The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

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Ina. (7. No rrrot•r.rorr. AI.I:ITEit to the PAItLI.INIENT.IItY ELEC- Io", ti.,•14. Ai 4 o. i 111 t.‘:louttrt.i) 1..11,1*. Price `...1. ACV Niol!i orits.! , lMl'.. !•i'm lA. IlliN-I.‘ii•M 1..1 I•LlfritrlCA7'loN. by Josbr sr UAItDIATOM. rfic- -, .1 i. 8r:.1 . !•,:t. R. C.rmoo SArro. Translated from the French. 1,, owl. fs.fat.e.crh. .1 1 ` 4 .'t!" ImMl•k!!!!•.P.r.ke.?"-In Ting. QT. Th. NSTAN' ‘ ltun'iE DEVIC . The True iitendui tem t! HIPHSE.4IIOI: be sin- a Aare ep..ike 4 i remit IT. illeetrati gie by Owns ekattaiu&sx, J. Tito.ll 81, tiretatr et, Lowlts. A COMPLETAI:ODY OV to ex se,..okt. -- .1;;4:,:ik41 - , - rourg,a, vow tr.. GitAZl6ll.; or, nuiners' and Kelt. e . Afeb A tobt. t ~,,,peuature nu 140,1,y. ay 13 %. Authue t e. The Meer," Cattle," ne,' Ylwar .•/..1 with oum. /Au up. Itu• n re tut axed awl wee, r,wrlttee by 74. A. Yountt tad ...bumr.a. It L. replete wi h lawful en I ',emetic:Al inhattut. hew avl /1.-y di waitioeut Naught d,wn to the verses' requite stub ANA/vat/lats./1 triet.. Lest ea: tbuttack es 4 Co., 43, Paterneeter-rovir. SPORTING. WOLTEIULIIMPTON STEEPLECIIASES. lIANIoIcAP SwitrsrAtros of 20 soTs.caek, &c., 10 ft sod 0.0. if declared, with 100 added, the occonit to save kis • tike. Four mile*. (2.1 subs, 12 of whom declared.) Ilstop•kdi f m, Net Sto Sky, a.) 1 111.11..1 1. 7. ' agad. *tad , ......... (Saar) (Lin. STAkrlB of 5 KT. each, With 20 odd. d. Arco miles. (C subs). Mr. 11. lemma's Wi•linv Madder, I yes (301.). 114 (lentlse 11.1144's Galante aped (201.), lint II lb (13nyee 2 Me J. ll.e.4.svi's Inderiek Jerome, aged. 11471 b (Baehr,' 0 ler. SAr oliver,med, 104 146 (644 Mater 0 FILE HANDICAP (HUUDI.F.-}iCE) of 5 1013 each, and 40 cd4ld. Twice ruunitl and a dis : (12 nubs). . W, 1.) .g, I ,rs, gat (Mite) 1 lan law T. Peter, 11•4 910 (Ta.l,er) Mr. Cta.ntngh au al L.V.. Q ,S yr., 1044 ( l ,6obyi 3 fle following aka ran: Gogh. Baroness, Cirmsby, Alea cedar, Ti..ll)ho, GOvenna, and Warwick. UNIVERSITY AND CIMIUCAL. ONToND.—ENOTassultalliP OP POLITICAL ECONOMY. —Mr. harry, of flue-n's Colle;e, has withdrawn from competition for the nest vacancy in this offlee. '1 he ten ted will now lie &Awe. o Mr. Charles Neate, Fellow of Oriel • Mr. llobert Lowe, Lite Fellow of M igdalat ; and Mr. U. K. Rickards, late Mich. I Fellow of Queen's Col lo re, awl formerly Scholar of Trinity. The candidates are ramoh.mm of the bar. The present prof.s...C. term of POW.• mid expire in March next. The appo:ntr.leat is in the members Convocation. . Ct746HIIM)E. DEC. Ilk—At a congregation holden Coe following degrees were conferred :—M.A. : Wiliam Hint 'Frini; y Cofkge ; Warren Burrows ling in'., College ; TaylJr White, Emntlaucl College. S J. Easey Saw: Colkge ; Jonath.ut • WO:follow, St. John's CoUege. At VI- mews etn.preitutitl tho following graces were 41 the ...Late :-1. To authorise the A ice-Chaneellnr t a seer. io his own name, the queries of the royal rum respecting the revenues of the I:nivetaity. 2. To ant!-.arise the syndics of the press to return such , an seers u. th, y may think tit U the queries addressed to them by the n Sul commusioni re. 3. To extend the powers of the King *College eumniulii‘tation syndicate, appointed by grew of the meaty on the ttrith ult., and to authorise them to consider and report upon the grace offered to the senate oath: 21th of October lust. [The terms of the ;trace offered to C.t sei l at, on th e 2.9 th of October last, and here alluded I •..yr To dispense w itti the previous examination in the ca.., of any Fellow of King's College who, having been to that society preciously to May I, Veil, may be r.a.snuss of submitting himself to the other examinations ideally required fur the degree of B.A."' 1. To confer the o. doctor in divinity, by royal mandate, on ltichard I of St. John's College. The first two graces were nan-placeted ; the voting was as follows :—\o. 1. 12.alsh—al House: plarets, :t8; r,on•placels, 29. White. laud 11. use plaects, 19 ; non-pi:net*, 15. No. 2. Mark hoed Hoeft : litacirts, 30 ; non-pixels, 17. Whitchood Meuse : no division. These graces excited considerable in hr,..t. The others passed without opposition. Monal. Metexcza Mums, 1852.—The examination for Cie Moral Sciences Tripoli will begin on Monday, Feb. 9, at line o'clock a.m., in the Senate-house. The order of the exasaiii.dion will be as follow.: Monday, Morui rhilneophe ; Modern history and rolitical Economy ; Wed %twlay, Uenoral Jurisprudence and Laws of kngland ; Tkandar, Mixed Questions. PITS 110 L %lON Ir.—There will be an examination of racilidates for the scholarship upon this foundation, lately holden by Charles llrodrick Scott, M.A., of Trinity Col emniatocing on the 3rd of February, 1852. Plitt' Eli ,ILNIS. Rev. Evelyn Doothby, to Wb;twell rectory, Derbyshire, Use owl ra...tenct..• patron. Duke l'ortlan.l. t• Jura gdward thaton, to &SPOOR rectory, Leiccs ter.Lire, vales 4041., with rcsialonee ; patrons, Qusens' enaboidge. WT. A. Dudgeon, to the Ohl Church curacy, Maccles h.t.l. - - Itts. John Edmund, to Kyloc perNtual curacy, North nralk.rland, Woo U 1. ; patrons, Dean and Chaptcr of Lytham. _ _........ Rev. Edward Charles Evanp, to Elton perpetual curacy, ileufwashire, value ; patrons, Governors of Lucian Itqaoat - - Ref. John Gibson, to Mitemleswick perpetual curacy, Barham, value 931., with residence; patrons, Dean and (1 1, 1 1ter of Durham. Arc 4. Mansfield, to St. Peter's perpetual caner, Saf fron-kill. London, value 200 f. ; patron, the Vicar of St. An drew, 11.4boru. ,Ser. St. John Mitchell, to Pentney perpetual curacy, ' lollo lk, TAlav MM.; patron, Rev. It. llawkinson, Bev. Thomu Charles Price, to St. Augustine vicarage, Bristol, value 3151. ; patrons, Dean and Chapter of Bristol. lies. Itohcrt Saunders, to be precentor and sacrist of I Voreestsr Cathedral ; pa trons, Dean and Chapter of War- tester. Rev. William Dcwe, to Werbread vicarage,Sufielk, value 10 2'.; anti residence ; pateon,'Rev. J. Dew% %%teasel's. , T .l.terousna.—Eyeiesburv, Hants, diocese Ely ; valu e 16 w, with resid ence ; p a tr on , E ar l o f Sandwich ; Rev. . Pa;raer, deceased. lliuderwell to Rortry Curacy, county and archdiocese of York; value a 901., and residence; patron, R. Barry, Esq.; WT. R. Barry, promoted. I.Linvaebes, Monmouthshire, diocese Llandalf ; value 151 !.; patron, Sir C. Morgan ; RCT. T. Morgan, D.D. de eewed. ~Spetishury w Charlton-Marshall Curacy, Dorset, diocese " 4 "burY ; vahic 517/., with residence ; patron, R. Pryor, E -j.; Itiv. R. V. Pryor, deceased. PL‘rtTUNL CeseAcssa . —Brown-Edge, Staffordshire, &acne Lichfield; value 100/.; patron, Bishop of Lichfield; Rev. St. John Mitchell, promoted. Culg2ith, Cumberland, diocese Carlisle; value 801.; patron, the Vi car o f Ki r kl an d ; R ey. R . Keen, d ecease d. sliTirell. Yorkshire, diocese Ripon; value 100/. ; patron, the Vicar of Thomer ; Rev. Hathaway , seceded. Talley, Cannartheashire diocese St. David's; value ; patron Rev. W . ; Rey. T. litagZe. dwased. • Ttt 47xlint(_&t' VICARIME.—COMI% 00d, Devon, diocese Exeter; value 401/., with residence; patron, Bishop of Exeter; Bev. 11. G. Adams, deceased. CANONI/T.—Welton-Painshall, in the Cath-dral of Lie coln value Gl. • patron, Bishop of Li nco l n; R ev. W. Palmer, act-eased. CHARGES AGAINST A CLERGYM,LN.-COM- MISSION OF INQUIRY. The conduct of the Rev. henry Nathan, rector of Jordanstown, in Pembmktshire, has been a source of much animadversion, and certain ch arges have ken preferred against him, Which have been inquired into by a commis sion consi,ting of the following clergymen : The Rev. J. Evans, of Llanlyaidy ; Rev. George Harries, of LAterston; Rev. Thomas Watts, of Haverfordwest ; and the Rev. J. P. Williams, of Whitchurch. The Rev. J. Evans presided, and the commission sat at the Town-hall, Fishguar.l. The charges were, that the rev. gentleman had been repeatedly intoxicated within the last two years, to the scandal of his profession and religion ; and it was farther alleged that he hid, on several occasions, used indr•cent and abusive lan guage, unbecoming his office. Mr. Nathan was present, and denied the allegation. The first witness in support of the charges was Thomas James, who lived at the parsonage of Jordanston, as tenant under the defendant front year to oar. Last spring he saw Mr. Nathan sitting by his fin:snit.. lie said lie had been devilish ill, and aopearsel as though lie had It,. a drinkiug spirits. He often swore, and witness had no ste , l him to bed drunk. Heard hint say that he would 'hoot Mr. Richardson, the party who had served him with a notice from the bishop to have Fisheuard church. Another witness, named 1) James, living at Rendre vach, in the sau te p ar i s h, d epose d that he wtut to the de fendant's house to collect poor-rat..., when the rev. gentle man came in and swore at the witness; asked flint what Ip, was &dug is the bow with his (Mr. Nathan's) wit', mid,' taking up a knife, threatened to kill witness, who went out, followsd by the defendant, to the gate, with the knife in big hard. CIIAILAINCY.—To the British Residents at Canton; Rev. C. J. W. Barton, deceased. MARTERSHIVA. Lanem.ter Royal Grammsr School ; Second Mdcterdlip at First A.—istant Mastcrship ;to he graduate.; of Oxford or Cambridge; application before De cember 17. stourh;idge Grammar School, Woreester*hirc ; Under 3...4stership ; sa:Ary 9a, residence, and a bonus; testi monials before December 20. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—PitoFESSOR OWEN'S LECTURE. Yesterday evening, the Theatre of the Society of Arts was excessively crowded, to hear l'rofisamor Owen lecture on " The raw animal and vegetable products used in manufactures." The learned Proteesor directed his attention on this occasion exchi , ively to the animal products, as exhibited iu the Crystal Pei tee. After a modest dis claimer of arty especial knowledge of raw materials as applied to manstiecturee, anal a passing compliment to the concep tion of the Great Exhibition, the learntd professor pro ceeded to i.ive precedence to wool, as the most important of animal products used in manufectaarta. His well instructed hearers hardly retpaired to he told that it was a all= " 8:114 1 e l da lrall Nature It Lei eh teprocide iha d for the of the hair a most ingenious machinery, consisting of the bulb and the capsule, through a hich the animal secretions were gradually matured into wool. Ilavine explained the anatomical construction of wool and heir, by the aid of large diserams, the lecturer noticed the fact that the are of sheea occupied a greater number of the human race than tall other oceans none put t arther. From the depths of Central Asia to the newest stet s of America, the pastoral life was followea, so that, judging by the number of h uman b e i ngs employed in its cultivation, wool was the most important of ail the animal products used in manufactures. NI ithreepeet to the origin el the Ovine race, the l'...heontographimil Society had negatively a , eertained that they did not exist in the plies woe period. end therefore it might re asenably be concluded that they wets tally coeval with man. They were not ori ginally natives of Europe, but were brought over by the Asiatic tr:bcs in their migrations ; but both in Asia and in Enrope they were mentioned by the more ancient sacred and profane writers. Herodotus 'poke of the rat, and Steals, of the wool derived horn sheep, and the Bible was Ina of pastoral allusions. The classical author, of Greece and Home described the sheep of North Africa, of Lybia, and of the country which now was Ciressesia. They passed across the Eumne sea into Greece where Homer celebrated the ducks of Thrace and Themaly, and in Green, was situated the famed Arcadia, the abode of l'an, the pastoral paradise of the poets. Sheep were next found in Spain, then in Italy, and lastly iu Germany mid Gaul, where Caesar fauna Pe:curia ma nos nioneros and the various processes for improving the staple of the wool. Mogen(' spoke of the method of clothing the sheep as 'hie., to preserve the fleece. and a curicas illustration of the value of that prnccs was afforded at the late Exhibition. (Beer, hear.) The most successful exhibitors were the Austrians, next Saxony, then Silesia, and then the Zollverein. The American wools were distinguish, al, and next to them came the Itu.nd an. Spain exhibited her merinos rs good as they . were a century ago, but without any of the recent maprovemeras. The French had shown them selves must ingenious in producing a stew wool of unusually silky texture, and so valuable had the jury thought the improvement that they wearied the council medal to the exhibitor of the nuselty. The climate of England was unfavourable to the tine descriptions of wools, and consequently we drew on Australasia, Tannania, and the Cape for the greater part of our supply. The feet was that our immense population made it necessary that the English farmer should direct his attention principally to mutton, not wool. (Hear, bear.) Next to wool CUM the specimens of hair and bristles, principally from Russia, and from thence the transition was easy to whalebone, an al :unsinous tissue, nearly akin to hair. The learnea pro feesor again had recourse to his diagrams, nod elaboretcly explained 'ho mode in which the baleirie plates were formed, and their use to the whale in the e epture of mod lases mad ermine', and subsequently to man in the fabri cation of various articles. But while man lan tanaal to attack the great monster of the deep for the purposes of commerce, even the smallest insect dial not escape his enterprise and cuniatity. Silk of the most valuable kind was obtained from the larva, of the Chiaese moth, and had been long imported into Europe, before the introduction of the silk worm into that poet of the world There was no mention of silk 0111014 the Ile brews; lacked, the first regular account of it was to be found in that must extraordinary book the Hietoria Animalie Si Aristotle, in which he described the custom of rearing the cocoons, as practised in the Island of Cos. Basil found in the trancormations of tic ill: worm an ingenious argument for the remrreetian, and Galen recommended the use of silk for tying up the blood.vesscls. Various other notices of it were scattered among ancient authors, and it was well known that from the earliest times it had b u used in the costumes, civil and military, of the Chi nese. According to l'rocopius it was first introduced into Europe in the rein of Justinian, by too Nestorian monks who brought a few eggs to Constantino plc. Fur six centuries the culture of the silkworm was confined to the Greeks of the lower empire, and iu the twelfth it was carried to Palermo, anal thole,: to France, Spain, and Italy. In the late Exhibition, the French had receive al the council med al for raw silk. Another, and the most beautiful of raw animal products, was the plumcge of birds, and next eeme the more homely . but extremely useful article horn, in which the Irelian specimens at the Crystal l'alacc had distanced all compel:tura Ivens , more beautiful and more valuable came next in order, and mention must be made of the extraordinary pair of tusks weighing 3251h5., which had been sent over from the newly discovered lake in South .tfrica. Tortoiseshell, another epidermal production came next ; andthen, fir more costly, the previous pearl, the result of a disease in a certain species of shell fish, The best came front the Indian Seal., but some of a pale colour had been contributed from Oniagh, in Irritant], and from Aberdeen, in Scotland, fr. , :n which it might he in. (erred that Tacitus had some f , untlatiou fur his allusions to British pearls in the life of Agricola. An allusion to — _ thee-of-pearl and the shells used for cameos closed this branch of the subject, from which the professor proceeded to discuss the various substances used in making glue and gelatine. In the manufacture of these articles the French tied surpassed all CUMPI titers, a fact which might mainly be attributed to their possession of cons enient abattoirs in all the great towns where all the membranes, tendons, de., of animals might be carefully preserved, The ladies had no doubt admired the beautiful flowers of gelatine in the Exhi bition, but would probably be surprised to learn that their material had been obtained from dead rats. (Laughter.) This article exhausted Professor Owen's long catalogue of animal products, and, aft :r a few concluding words, lie re sumed his seat amid the loud and continued cheering of the company. Pie. (lit y. moved, and Mr. SCOTT RCARrT,T, pecfmdel, vote of thank, to the lecturer, observing that to l'rufessor Owen they owed the completeness of Class IV. in the Exhi bition, as he had sent circulars all over the world to collect specimens. The tote passed by acclamation, and the sconce termi nated. hlr. 11. 1.. Williams, an inhabitant of Fishguard, had seen Mr. Nathan at duff. :era times intoxicated, anal on the 10th of April last saw him in 114 own garden knock LOWII his wife, tear elf her cap, kick her whilst on tho teraund, and swear that he would murder her. Ile ea led her by a most opprobrious name, anal he bad used the same rile lan guage to the wife and dau g hters of the witness. This tes timony was corroborated by the wite of the witneas. T. Lloyd, superintending constable, anal four other mit t:Caret., proved that they had seen Mr. Nathan drunk, and heard hun curse and swear, and use the most unbecoming language. 'I he chairman of the commission, at the close of the pro ceedings, stated that there had been sufficient evidance pro. iaiced fur instituting further proceedings against the lice. Iknry Nathan. The Ikv. gentleman has a wife and six children. PREVENTIVE AND REFORMATORY SC 1100 LS. A conference of gentlemen interested in the esta blishment of Preventive and Reformatory Scheel, was held at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, yesterday morning. The chair was occupi e d by M r . D. Hill, Q.C., the recorder of the borough, and amongst those present were—Mr. Alex. Thamson, Aberdeen; Mr. Addericy, M.P.; Mr. Llthe. Ragged Schools Union, Loud o n; Co Rev. Francis Bishop, Domestic Mission, Liverpool; Mr. Joseph Sturgc, Binning ham; Mr. D. I'ower, Recorder of Ipswich; Mr. T. Mac gregor, Ragged Schools, London; Mr. J. Fletcher, in spector of ; Mr. T. R ynolds, Bristol; the Rev. W. C. Osborne, chaplain to the Bath Gaol; the Rev. J. ( chaplain to the lionse of Correction, Preston; Mr. G. Ed monds, cleric of the peace, Birmingham; Mr. R. K. Doug. Ins; Rev. J. held, chaplain of the Berkshire Gaol, Read , hip ; Mr. W. Whitmore; the Rev. T. 'furrier; Mr. W. Scholefleld, M.P.; Mr. MonCston M.l'.; Mr. J. Hubbach (secretary), Liverpool; Mr. W. Itathbone, Liver pool; Mr. Robert .Martineau, Birmingham; the IL.v. G. T. Bull, Birmingham; the Rev. Sidney Gedgo. The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the business of tha me( miser, dwelt at considerable length upon the necessity of taking steps for the ; , reveotion of juvenile mime, and la mented that, as a criminal judge, he was compelled to ad minister a revengeful system of criminal jurisprudence. Mr. PO tVER, the Recorder of Ipswich, gave some bite. resting details with respect to the SUCCeIi ai refmaiatory instructions. Ile Menne,' fifteen thi,ves, some of whom were the cleverest and most accomplished ones in England, null of whom had become reformed and were now indus trious and honest members of soci - ty. Ile concluded by movin.t the following resolution :—'• That the present con el•tion and treatment of the perishing and dangerous chases of children and juvenile offenders deserve the consideration of every memb,r Or a Christian community." Other resolutions, declaratory of the views of the confer ence, were moved by Mr. W. Whitmore and deputies from various parts of the country, and agreed to. A public meeting, in furtherance at' the objects of the conference, is to be held at Dee's Royal Hotel this evening, wb of sp.cehcs are expected to be delivered by Mr. 11111, Q.C., Mr. Power, :!'erjeunt Adams, and other advocates of preventive and reformatory mbouls. STORM AT EDINDURGII.—Use Sunday evening and Monday morning Edinburgh was visited by a furious gale of wind, veering from the west to south-west, which was nth ruled by the lass of one life, several casualties, and con siderable damage to property. The gale commenced about IsiX or seven o'cleek on Sunday evening, and razed with altncst uninterrupted fury till next morning about nine o'clock, when it gradually subsided. A great number of chimneys, scaffoldings, and other light erections were thrown down, and several public bnildingi were slightly injures! by the gale. A man named John Harper, while working in the Grassmarket, was struck on the head by a stone iliAudged from u housetop by the wind, and was killed on the spot. Tl.. wind being from a landward di rection its influences were not attended with any serious results in the Firth, so fir as we have learned. Vr.nu East Lothian we learn that the gale was severely felt there, and that a great many trees were torn up and wooden structures blown down in various quarters. 'Much damage was also suffered in Glasgow, and some perNoas were hurt by falling materials.—J di,sturgh Courant. FIEF. is THE SfEAND.—Yesterdny morning, about four o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the house No. 129, in the Strand, occupied by Messrs. Ayck. bourn and Co., patent float manufacturer, and 3lr. Ed ward Jones, u surgeon dentist. The engines were on the spot in a very short spate of time alter the fire broke out, and the firemen exerted themselves with great energy to subdue the flames, which were progressing with frightful rapidity, and thrt.iteir d the destruction of the adjoining buildings on either side. The inmates were rescued and kindly aided:by theirneighbours, by whose means they were safely brought over tit roofs of the adjoining houses. Within the louse which has been burnt not re vestige cc maius—the premisrahave born thoroughly gutted, ..n from eke slender materials which support the front there is great danger of it. comino down. The fire raged for about an hour and a half, and notwithstanding the hour at which it broke out, a considerable crowd bad collected in front of the burning mass. The pre:nises were insured, but con siderable loaf will be oce.',ioned to the occupiers of the house. PRESERVATION OF VEG,TABLE. p.T DESSICCATION AND Costrunsatois.—Arnotrist the remarkable patented in ventions for which a Council Medal was given in the French dvartment of the Great Exhibition were divers specimens of alimentary vent table substances, titled and compressed oy a process which is the invention of the chief gardener of the National Horticultural &ciety of France. These alimen• tory preserves, whit h are manufactured in Paris by a com pany, have been approved and adopted by the French Mi nister of Marine for provi- losing toe navy of that country. Ti:e mode of operation employed in the desiccation of the vegetables is as follows: They are fiat placed in ovens heated to the moderate temperature, of 4S degrees, by which they are deprived of superabundant moisture and reduced in weight by seven-eighths. Thence they are taken and placed in a hydraulic press, which reduces their volume to the smallest possible maim—. The extent to which this c9:'.ipression is carried may be judged from the fact, that from 1.3,000 to 18,000 rations of a quarter of a pound each can be stowed in one cubic yard. It appears from the ex periments made before a commissioner appointed by tho French Minister of Marine, that by the pro ems of Messrs. Chollet and Co. the drying of vege tables may be performed without the loss of taste, smell, colour, or of their nutritious quality, that by the simple operation of immersion for half an hour in tepid water their natural juices arc restored to their original I:rtues. Thi. last result is the more precious as, in restoring to their pristine form the vegetables thus dried that natural juice is restored also which constitutes the wholesomeness or the plant. The drying of plants by the usual method materially alters all succulent ones. They turn black, and lose their usual colour, without the hope of restoration; their best qualities become decomposed; their juices ferment under not a very high temperature; their primitive elements become commingled or mix in such a manner as to change them entirely ; the taste and smell are disagreeably affected thereby, and they become not only unfit for food, but dangerous to health. If the drying process usually adopted be curried too use there remains but stringy and tough fibres, retaining, it is true, some pretensions to smell, but utterly devoid of all juice, and incapable of r.ceiving the impulse which is given to them by the new invention of M. Masson. The report of the tortoni:tee appointed by the French minister conclude as follows: Vegetables dned by the process of M. Masson are in a state of perfect preserva tion. Theyofier, by very simple means, wholesome and agree able provisions. It would be most advantageous to use them on board ship, instead of tho beans now in use. It would not be advisable to abolish altogether sauer kraut," but to alternate it with cabbage, thus obtaining all the advantages of a mixed diet. The vessels of the fleet should not alone benefit by this new invention, but it should be used in such of our colonies as hare not the advantage of fresh vegetables. These vegetables have been tried on board the French ship Astrolobe. Cabbages on board that ship have been taken from their packages atter a whole year's voyage, and have been found in good and excellent preservation, meeting with approval at the different messes to which they were distributed. REPRIsENTATION or GREENWICIEL—Dcar-Admird Houston Stewart yesterday issued an address to the electors of this borough, announcing his intention, in compliance with • requisition, of coming forward as a candidate as soon as the calling of Admiral Dundas to foreign arnica shall render the representation vacant. Ihe admiral says, in his address As a member of the present government I shall naturally be expected to support it, and in doing so, I am convinced that I promot , the wiwst and happiest policy for our coun try—a policy which, hitherto, by God's blessing, has, under the guidance of the consistent statesman who now holds the first place in her Majesty's/councils, preserved to us the blessings of peace with for ips countries, and tran quillity with comparative ph nty at home, amidst the crash and confusion of European revolutions. • • I am • sincere protestant, but have all my life long desired that the same liberty of conscience which I claim as my own right should be possessed by others, and that all should he free to worship according to its sacred dictates. Should you send me to parliament, I will do my best to protect and forward the rights and interests of your borough; and I hope that the fact of my being a sailor to my trade may not be considered an objection to my becoming the representa tive of an intelligent and industrious community, seated on the broad and busy banks of ' Old Father Thames.' " ENORMOUS PENALTIES.—ErASION Or DOCK AND TowN Dee —lt is said that frauds to a large amount have been discovered in connection with these departments of the local revenues, and that proofs have been obtained, in the case of one house in the town, of seventy shipments having been made, amounting in all to about 5,000 t as, which have been entered as 3,000, the difference being pocketed by the agents here, acting for a firm in the country. Penalties, it is said, to the amount of 40,0001. or 50,00 1 N. have been incurred. Until the matter, however, assumes a more definite shape we do not feel at liberty to go further into particulars.—Lirerpool Courier. AMONG THOSE PERSONS KILLED DCRLNG TUE PRE SENT FRENCW RIVOLITTION (says a correspondent) wen I Mr. Charles Hoffe, whose friends reside in Southampton. Mr. Iloilo was an intelligent and amiable man, and was for many years connected with the press in Paris; his knowledge of several languages rendered him peculiarly adapted for such a connexion. His mother is an aged widow lady residing at Southampton, and to whom the disastrous news of her son's death was a sad blow. Mr. Hoffe was • widower, with two young children, who are staying in Southampton. It was only a week or two since that he came to England to see them. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1851. RAILIVAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'Ctoca. The share market is not characterised by any de gree of activity, but a firm feeling generally prevails, and the tone to-day is more settled than at any time since the French crisis. The full advance of yesterday is in all cases maintained, and in several instances a further improvement has been tstahli-hed, including Lancashire and Yorkshires, Midlands, North Staffords, Scuth Easterns, and York and North Midlands. The satisfactory cha racter of the traffic returns stimulates confidence. French shares are rather flat, and fractionally lower rates are in most cases submitted to. les to-thy up to I p.m. 80 ;9 15 14j 15i 191 111 S! I2t SS Wife 153 i i $ 14 7 941 115J1 5545 1 I 1 20 1 I 111 IS In 11411 MONEY DIAL ET. THIS DAY. Two o'Cr.ocx. The market for the home funds remains well sup ported, for though some little weakness was shown at the commencement of business it soon passed off, ' and quotations are now the same as at the close of the market yesterday. The main features of the market during the last week, it is noticed, have been almost identical with those presented by the Paris Bourse, the course of which has been closely followed by prices here. With the final close of the account in Consols which has formed the chief ob ject of attention in the Stock Exchange to-day,more scope will be given to operations. The settlement has progressed satisfactorily, with the rate of "continuation" to next time generally ruling at 3-16 per cent., which would make the value of money 2t per cent. per annum. It must, however, be remembered that the account just com menced is an unusually long one, extendian to' the 16th of January. The price of Consols opened rather worse at 97 : k to .! for money, but it has since returned to yesterday's quo tation of 971 to I for cash, and 96 for tho January account. This is the only stock in which there have been transactions to any cxtent, though another par cel of Reduced Threes has been taken by the go vernment broker at 97: ; . The official business report is as follows : —'three per Cent. - Consols, 97i, 2 .1 • ditto for account, 9;L ; Three per amt. Reduced, 96Z ' ; New Three-and-a- Quarter pee Cents., 96, 971, 98 ; Long Annuities, 1860, 6 13.16, 7 ; Bank Stock, Exchequer Bills rule at the slightly depressed rate of 4;s. to 50s. prem., but India Bonds maintain thcir former quotations of :13s. to ells. prem. There is little busmess doing in the floating debt. The tendency of the foreign stock market is im proving ; Russian Four-ar.d-a-llalf per Cents., Sar dinian and Spanish Threes, attracting investments. On speculative account there is nut much improve ment, but Mexican Bonds are :timer. The sales of the morning nre complied in the following list: viz. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 88. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., is, 381. Equador Bonds, 3. Mexican, 211, 1. Peru vian Five per Cents.,lBlo, 881; ditto Deferred, IL Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. 1031, , 101. Sardinian Five per, Cent. Bonds, St cx div. Spa nish Active Five per Cents., 20.! • ditto,:flireo per Cents. .101, 2, 10, 1. Venezuela Three-anda-Quarter per C ents., 311. Tho Californian gold mining shares are firm at' about former quotations. Several descriptions are now officially marked in the Stock Exchange list, the rcqui-ite forms having Leta complied with. Pre sent rams are as follows :—Agua to & pin.; Nonvea Monde, tto r 1 prem.; Anglo Californian : to 1 prem.; Gulden Mountain, par to I . prein.; West .Mariposa., ills. to par; Ave Maria, ms. to par. The =Unity tragic returns, instead of a falling off, are actually beginning to exhibit even a more fa vourable emnpurison with those for the corresponding period of year, than has Leen noticed of late. On many lines the difference between the yearly figures is 64:1 easing. The London and North Western return for the last week is :15,636!., against 37,791!. in the same week of 1830, being an increase of 8431.; the Midland, 21,240/., against 19,35. W.— incrcuse, 1,345/.; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, 17,2231., against 14,7841.—increase, 2,439/. ; the London and South Western, 8,009!., against 7,399/. increase, 610/. ; the Great Western, 11,12:1. age:net 13,431/. increase, 6711.; the York and North Midland, 7,664/. against 6,Bl4l.—increase ' 8301.; the York, Newcastle, and Ilemick, 11,0241. against 13,615/.—increase, 3731.; tho Great Non:min, 10,414!. against 6,4Bll.—in crease, 3,9334 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, 6,517/. against 6,osU—increase, 1961. The Consol account which will be brought to a liquidation to-day opened on the 12th ult. with Consols for the 11th Dec. ut 93.4 to 1. The daily fluctuations of prices since, as between the highest and lowest rates, both for money and time, are sub joined : NOT. If 14....... Coay.'s far Maori. 'Consols Dec. for AC:. .11. lii I Ilighemi: 96 93 941 91 et 99 94 901 911 954 071 97. Des. e 7 07 07,1 9 43 Ni 991 . The highest money prico during the period em braced in the account being 99i, and the lowest 9G'„ the extreme fluctuation is shown to be 2 per cent., being larger than Sro many months. In Bank shares the transactions have been mode rate, wah prices scarcely altered. Australasia and Oriental Bank shares are well supported. Sales are reported as follows :—Australasia (la paid), 40, 391, 39' ; London Joint Stock (la paid), 18 ; London and Westminster (201. attid), 29, 1, 29 ; Oriental Bank Corporation 231. paid), 281; Provincial of Ireland (25/. pai ), 46 451, 43 ; Union of Australia (2:4 paidj, 3.5 t ; Union of Lon don (10/. paid), 151, 11 , 15. Prices of 1)ock shares have remained firm, and East and West India stock has risen 21., being worth 143. Commercial Stock is quoted 851 ; London, 1181 ; St. Katharine, 81. Steam-boat shares maintain their price, and Pen insular and Oriental are still looking up. Present quotations are: °Literal Steam Navigation, 27I ; ; Peninsahr and Oriental, 7.2, 71, 72; ditto New (10/. paid), 17, 161; Royal Mail Steam, 804, 80, 1. Insurance shares present no change. In one or two instances at the close of last week, where sales were pressed, a nduction had to be submitted to, but prices now stand at their f:rmer range. Miscellaneous shares arc quoted as follows in the official list :—Assam Tea Company, 9; Australian Agricultural, 15 ; Australian Trust, 201, 1; Anglo- Mexican Mint, 211; Canada Company, 49 ; Hud son's Bay Stock, 20G; l'riee's Patent Candle Com pany, 231 cx die.; South Australian, 231; Van Diemen's Land, 1. Eketrie Telegraph (A) shares, 20/. paid, 29. ENCILIsiII NUN Tig.—Tnis Dia. 11=k Stack, 214, 151 Lnn; Annuities, 3lt r Ct. Ruth:sot `•'l4 i Int% duet, shut 3 pes C't. Consult, liii bitto 80nd...1,900L5% COs. 31 Per Ct. Consols, i Ezeinguitrbillo. MOW. 411. ON. Cowls for Amt., 1J Jan., CO Polllllo' 4} per CL 13eLrlan. 87 6 per CL Brulltark. Do. No; 914 8 pee Ct. Ilona, A TM. 47 54 6 per CL Chi.lan, 97 11,9 3 per CL Chill.. 4 3 pee Ct. 1:4966. 7i 7 24 per CL Puwh. :7 9 4 pee CL Latch, 68 Al Evader, 24 31 1 per CL flreastl4 131 . 111 .1. 5 p ( FUNDS. 3 per et. Meow 24: 6 per Ct. Petallan. Sof SO Ditto Defernad. 44 6 6 per 4.1. Portarol6^. 90 3 6 tar CA. Ituolea, 110 12 43 par airrisa, lu2 4 2per et pt ..B, Adler. 29 3 per e . 41 Do. re. 4/ 2lper CL Varssuell, 33 Do. Deferred, 11 IJ r Cent-dr:1411 NAT/ONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ASSO CIATION.—A numerously attended meeting of the friends of the Association, was held in the Beaumont Institution, Mile End road, on Tuesday, for the purpose of advancing the cause of parliamentary reform. Mr. HALLAM, church warden of St. Paul's, Shadu ell, took the chair. Letters of apology were read from Sir William Clay, 1.1. P., and Mr. W. D ilhams, M.P., expressing their regret at not being able to attend the meeting, but giving their concurrence in its objects. Various gentlemen, among them Mr. Thomp son, M.P. addressed the meeting , an d reso l u ti ons o f usua l character laving been carried, the proceedings terminated. [THREEPENCE. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCE% LANE.—THIS DAY. SVC/Alt.—The market continues dull ; about 1,010 bags damaged ll.tvannah sold in public sale nt their full nil tive value, :ids. 61. to :144. 1,200 mat. of Manilla were also offered, held for full prices, and all bought in at 279. to 325. (Id. Ilefined market without alteration. COFFEE.-540 hags of good ordinary native Ceylon wero offered, and bought in much above tho market value, Its. TEA.—The market rem •Ins inactive. Spices —Pimento : trigs sold heavily in public ?Ile, at ed. to 5,1(1. per lb. Mace sold at Is. 10d. to 2s. Id. Nutmeg., 2s. to 2s. 2d. Corrox.—No tr.uulactions of importance reported. Markets aro again dull to-day. TALLOW 31AltKET.—TIIIS DAT. The market quit. The delivery was again large yes terday, being now 1,700 casks for the half watt. Present quotations are as annexed .—Town Tallow, 365. 6.1. nett cash; l'etersburgh V. C. oa the spot. new, 371. to 365. 0.1.- 3Gs. ; thr.:u months, 3..;0. li d.; January a n t i March, 375. SMITHFIELD HAY II.IItILET.—TIIIS I)AY. Ittet,rs. Cooper shdlvis report a bri.k trade, a.. the following quotations :—Pricn, noiat ow Hay, 70s. to 765.; inferior, 80.. to Wk.; Ito,. en, 00,. to 03.. ; 70s. to 80s. ; second cut, to 700.; Straw, 225. to 255. COALS.- LONDON, Die. 10. -CLOSE or TUB MAR - Date's West Itartley, 15s. ; liuddli's West Hartley, 63. ; Carr 's ilutley, hi., id.; Chou... 16s. Od ; Davison's West Hanky, 151. 6d. ; Emlywell„ 17.. ; Iloward's West Ilartley Netlt rtoa, 144. lid. ; Long ridge's West Hartlen 15*. 6.1. ; North Percy 'Lathy, 1.5 . ; Ilarznsworth West ilanley. his. 6 , 1.; Tanneld Meor, MS.; Townley, 1.1.. 63. ; Tyne Math, lie. 11.; We s t Wy;-un, rd. ; Wylant, In.. 61.; Walls End Burrilame, 16*. ; Walk Ead Ikll oral Drown, 17*. Dd. ; Walls End Clark, 16s. ; Walk End Clennel, 16s. ; Walls End tio%forts, 17s. Od. ; Walls End Ilarton, 17s. 61. ; Walls End North umberLtrul, ilia. !al. ; Wails End Riddell, 17,4.61. ; Eden Main, 18s. ; Lantbton l'riturosu, 16*. &I.; Walls End 'tell, ISt. ; Walls End Delmont, ; Wall* End Draddyll, 195.; Walls End lletton, 193. ; End Haswell, 19s. ; Walls L inalnoit, ; Walk Ead l'lumint r, ISs. &I. ; Walk End Mussel's lietton, IS*. 9d. ; Walls End S:.otton. 18s. ; Walls End St.wart's, 19*. ; Walls Eml lion tleptiol, 191. I Wall* End Kellor, 194.; Walls End West litAlte, 171. 61.; Walls End .Maclenn'A Tees, 17A.; Walls End Seymour Teo', 17s. &I. ; Cowen Ilartley, Lk. ; Nixon's Mer th yr and Canlitr. 215.; Whitworth coke, 21E.- Ships at roarkot,l4s; sold, 68. bHAIMS AND SIOCICS UNGI7kRA! ILIILTATII. lenerday. 64.1 50 ktxrneee . 101 IG A m rnhe., \7.'t•[ ... t Hula Junction Si MI 111 151rm.Wo7e. & Stow.' Vsllet 9 10 51 1 21 .11Irkenhr2,1, tar.caehlre,e. ‘7,2e9 Jun-Iwo 5k.94.9.1. 11 10 Ale et. 1 1411 • Anstol awl Neater 79 50 6:. 20 .2.lesoniss 1 :55 110 33 'Chester ani 11.25 head lO4 20 OtzslAla sk as4 BelkstOwke le 22 al teeth, and Aber , deen Junction 13 25 1E44 ( 423 L. it and LAD, . n ts D 3.• (Eta it. 29 I :astern 054h71es 26 I 25 Na: Clue A (lap Lt.% 611. 1 13 10 Do. claim It two C 4itt. 35 IA Fast Laileseletre 04 6, Do. New eblree 50 00 Euet k West bobs Deeke end rirm. et. 30 Eiliwbargb and Leareecew 0. 1 , 15 Edinburgh, FM11.1146 , 1. 11'• 1 11 0 Glielrow k eonth Waken 23 I, irr2t Northern .• 12 12,' Do. eharre,.l.lkfaree 12: 12, Do.; elarvs, It, 6 perf7:. So • tO) Ot•South. wad Wrs..(lre., St. ; 100 Great Western 30 I Al 1. wmter oral Clerrle 131 11 , IM. Third , 14t * .100 ( 0 11 re and i'criithlre 23 1 30 I II 00 111 10 00 114 St 'too L U 36. SI 12 IS 1 It. 122 60 1 111 401 21 341 5 1 6(.11,20' 2 41 4,11 St. ,109 01 7i 3 if 21 21 lik 6i 4: 51 I:1 1!I 19 tl 25 ST 4 171 171 6 5 11 IS N ii ii .e eo Do. Wifthi Do. 'V t r•:11:n4 Unlao Leeds Northern London and lasekeintl Loo„ lir,rhton. tr..S. Coast London A North-Western Do. do, t shares Dc.VOshjitnntl London Ss South-Wetterul Ilaneh„Dnx., and Nation, Iteteh.,4•ltet.,ALitteolinsh. Do. Nan..ltl.4.lcL Ua.on, 33 v i t 30 ii am dis 11-1 e3 6 S. . 13 6 4 11, 71 114 316 154 I 6 -- 21 p I 2i bli 641 „ 8i 71 it, 7 6 „ 2 2 21L 33 IM. Hinz. and 1). thy St . tr..eatlOtwat Wettem(l) Newmarket ... ... . . NiVa 1 011 .6 y i erpfe611), Newry Al. I I.antakiden .. .. 1-.rtkern t m omte * I:n.01 Notat British- .. . i North atalfortetare . .... Nor.h Devon ... ... . . Narth ..&mt.it Wert . June. dxfortt, Wore., it Woletr. littrtieh Cl ii•ral ... ...I l',eneNeh ht: , llthd ... . 1 Le. Raw.. ... ,- ...I Shrews. & Elmo., Class .11 akrenthuryklicreforJ• ~..:.: ,threwomry and Che .qor 111m i :1 1;0 31 . 1m) ... ... DO. Near . ~.. ... ... 1 141ar t e; ',ire , Lax& „. .. Itl l ow 1 . 1 pe ua ... ... „. dis 141 343 23 17 7 1 Se Ll 61 die 29 22 111 Ili di. 2 2; tll9 61 $ 7 si dis 74 i Ala pat Ili 13 13; II 8 9 7 641 6 4 1 4 31 dls ioutli W . Y.es *nth York*h.SttlicaDd and Dude - mann ititnekion and liart:ernil 1 West C.trnmill W.d.rifird and Limerick l'unt,lnew .mittenilerw.c Do. do. Exhn.lon. I.V.O.N.E.Puri hoe . Teak sad Ninth .ti.dlanit 14 16 7 8 10j Il l s A dap 31 3I 44 IS Is 10 241 271 ss 3 I 13 11 13 16 13 As I'l di St ji LIVES LEVIED AT VIZID REITTAI ea bdu!y7 y ppd.,arn'iWtp~aarr same .:a Gt. W. Ng Se Ditto Kabout a g I (lowed to tircetWestont, es le and Dudkg • (leasi &to GreatWe.tern, 9 10 pa Ditto 'about a lillatiattoo, (lewd to tavJt Wel , taro, 9 pa Bur..kioghain.lar. t. Lontion.kal.Wenerni. 171 181 Junottoa leard to e.tletionina .. 43 gattiacolatia.gttkr.too.Ct; 41 Ntsiod to Gt: No, :Item); Uj 321 ,Cilocoester at DeAn Fore-t' (lensed to (Ina. Wc4, - .. b 11 2 11 61 1 atearie.l4lol - 1.ff,(&. , ; Mid lii 3(3 Do. i shares (ditto) 515 1.25 Do. johsll/ (flttn) 941 25,3 3 Leed • Ik(uPor.l;3li , l ion : ICOI I ilk Lan= ant Greca,:ol I (lc c , c , l to !c,n,(ll}...4totc:n . Ili 195 ;Ditto Preferdnee (ditto). 91 95 :Lostsiott Gair.4perCeni.' ' (... seclto Norfolk) NorthtirakEtettra 5 wilt' (lewd to rdoit.Couatiesi 54 04 .Ditto data New ' 4 6pa rrtston49W7te (leas. Lon ' kN.Weat.estane.&Yorle 'Ditto 5 Moretti.%) (datti)i Read., Guild., anti I:air:ate, I (lensed to South Pattern' 213 215 YAM= And Lliteliia (Lem" Ito Gnat Nooheta .. - ! ! 73 55 ,Da. Ohepreth Erten.(ditto," 11 2pa 11.018:11S; AironlrLirt (lewd; to 31r. M'CleQu ' 25 11 die Weer Velloy, 6 p.Ct.wms ' (leased to stocatontliDse ' 275 285 Wilts & Svmer ) et (kaoe I . I to DicAt Wustern 9ll 09 PREFEILYNCL 611611E.9. iCale'rnlaa Y lO ... ;7l 71 Diener and llolytend - ; 153 151 Dundee, Perth, 07,1 Aber. deco JUISCtiI4 ... 1 1 5 die Esst.tnali..u(3l.lo.)6p.Ct. 2 11 I' Emu zu C..untiet fatens.,' 3 per Ct No. 1. 1 Ipm Dlttn Co. No. 9 ! 1 dim I pm 1110. NoT I.J pee Cent. ?took 305 11 es dle lawat.Cnloisiteripin.op.Ct. 10 105 Edinsurgh, Pertlx, 1 arl ells Dundee, 51 per Cent -. I 1 atest Nor:hero 5 p7Csa 11l 374 I Do.spCLllelveunitGeSeripi 1 pm 11316tate Wert:ll,l;P lAktbsi 1 11 lot !LantasbiteitYorl P f9t.'• dis Do. G per Cent. Stock ... 1 133 133 Loodon.Dttaht...h.O.Coasi t i ' Prof.SperCLS:oek,lssl. ,Do. New Guar. C per Cant. 141 143 Lordon & N.West.tCov.rt. I lunv9t,a) 5 per Lot._ Lontlon&SthWwtera Mewl 2 15 pa Yan.Sl..c2 kLine. Isa.Nol 'II 12 Do. New Zl6 ... ..I 12 125 Do. fi .. ..,'.1311 1131 3 6, 1 i 153 li i s dis 4 41 45 43 1 dle par 104 101 121 12 12, 3; St! 43t 2)1 St. ltto D.ito l'r amuse iNort..l6 listen•!oa... WDorl , tranteed4 park. orth I:Nostt ...I North stalroribildre °abed. Woreeeter soil Wolver., .€ 13. O per Coat' ihreolatbirai.NoirOuur.l Strewn& alert's , Nor.W.l I Mo.) 6 per Coat— ...I rtouth Der"n York, Nevreostle,& Sem, I Ot.Nort6 of Eng.pursb. 'Ditto Ditto ... „. tse 16 II IS FOREIGN IL/ 20 30 Boulogne and Amiens .. 30 39 Centre! Mew (Velem. 30 6 Dutch Illtsatela .. ... .. :5 Is f.eat ledlan ... ... .. 12015 3 , I Grest IseLem' Tosiarela.. Do. 3e 13 4 ILaxembourg ... ... „. 1^ 10 Do. (Railway) . . 6 I Do. (Canal) ... ... ... 30 295 *llia AIItOCIA .. ... .. :0 1 De. do. New ... 30 20 Maur fad Lima . .. 3 II Stadium of Pe ." .. 5 9 seil nevem: .. 1 10 . 30 Patio sad =Bl4 ... .. 1 011.8 3 ... 29 Na aid .. 3 lO Plea ad Illsoliosig ...I sq. 10 toritoil ism ... lo` 30 tleadeemi Ikea— ... so , so log:9W 1100000 o. ..1 10 • Ii whet Piandon... ... ... 1 3 51 1.4 4f 1 114 ILWAYd. V VI 4 4141. 3 pm 1 3 3 : 21 3 i • 141 ,4 It 11411 2:91 lis tt. I 3 3 I d 33 li 101{ 1 tOrex dv 111 33 321 I 3 12a 8a FRENCH RAILWaYe.—Tho Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have been memorialised by the secretary to one of the principal railways in France prayiug for the free admission of official documents issued by the directors of the railway for the information and use of shareholders in this country, and their lordships have the matter under their consideration at the present time, it being the first instance of a request of the kind having been made. LOCAL SHARE MACKETS. Lmnernot. Dee. 10.—Our tilarkit to-day is firm, and there is a gnoil demand for stork. The folios ing are tho transactions ;—Calislonian, Li—l.:3st Lauctorlire, Ll—Ditto (pref. fifth-shafts, 2nd issue), --Lancashire and York shire, . - ,51 1 6—Ditto (pref. shar.s, I r cent.), 13 9-16.-- London and North IVestern, 115—Ditto (new 1-shares), 21 3p.—Maneliester, Sheffield, and Lineol a , 321- Midland, dtl I—South Eastern and Dover, 261 I—York, New castle, and Berwick, 171—York and Nor:li Midland, 21. tNellesTEU, Lcr. 10.—Thera ha been:rather nieln business, and prices have improved. The I.rinei.i4l sales in elude :—Amhergates, 31; Caledonians 11; ; Bast Lanca shire, 111, 15; Leeds, 3,, 651 ; London anti North Western (new quarters), 3 pm. ; Sheffield, 321, d ; South Eastern, 21.14, LV.F.DS, Dec. 10.—We have had a very inactive market nn 'Change this morning, but neverthlesi the market was firm at 14rmerquotations. The only sah^s were in Midlands, which closed at 01! ; and North Statfords, ;41 LlinstiNn if tw, Dec. 10.—This market wi“ more active to.day, and prices generally higher. South &affords wero done at It itis. Dd. die. NORTH DEVON ILULIVAY AND DOCK COMPANY On Tuesday a special general meeting of this com pany was held at the London Tavern. Bishopsgate-street, to au horiso the classification of the 26,6.10 16'. shares pursuant to .he 11th and lah Vie. cap. Si, see. 2'2 ; and the issue of all any of the unissued shams, and all or any sham s air. ady forfeited, at such Co t es and to such persons as the may think lit. Also, to authoriso the directors, o woo ea 11r. per share is paid up, to carry into effect the provisions of sections 21, 2.1, 26, and 2; of the said act, re lat*lig to the division tot any of the said 16/. shams into two had shares, if required by the holders ther.uf so to do, nod that the rate of preference dividend to ho secured to the ho:ler of the lialf-share B guaranteed" by the holder of "half-share A defirred," shall be to the estlmt of 61. per I cent, per annum, on the amount paid on for t! , ." tint.: being on the " Ilalf-share 13 guaranteed," it the dividend on the whcie 161. share amounts to so much, and that the exec's°, remainder of the dividend on the whole 16'. share, if any, shall alone be payable as a dividend to the holder of "Ilalf. sharo A deferred." Th.l CHAIRMAN' (J. Shetland, Esq.) said allusion had been onade in the notice paper, calling this ns to the fact that the directors would lie preparsel to make a state ment on the subject of the resumption of works. They were all aware that the directors were authorised to proceed under Mr. trassey's contract immediately on.:6o,otrg. being subscribed in the locality. Although he could nut say that the whole amount had keen actually subscribed, still they had approached the amount .as marly, that was to say, within a few thousands of pounds, that he thought it would have been prejudicial to the interests o f the company to withhold calling this me tine for obtaieinl the m.• i.ts of at once puttiug themstivc.s in a position to lint Ai the line, by giving Bit. Liriutsey notice. A great many emintry gen tlemen had said that they would not subscribe till tho works were commented, but how far they would fulfill their promise he could not prognosticate. Not withstanding, the directors felt satisfied that the amount would ho made up, and that they would bo able to give Mr. Brassey notice to make calls to pay for their land, and proceed with the works. A large number of gentlemen in the locality hail liberally submrilnd. (The chairman here read the list to the meeting.) The resolu tions he had now to propose were to the effect of dividing the shams;; to give the holders of shares the power of divid ing those shares into halves, giving a preferential dividend to the holder of the one half they wished to part with, for the sake of getting the dividend paid up. It had been done by the Great Northern Company, and found to answer very well. (Hear, hear.) It was intended to fill in the Wank in the resolution with six per cent. for the pr.ference. In conclusion, he would advise the shareholders to I..gree to the I...solutions proposed in the notice, under the conviction that if they would willingly conic forward to sacrifice their dividend for a short time, they would eventually get the best end of the stick. A few observations having been made on the subject, The CHAIRMAN moved the following rcsolutiuns : " That the 16,...,30 161. Rharts now on the reg Mee of the com • pony on which calls of 91. 101. per share have been made, mid representing capital amounting to 281,160 t., shall be deno minated' Clubs No. I,' and that the 1,610 unissued, and the 5,510 forfeited shares of 161. each, subject to calls of 161. per 'sham, and representing capital amounting to 161,9201., shall be denominated ' Class No. 2.' " That the directors be and they arc hereby authorised to issue the shares ' Class No. 2' to new sub,cribers at such times and to such persons as they may alit': fit, and to landowners and others in return for land required by the company, as provided by section 47 of the said act. net when 111. per share is paid up on any of the 16/. shares of rlasees Nu. 1 and 2, the directors be authorised, upon application being made by the holder of any such share, to divide the same into two half shares of MI. each, cue of such half shares to be denominated ' Half Share 12 guaranteed,' having 31. paid, and being subject to further calls of dl. ; the other hull share to be denominated ' Half Share A deferred,' and to be wholly paid up; and that the preference dividend in any ono year, payable to the holder of 'Half Share B guaranteed' out of profits accruing on the whole share, shall be at the rate of per cent. per annum on the amount paid for the time being, if the dim ' vend on the whole 161. share amounts to so much in such year; and if the dividend on the whole 161. share in an one year shall exceed 61. per cent. en the ' Half Share B guaranteed,' the remainder shall alone be payable as a divi dend to the holder of the 'Half Share A deferred,' pro vided that, if in any one year the dividend on the whole 16/. share is not equal to 61. per cent. on the ' Half Share B guaranteed,' then the holder of the' Half Share li guaran teed ' shall have no claim on the holder of the ' Half Share A deferred' for any prior arrears or deficiency." The resolutionswere agreed to unanimously, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. THE AMAZON, WEST PACKET.— This fine VC.Sei of 3,000 register tons Luellen, built by It. and H. Green, and fitted with engines of SOO horse power, by Seaward and Capel, went down the river yester day to try her engines and speed, in charge of Captain Symons. The vessel being the first ready of five of the same class, ordered about twelve months ago to bo contracted for by the dinctors of the West India Mail Steam Packet Company,at half a million sterling,or about 100,0001. for eacb, a number of officers and scientific persons were ou board to witness the trial. The Amazon left her moorings at Black well shortly after 1 o'clock. The diameter of the cylinders of her engines is 90 inches each, and the stroke 0 feet, and the engines made 14 revolutions of the large paddle-wheels 40 feet 8 inches in diameter, per minute, and a speed, by the log, of 11 knots per hour. The Amazon draws 19 feet forward and 19 feet 9 inches aft, which rendered it difficult to navigate her over Barking Bar, and she was brought to anchor below Gravesend for the Hight, and will be tried this day between the Nore and Mouse Lights. • 'A