vienna and its suburbs, 21,764 births, 19,096 deaths, and 5,227 marriages. Compared with the year 1851 (says the report, though the figures are not given) the in crease in the number of births was 618, in deaths 453, and 203 more couples were joined together. Among the deaths there was one woman who had attained the age of 104. DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen, of the 13th, stat es that the Chamber of Deputies had that day re jected, by a majority of 50 to 45, the proposed change in the Customs' frontier from the Eider to the Elbe. Subsequent accounts state that, in con sequence of this vote, the Diet had been dissolved by the King. TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO. A Telegraphic despatch from Trieste, dated the 15th inst., announces the arrival at that p or t o f the Vice-resident of the Senate of Montenegro, Georges Petrovitch Niegusch, cousin of the reign ing Prince. He was on his road to Vienna and St. Petersbnrgh, on a special mission. General Baron Kellner, adjutant of the Emperor of Austria, and General Mamula, governor of Dal matia, had arrived at Cattaro. Different Austrian battalions in Italy have received orders to march to Dalmatia to strengthen the Austrian army there. Omer Pacha (the Turkish general) arrived at Scu tari od. the 7th Jan., at the head of a large body of troops, and proposed commencing the campaign at once, without awaiting the spring. The Montene grins appear resolved on a determined resistance. Prince Danilo had gone to Grahovo to concert common measures of defence with the Voivode of Wojatich, an independet prince, who has de clared himself for the Montenegrins.. This prince was very recently decorated by the Emperor of Russia with the order of St. Anne, third class. The Prince of Montenegro also wears Russian orders. FOREIGN GOODS BY RAILWAY.—It having been found that goods removed under bond by railway frequently arrive at the port of destination before the receipt of the letter of advice, the Custom authorities, in order to avoid the inconvenience arising therefrom, have issued a general order to all the ports in the kingdom, directing that, in cases where the merchants do not require the goods to be reweighed on delivery, the letters of advice be forwarded when practicable on the day the orders for delivery from the warehouse are issued, whether the actual delivery shall have taken place or otherwise. LABOURERS.—Emigration and a better system of cul tivation in Ireland will absorb all the able-bodied men in that country, and leave England in 1853 sto its own resources. Knowing the want there was of labourers during the harvest of 1852, and the continued exodus to the " gold diggings," it is the policy of farmers to retain permanently a greater number of workmen on their land. It cannot be expected that labourers will remain in a locality where there is only a prospect of employment during a part of the year, particularly when emigration offers such a field for exertion. With regard to the expense of paying fair wages all' the year, or taking men on when pressed for time at double the usual sum, comes to much the same thing at the end of the year, as far as money is concerned, but makes a wide difference between the connexion of master and servant. The temporary help, on job, works hard for himself, making hay while the sun shines, getting over considerable ground ; but the question arises, is the task so well finished as it would be by a constant la bourer, whose comfort throughout the year depends upon attention to his master's interest as well as his own ? If at this moment farmers complain of a paucity of labour. ers (which is the case), what will be the consequence in the spring, when all planting, sowing, and ploughing, which ought to have been done in the winter, must then be performed ? Let me advise agriculturists to retain men and treat them liberally ; seven shillings a week in rural districts, and that only in fine weather, is not enough to insure a proper supply in the labour market. If a different system of paying farm men is not adopted, tenants will in a few months suffer severely in pocket. Wages in the country vary from 7s. to 9s. per week in dry weather, leaving an average, counting working days, of not more than 6s. per week, if as much—a state of things which must not continue, If farmers consult their own interest.—Gardener's C7t . rentele. A HIT IN THE DARK.—The Englishman (December 4) publishes the following amusing episode in the Burmese war :—" The setting sun was gilding the broad waters of the Irrawaddy as the steamer Mozuffer, with the Calcutta mail, cast her anchor below the Hastings shoal, n a amtbh a bo u t ed ur latest et dreading, at that late hour, to attempt its dangerous oaasminikeedtdhehfoerlasatnbtdo passage. But a little time had she lain there when the Mahanuddy, feeling her way, cautiously yet closely ap proachednveeswssel.,b,aTilhhineerg,nteanhwesdr—aotzhte ne ff re - , o w ffi esa ci e r erxiy : 50 persons, officers and privates, clustered round, anxiously awaiting the desired information. 'News,' responded a gruff voice from the Mozuffer,--.‘ ay, is news, and good news too for you military. That old woman, Godwin, has been superseded, and General Cheape has been appointed to the command in his room.' General Godwin was himself the officer who was asking the news ; those around him were his staff, or the troops proceeding to the capture of Pegue I We will not at tempt to describe the scene; it sufficeth to say that the principal actor in it was furious, immediately stopped the Mahanuddy, and ordered the officer commanding the Mozuffer to send him his dispatches. Those present tell us that it was difficult to say which was most amus ing, the rage of the General or the consternation on board the Mozuffer, when they learnt the name and rank of the officer to whom they had imparted the in. teresting intelligence." SUGAR, MOLASSES, AND RUM.---It appears from a re• turn to the House of Commons, obtained upon the mo tion of Mr. James Wilson, that for the year ending the sth of July last, the aggregate importation of unrefined ' sugar was 7,650,048 cwts. ; of refined sugar and sugar candy, 275,186 cwts. ; of molasses, 592,665 cwts. ; and of rum, 5,129,145 gallons. The aggregate duty was _ on sugar and molasses from British possessio ns , 3,077,5611. ; and on foreign , 1,276,042/.— making a total of 4,353,603/. The duty received upon rum during the same period was 1,101,2751., of which only 531. was for foreign. ARCHITECTURE AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION.—The his tory of the world is forcibly illustrated by the history of its buildings ; and the tale, so far from being dry and re pulsive, is singularly curious and interesting. It is not unusual to find even educated men. admitting, w ith ou t any feeling of shame, their entire ignorance. of architec ture, both as regards its histor y , and p rinci p les . This surely ought not to be, and need not be. The general history of the art, and the leading features of architecture as a science, should be communicated to the youth of both sexes and of all grade§ before they leave school.— Godwin's "History in Ruins." "MEMENTO MORT." —ln Limerick Cathedral we noticed the following peculiar inscription on a slab about two feet by 18 inches :—" 'Memento mory.' Here Lieth Littele Samuell Bari that great Undertaker of famious citties clock and chime maker, he made his one time goe early and latter, but now he is returned to God is Cretor. The J 9 of No vember then he scest, And for his memory this here is pleast by his son Ben, 1693."—The Builder. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. &' Cheshire Jima Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons: Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Eastern Counties..... Eastern Uniou, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do - - - iDo., B. and C, East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. Juuc ildinburgh&Gssgow and Prth. &Dundee illasgow & S. Western Treat Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds _ _ _ Laneash.& Yorkshire Do Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &Sonthpt London & Blackwall Lord. Tilb. & Sthend. Lonct. Brigt. & S. Cst. LondZon & N. Western Do., Fifths Do., £lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 'Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (In ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&Hftd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor, Norfolk Do., New Norihn.Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., a B Guaranteed North Staifordshii worth Western. N. & S. Westrr. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland ...., Shrewsbury & Birmg, Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby. &Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)._ Do. Halves, do 'Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun . Do. !Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall WimblodonScCroydn Woodford York Newetl.Stßerw Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchasel York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices Business dons this day. this day. 29 - 30 61 101 6 1 -- 6 4 41 21 22 3 —2i d 107 109 22'= gl 17 18 3i —23 d 5.- 12t - 13 9 - 10 71 - 71 73 - 75, I 55 - 60 1 74 - 76 id- ip 26 - 28 60 - 62 77A - 78 39. - 41 119 - 121 101 -- 105 91 -91 a 6i -- 7 86 -- 90 114 601 4 3 d 3 2fl d .151 -- 161 81 -- 9 1 1 -- 2ipl 103 -- 104A' 124-= 121/ 3 . —3i p 1i -1/ p 89 -- 90 6 -- 5d 5 -- 4d 11 12 19i -20 i 28 --294 3i -- 3 774 -- 78 45 -- 47 51 52 3 3)1 4 3id 2/ 2 8/ —8/ 53 --- 55 7i 8 2 2i d 35 36 6/ 6i d 2k 2a I d 4 3 d 8 3 4j p ,49f— 50i 95 97 63 65 67 69 70 - 80 19 -- 20 91 -- 10 14 -- 15 31 -- i d 22 -- 2 23 38 -- -- 381 13 13 4 -- 4 2- 2 13i - 14 9 - 9 26i - 27 8 - P 684 - 69ij 8 - 78 554 - 564 29 8 94 6 5 i i 5 121 t 13 121 77} 8 7i 911 1 I 1 811 11 1 111 161 151 5 IO3A 4i 4 5 4 3i 1214 1 151 15 f I 891 90 77i 8 a 80 7N 801 78A 69 12 i 1 i 70 69 12 i 56 6i 6k PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c.... Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. 5t0ck...... Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A 'per cent. Cark&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction East Anglian_(£3 10s) 6 per cent Do. (£5), 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s), 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 East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prth.& Dund Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lancash. & Yorksh F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock 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. London &S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry &Color Shares . Londndry. & Ennisk ' Shares Manoh. , Shef.,&Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO Do., £6 & Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cert.._ Do • Consol 6p• c• St all all 8 100 100 Do. Consol. Bristol IL Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per c Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British ..... North Staffordshire., Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. 15,6 p. c. Do. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4p. e. Guar. Waterfd.SAilk. 6p. o. York, Newcastle, and . Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase 10 all all ••• .07 - 109 106 =- Piii 19 20 IPar it 6 -6, 311 - 3i - 4 iP -1 p 1 -1 . p 14_ - 18 - 18, 3 - 3i 1126 —l2s 1112 - 114 - 9 1 -li p - 109] L5O :: 152 3i- 4 p , 8 - 134 -13 i 9 -- 10i -- 114 d P ... - I. --- -50 - 152 - 6 P 22 5 1 - 23 1109 i 2 -2 ; LOI - 103 25 i - 2 -- 21 p 11 -- 111 17 -17 i -- 1 p 16 -- 17 P ar P 26 . - 26. 19 - 2,0 d- 103 - 105 Pi - FORE: RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi dc Erqueliz Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of Prance Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Luxembourg.,,,, Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Lyons & Meditorran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. p. Bds (fmy . B. &Ams.Shs.] Norwegian Truk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans.. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Southern of France ' Upper India Scrip , West Flanders Do. Si per c. Pref Western of fiance.,. Closing prices this day. 1 2 13 -- 14 --d d --ipsin 1 —2l lid j d Par —1 pan 71 4i -- 5 8 —lop 2 —24 p •• -- ... 8 - 6 i - 71 33 3 3,E 141 -14 i 14 38' 40 37 39 30 —3o4x(l' 44-5 p 18 9 i —19 h 14-2 p g p - 5 d Par 5 P LINES LEASED. Leasing I Closing Prices Compans. this day. London k West.l Gt.Westn Do L.&N.W, Caledon., Gt.Nrthn. .Gt.Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.., lE. Count Do Do L. &N.W ' &Ln&Yk Do I Gt Northn Do. Lancash & Yorksh. N.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt )o 'oltWestn RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birrn. Wolv. Dudley guar. Do.wtht guax. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all 100 all 100 Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. i Shares. Lou.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Batas and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and 11 : 100r loo 18 30 - 31 29 - 30 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 - 55 1 1148 - 150 32j 33i 113 -- 115 56i -- 57. 27 -- 28 14 -- 144 25. -26 A 19A -- 20 23 -- 25 3 - 3.1 108 - 109 Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. I S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr l 6 per cont Do Wilts&Somrst 64 - 66 152 - 154 152 - 154 i bd 31i -32 A 103 - 104 Business this day. 54 Si 109 81 MINES. 1 all Agaa Fria 10s all Anglo Californian I p 1 1 10 2 Australasian.. — 2 p 31 4 20 5 Australian 1 all /inst. &Ilan Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold. *d * p 1 1 all Ave Maria P 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 6 p 1 5 5 20 13.5 British Iron 9 —ll p 10 35 241 Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) 36 —4l 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 4- 2 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29/ —3O 1 all Carson's Creek par p 40 all Cobre Copper 4O —42 401 40 5 1 Colonial Gold 25 21 p 31 13 1 1 ... 14 Copiapo 6 St. all CopperMinersof Eng — 25 all Do. Preference 6} — 7 5 P 5 all English and Austin Copper Smaltg. Co - 11 d 20 all General 1 all Golden Mountain 5 d 2 all Great Nugget Vein h- 31 51 1 1 1 3 all Great Polgooth 1 —l6 p all Lake Bathurst d— par all Liberty 4 all Land. &Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 d 1 all Mariquita d 1p 1 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 4 1 all New Granada — pll 1 1 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 p 21 1 25 1 all Port Phillip 1 p 11 211 2 1 all Quartz Rock — p 50 all Rhymney Iron 251 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 6 7 6 1 all South Australian 5 P 10 7 1:n Croft lO 1•4 28 all United Mexican 7l 8 871 1 all Waller - 4 1 all West Granada — P 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba 5 5 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 83 50 all British N. American ... 60 100 25 Colonial. — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don ... 4 English Scottish and Australian ll I.lp 20 21 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3l —31 p 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National of Ireland _ 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation — 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Importing Company. — 25 25 South Australia ...... 45 48 25 all Union of Australia_ 72 —. 73 721 1 3 21 Do. New ll 12 50 10 Union of London.. 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 225 235 '245 40 535 4030 20 4 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 5 ... 38A Brit. Americn. Land 32i Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navi g at — 100 50 General Screw Steam — 20 2? A Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 10 3 Netherlands Land — 20 2i Nrth. of Europe Steam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam._ 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 53 55 250 48 5 2 Submar. Telegraph, — 1 1 Universal Emigration and Colonisation — 100 28} Van Diemen's Land l7 19 18 19 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAT .) LONDON, Jan. 19.—Wind at Noon, S.S.W., light airs, and dull hazy weather. GRIMSBY, Jan. 18.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Sir John Ogilvy, Dantzig for London, very leaky. DEAL, Jan. 18.—Wind, N.N.W. moderate. Arrived— Marano*, Shanghae ; Albemarle, kadras. Arrived from the River—Jamaica, Antigua. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Pelham, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Peetura, Port Philip ; Reliance, Algoa Bay. Sailed—Pauline, Houghton, Britannia, Charles Brooke, Criminalrath Brandt, Caracta cus, Victoria, Tv alter, London, and the Jamaica. Put back—Prince Edward, Danubeo, Blagodor, Eagle, Mari anne, Swea, Robert Franklin, John Scott, and Etna. OFF DOVER, Jan. 18.—Horatia, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 18.—Wind, S.E. to S.W. Arrived— Horizon, New Orleans. Sailed—Favourite, Valparaiso ; Jessie Miller, Charleston ; Dunkboarhead, Sydney, New South Wales ; Kew Forest, Geelong ; James Turean, Ba tavia ; John Harrocks, Singapore ; and the remainder of the outward bound—in all, sixty large vessels. Off Port —Cremore, New Margaret, and Washington. CLYDE, Jan. 1 7.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—St. George, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Rebecca, Demerara ; Devon shire, New Orleans ; Robert Hooper, do. ; Cameo, Savan nah ; Actress, Boston. LEITH, Jan. 17.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Mandarin, Callao ; Cochituate, Boston. FALMOUTH, Jan. 18.-- ; Wind, N., moderate breeze. Hrrived—Thetis, St. Petersburgh, for Gloucester, with stern much damaged from contact with a galleot ; George Duncan, laemel, with loss of bowsprit, chain bolts drawn, &c., one man washed overboard, and about 300 bags of coffee thrown overboaod. Sailed—Lorina Thompson, Gee long ; Mande, Calcutta ; Gateshead, Ceylon ; Julia, I-Co Janeiro • Elvers, Havannah ; Enterprize, Matanzas. 'lO Reaper, Carthagena, fouled the Lamartine, and lost her mizenmast. BRISTOL, Jan. 18.—Wind, N. Arrived—Grace, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Tweed, Africa. MARGATE, Jan. 18.—The Unity from Newcastle, and the Elizabeth and Mary from Hartlepool, are leaky. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 18.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Duke of Northumberland, Port Philip ; Vebelia, do. ; Columbia, Cape and Maulmain ; ammo, Coast of Africa ; Visarges, California; James Holmes, Barbadoes ; Elveretta, Grenada; Denmark, Mobile ; Acton, Now Orleans ; and all the out ward bound, except the Stratheden, for Port Philip.. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 18.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived — Parana (s), West Indies, on freight 160,000/. kelPew, v L e L ry HEL sh i, ar iT p an io l re B.-- an A d d a e f r t e , li o c t t rea ve k ss ed el, o w f t a e bo f u re t sh 62 wi fe t e h t zinc,ad oil; supposed andif t abe the weather a scho o n er,hasq remai ns com fine, come on , shore, l quantity of the cargo will be saved. 10.— fro Liverpool, STANLEY (Falkland sai lw ist p d t s) . , N200,v. was spoken eCoromandel, near epe Horn in a very leaky and dangerous state, and again on the following day in a severe gale, by the John Cobbold, ar rived here from Swansea. MANDAL, Dec. 31.—The Burgermaster, Roeder, for Leith, has put in with damage. CHRISTIANSAND, Jan. 3.—The Orion, Stettin, to Hull, is on shore near Fahrsund, and full of water. Cargo ex pected to be saved in a damaged state, but it is doubtful if the vessel will be got off. SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER. —On Tuesday after noon, an inquest was held at the Army and Navy Ta vern, Great Brook-street, Birmingham, on the body of William Templeton, a private in the 2nd Dragoon Guards. On . Sunday ev en i ng last, he spent about an hour at a public-house near the barracks, where he met a female, for whom it appears the deceased entertained a most unfortunate a t tachment. He left about nine o'clock in company with a young female friend, to whom he declared that sinee he had come to Birmingham and seen the female in question he had never known hap piness, and expressed his determination not to leave the barracks again alive. After bidding his friend good bye, and desiring her to carry his farewell to the female he had left, he went into the barracks about a quarter past nine. At twenty-five minutes past nine he was seen walking d own the passage near his own room, and a few minut es a ft er a report o f fi re - arms was heard in the ablutio n - room, an d on proceed i ng there his comradeson found the body o f th e un f or t una t e deceased stretched , the gro un d, w ith th e greater part of his face and head completely blown off, and a pistol, covered with with blood and brains, lying close beside The him. J verdict of "Suicide while in a state o f Temporary Insanity.", c ame to a lf pm. 11.03 11 1104 3k Business done this day. 6 x in 6 x in 254 sin si 7 6 101 x now 4fi 321 } x.in 14/ 14 23 1 i ' 1 294 30 29} 4 1 5A 853. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. A meeting of the preference shareholders of this com pany was held yesterday afternoon, at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for the purpose of "determin ing upon the measures necessary for obtaining a new board of directors, that board not to be fettered by any of the past acts of the present board." Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Holt, who briefly stated the objects for which they were called together, Mr. COLE then read a number of letters 'which he re ceived from persons who approved of the purpose of the meeting, and also the circular by which he had convened it. He thought it right and necessary that such a course should be pursued, in order that the company should at once get rid of the present board of directors. The com mittee to be proposed by the present meeting would do all in its power to aid and assist that already in exist ence, of which Mr. Sturge was the able chairman. He (Mr. Cole), therefore, suggested that a committee be ap pointed, with a view to rid the shareholders of the pre sent incompetent board of directors. Mr. STURGE said that he thought it his duty to attend that committee of shareholders, and to state that he was about bringing forward a docament which he believed would bring the company into its proper position. H. had looked into its transaction s and having done so, had no hesitation in s t a ti ng his belief, as a commercial man, that if he had a control of it, not only would he be able to pay off all the preferential shares, but the entire en gagements of the company. In coming along here he thought to himself, that it was difficult to muster up courage to speak the truth ; but again he could assure them, that if the company were managed properly, it would produce the results he had stated. He was for some time past engaged in making out a statement which would prove that, and what he wished was, that when it was ready it should be circulated and in the hands of every shareholder. He would show the capabilities of the line, the mismanagement which brought the company to its present position, and so sure was he to do so, that he would be ready to engage more largely in it than he was at present. The board of directors, among other things, proposed to have a bill passed this Parliament, which would empower them to pay off the preference shareholders at par. and if they did not consent to that, to reduce their stock to four per cent. For his own part, sooner than consent, to do so, he would sacrifice half what he possessed in it. (Hear, hear.) The present movement was commenced to make a property for the shareholders, and again he would say that, if he were the sole director of this com pany, he had no doubt whatever of placing it in a proper position. Mr. HONEYWOOD offered to put down a subscription of 101., and complained of the bad management of the present board of directors, and especially of the project of the line from Norwich to Spalding. Mr. STRUTT had made himself acquainted with the circumstances of that line, and was bound to say that it had nothing whatever to do with the Eastern Union ; and he believed it would do it some service when com pleted. The CHAIRMAN asked when Mr. Sturge would have his report ready ? Mr. STURGE observed, that possibly he would have it ready in a fortnight. Mr. UNDERWOOD then moved that a subscription of ls. per share be paid on every 201. stock, for the pur pose of taking the necessary measures to displace the present board of directors. Mr. COLE stated that it was proposed to publish a pamphlet showing the misdeeds of the directors , and he was then in communication with Mr. Effingham Wilson; the publisher, on the subject. That course, he had no doubt, would, succeed, and he also announced that the committee then to be appointed would co-operate with that of Mr. Sturge. Mr. FISHER believed their motto should at that time be nil desperandum, to get the directors to resign their seats, and that the preference and original shareholders should unite together for the common object of rescuing their property from the present direction, and making it valuable to all. Mr. HARDY, of Norwich, could not give in any pro position which would censure the board generally, al though he disapproved of their management in many respects. He thought if they infused new blood into the direction it would be much better than to take a de cidedly hostile course. He believed the trade from Norwich at the present time was ruinous, for goods were brought 25 per cent. lower than the parties sending them could afford to pay. At the same time, knowing the gentlemen who were on the board of directors, he he had no desire to join in a vote of censure on them. Mr. BAGSHAWE was disposed to pause for a few days, to hear what the directors had to say, before embarking in a hostile course or proceeding. He threw out that suggestion as one of the largest shareholders of the company, and, therefore, deeply interested in it; pro• sperity. - A PROPRIETOR complained of what was stated re specting the publication of a pamphlet, which could do no good, but perhaps a great deal of evil. He thought that if the board of directors resigned, then all difficul ties would cease. Mr. WILKINSON denounced the meeting as a decep tion, and called for no other purpose but the publication of a pamphlet. A. committee had already been ap pointed, of which Mr. Sturge was one ; that gentleman was now preparing a report which would soon be ready, and then they could consider what course they should pursue. He wished to ask Mr. Bagshawe what became of the proposition made to Mr. Brassey, one of the directors ? Mr. BAGSHAWE replied, that the matter was still pending, and he suggested that they should wait for a week or a fortnight before taking any further pro ceedings. After some further discussion, a resolution was unani mously carried—and that for a subscription withdrawn that the meeting desired to express their confidence in Messrs. Sturge, Bagshawe, and the gentlemen associated with them as a committee ; and that they in addition to Mr. Holt, the chairman of the present meeting, be re quested to continue their negotiations with the Board of Directors, and to call a meeting of shareholders when those negotiations were concluded. The meeting then separated. RAILWAY TRAFFIC IiET&B:Z4i& GLASGOW AND SOUTH - WESTXRIeRAILWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 15,1853, £3,731 18 0 Corresponding week last year 3,142 15 10 Increase in 1853.. £589 2 2 ROBBERY OF £420 IN GOLD AND SILVER AT THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION, KING'S CROSS. It ap pears that on Friday - last the above sum was deposited in the cashier's office for the purpose of paying the ser vants of that establishment, who receive their money every fortnight ; but when the time arrived to commence paying, the clerk so employed discovered that the whole of the above sum had been abstracted from the iron safe. Information was immediately given to the police, but at present no c l ue h as b een found to the perpetratorsf of this mysterious robbery. POSTAGE IN INDIA.—The inhabitants of India will probably ere long be placed in a position nearliresem bling that of the people of the United Kingdom in re gard to internal postage. A commission was some time ago appointed to inquire into the various questions in volved in the subject, and especially one in regard to which the greatest measure of popular interest is mani fested. Hitherto the system has been in India much like that formerly prevailing in this country - and in most others. It is understood to be proposed that in future letters shall be charged according to weight only, with out regard to distance, the minimum charge beinge ha an anna , or the thirty-second pal tof a rupee. Th abo lition of I t will the practice of franking will follow. b e observed that t'ie minimum weight of a letter subject to sin g le o nand. the n a s n o d i s a o s m o m e w e h w a h t a t l e l g e s s s ; t s h o a n t i h n a E t, g on i wbuhtle postage th. oe pcharge isge i neither o s i fthe countries will have much to com plain of in this respect.—Allen's Indian Mail. A NEW TELEGRAPH.—It has been announced that a new line of telegraph between Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London is about to be laid down, and will be opened in the course of a few months. It has been planned by a Liverliool association (the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company), by whom a charter with limited liability has been obtained, and whose capital is ;;06,000/., with power of increase to 600,0001. The line will consist of ten underground wires, and is to be worked by Henley's patent. JEROME BONAPARTE AT BOULOGNE.—OH Wednesday last Jerome Bonaparte (the ex-King of Westphalia) made his appearance at Boulogne, with the beautiful Marchese Bartolini (a Florentine widow of high rank, to whom it is said he is privately married). On Thurs day morning he visited the Column, and stayed some time regarding the ground where his brother's troops were formerly encamped when he projected his invasion of England with his flat-bottomed boats. On Friday and Satuaday he was much on the pier, besides driving in all directions • but yesterday morning (Sunday) he departed sudden ly to Paris, being recalled there by a telegraphic dispatch. RUSSIAN CATTLE MARKET.—From official returns just published by the Russian Minister of the Interior, the total value of the cattle sold in the market at St. Peters burg from 1842 to 1851 amounted to 36,764,451 silver roubles (about 187,057,802 f.). The average price of butchers' meat during the above 10 years was--lei' quality, 7 7-10 copeks (38c.) the pound ; 2d quality, 6 7-10 cop. (38c.) ; and 3d quality, 5 1-10 cop. (25c._3' _' ). The price of the Ist and 3d qualities remained near ly same during the whple time ; the second qusilvY declined about 2 per cent. from 1842 to 1846. oa [[ADVERTlSEMENT.]—Deafness—NewDisFove_ Yor k , vv, Hotel. 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Tele scopes, p oss essing such extraordinary p ower , th a t s ome , 34 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. They supersede every other kind, and are .f all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful power ; minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle.—S. &B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe opposite the York Hotel. I I 50 50 50 25 50 161 St. 20 St. St. St. St. 13i 20 20 50 20 20 50 20 12) 12 121 St. St. 20 20 20 20 20 20i 20 10 20 20 3.3 i 10 20 Paid. 1100 18i 100 100 all all 1 8i all 100 all, all 11fi 100 111 all all all 3 100 100 100 424 34 all all 100 100 100 47 17 all 100 100 all 3i 100 all 5 174 all 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 all 15 1/.ls 1 100 20 14 10 4 29 10 all :IGN. 35 6 r 21 3 i i