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

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 188 ; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ les ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lls per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.
UUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 2s ; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to a 6s ; clover ,
ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to ll 118 per load '
Trade dull, at late rates. .

THE

FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Moniteu contains decrees, appointing Jerome
, Bonaparte, Honorary Governor, and the Duke de
Padoue, Governor, of the Invalides; M. Troplong,
President of the Senate; and M. Baroche, Presi-
dent, and M. Rouher, Vice-President, of the
Council of State.
Another decree declares that all dramatic works,
before being represented, must be approved by the
Minister of the Interior.
The Moniteur also contains a long list of pro-
motions in the army, among which 8 generals of
brigade have been made generals of division, and
14 colonels generals of brigade.
The Pope's Nuncio and the Ministers of Portu-
gal, Greece, and Sweden, delivered their new cre-
dentials yesterday to the Emperor at the Tuileries.
The whole of the Ministers went to the Palace in
the Court carriages, and were received with the
usual ceremonies. As to the credentials of the re_
presentatives of the Great Northern Powers and the
States of the German Confederation, although they
are not yet received, sufficient is known of them to
give the assurance that they will not be of the
objectionable character originally apprehended.
It has been ascertained that they will contain
no reservation and will be as nearly as pos-
sible in conformity with those of England. De-
spatches have been received from M. de la Cour,
the French Minister at Vienna, in which it is
stated that the Emperor of Austria, since his return
from Berlin has expressed himself' favourably dis-
posed towards the new regime in France, and that
it was to a certain extent in consequence of his in-
terference with the King of Prussia that the cre-
dentials have been drawn up in the least objection-
able waacticable as regards Napoleon.
The pope's Nuncio has received notice that the
canons of the venerable Church of St. John, in the
Lateran, have signed an address praying Napoleon
111. (as was usual with the ancient Kings of
France) to accept the title of first canon of that
cathedral, which has been denomifiated " the head
and the mother of the Holy Church."
The Bourse opened firm to-day._ but some de-
faulters were declared towards the close of business,
and prices fell. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
Opened at 106 f., and closed at 105 f. 80c. for the
end of the month ; The Three per Cents. closed at
81f. 50c. ;
Orleans Railway Shares, 1,030 f. ; Rouen,
997 f. 50c. ; Havre, 535 f. ; Great Northern, 892 f.
785 f. ; Caen and
50c. ; Bale, 362 f. 50c. • Paris and Strasburg, 820 E,
Paris
f. saone d.
Cherbourg,
; Lwyoesnste,rn93ool .i,•raLnyceo,ns and Avignon,
637 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 610 E ;
Shares of the (Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued a
500 f., 910 E
It was reported at the Bourse that M. Dupin,
sine, had beenCassation, place of M. Troplong.
de
The ban garrison of
appointed President of the Cour de
of all the regiments of the
Paris assembled yesterday at the Tuileries, to give
the Emperor the usual serenade in honour of the new
year.

French
- I have
Several just heard that Count Waleviski the
,
Ambassador in London, arrived on Wed-
nesday in per.
journals of the departments pu--
Llish a
telegraphic despatch from the Minister
that the rumours of attempts having been made o_ n
of the
the Emperor's life while at Compiegne, and
numbers of killed and wounded on the same occa-
sion, were all completely false. Notwithstanuing
the
ever that
presence of Louis Napoleon at the Opera ond
state
Wednesday night, it was again conficlantly
that he declaring
was on Thursday suffering from illness. I{°w„.-
may be, he was seen on that day, at hall
past 3 o'clock, or thereabouts, walking in the gar-
dens of the Tuileries, immediately under the win-
dows apartments, in the direction of thel
river. Colonel
lie was leaning on the arm of
Fleury, a
is and remained in the gardens at least wee-
quarters of an hour.
MI
expected that a decree will appear
in ;theneu on the Ist of January, making promo-
tions in the army,
or New no doubt by way of .6'trennel,
Year's presents, to the parties concerneu•
Twelve to. Colonels of regiments are to be named
the rank of Generals of Brigade, 12 Generals °I
Brigade to that of Generals of Division. Again it
is said that 12 new Senators will be named alO of
corded, Nvill,
whom are to be general officers of the army.
General Pelissier whose successful proceedings
at ---I'ghouat, in Algeria, have already been re"
Chief it is mid, be named Commander-in-
.., of the Army of Africa, under the orders of
Prince Jerome Napoleon ; and General Bandon,
The flags
the Governor-General of that Colony, returns to
France, and will be appointed to a high post.
were deDosit-d ~,, Thursday at the lnvalides. They
taken at Laghouat by General Pelissier
were received by General Sauboul, in the absence
of Prince Jerome,
Governor-General of the Hotel.
who Conti,
The staff officercharged with transmitting these
muss confined to his bed from illness,
flagsdoing so, who remarked that it had been said on
the
occasion
lade a -short address to the General when
of the fire which destroyed several of
the old flags, that France would win others, and
that the army of Algiers had just realized the pre-
diction. The flags were then taken to the chapel
of the building,
Domine salvum fac Imperatorem.
and the chaplain chanted the

THE CONTINENT.

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 2Gtli ult

Queen Maria Christina was to give a grand ball
at night.

Santiago Mendez Vigo, Commodore
Quesada, and M. Jose Antonio Olaneta
(MFaisGenel.lanelelredae 1
f the Tribunal of the Havannah), had been
appointed members of the Colonial Council.
The uazette announces that the postage of letters
September. -
had produced, 2,568,998 reals in the month of
The notorious bandit, Francisco Manuel Cordon,
so long the terror of the province of Cordova, and
who lately murdered M. Antonio del Moral. Com-
mander
of a detachment of the Civil Guard of Rute,
had been
killed in a recent encounter with a de-
tachment. of the Civil Guard of Priego.
It being Sunday, the Bourse remained \closed.

A ITALY.
A -v lorence letter of the 22d, in the Mediterra-
ne° of Genoa, states that after the failure of the
adjudication of one million of Rente, 3 per cent., a
London
to take house had offered the Tuscan Government
all at 65 per cent., which is the Govern-
ment price, e
but that the latter has refused, as it
only
Wants 20 millions of francs for the present. It
is rumoured at Florence that a company of banker
whol
has been formed for the purpose of taking th
offered by the Government at 65.

'RE SHEFFIELD MURDER.—At the York assizes, last
week, James Barbour was sentenced to death for the
murder of Alexander Robinson, a travelling draper and
a comrade of the murderer's. Since his trial, Barbour
has made a statement denying any participation in the
crime, or any knowledge of it, until three clays after the
murder was committed. The statement was made on
read
stear taken
down en
o
d
Thursday, the day after the trial, in the presence of the
Rev. 'Thomas Sutton, the chaplain of York Castle, and
Mr. Dixon of Bury, a friend of Barbour's brother who,
on his i
isbnetarlifting by
hadbetehneperheaspelnatina,t
,
Barbour and signed by him, but it is said to be open to
se° many contradiction that it is utterly impossible to re-
-0
the trial.
t wasrial. It
ea was
a v
_nciie it with the facts of the case. The gist of the
wholeBt°l7
is,
that he was no party to the murder, and
knew n otliin_
g of it until M'Cormack showed him the
pistol, and
for Robi told him that was the that had done
weapon to ogee
Crecy. attempts the same time swore hial
crecy. lie,4on of the
evidence to explain away that po—'
him l
fwhich told with such damning effect against
%sees-
sionse o. Ott the trial—that of being see,' i'Ll P hour,
and t! the deceased's pack within h
of the
'us watch within an hour and abbe t
y th s ory
time that the itted—
that he murder was committed—
road, when
he met 11, was walking on n
him the pack, and told
him to 1 Cormack, who gave --till called for, and
hi ave it at the Royal Standard ,
ards, when he y -et at the Rein Deer, he also
gavm th
en
Barbour drew a plan of the loca-
lity where e watch.
secreted, a copy of which was
forwarded the pistol was Sheffield,
to Mr• Raynor, the chief constable of
together
With =O,. brief statement of the purport of the
pretended confession made by Barbour. Mr. Raynor
received this communication on the morning of Christ-
mas-day, and proceeded himself personally to examine
the locality
described by Barbour. So accurate was the
description of the place, that Mr. Raynor in a few mi-
nutes discovered the stone which covered the hole in
which the Pistol was secreted. On removing the stone
he discovered a parcel, which, on opening, he found to
contain
a sin- gle-barrelled pistol, a paper containing gun-
powder, a.-3
-"`-',4 another paper containing a quantity of
shot, of the same size (No. 4) as those found in the brain
of the deceased Robinson. This pistol was apparently
a new one, of a common description, but from exposure
for nearly four months to the rain was covered with rust.
It was
unloaded. It is said that the only material por-
tion of the statement to which any credence can be given
is that disclosing the hiding place of the pistol ; but this
only tends to confirm the correctness of the verdict, by
showing from his own admission that at least be knew
of the murder, and was privy to secreting the deadly.
+
weapon with which it had been committed. The exect.
tion will .
1
take place at noon on Saturday, the Bth of
January.
DANI , of the
SR RAILWAYS.—Letters from Copenhagl
an an.
23d ult., state that Messrs. Peto and Co. "
ha9th ult.,
dience of the King at Fredericksborg
on
the
untendedto lay before his Majesty the plans for a railway
to connect Prederickshaven, nearly at
the
eastern ex-
Schleswig,
tremity of Jutland, with Flensburg in Noith
with Toning.and thence by the South Schleswig line _
ly upon the
The King is said to interest himself
warm
Den-
of increased
project, which, if carried out, will be a sournteiel Den-
prosperity to the northern districts of conenta
mark, and a means of greatly facilitating communications
with Sweden by Gettenberg-

THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES.

( From the Leeds Mercury of this day. )
GERMAN WOOL REPORT.

BERLIN, Dec. 27.—The very unesfetthtlieadmewnetaht,heruswede
experienced during the earlier half
a rather quieter tone to obtain in our market than had
been the case during November. As the weather, h -
ever, became finer, business soon resumed its former
briskness. Several buyers bestirred_ themselveseem
reai actively
amongst our diminished stocks Prices
nally much the same as at the time of our last report,
mi
no
but flocks which have hitherto been passed over as
lde-
fective, now find willing purchasers,_ at prices till
recently only accorded for faultlessly got up wools.
l
Contracting goes on apace at ae.
nadvance of many
dollars per cwt. upon last year's prices.
Speculators rely very confidently upon later arrivals
than heretofore, and a diminished supply from the A„
tralian colonies. Should their anticipationsProvienwt-helei
grounded, and the demand next year equal
that of the
past, we may look for a year of
made in England
high prices.
will
The sacrifices which were
earlier months of the present .year,
ing. scarcely, we
presume, be repeated in the cominge pr
Lambs' wools have almost disappeared from our
market.
Slipes are in good demand. The stock is very low.
THE LONDON WOOL TRADE.
The market is very steady for all descriptions. The
imports into London in the week ending to-day have
been about 3,000 bales, including 1,675 from port
Philip, 1,161 from Taganrog, and the rest from Italy,
Germany, &c.
From Port Philip the following interesting informs.
tion has been received concernin
uNvool •
*---We are
unable to supply details so authentic, .- pen this, which
export
aration
article of was so lately our principal
have done with regard to its. new_ and formidatlea:•ivwale,
matter
of gold. As to the next clip, the nitgotefatoef reap
for which is even now. sounding,.
of importance, and it would perhaps be liars
venture a
- distinct assertion. With wages us to
at a very
' h rate and the gold fields, as well as all other embl -
hig '
ments, highly remunerative, the probabili
and
°aYli
the flocks of the colony being properly shorn and th fleeces duly conveyed to market, is a matter 'upon whiche
opinions differ. Our own belief is that the shearin,. will
be effected without much unusual delay or lnen„° "'"
ence. High wages will have to be given; probaireni-
with the drawback, most male labour is attainableY, ' but
despite the exaggerated prosperity of the colony.
even
is a large class of men here, who have been. so Thereae
tomed to look for a little employment in sheering afile;
particular season, that it has become a sort o°l' it
nature with them, and between them and the secondsquat
anxious to get their sheep shorn at all hazards, thetrs,
little fear but an arrangement will be made. The
re is
of wages will probably be high, but we fear that rate
not over estimate the usual selfishness of that we do
lieving that the English manufacturers will b-400.11/1 be-
heavy charges of the squatters very seriously i'4o the
provided only they eventually get the wool, heart,
The carriage of this important article to market, parts.
serious from the more distant stations, is a matter of
serious doubt. The rate of cartage of stores to the uore
gings, a distance of less than 80 miles, ha., dig_
raged di
--
raged as high as 1501. per ton. English nianuf jt ave-
can calculate for themselves how far wool at l4rrs 15d. a lb. can afford such a rate for tool
or
this, if multiplied by the much greater dicta as
• districts. It well -"e of
many of our grazing be 8
consolation for them to learn, then, that this some
travagant rate has arisen from the absolute n ?)c-
-eeessit
for the transmission of stores for the actual subs, -Y
of men well able to pay high prices for the euee
in, a
also from the terrible condition of the roac3, neves. ud.
perly made, constantly wet from a severe wiote; Pro-
cut up by an incessant traffic. As the season adva, ande
decline ; and in a matter in which our settlers are
:°
veyance of the wool to the market, we feel every
as a-
ance that somehow or other all difficulties will b stir.
eventually • e ever.
come, and that the clip will be
.ship,e
not,
condition, with perfect promptitude, or in the v
yer,,, ,?,,_,
eost,
condition, but the great bulk of it will be sfii,i'gle t
last. PPed at

producin °us
.
The effect of the gold discoveries of A.ustralla, n
the future production of wool is a matter of very
seriPon
consideration. The country is capable of
far larger quantity if the land were divided and mai:
in a more intelligent and efficient manner. But thergeed
little doubt that wages will rule high upon the
aver is
They may reach a rate which the settlers cannot N,ge.
well afford to pay. We do not ;think this likely, ;3?
cause in all large collections of men great numbers aru•
found who prefer an easy life, with smaller rernuneratio e
to severe labour well paid, and we think that a B„.m_.n,
number of such men will be included in t 3
very
extensive immigration now setting in ine
shores, to supply a competent number of shephertdisr
and hut keepers for our settlers. But the very nue
sive desertion of these pursuits for the more profitahlile-
employment at the mines is already procluoin,
..
serious effect in the propagation of disease, the 6 'very
scab
spreading with great rapidity in many district; an,., -ccv
virulence being sadly aided by the necessity of .' its
the sheep in very large flocks, and not payin - ing
attention to their folding grounds. g Pe
Pror
--.........
LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES.
At the public sales this week 5,166 bales were offered which brought together a large attendance of the trade'
both home and export. They were nearly all low wools,
comprising 2,394 bales East India, which sold with great
—Spirit at an advance of id. to id. per lb. on November
rates, most perceptible on good yellow and grey, although
the assortment was not equal to what was then offered.
We subjoin particulars of quantities sold and prices ob-
tained :-2,394 bales East India—white 8/itl to 111 d., yellow 71d. to 91d., grey and brown fawn Sc!. to 7id., hi.
ferior and burry 3d. to bid. ; 104 bales washed Cordova
91d. to 9id. ; 251 bales Egyptian—white 10d. to llid '
black ad. to 9d., locks and skins 6/d. to lid.
;84 bags " inferior Mogadore 84d. to 91d. ; 115 bales Donske g 8 of
1,583 bales and ballots Chili and Peru, of which ,- Y, 94d. •
04
sold at lid. to 94d. ; 61 bales Buenos Ayres i„,,bales
Spanish
frontier, and 473 bales Oporto, Lisho'n,",!• bales
&c., were chiefly withdrawn—total 5,166 h_, Italian,
ities
Thursday there was an active demand for al bales. . • on
wool at full prices. Imports the past week hal,'_l4(lB of
Bombay 200, Oporto 131, Egyptian 300, Gi.brait,e__ been,
ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WOOLLEN TEtl-1 OF ~,7r 21.
In consequence of Christmas-day being on 6`'gtr,s.
Friday. Qatllr-
the market washeld last week on Th,_e aa__,
very good business
• done for the season of the'r was•Ya
ear •
,
also on Tuesday, in both the Cloth Halls. Busnea so
been
quiet in the warehouses this week--a, mess has
things expected at this time. cite of
to
Another year has closed. We propose
us tae a
trospect, and review its trade. It leaves pro
tions BPer re-
and tranquil. Many grateful recollections
task oi.ellt to as we part with the year 1852.
Oli
story as beenu pleasing one ; we have had no painful. ory to
,e._ a
only the one constant record of busy dust `,k
loyed. There hand of the diligent has been einP -4ere has
been no complaining in our streets.
At the commencement of 1852 a goodf. stock of
cloth
was generally held by the merchants ; a, fair Portion n:_11.
sisted of good and fine qualities that had been held is
time, and with which goods the market had beeli some,s_
plentifully supplied. It was generally expected that tTe
year would commence well, as there had been co_ the
derable advance in the price of wool towards the 008:8(1)-
1851, and a movement in the wool market is gellera.ll f
followed by a similar one in the manufactured a__..n Y
'II 1
The anticipation was not far wrong. For althoun,h -„. •
nuary was not a very brisk month, February waE6_o4oda.
and in March a brisk and active business wan g ,
-which was continued during April, and received done,_
~
ditionai impulse during the month of May, in ceci
quence of accounts received from Australia expreasi se-
considerable fear that the discovery of gold in that 001011 g
would present such prospects to the labourers in „ny
country that they would leave their pastoral pn_y_n4t
go in search of the newly discovered •'LI
, of and thereby jeopardise the future supply of „sr_ ',
to this country. Considerable anxiety Was
ra 001
fested, and several meetings of the prinZli;
merchants, manufactmecs, and woolstaplera of -rat
West Riding were held in Leeds. The ilia the
ante of our colonial wools for the support of the irri,ll,
factures of this country was strongly felt, And p fr,---``;.
measures were at once resolved, and actively car
execution, to meet the exigencies of the case. Th into
mart' motives of the parties who originated this the,,Pri-
-‘,lre meat have been questioned. But whether they e-
entirely disinterested or not, we will not stop to in Were. 4
—there can be no doubt that important consequcle ir,
followed. noes
A combined effort was made, and a goodly nnanb.,
able and active labourers availed themselves of 'r. of
facilities offered to emigrate to the colony, and
.the
would arrive in time, and we hope would, be a,blelleY"
supply the want of labour and meet the requirein te
eats of
the case.

tau
This is, we believe, a correct narration theofple
s
during
the woollen trade in each month the
There has been a steady brisk business done, with y-eZ.;
only
a very slight exception, from the commencement of th
to
year to its close. And this has not been confize.d e
this town; the activity has pervaded the whole of the
surrounding clothing district.
ley, WO
rte
manufacturers at Bramley,
Calverley, and the adjacent villages,
who
that they 'very
Arniproduc :tle37,
good and respectable cloth, and so cheap Y have
scarcely been able to supply the demand they hate h
white
for their goods ; and we are quite sure that the a
manufacturers of Idle and Eccleshill seldom hate i,„
r satisfied. with Leeds better
indeb
fiurY and Batel ,to whose energies we are ted fo;
'Lie " Goliahs,"Y" Pilots," "Beavers," &c., that We fn
d
so necessary for our comfort in this inclement weather ;
we believe the had greater exertions to make in
y never .
order to a,eco
There
mmodate their customers.
this
ever was aperiod when the trade of to,
and then whole of the districtbeen 8° good as •
woollen has•it
was last year.
There has been no over-trading, for
in many instantes
not been sitEaeie t
for the demn_, the supply had
-tt`i• Even at the present time, When
stocks generally accumulate the White Cto
th -hall is nearly
empty, and the coloured , thinlY suPPlied
ma' raet is v
with goods, and the stocksgenerally eg
the merchants,
warehouses much below an
Such being the state of average'the trade in this district, it
has enabled the manufacturers, finishers, and other en)._
ployers to keep in active
workshops that abound in work the numerous mills and
this town and neighbourhood,
and give abundance of employment to the surr°unding
industrious population. Fewer persons, able and willing
to work, were never out of employment. The 41dus-
trious classes were never more able to purchase the
necessaries and comforts of this life than they are at
a sit
e of
Di.Fsent. It is a great pleasure to record such t
things We rejoice in "the improved condition of the
:ii33°9ntry and particularly of the working classes, In id Nve
. eve it is mainly the result of recent comuleraegis-
tlen, and especially of the act of 1846, which established

the free admission of foreigh corn, and that that act was
a wise, just, and beneficial measure."
Venetian cloths have been regularly coming into good
repute for several years pase, and they are a class of
goods admirably adapted for wear and durability, either
in summer, when lightness is required, or in winter,
when a stout and heavy cloth is required. It can be
produced as a smart medium or a thick double mill.
Another contributing cause is, no doubt, in consequence
of the fair portion of society adopting woollen cloth as
their almost universal wear for this winter ; and we cer-
tainly commend their judgment, for there is not a fabric
of a handsomer texture, better adapted for the purpose,
and in the end more economical than a smart woollen
cloth.

There has been a good business in medium ladies'
cloths during the year in consequence of this demand.
The columns of the Leeds Mercury, a few years ago,
contained a series of letters on the merits of each dye.
But, whatever the advocate of common colours then
attempted to prove in favour of his dye, time has de-
monstrated that it will not stand the action of the
atmosphere. It is a fugitive colour, and often before
any important deterioration is visible m a coat made
of a common dye, you have difficulty in knowing what
the original colour has been, and even its cheapness
will not compensate for this great defect, hence com-
mon wool blacks have for some time been less in de-
mand, and piece-dyed blacks are now sold in their
place. In nearly every respect piece dyed-blacks have
the advantage; they can be produced as cheap, the
eol,ur equal in brilliancy and hue, and the only change
the atmosphere has, is to take away a portion of its
brilliant bloom, but it remains a black, although rather
dull.

We think, also, the manufacturers are entitled to
credit for their spirit in bringing out goods specially
adapted for the season, and they have been very success-
ful this year in introducing a cloth named "Wiltons,"
in various mixtures, which has had a most excellent de-
mand.
Prices throughout the year have had an upward ten-
dency. It could not be otherwise, for all the raw mate-
rials that are used in the manufacture of woollen cloth
have regularly advanced throughout the year.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL AND WOOL MARKETS, DEO. 27.

_We have had a very slack market to-day in flannels;
and not many buyers have attended. Both merchants
and manufacturers appear to be engaged in their Christ-
mas accounts at this season of the year, and little busi-
ness will be done till the new market. The - wool mar-
ket has undergone little or no change since last Monday.
The demand continues reguler and the prices firm.
BRADFORD WORSTED MARKET, DEO. 30.—Business
is remarkably brisk for the time of the year. Yarns
exhibit an upward tendency. Another advance has
taken place in fine double cotton warp. The great dif-
ficulty with which the trade has to contend is the scarcity
of raw material, of which the supply does not increase
in proportion to the extension of trade. It is generally
believed that we shall have a good trade this year. The
accounts from both North and South America are of a
favourable character, and there can be no doubt that
Australia will require some of our manufacturers in re-
turn for the vast treasures she is regularly sending to
this country ; so that we hope to see our export mer-
chants
daing a good business. The condition of the
country
is highly satisfactory. Money is cheap and
abundant. The industrious and all other classes of the
people are
home tr well off, and we think we may fully calculate
ade.
„ a goo

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Mining Journal of this clay,

giNEs.-The market has been but slightly active
during the week. and the business actually transacted is
not to any large amount, which may be accounted for
by the absence of many of the dealers, and no wish on
the Part of holders to sell under present quoted rates in
the dividend-paying mines, the reports from whence
continuing highly satisfactory, and the continued rise
in price of all metallic produce insuring prosperity for
some time to come. In those means progressing to-
wards a remunerative state, Boscean have risen from
151. to 22/. ; Yeoland Consols, 51. to 8/. 10/. ; Crad-
dockt3foor, 281. to 40/. ; Weston, 1/. ss. to 2/. ; Great
B
1/. to 1/. 10s., 1/. 15s.
i
Metal Market all continues in the most active
r ,
he
condition. Copper is in axtensive demand. Lead has
advanced to 231. 10s. per ton for pig, the market being
very bare. Tin has advanced 4/. Spelt ton ; Plates ls. per
box both in great request. In ea the market is
also buoyant ; 100 tons for spring delivery have been
disposed of at 191. ss. per ton-on the spot at present it
rules at 191. 10s. All kinds of manufattured Iron and
Rails continue in great aequest ; and an advance of 11.
ipnerartco took place at the quarterly meeting, as reported
nther column. Scotch Pig selling freely at 735. 6d.
(cash), 755. (prompt).
The sale of copper ore at the Ticketing on Thursday,
the 23d December, was 3819 tons, amounting to 25,807/.
2s ,the
average produce and standard being 71, 132/.
The corresponding sale last month was 3459 tons, pro-
ducingl27/. 18s., being an advance in the standard
of
giving an average of ss. 6d. per ton more for
A 1.270.1:
On Thursday last, 3,369 tons sold for 18,387/.
los. 6d., the average produce and standard being 51,
1451.195.
GLASGOW, DEC. 30.-Our makers have sold as much
NI they could do, and dealers here (having the vivid re-
Nlectiox of 1845-6, whoa prices fell in a short time
frowsl. 108 to 31.) will not keep a ton in stock on their
P s
own account ; and, as the English s ecularor hold the
Feat bulk of stock warrants, they regulate prices at
Present. To-day we have sellers at 725. 6d., buyere 71s.
and 725.
The settlement of the fortnight's account has formed
the chief feature in the gold mining share market this
Week, and has proved extraordinarily heavy-in fact, it
4:ta, be said to be the heaviest ever known in this de
pait'utent. Business has thus been checked, and, con•
solvently, the movement in prices has not been great,

&go/DB.—A most awful and distressing case of suicide
occurred in Frome on Tuesday last. It appears that an
unfortunate man, named Stephen Taylor, had been for
some time in a desponding state, in consequence of a
series of misfortunes. He some time ago buried his
second wife ; then his son was drowned ; subsequently,
owing to a misunderstanding, his late wife's daughter
left him, and the poor fellow was living in a house by
himself. He rose as usual and lit his fire, and went up
stairs, took a razor, and cut his throat frightfully: His
Windpipe was completely severed, and also the jugular
'vein. He was found by his apprentice lying dead on
the floor with the razor by his side.—Sherburne Journal.
ROBBER SHOT AT THE AUSTRALIAN DIGGINGS.—A
Man named Duffy, a butcher, residing at Fryer's Creek,
Was shot on Sunday morning while in the act of robbing
a tent. The circumstances are these :—On Sunday
morning, about one o'clock, Duffy entered the tent of a
party of diggers, residing at Fryer's Creek, and de-
nnded their gold ; one of the diggers jumped out of bed
i'4ll the intention of securing him, but, a scuffle ensu-
ing, and the digger being overmatched, he called out to
~„.°lle of his mates to fire his revolver and shoot Duffy.
The party applied to fired as requested, and the con-
tents lodged in Duffy's neck under the jaw, and a slug
rh,°/' two in his right shoulder. He died in a few hours.
::ecienditglgyer also received some shot in one of his arms,
and Was sliglatly wounded. After the report of the re-
volver retreating footsteps were heard outside the tent,
some of Duffy's accomplices. It is reported
that Duffy was a man of pretty good means, being the
Proprietor of two or three butcher's shops in the dig-
giogs._jf elbounte Argus, Sept. 28.
WnEog OF THE HEROINE.—The following particulars
concerning the wreck of the Heroine, emigrant ship,
hayedn *Oa London to Port Philip, on Monday last,
furnished by an eye-witness residing near
been
the scene of the disaster :—" The gale was
ale Rg's'
cwio e
in an awful manner on Monday morning last,
*When Ahappy vessel was first seen in the offing. It
Was about eleven o'clock a.m. when the Heroine came
nab ou
th_ ore, a little to the eastward of the Pinhay Cliffs. As
„h,„e Paper 0 have already stated, the crew and all the emi-
7,auts sody reached the shore in the ship's life-boats.
Almost an the inhabitants of the town of Lyme were
down npon the beach watching the event, and anxious to
renderl, assistance to any persons who might gain the land.
less tb n between 70 and 80 persons almost by a
lraele easie safe to shore. Among the emigrants was
oman with twins at her breast only six weeks
oil: Poor v 7
ti:; the little creatures were obliged to be thrown over
e side into the arms of the people in the boats
below'
test of the unhappy creatures had not their
nightclohs on them when they landed. Within an
tiro
afterwards the ship went down, being literally
hr° en t, pieces by the fury of the waves and every
iele of property on board was lost. The poor man,
Who set out in an open boat, with four other
to render aid, was the only one of the
gallant fellows)
•flve who on back to shore alive. His wife was stand-
fr
Iwt the'beach among the crowd of anxious spectators
was capsized ; but thinking that her hus-
toe" Wthaes it
owned before her eyes, she was carried home
broa states bordering upon distraction, and the fright
verllght u'. premature confinement, from which it is
thir 37 doubtful whether she will recover. The weather on
8 coast
since Monday has been very rough and
stormw,3r, and from the quantity of planks and timbers
s -sud a: e, it is clear that more wrecks than at pre-
,e_nt are itll3l. of must have taken place in the lower
e4rt of th:.(jriannel."
FATAL WOGS OF THE OCEAN QUEEN.—The
folioful wing 1, 44. er gives additional particulars of the dread-
'wreck he Ocean Queen on Sunday night, on
the 1,„. one,zaewett just outside Plymouth Sound : " The
still
Ten s.,rd bound from London to Jamaica,
and was eoutwa by the fury of the gale upon the
111°1.th-east of this terrible rock. On striking
they
masts toyerrvsi ritphpeedsiduep utphoendteheke
Thes. hull
of the
„vs lung, _ washed in upon the beach of the
4oininn.e. sel
v 7
ot a soul escaped. No less than four-
;en bodieB4l. d 1.1 nicked up the next possession)
he „is," Wereth'e" ship was found in theof
a tvreefer'r of taken from him by main force. By the
register it and
h red that the vessel belongs to Mr. Nichol-
s(); of L•a-t'pea'" uare. A most disgraceful assem-
bl utaehouse'sq
to more
of pe women, and children, amounting
° le we',
Inure th came from the hills, and were busily
dendeavourial `ll. 64.0%icunder the wreck the whole of Mon-
,aay. They were, Or; however, beat back by the coast
guard. A- noinplete or melancholy catastrophe has
never o_More - this part of the coast. The following
is a , occulted on
wo were on board :—Joseph W.
Tr° uSt of _
ss-
ICI re loßichards, mate ; William Holmes,
second •J 3 . M'Cabe, carpenter ;A. Stephen-
- matere
B°n, ste,m,,; „aac Cummings, cook ; Charles Peter-
-8", Josh— " ; 'William Gray, James Moore, H. An-
tonia, • •Xoblin, earnen Frederick Russell, boy ;
I %char.% 533. Vidal, passengers.'
a 4

AUSTRIAN INTOLERANCE.

(From the Times.)

Another of those outrageous acts upon the person
of an English subject, for which the Austrian Go-
vernment has acquired so unfortunate a notoriety,
has just been committed at Vienna. The sufferer
in this case is the correspondent of the Morning
Chronicle. Before offering any comment upon the
case, we will endeavour to lay before our readers
his own statement of the occurrence. The facts
appear to stand thus :—On a certain Friday even-
ing, at the beginning of the last month, the
gentleman referred to, between the hours of 5 and
6 o'clock, as he was passing along the Adler-game, at
Vienna, was seized by two emissaries of General
Kempen, forced into a fiacre, and conveyed to the
head-quarters of the Military Governor in the
Herrn-gasse. What Austrian law this English
subject had violated remains to be seen. He was
put through his catechism as to his birthplace, age,
religion, profession, &c., and then desired to con-
sider himself under arrest. The crime with which
he stood charged was at length revealed to him.
" His arrest had taken place in pursuance of orders
to that effect from the Governor of Vienna---his
letters to the Morning Chronicle having given of-
fence to the Austrian Government !" Thus an
English subject who transmits information on pub-
lic matters to his own country, for publication in
an English journal, is to be subjected to the
tyrannny of an Austrian military judge, unless he
shall consent to transmit home a particular amount
of falsehood and adulation, which, in the opinion
of the white-coated Centurian, the necessities of
the case may require ! But, for the moment, we
will adhere to the facts of the case. It appears,
next, that this unfortunate gentleman was dragged
away from the presence of his interrogator to the
public prison. He was stripped to his shirt and
stockings by the filthy gaolers in the peculiar den
in which they had contracted the greater portion of
their filth. He was next cast into a cell among
four malefactors, one of whom was in chains.
From this first cell he was, in the course of the
night, removed to another, in which was a young
Hungarian, " who had been arrested in his native
village beyond the Theiss—for what offence he
knew not—and carried off to prison, where he had
languished for ten months without ever having
been brought to trial—a boon he had frequently de-
manded." As the Englishman was talking with
this young man in the cell into which they had both
been cast, shrieks and cries were heard outside.
Some wretched creature was undergoing what is
called in Vienna a Verbesserung—that is, a flogging.
The clanking of chains was heard from time to
time, and the heavy tread of the sentinel at the
door. Nor was the state of things inside much
better. A bed and sheets were provided—but foul
and reeking beyond expression. There was nothing
for it but that the unfortunate prisoner, when
worn out with pacing his cell, should lie down in
his clothes, and submit patiently to the attacks of
the vermin with which the place was infested.
At noon next day came a change in his fate. A
corporal came to announce his deliverance • but a
commissary was sent to seize his papers andletters,
and convey them to the military bureau. The
packets containing these packets were sealed with
the seal of the liberated prisoner, and with the
double eagle ; and a promise, as it would appear,
was made to him that the seals should not be
broken but in his presence. The peculiar analogy
between promises and piecrust obtains more
strongly in Austria than elsewhere. As soon as
the packets were conveyed into the hands of the
Court of Honour, they were opened, and the con-
tents examined. The sufferer was summoned to
the sublime presence of one Colonel Seeman, where,
in place of being requested to assist at the opening
of the seals, he was required to sign a receipt testi-
fying that nothing had been kept back from him.
He was not informed in any further degree of the
nature of his offence. It is to be presumed that
nothing criminatory was found in his papers ; be-
cause, when he asked for a certificate to this effect,
he was told that in all probability such a one would
be handed to him hereafter. No accuser was
named at any time throughout the proceedings, or
any accusation beyond the general one, that the
tone of his communications to the Morning Chro-
nicle was not calculated to give satisfaction to the
Austrian Government. As a matter of course, the
Englishman who had been subjected to treatment
so outrageous carried his case to the English Em-
bassy at once. ' It appears by his own statement
that Lord Westmoreland and the gentlemen of the
Embassy have not taken up the case as warmly as
he could have wished. Upon such a point as this
we must decline offering any opinion until we
hear more of the matter. The person who has been
subjected to so scandalous and brutal an outrage is
no doubt of opinion that General Kempen should
be whipped at a cart's tail up and down the Herrn-
gasse withont a. inumAnt'sa delay ; hit thio can
scarcely be. We will not, unless well assured of
the truth of the case, believe that an English
Minister will stand by and see so grievous an out-
rage inflicted upon an Englishmen officially under
his protection without obtaining for him full and
complete justice. To do the gentleman who has
been the victim of such brutaiity but simple right,
he entirely disclaims the idea of receiving damages
in compensation for his injury. Let whoever has
been the author of the wrong make such an apology
as a gentleman can receive, and let the Govern-
ment assure him that he may live unmolested as
long as he violates no Austrian law, and he is con-
tent that the matter shall drop. The Earl of West-
morland has been in communication with Count
Buol Schauenstein upon the subject. This Minister
has assured him that, until he received the note of
complaint from the Embassy, the civil Government
was entirely ignorant of the whole transaction. It has been a military outrage from the first to last.
Now, before the higher authorities in any con- k
tinental nation engage themselves in a crusade against the correspondents of English journals,
there are one or two points we would have them
carefully to weigh. In the first place, the com- 5
munications of such person are written by Eng-
lishmen, in English, for English journals, to be S
read by English readers. An Austrian, or a Rus-
sian, or a Neapolitan circulation matters not to us,
nor to any of our contemporaries. What we write s
we write for Englishmen in all parts of the 21
globe, and for no one else. With the acts of
foreign editors or foreign writers we have nothing 2l
to do. It may be that every now and then 0
,
in order to escape from the onus of original st
opinion, they may affect to translate an article from
an English journal. They do so because it repre- St
sents their own views, and those views they would 5(
manage to communicate in some fashion or other, St whether the English journal were there or not.
st
Then, again, it is said, " sometimes the foreign cor-
respondents of English journals mistate facts." If 50
so, so much the worse for themselves and the jour-
nals with which they are concerned. The natural 12
result would be, that the journal would lose in 32
authority, and the correspondent be dismissed.
We greatly fear that the offence of English corres- 25
pondents in the eyes of foreign Governments is
that they state, not that they mis-state, facts. Itl 6
12
Now, let us see how the continental Governments ,
—that of Austria among others—would benefit
12;
themselves by the expulsion of the correspondents 12
of English journals. In the first place, we take it St.
as a first principle, that we could have information St.
upon any subject we might require, from any city 161
in Europe, if not an Englishman were left upon the 20
continent—from the bureau of General Kemp& as 5
well as elsewhere. But, however this may be, we 2
cannot but think that foreign Governments would
St
consider it of more advantage to them to have their
20.
acts recorded by gentlemen of intelligence and edu-
St. cation, who are heavily interested in maintaining
their posts, which can only be done by the trans- 15
mission of correct information, than that intelli- 8
gence from less credible sources should be circulated
in all quarters of the globe. We cannot think that 10
General Kempen, or his master, would be benefitted 10
by the change. There is not a week, nor a day of 25
the week, in which political refugees from all cor- 10
ners of Europe do not knock at the doors of the U.(
leading English journals, and offer to supply us st.
with information. The hints and suggestions of 20
" Our own correspondents" act as a corrective of 12i
much exaggeration, and keep our foreign columns clear from much matter that might prove more 5
St.
than displeasing to the masters of continental
Europe.

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