The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-03 00:00:00

INTENDED MARRIAGE OF LOUIS
NAPOLEON.

1' he Breslaw GazOte has the following from Vienna,
27th ult. :—" M. de Persigny is expected here from
Berlin, and he is to proceed to St. Petersburgh, to
explain the intentions of the President of the French
Republic with respect to his home and foreign policy,
and to endeavour to secure the support of the northern
powers. At the same time he will demand the hand
of the wealthy Princess Wm for Prince Napoleon.
The Princess is nearly the same age as the Presi-
dent, and no doubt is entertained here that she will
consent. In that case, her illustrious brother will
give up his grade of colonel in the Austrian army, and
will be appointed to elevated functions in France."

LITERATURE 01 THE RA11..---Yesterday the South-
Eastern Railway Company commenced, for the first time, the
entirely new system of transmitting newspapers and l eriodi-
cals by rail on a plan similar to that enjoined by the Post-
office for their transmission through their own medium.
The plan, it is thought, will no doubt be generally adopted
by other railways, as it will place readers in the country in
rapid receipt of their papers and periodicals, and so super-
sede their tardy transini,sion by the ordinary post delivery
of the next day. The tariff, involving as it does the econo-
mical transmission of the moat useful media for information
and amusement, cannot probably be too widely known. The
charges for conveyance of newspapers and unbound periodi-
cals is, for a single newspaper, from any station to any sta-
tion, Id., half-a-dozen 4d., and so on in troportion, including
the booking, but not the delivery.

SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.--Yesterday this com•
pany's extension line between Tonbridge Wells and Hastings
was opened to the town of Battle, and the remainder of it to
Hastings and St. Leonard's, now nearly complete, will, it is
expected, be opened during the month.

COAL TRAFFIC OF TUE DOCKS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
—The East and West India rocks Junction Railway Com-
pany have formed a spacious Collier Dock at Blatkwall,
where vessels are discharged of cargoes of coal in a sur-
prisingly brief period. By the Blackwell branch the trains are
taken on to what may be called the main line; and at
Hackney, Highbury, and other stations, large timber via-
duct sidings have recently been formed for the accommoda-
tion of trucks, and to establish coal depots of no small extent.
Already the traffic in this department is very considerable.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, DEC., 1851.—Hencefor-
ward the British Contract Mail Packets to North America
will sail from Liverpool on every Saturday morning through-
out the year, after the arrival at Liverpool of the mail from
London of the previous evening. The packets will proceed
alternately to the Ports of New York and Boston, calling, on
the voyage to the latter port, at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A WOMAN SUFFOCATED IN MUD.—Yesterday
afternoon as an old woman, well known among the coal
wharfs between Blackfriars-bridge and Scotland-yard, was
going along one of the barges, she lost her balance and fell
into the mud. It appears that " the old lady," as she is
called, goes by the name of Betsey Comfort, from the trade
she carries on among the coalhem ers' in selling a kind of
cordial for coughs, colds, and other diseases incident to a
waterside life, and about three o'clock in the afternoon she
was answering the hail of some of the men unloading a
barge, and whilst hurrying along the narrow gunwale, as it
is called, she missed her footing and tumbled overboard into
the thin mud, Finking head and shoulders out of sight in-
stantly. Assistance was immediately procured, and she was
got out with some difficulty, apparently dead. The police-
man on duty, 124 P, conveyed her to Charing-cross Hospital,
where Mr. Dalton, the house surgeon, has been unremitting
in his attention to her, but up to nine o'clock in the evening
with very little result, as therehas been an attack of apoplexy,
a recurrence of which, it is feared, will carry her off.

WINCIIESTER.—WiIIiam Plampin has reed vtd
through the Home-office a mitigation of his sentence, from
that of ten years' transportation, to two years' imprisonment.
The prisoner, it will be remembered, was convicted at the
last assizas of stealing a box of 'gold dust from the South-
We:tern Railway, near this city.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—The new steam-ship
Amazon, belonging to the Ro3 al Mal Company, commanded
by Captain Symons, with the West India and Mexican mails,
left this afternooon. She took out a very large and valuable
general cargo, 500 bet ties of quickbilver, specie to the amount
of 20,2821., and about 50 passengers.

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L'uND;;N, JAN. 3. Wind c. LuOil, II h alts a t
W S.W., and fine weather.
DEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arid. from the
Direr, Clio, D. merara ; Z-phyr, Dominica; Hendrick
Ncw Tuck. Put back, Achilles, Sydney, New
South Wain s.

Livliar.o,,L„lTAN. 2.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd.
Arid, Trade Town; Eureka, Charleston; Queen of
Englard, Canton. hld. Earl Grey, Valparaiso; Beraza,
Pernambuco; Sr. Gorge, New Orleans. The Helene,
Hardy, St. Jago de Cuba to Swansea, rut into Nassau
in distress, and would discharge to repair.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Amazon,
West Indies.

11ORTS➢T6UTH, JAN. 2.—Wind E, to W.S.W.—SId.
Her Majest3's I,teanaer Birkenhead, Queenstown and
Cape of Good Hope.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
COVENT G.1121.16:EMT.
Owing to the comparative mildness of the weather, full
average supplies of Vegetables we-e on offer in to-day's
market, yet a good business was doing in them. All kinds of
Fruit, especially choice qualities, were in steady request. In
the general quotations, we have no change to notice.
FRUIT.—Pine Al pies, English, 3s 6d to 6s Od per lb ; Hot-
house Grapes, 236 d to 5s ( d ; Lkl,on ditto, 8d to is Od per Ib;
Apples, 2s Od to 4s 6d ; Pears, bs Od to 12s Od ; Walnuts,
14s Od to 24s Od per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 90s per 1001bs ;
Oranges, 6s to 14s per 100; Lemons, Is Cd to 2s per 100.
VEGETABLES.—Spinach, Is Od to Is Gd per sieve; Horse-
radish, is 6d to 6s per bundle; Parsley, 2s Od to 3s cd per
dozen bunches; Savoys, 8d to Is ; Red Cabbages, 2s to 4s;
Red Beet, 6d to is per dozen ; Mushrooms, is to 2s 6d per
pottle ; Turnips, Is 6d to 2s Gd, and Carrots, 4s to 6s Od
per dozen bunches; Potatoes, 55s to 85a per ton; Spanish
Onions, 12s to 18s per box ; Celery, 6d to is 6d per bundle;
Greens, Ss Od to 4s Ed per dozen bunches; Leeks, id to 2d
per bunch; Bru3sels Sprouts, Is Cd to 2s 3d per half sieve;
Brocoli, 8d to Is 3d per bundle; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen;
Endive, 9d to is Od per score; Jerusalem Artichokes, 9d to
is Od per half sieve.
NEW GATE AND LEADENXIALL.
Turkeys, cs Od to its Od ; Geese, 4s t;d to 8s Od; Ducks,
is Gd to 3s Od; Tame Rabbits, is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto,
8d to Is Od; Pigeons, 7d to 9d; Pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od each;
Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 5s Od ;
Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 1s Od per couple; English Eggs,
9s Od to 9s 6d ; French ditto, 6s Od to 8s 6d ; Irish ditto,
( s Od 'per 120; Fresh Butter, Is Od to is 2d per lb ; Phea-
sants, 2s Ed to 3s 6d; Partridges, is Od to is 6d; Hares and
Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od; Grouse,
Is 6d to 2s 0d; Snipes, 6d to is Od; Teal, 6d to 9d; Wild
Ducks, Is 6d to 2s Od; Widgeons, 9d to is Od; and Plovers,
6d to Pd each.

ENVP 0 TLT.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d;
Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81bs.

WHITZCZAPEL.
Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2e 8d to 43 Od;
Veal, 38 Od to 4s Od ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per Sibs.

BILLINGSGATE.
Eels, 13s to 15s per 201bs ; Soles, Zs to 7s per dozen ; Lob-
sters, 10d to 2s Od each; Oysters, 12s Od to 30s Od per
t ushel ; Red herrings, 7s Od to Ils 6d per 100; Fresh ditto, 9d
to is 6d per dozen; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 7s Od each ; Salmon
Trout, Od to (Id per lb; Turbots, 7s Od to 12s Od; and
Plaice and Sprats is 6d to 2s per bushel.