The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

Eibapool tanbarb. FROM OUR LONDOIV CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. THE festivities of the season have, as usual, operated as a quietus on all other movements ; while the Ministerial crisis has thrown a wet blanket on the festive enjoyments of those who are immediately interested in it. Inappro priate, however, as is the time of year for such proceedings as are comprised in Parliamentary speeches and elections, the circumstances under which Lord ABERDEEN has played his part, as a Cabinet maker, have afforded oppor tunity for many ingenious speculations as to the future career of his strange collection. "All the talents," was the derisive nickname given to one of the most contemptible Governments mentioned in English history. Some sly friends—admirers of the new Cabinet—suggested the applicability of the title to our present rulers ; and, i n some quarters, the sarcasm was naively accepted in its literal meaning. There was at first something novel in acoalition of such incongruous elements as thecomponents of the ABERDEEN ONIINUMGATHERUM, which seemed to tickle the curiosity of the country, and to lead to much amusing speculation. The surprise of the nine days' wonder, however, having now subsided, the public are beginning to count loss and gain, to look from the list of Lord DERBY'S Administration to that of Lord ABERDEEN'S Cabinet, and to weigh the aggregates, and the individuals one against the other. The range of the new Ministry, from the FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY to the SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR IRELAND, iS certainly pretty comprehensive; from the antiquated, precise, dull, puny old Scotchman, Lord ABERDEEN, to the rattling Radical tenant-league young Irishman, Mr. KEOGH. A glance at the lists of the old and new Administrations, now lying before me, suffices to assure one as to the answer which the country will give to the appeal which the new Government is paid to be on the eve of making to it. First of all, I would ask, what man in his senses could prefer the Scottish Thane as the director of a government, —the head of a party,—a leader of the House of Lords, — to the vigorous, eloquent, conscientious, and chivalrous Earl of DERBY ? Second on the lists stand the Chan cellors—Lords CRANWORTH and ST. LEONARDS. Re spectable as Lord CRANWORTH unquestionably is, both privately and professionally, his best friend and most en thusiastic admirer would never dream of comparing him to the brilliant luminary of the Law of England to whom he has had the trying honour to succeed. Coming, in the next place, to the Chancellors of the Exchequer, I would ask in what possible respect it can be believed that Mr. GLADSTONE will bear comparison with Mr. DISRAELI ? The new financier will very soon discover, and show to the country, how much more easy it is to find fault with a budget than to make one. As regards the leadership of the House of Commons, the ever fresh brilliant powers of Mr. DISRAELI surely outshine the hackeyed and used up abilities of Lord JOHN. In the three Secretaryships of State, I am much at a loss to find how the country is to gain by the recent change. Lord PALMER STON is very likely to be " abroad" at the Home-office, and Lord JOHN " not at home" in the Foreign. The new Home Secretary is by no means fond of the routine of official work, and will not relish going to school again to fit him for his new place. Time and gout have somewhat impaired his working powers ; and, in most of the essential qualifications of the Home-office, be can hardly be deemed as competent as his predecessor, Mr. WALPOLE. Lord MALMESBURY had little opportunity of displaying his administrative powers to the country ; but what he has done he has done well ;—and his successor, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, seems to be thrust into this department for the express purpose of justifying SYDNEY SMITH'S well known witticism about his modest assurance. We have yet to learn why the pushing new Duke of NEWCASTLE should be deemed fit for the delicate and responsible duties of Colonial Minister. Much care and special study, with respect to colonial matters, combined with remarkable practical business ability, rendered Sir J. PAKINGTON specially fit for his late office, and inspired the colonies of Great Britain with hope for the future. The Duke OF NORTHUMBERLAND—hit:OS(3If a sailor— having his heart in his work, is generally acknowledged to have been about the best " First Lord of the Admiralty" who ever held the office ; and he is succeeded by a politi cal hack who has been for some time sinking and sinking in public estimation, till all parties seem at last ashamed of owning him. To one other appointment only need I advert at pre sent, and that is "the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland." In the occupation of the Earl of EGLINTON, that office had become a very important one. His manly, straight forward, and conciliatory bearing, his unceasing proofs of sympathy with the Irish people, his zealous efforts to pro mote the progress of their industry, the developement of their natural resources, and the harmony of their society, were so remarkable and so full of promise, that every friend of Ireland must deeply regret that that country has been deprived of his eminent services, and that he has been succeeded by a nobleman whose past career offers no assurance to the community of his qualifications for so important an office. As of the chief members of the new Goverment, so of the subordinates. In no one case do I find superiority in the new over the old occupant of place. So, I doubt not that " all the talents " which could be recruited beyond Lord DERBY'S camp, will find it a hopeless task to keep the national Conservative party long out of power. A. contemporary says :—" It is whispered at the Club Houses that Lord Aberdeen's difficulties in effecting the late political amalgamation were such that the choice of offices was at length determined by the old practice of shaking the bag.' A hat (a wide awake ?) was sent round, and with the proverbial caprice of fortune, the re sult was that :—Lord Aberdeen, who signalised himself at the Foreign Office, got the Treasury. Lord John Russell drew the Foreign Office, never having had it before. Lord Palmerston the Home Department, for the first time in an official reign of nearly half a century, Lord Lincoln the Colonies, for which a trial of the Woods and Forests had qualified him. Mr. Gladstone, having held the Colo nies, got the Exchequer. Sir Charles Wood, whose merit (!) lies in the Exchequer, drew the Board of Control. Sir Wm. Molesworth, whose political life is identified with Colonial Reform, almost fainted on finding his ticket for ' Public Works.' One solitary and splendid exception, however, turned up. Sir James Graham, the " Knight of the bright sword," as Cobbett used to call him, who has occupied various offices, and represented every shade of political opinion, —who had by a judicious economy some years ago, so reduced the material of the Navy, that Lord Hardwick charged him with having left Portsmouth Dock Yard ' without a lower mast or a spare topsail yard,'—he whose cheese-parings are now occasioning an expenditure of millions,—Sir James drew—the Admiralty. They had better shake the bag again." Play -goers are, of course, just now much interested about the pantomimes. on the production of which more than usual cost has this year been lavished. Most are of opinion that the Lyceum bears away the bell in a bur lesque travestie by Mr. PLANCHE, entitled " The Good Woman in the Wood." Drury-lane, the Haymarket, and the other theatres present, however, considerable attractions. There are several musical displays in prepa ration ; and the Royal Concert on Saturday, at Windsor Castle, has given the highest stamp of sanction to this species of entertainment. Iv._ ~ THE LADIES. — A TOAST.— " No s k y li g hts or heel taps," exclaimed Castigan, standing up with oratorical pomp, a n d looking around to see that ever y g l ass was full. NIT young ng man, human heart youlil is knowa i " Sir—Th ere are m oments. tated by e mo ti ons —don't laug better whe n you row o ld er . We ve enjoyed, sir, at your hospitable board g this day, an intellectual feast that'll be remembered by our great g randchildren, to whom we will feel it our d u t y to commu nic ate the rich trate . A g ratefu l posterity, sir, w ill h old the day in reverence , and ever y mother's son of them will emulate your ex am p le, and consider himself bo un d to give a dinner on the occas i on . But I appale to e very one o' you, in you r concave and convex connections w ith the world at large, as husbands , fathers, sons, brothe rs , l overs, and sin would this intellectual trate have e c nennwigtheormutanths'whate pre sence of lovely woman ? The eye of a woman, sir, is the growing refulgence that li g ht s up t ransparency the uth of p a p t l i d e a o t e i s o n n 't s human life. Is there a heart amongst y respond to my appale ? Sir, the , extent of ou r a to that sex is unknown. From the cradle to the I spake advisedly—woman is with us eve r ywhertavZ are born of woman, and when we die we go back to her arms, for aren't we then put to sleep in our mother earth? Everything that's beautiful, and grand, and glorious, is of the female gender. Isn't Liberty a woman? Isn't Britannia a woman ? and when does she look so like areal divinity as when she's leaning on her anchor, and shaking hands across the green waters with her sister Hibernia ? Aren't the Muses and the Graces women to a man ? And the only bull in the fine ancient heathen mythology was making Love a little boy. If we had had the making of the gods and goddesses in Ireland, maybe we wouldn't put petticoats upon Cupid, and convert him into a girl ? If Love isn't a woman. the deuce is in the dice. A bumper, boys, for woman, upstanding, with one foot on your chairs, and three times three, and all the honours ! Im maculate, immutable women! Take the fire from me— The ladies, sir, that have left us, and may they never leave us again, and my blessing be on them wherever they go. One, two, three, hurrah !—bathershin l —one, two, three, titirrah I b tura k r THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1853. "THE HAPPY FAMILY. SCENE-ARGYLL HOUSE Enter ABERDEEN as First Witch, after him the Cabinet and other officials ; in the middle a cauldron boiling. First Witch.—Thrice the veering Times has chang'd Second Witch.—Every thing is now arrang'd. Third Witch.-- cried " 'Tis time, 'tis time ; All things now are meet and prime ; Vainly has the budget loom'd, Disraeli now is doom'd." First Witch.—Round about the cauldron go ; In let all officials throw Principles they now must smother,. For the love of one another, And the price of their admission To the Peelite coalition — All.—Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Russell first, for want of better, Throws therein his Durham letter ; Gladstone throws in Convocation, Puseyite State Education ; All the time by Baines derided, And by Molesworth grimly chided ; Graham throws in the whole Brigade, Emblem fit of Popish aid, Curses which the priests have utter'd, Treasons they have inly mutter'd, As a charm of powerful trouble, Which will make hell-broth bubble. All.—Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Palmerston we must not miss ; He throws in the Judas kiss, Which from all his colleagues greets him, As by Aberdeen he seats him. Then, to further on the charm, Bernal Osborne, Molesworth, Graham, Just to please the Peelite palate, Cast therein the Vote by Ballot. Wood throws in, and none can grudge it, A twice and thrice rejected budget ; Income-tax he sought to double, Just to save himself from trouble. Last of all, to make the charm Full of evil, full of harm, All join hands, and add thereto Vote of the blaspheming Jew. All.—Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Enter Hecate. Hecate.—Oh, well done ! I commend your pains, And every one shall share i' the gains. W. G. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE same causes which operated last week to limit our observations on commercial and monetary affairs still prevail to a great extent. The change from one year to another naturally diverts attention more to the winding up of old transactions than to any readiness to enter into new ones ; and though the tone of almost all mercantile reports are of a very satisfactory character, there is an absence of speculation, and purchases are confined to goods actually in request. There is much difference of opinion as to the buoyancy which has recently existed, many entertaining the impression that the demand is of a temporary character and will not be sustained, and that the reported large crop of cotton in the United States will have the effect of depreciating the market here. Others, on the contrary, whose opinions are entitled to great weight, believe that the American crop has been considerably over-rated, owing to the earlier time at which it has been brought to market, and this view has been, in some measure, confirmed by the advices received last night per Niagara, which report an improvement on the other side. There can also be little doubt hut that the extent of colonization in Australia, and the apparently in exhaustible supplies of gold, must tend considerably to augment the demands for British manufactures in that quarter ; while the general activity at home, arising from the same cause, must have the effect of promoting an increased consumption of almost all descriptions. Corn maintains the recent im provement in value, without any increase in amount of transactions, and this appears probably to be the case for some time to come, until some of the uncertainty shall have been removed with reference to the damage caused by the recent floods. The Money Market is still easy, and, despite the change of Ministry, and the uncertainties respecting the future policy to be pursued, the Funds maintain their value, Consols this day being quoted at loin, and afford the most satisfactory evidence of confi dence in the permanence of the existing prosperity. The Return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 24th December gives the following results when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. £9,297,726; Increase .. £649,000 Other deposits .. 12,264,343; Decrease.. 231,927 Rest .. .. 3,083,969; Increase .. 3,196 On the other side of the account — Government securities £13,962,688 ; the same as before. Other securities .. 14,135,952 ; Increase.. £779,916 Notes unemployed .. 11,846,420 ; Decrease 412,240 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,225,505, being a decrease of £10,960 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £21,749,190, show ing a decrease of £416,034 when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. £34,071,925 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & buln. 20,052,771 I Silver bullion .. 19,154 £34,071,925 £34,071,925 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Gov. securities.£l3,962,6BB Re5t.......... 3,083,969 Other securities 14,135,952 Public deposits. 9,297,726 Notes .... 11,846,420 Other deposits . 12,264,343 Gold & silv. coin 677,265 7-day, &c. bills. 1,423,287 £40,622,325 £40,622,323 . , Our SHARE MARKET, after a remarkably quiet week, appears likely to become more active. There is a greater disposition to do business, and better prices are offered. We annex the day's quotations : —Birkenhead, L. and C., 53d ; late Chester and Birkenhead, 22 ; ditto £22, 21d ; Blackburn, 7 13-16 ir; ditto pref., 25 , 1 Caledonians, 34 ; Eastern Counties, 131 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85i ; Leeds Northern, 18; London stock, 126; ; Midland stock, 80k; North British, 101 4; Dover stock, 251 4 I York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 181 ; York and North Midland, 301 ; Royal Bank, 450; Royal Insurance, I+,- 3.16 COTTON.—Although there was a fair demand during the week, the apprehensions as to an ex cessive supply prevailed to some extent, and the ad vance of id. which had been obtained the previous week was not supported. This depression was more evident towards the close of the week, when the publication of the aggregate stocks showed an unex pected excess of about 46,500 bales, of which 42,930 is American and 12,570 Brazil, Egyptian and West India, while there is a decrease in East India of about 9000 bales. So large and unexpected an increase in the stock on band led to a very limited demand, the sales on Friday amounting to only 4000 bales. TO-DAY the market opened without any improvement, the buiness being confined to the wants of the trade, who have taken 4000 bales at about Friday's rates. Since the market closed, the Niagara has arrived with advises from New York to the 21st ult. Considerable improvement had taken place in prices at New Orleans, which will no doubt operate upon this market. PRODUCE.—The recent improvement in the Sugar market has been well maintained during the week, there being an active demand for almost all descrip tions, particularly for foreign for the home refiners. In Rum there has been little doing, with a tendency downwards ; and in Molasses literally nothing. Rice is also in but slow demand, with but little alteration in prices to notice. For Coffee there has been more demand, and higher prices are generally looked for. In Tea transactions are few, but holders are firm, awaiting the alteration in duty, which will, no doubt, be made by the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, and which, it is con fidently anticipated, will have the effect of enhancing the value, particularly of the lower descriptions. In other articles we have little to notice, the dulness of the season limiting transactions to immediate wants. TO-DAY there was a good demand for Sugar, the transactions comprising 20 hhds. Barbadoes, at 355. to 40s. • 800 bags Benares, at 38s. 9d.; 1,000 bags brown Madras, at 31s. 6d. per cwt.; and 24,000 mats Manilla, the price of which did not transpire. Of 180 tons Campeachy Logwood, which were offered by auction this morning, about 100 tons realised £6. 17s. 6d. per ton. In Tea, Molasses, Rum, and other articles we have no tran sactions to notice. WooL.—There has not been much doing here in foreign Wool this week. The tone of the market is, however, healthy, and former rates are well maintained. IRON.—The wild speculation in pig and other descriptions of Iron is beginning to attract attention, as likely to result in most disastrous consequences to the unwary, who h ave b een tempte d to em b ar k their little all in the enterprise. When we reflect that Pigs have risen from 355. to 755. per ton within the last few months, and that the present stock in Scotland is 100,000 tons larger than ever known, and with a greatly increased market, it is only mar vellous that parties can be found to lend a hand to any such delusion. But let the public take a warning in time—a month, nay a week hence, may be too late. FIRE LAST NIGHT.--A fire broke out about six o'clock last night in the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Jordan and Getty, near the Potteries, in Sefton-street. The engines belonging to the town, and those of the West of England Fire-office, were quickly on the spot, and a plentiful supply of water was obtained from the dock ; but the wind blowing fresh, the fire spread rapidly, and the da mage was considerable. We understand that Messrs. Jordan and Co. are insured in the Phoenix-office. SALES OF SHIPS IN LIVERPOOL. — The number of new vessels that have come into Liverpool within the year and been sold is 120, equal to 50,000 tons ; and the number of ships launched, or in the course of erection, during the same period, is 39, computed at 15,000 tons, of which 13 were steamers, estimated at 4,050 tons. 11 foreign ships, equal to 5,000, have changed hands in Liverpool since the passing of the new Marine Act in 1850, and been registered by British owners. The number of vessels, including steamers, supposed to have changed hands in Liverpool in 1852 is 425, equal to 198,000 tons. There are 53 sailing vessels, equal to 16,418 tons, new measurement, and 16 steamers equal to upw ar ds o f 2,000 tons, now on sale in Liverpool. Th e a b ove f acts are taken rom the annual circular of Messrs. Tonge, Curry, and Co., shipbrokers. five landlords ELECT ' " hel N d . CAVAN —lt is stated that the " Conserva , a resolution was shoulda a t m d e t e o ti t n h g e I a e s ff t e w e t ee t k h n t tChae o va returnn, whenf proposed that Sir John Young opposed, and, with this object uo n to lr. . fight ßobert the battleßurrows, of the of S in tra v d ie o w ne, i s t h w ou e l e d be called p Conservatives. ' CONFRIMATION IN A PRISON. —The Bishop of Man chester held a confirmation last week in Preston Gaol, at th e request of l var yg in age from 14 to 55, w ere a d m i tted to the Rev. J. Cl a y, t h e chaplain, when 28 pri After the service, the Bi s h op delivered s that o s n o e l resin'n varying i an impressivreiteaddress to the prisoners, touching their i present p os ition, and the further responsibility they had incurred by r eceiving s t h her i ite ne ad v m er ini v s i t s e i r t ed E t u o ro t p h e em ti . " Auto graph Mrs. Harris of say Russia ew " ll s entirely bereft of his is tyrannical powers. s incessantly pestered A TESI Y O LD GENTLEMAN n'a by his neighbours with inquiries after his health ; at last losing all p ati ence with the most assiduous of these in quirers, " Tell y our master," said he to the servant , " with my compliment s , t h at I am pretty well this morning, and shall continue s o f or twenty-one mornings to come. " A COUPLE or PEDESTRIANS, " gents from town,'' passing through a toll -gate, attempted a joke at the expense of a young woman who stood at the door, by the charge was for p ass i ng through. .. if you are gentle. men, nothing ; if you are d onkeys, a penny each, " replied the damsel, much to their diseorantarte asking what COMMERCIAL REVIEW FOR 1852. COTTON.-With the close of 1852 we have the usual circulars, descriptive of the state of trade during the year just past, and the opinions afloat as to the probabilities of the future. From the tables which are annexed to the Associated Brokers' Circular we learn that the total im- port into Liverpool during the year has amounted to 2,207,016 bales, against 1,748,899 in 1851, and 1,572,455 in 1850; and into the kingdom, 2,341,522 bales, against 1,903,475 in 1851. That the export is 226,717 bales, against 210,978 in 1851, and 199,987 in 1850; from the king dom, 282,800 bales, against 268,500 in 1851, and 272,400 in 1850, The stock in Liverpool, as declared on Fri day, is 577,810 bales, against 423,730 in 1851, and 454,879 in 1850. The stock in the kingdom is 657,520 bales, against 494,600 in 1851, and 521,119 in 1850. The total deliveries for home consumption from this port were 1,824,914 bales, being an average of 35,094 bales per week, against 30,133 in 1851, of which 450 per week were Sea Island, against 570 in 1850. From the king dom, 1,911,851 bales, or 36,463 per week, against 31,969 in 1851, and 29,091 in 1850. The average price of mid dling Orleans for the first quarter was sid. per lb. ; for the second, 51d. ; the third, sid. ; and for the fourth 54c1. per lb. The arrivals of new cotton in 1852 are 240,000 bales, against 180,000 in 1851. With reference to the circumstances which have ope rated upon the market during the year, Messrs. Heywood and Macvicar in their annual circular say : " Nothing has ever shown the fallacy of an a priori reasoning upon cotton more than the events of the present year. At the commencement scarcely any one believed in a crop of more than 2,800,000 bales, and the general opinion was in reduction even of such an amount. As the season advanced, the large and increasing arrivals into the ports indicated that 3,000,000 bales, or thereabouts, was more likely to be the result. But the general prosperity of trade, and the abundance of money, and the large spe culations which these circumstances induced, have all contributed to counteract the influence of arrivals much larger than had at first been contemplatei. As prices advanced confidence seemed to increase, and the present season terminates with this instructive fact, that with the largest crop on record, and 645,000 bales beyond that of last year, prices are now id. per lb. higher than at the termination of 1851, and ld. per lb. above the lowest quotations of that year." With regard to the causes which may have tended to produce the recent activity, we quote from the same cir cular : "The increase of the home trade in cotton goods, and its profitable character, have been much dwelt upon for some months past, as one of the main causes of the pros— perity which has prevailed in the industrial districts, and of the activity there witnessed. It certainly appears diffi cult to account for so sudden an expansion of this branch of commerce ; but the low price of provi7ions (before the late bad weather set in and raised the prices of corn, the distant effect of which already alarms many), must have enabled the working classes to lay out more of their earn ings in clothing and other necessaries. The increased emigration that has occurred may also explain the aug mented demand for certain descriptions of goods, the emigrants requiring extra supplies for themselves and their families. And again, in many instances, the parties may have made investments of articles which they purpose realising as merchandise when they arrive at their desti nations. All this goes to some extent to explain the increased home demand and the large consumptior? ; but the doubt yet yemains, whether the improvement is per manent or only casual, and whether the wants of the world are to continue to be the same as they appear to have been for the last twelve months ; and whether, if the same, the same capabilities exist, on the part of the con sumers, to meet these necessities." The same authorities proceed to argue that much of the future character of the Cotton market may depend upon the amount of the coining crop in all countries. In India, it is said to be good ; from Brazil, an average import may be expected ; and from Egypt, a full supply ; although not, perhaps, equal to that of last year, which is said to have an accumulation of preceding years. There is a probability that the supply from America may not be so large as was anticipated, if, as may have been the case, the recent large receipts were owing to the planters having pushed their cotton to market early in order to secure prices. This is, however, but a speculative opinion ; and much will depend upon the easiness of the money market, of which there seems to be no doubt, and the preservation of peace in Europe, which is hardly so certain. Messrs. Hollinshead and Co., in their annual circular, say:—" Notwithstanding the greatly increased quantity of cotton manufactured, we find there are light stocks everywhere ; a good export demand for every quarter of the globe, but at the present moment unusually large, and increasing, for the Indian markets; a home demand large beyond precedent, it may be presumed mainly owing to the full employment and improved condition of the working classes ; and to add to all this, there is abun dance of money, seeking employment, and content to find it upon an easy or moderate rate of interest. These are all stimulants, which spinners are evidently availing themselves of ; and a very considerable extension of mills and machinery we find to be still in progress, which even tually may add to the present greatly increased rate of consumption many hundreds of bales of Cotton per week. Thus an increased consumption is more than probable ; and large as the supply this year has been, we are left without any material increase of stock, although the import of new cotton during the last two months has been twice the amount of that received in any previous season. The prospect for supply is, that an increase may be expected from India, an import probably equal to that received in 1851. From Egypt, a full average supply, but considerably less than we have had this year. From Brazil and the West Indies scarcely so much as in the present year. The crop in the United States, from all accounts, is likely to be a large one, fully equal to last year's, and we know it to be much superior in quality ; but owing to the small quantity of old cotton remaining at the commencement of the season, and the large quan tity of the new crop already received here, we cannot expect to have in 1853 so large a per centage of the crop, whatever that may be, as we have had this year." PRODUCE.—The general improvement in value and activity of trade which have characterised most commer cial operations have been fully shard by colonial produce of almost all descriptions. In Sugar, the year closed with a much firmer market, having experienced an advance in value throughout the year of 3s. 6d. per cwt. on West India, and 3s. to 3s. 6d. on foreign. On comparison with the previous year, at this port, the landings during the past twelve months show a diminution of 19,000 tons, an increase in home deliveries of 2,000 tons, and a decrease in stocks of 4,000 tons. The returns for the United Kingdom, as near as can be calculated, will give a falling off in arrivals of 55,000 tons, an increase in consumption of 35,000, and a deficiency in stock of 40,000 tons, the present stock being estimated at 117,000 tons, against 157,000 tons in January, 1852, and 107,000 tons in January, 1851. In Coffee, the movements have not been "very marked, with the exception of an improvement towards the close of the year, owing to the settlement of the chicory question. The landings at this port fall short of 1851 by about 300 tons, owing to no direct import having been received from Ceylon. The total imports for the two principal ports amount to 22,400 tons, being about the same as the previous twelve months. Since the act ren dering illegal the mixture with chicory, the consumption of coffee has manifestly increased, and the excess over 1851 may be estimated at 1,400 tons. The exports from this port during the year have been very inconsiderable. In Cocoa, the market presents little difference from the previous year either in prices or extent of business; the stock, at the close, was rather large. In Pimento, there has been an improvement both in quantity and value. Rum has been steady ; and the same remark will apply to Ginger. WooL.—The state of the wool trade throughout the past year has been highly satisfactory; employment has been plentiful; and both importers and consumers have found profitable scope for their enterprise. The home demand for woollen goods has been unusually large. The export of woollen and worsted goods has been on a very extensive scale, even exceeding the year 1851, the highes t rate ever before attained. Prices, until October, were marked by little variation; since then they have been steadily looking up, but it is only during the last month that any decided advance has taken place, and at present they may be quoted, on the average, about 15 to 20 per cent. above the corresponding period last year. The total imports show a trifling excess over the previous year, but not to an extent to call for any particular remark. The export of foreign and colonial has been rather less ; but, on the other hand, the shipments of home wools have been much larger, showing an increase of upwards of 80 per cent. OlL.—The imports of olive oil for the last twelve months reached 6,443 casks. The supply is not equal to con sumption, and the consequence is that prices are very high, and the market closes firmly with an upward tendency, from very light stocks. laos.—The result of the preliminary meeting which was held at Dudley on Thursday, was the adoption of a middle course between those who oppose all progress and the ultra-sanguine, who go for £l2 per ton on manu factured iron. The prices have been declared as follow : Bar and rod-iron, short weight, £ll per ton ; hoops, £l2 ; and sheets, £l3. It was also determined that a propor tionate advance in wages should be given. Coal and ironstone are also advancing in price. The quarterly meetings will be held on the usual days next week, to commence at Walsall on Tuesday. STOCKS AND SHARES.—Owing to the large influx of gold, the confidence in Government and the general prosperity, there was an improvement throughout in public securities and railway shares. That this improve ment is not owing to a spirit of speculation, is shown in the steady rise of the public funds, in which the fluctuation has been little more than five per cent., while the per manent rise in value is about three-and-a-half per cent. The improvement also in shares has been of the same satisfactory character, and justified by the steady increase of the traffic returns, while the prospects of dividends are such as to warrant a fai r re t urn on th e presen t pr i ces o f moreshares evidentas an investmentcapital. he of eleseof thTehyiseehra,swbheeeen the comparison is made with the receipts from the Great Exhibition,. and the market at the present ti me may b e es:lasi/J:od in the most satisfactory state. POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY. - - ESTERDAY. CHARGE OF BURGLARY BY A SERVANT.—Ann Morris was brought before G. H. Lawrence, Esq., charged with stealing a £lO note belonging to her master, Mr. Pope, of Berkeley-street, with whom she had lived as servant for some time. On the 15th ult. she was under notice to quit, when a £lO note was placed by her master in a drawer. She left a few days after, and went away, when the note was missed. It was stated that she had changed the note after leaving, and on her apprehension a key was given up by her which fitted the lock of the drawer, from whence the note had been taken. She was committed for trial. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE MASTER OF THE BLIND ASYLUM BY TWO OF THE INMATES.—Yesterday, two young men, named respectively John Allen and Edward Toulman, inmates of the Blind Asylum, were placed be fore the magistrates at the Police -court, charged with an unprovoked and brutal assault upon Mr. John Adden brook, the master of the asylum. It appears ;that, on Saturday evening last, the inmates of the asylutn were permitted to go out to see their friends, and about half past eight o'clock the two defendants returned to the asylum. About a quarter to nine o'clock the master was informed that there was a disturbance in the yard, and on going out of the house to ascertain what was going on, he saw several of the inmates standing in groups together, and the two defendants standing in another part of the yard by themselves. On the complainant approaching them, the defendant Allen asked him who he was, when he replied that he was the master of the asylum. On this Allen observed, " I will do for you,' at the same time striking him and knocking him down with a stick which be had in his hand. In doing this Allen was assisted by Toulman, who seized hold of the complainant's clothes, and tore them to pieces. As he attempted to get up, the defendants violently knocked him down a second time, and a female servant, who came to his assistance, was also struck by the defendants with their sticks. Information was given to the police, who took them into custody. The magistrates severely reprimanded the defendants, and afterwards imposed a penalty of 4'5...0n each, and in default of payment they were committed to gaol for two months. ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.—A respectable looking man, named James Evans, was yesterday charged at the Police-court by officer 628, with assaulting him in Low hill on Saturday evening last. About one o'clock in the morning the officer saw the defendant in Phythian-street, in a state of intoxication, ringing at the door bells of several houses, and on desiring him to go home the defendant refused and began to abuse, him. He struck the officer twice, and told him that he did not care a straw for either the police, the mayor, or magistrates. The defendant was fined ten shillings and costs. ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES BY PROSTITUTES.—Two women, named Susan Kelly and Mary Ann O'Brien, were charged at the Police-court yesterday with robbing a young man named Lewis Adelburg, a clerk in a merchant's office, in this town, of the sum of £lO5 in Bank of Eng land notes. It appeared that, on Saturday evening, the prosecutor was with the prisoners, at a public-house in Whitechapel, and that when there the prosecutor was in liquor. A young lady, who was serving liquor in the bar at the time, deposed to the prisoners asking her to change he notes, which she declined to do. The prisoner were remanded to this day. CHARGE AGAINST OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS, OF DE FRAUDING THEIR EMPLOYERS. — Three men, named respectively Archibald Campbell, Henry Holden, and James Davidson, in the employ of Messrs. Busby, the extensive omnibus proprietors, of this town, were brought before the magistrates at the police-court, yesterday, charged with defrauding their employers of various sums of money which have been received by them from different passengers in fares. Mr. Dodd, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the prosecutors, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Bluck, solicitor. The case of the prisoner Camp bell was taken first. Mr. Dodd, in stating, the case, said that for some time the Messrs. Busby had had good reason to believe that they were robbed by some of the conductors of their omnibuses, and that their returns were not correct. They, therefore, took steps to ascer tain the truth of their suspicions, and the result was, that in the cases which he (Mr. Dodd) should lay before the court, the actual returns made by the prisoners differed to a considerable extent with the money which it would be proved they had actually taken. On the 29th of De cember, by the eleven o'clock journey from Scotland road to the Queen's Dock, there were twenty-two pas sengers carried, and only eighteen accounted for by Camp bell, leaving a deficiency of seven. On the following day, by the half-past three journey, Campbell again had twenty two passengers, and only accounted for twenty, and on Saturday last, by the half-past twelve o'clock journey, there were 28 passengers and only 12 accounted for, leaving a deficiency of 16. These cases had only been selected, amongst many others, by Messrs. Busby, with the view of putting an end to a system by which the complainants believed they suffered very seriously. A person named John Hughes was then called by Mr. Dodd, and he stated that he was employed by the Messrs. Busby to go and check the number of passengers on the 29th, 30th, and op Saturday last. He deposed to these being the number of passengers each day, as stated by Mr. Dodd. For this number he saw the guard paid. John Russell, a clerk in Messrs. Busby's office, deposed to receiving the returns from Campbell on the days in ques tion, and said that he only received for 18 passengers on the 29th, 20 on the 30th, and 12 on the Ist of January. The charges against James Davidson and Henry Holden, guards of the omnibusses running between Moss-street and the Pier-head, were then preferred. The evidence in these cases was similar to Campbell's case. All the pri soners were fully committed to take their trials at the sessions. CHURCH MISSIONS : ST. SAVIOUR'S.—The incumbent of St. Saviour's Church stated, on Sunday last, that it was his intention (D.V.) to deliver a monthly lecture on the Home and Foreign Missions of the Church of Eng land. The first of the course is to be given on Thursday evening next, divine service commencing at seven o'clock. IRISH SOCIETY. - The claims of the above valuable society were ably advocated on Sunday week, in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, by the Rev. Rector Campbell, when the sum of nearly £2O was collected. We understand that the next anniversary of the Irish Society is to be held in Liverpool early in March. THE REV. SAMUEL MINTON has announced his in tention of delivering a course of lectures in St. Silas' Church, upon the book of Joshua, on the Wednesday evening after the first Sunday in each month. The course will commence to-morrow with an introductory lecture upon the authority and value of the Old Testament Scriptures. RAILWAYS OPENED IN 1852.—1 t appears that the aggregate length of new railways opened during 1852, was, in England and Wales, 342 miles ; in Scotland, 17 miles ; and in Ireland, 103 miles : total, 4621 miles. HERMAN PHILIPPE DE MERODE, nine years of age, and the only son of Count Werner de Merode, and nephew of Count de Montalambert, while amusing himself a few days since by sliding:down the banister of the stair case, lost his balance, and fell. He fractured his skull, and died after three days' severe suffering.—Galignani. PROPOSED MAIL LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WEST INDIES.—An arrangement is about to be effected between England and the United States for a re gular mail between the United States and the West Indies generally, and points on the coast of Mexico and northern coast of South America, at which the British mail packets touch. To the British West Indies, the United States single rate of letter postage, which must be prepaid on letters sent from, and collected on letters received in, the United States, will be ten cents. where the distance from the mailing-office is under two thousand five hundred miles, and twenty cents. where the distance exceeds two thousand five hundred miles. To the West Indies, not British, Mexico, and South America, the British postage of twenty-four cents. the single rate, also required to be prepaid, will be added to the ten or twenty cents. 'United btatcs rate, according to distance above. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PENINSULAR MAILS The Madrid steamer arrived at Southampton this (Mon day) morning, with the above mails, and advices from Gibraltar to December 24th, Cadiz 25th, Lisbon 29th, Vigo 30th ; Oporto no communication. LISBON, DEC. 29.—The Portuguese fundholders were much disgusted with the conversion of the Portuguese debt into Three per Cents. A portion of the internal debt was also decreed to be converted into Foreign Three per Cents. for railway purposes. The new Tariff was in press, and would, it is said, disappoint all who looked for a reduction of duties and suppression of contraband trade. Exchange on London 544-, with a scarcity of general takers. Lisbon Bank notes at a discount of 21 per cent. The British squadron was still at Gibraltar. Exchange on London, 501 to 50-i-; Spanish pillared dollars al to 21 per cent. prem. The Emigrant ship Africa put into Lisbon, partially dismasted, bound to Australia. LONDON. The Standard says, the non-arrival of the Australian is beginning to give rise to a good deal of uneasiness, she being now fully a month overdue. We understand that a large amount of business has been done at Lloyd's, in insurances of the vessel and cargo, at very high rates of premium, and especially since the arrival of the Marco Polo, now a week ago. AUSTRALIA.—The Phoenician, with 60,000 ounces of gold on board, is reported this morning from Australia. The letters and papers are of old date. REPORTED Loss OF THE SPARROWHAWK, WITH MR. HEALD ON BOARD.—This report is stated to be untrue, Mr. Heald having arrived at Cadiz. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—The Globe is au thorised to state, that the Marquis of Chandos will not oppose Mr. Gladstone's re-election for Oxford University. HALIFAX ELECTION.—The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Henry Edwards, and a poll was demanded for Sir Charles Wood. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.—Lord John Russell was elected to-day, without opposition. In the course of his speech, he said, the opposition to Lord Derby's Govern ment had been more forbearing than any opposition in the history of the country ; and when Lord Aberdeen offered him office, he felt bound to accept it. He believed the Derby Administration had betrayed their own supporters, and had deluded the agricultural and , shipping interests. The Derby Administration should have taken one of two courses. Either to attempt to carry out their own views, or to have at once dissolved Parliament, and appealed to the country. The conduct of the Ministry was unusual, and he might say unconstitutional. He had called a meeting of his supporters on the subject, but they still forbore to press the Derby Government, and gave them time to propose their measures. In 18-H, when Lord Melbourne proposed the alteration of the timber, sugar, and corn duties, he at once dissolved Parliament, and appealed to the country ; but the Derby Government took ten months to do so; and when an appeal had been made to the country, still Government kept the country in doubt as to the question of Protection and Free-trade, and it was therefore incumbent on him and others to make Government give an explicit explanation, and he, there fore, supported Mr. C. Villiers's motion. On that motion the Free-traders were defeated, and, fortu nately, because it gave the Derby Ministsy an opportunity of showing how little that Government intended to benefit farmers, and how much they attempted to oppress the inhabitants of towns. The late govern ment proposed a revision of taxation, and he had been ready to assist in carrying such a system, if it was fair and equal. But the budget of the late government was to benefit one class at the expense of another. It was their misfortune to pay taxes for war which had been carried on by their forefathers ; but those debts must be paid, and nothing could be more un wise than to inflict new taxes. The late ministry had given up two of their points ; but a third point they could not give up without making themselves impotent. He saw no necessity for doubling the house tax ; and, be cause they opposed that measure, they were accused of conspiracy. (Cheers). The late ministers having been defeated, it was necessary to form a new administration. If he had been called upon by his Sovereign to form a new administration, he would not have undertaken the duty without having a majority of the House of Com mons ; and, therefore, it became necessary to have an administration combining several parties ; under those circumstances, he thought it was his duty to join the ad ministration of Lord Aberdeen. He would have been better pleased not to have accepted office ;, but Lord Aberdeen and his friends, and his (Lord John Rus sell's) own friends, thought that he must join the Administration in order to strengthen it. (Cheers.) They might be sure that, without taking pledges, he had satisfied himself that Lord Aberdeen was a sharer in his (Lord J.Russell's) opinions. He knew Lord Aberdeen was in favour of the removal of the Jewish Disabilities (cheers); and they might be sure Mr. Gladstone would direct his attention to Customs' duties. (Continued cheering.) With respect to the Income Tax, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was directing his attention to it with the view of amending the schedules, so as to make the Income Tax as little obnoxious as possible ; and' he could assure them everything would be done, which could be done, in order to make the Income Tax unobjectionable as possible. (Cheers.) But they must remember that, faulty as the Income Tax was, it had been the means of relieving people from twelve million pounds of taxation. With regard to the ballot, he was against secrecy in everything ; and among other things secrecy of voting, but the late election had disclosed such a scene of corruption, that he would turn his mind to diminish the evils of the present system. (Cheers.) Government would bring forward measures of Reform, but the time and manner of doing so, must be left to Government. With respect to Foreign affairs, he was happy to say their relations with Foreign powers were those of peace and amity. (Cheers.) With regard to any injustice being done to a subject of Great Britain, whenever such an occurrence arose, he would imme diately bring the matter before the offending Government. , FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET, Consols have experienced a further impr e ovement, and close with great steadiness. No change in the Railway market, and business still limited. Gold Mines continue steadily in demand. Nuggets more in favour than other descriptions, and remarkably good. Australian Agricul turals show great steadiness, and South Australians have greatly improved in purchases. Foreign Stocks generally have a healthy appearance, and transactions are numerous. CLOSING Consols, Account 100 A Do. M0ney....... PRICES. Bank Stock .... 2234 44 Exchequer Bills, L. &S. Three & Qr. per Cents. Mexicans.. Ditto Threes Spanish New Def. Do. Threes FOREIGN 23T- f 23f I 491 I STOCKS Spanish Passives.. 51 1 Turkish ......... Ilidis Swedish 11 dig RAILWAY SHARES London Stock.... 1251 61 I East Anglian 6 Do. Quarters .... Great Western 95 I Midland Stock BOl 1 Lanc.&Yorkshire. 84 54- Do. Halves — Do. Fifths ...... N. Staffordshire 31 j I London, Brighton, S. East. & Dover. 85' 6 & South Coast.. 108 9 Amberg.,Notting- Lond• &S Western 92 93 ham, &E.JunCi. York, Newcastle, - Manch'ter, Sheff., & Berwick .... 73 4 and Lincolnshire 3q 14 Do. Extension , Caledonian .. Do. Preference York&N.Midland 60 61 East. Counties .. 131 Norfolks .. 55 60 East Lancashire.. 77 9 Leeds Northern Edinb. & Glasgow Caley Preference.. Great Northern .. 82 3 North British .... 40 41 Do. A... 44 6 Do. Preference .. 1014 2i Do. 8... 121 3 , Shrewsbury, A. .. 66 8 MINING SHARES. N. Monde .. Agua Fria l- -it Australian 4 6 Cordeliera ....... k i Freehold .. Ave Maria .. 4 i Australasian .... 71- 8A- Carson's Creek ... 4 1 Colonial Port Philip ...... 2i 4 Mariposa LAND SHARES. Australian Agricul. 300 305 Van Dieman's 24 26 I South Australian.. 71 3 Yuba CORN MARKET. The show of Wheat is scanty, and the buyers are not free ; trade steady at last Monday's rates, for both Eng lish and Foreign. Fine Barley in demand. Oats the turn lower. Flour, Beans, Peas, and Seeds unchanged. To wards the close, the Wheat trade became flat ; fine as before, but, in some instances, inferior ls. lower. Other articles unchanged. ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Foreign. Wheat. . 9238 Barley Oats . 165 60 4480 551 6100 4688 Malt . . Beans ..... ........... 515 ^ 4503 Peas. Flour & 3823 kril TALLOW MARKET. Stock, 47,135 casks, against 61,976 casks last year. Deliveries last week, 4,416 casks, against 2,417 casks list CATTLE MARKET. Beasts sold readily at last Monday's prices not sell so well. The Calf trade is unaltered. Beef .. 2s 6d to 4s 2d I Lamb.... Os Od to Os Od Mutton.. 3s 2d to 4s 10d Pork .... 35 Od to 3s 8d Sheep did 2s 10d to 48 10d Beasts Sheep and Lambs.... 21,690 I Pigs . Veal . ARRIVALS. Cambridge, Leicester, Northampton and Lincoln Beasts Scotch Beasts Holland Beasts .. „ Sheep and Lambs „ Calves French Sheep.... MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE Closing quotations :—Birkenhead £22, 2 7-16 ; Cork and Bandon, 181; Eastern Counties, 131- 9-16 ; East Lan cashire pref. quarters, 9 9-16; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31; ditto old pref., 111; ditto new pref., i pm. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 25 9-16. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE Closing quotations :—Colonial Gold, 5. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The monthly meeting of the Polytechnic Society WS, held last night, at the Royal Institution. Mr. W. P Horner in the chair. Previous to the business of the monthly meeting com mencing, the annual meeting was held for the election of officers for the current year. Mr. W. P. Horner was elected president ; Mr. W. Milner and Mr. J. Grantham, vice-presidents ; Mr. F. Homer, treasurer ; Mr, C. F. Salt, secretary ; and Messrs. Alderman Bennett, Jos. Boult, Holme, R. Mather, H. Dawson, Newlands, Richd. Jones, Whinneray, and Jordan, the council. The adjourned discussion on Steven's patented fan paddle wheel was resumed by Mr. W. ROWETT, who spoke warmly in favour of the principle, as compared with the old 'paddle wheel. Mr. LORD and Mr. GRANTHAM gave it as their opinion, that, for practical purposes, it was not an improvement on the old principle. At the close of the discussion a vote of thanks to Mr. Rowett, for bringing the subject before the meeting, was carried. IMPROVED RECOIL BREAKWATER , Mr. W. H. SMITH, of London, was then introduced to the meeting by the chairman, and proceeded to give an explanation of his improved system of recoil harbours of refuge and defence. His explanations were illustrated by diagrams and models. Mr. Smith commenced his remarks by observing that harbours were matters of the greatest importance to the world, all nations being equally interested in their improvement. He then proceeded to refer to the present defective system of breakwaters, and showed that no breakwater yet formed had withstood the tempest. In proof of this, he pointed to Plymouth, Cherbourgh, Kingstown, and other places. The enormous sums of money that had been expended unprofitably, showed the necessity for some improved system to be adopted. He contended that at the present time there was no effective, not to say cheap, system for har bours of refuge, and the serious consequences were dis played in the fact, that from a calculation which had been made, I,Boo'hurnan beings and £3,000,000 worth of property were lost around our coasts, which might, to a great extent, be saved if we had in operation effective breakwaters or harbours of refuge. It had been urged some time ago by government, that nothing but the state of the public revenue prevented them from forming har bours ; but the mistaken economy of that objection was evidenced by the fact that the country had since that time• lost £40,000,000 in property, and 25,000 human lives. Now one-fourth of that amount would pay for 100 har bours, on the plan offered to be guaranteed. After dwel ling at some length upon the harbours of refuge in differ ent parts of the world, Mr. Smith said that to obviate the defect of other harbours, in some cases, in very deep water, at one-twentieth the cost, and at one-fiftieth if of wood, was the object of his yielding breakwater, which at the same time possessed advantages incidental and peculiar to itself, and hitherto considered unattainable. A small harbour on this improved principle would be formettof a series of independent open• frames or gratings of wood or iron, and be of sufficient depth and capacity to shelter a dozen large ships,• at a cost of £B,ooo,—the same as would, in stone, require an outlay of £200,000. The principle of the invention was peculiarly that of nature, where yield ing was a universal law. It was the only mode whereby the weaker body could withstand the stronger, as described in the fable of the Reed and the Oak. The trumpet mouthed weed of the Cape of Good Hope, laminaria binuinalis, grew to a height of from thirty to forty feet and formed a natural yielding breakwater, behind which the largest vessels had ridden in secure shelter. Even a slight frame, or hurdle of timbers, was sufficient to with stand the most severe tempest, whilst the rcountainous cliffs were swept away solely from that attitude of in flexibility. These cliffs in time formed shingle, which again• was a yielding barrier, being driven upon the beach; when, after absorbing the momentum of the coming wave, it was carriedback to its original position by the back wash, of the broken sea. It was unnecessary to dwell upon the great advantages which must arise from the operation of this system, in the numerous extensive works to which it might be applied: A.contract might be entered into for Dover Harbour, at its present estimate, to establish a sinking fund, keep the work in repair in perpetuity, and, in addition, insure a saving of £1,000,000 sterling. At the close of his remarks, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Smith, for his interesting lecture. ELECTION• PETITIONS.—On Saturday was printed, by order of the House of Commons, an alphabetical list of election petitions, corrected to 31st December. It appears that there are 132 members petitioned against, of which eight petitions are invalid, or have been withdrawn, leaving 124,members whose seats are contested. It is a• curious circumstance that seven of the members petitioned against hold office under the new administration. JOHN POWELL, EsQ., aged 84, a Military Knight,. died on Monday, at Windsor Castle. This gallant vete ran, formerly Quartermaster of the 77th Regiment, waft nearly twenty years in Tndia, and was present in the campaigns against Tippoo and Doondia Waugh, and in that of Wynaad. He served also at Cochin, Colombo, Sadasser, Seringapatam, Jamelabad, P unga l amcourc hy, and Arrakenny. He was also twelve years in the West Indies, and four in the Peninsula. WRECK OF TH.E DENISON.—In consequence of some unintentional errors which occurred last week in our re port of the wreck of the ship Denison,, we subjoin the following particulars, with which we have been furnished by Mr. James Wood, the mate of that unfortunate ves sel :—" The Denison left this port for Antigua 24th Dec... at 3.15 p.m. ; discharged pilot a n d s t eam b oa t, an d stoo d to N.W.; wind at W.S.W. At 4 , p.m. the Ormshead bore W.S.W. At midnight veered ship to S., having previously missed stays. On the 25th, at 2 a.m., the wind suddenly increased from W.S.W. to a. terrific gale, with torrents of rain ; and while endeavouring to take canvas off the ship, the fore and main yards broke in the slings, and the sails were rent in pieces. About 6 a.m. the gale began to abate, when, we got the remnants of the sails made fast, and reached to the southward under what, sail we could set. At 11, being close down upon the banks off Lytham, took the sail in and let go the an."l 2 bower anchor, veering away the chain to the end, which parted ; let go the best bower immediately, again veering away the chain to the end, which brought her up in si% fathoms water ; Lytham lighthouse bearing S.E. by E. At 2 p.m. the Lytham lifeboat came off, and put a pilot on board. Attempted to get under weigh, but declined it, finding she would not cast the right way. About 7 p.m. the other chain parted ; slipped it, and made all sail we could possibly set towards Fleetwood. At 10.30 came to with the stream anchor and cable, at the entrance of the Weir eastward of the Pile lighthouse. Sent the boat and four hands on shore with the pilot, to bring a steam boat out. At 2 a.m., on the 26th, the ship took the ground. At 2.30 the pilot returned with the steam -tug Nile and a Fleetwood pilot. The ship being aground,. sent the Nile away, with orders to bring another steamer. with twelve more men, to assist the ship off the following tide ; but previous to her floating, another gale came oil from the W.S.W., with a heavy sea, which, as the tide flowed, caused the ship to beat heavily on the sands, and soon bilged her, when she filled. The main and wizen masts were then cut away, and the whole crew, nineteen in number, with the two pilots, and three men left on board by the steamboat, took to the foremast, haying previously made the end of a warp fast to the longboat. The longboat was now washed off the deck, when the master, mate, two pilots, eleven of the crew, and the three men from the shore, with great difficulty succeeded in getting into her, and proceeded before the wind and sea, steering her with a piece of deck plank, until she came to the ground, and all were safely landed. Three men and one boy were afterwards taken out of the rig' ging ; and two boys were unfortunately lost. On our landing we were most kindly treated by a poor woman/ whose house was near ; and on our arrival at Fleetwood , Elliotson, Esq. entertained us most hospitably at biS own house, for which we beg to return him and his ge 3 , l lady our sincere a n d gra t e f u l t h anks. The crew lost their clothes. The ship will be a total wreck, and ye" little of the cargo is expected to be saved." LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1853. 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