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The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-13

FOOD RIOT AT EXETER.

EXETER, TILT RSDAX,

The county magistrates resumed their examination
of the prisonen this morning at the Castle. Several addi-
tional wiener's were called, who identified a number of the
rioters.

A man named William Davis was apprehended last night.
He was proved to have been mixed up with the riots ; and
in one instance, when a carpenter used his hammer to keep
off the crowd, he threatened, if he did not desist, to use his
knife. This took place in St. Thomas's, and whilst it was
going on a lad ran through the streets exclaiming ',Let's
on to Trood's, and fire the house !" The mob then rushed
on, and perpetrated the damage we have before men-
tioned.

Yesterday, before the county magistrates, 28 prisoners
were charged with the attack upon the house of Mr. Trood,
at Eaminoter, on the night of Mond.iy, the 9th Inst. They

are all very young, not one exceeding the age of twenty,
and belong to a very depraved class. Four of the number
are female.. The magistrates committed them all to take
their trial at the next assizes. . . . . . .

.
The city has now quite resumed its usual quietude, and
o tsars are entertained of any further disturbance.

THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY.-VERDICT OF MAN.
SLAUGHTER.

THETFORD, TIMRSDAY EVESINO.

This morning Mr. R. E. Clarke, borough coroner,
resumed the inquest, adjourned from Monday last, upon
the bodies of the Rev. Joseph Bell, curate of Bunwell
(Norfolk), and George Baldwin, stoker, who were killed
by the collieion whit& took piece on the Eutern Counties
Railway between this town and Heeling-road Station on
Thursday last.

Additional evidence was given in considerable detail, the
general tendency of it being to show that Mr. Ashcroft,
superintendent of the works, had transgressed orders in
going on the up line. At the close of the examination of
witnesses,
The jury retired, and, after being absent about half-an-
hour, returned into court with a unanimous verdict of
" Manslaughter " against Mr. Peter Ashcroft, the superin-
tendent of the works, in both cues of death—that of the
Rev. Joseph Bell and that of George Baldwin.
The Coroner then issued his warrant for the apprehen-
sion of the accused, and bound over the witnesses to appear
at the trial, next assizes at Norwich.
Mr. Ashcroft quitted the town shortly before the verdict

was announced.
We regret to st►te that the condition of Mr. Ellison, the
beremeter maker of Norwich, who was a passengcr in one
of the trains, and sastaised very serious injury, as already
noticed,lwas of such a character, when this report was des-
patched, as to create much anxiety for his life. A change
had taken place in the course of the day, and he was re-
ported to be sinking. Mr. Phillips is progressing
favourably.
One of the melancholy results of the collision has been to
render fifteen children fatherless. One of the plate-layers
who was killed has left seven to lament his sad end.
London, England, 1854-01-13

,••••••• - - -
NA171.1. O. MN= CIANWILL. AND ML Me net WILLI-UAL

TAILOR IV DIST &ND

P&IYILEOES OV

This was as action brought against several defendants,
one of whom was M. Dread, secretary to the Belgian
embassy in this country, and it was sought to recover 2601.
in respect of some shares in a wining company jgßolgsuns.
and of which company M. Moist was •thoged to, Wa •
disiater.
Mr. Willes new appeared on behalf if M. Omit, and
moved for a rule for the plaintiff, and Mao the dedsadscla
other than M. Drouet, to show mass why all prommtlippp
the action should not be set aside or stamrd,xtls
(mad that this court had no
re jurfedicgt
Dad, he being a public minister of the • Mal 341-
glans, soeusdited by that sovereign, ,and.; POdloodsa its
minister at this court. It was
.04MMI. *at
was a pod defeum to the schism Mt Mat
bat M. Drouet had been adviser tip it.4o
to his diplomatic character. and to lbw. ' tie
London, England, 1854-01-13

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CASUALTIES.
Antoinette Patrol, Nelson, of and for Norway from Lot-
ion, in ballast, was stranded near West Hartlepool last
night, and immediately went to pieces; crew saved.—
Hartlepool, Jan. 11.
Commerce (schooner), of Aberdeen, from Dsntzie, with
wheat, water-logged and unmanageable, ran upon the
rocks opposite Ladyloan Station yesterday; crew saved.
Dundee, Jan. 10.
Catherine Maria, of Odense, Hansen, was observed this
morning on the Strand, at Druridge, and almost imme-
diately went to pieces; crew drowned.—Warkwortb,
Jan. 10.
Dankbar, of Konigsberg, Aschendorff, from London to
Newcastle, in ballast, has driven ashore from her anchors
near this port, and become a wreck; crew saved.—Sua-
derland, Jan. 11.
London, England, 1854-01-13

SWEDEN AND DENMARK.

The following summary of the naval farces be-
longing to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, is given
in the Danish and Swedish journals:
Denmark possums 5 ships of the line, 12 frigates,
4 corvettes, 1 barque, 4 brigs, 3 'showier', 2 cutters,
40 ketches, 42 gun boats, and 8 war steamers, total
114 vessels. Her navy list comprises 1 vice-admiral,
3 rear-admirals, 8 commodores, 7 post captains, 18
captains, 38 first lieutenants, and 42 second lieute•
nants. The number of her registered able-bodied

seamen is about 20,000.
The Swedish fleet is composed of 10 ships of the
line, 8 frigates, 3 corvettes, brigs, 6 schooners, 8
bomb ketches, 230 gun boats, and 12 war steamers •
total, 302 vessels. Her naval officers are : 7 admirals,
40 poet captains, and 200 officers of a less grade. Her
registered seamen amount to about 30,000.
Norway possesses 2 frigates, 4 corvettes, 1 brig,
5 schooners, 136 gun boats, and 5 war steamers ;
all, 153 vessels. She has 28,000 seamen, but only
one-tenth of them are in actual service.
Thus the total number of Swedish and Norwegian
ships is 355, and of the Danish, 114 ; which, added
together for the three Scandinavian kingdoms,
gives a grand total of 439 war vessels of every
class.
The Danish government has just ordered the im-
mediate construction of two large 50-gun screw
frigates.
London, England, 1854-01-13

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tle the fled an were men ate dis-
, ar fear miles from the entrance of the

A letter from St. Petersburg, in the National
Garatte of Berlin, toys:—" After the departure of
the Ambassador of the Shah of Persia from that
city in September last, only an inferior diplomatic
agent remained here, and it is impossible this
this agent can have concluded a treaty of alliance
between Russia and Turkey. The report of an
e! the Bleelene esainat irtirt .!e in.
I pesitaile."
London, England, 1854-01-13

GERMANY.

A Berlin correspondent of the Dresden Journal,
writing on the 6th, says :—" Our government has
given no reply to the communioations made by the
Swedish and Danish ambassadors, respecting the
treaty of neutrality recently concluded between those
two States, although the cabinets of Copenhagen and
Stockholm expected it by the end of last month.
Since those communications were made, they have
been the topic of the day, and have given rite to all
sorts of guesses and suppositions. We entertain a
serious doubt that an affirmative answer to those com-
munications can by any possibility be sent.."
It is stated from Berlin that the naval harbour in
the North Sea which Prussia is endeavouring to
secure, and concerning which a communication has
just been made to the Prussian parliament,at present
belongs to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, is near
Jande, and not far from the mouth of the Weser. A
semi-official journal recently published ample details
respecting the port projected near Cuxhaven. The
negotiations have not had, however, a satisfactory
result, and the Oldenburg site has been selected.
The secrecy observed with the chambers was not
prompted by any political motive, but by a wish not
to forestall the debate about to ensue respecting the
cession of the harbour in the Chambers of Oldenburg.
' For a long time rumour has been rife respecting a
• commercial treaty between the Zollverein and France,
but nothing positive was known. The Bremen
Trade Journal now publishes a preliminary plan re-
specting it, which is said to be sanctioned by one of
the contracting parties. The ships of both nations,
it is said, are to have reciprocal and identical privi•
legal, not only in the home ports, but even in those of
the French colonies, the duty on French woollens,
to be reduced one-third. Asa met off, the duties
levied at the French ports on German live stock,
breadstuff', and raw material, &a., to be reduced one-
London, England, 1854-01-09

MINES.

SATURDAY EVENING.
The market for home mining stock is characterises
by considerable activity, and maintains a very steady
tone. On the whole the tendency of this market is
in the direction of improvement. There are inquiries
for East Buller, North Basset, and North Buller.
Amongst the sales reported are: Alfred Consols,
261; Wheal Arthur, 311 ; Trehane, 91; West Bas-
set, 161; Drakewalls, 21; Hilbricken, 21; Clive,
11; North Damsel, 1,3, 1; North Toway, 1,1;
Booworthen, 5, 7 ; Wheal Guskus, 2 ; Treleigh Con-
solo, 21, ; St. Day United, 2,1; Herodsoombe,
18.. 9d. ; Sortridge Consols, 28s. 9d.; Tremollet
Downs, 18e. 9d; West Wheal Jane, 21; Dines
Great Consols, 11, a ; Angarrack Consols, 1, 1.
Prices of the gold mining shares continue to
dwindle, and the market shows flatness. At 3
o'clock, Colonial Gold were quoted Ito prem.;
Great Nugget, 1 dis. to par; British Australian
Gold, 1 to 1 per share ; Nouveau Monde, 1-16 to
3-16 prem.; Ague. Fria, 1 to 3 prem.
In other mining stocks there was little feature.
The shares of the English and Australian Copper,
and United Mexican Companies were flatter.
The nominal closing prices of new undertakings are
as follows :—South Devoe Consols,l to 3 prem. ; Lewis
Hill Range, Ito # dis. ; Clarendon (of Jamaica), to
pm.; Golden Mountain, to 1 dia. ; Mount Carbon
Coal, 1 to 3 dis.; Rename, par to 1 prem.; Conne-
mara, 1 dis. to ; Glenaulin, 5-16 to 3-16 dia. ; Aus-
tralian Mutual, Ito dis.; Poltimore, Ito prem.
Great Crinuie, 1 to 1 pm.; Garnett and Moseley, Ito
1 prem.; Sue River (of Jamaica), dis. to par ; Met-
wife (of Jamaica), to 1 pm. ; Australasian Coal, Ito 1
dia.; Britannia Gold, 1 to / per .h. (all calls paid up);
Fortuna, Ito 1 prem.; Obernhof, /to pm.; Glad-
bach Zinc, dis. to 1 prem. ; San Fernando Silver
Lead, j dia. to / prem.; London:and Virginia Oold and
Copper, per to
_4 prem. ; Peninsular Mining, to /
IPreln-; Great Hewes United Tin, par to 1 prem.;
Cologne Lead, a to 1 dia.; Monarch Gold, 5-16 to
3.16 dia. ; Jamaica Copper. 3 to 1 pm.; New Linares,
di.. to par; Melbourne Gold, 1 to 1 dis. ; New
South Wales Coal, 3 to f dis. ; L'Aigle d'Or,
to 3 die.; Dhurode Copper, / dis. to 1 pm. ; Carberry
West, 5-16 to 3.16 dis.; Moselle, par to; pm. ; British
Colonial Smelting and Reduction, 1 dis. to par ;
Lackamor Copper, 3 to 1 dis.; Cumberland Hema-
tite Iron Ore, par to 1 prem. ; Port Royal, 1 to 1 pm.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLomt.
The gold mining shares remain fiat, with very
little business. Agna Fria shares are quoted-11-16
to 13-16 prem. ; Korean Monde, 1-16 to 3-16 prem.;
Colonial Gold, 6-16 to 7-16 prem. ; and Great Nug-
get. dis. to par.
Australian Agricultural shares rather firmer, at 39
to 40. Peel River are quoted to dia. ; North
British Australasian, 1.16 dia. to 1-16 prem. ; and
Scottish Australian Investment, 1 7-16 to 1 9-16
prem. Imperial Brazilian shares have been dealt in
at 6.
London, England, 1854-01-09

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Politicai events are cow producing their full effect on
this market. " Bears" are buying in their accounts, and
the trade securing some portion of what they will require
later on, by buying for blare!), April, and May delivery.
Of seller. for autumn there are none.
Petersburg Y.C. oa the spot is quoted 626.; ha. to
March, 625. ;March to April, 625. 6d., 635.
PLUTICULILIIB OF TALLOW.
ISM • 1163.•

Stock CC harm 46,676
Delivery leetweek . 1,717
Do. from let Jane 63,963
trrival lest week 1,271 s __
Do. from lit June
Price T. C. per ewe. I 36,7. 9d. i 465.94. 606.4 d.
Do. Town 39s. 64. 1 47e. ea. I 61e. Oil.
Arrival for the week ending Jan. 17, last year, 30 casks;
sad delivery 2,436 casks. The arrival last week comprised
660 casks from Australia, 1,169 from South Amities, and
262 from other pieces ;—Total, 2,261 eatks.

hand Casks... 61,216
k
672,,353
1,333
92,267

43,191
1,311
68,11011
_2.18!

SMITHFIELD MARKET.—THIS DAY.
The supply of beasts is the mane as on Monday lut, and
the demand equally good ; in consequence, we are able to
retain the quotations of that day, with a brisk sale. Then
are only a few more sheep, however ; our trade is not so
brisk, the weather ia unfavourable, and, on the average.
prices are rather lower. We are better supplied with
calves. and consequently there is a considerable reduction
from Friday's quotations. From Germany and Holland
there are 246 beasts, 1,690 sheep, and 192 calves ; Spain, 9S
beasts; Norfolk and Suffolk, 2,000; and 700 from this
Northern and Midland Counties.
Pee 16000 delta. a6.a 6. i Par stone of 8113 e. ad.s. d.
Beet &tote, Herefords.. 4 8 6 0 Beet lloa. a tlf..bds. Ms
Beet Bbort•home 4 8 ; Beet Loyd-wools 4 6 4
&mood quality Beeela. .34 4 0 !to. do. tranu
1%17•4
Ples , • .... .—3 8 4 8 Ja. 00. Mors
Bea vac 1 8411.beede 110 8 41 Luna, .
Fleaet4 at martin, 3,342; theft. and =V/0 ; Wm, in:
pigs. 18T.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that although the
trade is not active, still the demand for hope is increasing
at fully late prices.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Eden Main, 345. 6d. ; Walls End Tees, 3.50 d —Ships
t market, 16.
London, England, 1854-01-09

THE BALTIC POWERS.

The Colo"; Gazette of the 6th inst. contains a
communication made to it from Berlin of the 3rd,
and which we give here entire :—" The various
states along the Baltic feel how necessary it is for
them to familiarise themselves with the probability of
a war between England and Russia. Negotiations
have therefore taken place between Denmark, Swe-
den, and Prank respecting the right of the neutral
tag. The same governments in 1780 concluded an
' armed neutrality' with Russia for the protection of
the neutral thig, with the view of resisting
the unnatural interpretations that the belligerent
powers gave to their idea of contraband in war,
and of a blockaded harbour. In the year 1800
this was followed up by a treaty between the same
states respecting the second ' armed neutrality,' in
which the principles as laid down in 1780 were ex-
tended. According to these laws free navigation is
the right of neutral ships along the coasts and to the
ports of the belligerent powers. The property of the
subjects of the latter when in neutral vessels is free,
with the exception of what is contraband in war.
Only goods specified by treaty are to be considered
such ; a harbour is only then blockaded, into which
the entrance can actually be prevented by ships of
war there stationed. The assurance of the officer in
command of the convoy obviates a search. As mat-
ters are at present Denmark, Sweden, and Prussia
appear to contemplate the renewal of these treaties
as far as concerns themselves."
London, England, 1854-01-09

TILE NATIONAL DEBT.

The following notice 1M been published in the
,•I:ette
The Lord* Commissioners of her Majesty's Tretsury
having certified to the Commissionen for the Reduction of
the National Debt, in parsnaoce of the Act, 10th Ueo. IV.,
c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of
October, 1853, amounted to the sum of three million two
hundred and forty-seven thousand four hundred and
teeny-three pentads eleven shillings and eleven pence.
The Commissionen for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby gine notice, that the sum of eight hundred
and eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-flee pounds
Nero:seen shillings and eleven pence, being one-fourth
poet of the said surplus of three million two baptised and
forty seven thousand four hundred and twenty-three
Pound, eleven shillings and eleven p•ses, will be applied,
sods! the provisions of the said act, between the 6th day of
January, 1854, and the .sth aay of April, 1854, to the fol-
lowing purposes. via. :
To be applied tower a the reduction of the
Notional 811,866 17 11
Debt
Add interest receivable on account of dona-
tions and bequests to be applied to the
purchase of stuck 3,061 13 10

£816,907 11 9
A. Y. Ser.mutAx,Comptraller•Oeneral.
N...t.0nal Debt Oil Leo, Jsie. 4.

LEITERS FOR INDIA AND AUSTRASIA.-1110
!onion nova win lined by the Postmeetsr-Generel, setho
Usnersi Post-office, on &Mews viz.)." All letters, "
whit;
pa,d or unsay!, for India and
is sad whisk=
posted in time, retched this set the late to be
on the morning of the 4th hot. vie Pionthantplen,
to the lite interruption of the tail tritfees win be eehe bY
the route of Marseilles, of tbs NI bet."
THE SADDLERY Tools&—Tbso exports of Wag
acd harness hare yrestly hem= le Wow by • se"
ar
just published. laths math ea Mt nit die thiletell
value wan 32,974 L, being so boom of ma 11... Om Si.
period of lea. In the 11 aloft 11141111 the Mill Iffie
Roods were of the nine of
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London, England, 1854-01-09

RAILWAY COLLISIONS.

A railway collision took place on Wednesday
afternoon last upon the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. A
train left Normenton at 1.20 p.m. to Manchester, and bad
reached the Bellfield cutting near Rochdale, when the lost
portion of the train, destined for Liverpool (second and
third class), got off the down line owing to congealed snow
or is lifting the wheels higher than the rails. The con-
sequence was that the couplings broke, the carriages went
upon the up line, and a Liverpool luggage train propelled
by two engines coming up in the other direction immedi-
ately ran into them and smashed three of them to pieces.
Three of the passengers received severe bruises and cats,
but sustained no fatal injury. The trains were fortunately
going at a very slow speed owing to the snow. The line
was blocked at that point with the snow until Thursday
afternoon, and in the meantime the passengers were taken
to Rochdale and provided with lodgings.
Another railway collision occurred on Saturday morning
on the, North Union line, between Wigan and Newton
I,lridge. Some railway porters were shunting a coal train
at the junction of the Spring branch, out of the way of the
mail front Edinburgh to London, when the mail train
came on at great speed and dashed through the other
whilst it was across the up lime. The coal waggons were
knocked to atoms, and part of the mail train got off the
line, so that their progress was interrupted for three hours.
The accident occurred at 4.30 a.m. Several passengers
were a good deal shaken, and some of them a little bruised,
but he serious injury was the result.
London, England, 1854-01-09

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

The public sales declared for tomorrow are—Sugar 350
libds. West India, 6,660 begs Mauritius, 10,700 bags Bea-
ol 4,060 bags Madras, and 800 bags Penang, the total
being considered large. Coffee: 200 casks plantation Cey-
lon, 500 bales Mocha, and 150 cases East India. Saltpetre :
1,400 bags.
OILS.--Seal, pale, 401.10 s.; straw, 361. to 381.gbrown, SQ.;
Sperm 901.
_to 911. Os. lissangrater, NI. is 1111.;
Cod, wt. ; man Sea, 981. to 421.; Olive Gallipoli, 611. to 621.;
Spanish and Sicily, 591. to 601.; Palm, 421. Os. to 491.;
Cocoa Nut, 451. 10a. to 471. 10e. ; Linseedd3l. 10s. ; Rape-
I seed, pale, 451, 10s. to 491.
London, England, 1854-01-09

and facilities for the reception and repairs of ship-
ping, the want of which has been so long and se-
verely experienced. It is proposed to construct, in
the first =stenos, a railway from Cape Town by
Wynberg, through the towns of Stellenbosch and
the Purl, to Wellington,. thus rendering at once
eccessible the productive wine and corn districts, and
eventually, if deemed practicable with commensurate
advantage, to form extensions from Wynberg to
Simon'm Bay, and through Swartland, or by a coast
line to Saldanha Bay, and a future extension to
Swellendam and the eastward, which will take in
the moat fertile and productive districts in the west-
ern province.
It is further stated that the deposit is limited to
2s. per share; and no call will be made, or any lia-
bilities entered into further than the usual prelimi-
nary expenses, unless a satisfactory guarantee of a
minimum dividend shall be obtained from the Colo-
nial government. An act of Parliament will be
applied for, enabling the company to conclude the
necessary arrangements with the Colonial govern-
ment, and conferring a limited liability on the share-
holders. And, in failure of obtaining such act of
Parliament and satisfactory guarantee, the deposits
will be returned to the seripholders, less the expenses
which may have been incurred.
Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses,as reoeived by Mr.Banter'steiegraphie lames:
Amsterdam, Friday, closing prises:—Dutch Four
per Cents., 92} ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
6111-16. Spanish Deterred Three per Cents., 20 9-16 ;
the Coupons, per cent. ; the Old Three per
Cent. Foreign, 441. Austrian Five per Cent. Me-
tallic'', 72/. Portuguese New, 36 15-16. Mexi-
can New, 221,. Peruvian New, 611. Granada De-
ferred, 7 1-16 ; ditto Active, 19 1-16. Greek (Blue),
6. Nearly all these prices show a further decline.
The exchange on London remains steady at 11. 671,
short.
Madrid—Wednesday : Three per Cent. Interior
Debt, 411 ; ditto Deferred, 211. These prices exhibit
little change.
Hamburg—Friday: Spanish Three per Cents.,
371; ditto, Deferred, 191. Sardinian, 821. Ex-
change on London, 13.6 m. Prices of stocks on this
bourse continue declining.
Frankfort—Friday : Austrian Five per Cent.
Metallics, 77. Spanish Three per Cents., 391 ; ditto
Deferred Three per Cents., 2U. A airther heavy
fall is here indicated.
Berlin--Friday : Russian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 94; National Debt, 91. Russian stock shows

an improvement.
The following telegraphic despatches were also
received :
St. Petersburg—Dec. 30: Yellow candle tallow
for delivery in August,;2,ooo casks, told at 130, with
hand money. Crown copper for delivery, 111; De-
midoff, 11/.
Liverpool—Jan. is Sales of cotton, 3,000 bales.
No change in prices.

The official returns of the Irish banks mane up
for the four weeks ending Dec. 24, 1863, are as
follows:
•

Circulation
authoring&

Name and Tide.
London, England, 1854-01-09

GERMANY.

The Prussian

the mercantile

world respecting the compulsory acceptance of Aus-
trian banknotes in lieu of silver by the foreign
creditor. The Austrian debtor, relying on the im-
perial proclamation of June 2, 1848, although he
may have specially agreed to pay with honest silver,
coolly presents these Austrian assignats at their
nominal value as liquidation of his debt. The credi-
tor, who loses 20 per cent. by the transaction, bade
no redress at an Austrian tribunal, although he
produces the written agreement, which expressly
stipulated that: he was to be paid for his goods with
metallic and not paper money. The Prussian pub-
lic, to which we beg to add the English public, are
both recommended to use the greatest caution is
their acceptance of any Austrian oills of exchange,
especially if they contain a promise to pay with coin,
since the creditor cannot enforce his claim, is sure
to lose 20 per cent., or he may find these assignats
can only be cubed at all by a still more ruinaus sa-
crifice.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—Lord Paget
has been presecuting his canvass vigorously throu3bout
the week notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the
weather; he has visited every important district in the
division, ►nd has addressed the electors several times. In
his speech at Willenhall be distinctly and emphatio►lll
repudiated t. fluidity " either as regarded free-trade or
reform; he avowed himself in favour of an extension of
the free-trade principle to the fullest extent, and ci
further reforms in cur f ermentstive system. The canvass
its so favourable as to place the return of his lordship
almost beyond a doubt.
SPORTING WITHOUT A LICENSE.—The Monniout's-
•Air► Merlin relates that an engine-driver on the Western
Valleys Railway Lined a fine woodcock a few days ago with
a pine of coke.
London, England, 1854-01-09

3,7F8,1211
927,687
281,811
243,440
311,079
761,727
24,084
68,429

6,41',227

The above returns shew an increase in the amount
of note simulation for the four weeks of 74,007/.
as wmpared with the preceding return, and during
the same period the bullion in the banks also in-
creased to the amount of 8,9971.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.
The English stock market continues to show heavi-
ness, and prices are now quoted at a further decline
of to 1 per cent. Consols opened at 92Z to lex die.
for the 18th instant, and, after touching 921 to 1,
are now quoted only 921 to The Three per Cent.
Reduced have been dealt in at 921 to ; the Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cent. at 931 to ; Bank Stock,
at 219 ; ' Exchequer Bills at 6s. to 9s. prem.; and
India Bonds at par to 41. prem.
The foreign stock market is heavy, and prices are
generally lower, especially for Russian. The Five
per Cent. stock of this state has been sold as low as
109 ; and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. as low as
901. Mexican has declined to 221 to ; and Spanish
Deferred to 20 to 1. Sardinian Five per Cents.
have been dealt in at 89 ; Spanish Old
Three per Cents., at 431 ex div.; Venezuela De-
ferred, at 13 ; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., at
93 to 921 ex div. ; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates,
at 95 ; Granada Deferred Bonds, at 7 ; Equador,at4l;
Buenos Aryan, at 62 ; and Danish Three per Cents.,
at 83 to 841.
London, England, 1854-01-09

ITALY.

PIEDMONT.
The Intendant-General of the province of Ivrea, in
a proclamation dated from Aosta, 30th ult., announces
that by the bravery of the troops, the insurgents of the ,
communes of Champorcea and Ponte Basso in the I
valley of Aosta have been dispersed and have laid
down their arms. Upwards of 200 have been made
prisoners. The proclamation closes with the follow-
mg words: "Inhabitants of the province of Ivrea.
From the bottom of the valley of Aosta, I invite you
to raise with me the national cry :—The Constitu-
tion for ever. The King forever." According to a
letter in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, the num-
!bee of insurgents at Verres amounted to a thousand.
I They had occupied that place, and forced the autho-
rities to yield obedience to them, threatening vio-
-1 fence in case of resistance. They . caused
the arms of the national guard to be given up
to them, tore down the Bag of the Constitution, and
after subjecting it to all kinds of indignities, burnt
it, crying, "Down with the constitution ! The King
for ever !" They visited all the shops, and took
what they could conveniently lay their hands on.
On the approach of the troops, they retired to Cha-
tillon, where the Syndic, the Intendant of Aosta, the
judge, and officer in command of the carabiniers,
went out to meet them, and furnished them with
1 what tilt,' wanted, in order to prevent their sacking
the town. They accepted, and promised to do no
harm, but soon after respected nothing. At St. Vin-
cent, the national guard was disarmed, and the dili-
gence for Chatillon was stopped. At Ciombavaa their
number had swelled to two thousand. They took
the read to Aosta, always pursued by the troops.

Men were constantly joining them from the moun.
tains, until the troops dispetsed them.
"The retrograde conspiracy," says the Genes
Corriere Mercantile, of the 2nd instant, "has erten.
sive ramifications. We have seen it at work at
Alexandria, where the Mayor was obliged to issue a
proclamation, declaring that the Government had no
intention of increasing the duly on salt. At Casale,
• popular demonstration took place on the 40th,
A mob congregated under the windows of the Deputy
Mellona, crying ' Down with him.' They then re-
paired to the house of M. Montiglio, who was his
competitor at the last election, and gave him three
cheers. No act of violence was committed. The
instigators of those disturbances do not belong to the
town. _ .
London, England, 1854-01-09

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-THIS DAY.
A moderate supply of English wheat was disposed of at
an advance of 6s. per qr. upon the currency of Monday last.
A fair amount of business was also transacted in foreign
wheat, at a like improvement in value.
Barrel Sour was le. to 2s. dearer, and the top priest of
flour was generally advanced to 755. per mak.
Barley was held for Is. to 24 more money, which checked
its sale.
Notwithstanding good arrivals of oats, factors were enabled
to obtain Is. to Is. 6d. higher rates.
Beans were Is. to 25., and Peas la. per qr. dearer than on
this day se'nnight.
Indian corn was decidedly dearer.
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON [ROM JAN. 2nd 94JAN. 7th.
Cos. Radish, neaten. lrle. Ynntarn.
1161 1331
.....
131
:11y 2191 657 2417 :1
Can I 432 I 733 10314 I 4373
Malt
EDW. 2399 auks and 43674 carrels.
London, England, 1854-01-09

2.111110 ES IN THN NORTH.
PRESTON, SATURDAY.
Since my last despatch, depatatimos or spumes
sod self•actur saiedirs ban waited up= tba ei Ile
firms by vista they were formerly employsTM 6w
MANN mmaisted of fear proms each. exespl lit the mop
the largest trot la the tows. when eigM palltha mmotitalsi
the depotstleo. Almost every master is **lows wassails
persosally, sad at every piers the heads were maim* with
the utmost courtelly. As might have bees esmillais dm'
it ta eonsidend that all the employers with whom IMMallv
&tattoo was UM ma ambers of the arose 111.111 b SOD
answer is mat mess was that ao maps mug Is vim
towards a settlimeat of the dispute without a wins OM
foresee with that body. Ia some iastaamo lM MOM
declared their Usability to pay as 'dream apes tles mom
of March last. Many emadmen the operatives* mime wog
some few espremed their opinion that somariasithas
either masters Wawa were obletelomble.
The week's Maros show that the maths, id
Made relieved from the Trades Mika fad :NNW
lost met, 16,720; Jambes, 1. The amnia ilsollowil
bee
relief this week was 3,7061. 16e. 3d.; lard week, 2,111011. M.
3d.; tasters, 7611. Ss. 3d.'

- -
• meeting of the master manufacturen of Manchester
was Mid on Thursday, to comider the propriety of Joining
M ether associations of the district in aiding the Proems
malamute, by subseribing du per mut. upon the wages
paid In every mill mid* is at meek, ia ceder to &hay the
ourrent espouses of those who on. lighting the battle of
whole trade. The weeoletioss puled at a meeting ea Taw
day last on this 'abject have already been made publie.
The mune takes at that meeting was gumelly summed,
and it was unanimously agreed that the blur-Wester Asseci-
sties should join the others in eanyieg oat the object of
those vesstatisas.

°lmam JAB. m.—TN disputa bettreed WI masted
sad the wedusea la Glasgow sky dill esatialas, sad sine
Wombed yeas, pecesaa, sale sad hada, istiapaadeat of
adults. are eenemprostly eat of diplomat.
• placard Ids aloe boa used to the poi* et Scotland,
by the operative *men* odusittee, la the wad of the
eptintive edam *men ef Seadaad, anneeming their
detanalastisa to resist the dolga of the odes andoyere
ly awry legtlinata sem, sad appealing for pecuniary as-

sissomee.
The NerfA Dritig Dei4 Nail of Friday, says that
dories the preeadfas three days the eusaittos had re-
ealtred. as sobseriptiess firma the geseral peblie. oo behalf
of *be views throws .at of sotploysest, the son of
$t lb. 10L
London, England, 1854-01-09

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Letters from Constantinople of the 25th of Decem-
ber state that some engagements had taken place
on the Danube, which had resulted in advantage, on
the Turkish side. The first of these occurred near
Kalafat. 400 waggons sent to bring forage, escorted
by 300 men, were met at six leagues from Kalafat,
by a numerous troop of Cossacks. A conflict ensued,
and the Russian. were routed. Opposite Sistow
there bad also been a rencontre between the redifs,
who had crossed the Danube, and • con-
siderable mass of Cossacks. The latter were
put to flight, leaving several of their party on
the field, and ten prisoners in the hands of
the Turks. Two Rumen gun-boats, part of a flotilla
escorted by a steamer, had been sunk by a fire frog
the fort of luktche, and the steamer compelled to
retire. This, it will be remembered, is the fort which
the Russians pretended they had destroyed in the
beginning of the war. In Asia, according to the
Constantinople journals, the position of the Turk-
' lab arms ie far from being so bad se
the Russian bulletins make out. In Ana-
tolia, the Ottoman army besieging Akiska
has taken Auger sad Djernik—positiona commanding
the defiles of that important fortress. They had
besides diverted the streams which supply the town,
with water. It was expected from an. moment to
another that Akiska mast surrender aiilas the wee-'
ther should compel the Turks to rape the siege. In
another part of Asia Bchamyi hettlaken the town
and fortress of Zactal, while bit lieutenant, Daniel
Bey, had made himself muter of Kalletti. After this
achievement Daniel Bey continued his march towards
Chirvan.
A private letter from Alexandria, of Deft 2i; says
" That when the Pacha of Egypt heard of tli'e affair
of Sinope, he immediately ordered six frigates, five
corvettes, and two brigs V: be armed in order to
replies the vessels lost by the Turkish fleet"
The New Pretrial: Gazette, a stout champion of
the Ruske sans, in speaking of the note of the foqr
ambassadors, which has been accepted by the Porte,
says :—." The neleetheconference of Vienna has not
prevented Buds from displaying all her military
power ; she sorfsfaly will not now disarm in presence
of the very stsligent instructions which the admiral.
and the 1111•1116811 English and French squadrons
have resehod keen their respective governments.
,likes ts at first contented themselves
SO 7feiirbg a line of demarcation on the Black
Asa, which Amid not be passed either by Turkish or
Iteriaa vesselevaad even this c mdition Russia has
neCallewed 4* be imposed on her. But now, it is
saiivia the lastrections of the French and English
'Moab, that Soy are to proceed immediately Into
the Mask Sea, there to exercise the exclusive and
London, England, 1854-01-07

SWEDEN.

The Hamburg Correspondent, under date of Stock• I
bolo, 23th ult.,
The government issuing demanded from the Diet new
trsdiu for the armament of troops and the coostructioa of
fresh fortifications, it will not perhaps be without interest
w make known the state of the Swedish army when placed
in s war footing. The infantry is divided into 48 belie-
hoes of the line, 27 battalioes of the reserve, and 12 battik-
has of depot ; total, 85,060 men. The cavalry is composed
of 40 squadrons f the line and 10 of reserve ; total, 6,764
ems ; srtillery, 20 batteries of the line and 5 of reserve ;
total. 4,116 men. Total of the army, 95,180 men. To this
forte must be added the national militia of Gartland, 8,000
wog, and the other militia amounting to 13,000 men. The
total armed force of Sweden presents therefore an effective
strength of 116,190 mos.
London, England, 1854-01-07

GERMANY.

*—
In its sitting, the Second Chamber proceeded to
the formation of its definitive bureau on January
the 4th. Count Schwerin, the candidate of the Lett
(the opposition), elected president at the opening of
the session, in spite of the efforts of the Right, was
by the terms of the standing order only a provi-
sional speaker; the final election for the remainder
of the session was not to take place till a month
had elapsed. The struggle, therefore, was renewed
on the 4th, and again the Left has been victorious,
u shown by the scrutiny. The count was re-
elected, but by what majority we do not yet know.
His political adversaries even may have contributed
to his success, since his moderation, the nobleness
of his character, his impartiality, and his skill in
presiding at the debates, have commanded the ad-
miration of all parties. As soon as his election was
declared. Al. Engelmann was named fist vice-
president.

ITALY.

.-

PIEDMONT.
The Oldwiene of Turin, of the 2nd, states that an
Austrian corporal of gendarmes being accidentally
with a private in an inn at Cogolo, in the Venetian
terri•ory, where several strangers had arrived, saw a
bottle on the ground, filled with gunpowder. This
circumstance exciting his suspicions, he searched the
rooms of the travellers, and toned several pistols and
poinards in their possession, besides ammunition, and
a quantity of revolutionary papers, including ori-
ginal correspondence between MM. Kossuth and
lklanini, and proclamations. Ito immediately ar-
rested the strangers, who turned oat to be G. Mayer,
a painter. from Zurich; Marino, a student, from
Padua; Fontana, a music-master, from Brescia; and
one Moretti, from Castigliano.
London, England, 1854-01-07

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING,

that he had no right to go our Watesiewbridge as that was
'priests way,
Mr. A'Beduitt said that was all wensease. The »beta
I was bound to take the merest route. The tables based by
the Commissioners of Felice speeded the distaste to he
usder two miles by near 600 yards. The defesdaut bed
rendered himself liable to two or three offences, but as he
was only charged with exaetioa he should oat deal with
Wt. He asked defendant what SallWOr he had to mate to
the overcharge.
The defend's» replied that the way be west was our two
mike, sad the reason he proceeded through the City was
that many fares deduct the toll at Waterloo bridge.
/Ir. A•Dethett said kb debate wit ridiculous. If the
farm refused to pay the toll, their drives could proceed
the other way aid nuke the patties pay for the longer dis-
taste. This was a deediled ease of intention, thereto» he
should Ise him seven rhßHngs and the costs, or seven days'
imprisonment.
The In, mid coots were geld.
Mr. Combs received the following sums for the poor•box
of this eourt—the Drapers' Company, 101. 10s.; Oakum,
61. ; 21. 8., cheque for 21. ; C., postage stamps 61. ; and
J.O. F., cheque for 21.; all 01 which our reporter was re-
quested to seksowledp.
London, England, 1854-01-07

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CASUALTIES.
Blandon, from Prinee Edward's Island, parted her cable
and was run on the Herd in the New Harbour of Holy
head.—Liverpool, Jae. 6.
Lopalist, Fish, from New York to London, was wrecked,
Dee. 17; crew taken off the wreck, 21st, by the Prince,
ton, of New York, from Quebec,which transferrtd minter,
mate and tour men to the Brooking, Pitts, from Zany
to London, which arrived here last sight.—Dartmoutty
Jan. G.
Robert K. 117, from New York to Liverpool, was towed into
Holyhead last night much damaged, having been in con.
tact with the Countess of Elgin, from Bombay for the
port, which also received considerable dosage.—Liter-
pool, Jan. 8.
London, England, 1854-01-07

BELGIUM.

—..—
BRUSSELS, THrISTIO.
The great topic of the day in this city is the mis-
sion of the Prince de Chimay to the trench court.
charged with the delivery. of an autograph letar
from king Leopold td Louis Napoleon. All kinds of
comments are afloat, and they have not a little con•
tributed to the downward tendency of the funds on
the Brussels bourse this afternoon. It is believed
that ministers do not approve of the mission,and ;ha:
it has, more or less directly, reference to the Eastern
question. That mission is very severely censured by
the Obserrateur and other journals, chiefly on the.
ground that the Prince de Chimay is, accordin; to
their opinion, a decided lionaparist, having beeoze.
some time ago, one of the proprietors of a puma:
which lauds the Emperor to the skies. The Friocc
is, moreover, one of the leaders of the clerical or re•
actionist party of this country.
It has transpired—semi-otficially—that the EtF,
L peror of Russia will not take any part whatever 1-
) the much-talked-of European congress.

SPAIN.

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The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. state that
th, directors and editors of the opposition journals
badmen up an address to their readers, in which
thq complain that they do not enjoy the guarantees
to *hell they are entitled for their publications.
The Puke of Parma had arrived in the capital, and
was about to be received by the Queen. Haviag
after many years refusal acknowledged the Queen,
be was some time ago restored to the dignityof an
Intant• of Spain. A letter save that the Marquis
de Turgot bad not passed.so good a night, and that
the pales le his leg had increased, but his wound
vomited no gravity.
London, England, 1854-01-07

IRELAND.

Deans. JAN 5.

DEATH OF LORD PLUNKETT.
Lord Plunkett is no more. Ho expired yesterday
at his residence, Old Connaught, near Bray, where
for several years be lived in the most complete seclu-
sion, dead to all the strife of political parties, and
vicissitudes of government in which he had once
played so conspicuous a part. He had reached abost
his tsith year, and was called to the bar so long ago
as 1745. He was the last member of the Irish pan►
liament, and the oldest member of the Irish bar, a(
which he was long the most brilliant ornament. I
take from the Freeman's Journal the following
biographical sketch of the memorable deceased :
Ot all the illustrious men who formed a perfect constella-
tion of genius, none surpassed Lord Plunkett in massive is-
ullectual power. His eloquence, which surprised the
British senate, and at once raised him in the opinions(
that lestidioss assembly to the class of first rate orass
had &limit it a logical strength and solidity which essa
into the shads the figurative fascination of Canning, mad
the cumbmius, involved, but vigorous oratory of Brougher.
These wets his rivals in the British House ele I
Commons, sad all admitted the superiority of the Ina-
man. Ills peat reputation in the parliament of his
matey pooled him. Many thought that the fats
of Flood wail be the fate of Plunkett. The adroit-
nee in point of years was in favour of Plunkett, for his
Intellect et the period of his entry into the house
had reached•eass maturity instead of verging towards
that decline INA Marked the entry of Flood. Plunkett
at once vindisated He mutation of his country and of the
Irish parliament At the highest style of eloquence. He
took We plan ions the politest orators of England, and
idyl and awe beseasei, his fame, is each successive
step el hie eartioseatery weer. We Wait it wee Wilber-
force who sold that if Plaskett had hese Indeed to states•
manshap, he would have bees am d the platen in the
annals of England. Ilia speedos ere vireepeeed in eons-
ptehen.ireuess. boldness, deentese, sad esiblity. The
first men in the liouse of Ceemoes were eresafebed et the
ease and rapidity with which be threw of untonectous
Insists of compact reasocing, which others add lowa on-
plbh by the most slab:nate study. balsa' him
much.
London, England, 1854-01-07

The Madrid •
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Infante of Spa
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to make knosno
on a WIT footinE
lions of the line,
lions of depot ;
of 40 squadrons
men ; artillery,
total, 4,416 men
force must be in
strong, and the
total armed fore
strength of 116,

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had elapsed.
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London, England, 1854-01-06

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 29th and 30th ult.
inform us that by royal decrees, dated the 27th ult.,
LieateGenenl Sanz is removed from the Captaincy.
General of Galicia, and Lient.-General de Lersundi,

from that of Andalusia; Lieut.-General Ricardo
hichelley is nominated successor of the former, and
Lieut.-General Rafael de Aristegui Count de Mirasol,
of the latter. The Marquis de Turgot was continuing
to get better. All the high society of Madrid went
every day to his hotel to inscribe their names. The
President of the Council, having completely rem-
wired, was about to occupy himself with business.
The cold was excessive, and all the ponds were
frozen—people were skating on some of thi m—a very
unusual circumstance in Madrid. The news from the
provinces continued to be very satisfactory. It is not
true, as had been stated, that the cholera had appeared
in Galicia.
London, England, 1854-01-06

POISONING IN BERMONDSEY.

Yesterday morning, Mr. W. Carter and a highly
respectable jury re-assembled, for the third time, at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Bermondsey, to investigate the
extraordinary circumstances connected with the death of
James George *Pump, aged six years, the son of James
Trump, a plasterer, residing at No. 9, Princes-road.
It will no doubt be recollected that on the 21st of De
cember last the deceased child died, after partaking of •
paste prepared by its mother, in some bashed mutton, and
that the whole family were afterwards seized with very
violent sickness, and from several suspicious circumstances
the inquiry was twice adjourned fir the purpose of an
analysis of the stomach being made. It may be as well to
state that an infant, aged It months, did not partake of
any of the paste, and was not taken ill.
Yesterday it was proved by a medical gentleman, that
the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic. The same
poison was also found on the remains of a pudding, of
which the deceased had partaken. It also appeared by the.
same evidence that both father and mother had partaken of
the poison.
The Coroner, in summing up, acid—Since I have been in
office, I have never had such a case before me. There is
no doubt that a great wrong has been committed, but
where to attach the criminality lamat a loss to xey. Yon,
gentlemen, must consider where the suspicion lays. The
father buys the flour, and the dumpling is made by the
mother. The flour has no doubt been tampered with by
some person. The mystery is not the death of the deceased,
bat the fact of the mother being taken ill, and arsenic bong
discovered into their vomit.

By order of the Coroner, the court was cleared of all es-
("opt the jury, and, after about an hour's consultation, the
public were re-admitted, and the mother and lather were
Called into the room.
The Coroner, addressing the father and mother, said—lt
has been found by the jury that your son Las died from
poison, but by whom administered there is no evidence to
prove; but I hope that it will not be long before the matter
is brought to light, for whoever has administered it has
been guilty of a moat heinous murder. From the evidence
there is no charge against either of you ; but I can only
repeat that the We is fraught with the grea'est suspicion,
and that a most foul wrong bas been done. The jury hue
also requested ma to read their verdict to you, and it is
thit—.. That the deceased child died from poison, alt
being found in the food of which he partook ; but we have
no satisfactory proof how it became mixed therewith.”
At the conclusion of the inquiry the Coroner said he
hoped the police would not lose sight of the ease, but endea-
vour to bring to justice those who had committed so foul a
mime.