The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1853, Page 2

eee a ‘AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. THE DETAILS BY THE HERMANN. @he Position of the Russo-Furkish Question. THE NEW NEGOTIATIONS. Perrible Shipwreck and Loss of Over One Hundred and Fifty Lives, THE GUANO PRODUCT, &eo., &e., &o. ‘The United States mail steamship Hermann, Lit zB Biggins, U. 8. N., commander, which left Bremen on the ‘94 and Southampton on the 7th inst, arrived yesterday Morning. We have received our usual despatches and files O£ London, Paris, Havre, and Liverpool papers. fhe West India mail steamship Orinoco arrived at Bouthampton on the 4th inst. from the West Indies and Gui? of Mexico, with $2,042,000 in specie, The Ripon left the same day with the outward India and China mail, faking out £204,000 sterling im specie, of which £284,000, (principally silver,) was for India and China, and £60,000, fm gold. for Malta and Alexandria. ty by European ‘guarantee, is what is now required from the Ottoman government.’ From Rusia must be exact- ed the observance of such conditions as will terminste or relieve the apprebensions incessantly entertained re- specting the affairs of the East, and, if these conditions were to take the sha) in the foregeing re- marks, the States of pe might derive some recom. pense for the charge aad trouble of their interveation. ‘The Hermann had « narrow escape from being frozen ia, as, when she left Bremen, the ice was fast closing in the river Weser. - ‘The loss of the steamship Marshall, from Hambarg, bound to Hull, is confirmed. Seventy lives were supposed to have been lost. ‘The American steamsbip Goldea Age having com- pla‘ed her repairs, left Liverpool for Australia on the 6th fast. Gne of the Liverpool papers says: ‘The steamship Golden took her departure for Aus- ‘alia at twe o'clock this a! m, after having under ore @ complete repair by the well-kaown iron ship Lait alicer, . Of Birkenheac. She took out @e hum‘tred and sixty pa: ers, some of whom have ae Dg ther since the accident, which took plece this day large mumber of letters and newspapers conveying gratuitousiy. > leaving the Mersey that th- her was left astera in a ‘Tho packet ship E.Z, which sailed from Liverpool on the 13th Nov. for New York, had put back to that port, hhaving encountered s gale on the 29th alt., which swept the docks, and washed overboard thirteen passengers and fave of the crew. ‘The Londen Times of the 5th inst. semi officially denied the reports which were published on the 3d inst. by wome of the opposition journals, to the effect that a brief and conclusive note had been received from Russia, @eclining any furiher negotiations. The Temes says that ge such communication has been received by the British government, but that the latest accounts from St. Petersburg represent the Emperor as being greatly em” barrassed. He appears to be alternately irritated ani | Gepressed— annoyed by the evident faiiure of his political | and military schemes—irresolute in the adoption of mea- @ures sufficiently decided to carry on the war on a grand Seale, or to conclude a lasting peace. Other accounts from the Russian capital, received in Paris, mention that the Crar appears at length to be really aware of the awk- ‘ward predicament ia which he has placed himeelf by the invasion of the P: incipali :ies, snd that he would williagly, @ he could, extricate himself from it by the interveation of the neutral powers. Accounts from Constantinople state that General Bar- feguay d’Hilliers had a long interview with the Sultan and with Réschid Pasha. The latter declared that recent military events had not changed in any way the pacific disposition of the Porte, and that he was still ready to ‘accept any arrangement which vould leave to Turkey its weveresign rights. The evacuation of the Principalities must be, therefore, a sine qua non of all negotiations. The Ottoman government has officialiy ¢eclared that it will mot lend its countenance to pzivateering, nor will Jetters of marque be issued. The Glasgow Sentinel gives the following information:— ‘The Persia, to be built by Mr. Robert Napier, of Glas- tow, for the Comard Company, to ply between Liverpool nd New York, wili be sbout 46 feet broad in the bean, nd exiend in length to 360 feet; and the ionuag wil be ,060. The engines will be hundred inch cylin ers, wich } ten feet stroze Although no part of this immense ‘esse! has yet been set up, the f amework is in rapid pr >- gest, and it is believed that she will be ready in twelve | anonths hence. In Dublin on the 7th instant, the jury ia the case of MNally against the Great Southern and Western Rail- ‘way, found a verdict for the plaintiff of £1,000 to th» widow, and £825 to each of the three children of the de- eased M’Naliy, making in all £5,500 camages. In the esse of John Mobnu against the same compasy, the fury gave £50 dame ges for injuries reovived on his leg on the occasion of the accident. The Eastern Question. UNION OF THE EUROPEAN POWRRS—PROBASLE TER- MINATION OF THE EASTERN WAR. [From the Londoa Times, Dec 7 } ‘The definite coneert of the four grat Pewers, which has been at length estatlished, deprives the Eastern contest of the prinelpal dangers s its promulgation With Great Britain, France, Austria and Prusis combined in firm and deliberate union for the regulation of affairs upon | arrranged, itis altogether improba>le i bases previousl; that the geveral security of Europe should be materially dist |. The Turkish war, if not extinguished by timely mediation, may be confined, we hope, to the dimensions of a Wallchian campaign; nor is it easy, indeed, to discern the advantages of hostilities, the events) of which ean hardly be ted to exercise much influence on theterms of pacification. The conclusions of the dis- Powers will be determined, not by the accidental @ourse of operations om the Danube, but nown felations of Russia and Turkey, and the plain require- ments of Europe. It is for the public interests of Earope that the intervention igvep eggs and, if its conse- juences are unfavorable te the pretensions of Russis, Sey will be chargeable exclusively to {1s own proceed- imgs. It is the Czar himself who bas forced upon the world the cc nsideration of this Eastern problem; nor cen he complain if an occasion of his own making is turned to the best account by those who had no cogcern ip Creating it. The evacuation of the Danubian principslities, and the ho Sky of the demands bee no were suthority, are, of course, ‘conditions ot the settlement ar hand; but it ucharverteapeltaa: inne os. ity of placing the whole system of Eastern affairs on a footing more general- conducive to the securit nd benefit of Europe. In Yet peot it is not im, that the traditional views of great cabinets may now unc ergo considerable modi ica- tions. the policy of thee powers has indirectly contributed to the amb:tious purpores of Russia, by leay ing the Porte in a state of diplomati:; isolation, and thus throwing {t under the practical contro! of the Court of St. | Petersburg. This species of isolation was originally due te the arbaric assumptions of the Ottomans themselves, who neither sought nor desired admission to the com- Monwealth of Christian nations. Io more recent times, the deference accorded to Russia, iv conaideration of her ‘the last war, tended greatly to promote the sume ideas; and the result has been, that while Turkey was excluded [rom Earopesn srrangemeats, ques- tions of public interest in connection with its gov @rmmert were settled by private negotiations with Russis alone. The maxim, in short, of Europea policy in the affairs of the East was rather that ® commom abstinence thaa common intervention itions were adopted to prevent any one Power fron juiring sdvantageous tions in those parts but no tarred wire tanen to Pealty by concerted action the interference naturally attempted by C winous monarchy. Occasionally, at cv itical conj snctures, such as the Greek insurrection and the Fizy ptian rebellion, the authority of Europe was exerted; but the general p> of the Porte was left, in too many respects, to receive ite bias from the Cear. After the resulta which this system hen been found to Produce, its pexpedionsy, will not improbably be soon re- Sit goed purpenee woud aot be Detar served BY faite good pr would not be better t. rather than ¢ the rest of a powerful conter- sircumseribing the interc: urse of Tarkey . The! the 0!toman empire can be maintained as it is we have always held to be an imponsi- ya ns gene unsvoidably impending over its and administra’ out within itself, and these Inted and LO Cs connections with EF as whould substitutes en eee for hr seating intrigues of phe ry. Constanti- mople and fts straits hitherto been closed to all na Some; to open them to ‘all nations might be mre course, The Black Sea, by sealed & Russian i i : ri 8 ik gE rH a4 the jeslous arrangements of agaiost each to the benefit of Russia “ mal I secarity of more would be gained in this re it ‘the sphere of v4 of Ear ope, THE BMPBROR NICHOLAS AND PRINCE MENSCHIKOFF. a the state of feeling which the Czar entertains towards his war adviser:—What pleerure peror Nicholas against Prince Menschi- Koff is confirmed to day is warter entitled to the high- est respect. Indeed, [am assured that a declaration of ‘toe kind was made by Prince Go: tschakoff to a person of rank, om @ very recent occasion. The Emperor was con stantly secured, in the commencement of the quarrel, by Prince Mensshikoff, that he had only to menace Turkey to obtainsli and even more than he desired; that the West ern Powers would not enly afford no succor to the Sultan. but would leave him expoed to all the he would necessarily incur by a refusal; that if France manifested any wish %o come to bis aid she would be deterred from foll it up by the certainty that she would be left alone in heb sympathy in fact, that there was not the slightest chance of Turkey showing say serious real-tanee it Russia apoke Joud enough to her. e Emperor Nicho las, thus deceived onall hands—though, no doubt, his ad- visers believed all they said—foll up his formiiable preparations, menaced and bullied his best, and at length found himself in a position which has every day become more critical and from which there a) 8000 No asca| without humiliation. This view @ case correspon exactly with what I have mentioned ae since, Events have turned out so cont to what His Majesty anticipated, and the ict‘on of his advisers have been se completely falsified, at least up to the that it ie mot extraordinary he should feel his tment keenly, and vent his wrath on those who first suggested, and afterwards encouraged him to persist in this unfortu- nate affair. A PRESENTATION OF THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER TO THE SULTAN. The Moniteur, of Dec 8, publishes the address of Gen. Coun: Baraguay d’Hilliers to the Sultan on presenting h's Tt was as foilows:— Sixs—I have the honor of tirg to your Majesty the letters of Sis Imperial Msjesty, my sagust Sovereign, which accredit me as Ambassador to the sublime Porte. In the difficult circumstances in which the Ottoman En Pi is placed I am happy to have been selected by th Smyperor Napoleon to renew to your Msjesty the turance of his friendsbip. France is the most an- cient and the most disinterested of the allies of the Sublime Porte—her sincerity cannot be called in doubt. France doer not fear war. Faithful to the spirit of bis mission, declared by the Emperor Navoleon himself, France declares , but she desires it durable, Joyal, and honorable for herself and her allies. For that objeet the Emperor Napoleop, im concert with his power- ful ally the Queen of Great Britain, hes sent his fleet to the Fast. Confiding in the reiterated as:urances of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, he still hopes that the diference which bas srisen between the Sublime Porte and the Court of Russia may be smoothed dows, and that this temporary trouble, in bringing forward Leena the question of the in- teg ‘ity of the Ottoman Empire, only serve to confirm an independence so preciou- to'all Kur »pe_and so necessary to the maintenance of the peace of the world. The Sultan | hends so well the wants, sentiments, and digaity of | France, will afford for that object bis support te your Majesty; and I consider myselt to be the faithfal organ of my august master’s will, in giving you this assurance. I seize on this occasion to express to your Imperial Ma- jesty wy ardent desire to contribute, with all my efforts, to the maintenance of the old and friendly relations which France bas always kept up with theSublime Porte, and I place at the feet of your Majesty the homage of my | profeun ; | ee the text of the Sultan’s reply to Gea. ty The f lo @’Hibiers: } Ib a I rely in the present erisia, | 08 the material support of my sncient allies France and Great Britain France and the rest«f Ea- rope have the right to insist (voulvir) on peace. I. too, ce ire peace. but only if it can be pac without prejudies | 10 my sovereign rights and the incependence of Tarkey. t present no arrangement is possible without the entire noreiation of the pretensions put forward by Russia without the imme iste and complete evacuation of two Prix cipalities, which are part of my empire. A CONSULAR MEMORANDUM FROM THE PORTE. Tce following memorandum, dated the 1éth ult., has | been tranemitted by the Porte to the legations at Coa stantipople of all the Powers:— A\thoogh the entrance of the ports of the empi-e is in- | \ercicted during tae pight to steam and sailling ves-els of | ailtbe frierdiy Powera, this rule} as not been hitherto | «os wed im the port of Sinepe, and im some other ports of the Black Sea. It is ureless to tell your Excel’ency that it ia contrary to maritime rules and usages that in time | of war any ve-sels should enter by night ports which | are at the same time fortresses, and the more s0 as, in consequence of actual circumstances, it has been considered that the contiauation of this abuse may pre- sent the greatest inconvenience and the most serious dan- | gers, It hae been therefo'e decided thst henceforth the steam sail vessels of all the friendly Powers cannot after sunset enter the port of Sinope, or any other of the porte of the Black Sea where there sre firts, and, this decision having beem made known to all the other lega- tions of the frieadly powers, the present memoran ium ia also addressed to your Excellency, beggirg you to make | it krfown to’all the captains of vessels navis ating in those | parts under the flag of your nation, and to enjoin on } them te strictly conform to it. Over One Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost. The Lomdom Times, of the 7th of D-cember, gives the details of an awful catastrophe The ‘al catastrophe which befell the Hull and fame screw coven Marshall,and a entavle fate o ‘one on beard—aumbering, it is su pened. no fewer than 150 souls, without one being spared 0 tell the tale of her loss—has excited a most painfal amount of interest at Lloyds. In the absence of all positive infor mation there little doubt thet she fousdered very Pept pe! coming im contact with the homeward-bound bark Woodbridge. The subjoined declaration of Captain Gatgens, the master of that vessel, taken onoath by the Admiralty Receiver of Droits at Hull, ond which has been forwarded to Captain Halstead, the secretary at Lloyds, will be found to contain all that is krown of facts attending the destruction of the Sailed from Stock! vember last, for Hull, with s cargo of iron, bones, and passing Kisi- nore on the 16th, having very heavy weather, the ship | laboring and very much, and shipping ® great deal of water, the pumps ‘being constantly at- tended to. We sighted Flaxborough Head light on the might of the 27th, distact four or five leagues, the wind still blowing hard from south wert, We proceeded without suything particularly oceurt! until Monday, the 28th. At sbout 10 o'clock at night, when off the Newsan! floating light, atthe mouth of the Humber, we were run into by & steamer, name unknown the Newcand light, as far as 1 ean judge, was at the moment W. 8 W, distant thres or four miles, our ship beirg om the’ starboard tack, lying ‘3. and by E. half &. with the wind southwest blowicg ® fresh breeze, and hazy intervals, We were ali uj deck at the time, haviag light s: our dowsprit, ‘and showing two flash lighte over tarbearé side. The moment we sew the steamer we hailed her, and raid sue would be into as, ro an We continued our course, with the exce tion of varying half a point to tho eastward, be lieving the steamer’s head be te the north, and that by that means she would have gone lear of our vessel, avd it being so excessively dark that we had no time to beave the rnip abou. as the steamer would bave rao into our porta amidships, and if we had squared the mainysrd to wear 4) would have ran ioto our starboard midships. Notwithstarding the pre cautions we toor, and the endeavors of myself and crew to make those im charge of the stoamor hear, the steamer ported her helm and ram into us om the starboard side, striking between the breach hooke, thereby starting the sbip’s stern, breaking seve ral planks in the bow and the forecastle floor, sway, and the vessel was quite uamangeable. diately after the scoident I hailed the steamer, and of them {o stay by us, as I was apprehensive the ship would go dows, as she was heavily T received a reply trom the steamer, stating they would do so. Thesteamer, on getting clear from our ‘wreck, got round iato my sterboard quater, aed In « very short poriod came into ion with us by ruaning into the starboard side of our stern carrying away the rudder, starting the lee ehh breaking the wheel standard, and otherwise cutting the ship nearl, down to the water's edge, Before this secomd col sion I the om board the stesmer to reverse her engines, but received no answer. mont immediately afterwards that the accident followed. T again begged would not leave us, as I expected nothing but that vessel must go down. I received, however, no answer, and the fastant the stesmer clear, she bore away in s southerly direction, One of my apprentices, named Robert Barns, fell through the aperture made by the steamer’s stem ia our stern, and was unfortunately ee a although every sttempt was made to save him. The night wan ex- tremely and havy, and thJe wind increasing from southwest to south toa gale. The steamer remained in sight but a few minutes. I was anable to get a sight of her afterwards. On beth occasions when she ran into ual inquired several times for her name, but received nO aDswer, She was a screw steamer Vom aren ports ands bust head figurehead. Our versel was totally fandn aitending totus purspe, She. was, faasing’ wate a . She was water fast, "We'stterpats tpcured’ the ‘wheel rean acd fresh wheel ropes to steer the aiip. The flood pearly spent, wae 1 thought aafety of my mon to mont boas away to may be certain that the Emperor Napoleon, who compre- | as wee Muddingnail double ot stopping the leak, to Hull. Hopes were entertained that some of the unhapp: crea tures might have been picked up by the coasters, which almost hourly pursue the track where the steamer went down, but the time that has intervened since her loss, without any such gratifying int 08 being recei raves lS doubt Out that tbe whole sresthave aan Opening of the Swedish Diet. The following is a trans/ation of the King of Sweden’s no Gentlemen—In the course of the time which has elapsed since the last meeting of the Diet Providence has exposed me and my house to a cruel trial, and the inhabitants of the united kingdoms have deplored with me the common Joss which bas co painfully afflicted us. The recollection of the sympathy which my faithful subjects testified on that occasion, and of the sincere affect which, in the ccurse of a long snd serious illness, I received the most touching and presious fs can never be effaced from my grateful heart. and it will stil further serve tocement the sacrednese of the bonds which bind me to the gener- our inhabitants of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The 41- mighty has meanwhile ceigned to give us a fresh proof of His divine goodpess by the bi th of my grandobiliren. ‘The stability of the succestion to the threne which is the rerult of this % is a source of satisfaction aud gratitude. A datgerous mic has again ravaged the kingdom, but ihe people of Sweden have been calm and resigned to ths cecree of Providence. or relations with all the foreiga Pewers continue to bear the stamp of mutual amity and confidence, I shall not cease to Cevote my constant soli citude te the maintenance o the couatry’s independence apd most sasred interesta. Agriculture, the most import- apt braach of our industry, has within the last few years mace the most satisf.cwory progress. The rec-nt har- vests which we have gathered have not, however, given & corresponding augmentation to the weal. Wasted to a great extent by the fabrication of » liquor, the abuse of which threatens to undermine the most noble faculties of the population, those har- vests have not availed to exclude the tation of articles of conrumption from foreign countries which the soil of our country might supply in plenty, even beyond the wants of our mative consumption, Gentlemen, it is time to pave the way to results which are mere conform- able to the public good, All good citizens sre in this re. spect animated by a sentiment which is as noble as it is patriotie, I have received numereus petitions from all parts of the country, entreating me to check the disss- trous fabrication and the excessive consumption of thet liquor, Gentlemen, Ishall submit to you & proposition tendizg to effect that purpose, and I sm conviaced that you will be eager to meet my paternal intentions. Your attention will be claimed by the measures necessary to ste the simplification of the property-tax, in order to give to this important matter a definitive solution, in conformity with the general principles adopted by the last Diet. In the first instance, oor careshould be devoved tothe means of creating s successive developement of our material resources, of promoting the growth of the various branch- | ea of our industry, of improving our mesns of ecommanica- tion according to the exigencies of the age, and of creat- ing frech sources of sabsistence and comfort for out ever increasing populstion. Io the proposals which will be submitted to you, you will find fresh proofs of my soli- citude for those ebjects, andI .ely on your enlightened co-operation to insure’ their execution. My feelings of duty in the presenee of the political position of Europe compel me to presert to you gentlemen, « detailed plan o’ the alloc st ons which are necessary for tte completion of our system of national defence, and of the proper + measures to carry that system out 20 as to goarantes the independence of the kingdom. All true friends of the country will, of course, give thrir most rerious attention to these important matters. Never did # sovereiga of Swe den appeal in vain to the patriotism of his subjec in matters concerning the honor and nationslity of his peo- ple. Iam sure you will ehow that you sre the worthy representatives of a nation whose courage and devotion have engraven the name of Swede in ineffaceable charac. ‘ters on the most glorious monuments of history. An ex- amination of the propositions which will be presented to you will prove to you, gentlemen, that the fresh alloca tions for publis works, the army, and the navy, do not imply the necessity of sn augmentation of the ordinary imposts which were voted by the last Di In confor. mity with the powers e by the constituti: n, I declare that your opened, and, im: poring the blessings of Alm‘ghty God, I renew to you, grotiemen, the assurance of my royal affection and good- will JCHN ADOLPHUS GATGENS, ‘codhouse, Supply of Peruvian Guano. (From the saipping and Mercantile Gazecte, Dac 6.) Ve have been favored with copies of the following de spatchss, forwarded to the Admiralty by the admiral com men« ing ip the Pacific, comtaining most interesting and mportant information relative to the quaatity of gasno m*'pizg Om the Chincha Islands. I: wi 1 be seun that the quartiry stated to be still available is considerably usder ua’ given im the news brought by the Pacitc mail just srrsed The quantity estimated from the examinstion made by Mr. M’imtoah, naval instructor and forwa.ded ty the cowmancer in-chief in the Paciic is 8,60',000 one; while the scecunts brought by the mail state the prevent stock te be 25,000.00. Admiral Moresby howev- er, tater, an the result of his dats, in which he says he has confidence, that the islands will be exhausted of the guano that would pay freight, or be saleable in the Eng- lish market, in eight or pine years. Great credit is due to Admiral Moresby for the valas- ble information thus conveyed tothe government. It is accompanied by neatly executed sketches of the island, showing the position and extent of the deposits, which may, no doubt, be seen on application to the Admiralty. Subjoined are the despatches:— RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF GUANO REMAINING ON THE CHINCHA ISLANDS. PortLanp, at Sea, Sept. 9, 1853, Sm—The enclosures referring to the Chincha Islsnds way possibly be acceptable to her Majesty's government, when confidence in Peruvian aecuritizs has suffered t-om the cireumstances which have taken plice at Lins. | request you will submit them for their lord ships’ notice. I bave confidence in the data given by Mr. M’Intosh, his education and practical experience being a guarantee for correctness. From the northern or principal island more than one-third of the guano has been removed; th- re- Temainder may be divided in three portions and qua- ities :— guano, as formerly, alone relectec for the Eaglisn market. , that exported by foreign ships to America and elsewhere. Thirdly, inferior guano, reserved for the coast trade. Of the first quality there remains on the north island abont 8,500,000 tons; of the second, about 1,500,000 tons; of inferl: r about 600,000 tons. Ihave no data on which ‘o report the shipment of jm 1852 but bave ascertained that within the last eight months about 300,000 tons of guan> have been shipped from the nerth island. A loss of 12 per cent oo curs from the rude manner of its working and convey- ance, daily observed in the dense cloud of pulverized Bo blow seaward, aud correctly ascertained by the st Sg deer st the centre island. I enclose a statement Of that shipped in 1850 and 1861:— A STATEMENT OF THE QUANTITIFS OF GUANO EXPORTED FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS DURING THR YEARS 1850-1861, Sop of —Tons of quano-~ 4 = “— 3: % sent to = gsi oe eee So es Ge ae ee ees Ze Sek or eee te oe : i ide 160 83,822 45 13,609 252-118,352 157,800 33,371 — 189,024 252,032" * Allowing one-third more than the register tonnage There were at the Concha [slands, von our ‘depeetare, 100 veseels, capable of exporting nearly 100,000 tons of gusro. The Americans farexceeded in amouat of ton mg Tencl ne a list, showing taat between the 16th of July and the 24th of September, 1858 there had been loaded, were loading, or waiting their turn to losd, 65 American sbips, carrying & grots amount of 61 982 tons Other Americar ships were daily arriving, and they now take the superior quality. On the centre island there may be about 800,000 tons of guano of the first quality, and 700,000 tons of the se cond, This island is worke¢ entirely by Chinamen: they dig sn¢ wheel daily about 1,290 tonr, of whish 1,100 ap pear in the shipping dockets. The southern and +malles: irland bas not yet beem worked; from its wiadward tion, the guano isinferior, and has no great depth A commitsion, isting of the Peruvian M nister of the Interior, with s numerous staff, as per enclosed list, are occupied in surveying the island. A clerk belon, to the house of Gibbs & Co. was the only person that had availed himself of the ‘ion given to acoompany the commission; in fact, notice was short for others toavail themselves of the offer. From the plans and elevations of Mr. M’Intosh, from wy personal examina- tion and information, gathered from those on the islands conversant with the working, Iam of opinion that, at the present average rate of ex tion, the islands would be exha' of the ‘would pay freight, or be saleable in the Engl in eight or nine yearn. e the honor to be, sir, ir most obedient ser- ‘AIRFAX MORESBY, Rear Admiral and Commander in Chief. ENCLOSURE IN APMIRALTY LETTER FROM RKEAR- ADMIRAL MORESBY. Her Maseaty’s Simp PortTLANn, At Sea Aug. 20, 1853. } fe es be ag 1,429 14,260 % 8 5 3 5 market, vant, fm—I have the honor to submit, for your informa- tion, the result of the calculations respecting the amount of guano mow remaining on the Chincha Islands. ‘he examination—for I eannot call it survey—taken by your order, was necessarily excee‘ingly rough and im- wn both by reasom of shortness of time and the want of proper instruments, as well as a desire not to excite observation. Da BSOTES OF CONVERSATIONS AND INFORMATION AQ- cal poe Bete ng = of the avation charge exe: on the northern island told me that since he came, in 1852, @ space of 450 feet had been cleared into the deep est cutting, which amouats to 300,000 tous. I have not been able to aseertain the exact at shipments on this island, but, ju tg from number of check clerks, laborers, t do., it may probably be esti mated at one fourth more than the centre island. M. Kossuth the superintendent of the centre island, having slowed me access to his books, [ have satisfac: torily ascertaired tbat his statement of shipping 1,100 tops per day is correct. The of the work are—150 Chinamen, at five tong day in barrows, and four ship sh ota, at 135 tons e on M Kossuth farther informed me that, when he commenced, in December, 1852 the rail ex! 160 feet from the brow of the o iff ; and that he has now ob- tained o dirtance ef 850 fect, in a direct line into the deepest part of the cutting. This statement, on calou- lation, meme pode foregoing part, as the amount of guapo 240,000 tons, which, in seven months, is at the rate of 1,200 tons per day. COMMISSION OCOUPIBD IN SURVRYING THE OHINCHA ISL aNDS. El Sener Ministro de Hacienda D Nicolas Piervola, El Senor Coronel, Maycr de Plass, De Juan Coriosterno Men- doza. Fl Senor diputado del Congress, Doxtor Dom Manuel Oreta, Los Largentos, Mayeres de Yugenieros, Don Francisco Caras, Dom Fermin, Atencio#, y Don Jose Cartanon. El Yugenieros Civil, Don Carlos Faraguet, los sub Yougenieros Dom Enrique Oufra, y Don Maauel Julian San Martin. Tos Quinioos Don Jose Eliot, y Dom Antonio Ray- mundi. Obituary. The gifted Dean, ties. aes HL Barrett, nee J actress, Mrs. a jane Henry. died in Boston on the 2d instant, of brain fever, aged about fifty three years. She commenced an en- Sot fer playing Haren nights was onlged to break It but, after play: was 0! re in ama of the addon attack of the disease which terminated her existence. She retained her powers ia a most remarkable are, and while recently performing seemed as active sparkling as ever, with her voice as musical as in the bloom of youth Mra Bar:ett was con- sidered one of the most beautifal women in this country, and although fifty-three years of age her personal charms, when upon tho stage, seemed unimpsired. Sh» was in early le married to Mr. Drammond, and subse- ently to George H Barrett, familiarly known as ‘ Gen- fan George,’’ who is_now performing at Burton’s the- atre, in this city. Mrs, Barrett made her firat ap, at Boston tre, under the management of and Dickson, in the year 1818, and created a t seneet or, hg te Sakae ie which she played Julia jannering, in ‘Guy Me ”” and afterwards achieved nd, TAOS Powell great fame as Letitia Hardy, in‘ The Belle’s Stratagem,” ‘+ Lady Teasle,’’ and other characters of like nature. ployed vary mocessfal engagement af the Haymarket, ed say engagement lay! forming the off nights of Mr. Macready’s engage- Font, As rar 9 comedy actrees Mrs. Barrett had no superior and but few equals. She was born in Boston. Mrs. Warren, who is now a member of the Bioadway the- supe Benton Bar of yesterday aays:—Wo regret to record e mm Bee of says:—We recor: the death of Mra. Geo, i. Barret, the ‘distingaisued a6 tress, which occurred in this city yes forenoon, at her residence in Beach street. She has in feeble health for some time though not considered to be ia danger. On Monday last her symptoms became alarm- ire, and from that time no hopes were entertained for \er recovery. Mrs, Barrett was born in Boston, in 1800. She war of English parentage. Her maidem name was Stockwell. At ap ed age she gave evidence of that talent which af- ody the woman, Care with ee a She 'e her a) upon the stage when quite young, in the chatarter of fair es, sylphs and kindrid parts, which her beauty and grace made her quite popular. At the of sixteen ehe married Mr. Drummond, an actor, who is atill jiving. By bim she had twochildren. For rufficient causes she subsequently obtained a divorce from him. Shortly after this separation a mutual and strong at tachment sprung up between her and the Men. An iw Dunlap, at that time the State Attorney The friends of My. Dunlap opposed the alliance with great pertinacity, and the en, it wae unfo: tunately broken off. The separation, 4,80 affected Mr. Danlap that he died soon after, e object «f his affections was also mace wretched by this course of affairs, from the effects of which"she,never fairly recovered She afterwards m: Mr. Geo. H. Barrett, the well known comedian, and bore nim a daughter. A'ter living for several years in apparent happiness, he obtained o divorce from her. Her career on the stage was an eventful one—brillisnt, eccentric, ir. She was a woman of remarkaole in- tel wed @ strong mind. She was also a great reader, and was thoroughly conversant with the whole range of English poetry. Her knowledge of history waa extensive. who knew her will ily attest to the truth of this. She was « woman of heart, as well as of intellect, and was generous to a fault. During the lstter part of her life she had become the victim of a to common infirmity. In her the sion for drink resembled slore @ disease than an appeti:e. It crepi on gradually till it beeame powerful and destructive. ‘This rendered her last years those of antold bitterness and mortification. She'leaves three daughters, who are all married. Two of them attended her in ber last kness, and paved her pateage to the point of death with all thet affection could perform. For several (ays previous to her decease she had been entirely ancenscious and died without pai ‘Asan actress Mrs. Barrett was without an equ ip her death the American stage bas sustaine: an irrepar able Joss, An error has crept into revera! papers relativs te Mrs Berrett’s maicem aame, It was Jam Henry, bat is geo erally supposed to be Stockwell, as Mr. 9. N Stockwell, scenic artist, now at Mobile, is her half brother. She had three daughters, two of whom are married to Boston merchants. They were with ber during her last illness She was a well educated, accomplished woman. The Shooting Affair at Maysviile. (From the Louisville Courier, Uec. 20. } In the Courier of yesterday we published telegraphic despatches copied from an exchange, to the effect that in ® ¢ifficulty at Maysville, on Fridvy last, Luther R. hd was shot and killed by Richard H. Collins, editor of the May: ville ‘4. We have since learned the cause and origin of the affair, and the briefly thus:— Some few weeks cince we took the editor of the Mays- ville Hagle goodnaturedly to ask for his constant habit of sppropriating articles from tbe Courier, without giving the proper eredit therefor. Naturally of a sour and un- happy lsposition, this paragraph seomed to excite his ire, and without answering the charge, he replied to it by making an uncalled for and insulting allusion to = msn who for some time has been engaged in thee torial room of this office. Our assistant, natarally indig- pant, published a severe article ia reply, which we took occation to sey on the day following would mot have ap- peared in the cojumns of the Courier had it first come under the notice of the responsible editor, as we had marked out @ different course, and desired, im all in stances, to avoid persoaslities. The reply alluded to » certain swindling transaction, in which the editor of the Eagie was recently engaged, and which had produced great excitement in Mayaville.| Stang to the quick, and under the promptings of # malicious heart, the editor of the Kagle repli making most offensive and vile charges sgsinst our sasistant. pod en of, subesquonldy happeniog ia Mayevilie, calle! os spoden of, eu! uently happe: ysville, calleion Mr. Collins, and cemanded a retraction of the vile charges. This Mr. C refused to make, when Mr. Dobyns declared if it was not done he would cowhide the editor the first time he met him. On Friday evening Inst about five o'clock, while Mr. Co)lins and Mr. 8. 8. Miner were ne the conversing, Mr. Do- corner of Second and Sulton streets, byns approached, when Collios suddenly «quared himeelf, jerked s revolver from his pocket, and exclaiming, ‘Don’t = touch me!”’ fired, the ball taking effect in Mr. Do- ys’ forehead, and causing his death im five hours, When shct, Mr. D, had » cowhide in his band, but he had not used it. This, we believe, in a fair and candid statement of this distressing and deplorable affair. While its result brings the bitterest anguish to the heartacf Mr. Dobyns’ many relatives, we know {t will fail with stunning force on the cational parents of Coline Mr. Dobyns was a high ao |. honorable , greatly beloved by a wide cirele of friends, and he dled while attempring Yo vindl. cate the character of a dear relative from the most wick- ed and the barest of charges. Supreme Court. Nonice —Wednesday mext, the 28th inst., is the las: Cay for fing notes ef rsaue for the general calendar o the Cireuit Cuurt, for the year 1864. An entirely new calendar will be made up for January, and attorneys a6 requested to fle new notes of fasue, 18. all earch now en the calendar Ni of issue filed subsequent to the stove date, will not in any case be placed on the ca je: Sp TED FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MONEY MARKET. Fripay, Dec 23—6, P M. The stock market continues quiet. Prices remainabout the same, and there are no indications of any important movement one way or the other. It is new so late in th season that very little hope can be entertaine! by holders of getting up a speculative excitement, and the opening of another season is too far distant te afford much pro, bability of relief, The leading fancies are much too high for the chance of even a moderate margin being realised by new purchasers, and there is, therefore, no attraction for outsiders. Those who have thus far been wise enough temkeep clear of such invertmenta are not likely to be drawn into them at this late day in the yesr; andas there are no operators but at the board of brokers, we must be contest for a time with the usual fluctuations of such limited transactions, Money is nndoubtedly a little more abundant, but only enough #0 to make the negotiation of loans moderately easy, and to prevent forcing fancy tocks on the market. The banks have not yet made ‘a general call for their demand loans, and it will be woll for speculators if they do not, for nothing would produce ® panic quicker than such s mevement, The banks are comparatively 2o mueh contracted im their operations that they may not touch at present loans made on call; bat even this will only be a temporery relief unitas the stock market gots life into tt to give holders an oppo:ta- nity to fealize and remove altogethér the fears and aaxr. iotion such @ position aaturally produces, The enormous piles of Canton, Morris Canal, Nicaragua, Cumberland, Parker Vein, Long Irland, and several other fancies, which never haveasd probably never will earn one dollar for their stockholders, held im Wall street, must io these dull times be anything but desirable. Millions of dollars are coked up im these unproductive securities, the interest on which alone must be no small item, Investments are not made im these stocks with an idea of ever receiving a dividend, but entirely upom the probability of finding some one with moré confidemee or more qerve who will buy at higher prices. What prospect there is of finding such buyers at present holders can judge as well as any one else. A The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer to- day, amounted to $81,310 33; paid, $255,003 36—balancs, $3,689,047 97, ‘The Market Bank has declared a dividend of four per cent. The Metropolitan Bank, » dividend of four per cent, The Oheshire Railroad Company, s dividend of two dollars per share on the preferred stock. The Danphin and Susquehanna Coal Company has is sued proposals to the stockholders o! the company for s temporary loam ef four hundred and twenty five thou- sand dollars, for the term of twe and three years, at seven per cent per annom, payable semi annuslly. Pro- posals will be received at the office of the company, 18 Beaver street, until the 27th inst, . The circular announcing the late dividend of five per cert by the Little Miami Kailroad Company, states that the business of the year has yieldeda net profit of $862,182 78, leaving & surplus of $89,966 69 to carry to the contingent fund after the paymentef the dividend, ‘The privilege of taking stock for the ameunt of the divi- dend will expire om the 1st of March, after which pay- ment will be made only in cash. Stockholders regis ered on the New York books, wishing their dividend im stock, will motify their wishes te the Treasurer, E. J. Handy, Cincinnati, who will forward the certificates te this city by return of mail. The receipts of the Rome and Watertown Railroad Company im November, 1853, amounted to $41,220 05 against, $26,973 07 for the same month last year—show- ing an increase of $12,246 98 for the month this year. The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value of foreign dry goods entered at this port for con- sumption, for warehouse, and the withdrawals from ware. heuse, during the week ending and including Thursday Dec. 22, 1863 -— Movemavrs 1x Fornicy Dry Goons. Entered 4 8 4 2017 — MANUFUCTURRS OF FLAX. 6 9,707 Linens....... 498 109,702 8 5,190 Do&cotten.. 177 0,051 80 8,264 Laces. 8 8,06: 7 (41% Thread. « 53 20,665 16 13,865 —_— -— 63 87,424 = Total.....,. 736 $168,451 22 11,608 Gloves & mitts 10 8,076 Howe... 6 225 ‘MISOBLLANEOUS. Pongees. ++ 165 22.843 Straw goods .. 104 $20,433 Gimps &frgs. 7 2,127 Embroideries. 69 57,559 Brds& begs.. 8 6,101 Feaths &flws. 88 6,200 Sewin, 1 207 Wearspparel. 18 2,320 Te 79 65,064 psicigdhasd ted —— ——_ Totsl...... 224 $85,512 Total....... 894 $582,399 Withdrawn from Warehouse. MANUPACTURMS OF WOOL. « 48 $20,584 9,184 Worsteds....., 18 6,130 Cotten and do, 68 21,181 Stuffed goods.. 6 1,737 Total...... .282 $40,099 MANUFACTURES OF FLAX. Linens........ 82 $16,056 Do. and cottons 27 6,104 Total. ......109 $22,160 ‘MISCRLLANWOUS, Straw eee 7 $501 En! ered... 8 5,928 we 16 96,429 Entered for Warehousing. _MANUFACTURES OF WOOL, MANUFACTURES OF COTTON, Woollens, . 56 $24,183) Cottons. +242 $15,937 Werateds « 32 13,106 Velve' seeee 100 8,018 Corn &wret’ds 258 64,044 Embroidery... 61 25 899 Shawis......... 10 2,712 Howe.......+ 6,947 Total.......856 $04,893 Total........ 851 $111,796 MANUFACTURES OF SILK. ‘MANUFACTURES OY FLAX. ++.969 $50,318 18 3,863 282 $53,666 Silk & cotton. Per gees. Crape she Gimps & fri Raw. Total. 391 $188,719 Recapitulat ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION, Maxufectures of wool... Manufactures of cottos. Manufactures of si’k. Manufactures of flax. ++:3,666 $1,406,762 WIthpRAWN FROM Manvfactures of wool. $58,766 Manufactures of cotton. 282 40,099 Manufactures of silk ci 35,619 Manufactures of fi vee 109 22,160 Miscellaneous... 18 6,429 Total. sevevee 581 $163,073 Esrarep FoR WAREHOUSE. Manufactures of wool $94,803 Manufactures of cottot 111,796 Manufactures of silk. 188,719 Manufactures of flax. 53,666 Miscelianeous.,.., 12,413 Total. t, $461,487 The last report of the Indianapolis ami Cincinnati Rail- road Company gives the annexed statement of its finan- cial condition om the 12th of December, 1853: INDIANAPOLIS AND CiNCINNATI RAILROAD. Cost of construction, Equipments..... Total....... vee hese . Seven per cent second mortgage bonds, unsold.. $66,000 Tem per cent income.,.......+++++ ee 000 Realestate unsold and aot needed for usp ofroad 844 982 Bills receivable for lands sold, &c... 86,571 Surplus iron after finishing the road Ten per cont income bonds 289,000 Floating debt......... ———--—— $2,417,486 Mean to meet present Habilities:— Seven per cent second mortgage bonds, unsold. Ten per cent income bends, uasold Sor plus real estate. Bills receivable Tron on hand Total Ficating Exeess of means over present Mabilities..... ‘The road has cost considerably more than was orizinal- 1; anticipated, but the work of last year wes performed under very unfavorable circumstances, and at greatly ad- vanced prices; but after all it is yet among the cheapest roads in the West, ana will be found amply to remunerate its "owners for their outlays. It will be seem from the preceding statement that the company have ample means in their aurplus real estate, bills receivable, &c., to dis- charge all their liabilities except the two mortgages of $500,000 and $400,000, leaving an inoumbrance of only $900,000 om s road completed and in good operation, costing $1,869,982, vee pene, Deo, 23, 1853, $2000 Frie Inc Bas... 96% 100 ahs Nio Tr Co 260 20000 Erie Con Bds,7i 93 50 do. -8 1000 N Y&N HBs,'66 9934 1000 WDessscress OW 3000 Hud R2d MBs 97% 1000 N Indiana Bas.. 98 1500 111 Ca RR 8da.08 80 500 Harlem Ex-Ctfe. 66 18 shs Del & Hud Cal 108% 250 6 104 21% 264 ar zt Fy a sesesesssssse e eel : a szeees $sSessessessss RR BRAK RRRRRRR » 23 $2000 36! 7000 Il 36 6000 36; 86 Del 36 500 shs i 500 New oon 100 Har! 19% 500 300 Nic 19% 300 80, 60 3 reese 200 7 100 1k i eee & 800 Miness and Mining. Fura, Dec. 23—6P. M. The excitement of yesterday seemed to have subsided to day, and though mining stocks participated in the ge- neral improvement at the Brekers’ Board this morning: there was little activity at the mining board. The only sales were 600 North Carolina, at 45;; and 100 American White Zino, at 3. Parker Veim was held at 8; Lehigh Zinc at 35; Carroll at 234; Hiwassee ‘at 4; Manassas a§ 1; Deep River at %; Phoenix Gold at % ; McOullock at 8; Gold Hill at 27%; Gardiner at ) 5. The Gardiner Company have erected a machine in this city, om the North river side, at the foot of Thirty-third street, for the purpose of crushing ore. They have eoa- tracted for the delivery of several hundred tons of quarts from a new mine, on the banks of the Rappahannock ea- nal, about fourteen miles from Fredericksburg, Va., and from the tests already f they entertain most’ san- guice hopes of the success of ,the adventure. The ore is said to be rich; ite ition will emabie it to be brought yy water, and by the application of hither all the Lay & enn their machisery Gardiner people ex, make more of it than be made in Virginis, - ston ELE OE Pig aN. 0. 6 . O. 100 de ae 45% 100 do. ee (4 do 4% 100 do. Am. Zine. CITY TRADE REPORT. Frupar, Deo. 23~—6 P. M. Asmm.—Pearls wore firmer. The sales embraced about 116 bbls Including pots at $6 60, and poacis at 06 66 $6 6234, chiefly at figure. Breapervrrs.—Fleur was more sought after, and about ee bbl. dearer. The dsy’s sales consisted of 17,000 oo inclading ordin: choice at a 1134 ;. and other grades at pro} 000 bbls. superfine Cana- 06% a 5 ‘chiefly’ at $7 10% ‘a $7 18%; at $7 12: iT 3136 5 portionate prices. b dian, in bond, brought $7 125¢ per bbl. There were 1,100 bbls. Southern of, at $7 25 a $7 87 mixed to } $7 8734 a $7 50 for favorite; 50 s $8 for fancy, per bbl. We heard that 200 bbls. fine ea flour changed hands at $5 06% a $5 123¢ per bbl. Cornmeal was unaltered. Wheat was held at 8c. a4c. per bushel higher prices, and ruled juiet in consequence. The Cay’s movements were con- ed to a #1 Jot of cheice Genesse white, (last even- ing,) at $1 82; 12,200 bushels fair Canadian. in bond, at $1 64081 66; and 6,800 very commen Southerm do. $1 57. Rye and barley were unaltered. There was a great deal doing in State and Western o1 e 58, Corn was pretty brisk and steady. Tne day’s basi- ness comprised 32 000 bushels, at 740. a 180, for new, and ‘180. @ 820. for old of all kinds Corrs: —The market continued firm, and the views of the holders being above those of the buyers, sales were light. We noticed sales of only 200 or 300 bags Rio, at 12c., and 600 mats prime Java at 1b 36. ‘The day’s sales reached 4,366 balen Including for export, T0be he 718; om speou- ex ; home use, 718; on #; Intion, S45; anh toaster ono} tone, Market firm, Fratauns —The last sale of Westera live geese was ef- fected at 480. cash, per 1b. From—Sales were re} Of 500 boxeq wet dried buncla raising, at $2 65 a $2.70; 200 boxes cluster do. at $2.25; @ swall parcel Bite ARTE ALS! 10; 38 cnaen seciings of of currants at 190, ippers were waiticg the receipt of letters the America, and were light. To Liver- about 10,000 bi of corn were ongseed, in ship’s ‘at 10d. 'For flour, Ss. was asked, and 2s, 94. offered, ‘end 960 bales of uncompressed cottom were ‘7-824, About 60 tons butter and cheese were former 85s. and the latter 46s. To Hivre about 10,000 buahels of grain were engaged at 24c.; four was at To Bremen 11,000 feet measurement goods wers at 32s. 6d.; 6,000 bushels of rye at 27c. and 200 barrels of provi at 5s, There was no change in rates for Oall- — which ranged f:0m 55s. to 600. per foot measure- m Hay.—Owing to the closing of navigation on the Nerth river this article was firmer, and sales yesterday aad to-day were made at 70c. s 75c., and good article im store was held at 8(c., at which small sales were made. rosea pide were in moderate requsst, at 450. a 473¢¢. Inos.— The market for Scotch pig was steady, at $370 £98, tix monthe, with slight ee ~ LaaTngn —We notice no change of importance. Prices may be quoted quite firm, with am upward tendency. stock on hand light; receipts fair for the season. The holidays being clove at haed, = light trade may be Jooked for wntil the middle of mext month. We quete hemlock light sole, 21c. a 23e.; hemlock middle do., Z1¢. & 280; hemlock over do., 180. a 20¢.; hemlosk’ good damaged, }8e. a 20c.; poor do., 130 @ 150; le, 280. rough, 226. ee ot a ‘8c. a 29c., chit fiy at the latter the market ol in faver of the buyer. Oubaa ance, ‘ed Nava Sronus.—Spirits turpentine was dall, at 62}¢0., cath, while raw and rosin were unaltered. O11s —Whale end sperm were inactive. A sale of palm was reported at 9c. per Ib. Only 100 baskets olive found buyers. at $4. There were 5,000 gallons linseed disposed of, mostly at 74c. Provisions.—Pork was very quiet The-sales did not exceed 820 barrels, chiefly old Western, at $13.57, a $18 60 fcr mess, and $11 for prime About 120 packages | seep shoulders and bams were taken at former prices, me 200 packages tsir to prime lard fetched 0%. a 106. : f'was active and buoyant. The day's pao Teached 1,100 bbls. beef, at $5 = $6 623, for country Prime; $6.26 8 $6 50 for city do 5 $8 608 $11 for country meas; a for . Beef hams, cheewe were unaltered. af are UGARS —' market for bhds. was quiet, and not much animation was expected uatil after the olitaee About 200 hes. Cuba were sold, at 4}¢0. 0 4%0., and 86 boxes were sold at 63,6, Sens —Clover was in moderate request, at 103¢0. a lle. perlb, The last eale of rough American flax was made at $1 60 per bushel. Timothy was dull and heavy, at pit de for mowed, and $17 60 a $20 for reaped, per TaLLow.—Some sales of prime were reported at 10%0. lle. per Ib WuaLzpoxt.—Polar os guid and necded, at 42c., buf per lb. held at higher rates, Wriskny.—The sales embraced about 600 bbls. New Jersey, at 273<0., and 150 do. prison, on private terms. Woot.—There is but little demand for am A mgs Bice Aen fate wih fe Tight bpd new year sets in. are re? jaota- Una secain as at tho last aneGet echo 4 i New York Cattle Trade for 1853. We present below our annual statistics of the New Yoris cattle trade for the year just closing—a traie which seema to more than keep pace with the internal commerce of our country im other respects New York is, beyond eon, parison, the most extensive cattle mart in America, and whether regard be had to its intimate connection with the great sgriculiural interests of the interior, or to ite magnitude as s source whence so large s proportion of the daily food of our population is drawn, it becomes = matter of some importance to keep a record of its details upon such reliable date as can be obtained, The cattle rought to this market come to us from nearly all sestiona of the Unica east of the Miasipsippi—indeed, from all seo- tions, save those of the Southern States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, Kentucky, Temnesses, Indiana, Ohio, IIM- nots, Virginia, and Pennsylvania are our most liberal contri- butors; but Western and Northern New York, with Conaee. tisut, Massachusetts and other of the New England States, likewise send us large supplies. The extension of rauroad communication of late years has brought compara. | tively near te us the grasiag and agricultaral products of the interfor, so that the drover is now enabled te bring his stock to market without encountering the necessity of long and tedious jourmeys.on foot from the live stock mont Lichen iteme of i e iana, tet bo pears tt i a a ol cal come from districts Long Iand and Ne tributors. In this