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INTEE IiI GE HOE. 
FIELD OFFICE , Saturday, 4 am. 
\ private despatch from Vienna, dated Thursday evening 
(the 14 .M «av- The ratifications of the treaty of allmnco 
between Austria and the Western Powers were exchanged 
this Afternoon, at the office of the Minister for ho.-e.gn 
Affairs, between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, and 
1 'a ' despatch has been received from St. Petersburg!., dated 
the l*>th It states that if negotiations do not produce peace 
». the commencement of the new year, a couscnption w 
ordered throughout Russia of 16 iu every 1,000, producing 
an army of 1.000,000 soldiers. 
Tkiestb, Pec. 13. (Evening).— The packet which loft Con- 
stantinople on the 4th has just arrived. The accounts from 
Sebastopol state that the allied armies wore occupied ui pre- 
paring their barracks to winter iu the Crimea. On the 2nd, 
2,000 English soldiers passed through the Bosphorus to re- 
inforce the English army. The Duke of Cambridge was ill, 
nud confined to his bed. , . n > . 
Death of Lord Rutherford.— W e learn from the CaU- 
duuian Mercury that the death of this eminent judge at the 
: ge of 65, took place at his lordship’s residence, St. Colmo- 
Btreot, on Wednesday morning. 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE. 
C H A 1’. II. 
I must pass over more than a year of my life. .Nothing 
particular occurred ; and I continued to be as happy as any 
horse could be. , . ,, 
One day (liow well I remember it— it stands out as the 
darkest even in my dark life) I had been brought round as 
usual to the front door, and Miss Stafford had mounted me, 
when I heard a young lady, who was standing by, admiring 
and patting me, say to Mbs Stafford — “ Why, Lucy, you have 
no whip." “ Oh, I have quite forgotten it— how very 
stupid r “Can’t I get it for you?” “Oh, thank you ; I 
really hardly think I want it. Isabella is not like other 
horses. I have never once had to whip her yet. “ But she 
may be naughty for the first time to day.; besides, it looks 
- i odd for a lady to ride without a whip. 1 11 run and get 
it." The whip was brought, and we set off. Many years 
have passed since that day, but I remember almost e\ery 
word 1 heard on it — for it was the lost 1 ever carried Lucy 
Stafford. . , 
Another lady was riding with us ; and we set off m ttie 
direction of a largo town — Markington. It happened that a 
gipsy party had pitched their tents on the road Miss Staf- 
ford wished to go. I was seized w ith a sudden alarm, and 
t imed rapidly down another road which met us there. I 
was thoroughly frightened, and though my rider pulled my 
mouth and used her whip, it was for some time in vain. At 
last she called her groom, and he took my bridle, whilst she 
gave me Rome smart touches with her whip, and I was 
brought past the object of my alarm. “ Now, is not this 
curious, Mary?" I heard my rider say : “this is the first 
time 1 have ever wanted a whip with Isabella ; and I was so 
very near not bringing one." “ Yes, really, Isabella lias be- 
haved iu the most improper manner. How' glad Alice will 
be she insisted on your bringing a whip. Mbs Stafford 
gave me some kind pats, to show our quarrel was over, and 
we cautered along. 
In due time we reached Markington, and went down High- 
street, to the large shop where Miss Stafford wished to go. 
AVliile she was talking to a young woman who came from 
the -hop to speak with her, I heard a cart come rattling 
down the street ; and presently I felt a sharp, sudden cut of 
a whip upon my back. I kicked out violently, and my mis- 1 
tress was thrown. What happened then I know not. A 
crowd gathered round her. I saw her no more — she rode 
me not again. 
I was mounted by another lady : from what she said, I 
discovered that ulio had been going to vbit the Staffords, 
and w .nf.iding me for the convenience of getting me home 
again, having sent her box in the fly which was taking Miss 
Stafford. lily rider was very anxious in her enquiries ns to 
how the accident occurred. “ How did it happen ? I always 
thought Isabella was ro quiet.” “Oh, it really was no fault 
of Isabella’s’’ — how this relieved me ! — “but I will tell you 
all. To begin at the beginning, Isabella had been very much 
frightened on the road by some gipsies, anil Lucy had had 
quite a (iglit with her. I fancy the poor thing had not got 
over its fright when it got to Markington. Lucy went 
straight to Steers to buy 6ome white kid gloves for the ball 
at the Melville’s to-night, and while she was talking to the 
girl about the Bize she wanted, a horrid butcher came 
rattling along at a tremendous rate. Lucy did not see him, 
as he was coming behind us. but just as he was passing he 
whipped his horse — which I am sure was going last enough 
— and the end of the lash fell on poor Isabella. Of course 
i* was quite a surprise to her, aud as she was rather fidgetty 
from her former [fright, this quite set, her <>11. She kicked 
aud plunged furiously, aud darling Lucy, who always ride* 
more prettily thau firmly, was thrown. I trust she is not 
dangerously hurt, but 1 fear, at any rate, it will be a long 
time before she rides again." “ Really, these butchers are 
too bad. It’s bad enough, I’m sure, the way they beat their 
own horses, but they certainly Bhould not be lashing about 
so as to inconvenience other people ; they are so utterly 
careless as to where their whip goes. Do you know, only 
the other day, I was riding through Markington, when 
Dalton, the butcher — the same man, I dare say, that passed 
you to-day — was whipping his horse along — poor thing, how 
lie does whip it ! — and actually his whip touched my baud. 
It fortunately did not hurt me much, no thanks to him ! 
Almost before I could look up to see who had hit me, he 
gave his horse another cut, and was far away." “ Oh, 
butchers always are cruel and careless, but I hope this man 
will get well punished this time ; it may make him better 
for the future." 
I give the correspondence, because I know not bow true 
it is that butchers are almost always cruel, and because I am 
desirous of Ruggesting to my readers — male aud female — 
that they might do much good by personal conversation 
with butchers respecting their cruelty. 
The ladies were impatient, and rode rather fast the whole 
way, but, if I had been far more tired than I really was, I 
could hare thought of nothing but my dear young mistress 
and the word* I had heard, “ I fear it will be a long time 
before she rides again." 
“ Perhaps she will never ride me again," I thought, but 
the very idea of leaving her whom I knew to be kindness 
itself to go quietly to a cruel and certainly to a less tender 
mbK.w«2 too bitter; and I dismissed it from my mind, 
0n \Ve° arrived at Stafford Lodge. I was led round to the 
stable before I could hear the servants answer to Hie eager 
questions of the ladies— aud I never heard how Lucy 
Stafford recovered from her fall ! 
(To he continued.) 
THE LONDON GAZETTE. 
Tuesday, December 12 . 
BANKRUPTS. 
William Joyce, Greenwich, engineer, shipbuilder, and ironfuunder- 
Daniel Lcfavour, New Oxford-street, merchant and importer of Ameri- 
can goods— Francis Kineh. Margate, chemist and druggist— William 
Little Tizard, AUlgato High-street, mechanical engmee^James : No. ton 
Weeks. East Cowes, hotel-keeper— Henry Cromer. Old Broad-street, 
city, wine-merchant— Isaac Pothccary, Nursling, Hampshire, boardu.g- 
housc-koeper and sheep-salcsman-Hobert Russell, Ligm-road, Not- 
tlng-hill builder— Thomas Hey wood, Wood - street, Cheeps'de.loce 
warehouseman — Henry Martyn, Bishopsgatc-street W ltbaat 
warehouseman — Josiah Overbury. Wotton-under-Edgo, cloth mnnu- 
facturer — John Barrington Joyce, Burden., chemist and 
John Bailey. Cannock, Staffordshire, baker u.ul grOMF-Junra Sandm. 
Darluston. Staffordshire, ironmonger— George Doimisthoi i c, - y*t on, 
Leicestershire, grocer and beersollci— Thomas Hol ler, Leicester, wool- 
stapler — Robert Board, Churchingford, Devonshire, blacksmith— 
Edward Trcgenza. Stockton-on-Tees, shoe dealer— John Marshall 
Bradford, Yorkshire, brewer — Abraham Hanson, Huddersfield, yam 
manufacturer — John Cartmell, Liverpool, hoot and shoe miiker-- 
George Haworth, John Walsh, and Thomas Ainsworth, Over Danvcn, 
power-loom cloth manufacturers. 
That portion of Friday s GateUe which was issued Immediately 
previous to our going to press did not contain the list of Bankrupts. 
MONEY MARKET. 
MONDAT. — The English funds opened firmly, nnd a further rise of \ 
was for some time maintained, finally closing J per cent, above the 
lowest point of the day. but J per cent, lower than on Saturday. 
Tuesday. — The market to-day was rather less firm : on the publi- 
cation of the Queen s speech a slight advance took place, but prices 
closed J percent, lower than yesterday. 
Wednesday. — The English funds opened at a decline oi } per cent , 
and were subsequently' further depressed on sales, induced by Lord 
John Russell's remarks as to the Austrian treaty. Towards the close 
of the market, however, more firmness was observable. 
Thursday. — A favourable reaction took place, consols closing at the 
highest point of the day at 91*. A firmer reliance on tho Austrian 
treaty mainly contributed to the result. 
Friday.— Yesterday s advance was but partially maintained at first, 
but more firmness was subsequently shown. Consols lor the 10th 
January are now quoted at Hi] to j ex. div. Three per Cents re- 
duced, fill \ , Exchequer Bills, Is. to Cs. premium; India Bonds, 12s. 
premium ; Bank Stock, 207L 
THE MARKETS. 
FOREIGN CORN TRADE. 
From DanUic, to the Mil inst, we learn that the shipments had been 
extensive, nnd that 20,000 quarters were being shipped for the United 
Kingdom. In most of the Baltic ports, including Rostock, a slight 
decline lias taken place, but this 1ms been counterbalanced by increased 
freights. Ill Hamburg nnd Rotterdam a decline has also been sub- 
mitted to, as also in Belgium. The prohibition of exports from France 
has induced a decline in price. In America the price of corn is rising, 
the stock in hand being small, the New York Economist reckoning their 
yield to be but half their usual crop. 
MARK LANE. 
Monday. — T he supply of English wheat was not large this morning, 
and the condition of most of the samples being improved by the cold 
weather, on advance of Is. to 2a. per quarter was obtained upon best- 
samples of white wheat, and la per quarter upon red ; inferior descrip- 
tions of white and ill-conditioned red were not dearer. Foreign sold in 
retail at Is. more money. Barley was the turn dearer; demand, how- 
ever, far from active. Oats were at a better sale, at the decline of Is. 
pe r quarter reported on Friday last. New beans and pens were 1». per 
quarter cheaper than on this day week. 
COUNTRY GRAIN. 
Ipswicn, Tuesday. — The supply of wheat is unequal to the demand; 
millers appear to be getting out of stock ; sales were easily made, and 
an advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter fully established. The supply of 
barley is large ; quality again good ; sales very free at 2s. per quarter 
advance upon last week's rates. Beans and peas maintain former high 
rates. Prices to the growers- Wheat, red, 70s. to 77s.; ditto, white, 7Ss.to 
82s. per quarter ; barley, malting, 3 is. to 3tis. ; ditto, grinding, 32s. to 
33*. per quarter; beans, 50s. to 50s. per quarter; peas, 17s. to 4Ns. per 
quarter. Averages for the week ending December 9th, 1854; Wheat, 
1,284 quarters, at 72s. lid. ; barley, 3,517 quarters, at 34s.; oats, 20 
quarters, at 27*. Gd.; beans, 20 quarters, at 49s. 3d. ; peas, 29 quarters, 
at 4 8s 5d. . 
DUBLIN CORN MARKET. 
Tuesday, — A moderate supply, and rather a steady market. The 
only alteration we hove to report in the currencies of Friday is in home- 
grown wheat, which was (id. to 9d. dearer. Foreign wheat and Indian 
corn dull, without change in value. Subjoined are the quotations : — 
White wheat, 40s. to 42s. 6d. ; red ditto, 3 Gs. to 41s.; barley, 10s. Cd. 
to IPs. 0,1. : here, 15s. to 10*. 9d. ; new oats, 14s. to 15s. 9d. ; oatmeal, 
per ewt., I Gs. to 17s.; rapeseed, 27s. to 28s.; bakers' flour, 23s. to 
27s. Gd. ; Indian com, per 4801b., 40a to 47s. 
BOROUGH HOP MARKET. 
Monday. — T here is no alteration worthy of notice in the hop market 
since lost week. 
Fbiday. — D emand steady ; prices firm, and a short supply. 
SMITH FIELD. 
Monday. — T his being tho "great market day,’’ the number of beasts 
was small, and the quality by no means equal to former years ; conse- 
quently the choicest description* were pretty readily sold, but for other 
kinds trade was very dull. Sheep met with a slow sale, although the sup- 
ply was moderate: quotations were not much altered. Good calves were 
readily sold ut Friday's prices. From Germany and Holland there were 
1, u;il beasts, 2,820 sheep, and C7 calves; Spain. 144 beasts ; Scotland, 
C00 ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 700 ; 3,000 from the Northern and Midland 
Counties ; nnd 300 from the Western Counties. 
Per stone of 811, s. s. d. s. d. I Per stonoof 8lbs. s. d. s. d. 
Best Scots, Hcrefords . 5 0—5 4 Best Dns. & Half-hds. Sh.O o— 0 0 
Best Short Horn* 1 8—5 0 | Best Long Wools 4 0—1 8 
Second quality beasts ..3 8—1 4] Do. do. Shorn 0 0-0 0 
C ; ,lvr* ’ 1 0—6 0 i Ewes and second quality. 3 8 — 1 2 
Pip* 3 8 — 1 81 Do. do Shorn 0 0-0 0 
Best Dns. & Half-bred*.. 5 0—5 2 I Lambs 0 0—0 0 
Beasts at market, (i,l»l ; sheep and lambs, 22,820; calves, 107; 
pigs, 240. 
Fbiday. — T he number of beasts 1* smaller than on the corresponding 
day last year. The quality i* good, nnd there are several superior 
Christina- animal*, which command a high price. Monday's quotations 
are maintained. The demand for sheep is not extensive ; the supply 
being smull, they arc for the most part disposed of ut fully Into rates. 
Good calves arc in demand, but on the average trade is dull. From 
Germany and Holland there wore 182 beasts, 210 sheep, nnd 197 
calves; IS beast* from Scotland; and 97 milch cows from the homo 
counties. 
Per stone of 8 lbs. s. d. s. d. Ter stone of 8 lbs. s. d. $. <i 
Best Scots, Hereford* . 5 0—5 4 RcstDns. & Holf-bds. Sh.O 0-0 u 
Best Short Homs 4 10— 5, 0 Best Long Wools 4 8— 4 to 
Second quality beasts ..3 8 — 4 4 | Do. do. Shorn 0 O-o u 
C „i vcs 3 8 — 5 0 | Ewe -and second quality. 3 8 — 4 4 
pjjp, 3 fl — 1 8 i Do. do. Shorn 0 0— o o 
Best Dn*. & Half- bred*.. 5 0-5 2 I Lambs 0 0— o o 
Beasts at market, 2,112; sheep nnd lambs, 4,120; calves, 280; 
pigs, 316. ■ 
COUNTRY CATTLE. 
Debdy Su itu field, Tuesday— Tho supply of fat beasts to-day was 
about an average, the season of the year considered. The attendance 
of buyer* was largo, nnd the best things were in good request without 
any alteration of price. The sheep-pens were well filled and High 
prices were asked, hut the demand was flat, and several lots remained 
unsold. There was a better supply of fat calves. The number of f at 
pig* was large, which had a downward tendency Beel made Gd. to 
r.U; mutton, I', Id. to 7d. ; veal, 7d. per lb. ; pigs, 9s. Gd. per score; 
rough fat, (!*. 5d. per stone, commencing 23rd October; hides, young, 
85 and above, 3 id. per lb; ditto, young, under 85, 3jd. ; old cows, nil 
weights, 3d. ; cut hides, 2 Jd. ; cull' skins, 101b and under. Id. ; above 
10 and under 10, ljd ; above 10. 8 R; «H cut calf g' 1 lcss - 
Christmas Mabrets in the West.—' The great markets and fairs in 
anticipation of Christmas arc now being held in the West of England 
At Moretonhampstead (Devonshire) fair last week there was a good 
show of bullocks, which sold at from 10s. to 10s. Od per score ; cows 
and calves fetched from £12 to £10 ; in some instances, for prime 
animals, £24 was given; oxen and prime steers sold at from Eli; t 0 
E. ’S the pair ; barronners, Cs. 6d. to 7s. per score ; and sheep, of which 
there were nearly 1,000 penned, fetched from Gd. to 0^d. per pound. 
Totness great market, at which there is usually a large gathering ol 
farmer* from South Devon, was held a few days ago, and a capital 
business done. The quality of Christmas beef was not so prime a* on 
former occasions. There wus one very splendid animal in the market, 
which weighed upwards of 9 cwt It was sold at G8s. per cwt. Fat 
bullocks of good quality sold at from COs. to 05s. ; nnd sheep fetched 
from 5id. to Od. per pound. 
DUBLIN SMITI1FIELD CATTLE MARKET. 
Thursday, — The preparatory market to Christmas, as usual, was a 
largo one. Beef, 60s. to 03s. per ewt, ; mutton. 5d. to 0-Jd. per lb. ; 
veal, 7 Jd. to 8d., in sink, with a good demand ; pork, 44s. to 17s., with 
a better demand for heavy pigs, another contract for pork to-day being 
about declared in London; slaughtered beef, 60s. to 52a.; and pork, 
45a. to 40s., with an active demand. 
birthsT marriages, and deaths. 
BIRTHS. 
On the 9th, at East Hall, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, Yorkshire, the 
wife of the Hon. A. C. Ordc Powlett, of a daughter — On the 1 1th, at 
36, Tavistock-square, the wife of Jacob M. da Costa, E>q., of a daughter 
— On the 11th, nt Denmark Hill, the wife of John Boucli, Esq , of * 
son — On the 9th, nt Carlow, the wife of Cnpt. Shervinton, 40th Regi- 
ment, now in the Crimea, of a daughter — On the 9th, at Tyglyn, Car- 
diganshire, the wife ol' Captain P. F. Durham, of a son. 
MARRIAGES. 
On the 7th, at St‘. Mary’s, Ripley, by the Rev. Charles Richmond 
Tate, B.A., Mr. William Hoinan, of Rochestcx-, to Maria, daughter of 
John Cooke. Esq,. Ityde House, Ripley, nnd Guildford, Surrey — On tho 
9th. at SI. John's, Exeter, by the Rev. Fisher Turner, Mr. William 
Robert Phelps, law student, son of S. Phelps, Esq., of London, trage- 
dian, and nephew of the Rev. Dr. Phelps, Master of Sidney Sussex 
College, Cambridge, to Jessy, second daughter of Mr. Latimer, magis- 
trate. of Exeter — On the 12th, nt St Mary's, Islington, by the Rev. 
W. Dix, B.A., Charles Edward Chaddock, Esq., of Bamshury-square, 
Islington, to Maria Eli/.a, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Stephens, of Sea 
View House, Shnldon, Teignmouth, Devonshire. 
DEATHS. 
On the 9th in9t., nt 8, Chesterfield-street, Mayfair, Lady Mont- 
gomery, of Hampton Court Palace, widow of the late Sir Henry Conyng- 
liam Montgomery, Bart., and mother of the present Sir Henry C. 
Montgomery, Member of Council at Madras — On the Gth ult., before 
Sebastopol, of a wound from a musket-sliot, received at the battle of 
lukerman, whilst nobly doing his duty in front of his regiment, 
Lieut. Henry F. E. Hurt, 2 1st Fusiliers, second son of Francis Hurt, 
Esq., of Alderwasley, Derbyshire, in his 21st year — On tho 11th ult, at 
Scutari, of wounds received nt the battle of Balaklavn, Cornet the Hon 
Grey Neville, 5th Dragoon Guards, youngest son of Lord Braybrooke, 
aged 2 4 — On the 25th of October, killed in action, at the battle of 
Boiaklava, while gallantly leading on his troop to tho charge. Comet 
Hugh Montgomery, 13th Light Dragoons, eldest son of Hugh Mont- 
gomery, Esq., of Ballydrain, county Antrim — On the 6th ult., killed, at 
the battle of lukerman, while in command of his regiment, the 57th, 
Captain Edward Stanley — On the 5th ult, killed at Inkcrman. Alfred 
OuDstcd, Sergeant, Royal Artillery, in his 20th year, beloved by all 
who knew him. Has left a young widow to lament his loss — On the 1st 
Inst., ut Wolford Vicarage, Warwickshire, the house of her brother-in- 
law, Agnes Mary, fourth daughter of Vice-Admiral Bateman, aged 30 
— Early in November last, of yellow fever, in the 30th year of his age, 
while on u visit at Marietta, in the state of Georgia (United States) 
James Gardner Gould, Esq., counsellor-at-law, eldest son of the Hon. 
William Tracy Gould, of Augusta, and grandson of tho late Hon. James 
Gould, of Connecticut, LL.I)., and Judge of the Supremo Court. Also, 
nt Augusta, a few days subsequently, in the list year of his age, John 
Felix MeKinno, Esq., half-brother of Mr. James Gnrdncr Gould, and 
9tcpsou of the Hon Win. Tracy Gould, above-named — On tho 19th ult., 
at Westbury, Wilts, Stephen Brunkcr, late Troop Sergeant-Major 15th 
King's Hussars, in his 72nd year — At Cnnnstntt, near Stuttgart, 
whither lie had gone for the benefit of his health, John lvitto, D.D., 
F. 8. A. .editor of the Pictorial Bible, and autliorof many standard works 
in theological literature. He was born Dee. 4, 1804, and died from 
neuralgic affection, Nov. 26, 1854, in the 60th year of his age — On 
Monday, the 4th inst,, at Dublin, Major-General Charles O'Neill Pren- 
dergnst. late of the Scots Fusilier Guards — On tho 14th ult,, when on 
his passage between the Crimea and Scutari, on board the steamship 
Andes, aged 40, of a wound received at the head of his regiment, the 
21st, R.N.B. Fusiliers, when in action with the enemy at the battle of 
lukerman, November 6, Frederick George Ainslie, Lieutenant-Colonel, 
younger son of tho late Lieutenant-General George Robert Ainslie, nml 
Sophia Nevile, his wife, nnd grandson of the lute Sir Philip Ainslie. ol 
Pllton, N.B— On the 6th ult., at the buttle of Inkermnn, Lieutenant- 
Colonel Lionel Macklnnon, Coldstream Guards, age 29, youngest son of 
W. A. MacKinnon, Esq.. M.P. — On the 5th ult, killed at the- battle ol 
Inkermnn, Captain Henry Thomas Butler, of H.M.'s 55th Regiment, 
and Deputy- Assistant- Adjutant-General, eldest son of Lieut-General 
the Hon. H. E. Butler, nnd brother of the late Captain J. Annnr, 
Butler, who so distinguished himself at the siege of Silistria — On the 
14th ult., at Scutari, of wounds received on the 20th of October, before 
Sebastopol, Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Dillon Manic, 88th Con- 
naught Rangers, son of the lute Lieutenant-Colonel Muule, nge 23— ‘hi 
the 10th ult., on board H.M.S. Simoom, off Selmatopol, ol a wound re- 
ceived in the trenches on the 1 9th of October, Lieutenant Francis Byan> 
Davies, of the Grenadier Guards, eldest son of Major-General Davies, o' 
lianehurst, Sussex, nge 10 — On the 2nd inst., at Wotton, aged 7L 
suddenly, the Rev. Richard Walton White, M.A., F.S.A., rector ot 
Wotton, in tho Isle of Wight, end Upceme, in the County of Dorset, 
one of her Majesty's Justices of tho Peuce for the county of Hants, and 
many years Chairman of the Petty Sessions for the Islo of Wight —On 
the 2nd inst., at Newland, Gloucestershire, in the 6Gth year of his nge, 
Richard Henry, last surviving son of the late Lieutenant-General 
Dighton, Madras Army — On the 3rd inst., aged 10, John the younger 
son of John Whitehend, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, andof Edmonton 
from the accidental discharge of a gun on the previous dny. 
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