The Express. — London, England, 1857-01-29 00:00:00

EXPRESS-7b PURLDI sod TRADE sr nun, Watiort 4. by W. STEP II IN. es abeei Nee ntratti "" lll7lP A ßAD Yol u Tbritubo be Cte ex4reoo. ApPertINIMS'III•WeLTIMI "fl. i:s7ka !weft pow, mos be at dr Oft% 10. Ilesemilmases. I? Ts V. as dr der of Tln Velum TX X SCII 006 VOX WAX DAL Mow. liedieko. and blued.* Tolbw. Kim rwr searrWM SAM IX TUX WOOD. N. Mir% Wawa Nadas IMnr. MY 1. Xrlo4.—Oamms si T. PRISCIPST. Tim Zristro, • 1111M711)11111 lOTITA 1 , 11471.—A5el Me •211) TSB DilllUL LAMP: or, Harlsysis sod Me Oasis et the lig Mora °smut Hlas, awl Palle; Mr . O. Admen LTCSUM. Tins Brortss.lllll !Ned MUSILOSISIS. Nr.DlSsa.—Aad Yp PSIDAwks& smutted C den t, S SDIDDIA. Dawn tool&Itar. dall. J Ma MS; AW N Wages& 0. Naps. sad MY —Was open at Salsa • SORRET. Two Evoing.. • BIRD IN TUN BAWD WORTH TWO IN U 1 SR— HARLEQUIN AND THII DUMMER QUIZ ~ O. Enolowy, sod de Ma ihrolly. Maadri• Ageo.—D•ors coma Maeda& FFANDARP. ?We irmook THE WWII OF THE GOLDIT MART.-1.1 ask pandowirt. HICILEDY PICKNIDT MY BLACKItra. Itrer. WlMrd Q Prelag. Ambit, AsiWo. 11.rtlo 10.1 Nor hoe & nu. Mdle. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAl—lifortly, 46 Pe. . Afterems. r Va. Toopersaw—lisesbe. K ra Aftarome. M. Sin LONDON, TIIITRSDAY, JANUARY 29. TINE Mercantile Law Conference now holding its sittings under the auspices of the Law Amendment Society is in many respects a very valuable demonstra tion. In two points of view it is especially calculated to be of great service to the community. It fur nishes a sort of antral fulcrum tram which to work upon the ria inertia of the Legislature. And it alkyds the best possible organ for that action of the mercantile mind upon the legal mind which we hold to be absolutely indispensable for any practical and alicient reform in our system of mercantile law. The vast commerce of this country has grown up to its present unparalleled dimensions in spite st the defects of our commercial jurisprudence, not in consequence of its excellences. The nabdantive laws by which it is regained have been to a great extent framed not by business men but by lawyers; the procedure by which those haws are rendered operative, and the tribunals in which they are administered, are to an extent un known in any other country,—they are the creation and tie patrimony of the legal profession. Trade Aasociations and Chambers of Commerce have been, indeed, established in all the principal seats of mer cantile activity throughout the provinces. Bat in this great emporium—this metropolis of the world's trade—a Chamber of Commerce is still • desidentam. It is whispered, we know not with what anent of truth, that a certain merbid reluctance on the pert of at mreehent ptinees M soothing ea opal Inns with the Ye 'plug hut stm inieentiel Imam% ore zembees at &jag mossiihm, Ms hid mach to de with tads remediable deleleney. Tbe it is said, bid 'ha lila the simpliespen, sad the the et the lizehange bad Whir submit in Wine. to the Imedships of defective law, than abate UP dignity by a amearted attempt to amid the law. Whatever the memo may he, the fact is certain, and timer can he no dealt that the interests of the general innendle enenemity of the empire have snared in eseseqnseme. The local anti of the provincial Chwelme hove hem leas eillictual than they otherwise mania barns lea, hem the want of a common rallying point—the absence of a central organisation. It is one et the most valuable inci dents of this Mercantile Onference that it tends greatly to remedy this dopier defect. It is impossible for the lAgielature to ignore the importance of the pressediap af a Con ference which, on the subject of Mmesatile Law Amendment, represents, as the Tercet inkeme es, the views of twenty-one towns (including Olestow, Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester, Bir mingham, Leas, and Bristol), “ nempleing op. womb of fire millions of inkshitendti and concentrating the wealth, energy, and Inieprili our shipping, manafeeturing, sad twat. inAmesta. • Bach a maniketation of opiaisa as at a aims et salleets with which theme mho ememide ti py asses it are intimately end hahltedlp senmesent, eight to supply preeisely dot whisk Is mod minting to the progress of law rate —an adequate mo mentum brought directly to beers no indlihrent or issetive Legislature. It is from this view of the matter that we are led to regard with great Delia hetion the recommendation with which the report of the committee who have superintended the arrangements of the Conference concludes. We entirely concur in the suggestion, that the superin tending committee should be authorised to continue their functions as the "accredited representatives" of the powerful gathering now assembled in Water loo-place, " and that to their number should be added the President and Claims= of mazy Cheale. ' of Commerce and other public body represented at the Coalbreme." "Such a committee as thia," madams the report, "will speak the voice not of a town or a county, but of the kingdom at large ; it will gibed a rallying point for all mercantile law redgemers, and may lay the foundation for an organi maim which will at last move the Government and Legislature to Abdo worthy of the national great ness, and calcalated to bring the laws of the United Kingdom into permanent harmony with the require ments of jotice end sense, and with the customs and exigencies at trade." The anticipatious thus ex panned are not chimerical, and we trust the com mittee will "constitute itself en perneaneeeee," to watch with unremitting vigilance over the future progress of Mercantile Law Reform. _ _ Of the great necessity for such reform the anipkot proof wa• afforded in the course of yes• terday's proccedinga. If nothing else were amiss except the three systems of law now regulating the administration of Insolvent Estates—the Law of Bankruptcy, of Insolvency, and the Winding up of Joint Stock Companies—the strongest possible case would be made out far a dic prompt interference of Parliament. The state Of these three systems of law is scandalous. The mere feet of their separation into three systems, the mere fact that there should be a separate set of legal rules and a separate class of legal tribunals, for regulating the concerns, first of insolvent persons who are traders ;secondly, of insol vent persons who are not traders; and thirdly, of insolvent companies —this alone is a discredit to any jurisprudence which aspires to the praise of syste matic uniformity, or practical utility. Can any reason be assigned—any reason, we mean, ex cept the bad one of multiplying judicial offices in order to increase ministerial patronage—for not combining, in compliance with the wise sugges tion of Lord BROUGHAM, all these separate and too frequently conflicting jurisdictions under the management of a single court—or at all events under a single class of tribunals acting under one uniform act of legal rules, and upon one uniform procedure? Can any man—lay or legal—produce a single reason which would stand the test of ordinary com mon sense, why the law and practice of Insol vency should not be forthwith assimilated to that of Bankruptcy ?—or why jurisdiction in winding up companies should not be vested in the same tri bunal that is found capable of winding up indi viduals? The extent to which the grievance o' the existing Bankruptcy Law is felt by the trading community of this country may be judged of from the fact stated in the report of the superintending committee, that on this subject they have received communications from every single public body represented at the Conference, as well as from many private individuals. We have not space here to dwell in detail on the de fects in these ill-framed and worse administered laws as elaborately set forth in the able report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. These defects had long been notorious. They had been brought into prominent light by the evidence recently taken be fore committees of either House of Parliament. They were recently made the subject of a most masterly report by the Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham. The source of the whole evil appears to us to be traceable to this simple fact, that the whole system of our Bankruptcy administration appears to have been devised, not for the convenience of our traders, but for the profit of our lawyers. Courts, especially in the provinces, have been multiplied anneeessarily—salaries have been fixed at a most extravagant scale, as though for the very purpose of contriving snug sinecures for barristers disappointed of higher promotion. The procedure of the courts seems, in a similar manner, to have been framed with especial reference to the two-fold object of increasing to the utmost the emo luments of the officers and the fees of the prac titioners. The last thing thought of has been the interests of trade and the convenience of the Trader. The vast expenses of administration—the removal from the creditors of all effective control over the working of the estate—the unne cessary trouble given to them in the proof of debts and the receipt of dividends—the official formalism with which many operations of the court are unnecessarily encumbered—are the common sub jects of complaint with all business men who have been brought into practical contact with the working of the Bankruptcy Courts. There is another topic, which more particularly regards the Commissioners . . . themselves ; and that ie, the tao great leniency which, a. we have on more than one recent occasion pointed out, is apt to be shown by the court toenails fraudulent bankrupts. We shall take another opportunity of going into the details by whisk these grave charges are borne out. It is a matter on which silence on our part would be an abne gation of duty ; for the scandal and disgrace of the system have reached a height which calls for the most emphatic reprobation and the moat prompt amendment. On the present occsaion, we will commend to the attention of our readers only one single fact with reference to the cost of administering estates in Bankruptcy. When an estate is wound up by private arrangement out of court—i.e., by traders among them selves--the out side cost is a per centage offrom 10 to 15 per cent. on the assets ; when it is wound up in Bankruptcy— i.e., by the lawyers—the orernge recorded cost, for the six years ending in 18.52, as appears by the evi dence taken before the last Bankruptcy Commission, is 361 per cent., in addition to accountants charges and various other items not recorded, which would probably increase the actual average to more than 40 per cent. Surely if the amendment of such a sys tem of law es this was the only object of the Mer cantile Law Conference, it would not have been held in vain. How much greater is the need for it when even a grievance so gross and indefensible as that of the Bankruptcy Laws is but a single item in the list of evils which the mercantile community has at length roused itself to resist and resent! The nowt (lays the Timm) that a company of Ogres ark Miser is plead under order@ for Norfolk Lied, to min Y fonsiag • make setinseat, is. mistake. Me yeah win her leer giver hese mall fora is to be to the Palklarin to nylon the lowed gee* but oely Ar emlirry duty, sad set to ryes a aravlet alettliirsea. WI VACANCY ON TIM JUDICIAL RIOICIL-111* d a soccowor to Mr. Deno Aldrusa i lhe Court 4 we the torte 4 rusk erreerke sod ger- Lir amegit the henries in Westrirlir Milkyareig eireenen. It wee eseirmtly Meted by lerr a. :l . r= re•—ups• whet rstbratty wis an le be Mr. MEM Worry the lielithar-Oreesl, 411 .wmuss eggeirmat, rbe le drier 4 brig • lust 2 the gragfe lbw" vide riered le hewer wrest by the relberat dem die beard Myr The id ineerile mewl fhe herding to Mr. 121 rat Chard . wire to. bean greed ewer en may eserdsra whoa the greed to M • seeidir 4Me desedla The. asered ivouste 2 de rift Mr. leerig, M.P. fee teedies, who is mewled to Mta seri Inwrir, sad who lase given a Wady awl ri weraelx.segreet to Lord Peirretais goververat. Legal rare Mr. Airier M.P., Mr. 'Awl& Jems, ErM, g.C., ail ers ; but probity Wea riest Hell say be angeleed by a " stuff " gewarra (so in the ors of Mr. Julio Mlles) overriding the whole of the esperist condlifee.—Nwrit. Lad Agit, at the weekly meeting of the Society el Ann,W:l). AAMII4O:er a Y.R.IL, r tie chairthe We, OR the marhirry la tie War by Mr. J hugootor of X Aroofth WoolorloL Smo hit fur foopeommis tom bits la Ito mon =du of tiro ger dopotootot. Immo paled the r ia illeh r ue lls rZoti v ro rs:se•osstsse so b oLlt i lltro r oe; poomoillab gm melba to • 11W Maim floe owahei and =he Wrier of==. Tho i limplo diettems giU7 he eye aye .., gfoleg modit h to MAO aloud Cr; rem barsere. aid UTE realm d ..lone wi Gilboa Imo NAM of the = diet Ode boo ism mob to mkt smoode therragbly Mirk sad SW tar a w e. be Ti. rezer e =n wen rem eon new be mama with , tto kook illousione, ray owl gomitty of Ile pubs helm raft awning : ..re f 44 m. mink ma lbw die oat ot pediment to Mona to jai sm. Whoa Oho snood wain row te poops. oft nor plhood, goweemost sill be die to sogioho moldoos et tor la orail eimist peollooks so dill be mpg le the maim requimires d any arreerui tbay ary ism gsawary lo equip. Irmorato OPERATION or ROYMMULD DI THE WIIIIRT MAIM er.—A foe &breed hi yea la the gift bode that Barri r d n ee y =MOO puncheons of is y d , Edinburgh. As the rerrt wee agerlier In per=nsatle market, • ratkurn bt lesattr days 1 4 0 , • note to the bares as the arl be received • sorrow sots ia corm d per, Orly there was sot a &Wow of truth 2 the rumour Torii to.—Nortli Jrinai NUL VALLI MIMS s LONflitg Pena. rem mobbeeb bt. ellbelt u r. le bony ee Übise Jenne. Ye Wyse& el i Yer babe re yele• lbyV eses-ls be rimy, alb leelebble sad le be mei ea 6e or do. mida -00 . P.m 11l " Wri "L oanam Irv., is itzumma AID DIPABTIAL Aa yzeribby eye mr .4 Veer b leen b melee """." I : grAT 11151114 ALPOie. ✓allee Wee le beCLUDID..LL 0/7111111•11 ALTEIIIIII3IIIIeIe eysei limbereeb. see. lbeyeb y• sat by ems Si. Abe yne aye my . yeearoberarbe. Ws pier tee tr aeeeee vaq • yeyy Weibel., *Most foe bee a ftbraele ;edam en 11004 to uO. •I. arena eof leneeley ei tu ehe keplab et al ea eke. W. behereeny./.. bleibeemb..•• lea. 5 11. 4lebel `bp ebbed la e14.1.1ea. eger by 'bete/ OM el ...lead piles. V.. wilibber WC ye bele be areal bey web% ra47 lo reel, bl , 1. ye buret mid by babes le Nee** smut. lIALLT SRWS FORWAKDRD to as UOUN -11 TAT wi \Via MO POET. MU, ad pa p., papaw* la al. Ise=JOH3I M11011.,X. V mow Anon I 'tint. atrana'airell. airl Asent rilHk PUBLIC; and Ow TRADE, an rtletaded I. Ira Ow .0 be ol , Pe GAD MO O. SYl6$l:4O LC Pt IJA. loki J. 0111M1111 Wlmins Redimeol les Aim Domrleruees, Proidna. TI ARA NEWB LENT TO READ , treat s.e. .1..1 mat!: 1 at la pw wet; lel I w.”441 , ..27., , r Thin. N“ro Saansrd..s. PHI BIPMES.I.—The PUBLIC aad TRAUB "ZulDr,„ mg - M.116v ail I.lls rTV run •• E... 46. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1857. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE STATE OF NAPLES. The Paris Presse of last evening hoe the following: " NAPLES, JAN. 21. " The theatres are closed ; most of the cars and hotels, more than half of the printing-offices. and the greater part of the libraries arc also closed. The (ustom•housc is nearly deserted. Judge of the state in which we arc. The letter-boxes are shut, and every person wishing to post a letter must deliver it personally into the hands of a clerk. Since the explosion of the powder magazine and the arrest of Milano, more than 500 persons have been arrested, and of these certainly not more than 100 have been released." THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our advice* in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are Bombay, Jan. 2; Calcutta, Dee. 22; Madras, Dec. 2i ; and Hong Kong, Dec. 16. PERSIA. The Bombay Times of Jan. 2 gives the following operative of the capture of Buihire and other ope rations cm the part of oar fleet in the Persian Gulf: The island of Barrack, held by us from 1839 to 1841, had on the 4th been taken poression of and converted into • military depot. On the 6th the fleet moved down from opposite Borne to llallila Bay, where a body of three or four hundred of the many making their appearance, they were diverged by shells from the gun-boats. The troops were now permitted to disembark without any mo lestation. There being no carnage cattle, they were without tents or rare of say description, three days' ration. having been canted with them in Laverne:M. Forty-eight hours were required to get the whole body on shore sad in motion, when on the morning of tho 9th they corm mood their march northwards by the line of the coast, the ships of war led by the Admiral , keeping abreast of them, and am near the land se the depth of water permitted. By noon the old Portuguese fort of Burin, began to be approached. The position was naturally a strong one, the walla were good, and protected by • dry ditch forty feet dep. In front was a heavy redoubt scarped on the aide next the sea, and the other two were strong and well protected. The Amer was unable to approach within one thousand seven hun dred yards of the place, but at this distance her shells were so effective that the' bulk of the enemy Red, tarring eight hundred, who had been driven back by our advancing column., within the work, and who seemed determined to fight it out to the last. The garrison on our approach had at fret sallied out, and at one time needy attained personal of • gun. The vanguard, whn k had pushed too much a-bed, were compelled to make a rapid countermarch. Our troops seemed auras to make • desk, and unfortunately charged at the bayonet's point, escrilking valuslite lives that might have been spared bad the shelling been matinued. Brigadier Stopford fell leading at the 64th, shot through the heart, and pierced by many wounds ; while Lieuterata Utterson and Warren of the 20th were killed by his aide; Captain m . . 4 danger ously regraded ; about My men were killed or woonded. The enemy were without artillery, but defended themselves stoutly with their matchlocks; when driven to Right, they were charged down upon by the id Cavalry and hatfally maukd. Ikre Colonel Midst *lr4 shot through the heart by • wounded Anib, whom Its lmdjust ordered to hi weal Hero the troop bivouacked fir As sight on the bee pearl end under the open sky. Cepleda Is was new depteted into the tows with a fag of Owe In a mill Ammer meryieg the sommeme el essersler, and the Nemo yawed themeless. Tim imm-easilmtants and we hid permission to withdraw. Privatepaparlyefellis• eaten* wee to be protected, the fullest leheatima la amelftm• at Sam ineured, the garriam to be eared M rewash eat with el the honours of war. The GOVINSIR wen ON* to Ewa the imneeteg ley le given as ewer le the aeree myriad, hal the ittg et t 0.., VMS thud ea; led OK weals ler same this on the imiampties that this might poesibly have occurred I , om mistake, the envoy returned, hie mimics urecomplished. An apology was almost immediately shirwarth sent by the Governor on board the Reel, and the declaration of war of the Governor-Oenersl and letter ad hems proposed wen War mined by the imemager. liennieldls Omni balm hn . mind to the Aeboiral his bend= et wheatimg witkellthis troops on Buskin the fallowieg martin (10th Deamiler), and the fiat woe immediately disposed in order of hattle— fint dismantling the enemy's newly-erected certhweiba and then moving with a view of breaching the synth wall of the town. The tide was favourable, and se eager wee every one to close in, that maw was laid aground at high water, and daybreak Lund them 1 all ready to open oa the fort. A mead leg of trace, bow ging for twisty-Saar boon' farther delay, now made it. appeannee. The mem* wee at es. refund; and at eight the alpri le atop Tr *Me& and a storm et shot and shell at wee pored is The Meal* south el the town, where the gamey had seamoblel Y hese to testae our troops, was the didarmsl 1 atlestlen, end, asealth memeakte the eaemam aim* It wee epee* amok the Isiedire /*kW vI the wells. .he lib vs* ens mead the wale, taw dl biplanes was eilledmed le It by both mem mai Gamma NON, wet sherlag apes It alma It yr elaidessi Jest es 11 line mei kesal nee* thek smell ran were min% Ihe many sad pas with which the Isms ewes were worked earpret4 .11 empeeleelem, and the Iheelerela Fires., Victor* and Irendeatk were reyeettaly ulna loth I. hal mil *Ow ; iibuseb tell, net a area we beat By =ea the bads 'wee m 3 Wowed, and dr beep we pqrsdei Mot the smolt, who the leg eleltems elm* Alma la idea of eieeleise. Tie Governer sod hie Nit katalkady we eel eantaimel themeless, the genius. Item theaml See hmilmedl te two thawed Ia amber, W dean *dr as, sad et lour wish the Drltish lay wee babied ow the town, the Wage myysiesi le swim It Wain aershal le at era. • bap properties of the nobs we had led me we epperiei—aumbere were dreerd in etemptley . . . . to latayis. Alitot the. thousand in all were mid to haw podobod. Bisty•flre guns, many of them brats, out of Own in good condition, sad some of them of kw • lam with mat quontities of warlike stone and mod arms fell into our hands. Unless M Itoolios, not • eagle mishop Si any kind occurred Y anylaring the maritime capitol sad securing the whole kkb4bsfd si NM& ras fee aeon woo by • works tribe of Arlan. Ashur sprains heft thus for •kr bee bow& to a dung kr kw gawk to mark ma &kw up ikon boli-worbo orl adoorirmis jut umerkbovair Si rho tors. no prkumh Wog dbensed, auks& urged soma way Yu kr kink; el ebra Dared. Tlt Geramor d kW am et ilkirlos here bra brought to Bombay by dr Aeisa, who Munk Is the name. The trossports, essawhihn kr Wog nomad k wpm for the Illibirlistaca of o noel ay Si Wet Ivo err ko Irk at lig aka* in the SAL The Bombay Times goes on to state, that a fur ther force of 23,000 men ham been ordered to be got in readiness in India for dispatch, bringing the in vading army up to 30.000. By the the time it has amembled "we shall have at least 100,000 men, including camp followers, to feed in a country so destitute at supplies that everything for man and blast mast be lest from Bombay. Lieutenant Osamal gk Jamon Onkraim Illokkat at Lueknow, has ratursed before his ilk have was expired di hoot Eng m land, to assume swam Political and Military e. The Podia Observer stye:— no Morin troops year army of this Pisa dory boor too warmed tor ireardiato to la Ur 611, moortuos hors bre dm* Woo to Nom Ow Ms service. The hoop mkr war fon SI Moan Allem Poor& tor ttoPrealasheaser dots l/fl Ja H. Ws Ittli WO Dow= rod I. Pro Tikl will lam Imo no eh too d Ilhoo lf =l tow ionoolW; I w Psi the Mt OW 101 Partatit st AMMO, with 1 r Plil oar SI nob toot Ilksiopoos to Popes ; 1r larlootio Itek LOA Dorm. fon Wirt; oat Want et tirti &bit km*. iroV Slob ; Mew e Iletitaitsor N. L. N., from arbolloi NroPorts, ler to m : i r Mrow* to Nor Sow ► bias. • P insk liatoitos, to be I maimed of *JOS ompolosel dr id its. N. I. (tiro: solion), M. 6th, Bth, I Ith, 15th, 22n4, 26th, Imnome Beehmeto at Native Infantry, o to be fungi Major-General Stalker, commanding die theory field force, any., in his despatch totr= tory el the Government Political Deportment at 11.1 221 : 1 bor eeeecieny to mention the unwearied exertions and mbotio eY notiond to me, from the landing at Helbla Bp Is ih d Bashire, by my aseistant Adjutant Ord Cs Younglusband ; CaptainZ a lak Me ; m a j or H A c o • Commissary lag Engineer"; Captain Dunsterville, Amiatnnt C0M.... General ; and Dr. Mackenzie, the Superintending Surgeon. Bripdier Stopford and Lieutenant•Colonal Ilsiat died leading on their men in the nowt gallant atyle. Defiediar Moaner, commanding 2nd Infantrry Brigade • Lketemme. Woad Shopheard, who sureoidad to tie annomad of the let Infantry Brigade; LicutemnotsColonef Trevelyan, conulianding the Artillery Brigade; end Lieutenant-Colonel Tapp, commanding the Cavalry Brigade, have earned my warmest thank, fur the manner in which their arduous dunes have been carried; as also Captain Pottinger, Brigade Major of Artillery, whose exertion, were ionapicumia ; and my beat thanks are equally due to Major Sterling, ro H. M.'s 84th Regiment ; to Captain Macleod, who to the command of the 20th Regiment; to Lkozhagemi Colonel Ramsay, commanding 2nd Euro L. L; le Major Mansion, ennimanding 4th hides; to commanding god Retouch Battalion; to CaptZTagem m t axe ceded to La mend of the 3rd Light Cavalry_ ~ es Major Blake, th e 4th T roo p lI.A. ; to Colds Hatch, Light Field Battery ; to Capella No. 6 Light Field Bane • mil ke G i glei bbis tieirdkaz ma menmeoding the Sappers and I MVO dm every posiblo awsiatanee from say irasessmil Banter ; Major Ballard, Heed oleo Iseafernma ; Major Bo e, the Deputy Judge RJgby,who ha, acted se my Pendia = l.lr aillik al a lliw eillme C Art:O a t r = a 7ap. c. hda Iher i i: e d it. Rolland, Deemer Alfieri Quarter Omni; win Barr, P a and Lieutenant , Seirdoelemat Coo *Ewa Lord Biala, et OM Aim Guards; War, of the Pain Embrey ; end Mr. of the bilks Navy, dm ordered ma shit la** genun, SWIM thermion b my peeing Mal) em l to Mr. Jobademfe aui* et the a, with tieilit• wade. mg be Ima:Pllibma math indebted. exhefirSeing have soupwril the admirable ighl ithr de affirm awl men di emixd iv elie = mho Is ha hr Shdp te, mg, devotion, and the brayer Mba, _ _ (Signed) F. STA LIES, Major General, Commanding Expeditionary Field Rare. The Governor in Council, in publishing the despatches received from Major-General Stalker, C. 11., and Commander Jone s , observes that he feels must sincere pleasure in "drawing the attention of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India in Council to the gallantry displayed by Major General Stalker, C. 8., and Rear Admiral Sir 11. Lecke, K. 11., and by the officers and men under their command during these important opera tions. The Right H onora bl e th e Governor in Conn cil is pleased to direct that a royal salute be fired at noon this day (Dec. 27th), in honour of the capture of Itushire and the occupation of Karrack." The following official return of the killed and wounded lad been issued: POLITICAL DIITAIneWTT. Bombay, 30th December, 1856. With reammes be the Govemenent Mediation et the 27th instant, the sigihms et Bethke *the Britieh Forces an the 1111 th i ltZln HeermarlitelieGervernor I in Comma_ pi YAW% the Return, neigh bee - terbeggessatly b: h i i t Z I IZ. et le= end wounded of the PIM Fine tier Hie ememend of Major-General Stalk% Q. le., In the Wet ea Beads* 1 on the 9th inst., sad ales • Ham et dm Ordnente heed in the Fort Bushire cm its samender en the 10th lenient, By order of the Right Hosourable theGemenor in Council. H. L. A NDIUISON, lbeeserry in Goverment. Beethey Cagle, leth &ember, Md. eed T IleepStal. Nominal list alkali.'" end wounded of the field force under the commend at MelervOeseral Stalker, C. 8., during the attack of the Ahem et leshire. Fielrilestiel, ship Berndt, 9th December, 1856. 1/ AND NAMES. Staff—Brigade OW: Colonel Jame* Stopford, C. 8., killed. Artillery—. 43 rgarar George ltarrett, 3rd Troop, H. A. enth-woad Weer *he eer ; Sergeant Samuel lilepmen, 3rd Troop H. A., embody wounded near elbow -j oint; Pnrete the name fed Company, 2nd Li. A., slightly woundod on demi of M Ileitneene Let Cavalry.—Lieutenant Colonel Mold, Med; Private lee Sing, sth Troop, severely 3 sim• weenie on heeler region —since eked ; Item Sing, , W Troop, ,bight F, Yright inn ; Pears Sing, 2nd Troop, dan gersaaiy. in right hip end shoulder-joint. H. MN frith Regiment.—Corporsl Michael McDonald, slight), left thig h ; Privets Arthur Dogherty, mortally weeded in ebderaes—eise e deed ! Private Patrick McNa mee. mortally weeded, ha thigh—eince deed; Private bra melee* weranded, lift arm; Private Patrick Means, weroded, right thigh; Privet. Richard W nol "..641111'llLisft thi t gb Lie ; P ll A :l A L 'h t hn ry. M — akaad, Priveto Daly, biller bil led; Sergeant lenses Juckett, ervelle l Y weeledsll. hib ; lhrgeont rims Cooney, slaty wennini, rat t elk Id mei ; Ihnipsee Henry Hughes, orameely womb& Agee la deo; Indent WU-1 Ress wa uveretv wounded, above he dee; Winn, name severely wounded. him bit bors. v = felwriz a r , ; Private Jame WWI, sever* Vie Cerne=ar Rage* Morojkor, slightly, right t= a ; pride Lannon slightly , , m lea bay and con- plodsdsr_ ; Ovine 11 - 2 .. te . wunt, , ha tbigli;_ p Dam BY& bend at km; Miespltsl Bliseeles Cessidelielely wooded, eagle li m a s p i . Ma litififfaik N.l.—LleMenant Uttemon, mortally wended —in dead ; liniment Wines, mortall wommted—abses died ; denim Weed, eeveroly w ; %lobe Men Er Ili Yabearad MerK slightly, ea leg ; it=sal Maar, snot*, hi thumb ; private Min eseemig, bit leg--ampreseel; Private OinCemer, Inerieswe ef both hoses right leg above uncle; pi vots CfalesOeie . der,sligittly, left tide of forehead; pirate Bisheilloimmelp, wan; private Del Laid, severely, rielnlty gni dim_ MM. Ind Abel& 1/Weretien.—Nalque Inman Buz, killed; Miles leramg Ike, killed. J. MACK VIII; Superintending Surgeon, Field Forts. amp near Emigre, Dec. 11,1858. CHINA. The advice, from Hong Kong by the lut Over Mail extended to Nov. 24. They brought in telligence, it will be remembered, of the demolition shin Barrier Forte by the Americans. The present aid brings the news down to the 16th of December. The general summary of the Overland Friend of Chine, of Dec. 15, is as follows : "The mail packet Norna, with London dates to the 10th of October, reached Hong Kong on the Ist instant-62 days over all. " We have no change in the temper of the Chinese Government to report. Ych, backed by the gentry and people, is as obdurate as ever; he will make no sign; and nothing but the extremeat measure@ can now produce the result desired. Until we have more men, however, little can be effected. Not until the heights, the city, and the suburbs, are entirely under our command—and traversed by our soldier—will the Cantonese be satisfied of • their inability to maintain the unsociable position they have so long contended for. A couple more regi ments and some field pieces would be sufficient " The only event of importance since the des patch, on the 25th ultimo, via Calcutta, of the record of the ten preceding days, has been the capture and demolition of the French Folly Fort, with a lose on our side of one marine private, shot through the body by en iron arrow. The destruc tion of the fort was most complete ; and the ra pidity with which it was performed Trost have had an astonishing sleet on the Chinese mind. In each of seventeen mines a hundred pounds of powder were bade& and at the hour of high noon the whole wee exploded—to leaving hardly one stone square open smother. Our gallant Mathes in arms, the Americans, have been Ices succeed in their operations on the Barrier Forts —the indiscreet w of a crowbar on a charged mine sending three to eternity at ono', and wound ing half a dome others who were standing by. ifeeerthehes, they, too, have well performed the woe* of Amismoden I if it can be thought well to destroy forts (the two southernmost especially) that might have been gaily held, and would have proved awful. "The destruction of a village where a sailor and a marine of ours were waylaid and murdered, and the death of Captain Cowper, RE., Acting Surveyor General, Hong Kong, by the fall of a house upon him, are also among the notablia of the period. An extra to the Hong Kong Register, of Dec. 16, details the destruction of the factories at Canton. "On Sunday night, the 14th inst., at 11 o'clock, the factories to the west of British Factory were act on fire in six places, and when the steamer Lily left on Monday at 4 p.m., the destruction was complete, with the exception of two houses facing the American Garden, now or lately in the occupation of Messrs. Russell & Co., but as all behind were burning they were expected to go also. The house built at the bottom of Hog lane for a parsonage, was blown up to prevent the flames spreading to the houses in the British Factory —but our informant seemed to doubt if it would be attended with success. We have no further par ticulars. "During the conflagration the Dutch Folly Fort was throwing shells and rockets into the city. No attack was made—the Chinese contenting themselves with burning the empty houses, by which their own people will be the greatest sufferers. " Since writing the above, we have dates two hours later to 6 p.m. yesterday. By them we learn that the Oriental Bank was at that time in full blaze—the Agra and Mercantile Bank,' burned down—the Consulate still standing, but expected to go, with all the remaining buildings in the factories. The fire commenced behind the premises of Messrs. Dent and Co., and all the houses fronting the Ame rican Gardens, except those of Russell and Co. and Wetmore and Co., burned; the two last named were saved for the time. " We are sorry to learn that the fire has been ac companied with loss of life, Mr. 0. T. Lane, of the Consulate, having been killed by the blowing up the parsonage, and Dr. Winchester, Vice-Consul, slightly bruised." An extra of the China Mail of the same date maps: Hong Hong, 16th December, 1866. The Factories have been burnt down by the Chirac; and the only particulars we have ascertained are, that At 10.30 or II o'clock on Sunday night, the besting of torn tools sounded the elan., and instantly the fames burst out in every direction. Vigorous efforts were made by the seamen and marines to stop their progress, bat all such attempts were fruitless, and the fire raged throughout the night and up to the time of the steamer kering. Dent and Co.'s pro. mimes were about the first to go, and the whole of the Paenahun Hong, the Imperial, French, Minquia &Ske— an the bongs Indeed—are deotroyed, the only bones untouched when the steamer left being the British Con- I sulate, Augustine Heard and Co.'s, and Jardine, Ma theson, and Co.'s, Turner and Co.'s, and one or two other* in the New English Ifong ; Burrell and Co.'s in the Swedish Hong; and whether they could ultimately recape the fate of the others warn very doubtful. The three Banks—the Oriental, Agra, and Mercantile—wen on fire, with no hopes whatever of raring them ; and Admiral Seymour had with drawn his man into the Or d en, the only range left for foreigners. Only one fatal accident is known to have armed. Mr. Odious* T. Lane, nephew of Sir John Bowing, having been killed—crushed by the falling of a wall at Fletcher and Co.'s house, which was blown up by our people. Dr. Winchester, the acting Vice-Conant, was with him, but received only some slight bruises What kepis the Admiral means to take are of course unknown, but there is little doubt that the city of Canton will be nu longer spared, and the discharge of rocket, and shells is said already to have commenced. - - An account of the occurrences at Canton, as related above, also appears in an extra of the Orerland Friend of China. Another account says : About half-past eleven o'clock last night (the 15th), Admits! Seymour, looking out of his bedroom window, saw some Chinese with flambeaux and fire-bath setting fire to the remains of the Chinese houses in Thirteen end Factory-street, in rear of Memos. Dent & Co's. A light south wind was blowing at the time, and the flames soon crowded to windward into New Chinese-street —the want of water, tide being low, rendering it quite im pomible to put a step to them. By daylight the Aro was at its height, approaching the ruins of Hog-lane. At ten o'clock it was determined to blow up the Parsonage Houses, In order to keep the fire from the British Fac tories—the windows of the Oriental Bank and Messrs. Holiday, Wise & Co.'., notwithstanding, being kept in a "char,' only by the constant pouring on of water—the hoseably directed by the Honourable Captain Cochrane and Captain Hell. The Lily haves at three, and will report the fire as having consumed everything west Of the British Factorica, as far as One or Two-streets beyond Movrqua street, my from Hog-lane to the lately pulled down Transit Duty lower home—excepting only the front parts of Mews. Rama & Co.'s house, and of Mr. Fischer's, together with the Club Howe, and the house in Teh-hing-kie lately occu pied by Manors. Angier & Albumen. To the above we have to add that when the postal stunt Thistle lefL every factory was more or less in Hamm, and sally, Mr. Otherne T. Lane, Second Assistant in the Idle Consulate had Just met hie death by the fail of begins on him The Strait Times and Singapore Journal, of Dec. 23, states that its latest schices from Canton mention that "the British acre pouring shot and shell into the city, which place, it was expected, would be completely destroyed in a few days. The following Circular had beam issued by Consul Parkes : (Ctacrt.tx.) British Commie* Canton, 30th Novaseer, 1836. In order to guard apart or .anal terimerms impres sions that may be mitareileed as Ile Ike rempresibility of her Majesty's Navel sothcellim sr hr Os safety of furniture, or other ereverek menthers of MI. community In their Moms.* ht Immo instances they have theta mei Whet without pladag as agent of their own la drain drArdarsigned has to welts to the British einemmily that s hm* it trill be the Int cars et Bin Espll..sy lki Nod Clumestier-in-Cidef le de all ha his power gar guanad pralletka at dr Tarsatta, with. Ids Ezedime , sr dr ardratigand as is say way aagermbe as mars dr Whey or pals, Minrillim or pthvis allberi the abeam of Oa owners If their snark s he h at their earmad kakis. largely radled at by ether mabers of the community kr rarisdiag drlr property, if they think it is expoited to risk, W pm el undoubted eteerity. HAM S. rasa^ U. B. IL's Card Othdaling at Canton. To the British C.r•.ilyaß 010106. Th. Chino irweT mays We boar this It of ow WHIM amsremre d the present tendition Cerra Tab, le atm% re beam con ceded*, Aire Oldie troops erne* Ishered through the senerdleg semstry, end ere of Ihe direr dun wire the pram' he,. bra rialmeni has bear WMiaailLorowliu by derma of leer the three woes Ow abide of Sin kyr drying, d'id-ifles. smd he,. snared fieffs ly. gorse fifty twee Ma AMNON re odd es have her relied and burned; Or himilients terseteed eith er dierietion of age se en; sad it Is Art seer /0.000 people hen bees turned out c7= ✓d bum Miry are said to bar remelted Meer, tad nor seen this hint *Wag dee Armee for Mires sempillsellem, theme to be Hide de be of err Ern Ire The reef, freirei us y ik il iks eletire. is month= reap deleiledoe Ike ea the ape of the traria milleid Is awed At Roh rer, the user ree wee mart the der end the lien-hr styled rade of ODOM, were in prowndon of the city. What the title of dude body may be, if they have sworned any, ia not known. AIIIITALL—Dec. 15, liereirs, $ll Am Li 1, 6th Atria • Brot Stabio.lin Amer kit Wend, Zth November tobr•S i a Math C Tank% Been &Maya, Lt Oc tober ; Siamese Cr own, V Barstow, 12th December. DIPARTCREE.—Dec. 16, Mentmlii, for Bangkok; 12, Cor nelia, for Singapore; 15, Rai* for Singapore; 12, Acacia, for Manila ; 16, Bushire Merchant, for Macao; 15, Noma. str, for P. de Dane, at 12 p.m. Mesas. Roband, Lloyd's agents at Marseilles, have received a dispatch dated Manilla, l)ec. 9, stating that the British barque Coromandel, Captain Savage, has been lost in the China S. CHINA MARKETS. EXCHANGE AND EULLION.—Haag Lag Des. 19: Oriental Bank Corpteation on Lawton et in woothit 4, 71. On India, 2148 a Gold, ontolosL Cars Orr, ao• Masi. Duty eyme, asseri. Other Me in Lars at ▪ months' eight, 4, Bto 4, N. On lar, US U. Shangtme, Deo. 6: On Limits, 7, 0. Iris Mir rye tight, 326 Re. Drafta on Conlon and Hong ILoot, 22.0 cent. diwount. Manilla, Nov. 21 : On eight, 441; 80 day.' Bight, 4, W i t Ikeda mil Hoeg Kong, 16 per cent. prods. On_Amags to 20 per mat prams. Sitter, mime, end South American, nachoggetl, 13 pot or prism ()num.—Hung Kong, 13th Deconbm, Peens, 488401 e. ; Hamm 440 dole.; Matas, 8221 doh Nom% na Itootoo• Ur, INMa, 438 tole. ; Biomes, 462 dein Cora, r Market. BkentOse, 6th Decembse, Maws, 302 dr. ; Patna, NM dole. EMMET' AND Torrz.—Crtm, wow lENDEOSII 60 1. sdon, St. 10s. to N. ear tat, and 61. to 6L kw ilk. To New Tat, p 7 doh Jew 40 het. Mud& to London, L. 10e.; , 3/ 10e. To United :t ig ' To Anstmlis (.11 Mortared). fir ' 8 dole. to I INDIA. The Governors of the l'resideneica are at their respective seats of administration. The Madras Atlirwrunt saysT . " 1)oat Mahomed, amording to the latest accounts, was expected at Peslutsrur on the Intl. of the current month to con fer with the Chief Cornmisioner of t hel' un jab on the present aspect of affairs. In the Punjab it is generally believed that a large army will be 'concentrated, within the next three months, at Peshawar, but whether the force is merely intended for the protection of British interests in the evnt of 'accidents' or for active operations, is of course not. known." The Bombay Times mentions a rumour that a re. quisition for troops had been addressed by Admiral Seymour to the Governor-General, but thinks " there is little possibility of their being furnished from India." Sir Henry Leeke had returned to Bombay, in the Assayk, bringing with him gate prisoners, viz.:_ The Governor of Buahire, the Commander of the Garrison, and the Minister of War. " Our import market," says the Bombay Times, " is in a satisfactory state, and business his been done to a fair extent. The money market has be. come still tighter, and the banks hate again raised their rates of interest; government securities have experienced a further decline; and freights have advanced." AUSTRALIA. TRAGEDY IN 11. M.'s 4ftu REGIMENT. We have received Melbourne papers to the 31st October, and we regret that on this occasion the prominent topic is not the gold, or the advancing prosperity of the colony, but an incident which has occurred in H. M.'s 40th Regiment. The circumstances of the tragedy arc these:— " His Excellency the Acting Governor held the usual half-yearly inspection of the troops in garrison yes terday at the Prince's Bridge barracks, when the 40th Regiment was paraded, and went through various evolutions. The inspection being over, the officers retired to their quarters, and Ensign Pennefather, with others, engaged in &mi. liar and friendly conversation. Shortly after wards, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Ensign Penne father rushed out of his room with a six-barrelled revolver in his hand, and meeting, just as he got outside of the house, Ensign Keith, he presented the pistol and fired at him. The ball passed through Ensign Keith's cheek, and came out at the back of the neck. At this time Dr. M'Cauley was seated in an arm chair on the grass in front of his quarters, reading. In conse quence of the accident which he met with a few weeks since, by falling from the gallery upon the vestibule of the Theatre Royal, the doctor was an invalid, and his crutch lay by his aide. After firing at Ensign Keith, Pennefather ran to where Dr. M'Cauley was sitting, and placing the pistol on the doctor's mouth, be fired, and the ball passed out at the back of his neck. Pennefather then looked round as if anxious to find some one else to shoot, when Ensign Lucas ran forward to wrest the pistol from him. On seeing him approach Pennefather fired, and shot him in the jaw. With a manaical'llit,ha!' the wretched man then placed the pistol to his own head and fired, the ball entering his right temple. Such, as near u we can learn, are the brief but shocking incidents of this distraising affair. Dr. M'Cauley is dead. Several persons ran to him immediately after he was shot : he was still sitting in has chair, but life was extinct. Ensign Lucas is severely, and Ensign Keith dangerously wound ed, but both are expected to recover. Of Ensign Pennefather there is no hope. By making incisions the ball and piece of skull have been removed, but the injuries are of too serious a nature to allow of a belief that the unfortunate cause of the tragedy can survive. The commission of so frightful an act can only be attributed to a fit of insanity. For the last three weeks Ensign Pennefather had been on the sick list, and it was generally believed that his mind was affected. Only a few days since Dr. M'Cauley is reported to have said to Pennefather, in a half joking way, that if he didn't mend he should have to send him to the Yarra Bend. Whether the frenzy was provoked by any temporary cause, we have not been able to ascertain ; but in the absence of any such, the fit was probably owing to the sudden change in the weather and the excitement of the review. Poor Dr. M'Cauley died in his chair, after one or two ineffectual attempts to speak or respire. As might be anticipated the wretched maniac was dead before midnight ; and subsequently an inquest was held on the bodies of Dr. M'Cauley sad Ensign Pennefather. The evidence was conclu sive as to the insanity of the poor young man." The following notice of the affair in the summary of the Melbourne Herald, gives some additional particulars. We are glad to announce that both Ensigns Lucas and Veith are expected to mover: Pennefather, who had been on the sick list for same 'd rys, and was absent from the impaction, se& dimly entered Ensign Veith's room with a revolver. Mr. Veith asked him whom be was , going to shoot; ant he replied, " Wait until Lucas; ' another ensign in the regiment, "comes in." Immediately afterwards fa levelled the pistol at Mr. Veitch and gad, the shot Whig effect in the lower part of the face of the latter and naming at the neck. Mr. Pennefather then rushed through to the back of the house, and meeting Ensign Lucas, tired at him and wounded him severely, also in the jaw and neck. The unhappy maniac then rolled out, " Now for M'Cauley l" the assistant surgeon of the regi ment, and running round to where that gentle men, who had only • short time previously sustained severe injuries by falling out of the window of the Royal Hotel., was sitting in an easy chair, shot him dead. He then looked round as if in search of another victim, and then uttering • wild laugh, discharged the pistol at his own heed, the contents of the barrel passing through the brain and shattering the skull. The unhappy man lingered for nine hours and thane:spired. A coroner s inquest was held the neat day, and • voile!, declaring that Ensign Pennefather had committed the radii act under temporary insanity, was is turned. K ireninind at the inquest to lead to the fuselage' NU like dub were done while the_perpetrator VMS Ole ribose of Ls proper reason. The remains of both smalsemon wee hatened on the folloaawg FridayJ with the relesevasees. Ronne Veith and Lucas are new pas ieelag favourably to recovery. The nate paper contains the details of another act of Titian*. A number of convicts, headed by a desperado named Mitchell, made an attempt to escape from Port Phillip Harbour in brad daylight. They killed two of their keepers, in the attempt—were themselves fired upon by the guard-ship, and one of their number was lulled. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against nine convicts, the whole of whom will probably be hanged. T he two leaders were undergoing sen tences of thirty-two and twenty-two years respec tively, so that they must have been criminals of the deepest dye. Sergeant M'Sally, of the police, has been shot dead, by a desperado called " Gipsy Smith," who was subsequently eaptared. The wife of a police constable, in a fit of insanity, had murdered both her children. EABTEMI7AKIE AT LYONEL—The Salut Public of Lyons, of the Nth inetant, spiels in the followleg arm of shooks of swelipsoke felt in that town, of which the Omarirr dp=lehea se eisties —During: the whole of yeleraty a salts* areesweestion in our town was a shook el white was Mt at Lyons at twenty-five admen pli s i nV e la same "martens that shook was soak wow por ffs this In aims. At Sesiteans, for imlnonik m = la demo seethed the beans, it anda awl Ins mie soma that senssms whines* Milli Tees Sams Itsm their shake the eseillation of the ME . ma slime& was rii sour mow *en ern. The lest sect was pranced is; a t the Mid U. assupied by the in-patient% Ms situ! Iselal ad awe than three or four mecca&