The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-22 00:00:00

DINNER TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE CAPE OE GOOD HOPE. Last evening a complimentary dinner was given to Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, at the London Tavern, where about 120 gentlemen, either former residents or commer cially interested in the colony, assembled to greet him. The chair was occupied by Mr. Harrison Watson. Grace having been duly said, and the health of her Majesty, with that of Prince Albert and the Royal Family, loyally answered for, The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of " The Im perial Legislature," which was briefly acknowledged by Lord KEANE for the House of Lords, and by Mr. RUSSELL for the House of Commons. The next toast was " The Army and Navy. General TAYLOR-returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, " The health of their honoured guest." (Cheers.) The gentlemen present associated with the colony would all agree about the , numerous benefits derived from his excellency's govern ment. Without making any invidious compari son, he would remark that Sir George Grey hay s ing in 1854 been called on to preside over a community of mixed races and various condi tions actuated by different interests, had, by the introduction of a new policy, perseveringly ap lied succeeded to a great extent in promoting the welfare of all classes. The extension of moral and religious education, the construction of roads a nd bridges and other public works, including railways, had been furthered by his energetic mea sures. The great improvements already expe rinced were preliminary to those yet to come. Sir George Grey, in addition to other administrative qualities, exercised a peculiar social influence. The abundant regrets of the colonists when he reeently quitted them, and the cordiality with which he had been received here during his sojourn, happily a temporary one, in England were evidence of this. The acclamations bestowed on him that evening would be echoed by the colonists on his return. (Cheers.) Sir G. GREY sincerely thanked the chairman and company for this compliment, which he ascribed rather to the colony than to himself. Nothing could better evince the rising estimation in which the Cape of Good Hope was now held. Many good and worthy men, in different parts of the world, had rendered him vast assistance, and this tribute was due less to himself than to their talents, labours and exertions. He felt that to the courage and skill of gallant soldiers and sailors, and to the wise counsels of excellent statesmen at home, he was in debted for the position he had attained. He _spe cially mentioned General Taylor and other officers, who had zealously assisted him at the Cape of Good Hope. In posts of great danger and difficulty among the Kaffir chiefs, not one even of the sub ordinate officers had disappointed his expectations. From the nature of the country there was not so much to be done by the naval force as in New Zea land, of which he was formerly the governor, but their co-operation, in conveying stores, exploring the coast, and ascertaining the capacity of harbours had been most useful, none more so than that of Captain Nolloth. He also saw there pre sent some members of the Colonial Legislature. During the five years he had administered the Government, that Parliameht had afforded him the greatest assistance. It was the 'only instance, he believed, of a Colonial Parliament when for the first time called into existence serving the full term during which members were permitted by law to hold their seats, and he was happy to say that the Cape Parliament had grown more and more into the affections of the country. Whether, on the whole, that Parliament was able, under present circum stances, fully to represent the interests of all por tions of so extensive a colony, was an open question —and whether some system of federation would not be a proper measure, was also a question on which diffeNnt opinions were held. But it must be admitted that, circumstanced as it was, the Par liament had done its very utmost ; it had aided him (the governor) most generously, and had given him counsels which were,upon the whole, wise and good. —such assistance as it was honourable for the Par liament to give and gratifying for Jsim to receive. (Cheers.) It was no wonder, then, that the colony had made considerable progress when such cor diality prevailed between the executive govern ment, the legislature, the mercantile bodies, and the inhabitants generally, all desiring to push on as rapidly as possible and advance its interests in every way, all minor differences and sectarian jealousies being forgotten and party spirit absolutely unknown. The colony had been rising up of late years at an as tonishing rate, for its age, and considering its former slow rate of progress. But, passing from the Cape of Good Hope, he would say a few words about the general relatio - nsbetween Great Britain and her colo nial possessions. He had found not a fowpersons who held that the colonies, instead of being a profit to Great Britain, were an acteal incumbrance and dis advantage to her. He could not comprehend the grounds of such an opinion. As for taxation, it was quite true that the manufacturing people of Great Britain did in the first instance pay the taxes which supported our army and navy ; but that taxation was put on the price of the commodities which the colonies consumed. He believed that every indi ri dual colonist and the barbarian nations of the inte rior annually contributed a large sum to' the sup port of the armies and navies of Great Britain. Not a blanket, not a saddle, not a pickaxe. or an iron pot could they buy without paying such imperial taxation ; this was an undoubted fact. He had heard it said whether or not these countries were dependencies of the crown of Great Britain, their inhabitants would equally purchase the articles we manufactured. But he would answer that experi ence showed this idea to be fallacious, and many of the merchants he saw present might bear him out. When first we assumed the colony of the Cape of Good Hope from Holland a very large amount of Dutch and German goods was consumed there ; but since then English tastes and fashions had been in troduced, and at present no sale could be obtained there for Dutch or German commodities, but all the imnorts came from England. He could go further, and say that, if those young countries did not be long to Great Britain, they would belong to some other European power, and then the trade would be restricted, and British manufactures could not be exported thither. What trade had we now with the Dutch or French . dependencies ? He therefore considered that this view of the colonies as a burthen and loss to us was a great mistake. Ag for their situation in time of war, he would remark that before the volunteer corps be gan to be formed in this country the colonies formed them. although they feared no invasion ; for, so long as a British force commanded the seas, no foreign force could get into the country. The colonists would ask no protection from this country except that of the navy, which was required for our com merce. If we had no colonies, we should not re quire one ship the less to protect our trade. But having the colonies, our fleets, when engaged in distant operations anywhere on the globe, had har bours, and supplies, and a hearty welcome ready for them, while the fleets of a hostile power could` enter none of those ports without having to fight for it. He had been much struck with one fact he witnessed during the Crimean war. The moment it was known that Queen Victoria desired a collec tion to be made for the sufferers in our army, the people of every race in South Afriea came forward to contribute to it. Numbers of poor Fingoes, quite poor men in the villages of that barbarian race, at once gave their penny apiece, and Fingoe women came with their baskets of produce on their heads ; they were disappointed when they found it could not be taken, and then they went about the vil lages to sell it for what they could, and brought the money. Even in the republics beyond our borders, the very men we had cast off sent their subscriptions, which were not inconsiderable for their numbers and their moans. He was there fore convinced that our colonies were not a dis advantage to us. In the year 1819 or 1820, a body of settlers were sent out from this country to the Cape of Good Hope, and great complaints had been made that that emigration cost £50,000; but he was quite satisfied that those very settlers and their relatives had sent back more than £50,000 to England in the purchase of British goods. Homes' had been found there for thousands, and many had acquired wealth ; an immense quantity of wool was grown for our manufactures, and a great number of our ships employed in the carriage. There were persons now in the colony who want out in 1819, and more than one of whom could repay that sum of £50,000 out of his own pocket, without m a ki ng Himself a p oor man. Having been ze o s I o h n e g andsir G. intimately co nnec t e d with the ug colonies, Grey) had been an x i ous t o remove the pernicious s err)r to which he had j us t a ll u d e d f rom the minds. of the people of this country. In conclusion, his Excellency, who was most cordially cheered, and whose name, when announced, had been honoured with enthusiastic applause. thanked the company again, and proposed the health of the chairman , the head of a great commerc i a l establishment at Cape Town. Mr. HARRISON WATSON (the chairman) having acknowledged the compliment, Mr. GODLONTON, ofGraham's Town, in the absence of Mr. George Wood, proposed the Legis lature of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. J. R. THOMSON then proposed the toast of " Prosperity to the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies," which was acknowledged by Mr. J. Ansdell, Mr. Godlonton, and the Rev. J. Harsant, all of them stating facts to illustrate the marked improvement of the country. The festivities ended at a rather late hour. LORD .P.ALMERSTONt AT ROME F. ROMSEY, WEDNESDAY. The Romsey Labourers' Encouragement Associa tion held its anniversary this afternoon, when prizes were awarded for long servitude, ploughing, thatch ing, and almost every description of agricultural employment. Lord Palmerston, the president of th e a ssociation, was present, and personally distri buted the 'prizes to the'successfal candidates in the Town-hall. - The awards having been made, Lord PALMEILSTON addressed the labourers as fol- lows :—My Friends,—Perhaps you will allow me to address a few words, to you to express the great plea sure which Ilave derived from having to hand over to so many deserving men and women in this neigh bourhood these prizes—prizes which are not in tended, I need hardly say, as rewards, but as tokens and memorials of your good conduct in your several vocations. I need harly say that they are not re wards, because no man is so foolish as to think that these, tokens of good conduct which are given are in tended to be substantial rewards for the conduct on ac esunt of which they are bestowed. This is not the principle upon which decorations and memorials and tokens are given to mankind for their meritorious conduct. - (Hear.) The soldier who hazards his life upon the field of battle, and who has attracted the attention of his superiors and of his comrades by dis tinguished and heroic bravery, is rewarded by a cross, very insignificant in intrinsic value, but which he wears on his breast as a token and a record of that good conduct which has obtained for him that which is a real reward—namely, the esteem and re spect of all around him. (Cheers.) In the same way in other classes of life, men who perform distin .guished services to the State are rewarded by a little riband which they wear in their button-hole or over their shoulder, but nobody imagines that half a yard or two yards of red or blue riband are in themselves intrinsic rewards. They are tokens and records of that good conduct in the life of those on whom they are bestowed which testify to mankind that they have deserved well of their country. There - fore, my friends, I am delighted that so many of you have have received these tokens of your good conduct in your respective vocations, and I am glad to say_that these rewards have been given for almost every kind of service which an agricultural labourer is capable of performing. We have had prizes for ploughmen, for thatchers, for drill-men, for team-men, for the culivation of gardens, for keep ing cottages neat, and for good service in the fami lies where labourers have been employed. And, my friends, without saying anything to flatter you, you may have the satisfaction of r eflecting that you belong to a class most deserving of the esteem and respect of your fellow-countrymen, because the labour in which you are employed is at the root and foundation of the wealth and prosperity of a country. (Cheers.) It would be a homely saying, to tell you a truism—that men cannot work unless they are fed ; and that is the last thing I should deem necessary to inculcate in the state of the tables I now look upon • but it is evident that unless tie soil, by the labour of those employed upon it, shall pro duce wherewith to maintain those who are occupied in other employments—manufactures, the mechani cal arts, the higher arts and professions,—that un less the soil produces an abundance, it would be in vain that industry and ingenuity should combine to increase the wealth and prosperity of the country. (" Hear," and cheers.) Therefore, my friends, you may walk among your fellow-countrymen with a proud and satisfactory consciousness that you are one of the most useful of the classes of the nation, and that without you the superstructure would fall to the ground. Now, my friends, it has pleased Providence to instil into the minds of men a desire to contribute to their temporal and future wellbeing, and there are few feelings that are more useful than the love of approbation and the fear of censure'. But that ap probation which men most value on the part of others is the approbation of those who know them—of those who have seen what they have done or are capable of j udgine. of their merits, of men who come into daily and constant contact with them, and yet testify by their bearing the approbation which their conduct has inspired. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, the prizes which have been given to-day are not only a grati fying memorial to every man when he sees his card stuck - ap over his cottage fireplace, but they are tokens which show publicly ,to all his neighbour hood that he enjoys the esteem and respect of his fellow-citizens. The fear of censure is also a deter ring action, and I am sure that those who are pro perly inspired with a due love of approbation will never require to be guided in their conduct by the fear of censure from their neighbours; but although thete is great value attached to the approbation of others, yet, believe me, there is no approbation which a man who has a proper estimate of things will more highly value than hie own approbation. Other men may be mistaken ; they may unduly appreciate conduct which, after all, when its motives are known, may not deserve the approbation which it has received. Men may unduly blame others, not knowing exactly the truth of the conduct which they blame; and not being aware of all the circum stances which might explain ' or excuse that which they think fit to condemn ; but a man's own conscience never misleads him. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He knows full well whether he de serve praise or censure ; and if he is conscious that he is deserving of commendation and praise he may bear with calmness the accents of praise from others; and with composure the censure which he feels not to have deserved. (Hear.) Now, my friends, it is needless, - among so many who have distinguished themselves in their different vocations, to give ad vice as to their future conduct. You have only to continue to tread in the same path which has led you to be prizemen upon this and upon former occasions. I would, however, remind you that there are perhaps functions of life and duties not precisely connected with those kinds of conduct which have distinguished you upon this occasion, but which nevertheless are greatly conducive to your well-being and to the respect which you would wish to receive from others. I would particularly impress upon you the great importance of attend ing to the manner in which you rear your children. (Cheers.) Impressions made in early life we all know' are lasting, and there are no impressions that 'go deeper into the mind of a child than those which he received from his parents in his tender years. (Hear, hear.) Bend the twig as you like, and so the tree will grow. Probably those who are em ployed out of doors all day long have fewer oppor tunities than others of attending to the instruction of their children, but you, all of you, have moments which you can give to that purpose, and you should not omit any opportunity which family intercourse aftbrds you to impress strongly upon your children the distinction between right and wrong. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) You may be sure that if you attend to the moral and religious instruction of the family that surrounds you you will find them grow up to be an honour to yourselves and a com fort to you to the latest days of your life. (Cheers.) I am not aware, my friends, that I have anything else to say to you. I am sure that those who have earned these prizes to-day need no advice from others as to the course which they ougbt to pursue, because I am certain that men who are so much masters of their conduct, of their pas sions, and of their inclinations as to have obtained, by a strict attention to their agricultural duties, the rewards which it has been my good fortune to dis tribute must also have those high feelings—that deep sense of right and wrong—those high principles of morality and religion which will lead them to attend to the rearing of their families and to their inter course with their neighbours without any advice or recommendation from anybody, save, perhaps, from their religious pastor and preceptor. (Hear.) Again I congratulate you upon the prizes you have obtained, and I have no doubt that next year many who have not been successful competitors to-day will put them selves upon the list of prizemen. (Loud cheers.) Mr. GEORGE called upon the labourers for three cheers for Lady Palmerston, which was cordially responded to.. Lord PaLatERsToN, in acknowledging the compli ment, said—l beg do thank you sincerely for the kind and hearty manner in which you have re sponded to the call just made upon you. I can assure you that these opportunities of meeting familiarly with those whom one does not meet every day in the year are most gratifying to me, and must be to eery rightminded man. The fabric of society is con structed by an infinite gradation of ranks and con ditions, and those who are, perhaps, separated from each other, and have not often an occasion of meet ing, when the opportunities do occur should meet in order that they may reciprocally understand each other. I am sure that all classes of Englishmen if thoy do understand each other will value and love each other. I am not led away by any nationalvanity in that opinion, but I have that conviction with re gard to the character of my countrymen I am sure the oftener the different classes of society meet to getherm orcontented,ee each i theenliao sr strong r\ t vo h i lc will look el whole rootki jea lousy, conviction thatwithout suspicion, there are • but that the interests of all are other h wille r wbieth and ou t th letofiaitbahtreiioe of society will be without enmity—with a no antagonistic interests,. hound up in one general aggregate, which forms the interests of the.• country at large : (Loud cheers.) At a later period of the day the members of the association dined together at the White horse Inn. Lord Palmerston presided, and was supported by the Hon. R. Dutton, M.P., the Rev. C. A. Moore, (vicar of Romsey), Mr. Eyre, Mr. Anderson, the Mayor of Romsey, Mr. Lordan, the Revs. G. Mason, T. H. Tragett, W. Bachelor, &c. The usual loyal toasts having been given, The CHAIRMAN said—We have already drunk " The Ministers of Peace," but peace cannot be reckoned upon for ever , and i t is possible that it may be 'succeeded in all countries by war. There fore I now propose to you the health and success of those establishments which defend us in war and enable us to regain the blessings of peace. I pro pose to you " The Army and Navy," and I am proud to r,ay that I believe there never was a moment—a moment of peace at least—in which both of those service's were in a condition of greater efficiency than they are at - the present time. (Loud cheers.) I am sure that the country is deeply convinced that the best method of preserving peace is to show that you are capable of defending yourselves in the event of being attacked. (Cheers.) I trust that there is no likelihood in the present state of affairs that our army and navy will have to perform with the same distinction those duties which their prede cessors have already performed. The spirit which tke country has recently shown by the immense extent of volunteer organisation has produced a great effect not only in this country, but all over the world. (Loud cheers.) It has tended to inspire that respect which all nations feel for a country which, without any aggressive intentions, shows that it is determined to hold its own, and to defend itself against all corners. (Cheers.) Again I say that I trust there is nothing in the present state of things that betokens the likelihood of any occasion for that martial spirit to be displayed otherwise than by showing that we are ready to defend our shores ; but it must be a great satis faction to all of us to know that the army and navy are in a state of complete efficiency accord ing to the numbers to which in a time of peace they can be carried, and that there are means in the country by which—if unfortunately unfore seen events should render it necessary that we should increase our armaments—those armaments might be rapidly increased to whatever the exigen cies of the moment might require. I beg to give you " The Army and Navy.' (Loud cheers.) Mr. EYRE briefly responded. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of the Members for the County." The Hon. RALPH DUTTON, M.P., in responding, said that, after the able address which had been de livered by Lord Palmerston to the labourers, he would confine his remarks to subjects affecting only the employers of labour. The Romsey Association had been before the public for some years. It had been as it were on trial, and what good had it done to benefit the condition of the labourer? For his own part, he believed that it had accomplished a vast amount of good—not so much directly as in directly, inasmuch as it had turned men's minds into the right channel, and had induced them to pay more attention than formerly to the condition of those whom they employed as labourers. (Hear, hear.) Now, he would ask, what was the condition of the English labourer ? He was born to his work like a horse, and the harder he worked the sooner he was worn out. It was clearly, then, the duty of those to whom the Almighty had given a higher station to provide for the labourer in his lifetime, and for his old age also. It could be accomplished in a very simple manner—namely, by giving the labourer good cottages, fair wages, and ensuring him work throughout the winter. In that way alone the employer could keep his staff of labourers about him. (Hear, hear.) He knew he might be met by the remark that the supply and demand ought always to regulate each other, but they must remember that that precious text of the political economist almost deprived the farmers of labour last harvest when they wanted it most. (Hear.) He had himself seen many crops standing throughout the hot weather, losing from 25 to 50 per cent. of their value from want of labour to get them in, and in his opinion it all arose, in a great measure, from the evil of not employing a sufficient number of labourers throughout the winter. He believed that there was no outlay upon the land so judicious as the employment of capital liberally. Cottages were now being improved, the labourers were getting, fair wages, and he had no doubt that this associa tion, by turning the minds of the employers of la bel" in that direction, had been the means of doing much good. It would always give him great plea sure to give his humble assistance to that and simi lar institutions. He believed that the duty of a county member was not merely to attend in his placc. in Parliament and add his voice to the coun cils of the State, but to go among his constituents to listen to the suggestions they might have to make, and to encourage those societies which had for their aim and end the social elevation of the people. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I now rise to propose to you Prosperity to the Romsey Association for the En couragement of Labourers." It would be a repeti tion of that which has already been so well said if I were to expatiate on the advantages resulting from associations of this kind, but I think that those who even for the first time witnessed to-day the ardent countenances of those who received the prizes must see the effect which these rewards must produce on the minds of the labouring classes. But we arc here met as a body of employers, and I hold that these associations affect the interests of the employer quite as much as they do the interests of those who are employed ; for it is manifest that no agriculturist can pursue his avocation with ad vantage if he does not inspire in the minds of those he eniploys.zeal in their calling, energy, industry, and especially good conduct. Agriculture has un dergone a great change in the last few years. It used to be a practice—it is now raised to the condi tion of a science, and no man can be a successful agriculturist who does not raise his mind beyond the mere traditions of those who went before him, andwho does not study the principles on which success in agriculture must mainly depend. A farmer ought to know now something, and perhaps not a little of chemistry. He ought to know what are the ingredients of the soil which different crops take out for their nourishment. He ought to know how, by various manures and by various processes, to restore to the soil those ingredientS essential to the growth of plants which former crops have taken out. He ought also to a certain extent to know the funda mental principles of political economy, and to be aware that he does not prosper by grinding down those who labour on his farm—that it is no real saving to give inadequate wages to those who work for him ; that he gains nothing by avoiding to em ploy labour in the winter months ; and that, in fact, there is no more advantageous and profitable invest ment in the cultivation of the land than labour. (Cheers ) It is quite true that the ingenuity of mechanics has of late years introduced a great number of macliines, which to some extent are sub stitutes for the work of the hands; but a farmer ought to know that the use of these machines is not to supersede the employment of labour, but to enable him to divert labour from those processes to which machinery is applicable, and to employ it profitably in other occupations. (Hear.) A great improvement has been made in the intelligence of the labouring classes. Some of us are old enough to remember the time when threshing machines were held in hatred by the labourer, when all sorts of improvements in machinery were thought to be means for taking bread out of the mouths of the labourers. But they are now wise enough to know that those processes and machines, instead of super seding labour, are simply an addition to labour. We all know the story of the farmer who, on his deathbed, told his two sons that he had a great treasure buried in a certain field, and that if they only dug over it they would find it. The sons did dig for it. Money they found not, but money's worth they did find, and the increased produce of the field by the application of manual labour repaid them amply for their exertion. That story is ap plicable to all farming occupations. I am sure that I ani now addressineun enlightened audience, most of you practical farmers, •who must have discovered that it is no economy to spare labour on your farms—that the more labour you are able to employ the more advantage you will derive from the crops ; but the labour cannot be useful unless the labourer is well looked to, well housed, well fed, and well cared for. (Cheers.) When the employers of labour bestow 'proper at tention upon their labourers they engender a feel ing of reciprocal regard; and it is in human nature that a man will work better for an employer he loves, and who treats him well, than for a man who is niggardly and churlish, who just 'pays him as much as will keep body and soul together, and neglects him in other respects; (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENDERSON proposed "The Health of the Chairman," and alluded to the effbrts the noble lord had already made to improve the condition of his tenantry and labourers. Lord PALMERSTON responded. He said—l can assure you from the bottom of my heart that I am deeply grateful for the kindness with which this toast has been proposed, and for the manner in which it has been received. Nothing can he more gratifying to a man than to hear these ex pressions of goodwill on the part of those among whom he lives, who must know him sufficiently to form an estimate of his character. I can assure you that it affords me very sincere pleasure to presidO at meetings of this kind; and I would just briefly advert to one topic which has been alluded to this afternoon—l mean the lodging of the labour ing classes. Now, it is quite true that Mr. Dutton and myself have built some very good double cot tages for the labourers on our own respective pro perties, but I have heard it said by many f;at it is all very well for us to do that, but that these build ingsptiao3n-, taon be e t lfioaut onded ther e n a o p l e could I are a lt oge th er t oo expens i ve, t h at t h ey d o no t e ti f i o e r fi a rs l t ab p o l u ac r e er l o h n ol a d f t a h r a m t olbdsoernvoat fundamentaln o t e a r ff r e o i r l i l to w e r r hn e e ct them.ld N a o co w ;ta in g expect it to pay in money. When I bui •ld a good farm-house for a tenant I do not expect rent for that house separate from the farm. Well, the cot tage for the labourer ought to be looked upon as a THEZSUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEIVIBER 22, 1859. part of the appurtenances of a farm just'as much as the buildings for cattle, or any of those other erec tions essential to the cultivation of the land. How can the land be well cultivated if the labourers are not well housed ? if they are obliged to trudge 3or 4 miles in order to get at their work, and the same distance home again ? It is manifest that they must be not only exhausted physically, but that their time must be wasted in walking to and from their work, and that the farmer does not get from them his money's worth for the wages he pays. (Hear.) Therefore I consider that in providing a farm with accommodation for the number of labourers to be employed on it you are giving facilities to the tenant to cultivate his farm, and increasing the value of the farm which you let to a good tenant. If you get a shilling a week from the labourer it is more to impress upon his mind that he is earning the ac commodation you give him rather than from any idea that it is to repay the expense of the erection. It is not like building houses in a town which are built to be let as a profitable investment, but it is an addition to the value of the farm : and depend upon it a good tenant will give you more rent for a farm which ho can cultivat to advantage. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Then as to the expense of these cottages. Now, the cottages which Mr. Dutton and myself have built contain really no more ac commodation than a decent family ought to have. They have simply one room to live in, a back kitchen, and what is of the utmost importance, three sleeping places. No cottage ought to bo without three sleeping places—one for the man and his wife, another for the girls, and another for the boys. It is not necessary to pull down old cottages to build new ones. A great deal can be done at a moderate expense in improving old ones. All yOu require is to put a little porch in front of the door, which costs little; to give them a boarded floor instead of bricks ; to make the walls air-tight and the roof water tight; to give three sleeping-rooms, and to put up a sort of shealing at the back, with a little place below for a wood house. It is quite a mistake to suppose, then, that nothing real and essential can be done in improving the dwellings of the labouring classes short of milling down the old ones and erecting new ones. The effect of improv ing those dwellings is almost marvellous. In the first place, you know that the comfort of a man's house depends upon the tidiness of his wife and the mode in which she tries to make him comfortable but there is a temper of the human mind which is denominated recklessness. When. a thing seems impossible it is given up in despair. When a cot tage is in such a ramshackle state that it is impos sible for the wife to keep it clean she becomes a slattern, everything goes to ruin, the man is dis gusted, and flies to the beershop. (Hear, hear.) If, on the contrary, the wife feels that she can by a little exertion make the cottage decent and respec table she does so, and then the man enjoys the com fort and happiness of his home, stays away from the beershop, and the sum of money he would spend in liquor goes to the benefit of his wife and chil dren. (Hear, and cheers.) I had an example of that in a double cottage of my own. It was in a dreadful state ; the walls were not air-tight, it had a brick floor, a bad roof, and everything uncomfor table. The people who occupied them were slovens and slatterns, and quarrelsome ill-neighbours. At a small expense it was made tidy ; boarded floors put down ; a little porch erected, with a wood house and other conveniences, and from that moment these people altered entirely their character, altered en tirely their conduct, became well-conditioned people and good neighbours, which they had never been be fore. (Hear, and cheers.) 'therefore, I entreat everybody not to run away with the notion that nothing can be done to improve the dwellings of the poor, short of building cottages which they may think too expensive for their means. Depend upon it that a very great deal can be done, at a moderate expense, towards making old cottages decent and habitable. (Loud cheers.) The Hon. 11. DUTTON gave " the health of Lady Palmerston," which was cordially responded to. Lord PALMERSTON then proposed the last toast —He said, I rise to do homage to that which may properly be said to be one of the wonders of modern civilisation. I mean " The Press." (Cheers.) If any man compares now a newspaper published in the last century with one of' those wonderful sheets we read everyday, the contrast is the most striking that the mind of man can imagine. The quantity of information, the talent of dissertation, the amount of news of every kind which we now find in almost every newspaper we meet with is really one of the most striking proofs of the progress which the human intellect has made in the days in which we live. It may really be put in competition with the steam engine and the electric telegraph, but there is one part of the functions of the press which, be. yond all others, has improved of late years. I have heard that towards the end of the last century there was a man named Woodfall who used to publish debates ; and how did he do it ? It is said that he used to go to the gallery of the House of Commons, ' listen attentively with his face in his hands to what passed, go home, drink two pots of porter, go to bed, get up next morning, and from his dreams and his recollections make out what he called a report of a debate. (Cheers.) Now-a-days, so marvellous is the ability and so wonderful the rapidity with which reporters take down what men say that if speakers are not very careful the reporters take down what they had much better not to have said. (Laughter.) I remember a very worthy M.P., an Irish M.P., Mr. Richard Keene, who once complained that the reporters in the gallery had not done him full jus tice to a speech he had made the night before. The reply he received had, perhaps, more of sharpness than civility in it, for it was—" Mr. Keene, we made the best speech we could for you, but, if you are not satisfied with our endeavours, the next time we will report what you do say—(loud laughter)— and whatever you may think of it, we suspect your friends will hardly relish the infliction." (Laughter) Now, it is quite marvellous to see the accuracy with which debates in the House of Commons are re ported. When the speeches are such as are calcu lated to attract attention they are reported word for word as they are uttered, and how it is possible for the human hand to follow with such rapidity and such exactness I am at a loss to conceive. I once, as many others have done, began to learn shorthand, but I confess that I found out two difficulties which turned out to be quite insurmountable. The one was to write it—(laughter)—and the next and greatest to read it when it was written. (Loud laughter.) I beg now to propose that institution to which the progress of civilisation and all the interests of the country are ao deeply indebted, " The Press." (Cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. THE POPE IN THE PRESENT CRISIS. Under the above head, the Cork, Examiner pub lishes the following passages taken from a letter received by the knightly member for Dungarvan from a gentleman, of high position in Rome. It is dated the 10th December : it I am happy to say that the Holy Father is perfectly well, and is very grateful for the sym pathy manifested for him by the Catholics all over the world. The pastorals of the Irish Bishops, and the great meetings held in Dublin, and the sentiments elicited there, have been to him a source of much consolation. Although it is for him a moment of great trial and anxiety, yet he bears his troubles with the greatest resignation, patience, and equanimity, and every one remarks how cheer ful he is in the midst of his sufferings. Rome was never more quiet than it is at this moment, and if you were here you would not see any difference from what it was last year. Of course we are look ing forward anxiously to the Congress. England, no doubt, will be the great antagonist to the Holy Father ; but I entertain a confident hope that the majority of the representatives will be in his favour." The organ of Mr. Maguire is sadly perplexed with regard to the abortive meeting of Irish members on Thursday last, and by a roundabout process of cal culation endeavours to make it appear that not 11, but 18 representatives, may be said to have aided in the movement. The balance of seven, it is argued, although not present in the body, were virtually there in spirit ; and, setting out with this comforting assurance, the Examiner proceeds in this strain : "These resolutions may be objected to by some as being rather too moderate in their tone; but while they may, with those, be open to objection on that ground,others will commend them for theireoneilia tory spirit, andadmire them for their prudence. To those who may think they do not go far enough, our answer is this—were they too strong they would prevent a certain class of gentlemen from adopting them—and there is no necessity for strong resolutions from men whose policy is already known, and whose conduct does not depend upon letters or phrases, but upon their principles and their convictions. Let us illustrate our meaning by a resolution in point, It is that having refe rence to the Holy Father and the temporal power. It says, That any Government which attempts to interfere with or to countenance an attack upon the temporal sovereignty of the Father is unworthy of the confidence of the Irish people and the sup port of their representative-. Some gentlemen may not desire to commit themselves to a strong(r resolution or to a more decided p olic y than this; but there is not a Catholic of true independent pc- Hey who, whether he adopts it or does not adopt it, will'not resent by every legitimate means in his power, and at the best possible opportunity, any attempts against the Holy Father, whether made by the Government or by its agents. It is not necessary that wo should explain why certain Catholic members did not at tend the meeting in Dublin. We should have but a very poor opinion of the cou.l. mon sense of the Irish people if we attempted ' to explain that which is as transparent as glass to the public eye. It is well known that every engine —and governments h ave man y suc h a t their dis posal—has been put in eperation to prevent signa tures being attached to the requisition, and to pre vent attendance at the meeting." On the other hand, the .Reporter—the organ of Liberal Romanism—deals rather irreverently with the 11 lay bottle-holders of the venerated hierarchy, and actually makes merry with the recent demon stration of its co-religionists : " The Eleven of Ireland' will henceforth be a title associated wth the most ludicrous ideas of ex travagant anticipations and boastings, ending in most lame and impotent' failure, The O'Donoghuc and Mr. Maguire—there is no denying the fact— have made a mull of it! In their zeal for Catho- licism—and their own glorification they have placed the Roman Catholic episcopal body in Ire land in a painfully false position. People might have felt astonishment, regret, humiliation even, at some of the propositions and demands put forth in the pastoral ; but it was impossible not to feel that the document itself, signed by 28 Catholic archbi shops and bishops, and professing to represent the unanimous opinions and resolves of the whole Irish Catholic hierarchy, was one to which a certain weight and importance (not to say dignity) attached. Prona facie, it looked like the expression of the universal Catholic opinion of the country, for the ecclesiastical dignitaries presiding over every dio cese in the island had affixed to it their signatures, and even those who disputed its authority could not deny its ostensible claim to represent popular feel ' ing on some very important social questions ; but, thought Mr. Maguire and The O'Donog,hue, this pastoral, after all, is a secondary sort of affair. The bishops were well enough in their way, but all the world knows that they have little weight compared with M.P.'s—that is to say, M.P.'s of a certain class, patriotic, virtuous, self-sacrificing, independent Opposition' M.P.'s We must not allow these esti mable men to go unaided. We must give them a helpinc , hand. Alas ! the responses to the summons were few and tardy—while, if they were presented to the world, it would be found that some of them were equivocal in their expressions of adhesion. That phrase,' factious opposition,' in the preliminary resolution looks very suspicious, in connection with some things that have reached our ears. Certainly, but for the repudiation of such opposition, even the nine M.P.'s who have signed all the seven resolu tions, at the chat round the fender on the loth, in the little room at the Northumberland, would not have done so. But, equivocal or not, the adhesions by letter reached, we believe, 14. That, however, was not the strength of the party—oh, no—when the day of meeting arrived many would attend who had not given their signatures. Such were the words of promise to the ear. But they were vain and deceitful words ; for when the day of meeting came even the 14 on paper had dwindled to 11 in the flesh. Two counties out of 32 sent both their members ; four counties sent one each ; the Irish boroughs were modestly represented by three, one of the three being the great mover of the scheme, the hon. member for Dungarvan. Such is the Par liamentary phalanx that offers its services to sus tain the pastoral of the 28 Archbishops and Bishops, on the vital questions of education, tenant right, and the rest. We need make no comment upon this break down. It is a significant proof of the folly of seeking for what is unreasonable. The Irish Catholic body would have sustained their Bishops in any reasonable, perhaps in many unreasonable, de mands. But the pastoral was too much for men of common sense to stomach, and the less that is said about it henceforth the better for the reputation of its authors." The Timescomplains that the Irish Ultramontanes promise to do all and everything for the Pope, pro vided that no appeal is made to the breeches pocket. Hitherto there seemed to be good foundation for the complaint; but the slur has been removed, and the chivalrous Father Daly has been the first to come forward with a proposition to recruit the trea sury of the Holy Father. At the Galway meeting on Sunday the rev. gentleman, in the course of a long speech, said : " He did not believe that the Holy Father needed any material proof of their sympathy, but if he did he was sure that they were all agreed with him that he should have it. (Loud cries of ' Yes !') If it should so happen that material aid should be re quired during his (Mr. Daly's) life, or after his death, he should set apart a sum of £5O towards giving that aid, if ever it should be wanted." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. READING. DECEMBER 21. This ancient borough was unexpectedly startled from its propriety this morning by a series of placards announcing thi.t Mr. Ralph Benson, not withstanding his retirement, would once more come forward and contest the seat rendered vacant by the elevation of Sir H. Keating to the bench. This fact was for the first time made public at a meeting held the previous evening at the Great Western Hotel, when the chairman, Mr. H. J. Shuonds, addressed the electors in the following clever but somewhat novel style :—He said—l am pleased to see you here to-night, inasmuch as I can at last tell you that a definite course of act ing has been decided on. I had, I believed, on a previous occasion, satisfactorily assured you of your own venality, and left you with the com fortable reflection that you were in the eyes of the world but a very sorry lot. Seriously, gentlemen, I was perfectly staggered with the reception I met met with from various gentlemen, who all treated Reading as second to Glocester or Wakefield, stated plainly that it was a mere matter of pounds, shillings, and pence; that they had no intention of bidding at the auction, and that Sir F. Goldsmidt was at liberty to purchase you together with the rest of his estates. (Laughter.) It was in vain that I contradicted these statements. The quiet smile and expressive shrug were my only response, and the more earnest the denial the blander the smile. (Laughter.) 0 ! those quaint old city par lours I have made myself acquainted with the last week. Picture to y ourse l ves t h e sta i d and respec table city merchant, s itti ng i n hi s armcha i r and rubbing up his small stock of schoolboy Latin, bow ing me out as I spoke o f p ur it y w i t h a credat fudetts, while the twin Cheeryble in the opposition armchair, envious of the fraternal Latin, retorted on him with a— " Quodcunque ostendis mihi sic incredulous odi." (Applause.) It is useless to disguise the fact, the world at large think that this people require a golden calf, and th e y thi n k a l so t h at no one has a better right, both hereditary and acquired, than our hon ourable opponent. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I have long' earnt that the worst weapon you could forge in an armoury was abuse of your opponent, and I therefore bog to express my opinion publicly, that Sir F. Goldsmidt, despite his immense wealth, will not condescend to these means, or fight this battle other than as b ecomes a gent l eman. (Cheers.) It is true, my friend the late Mayor made some mysterious allusions the other evening; for my own part, I decline to pl a y th e par t o f pot and kettle. I shallignore the existence of the Reform Club, and treat my respected friend's remarks this cold wea ther as we would the scratchings of a little idle boy on a pane of frozen glass, and let them expire with the breath that gave them existence. (Cheers.) So much for the past, and now for the future. We have determined that this unjust slur shall no longer remain on the fair fame of our town; but as far as the Conser vative party are concerned, this ugly charge of cor ruption shall ex i s t b u t as th e s l oug h of a last year's reptile. (Applause.) W e h av e determined, in a word, to return Mr. Benson—(vehement cheering, which lasted some minutes)—without a farthing of expense to that gen tl ema n—(loud cheers)—and will show the world that it is possible to fight a Reading election on a matter of principle, and that we are not to be bought like so many sheep at a cattle-market. (Cheers.) Mr. Simonds then went into various details, and the meeting, after being addressed by several other gentlemen, broke up with three cheers for Mr. Benson. VOLUNTEER CORPS. CIVIL SERVICE, The secretary to the Audit-office corps has re ceived, through the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, a communication from the Secretary of State for War stating that her Majesty has been pleased to accept the services of the Civil Service corps, which will rank as the 21st Middlesex. The brigade will be formed of companies of the effective members of the various Civil Service corps in Lindell, each company being equipped, drilled, officered, and fully organised by its own corps or club ; and the gene ral affairs of the combined force will be managed by a council of representatives from each of the corps furnishing companies. ST. CLEMENT DANES. The above corps, which now numbers upwards of 60 members, meets for the purpose of drill every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening, in e hall or St. Cl emen t' s -i nn, un d er a sergequt-major th of the Grenadier Guards, and go through the various mameuvres in a manner most creditable to them, considering the short time the corps has been formed. ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER. The committee meet in the Vestry-hall, Piccadilly, every Thursday, at four o'clock, for the despatch of business, as well as to receive contributions and afford any inCormation relative to the progress of the cops. The fund now amounts to upwards of t4OO. BREACH OF PROMISE OF .2111.RRIAGE. At the Sheriff's Court, Liverpool, on Tuesday, the case of Heywood v. BleaekleY was tried. This case', the merits of which have been before the Qieen's Bench, where, the defendant not appear ing, a verdict was given for the plaintiff; came to day before the sheriff (represented by Mr. Cross, barrister), in order to assess damages. The plaintiff, Esther Heywood, is a laundress residing at Prest which, near Manchester, and the defendant is a farmer living in the same neighbourhood. They had been engaged for upwards of 20 years, and in stating the case, Dr. Wheeler (who appeared for the plaintiff) said that, very much to her credit, she had, during this long period, kept her plighted troth in the hope that the day would come when they could marry, and when the pro mise upon which she had so long depended would be realised. The reason why they were not married was, that the defendant always stated that he could not make so comfortable a home for the plaintiff as he desired while his mother lived ; but he declared that, so soon as his mother's death took place, he would fulfil his promise and marry her. He continued to visit plaintiff as usual until the month of August in the present year, his mother having died about a month or two before, when, to plaintiff's great surprise, he ceased his visits, and married another person—one possessed of considerable property. The learned counsel thought it right to mention that, some sixteen or seventeen years ago, the plaintiff became the mother of a child, of which the defendant was the father. From the birth of this child up to the present time it had been supported by the plaintiff herself, whose character had been unimpeachable, and who doubt less was longing earnestly for the time when, by a union with the defendant, the child would be re• garded by her with those feelings which a respect able wife and mother could alone possess. This circumstance, the learned counsel argued, added ad ditional cruelty to the conduct of the defendant. Ann Heywood, sister of the plaintiff, was then examined, and stated that the plaintiff and she lived with their mother at Prestwich. The de fendant and his father were farmers there, defend ant being the manager. The farm was large, and the Bleackleys also dealt in coals, and kept teams of horses. They were very well-to-do people. De fendant and plaintiff had known each other for 22 years, and had been engaged for that time. De fendant's mother died four or five months since. Defendant was regularly a visitor to the house, and received as a suitor. He also said that he could not take plaintiff as his wife until his mother died, as she would not allow it ; but so soon as the old woman died he would make her (plaintiff) a com fortable home. Plaintiff lived upon that promise. About a month or six weeks after his mother's death, however, the defendant married a woman of some property. Plaintiff had taken the matter very much to heart ; the child of the plaintiff and defen dant lived with the former, and had done so since its birth. Mr. Cross having put the case before the jury, said they must take into consideration the injury to the plaintiff's feelings, in consequence of the de fendant refusing to marry her, and also the loss of the establishment which she would probably have gained if she had married him. They must also bear in mind the great length of the engagement, and the repeated assurances which the defendant also gave, and upon which the plaintiff relied for• so many years. After a brief deliberation, the jury retwened a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, £2OO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dee. 21. GUILDHALL. —Alderman Copeland attended before Alderman Saloroons, the presiding magi strate, and made the following statement :—" It will be in the recollection of the Court that on Saturday last I made a communication with re ference to the Equitable Investment and Rever sionary Company, limited, of which Captain Hob son, of the Hon.. East India Company, had been offered a seat the direction by the promoter, Mr. Harris, who at the same time referred Captain Hobson to Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Samuel Haydon, Esq., a banker of Guildford, and Duncan Dunbar, Esq., as persons who had con sented to become directors of the scheme. On that occasion I studiously avoided 411 mention of Mr. Haydon, beyond relating it in the letter; but with regard to Sir James Duke and Duncan Dunbar, Esq., I had their positive assurance that they not only had nothing to do with the proposed company,.but that they did not even know any thing abo u t it. O n T ues d ay l ast M r. H arris and a person named Smith called upon me. The former was violently excited, and I will not say that he threatened me, but his language and manner inti mated law proceedings. He said that Mr. Smith was about to proceed to Guildford, to see Mr. Hay don on the subject, and that 1 should hear some thing further that would satisfy me that Mr. Hay don had permitted his name to be used as it had been; Since that interview I have received the fol lowing letter from Mr. Haydon, which will show how far Mr. Harris's statement was correct : " Guildford, Dec. 19, 1859. " Sir,--Having noticed in the Times of to-day your mention of my name (rath er m i s - s p e lt) in con nexion with those of Sir James Duke and Mr. D. Dunbar, I think it right to inform you that I have been canvassed to join the company named, those gentlemen with others having been mentioned as cognisant o f an d fa voura bl e t o th e pro j ec t. Like them, however, I have given no sanction for the placing of my name on the direction, and though of small value as a public lure in comparison with them, I think it right to join my prote s t with theirs against the unauthorised use of any one's name. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " S. HAYDON. " Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P." When Mr. Harris and Mr. Smith waited on me, the former said he had every reason to believe that Mr. Duncan Dunbar would become a trustee, and I thereupon put myself in communication with that gentleman, and I received from him the following answer : " 50, Porchester-terrace, Dec. 21, 1859. "My Dear Sir,—l never heard (as far as I know) of the E. I. and It. Company until I received your note from Captain Hobson, and saw my name, to my astonishment, in the letter. I certainly never gave my consent to become a director and trustee. Indeed, I invariably refuse all such applications, as I will not act a part in robbing the public, with which intention nine-tenths of these companies are started. I thank you very much for publicly denying my connexion with this scheme. " Sincerely yours, " D. DUNBAR. " To Alderman Copeland, M.P., &c.' l On the receipt of these letters I wrote to Mr. Har ris to inform him I should not let the matter rest there, and to give him the opportunity of attending to-day to hear these letters read. Mr. Harris here stepped forward and said—l wish to make a simple statement, and I have to ask the indulgence of the Court, in order that my ex planation may go forth to the public with the worthy alderman s observations. Alderman Salomon—Will the statement you are desirous of making tend to refute the assertions of the gentlemen whose names have been used Mr. Harris—lt will, sir. I had, directly from some and indirectly from others, their sanction to use their names. When I received Alderman Cope! W Cope land's letter I went off to Guildford, but was unable to see Mr. Haydon. I had, however, indirectis ha p m el e , . mission from a responsible person to use I have the permission of all these gentlemen, h emen, with the exception of Mr. D. Dunbar, to use their names conditionally. I had an interview . with Sir James Duke and Mr. Hayden on the subject. Capt. Hob son applied for the secretaryship, and mentioned Sir James Duke's nam e , an d, by mistake, I admit, I improperly made use of their names. Captain Hobson's name having been placed to a letter not intended for him, I was - justified in using the names of the parties alluded to by the conditional permis sionl had received. Alderman Copeland said—T haw, done what I consider a public duty, and have, therefore, nothing further to say in the matter. The worthy alderman then retired. Mr. Harris was about to enter upon another rambling statement, when he Imes reminded by Alderman Salornons that the business of the day had now been disposed of, and that the public wore waiting to be released from further attendance. BOW-STREET.—Mr. Wheatstone, music seller, of Conduit-street, Grosvenor-square, appeared to answer a summons, at the instance of the autho rities of the British Museum, charging him with omitting to forward to that institution a copy of a piece of music, entitled " Warren's Harmonium Se lections, No. 13." Mr. Wheatstone objected that the work was not copyright, and therefore, he subthitted, could not come under the provisions of the Copyright Act. Mr. Henry overruled the objection. A copy of every publication, whether copyright or not, must be supplied to the Museum. The library would be very imperfect, if it included only copyright works. Pined £3, and £2 costs. - Mr. Hering, of the firm of Hering and Reming ton, of Regent-street, publishers, appeared to a similar summons, for not supplying a copy of a work entitled " Marshall's Photography." Mr. Hering complained that he had received no notice to supply the work. He considered it a hard ship that he should be summoned for a mere over sight. Mr. Henry said nq notice was necessary. Such -_ oversights would be avoided, if every publisher would consider the Museum as his first customer► and send his first copies there. Fined 20s. and 403. costs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. RE-ES.A%IN TION OF MIS. TYILWIIITT.—Jane Tyrwhitt, who has been in custcdy from the 29th Nov., underwent a fourth examination, before Mr.Beadon, on various charges of obtaining goods from tra desmen by false pretences, and by forged requests, also withendea vouring to obtain goods by similar means. As on prior investigations, Mr. Dod, on the part of the Society for the Protection of Trade, aPPea rea for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis, of E for the prisoner, who was led into court by Bendall, the gaoler, from a cab from the House of Detention, all in exactly the same state as she has seemed in along.said Mr. Edward Lewis, of Marlborough-street, the ease intrusted to him against the prisoner wall of minor importance compared to the others, en" he was not instructed to proceed in it. a ly_place, The depositions in the already two complete cases, of which particulars have been fully gote n ' he e v a i d n i g ey, been read over by the ch ief clerk, Mr' Mr. Dod observed that he had only now to eel! sufficient evidence to complete the case prosecute u c! by Mr. Heath, the hatter, of Knightsbridge, an then would ask for a committal. Mr. Robert Heath, St. George's place, Knights: bridge, deposed—The letter produced was received by us on or about 17th October, by pest, an d 1 i fo ; ar warded, as it ordered three fancy hats to " C.,, House, Richmond, South Western ItailwaY hats se directed, " Hon. Mrs. Vernon." I identify the , e n" i produced by Cole, the detective, as t hose I XS• nt also the box. The value is betwee n £4 and ~s Mr. George Robertshaw, of Oxford-street, was well acquainted with the prisoner's and was of opinion that the letter adverted to Wa written by her. Remanded till next Wednesday, pro formal 0 1 1 , which day, on the evidence in the three cases .11,07, made known to the public, she will be coranu a t l ; . , for trial, Mr. Beadon remarking that it scon e charge s I him useless to go into the very many other ~ I which Mr. Dod had said could be bro ught again" her. handwriting. ; filled with The court during the hearing was West-end tradesmen and their witnesses, and the finish of the case the prisoner, whose illd u isP avi tion in the opinion of the Court and most 1"°, 11 by her, was entirely assumed , was taken baci‘iter Bendall, the gaoler, and the female warder to i quarters in the House of Detention. COUYT.RY MABICETS. NEWARK—Dsc. 21. for be st There was a small show of wheat to -clay , an d $ ll qualities prices were is higher. Dialling barley a s ' er e show, and at late rates. Grinding a slow sale. Oats W es , . scarce, in fair request, and at late rates. Wails 31161 I) wheat, new, 485 to 52s Barley, grindi n g' ' in request. White 2Bs t ° . 3 . 1 4 Red do. 44s to 47s Oats, old, 9 Old white 4Bs to 52s New do .......... 22s o '' to 469 Red do. 44s to 47s I Beans.. .......... 44, , „ Barley, malting 38s to 44s I Beans, nosr .. . ... 420 to ItP .. • ..... 24s to 04 :4a 4 HULL—DEC. 20. farolo rth The corn market was moderately attended bY ~ bits and a fair business was done in English wheat at Al w o rates. Foreign in limited supply, and very little D°_,`-',,,,a doing in that article. Malting barley a shade lowe d r po i grinding barley in limited show. Oats, beans, all Od without any noticeable change. Wheat.... Old white per qr. ........ Od to l 1 1 6 s 03 t° 5,06: OS pd Old red New white ........ New red Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 481 Od to t?, 0 ,7 o d Dutch, Belgian, and French.. 45s Od to 1g d Baltic and Hamburg, red .. • . 448 Od to 4 2. o d St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 409 Od to no s Od Barley.... English malting ........... 32s Od W. o ;1 0 Od Grinding ................... • Saal and Oderbruck ........ 303 Od t ,i, Od Od to . Od 36s pd. to 3 1 s lAA Holstein and Danish ........ 30s 201 269 t o pd to ,od Grinding .................. ‘, Oats English, ° old Archangel and Riga, per st.. Os ld to Nola Friesland and DuCch ........ osll 0 ,s o lii Swedish and Danish ........ °sl" to 1)48s Oa Beans ....English, old, per qr ....... .. 46s Od 42 . 04 405 Od to .1 A, New pigeon ................ Od to os " 1 : New tick .............. 3Os Od to 38 , pa Egyptian .................. 3 7'' a 41. °J 3 9, oto 0 4 Peas Foreign breakers ........... 6 Od to 37 0 Grinding .................. 3 : Od to --s O' Tares Winter .................... I L n ins dia ee n d C , o fe rn edin . g . ........................................ 9 pd to 33s 0 0 1 .............. 24a Odocio t2:filie to OA .... 44s v, 0 A. 6 (Hull .................. . ~, jo_, 1 . Linseed cakes () .......... . ... X 3 10 " L " 8 6 ' oto • 0 Foreign ............ 7 15 two 6 0 Rape cakes ................ 415 0 , i Bones 415 oto v 3 5 0 . : i s , ,o,id gg: BRISTOL—Dn. 20. an“ At the market to-day there was a fair attendairl,oo the prices of barley and wheat remain unaltered, 3 " Of holders of wheat wore asking is per qr more MOO' Cd per qr dearer. MELTON MOWBRAY -1:w. lg. , I,r LI. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, with a 0 3-$ 44% business at the annexed prices :--White wheat, 11 " f ' la Od to 4os Od ; red, 40s Od to 43s per 36' stone i bolo/ et fair supply, at 33s to 433 malting, and 28s to' 358 0d_12,„. qr. for grindino• ; oats, 23s to 34s Od per 24 stone ; bed' 42s to 52s for old; new, —s per 3S st. MARKET H.A.RBOROUGH—DEc. 20. There was a middling supply of wheat, which leto fair demand, at is above late rates, White wheat, ;5°',,, 42s ; red, 363 to 40s per 36 stone. Barley in limited ce,;• tities, and a slow sale, on former terms—old, 34s to il‘L new„ —s. Oats were a steady sale, from 23s to per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 363 to 48s ; new, 34s too' per 38 stone. CORK—DEo. 19. The following were the quotations this morning • • fp wheat, 23s 6d to 27s 03; w hite, 26s Od to 285 Od; barley Od to 195 Od ; oats, 12s Gd to 13s Gd. W;1 Gil at 7, to I CO, be a lux e me n "d m o'cb ..___ This e~ f ~it~ FVh ~. ~ D 1 484 ken Otte 3 Ott% 414 etr e _ - -St( 4. 4 1 1, ,tl4ll Valre FOREIGN 1114 IL PACKET LIS In the following-table E signifies that letters are deeps he/ by evening mails from Lo ndon, and IVI by morning" 0' by evening mails from Lo ndon, and M by r aorumg - l'ilu __%, )I , o' D E STINATIONS. Despatch Port of dud' of Malls. Despatch. ......../ ____.------- 1 0 Australia and Mauritius, via JO' i S ou th a mpton Jan. 12, M Southall* Jan. Ditto, via Marseilles 2 1 Bahamas and Havana via New nod York Dec. 23, E Liverpoo l. • no . Canada, &c. (by Canada. pckt ) Dec. —, E Liverpool.. '' Cape of Gobei Hope, Ascen- China, Penang and Singa- Jan. 5, soon, and St. Helena J. ig Pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles i Dec. 26, M ............ Deo , r , Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewflelds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, Jan' 0 India (Bombay), v o i m a b M ay a ) r , se v il i l a es via Southampton Jan. 4, 31 Southall*. Jo, E Devonporl 'l°l.: South- Dec. 26, E .......... D ee --A . la I, l a ns i b il ot p tnß i: iri a via , Marseillesluenos Ayres, Jan.pcc 327' 1 5.".u.t.11.4.1n..P. .. . : 11-' ll Li D sb it o t n oia V lml i a g p o, and Oporto Dec. 27, 31 and F. Islands Jan. 0, 31 SouthaMP' Dec. „,. 25 Southgypt, and Adeu, via .-' 0 i ii Marseilles B.f.u.t.h. a . 1n.P... lia:r.clu Mexico and Havana Newfoundland Dec. 31, E LiverP°°l ed., 25 United States and British N SouthamP. America (by British packet) Dec. 23, E LiverP o° _": --* Ditto (by U. S. packet) 1 0 West Coast of Africa, Ma Dec. w i ct, r in c ,a: India,aNncedwlTi Chili, n Granada,eir, California,ie ll r b u , s ,G 1 rcer. en ye. J. D .j. a a e n n c t .... ._ JILL 11_ . _ . _ _ _ ... .. _ .. ..... .. . 2. : 1 3 ; 1. ja : 1 .11 01 ' ...,rl.--** vonWlCEr's As stated recently in The San, THE LATE BRIBERY INQUIRY AT •,,--- tear t - being made to continuo the prosecution cif to the r alleged to bo concerned in the late attenllloo. Nothipi town councillor at Norwich by the offer of P o bject, but, / further has yet positively transpired on tiweedings will I ' . is still confidently stated that further Pr °e taken. an indeiwudVe pie 9 BIRTHS. oo COOKE.--On the 17th inst., at 5, Wdfield-terraeo, °IIcP ' 045 row-road, the wife of G eorge Frede r i c k Cooke, a son. Star' FOSTER.—On the 19th inst., a t Stourtown Castle, of • fordshire, the wife of W. O. Foster, Esq'' 31'1'1 173 daughter. 111 Ad r NnyLon.—On the 21 st in st., at 3, Manor-place, ton, Mrs. Naylor, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. • AO lITIORES—CAMPBELL.—On the 20th inst , at ICe ll l l3 Ase l parish church, Michael, eldest son of *the laW 3 ,'7nor Hughes, Esq., of Sherdley Hall, Lancashire, to ribis Mary, the only daughter of the late Rcar-Adrniral ° Campbell, of Ardpatrick, Argyllshire. _, ,0, WOOD—STOCKER. —On the 20th just , at M. .-^ °4lrg4 ll 1101 0 ; Bloomsbury, Marshall Wood, Es q•• to FaunY the eldest daughter of the late Georgqe**Southwood Stc leice ' Esq. BROOKE. —On the 16 D th E in A st. T , ant tobane, Nano , 'f i e; racy, Sir Henry Warren, eldest surviving son of the , " ...., i e Sir Joseph Brooko, 20th Regt. f Vl' -1-)•lvEs.—On the 20th inst., James Dawes, Esq OL, field -wick, Berks, and Niton, Isle of Wight, abe d ''' t, LITTLE,.—On the 20th inst., at 36, Northumberland -O,S Marylebono-road, Thos. Little, Esq., architect, age' ~. Newsom.—On the 18 t h inst. at Loatherhead, Surrea" Sr.r. William Newsom formerly of the Ba nk of Englea aged 68. OODEN.—On the 18th inst., at Barnsbury, Mr. Samuel I'l Ogden, aged 69. R,a7iy,..—ffoot3n,,tEhesq.l,9atgheidns,l6. at lii„ Wycotnbo, 1311°°1 •, . PtErts%P.;—agOnd the 76: 19th inst., at Brighton, Richard FiliiPt ~ -gr. PARKER. —On the 20th inst., at 2, Paragon, TracknO' - Parker, aged 79. LONDON : Printod and Published by ivITIRDO YOVI4O, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofliee9ll°•,,, of Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the (An ti "' Middlesex, Thursday, December 22, 1859. ever 13* raCks Cas thii ep O. bro ß i the Arin Past WAN Ai Sion „appr inoin at he Mon, 11 of th , ~~ '~~ ON Ite m : _ . G kg tal 1 • t 41 1 41 i 14,