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Her Maj est?, j ship Amethyst, 26, has been in spected by Vioe -Admiral W. Hope Johnstone, at Sheerness. Th e officers and crew were mustered and exercised al t general and fire quarters, the books and logs were ( carefully examined, and everything found in good ( order. The Admiral called the crew aft, and express ;ed the highest approbation, saying that he had not inspects d such a ship's company since his appoin tment ; that the exercise in all re spects was very Rood, and he should make a very favourable and special report to the Admiralty re garding them. The A .methyst has been nearly four years and a half in commission, and took an active part in the former CJhinese war, the battle of Fat shan, and the block ade of Canton, since which she has been engaged. "in important operations on the coast of Mexico.. She returns having circumnavi- ' gated the globe, and brings back a large proportion ' of those who sailed in her from these shores. As the Admiral was leaving the ship, the petty officers came on the quarter-deck and respectfully requested that he would kindly petition the Admiralty to ex tend their leave of absence to eight weeks instead of six (as is customary), in consequence of their lengthy commission in very unhealthy climates. Ths Admiral received the request in a courteous manner. Letters received from the Espoir, 5, screw, dated Sierra Leone, Nov. 20, state that fever broke out on board on her passage from the Gambia to Sierra Leone, and that a third of the ship's company, with the commander, were down with it at one time. The sick were landed at Sierra Leone to recruit their health. No deaths had occurred. While at Sierra Leone intelligence arrived that a slave brig was off the coast at no great distance. Commander Douglas, though suffering from fever, immediately put to sea, and fell in with her as she was run ning in to ship her slaves, 250 being ready for her. She afterwards was towed by the Espoir, after much difficulty, to Sierra Leone. The slaver had no colours or papers. Letters received from the Victor Emmanuel, 91, screw, lying in Malta harbour, represent her hull to require extensive repairs ; the majority of her seams being very much warped and open. Her expansive valves have proved to be useless from the weakness of their original construction. Their principle is stated to be good, but they have failed, as have those of other ships on the station, from the cause already stated. New valves were about to be cast having bearings at each end, three-quarters of an inch in diameter and four inches long, to re volve in leashes let in at each end of the chest, and which would take the pressure of the spindles on to the valves themselves. In every other re spect the engines, which are from the manufac• tory of Maudslay, Field, and Sons, gave the greatest satisfaction, and are described as " work ing splendidly." The Harrier, 17,screvv, Commander Sir M. M'Gre gor, at Portsmouth, has drawn charts for the Aus tralian station. She is expected to sail on Monday next. The total cost for preserving and repairing the machinery of the vessels in steam ordinary at Ports mouth, including stores and pay of engineers and stokers, for the half-year ending the 30th Septem ber last, amounted to £7,690. The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commanding George K. Bower, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday at 5 p.m., from Madeira and Lisbon. The members of the Royal Commission for the inquiry into the management of the royal dock yards, returned to town from their duties at Ports mouth yesterday. The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi nated to naval cadetships :—Mr. Charles Lucius Cary, Mr. Palmer Smythie, and Mr. Cecil E. Yates., The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George Worsfold, addi tional, to the Desperate; John H. Tully, second master, additional, to the Cumberland for the Griffin ; James Harvey, surgeon, to the Mars; and Wm. Nottridge, clerk, to the Jason. TI2E ARMY. The appointment of Lieut.-Col, at the Plymouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry has be come vacant by the decease of Lieut.-Col. Edward Hocker, C.E. The deceased officer had served in the corps of Royal Marines upwards of 30 years, his commission as Second Lieut. bearing- date the 30th of January, 1830. Lieut. Hooker served in Syria in 1840, and was at the storming of Sidon and bombardment of Acre. by Sir C. Napier. He com manded a battalion of the Royal Marine forces at the China expedition in 1857, including the block ade of the Canton river, and the landing before and storming of Canton, his distinguished services on that occasion being rewarded by a Companionship of the Bath. The senior captain on the list of the Royal Marines is Captain R. G. Connolly, instructor of gunnery at the Chatham division, who will be promoted to the vacant rank. A distribution of medals, awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty for long and meritorious service, has been made to several of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry who have completed a period of 21 years' and have recently been discharged from that corps. The presentations were made on the parade ground at Chatham by Lieut.-Col. M‘Killop at a full parade of the officers and men, the follow ing being the names of the non-commissioned offi cers and men on whom the honour Was «inferred : — Barrack-Serg. Alexander Wallace, Colour-Serg. Thomas Boyce, Serg. Jonas ,Lilley, Private David Newman, Private Henry Mobley, and Drummer William Lerey. THE VOLUNTREI? 3fo V E MENT. -- - 4.- - - On Wednesday evening lord Enfield, M.P., the newly appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 29th North Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, took the com mand of the regiment, and the effectives mustered in full force on the parade ground of the Regent's park barracks to , receive his lordship. The various companies having marched past in slow and quick time, went through the various evolutions of bat talion drill to the great satisfaction of their new Commander. At ' the conclusion of the manoeuvres the men were marched into the riding- school, where Lord Enfield addressed them, expressing the high satisfaction he had experienced at witnessing the precision and effle4ency with which they performed the various movements. His lordship remarked that he felt it necessary that they as volunteers should have some relaxation from duty, and therefore he proposedthat they should break off drill for two or three weeks, and at the conclusion of the recess he doubted not but that the military duties with redoubled ardour. Before, how ever, they SgPareted, he thought it desirable that the corps should h ave a parade an d marc h out under his command. Re had fixed Saturday afternoon next for that purpose, wl ic n he hop ed that nv as y members as c 01 21 4, p oss i bly makeit convenient would attend. Captain R. 'Ur • zones, the adjuta n t, for Saturd a y next, then read the regimental ord er Parade in full dress, stating that the corps would with band, under the command of the Lieutenant- Colonel, at the new drill-ground, Moruington-road, 'at 3 p.m. to-morrow (Saturday), and march out. A silver bugle has been purchased by subscription for presentation to the Central Rifle Volunteers (40th Middlesex), as a-testimonial from the inhabi tants of the Holborn district. Captain I saacs has issued a notice to the effect that he will present three prizes, of five, three, and two guineas, to be shot for by the m em b ers o f hi s company ( N o. 2) Th e members of the corps will attend the Church of the Holy Trinity, Gray's-inn-road, on Sunday morning next, the Rev. Dr. Worthington having kindly con sented to preach a special sermon to the corps. The concert in aid of the band fnnd of the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th companies of the sth Essex Rifle s , which !took place on Wed nes d ay even i ng at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end-road, was very suc cessful. The rifle shooting contest for two silver cups, given by Major Holdsworth, by the Ist and 2d com panies of the Wakefield Rifle Corps, took place on Wednesday last. The shooting was not very good. The highest number of points at the ranges of 200, 300, awl 400 yards was 17, obtained by Private' OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES, " A Practical Man" writes to a contemporary as follows :—Sir,—ln the letter which you have don e me the honour to publish to-day, I ought to have stated that, apart from the Armstrong establish ment, there exists—a contract with Elswick for the supply of guns as well as shell. The prices given are said to be £l7B for guns to throw a 121 b. bolt, and £360 for what they call a 40-pounder, but which is really only equal to the bore of a 1 4-pounder. The former gun has been compared in price to the brass gun, but if this gun were made of similar weight and bore it could be manufactured for about one-half the cost of the Armstrong 12- pounder. With regard to the shells supplied from Elswick, I have not been able to ascertain their price, but the outlay on this account must be very considerable, for thousands of tons of all sizes have been made. The first pattern be coming obsolete, it has been replaced by another, and all this before any 100-pounder guns were finished ; and, further, I understand that shell are continually coming in from Elswick. As if this extraordinary supply of 100-pounder shells, before any guns were ready, was not sufficient, a branch has been added to the Armstrong department for the purpose of manufacturing shell in a similarly faulty manner. This arrangement has left the actual shell foundery almost idle, and this admir ably -arranged building is nearly empty, as any one may see who visits the Laboratory. With regard to the statement made in the Mechanics' Magizine, and Sir William's reply as to the cost of his guns, we have a right to expect that after this vast outlay some perfect 1 00-pounder guns would be produced ; but it now appears that while £2,000,000 has been sunk in the arsenal the greater portion seems to have been expended in experiments to make a faulty system of manufac turing guns answer; and not only has this enor mous expense deen incurred, but contracts have likewise been entered into to produce imperfect built-up guns of small calibre, at a cost (judging from the breech pieces supplied at about £52 a-piece) nearly double the amount at which supe rior guns of twice the size can be produced. STATE OF AUSTRIA. •-•- A letter from Vienna, dated Dec. 10, says : M. von Schmerling, the newly appointed Minister, is well aware that the task which he is about to undertake is a very difficult one, and doubtless h e will take hi s measures acco rdingly. The Emperor has, in general terms, expressed his approval of the new political programme which has been laid before him, but M. von Schmerling, being a cir cumspect politician, wishes to have each separate point of it accepted before he enters into office. It is not likely that Schmerling will try to obtain for his fellow -countrymen a constitution a 1' Anglaise, but he will hardly fail to insist on a bona fide re presentation of the provinces in the Reichsrath, a more equitabie representation of the different classes in the provincial Diets, equality of the dif ferent confessions, complete separation of the judi cial and administrative authorities, publicity and oral proceedings in the courts of law, and, finally, on the publication of more liberal laws for the press. It is to be foreseen that Schmerling will be opposed—either openly or in secret—by the re actionary party at Court, by the high aristocracy, and by the Ultramontane clique ; but if he is straightforward in his dealings with the nation he is sure to have its energetic support. In fact, ad dresses are now being prepared by some of the corporate bodies in this city, and they will he pre sented to him without delay should his programme be to their taste. The lists of the persons who are' entitled to take part in the approaching elections for the reformation of the municipalities and com munes have been published, and the leading men in Vienna and in some of its suburbs have already met, in order to select a certain number of persons whom they deem worthy of confidence. In 1848 the inhabitants of the suburb Neuban were ultra- Radicals, but when a meeting was held there on Friday last, all the speakers declared that they nothing but rational (vernunftige) re forms from the Government. Very many per sons of my acquainta nce are of opinion that it is too late for reforms ; but the Ger. mans in Austria are a good-natured, patient race, and may still be satisfied. It is, how , ever, morally certain that there will be serious disturbances in Austria in the spring should there be any more tergiversation on the part of Government. Should Counts Rechberg and Szechen intrigue against M. von Schmerling, and prevent his carrying out his plans, they will have the credit —and deservedly too—of having conduced to the downfall of the empire. It is stated that .11. von lialchberg, who was formerly Vice-PresidPrit of the Stadtholderate of Gallicia, is to be Under Secretary of State in the Home Department. It may be observed that the gentleman in question was not long ago removed from his post by Count Goluchowski, whose position is a most unenviable one. In the morning of Friday last he was so ignorant of what was going on in the highest circles, that he asked one of his subordinates whei her he thought there was an) truth in the current reports relative to M. von Schrnerling, and %ppeared much surprised to learn that they were perfmly well founded. In the evening of the day th e " St arost, " as he is commonly y the called b same German e m pl oyes , ten d ered his resignation. supposed that C oun t Goluchowski will have some high place at Court, as there can hardly be a ques tion i of sending him back to Gallicia as Stadtholder of that province. On the morning of the Bth inst. Count Forgach, the newly -appointed Stadtholder of Bohemia, went by train to Prague, where he met with a very strange reception. While Dr. Wanka, the Burgomaster of the city, was paying compliments to his Excellency, and assuringhim that all the inhabitants of the pro vince were delighted have him as their Governor, a number of young Czecha, who were assembled in front of the station, were singing " fide demov mop (11Vhere is my native land P"), and another national song, beginning with the words " 0 Slaves ! Our language is still extant," As the Stadtholder left the terminus the young men, who were in the na tional costume, shouted" Slave !" (the word means " Slavonic race" and "glory"), and "xi ezijou Ce chove !" (" Long live the Czechs"), and " 4 eZtYO24 /Orane !" (" Long live the Slaves"). After this the crowd, which grew larger as it went, marched through the principal streets of the city, whist ling, shouting, screaming, hooting, and groan ing. In front of the Office or Police a tre mendous noise was made, but as soon its the armed force appeared the young men were Mute. Several of them were, however, arrested. As the demonstration could hardly have been against the person of Count Forgach, who is a Slave, though born in Upper Hungary, it must be supposed that the Czechs wish to have a Bohe mian " Oberstburygraf" instead of an Austrian Stadtholder. The discontent of the Tyrolese increases from day t o d ay, and the peasants and citizen s i ron i cally ask whether the nobility and cle rgy are prepared to defend the one-half of the province against an invading foe. In the Tyrol there are 239 nobles who do not pay more than 44 fl or i ns , florins. Tiand-tax, and 335 who p a y more t h an 25 The l and-tag levied in the Tyrol (without Vorarlbe r gthis s um t : 8 11 865,175 florins per annum, and to nmnber of have the same days there have been tribute about 18,0 eonotafltives as the peasants—con orins.. During the last few rep r 7 s ies— who are to b u t the separatist_ partyn,ovi,ch great influence in the disturbances at Pesth, appears to have very smaller towns and in shall not subside, morning the General CongrePgation the open country, takes care that the p I•tical e t s it o \a ut tt At half-ost 9 heuistehdaevoeunties of Pesth, not ofyet heard NvPhialtis; o f excitement o'clockt met, but we were taken. The streets Pesth were filled with men dressed in the nationaltcostume, and wearin in their k a lpacks (the national cap) cockades with * The last supreme " Burggrave"—an ancient Bohemian dignity —was the Archduke Stephen, who was Palatine of Elaniu 1848. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE 8110 W. Highest. L owes t . 1850 •• •• .• 96 .. 8 1F51•• •• •• 96 .. 7 11i52 •• •• •• •• 100 • 2 1853 •• •• •• 98 .. 5 1854 .. •• •• • 101 4 •• 1855 •• •• •• 99 .. 9 The thermometer in a London winter seldom descends to 9 degrees, and very rarely indeed to 2. Generally speaking, the degree of moisture of the atmosphere varies between somewhat wider limits than at Greenwich, and the annual amount of rain and snow is somewhat greater,—about one:. twelfth. The temperature of solar exposure is, of course, very great in summer. A blackened thermometer exposed to the sun is observed to rise, on some one day of every year, to a maximum height of from 130 to 138 degrees Fahrenheit. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Collingwood, Dec. 12. J. F. W. HERSCHEL. • From a reduction of the four years (1850-1853). THE DRAINAGE OF THE KINGDOM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln the Times of to-day I observe a report of a meeting to promote a general measure for out falls and arterial drainage. It was presided over by the Earl of Romney, and attended by many gentlemen o f hi g h status as agric ulturists, but it seems to have initiated no more distinct course of action than the appointment of a deputation to urge upon the Home Secretary the importance of the subject. This ought not to be necessary, and will certainly not be sufficient. The Home Secretary must be well aware that for 12 years now past the abstract necessity has been fully admitted; but he will pro bably also be found to be underthe impression that 12 years' knowledge of the evil has not lessened the difficulty of deciding what measure can be passed. If the very influential gentlemen present at this meeting would only agree upon some specific mea sure, their unanimous support would probably enable a Government to pass it; but I am afraid it will not be of much use to call upon the Government to undertake to originate a measure which will cer tainly arouse the hostility of every landholder to whom nature ear art has already given an outfall, and of every millowner who already has a station upon a stream, and of every local body which already has a drainage jurisdiction. The Minister will know very well that directly he has committed himself to his perilous measure he will be left to fight it through without any very zealous aid, and in the face of very earnest enemies. Ten years ago this subject was carefully con sidered by mysef and Mr. Blamire, under whom I was at that time acting on the Tithe Commission. If the health of that sagacious and indefatigable public servant did not, unfortunately, preclude him from taking present part in this question, I should not have thought myself justified in saying a word upon a subject so entirely his own. But, as it is, it becomes, I think, a duty to remind the public of what has been already done towards the object. As members of the Tithe Commission, which was then concluding its great work, we had unequalled opport uniti es o f i ntercourse with all the land agents and sur ve y ors i n the kingdom. We used then opportunities. Under Mr. Blamire's practical eye I drew a bill which, as it proceeded and when it was finished, clause by clause, in its details and in its entirety, was submitted to all the most dis tinguished practical men throughout the country, and, after much moulding, received an approbation which was almost unanimous. Ultimately it was pressed upon the Government so strongly by that part of the agricultural interest which suffers from want of legislation on this subject, that Lord Car lisle, who was then in the Cabinet, undertook it and introduced it into the House of Lords. There was, I believe, at that time an intention of passing it, as a measure which would have been equally bene ficial to agriculture, to manufacture, and to the public health. But there was a change of Ministry, and this bill was left stranded with a hundred other unobtrusive practical reforms. Now, sir, I do not pretend to recommend to Lord Romney and his friends the revival of this bill ; it was far too comprehensive to be likely to be carried, unless by a strong Government earnest in the work. But I would suggest that the practical knowledge brought to bear upon this measure ought not to be entirely lost, and that there are materials here out of which Lord Romney's coadjutors may create, if not such a measure as they would wish, yet such a bill as they may hope to pass. Unless, however, the country gentlemen will agree upon some bill as their bill ; and unless they can place themselves in a position to assure the Government that they have obtained the assent of the millowners to it, and that they have taken care not to awaken the hostility of the local jurisdic tions, there can be no great expectation that they will ever have this most necessary work done, and they must be content to continue to see their fields saturated with wet, their roads choked by floods, and their peasantry suffering with ague and fevers. The Government have neither the leisure, theknow ledge, nor the strength to do this work unaided by those who are directly interested in it. I am, sir, your obedient servant, GEO. WINDGROVE COGKE. The Temple, Dec. 13. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only' their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the " InvAtips' Own Gunn," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex vine, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitatiot, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, nonoises in the ears, rh euma ti sm, gout, impurities, eruptions, 4410 steria, ne ura l g i a, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi .4_n, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, bronchitis UnOuestionably the safest Guide The attendance of visitors yesterday at this exhibition was very numerous, and on Wednesday a greater number were present than on any single day in any previous year. The following is a list of the purchasers of some of the principal animals exhibited :-In Class 1, Devon steers, not exceeding three years old, No. 1, bred by the Prince Con sort, was purchased by Mr. Stevens, of Oxford, purveyor to the Prince of Wales ; No. 2, the winner of the third prize, by Mr. Petherbridge, of Hastings-street, Brunswick square; No. 4, by Mr. Cramp, of Ealing; and No. 7, by Mr. Barclay, of Tichfield-street, Portland-place. In Class 2, Devon steers or oxen above three three years old, No. 10, the winner of the third prize, was bought by Mr. West, of Southampton; No. 11, the winner of the first prize, by Messrs. Fisher, of the Anchor Dining-rooms, Cheapside ; No. 12, the winner of the second prize, by Mr. Stone, Upper Holloway ; No. 13, by Mr. Page, of Plymouth ; No. 14, by Mr. Collingwood, of Lamb's Conduit-street ; and No. 15, by Mr. Smith, of Exeter. In Class 3, Devon heifers, not exceeding four years old, No. 20, the winner of the second prize, was purchased by Mr. Hooke, of Frederick-street, Hampstead -road ; No. 21, bred by the Prince Consort, by Mr. Longman, of King-street, New North-road ; No. 22, the winner of the first prize, by Mr. Newton, of Tiver ton, Devon; No. 24, by Mr. Smith, of Exeter; No. 25, by Mr. Elphick, of East Moulsey ; and No. 27, by Mr. A. Churton, of Notting-hill. In Class 4, Devon cows above four years old, No. 29, the winner of the third prize, was purchased by Mr. Baker, of the Old Kent-road, and No. 32, the winner of the first prize, by Mr. Colebrood, of Reading. In Class 6, Hereford steers or oxen above three years old, No. 36 was purchased by Mr. Bliskin, of Kingston ; No. 37, bred by the Prince Consort, by Mr. Pawsey, of Bath ; No. 38, the winner of the second prize, by Mr. Stockley, of Montpellier street, Knightsbridge; No. 42, the winner bf the third prize, by Mr. Wilkins, of Oxford ; and No. 44, by Mr. Banks, of St. Neots, Hunting donshire. In class 8, Hereford cows above four years old, No. 48, the winner of the second prize, was bought by Mr. Silverside, of York, and No 50, the winner of the third prise, by Mr. Harris, of Shennington, Oxfordshire. In Class 9, short-horned steers, not exceeding three years old, No. 53, the winner of the second prize, was purchased by Mr. Cushen, of Staines ; No. 54, by Mr. Pain, of High street, Camden-town ; No. 56, by Mr. Eaton, of Wands worth-road, Vauxhall ; No. 57, by Mr. Cooke, of Nor thampton ; No. 59, by Mr. Handford, of Bridge-street, Battersea; No. 60, by Mr. DeaHe, of Chertsey ; and No. 63, by Mr. Harris, cf Shennington, Oxfordshire. In Class 10, short-horned steers or oxen above three years old, No. 66 was purchased by Mr. Cornish, of the Caledonian-road; No. 67, by Mr. Collingwood, of Lamb's Conduit-street; No. 69, by Mr. English, of King's-road, Chelsea; No. 70, by Mr. Fisher, of Aylesbury, Bucks ; No. 71, by Mr. J. Mason, of Queen-street, King's-road, Chelsea; No. 74, the winner of the first prize, by the Messrs. Davis, of the Black Bull, New Cattle-market ; No. 76, the winner of the second prize, by Mr. 11. Keeble, of the Lion, New Cattle -market ; and No. 77, by Mr. Copeland, of Abingdon. In Class 11, short-horned heifers, not exceeding four years old, No. 78, the winner of the first prize, was purchased by Mr. Burn man, of the York. road, King's-cross; No. 79, by Mr. Feathco , dc, of Birkenhead ; No. 80, by Mr. Holton, of King-street, Hammersmith ; and No. 81, by Mr. D. Bull, of Great Chapel-street, Westminster. In Class 12, short horned cows, above four years old, No. 82, was pur chased by Mr. Goring, of Staines, and No. 84, the winner of the third prize, by Mr. T. Phelp, of Sey mour-place, Camden-town. In Class 13, Sussex steers or oxen of any age, No. 88 was purchased by Mr. Phipps, of Brighton ; No. 89, by Messrs. Thompson, of Peterborough; I No. 93, by Mr. Rudderforth, of Pitfield •street, Hoxton ; Nos. 92 and 93, by Mr. Sharp, of Brighton ; No. 95, by Mr. Stenning, of Brighton ; No. 96, by Mr. French, of Deptford -road ; No. 98, by Mr. Castle, of Sunbury, Mid dlesex ; No. 99, the winner of the first prize, by Mr. Hooke, of Frederick-street, Hampstead-road; No. 100, by Mr. Rudderforth, of Hoxton ; and No. 101, the winner of the second prize, by Mr. Withers, of Guildford. In Class 15, Norfolk or Suffolk polled steers or oxen of any age, No. 103, the winner of the first prize, was purchased by Mr. Finch, of Hounslow. In Class 16, Norfolk or Suffolk polled heifers or cows of any age, No. 101, the winner of the second prize, was bought by Mr. Withers, of Guildford ; No. 105, the winner of the first prize, by Mr. Povey, of Nile-street, Heaton ; and No. 106, by Mr. Wells, of the Southgate-road. In class 19, Scotch horned steers or oxen of any age, No. 110, the winner of the second prize, was bought by Mr. Potherbridge, of Hastings-street, Bruns wick-square; No. 111, by Mr. May, of North Audley street ; No, 112, by Mr. Copeland, of Windsor; No. 113, by Messrs. Clarke and Son. Richmond ; No. 114, by Mr. Rat cliff, of Richmond; Ne. 116, the winner of the first prize, by Mr. Jeffery, of Regent street; and No. 117, by Mr. Scarlett, of Goswell-road. In Class 20, Scotch horned heifers or cows of any age, No. 119, the winner of the first prize, was purchased by Mr. Stephens, of North •Audley street ; No. 120, the winner of the second prize, by Mr. Slater, of Kensington; and No. 121, by Mr. Collingwood, of Lamb's Conduit-street. In Class 21, Scotch polled steers or oxen, of any age, No. 123 was purchased by Mr. Harris, ' of Sevenoaks ; No. 124, the winner of the first prize, by Mr. Mann, of Croydon ; and No. 125, by Mr. Page, of Tower-street. In Class 22, Scotch polled heifers or cows, of any age, No. 126, the winner of the first prize, was pur chased by Mr. Ive- , , of Hampton-court. In Class 24, Irish heifers or cows, of any age, No. 127 was purchased by Mr. Sargeant, of Westminster. In Class 25, Welsh breed, No. 128, the winner of the second prize, was purchased by Mr. Ratcliff, of Mayfair, and No. 129, the winner of the first prize, by Messrs. Eady and Dunkley, Northampton. In the cross of mixed breed, Class 27, No. 131, the winner of the first prize, was purchased by Mr. Bottrill, of Westminster, and. No. 134, the winner of the second, by Mr. Castle, of Hounslow ; in Class 28, No. 135, the winner of the second prize, was bought by Mr. Palmer, of Wentworth, Rsecar, near Nottingham, and No. 139, the winner of the first, by Mr. Fremantle, of Richmond ; in Class 29, No. 142, the winner of the first prize, was pur chased by Mr. Fowkes, of Hammersmith. Many cf these animals fetched very high prices, as did also the successful i competitors in the sheep and pig departments. FINE ART ORNAMENTATION OF WATCRES._" Perhaps there is ne article of personal ornament and utility that ad mits of greater scope for the display of a cultivated artistic taste than the ornamentation of the dials and backs of watches. Countless designs displaying the greatest inge nuity are still the characteristic of the English manufac, turer's productions, while designs of a higher order of merit are but rarely to bo met with. The buyer's desideratum is to find an establishment where will be presented to him ample choice of artistic designs. It is therefore with plea sure that we can name the locale of such an establishmeat, It is that of Mr. J. W. Benson, situate at 33 and 34, Lud gate-hill:"---ilforning Herald. Benson's illustrated pam phlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of every con struction of watch now made. Watches safe by post to all putt; of the globe. THE WAKEFIELD ➢OISONING CASE. Emma Stringer, 22, was placed at the bar, charged under the coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of Frances Adamson, at Sandal Magna, near Wakefield, on the 15th of August last. Mr. Blanshard, for the prosecution, stated that the bill against the prisoner preferred before the grand jury had been ignored. He had every reason to believe that all the witnesses at the back of the indictment had been carefully examined by the grand jury, who, in the exercise of their discretion, had thrown out the bill, considering that there was not sufficient evidence to put the prisoner upon her trial. Since the bill had been ignored he and his learned friends, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Gully, who were for the prosecution, had carefully gone through the depositions, and they had come to the conclu sion that they should best discharge their duty both to the prisoner and also to the public at large by declining to offer any evidence upon the coro ner's inquisition. As no evidence, threfore, would be tendered in the case, the jury would have to say that the prisoner was not guilty. The jury, then, under his lordship's direction, recorded a formal verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner, who is a respectable-looking young woman, was immediately discharged. William Brice, alias Boyce, 23, was charged with uttering two forged £5 Bank of England notes, at Sheffield, on the 10th July last. The Hon. A. Liddell and Mr. Maule were for the prosecution ; Mr. Blanshard defended the prisoner. The prisoner was found Guilty. Previ.)us convictions for felony at Manchester, in April, 1858, and at Liverpool in May, 1857, having been proved against him, he was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. A young man named Charles Richard Lynas pleaded guilty to stealing a post letter in Manches er in October last, and was sentenced under the first count of the indictment to three years' penal servitude, and under the second to four years simi• larpunishrnent, to commence at the termination of the first term. GAROTTING A MEDICAL STUDENT A middle-aged man, named John Green, was indicted for assaulting and robbing G. B. V. Nash, a medical student, on the 12th of August. The prosecutor, who had been drinking at several pub lic-houses, was somewhat under the influence. of drink, returning home early in the morning through Whitemill-street, Copperas-hill, Liverpool, when he was attacked by four men. While his throat was tightly grasped and his hands held he was so severely ill-treated as to be rendered half uncon scious ; his pockets were rifled, and a sum of money, a watch, chain, and other articles taken from him. The prosecutor seized the prisoner, and succeeded in holding him until ho was arrested by a police man The defence set up was that the man Green had come to the assistance of Nash, who was being attacked by some men who had escaped; and that the prosecutor, in his comparative inebriety, and in the darkness of the night, had mistaken the prisoner for one of his assailants. Green was found Guilty, and sentenced to penal servitude for four years. , CONVICTIONS FOR BURGLARY. ' Two young men, Thomas Speakm an an d J ames Houghton, were charged with burglariously enter ing the houses of John Davenport, of Winstanley, and James Forshaw, of Blackrod, Lancashire. A portion of the property stolen, calico, was found to have been pledged at a pawn broker's shop ; and the prisoners were arrested at Warring ton, when one of them was wearing a pair of stock ings,forming part of the plunder. Speakman had before the trial pleaded guilty, and was admitted to give evidence in the case, and his testimony showed that both men had been connected with the rob bery. Houghton being found guilty, and being a well-known thief, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. Speakman, who is a notorious felon, was sentenced to penal servitude for ten years. A yohng man, named Thomas Wheelhouse, was convicted of burglary at Salford, in a poor woman's house, and was sentenced to three years' penal ser vitude. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Fogs, Fever% Influenza.—ln all large an d populous cities the air is more or less vitiated; and malaria always causing disease. To counteract the maladies arising from these pestiferous vapours nothing is so safe and certain as Holloway's Pills. They act on the human blood as a filter acts on dirty water, and like it remove mechanically or chemically all gaseous or fluid impurities, and all noxious matters. These admi rable Pills possess every attribute requisite for a purify ing., preservative, or restorative remedy. They success fully grapple with indigestion and fever, and what is still more astonishing! while they thoroughly cleanse they en tire system they regulate and strengthen every individual organ. Holloway's Pills suit either sex, all ages, and every climate. ME SUN," LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1860. Grace. Private Torty, who scored 16 points, won the second cup. On Tuesday evening the 3d Hants Artillery (Ports mouth civil service) gave a tea party and soiree in aid of the band fund of the corps. Mr. Murray, chief engineer of her Majesty's dockya , hon. member, occupied the chair, supported 1 ) Mr. Abethell, master shipwright; Lieutenant -Colonel Sturdee, Rev. Mr. Phelps, Dr. Garrington, &c. There was a large attendance of members and their friends, and the whole affair was a complete success, materially aiding the object of the meeting. This corps have received a communication from the Secretary of State to take the new pattern carbine and sword bayonet, returning their old arms into store. The Ist Hants (Bitterne), 2d Hants (Ports mouth), and the 3d Hants Artillery Volunteer Corps are now formed into one brigEwle for admi nistrative purposes, under the title of the Ist Ad ministrative Brigade of the County of Hants. the figures 1848 inscribed on them. In front of the County House was a vast crowd of people, which was kept in order by special constables, students, and haidueks (national police.) The Second Chamber of Hesse-Cassel has been dissolved, because it refuses to recognise the validity of the Constitution of 1860, which was promulgated by the Elector. Count Rechberg, as an absolute Minister, openly approved the " octroi," and it is said that he still advises the Elector not to yield to his subjects. It is still rumoured that Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has given permission to the French Government to form a colony in a place called Godinie. The village in question, which is marked on Karacsay's map (published by Artaria, the map seller in this city), is on the lake of Scutari, at 8,000 or 10,000 paces from the frontier of Upper Albania. Has the British Government a political agent at Scutari or Antivari ? If it has not, it may be as well it should know that MM. Hecquard, the French Consul-General, a remarkably active and enterprising man, has managed to get a firm footing at the little Court of Montenegro. THE LATE (ALES', The clipper ship Prince Consort, Capt. Macbeth, put into Portsmouth a few days since under jury masts, having been thoroughly disabled off the bay by the late tempestuous gales in the Atlantic and chops of the Channel. The Prince Consort sailed from Liverpool for Melbourne with a large num ber of passengers, and cargo valued at £150,000, on the 22d of November. On the 25th—in the same gale encountered by the royal yachts—the Prince Consort lost her fore and main topmasts and mizenmast with everything above them. Jury spars were rigged and endeavours made to reach Lisbon, but the ship was again caught in a series of gales, until catching the south-west gale she ran up Channel and arrived in safety at Spithead. At one time the weather was so violent that the com mander of the vessel was compelled to batten down the vessel's hatches with the passengers all below. One cabin passenger was washed off the poop over board, and the whole of the live stock destroyed. The feelings of the passengers are best described in a memorial they presented to Capt. Macbeth, on meeting with the south-west gale, requesting him to run for port, a copy of which we append : 4 , At a, Dec. 2, 186 the Prince Dear Sir,---We, the undersigned Se passengers of the Prince Consort, from Liverpool to Melbourne, desire to express our feelings to you under the very frying circum stances in which we have been placed, We left Liver pool on the morning of the 22d of November, and got away well on our course until the 24th, when it came on to blow heavily, the glass indicating bad weather. The ship was made as snug as possible before mid night under close-reefed topsails. On the following morning the wind increased to a perfect hurricane, the sea being terrific and the ship labouring heavily, and at, last losing her topmasts and spars, which had to be cut away to save the hull. Through Sunday the sea remained in a terrific state, but as soon as the weather permitted jury spars were rigged, and the ship was put by you on a southerly course, in the hope of being able to reach some port where we might refit; but on the Ist of December another terrific gale from the S. W, came on with such vio lence as to take away all hope of being able to get further south in the then crippled state of the ship. Many among us have had experience of long voyages, having made the passage to Australia and America before, but we have never witnessed such terrific weather as we encountered in the Prince Consort, and believe her to be a ship of extraordi narily good qualities, or she could never have survived such terrific weather. We therefore beg that you will now put into the first port you can make, in order that the ship may be refitted, and that our safe passage to Australia may yet be a possibility. In speaking of yourself, sir, we find a difficulty in expressing our sense of your conduct without using language that m a y seem hi g h -flown or exaggerated to these who did not witness the fearful scenes of the last 10 days. We believe that everything that the able com mander could do to secure the safety of his vessel has been done by you, and that, under Divine Providence, nothing but your skill and experience, your courage and decision, and your untiring watchfulness and energy could have saved the ship, and with it, our lives. Your kindness and attention to all on board have been unremitting, while your attempts to soothe the terrors and alleviate the sufferings of the passengers have been beyond all praise. We believe there is not a passenger on board who does not feel grateful to you, not only as the instrument of saving our lives, but also for the kind courtesy and sympathy you have shown for all, from the lowest to the highest, on board. We beg you will convey to Mr. Blair, your first officer, to Dr. Pring, and tc your other officers our high sense of the way in which they have discharged their several duties, and our heartfelt thanks for their courteous demeanour to us upon all occasions. Wishing you and yours every blessing for time and eternity, and trusting iu God's providence that you may yet conduct us in safety to the Southern hemi sphere.—We are, &c. " Signed by the whole of the cabin and steerage pas sengers." ASSIZE IATTPLEIGENCR. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHESTER, DEC. 13. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) James Sivell, aged 21, a whitesmith, pleaded guilty to a criminal assault on the person of Eliza beth Farlow, a girl under seven years of age, at Portsea. His lordship sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. The prisoner fell down in a fit on hearing the sentence, and was removed in a state of insensibility from the bar. John Mullens, 23, described as a hawker, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Wickham, at Portsmouth. Mr. Poulden conducted the prosecution. The deceased and the prisoner, with some other soldiers, were at the Golden Bell public-house, in St. Mary's street, Portsmouth, on the 12th July. The prisoner was then in the Suffolk Miitia, and the deceased a soldier in the Marine Artillery. Some dispute arose between them respecting the gun drill, and in retaliation the prisoner told the deceased he would bet him ss. that he could not tell how many points of the compass there were. Deceased had not ss, with him, and on finding this he called those present opprobrious names. The prisoner gave Wickham a heavy blow, which knocked him off the settle upon him he had been seated, and when he was on the ground kicked him on the crown of his head, inflicting a wound, the result of which was that the unfortunate man died in about 20 minutes. Prisoner was very much in toxicated and the deceased sober at the time of the fatal occurrence. The jury immedia' ely found the prisoner guilty. Prisoner, a respectable looking young man, said that he came from Dorsetshire, but had not been there for 10 years, and he had no one to speak for him. His lordship said he was loth to pass sentence in so serious a case without deliberation, and therefore deferred it until tomorrow (Friday) morning. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—CHESTER, DEC 13. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE WARRINGTON MURDER, William Dagnall, 21, labourer, Warrington, was charged with having feloniously killed William Yarmouth. It appeared that the deceased was 64 years of age, and lived at Appleton, near Warrington. On the 15th of Sept. last the deceased left home to go to Warrington, at about 7 o'clock, for the purpose of purchasing a pair of boots. He took with him 15s. in his purse and 3s. 6d. in his pocket. The deceased after he had made his purchases went to the Corporation Inn with a man named Millington, and after drinking two glasses of beer adjourned to the " Exchange." About 10 o'clock he was missed, and nothing more was seen of him until half-past 12 o'clock. At that time he was found between Heathside and Queen-street quarrelling with a woman named Green. He charged her with having robbed him, and said he would not let her go until he got his money. The women called for help four or five times, and was struggling violently with the deceased. The prisoner came up and began ill using the deceased, and kicked him four or five times on the head and body while on the ground. After this a woman of the name of Catherine Ley land came up and struck the deceased upon the face three or four times. The deceased died on the 20th from the injuries received. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the prisoner was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. William Dagnall, Ann Green, and Catherine Leyland, were then charged with the murder upon the coroner's inquisition, but no evidence being offered they were discharged. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--YORK, DEC. 13. (Before Mr. Justice Hill,) William Walsh, who was convicted on Tuesday of the manslaughter of his wife, by starving her to death, was'placed at the bar, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. Ann Johnson, convicted of the manslaughter of her husband, at Doncaster, in November last, was sentenced to three months'imprisonrnent. His lord ship said that the jury had recommended the pri soner to mercy, and he was always ready to listen to such recommendations. It seems that the prisoner and her husband had had many unhappy quarrels and on one of those occasions she had struck the deceased upon the head with a piece of wood and caused his death. He did not think that the pri soner intended to take away the life of her husband and he believed that she was very sorry for what had occurred. She had no doubt been led away by passion, and thus attacked her husband in the vio lent manner she had done, he having first attacked her. CLIMATE OF PEKIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your leading article of yesterday you state that " the Russians have not been very com municative as to the winter climate of Pekin, and we gather what we do know of it chiefly from Le Pere Hyacinthe, who resided there some time, and wrote an account of the city." Y ou d o the Russians great injustice. I have before me a series of meteorological observations made and registered by order of the Russian Government by M. Scatchkoff and his assistants at that capital during every single hour of every day and night consecutively through out the years 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, and 1855, which are printed and published in extenso, and which include every particular of a most com plete meteorological register. The work which contains these observations (amounting, for Pekin alone, to upwards of 280,000 individual entries) is distributed gratuitously, on the most liberal scale, to the principal scientific institutions, and to many private individuals (myself among the number), throughout Europe ; and, besides these, there are less complete, but still highly valuable records of similar observation, extending from 1841 on wards, with occasional interruptions, These form part, and but a small part, of the immense collec tion of magnetic and meteorological observa tions which the Russians (offering in this respect a most; striking contrast to the conduct of our enlightened neighbours the French) have con tributed to science from every part of their exten sive territory, the. records of which in my posses sion alone occupy more than three cubic feet of closely printed figure work, and which are still in progress. - As regards the climate of Pekin, it results from these observations,* that th e mean or average tem perature of the whole year is 52 degrees of Fahren heit's thermometer, that of the hottest month (July) 82, and of the coldest (January) 24, each to the nearest whole degree. The corresponding temperatures for Greenwich are respectively 49, 63, and 34; so that the winters there are, on an average, 10 degrees colder and the summers 19 degrees warmer than in London. Of course, indi vidual days occur much hotter. The highest and lowest temperatures in the shade recorded in each of the six years (1850-1855) to the nearest degree above zero of Fahrenheit's thermometer are as follows : DR. To present value of £2,962,591 assured by 6,696 policies, and of 193 annuities X 1,609,161 14 11 Paid-up capital 21,712 0 0 Sundry depositors 4,620 0 0 Sundry outstanding known claims and charges waiting settlement T: 4,000 0 0 Prospective balance 206,121 14 11 £1,845,515 9 i 0 CR. By present value of £101,310 lls. 10d per annum premium income £1,610,829 3 8 Deposit fund .. 4,520 0 0 Realised assets, less deposits, as per cash statement . 230,166 6 2 £1,845,515 9 10 Statement, showing GENERAL CASH BALANCE, exclusive of Assurance and Annuity Fund, in connection with existing transactions, July 31, 1860. Dn. To paid-up capital £21,712 0 0 Sundry deposits 4,520 0 0 Sundry outstanding, known claims and charges waiting settlement ........ Assurance and Annuity Fund, exclusive of premium income 153,253 1 7 General cash balance ...... 51,201 4 7 4,000 0 0 £234,686 6 2 By Deposit Fund £4,520 0 0 Realised assets, less deposits, viz.:— Cash in hand and cur. rent account £22,318 14 4 Public funds 131,802, 13 6 Mortgages and other securities £230,166 6 2 £234,686 6 2 The CHAIRMAN said he must congratulate the shareholders on the state of the society's affairs, and also on the amount of business transacted dur ing the past year. The report was so full, and entered so minutely into the transactions of the last year, that he thought he need not on that occasion detain them by any length ened observations. (Hear, hear.) The society had been extremely successful in its operations ever since its establishment, and it was now in a position that very few offices could boast of, as the income of the society was from policies alone, now upwards of £lOl,OOO. Without further preface he i would resume hi s sea t by moving the adoption of the report just read. Mr. SMEE said he rose with great pride a n d satisfaction to second the motion of the chai rman. The Gresham, he thought, was in a proud position, and one that must be a matter of congratulation to the whole body of shareholders. The business done showed that great exertion must have b een exer cised to produce so successful a re su l t. He had, in of thet as the stock most cautious bank, tius os company with the chairman, th at in c a uo afternoon verified the wh a o s l e as C c correct and the sharehol ders mi ght rest perfectly satisfied that everything was could desire. Ho must congratulate all the share holders on the success that had attended the labours of the society for the last year a success that expectations mus t have exceeded the of the most he felt certain, wou ld sanguine. That s uccess, no t lead to any re/ axation of the activity o f the directors ; an d, that being the case, they might exPeot that, great as was the eueces of i GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE BOGIE IT The ordinary general annual meeting of this society was held yesterday, at the offices 37, Old Jewry, for the purpose of receiving a report of the directors for the year and quinquennial, ending July 31, 1860; and to transact the business required by the deed of settlement. William Tabor, Esq., chairman of the body of directors, presided. The usual routine business having been trans acted, The MANAGER (Edwin Farren, Esq.) read the directors' report as follows : "The year ending July 31, 1860, being also that of the quinquennial period for the declaration of bonus, the direc tors beg to report to the general meeting the results of the past year, and also of the valuation that has been made. "The new proposals for assurance offered to the Society during the past year have been 1,689 in number, for the insurance of £879,166. " Of these 502 have not been deemed sufficiently eligible, or have been cancelled, and the remaining 1,187 have boon completed, insuring £638,820, and yielding £19,564 12s. 6d. as new premiums. " The general income received from premiums for the year exclusive of interest and annuities has amounted to £101,310 lls. 10d. " The amount of claims paid in respect of 'deaths has been £27,690 4s. Od. " The funds at the close of the year bearing interest, ex clusive of deposits, amounted to £230,166 6s. 2d. " The accounts of the year have already been circulated among the shareholders, after having been duly examined month by month by the auditors, and being certified as correct, are now submitted for approval and adoption. • As the basis for the declaration of bonus the number and amount of the policies existing on the society's books at the termination of the year, and of the premiums payable in connection with such policies, have been carefully ascer tained, and found to be as follows ; Policies 6,696, insuring £2,962,591. Premiums pay able £101,310 lls. 10d. per annum, exclusive of interest on investments. Policies for annuities, 193 in number for £5,852 per annum. "These amounts it will be readily allowed would repre sent a very large extent of business collected together, policy by policy, even over a long series of years. But its relative magnitude and importance will be estimated still more highly when it is stated that the bulk of such busi ness has been so recently acquired, that the average dura tion of the whole of the society's contracts, taken together, but little exceeds three and a half years' duration; and, therefore, as business transactions obviously rest upon a very favourable basis as matters of computation for future profits, compared with an equal amount of existing assur ances long ago transacted. " The directors wish particularly to point to the very striking character of the short average duration of the pre sent existing contracts of the Gresham, because they believe so large an accession of comparatively new business to be unprecedented. " Indeed, the recent accession of the great bulk of the society's business has exercised so great an influence upon the results of the general valuation, that, supposing what may be] called the prospective system of deter mining gross profits to be wholly relied on, no less a balance would appear than £206,121 14s. I Id., as the present value of the excess for profits and expenses, as set forth in the debtor and creditor account prepared in that respect, and appended. " Acting, however, on the side of caution, the directors, though confidently believing that not only such a balance will ultimately accrue, beat even a greater one, have re solved to adopt a course which, without trenching on the future as to profits to come, will be in strict relation to the cash statement, also appended. This course will be to limit the amount on the present occasion to be appropriated by way of bonus to £40,000, or about one-fifth of the pro spective balance. • " The adoption of this amount, the directors firmly be lieve, will fulfil all fair and reasonable expectations in con nection with the growth of the society's business, rapid as it has been, and enable the actuary to apportion, out of the 80 per cent. that is assigned to the participating policy holders, bonuses to the various policies that will bear com parison with any of the advantages held out by other societies. As a proof of this it may be stated, that the sum named will enable an addition to be made to the sums assured of some of the oldest policies of not less than 8 per cent., in addition to the former bonus of 1855, or a reduction of pre mium, in some cases, amounting to 22 per cent. for the five years ensuing ; while the more modern policies will share no less advantageously, considering their recent ad mission upon the books. " It is proposed to afford all the usual options to policy holders in choosing the appropriation of profits to their own policies, and the directors feel confident that the vari ous results will show that their recommendation will even tually satisfy all parties concerned. " The directors who retire on the present occasion, but who are re-eligible, and are recommended by the board as the list to be elected for the year ensuing, are Edward Solly, F.R.S., William Tabor, and W. H. Thornthwaite, Est's., who offer themselves for election accordingly. The directors also beg to recommend for confirmation the elec tion of George Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., who has acted in the interim as director, to supply a vacancy that has occurred since the last election. "The auditors who retire, and who, being re-eligible, again offer themselves for election, are Messrs. G. H. Lad bury, William Webb Venn, and William Whitelock. " The directors having thus declared the chief elements of the past year's transactions, and submitted the relative accounts of such, and of the general valuation as the basis of the declaration of bonus, have only to reiterate their sincere desire to uphold the interests of the society, en trusted to their charge, by every means in their power, and thus continue to secure for the Gresham that large share of public confidence which its extensive transactions so clearly show it has already been enabled tocommand. Statement, shewing GENERAL PROSPECTIVE BALANCE, inclusive of future Profits and Expenses, in connection with existing transactions, July 31, 1860. the pas t year, it would be exec*, come. (Cheers.) ded by that yet to Mr. CTRIFFITIIS wished to kilo w Nether the foreign business of the society was rt muncrative or not? The C:(IAIRMAN, in answer to the q. u e stiot 1, said the foreign business was most certainly remumera. jive. (Cheers.) A brief discussion then took place, in which the atairman, Mr. Farren, Mr. Griffiths, and sever al ot her gentlemen took part, at the termination of w h i 'ch Th e CHAIRMAN put the formal resolution fol• trio ado on. of the r e p or t, w hi c h was carr i e d un.&" m so ',lotion re- e l ec ti ng t h e ret i r i ng di rec tors—' O t i i A ry. e . Edward t 3011 y, F.R..5., William Tabor, Esq., an d. H. Iv- . i 'hornthwaite, Esq., was carried unani mously, anti the election of George L o we, Esq. , F.R.S., as a d'irector, to fill the vacancy caused since the last !meth tg, was also agreed to. T l lAN said, on the p ar t o f hi mse lf and colleagues, e: L he l egged to retur n th an k s f or their le i s i li re-election. Hi s greatest ambition was to see the society co,ntint, 'e in its present successful cond i. them that his b es t exe rtions would ever be used to further and p romo te tbat tion, and he assuNC success to the utmost. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Lowe moved the re-election of the auditor s —viz., Messrs. G. H. tSadbury, William Webb Venn, and William White 'ock• _ Mr. SULLY said it would ai rd him great pleasur e to second the motion. The Chairman submitted tho resolution to the meeting, when it was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks having been aNcarded to Vi r il" Liam Tabor, Esq., for his conduct in th'e chair, The CrIA.I.IimAN acknowledged the .compliment. He felt very great pleasure in receiving the thanks of the shareholders, but before he declared the business of the afternoon closed, he thought there was another gentleman who highly deserved the best thanks of the whole body of the shard and policyholders (cheers) —he meant their valued manag9r and acting friend, Mr. Farrar'. (Cheers.) The chairman then paid a very g r aceful tribute to the abilities of Mr. Warren, and proposed that a cordial vote of thanks be- given to him for his exertions during the year just closed. The resolution was put to the meeting and car ried amidst loud cheers. Mr. FARREN said it was very g ratifying to re ceive tile thanks of the directors and the meeting. He would not detain them at that la to hour with any long speech, but simply say hc'• eincerell . thanked them for the kind manner in which hU services had been recognised. (Cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. OUN27? I' MARKETS. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEc. 12. Wheat on the top Os 3d up average is id dowv... Barley on the top N 6d down .average Is 7d up. Oats on tho top 3s Od down. average Os 5d up. Beans on the top 4s Od up average 5s 6d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat -12ths Barley 1 18 7 6-12ths o.t. 1 6 8 0-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 581 4 -ra Sold 452 qrs 8ar1ey........ 2408 qrs Sold 2219 qrs Oats .1567 qrs Sold 1480 qrs Beans 33 qrs Sold 35 qrs . 12 The follo w i ng were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 22s Od to 29s 6(1; white, 29s Od to 33s 6d; barley 14s Od to 21s Od ; oats, 15s Od to 15s 2d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEc. 11. There was a full supply of fat beasts to-day, and the de msnd was good, most of the animals being disposed of. The supply of fat sheep was rather better, and they were well disposed of. Fat and store calves were a heavy sale. Pigs scarce, but the demand good. Beef 6d to 6id I Veal 7d to ---4 Mutton ... 6d to 7d Pork Lamb .. —d to —d Rou g h f a t, 5 s 6d p er s t one . Hides, 34d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emi gration Cominissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the 13th inst., the Nile, of 716 tons, belonging to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, of London, to sail from Plymouth for Sydney, New South Wales, at £l6 12s. 6d. per statute adult; to be ready for the reception of passengers on such day as the Commissioners may appoint between the 10th and 20th of January. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids cured with out medicine by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabic% Food :—Cure No. 71. The Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, of many years' dyspepsia and all its horrors.—Cure No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipati on , flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Joly, Wortham Line b , near Di ss , N or f o lk . "—C ure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and exp ense may b e avoided by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging, constipation, indi ges ti on (d yspeps i a ) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Allred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's aro connected with such patent are utterly fair,;. No canister is genuine without the na me B arry Du Barry and Co., 77, R e ce e nt-street, iu full, on theseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. c6adUi;ssteirbs. l a i r s e . ; sent carriage free on receipt 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The rder by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re' tscb6g : l2 t ao f ei 2 a s r rt,ne i ..yd Pb detG 9 j a d sar s ita . t and gent-street London h2 b , 2 7 4 ,3r 14b e3 5 H 0 h . 0 . iga nthr de ; e4t5 F ; o , 4 r s t , num Mason, and Co.; Ab b Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox ießrast;typ, Petty, trend ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate ,FinAbury Pavement; Phillips and CO. Wood, and Co., King William-street, Holborn : and all grocers. BIRTHS. BINGHAU.—On the 13th inst., at 51, Portland-place, the y Lad Cecilia Bingham, of a son and heir. GRAIIAIV.—On the 11th inst, at the Admiralty, White hall, th e L ady Hermione Graham, of a son. STURT.—On the 12th inst., at 27, Gordon-square, the wife of Henry Sturt, Esq., of a son. IVIIE ELER.—On the 11th inst., at Wolford Vicarage, the wife of the Rev. G. D. Wheeler, of a son. MARRIAGES. CHAP MAN — ROWLEY.—On the 11th inst., at All Saints', Knightsbridge, the Rev. William Hay Chapman, M.A., to Amelia Elisabeth, only surviving daughter of the late Captain R. F. Rowley, R.N. EA STON — SUMMERSELL.—On the 11th inst., John Easton, Esq., of Bedford-row, Holborn, to E mma S ummersell, o f Alma Cottage, Thornhill-road, Islington. MANCHESTER—DEC. 13. There was a fair attendance to-day. Best American and French wheats were 3d to 41 per 701bs higher, and go pd English brought is per qr advance, but inferior qualities sold slowly, at about late rates. Foreign flour imprmved 6d per sack and barrel. English flour steady. Oats, beano, and other corn also steady. BIRMINGHAM—DEC. 13. A fair business was done in wheat to-day, with a fug supply. English old and new wheat must be quoted at late rates; higher prices were asked, but not obtainable. Barley was a dull sale, and again fully cheaper to sell. Oats rather cheaper; beans firm; and peas neglected. MELTON MOWBRAY—DEc. 11. There was a short show of wheat to-day, which sold at 16 above late rates for all good sorts, while inferior were a fair sale. Beans is up ; oats were in moderate demand, and our quotations sustained Prices :—White wheat, 646 Od to 67s Od ; red, 60s Od to 62s per 36 stone ; barley was steadyy, at . 36s to 42s for malting, and 32s to 34s per qr. for grinding; oats, 29s to 38s Od per 24 stone; bean.ss Ns to 558 for old; new, 50s per 38 at. PLYMOUTH—DEc. 11. The market was dull, with a slow sale, at is below the currencies of last week for wheat, namely :—English white wheat, 64s to 70s ; red, 64s to 66s per qr ; French do., 61e to 63s ; American, 68s to 70s ; Spanish, 69s to 70s ; Ras• sian, 60s to 625. Barley in good supply, at 34s to 36$ per qr; malting, 36s to 448; oats, 24s to 28a-; and beans,. to —s ; flour, 46s to 48s. 1) .16 A T H S. BENTLEY.—On the 11th inst., at Park-crescent, Brighton, John Bentley, Esq., late Secretary of the Bank oeEng land, aged 71. DATISON.—On the 4th ult., at Ootacamund, the lion. Sir Henry Davison, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras. PORDYCIL—On the 10th inst., at Exeter, the Rev. Arthur Thomas D. Fordyce, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxon, aged 41. FULLER.--On the 9th inst., John George Faller, Esq., of Brixton, the late proprietor, for more than half a century, of Boodle's Club, St. James's-street, aged 82. MASON.—on the 9th inst., at Rapley, Alresford, Hants, the Rev. T. W. Mason, M.A., aged 58. LONDON : Printed an d P u bli s h e d b y MURDWYOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er, at THE Sur/ Office, No. 112, St rand, iu the Precinct of the Savoy, in thp County of Middlesex Friday, December 11, Isoo. GEN T ' SWILL a Th€ AI E NIOR 't a Meetil 0 4 the Fit ' 4B Royal It w as r a od ip e l) : s' That the j7 l ,_tt milita r y I , l ` . ' o e of his eel P'sed by and Reecn 4.,033 BiL li at he ju t' th o z , yor tu g ;, 4 §o4 ‘' t ° i li n T t r : ( ttt 'cl by tbe l l euthor, t°ls°B ed by 11: e1)' a lt1. 1i1 :1 : d G b; 1r a statue -°4l Passed n ~, ~, ~.. ~,.. t • ,