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Sea killed in combat, in order that measures calculated to relieve the lot of those families may be taken." The Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaievitch, Grand Admiral of Russia, addressed the following letter on the Ist to the retired Privy Councillor, J. Jeleznoir " John Grigorievitch ! It is very painful to me, the first time that I happen to write to you, to have to speak to you of the misfortune which has happened to you. The glorious death of your son, who fell at the taking of the -Egyptian steamer Pervas Bakhri by a Russian steamer, has the more afflicted me, from my Laving known Lieut. Jeleznoff when he was only a midshipman, and at the beginning of his service, and from my having since Placed hi m i n the number of our most distinguished naval officers, who are always likely to be most useful by their capacity, their zeal, and their good conduct. Your paternal heart will find consolation to your grief in fervent prayers to the Lord, for the victim who fell on the field of honour ; and as a Russian and a faithful subject, you will certai n ly find consolation in the idea that your son has gloriously fallen in fighting under the - R ussian flag, andin a combat of which the annals of the Russian fleet will preserve the souvenir. • I have given orders to place the name of Lieutenant Jel , znoff on the marble tablet, in the chapel of the Corps of Marine Cadets in order that our officers of the navy may aeon tom themselves from their infancy to pronounce this name with respect. I beg of you to receive the assur ance of the part which I take in your grief, and I remain for ever your affectionate, " CONSTANTINE." The Journal of St. Petersburgh of Dec. 11 pub !idles two extraordinary supplements, containing t he official reports of Prince Menschikoff and Ge neral Prince Woronzoff on the battles of Sinop° and Akal-Tsiche NAVAL OPERATIONS AT SINOPE. MYesterday (November 20 0.5.) in the evening his ajesty received the following report from Aide-de- Camp General Prince Menschikoff " The orders of your Imperial Majesty has been exe tnted in the most brilliant manner by the fleet of the B lack Sea. The first Turkish squadron which dared to present itself in battle was destroyed on the 18th of this month by.Vice-Admiral Nakhimoff. The Turkish ad- Mira!, Osman Pacha, who commanded it, was wounded, Made prisoner, and brought to Sebastopol. "The enemy was in the roads of Sinope, where, sus tained by the land batteries, he accepted battle. We de- Stroyed seven of his frigates, a sloop, two corvettes, a steamer, and several transports. He only saved a steamer, which escaped through its speed. "The squadron, it appears, was that which had been armed to seize Sukhum-Kali, and carry aid to the moun taineers (of the Caucasus). "We lost a subaltern officer, and 33 sailors killed and 230 wounded. "I have not yet received written details ; Aide-de- CamP Lieut.-Colonel Skolkoff, the bearer of this report, Will be able to give many particulars." For this brilliant feat of arms, his Majesty the Emperor has deigned to confer the following distinctions and re compenses :—To Vice-Admiral Nakhimoff, the Order of St. George of the second class ; to General Korniloff, the Grand Cross of the second class of the Order of St. Vladimir ; to Rear-Admiral Novosselski, the Order of St. G eorge of the third class ; to Rear-Admiral ' Pamplii lclff, the Order of St. Vladimir of the third class to Cap tains Istomire and Kouznetsoff, commanders of the vessels Le Paris and Rotisloff; the rank of ral ; to Captains Baranovski and Yeromyscheff, corn- Manders of L'lmperatrice Marie and Le Grand Duc C onstantin, the grade of Captain of the first rank ; to tieutenants Bondistcheff Spitsyne, Von Kern, and Von Stoffreger, commanders of the frigates Koulevtcha and Kargoul, and of the steamers Odessa and Chersonese, the grade of Captains of the second rank ; to Captain Koutroff, commanding the Tri-Sviatialia, the order of 'St. Vladimir of the third class ; to Captain Protopopoff, commanding the steamer Crimee, the order of St. Anne of the second class • to Lieut.-Col. Skolkoff, the rank of Colonel and the title of Aide-de-Camp of the Emperor ; to the superior officers of each vessel the order of St. Vladimi r of the first class, with the rosette ; and to the crews ten decorations of the military order per company, 'and a year's pay to all the sailors who took part in the engagement. IN TELLIGENCE FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIER AND THE TRANS-CAUCASIAN REGION. A brilliant affair of Major-General Von Brunner near Atskhour on the 6th of November was the only prelude of great success attending the Russian arms. His Majesty the Emperor has to-day received the report from the Aide-de-Camp General Prince Woron zoff, of a decisive victory gained on the 14th of Nov., bear Akal-Tsiche, 71 battalions of the 13th division of infantry with 14 field pieces, 9 sotnias of Cossacks, and 17 sotnias of militia over the Turkish corps d'armec of Per& Pacha, 18,000 strong. In this memorable battle the Russian troops were commanded by Lieut.-General Prince Andronnikoff, whose original report, transmitted to his Majesty the Emperor by Prince Woronzoff, is here brought to the knowledge of the public : "Copy of the Report of Lieutenant-General Prince Andronnikoff, the commander-in-chief of the corps of the Caucasus, dated Nov. 15, 1853. " Having arrived on the 12th of November at Akal- Tsiche, I proceeded to reconnoitre the enemy's position, and ascertained that he occupied an inaccessible terrain, extending from the town of Ab as far as to Soupliss. Moreover, the position was fortified by a great number 15 1 epaulernents and batteries. „, "The situation o f th e t own an d di s t r i c t o f Akal xsiche rendered it necessary to act in a decisive man lier, the more so as I learned that the enemy was re ceiving reinforcements, and expected more from Arda- Adjar, and Kars. On the 14th, before the dawn, I caused a column of four battalions of infantry, with 14 gun; to file off, to attack the front of the enemy bear Lower Soupliss ; and another column of three bat tallions and a half, with three pieces of artillery, nine sotnias of Cossacks, twelve sotnias of the militia of Tiflis and Gori, three sotnias of Ossitie and volunteers, and a detachment of noble volunteers, was directed towards the enemy's left flank along the river Poskhoff- Tchai. "The combat was commenced by the artillery, the fire of which was kept up without interruption, and with the same vivacity at all points, until half-past 11 in the morning. The obstinacy with which the enemy defended his position demonstrated the necessity of assaulting it, and terminating the combat with the bayonet, although it was strengthened both by nature and art, and notwithstanding the depth of the Poskoff- Tschai. The enemy defended himself most desperately in his entrenchements, in the houses, in the gar dens, and on every point offering the least chance of /flaking resistance. Under the fire of the enemy's grape shot and the discharge of his musketry, our infantry crossed the river, the water reaching up to their arm pits, and sprang to the assault, with such impetuosity and so much compactness, that notwithstanding all his Obstinacy the enemy was obliged to give way. The first backward step was the commencement both of the defeat of the Turks and of their total rout. At Soupliss we took from the enemy nine guns, and near the hamlet of Pamatch, three other pieces. The streets, the gar dens, and the road from Soupliss to Pamatch, were strewed with the enemy' slain. " While the principal position was the scene of a hand-to-hand conflict on the right bank of the Pos koft-Tschai, another combat took place on the left bank. "On this side of the river about ten in the morning a Strong corps of the enemy composed of infantry and Cavalry was hastening to the succour of the Turks by the heights of Abas-Touman. Six sotnias of Cossacks Were sent to oppose this detachment, and at two o'clock in the afternoon an engagement took place. In order to support the Cossacks a platoon from the mountain battery No. 4, and two field pieces taken from the Turks were posted on the right bank of the Poskoft- Tseha,i, to play upon the Turkish auxiliary detachment. These six sotnias of Cossacks were reinforced by a de tachment of noble volunteers, sent from Soupliss, pre cipitated themselves upon the enemy, defeated and coin- Pletely overthrew them. More than 200 killed of the enemy remained on the field ; the rest fled, but were linable to join the principal corps. The combat ended at sunset ; the enemy had entirely disappeared. "I cannot help considering this combat as one of the most extraordinary, and, I might say, unprecedented feat of arms. A strong cannonade of five hours dura tion, a violent fire of grape and musketry, lasting two hours, and finally a combat, with sword and bayonet, for four hours, and during a pursuit on the mountains, and over broken ground, could not be sustained with honour, but by the valour and indefatigable intrepidity °f Russian troops, and prove that there exists no obstacle for warriors animated by the Orthodox Faith, who at the voice of the august monarch have taken arms for religion, sovereign, and country. Nor can there be ob stacles for an army which repeats the wards of its Monarch, 'ln to Doming Bperavi ; non confundar in ceternum "I shall have the honour to transmit to your Highness details of the brilliant exploits of the troops which were entrusted to me as soon as time shall permit. "So far as I have been able to ascertain at present, our loss in this combat, so hot, so embittered, which was prolon ge d f rom th e r i s i ng to t h e sett i ng sun, con sists of one officer and 39 soldiers killed, and 179 soldiers, W ith six officers of all grades wounded. Among our w ounded are Major-General Freitag (slightly), Lieu tenant -Colonel of the Staff Freigang, and Lieutenant- Colonel Vizakoff, of the 21st Regiment of Don Cossacks, 2_ 4 present the loss of the Cossacks, the ar till er y, an d o f ' 4lB militia has not been ascertained. "The loss to the enemy must have been very consi derable. They left more than a thousand bodies on the field, 120 m en o f t h e regu l ar i n f an t ry , cava l ry, an d ar frY have be en t a k en pr i soners , an d are now i n th e to tress. A mong others are a Mollah, aKasmadar. 0 .„ 1111 lig the battle ten pieces of field artillery, two parks rtillery, several flags and standards, and an immense store of provisions, with the enemy's into our hands camp, have fallen `* I cannot sufficiently express to your Highness my tp-atitude to the generals who commanded under my vpiloehs,a to the officers of all grades, and to all the troops ye participated in this affair." -- - .2'or thi s b r i lliant victory his Majesty has deigned to — " ll fer on Lieut.-General Prince Andronnikoff the order of St. all George, of th e thi r d c l ass, and various recompenses t° number every company o f i n f an t r y, an d a proportionate of the same decorations for the sotnias of Cos 6aeks and militia, and to the artillery. . 7 i b . he Ramburg p a p ers pu bli s h t h e following sia 11 7 8 ' 4. rt bulletin of the military events i n L esser -.A : ' After the b r illi ant action at Bainder on the 14th of November,tin in which a T ur ki s h oorps of 30,000 men, 11 Ar ct9 l3 t , , Qs Abdil Pasha, was driven back u p on hei4l, S the TUrkii made another offensive movement against the frontiers of Gurien and the district of Ar mend, to the north of Alexandropol. They were re pulsed on all points, and their losses were grievous. On the 16th Nov. Lieutenant General Prince Beboutoff de tached to the militia, under Colonel Prince Orbelian, against the Turks, who, after crossing the river Arpatshal to the north of Alexandropol; had taken up a position in the village of Ali-Kiliss. Colonel Prince Orbelian divided his corps into two columns, one of which he marched straight up to the enemy, while the second took the direction of the Arpatshai river for the purpose of cutting off the retreat of the Turks. "Thus assailed, the Turks, leaving their baggage and booty behind, dispersed in every direction. We took 24 prisoners and found 20 men killed on the field of battle, while on our side there was not one man killed or wounded. On the 17th and 19th of November the militia on outpost duty on the frontier of Gurien repulsed the attacks of the Turks on the Sessi river, and in the di rection of Legwa and Kakuta upon Tshelokski. The losses of the enemy were most severe. Not less suc cessful was the division of Erivan, under Colonel Kohl bakin, in its reconnoitering expeditions, in which it was twice attacked by the Kurds. On the scond occa sion the flying Kurds left 55 killed the field of battle, and seven prisoners remained in our hands. At this moment the corps of Erivan is operating under Major• General Nazaroff, in the vicinity of Etshimiaddin, which place is the centre of their operations. " A more detailed report of the action of Asehur con firm the late accounts of the bravery of our troops, four companies of whom (two of the regiment Bialystoek, and two of the regiment Bresi) were attacked by a superior Turkish force. Our soldiers held Aschur, which protects the communications between Akhalzik and the moun tains, since it commands the defile of Borshom. Col. Tolubejen, the officer in command, when informed of the advances of the Turks, took up a position covering the defile—the only road on which a force can advance to the mountains. The Turks understood the necessity of forcing that position ; and, as darkness had set in, they thought it an easy matter to despatch so small a force of Russians ; but on approaching our line, they were repulsed at the point of the bayonet. In the course of the night our troops were reinforced by one company of the Bialystoch Regiment and five sotinas of Grusin militia. Major-General Brunner, the commander of the Brest grandiers, had meanwhile been informed of the movements of the Turks, and hastened up from Borshom with three companies of his regiment ; but the Turks, too, had been reinforced with foot, hone, and two pieces of artillery. Major-General Brunner reached the field of battle at 7 o'clock a.m., and attacked the enemy with the bayonet. The shock was dreadful. The Turks lost ground, and when Major-General Brunner led his reserve to the charge, the Turks were completely driven back, though still fighting over seven versts of ground. This victory was solely gained by the infantry, without any help from the cavalry and artillery. Our troops took one field piece, four standards, three flags, a lare number of muskets and great quantities of stores and ammunition. Ninety Tut ks remained on the field of battle; the num ber of their wounded it was impossible to ascertain. Our own losses amounted to six men killed, and three officers and 30 soldiers wounded. The Czar has been pleased to bestow' upon Major• General Brunner the order of St. George, and Colonel Tolubejen has been presented with a sword of honour. The commanders of companies have, by the order of the Czar, received the order of St. Vla dimir of the fourth class, and three medals have been awarded to each company of soldiers and militia." The following is the text of Menschikoff's des patch, as given in the Journal of St. Petersburg : - Hier, 28 Novembre, dans la soirée, S. M. l'Empereur a re9u le rapport suivant de l'aide de camp G6n6ral Prince Mcnschikoff : " Les ordres de Votre Majest6 Imperiale ont ete executes de la maniere la, plus brilliante par la flotte de la Mer Noire. La premiere escadre turque, qui a ose presenter au combat, a cite a detruite le 18 de ce mois, par le Vice-Amiral Nakhimoff. L'Amiral Turc, Os man Paella, qui la commandait, a etó blesse, fait prison nier, et amend a Sebastopol, " L'ennemi etait dans la rade de Sinope, ou, soutenu par les batteries de terre, it a accepter la bataille. Nous lui avons detruit 7 fregates, 1 sloop, 2 corvettes, un steamer et plusieurs batiments de transport. Il ne lui est reste qu'un steamer, que la, vitesse de sa, marche a sauve. _ " Cette escadre etait, h ce parait, celle qui await ete armed pour s'emparer de Soukhoum et dormer la, main aux Montagnards (du Caucase). " Nous avons perdu un officier subalterno et 33 matelots tiles et 230 blesses. _ _ _ " Je n'ai pas encore de details &nits ; mais mon aide de camp le Lieutenant-Colonel Skolkoff, porteur de ce rapport, pourra en donner beaucoup de vive voix." Pour ce brillant fait d'armes, S. M. l'Empereur a daignd conftsrer les distinctions et reScompenses sui vantes : Au Vice-Amiral Nakhimoff, chef de la 5 division de [a flotte, l'Ordre de Saint Georges de la 2 classe. A I'aide de camp g6neral Korniloff, la Grande croix de 2 classe de l'Ordre de Saint-Vladimir. Au contre-amiral Novossilsky, chargel du commande ment de la 4 division de la flotte, l'Ordre de Saint- Georges de la 3 classe. Au contre-amiral Pamphilofi, l'Ordre de Saint Vladi mir de la, troisiZme classe, Aux capitaines de vaisseaux de premier rang Isto mine, commandant du vaisseau In Paris, et Kouzuetsoff; commandant du vaiseau le Roti:Asa, to grade de contre- amiral Aux capitaines de vaisseau de second rang Baran ovsky, commandant du vaisseau I'lmp6ratrice Marie, et Y6romyscheff, commandant du vaisseau le Grand-Duc Constantine, le grade de capitaine du vaisseau de pre mier rang. Aux capitaines-lieutenants Boudistcheff, commandant de le fregate la Koulevtcha, Spitsyne, commandant de la fr6gate le Kagoul, de Kern, commandant du steamer la Chersonese, le grade de capitaine de vaisseau de 2 rang. Au Lieutenant Ostreno, premier adjudant de la 5 division de la flotte, le grade de capitaine-lieutenant. Au capitaine de vaisseau do 1 rang du 32 equipage de flotte Koutroff, commandant du vaisseau le Tri. Sviatit alia, l'ordre de Saint Vladimir de la 3 classe. Au capitaine de vaisseau de 2 rang Protopopoff, com mandant du steamer la Crime; I'Ordre de Saint-Anne de la 2 classe. Au lieutenant-colonel Skolkoff, aide de camp du chef d'4tat major-general de la marine, le grade de colonel et le titre d'aide de camp d l'Empereur. Aux officiers superieurs de chaque vaisseau l'Ordre de Saint-Vladimir de la 4 classe avec la rosette, et aux equipages : 10 d6corations de l'Ordre militaire par com pagnie,•et une ann6e de solde h toes les matelots qui ont pris part au combat. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEM-BER 22, 1853. lk t FRANCE. The Emperor presided, on Wednesday, at a Council of Ministers. All the members of the Cabinet were present. Rumours of Ministerial changes are again cur rent in Paris. It is said that M. de Persigny is to be removed from the office of Minister of the Inte rior, and appointed Minister of State in place of M. could, who retires. M. Pietri, the present prefect of police, is spoken of as the probable Mini ster of the Interior. A plan is on foot by which the prefectures of the Seine and the Police should be united in the person of M. Collet-Meygret, the present director of the department of the press in the prefecture of police. In that case M. Hauss mann, the present prefect of the Seine, will become a senator. It was rumoured yesterday that the Russian Ambassador in Paris was on the point of demand ing his passports. Vhen the news is officially com municated to him of the combined fleets entering the Black Sea such a step on the part of M. de Kis;eleff is not improbable, if the Emperor Nicho las still regards the entry of the fleets as tanta mount to a declaration of war. M. de Kisseleff has already his instructions. The war steam-frigates Montezuma and Chris tophe Colomb, lately fitted for sea, are to proceed, one to Algeria, and the other to Senegal. The Emperor has appointed Captain Bonard, of the Imperial navy, Governor of French Guyana and Commander of the naval forces in that colony. in place of Rear- Idmiral Fourichon. The IVloniteur says :—" It is by error that some persons have applied to the high functionaties of the State the title of Monseigneur. This title belongs only to the French princes and to the princes of the family of the Emperor." The hotel of the ambassador of Russia was illu minated on Monday night on the occasion of the fete of the Emperor Nicholas. The Archbishop of Paris, in consequence of the severity and insalubrity of the present season, has given leave to have meat eaten on Friday in his diocese, until further order 6. The sale of meat in detail by auction at the four new markets ordered to La re-established by the Emperor commenced on Wednesday. They were all well attended by the working classes. A dealer in charcoal, living not far from the Palais Royal, having found himself in great diffi culties from unforeseen misfortunes, took it into his head to write to Prince Jerome, stating his un happy situation, and requesting his Imperial High ness to lend him 400 fr. The Prince, having had the case inquired into, and learning that the writer of the letter was an honest man with a family de pendent on him, at once sent the sum applied for to the charcoal dealer, thus probably saving him from ruin. Government securities experienced a consider able decline at the Bourse yesterday in consequence of the announcement that the English and French fleets had entered the Black Sea: The Three per Cents. opened at 75f., 15c., rose to 75f. 20c., fell subsequently to 74f. 55c., and closed at 74f. 60c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 101 f• • 30c• ) • Orleans Railway shares, 1,185 f.: Rouen, 1,060 f. ; Havre, 5001. ; Great Norther', 877 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 835 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 018 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 7751. ; Western of France, 6021. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 630 f. ; Great Central, 521 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 520 f.; Shares of the Bank Credit Mobilier, 760 f PRUSSIA. The Minister of Commerce of Prussia, by a cir cular of the 17th, informs the Chambers of Com merce and the mercantile corporations that ( 6 the treaty of commerce and navigation between the Zollverein and Belgium of the Ist September, 1844, and the additional convention of the same treaty, dated the 18th February, 1852, will cease to have effect at the end of the year ; and that the negotia tions with Belgium for the conclusion of a new ar rangement by convention have not yet led to any result." The conferences on the Zollverein are prorogued till 1854. The differences between the Government and the Archbishop of Posen are far from being settled. A letter from Berlin states that a committee has just been formed in that city under the auspices of the King, to raise a monument to Louis Tieck, the writer, whose death took place not long since. Amongst the members are Baron do Humboldt, Jacob Grimm, Count de . Rehern, &c. The monu ment is to be a colossal statue in bronze of the de ceased, which is to be modelled by his brother, Christian Tieck, and which will be erected in one of the public places of Berlin. In order to allow as many persons as possible to subscribe, the com mittee has limited each subscription to the sum of oue tinder (3f. 80c.) The Senate of the Academy of the Fine Arts of Berlin, in its sitting of Dec. 10, voted unanimously . that M. Hittorif, architect at Paris, should be pre sented to the King for the Order of Merit, in place of the late M. Fontaine. Should the King ap prove of the choice thus made, the confirmation of his Majesty will be announced on the 24th of Jan. next, the anniversary of the birth of Frederick the Great, in the solemn sitting of the chapter of the Royal Ordcrs of Prussia. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 18. The Budget for 1854 shows a deficit of 45,000,000f1. under the head of ordinary expenses; while the extraordinary expenses create a deficit of 50,000,000f1. A private letter from Vienna, of the 18th inst., announces the appointment of Count Valentin Esterhazy as Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria to the Court of Russia, and that of Count Appony, in the same capacity to the Court of Bavaria. It is stated that Count Esterhazy, who is of a most conciliatory disposition, is to proceed to his post without delay, in order to attend to the negotiations consequent on the last note of the Four Powers. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 16th inst. Some improvement had taken place iu the health of the President of the Council. General Count de la, Canada and M. Escario, Civil Governor of Ciudad Real, had repaired to the frontiers of the province to receive the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, who were expected in Madrid on the 20th. The Spanish flotilla, consisting of the 30-gun frigates Villa de Bilboa and Ferrolana, the corvette Colon of 18 guns, and the transport Marigalante of six guns, sailed from Cadiz for Carthagena, on the 11th. A Council of Ministers was held on the 14th at the Foreign-office, which was attended by all the members of the Cabinet, except the Count of San Luis, who still continues indisposed, but is stated to be improving. The other Ministers paid him a visit after the council. No decrees have, however, appeared ; and the continued silence of the Gazette is interpreted unfavourably for the Ministry in some quarters. There is some ground for hoping that Sir Robert Gardiner's threat of sending away the Spaniards resident at Gibraltar will not be carried into exe cution. It appears that the Spanish Government have consented to facilitate the provisioning of the fortress ; and the expulsion of the Spaniards from it would very likely lead to measures of retaliation. A duel took place'yesterday, at 4 p.m., near the Pardo, between the Duke of Alba and Mr. Soule, jun., son of the United States envoy at this Court. The seconds of the duke were General J. de la Concha and the Count of Punonrostra ; and those of Mr. Soule were Colonel Milans del Bosch and Mr. Perry, secretary to the American Legation. The parties fought with swords, but fortunately without either being wounded ; and it ended in the seconds drawing up a minute of the proceedings as having been conducted in a manner satisfactory to the honour and reputation Df both parties. The Three per Cents. were done at 431 ; the New Three per Cents. at 22k ; the Debt of the First class, at 8/ ; and that of the Second, at C. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- (THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind this day at Noon, E. to N.E. ; fresh breeze, and dull weather. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 21.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Minerva, iroin Mactras. ror Boston. PORTSMOUTH,. Dec. 21. N.E. Arrived—Doxis, from Callao, for Antwerp ; Louisa, Bahia, for Bremen ; Brewer, New York, for London, with part of cargo thrown overboard. FALMOUTH, Dec. 21.—Wind, E., strong gale.—Arrived —lndefatigable, Buenos Ayres, for Antwerp ; Eclipse, Paraiba, Havre.—Sailed—Brothers, Barbadoes. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 21.—Arrived Concordia Julia, Nova, for Antwerp, very leaky ; six mon sent off to assist at the pumps. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 16. The Phoenix, Cronstadt to London, stranded at Barnholm, sth inst., has been got off and taken into Ronne, where she will discharge and repair. LLANELLY, Dec. 20.—The Ann of Liverpool, Hayti to this port, was wrecked on the Hooper Sands, 18th inst., and wont to pieces—part of the hull remains on the Sand. ST. DAVID'S, Dec. 20.—The Farmer's Delight, of Sal combo, is on shorn to the westward of Ransay Island ; crew and passengers saved ; the vessel is expected to be come a total wreck. GLUCKSTADT, Dec. 17.—The Queen of Scotland (s) has been got off shore. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 20.—The Elizabeth (brig), of New port, is being towed in here dismasted and abandoned, in sinkinga state ; crew saved by the Robi na , Clyd e t o Havre, which has put into Kinsale. MILORD, Dec. 20.—Two pieces of wreck, marked respec tively Albion and Genens, were washed ashore ; crews supposed to be drowned. DUNGANNON, Dec. 19.—The Kirwan, for Dublin, grounded in the Pool, and was abandoned in a perilous situation, the sea making a complete break over her ; crew saved. Tho schooners are riding heavily, and in much danger under Helwick Head, one of which is supposed to be the Sally, of Youghal. DROGHEDA, Dec. 20.—The Dolores, Bilbao to Liverpool, is on shore N. of the bar ; crew saved. It was blowing fresh from the Eastward. (Not the Agnes, of New York, for Liverpool.) WEXFORD, Dec. 20.—The Niagara (ship), of New York, is on the rocks off Greenore ; cargo expected to be saved. BELFAST, Dec. 20.—The Black Prince, (schooner), of Carnarvon, is on Burr Island, and likely to become a wreck ; mate drowned. PEM B REY, Dec. 20.—The Grace Darling, from Cornwall; the Harmony, of Penzance ; the Ann, 01 Livefpool ; and the Sophia, have been wrecked in the gale of the 18th inst. The crews of the former saved; crew of the latter re ported to be lost. GRIMSBY, Dec. 20.—The coast is strewn with oak trees, &c. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind, E. cloudy, and strong breeze ; five hour's obb. Arrived—Bullfinch, from Gothenberg ; Echo, Cronstadt. Sailed—City of Rotterdam (s), for Rotterdam. DEAL, THURSDAY, 9 A. 31. Wind, E.N.E., blowing very strong. - No arrivals. Remain—The Young Turk, for the river ; St. Patrick, for do. ; Elizabeth, for Newcastle. THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON IN THE CHINA SEAS. — The Hamburg News, under date of St. Petersburg, 9th, says :—" Accounts from the Russian squadron in the China Seas state that on the 6th of August all the ves sels of which it is composed (the Pallas frigate, Oliwaza corvette, Wostok schooner, and the Prince de Menschi koff, belonging to the Russo-American Company) assembled in the port of Loid, and sailed on the 16th of August for Nangazaki. On the 22d they anchored there, and the crews were received by the Japanese with cordiality. On the Ist. the commanding officer of the squadron sent the Prince de Menschikoff to Shanghai, to obtain information as to the state of affairs in China. She arrived there on the Bth September, the day after the place had been taken by the rebels. Ou the 15th, the Menschikoff sailed to rejoin the squadron at Nan gazaki." COUNTERFEIT FLO RlNS. — Yeaterday morning, notwith standing the apprehension of five persons on Saturday last for attempting to pass counterfeit. florins in New Oxford-street, some of the same party paid another visit to that neighbourhood with the same object, at the shops of the new Bazaar. They had commenced dealing with a shop girl, who had some misgivings of its genuineness, which being observed by the female, a part of the gang, she requested to be allowed to substitute another; instead of doing so, how ever , s h e ran away w ith th e coun t er feit coin, and escaped. How SOLDIERS ARE MADE IN RUSSlA.—Letters from St. Petersburg state that, on a recent occasion the Czar, having remarked that the number of men raised among the serfs in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg was smaller than in any part of hie dominions, asked the reason. He was informed that the landowners round St. Petersburg were in the habit of permitting their serfs to take service i n th e cap i ta l on pa yi ng a portion of their wages to their masters ; so that, in point of fact, the majority of those registered in the neighbourhood were actually in the capital. Two days after, the gates of the city were closed, and a regular razzia was mieie on all the coachmen, footmen, &c., of St. Petersburg, a large proportion of whom were forthwith removed from their good places, and sent off to the army to fight the Turks. DEPLORABLE FATALITY.—Isaac Jewels, a young man, arrived from London at Devonport on Friday, and on that evening he fell in company with a young woman named Sarah Rundle, who induced the unfortunate young man to accompany her to a house in Francis alley. On the following morning the woman found him lying by her side dead. A surgeon, Mr. Baldy, was called in, and on examination of the deceased it was as certained that he had lain with his face on the pillow, and the pressure of his body on his chest so cumbered his lungs that they had no room to play and suffocation ensued,—Flyrrio4 311A1V; MARKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr.l raid! RAILWAYS. 100 Si Aberdeen ;Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena IBirmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons—. Do., £2O ;Blyth & Tyne original .+:25 (iss. at £45) ;Bristol & Exeter ,Caledonian. all :Chester & all Cork and Bandon ), all ;Cork, Black. & Pass 10 'Cornwall 45 ,Dublin&BelfastJunc... l all Dundee Perth &Aber ; deen Junction ....... all Do. New ..... all 'East Anglian (d.(:25 L.l & E. &L. &D.)..... all Do., (XlB E. & all 'Eastern Counties..... 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 ;Do., do. 8.. ..... Si De.NewA(lateThirds) 100 East Lancashire ...... 100 , Edinburgh& Glasgow Eclinb. and Peebles..., 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 0 1 , Forth and Clyde June. 160 Glasgow & S.Western it. 1 100 Great Northern Stk ft. 1100 'Do., A. Stock it. 1100 IDo., B. Stock ft. 100 'Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 5t.. 100 Great Western .2 11 t lrlish South-Eastern. i() all I,Lancaster L 6 Do. , Thirds it. 100 ILancasla. &Yorkshire L 92 1700., Fifths L 4 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un 50 all 'Leeds Northern ?.0 all I Liv. Crsby. &So utb.pt LIA all ' London & Blackwall :O . Eq, Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. 3t. (100 London &N. Western !() 112 Do. Fifths .0 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 2,', 100 42, 34 all all 100 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., £5O Do. £4O Lndudrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.drLineln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., i A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed • North London N. & S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish M idland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union .... Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Ea5tern......... South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0..... ........ Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale. Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny WaterforddrLimerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wmblodon &Croydon York Newctl. & Be rw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase I York & N. Midland Closing Prices yesterda: 22i - 23 51 - 3i 9 - 10 11 9 d 17 19 5i 4ad -- 100 561 -56 f 16i ,- 17t 14 - -- 16 :io 47 - 8i 51 - 5i 3t 4 138- 131 42 - 44 30 - 32 65 - 67 64 - 66 2i* = ii 1 . 35 - 861 60 - 68 130 - 132 1 101 - 106 84 -84 i 95 - 100 1 14 -15 p 68 -68 A 6a —61 ti 13i -- 14 81 8i 1 4 100 10 1 1041 —104 i par A p * P 78 79 12 11 d 10 9 d 25 - 25 64 -64 i 37 Li 39 54 56 d Par 4i 3iirk 2; 1 34 6 8 52 54 311 3i d 333 —34 a 3 10 1i - 24 6 J - 7i 51 ... 53 Oi • 5Ad par 1 p 39 - 40 91 - 93 57 - 58 60 - 62 55 60 2k lgclis 15 17 7} 8i 11 13 h 3Bct 16 18 63 64. 33 34 4 2 d 4 5 27 :- 30 2 E I -. 4 3 15 -- 16 6 - 7 28 - 30 8 64i -65 i - 4 - 30, 48i -49 ii Badness done this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen ... ...... Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per et. pref. (iss. atX5O) ristol & Exeter 4 pi cent., stock... ..... Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandon 5i P.C. Dundee Perth&Aber (leen Junction..... .. EastAnglian (X 3 100 6 per cent Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip, Guar. 6 per cent 1 Do. £lO Deben. EastLancash. 6 p.cts 1 East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Prth.&Duudec 4 per cent. .......... I Glasgow & S. pert ' guar. 5 per. ... Great Northr 5 p.a. Do. 5 p. c.,lledeem., at 10 p. c. prom .... Do. 4A percent. Scrip Gt.N.of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. (Do. con. & red. 4i p.e I Do. do. 4 per cent... Do. irredeem. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London and;Brightou Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lond. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. London &S.Western, Cou. Thirds Lbndonderry& Coler Londy. & Ennis. Sh Slanch.,Shef., & Lin., 1100 100 100 6 100 12i all all . . i Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, £10......... Do., £6.. .... •. •• ••• ••• Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent. Do . Mid. Consol. 6 p:c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per. cent.... Do. Pref. 4A per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5 i per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North Br: ish ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester tlt, Wolvcrh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrcwsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H. St S. Parch ioo 102 6i - 6 4i - 5f - 64 - 1 p - lip ! . 4 - lip 13 -- 1441 20 - 21 n - :1 1121 - 123 1109 - 111 - 8 - 8 64 -- 7 101 -- 103 95 -- 100 98 -- 100 id -- par 142 -- 144 2i - 3 12 13 7 8 10 10 * i P 140 142 i id 106 - 110 112 - 116 2i' - ii 106 - 108 1 -11 p 9: 3 , - 101 16 -16 A ' 11 - 13 13 - 15 Id- I 24 -24 i 17 - 19 i - i(11 96 - 99 4 - 4i, id par' MINES. Agna Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Dnchy of) Bhenarvon Iron and Coal British Austria. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent, English and Austin. Cooper Smelts. Co. General Gt.NuggetVeinScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth . Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Linares Loud. &CaMorn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita. Mexican&S.Americn New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining Australia Yuba JOINT-STOC Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. Colonial .. Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland... New South Wales .... Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid NISI Aubin uoal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific Mail Austrain. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace ! Do. New Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land__ N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New. Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel Rr. Ld. & Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land, lIIS . •••- • • • 46 - 47 ... .--. 70 in ••• .... ••• 4_- 1,3, - 17 -- 19 2 ld -- •• i --• ••• iP I 1 - iP _ ..• - - t6P; 46 i i 2/ 7} i xd St b SURREY CHAPEL (LATE REV• ROWLAND HILL'S). — Considerable consternation has been caused amongst the large congregation which assembles weekly at Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars-road, London, by the more than vague rumour of the intended resignation of the popular pastor there, the Rev. Mr. Sherman. It is intimated that the rev. gentleman, who for 17 years has filled the place of the celebrated Rowland Hill, finds his health f a iling and his energy impaired to such an extent that a refinqulshment of his heavy duties, although involving a sacr ifice of 8001. per annum, has become inevitable. The trus t ee s and elders of the chapel, however, anxious to re tain his services, have offered Mr. Sherman the choice of three alternatives for effecting that purpose—viz., an assistant minister, a year's leave of absence, and a country house with a carriage—all of which propositions have been, it is believed, declined. Report places the Rev. Newman Hall, of Hull, in the pulpit of Mr. Sherman.— Dow Chronicle. I 1 p d ... par d lf 3 ---• Ad Id 6 d dd 10 - 12 # # d 8 10 3 i --- 21 - 34 x id par 45 47 iP 12 13 70. 80 6 8 p 24 - 3 (1 1 14 -16 l a 11 1 xn 4d par 7 8 par— i p ..• - ... i . ^ iP * 31 --33 P 9 10 5i 6i 5 d 7 iP 4i 4i 'di d BANKS. 79 - 81 ••• ••• iclis lf idiß 11 id i - 1p 42 = 44 47 - 49 i d— par 74 - 76 74 - 84 EAST INDIA COMPANY. A quarterly meeting of the proprietors of the East India Company was held yesterday, at the East India House, Mr. Russell Ellice, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the correspondence rela tive to Ali Moorad and to the Steam Company of Cal cutta had been laid upon the table, in accordance with motions agreed to at a former meeting. Mr. CLARK moved that the correspondence which had passed between the Governor-General and the late Sir Charles Napier, relative to the bad accommodation of the troops in barracks in India, should be laid upon the table. He believed that the directors were in possession of a memorandum of the Duke of Wellington upon this subject ; if that were so, he would wish that that memo randum should also be produced. The CHAIRMAN said they had on record certain minutes by the Governor-General and by Sir Charles Napier on this subject, and there was also in existence a memorandum drawn up by the Duke of Wellington after he had read those papers, all of which he would have great pleasure in laying before the proprietors. Mr. LEWIN said he had been given to understand that these papers made against Sir Charles Napier ; if that were so he should oppose their production, as he thought they ought not to cast reflections on the memory of a man who had rendered such eminent serVices. At all events, the whole of the papers ought to be produced. Mr. Sergeant fj,ISELEF. did not know what was con tained in these papers, but if they were adverse to the memory of a man like Sir Charles Napier, who was so recently dead, their production ought at least to be postponed for a little time. On the motion of Mr. WIGRAM, a director, it was agreed that the whole of the papers should be printed in the regular manner. Mr. LEWIN then moved for the production of all the papers connected with the removal of Mr. Grant and Mr. Le Geyt from their position as judges at Bombay. The hon. gentleman was proceeding to enter into the circum stances of the case, when The CHAIRMAN said he did not wish to interrupt Mr. Lewin, but he might state that it was his intention to give all the papers. , Mr. LEWIN said, that tieing so, he would not press the matter further at present ; at the same time he felt that the subject required full discussion, and he would give notice of a motion on the subje c t f or next meeting. He suggested that the papers should b e printed, which. was agreed to. Dr. BEATTIE asked whether it was the intention of the directors to consult the proprietors in any way upon the subject of the new directors who were to be appointed in terms of the new act. The CHAIRMAN explained that the mode of re-electing the new directors was fixed by the act, and that the directors could not depart from it. The Court then adjourned. HURRICANE IN THE IRISH CHANNEL, LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. During the entire of the 19th a violent hurricane blew from the East. The advices to hand this morning report the following disasters : The mail-steamer Eblana, broke her shaft, while on her voyage from Holyhead to Kingstown, with the London mails. After getting her mails transhipped to the Prince Arthur, she bore up under sail, and arrived at Kingstown. While in the harbour she came in contact with the ship Fanny, from this port to Africa, which ran into the harbour for safety, carrying away her stanchions, bulwarks, &c. The Darnley, of Cork, ran into the sloop Dahlia, which sunk, as w e ll as the schooner Victoria, which had also been in contact in Kingstown Harbour. The crews of both vessels were saved. The schooner Sligo, of Penzance, laden with china clay and block-tin, drove on shore about nine miles north of Wexford, and remained high on the beach. The crew were saved. A ship reported to be the Agnes, of New York, with cargo and about 150 passengers, was also driven on shore in the S ou th b ay, near Wexford, and remained on the rocks. It was ex pected, should the weather. moderate, that the cargo would be saved. The Caravanna, Poussoniere, from Santander to Liverpool, went on shore near Black water, and went to pieces in a few minutes, all on board having perished. The schooner Caroline, Pope, from Cornwall to Liverpool, was taken into Dunmore, Waterford, by the pilot cutter Emma, with loss of mainmast. The Portuguese schooner Porto Nova, from Terceira to Liverpool, ran ashore at Ballycotton, having mistaken the light for that of the Old Head of Kinsale, and went to pieces. The crew were saved. The Chatham, from Liverpool to Savannah, struck on the bar of Drogheda at low water. Her masts were cut away, but at the last accounts she was breaking up very fast. One man and a boy came ashore, but the latter almost immediately afterwards died ; and it is feared that the remainder of the crew have met with a watery grave, from the perilous position in which the ship was placed, and the fury of the gale at the time. The Pollock, hence to Apalachicola, put into Queenstown, with a cargo of coal and salt, with eight of the crew disabled, the mainmast head bowsprit sprung, and main and mizen topmasts, &c., gone. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. The gale which raged with such fury from Saturday night until Monday. afternoon, has, it is feared, done considerable damage to the shipping along the coast. No less than six vessels of the City of Dublin Steam Paokct Company were yesterday in this port, awaiting a moderation or change of direction in the wind. The Freeman's Journal of this morning says:—" Towards the northern direction, the whole line of coast from below Clontarf to Sutton and Howth was strewed with frag ments of timber, broken spars, casks, &c., indicating the breaking up of some unfortunate vessel. There being, however, no wreck of any craft perceptible in this imme diate vicinity, the supposition was entertained that the floating fragments observed belonged to the Queen Vic toria steamer, which lies submerged off the Baily Light in deep water. The opinion was rather strengthened by the fact that those remnants of wreck floated up with the current of the tide which runs inshore from Howth upwards. It appears that a dead body floated in and was picked up by some boatmen, and strangely enough, the corpse, as we understand, has been buried without having the usual inquest required by law held upon the remains. Immediately beneath the rocks and adjoining Sutton, near the villa of Mr. J. Egan, a large cask of spirits—brandy, as was supposed from the shape of the cask —was washed up by the waves under the precipice, and was stove in pieces. The pungent odour of the spirits was perceptible in the air all about the hill. A quantity of oranges and fragments of orange boxes, pieces of cork bark, aid myriads of cut corks were picked up by the boatmen on this part of the coast. This would indicate the wreck or total loss of some foreign vessel, inward bound with fruit and wines, &c. The coast-guard at Sutton continue constantly out on relief-boat duty, watching, to be of service to vessels in distress. A fine sloop named the New Milford, of Car narvon, and bound for that port, which left Dublin on Saturday, was seen off Howth on Sunday morning, with the union jack flying cross downwards, the well-known signal of distress. Mr. Samuel Stephens, and the crew of the coast-guard put off at once to the relief of the vessel, and after great exertion—pulling against a heavy sea—succeeded in boarding her, and by the exercise of good seamanship and knowledge of the coast managed to bring her safely into Howth harbour, where she now lies moored. The fishermen in the nei:rnhoboiunrghoaods of Howth, Skerries, Rush, and Balbriggan, were some of them out on Friday night and S a t ur d ay distance from the land. On th e ga l e becoming heavy good ea vy g they all bore up for shelter, many b oats having t in for safety to the near e st creek, thankful at having escaped escaped so well." The effects of the storm were alio felt in Cork. The Cork Constitution of yesterday contain: the following particulars :—" About 5 p.m, on weather, which had p rev i ous l y b een fair aanydefry towards night, oesntiew,gasrutds hde vi denly changed i n t o a storm from S.E ,which night, assumed th e c h aracter of a lent hurricane. Rain continued p our i ng i n torrents, and the storm con tinued without intermission during the entire of Sunday and yesterday. The communication between Passage the railway nor river steamers could oen P tu t t , and Queenstown was completelyinte On Saturday evening the hulkQueenstown, . . at where the river steamers touch, was carried down, caused, it is stated, by collision with one of th a to nd o n y e . ither The harbour is crowned with lt after sustaining vessels having made the Cove with great diffi shippinge 'vesa , :la so i i n ne th o e f b t a lie various danage inth partse gale.with la rge The ,passes street s ° f Cork of slates and e strewn in l tiles which w ere bl o wn from the roofs. Some of the Dyke trees have sustained great damage. An idea of the violence of the gale omaeyof be obtained from the fact that on Sund a y morning n the carriages of the Cork, Blackrock, an d Passage Ba il way was borne along by the R hurricane, and driven the e ntire distance from P assage to Horsehead before it was stopped. pee. 18.—On shore, schooner Porto with Indian corn and fruit, having No‘vca 13 , a from O T Terceira oN, en b een driven in during th e ga l e f rom r c T S s prung up so suddenly about nine p.m. yes terday. wh ich w saved by the exertio ns o f coas t guar d a nd pilot Crew John Rearden and his crew. These latter hardy fellows narrowly escaped being sacrificed to their humanity and daring. The vessel having taken the ground at about half-ebb, in the midst of the breakers, not more than 300 yards from shore, the pilot and his crew, having embarked the crew of the schooner (nine in number) in the pilot boat, volunteered to remain on board in charge of her, in the hope of being able at the rising of the tide to save the cargo, by running her high on shore. The poor fellows, seven in number, spent the awful night in a fearful position ; they were soon driven to the rigging for safety, as the sea swept her decks clear; and as she had taken the ground, it seemed miraculous how the masts, to which they clung for life, did not give way. And thus they remained from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. this morning, the vessel threatening to go to pieces every moment, and wholly out off from possibility of relief. At the rising of the tide she was thrown helplessly further and further in, till at len g th she reached where she now lies, very high on the st ran d . But little will remain to provide ade quate compensation for those who acted so nobly and endured such peril that dreadful night. Sub-constable John Ryan, at the risk of his own, saved the life of a boy of the Portuguese crew, who fell overboard from the boat which landed them. The sub-constable nobly dashed into the breakers, and had the satisfaction of rescuing the poor youth, after sinking several times. This in itself ought to suggest an answer to those who talk..of removing the police from such a locality as Ballycotton. The pilot's crew were only saved by the etrort:z of the coast guard, who, by holding each other, formed a chain from the shore to the ship, and rescued them one by one. Her cargo is all destroyed. Her upper works:masts, and rigging are as yet sound, and ma-,- be of some value. Her hull is a total wreck, and will probably go to pieces with this evening's tide, Which at. its height, with this wind, sweeps clear over th e s t ran d i n to the' bog.' 27A 22 25 50 25 100 St. 20 St. St. St. 26i 13A 20 20 , 2.2 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 17 all all 14 all 51s. 100 20 116 ,100 FOREIGN. 10 6 Antwrp &Rotterdam 2 —11 d 5 3 Belgian East. Janet, 1 11 20 8 Beziersto Graissessac 3 -- 2 d Central of Italy ". 2▪ 0 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 15 174 all Demerara — 20 10 Dijon and 13esnon 2 3 aP 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3 442 20 2 Do. Extension p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula if — 1 8 p 20 10 Gd. Janet. of France 21 3 p ... 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds 1 3 2 d 74 20 8 Gt. Central of France, 1 1 p 201 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares id -- 4 p Do. bonds(' i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 ki 101 Hamilton & Toronto par 1 p HO all Do. 6 per cent . ••• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 20 15 Luexembourg lll —11 i 10 10 Do. (Railway) 7— 73 5 2 Do 1 2 5 3 Do. (Canal) 2 2 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 4 8 p 5i 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran• .. 20 101 Madras l4p 338 29 'Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest Bl -- 8 1 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 351 —35 i 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs ] 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 7' 8 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6 —174 p 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 20 all Paris and Rouen 42 —43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 334 , —33 i 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. —44 P 10.1 10,}1Quebec & Richmond id k d 20 all IRouon and Havre 20 9 Royal Danish .. ld par 84 5 2 Royal Swedish l— 4 d 20 all Sambre and Meuse 94 9 1 10 6 Do. 5} per cent. pref — 20 2 S.E. of France 20 6 Southern of France 5 6 p 20 6 St• Andrews &Quebec 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 8i all West Flanders 44 5 20 20 10 •10 20 Do. 54 14 81;) . . 20 12 Zealand. 4 -34 d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compans. yesterday. this dey. 50 all Redford and Ln.&N.W. Bletehley St. 100 Buckghamsh L. drN.W. 101 103 103 50 all Clydesdale Je Caledon... 51 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr 6p. cent Gt.Northn 142 145 25 all Gias. Barr. & Caldonian. Noils.Direct. ". 25 all Do. New Do. — 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt.Westn. 30 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.Md- 109 111 110 25 all Do. i Shares Do s4i —55 i 121 all Do. I Shares. Do 27 28 124 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3i 14. 20 all Do. Preference Do 244 —25 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 perct... Do — N all Manch.Bston. Ln.drN.W and Matlock sit Midld 2i 3 50 all Middlesbro' sit Stcktou & Darlinb 100 all MRciddldea.Brra. dfd. Midland -99 101 50 all Northern and Eastern sp. c. E. Count 6O 62 5 all Do. 6 per ct Do • -- ". 54 all Do.Fisedsp.c Do ... . 2 ,5 all Prost. &Wyre L, dt . l%. W. diLn&Yk 1 12 Do. Shares. Do — S 100 Roystn.diHit. Gt.Northn 142 145 S.- 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 145 2 , 18 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.dt G0010g.5.p.c Yorksh ' d 12 9i S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 50 - all WearValleygr Stookt. sit 6 per cent ... Darling. 25 all Do.. Do 1 30} -- 3 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst,Gt.Weetu 99 100 99 15 68i 8 I 1001 104 40 38 ~ ___~ ..4'/ R., 2i 32i 3i THE LATE COLONEL MACKESON. (Prom the Agra Messenger•.) A friend who knew the lamented Colonel Mackeson long and intimately has supplied us with materials for the following brief notice of his brilliant and useful career, so sadly and so prematurely closed, at a moment when the loss of such a man is likely, more than at any former period, to be felt as a national calamity. The sk etch is but imperfect, yet it is, we believe, correct so far as it goes. There are others who could do greater jui;tice to the subject—Sir Claude Wade, for instance ; and we have little doubt that the press of England will, in due time, present us with a more complete memoir of the good and gallant officer for whose untimely fate we so deeply grieve. Colonel Mackeson received his education at a military seminary in Franc!, and thus acquired a perfect acquaint ance with, the language of that country. This know ledge led to his association with Sir C. M. Wade, then agentpolitic :l at Loodiana. At the time when Macke son was there with his regiment, in 1831, the foreign officers in Runjeet Snigh's service frequently visited the political agent, and his fluency in French was turned to good account. This, in spite of that modest and retir ing disposition for which he was remarkable to the last, brought the young officer into notice, and led to his ' being appointed assistant political agent. Subsequently lie was, attached to Bahwn !pore and Mithunkote, to survey the Sntlej'and Indus, and to facilitate their navi gation. For several years he was stationed in that neighbourhood, variously employed, now exercising his talents as an accomplished surveyor, now unravelling the tortuous politics of the Punjab. In 1837, he went with the late Sir Alexander Burnes to Cabul, and in 1838-9 was occupied in forwarding the march of the army of the Indus along the banks of that river. Then he accompanied Sir C. M. Wade with Prince Timoor, and displayed courage and energy of the highest order in the various affairs which occurred on the march to Cabul. From that time till the close of operations in Affghanistan, and the final withdrawal of our forces in 1842-3, Brevet Captain Mackeson con ducted the political relations of our Government at the important post of Peshawur. His services there at that period are now matter of history. To himself the result was most honourable. A young unassuming officer, without interest or favour, while yet a subaltern, , was promoted to the local rank of Major, to qualify him officially for the honours of the C. 8., never bestowed on one of more noble or more chivalrous character. We find Mackeson next at Sirsa, where he was em ployed till the Sikh invasion of 1845, when his services were made available in the delicate office of Commissioner in the Cis Sutlej states. In this capacity he was politi cally attached to Sir Harry Smith's force, and that General can testify to the soldierly service which he did at Aliwal. The army of th e Punjab saw Mackeson again in the fieldwon theas hGovernor-Generaligh approval nn a r g e sp en e t tin ofil o , Dalhousie and Lord G oug h . Then also when associated in his political capacity w ith the late also, Walt er Gilbert on L wi ord eli Doaffilhce he o the advance to Peshawur, he received the unqualified and handsomely expressed admiration of that distin guished soldier. At the end of 1851 Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mackeson, C. 8., was appointed to the office of Commissioner at Peshawur, a post of honour and of danger, as his untimely fate has proved. Thus we see that during an active service of 20 years, embracing the most eventful period in the history of British India, Mackeson was ever placed where the high qualities of calm courage and perfect self-possession were essential to that success which invariably attended the discharge of his important duties. Large and strong in mind and frame, all his acts were marked by the coolest intrepidity, a matchless energy, and the soundest discretion. Wise in council, gallant and devoted in battle, amiable and unpretending in private life, he was beloved by his associates and reverenced as a superior being even by the wild tribes with whom his duties so frequently placed him in contact. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN DEVONSHIRE. EXETER, WEDNESDAY. This neighbourhood has been visited by one of the most disastrous floods ever known in this county, caus ing a fearful loss of property in the district of South Devon, and washing away portions of the Exeter and Crediton Railway, though, fortunately, without being attended with any fatal result. In consequence of a heavy fall of rain, whieh com menced on Sunday morning, and continued without in termission until midnight on Monday, the waters of the Creedy and Yoo, two tributary streams uniting with the river Exe, at Newbridge, rose with frightful rapidity, and laid the Exeter and Crediton railway, in many parts of it, and also the turnpike roads in the neighbourhood of Crediton, completely under water. The first indica tion of damage to the line was ascertained on Monday night,• when the 6.35 train, which left the Exeter station for Crediton, arrived at Newton St. Cyres, a station about half-way between this city and Crediton, and it was then found that the line beyond was totally impas• sable. In this emergency the trains attempted to return to Exeter, but when near Newbridge the rails sank, in con sequence of the ballast having been completely washed away for about half a mile ; added to this, the fire in the loco►notive was extinguished, and the engine thrown off the line. It was impossible to move forward or go backward, and equally fatile were the attempts to extricate the passengers from their unpleasant predicament, the land on either side the railway being flooded to the depth of several feet. Mr. Mears, the superintendent of the Exeter station, with other off►cers of the company, were out the whole night with lights and vehicles, in the hope of being able to afford assistance ; but, in spite of all their ef f orts, they could not get within three fields of the disabled ' train. At length, about four o'clock in the morning, after the passengers (fourteen in number) bad been in their uncomfortable position for nine or ten hours, the waters gradually subsided, and horses having been attached to the carriages, they were drawn back to Newton St. Cyres, a distance of about half-a-mile, whence the passengers were sent on to their respective destina tions by another conveyance. The traffic of the line is entirely suspended, and the company are carrying pas.. sengers in four-horse omnibuses over the old turnpike road. The damage done is so extensive that the traffic on. the railway cannot be resumed for at least four or five days, although the company are doing their best to Meet the emergency of the case. The river Exe lower down is very much swollen, but the adjacent portion of the Bristol and Exeter line has not in any way been injured. A horse belonging to Mr. Carthew, a miller, was drowned while drawing a waggon on the turnpike road. At Newton Abbot the floods have been much more serious, and occasioned damage to the extent of several thousand pounds. The water rushed from the mill-lent at Newton Bushell, washing down the bridges, causing a large wall, sixteen feet high, and a portion of a house in Sun-court, to fall down, and submerging the residents of the locality in nine feet of water, quite exhaust e d w h en t a k en out with ropes, washed pes awa y,, &c. some of them being trees, ricks, and h e dges were uprooted and many small animals were residents drowned. of the town. loss has been experienced by t he An THE ROYAL BARON OF REEF.—The baron of beef destined this year to grace her Majesty's sideboard in Windsor Castle, on Christmas -day, will be supplied by h a s reserved three prime Scots, esti rtorvneyor to the Queen, Peascod-street, Wind sor.about 100 stone each, fed by John Tucker, in order that the Castle Esq., of East Ham, Essex , from which the baron is em to be taken. p l o yes may choose rom . They are all of unrivalled ~ quality , and either of them would literally furnish a dainty dish to set before a Queen." The baron will be roasted to-morrow, and served m li a r e llli di t.o w nXi eigh up cold on Sunday next. THE HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, DEC. 26.—Yesterday, notices were posted at the various hospitals to the effect that regular out-patients will not be attended to on the above-mentioned day, but medicines will be issued to to them either the Saturday previous or on Tuesday. Accidents and urgent cases will receive the usual prompt attention as on other days. The several savings' banks have also notified to depositors that the establishments will remain closed on Monday, the 26th, but that de made on Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. posits, notices of withdrawal, &c., will be received and payments In the City, business will be refrained from altogether, notices to that effect being exhibited in every shop and counting-house, and bakers, butchers, and greengrocers intend to close • their establishment s durin g th e whole lllRY—Yesterday, the inqui ry was Mr. Austen. Mr. Ed war d day. THE uE againM ARTLEB ONE resumed IbNyQ Joseph, a surgeon, had vaccinated Walsh's child, and bad seen it the day before it died, in order to ascertai if the operation had been successful. The child th appeared to be quite well. Had afterwards made a mortent examination of it. The body presented ni pearance of emaciation ; and the stomach was full of milk. Witness considered that the c 1 died from asphyxia or suffocation, most robs' sioned by its having been too well wra pp ed P tteh,eocfastemhe inquiry was adjourned till to-morrow. oEfP F : L Eo o p o ms o y l e. N n— u wl l nh N otw T h ll ee E rem N flect : " g ic g a ed , / PR o T n O i D b l c cc ra T iem d 17th instant, are reports, by Dr. David . one."ofPLExherYMlNaD jesty's ships, one of whom r A o s v o ed G:zodf from the gratings in a fit of epilepsy, and t Ale other had an apo anen sufficientt l y o ot; pseurtviacneable: Surely these facts plectic attack. at 1e Ire Oue was rende• end to a practice why I, - J. Is a disgrace to our country and our age ! TREASURY N " OTICE.— the following notice, issue d y order of the Lords of fie 'lre ' asury, as' re Ards the o by ment of the Bills of F. c' was put up " yea ` y a ' . the Bank of Engl'an'a and the Royal Exchange at "Notice is hereby given , that all bills of exchange . ane ac cepted:— at the Pay master-General's Office, Whiteha 11, or at the Treasury, or Admiralty, payable on the P ter-General's 'account at the Bank of En g land , aYmas. which fall due on Monday next, 26th inst , will be sented, on 'Saturday, the 24th inst. . Bu t paid if pre such bills due on the 26th inst., which are not presented for payment on the 24th inst., will be paid as usual on the 26th last if required." .s THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.— With much gratification we announce to the electors of this division of the county , that the question of w h o shall contest the forthcomi ng election on th e Lib eral interest is d e fi n i t i vely settled. After an annoying, but unavoidable delay, the committee of the Li • beral party have secured Lord Paget , a nobleman to whos e qualifi cations we referr e d in our article upon the public meet-. ing which selected hi m , and to whose excellent a dd ress, our appearing in columns of to-day , we confidently refer every lover of reform, Wolverham pton Serail. -- .en pose J ap. nearly Ad had my occ.a: 4 up. The 22i i 56 6 3fi 13i i 841 641 i 34 3i St. 20 12i St. 12i 12i 25 12i 12 124 St. St. St. St. St. St. 20 15 8 10 10 25 10 L. 0.6 1 10 1 1 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 all all 10i 100 ,100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 13.5 24 all all all all all all all all 15 11i all all all all all 12s. 20 10 20 35 10 22 all all, 25 all 23 10 all 41 I 1011 1071 2i I