The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-14 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. During the present week, the arrivals of English wheat up to our market, coastwise, have been very moderate, viz., 2,010 quarters, chiefly from Essex and Kent. Fresh up, to-day, the supply by land carriage was small • hence the show of samples of both red an d w hit e was trifling. Se lected qualities were scarce, and quite as dear as on Mon day; but low and middling kinds sold slowly, at barely late rates. A few parcels changed hands for forward delivery. Only 1,280 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand this week. There was rather more inquiry for good heavy parcels, at full currencies. All other kinds were held at previous rates. In floating cargoes rather more business was doing. We were very scantily supplied with both English and foreign barley. Fine malting parcels were fully is per quarter dearer than last week, and there was rather more doing in grinding and distilling sorts. Malt--the supply of which was very moderate--sold slowly, at late figures. The amount of business doing in oats was trifling, owing to the want of supply. Prices were firmly supported in every instance. In beans, peas, and flour no change took place. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. 2,010 I 1,220 1,060 k9O Flour. 930 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 1,280 SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with beasts, both as to number and quality. For all breeds, the demand ruled steady, at fully Monday's advance in the quotations, and a good clearance was effected. The sale for that des cription of stock was firm, but we have no further advance to notice in prices. Although the number of calves was somewhat extensive for the time of year, the veal trade was steady, at extreme rates. Their was rather more in. quiry for pigs, at full currencies. Milch cows moved off slowly at from 141. 10s to 191. each, including their small calf. Per 81bs by the carcase. ,I.nn s: d: S. d. • . s. d. S. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 6 to 2 1 • eSouthdown 4 2 4 8 Second quality ...2 10 3 4 Large crse. calves 3 0 310 prime large oxen 3 6 310 Prime small do 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, dm. 4 0 4 2 Large hogs 210 3 6 Inferior sheep ...3 4 3 8 mallporkers 3 8 310 Second quality ...3 10 4 0 SuCkling calves 20 0 24 0 Primecoarse-w11d.4 2 4 8 Quarter old pigs 19 0 23 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. I PORSION SUPPLY Beasts l9O Sheep 5OO Calves 247 Pigs — Beasts _____ 730 Sheep • 3,850 Calves • 300 Pigs 350 — NEWGATE AND Tho supplies were very ext steady, at full prices. tEAT)ENHALL. 'naive, yet the demand ruled Per Blbs by , • s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Beef, inferior 22 2 4 Mutton, Inferior 30 3 6 Do.,middling 2 6 210 Do.,middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large 3 0 3 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Do., do. small ....3 4 3 6 Veal 210 4 4 Pork, large 2 8 3 0 Pork, small 3 2 4 0 the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be very moderately supplied with all new hops, in which a fair average business is doing, at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 150 s ; Weald of Kent, 85s to 108 s ; Sussex, 85s to 105 s per cwt. • COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been an improved demand, and early in the week British plantation was at rather fuller rates ; but the reaction in the Money market has caused a duller tone, and prices are receding. Barbadoes sold readily at very full prices ; fine yellow, 39s to 40s 6d; mid to good, 36s to 38s 6d ; and ord, 34s 6d. Demerara, crys talised sold at 40s to 41s 6d for fine ; and 38s to to 39s 6d for other descriptions. Refined sold for home consumption to some extent at 455, early in the week, but has been quieter since ; grocery lumps fair to fine at 45s 6d to 48d. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been sold to some extent, 6d decline having been accepted in most instances. Fine yellow brought 37s to 39s 6d ; mid to fine 34s 6d to 368 6d ; low 33s 6d to 34s ; mid to fine brown 30s 6d to 33s 6d ; ord 29s to 30s ; and low to fine 32s to 37s per cwt. Bengal has been sold at 6d reduction, for white Benares fine realising 39s 6d to 408 ; low to good went at 36s to 38s 6d ; and mid. to good at 34s to 365. Madras was rather cheaper, brown, 28s to 29s ; and low to mid. yellow, 29s 6d to 31s. Manilla, nearly 1,900 bags, was taken in yester day at 34s to 35a 6d for mid. and good clayed. FOREIGN.—Maceio, damaged, sold by auction at low rates ; brown, 308 to 33s ; and low to good white, 36s 6d to 38s 6d. Bahia mid. to good white sold at 34s to 36s 6d; brown, 28s 6d ; and low to fine, 32 s 6d. Yellow Havan ztah was taken in at 35s 6d to 40s 6d for low to fine ; and Java, 36s 6d to 39s for mid. to good. COFFEE.—There has not been an active market, and the speculation has for the present subsided. For native Cey lon, of the new import, 47s to 48s per cwt. have been paid, the qualities being good to real good ord. Plantation has been dun, and rather cheaper, with still a downward tendency. Good realised 59s to 635, low mid to mid 54s to 588, triage 45s to 48s 6d, fine fine ord 47s to 59s ; peaberry 60s to 665. At the latest auction low mid and mid ord was taken in at 54s to 59s per ewt. Costa Rica declined 2s— selling at 48s to 51s 6d for good to fine ord. Tellicherry went at 58s to 64s 6d for mid to good, being. lower. Ja maica brought 46s to 49s 6d for good and fine ord, 52s 6d to 53s for fine fine ord to mid, and 39s to 42s 6d for triage. Demarara was taken in at 60s for mid colory. 0000 A.—This article has been dull, at rather cheaper rates. Trinidad 31s 6d to 375, and mid grey to good red 335 to. 375. Bahia was taken in at 24s for good red. RlCE.—This article has sold quickly, and Madras has not realised more than 10s to 10s 6d for good mid and good brisk. The market at present looks firmer. SPlCES.—Pepper has been rather cheaper Malabar pro ducing 3id to 3-id for half heavy ; pimento' has been sold at sBd for mid. Batavia mace at 2s scl to 2s 6d for wormy and mouldy; and Singapore nutmegs at 2s 7d to 2s 9d for red. Singapore white pepper brought lid for mid. SALTPETRE.—The demand has not been active. Beng al was taken in at 27s 6d t o 30 s ; C alcutta sold at 29sto 29s 6d for refraction 5 to 6 per cent. ; and Madras at 24s to 24s 6d for 154 to 204 per cent. refraction. COOHINEAL.—This article has declined ld per lb. COTTON.—The market has been dull. Western has been sold at 3d per lb, but most of the Madras offered was taken in. TEA.—The demand has been better, although the arri vals are large. Both congou and green have been in request. TALLOW.—Prices are heavy at 46s per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRurr.—The stock of all kinds is diminishing, , and prices are well supported ; fears being entertained of short supply of oranges, owing to contrary winds pre venting outward bound vessels from reaching their desti nation. Two cargoes, oranges and St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, r ea li se d an a d vance of is to 2s per box. Lemons have been bought freely for confectioners' use, as well as the juice being required to complete a Government contract. Nuts of all kinds firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind at Noon, W.S.W., light breeze, and fine clear dry weather. DEAL,Jan. 13.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate. Arrived --Ganges, Canton. Arrived from the River—Callao, for Sydney, N.S.NV . ; Royal Alice, do. Sailed—Orion, Africa. The Britannia, for San Francisco, an d th e I r i s , f or P or t Adelaid e , have been in contact, and received damage. COWES.--Arrived—Remich, Wilmington, for Australia. Sailed —Hermann (s), New York. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 13.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Janthe, Buenos Ayres ; Samuel Lawrence, Mobile ; James D. Cooper, New York. Put back—Virginia, Manzanilla ; Allegro, Apalachicola, having sprung a leak ; Carthagena, Charleston, with formast s p rung ; Thornhill, New Orleans. Off Port—Laura,f Bahia ; Charles Souchay, ; and Emma. BEREHAVEN, Jan. 12.—The Lady of the Lake, Sydney to Tralee, is on Hall Rock ; crew saved. CARDIFF, Jan. 13.—The Charles Kerr (barque) drove foul of tne Joan (Dutch barque), in Penarth & ads, and did her considerable damage. The Devonport of Bristol was in contact with the Temperance of Cork, and did some damage. CAERNARVON, Jan. 1 3.—The Ann and. Catherine has been got off shore. DUBLIN, Jan. 12.—The Rocket of Newry has been towed in here leaky, &c. GALATz, Dec. 30.—The Hornet has received damage, having been run foul of by a Turkish vessel. GLOUCESTER. —Arrived—Romulus, Quebec. 12. —The Nuevo armer, ga the BELFAST, Jan. llamburgh, Which got on shore on mind Bay nn 22d of December, has been assisted off. o WATERFORD, Jan. 12.—Tha Confidence and the Mes senger dragged their anchors, a n d drove foul of the Achilles (Greek brig) ; both the former vessels received damage. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 30.--Th a gam, Odessa to Nor way,arrived here on the 23c1, leaky • cargo much e E ra , Galata to tho u n it e . not damaged.- Th e Th ra ice a derelict. d Kingdom, has been towed into e P DEATH OF N. A LEXANDER, . Eso., M.P. ---- The Northern Whig supplies the following particulars of the death of one of the members for Antrim We regret to have . to announce the death of N athaniel Alexan - delrEsq., late representative of the county o f Antrim in the House of Commons, which melancholy event took place on Wednesday, the sth, instant, at Ardimersey Cottage, Islay, the residence of Robert Langt r y, E sq ., w h ere th e deceas e d g entleman had bee n a fortnight since staying for some time past. About Mr Alexander was taken ill with a severe attack of water on the chest ; but no serious apprehensions were entertained regarding him until Monday, the 3d insta nt, when his ill ne s s exhibit e d alarming symptoms. After that period he gradually grew worse, and on Wed nesday l as t h e expired in the v i gour of manhood, havi ng on l y recent l y completed his thirty-seventh yea r. The deceased became a candidate for the representation of the county of Antrim in Parliameit, when the eleva tion of his relative, General O'Neill, to a peerage in 1841, rendered one of the seats for that county vacant. The electors were also addressed at this period by Ed mund M i nonald, Esq., of Glenarm Castle, but the lat ter gentleman declining a contest, Mr. Alexander was re turned at Carrickfergus on the 14th of April, 1841. At the general election, consequent on the dissolution of ministers, in the same year, Mr. Alexander again ad dressed the electors, and, being unopposed, was returned at Carrickfergus on Tuesday, July 13, along with John Irving, Esq. From this time Mr. A. continued in the representation of the county up to 1852, when he issued an address to the electors intimating his intention of not again soliciting their suffrages. Shortly after his re election, in 1841, Mr. Alexander, married Florinda, second daughter of R. Bagley, Esq., and niece of Lord Castlemaine, an amiable and accomplished l a d y. In po litics, the deceased gentleman was voted for a Conservativ e , an d agricultural protection i life he was unos t en t a ti ous, a n 1846. I n pr i vate miabl e never allowi ng a p o liti ca l difference to , interfe re with the observances o f private friendship. The r ema i ns of the deceased gent l eman are expected to arrive in B e lf ast b y the S co t c h b oat this morning. " THE MARCO POLO.—The Marco Polo has been adver tised to sail again to Australia early next month. in order, it i s presumed, to make another swift Passage ou t and hoe, she ca rr i es on l y specie and passengers. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The state of the Bourse, and the long-continued daily decline in the price of the Rentes, form the chief topics of discussion in Paris. The closing prices yesterday afternoon of the Three per Cents. were officially reported at 70f. 60c. for the account, being a fall of 50 centimes on the last rates of the previous day; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were quoted 104 f. 60c., being a decline of 65 centimes on the opening rates the same morning. The Bank stock, railway and assurance shares, and, in fine, all other investments, partake of the same panic, and transactions for cash were effected on almost any terms. This state of things naturally gave rise to many ill-natured reports, one of which went the length of asserting that a person of high official standing in the Government had been guilty of some unprincipled jobbing on the Stock Exchange. With reference to these scandalous stories which, it was said, chiefly affected the Minister of War, and which alleged that, being unable to pay his losses, he had been executed, while others said he had been saved by subscriptions got up amongst the agens de change, and others again that M. Fould had, to save the credit of the Government, ordered the money to be paid, the Moniteur, in reply to all such inventions, contains the following decisive note : " Public opinion has latterly been pre-occupied with the situation of the Bourse, and of certain operations in which the name of a public functionary of a very high order has been implicated. It is known that the habitual tactic of the enemies of the Government consists in spreading about each day the most absurd and false news regarding its in tentions and acts, and in seeking, through despair of other means, to disparage the men who afford it the most useful support. The Emperor, however, who desires to found the influence of his administration upon the respect inspired by the probity of functionaries of all degrees, has felt moved by rumours which have moved even him. He wished to know the truth as to their nature and origin, and ordered investigation s , which have fur n i s h e d th e mos t in contestable proof that those rumours have no sort of foundation, and are the result of an odious calumny." The Moniteur confirms the fact mentioned of the reception of the Turkish ambassador. The following naval appointments have taken place : Captain de la . Graudiere to the command of the corvette 'L'Eurydice. Captain Leps to the command of the brig La perouse. 3,420 - Lieut. Ferr6 to the command of the gabarre La Sarcelle. Lieut. Cornequel Dubodon to the command of the gabarre La Pintade. - Lieut. Thomassy to the gaellette L'Estafette. Captain le Saulmer de Vaubello to the steam frigate Le Sane. Captain Sagot-Duvauroux to the steam aviso Le Requm. Captain Dupourg to the steam aviso Le Marceau. Five columns are filled with names of persons decorated with the Legion of Honour, followed with various appointments to places. The same journal contains the following gratify ing announcement :—" We made known, the 29th December last, that the number of pardons ac corded by his Majesty to political prisoners con demned by the mixed commissions amounted to 1,232. By two subsequent decisions, the Emperor has admitted to the benefit of his clemency 383 persons, that is to say, 180 the sth, and 203 the Bth of January. We now learn that by a decree of the present date 80 more prisoners have either been liberated or have had their sentences miti gated. The number of pardons accorded by his Majesty to persons condemned for political causes by exceptional tribunals amounted to 1,695." The first Imperial ball, whose announcement has Agitated the whole of the gay world in this gayest of capitals, kept so many on the tenterhooks of expectation, and which has called forth the ex ercise of as much diplomacy as would have made the fortune of half-a-dozen Talleyrands, took place on Wednesday night. It is calculated that the list sent in from the English Embassy alone included not less than 220 names. The card for the ball was in this form " Par ordre de l'Empereur, le Grand Chambellan a l'honneur de prevenir M. - qu'il est invite 'a passer la soiree au Palais des Tuileries, 1e Meraredi, 12 Janvier, 9 heures. " Duo DE BASSANO. "On est prid de remettre cette carte en entrant." Though the hour mentioned was 9 o'clock, yet Long before carriages began to arrive at the Court of the Palace. Th6re were two sets of tickets— those of a rose colour procured an entrance by the Pavilion floor, and were set apart for the members of the Diplomatic Corps and the higher func tionaries of State ; and white tickets for the other persons, who had access by another entrance on the same side. The Emperor entered the State apartments precisely at 9 o'clock, and proceeded to the throne room, where he received such persons as were specially presented to him by their respec tive ambassadors. About 10 o'clock a general movement was observed in the saloons leading to the throne room, and soon the Emperor ap peared, with Lady Cowley leaning on his arm, and followed by the Ministers, the members of the Di plomatic Corps, the officers of the household, the great functionaries of State, and the ladies and gentle men who had just been presented. Louis Napo leon was dressed in the uniform of a general officer, with the riband and star of the Legion of Honour. He wore shoes with small diamond buckles, and white silk stockings with diamond knee-buckles. The Ministers, and several other public function aries, were similarly habited. The Emperor looked well, and appeared in excellent spirits as he passed along between the rows of gorgeous uniforms and costly dresses of ladies, bowing to the right and left. He proceeded at the head of his brilliant cortege to the Salle.des Marechaux, where dancing at once commenced. The Emperor had. for his partner the lady of the English Ambassad or. Ar rivals continued almost without intermission till 11 o'clock, and soon the magnificent saloons of the Palace were filled, yet not inconveniently :so. Dancing continued with spirit till near 12 o'clock. The Emperor had danced with Lady Cowley, the Princess Mathilde, and the Countess of Toba—the last one of the most beautiful women in Spain. He then sat down, with the Grand Chamberlain stand ing or seated 3ehind him, and looked on at others dancing, or walked about with a lady leaning on his arm. It is but fair to say that one of ale most conspicuous for the vigour and energy of li is danc ing was Marshal Magnan, whose movem eats did not seem in the least encumbered by th e weight of his new honours. At 12 o'clock the 39,3mperor led the way to the supper room. Tli e feast was laid out in the theatre of the Palace, which was also richly decorated for the 0 ccasion. In order that the repast might be enjoy ed with more ease, it had been arranged that th,e ladies should sup by themselves, and the men aft ex. The Emperor was followed by a numerous co rtege of ladies and gentlemen. When the foldi rig-doors which led, from the long gallery to the estibule through which you pass to the theatre, wer e' thrown open, nothing could exceed the briliancg of the spectacle. Around the semi-circular apart' 1 lent ran a buffet laden with refreshments. The number of tables laid out were 40 ; they were round, and each provided ample accommodation for 14 persons. Meats of every kind, and wines of every vintage were supplied in abundance Besides tI ie bril liant light which flowed down from the lustres which hung from the ceiling, three silver branches, with three or four lights each, were placed on each table. An elevated gal I cry ran round the hall, and two bands of music; played the most select airs alternately during th,e whole time. Th e f avourite air, " Partant ;pour la s yrie," was always sure to be heard wherever Louis Napoleon made his appearance. It was r( 3 marked that the plate bore the initial " N.," with the Im perial crown, whil e th e napkins—a least many of th e 1 c e n o B4 y r them —.had the letters "L. P.," and the date 7or, of the tt marked on them. Supper was ow lr at two o'clock, but more than an hour previously the Em evenEmriao C i o a d_ e to the Salle . des Marecha 4.ix with and dancing was resumed with p r e e royr the compan Dancin g began to thin; and before tlnat time retired to tfoourhisop At thre e o'clock the c ri lo v e a k t . e van' tments. The Pou r 10c., rose to 10-saillialf per Cents. opened at 105 f. 50c., and closed at sc" wasankecrestthess than before. fell subsequently to 105 f. month,- and the Threelo4f. 60c. for the end: of the 60c. • Orleans Railway Share per Cents. closed at 79f. 9771. 50c. ; Havre, K o 6 of hares, 992 f. 50c. • Rouen, 830 f.; Basle, 347 f. Oe ; pa 50c. ; Great Northern, Paris and Lyons, 865 i. ; ris and Strasbur g, 787 f.; nean, 705 f. ; Western of Lyonsan to - the Moditerra- Cherbourg, 6201. ; Dijon and ee 67 °f- ; Caen to Shares of the Bank of Credit _ _ Besancon, 520 f. ; Mobihe • r ;sued at 500 f.), 770 f. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1853. SPAIN. Several journals have been seized for -violent articles against the decree on the Ebert?. o f th e press. A paper is about to appear devoted entirely to the Government. _ Among the papers seized were the Diari: o Espa . nod, Epoca, Observador, and Las Novedada 3 . The advices from the different province e stated that the Miniistry would obtain a considera dale ma jority in the elections. M. Jose del Val had submitted to the *Minister of War a plan. for the protection of the ISla.nd of Cuba, consisting in the establishment of three fly ing columns of volunteers, charged with iNatching over the sec urity of the island, and pronmytly re pelling all at tacks. A Royal d .ecree, inserted in the Gazette, provides that the lev y of recruits in 1853 shall t sake place according to the stipulations of the project of law, adopted by the Senate on the 20th January, 1850, and that this derogation from the law, hitherto in force, shall be submitted to the Cortes. _ . According to the Clamor Publico the S s panish military navy, including the ships now on the stocks, is composed of 3 ships of the line, 5 frigates, 6 corvettes, 8 brigs of the first class, 4 of the second, 4 galliot brigs, 10 schooners, 8 transports, 29 steamers, and 102 minor vessels—in all 178. The navy estimates for 1852 amount to 86,150,570 reals ; but that sum does not include the cost of maintaining the naval stations at Cuba and the Philippine Islands, which is paid by those co lonies. BOURSE.—Three per Cents., 42k ; Deferred, 23 11-16 ; Exchange on London, 51 paper. ITALY. A letter from Milan of the Bth, in the Opinione of Turin, states that a Piedmontese officer, named Ro polo, having been insulted by an A us t r i an officer in the theatre of La Scala at Milan, called him out; but that his aggressor, instead of complying, gave him into custody, and had him led before the Com missary of Police, where the Piedmontese officer, after having to submit to further provocations from the other, received orders to quite the state imme diately ; but the other officers of the Austrian regi ment to which the aggressor belonged, being indig nant at his behaviour, insisted upon his being put under arrest, and he will probably be obliged to leave the service. It is believed, however, that the matter will not rest there. Thr trial at Florence against Guerrazzi and others, for high treason, still continues. On the sth the 'counts of indictment, against Major Petra chi and the others were read in court. A letter from Rome states, that the Pope has raised the Bishop of Agraia to the dignity of Car dinal. AUSTRIA. The Triester Lloyd says that the blockade of the Albanian coast has commenced. The Emperor's Second Adjutant, Major-General von Kellner, has been sent to Cattaro. The Montenegrines have fallen back upon their mountain fastnesses. Some 8,000 men are advancing from the Herzegovina. but Montenegro is almost impregnable excepting on the Albanian or south-eastern frontier. The Oest. Correspondenz of Friday contained an article, in which the agreeable prospect of a speedy and complete restoration of the credit of the country was held. out. On the very same day the rate of exchange had risen two per cent., and on Monday London was again in demand at 10fl. 48. The monied men profess to be astonished at this, but it is strongly suspected that some great firms have made most unpatriotic speculations. It was so evident to ever man of business that silver, at- a premium of 7i per cent., was- " dirt cheap," that few could resist the temptation of buying. Austria must have 10,000,0001. or 15,000,0001. of Californian or Australian gold before her finances can be Put into order. Until Monday no official organ had ever mentioned the issue of State " Ground Indemnification " Bonds (for the aboli tion of villeinageand soccage), but the Oest. Corres pondenz complained that they were disposed of far below their real value. These " Obligations " can not, for the whole Empire, amount to much less than 500,000,000 florins. People in Vienna profess to have full confidence in the pacific intentions of the new Emperor, and a Paris correspondent writes to the Augsburg Ga zette, that the Austrian army is to undergo a reduc tion of 70,000 men. This is possible, but it is cer tainly not probable. The .Pr esse has received a hint not to be so free in its strictures on the Em peror of the French, but it cannot refrain from indulging in a sly hit now and then. Marshal R,adetzky is now inspecting the for tresses in the Lombardo-Venetian Provinces. It is rumoured that the Austrian troops now occupying the Papal dominions are to form a separate army corps, with head-quarters at Ancona. It is believed that the coronation of the Emperor of Austria will take place in the spring. There can be no question of a separate ceremony in either of the provinces. The arms will undergo such alterations as the unity of the Empire may render necessary. THEO EIGHTH HUSSARS IN NOTTINGHAM.--A fracas occurred in this town between a number of mechanics and a party of the above regiment on Sunday evening last, which it is feared will terminate in serious consequences. It appears that on Sunday evening last a party of the Bth Hussars (now quartered in Nottingham), consisting of about 30, met at their house of call, the Milton's Head, and were quietly spending the evening. A soldier, much intoxicated, came into the public-house, when the land lord very properly advised him to go to the barracks. The soldier persisted in entering, and instead of joining his comrades upstairs, walked into a room filled with other company. In a very short time high words arose, and some of the men who were present state that the soldier challenged any one of them to fight. Upon this a general row commenced, and the soldiers occupying the upper Boom came down to assist their comrade. The house was quickly cleared. . It was then discovered that the intoxicated soldier had received some • dangerous wounds • the crown of hi s h ea d h a d b een l a id open by a fender Which had been used in the affray. In the course of an hour an escort was sent for him, and he was con veyed in a dangerous state to the barracks hospital. TERRIFIC • DEATH BY BURNlNG.—Yesterday, infor mation was forwarded to Mr. Baker, the coroner, that a sLsthlla shockingnthkemiddle-aged shoemaker, khade paralysis,r circumstances bi w ne o e Gmneaeabn. and, s dtm Gee-street , e a ton named e o : Gys dheeedee awndeath Ellen Wednesday had F u-dae n a g rdulanael afternoon the wife; of a lately ntyh p oea been ehwn followingoa f si l Se left n sitting in a chair near the fire, during the temporary absence of her husband, who, upon his return in two or three hours, found he r lyi ng on t h e floor a blackened corpse, with the clothes burnt from her person. She appeared to have, by some accident, set fire to her dress, and, being too helpless to alarm the other inmates of the house, had fallen, and perished in that dreadful way. A neighbouring surgeon attended immediately upon the discovery being made, but found life quite extinct. THE FATAL SEWER ACCIDENT IN LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.—Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquest yesterday, at the Plough Tavern, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, touching the death of Wil liam Reardon, aged 69 years, residing in Newton-street, Holborn, a night watchman, in the employ of Messrs. Humphreys and Thirsk, the building contractors to the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, who was in ing, atpethrtenbgoat tfooumndof dead, early e s a e r w ly er o w n h W ich ed h n e es w da as y w m a o t i cl d c e o c u ea ld sed b w e went ga thereds t Portugal street, from in the s a evidence the workmen were leavinc , off, apparently in his usual same locality. appearedF From that a w t the deceased on duty between 5 and 6 on the previous evening, when health. His business was to keep the lanterns burning near the approach to the hole, which was about twenty feet deep, and almost opposite the side entrance to King's College Hospital. At nine o'c-ock his grand daughter brought him some refreshment, and at half past eleven he was seen by some of the people connected with the hospital. Nothing more was noticed about him until the next morning, when the men came to work, and one of them on going down the ladder, found him as above described. He was taken out as speedily as possible, and carried into the hospital, when Mr. Lawson, the house-surgeon, pronounced life to have been extinct some hours. After some conjectures as to how he fell into the sewer, the jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Found dead in a common sewer, but how he came by his death there was not sufficient evidence to show. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLIMI.—Last night the an nual ball in aid of the funds .of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, in the Old Kent-road, took place in the London Tavern. The arrangements were made under the di rection of Mr. Sinclair, chairman of the institution, and a committee which included Mr. Palmer, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Frost, Mr. Utley, and several other gentlemen. Mr. Frampton acted on this, as on former occasions, as master of the ceremonies, and the society availed them selves of the present opportunity to present him with a silver goblet, as a testimony of their appreciation of his valuable and gratuitous services on these festive anni versaries. There were at least a thousand persons pre sent at the anniversary, for three of the largest rooms in Mr. Bathe's establishment were filled with visitors, who enjoyed themselves up to a late hour to the excellent music of Mr. Adams' band. It is gratifying to be able to state that the funds of the charity, which affords re lief to about 120 aged individuals, will be largely in creased by the benevolent contributions of last night. Dancing was continued to a late hour, and the company enjoyed a very pleasant evening. - - - RAILWAY IN AUSTEALIA.—A scheme has been an nounced for an Australian railway from Newcastle to Segenhoe, to be called " the Great New South Wales Railway." . Its length would be about 80 miles, starting from the coal-fields of the Australian Agricultural Com pany at Port minter, on the coast, to within about 30 miles of the Liverpool Plains, and about 40 miles of the Peel. The line, it is said, was originally projected in 1846. The present estimate of its cost, however, re mains to be stated, together with the reasons for endea vouring to raise the capital in this market when the great question of the day is as to the way in which the people of New South Wales will themselves find suffi cient openings for investment. A lengthened prospectus is promised, in which it may be presumed this point will be adverted to, since the committee, it is stated, " will compromise some of the leading merchants of the colony." —Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Hol loway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See ex tract from his lordship's letter, dated "Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. — Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed), Alb borough." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver .or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's. Oint ment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London ; and by all medicine vendors through. out the civilised world. THE COLONY OF VICTORIA, (Front the Melbourne Argus of Sept. 27, 1852.) On the 7th of the present month, the day prior to the departure of the Chusan steamer, we pub lished an elaborate article, embodying the results of a most careful investigation into the actual con dition, commercial, social, and political, of the Colony of Victoria, and designed for transmission to Europe by the overland mail, in order that the British public might be furnished in a condensed form with the latest and most authentic informa tion respecting a colony so strangely circumstanced, and at the present moment exciting such profound and general interest throughout the civilised world. As the Australian steamer is on the point of de parting for England by the direct ocean route, we design to add such supplementary particulars as will bring down our summary of events to the present moment. And, as before, we shall com mence with the grand primary topic of THE GOLD. The total amount of the precious metal brought into Melbourne by the several escorts, and by pri vate hand, up to the end of August, we showed to be 1,771,974 ounces. Since then the quantities brought in have been as under:— GOV ERNMENT ESCORT. Ounce 9. Sept. 3. Fro m B a ll arat 4,627 „ 7. „ M ount Alexander 37,956 „ 10. „ B a ll ard 4,897 ~ 17. „ D o . 4,661 „ „ „ M ount Alexander 47,061 25. " Do. ~ „ „ Ballarat, unknown. 128,830 PRIVATE ESCORT. Sept. 3. From Mount Alexander . » „ 14. 47,050 „ 20. 40,922 )1 „ 26. 197,959 TOTALS. By Government Escort ................. 128,830 By Private Escort 197,959 Amount conveyed to Adelaide by South Australian Escort on 16th inst. Total quantity brought down by Escorts ...366,193 We have here tolerably correct data to determine the average weekly yield of the Victoria Diggings. In an address to her Majesty, drawn up by the Legislative Council some days ago, it is stated that " the present weekly yield of gold, taking the last three months as a criterion, may be estimated at 80,000 ounces, which, at 70 s an ounce, g i ves a gross annual sum of 14,560,000 sterling." This estimate is fully substantiated by the figures given in our previous article, and more than confirmed by the statistics given above. For we find that in the first four weeks of the present month close upon three hundred and seventy thousand ounces have been conveyed from the Diggings by escorts, in addition to the unknown quantity brought away by private persons, and still remai n i ng i n t h e h an d s of the diggers. Perhaps an average yield of one hundred and twenty thousand ounces weekly would not be an exaggerated estimate. At all events, it is perfectly certain that the weekly yield is con stantly increasing. But on the other hand it must be stated that the present is the most favourable period of the year for gold digging, and that the number of diggers is constantly increasing. In our previous summary, we estimated the total yield of our gold fields from their commence ment to the end of August, at 2,532,422 ounces to which, adding the amount since brought in, we have a present total of 2,898,615 ounces, which, at 31. lOs per ounce, is e qua l t o 10,145,1521. sterling. But this amount, we may again state, we • believe to be much below the actual value of the gold pro duced in Victoria to the present date. We have said that the number of diggers is in creasing. Our previous estimate gave the number at 70,000 • and it is likely that u p war d s of 80,000 are at this moment on the ground. Taking the average weekly yield given by the Legislative Council, we find that the average yield per man per week is exactly an ounce. This result is at least confirmed by the general statements of the diggers themselves, it being universally admitted that any persevering digger can easily secure an ounce a week—a striking contrast with the wages of the Lanark handloom weaver, and the pittance doled out grudgingly to the Dorsetshire labourer, or the famished Irish peasant That the quantity of gold produced rises or falls in proportion to the number of diggers is now a demonstrated fact ; and two important inferences are deducible from it. First, that the capabilities of our gold fields are almost without limit, since the more they are worked the richer they appear ; and second, that they offer remunerative employ ment to any number of men who choose to labour in them with energy and perseverance. These are the plain and practical facts upon which English workmen can found a safe judgment as to the wis dom of trying their fortune at the diggings. We lay no stress on the chances of the exciting game of gold seeking ; we say nothing of the marvellous prizes won by some favourites of fortune, because that would be to run the risk of misleading and deluding the honest worker. If the certain gain offer by the diggings is not sufficient to induce a man to given them a trial, he is very foolish if he allows himself to be lured to th aw by the com paratively few chance instances of extraordinary success. But it is only fair to state, that there are such instances, and many have come to light within the last few weeks. The most remarkable is the find ing of a splendid mass of pure solid gold, weighing twenty-eight pounds four ounces. This superb mass has been purchased by the Executive for 1,6501., for presentation to her Majesty, and is for warded by the Australian steamer. These are solitary instances, however, and offer no standard of general success. The experience of the past month has not alone tended to confirm the fact that our gold fields are not yet beginning to exhibit the slightest symptoms of exhaustion, but have even fresh evidence of their indefinite extent. In two instances it has been found that spots which had been tried and abandoned as comparatively unproductive, have proved upon more minute investigation to be richly remunerative. Other l oca li ties, hitherto untried, are spoken of confid en tl y as abounding in gold. It is not necessary, however, to supplement the sub stantial proofs of the enormous richness of the pro vince by mere reports of additiOnal gold fields. But by way of showing the extent and present aspect of the various gold fields, we may quote the latest reports from several different localities dis tant very many miles from each other. An the 17th instant, says—. expe rienced man, writing fr om Mount Alexander on " Some of the gold finds around this creek have been , nTuesday l as t, one man p i cked about nine p oun d s o f pure go l d, n ee tity . of sm a ll er nuggets around it— onb ue u st m i daeersouas noble andso greatl idg up in all worth 800/. or 1,000/.---at one swoop. Another party on coming down to the pipeclay, found between between nine and ten pounds of gold resting on the rock at an angle of about 45°, and lying beautifully in a sort of vein on the pipeclay ..... Many men with their families have evidently come up here now to settle per manently, for to exhaust the gold at the Mount will take many years yet-1880 won't see it out." _ _ --- Another, dating his letter f rom E ureka, near the first . Ballarat gold field, writes :.--- " During last week a party at Little Bendigo obtained, rtunate, were in a day, two hundred and eight ounc es , w hi c h every p a failure, t o day since has increased as the party gets f ur th er i nto the dip of the rock. This party certainly des erve d success, party was sink- for g, de termined a theysunk ndhian nh having been the beve ee h nn o tl some oof mewherethat months n htohls oeuilroving other bid farewell to the diggings. A great many instances ofqvuear comingght to eraspect. It may my kn ow l e d ge. be safely asserted that Eureka, if not now, will soon be come the 'EI Dorado' of Victoria." E el y ly thing good now luck are wearing daily acoming A gentleman at Daisy-hill, at the Pyrenees ;hirty or forty miles further west, says Hill Di gg ings have a d vanced in public "On the 10th September, since my last, communica tion, the Daisy favour, and on good grounds, as with an inc rease d num ber of diggers, the average finds have, I believe, b een larger than previously was the case. The diggers have almost entirely confined their operations to surface wash ing, having been prevented from sinking by the wet. The surface soil is universally auriferous, and in spots extremely rich, a party having in one afternoon procured 42 ounces of gold : this, of course, is an instance of un usual good fortune ; but I believe that I am correct in stating the average return from the surface washing at one ounce per day per man. A nugget weighing 13 ounces was picked up on the surfaee on Saturday last." And a letter dated at Reid's Creek, at the Oven's River, quite in another direction, being 180 m ir es north-east of Melbourne, contains the following passage : "A person on the ground reports that a party of four got 17 and a half ounces of gold in one day, and that he and his companion were making an average of 8 oz. daily between them. The worst success ascertained was 2 oz. and upwards per man per day. This individual observes that he never saw at either the Mount Alexan der or the Turon diggings the gold run so regular, and that where the diggers are now at work, there is room for 4,000 or 5,000 people. The nuggets they have been picking up weigh in many instances from a quarter to half an ounce. There are now about 100 people on the ground. The distance of these diggings from Melbourne is 180 miles on the Sydney road, and 15 miles from the township of Wangaratta." The most cautious reader will now be able to judge for himself, from the evidence we have laid before him, as to the actual value of the gold fields now being worked, and their possible capabilities. But we think that it is no unwarrantable assump tion to claim for the colony of Victoria the honour of being the richest gold field in the world. OUR SOCIAL CONDITION. The social condition of the colony, and especially of the city of Melbourne, becomes every day more complicated and unmanagable. The population is swelled by the arrival of thousands of emigrants weekly from England and the neighbouring colo nies, while there is no corresponding increase of house accommodation. Indeed, the prosecution of the trades required in the erection of buildings is all but impossible, from the scarcity of materials and the high price of labour. Both these causes result from our Contiguity to the gold fields ; for it is not to be supposed that artisans and labourers will accept the ordinary rates of wages when they can with certainty earn an ounce of gold a week at the diggings, besides being their own masters, and standing the chance of much greater things. The want of dwellings of any description, and the total neglect of all sanatory regulations, are becoming intolerable evils, and will be painfully felt by thou sands of immigrants on their first 'arrival. Already much hardship of this kind is suffered, nor is it pos sible to provide an adequate remedy. The atten tion of the Local Government, and of the' citizens generally, is at this moment earnestly directed to the subject, and efforts are being made to devise temporary expedients to mitigate the evils ; but it is absolutely impossible to make full provision for the coming multitudes, and a great amount of hardship will evidently be endured by such as have families. It is some compensation, however, to know that in the brilliant summer weather now approaching, men can live almost wholly in the open air, without great inconvenience or danger. The healthiness of the diggings is a proof of this. The causes leading to this state of things are be yond human control. No foresight could have an ticipated them, and no energy could fully remedy them. It is not the lack of private benevolence or public spirit amongst us that leaves thousands houseless ; it is the physical necessity of the case. Doubtless, the reaction will come at length. But, meantime, it is imperative on all new corners that they evince a hardy spirit of self-reliance and self helpfulness. Privations they must suffer, and it will be vain, as well as unjust, to blame other people for them. A large proportion of the males arriving, how ever, merely make a temporary stay in Melbourne ere they depart for the diggings. The number of t persons, including returning diggers, who have left city within the last three weeks cannot be cor rectly ascertained, but may fairly be estimated at ten thousand, while few, or none, are returning frOm the diggings to remain in the city. This latter fact strongly corroborates our statement as to the remunerative nature of the employment. Meantime, the value of house property in the city is enormously increasing. In some instances building allotments dave been sold for slims which plots of equal size in the very centre or London or New York would not have fetched. Fortunes have been realised in this way by persons who never could have dreamed that their property would rise to one-fourth the value they now receive for it. One gentleman, for example, received 5,000 guineas for a piece of ground in a main street, which would not have feiched one-eighth of the sum three years ago. Ground fronting principal streets has been sold at 2501. a foot frontage ; and houses are, in some cases, let for a yearly rental, larger than the whole amount expended in building them two years since. Added to all this, there are fears, and well grounded fears, of a coming scarcity of provisions. Already the necessaries of life are exorbitantly dear, and are daily getting dearer. The crops cannot receive the attention bestowed on them in ordinary times, much less ihat increased atiention rendered necessary by the daily increasing influx of popula tion. Our stocks of bread stuffs are 3hreatening to run low, nor is it easy to see whence they are to be replenished. The consequences are almost too painful to be calmly contemplated. All these facts demand the deepest attention from English merchants, and exporters in all parts of the world. There is a market here for almost every commodity. Our price current will show the high prices to be realised by importers. There does not seem much fear of a glut, at least in the necessaries of life, in a market continually growing larger and more pressing in its demands. We believe, there fore, that English and other capitalists have here a noble field for gathering wealth. We should like to see commercial projects entered into for the pur pose of supplying the necessities of this people m a liberal and expansive spirit. The enterprise will be a noble one in itself ; and will at once confer vast benefits upon a large and most interesting popula tion, and enrich those who undertake it in a worthy style. Without disparagement to the mercantile community here, we may safely' assert that its trans actions are scarcely adequate to the commercial re quirements of the colony. It is wise to send us out ships laden with the physical power necessary to develope our resources ; but it will not be wise to continue that system, if the emigrant fleets are not supplemented by others bearing the necessaries and luxuries of civilised life, and returning gold-laden to the shores of Britain. Morally, our condition is not much improving. The dark picture presented in our previous ar ticle is not modified in any of its details. Crime is still rife • and life and property ar e s till in secure. Judges, paid to administer the laws, in deed, assure us that these laws are decently ad ministered ; and Attorneys-General, whose duty it is to check outrage, endeavour to persuade us that there is little or no crime. But, unhappily, these gentlemen enjoy a monopoly of such opinions ; and the people at large know, bitterly to their cost, that neither their h ouses , th e i r purses, nor their lives are oven moderately safe. The E ng li s h Go vernment, with a most culpable and fatal blindness to its duty and its true interest, still sends out shiploads of English felonry to the neighbouring island, and thousands of convicts find their way to our shores ; it is even said publicly that the Local Government of Van Diemen's Land connives at their escape. Our Legislature has framed an Act —not yet come into operation—to put a stop to this evil. But even if it should fully succeed in its design, the mischief already done to the community is immense, intolerable, and quite sufficient to exasperate loyal colonists beyond all reconciliation to British rule. Nor does it tend to soothe our insulted feelings when we find that the question of transportation to Van Diemen's Land is shamefully " burked" by the Imperial Legislature, which seems so fatally bent on playing its petty game of political parties that it has no attention to bestow on a question affecting the very possession of the richest colony in the world. Whose fault will it be if they lose it for ever ? The life of the gold digger is not favourable to his moral and religious progress. On the contrary, it seems powerfully to break those bonds by which human society is held together. If this tendency result the but bias as general to crime demoralisa tion constantly ag grava t e d b y contact with lawless intessass aspects—what can fotrm b e con tinually stimulated by famili ar it y w ith v i ce in all ? The ordinary moral and religious influences cannot reach the digger, and therefore it is neces sary to permit the absorption of his attention upon his fascinating pursuit. But if we let loose thou sands of felons to corrupt and degrade the digging population, and to set the example of outrage and plunder, indulged in with impunity, what can be expected but universal depravity ? No wonder that crime is so prevalent here ; that property is not respected, nor life held sacred ; that gaols are crowded, and criminals too nume rous to allow justice a temporary respite from her, solemn duties. The wonder is that the strong good sense and British feeling of the com munity have so long kept it from the final resort to Lynch law. The miserable condition of affairs is brought within one degree of that hateful alterna tive, by the inertness of the Local Government. A. well-organised police force alone is necessary to pre serve peace, vindicate law, and repress crime ; and this, its first and paramount duty, an imbecile Executive evades, although it has ample funds at command for the purpose. In a debate upon the transportation question in the House of Lords, news of which has arrived here since our last article appeared, we are told that it was said by one of her Majesty's advisers--the Earl of Desart—that " While guarding himself against casting any imputa tion upon the respectability of the signatures attached to the petition, he trusted th a t th e h ouse would permit him to read a short statement, showing the manner in which the colonists endeavoured to evade this evil of which they so loudly complained. He should, however, first state that transportation to Van Diemen's Land had very considerably diminished. The noble lord then read a letter which he had received from the religious instruc tor on board the Rodney, and which was dated Hobart Town, 20th of January, 1852. The letter stated that ther ewere 870 applications for only 200 convicts, and that there were 1,150 applications registered for men upon the arrival of the next ship." This statement was received with loud cries of " Hear, hear," and the transportation policy of the British Government was looked upon as triumph antly successful. And thus, became a score or two of mercenary men, who would hire demons from hell if they could use their services in saving them a few pounds, run to the side of a convict ship and struggle for a supply of the white slaves, with which the British Government has been accustomed to supply them ; and, became a wretched hireling knows that he cannot better please his master than by furnishing him with such a paltry quibble as this to use in a debate, the colonists are to be put down as insincere in their opposition. to this crying evil ; the unanimous resolutions of all their Legi slative Assemblies are to be set at nought ; the so lemn and repeated protests of every public meeting in every city in the colonies are to be disregarded ; and the infamous folly of rewarding crime by trans portation to a gold field is to be continued Where is this likely to end ? Where must it end, if we are not in reality tinged to the core with the convict taint; the soulless slaves that they would fain believe us ? Where ought it to end, if still one drop of British blood circulates in our veins, or one ray of true British sentiment illumi nates our minds ? There is but one answer to all this, and we leave these statesmen to guess it for themselves. IMMIGRATION. Before proceeding to say a few words on our political condition, we earnestly entreat attention to the injudicious and cruel system of over -crowded vessels, which seems to be gaining ground just now. Within the month three striking cases of this kind have occurred. The Bourneuf,Wanata, and Marco Polo, have arrived from Liverpool with about 800 passengers each: The consequences of over-crowding are sure to be fatal, and accordingly the deaths were 83, 39, and 53 respectively during the Voyage. The vessels were of the largest size, it is true, but it is perfectly obvious that no vessel, whatever its size, can saftily carry such large num bers on a three months' voyage. It is also true that the mortality in these cases was almost wholly confined to children ; but the facts are not the less painful, nor inapplicable as warnings of the dis astrous consequences of an inhuman system. OVR POLITICAL CONDITION. It is gratifying to record that our political pro spects are somewhat brightening, despite many standing grievances of the most irritating descrip tion. The concession to the local Legislature of the absolute control of the revenue derivable from gold, is an act reflecting great credit on Sir John Pakington, and fraught with advantage to the colony. The Legislative Council has been pro rogued for a month, in order to give the Govern ment time to frame the estimates, in accordance with the liberal provisions of the Colonial Minis ter's dispatch. The council, we doubt not, will in sist upon the organisation of an adequate police force, and take other measures to secure the sta bility and tranquillity of the colony. The Govern ment has proposed a measure for levying an ex port duty of half-a-crown an ounco on gold; but it remains to be seen whether this proposal will meet the approval of the Council. The debates in both houses of the Imperial Par liament in the month of June last, on the Griev ance Petition of the New South Wales Legislature, is not creditable to the former, nor satisfactory to the colonists. Making every allowance for the in appropriate time at which the subject was intro duced, there was yet a marked contempt for the just, claims of the colonists observable in both houses. We look forward with deep interest to the discussion of the subject by the new Parliament, and hope to see a far more liberal and enlightened system of colonial policy advocated and adopted. The Times is perfectly justified in speaking warmly on this subject. The interests of the Australian colonies will not afford to be trifled with ; and we repeat again —what we have so often said—that timely attention to their wants and grievances can alone secure to Britain the possession of them for any lengthened period. It would not be easy to depict accurately the anomalous aspect of society around us at this mo ment. The broad distinctive features of English social life are almost wholly lost in a colony, and the gold discoveries have powerfully aided to obli terate them here. The character of society is ra pidly assuming the American type, and into that form it will settle down permanently ere long. Personal independence in speech and act, self-asser tion, scorn of conventional distinctions, and an all absorbing pursuit of wealth, as almost the only object of existence, are the characteristics induced in the individual by the new pursuit. The accom panying vices are also prevalent, as might have been anticipated. Where these elements of cha racter preponderate, society can never be moulded after the English model. They are palpably stamped upon surrounding society even now, and are daily becoming more distinct. In this signifi cant fact, more than in any possible political changes, do we read the character of Australia ; and once more we solemnly warn those upon whom our destinies at present depend, that they must be careful what they do ; that their very largest, boldest, broadest policy may prove to be too con tracted for the wants of such astonishing times as these ; and that the day is fast approaching when, if they will persist in meddling in matters which they. can neither understand, nor from distance manage if they could, they will bring on a result that will probably furnish far more reason for re gret to Great Britain than it is at all likely to fur nish to Australia. THE WINE TRADE. The following is the circular of G. E. Balleras and Co., agents for Messrs. Larios Hemanos, and M. Poncd de Leon : "London, Ist January, 1853. • " Commoner descriptions of sherries are eagerly sought after to supply the Russian and Australian markets, which have become new and larger outlets for our pro duce, and the growers are now demanding from the shippers much higher rates, whose stocks during the last ten years have considerably diminished, whilst the lower sorts are purchased with unwonted avidity for distilling purposes ; from these causes, ordinary cheap wines of last vintage, to be used for distilling, cannot be purchased under 101. per butt, at Moguer, Chiclana, and Sanlucar. There is now nothing from two to three years old possessing soundness, and suitable for the Eng lish market, obtainable for less than 141; in the natural state, unfit for shipment, which must eventually tend to the enhancement of present quotations. We observe also a steady increasing demand for the higher qualities for consumption here, which will, ere long, have its full influence on the Spanish and other markets. " Combined with the increased demand, we notice with much regret, that last year's vintage, although firm in quality, only amounts to half an average crop ; and taking into consideration that of 1851 was but one fourth in yield, as compared with an abundant season, which is estimated to produce 4 to 5 butts for Aranzada. It is much to be deplored that Spain has not been exempt from the disastrous effects of ungenial weather, but fortu nately, last September was altogether propitious, and the small gatherings were husbanded in perfection. It would be premature to speak with accuracy of the quality of the new wine until the spring, when the c m.osto' is racked from its first deposit of `lees,' then - it will be dis covered if fermentation has progressed in the right di rection ; until then, the true quality is not developed. " However, to demonstrate the buoyancy of the mar ket, reports are current and well founded, that the prices, exclusive of casks, will approximate for the. new mostos' of Xerez and Port St. Mary, 4rom 11/. to 12/. ; St. Lucar, 8/. to 91. ; Chicla,nas, 71. 10s. to 8/. 10s. ; and Moguer, 91. to 91. 10s. per butt, all de pendent on the result of quality. "In Malaga the vintage is ascertained to be barely one-third only of an average ; therefore from this district there can be no wine reserved for distillation. "We beg to remark for the guidance of the trade, that, for many years past, efforts have been made to deprecate the Port St. Mary's in juxta-position with those denominated asl' Xerez ; but it is now high time that this delusive impression should be fully exploded, for they are identically of the same growth, produced in like soil, and sold indiscriminately, after being made into wine, without the least restriction, to all classes of buy ers. The nice distinction, however, consists simply in this, that one house ships from the Portal, near Port St. Mary's, the other from Port St. Mary's itself. " BRANDIES.—The superior qualities are those distilled in Allunol, which have risen from 110 dols. to 135 dols. per puncheon of about 112 gallons, o.p. 50. This is a fine delicate spirit. In other districts, from the dearth of low wines, second qualities have been proportionately stimulated. "From the foregoing, it is more than problematical that the large exports of sherry will (from the advanced rates demanded) compel shippers in general to augment in some degree their card prices, obviously to protect their friends, as als o t o ena bl e them to sustain their own integrity." i l o o. i w n on g il l t a i i ° y U r s R""1"---7711ifbrmatimi of tthheepfooli c Tuesday ev en i ng a young gentleman arrived at the lodgin g l e i x o t u Mr s a e lro o rs f dr Aliss Keay s, N or f o lk- street, Strand, with alarge quantity of luggage and money. Having, as he supposed, safely deposited his luggage in his apartment, he went out for a walk, returning soon afterwards, when he was astonished at finding his trunks and portmanteau forced open and completely emptied of their contents, with thirty sovereigns that were in the portmanteau. The thieves, who it is supposed effected their entrance either through the waste ground in Arundelivr-stirsesext, or through 37, the uninhabited house adjoining stole a large quantity of property belonging to that lady, with which they escaped. A. short time since Mr. Skales, surgeon, within two doors of Miss Reays, was similarly robbed by thieves, who entered his house through the empty house, 4, Arundel-street, the robbers carrying off a quantity of plate and other valuables. In the former, as in the latter failed in tra c i ng the burgl case, the p o li ce have as yet ars. FRE NCH CONTRACT S FOR TOBACCO.--The following adjudications on tenders for the supply of leaf tobacco to the Government were made on Monday. M. Pesca tore for 1,200,000 kilogrammes Virginia at 96f. 97c. per 100 kilogrammes ; 120,000 kilos. of Kentucky at 71f. 31c. •, 300,000 kilos. of Brazilian at 106 f. 500. ; and 1,200,000 kilos. of Dutch at 192 f. ; M. Galine, 1,350,000 kilos. of Maryland at 85f. 33c. ; and M. Manguada, 150,000 kilos. of Havannah at 284 f. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. —MATCH AGAINST forT i x the E.— A f r Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Societ e v a , "d complaint Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, has Pr.e.e_rr ns Oxfor d, for against John Pickett, of the Plough the l 21's t of e te having cruelly overdriven a pony T en e The defendant drove of Decem ber last, in a race against tim do e n . • in 20 hours, for 'a waver t h e petty sessions, 117 miles, pony from Oxford to Lon justices at t at eleven :i'hecase wßuillrnhcaomm,enboaefremreaitdheenilead, on : an Monday cl of back, n 2 e t l x i . d , j o'clock. TILE MADLAI. (From the Times.) More than half a century ago the Grand Duchy of Florence, under the Government of the philoso- phical Leopold, might be said to lead the van in. European civilisation. That which was princi pally admired in her institutions was the mild liberality of her laws in a country little used to toleration, and the friends of the human race might hope that the noble example of this little State would diffuse itself over the rest of Europe, and predict that the city of the Medici, once the cradle of science, was destined to become a second time the instructress of the world. Among all the various forms of re-action which have been exhibited in Europe since the revolutionary outpreak of 1848, we know nothing more sad and huMilip4ing than the tragedy which, as far as one. of, its principal actors is concerned, has just lerminated at Flo rence. Mr. Lucas may save himself all further trouble in arguing against the liberation of Fran cesco Madiai ; his untoward punishment need no longer disturb the repose of the Roman Catholic advocates of " religions • equality." His i no longer a case to be justified, but a record to be falsified and denied--a, charge against Rome to be - ascribed by her advocates to Protestant malignity, like the destruction of the Albigenses or the Mas sacre of St. Bartholomew. Time was when we should have seen, in the melancholy history of the lasitc-rnartyr to freedom of 'conscience and opinion, only the bigotry of a brutal Court and the ignorance and cruelty of a base and servile tribunal. But now, thoroughly disenchanted, we see in -the tragic fate of Fran cesco Madiai the ordinary effects of a well-know cause once again restored to the power of oppres sion. Guilty of having read the Word of God for their own instruction, convicted without a particle of evidence of having sought to impart to the souls of their friends the peace which had descended on A t heir own, Francesco and Rosa Madiai had violated the canon law, and incurred a penalty' exceeding in severity the sentence usually allotted to felons. There is nothing to be surprised at in all this. The vengeance of Rome against heretics is measured only by her power to punish them, and in Tuscany that power is vir tually uncontrolled. We only know the ultranion tane party in this country as persons ever ready to rail against our laws, our institutions, and our faith • but we do them m uc h i n j ustice if we sup pose that they are people who delight to expend their strength ill words. We are not to believe that because they portioned.our country into ima ginary dioceses and dubbed . themselves with ridi culous titles, their zeal is of that kind which can explode in boasting, or evaporate in pageantry. It is from weakness, not from want 'Of will, that Rome has recourse to these airy weapons. Give her the power, and we may be well assured that she would rather strike than scold, rather scourge than anathematise. It is curious to observe how little even those who have , spent their whole lives in declaiming against Rome realise the hard, unpi tying, and unrelenting spirit with which she deals wherever she has the power with all whc;' dissent from her authority. There is Lord Roden, for instance, who ought to know something of the spirit of the Church of Rome, but who, after the experience of a whole life, was simple enough to believe that a deputation, backed by no secular power or authority, and strong only in reason and justice, could exercise an influence over the mind of the weak and superstitious ruler of Tuscany, able at all to counteract the tendency of his creed or the lessons of his confessor. These gen tlemen approached the Grand Duke with profes sions of respect which it was impossible they could feel, and, though not admitted to the honour of an audience, received som e h ow or other the im pression that after a short delay, accorded to the dignity of a Prince, the pardon of the Madiais would be granted. There was not, in truth, much time to be lost. Lord Roden himself describes the health of Francesco Madiai as even at that time completely broken, and the fa cu lti es o f hi s m i n d as greatly impaired by the cruelties and hardships he had undergone. Relief has come at last, but not in the shape which Tuscan diplomacy had led the deputation to expect. Mercy has removed this victim of remorseless persecution from his sufferings, but not the mercy of the Church of Rome. The martyr is relieved from his tortures, the portals of the dungeon are thrown open, and the prisoner is free • but we th an k f or the deli verance not the h ear tless Prince or the persecuting priest, but that Power through whose inscrutable will they, in common with other evil agencies, are permitted to walk the earth for a season. Is the vengeance of Rome yet glutted, or must the helpless wife also expatiate with her life the crime of agreement in the faith of her husband ? Is she also about to experience tho " clemency" of the Grand Duke--a clemency: only to be granted when death has rendered the con cession valueless ? We see no reason to ex pect a change. Austria and France are mute, for in both the Government has called in the priest to eke out the work of the soldier, and to add to physical restraint the slavery of the mind. Eno , land is indi gnan t , b ut it is well known he'r indignation will go no further than remonstrance. In the meanwhile, the very existence of the Church of Rome in Italy imperiously demands examples which may strike terror into the spirit of free ex amination which now pervades the Italian penin sula. The first reformation in Italy was put down by the sword and scattered to the winds with:the ashes of Savonarola. The promise was . fair, but the flame burnt up the corn before the ear had ripened. Rome is now menaced with a second re formation in Italy more terrible than the first. The necessity of terrible examples is felt and acted on, and until that necessity be satisfied, mercy, justice, and .even policy itself, will plead in vain. Whatever be the reserve imposed on statesmen, it it is the duty of the press to paint these transac tions in their true colours and denounce them by their proper names. To her long list of murders Rome has added another. To her many m" expia . offences against the freedom of mind and the dignity of human nature she has joined yet another crime. She has widened and deepened yet more the gulph which divides her from the feelings of the age that is, and the spirit of those ages that are to come. She has taken her stand with ignorance and tyranny, and torn off the mask from those who seek in de fiance of history to identify her with knowledge or freedom. Her veil is rent from the top to the bottom, and behind it -i s di splayed an altar ready decked for human sacrifice. i n s itd ePfp:t Ihnuai SINGULARfrom a Maidstone D i sco vER r . paper,-----OTf h a e following circumstance are the whichd det ai ls, a i l s was , lately mentioned as having occurred :—" On Saturday, as Mr. Garnell's assistant and a lad were removing some boxes into a loft at the back of his premises, from a house on the opposite 'side of the street, at Dartford, the boy said to the assistant that there was a coffin in one of them. The boy said he peeped into the box as they were getting down the stairs, and saw something just like a coffin. Nothing more was thought of it till, in edwooden furtherto .e containxeao lc n ffi : ina turning the box, the lid was broken, and the boy's asser tion found to be true, and that, in addition to candles, 0 v smallered cthat n ; ein wi w th as a there was one of lead. The other boxes were doomed nthaetiroonwiats waginde indeed s e a l t a o rg in er sp e e o c ffi tio n n , inspection, oinneleon.fgtthh, and inscrip tion. Information was given to the Police, and quiries instituted by them, the following resultsfro ill have been obtained :—About eight years ago, these boxes were left with Mr. Hammond, grocer, I)y a lady who was leaving the neighbourhood, and did not wish to take them with her ; since then the lady has died, and the boxes remained in statu they were removed. The bodies contained in the coffins were daughters of this lad year of age and the oth y, the one dying about one lived till this timesh er four years. If the latter had old. The lady, whoe would have been thirty-four years tse children they were, used to have them carried abo with her from place ' to • place, and once had th u em interred at Hampstead, and after wards exhumed. The surviving children say they knew the childr did not en. had died, and were buried, but know they, were exhumed and kept in their parent's house. We learn from another account, that a Mrs. • t King, wh o res id ed some years since be ween Cra,yford and D ar tf or d , at Bowman ' s Lodge, dealt with a grocer of . the name of Hammond, in Dartford- When 'leaving the 'neighbourhood she deposited with this tradesman a heavy box. The death of Mr. Hammond, the departure of his family from Darr: and a consequent sale, combined with othe.r.nciit was stances, led to the examination of this box, a nd 1 3 id proverb discovered the bodies of two children. , An ° ever long exists in Dartford that "no law this ca th e pro enough to reach to Dartford," and in e thl other town in verb has not been refuted, for in_e a v ve rY sat and a jury the kingdom the coroner would hhowever, the authori tiesiDartford, buried on, been empannelled. In bodies were do things quickly, and the last, without any other is believed, Wednesday evenitnog the m agistrates, and a question than an incentive police. ECEASED HUSBAND'S question or two by the WITH A D MARRIAGE OF A WiFE a the Glasgow United BROTHER.—At the meeting an appeal was heard from a lady, Presbytery on Tuesday , i rr egularity of the proceeding of the alleged against an papers on her behalf set forth that she had session. Thiete G I according to the laws of the Church to never been before them—no means were employed to con appearh r that she was living in sin, nor to induce her to vine° -e h r present state of life if it wassinful a one— give up e pronounced in her sentence was absence ; and she fur ther set forth, that such a marriage as hers was nowhere forbidden l in the Word of God, but, on the other hand, was positively sanctioned by it. The document gave a great many illustrations in support of the views of the appellant, and concluded by intimating her desire to have her case tried by the Word of God, protesting against the decision of the Session, and appealing to the Presbytery, satisfied that they would decide, not accord ing to Popish traditions, but according to the Word of God. On the motion of Mr. BeatCe, the appeal was dismissed.