The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853

Very little is yet known about the Cabinet that
will come into power with the President Elect,
on the 4th of March. Two circumstances have
retarded the making up of the new Administra-
tion—the death of General Pierce's son, and the
final refusal of Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, to act as
Secretary of State. The papers are filled with all
manner of speculations in regard to the Cabinet,
various attempts have been made to sway the mind
of the President, but it is doubted whether they
will move him. He has always shown himself to
be an independent man, and the manner of his
election, with his overwhelming majority, enables
him now to be more independent than ever.
There will be a very hard struggle between the
three principal sections of the democratic party in
this strife for power—the national democrats, the
free-soilers, and the secessionists, or disunionists of
the south.
It is understood that the Committee on Com-
merce in the United States Congress has nearly
completed a general and comprehensive bill on the
subject of reciprocity between the British posses-
sions in America and the United States—a bill -
which is also to embrace the whole question of the
fisheries. It is also believed that within a few
clays the project of a treaty which had been ne-
gotiated between Mr. Crampton and Mr. Everett
will be laid before the Senate. Few, if any, of
the conditions of this treaty are known.
It is confidently affirmed in some quarters,
and it may be probable, that since Mr. Everett
has introduced the clause admitting American lumber
into Great Britain free of duty, he has waved cer-
tain Whig objections always hitherto urged against
free trade with the Canadas.
America is involved in a war with the Seminole
Indians, when it was supposed that the last treaty
made with their Chief would be rati aed during the
present year, and their nation, which is now re-
duced to less than 1,000 souls, would emigrate to a
new home, to which they had agreed to go, be-
yond the Mississippi. There has already been ex-
pended in the wars with this single tribe of Indians
in Florida more blood and treasure, and more
money has been given to them in time of peace,
than the whole campaign of Mexico cost. The
patience of the Government is exhausted, and
there is no policy left now but the final extermina-
tion of the Seminoles. There has been a vast deal
of spurious humanity and benevolence got up by
philanthropists on this business of American
savages, and, although wrongs have been perpe-
trated by the people, and in one or two instances,
perhaps, to some extent by the Government,
yet they are but a drop in the ocean to the
bloody outrages and acts of perfidy perpetrated by
most of the aboriginal tribes of America. No
Government of modern times has expended as li
much money, or made as serious, protracted, and
hearty efforts, either for the salvation from exter-
mination or the enlightenment and civilisation of
the aborigines of any country.
It is not probable that the tariff will b 3 touched
during the present session of Congress. There are
but five weeks more for legislation. With a sur-
plus beyond the ordinary expenditure of nearly
15,000,000 dols. per annum, it becomes a matter
of prime necessity to reduce the revenues of the
Government ; for it discovered that the only
policy is to have the Treasury as empty as possible,
and never to create a national debt.
There seems to be little probabil;ty that the re-
solutions on the Monroe doctrine introduced by
General Cass, and accompanied by that speech on
which the American pre...s, as well as that of
Europe, has animadvert:3d with so much severity,
wilt pass the Senate in their present state ; nor is
it at all likely that any resolutions can be pressed
through either House of Congress which imply a
spirit o! hostility in time of peace against Great
Britain.
During "the last few years corruption has been
gradually making progress in the city government
of New York, until no man in the community
doubts that within the last year the foulest frauds
have been committed by the members of the Com-
mon Council, and the indignation of the public is
finally and fully aroi.,sed. Things have gone so far
that the Senate of the State has framed a bill lim-
iting the powers of the Common Council, and ren-
dering these shameless abuses almost, if not quite,
impossible.
The project of a railway to the Pacific has at-
tracted a good deal of attention during the present
session of Congress, and if, in the regular order
of business, the subject can be reached, some action
will be taken favourable to the plan. Our relations
• `1) the Pacific coast have become so intimate and

extensive, and our commerce with the Pacific ocean
is so vastly augmented, that the impatience of -
American speculation will no longer tolerate the St.
tedious delays of even the passage by the Isthmus, st'.
much less by Cape Horn. 20
St.
EXTRAORDINARY Loss OF PROPERTY.—A gentleman 15
in this city having left his counting-house on Wednesday
evening at too late an hour to lodge his daily receipts in
the bank, took home with him 971. in notes and 19 6
sovereigns made up in a cartridge. These he deposited „
in an interior drawer in a secretary in his bedroom. The Si
following morning, on opening the drawer, he was
717,
amazed at perceiving a quantity of greasy ashes, on re- 6i
moving which, he perceived the roll of sovereigns, the
paper around which was perfect, and some letters not even 6i
soiled. The notes were gone. The appearance of the 10
drawer caused doubts in his mind that the ashes were those 20
of the notes, particularly as ho could not conceive how
fire could have communicated with them. He removed St,.,
the drawer and its contents ; these he submitted to the
s.*"
manager of one of our banks, who immediately declared St.
that the ashes were not those of notes, as he had seen St.
many thousand notes burned, the ashes of which were st.
white and dry. The manager v,:theut heritation con-
cluded that -the notes must have been stolen, and that the 64,
ashes of burnt brown paper were placed in the drawer to
deceive. This made the gentleman ex:xemely uneasy, as 50
he could not suspect any of domPstic-i of being a
thief. Consulting with a friend on the subject, he re- St-
commenied him to have the ashes examined through a
16
magnifying glass. He accordingly placed them in
the hands of Mr. Hawkesworth, on the Grand Parade, St. St.
who discovered on the particles the scrolling and
figures of bank notes. It is supposed that when St.
placing the notes in the drawer a spark from the candle 50
which the gentleman held, fell among t'iem, and they
smouldered away. The letters and the papers on the St.
gold, being glazed and smooth, did not catch the fire. 50
Another curious incident is, that the gentleman
had passed the hour for making the daily lodgment in 123,
the bank, from being engaged in preparing a bill of par- ni
ticulars of the less he sustained by a fire which took place
in his establishment that day month, and which it was 25
necessary to forward by the next mail to the Insurance
Company, whose policy he held. His claim in that case 10
was but 501.—Cork Constitution. 6
BANKRUPTCY AND FLIGHT OF THE RECTOR OF STEP- 12i
NEY.—The large parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, has El
been lately deprived of the services of the Rev. Richard
Lee, the rector, under very extraordinary circumstances. Sc.
The reverend gentleman succeeded to the living on the
resignation of the Rev. Mr. Vaudrey, in 1847, and it is
believed he was then considerably in debt. He has for 20
some time past been engaged in railway speculations to 3
a very large amount, and these adventures turning out 2
unfavourable, he disappeared some few weeks since, and
much speculation has taken place respecting his where- St. :
abouts. It is believed that, in the first instance, he fled 20
to Hambingh, and afterwards to Brussels. A few days St.
since the officers of the Court of Chancery were on the 15
look out for the clerical defaulter, and received informa- 8
tion that he was at Birmingham, and they proceeded to
that place in search of him, and returned to town with-
out being able to arrest him. The amount of the reve-

rend gentleman's liabilities is upwards of 11,0001.:;nda. 10
composition has been tendered to some of the creditors, 25
of 6s. Bd., and to others of 11s. in the pound. The 10
living has been sequestrated, and the sequestrator 101
has given notice that all tithes, fees, Easter offerings,
and other money, are to be paid over to the Rev. Mr. 20
Auchinleck, the curate, on his behalf. The value of the sis
living/ exclusive of the large and spacious vestry house
and pleasure ground, is 8001. per annum, and is in the 17
gift of Brasenose College, Oxford. An offer to pay the 25
creditors 5001. per annum front the proceeds of the living
has been made, and, it is believed, will be ultimately
acceded to. Several persons residing in the parish will
be great sufferers by the failure of Mr. Lee. The Rev. 10
Mr. Lee was not a man of expensive habits, but a great 5
speculator. He was anything but popular in the parish, 20
a very indifferent preacher, and, to use his own words, 20
no orator.' His opposition to the election of the Rev. 20
Mr. Poole, the popular afternoon lecturer, and his refusal 20
to permit him the use of the pulpit one Sunday afternoon, 20
which caused a disturbance in the church, brought the Rev. ‘,.,1

the flight and liabilities
most absurd reports respecting
inparish all
of the rector of Stepney have prevailed the
Mr. Lee into very bad repute with his Parishioners. The
the past week. A rumour obtained extensive circulation
ioinade de
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etd se
nrieeci
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foundation
ns misfortunes,dat ien w h
at.
ever for this story. It was reported on Saturday in the
we vicinity
the
inmateof Ol d
efa Stepneylee
lock
Church,n phouse
that
in thete
neighbourhoodße v .
of Chancery-lane, and that his creditors had refused to
Mr Lee
accept 'the composition offered them. The clerical duties
have been performed by the curates since Mr. Lee's ab-
sence from the parish.— Dispatch.
OUR ANTIPODES.—Almost everything in nature is,
in Australia, the teverse of what it is here. When we
have winter they have summer, when we have day they
have night ; we have our feet pressing nearly opposite to
their feet ; there, too, the compass points to the south ;
the sun travels along the northern heavens; the plumage
of the birds is beautiful, their notes are harsh and strange;
the swans are black, the eagles are white, the moles lay
eggs, the owls screech and hoot only in the day time, the
cuckoo's song is heard only in the night, the valleys are
cool, the mountain ;,ops are warm, the north winds are
hot, the soutli winds are cold, the east winds arehealthy,
the bees are without sting, the cherries grow with the
stone outside, one of the bir,.'s has a broom in his mouth
instead of a tongue, anotLer creature (Voe duck-billed
platypus) unites with the body, fur, and habits of a
mole, the webbed foot and bill of a ducli.. Many of the
beautiful flowers are without smell, and even the geolo-
gical formation of the country, as far as ascertained, is
most singular.

THE SHARE MARKETS.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Closing' Prices
Yesterday.

Ousiness done
this day.

P. 07 - 109

(iii :166

19 20
par,

34 -
34 -
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—lop

18 - 19

8 -.

126 - 128

1112 - 114

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61. 7ixd

1106 - 103
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150 -152

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9 - 10
11 -- 11.1
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1.51 - 153
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223 - 23

5i -

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104 - 106
25i -- 2631

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6 - 7
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Shr. H RAILWAYS.
Company YestrrJay this day.
1 Lessinz Closing Prices Business
50 all Bedford and London &
Bletchley.... N. West.
304 all Birm. & Oxfd.
Dom.
Gt.Westn 30 31xd
304 all Do. withoutgr Do 293 —3oxd
304 all Birm.Wolv. drl
Dudley guar.'Do 3O 31
30,1 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30
St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 108 110
50 all Clydesdale Je. Caledon 53 54
St. 100 E. Lincoln gr.
6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 149 151
25 all GlstrA Dn. Fr .Gt.Westn 323 333
00 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & k. New.
Railway & Berw.
50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 113 115
25 all Do. 3 Shares. Do 563 573
12A all Do. Shares. ,Do 27 28
131 all Lon.& GreenwiS. Eastern 13i 14,
ao all Do.PreferencerD 0...
20 all Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent. Norfolk 194 —19 i
!O all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 25
53 all Manch. B:.-tn. L.& N. W
and Matlock & Midld 3 34 .
;0 all Middlesbro' & Stckton
Red car Darlingt.
)0 xll Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 108 109
i() all Northern and
Easterusp.c. E. Count. 64 66
,0 all Do. 6 per et. Do —
00 all Do. Fixeds pc Do —
'5 all Prest. & Wyre L. & N.W
&Ln&Yk
23 111 Do. 3 Shares. Do — pm
It. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt Northn 151 153
It. 100 Do.Shepth.S t D 0... l5O 152
5 18j3 Shef.Roth.and Lanca-.lt &
Gooleg.s p.c. Yon. i.
2 91 S. Staffordsh. M.MC an 3 d
0 all- Wear Valleygr Stockt. &
6 per cent... Darlingt.
5 all Do Do 313 323
1. 100 Wilts&Somrst,GtWestn lO2 103

MINES.
1 all Agua Fria
lOs all Anglo Californian— 4 pl 4
10 2 Austra tasian l4 —24 p
20 5 Australian
1 all. Australian Cordillera par z p
1 all Australian Freehold. * d par
1 all Ave Maria
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p
1 all British Austrin. Gold p
20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 p
35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued
at .£5 pm.) 34 4 4
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 14 —24
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O
all Carson's Creek.. par 4 p
49 all Cobre Copper 414 424
6 1 Colonial Gold 24 —24 p
... 14 Copiapo 6 7
a" CopperMinersof Eng
25 all Do. Preference
( 5 all English and Austin
Copper Smehg. Co. 2 —l4 d
20 all General l4 154
2 all Great Nugget Vein 34 —3i p 54
3 all Great Polgooth l4 —ls p
1 all Lake Bathurst d— d
1 all Liberty per 2 p
1 all Loud. &Californ.Gol d
Quartz Crush. Co — d
1 all Mario uita 4d par x all
10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 44 —43 x d
1 all New Granada a—t#p
1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1 p
1 all Port Philip l4 —l4 p 24
1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 p
50 all Rhymney Iron —
15 Do. New —
30 10-1 Santiago de Cüba
1 all South Australian,,., 2d ip
10 7 Tin Crort ll —l2
23 all United Mexican 6 —64
1 all Waller
1 all West Granada,,,,,,,, 2 p
1 all West Mariposa -
1 all Yuba — I p 14
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
-
40 all. Australasia Bl - 82 82 14
50 all British N. American
... 594
20 2 Chad. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China 1 14
.00 25 Colonial
-- • .•
.00 20 Commercial of Lon-
don d
... 4 English Scottish and
Australian l4 —14 p
20 T 4 Lond. Chert. Bk. of
Australia 4 4zp 111
50 20 London and County ...
50 1.0 London Joint Stock 201 x d
WO 20 Loud. &Westminstei
100 35 NaUonalProv.o
20 10 Do. New —
50 22i National of Ireland
25 all Oriental Bank of!
Corpoiati on I
25 6 Do. NON

Australasia.
British N. American
Chad. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
Colonial
Commercial of Lon-
don
English Scottish and
Australian
Lond. CliPrt. Bk. off
Australia
London and County
London Joint Stockl
Lond. dt Westminstei
NaUonalProv.o
Do. New...
Natior al of lrelap
Oriental Bank of'l
Corpoiation..
Do. Ne
Provincial of Irelan
Do. Nei,/
Royal Anstraln.M7.
& Gold Imp. Co. ...
South Australia 43 45
Union of Australia 7l —73 id
Do. New 7
Union of London.. ;
Union of Madrid I

MISCELLANEOUS.

Australian Agricult 1
Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail
Ausixaln. Royal Mail
Brit. Arnelien. Land
Canada

71{i xd
xd

235 - 240

lOristal Pal. of France
Eastern Steam

Elcctric. Teleg. of Ir.
Gen. Steam Navigat..
General Strew Steam.
Irish Beetroot Sugar
Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
Netherlands Land_
Nrth.of Europe Steam
Peninsular &Oriental

Do. Do. ^
Royal Mail Steam....
South Austral. Land
Submar. Telegraph...
UnixersalEmigmtion
and Colonisation...
Van Diemen's Land..

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47 - 49

87 i 6i

50i

14 - 16

MARKET NE.GVS-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—This market is very firm for a'l kinds, but in
foreign there have not been many sales. A cargo of brown
PelArambuco afloat, deliverable in the Clyde, has been sold
at 18s 6d. Refined low to fine grocery lumps are at 453 to
to 48s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last
week, at the East and West Ind'a Docks, was 633 bhds,
32 tierces, 355 barrels ; there were taken for home con-
sumption, 1,602 hhds, 69 tierces, 256 barrels. The stock
in the same place is 8,274 hhds, 1,169 tierces, 1,563
barrels.

COFFEE.—Thb demand for native Ceylon has been quiet,
but good ord of the new impoi:i has not been lower than
475. Plantation is wanted at preNlous rates, especially the
low Bolts. Mocha tends downwards.
Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 174 puns 10 hhds ; there were
taken for home consumption 203 puns 8 hhds, and exported
166 puns 154 hhds. The sock in the same places is
10,558 puns 761 bhds.
RICE.—Of 13,459 bags Colringa, offered by auction,
were only about half sold at lOs to 10s 6d for good mid.
PEPPER.-133 bags white 7id to lid ; for good mid
Singapore 1,102 bags black, partly sold at 3gd for fair
sifted.

TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 43s 9d to 44s per cwt on the spot,
and town 46s 6d, being homy.
TEA .--Not much is doing, but holders ask previous
rates.

COTTON,—The demand is good, at firm rates.

HAT MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 4/ 4s ; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load.
A full average supply, and a moderate demr
CIIMBERLAND.-31eadow hay, 2/ 18s to 41 4s; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ I.ls per load.
Supply good, and trade film.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadm hay, 2/ 153 to 4/ 43 ; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 5l; and stlaw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load.
Trade steady, at late rates.