The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

0 NEYiARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoi - "K. Letters from Liverpool state that the cotton tarket yesterday closed quietly, and prices of all r":-.'iptions were without change. The sales were itimated at 5,000 bales. The Railway Sh are mar k e t c l ose d a t a s li g ht tivance, and a moderate business was transacted. • The colonial produce markets are generally very rel, and most of the leading staples are in good "land at full rates. In consequence of the advices !keived from China, recording the progress of hos aities, there have been rather extensive operations tea, at 111 d. to ls. per pound for common congou. folders are firm, and evince little disposition to In even at the enhanced quotations. Sugar and °free command previous rates. With ragard o tallow, Messrs. Smith and Charles, in their cir „War published last evening, state the dernaV last reek was good, and prices have advanced. The .K o c is now held in few hands, and the prospects the foreign supplies for the next few tenths are not equal to an average consump n) whilst so very moderate is the home sup -43, that it seems certain that the trade will require lore than an average quantity of foreign. The rice of the latter must therefore advance until abstitutes for tallow are brought into more exten ke nee. To-day the market opened firmly, and :igher prices had to be paid before any sales were lade. Since Change we have continued firm, and I°Se with an upward tendency. Spot, 60s ; Feb pary and March, 60s. Buyers, March and April, es. to 58s. 6d. ; April to June, 555. Gd. to 565. ; ) ctober and Deoomber, 535. 3d. to 535. Gd. Tallow 370. ; elaine, 565. ; town tallow, 595. net cash. It has been stated that the next steamer for India iad China will take out about 300,0001., but there !I reason to believe that the shipment will be much iirger than that amount, although the hostilities 11 the Celestial Empire will aaturally cruse a di- Xinution in the exports compared with those *herb:, made. The half-yearly meeting of the London and Greenwich Railway Company was held this day 63jah Wilson, Esq., in the chair. The accounts were laid before the shareholders, and showed a net dance, available for a dividend, of 11,16)1. 125., *Ol3 l which the directors recommended a dividend tt the rate of ss. 2d. per share for the half-year. the dividend was agreed to, and a vote of thanks lae passed to the Chairman and Directors of the ° lnPaily, when the proceedings terminated. There is an exceedingly active demand for money D-day, and full rates are current. Business in the english Stock Market is very dull, and the quota tons have ruled heavy. Soon after the opening a , eeline of about I occurred, but there has ince been more firmness. Consols for money have ►n 931 I, and 931 a. For the account they have peen 93i i, and 931 to 94. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 93i to 94 ; the Reduced 93a ; and 'East India Bonds par. Exchequer Bills rule steady lilt par to 4s. premium, and the Bonds are 98,1 to 99. In the Foreign Market there have been rather more numerous transactions. Turkish 6 per Cents. kare been heavy at 943- to 95, but they are now ~e 4l to 95i. The 4 per Cents. are 103 to 1031. In Russian Bonds there have been numerous bargains. The 5 per Cents. have been 107, and the 4i per Cents. 95i to 961. Sardinian Bonds are 89 to 89k, Milian 6 per Cents. 105, Brazilian 4i per Cents..B9i, and Dutch 4 per Cents., 98. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi- Can, 214 ; Peruvian, 771 8i ; ditto 3 per Colts., 6 1 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41r per Cants., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i ; ditto Deferred, 23- i 4 ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 6161. . In the Railway Share Markets a moderate busi teas has been, done, but the values of most of the chief lines have undergone a reduction of fully Ito 4 per cent., and, in some instances, rather more. Great Western, North Eastern York declined ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, North British, North Eastern Berwick, and South Eastern, 10s. ; Caledonian, 15s. ; and East Lancashire, 1/. 10s. The French lines have ruled firm, but Canadian and East Indian receded about 10s. Within the last hour there has been a slight recovery in all descriptions of stock. In Joint- Stock Bank Shares the transactions are extremely limited, with little or no alteration to report in values. Miscellaneous Shares have also been in active. Crystal Palace improved d. Canada Land, and Canada Government 6 per Cents., are dull at previous rates. BRITISH FIINDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) o,ne 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitiev 9 34 ;i 4 New 3 per Ceut. Annuities 94 34 Loeg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 11-10 Indix Bonds. 1:1000 par Ditto, under £lOOO 3 p Consols ;for Account 93i 4 Exchequer Bills, 2.td. £lOOO . 4 p par £5OO par 4 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3A par Cent Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian Ponds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4i por Cent. Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5 Peruvian Bonds 41 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, t St., 5 per Cent lO7 Ditto, 40 per Cent. Sardinian Bonita, 5 per Cent. .. B9:i 9 TurkiKlt Ronda, 6 por cent Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. -It- idench, ln the above - .avable in Loud( n. Belgian, 21 per Cent., ex . 25 francs Ditto 40 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs Datch Exchange, 2 per Cen:;., 12 Guilders 64i 5 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates x d C. THREE O'CLOCK. ,ngnlP, money .... Ditto Account (Feb;u - a . i ... **** .............. 99343 SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE FOREIGN PRESS.—The French papers are much amused with Sir Robert Peel's speech, and give copious extracts from it, together with translations from the comments of the London journals. The Assembles of Saturday devotes an article of four columns to the matter, but it is only remarkable for the floundering attempts made to translate the Yankee expression, " soft sawder." The r‘daeteurs of the Assemble'e, who probably put their heads together and consulted all their dictionaries, give the result of their learned researches in the following note ;—" 'lt i s a ll soft and sawder,' an e x p ress i on more American than English, one which it i s impossible to translate literally. 'Soft sawder' means a sawyer and does but little who handles his saw lazily ' what, in the language work. A 'soft sawder ' un grand of working people, is called iB , Having by this lexico graphical/ache, une poulle mouillee: un lambin, of epithets, the As 3te and ac ost appropriate, process obtained a choic e . semblee selects lambin as the m . cordingly in the that the Grand that Sir Robert Peel, instead of saying_ a .. It "soft saw text of the article it is represented Duke's frankness and cordiality was qam bi n ). The der," called him a "great drone" t Independa nce Beige of Saturday says: that t ,‘ Sir th e most corn et Peel, w h o apparently desires to surpassEn gland has yet furnished s p ec i mens of eccentricity furnished , has just trade a speech at Birmingham which ir ussia, stupe- Will produce l eg iti mate i n di gnat i on in E faction in Europe, and, to say the least of it, astonish hter of meat in England, notwithstanding such . , ephemeral Success as may be inferred from the frantic ,ai4, This the audience before whom it was delicered. a narrative of speech, or rather lecture, is a grotesque his journey to Russia last year, to be present the coronation of the Emperor Alexander, by . the son He r c a f t the statesman of whom great Britain is so justly proud. turns everybody into ridicule— Admiral Napier, the th.e Grand Duk e C onstantine, the Russian functionaries, _ ninjiks, a n d the entire corps diplomatique then assembled at Moscow. Sir Robert Peel made his audience laugh, but we do not perceive what advantage he expects from his conduct either for his country, himself, or the government of which he is a, member." THE LINENDRAPERS' INST ITUTION.—The twenty-fifth annual ball in aid of the funds of this institution was held last night at Willis's Rooms, and the stewards had the gratification to find that their call upon the several trades were responded to by the most numerous, and one of the best assemblages of the season. Nearly 500 persons expressed their r best w i s h es for the prosperity of this us e f u l .M. Adams, with his full band, was in attendance ; and Mr. Barham officiated as master of the ceremonies until an early hour of the morning. It is stated in a letter from Stockholm that the negn- Cations about the coasting trade of the two co u ntries,whi ch the have been for come time pending between Sweden the Netherlands, have arrived at a satisfactory re sult. at. 50 it. St. st. st. 25 20 20 20 , L 7 i 20 LOO 20 20 20 206 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) iztAl t W aTLWATI , Closing Prico, this day. Business done this day, eimbg. Noting. liGht find Enstn. olfaa Bal ly Ta !r girminz. Wolvorl , Stour Valley._ i cheshire Jnact.,.. Do. Chosh. 4 Birk. ,;•4. d 0.... . ........ Blackburn Tyne or igtGA £25 (issd. at Bristol and Bzete , ualodonian. Cheater & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Ocrnwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJnnc Dun. P. & Abrr, Jac. East Auglian Eastern Counties Eist. Talon, A St; Be., B. Stock Do., New A East Kent Past Ir.neashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasg, Edinb. and Peebles IRlin.Prth &Dund Forth & Clyde Jun Furne55.....,.._... I 'Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 'Git. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western TX,. Stour Val Rai Gun. Stk Irish South-Eastern Le:master & CarHsi( Do., Third 5........ Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. South[ ort London & Bisokwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Weatn Do. Fifths 1D0.101.13h.,11&413...0 Do. Eightha,.. ...... London andS. Weitr. . Ludndrry&Colerain. Ladnd/Ty.tz Ennis Wanch.Shef.& Lindh fetropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo'k arrangement Idhilancl )0. Birmng. & Der Idtclld. G. West. (Ire )o. Half Shares )o. York.. 'forth London .StS.Wstrn.,liar stml, and City J).. North Staffordshi7 `forth Western . S. Westrn. Jun ►a., Wore., & Wol 4,rta-,touth Rhymney ottigh Contra Scot. N. E.Abrdn St .Do. Scot. Mid. St A. .15Rhire TT , i • Si tinzbourne kSheer, , ut►i Devou 3out - a Eastern ;oath Wales i. Yrksh.ds Riv. aines,Wok. ScW( Stockton & Darting do ., 1854 Do., do., 1355 'tcreaten & Hartle , . 'aft Vale ...... )o. Pref., No, 1. rhames Hay. D.& Vale of N0ath...... Wrterf(l. Kilkenn Waterford4Limer • West Cornwall__ Vest End of Lond, and Crystal Pa lace Do. A ...... ...... Do. B West Lonficm Do. First Class Do. Second Class.... Wimblel” &Pro, lontbay, /Atm(la ' and Con.lndia, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do COLONIAL. 14 16 38 40 9 2) 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i - .. 7 9 1 - li .1 -- ii 112 - 114 2 -24 p 2L - 22 52 - 51 82 - 84 21/ - 22 24} 24 - 99 - 100 118 123 - 123 108 110 22 19i - - 2 2204 At) - I p 1 24 - 2i p 0 Mb ...... lb.; ~I(~N. 1! l q 1 - 2 p p l 2 ' 4i 5} par - 3' 33.1 9 10 par p 41 5/ 5i, , 5 •M ... ••• 6 - 66 9i - 101 71 81 19 -- 194 37i -- 381 Si -9; 55 -55 A 51 - 56 i - i pl 13 20 1 Si 9 94 P'n 44 —4/ 10 34 - 35 4 -14 p BAbiKb. 97 - 99 1 ( 1 61 - 1 c „ d " —• 71 18 j 8 18i 18 - 18. ••• . . .... .... .., - - • ••• ••• 49 51 38 39 2 --- 1 di .•• ••••••• .« 1144 35 37 b 3 65 7 9 . ••• 10 3d 7 5 d St. St. St. St. St. 1. 12 2 i St. St. 12 121 1.2 St. St. St. St. Bt. St. Bt. IPA) 1 , 3 all 100 all ,100 all all all all all 100 18f 100 5 100 100 100 all all all all 100 100 100 100 100 1100 100 1 100 100 100 1100 liail London tz N. We L. &N. W. E U. dLE.O Gt.Nrtr.n. E. Count. , Caldonian. Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Borw. Y. &N M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto le Co Do Norfolk_ Do L.St N. VV & Midi& Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count Do Do L. &N.W Do (fit Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey ?LP/Clean Stockt. & Darlingt. iGtWestn. 96 - 98 4i - 5 - 6 - 61 108 7 lit 4 OP 12 -- 12 ... - .. • •• .. - ••• T; - 76 []7 - 119 LlO - 112 .01 - 103 62 - 64 9 1 - 10; •N ...- 6 - 6 . 95 - 97 85 - 99 101 10 - 101 16i - 170:1 10 1 73 - 75 19i - 20 9i - 10 141 - 15,1 •.. 37 139 129 142 118 - 120 1157 - 159 ••• - ••• 8 - I 6o 70 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 1 - 111 102 -104 93 Es d' , - ad - -.- P 1107 - 109 113 - 116 105 - 110 IG - i• 23 - 24 102 - 105 10/1 - 101 274 - 2811 2 - 3p • 3 : 3}i ,e,rJorarrt all all all all Eastern Bengal Intliar, A and B, g: 5 1 3 . Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.Bnde.,'s7 )o. do. do., '59, d( Gleelon...t Melbourne guar:s per cent... Yid. Trunk of Canftdr. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Gt.WeeternofCanadb Do. New Do. This., payable '5; Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withon option lifidras, guar. 4. p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c Scuado, guar. S p. c Do St. Andrew's are' ) Queb3c (A).- rut; ' utwerp.Schott rd: m Ardennes '!elgian Eastu. June inziers to (lraissr•ss*c Buff. & Lk. Hur% Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry intcli Rhenish Eastern of France t o . , Tew ...... Euphrates Valley tit. Central of Fran , e Iv:At Luxembourg ,Italian Junction.— Lake Coast, & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca di Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons it 14fediterrano Maria Antonia 00. do. Now war (IT Liege Do. do., C p. c. Pref gorthern of France. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c. Rome and Frascati kuyal Danish ißoyal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ ,Do. p. cent. Pref. ' iouthern of France 'Vest Flanders De. 5.4 per c. Pref vv. 4N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. Bper cent. Pref. &abut,- ....... all all all 41 Ei 9 194 20! 774 -- 18; 134 - 14! 92 94 61i 62 37 38 • • • "... • •N "". • •• ''''''' • • •• ''." • ••P 101 .- 185 19; 9f 38 40 25 - 27 7 - 5 93 - 95 53j - 53. 34} 7 35; 94 - 96 7 - 8 91} 92, 75 77 .20 125 11 113 67/ 67 60 65 68 72 5 6 5 6 96i 97 [lO 112 LOG -106 i 20{ -21 i 101 - 10 - [O7 108 82f - 82 53 - 55 - - 3i 14 51. 53 3i .ijc 39 40 83%; 84 4i 3i 3 2s 8i 18/ 59:1 9/ 100 71 10 11 28 - 29 XO6 108 25t 266 71 73 49 • 1 17t 1g 1 8 4 74 75 84 - 85,; 5 3d lOINT- 7- s na Bank of Eg,y; '''''''' Bank of London -- Bid. Col. Bk.StLn.6 British N. Americ a; Chartd. Bank of Ala, Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Loud Eng. Scot. &Aus. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County Lnd. & E. Bukg. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. Naw National Bank New South Wales—. Oriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now a Aus B &Go Im 4outh .ustraiia nfliCii of Austrlia -IDo. New of lUnity Mutual Wotan Bk of Loud I 39 1 831 4 18 60 591 601 99 112} 13k 17k 82 3 21i I 5' 24i 4 i 104 i 19i i 41 i 231 i 3 12 i 181 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ,PJR , d.I RAILwAYs. Bedford a , n , :; Notchley ... Buetgliafush. Clydesdale Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Uu. H. Sit. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.dsDn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway..... Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greonw Do. Preference Lon., Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redc.g G p.c. Midld.Bradf. , Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. &Vs yre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shot Roth.an,l Gooleg. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valley gr 6 per cent... Do.. Wilts&Comrst LeaNIR COrnpans, Closing Prices this day. PREFERENCE SHAREFI Rlyth andTyn.e Riper c. pref. (issd.a.tsol Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. ,Ches. &Ho. On. 54 pc Do. do. Pref. 5 par c. Cork &Bandonbip.c. Dun.Prth Aber.J. L. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Efts. Co.Ex,spcNo Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. a. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. ate F. tW. York. J. sth Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p. 6.... Glas. &S.W• G. 5 P.c Great Northn. sp. c I Do. 5 p. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. I Do. 4 p.c 1 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at E Q. C. pm.•. • ..... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S. W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Prof. S Gt. W.(B.&H.Exspc Do. con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. ChesterB p. c.P. . Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do 'Do. do. de Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. Eat. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 De. New Cluar.6 Do. do. 5 p. Lon.&N. W., Coy. & R.tineat on 5 p. ct... 1.,1n.5t S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... L indy.k Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. ql, Af.,5.,& L.. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 .., Do. do. 34 per cent. Vfarypt .&Carl.4 p Do. 4 per cont.—. Do. do. lid. Consol.6 p.c St Do. Clon.Br.:lr.6pe Do. 4i p. c. Pref. ' t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. rod. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Porpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Dob, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5,i per c.pf ,1847 Do.Wv. V. 5 pc.,1847 North British 400 100 100 all lt? 100 4 100 all all 100 100 NT 3weaetle& Car lie]. stwpt.Aberg. &Hrf dowry &Enniskill: {ewry, Warrenpoin and Hostrevor.... 100 100 100 Coe°lk %,orthn.Counties North British Nith Devou Rail Dock Stock 1,0,, A Stock_ to., B Stock V. isatern—Bervr o. do. Extension 0 o.do. G.N.E. ?urc Do. Leeds 34i i 67i f 96 51 61 64 & 111 uzi i 6 1061 6 T 6 82 11 2i IDo ~ 96 98 98 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 ... 4i 1109 - 111 12i -- 13 24 -24 112 -- 114 iP 21 21 r 1 56 - 58 132 - 138 9 33 - 34 90 - 92 IDo 7/. Preference N. g.Perw, 4 p.o. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c r.N0.1 Do. do. Qre.,1.848... Do.YorkH.& S. Pnr. North Staffordshire.. Ox.Wo, &W., 6 pe... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ,Soot. Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Abor. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. (iDo.do., 3A p.c. pl. st South Devon 20 L 2 25 20 St. 'Do. fixed, 4. per cent S. Eatitern (Beading Ann.) of £1 O. 6d. i Do. 4 ) 4 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c oh S Wales Gus.. 4p. c Do, do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksii.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, Waterfd.Se Kilk. 6 p c Business this day MINES. 10s all I Anglo Californian - 20 7 Australian - 11 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of? - SO all Blamar. Iron & Coal 20 14 British Iron 75 - 85 35 265 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) - 21 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culab 3l - 3i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 18 1 5 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica p 40 I all Oobro Copper ~ - 58 I 5 13 Colonial Gold - St. I all Copper Min. of Eug 30 - 35 25 all Do. Prof. 75 p. cent 25 - 27 If, Copiapo - 15 i all Fortuna 3 - 3d 20 all Genual - ••• 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 3 - 4} all Great Polgooth - 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite ] 55 - 6 1 all Liberty ••• 3 all Linares Bl - 83 5 13 Lusitanian ld - p 1 all Niarignita - 3 e 1 all New Granada - t 1. all Nouveau Monde - 2) all Pontgi.Sil.& Le• Min 8 - 10 5 1 Port Philip • - ••• 1 all Quartz Rock -• ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 - 25 15 all Do. New 7 - 9 30 15i Santiago de Cnba 2 - 23 21 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 15 - 13 1 all South Australian.— - 1 all Do. Scrip • ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof - ... 43 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 3 - 1 10 9 Fin Croft 33 - 41 283 all United Mexican 33 - 4 3i 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa # - 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia..,.,., ... - MISCELLANRfIIIS. 25 19 i vistraliar. Agricait 235 - 213 24 10 .11 Australis. Royal Mail . - 10 all Berlin Water Works 5i - 53 50 40 rlrit. American Land 40 45 100 3.:3 Canada 133 - 138 St. 0 C.Go.6p.c.Jan&july 1093 1103 110 #lO St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Do. Op c. Mar & Sept - 5 all Crystal Palace 2 - 21 21 5 all Do. Preference.. 5l - 51 4 al Crystal Pal. of France ..• 1 3 Duston Iron Ore O4lll ••• 20 15A Eastern Steam - • St. 100 - Electric Telegraph 9O - 92 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir - 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 15 - 13 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) - 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. - 11 all General Screw Steam 6 1 - 6 3 6 1 20 5 London Discount a _ d 4 all Lond. Gon. Omnibus 33 - 3 3 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi., - 10 all Mediteran. Eloc. Tel. 10 all Mexican&S.Americn. 31 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... - P 25 5 Do. New - 3P 5 1 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 - 14 10 all Do. Do. - 4 5 3 Do. 8 pcP iss at 1 d iP 5 1 Do. Do. • 1 00 80 New B. do N.S. Laud ••• N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D. -100 i 1 all N. B. Australasian.- $ - 20 175 N r th. o f Europe Steam • 4 -3 • d : 00 / 2a a a s si l l o ll l . P OP] D R oeHooney. Oriental t s ira al m til l a a eLCl i r wd l & a: :o rM Shares"i e m i n n t r . 6 6 1:2 6 ,7 6 ! 12: 5 1 0 10.,11 Scot, A, N t e i :tra. - 51: 25 1 alla South Ditto Austral a . . .. .. 3 1 6 1 1 3 3 8 1 Submar. 1 1 al. Do. Regi s t ered • 20 5 Trust& L. 00.17-Ctn. „ 1 . mB3 Van Diemen's Land t o • „ Vl,Q).tipiodialatd/ 4 603 i li TSB AUSTRALIAN TRADE. An Australian Merchant, writing to a contem porary, says : As it appears to me that those trading with Australia run a great risk of having to pass through an ordeal similar to that which tried so many of our incrchants two or Ore:, yearn ago, I have taken the liberty of jotting down POMO of the data on which my opinion is founded, allow ing yon to give publicity to those facts if you think proper. The letters which have been received from Melbourne for some months back have been evidently written under the impression that shippers in this country were likely to overstock the market. Those brought by the Mont morency mention the opening of a brisk spring trade, but state that " prices have not as yet advanced ; nor, with the very large import our markets have latterly groaned under, can increased rates at present be looked for." The imports into Melbourne are stated to amount, from the Ist January to the 13th September, 1856, to 8,752,6011., whereas, for the same period of 1855, they were only 6,951,328/. But when the imports of the last two months of each of these periods are compared they show that 1856 bad exceeded 1855 by at least 37 per cent. Will it be believed, then, Sir, that the exports from this country to Victoria have been increasing evqr since the last date referred to ? Yet such is the case. The total exports from London, Liverpool, and the Clyde during the year 1855 were 2,694,463/. in amount ; whereas, for 1856 they are 5,076,830/. Every article of export, soft goods, boots and shoes, brandy, British spirits, malt liquors, dried fruit, cheese, butter, appear to have been shipped in excessive quantities latterly. But not to trou ble you with details I may give one or two facts (illus trating this statement) with reference to butter, which continued to pay exporters for a long time. In Septem her last it became wretchedly dull of sale in Melbourne for they were then beginning to receive the shipments made from this country in June last, which were no less than 9,461 cwt. The legitimate export of it appears to be 3,000 or 4,000 cwt. per month. Consilerably above this quantity has been exported since last June ; but what may be expected to be the value of the article abroad when they receive the shipments of Dec., 1856, which reached the enormou s quant i ty o f 8,708 cwt. ? During the first quarter of 1856 the exports from Lon don, Liverpool, and Clyde to Victoria averaged under 300,0001. of value per month. But they have in the subsequent months of the year varied between 414.000/ and 583,0001. per month. In Dec. they were 526,7241. This excess of shipments appears to arise from the fact that too many people are engaged in exporting to Aus tralia. If every person who has adopted this business ships to some extent the markets must be overstocked ; but, in addition, a great many occasional shippers are still tempted to make an adventure whenever they see an article reported in the prices current at 25 or 30 per cent. advance on invoice cost, forgetful that a deduction of 15 to 20 per cent. has to be made from the amount sold, in the shape of packages, freight, insurance, inte rest, commissions, &c. This process leaves nothing but a moderate profit in a market where such risks have to be run, and whence remittances are so long coming, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCIiITECTS. THE LATE MR• BRITTON. The third ordinary meeting of this society took place yesterday evening, at their rooms, 16, Grosvenor-street, under the presidency of G. G. Scott, Esq., when, after the usual formal preliminaries, Mr. DIGBY WYATT took occasion to allude to the loss the institute had recently sustained in the lamented death of Mr. John Britton, on whom he proceeded to pass a warm eulogium. From a paper which he held in his hand Mr. D. Wyatt recalled the more prominent features of their late distinguished associate's career, and applauded the energy and earnestness of purpose that had converted the ignorant rustic into the accomplished writer and eloquent and instructive speaker. Mr. Britton was, it appeared, born in 1771, in a Wiltshire village, of parents so poor as to be wholly unable to develops or properly cultivate his great natural abilities. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wine merchant in London, but soon displayed his inborn activity and zeal for literary pursuits. Au anonymous contribution of his accepted in the Attic Miscellany deter mined his future career, and his earlier efforts consisted of song-books and other trifles compiled for Fairbur , the Catnach of his day. Subsequently, taking amo e ambitious range, he got up stories of Pizarro, Cortez, and Columbus, and the difficulties he here experienced in the mechanical process of book-making constituted one of the most amusing chapters in his autobiography. In 1801 he got employed on a work illustrating the beauties of his native county, which had a large sale, and was shortly afterwards selected to do all the British topography for " Rees's Cyclopmdia," for which work he wrote in all eight hundred quarto pages. He next published this great work on the architectural antiquities of his country, on which was expended 17,0921., and of which 1,300 copies were sold at prices varying from 281. 12s. to 431. On his " Cathedral Antiquities" 19,0001. was expended ; and an other work of his on Normandy and a third on London, li both of which he was joined by Mr. Pugin, had great and merited success. Of the last named work 1,000 copies were sold. It was a curious fact, however, that the two of his productions which had the greatest success related to topics wholly apart from his ordinary pursuits. Of his " Lecture on Railways" 5,000 copies were sold, and an octavo of 139 pages on the " Pleasures of Human Life" c sold 2,000. Mr. Britton died on th e I s t o f th e presen t month, at the advanced age of 86, having in the course o f lhiinee engravingslongliterarytocabreeeerxeaZtetden, and directed the outl ay of pages, caused 1,700 11 115,0001. The result of all this labour and outlay had been to give new life to the topography of this country. Before Mr. Britton's time, they had only the dull opaque county histories, and the words of Grose, Gilpin, and Twedale Price; but their lamented friend had introduced quite a new style, and to him wore they mainly indebted for the present satisfactory position of their topographical litera ture. Mr. Wyatt concluded his obituary notice with a suggestion that a subscription should be raised for the erection of a tablet to their deceased friend's memory in Salisbury Cathedral, which was unanimously and promptly responded to by the meeting. The remainder of the sitting was occupied by the read ing of Mr. Janson's paper on the architectural peculiarities of Heidelburg Castle, which was interesting only to a pro fessional audience. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—YESTIMDAY. The room was more numerously attended than it had been for many weeks, but speculation made little pro- gress, and is not likely to be actively resumed until after the publication of the weights for the leading spring events. The transactions on the Chester Cup were unim portant. Two THOUS ND.-7 to 1 to 1001. was taken about Vedette. _ _ THE BEERY.—Blink Bonny maintained her position. The principal investment, however, was in favour of Sydney, about whom 20 to 1 to 1501. was taken iu one bet. 1,000 to 10 was laid once against Messenger, but afterwards 50 to 1 was booked to 751. 20 to 1 was wanted about Tournament ; 100 to 6 was the highest offer. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Minos (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 30 agst Magnifier (taken) 1000 to 30 agst St. Giles (taken) 1000 to 10 agst La Victime (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Longsight (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Codrington (taken) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7to 1 agst Vedette (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 15 to 1 agst Loyola (taken) 100 to 6 agst Tournament (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Athlete (taken) 50 to 1 agst Messenger (taken) 50 to 1 agst Henry VIII. (taken) MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 03 ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 03; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ Si per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 16 to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11. Os per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s tc 41 03 ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Ss per load. Supply tolerably good. ICOLONIAL. TEA.—There has been an increased demand for common congou, and rather higher rates have been freely paid. Other kinds also rule at very firm quotations. SUGAR.—A very moderate business has been transacted, owing to the high rates demanded by importers for both foreign and colonial. There are large parcels of these de scriptions advertised for public competition during the week, and prices are expected to rule high. In the refined market business has been less active, and previous values have been barely sustained. COFFEE.—The demand for both native and plantation Ceylon continues to be very active, and the upward move ment in prices has been by no means checked. The stocks on hand, compared with the like period of last year, show a deficiency of fully f,OOO tons. RICE.—In this article business has been limited, but prices have been well supported for all qualities. Ru3f.—The market is very quiet, with no alteration in prices to report. TALLOW.—A considerable business has been done and the market is brisk. Stocks being on the decrease, prices have ruled exceedingly firm. P.Y.C. on the spot and for Spring delivery 59s to 60s last three months 53s to 53s 6d. Australian 56s to 595. and South American 57s to 608 per cwt. SWYNFEN v. SwyNPEN.—This matter MO before the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, and excited consi derable attention. The plaintiff, Mrs. Swynfen, claimed an estate, worth about 60,0001., but at the trial her counsel (Sir F. Thesiger) had compromised, as she said, without her sanction and against her wish, and she refused to carry out the terms of the compromise. An application was made for an attachment to compel her to carry out the arrangement, and judgment was now given upon the question whether the rule for an attachment should be made absolute. Vie rule for an attachment was ordered to be discharged. Liaval and itilicary intelligence. The authorities at the War Department have, we un derstand, determined to increase the forces of the Corn raissariat oMcevs on the China station, orders having been isi:ued that a uutnbtr of persons connected with that branch of the army shall hold themselves iu huniediats readiness to embark for Hong Kong. The following circular has been addressed to the army at home and abroad : " Horse Guards, Jan. 7. "In reminding commanding officers of regiments that they are held responsible that in the dress and equip ment of their regiments nothing be adopted which is not sanctioned by her Majesty's regulations, or by special authority as an exception, his Royal Highness the Gene ral Commanding-in -Chief is pleased to direct as follows : "The tuft of the men's forage cap is to be dark blue for all regiments of infantry, except light infantry and rifle regiments, which are to bo of the same colour as the forage cap, viz., green. "Chin straps are to be worn—peaks only to be used on the stations prescribed by regulation. The forage caps of officers and men of light infantry and fusilier re giments are to bear the Arabic numerals, surmounted by a bugle or grenade, as the case may be ; the officers' in embroidery, the men's in brass, as by pattern lodged at the Army Clothing Department. "The knapsacks of all regiments are to have the num bers in Arabic numerals, lt inches in height, painted in white in the centre of the pack. Light infantry, fusi lier, and rifle regiments are to have the bugle or grenade in white paint over the number of the pack. This does not apply to flank companies. "gnMber-plates for the knapsacks of every regiment will be furnished by the Director-General of the Army Clothing. "It is to be distinctly understood that there are only two orders of equipment for general parade, viz.:-Ist. Review order, full dress, but without knapsack. 2d. Marching order, when the full equipment of the soldier is to be carried, the greatcoat folded at the back of the pack, and mess-tin on the top as shown in the illustration given in the circular memorandum, dated Horse Guards, Oct. 3, 1854. The upper edge of the knapsack should be on a level with the lower seem of the collar of the coat. "The larger pouch to hang about four fingers below the elbow ; the small pouch to be worn in front, on the right side. " The bayonet to hang on the right hip, and not too far to the front. " Without special authority to the contrary, the chev rons of non-commissioned officers are not to be worn on arms, except in the cases sanctioned by the Queen's regulations.—By command, " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The troops belonging to the corps of Royal Engineers who have been for some time past engaged, under the direction of Captain H. Schaw, R.E., in making the necessary preparations for the destruction of old Rochester-bridge, have completed the excavation of a shaft on one of the piers of the bridge from which the arches have been removed by manual labour. At the base of the shaft two galleries have been driven, in which to deposit the gunpowder used in destroying that part of the works. The progress made by the troops has been such that it is intended to blow up that portion of the bridge this afternoon, when six charges of gunpowder will be deposited in the galleries and fired simultaneously by means of the voltaic battery. Each of the charges will be about 501 b. weight. The explosion will take place at the time of high water, and will be under the general superintendence of Col. H. Sandham, director of the Engineers' establishment. General Sir John Bur goyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifications, will be present to witness the undertaking. The destruction of a much larger portion of the bridge will take place by the Royal Engineers on Thursday next. An order has just been issued from the War Depart ment, by which the various barrack serjeants of all bar racks in the :united kingdom are authorisad to draw a daily ration from the several contractors, subject to the same conditions as respect !the rest of the troops. In all future contracts this order is to be made obligatory. The head-quarters of the Army Works Corps, under Sir Joseph Paxton, removed yesterday from the offices in Whitehall-yard to 3, Spring-gardens, the premises recently occupied being, it is said, intended for Lieute nant-General Sir Colin Campbell, the Inspector-General of Infantry. The following table shows the British fleet n commis sion and how stationed on the Ist of January, 1857, as compared with the last year of the war, Jan 1, 1856. It is compiled from official sources : 1857. Station. Number of Number Comple- Ships. of Guns. ment. East Indies, China, and Australia .. 27 427 4,462 Cape of Good Hope ...... • • ...... 5 58 804 West Coast of Africa • . 17 9G 1,791 South-East Coast of America 8 121 1,353 Pacific ....... • • Noah America and West Imes ~ '25 469 4,905 Mediterranean • . • .... Lisbon ......... ........... ..... 7 603 5,580 Plymouth .. • • ....... ........... 8 312 1,750 Portsmouth.... .. .... .. .. Sheerness •,•, Woolwich ,• Pembroke Cork .. Particular Service. lO 37 964 Coast Guard Service • • ....... . 7 244 1,410 Surveying Service • ............... 11 61 585 Yachts ........... Unappropriated and Sitting 0ut.... 17 292 3,849 Paying off ...... Ordered Home ....••......••••.. 26 544 5,345 - Total .. .. .. 261 5,078 48,798 1858. Station. Number of Number Comple- Shfps. of Oun.. ment. East Indies, China. and Australia .. 18 311 3,231 Cape of Good Hope West Coast of Africa South-East Coast of America.— 8 107 1,102 West Coast of America .......... 9 234 2,147 North America and West Indies• • •• 21 488 4,874 Mediterranean and Black Sea •• . • 69 1,123 12,774 Plymouth . • Portsmouth.. Sheerness ..... ...... • .. • • ....... • 7 276 910 Woolwich ........ .... •• • • ...... 3 43 263 Pembroke .. 2 62 Cork 6 134 1,413 Particular Service•, . . .• Surveying Service.• .... • • •• • • • • • • 5 22 303 Yachts „ 3 2 138 Unappropriated and fitting ont, in cludin; the Baltic Fleet Ordered Howe Total ................ 325 6,231 63,335 The difference between the war and peace fleet, accord ing to the above figures, is a reduction of 64 ships, 1,153 guns, and 14,537 seamen, marines, and boys. The Dee steamvessel, Master Commander Pullen, left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries for the ships at the eastward. The Trident, 6, steamvessel, Commander Close, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning and an chored at Spithead to take in her powder and shell. She was expected to leave last night for the West Coast of Africa station. The !Algiers, 91, screw two-decker, was taken into dock yesterday afternoon for repairs. The Alban, 3, steamvessel, Lieutenant De Blaquiere, arrived at Portsmouth at noon yesterday with supernu meraries from the westward. The Antelope, 3, steamve-sel, Lieutenant Commander Pike, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamer Oberon, paid off on Saturday at Woolwich, was admitted into basin yesterday to be put under necessary repairs. The imperial steam yacht Imperador was hauled into Woolwich basin yesterday from the river to be com• pleted. The screw steam storeship Hesper was hauled out of basin yesterday at Woolwich, preparatory to being docked. Iler Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Spitfire was ordered down to Woolwich yesterday from Deptford to be repaired and put forward for service. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Vixen, in Woolwich basin, has had her repairs and alterations completed, and is now ready for commission. The freightship Clara Louisa, laden with ordnance stores and ammunition for Malta, sailed from Woolwich yesterday evening. The Dorothy freight-ship having embarked a heavy cargo of Ordnance stores in the West India docks went down to Woolwich yesterday to fill in her magazines with powder and ammunition for the island of Mauritius. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : Clerk—Charles B. L. Brockman, to the Cornwallis. Assistant Paymaster—William E. Allen, to the Waterloo. Assistant-Surgeons—Edward M. Morgan (Acting), to the Victory ; Ffolliott C. Magrath, to the Simoom. FATAL ACCIDENT.— A man named Lawrance Howarth, of Newton Heath, was engaged with several others in the employ of Messrs. Mackenzie, Ormerod, and Co., Adelphi-street, Salford, on the 3d November last, in rolling a cog-wheel from the street into the works. It was his business to put a wedge under the wheel, but he did not do so, and the wheel fell off the incline, and upon him. Both his thighs were broken, and he was taken to the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, where he died on Friday. Mr. Herford, city coroner, held an inquest on Saturday, when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." SHOCKING DEATH.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10.—A charity schoolboy, named Williams, was on Thursday endeavour. ing to take a piece of beef, weighing 151b. ' from a copper at the institution, when it overbalan ce d him, and he fell into the boiling water and was so severely scalded that be died yesterday. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned at the inquest to-day, coupled with a cen sure upon the authorities of the Bluecoat Hospital. Sin ALEXANDER COCKBURN.—A. writer in the Edin burgh. Courant gives a pedigree of the present Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He is of the old Scot tish family of Cockburn, whose originsl seat was at Cockburn, in the Merse, where they are found as far back as history or tradition extends. The representative of the family was knighted in 1413 ; its present head is the Dean of York, Sir W. Cockburn, Bart., whose fourth brother, Al exan d er C oc kb urn , late British repre sentative at the State of Columbia and some of the Ger man Courts, was father of Sir Alex. Cockburn, Knight, now Lord Chief Justice. It is rumoured (says the Courant) that the Chief Justice is to be elevated to the peerage. If this is so—and no title has been more honourably achieved—we trust he will select the ancient one of his race—Baron Cockburn of Cockburn and Lang. ton ; for, although neither estate is now possessed by his uncle and chief, they will ever remain associated with his name, and it is the more especially desirable as he is I now presumptive representative of that ancient fanlgy, ! LITERATURE. F L 'orence Teiaplar. Smith and Elder. Thi s i s not an ordinary production, it disp:ays grea t k no ledge of character, and the events of are so strikingly and vividly 'brought before no, that they are invested with peculiar attractions. The stay consists of the occurrences that took pl ace in a little country town, called " Templar Ccoss," in which dwells the family of Mr. Wilson. His daughter narrates the various fortunes of the Templar family, they were a haughty rac,,, but all possessed some redeeming qualities, with the• exception of Lady Templar, in whom none suiemed apparent. By her harshness she sacrificed her youngest daughter's life, and her evil influence embittered the destinies of her son and daughter, Florence. Florence Templar needed no added obstacle to her career, she had enough to contend with in her own pride and passion. Her nature was noble, and h er di spos i t i on generous, but her prejudices misled her, and her temper was ungovernable. Her mother fanned every angry thought, that might otherwise have been checked, into a flame, not that they came to the open rup ture that ensued between Sir Edward and his mo ther, in consequence of the latter having married without her consent. Gordon Graham is a masterly sketch of a clever unprincipled man, gifted with persuasive powers, and a peculiarly fascinating manner. In an evil hour for Florence did he return from India to his native place. He had by strenuous exertion made a fortune, with which he hastened to redeem the property of his ancestors from strangers, in fulfilment of a vow made in boyhood. All this invested him with something of the heroic and romantic, which, to an enthusiastic mind like Florence's, possessed manifold attractions, and afforded a source of interest, doubly welcome to one whose home was a misery, and whose life was witbout aim or object. Charles Sutton, the cousin of the Wilson's, was in every respect different to the Nabob, as he was called. He was in the navy; but during his frequent visits to Templar Cross he met the families of the town, and became attached to Florence. She; however, turned from the true to the false, and forsook the sterling worth for the specious semblance. At first " Jenny" (as the writer of the tale was called) supposed that she could be of no service to the bright and beautiful high-born heiress. But time, the great leveller of earthly distinctions, and the mighty subverter of human charms, in a brief space changed the scene. Florence, by an illness, lost her beauty—by a change of things her mother's fortune was not left to her—and in her hour of greatest tribulation she would have been deserted, if she had not possessed in her humble acquaintance what the world in her grandest hour had not given to her—a friend. Death had made havoc in Jenny Wilson's home also, but hers were calm and holy remembranses, and she could look back with peace, and onward with faith. A short time of suffering removed Florence Templar from the world she hal found so dreary and bitter ; but her last hours were not spent in repining at her trials, or murmuring at her disappointments, but in a better and brighter manner. The memory of her departed friend could not vanish with her presence from the mind of the mourner. In her happiest hours of after years the thought of Florence Templar presented itself. The retrospect of the events referred to is painful in many instances, but to those who appre ciate the touching and the true, in dwelling on the passages of existence, this record will be a welcome one ; for in it sorrow is softened by sympathy, and the greatest of calamities, to a casual observer, are shown not to be exempt from a blessing in disguise, while pride and passion are exemplified in their depth and height. Oliver Cromwell ; a Story of the Civil War. By Charles _Edward Stewart. 2 vols. Smith and Rider. This, as its name implies, is a tale of the great Civil War. Although historical novels are not un common, and the epoch of the Cavaliers and Roundheads is a favourite one with novelists, it is not often that we find a writer bold enough to in troduce the King and the Protector personally to his readers. The singular coincidence of the author's name cannot fail to strike the reader, though his sympathies are not wholly enlisted in the Royal cause. Indeed, the moderation of his views will very probably offend the violent partisans of both sides, while they will commend Itim to those who see right and wrong in the pretension.; and actions of each. The historical note at the conclusion takes a brief and interesting review of the causes that imme diatelyled to the revolution, and expresses the author's views in a clear and sensible manner. Of Oliver Cromwell he entertains a favourable opinion, con sidering he has been much maligned by earlier his torians ; indeed, he remarks at the end, " to place the character of Oliver Cromwell in a point of view more true to history than that in which it has been the fashion to contemplate it, has been one, if not the prlncipal, of the objects that I have had in view in the preceding pages ; and if towards tins piece of historical justice, I shall have contributed, even in a very small degree, it will be a reward for some pains and labour." He admits that his am bition was great, but insists that the good of his country was also a ruling motive. He condemns him strongly, however, for not ameliorating the condition of the king, when imprisoned before his trial, and does not afford him the unqualified ap probation of some modern writers. The story is secondary to the political interest, but it is pleasing and attractive. An old cavalier and his son ; an officer who serves with Cromwell's army, but retires when the death of the King is determined on, and his daughter Rachel, a, fair Puritan, her attendant, are the chief characters. A stout soldier, Elijah Gideon, and an individual called Captain Slasher, are also remark able. Little is said of the Royal army, or the Cavaliers, the interest of the story being chiefly on the other side. The story opens when the dissen sions of the King and Commons are threatening civil war, and soon result in the battle of Edgehill. It closes a few years after the establishment of the Protectorate. Though not possessing the vivid in terest and glowing reality with which some histori cal novelists have invested their characters, it will attract the reader by the exciting events it chro nicles, and the moderation and simplicity with which it is written. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—('phis Day.) LONDON, Jan. 13.—Wind at noon N.—fresh breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—ll.M.S. Dee, for Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind S.—Arrived— H. M. S. Tyne, from Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind S.S.W., fresh gale.—Ar rived—Huntley, from London, for Algoa Bay ; Dennis Brundrik, Liverpool, for Valparaiso, with bowsprit and jibboom carried away.—A. number of vessels, during the gale of yesterday morning, drove foul of each other and received more or less damage, and afterwards grounded on St. Mawes Bank. The brig Harrison, of Sunderland, lost rudder and had her stern and starboard quarter damaged, &c. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anita, from Cuba, for Bremen ; Sheridan, Antwerp, for Now York. RAMSGATE, Jan. 9.—Arrived.--Caroline, from Ant werp, for Santander. THISTEE, Jau. 3—The winter has set in again with frost and snow. CAEN, Jan. 11.—The schooner Tucker, from Cork, was totally wrecked about threo miles from Digesticham this moring ; crow saved. (13Y SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind W.N.W.; last hour's ebb. Sailed—Planet, stamer, for Hamburg. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.2 G a.m. Wind N.N.E., moderato. Passed, Jan. 12—H.M.S. Dee, from Portsmouth, for WJolwich; Sir William Wallace, London, Mogador ; Pi ospero, London, Lisbon. Sailed —Forest Monarch, for Glasgow ; Aries, Pentucket, and Kenilworth, with all the outward bound, likewise the homeward, for their destinations. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, JAN. 12. ENTERED INWARDS. The Tricolor, from Calcutta ; Montezuma, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope ; Blanche Moore, Calcutta ,• Liverpool, New York ; Medemblik, Antwerp ; Liberty, Antwerp ; Mary Ann Wilson, Cal cutta ; Win. Campbell, Demerara ; Mary Campbell, 13er bice ; Oscar Vidal, Moulmein and St. Helena ; Cumber land, Calcutta ; 'Warrior, Cadiz ; Brothers, George Town, Demerara ; Radiant, Savanilla ; British Banner, Mauri tius ; Louis Charles, Leghorn ; Protege, Boston ; Essex, Calcutta and Madras ; Hageemmeister Lunngsdorff, Dant zic • Sagittarius, Nauplia and Zante ; Libra, Chesn ie , Turkey ; Marie, Emden; Olive, St. Übes ; Ashberry and Norman,Madras • Volumnia, Taganrog ; Zephyr, Gravelines ; Alarm, St. Michael's ; A nn i e , Kjoge ; Reine Hortense, Nantes , h a Blanchel e s Crocker, Moore for Port ; Nuevo San Pantaloon, Havannah ; Gaon, Odense; Eclipse, Seville. EDOII TW A R D D S e . u -f r a h r e a C . E Mel bourneNTE it ; Philip ; Gondola, Brothers, Geelong ; dary Campbell, . 1) ,erbice ; Maria, Hamburg; Wm. Campbell T . Dunkirk. , rtnidad ; :Diamond, CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The Lively, Denmark, Rio Jan e i ro ; Aboo na for Cape P a l mas; , Pernambuco - Spit Fire, Hong Kong and Canton ; Matai) 1 Jose phine, Santander ; F ore Soskend, o an'Port Philip; Bergen. VESSELS WITH. The Better Luck Still, b SPOKEN ound south, Nov. 27, lat. 11 N, long. 30 W. The Ethelbert, Coquimbo for Swansea, Dec. 15, lat. 26 N., long. 36 W. The Regina, Tuticorin to London, Nov. 26, lat. 28 S, long. 8 E. The Flora, Calcutta to Liverpool, Dec. 10, lat. 21 N, long 25 W. The Ottawa, Dec. 28, lat. 32 N, long. 29 W. The Underwriter, Liverpool to New York, Jan. 5, off Mine Head. The ge _ • Dead. Sebastopol, Li verpool to Bombay, Jan. 7, off Mine AMERICAN EXPERIMENTS WI2 II RIFLED SMALL ARMS AVD ORDNA 2170 E. The following account of experiments made in America with rifled sit ill-arias and ordnance has been communicated by an American gentleman to the Ailechaltics' 111 og‘ezine : Having superintended the erection of steam ma chinery for pioclueingithe rifle used with the hollow elcngated ball, and a series of experiments on the form of projectiles ; and having had my attention turned, during a number of years, to all the mo dern improvements, made and attempted, having reference to rifled arms and ordnance, I am led to the conclusion th a t w h ere range and accuracy are desirable, the rifl e d cannon will eventually, and at no distant date, supersede the use of the smooth bored gun, both for field service and in batteries, and is therefore worthy the attention of artillerists, both theoretical and p rac ti ca l —the suggestions of the one being verified or condemned by the expe riments of the other. The elongate . d projectil e fi rst suggested by Hutton as a des i deratum has but recent l y attracte d the attention of scientific men, although long in use by the Swiss, and in the United States, and it has been subjected to various modifications of form, in the hands of De Lavigne, Minie, Pritchett, Greener, and others. By comparison of these balls and their appropriate rifles with the Swiss, I was satisfied that, at and under 800 yards, the latter had the advantage in accuracy, and required less elevation. The objection to it, how ever, was the difficulty of loading as the ball required driving down ; and after a few dis charges the difficulty increases as in the rifle in ordinary use. I f oun d, h owe ver, that by dimi nishing the calibre and increasing the length of the ball, that the ball, although as loose as the Prit chett and without any hollow in the rear, took the grooves perfectly, and from being enabled to use a greater charge of powder, and the ball offering leaf resistance than ono of larger calibre and equal weight, the twist required was larger. The curve of flight was parabolic, and a much less accurate knowledge of distance would suffice to insure its hitting such objects as men, cavalry, &c. The fact is, that the first impact of the gases from the ignited charge upsets the lead at the rear of the ball before the inertia of the forward end is overcome, and it is forced into the grooves. By diminishing the calibre and increasing the length of the projectiles I 'found that larger charges of powder were of course required, but the ball was of simpler con struction than the Minnie ball ; it offered less re sistance to the air, its flight more nearly resembled that of the arrow, its initial and mean velocities were greater, and its ricochet more serviceable. By cutting channels around its periphery, the swedging or upsetting can be carried well forward in the substance of the ball, and the ball leaves the muzzle of the rifle a perfectly compact mass, show ing only the grooves, the channels being obliterat ed. It may be objected that this ball would not make so bad a wound as the Minie ball. It is true that it would be more like a punctured wound, but it would go through two instead of one, and when it met with a positive check, such as a large bone would offer, it would turn over and do equal mischief. The Government of the United States made ex periments with rifled cannon and oblong balls afew years since, which were totally unsuccessful. Since that time, however, practical men in that country have constructed rifled ordnance, and have lately succeeded in obtaining unparalleled ranges in their experiments with guns loading at the breech. I have witnessed some of these experiments, and have seen their guns and projectiles. One of these guns, constructed at the Novelty Works, New York, was over 20 feet long, 12 or 14 inches diameter at the breech, and its bore about the calibre of a 6-poun der. It was made in two pieces, bolted together by flanges in its centre, for convenience of boring and carriage. The projectile used was about five calibres in length, conical at both ends, made of iron, and surrounded by a leaden ring, of one-fourth of its length, cast around its centre, and cast with fur rows and bands fitting to those of the bore, and at the same angle of twist. The shot and service charge were inserted at the breech, which was closed in their rear by a tapered key, driven down from above by a mallet, through slots in the body of the gun, and having a projecting head extending backwards. The key is raised by means of a short curved crowbar, when a fresh charge is to be intro duced. Forward of the breech charge (which is comparatively light) and shot are four chambers screwed into it, called by the inventors accelerators. They enter the barrel or bore at an angle of per haps 45 degrees, to its line of metal. These cham bers are loaded separately, with a small wad of gun-cotton and charge of powder, and closed by keys similar to the one already described. They are placed two on each side, one pair a few inches in advance of the ball, the second pair perhaps a foot or more in advance of the first pair. The first charge, on ignition, overcomes the inertia of the projectile, and its flame ignites the four anterior charges as the ball passes out. The report is a single one, and the initial velocity, penetration, and point-blank range obtained by these somewhat complicated appliances, both on the small and large scale, are incredible. With the gun just described, in the first experiments they obtained a range of nearly 5,000 yards, and expected a greater range with increased charges ; and I have seen a small shot of about 50-100ths of au inch in calibre driven (by three drachms of powder arranged in like man ner) from a rifle barrel through 36 inches of board and 8 inches of brick wall behind it. From the results before stated, and many others which it is needless to recapitulate, I am led to be lieve that important results may be attained from rifled cannon, and that the present system of ignit ing the charge isincorrect in principle. The method described is defective on account of its complication of parts, the imperfection and weakness of a breech formed by the key and slot, and the difficulty which would occur in removing the keys after a number of discharges. I believe, however,'%hat a gun loading at the muzzle may be constructed in a much simple manner to attain the same object, by making it of comparatively great length and small calibre, and igniting the charge of powder at its forward end nearest the shot, either by placing the vent iu that position, or by inserting wires into the body of the gun, and using the electric spark, when the use of that means is rendered certain. TRANSPORTING SHIPS OVERLAND. The following account of a proposed measure of transporting ships from sea to sea across the Isth mus of Suez, by a gentleman belonging to th• Hon. E. I. C. S., is published in the Mechanics' Maga - zinc : As long ago as 1847, I designed a slip of nearly the same construction, in connection with a section of railway which I proposed to apply to the Isth mus of Suez, on the lino of the ancient canal, for the purpose of transporting vessels overland from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, and vice versa, and I am anxious to lay the plan before your scien tific readers. My design was to construct a slip running out into the sea at an easy slope (or rather perhaps a convex curve), to a depth of not more than 15 feet. As that depth would be insufficient to enable large vessels to be brought directly on to the slip, I proposed to use large camels, of a construction which I will describe hereafter, but similar in principle to those used in the Neva for floating down large vessels from St. Petersburg to Croustadt. These were to be towed out into deep water by a small steamer, to receive the vessel, and would be sufficiently large when empty to re duce the vessel's draught of water sufficiently to admit of its being brought on the cradle of the slip, with the camels still supporting her. A stationary engine (or, as has since been proposed, hydraulio power) would then be proposed to haul her up the incline, and she would be transported to the oppo site shore of the Isthmus by as many locomotives as there were lines of rail employed in supporting her, and there launched again into her proper ele went by a process the reverse of th a t a l rea d y d escri b ed. The "camels" were somewhat peculiar in form; they were to consist of two long hollow prisms of Ilie and upper tcompartments.frames, stout sheet iron, stre ng th ene d i nteriorly by strong il t wooden triangular divided sur f i a n c t e o o w f a e taeerh oof the prisms, as they floated in the water, were several Air-tight cusions or bags, made of four or five thicknesses of stout leather or air-proof can vas, extending the whole length of the prisms in longitudinal co mpartments, or divided transversely, as might be preferred, and forming, when inflated, an elastic bed to receive and adapt itself to the lines of the ship. These camels would be brought along side the vessel and sunk, by admitting water into them, till they were well under her. They would ken be connected together by rods and screws, and then pumped out again. As the vessel rose, the cushions would be inflated to receive her, and, by distributing her weight over the whole surface of the pontoons, would prevent any strain from une qual support. The railway would consist of from five to nine lines of parallel rails of sufficient gauge and calibre to distribute and support the vessel's weight on as largo a base as practicable, consistent with the condition of locomotion. I may, in conclusicn, add, that it would obviate_ what 1 conceive to be the two great difficulties of the proposed canal—namely, the shallow approachest_ to its entrances in each sea, and the scarcity of he water supply to maintain a sufficient depth in_ the higher levels of the canal itself. Admiftting,e hotw ever, that a canal would be pre e.rabl, bringing vessels might be a valuable adjunct . vessels to its entrance, and by giving greater buoy ancyht of water, would. carry with a less draught vessels through the canal whichtherwise would not admit of them. tOO WO 100 20 20 100 50 100 100 20 rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY Evh G, JANUARY I 3 8