The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1854.

for the support of those whose factories are closed,

and machinery lying idle and unproductive.
This is as it should be, so far as it goes. In the
first instance it would have sufficed to restore
peace, and made the malcontents discontinue the
wanton aggression they had originated. But now
it only excites the risibility of Mr. COWELL, and
furnishes him with a topic to amuse his audiences.
With a keen appreciation of the selfishness of
capitalists, he alludes to it as a cheap way of
getting rid of the demand on themselves, of divid-
ing the 10 per cent. claimed, giving five per cent.
to the Preston masters, and putting the other
five per cent. into their other pockets ! Nay
more, with speculating on the main chance to the
extent that, in consequence of the limited supply
occasioned by the cessation of production in Preston
and its vicinity, they may receive an ample equi-
Ivalent for their contributions in the increased de-
mand for, and consequently the enhanced prices
of, their goods. There is too much reason for
this sneer. The agitators have, at least,
a plausible ground to put forward to their
dupes, and thus the value of the move-
ment is completely neutralised. It should
be more decided and more widely spread. The
latter point is the more important, for pence from
the million are better than pounds from the few.

If 3,0001. are sent in weekly to the operative
committees of Preston, an equal amount should
be distributed to the suffering masters, who should
be exonerated from all loss, or at least only com-
pelled to bear a fair proportion of the losses sus-
tained in repelling the aggression. If men of all
' trades subscribe, every person who has capital
engaged in any class of trade should contribute his
quota. Nay, more—amen who have money out
on any species of investment, should come forward,
and that speedily, if they desire to maintain its
value. Let them for a moment consider what
would be the effect of the general falling of the
revenue, and a stagnation of trade on all classes of
securities, and they will discern how deeply they
are concerned in the removal of the difficulty,
and in effecting a satisfactory arrangement of all
the points at issue between labour and capital.

MONEY MA RKE

AND
' COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The, sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The
mark et was steady, without change in prices. The
sales comprised 4,000 American, 230 Perham and
Mara nham at Gid. to 7id., 600 Egyptian at M.,
and tOCIO Surat at lid. to qd. per lb. Railway
share s were firm and steady.
Th ore has this week been a fair demand for most
articles of colonial produce, and prices have been
maintained. Sugar has met with a good inquiry,
and rice is still active. There has been a brisker
market for saltpetre, and tallow has been taken
more freely.

The Waller Gold Mining Company have issued
a plan and sections of their mines, as prepared by
Mr. St. George Gregg, the resident engineer, and
the Directors state that Mr. Gregg's letters are of
the most encouraging nature, and that nine veins

have been discovered in addition to those known to
the vendors, and mentioned in the prospectus of
the company.

As the account clay approaches, the tone im-
proves in the English Stock Market, and there is
more disposition to operate for a rise. Consols have
been 92i to 93k for Transfer, and 93 to 4 for Ac-
count. It would appear, therefore, that stock is
not so scarce for money as for time. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 94i to
and the Three per Cents. 93i to Exchequer
Bills have been at 7s. to 10s. premium.

In the Foreign Market there has been also
greater buoyancy. Spanish New Deferred Stock
has realised 24, and the Committee's Certificate is
at 4 to per cent. Portuguese 4 per Cents have
been quoted 39k.. Brazilian New 4i per Cents.
were marked 90i. Peruvian Stock has been at 65
to 66, the very satisfactory manner in which yes-

terday's meeting passed off, and upon which
we shall take occasion to make some remarks
to-morrow, inspiring just hopes that the agitation
commenced will result in, some good. There is now
a new and special committee appointed, and none
of the parties have any interest in the new surrep-
titious issue of sterling bonds, based upon a re-
demption of home debt. Mexican Stock has been
at an improvement to 231 Russian Four-and-
Half per Cents. have been 90 to 911, ex dividend.
Austrian Five per Cents. have been at 75k, and
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 61/ to 62.
The Railway Share market has been better, but
the business done has not been large. The im-
provement in the principal English lines is to
per cent. French shares have been quiet.
The Gold Mines are dull, and the Land Com-
panies' shares not quite so brisk. The Australian
Banks have receded a little.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( Prom the Oficial List.)

Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 I 4 4 4
3 per Cent Consols Annuities 93 2 3/ 3
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 944 6i 4
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 a d
India Bonds, £lOOO .......
Ditto, under £lOOO 4 p
Console for Opening 18th Jan. 93 1 3
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£l000
£5OO 7 10 p
Small 7 10 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent:... BB 4
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 904 14
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 par Cent 62
Danish Bonds; 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent . 994
Equador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent. • 234 1
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 66 5
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 394
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St —
Ditto 44 per Cent 9O 14 2 x d
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 204
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 41 4 p c
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Gu. 2. •- 754 4
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull 62 1i a d

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Opening 18t11 January. 943 * -d.

WINE DUTIES.— A public meeting is to be held, on a
very early day after the meeting of Parliament, at which
it is understood the Lord Mayor has consensed to pre-
side. The committee that has been formed to support
Mr. Oliveria's motion for a reduced duty amounts to
more than 700 persons. Amongst them there are about
100 members of Parliament.

EXPORTS OP BULLION.—A statement of the exports
of bullion from London during the year 1853, compiled
by Messrs. Haggard and Pixley, shows the total to have
been 21,196,6001., of which 5,745,8001. was in silver, and
the remainder in gold. Of this aggregate of gold and
silver, the proportions were—to India, China, and Mau-
ritius, 5,923,3001. ; to Australia and New Zealand,
4,006,5001. ; to the Continent, 9,420,800/. ; to the Medi-
terranean, 1,080,200/. ; to the West Indies, 375,0001. ;
to Brazil, 286,0001. ; and to Africa, 104,8001. With the
exception of 530,6001. sent to the Continent, almost the
whole of the silver was to the East.

THE AOTON MURDER.—Since Monday the police have
been indefatigably engaged in tracing the boy who was
holding the pony and chaise outside Smith's coffee-
house, 54, 01d-street, St. Luke's, on the 31st of October
last, when the owner returned with the murdered lad,
Francis Medhurst, and his companion, Jackson. On
Wednesday bills inviting the boy to call at the police
station, Bagnigge-wells-road, were extensively circulated
throughout the metropolis, which have led to his disco-
very, and yesterday he presented himself at the station-
house. The lad in question is about 15 years of age,
and is in employment in the vicinity of Regent-street.
He perfectly remembers the occurrence. He states that
after being engaged to hold the horse the owner left him
for a short time, returning with two lads. He gave him
a penny and dismissed him, saying he should be at the
same spot on the following day. He recollects that one
of the lads then got into the chaise, which was driven
towards Shoreditch. His description of the owner of
the vehicle corresponds with that of the other lads,
Jackson and Lee. He will be taken to the House of
Detention to see if he can identify Mr. Wildbore, the
person now in custody, and will give his evidence at the
Clerkenwell Police-court on Saturday, the day appointed
for the next examination of the prisoner.
INDIAN COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.--The commercial ad-
vices by the overland mail to-day describe no change of
importance. At Bombay there had been large transac-
tions, but upon a heavy market. At Calcutta prices had
been maintained on the average, some descriptions of
goods having been in increased demand, while others had
been dull. A sudden decline in the quotations of stocks
consequent upon the news of the rapid approach of war
with Russia, had proved merely temporary. From China
the accounts of the state of trade again show an
improvement, while the tendency of the exchanges
in favour of this country still continued. The
Singapore letters are to the 4th of December.
The demand for imported goods was inactive, but
holders were firm, and advanced quotations were ex-
pected as soon as business should spring up. The ships
Birman, Nemesis, George Avery, Kate Kearney, and
James-town are mentioned as having arrived at Hong.
kong with cargoes of Labuan coal for the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamers. The Agra and
United Service Bank, at a meeting held at Calcutta on
the 26th of November, resolved to increase their capital
from its present amount of 636,450/. to 700,0001. The
new shares are to be issued pro rata to the present pro-
prietors at par, and the principal reason for the augmen-
tation is stated to consist in the opening of an agency in
China.

LONGEVITY.—A remarkable instance of longevity is
recorded in the Journal de Saint Petersbourg. M. Pierre
Sosnovsky died in November last, at Moscow, at the
age of 122 years 1 month and 25 days. He was born
under the reign of the Empress Anna Joan-novna,
on the 4th of August, 1731. At ten years of age
he was placed in the school of painting at Saint
Petersburg. He remained there until 1788, and was
distinguished as one of the best pupils. At the age of
57 he entered the army as sub-officer in the regiment of
Pr6obrajenaky Guards ; he took part in the second war
with Turkey, and was present at the taking of Otchakoff.
He quitted the service on Ist January, 1796, with the
rank of captain in the army. In 1812 he entered the
militia of Moscow, and was present, when 80 years of
age, at the battle of Borodino.
A BOLD TRIOS.—One night last week there was a
great rush at the Glasgow Theatre to see the pantomime.
A young man, a scene-shifter, named William Kayter,
took his position at the front door leading into the stage,
and, on pretence that he was the money-taker, exacted
money from several strangers, pretending to pass them
into the upper gallery, while in fact he was passing them
down into a lobby leading to the stage, from which they
were immediately ejected. Having practised this raud
as far as he could without detection, he sneaked off,
altered his head covering from a hat to a cap, came back
to his post, and impudently stood amongst those he had
defrauded. Two different parties who had thus been
done recognised him, and he was brought up on Tues-
day at the police-court, and sent 60 days to prison.
SNOW PLOUGHING WITH OXEN.—The snow plough
having been put in requisition on the Banchory road, a
passage was, after much labour, effected, principally
through the aid of Mr. Walker, of Anguston, who yoked
four of his best oxen into the plough, and took it through
wreaths where the horses stuck fast, for about fourteen
miles out of town.—Aberdeen Herald.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY.---At
the inquest upon the bodies of the sufferers by the acci-
dent upon the Dowlais branch of the Taff Vale Railway,
the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. An
order, however, has been given by the government in-
spector, that no more passenger trains shall be allowed
to travel upon th 9 line till proper carriages and breaks
are furnished by the company,—Hereford Journal.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS.

The following telegraphic message has been re-
ceived from Belgrade, announcing another defeat
of the Russians by the Turkish troops under the
command of Omar Pasha :

" BELGRADE, JAN. 10.—On the 6th of this month
a Turkish division, 15,000 strong, with 15 pieces of
artillery, attacked the intrenched position of Citale,
not far from Kalafat, and took it by storm.
" The Russians lost 2,500 men.
" A reinforcement of 18,000 Russians, marching
from Karaul, was forced to retire with a loss of
250 men."

The news that an important advantage had been
won by the Ottoman army at Kalafat was officially
announced to the representatives of the powers at
Constantinople.
A convoy carrying 15,000 men to reinforce the
army of Asia was to set out for Batoutn on the 3d.
The weather was not so bad on the 2d, and the
wind was veering to the south.

An extreme irritation against England and France
prevails at St. Petersburg. It is said that the
Czar has conferred the insignia of St. George, of
the 12th Class, upon General Beboutoff.
A despatch from Constantinople on the 2d Jan.
says five Turkish ships accompanied the combined
fleets into the Black Sea.

The Trieste Zeitung, under date of Bucharest,
Jan. 2, reports an intended Turkish invasion of
the Crimea.

A Telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated yes-
terday, states that " Rumours of fresh successes by
the Turkish army in Wallachia had alarmed Vienna.
It was commonly believed that the Government
was in possession of intelligence most unfavourable
to Russia. It was also generally stated, though
this seems unlikely, that the Emperor of Austria
would leave Vienna for Warsaw yesterday evening
in order to have a conference with the Emperor of
Russia on the Eastern question.
" A note of the Porte, drawn up in conformity
to the proposals of the four powers, received the
sanction of the Sultan on the 31st of December,
and must have arrived at Vienna yesterday."
" It appears that the Affghan Envoy left Tehe-
ran before the arrival of the new Russian Plenipo-
tiary, with a threat that if Persia formed an
alliance with Russia the Affghans would invade the
Persian territory. _

"At midnight yesterday the rumours of the
Russian defeat were fully confirmed at Vienna.
"It appears that 15,000 Turks attacked a Rus-
sian entrenched position in front of Kalafat, and
took it by storm. 18,000 Russians tried to retake
the position but were beaten off. The loss of the
Russians in killed and wounded was over 3,000.
The loss of the Turks is not yet known."

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-QUEEN V. HARP.ISON

The Attorney-General applied to the court for a rule
calling upon Mr. Harrison, the registered printer and
publisher of the Times newspaper, to show cause why a
criminal information should not be filed against him
under the following circumstances :—The learned gentle-
man made the application on behalf of the Hon. Francis
Scott, M.P.. and several of the late directors of the
South-Western Railway Company, who complained of
ail alleged libel which appeared in that paper on the
22d of November last. It will be recollected that, until
recently, Mr. Scott was the chairman of the South-
Western Company ; but, in consequence of a resolution
of the shareholders repudiating the extension policy of Mr.
Scott and his colleagues, they were induced to resign
their seats at the board. The meeting at which this resolu-
tion was come to was of a very strong character, and the
Times, whilst commenting upon its proceedings, went
the length of stigmatising the conduct of Mr. Scott and
his followers in the direction, as grossly improper, if not
absolutely fraudulent. The article, in fact, accused
them of having tampered with or manufactured the
votes of the shareholders, to obtain a majority in favour
of the Dorchester extension ; and since they were wholly
innocent of such a charge, they felt it to be their duty as
public men to take all the necessary measures which the
law afforded them for satisfying the world that the im-
putations of the Times were both scandalous and false.
They had made affidavits accordingly, and the learned
Attorney-General now applied on their behalf for a rule
requiring the managers of the journal complained of to
show cause why proceedings should not be instituted
against them on the nature of a criminal information.
Lord Campbell, after consulting with his brethern on
the bench, said the Court had always been anxious to
give the Press the most ample scope for criticising, and,
when necessary, censuring the public conduct of the
directors of public companies, but in the article in ques-
tion there were expressions made use of which admitted
of a construction imputing fraud and fraudulent conduct
to Mr. Scott and his colleagues, and the Court therefore
thought the application ought to be granted.
Rule nisi accordingly.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE S. L. PRATT.

This bankrupt had carried on a very extensive busi-
ness as an upholsterer, &c., in New Bond-street, and
to-day was appointed for his last examination.

The adjudication took place in September, 1852, and
the business had been carried on by the bankrupt for
the benefit of the creditors, and through his exertions,
and those of Messrs. Sidney, Smith, and Son, Wal-
brook, and Messrs. Carlon and Haynes, joint solicitors
to the assignees, the business had been conducted by the
bankrupt with very beneficial results to the estate.
The bankrupt passed his examination with the con-
sent of all parties.