The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

EXETER HALL.

Mr- Sims Reeves has resumed his position as tenor
singer in the concerts given here on Wednesdays,
a!ter a Jong absence, during which he has been
fulfilling provincial engagements. The notoriety and
favour he et joys with the general public ensured him
a warm reception by a very crowded audience. The
programme was a little better than usual, as regards
some of the selections, and the vocalists. The former
includFd some of the best pieces from Lucia di Lam-
mermoor, together with some miscellaneous vocal
pieces, one or two of which were good, a solo (the
fantasia on airs from Otello) by Ernst, and a piano-
forte solo by Thalberg. The vocalists were, in addition
to Mr. Reeves, Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, Miss
Poole, Miss yEyles, Mrs. A. Newton, Mr. Land, and
Mr. Li fffir.

PANORAMA OF THE ARCTIC

EXPEDITION.

An exhibition of peculiar interest is now opened
to public inspection in the Haymarket—being
Hamilton's grand moving panorama of the Arctic
expedition and discoveries. A visit to the gallery of
the exhibition, which is almost immediately adjoining
the little theatre in the Haymarket, will be amply re-
paid, the spectators having there an opporiunity of wit-
nessing, for the first time, all the magnificent scenery
of Baffin's Bay, Davis' Straits, Lancaster Sound,
Prince Regent's Inlet, Leopold's Island, Fury Beach,
&c., &c. ; also, the perils of the expedition—winter
quarters—cutting through the ice—and all the most
interesting discoveries made by Sir James Ross,
Parry, and Franklin, with the manners and customs
of the Esquimaux (from authentic drawings by
Sir James Ross, Captains Lyons, and Beechey)—a
novel representation of the extraordinary phenomena
of the aurora borealis, and other luminary effects
peculiar to these mysterious regions being likewise
introduced.

A FUNERAL AFTER SIR JOHN

MOORE'S.
(From Punch.)
Not a mute one word at the funeral spoke,
Till away to the pothouse we hurried,
Not a bearer discharged his ribald joke
O'er the grave where our " party " we buried.
We buried him dearly with vain display,
Two hundred per cent. returned,
Which we made the struggling orphans pay,
All consideration spurning.
With plumes of feathers his hearse was Brest,
Pall and hatband:, and scarfs we found him;
And he went, as a Christian, unto his rest,
With his empty pomp around him.
None at all were the prayers we said,
And we felt not the slightest sorrow,
But we thought, as the rites were perform'd o'er
the dead,
Of the bill we'd run up on the morrow.
We thought, as he sank to his lowly bed,
That we wi,h'd they cut it shorter,
So that we might be off to the Saracen's Head,
For our gin, and our pipes, and our porter.
Lightly we speak of the " party" that's gone,
Now all due respect has been paid him;
Ah! little he reck'd of the lark that went on
Near the spot where we fellows had laid him.
As soon as our sable task was done,
Not a moment we lost in retiring;
And we feasted, and frolick'd, and poked our fun,
Gin. and•water each jolly soul firing.
Blithely and quickly we quaff'd it down,
Singing song, cracking joke, telling story;
And we shouted and laughed all the way up to town,
Riding outside the hearse in our glory!

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN FRANCE AND
ENGLAND.—The concession signed by Louis Napoleon
and the Minister of the Interior, M. Duf aura, granting
to Messrs. J. Brett, Toche, and Co., the right to establish
an electric telegraph line between France and England
by a sub marine communication across the Channel, ar-
rived in town on Monday. The company propose to
establish, by means of the electric telegraph, an instant
communication between the two countries. The patentee
guarantees that this telegraph shall, by the aid of a single
wire, and of two persons only (the one stationed in
France, and the other in England), be capable of print-
ing, in clear Roman type (on paper), 100 messages, of
fifteen words each, including addresses and signatures,
all ready for delivery in 100 consecutive minutes.

.. , __. _........._.............
The architect holds just now but a poor place in
public opinion, and the profession have themselves, in a
great measure, to thank for it. At one time a poet felt
obliged to say, that—

When a stately pile we raise,
You never hear the workman's praise
Who used the lime and worked the stones,
But all give praise to Inigo Jones."
Now, however, both workman and architect are in the
same position. When a church is consecrated, a theatre
opened, alms-hcuses inaugurated, or a new school finished,
the " liberal proprietor," or " active committeeman," who
gives the breakfaa, stands a much better chance of being
named to the world next morning than he who, with
thought and labour (more or less, it must be admitted),
has imagined and carried out the structure.—Builder.

310IkEY and COLVAIVIER.CIAL

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wen-, esti
mated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, including 4,000 taker,
on speculation, and comprised 6,000 American ; 300
Pernum and Maratibarn, at 6il to 60; 300 Bahia, at
to 61d; 100 Egyptian, at. 7d to 7iri; 1,500 Surat, at.
4d to 41; and 150 Sea bland, at 1 lki to is Btl per lb.
the m4rket was very firm, and prices of American and
ziurat were l per lb dearer.—Railway Shares opened
firm, but closed dull, and prices had a downward ten-
dency.

The six weeks' average price of wheat is 39s 5d per
quarter, and the sales last week, in the towns which
make official returns, were 95,192 quarters, being rather
small.

Tee official returns of the Board of Trade for the
•nonth, and the eleven months ending the sth inst,..nt,
ire out this morning. The total value of the exports of
British and Irish produce and manufactures from the
United Kingdom stands as follows:

1848. 1849.
Month to Dec. 5
11 months, „ 5
This gives an increase therefore of 374,993/. on tric
mouth, and no less than 9,681,897/ on the year. Thu
amount of cotton manufactures increased from
13,989 844/. to 17,082.0651, of linen manufacture,
rem 2,289,621/. to 2,851,2471.; of woollen manu-
factures, entered by the piece, from 3 214,504/.
to 4.188,8451., and of those by the yard, trona
1,662,2451. to 2,155,777/. Metals, on the whole, show an
increase, but not nearly s = msrked as that in textile
goods. The exports of hardware and cutlery were
larger, and in glass there was a slight increase. A haw
quantity of silk manufactures was shipped.
In the exprts of foreign and colonial merchan-
dize for the United Kingdom, we find an increase
=n th. quantity of coff,e, from 23.241 193ibs. to
33,992.1681bs a decrease in cotton yarn, an
increase in flint cut-glass, and a decrease in white
flint glass, and a great augmentation in rice, silk
manufactures, spirits, foreign sugar, tea, tobacco and
cott •n, and cheeps' wool. Upon all these foreign pro-
ducts, although merely sent here in transitu, or kept in
bond until a demand arises for it on the continent, the
British merchant naturally gets his pr,fit, and the ship
owner his freight, and this is due to the facilities afforded
by free trade.
The imports into the United Kingdom for the eleven
months show an increase in coffee, corn, flax, silk manu-
factures, raw sugar, brandy, tallow, tea, and sheeps'
wool. In rum and t,,baceo there was a falling off, and
no great increase in wine. _ _

With regard to the shipping employed in the foreign
,rade, it stoLd thus :

Tons.
Entered inwards, month to Dec. 5.... 520,595
Eleven months .............. ...... 5,095,860 ....
Cleared outwards, month to Dee. 5• • 382,796 .
Eleven months

Tons.
597,071
5,678,663
390,552
5,120,341

There are gratifying figures, but in connexion with
tho coasting trade there is a slight falling off, owing, no
doubt, to railway competition.
The half-yearly meeting of the South Sea Company
took place this day, fur the delaration of the usual divi-
dend of 1:I per cent. on the company's stock, for the
half-year ending the sth instant.
In the Amsterdam Bourse, on the Ist, not much busi-
ness was done, but prices were firm. Dutch Two-and•
a• Half per Cents. were 53 5.16. Peruvian rose 1 per
cent. at Frankfort on the 29th. Austrian Bonds were
86k, and at Vienna, en the 28th, 951.
The purchase of a large sum in Long Annuities, made
just before the close of business yesterday afternoon, has
given a tone to the Con Sol market under the impression
that the sellers of the Annuities will have to re-invest in
stock. The broker who bought being of influence, viz ,
Mr. Mullens, also has its effect, and an extensive specu
lator for the rise who was preciously disposed to realise
some of his profit is now holdinc, t aek. Consols have
been 964 and New Three-and a Quarter per Cents.
981 t. Bunk Stock is supported at 2031 to 204 k. Ex-
chequer-bills have been 58s. to 61s. premium. Long
Annuities are 8 9-16. _ _

The Foreign Market has been more buoyant. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been about 374 to 4, and Portu-
guese Four per Cents. 364 to 37. Mexican Bonds have
baen done at 29k, and Peruvian have risen to 60 and 611.
Danish Five per Cents. are at par.
There }pis been more business done in the Railway
Share Market, and advanced prices have been obtained
for Caledonian, EssternCounties, Great Western, North-
Western, and South-Eastern. North Stafford are dull,
the month's receipts being low. French shares are
nearly all bettrr.
The week's Railway Receipts, as far as ascertained,
are as follows:

North-Western
34,553
South-Wester n 8561 ,
Caledonian
Brighton
South-Eastern
,3RIT I isfl 14.11 ,s 3 11A1 A I ONk O'CLOCK.
(From t he Official List.)
bank Stock 203% 20-11/2
per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9004 97
Now 314 per Cent. Auns 9B lit
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8 9-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 8 5-16
,oLsols for Account
.;xchequer I 7/2d- 2d.
March., June.
58 GI p
61 17
58 61 p

IMB.
837,183
8,1,12
3,728
6,897
7,602

;ti()/. .........

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIS
Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 73
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Grenada, 1 per Cent. 1614
1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 6l 6061%
Ditto Deferred .....•.....
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent. .................
Ditto for the Acc0unt........
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto Account . ...... ...... 19%
Ditto, Coupons... ..........
Dividends on the above payable in London.

363/
4

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHADS.
' ',evieen -
Ditto, Preference Bi ...... - dis.... to -
...• •
ni WT., Notting., Boston,&e ti .14 ...... - to - yrshire and Galloway -
to - 'telfast and County Down -
3erks and Hants Extension to -
(Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 ...... -- ...
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 ..... - -
Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - -
iirminghain,Wol.,& Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... - -
Do., without a guarantee... 10
chiming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.140.... - -
'}-irkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.. - ...... to -
Bristol and Exeter - to -
Do., Thirds ...... 2B - .. to -
3 uckinghamshire.. 17% 16% to -
.'aledonian -
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 734 to -
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - -
'Lester and Holyhead 5O ..... - ...... to -
Ditto, Preference -
larence. - ...... to -
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - • ... to -
D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - -
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 -
...... to -
Direct London & Portsmouth 51,4 - -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... - -
,:ast Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
and 1.. & D . . 25 - ..... to -
Ditto, 184, E. &II lB ... .. - -
Do, 3/. las., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% - -
Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2 - to --
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 -
Do. Exten., 5 per ct.N o. 1,64 13s. 4d .. :-% pto --
Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... - -
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to -
Do., 5 per cent. - ...... to -
Ditto, New ...... ... - ...... to -
,asteru Union, Class A. (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... - .....• to --
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - to -
Ditto, do, Class B & C...... 25
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per cL) '2O - .. .. to -
-.ast Lancashire ..... ... ...... 25 - ...... to -
Ditto, New . . 25 - to -
Do., New Quarters - -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 6=A...... - -
-,, ast Lincolnshire ... 25
dinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares -
,:diriburgh and Northern ... 25 - -
Ditto, New port... ... ..... .. 15
to -
~xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - - to --
Exeter and Exmouth...
.30asg., Dumfries, & Carliele_B4 63.8 d - .. -. to -
ilasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - -
Do. Preference Consolidated - - .. ... to -
Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11
.rest Nertlaern 2O - ... .. to -
Do. 14 A Deferred ...•.... 12% 3 %to -
Do. 4B 6 per Cent...... 7% - to -
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12%...... - ..... to -
=t. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 - ...... to .....
;net North of England 100 - ..... to -
Ditto, New 401-- ..... .. .. 40 - ...... to --
Ditto, ditto .... 35 - ... . to -
Ditto, New 304 -
Ditto, New 154... - ... l5 . -
;mat Western lOO . ..... 5814 68 to 58%
Ditto, Half Shares 5O ...... - ... to -
Ditto, Quarter Shares
to -
Ditto, Fifths 2O
...... 10%, ...... to -
Do. New 174 .
15 . ... 74 -
`lull and Selby 5O ...... _- .-.. to -
Ditto, Half Shares ..
.... to -
Ditto,Quarter Shares .. 12% • - ...... to --
',ancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - -
Do., Thirds .. - ...... to -
I.ancashire and Yorkshire lOO - ...... to -
Ditto, ditto
....- to -
23
Ditto Half Shares ., —49 ... ... - ...... to -
Ditto Quarters ...... %
...... to -
Ditto Fifths
Ditto. Thirds . 16%
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10
Do. (Huddcrs. and Sheff.) 50 - ..... to
Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... •• 3 .... to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ..... . - ...... to
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 .._

- - ..... ...... to
Leeds and Bradford 5O
Leeds and Thirak .. . 5O ...... -- "" . to
Do. , do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. •..
Ditto, ditto... ..... No. 2 7 — ...... to
Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5' ....
2N, to
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port. ................ . ........... 10
Loadon & Blackly a11......11/. 6s. Bd.-- ••• to —•Loi:d., Bright..& South CoastlOu ..... 781,4...... to 77%
Do., New 5/., gua. 6 pr Ct.loo
Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9
De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ..- — ••• .. to
Ditto, ditto 1 as 50 ..... --•to -..

Lon,.ieo and Gr,.;:,nwicli... 121. 15s. 40... ...... to
Dittn l'refitc,:t
_,und0::7...:, North Westzrii ICO .1:0%M... to 111
do. Now Quarters.
Po. Fifth, 7 ..... 734..... to
'O. 1.3,. Sliare,..... L. & M 35
Do. l ;/...,... NI. i. 11,1 R. (C.) ;
Lo ~!,:ii f'.. S. Western .......10) ...., 61 _. „ tc:
' ,itto, 'Now 50/......., . 421,4 .....
Ditto, 1.,c.w 40/.... ......... .. 31
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Fret
7 per Cent ...... ...... ••• 5
f.,(;nclondcrry and Coleraine... 25
Do. Half Shares - .. ... to --
Londondrry and Enniskillen 25 ,
Do., half Shares
,a-westofF, guar. 4 Ter ct 2O
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - -
~,tarich Buxton, & Matlock 5 -
Nlanclir, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 1,:1 Shares( No. 1) ... 25 -
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... -
Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 .....
Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 -
Ditto, ditto. ......... ........ 90 -
r)itto. ditto
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... -
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - .
' itto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25.... -
~
Mid1ind........ .... ...... ....100
.sitto. Consol. Preference...loo -
Ditto, 5I)1. Shares . ...... 30 -
:idlimd, ltirrn., end Derby...loo
! in iand, ('onsol. Bristol ;Inc
Limningham, 6 per cent.... 100 -
id land.. Bristol and Glouc. 42 -
i ,itto ditto 221.75. .....
.',,itt.o,Erewashlial., Pref... 50
.'p,:tland, Leices. anti Swan-
ingtoti (8 per ct.gua.)....100
, idl,. ;4r eat Western (Irish) 471,4 —
iddleshro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar....
••;cwer:frie and Car Ride lOO ......
Ditto quarter Shares . .... 25 ..... --
eYlaaaarket - ....... ~.......~ 23
Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s — -
ew port Abergy., and Herat. 6 -
- -I,4:ry an& Enniskillen
,ewry, Warrenpoint, and
Sostrevor ..... ............. 20 -
ortolk IOC ...... -
, itto New 201.
ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct 2O -
',.)0. Do. 3% per cent -
Do. do. Waveuey Valley.. 2
ov them Counties Union .., 4
,orth British .. .. ... 25 ...... 103/4
' ittu Pall Shares, .......... 121,4 44 to ---
Do. Quarters -
Ditto Thirds ..... Bl s ... 3IA to
Ditto. Preference
ort li i-Stallordshire... .. ...... 17%
worth Wales
worth Western 133,(1 ..... .... to ‘--•
xford. Worcester, and W ol-
verhampton ...
R, r.l.ding,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15
aoyston and Ilitchin
co ttl sh Central
:cottiSh Midland ... ........
_to --*
Ditto,New...
Shrewsbury and Birminglaam 12 ...... ... to ••••
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 ......
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
-hrewsbury and Hereford .. 5
-- •• .• to
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. Fl,. Tan.) -
Ditto Halves, Ditt0... 9
Ditto, Oswestry lB%
•••• to -"'
Dittc (New)...
Ditto b per Cent. Pref....-. 10
....hropshire Uni0n......,....,,,. 6% ... ..
-outh Devon ..
Ditto, Preference ....... . ..'. 25 „,
South Staffordshire B% .... ..... to ••••
South Eastern: ..... ... 331/8 19%3/4..., to
Ditto, No. 2.
Ditto, No. 9 BO
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - ...... to -""
Ditto, Scrip No. 4..
south Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole ......... 12
heffield, Rotherham, and
Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16% - "' .. to ""
Do. do. (South Div.) 5
,wars. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's
Stm. Coal ..... ... . 7 -
iaw Vale Extension ........ 8 ...... -
Thames Haven Dock and
Railwa7 ... 171, --
Vale of IN eath
Waterford and Kilkenny 20
-k

',A./ ate,rford and Linierica...... 471,4.....
Waterford, NV exford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per (..)ent.
Guaranteed ...... ........... 50 ...... -
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do. .. ..... . 15 ...
West Cornwall
Nhitehaven and Furness lB ..... ..... to -
Windsor, Staines, and South
Wester!,
Wilts, Sornerset,&Wepnoutle 45
ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 „.... IPA,
Do. ti. N. E. Pur. or Pret. 8
Do.ilartlepeol Dk. & Rly. 100
York &no North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Pre terencio

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian) ............ ...
.1,2 —
/
Boulogne and :Amiens 2O •• ••• 7%%... 0
central et France ( Orleans
end Vierzon) .... .....
-
-.):nzerara.
Datcti Rhenish 8 ..... .
Ea-A Indian
...... to
Ditto .... . ..... , ......
'-.4eat Indian. Peninsular..... 5 .....
Do. Do los.
Louvain A la Sambre
....... 71/.• /
Luxembourg
2
k...... _
...... to
Ditto
adrid and Valentin
..... . to /
Namur and Liege
Northern or France 14/ Bs ... 15/21,i die to
Orleans and Bordeaux
...... t ,
earls and urieans...
Paris and Rouen
earls & Strasbourg ..... ..... 12
..... to
rwuu.ii and Havre
iambre and Altuse
strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
lours & Nantes ..
...... to '
lournay, Jurbise, Landen, /
and Ilasselt
West Flanders B% — ••••• to
JOINT STOCK ZANKE.
Australasia
British North American .... 50 ......
t /
Colonial
....• o /
• •• --
Commercial of London 2O
London Joint Stock ~... ..... 10 ...... to /
London and Westminster... 20 ...... ..- to /
National Provincial of Engld. 85
......
Ditto, New
..„„ to /
Nationa. of Ireland 22% • -• •• tote /
Provincial of Ireland , 25 - /
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
._to /
Ditto, New .. l4
2
Union of London ... 10 - ..... . to /
Union of Madrid . 4O
to
MINES. /
tO knglo Mexican - 100 ...... --/
.
Asturian
/
Australian 4 ...... ...... to 1
Barrossa Range . 2Bs.
Blaeiiarrsonlron mto
mod Coal ...
_SO
..... /
Bounw eriia
t°
to
, /
British Iron.
Brazilian Imperial ....• .. ... 241 — ..... : /
Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 . —
Cobre Copper
General
/teal del Monte. Unregistered
.., .. •• •• I
to. to •
Do. Black Debentures —
Do. Red Debentures ...
Santiago de Cuba. lO ....„ ....• to /
to United Mexican ....... 2814 — ••• •

i.LO YIYS SHIPPING—( THIS 13:01
LONDON, JAN. 3.—Wind at noon, S., light brr
dull, hazy weather.
ll-

fEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Thomas
Cap, Coutt Castle.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2.—Wind S.—Arrd. A9l)
Bunting, New York; Black Prince, M'Phersoll
Barker, Risier, Demerara; Josiah Bradley, MP;
New Orleans; Empire Queen, Porter, lj
Georgia, Mills, ditto; Canada, Quebec. Sid.
La Guayra; Ann Cooper, Calcutta; John Wool
Eliza Bowen, Lima; Northumberland, ir!1,110
Bonita, Pernambuco; Enrequita, Havannah;
Mobile; Asia, ditto. Off port, Ophelia and Aarb„
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—Sld. Trent, steamed'
Indies.

JERSEY, 'JAN. I.—Wind N.E.—Eld. Pis°
Janeiro.

SCILLY, DEC. 31.—Calm.—Arrd. Adenoji
Mauritius; Eldon, Quebec.
Stromboli to the westward, with provisions to o'.
ward bound. The Charles, of Newfoundland, igliPF
in with under jury masts and short of provi siooth
on the banks of Newfoundland. oi
SWANSEA, JAN. 2.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Su'lt
quimbo; Ancient Briton, ditto.
SHIELDS.— Sld. Martin Luther, Havannah.
HULL, JAN. 2.—Wind W.--Arrd. Email"
New York, for Brt men ; put in on account of the fj
BELFAST, JAN. I.—The Pursuit, which wilt, 1 op9
at Ball)halbert 7th ult., has been broughtrep&ir,
HAnwretr, JAN. 2.—The Soellerken, of ""a ty
Newcastle, was assisted in to thy leaky, 8,:c.• °I3
her crew; tnust discharge to repair.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 2.—Several boats and 1.14
of another were washed on shore, 30th ult., too-0,4
,pectively " John Dunn," " William Catchpole;
valent, of Sunderland," and " William Barbe Lth
of Yarmouth," and also a quantity of planks,

MARKET NEWs,_(THIS Ply
NEVI/OATS .:trayLEADEN.—
g
These marke s ruled steady to-day, at, to:ILI
Peet; from 28,4 d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 28 10u '
Veal, 38 Od to 34 10d; and Pork, 22 10d 40
rer Sibs. by the carcase.
1 Oil
EtAT 111E8113ZETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31. 11'11:i
quo, 31 Os to 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 25 tO load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slo^ '
quotations. u I
o;
CUMBEULAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 as to 3.
ditto, 31 03 to 41 8s ; and Straw l i
11
w, 1/ 35 t°
oad. Supply but moderate, and trade dal "ol
WHITEcIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 55 tft• 0.1
Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 Za
load. Trade dull, at late rates. OP'

aIZA.I7 7Ylll.naal'23.
SOUTHALL, JAN. 2.—Priin:_• is tt lid Sheep movcd
off steadil:), at tL!I prices. In kaiiln of sock the
supply of which wss but imakratc, very lit to wus
Beet., from 2s 61 to 4s; llnuov, 3s Ott to 4s 21; Veal,
3s Od to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s Od to 3e 8d per 81bs, to
sink the uffd.l.

RomFoRD, JAN. 2.—Our market was tolerAly steady
to-day, cri the foll.iwing terms:—Beef, from 2 Btl tai 4s;
Muttou, 35 01 to 4s 2cl; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 8d; and Pork,
3s od to 35 8d per 31118. Suckling Calves, 18s to 235;
Quarter-old St ire Pigs, 17s to 22;; ani Mulch Cows
with their small Calf, 13/ to 18/each.
HAILSIIAM, JAN. 2.—Our market was rather tilt to-
day, yet prices were well support,d. Beef from 3s 2,1 to
45 4d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4i ; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 8d;
and Pork, 3s 4d to 35 8,1 per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, JAN I.—Prime Beasis and Sheep were
Trite as deur, although the demand for them was in..
active. Calves zm,l Pigs ruled dull. Beef from 3s 2 i
to 4s 2d; Mutton 3s 4d to 45 4(1; Veal, 3s 24 to 33
8.1; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs.
CIIICIIEsTER, JAN. 2.—Generally the demand was in-
active on the folkwing, terms :—B cif from 3s 4d to 4s
4d; Mutton, 3s 6.1 to 4s 6d; Veal, 33 21 to 3s 8d; and
Pork, 34 2d to 3: 8d per Blbs. Sucking Cslves, 18, to 265;
Quarter-old Store rigs, 163 to 2t3; and Mulch Cows,
with their small Calt, 15/ to 181 each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES O} BRITISH CORN
For the Week emled Dcc. 27.1849, made up from the Returns o, the
'inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Etigland and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
AN fIEAT. I BALLET.' OATS. aw. I BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE •• I 39: 41 I 256 Od 15s: 62 I 246 Od 126 s 02 129 s Od

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
wIIRAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS.
Is Od. is Od is Od Is Od is Od Is Od

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(T HIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Bu&CHELL•)

BLACK ,V. ZULUETTA AND OTHERS.-BREACH OF

CONTRACT.
This was an action to recover damages for breach
of contract. The facts of the case were these :—The
plaintiff, wish several other persons, was engaged by
the defendants, who are foreign merchants in the
City, as stokers on board a steam-vessel in the service
of a firm at Cadiz. The terms of the contract were,
an engagement for twelve months at 61. per month,
and 21. per month for provisions ; or, in the event of
the men being discharged without fault on their part,
they were to receive three months' wages. Some
dispute arose, and plaintiff and others were discharged.
The case occupied the whole of the morning, but was
of no general interest.
The jury gave a verdict for 241., the amount
claimed ; and in two other cases verdicts were entered
for 211. each.

SURREY SESSIONS.—kTHIS DAY.)
(Before THOMAS PUCLLE, Esq., Chairman.)
William Johnson, 20, was indicted for stealing at
Richmond a great coat, the property of' William Dolly.
Mr. Clark prosecuted ; and Mr. Charnock defended
the prisoner.
Prosecutor said he was cook at the Star and
Garter Tavern, Richmond-hill, at which place the
prisoner was also employed in the early part of
October. Oa the 13:h of that month he
missed his great coat from the porter's-
room, and cn the 23d the prisoner left
the house for the purpose of taking another
situation at Brighton. Witness had a brother at
that place, who saw his coat in the prisoner's
possession. Witness identified the coat produced as
his property by a hole burnt in the skirt with a cigar.
'William Dolly, prosecutor's brother, said he was
apprentice to Mr. Ellis, of the Bedford Hotel,
Brighton, and at the latter end of October,
the prisoner came to that place. While there
witness saw his brother's coat in his possession,
which he obtained, and sent up to London. A con -
stable afterwards came and took him into custody.
Police•constable 200 V said, he apprehended the
prisoner at Brighton, and when he told him of the
charge he said he bought it of a man on the 4th of
October, at Croydon.
Mr. CHARNOCK, in his address to the jury, said, all
he had to rely on was the statement made by the
prisoner, and he believed such to be a fact. He then
called several respectable witnesses, who gave him an
excellent character.

The CUAIRMAN briefly summed up the case.
The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal.

130W-STHEE'f.—(THIS DAY.)
A. middle-aged man named Rowlands, a journey-
man shoemaker, was charged with stealing a dead hare.
The complainant, a poulterer in Blackmore-street,
Drury• lane, stated that yesterday evening he observed
the prisoner lurking about his shop. Shortly after-
wards the prisoner disappeared, and suspecting that
something was wrong, he pursued and overtook him,
when he found that the prisoner had the hare now
produced in his possession. The prisoner said to the
witness, " You did not see me take it !" and then
witness said he did not; but, nevertheless, be should
give him into custody, and he did so accordingly. The
bare was identified by Mr. Day, the owner.
The prisoner said nothing, and he was fully com-
mitted for trial.

John lifacabe, a young man described as a painter,
vo as charged with stealing 111113 s. of lead pipe, and ti
ball-cock, valued at ss.
The prisoner was found in the cellar attached to
the house of the prosecutrix with the lead pipe ready
cut and packed for carrying away. He tried to escape,
but did not succeed, and in officer being sent for, he
was given into custody. Mrs. Cooper, of No. 15,
New ivy-street, identified the property. The piping
had been cut from the ceiling of the cellar, and the
ball from a water tat,k.

The prisoner denied all knowledge of the lead pipe
or the ball•cock, declaring that he went to the house
to visit a fellow-workman named Macgrath, and the
reason of his being down stairs was to relieve a call
of nature.
He was fully committed for trial.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY )
GENTLEMAI4LT AMUSEMENT.—James Stoat, No. 3,
Brecknock-terrace, William Freeman, 11, Huntley- '
street, and John C. Augnis, 25, Harewood- square,
three medical students, were brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with disorderly conduct in the
public street. Stoat was also charged with wilt ully
damaging a signboard belonging to Mr. William
Howard, the proprietor of a coffee-house in Wind-
mill-street, Tottenham-court-road.
It appeared from the evidence adduced that on the
previous evening, about seven o'clock, the three de-
fendants, who were in a merry mood, were proceeding
along Windmill-street, having what is termed
"a lark " with each' other. They were observed,
amongst other pranks, to pull down one
or two boards from a shop-door, and throw them into
the street. Stoat, who appeared to have been more
"larkish than the rest, went up to Mr. Howard's
shop-door and deliberately tore down a signboard,
which he threw down an area and ran off, followed
by his companions. They were pursued by several
persons, and, after a sharp chase, were taken into
custody in John-street.

A Witness, named Watling, proved seeing Stoat
pull the board from the door of the coffee-house, and
throw it down the area. He did not see the others do
anything. The defendants denied the charge of dis-
orderly conduct, and called a witness, who, however,
proved nothing in their favour.
Mr. BINGHAM thought the case clearly proved
against Stoat, and fined hitn 20s. The other two
were discharged.

'RSTRUCTION OF BRUNSWICK HOUSE BY FIRE.—
This morning, between six and seven o'clock, a fire c;
a very fierce character broke out in the large range 0
premises termed Brunswick House, formerly the resi
dance of the Duke of Brunswick. situate iu Belment-
terrace, Wandsworth-road. The flames commenced in
one of the lower apartments, and so rapidly did they
extend, that in the course of a few minutes the
greater portion of the place became ignited. In a vi ry
briefc periud the engine belonging to the West
°I England Company reached the scene, and
was followed by eumerous others of the London este
blishment. Plenty of water having been obtained from
the Lambeth and Vauxhall mains, the machines were
oelleled into operation, but in spite
of the most strenuous
tintired,
tio.na of the firemen the work of devastation con
and when the roof fell in, the fire mounted
must
terrifically, and great fears were enter
tamed for
The firementhe satety of the adjoining house.
the further, therefore, exerted themselves in cutting off
which the
Fread of the flames in that direction, in
tion was net eourttiuriciiately succeeded. The couflagra-
e
not
befoeextinguishect until twelve o'clock
in the day, and
re the main building was gutted.
The premises at the time
the disaster were occupied
by two or three policemen
and their families, the latter
fortunatel
have been herdt of all it humble furniture, and an-
y they were not
THE BoRouGH OP BIRMINGHAM Very recently thirteen new borough magistrates .r
added to the commission of the peace for the cowrie were
of whom nine were Libneils and four Conservatives.
These appointments have led to a memer.
tat from the
Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Birmei, h
dressed to the Lord Chancellor, in tilt' •g ad'
it was sub-
milted that though the power of appointing justices was
in the Crown, yet that it had been usual for the Minis-
ters of the Crown to receive recommendations frern
the town councils, and complaiiing that or, the
occasion in question that body had not been consulted,
but that the appointments had been made at the instance
merely of the present and the ex-Mayor of Birmingham,
under a mistaken impression that those gentlemen were
acting officially. The memorialists concluded by pray
ing that the recently-appointed magistrates might be
superseded. At the last meeting of the corporation
those who were chiefly interested in the appointments
referred to:defended themselves; long and t:ngry discus-
COBS of course ensued, but eventually memorials were
resolved upon, and forwarded not only to the Lord
Chancellor, but to Lord John Russell and Sir George
Grey. The result is licked to with some interest.
HONEST EXERTION.—A down east spendthrift re-
cently said, " Five years ago I
was not worth a cent in
the
world; now see where I am through my exertions!"
--" Well, where are you?" " Why, I owe more than
3,000 dollars I"—lCentucAy Moderator.

HUNGARIAN SUFFERINGS.
MEE'T'ING IN WALES.

nume.'ous and highly-respectable meeting was
held on Friday, the 28th of December, in the county
hail of Merionethshire, at Bala, to express sympathy
with the Hungarians, and to memorialise the Govern-
ment to interfere in their behalf.
Notwithstnding the secluded character of the spot
where the meeting was heal, the season of the year,
the hour of the night, and the severity of the weather,
which was most severe, the ground being covered
with ice and the mountains clothed in snow, the hall
preE-nted, at six in the evening, a large assembly,
collected not merely from the town but from the sur-
rounding country, and many individuals had come
from remote parts of North Wales. It will be gratify-
ing to the friends of Hungary to learn that many of
the gentlemen who took a leading part in the pro-
ceedings are either Conservative in their opinions, or
men of moderate views in politics ; and among the
speakers were individuals belonging to all religious

denominations.
Mr. RicuaansoN, of Aberhirnsnt, who took the
chair, is a gentleman of large landed property in the
neighbourln.od of Bala, and IA ho has never taken an.
active part in politics, and is generally esteemed for
his charitable and benevolent disposition. Nothing
could exceed the enthusiasm displayed as the different
speakers addressed the meeting, which we entertain no
doubt is virtually expressive of the general sentiments
of North Wales. Bala, though a very small town, is
the seat of two academies, one belonging to the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodiss, and the other to the Welsh
Independents. The heads of these two institutions,
who are both highly esteemed by all classes, were
arr.ot,g the speakers; and there can be no doubt that
their sentiments are in unison with those of the entire
body to which each of them belong. In Wales, as
is generally known, the great bulk of the people ate
dissenters.

Letters were read from John Williams, Esq .
M.P., and from R. G. Temple, Esq., Judge of the
Staffordshire County Courts, expressing their inabi
lity to attend, but declaring their earnest sympathy
with the objects of the meeting.
Mr. RICHARDSON, on taking the chair, said that
he was happy to see so very large an attendance, and
it was a cause of happiness alto to see the meeting
graced with the presence of so many of the fair sex.
It was to be understood that they had not met there
to agitate any hostile opposition to constituted au-
thorities, but to express their sentiments and feelings
with regard to the great cruelties and oppression
inflicted upon the Magyar population in Hungary.
A. J. JOHNES, Esq., Judge of the Merionethshire
County Courts, moved the first resolution :
" That this meeting, viewing with extreme horror and
disgust the deceitful and tortuous policy of the Austrian
Government towards the Hungarian nation, and the
unparalleled atrocities perpetrated by that power, aided
by Russia, on those brave people, calls upon all free
nations both in Europe and America, as they value the
institutions under which they live, emphatically to peti-
tion their respective Governments to exert their utmost
influence to obtain for the Magyar people a restoration
of their ancient constitutional liberties, and for those
individuals of their race who are now unjustly endur-
ing the penalties of confiscation and banishment, resti-
tution of their property, and liberty to return to their
native land."

He said that he should -consider it a violation of
duty to address that meeting from the place where he
stood, the seat from which he usually discharged his
judicial duties among them, on any question of a po •
litical character, because whatever might be his own
private opinions his connexion with Merioneth-
shire arose entirely from the office which he held,
which was one of a judicial nature. Moreover, he
felt that he owed the honour he enjoyed of holding
the office to the good feeling of men of all political
parties, though he was more especially indebted to the
Lord High Chancellor as his patron. The present,
however, was an occasion that had nothing to do
with party feelings, and he rejoiced to see there pre-
sent men like the worthy Chairman, who, like himself,
would not have taken a part in the proceedings could
a party character be ascribed to them, and who had
taken the matter up as one that concerned the common
feelings of humanity. According to Dr. Pritchard,
and other learned writers, the east of Europe in early
times was inhabited by three great races, the Celts, the
Germans, and the Sclavonians. The whole of Hungary
was originally inhabited by Sclavonian tribes, the
Hungarians or Magyars were a conquering tribe,
that came from the far east and established themselves
in the centre of the Sclavonians, who became subject
to them, and the Croatians are their descendants
ruled by the Magyars as an inferior race. But with
the present day commenced a different spirit. The
11.1)gyar nobility, acting in unison with the age in
which they lived, liberated their serfs, gave equal
laws to all races and sects, and their reforms were in
progress when the late war commenced. Moreover,
the Magyar nobility not only freed their serfs, but
gave large grants to improve their condition and to
promote their education. One of the largest landed,
proprietors in Hungary gave the entire rental of
his estates for one year to the education of the
people. And the same spirit of munificent generosity
in the cause of their country generally character-
ised the conduct of the whole body to which he
belonged. Ile mentioned these facts to show how
entirely untrue are the statements which have been
so industriously circulated by a portion of the English
press, under influences which may be surmised, that
the differences between the Austrian Government and
the Hungarians were the work of revolutionists and
demagogues ; the truth being, that they arose in the
acts of men who occupied the same place that Lord
Powis does in Montgomeryshire, and Sir Robert W.
Vaughan, in Merionethshire. The immediate cause of
the war which broke out was a law passed in the Hun-
garian Diet, giving perfect religious toleration to Pro-
testants and other denominations throughout the Hun-
garian territory, and it was for this that Batthyany and
Kossuth, both of whom were Catholics, have endured
what has since taken place. In addressing a Protes-
tant assembly he would ask them with what other
feelings than those of gratitude can we recur to th(
acts of these two great men, and with what feelings
but those of detestation can we refer to the cruelty
which has been inflicted upon them. The former.
though descended from a family that saved the Aus-
trian empire from destruction, a man whose muni-
ficent generosity was never withheld, whose las'
words were for his country, was murdered with
atrocities that never will be forgotten. The latter,
Kossuth, has been industriously represented by a
portion of the English press as a factious and sellist,
demagogue, who promoted his own interests at the
expense of his country, and who, when he was driven
from it, took away with him the Hungarian crown.
:The principle which guides these writers will be well
judged of when it is stated that Kossuth was so in-
different to his own personal affairs in his zeal to pro.
mote the interests of his country, that the leading
nobility of Hungary, in a manner equally honourable
to him and to, themselves, subscribed together to
furnish him with a liberal income, which he decline,
to accept. With difficulty he Was afterwards induced
to accept a salary from the public purse, to which hip
services justly entitled him; but he dispensed the
greater part of it in charities. To return to the im-
mediate cause of the war. The law of toleration
passed by the Diets was unpalatable to the Croatians,
a barbarous race, much under the influence of the
Jesuits, and they raised an armed force to
resist the law, under Jellachich. The Hunga
rian Diet applied to the Austrian Governrnew
for advice, and received in reply a direction to enforce
obedience to the law they had passed. Now, will any
man be prepared to believe that at the very time the
Austrian Government were giving this advice, they
were secretly instigating the Croatians to rebellion,
and actually furnishing them with arms for the pur-
pose ? Was there ever before in the whole range of
history baseness and atrocity equal to this on the part
of any Government? Governments have occasionally
been bad enough to SOW disaffections and excite wai

among the subjects of a hostile state, but Austria pro-
bably is the first instance of a government so
deeply depraved as not to shrink from excit-
ing civil war among its own subjects, and
treacherously driving; two races, both under
the rule of the same emperor, to imbrue
their hands in the blood of each other. What would
be thought of Lord John Russell or of Sir Robert
Peel, if either of them were guilty of so detestable an
act as that of exciting the Protestants and Catholics
of Ireland to a civil war, in order that the Govern-
ment of England !might profit by the common mis-
fortunes and comt.non sufferings of both, and by their
mutual weakness, which would be the result ?
There is not an eminent statesman in this country,
be his party politics what they may, who would not
in an instant sacrifice office and power, and endure
poverty and privation, rather than be guilty
of such ci:irnes. But this is not the first time
that the Government of Austria has acted in the
same manner. Lord Holland, in his place in the House
of Lords used the memorable expression, "that
when tt.ere was anything cruel, treacherous, and base
to ba d one in Europe, the Austrian Government would
be sure to do it." When pressed by Lord Liverpool
to qt zlify what he had said, he declined, and repeated
the erxpression. Lord Holland was a man whose his-
trical knowledge was most profound. Events have
ahoy; ti that they are merely descriptive of the true,
eha
cter of tho-.e to whom they alluded. Lord
,
and Holland has has long been gathered to his fathers
Gov_"_
null: only a few years since the Austrian
provinceer onft excited an insurrectiou in the Polish
unfortunate 'price
Gallicia among the serfs against the
noble.
murdered almost was set upon the heads of the
Hungary, detestabole
nagntates of that province, and they were
aasinitanis.
sn Whatoti)
nothing
gs
moreoccurred
tiian in
a
repetition of what
strict accordance with
tehurred in
.Galicia, awl is in
eemphatic language of Lord
Holland. He (Mr. Johnes)
dweassirndo friend to revolu-
tions, because, although he to see progress,
revolutions were lottery which'
into the hands of the base as well
as
saoyf throwtheg opd wa
near