The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-21 00:00:00

MARKET NEIVS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrival of English wheat up to our market coastwise has been on the increase, it having amounted to 4,980 quarters, almost wholly from Essex and Rent. By land carriage, the receipts of that grain fresh up to-day were limited ; and the show of samples of both red and white was very moderate. The few selected qualities on offer changed hands at fully Monday's prices ; but low and damp parcels commanded very little attention 'at late rates. The imports of foreign wheat are 6,680 quarters, mostly from the westward. On the whole, the demand was steady, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes were held at very full prices. Although the supply of barley was on the increase, the demand ruled steady, and the quotations were well Supported. We had a fair sale for malt, at full currencies. • The oat trade was firm, and prices were well main tained. About 14,000 quarters have come to hand this week. Beans, peas, awl flour moved off slowly at lato rates. ARRIVALS THIS WRER. 1 Barley. 1 1%1 alt. 3,770 9,370 Oatg. 6,090 1,000 1 — 7,•t70 1 11,330 English Irish Whaat. 4,980 Foreign 6,6180 1 17-890 SMITHFIELD. Flour. 5,0.0 Notwithstanding that the supply of beasts on offer in to-day's market wasverylimited, the demand for all breeds, owing to the small number of buyers in attendance, was in a sluggish state, yet Monday's prices were supported. With sheep we were very scantily supplied. On the whole, the mutton trade ruled firm, at full rates of currency. Prime small calves moved off freely, and, in some instances, the quotations had an upward tendency. Inferior calves com manded very little attention. The sale for pigs was some what heavy. Mulch cows met a dull inquiry, at from 141. 10s to 191. 10s each, including their small calf. Per 81bs by the carcase. o. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0 , Second quality ...3 2 3 4 Primo large oxen 3 6 3 8 P r i me Scots, &c. 310 4 2 Inferior sheep ...3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 10 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 0 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 8 Large hogs 2 10 3 6 Small porLers 3 8 3 10 Suckling calves 20 0 24 0 Quarter pfd pigs 19 0 24 0 Beasts 714 Sheep Calves 360 Pigs 350 P9RSIGN SUPPLY. Beasts _ 198 Sheep 6OO Calves 3OO Pigs — NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was less activity in the demand to-day ; prices, however, were well supported. Pei Blbs by the carease. v. d. s. ci. v. d. v. d .. . Pied, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 2 8 210 Do.,middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime large 3 0 3 2 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Do., do. small ....3 4 3 6 Veal 2 10 4 6 Pork, large 2 8 3 0 Pork, small 3 2 4 0 E BOROUGH HOP. The supply of new hops on offer in our market continues very limited. All kinds are in fair request, at full prices. 01 d qualities command very little attention. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 150 s ; Weald of Kent, 90s to 10 88 ; Sussex, 92s to 105 s per cwt. COLONIAL. StrG2lll.—There has been a steady market for British Plantation sugar, but with very limited transactions. Barbadoes, by auction, sold at 37s to 39s 6d for good to fine yellow, and at 36s to 368 6d for mid. Demerara crys tallised brought 39s 6d to 40s 6d, and other kinds 34s to 398 . Refined brown lumps have been sold at 44s to 44s 6d, 1 . ) ,;1 1 (1 low to fine grocery at 45s to 47s 6d. East India -I'llB.llr has been taken in at 27s 6d, but fine white Benares sold at 39s to 40s ; low to good 36s to 38s 6d ; ord to mid, like Mauritius, 32s to 35s • fine and superior grainy yel crw, 398 to 40s 6d ; and fine white ditto, 455. There has been a moderate demand privately for Madras at about t he previous rates. Mauritius has been dull, without any actual change in price. Foreign—There has been mord 4 iSpositi on t o b uy within the last two days, the market 11 " 111. g previously been heavy. Privately, 4 , 000 chests of Zellovr Havannah afloat have been sold at full rates for C° PFEE.---This article has been very dull, and the busi ness done has been restricted. Holders are rather disin clined to sell at lower rates. Native Ceylon has declined from 46s 6d to 46s for good ord ; and old import has been sold at 45s 6d to 465. Plantation Ceylon has been tending downwards. Mocha attracts but little attention. Fo has been quiet. SPICES.--Pimento has sold briskly at sld to sid per lb for ord and mid coarse, and mixed pepper has been in fuller supply, and with a limited demand at hardly pre ,;4lllB rates. Whit e ord to good has been sold at 7d to per lb. Malabar was taken in at 34d for half heavy, and Singapore sold at 3Rd to 3 i id for mid, and good sifted nutmegs have been in more demand, at full rates. Singa- V .'l () brown, ord small and mid is 10d to 2s 8d ; and gapore mace sold at 2s 4d to 2s 7d for mid ; and good irk rk Jamaica ginger brought 41s to 858 for low, dark, and " 4 ' ,1 , and 91s to 126 s for mid and good white. S ALTPETRE.—Prices have receded, the demand being more limited. The latest sales have been at 25s to 268 for ord and mid, damp 18i to 9i . per cent. refraction. R ICE--The demand has increased , and stiffer prices "Q•ye been paid. Madras has been sold at 108 6 d to lls for • mid and good pinkey. COTTON,—Rather an increased business has been done en the whole, but the market is now heavy again. TALLOW. —The transactions have been limited, and " e • Y. C. has been sold at 45s Od to 465 per cwt on the spot. TEA. —Not much has been done in China descriptions, but Assam has been at very full prices. GREEN FRUIT.—The stock of all kinds is of a diminish ing character, arising from the outward bound vessels not having reached their destination. Oranges have advanced 2s and 3s per box. Two cargoes St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went freely at the im proved price. Lemons are in better demand, and the stock out of first. hands. Seville sour oranges meet with a ready sale. No alteration in the price of nuts, and holders entertain a good opinion of the article. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXIV. ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DERBY. Lord Glasgow has been for many years one of the unluckiest mortals on the turf, and yet one of its staunch est supporters. His bad luck, in a great measure, is attributable to having bred principally from inferior mares, whose produce, in almost every instance, have proved failures. He has, however, added some tidy animals to his stud during the past year ; and, after having accomplished the rather startling feat of winning five matches in one day—Saturday, in the Houghton meeting—we may naturally imagine that he is fairly afloat on the ebb of that tide which, taken at the - flood, leads on to fortune. His Lordship has a couple of Derby animals under the care of R. I'ANSON, at Middleham, viz., br c DOUBLETHONG, by Assault or Birdcatcher, out of Miss Whip, a brute of no account, although a winner twice in four starts ; and b c BARBA TUs, by Bay Middleton, out of Barba, nominated by Mr. C. Wintringham, a horse of another stamp altogether, and the very picture of his sire all over. Barbatus was purchased when a yearling, at York, in May, 1851, by Mr. Wintringham, for 135 guineas, and sold by him to Lord Glasgow, at a very considerable advance on that sum. He made his first appearance in the betting at Liverpool, on the 18th of last July, at 1,000 to 15. He has only run once, when he finished a very so-so third to Vindex, in that horse's memorable win of the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, in 1 min. 7 sec. ; beating, however, the redoubtable Reiver. Since this Performance, he has advanced, on a trifling outlay to 40 to 1. Although I entertain not the slightest hope of seeing his name at the head of the return lists on the Derby day, yet from his size (sixteen hands), speed, and style of going, I am convinced he will prove a very dangerous competitor for a mile on the flat ; is engaged in the Guineas, for which it is probable he will run. Lord Glasgow's other nomination, br c by Lanercost, has long since retired to that " bourne from whence no traveller returns." J. DAWSON, somewhile of Middleham, now, or soon to be, of Ilsley, has only a solitary Derby nomination in training—Mr. D. Blythe's ch c LAwsulT (late Ace of Trumps), by Tam), dam by Hampton, nomi na t e d b y Mr. C. A. Parker.. • As the Ace of Trumps, he proved to be any thing but a trump card, having, in the only essay he made last year—T. Y. 0. Stakes, at Lincoln—been beaten off. Useless for the centre of attraction at Epsom. JOHN OSBORNE'S string of Derbyites at Ashgill, Middleham, numbers five, two of whom have been backed for a little. Mr. W. E. Milner's b c GRAPESHOT, by Alarm, out of Volley (sister to Voltigeur), by Voltaire, nominated by Mr. Carew, was purchased at the sale of the last-named gentleman's stud in December, 1851, for the small sum of thirty-three guineas ! I understand he is likely to prove a highly remunerative spec., but not in con nection with the Derby. Has started thrice, and been defeated each time. b c SAQUENAY, by St. Lawrence, out of Amaranth, by Bay Middleton, nominated_ by Lord B o lt on , h as never a pp eare d i n public, andis, in my opinion, a very inferior animal. Mr. J. Osborne's MocAsslN, by Cotherstone (winner of the D er by), ou t o f Mi am i (w i nner o f th e O a ks), nomi nated by J. Hawley, after running wretchedly in a couple of races, has been put out of training. How about - blood as a criterion to judge by after this ? Mr. Walter's b c LORD FAUCONBERO, by Irish Bird catcher out of Alice Hawthorne, by Muley Moloch out of Rebecca, by Lottery, was an early foal, having drawn breath for the first time on the 12th January, 1850. His name was introduced to the ring at Tattersall's on the 31st of May last year, when"4o to 1 was laid against him —the price at which lie has been occasionally quoted ever since. Ho made his debat at Newcastle, where he ran a bad second to the celebrated Vindex for the Produce Stakes. His next appearance was at Liverpool, where he finished a good second to Game Tommy for the Tyro Handicap. His last run placed him, for the third time, in the second position, Zeta having beaten him, with some difficulty, by a neck, for the T. Y. 0. Stakes at Northallerton. This animal is the best produce of the far-famed Alice, and, I presume, will be the representa tive of the stable at Epsom ; but, although uncommonly useful, is not the sort of horse to c arry o ff the. Derby. Mr; V. Surtee's br c 110N RYWOOD, by Sweetmeat out of Maid of Team Valley's dam, was backed for the first time at "the corner" on the 3d inst., at 66 to 1. This horse, without any pretensions to speed, gives every sign o f b e i ng a b le to stay. He is rather large and loosely built, and is the sort of horse to shine among second-class animals, but will n o t d o for the Derby. TILE I SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The marriage of the Emperor with the Countess of Theba is still the all-engrossing topic of conver sation in every circle. Whatev( r may be the effect in a political sense, at home or abroad, of the alliance formed by Louis Napoleon, it is not doubted that it is the result of attachment; and it has been long since remarked that the Countess of Theba was not an object of in difference to him. It appears it was on Monday last, on returning from a promenade in the Bois de Boulogne that the Emperor informed the Council of Ministers , of his matrimonial projects, and his resolution was announced as definitively and irrevocably taken. He is said to have, at the same time, declared that in compliance with the advice of his Ministers he sought an alliance with a foreign Princess belonging to some Sovereign Family in Europe—that his efforts were in vain—that he was determined not to expose himself to anything like a humiliation—and teat, he had no intention of being a suitor for the hand of one petty German Princess after another—that he was anxious to have a do- Ines tic circle of his own free choice, and in which he hoped tofind more happiness than in a merely politi cal alliance, which had not always turned out the happiest. He declared that the lady of his choice was one who had all hissympathy, and was in every respect worthy of the honour which was about to be conferred on her ; and he ended by declaring that the lady in question was the Countess-Duchess of Theba, daughter of the late Count of Montijos. The effect produced by this announcement was very great, though from the moment the Emperor de clared that he was about to form a matrimonial alliance every one guessed who the lady was. An amnesty on a large scale is spoken of as one of the first things after the marriage, which will be solemnised at Notre Dame on Saturday, the 29th instant. It is reported that a dowry of 5,000,000 will be demanded for the Empress. The Minister of State (M. Fould) is, I am informed, the most sanguine of all as to the change that will take place in public opinion in favour of the Countess of Theba, who is said to be of extremely liberal opinions ; and it is calculated that the democratic ----- party may be conciliated by the Emperor selecting his bride not from Royal houses. Time can only prove all this to be correct. With the exception of an article in the Siecle, in reply to remarks in some of the London journals on the intention of establishing a service of French Transatlantic steamers, there is nothing in the ori ginal columns of the Paris journals of yesterday worthy of extract. The Siecle says : " The English journals, and in particular, the Times and the Morning Chronicle, appear much alarmed at the project for placing the Transatlantic packet service at Cherbourg. That measure, which they are premature, in our opinion, in considering to be decided by the French Government, appears to them quite an act of hostility against Great Britain. If Cherbourg has been selected,' say they, it is because it is only at six hours' distance from the Isle of Wight, and that a day may come when they will consider themselves fortunate in pos sessing large steamers each capable of carrying heavy artillery and two thousand soldiers. These terrors are affected ;, these declamations are not serious ; they merely manifest a considerable amount of dis pleasure, perfectly in conformity with the instincts of the English policy, and it may be expected that our neighbours should not behold, without some annoyance, a rival e3tablishment destined to take part in the mono poly which they have so long possessed, of the inter course between Europe and the two Americas. That consideration cannot turn France from the object towards which her national instincts urge her, and which she has been pursuing since 1840 ; it will not make her renounce the benefit of her admirable geographical situation, which allows her to export the produce of her soil and her manufactures, and to keep regular and direct relations with the - New World, without having to recur eternally to the humiliating intervention of a foreign flag. Why should it not in its turn have these twenty-one trans atlantic packets which cause so much annoyance to the English journals, when North America counts just as many, and when England already possesses upwards of fifty ? Why should it refrain from training up,' as they say, a greater number of seamen capable of work ing large vessels ?' No ! you evoke in vain the phan tom of French invasion ; the point is not for us to create vessels to carry artillery and regiments to your coasts ? but to have fast-sailing vessels of large size for our commercial purposes ; to be cer tain of regularity, promptitude, and safety in our commercial transactions with distant countries. We well remember the unfortunate attempts of 1846, and we should not have applauded a project, the first merit of which would not have been to satisfy, above all, general interests, as well as those, so long sacrificed, of French commerce. But, it is asked, why is the French Government disposed to pay so large a subvention to encourage a ptirely commercial undertak ing ? Do our contemporaries on the other side of the channel forget what is taking place amongst themselves ? We look on their transatlantic packet services as purely commercial undertakings ; and yet we are not by any means surprised to find the English Government accord ing a subvention of 6,720,000 fr. to the line to the West In - dies, one of 4, 500, to that starting from Liver pool, and a still greater one to the line to the Brazils. We see in all that, on the contrary, the proof that Eng land with good reason esteems the general interest of her commerce and of her manufactures to be closely united with the prosperity of these establishments. When also it is found quite natural for the State to come forward every day to give assistance to the means of internal communication by subventions and guarantees of inte rest, how deny it tite right to accord nn equal protection to services so considerable and so national as those now about to be established." An imperial decree of the 15th raises the salary of the Archbishop of Paris from the Ist instant to 50,000 fr. • that of the archbishops of othe r di oceses to 20,000 fr., and that of the bishops to 12,000 fr. Another decree of the Irth accepts the resignation given on the 26th November last by the Bishop of Chartres. M. Regnault, who, by decree of August 14, 1851, was named coadjutor to the bishop, will succeed him. The Constitutionnel says : "We are assured that the Minister of War has de cided that the numerical order in which the officers pro posed for promotion stand shall be henceforth invariably followed. In fact, the classification by order of merit, established by the inspecting-generals, after a conscien tious examination of the services and the claims of the candidates, presents the surest and the most serious guarantees of an impartial choice. This decision, which is, it is said, inspired by a high and equitable will, has been received in the army with the deepest gratitude. There will be no longer seen, as under preceding Govern ments, an officer of admitted merit, and placed at the head of the list for promotion, named long after those who had been considered as less meritorious, and some- times even forgotten altogether. On the other hand, the Minister, in adopting this principle of impartiality and justice, will be exempted from importunate recom mendations and solicitations." The Emperor on Wednesday drove in an open carriage to the Rue'du Sentier to pay a visit to M. Veillard, who has just been attacked with a serious illness. An immense crowd assembled in the street, and when his Majesty left the house he proceeded at a foot pace, amidst enthusiastic shouts. The Memorial Bordelai,s states that a violent hurricane, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and a torrent of rain, commenced at Bordeaux on the evening of the 16th, and continued to rage with great violence until the following morning. Many of the streets were rendered impassable by the water, and shutters and chimney pots were flying about in all directions. Just as the storm was commencing, a boat, rowed by one man, and carry ing several women, was swamped, and all on board were drowned. Another boat was driven with such violence against a vessel that her side was stove in, and the man who was in her saved with great difficulty by the crew of the vessel. The steeple of the church of Bastide was first unroofed, and the woodwork afterwards blown down, and scattered to some distance. A small house in the course of building n ea r the railway station was also blown down. The hurricane was also felt with great violence in the neighbourhood ; the road from Angouleme to Bordeaux was covered with trees, which had been torn up by the roots, and at Libourne a child had its shoulder fractured by the fall of a flower pot from a window. Notice has been g i ven th a t the electric telegraph is ope n f rom N antes to 2 Vannes, and that the charge for this distancfe (27 leagues) lea a g n u d es f ) o f r or ev a e di ry spatch of 20 wor d s, w ill be 9 addi tional ten words 2f. 40c. Several more foreign offices, for dispatches opened—viz., by electric t e l egra ph have open also beenby to B c el h g e i mni um, tz for or 2O ß w ie o s r sa ds from th e French fro, 17f. 50c., and by Ba a d n e d n, b l y 2f ß . a s d O e c n . ; 10f.; to a t y c - , r m eu a t i h ia bi e Belgium 17f. 50c., , to Empgioulim, Baden,-2f. 50c.; to Tamines or or Charleroy by Bel or Pesica by Belgium, 33f. ° Namur, sf. - gebondi and Prato b 34c., and by 25f. 8 84c.; to Pistoja or Pog etlgium, 35f. 84c., and by fu_...c.; to i r ion e adera . 13 , . Belgium, 34f. 84c., and bynnaßaldoefnc2o3rrf. BaTdhene Tribunal Correctional Police of Versailles tried two days ago a man, repre senting himself to have bnEanirinuendn! 7 a f ill ooTman to waited of Brazil, for permission . on the Mayor Charles X, and Don P is e s d l r , o swindling. In July, ' he t n against e of St. Cloud, and obtained his is t s o io r n to give a fete in the Park, in which men were horses ; and he then went to restaurant, coffee house, and public-house keepers, and obtained from different sums to cover his expenses , om repre senting to them that his fete would attract . a crreeia t number of strangers. To excite their confidence exhibited a bill, in which he declared that, in 182; and 1828 he had run three times round the Champ de-Mars in 15 minutes, and went from Paris to Versailles and back in 75 minutes I But aft er obtaining their contributions he disappeared, and no, was of course given. Nothing was seen of him till the Ist of this month when he was dis covered, and arrested in a lodging-house in the Rue de l'llotel-deNille, at Paris. The Tribunal Condemned him to three months' imprisonment, and 25f. fine. The Bourse recovered yesterday in some mea sure from the panic of Wednesday. The Three per Cents., opened at '7Bf. 50c., and closed at 78f. 90c. for the end of the month, being a rise of lf. as compared with the closing price of yester day ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 55c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 980 f. ; Rouen, 975 f. ; Havre, 490 f ; Great Northern, 812f.50c; Blle, 335 f. • Paris and Strasburg, 740 f .; Paris and Lyons, 840 f. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 705 f.; Western of France, 665 f. ; Bor deaux to Cate, 547 f. 50c.; Caen to Cherbourg, 580 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 655 f. SPAIN. According to a table published by the Gazette, the floating debt of the treasury, which amounted on the Ist December last to 354,628,487 reals (88,657,122 fr.), had fallen on the Ist inst. to 348,146,180 reals. During the month of Decem ber, the Treasury Bonds were negotiated at from 8 to 9 per cent. per annum for the public, and at 6 per cent. for the Bank. The Clamor Public() of the 14th, and the Esperanza, the Nacion,-and the Diario Espanol of the 15th, had been seized. A general opinion is entertained that the Ministry will at the approaching elections obtain, a strong and compact majority. The Diario Espanol says : —"There is a talk in the financial world of different propositions made to the Government by foreign houses, before M. Aristizabel left the Ministry of Finance, to purchase the bonds of the purchasers of the National Property, which amount to 100 millions of reals, at the rate of 87 per cent., bear ing an annual interest of 5 per cent., and 2 com mission." _ _ The Throe per Cents. were done at 42f ; the New Three per Cents. at 23 5-10 ; the Debt of the First Class at 101; that of the Second at sg. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople to the 6th have arrived. The financial question was still unsettled. The Divan had, however, after rejecting the offers of M. Baltazzi, accepted those of M. Missiani, a rayah merchant (rayah is a non-Mussulman. Otto man subject), to wind up the affairs of the Bank. This was considered a new triumph of the Russian party, as M. Missiani's partners are Russians. The rate of exchange kept up, owing to the demands of corn for England being very numerous. The first instalment of the loan had not been reimbursed, because the firm of Abo and Baltazzi, of London, to which it had been sent, had employed it in the payment of bills fallen due, and in guaranteeing the payment of those about to become due. This affair would, however, it was said, be arranged by Vely Pacha, the Ottoman ambassador at Paris. The proclamation of the Empire took place at the embassy on the 26th ult., in presence of nearly all the French residents. The declaration of the Legislative Body on the vote of the plebiseitum, and the speech of the Emperor in reply, were read ; then the ambassador cried " Vive rEmpereur ! " which was repeated by the persons present ; a Te Deum was afterwards chanted in the chapel of Saint Louis, and the ambassador then cried three times " Vive rEmpereur !" which was also repeated; and in the evening he gave a grand dinner, at which toasts to the Emperor and the Sultan were drunk with enthusiasm. The Ajaccio had arrived from Syria, where it had been with dispatches relative to the affair of the Holy Sepulchre. It was said that the convention with France was about to be executed. The English charge d'affaires, Colonel Rose, had, in compliance with the solicitation of the Divan, sent orders to Mr. Wood, the English agent in. Syria, to use his influence to bring about the submission of the chiefs of the Druses. The Journal delConstantinople states that the Turkish Governor of Scutari, Osman Pacha, had driven the Montenegrins from Piperi and Djabljak, to within their own frontier. Twenty-five thousand Imperial troops were to be assembled, and it was believed at Constantinople that the mountaineers would soon be reduced to subjection. Letters from Bagdad announce the arrival in that town of the brother of the Shah of Persia, who, though aged only fourteen, is said to have been compromised in the recent plot against the Shah. The same letters make known that the Persian Government has placed a tax of 12 per cent. on all Persian goods destined for Bag dad. Letters from Teheran state that Hassan-Ali- Khan adjutant-bachi, was about to be sent to Constantinople as Minister-Plenipotentiary of the Shah. Accounts from the Caucasus, by Trebizond, had arrived. They were unfavourable to the Rus sians. Chamil Bey had forced the Russians to abandon all the positions they had gained last year ; and Mehemet Anim, his Naib, amongst the Circassian. tribes on the Black Sea, had, after ob taining several decided advantages, succeeded in taking in hand the government of the provinces occupied by them. It is added that Circassian vessels had broken the blockade of the Russian squadron on the coasts of Circassia, and had arrived at Trebizonde, Synope, and Constantinople, with slaves.—The Journal des .Debats has the followinc , from Constantinople : " It ie-known that some months ago the Turkish au thorities ordered that vessels on their arrival should be visited by the quarantine agents, in order to ascertain if the lists of the crcw and passengers were exact ; so that at every hour of the day and night the sanitary agents penetrated into the interior of the vessels in spite of capitulations (which ought to be more strictly maintained than ever), and of the sanitary regulations which expressly interdict the Turkish authorities from entering French ships. Complaints on the subject were made from all parts to the French Embassy. To the violation of treaties and regulations were joined the vexations of all kinds which these visits occasioned. Prejudicial delays were caused; and there was indecency in allowing women who might be on board to be subjected at any hour of the night to the inspection of subaltern agents, most of whom were unqualified for their delicate mission. The Marquis de Lavalette demanded of the. Porte some time ago that these measures should be abandoned. Evasive replies were given to him. At length, a few days back, the Ambassador declared to the Turkish Government, that, after waiting patiently so long, he was determined not any longer to allow treaties to be violated to the preju dice of the honour of the French flag, which ought to protect our ships ; and that he would call on the com mander of our fleet in the Levant, which was anchored at Smyrna, to second him, The Porte was obliged to yield to this energetic protest, which was based on the most indisputable right. Immediately orders were sent to all the quarantines that the measures complained of should cease to be executed on board French ship. Omer Pacha has commenced military operations against the Montene g rins. The Woywode of Grahow assists the lat ter. The Montenegrins appeared determined to make a desperate resistance to the Turks." AMERICA. By the United States' mail steam-ship Atlantic, West, commander, we have advices from New York to the Bth inst. The Atlantic brought 43 passengers, but no specie. . The royal mail steam-ship Asia arrived at New York on the sth inst. _ . The Washington, from Southampton, arrived at New York on the 7th inst., after having put into Boston for coals. She experienced very heavy wea ther on the passage, and lost figure-head, side houses, &c. The Atlantic passed the steamer Humboldt on the 9th at 9 a.m., and on the 16th passed the steamer Arctic, in latitude 50.18, longitude 24. Both Houses of Congress had been adjourned to allow the members to officiate in the inauguration of the Jackson statue. In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr. Cass introduced the following resolution, which was ordered to be printed : "Be it resolved, that the United States do hereby de clare that the American continents, by the free and in dependent condition which they have assumed and main tained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonisation by any European Power ; and, while existing rights should be respected and will be by the United States, they owe it to their own safety and interests to announce, as they now do, that no future European colony ordominion shall, with their consent, be planted or established on any part of the American continent; and should the attempt be made, they thus deliberately decla re that it will be viewed as an act ori ginating in motives regardless of their interests and their safety, and which will leave them free to adopt such mea sures as an independe nt nation may justly adopt in defence of its rights and its power. "And be it further resolved, that while the United States disclaim any designs upon the island of Cuba in consistent with the laws of nations and with their duties to Spain, they consider it clue to the vast importance of the subject to make known in this solemn manner that they should view all efforts on the part of any other Power to procure possession, whether peaceably or forcibly, of that island, which, as a naval or military position, must, under circumstances easily to be foreseen, become dan gerous to their southern coast, to the Gulf of Mexico, and to the mouth of the Mississippi, as unfriendly acts directed against them, and to be resisted by all the means in their power." On the sth inst., p e titions were presented, pray ing for the establishment of a line of steamers be tween New York and Gluckstadt, in Germany, to run in connexion with lines to St. Petersburgh, the c , Baltic Se a , C o p en h agen , & c . In reply t o th e reso l u ti on mo v e d by Mr. Cass, respectin g territorial acquisitions in Central Ame rica, by Great Britain, President Fillmore forwarded to the Senate a lengthened correspondence on the subject. general Pierce (President elect) had a narrow escape while travelling on the 6th between Boston and Concord. The carriage in which the General, with his wife and one son, travelled, became de tached from the train, and fell over an embankment 12 or 15 1 feet in depth. Both the General and his lady escaped with a few slight i n juries, but their son, aged. eleven years, wa s kill e d by a piece of rock which penetrated through th e carr i age w indow. In the Albany Legislature M r . T a ylor had brought forward a bill repeang the act whereby slaves can be set free on their arrival in the State of New York. A very influential meeting had been held in New York, to take into consideration the case of the Madiais, imprisoned at Fl ore n ce. The Hon. .Mr. W. R. King, Vice-President elect, has been pronounced beyond recovery from the disease under which he laboured—consumption. In the New York stock market there was a good demand for Government stocks and other leading securities. Railroad bonds were also in good de mand. Exchange had further declined. The remit tance of bankers' bills per Atlantic .is very large, and all shipments of specie are for the present stopped. Bills on London, 60 days, 1091 to 1092 : Paris, 5.15 to 5.13/ ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41f; ; Hamburgh, 30 to 362. The money market was dull. The cotton market was very firm, and the finer grades had advanced in price. The sales of the week amounted to 6,500 bales. The transac tions in the flour-market were limited, but prices were firm. The wheat -market was inactive, in consequence of holders wanting higher prices. 121,000 bushels of Indian corn had changed hands at 68c. to 70c. per bushel. Pork was dull, and prices easier ; new mess quoted 192 dols. to 191 2 dols. ; prime, 16/ dols. to 161 dols. ; old, 182 dols. to 19 dols., and rumps 15 d o l s. Pi c kl e d hams were wantd at 101 c. to 11c., and shoulders at 7c. to Bc. Lard was pressed upon the market at 111 c. to 12c. for kegs. Beef firm, at 10 dole. to 10 dole. for country mess ; 12 dols. to 14 dols. for city ditto ; and 6 dole, to 7 dole. for. „prime. Butter and cheese dull, without change in price. No. 1 Scotch pig iron is now held at 31 dols. to 32 dols., six months ; sales of about 1,000 tons at from 29 dole. cash to 32 dols., six months. Bars, none offering; market firm at 70 dole., six months. Freights to London.—Tobacco, 40s. per hhd. ; flour, 3s. 6d. per barrel • turpentine, 3s. 6d. per 2801 b. ; heavy goods, oil, &c., 30s. to 355. ; and cheese, 40s. per ton. SUICIDE OF DR. RICE, HEAD MASTER OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Last night an inquest was held by lt7r. Payne, on the body of the Rev. Edward Rice, D.D., head master of Christ's Hospital, in the board-room. of Christ's Hos pital, Newgate-street. The jury, of which Mr. Deputy Ekgleton was foreman, first proceeded to view tho body, 'which presented the placid and benevolent features so characteristic of the deceased gentleman during his life. On their return to the court-room, the following evidence was taken : Susan Bancroft she was in the service of Dr. Rice, and had known him for the last twelve mo n th s . At about a quarter before nine o'clock yesterday morning as she was passing Dr. Rice's bedroom-door, she heard a violent scream, and on going into the room she saw Mrs. Rice there, and Dr. Rice was hanging by his neck at the foot of the bed, and his feet were some distance from the ground. Mrs. Rice immediately cut the handkerchief by which he was suspended, and they lowered him gra dually on to the bed. A surgeon was sent for, who had attended him for some time, but he showed no signs of life. She had seen the doctor on the previous night at prayers. Mrs. Rice read the prayers, but Dr. Rice was present. He went to bed soon afterwards. She had seen him low-spirited lately, she might say for four or five months past. She could not tell the cause of his being low-spirited, or had she heard him say himself. Last Monday he went into the 'dining room in this state, when he asked Mrs. Rice if she thought that he was out of his mind. Mrs. Rice replied, "Oh, certainly not." She had for some time noticed that he was very low spirited, as he scarcely ever spoken when he was spoken to. Mr. Thomas Stone, resident surgeon to Christ's Hos pital, said that he had known Dr. Rice for the last 17 years. Deceased was 57 years of age last birth-day. Witness attended him professionally for a nervous fever in May or June last, since which time he had appeared a completely altered man. He was exceedingly despond ing and melancholy, and weak in body, which gradually increased up to the present time. He became so des ponding in his mind, that witness required to have further advice, and suggested that Dr. Hume or the physician to the hospital should be called in to see him. Witness had taken precautions to have all dan gerous things removed out of the way. So strongly were they convinced that he was suffering from derangement of mind that they required him to resign his head mastership of Christ's Hospital, which he did on Friday last. Of late he was particularly desponding, and the most trifling matters he magnified into the greatest importance. So firmly was he (witness) of opinion that he was quite mad, that in consequence of this he felt it to be his duty to inform Mrs. Rice of it, and to request of her that he should not be allowed to shave himself. She did not take his razors away, as she always stood by him whilst he used them. Yesterday morning, when she arose, she left Dr. Rice asleep in bect but in a quarter of an hour she returned to the room, when he still appeared to be asleep, and some time after that she sent Miss Rice up stairs to see if he was awake, but listening at the door, and not hearing him stirring, she went down stairs again, and found him in the situation the last witness has described. He was found at the foot of the bed in his night clothes, per fectly insensible, and pulseless, and quite black in the face, Witness opened a vein in the arm, and ob tained a little blood, which was merely that contained in the vessels, and there was no movement, He performed operations for the purpose of restoring respiration, but without effect. He also fomented the body with hot embrocations, dashed water in his face, and'the servants rubbed the body for upwards of two hours, but all was of no avail. He found a mark round the neck, especially at the back part. A part of the handkerchief from which he was suspended is still hanging, and he had no doubt that Dr. Rice died from hanging, and that it was hi s own act. T he d ay b e f ore Dr. Rice told me that his life was a burden to him, and he wished that it might - please God to take him. The Coroner—Do you think the depression of mind was caused by over study ? Mr. Stone—No ; I think it was caused by fever, as I have never seen him well since. The Coroner remarked that he dined with Dr. Rice at the Mansion House on the 29th of Oct., and he then thought he appeared much altered. Mr. Deputy Eagleton bore testimony to the same effect, as did several other jurors, to whom the deceoied was well known. Mr. Stone said that his worldly affairs were as satis factory as those of any man living. The Coroner having summed up, r the jurors unani mously returned a verdict " That D. Rice committed suicide while in a state of mental derangment." 8i St. St. 100 St. 6 25 50 20 13k' 20 20 50 St. 20 20 50 20 10 St. 25 25 BOILER EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE. A fearful accident happened at Gloucestershire yes terday, caused the destruction of one life, and inflict ing serious bodily injury on several other persons, be sides nearly demolishing a factory, and throwing some 500 persons out of employ. Messrs. S. S. Marling and Co. are proprietors of the Ebley clothing mill, an establishment situate on the bank of the Stroudwick canal, about a mile from Stroud, and the accident happened about nine o'clock in the morning. At this hour the workmen and women had been to . breakfast, and were just beginning to work, when a loud explosion, followed by a crash, which was distinctly heard in the town of Stroud, announced a catastrophe. On repairing to the spot, it was found that the engine boiler of the factory had burst, and the building in which it was contained was found to be almost a heap of ruins. The end of the factory where the boiler had been placed was completely blown out, and a' wall forming the boundary of the premises next to the canal was also thrown down, the debris being blown into the canal. The roof had dropped inwards. On removing the rubbish near the boiler the body of the engineer was discovered, dreadfully mutilated and dead. Three women were also found to have sustained serious injuries, and were re moved to Stroud Hospital, where they are now lying. It is a most providential circumstance that the accident happened at the moment it did, for. in a quarter of an hour after there would have been some 5 00. people in the mill, and some 30 in the floor immediately over the boiler. One boy had a very narrow escape. He acted as stoker or attendant to the engineer, and just before the accident had been sent by him to fetch a hammer. He was returning with it to the building when the ex plosion took place. An inquest has been opened on the body of th e engi neer by J. G. Ball, Esq., coroner, but th e ev id ence taken has been merely of a formal nature, The boy time e w f h e o r last the saw the deceased alive was examined - The i nquest was then snt a adjourned , the attendanceo adjourned f government for th ih purposecjeue st. ofgivingwho will b e pre inspector, Various rumours are in currency as to the cause of the accident. One statement is to the effect that the engineer had put a 71b weight upon the safety valve. THE DERBY ELECTION.—FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. — A correspondent says—Mr. Horsfall's friends at Derby bYM the means which th a t gentleman is indebted for his temporary occupation ofin who will be have been taken woe:ully aback by the servic e o f war rants upon 70 of them, within the last few d ays , i n Derby and the vicinity (including two of the p r i nc i pa l parties s d c t o o nu g e i c v t e e d a N r V I 1 t a h e c t o h an eD t o c r f a seat for that borough. The circulation of the Speaker's warrant among such a number of the honourable gentle. man's supporters has quite spread a panic amongst the party. Mr. Bass's friends feel no anxiety concerning the fate of the petition against him. There have been no practices resorted to to procure his return which will not bear the strictest scrutiny. The proceedings against Morgan, the "good and safe man,' will be vigorously proceeded with at the ensuing assizes, which take place in March : at the same time it is not intended, while prosecuting a subordinate, to permit the principal to escape. TUNNEL RAILWAY.— A project, it is said, which has been some time in preparation, is likely soon to be brought forward, for a railway from the City to Bays water, •by means of a tunnel, following the line of the New•road. THE SHARE MARKETS. Shr. !Paid .I RAILWAYS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices tiusites. done Yesterday. I this day. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junet Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon— Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth & Aber dean Junction Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L and E. & L. & D.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do do all 'Do., B. and C 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Junc , 100 Edinburgh & Claggo w I,i Edin. and Peebles 100 Ediu.Prth. &Dundee, 100 Glasgow &S. Western' 100 Great Northern Stk 100 ; Do., A. Stock . 100 IDo., B. Stoek 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle 'Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & BlackTrall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths D0.,£10 Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension Newp. Aberg. &Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor Norfolk D 0.,, New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred, Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, ,& Wolverhampton , Scottish Central Se otash Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn uaranteed Stock Shrewsby. &Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorke'. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn Woodford York Newctl.Scßorw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York k N. Midland Xberdeou Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bristol & Exeter 4p. cent. Stock Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i 'per cent. Cark&Bandon 5; p.c Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction East Anglian: ;X3 10s) 6 per cent Do. (£5), 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 East Laneash. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prth.& Dund Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prom Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4. per cent Lancash. & Yorksh F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock Lord on and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London &S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry & Coler. Shares Londndry. & Ennisk Shares .. _ _ Maneh., Shef.,& Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO 'Do., £6 .: & Carl. 4 p:e . Do. 4i per cent._ Do Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent........ ... North British ... : North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Mir), 3 p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eas *,,ern (Reading Ann.) f Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4p. c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. c. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, & S. Purchase 29 • - 30 ei 10 -- 101 1 6i -- bid' 21- -- 22 3 2 d 107 109 21— 23 17 18 8.5 91-; 51 - - 13 9 -10 74 7i 73 - 75; 55 - 60 74 - 76 Ad- p 26 - 28 60 - 62 77A - 78} 39 - 41 19 - 12], 104 -- 105 91 -91 i 86 -- 90 11i 11h1 80i -81 f 4 -- 3 d 3 —2 d 15i -- 161 81— 9 103 1 1211 --121 t 3 —3 p 89 -- 1 90 6 -- 5d 5 -- 4d 11 -- 12 19 -- 204 28 -- 294 3 -- 3d I I 45 -- 47 51 52 3 3} 4 3M 2i 21 8 84 53 55 7. 8 2 2A d 35 36 6 6 d 2 2d # d . 4 31 d 8 3 4i p 49i -50 i 95 - 97 63 - 65 67 - 69 70 - 80 19 20 94 10 14 15 2i d 22 23 78i 79 38 38 4 13 13. 4 41 21 - 2 13 14 9 - 9 26k - 27. 8. - 9. P 684 - 691 8 - 554 -- 564 PREFERENCE SHARES. - 109 1105 - 107 19 20 Par 6 35 - 3A - 4 • - p 1 - i. p 14 - 14 i 18 - 18 3 - 3A 1126 - 128 1112 - 114 81 - 9 1 -1 P LOBA - 100} L5O - 162 8i -- 4 8 -- 134 - 13 - 9 10 d i! P . i _ 11 • • • --... ... 150 - 152 I 22 - 23 5 , - 6 2 -2, .01 - 103 25i - 26 2 - 21 p 11 - 11 17 —17 i —l6 -- 1 7 Par ,spy 26 - 26. 19 - 20 id- (103 • - 105 - Si Shr. I Paid FORE: RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besanpn Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France 'Gt. Westn. of Canad a . Shares..... Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway) !Do. IDo. (Caual) 'Lyons & Mediterrar Madras Maria Antonia Do. N0w......, Namur & Liege (with interest Do. jex interest)...,,, Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Anis Shs Norwegian Trnk. Paris and Lyons.... Paris and Orleans.. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre. Sambre and Meuse Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5A per c. Pref Western of France Closing prices Yesterday. 1 -- 2 13 -- 14 d --Apxhi 21 lid 5 4 -- - 6 p par —1 pxu —74 4 - 5- • . 8 -V) i) 2 -24 p 8 - 8A 74 33 -- 33 i 144 - 14 -- iiip 3 8 -- 40 37 -- 39 30 —3OW, 4 -- 5 p $1) 18A -19 A 9- -- 9 lA -- 21 p p 4i id -- -- 5 par 5 —si p 18i' 100 100 25 25 St. 50 all 111 100 I all all all 100 all 3i 100 6 all 5 174 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 11/.181 .108 , 644 5 90i 90 a 891 7?-} i 81 103 I 120 1 20/ 88 9i 9 30 29/ 301 293 771 7 684 9 12 9 55 A pm. 1102 4 Business done this day. x new 311 x.in 23} 2i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Leasing closing Prices Business Compass. Yesterday. tlil3 day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley. N. West. 301 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Gt.Westn 30 31 304 all Do. withoutgr Do 294 304 304 all Birm:Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 30,1 all Do.wtht guar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N. W. 109 111 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 53 55 St. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 148 150 25 all Glstr.& Du. Fr ,Gt. Westn 324 334 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Borw. 50 all full & Sclby Y. &NMd 113 115 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 564 —57. t 124 all Do.. f Shares. Do 27 28 13x all L im fmG reenw S. Eastern 14 -- 141 20 all Do•Preforonee 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 194 20 20 all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 25 all Ranch. Bxtu. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 31 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfcl Midland.. 108 109 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. E. Count. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln&Yk 124 11?, Do. 1 Shares. Do St. 100 - Roystn.& Hit. Gt Northn 152 154 St. 100 Do. Shepth. St D 0... 25 18g Shef.Roth.and Lancash & Goole g. sp. c. Yorksh. 12 94 S. Sta.ifordsh. M.MClean id 50 all Wear Valleygr So3c - It. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 314 324 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn lO 3 104 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all A:uglo p 10 2 Australasian 1 p 3 2 434 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 p 11 a 1 all A-stra"an Freehold 4 d p 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par pl 4 1 all British Austrlu. Gol. p 1a 20 13.5 British Iron 9 —ll p • 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) 3. —4l 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 1 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 29. —3O 1 all Carson's Creek par p 40 all Cobre Copper 4O —42 42 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l 2p31 3 1 14 Copiapo 6i 7 Si. all CopperMinersof Eng . . ... 76 25 all Do. Preference — 7 4 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smoltg. Co a- 14 d 20 all General 1 all Golden Mountain —4 d 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3l 51 1 3 all Groat Polgooth l4 p all Lake Bathurst Ad— par all Liberty g— j P 1 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 d 1 all Mariquita d iP 10 9 Mexican &S. Amoric 4 1 all New Granada — p 14 1 all Nouveau Mondo 1 p 24 2 1 all Port Phillip • 1 p 214 1 all Quartz Rock p 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian - I p 10 7 Tin Croft lO 13 28 all United Mexican 7 8 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada P 1 all West Mariposa par p 1 4 1 all Yuba 4. 4 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 83 50 all British N. American ... 100 25 Colonial. •• -- •• • 100 20 Commercial of Lon don ... 4 English Scottish and Australian ll lip 20 21 Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 3l — 33 P 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint St oc k ... 100 20 Lond. & Westmi ns t er 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National of Ireland ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. — 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Importing Company 25 25 South Australia 45 48 45 . a 25 all Union of Australia 72 73 72 Si VI 2. t i Do. New ll 12 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 225 235 '230 6 20 4 Austrlasn. Pc i fic . Mail 10 5 Australu. Royal Mail ... 38A Brit. Americn. Land - 321 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 20 1 Eastern St - am — 1 1 Electric, Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. St:am Navigat — 100 50 General S :row Steam — 20 21 Irish B - etroot Sup 10 3 Netherlands Land — 20 21 Nrtb.of Europe Steam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental 103 60 Royal Mail Steam.. . 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 53 5 2 Submar. Telegraph — 1 1 Universal Emigration and Colonisation . . 100 281 Van Diemen's Land l7 19 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind at Noon, W., light breeze, and finQ, but cloudy at times. The Jessie Stephens of Irvine, 'Quebec to Belfast, which was abandoned on the 12th of December, has since been fallen in with (Jan. 10, in lat. 47 N., long, 22 W.) DEAL, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. to W.S.W. Arrived— Plantagenet, Calcutta ; Paradise, do. ; Olive Branch, Callao. Arrived from the River—llindeeps, for Buenos Ayres. Put back—Glencoe, for Melbourne, Port' Philip ; Despatch, Algoa Bay ; Cockermouth Castle, Trinidad. The Kate, Sunderland to Rouen, has been wrecked at Dungenness ; crew saved. RAMSGATE, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hendrika, St. Domingo. The Aquila, from Hartlepool, has been goi off shore. MARGATE, Jan. 20.—The Jeume Ochille, of Calais, is very leaky, having been on the sand. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. Put back—lromo, Coast of Africa. The Civility, Orega to Bristol, and the Ashland, Antwerp to New York, have been in contact, and both received considerable damage ; the latter has put in here, and the former, which was abandoned by the crew, has been taken charge of by pilot s , and will be brought in. FALMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind, W.S.W., strong breezes, and squally. Arrived—Caroline Schenck, Pernambuco ; Neptune, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Cathcart, St. John's, N.B. ; Dicky S am , V a l para i so ; Joseph Wheeler, larbadoes ; City of Manchester (s), Philadelphia ; Australia, New York. Sailed—Harriet Hope, Melbourne ; Isaac Wright, New York. Put back—The William Miles, for Savannah, leaky ; Pandora, with loss of bowsprit, &c., from contact with the Excelsion, for New Orleans, yester day, off Point 143 aas. MILFORD, Jan. 20.—The Sopia Burbridge has put in leaky, having been h contac:; with the Asiatic of Cork, which sunk immediately afterwards ; master and a female passenger drowned. Tho Clasper of Cork, and the Kate Kowe, for New Orleans, have been in contact—the former received much damage. SHIELDS, Jan. 2 0.—Arrived—Pekin, Columbia River. GREENOCK, Jan. 19.—The Sir Edward Jackson, Liver pool to Valparaiso ' has put in, having b een on s h ore . DANTzIG, Jan. 17.—The Stockton, from London, is on shore near Passawark, Dec. 28, and has been condemned. FREIGHTED TROOP-SHIPS AND CONVICT-SHIPS.—The Lords Commissioners of the Board of Admiralty issued the following important notice yesterday respecting the manning of ships freighted by Government for the con veyance of troops to our different foreign possessions and colonies, and also for the conveyance of convicts : " That in. consequence of freightships for the convey ance of troops and convicts being now taken up by the register ton new measure instead of the old measure, as formerly, the number of men in freighted ships conveying troops shall not be less than at the rate of four men for every 100 tons, and in proportion for the fractional parts of 100 tons, and two boys to every ship ; that the number of men in convict-ships shall not be less than at the rate of nine men for every 200 tons, and in proportion for the fractiional parts of 200 tons, and two boys for each ship ; that the crews in all cases, exclusive of the boys, shall consist of not less than one-half of able seamen before the mast, and the remainder of officers and ordinary seamen who have been at sea ; that ships chartered for the conveyanc e of stores shall be manned as in the merchant service." The head clerk of the goods department at the North ampton station has absconded, taking with him about 1,000/., the property of his employers.—Leicester Mer cury. DESTRUCTIVE C ONFLAGRATION. —LIVERPOOL, THURS DAY.---A most destructive fire broke out yesterday afternoon, in the rice mill and starch manufactory of Messrs. Irving, Son, and Jone, in Blackstock-street, in this tow n . H ow the fire originated has not yet been cl ear l y ascertained, but the rice mill was entirely destroyed, the outer walls only remaining, notwith standing the indefatigable exertions of the men belonging to the West of England Fire-office, and the fire brigade under the direction of Mr. Hewitt. They, however, suco3eeded in preserving from injury the starch manu fact ory and the adjoining offices. The amount of the darnage is estimated at about 10,0001., but we under stand that the parties are amply covered by insurance in. the Norwich Union Fire-office. ELECTIOIf INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY. FIFTEENTH AND LAST DAT. This protracted election was brought to a close yester day afternoon, when Mr. Gladstone, who had gained five on the day's poll, was returned by a majority; of 124. At three o'clock the Vice-Chancellor announced that the Right Hon. Wm. Ewart Gladstone was the representa tive for the University of Oxford. The instrument of election was then signed by the returning officer (the Vice-Chancellor) with the university seal affixed to it, and was handed to the Under-Sheriff of the county of Oxford, who was in waiting to receive it. The usual forms having been gone through, the Vice-Chancellor dissolved the Convocation. The last vote recorded was that of Richard Lynch Cotton, D.D., Provost of Wor cester College, and Vice-Chancellor, who voted for Mr. Perceval; the last but One was the poll clerk, the Rev.. Wm. Chambers, Fellow of Worcester College, for Mr. Gladstone. The result of the last week's poll has re duced Mr. Gladstone's majority one; on reference to the poll of thi s d a y wee k, it w ill be seen that Mr. Glad stone was in a majority of 125. STATE OF THE DOLT .-PINAL CLOSE. G7adstane Percival 1022 898 Majority for Mr. Gladstone CAR LOW. CLOSE. OF THE POLL. Alexander Sadleir Majority for Alexander THE HARMONIC UNION. At their second meeting, last evening, this young so ciety not only managed to fill Exeter Hall, but to pre• sent to the auditors a chorus much improved in steadi- ness, in the production of choral effects of. lirght and shade, and in accuracy of intonation. The orchestra, too, had benefitted by practice with each other ; and, indeed, the performances, in all respects, were more mu sician-like and more finished in delicacy and carefulness of detail, than on the occasion of the opening concert. One or two slight alterations took place in tile pro gramme. The audience, on entering, found hand bills distributed on the seats, informing them that the " Dead March in Saul" would be played in tribute to the memory of Mr. T. Harper, the well-known trumpet player, who had expired very sud denly that morning. The intelligence created a universal feeling of regret, and the magnificent strains of Handel were listened to with profound attention. Mme. Fio rentini, too, who had been announced to sing the seena of Agnes, from the Freischutz, was naively stated by Mr. Benedict to be labouring so severely under hoarse ness and toothache that she could not venture on the scena, but would try to get through the duo allotted to her Jessonda, and would afterwards sing a Spanish popular air, both of which were done amid general ap probation, Mm. Fiorentini singing with great sweetness, despite her evident indisposition. The programme opened with the Ruins of Athens, the varied and vigorous excellence of the opening portion of which, when Beethoven had to deal with a wildly poetic subject, contrasts significantly with the compa rative flatness of the close, when the music in the original Version clothed merely a series of common place court compliments to an Emperor of Germany. After an excellent performance of the overture, the first noble chorus—perhaps the finest in the composition —was admirably given by the chorus. Mr. and Mrs. Weiss sung the flowing duet of the " Greek Slaves" with satisfactory smoothness, and the quaint and rugged, yet very taking chorus of the Dervishes, sung with perfect steadiness and great vigour, produced even more than its usual effect, and was loudly re-demanded. Mr. Weiss gave the elaborately sweetened cadences of the air, " Deign great Apollo," with due appreciation of their character, and the concluding chorus went off with abounding energy. The second part was miscellaneous. We have already specified a portion of it, and our space at present for bids us to do more than state that a very cleverly instrumented overture, called the " Templar," the composition of Mr. Henry Leslie, showed great skill in orchestral treatment, and a pleasant melodic fancy, sparkling and graceful. The style is strongly Mendels sohnish. A pianist from New York, Mr. Wm. Meson, who appeared for the first time in L on do n , selected somewhat boldly for his debut, the single concerto of Weber. His performance was smoothly correct, but tame and uniform. His touch is light, rapid, and dis tinct, but it wants delicacy of expression, and there is also a lack of colour and verve about his playing. Mr. Mason is, no doubt, an able and accomplished pianist ; but more than that is demanded of those who would now-a- days take the place to which he aspires in his art. Tho next debutant was a German gentleman (Herr Nabick), who performed a concerto with full accompaniments, by David, on—of all possible instruments—the trombone, and certainly succeeded in educing from it some mar vellous effects. The sounds of the trumpet, the horn, and the ophecleide were successively given, and the piano passages were produced with remarkable sweet ness and purity of tone. Herr Nabick can run through tolerably rapid passages upon his Instrument, and educe from it, by the sole motion of the lips, a long and per fect shake. He was greatly applauded, and after Mme. Fiorentine had sung her Spanish song, returned and played a short selection from Lucia. The Walpurgis Night, which closed the arrangements, introduced at Exeter Hall, anew contralto, Miss Huddart, the piece of Mrs. Warner. Miss Huddart has been upon the stage as an actress, but we think she has actod wisely in giving it up for the cultivation of a voice of the true contralto quality, and capable of giving very low notes with a broad, steady, equablefuluess, which proves not only the natural powers of the organ, but a severe and well-conducted course of training and practice, Miss Huddart had only one recitative to giv e last night, and she seemed very nervous and frightened • but her fine voice, with its deep, sonorous quality, could not be mis. taken. We have only the space to say that the Walpur. gis choruses were given with a correctness which spoke well for the determination of the society to make their way ; and that even the dreaded of choristers, " Come with torches brightly flashing." went prosperously through. Mr. Benedict was of course the conductor. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 20. The Swift, 6, sloop, Commander Oldham, arrived Spithead about 2 o'clock to-day from Valparaiso, with as freight of about $BOO,OOO on merchants' account, which. Messrs. E. and G. Emanuel, freight agents and bullion merchants of this port, have the conveyance of to the Bank of England. She put in at Plymouth, and an chored last evening, and her captain communicated with. the shore. She sailed from Valparaiso on the 3d of October, at which date the Portland, 50, Captain Chads, flag of Rear-Admiral Moresby, the Virago steam-sloop, Commander Stewart, and the Cockatrice schooner were there, the latter about to sail for Pitcairn's Island and the coast of Mexico. The D ae dalus, 20, Captain Welles., ley, had sailed f or St. Bl as ; the Thetis, 36, Captd.ft Kuper, C. 8., had sailed for San Francisco, California ; the Amphitrite, 25, Captain Frederick, was on her way down from the Arctic Regions. The Swift left the Falkland Islands on the 3d of November. While there the Trincomalee, 25, Captain Houston, in going ont of Port William, ran into an American merchantman and carried away some of her own rigging, hammock berthing, &c., and had to put back to refit. She was on her way to Valparaiso. Mr. Hutchings, master, and Mr. Faulk. ner, second-master of the Portland, Mr. Chaplin, mate, and ten invalids have come home in the Swift ' • also one distressed British subject from Panama. The son of the Governor of the Falkland Islands had gone down to a district in which some guano had been discovered, to protect it and to levy tribute upon gatherers. Off Cape Horn the Swift spoke the Consul, 110 days from Cardiff, bound for Caldera, Chili. The Swift is the vessel that conveyed from ngland the Irish political convict B—. Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and two others, whom she landed at Van Diemen's Land ; thence she sailed for Sydney, New Zealand, Valparaiso, and home. She has. not lost a man by sickness or accident during the whole commission (four years and a-half), and has sailed over' upwards of 90,000 miles since leaving England. She was towed into harbour this afternoon and commenced discharging her freight, after which she will proceed UP Plymouth to be paid off. The Prometheus, 5, steam-sloop, Commander Foote, was inspected at Spithead this morning by Rear-Ada iral Fanshawe, C. 8., the Acting Commander-in-Chief, and her crew were tried in gunnery by Commander Sir W. Wiseman, of the Excellent ; after which she came into harbour to coal, preparatory to leaving for Woolwich to be paid off. The Vulture, steam-frigate, L ca YM ptai O n U las H s , e i:A in N. co 2 1 ; m quence of telegraphic orders from the Foreign-office, sailed on Saturday afternoon for Torbby, to compel pay-• meet of pilotage from the master of the American men* chant-ship Angelique, who had defied the civil autho ri ' ties. The A mer i can left prior to the arrival of the Vulo tare, which returned on Sunday. It is reported tbaiii she will go to Lisbon. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russells; was towed into harbour yesterday by the Avon and CD fiance steamers, and placed alongside the Vigo hul k . where her crew have commenced dismantling her. The Avon arrived yesterday morning from ..?""* 4 mouth with seamen for vessels fitting here. The caulkers have completed their work on the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship ; the shipwngb.`7l have commenced laying the ways, and she will probs. Jean d'Acre will be docked in the new works at Key be launched the first spring-tides in March. ThehaStat... WOOLWICH, JAN. 20. The Royal Albert, 120, has had her inner sternpout put up to-day for her screw propeller, and about 2011 men and boys are at work upon her, exclusive of con• vices employed in raising the heavy timbers. The painters are also at work on the outside giving the first ground of paint to her sides. The hatchways of her various decks have been greatly enlarged, to admit of her boilers and machinery being put in and taken out when requisite ; and the workmen are busily in re3aying the thick planks of the decks where open space is . not wanted._ The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Co m% mander Belam, having taken on b oar d a large quant4 of stores at this dockyard f or th e eas tern ports, wiLk leave Woolwich to-morrow for Portsmouth. The Megmra steam-frigate, Commander John O. John+ son, will be taken out of docknn)londay TILE SUN, L 12. St. St. 10 25 10 106 20 20 20 20 20 20 338 10 20 aGN, 121 a 77 7 40 15t 35 41 79 8i 14 i 3 i i x in x in x in