The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-12 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1853.

The long-expected and anxiously-looked-for Mail
Steam-packet Australian has at length made her ap-
pearance. The utmost anxiety had been for many
days exhibited by those who had either friends or
property on board ; and insurances were recently
effected at high rates of premium on the latter.
The underwriters will thus realise very handsome
profits--the just returns for the spirit and enter-
prise which induced them still to place confidence
in the missing vessel. Great satisfaction was ex-
pressed in the City, even amongst those not per-
sonally interested in the ship or cargo, at the happy
solution of the doubts and difficulties which had
been entertained. The electric telegraph message
—which about mid-day yesterday announced her
safe arrival in the Sound at ten o'clock—created
intense excitement. It was not merely the vast
amount of bullion and other valuable property
contained in the vessel, although it was
known that the gold alone was valued
at not much less than 1,000,0001. sterling.
The intelligence was -even more anxiously looked
for. Those who had embarked in mining specu-
lations in the modern El Dorado were naturally
looking for the account from friends or confiden-
tial agents, which might confirm or cast doubt
upon the extraordinary statements respecting the
almost fabulous wealth to be obtained at the " dig-
gins"—statements which rendered the narrative of
the loquacious Sultana, who charmed the jealous
gbHARIAR, and saved herself from the fate
accorded to his less-gifted favourites, mere com-
mon-place matters. Those who had speculated
for a rise or fall in shares, who were either bulls
or bears for the ?account, were desirous of the
earliest news, which would show whether they had
Pro4oded in the right or wrong direction, and
whether their bankers' accounts would be materi-
ally increased or reduced on the all-important 15th.
We may generally say that every previous
amount of the miraculous yield of the auriferous
soils has received additional and unequivocal con-
firmation from the recent intelligence ; and
it may, therefore, be anticipated that
shares in boiui fide companies will experience
a further rise. It is stated in the local
papers copious extracts from which will
be found in another part of this day's im-
pression—that miners were gathering from two to
three ounces, or from Si. to 121. worth of bullion,
according to the English value, each per diem.

This, of course, is the ordinary or average gains,
not those instances of extraordinary luck of which
we constantly hear, where many pounds are rea-
lised in a few hours.

The Australian brings with her on freight
222,203 oz. 8 dwt. 14 grains of gold, or more
than 8i- tons, which, as it is of greater purity
than the standard, may be averaged at 4/. per
ounce, or clo6eon 900,000/. worth. This is ex-

elusive of the bullion brought by private passen-
gers, which cannot be estimated at less than
200,0001. worth in addition. There is also the
" BENDIGO NUGGET," weighing over a quarter of a
cwt., and purchased by the Government authori-
ties at Melbourne, as a present to her MAJESTY,
at 41. 65., a price which the extraordinary size and
beauty of the specimen, and the great purity of the
metal, rendered by no means extravagant. It was,
it is asserted, paid for out of the produce of the
gold mining licences, but it remains to be seen
whether the parties interested will consider it a
legitimate application of the fund which, if we
are not greatly mistaken, was appropriated to the
internal improvement of the Colony, by emigra-
tion and otherwise. None can rejoice more than
ourselves at any compliment paid to our beloved
SOVEREIGN. She is eminently worthy of any
token of respect or gratitude that can be paid,
but we greatly doubt if she would herself approve
of the zeal which induced certain officials to
divert a considerable sum of money from the im-
portant purposes for which it had been destined
by the Home and Colonial Government.
The Australian sailed from Sydney on the 20th
September, from Port Philip on the 28th, from
Adelaide on the sth October, from King George's
Sound on the 19th, from the Mauritius on the 13th
of November, from the Cape of Good Hope on the
Ist December, and from St. Vincent's on the 27th.
From these dates it will be seen that the improved
facilities of communication that had been antici-
pated, have not' been by any means realised. The
ordinary sailing vessels have made the passage
with much greater rapidity. The ridiculous farce
of giving a bi-monthly steam communication to
such important dependencies, and having so much
time wasted at the intermediate stations, must
now be perceptible. We trust that the Duke of
NEWCASTLE and Mr. GLADSTONE will evince greater
liberality in this respect than Earl GREY and Sir
CHARLES WOOD. It is extra-sized steamers, like
those about to be constructed for the Eastern
Steam Navigation Company, that are required,
and which would amply repay the parties that
invested their capital in such a speculation.
We believe that important Company contem-
plates extending its operations to Australia, a
decision which will be alike profitable to the
shareholders and beneficial to the colony. In
place of a bi-monthly there should be at least a
fortnightly dispatch, by steam-vessels of adequate
size and capabilities. We trust that the hint
may not be thrown _away, but that immediate
steps may be taken to supply the deficiency.
In a private letter, with a sight of
which we have been favoured, we find it
stated that the London Companies, which
are represented at Sydney, are the Australasian,
the British Australian, the Colonial Gold, and
the Australian Mutual. The last-mentioned
Company has met with extraordinary . success.
Every man has remained firm to his engagement.
The letter states it is "hard at work, nearly half the
Turon Valley conceded to them, and auriferous
ground for years to come ;" and also that the property
already obtained is worth more than 100,0001.
This is important news, which may convince the
sceptical that Gold-Mining Companies may tuni
out prosperous, and satisfy those who have em-
barked money in such undertakings, that they
have nothing to regret on account of their enter-
prise.

The singular way in which offices are allotted
in the present Cabinet has been frequently re-
marked by all persons ; in one or two instances
the incongruity amounts almost to the ludicrous.
Our friend Punch might find in them an excellent
subject for his weekly leading picture. There
may, however, be a latent tact in the arrange-
ments, which has but just begun to disclose itself.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, for instance, may have gone
tp the Admiralty, because, on the subject of the
Ballot, he is quite at sea ; and Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL have been appointed Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, because his notions on the same
subject are so entirely un-English. The recent
elections have brought out afresh the views of
these veteran politicians on the question of inde-
pendent toting ; and, we must say, it has so far
rather lowered than raised them in our judgment.
From Lord JOHN, it is true, we expected nothing
more than dogged adherence to his favourite no-
tions of landlord supremacy, and of preventing
bribery by little Acts of Parliament. Having
proposed the Ballot in the Reform Bill of 1832,
he apostatised from his faith when his colleagues
would not accept it, and ever since he has adhered
to his apostate creed with the hauteur and bitterness
of an apostate. He rarely argues on the subject,
and, if he seems to ao so, his arguments generally
assume the form of a cold, taunting sneer. Of this
character were his remarks at the Guildhall, on
the occasion of his re-election for London. " He
was against secrecy in everything—against secret
trials in our Courts of Justice—secret debates in
our Houses of Parliament and secret votes at
elections." We regard such a statement as both
false and foolish. Lord JoHN is not against
secrecy in everything. He approves, we too well
know, of secret committees of the House of Com-
mons ; he approves of secret voting in the. India
House ; he approves of ballotting for election
committees ; he approves of the same thing, no
doubt, in the Reform Club ; he approves of secrecy
in Cabinet voting and Cabinet Councils. His
general statement is, therefore, simply false. And
as to his particular exemplifications, they are but
childish as arguments. He was bound to show
that the cases were similar. Publicity in our
Courts of Justice is the protection of the accused
against tyranny ; publicity in voting exposes the
voter to the most odious species of tyranny. Pub-
licity of our Parliamentary debates is merely re-
quiring servants to work under the eye of their
masters ; publicity of voting subjects the man,
who ought, confessedly, to be " a free and inde-
pendent elector," to the loss of his independence,
and to the despotism of one who usurps
the mastery over him. The plain truth
is, that secrecy and reserve are as truly
English as openness and candour. Compared with
his nearer continental neighbours, compared even
with his own American descendants, the English-
man is noted for his closeness ; no rule is better
established in well-bred society than that you may
, not attempt to elicit a man's views on subjects
respecting which he would, to you at least, rather
preserve silence. Lord JOHN, indeed, has, in
common with all Englishmen, a rule from which
he never departs in anything but preserving nomi-
nation boroughs for Whig landlords. It is this—
to prefer secrecy wherever openness would inter-
fere with his personal comfort, or, much more,
with his liberty of action. We must confess that
such shabby arguments as this are painful to listen
to from the Lord Joint RUSSELL of so many really
liberal measures. From humble men they would,
of course, be endurable, but such miserable clap-
trap is unworthy of the most distinguished Mem-
ber for London, the late Premier, and the present
Foreign Secretary.
It is, however, a hopeful sign that the so-called
Liberal opponents of the Ballot are now forced to
argue their case. The speeches of two Baronets
on the Ballot appear in the papers of the same
day. One of them, Sir WM. MOLESWORTH, at
Southwark, feels that he has no need to reason the
matter. He uniformly supported the accomplished
historian, Mr. GROTE, in his annual motion on the
question; he can dismiss the subject with the state-
ment that his views are unchanged, and though ad-
dressing a constituency which requires the Ballot less
than most do for its own protection, he is quite aware
that they correctly understand its value for many
persons among themselves, and, still more, for the
country at large. How different with the Carlisle
Baronet. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at his last election
there, had intimated his willingness to take the
Ballot into consideration ; since then he seems to
have considered—we are sorry to say for the
worse. He now objects to the Ballot, but he
feels obliged, as being now again a professed
Liberal, to try a little argument on the matter.
His arguments, however, are arguments, not
sneers. We notice them, therefore, with plea-
sure. His first argument is, that " we cannot in
this free country enact that all men shall give
their votes secretly." If we cannot, of course,
landlords would require that the vote should be
openly given, or threaten to treat it as a hostile,

that is a free, vote. Now, for the life of us, we
cannot see the impossibility of enacting that every
man shall put his voting ticket or paper into an
adhesive envelope, fold it up, and put into a box,
as is done in Massachusetts, and even in France ;
neither can we see how requiring every man to
do this is objectionable in a " free country." On
the contrary, so strangely do our conceptions and
those of Sir JAMES differ, that this compulsory
secrecy appears to us the very perfection of free-
dom. If all are compelled to vote publicly, the
man who wishes to do otherwise is not free to do
it ; and, on the other hand, if all were compelled to
vote secretly, the man who wishes to make known
how he voted is by no means hindered from doing
so—he can proclaim it to all the world. Two
classes only are deprived of their liberty : The
W. B.'s, FRAILS, and FLEWKERS are deprived of
the liberty to bribe, because the Ballot would de-
prive those whom they bribed of the power to.
give them a receipt in the poll-book. Intimida-
tors also are deprived of their liberty to threaten,
because they would not willingly incur odium
without the possibility of insuring advantage from
it. Bribers and intimidators, however, Sir JAMES
denounces unsparingly, and we believe sincerely ;
he would not, therefore, wish them to be " free "
to continue their frauds and violence. His
second argument is, that " FRAILS and FLEWKERS
would be sent down by the Carlton Club to pur-
chase small boroughs wholesale, on the principle
of—no return, no pay." Most certainly they will,
if Sir JAMES will leave them small boroughs to
purchase. But we hope the worthyßaronet has not
here by implication let out one of the secrets of
the Cabinet. We must have an end of all
the pocket boroughs if we are to have a real Re-
form Bill. Nothing disgusted the people more
with Lord Jori's last than the retention of
these little nests of corruption. A Reform Bill
which does not disfranchise, by a definite rule of
electoral constituencies, all boroughs with a pur-
chaseable number of electors, which does not give
more than two Members to our Manchesters and
Birminghams, and cut down all the smallest bo-
roughs retained in the list to a single Member—
such a Reform Bill will not be endured for a day.
We have known what Sir JAMES mentions done
even without the Ballot ; we have known an
election carried by the purchase of a majority of
the venal portion of the electors, which, as the
better part of the voters were nearly equal on
each side,. was sufficient to gain a sure victory.
Yet, even in this case, secret voting would have
rendered bribery more difficult. If two bribery
candidates, for instance, were in the field, it
would be utterly impossible for either to work
with confidence. If the loser had nothing to pay,
yet the candidates would bid at a disadvan-
vantage with secret voters, and the winner
might have to pay enormously dear for his villainy.
Sir JAMES wholly overlooks, however, one plain
fact, that if secret voting did not attain all that
could be wished, it would certainly effect far more
than all the abortive enactments for prevention of
bribery, and would very greatly lessen, what no
Act of Parliament can reach, intimidation by
landlords. At the last election, several of the
tenants on the estate at Ards, who had plumped
for Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, were refused the
deduction of fifteen per cent. which had been
previously made, and was still made, to the sub-
servient tenants. We scorn to mention the name
of the ignominious proprietor, though the corres-
pondence is now quite public. We mention the
case as one in which the Ballot would have saved
a landlord from most disgraceful bribery, and
some of the tenants from unworthy, yet much-to-
be-pitied, compliances.
After all, the cause of the Ballot is looking up.
Not less, we believe, than seven Cabinet Ministers"
are its pledged supporters ; and the two, and, on
this point, rival Baronets, both state that it is an
open question in the Cabinet. In the House
an able weekly contemporary has made a cautious
selection of names, to the number of 186, which
have been recorded in its favour. This is an
advance of 40, at least, upon the 145 who voted
with Mr. BERKELEY on his last motion for the
Ballot. Moreover, it is a number which
amounts to a majority of the Liberals them-
selves, that is of the Whigs and Radicals,
who, together, did not count more than 310
after the election. With a majority, therefote, of
the Liberal party in its favour—with a Cabinet
pledged not to oppose it as a Cabinet, but num-
bering amongst its friends some of its most effi-
cient members—it only remains for the tried ad-
vocates of independent voting to do their duty,
and they must be near a triumph. The people,
however, must back their own friends. Free
Trade is safe. Free voting has yet to be achieved.
It is the grand step towards every other reform.
An unrighteously levied Income Tax, and the un-
righteous bondage of the press, would be over-
thrown in a session, could the people universally
Tote for themselves. They ought, therefore, to
meet and petition by thousands and tens of thou-
sands, that, in the promised Reform Bill, their
votes may be protected by secrecy from bribery
and intimidation. The time is not king before
-Parliament meets, and it should be well used. So
favourable a juncture in regard to the constitu-
tion of the Cabinet—the number of Members
favourable to the object in the House—the crying
enormities, the bribery, conspiracy, frauds, and
violence of the last election—have not occurred
in combination hitherto. An earnest public effort,
therefore, would be pre-eminently well-timed.

TiE COLONIAL BANS.—The Colonial Bank proprietors
held their half-yearly meeting yesterday, when a divi-
dend of 1 per cent. upon the paid-up capital was de-
clared. This is, of course, at the rate of 3 per cent. per

annum.
NEW GRANADA MINING COMPANY.—There was a spe-
cial general meeting yesterday of the Maraquita and
New Granada Mining Company, for the purpose of de-
claring a dividend, receiving a report from the directors,
and issuing the remaining 50,000 shares. Mr. J. D.
Powles took the chair. The report stated that at the
Marmato Mines the total cost was 16,9811. 6s. Bd., and
the returns from the mine, 22,8721. 2s. ; making the
total returns 23,8131., leaving a profit of 630/. lls. Bd.
A dividend of ls. per share was declared, and 10 per
cent. appropriated to a reserve fund. The report was
adopted unanimously.
THE AUSTRALIAN STEAMER.—The arrival of the
Australian mail steamer yesterday with 222,293 ounces
of gold, valued at 890,0001., caused general satisfaction
throughout the city. It appears that she sailed from
King George's Sound on the 12th of October, touched at
the island of Mauritius for coals and to repair a portion
of her machinery on the 11th of November, and left the
Cape of Good Hope on the 30th. The number of pas.
sengers having been 76, and the charge for the gold 15s.
per cent., the total receipts are assumed to have been
satisfactory. In addition to the gold brought on freight
it is said there is at least 200,000/. in the hands of pas-
sengers, besides the nugget of 281 b. weight sent as a
present from the Government of the colony of Victoria
to the Queen.
The advices from St. Petersburgh are to the 3d of
January. The rate of exchange was still keeping up, so
as to attract specie from this country, but the principal
part of our recent remittances had not then arrived.
Owing to the Christmas holidays, there was little dein.-
in any of the markets. The weather was mild and dad,
with heavy rain. From Odessa the last quotations of
the rate of exchange were as high as 40gd., but the acti-
vity of the wheat market had subsided. At existing
prices and rates of freight, shipments from ,that port to
this country would involve a loss of 4s. or 5s per quarterda
SPITALFIELDS NATIONAL SCHOOLS. -- On Mony
last the children of the Spitalfields Parochial and Na-
tional Schools, with many of their relations, and other
poor inhabitants of that parish, to the number of 520,
sat down, in the school-room, in Quaker-street, to a
plentiful dinner of roast beef and plum,-pudding. The
funds for this purpose are piously and liberally supplied,
with one exception, from -without the parish, and placed
at the disposal of the Rev. William Stone, the rector of
the parish, and treasurer of both schools, who, with the
committee, presided, and actively assisted on the inter-
esting, occasion. The best fare was liberally provided by
Messrs. Purssell, of Cornhill ; and the numerous guests,
young and old, separated with the warmest expressions
of satisfaction, delight, and gratitude.
FRENCH RAILWAY WORKS' _The works on the rail-
way to Thionville were urged on actively during the
month of December ; at Longeville the bridge to carry
off the waters is terminated, and the embankments at the
foot of the. Cote St. Quentin are far advanced ; at Mon-
tigny workmen are putting down the piles for the bridge
across the Moselle, and the cuttings have been opened
the whole way from Uckange to the farm of Gassion,
near Thionville. The works on the railway from Chateau-
roux to Limoges are being actively urged on ; it ap-
pears certain that the section between Chateauroux and
Argenton will be delivered to the public in the month of
May, that of the tunnel in ecember, and the whole of
the line finished in two years D
at most.
ERRATUM.—By all extraordinary mistake, either on
the part of our Plymouth correspondent or of the Electric
Telegraph Company, the amount of gold dust brought
over by the Australian was stated at two hundred and
fifty, in place of two hundred and fifty thousand, ounces.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales. The mar-
ket closed tamely but firm for all solid American.
The sales included 200 Egyptian at 524. to 6p.,
400 Surat 3fd. to 4d., and the remainder nearly
all American. Railway Shares were flat at rather
lower prices.

The steamer Australian brings a large mail from
Port Philip and Sydney, and although the dates
are not later, there is much information that was
not previously given, very few parties having
written by the Marco Polo. It appears that the
" diggins " were yielding most extraordinarily at
Mount Alexander. A private letter from Geelong
states :

"Thousands of people are pouring into Victoria
without any house accommodation for them. It
is fortunate the weather is so extremely mild.
Gold comes in a deluge from the diggms,' to
the amount of 80,000 ounces per week. The `dig-
ging' at Eureka, near Geelong, are astonishingly
rich. I have just purchased half an acre of land of the
township close to it for 2701., at a Government sale.
The affairs of Victoria are, indeed, too wonderful to
relate."

The accounts from South Australia promise here-
after to give the same wonderful results as the other
colonies have shown. Four hundred men at work
upon a place within 23 miles of Adelaide were ob-
taining an average of from 8/. to 121. per diem.
It may appear singular that so few were working
there ; but the truth is, that the able-bodied popu-
lation had nearly all abandoned South Australia,
leaving their families behind, and remitting to
them from the Alexander " diggins." As they re-
turn at intervals to invest their gains in land or
other property, they will naturally settle down
assertions made in the accounts before us. The
upon the
rhhaAddbeleaeide " diggins," if they justify the
n so
unfavourable that prospecting
could not be carried on to an extent that would
test the actual wealth of South Australia, but
parties connected with the colony are extremely
sanguine.

There was no change of importance in the rates
at which bills were yesterday afternoon negociated
upon the principal Continental cities. Paris, 90
days, was taken at 25 22 to 274 ; Amsterdam, at
11 17/ to 18 ; Hamburg h, at 13 54 to 6 ; and
Trieste, at 10 47 to 50.

Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. inform the
Committee of Mexican Bondholders that they
have received, by the Royal Mail Steamer Trent,
48,622 dolls. from Vera Cruz, and 13,802 dolls. 17c.
from Tampico.
All this, we believe, is available for the dividends.
The English Securities have been very quiet, and
owing to continued rumours as to a probable further
advance in the rate of discount, buyers hold
off. It would not be likely, however, that unless
something serious had occurred, this advance would
yet be made. Consols have been .at 100 to 100 k
for Transfer, and at 1001 k for Account. The New
3k per Cents. are 104/ to and the 3 per Cents.
1001 to 101.; Bank Stock has maintained the rise
to 225 and 226 ; Exchequer Bills are worth 675.
to 70s. ; and India Bonds 78s. premium ; South
Sea Old Annuities are worth 100 k. The Go-
vernment broker is an occasional buyer, to invest
the surplus revenue.
Foreign Stocks are very inactive. Spanish 3
per Cents, bring 481, and the Committee's Certifi-
cate is at 4. There have been no dealings in Por-
tuguese. Mexican realise 23/ to ; Grenada De-
ferred, 12i ; and Equador, 5/. The Swedish Loan
is at 1/. Russian 4-i per Cents. have been marked
104 ex. div. ; and Dutch 2i per Cents., 661. Danish
5 per Cents. are worth 108.
Railway Shares have been variable and generally
flatter. This is " making-up " day prior to the
settlement. South-Western are down merely a
shade, but Caledonian have dropped about U. ;
East Lancashire, 10s. to 1/. ; Great Western, 10s.
to 15s. ; North-Western, ss. to 10s. ; Oxford and
Wolverhampton, 15s ; South-Eastern, 30s ;Work
and Berwick, 1/. ; and York and North Midland,
15s. to 1/.
French Shares are / to k lower generally.
The Gold Mines have been all duller, and the
" turn " lower.

The Land Companies are firm at previous rates.
Australian Joint Stock Bank Shares look up.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stook
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cen:-.. Consols Annuities
New 3i per Cent. Annuities..
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860..... 6 7-16
India Bonds, £l.OOO 7B 81
_ .

South Sea Old Annuities l64—
Consols for Opening 18th January
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£1000................ ...................... 70 67
£5OO 7O 67
Small 7O 67

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS D.A.Y.
Danish 5 per Cent.
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,
Mexican 3 per Cent......... ................... 23t4
Peruvian 6 per Cent
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent
4301
Portuguese 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 44 per Cent lO4 3i s d
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4B
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4i p
Swedish Loan l4 d
Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 66
11Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.

x d

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Opening 18th January lOO ex d.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY.

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
22 to 1 agst Richmond (taken)
25 to 1 Redmond O'Hanlon (taken)
25 to 1 Galvanism (taken)
25 to 1 Ifirauta, (taken)
25 to 1 Grapeshot (taken)
33 to 1 Defiance (taken)
33 to 1 Finn-ma-Coul (taken)
33 to 1 Snowdon Dunhill (taken)
33 to 1 Psaltery (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
40 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken)
40 to 1 Scarecrow (taken)
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken)
16 to 1 Pharos (taken)
20 to 1 Sittingbourne (taken)

MEETING, 1853.

NEWTON SPRIN
Golborne Steepl,
st lb
Peter Simple ll 3
Shinrone
Quickstep
Heroine
Clatterbox -10 4
Young Lottery....: lO 4
View Halloo 9 10
Selling Steeplechase Free
declared
st lb st lb
Quickstep .. ...... 11 7 Telegraph
Widow Machree ..... •.
11 4 Lizzy
Clatterbox .......... , .... 11- 4 Flying Buck lO 6
Freshwater ... . ........ 11 0 Lady Wilton lO 6
The Genius ............... 10 8 Harkover
View Halloo ............ 10 8 Tempest lO 4
Craltbs ................. 10 8 Frederick Jerome lO 4
Woofold ................. 10 8 The Kight of the Pipe 9 10
Hurdle Race Handicap.
st lb
11 4
10 13
10 8
10 7
10 2
9 12
9 8

lase Handicap.

st lb
Labyrinth 9 7
Ballinasloe 9 7
Jenny Jones 9 5
Harmony
Cabin Boy 8 10
The Dwarf 8 10

:andicap. Acceptances to be
Jan. 19.

Warwick ............
Half-and-Half .....
Sir Robert ......... .
Caurire ........... .
...
Quickstep ............
Nero ..................
Janus .........

st lb
Free Trader
Woofold 9 7
Cheroot
Queen of the Vale
Mary Machree 9 2
Uncle Tom (late Pio-
neer)

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Nearly the whole of the English wheat in to-days mar-
ket was the refuse of Monday, and in very inferior condi-
tion. The few fine s amples on offer changed hands at very
full prices ; but all other kinds were exceedingly dull, and
lower to purchase.
The imports of foreign wheat are only 1,380 quarters.
For most descriptions we had only a limited inquiry, yet
the quotations were generally supported.
Floating cargoes of wheat sold at full currencies.
Fine malting barley was held for more money. In
grinding and distilling sorts, only a moderate business
was doing.
Malt sold at previous rates, with a moderate supply
on offer.
Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention.

ARRIVALS THIS WEER.
Wheat. Barley. Balt.
I 1,370 BBO

Oats.
1.0

English ..
Irish ....
Foreign ..

1,380

Flour.
740

3,310

WHITECFIAPEL.
Generally speaking, the demand ruled firm, at full prices.
Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; mutton, 35 2d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s Od to
4s 2d; pork, 2s 10d to 48 per 81bs by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
Most new hops continue in steady request, and late
rates are well supported. The show of samples is very
moderate,