The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-24 00:00:00

----- THE ARMY. THE 11.1ED1TE.RBANEA2 MALTA, DEC. 18. An order has been issued from the Horse Guards, directing that the men of the newly formed Army A court of inquiry has been assembled to inquire Hospital Corps are not to be employed either as into the cause of her Majesty's ship Euryalus get medical or other officers' servants, or on fatigue ting on shore on a rook on the coast of Greece. turn, theieduties being to aitend exclusively to the After the inquiry Captain Tarleton was declared free from all blame , th e rock not bein g laid down i sick and wounded. 1 Col. Rea, Commandant of the Chatham Division in the Admiralty charts. 1 of Royal Marine L i g ht Infantr y , has g ranted p er- The Euryalus arrived here on the 11th for the mission to a large numb e r of th e Marines under purpose of being docked , but as several ships are 1 his command to spend the Christmas holidays with waiting for the same purpose, it *amid detain the i their friends, and leave of absence from head-quar diver;lus too long, and she is to be repaired by the tern for several days has been accorded them for she is at present making a good deal of i that purpose. This indulgence has only been water, and the donkey engine is kept constantly I gra nted to those men who bear a generally good going; however, the diver will be ab le to caulk the c haracter in the battalion. leak. ' On the 27th she will p roceed to Palermo, Th i s.. Armstrong guns intended to be forwarded and thence to the various seaports of the Italian to C ina were yesterday fired experimentally in coast, it being the wish of his Royal this the . practice-range at Woolwich, in order to test ghness Prince Alfred to visit these places during this win the strength and perfect applicabilty of the equip ter. In the spring the Euryalus will proceed to ments, some of the carriages having slightly given Gibraltar, and thence to England to be docked, his way under proof. They have since been repaired royal highness proceeding to England in her. `lmmediately. after the arrival of the Euryalus at and strengthened. The trial, which is stated to be Malta his Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Victor final, is said to have been exceedingly favourable. Houlson, and the heads of departments, went on Major.-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres and numerous board to pay their repents to his royal highness. officers of the garrison were present. Each gun is We have been survey in g the Archipelago for very now provided with a supplementary carriag e, Groves, which can be promptly adapted in case of acciden t. many years. Capt ains Sm y th, Copeland, 25 years They are ordered for embarkation on b oard her Spratt, and the ir assistants for the last have been so engaged. Two vessels are employed at Majesty's steam store-ship Himalaya , Commander p res ent ; they consist of the Medina, Capt. Spratt, John Seccombe, on Tuesday next , at Southam p ton and the Tartarus, Ca pt. Mansell. for Alexandria, thence to Suez , a despat c h havin g Her Majesty's ship Exmouth arr ived from Paler- been received from Lord Elphinstone , 'stating that a shi oon the 11 th. She had seen twice obli g ed to q uit p will be in readiness at Suez for their con mher achorage there from stress of weather. veyance to Hong Kong. The court-martial on the captain and officers of her Majesty's ship Intrepid, for running that ship on shore in the Archipelago, terminated on the 16th, after two days' sitting. Commander Marryatt and the Master were sentenced to be severely re primanded. We have in port the Exmouth, Renown, Racoon, Scourge, Arg,us, Gannett, Intrepid, Lapwing, Eurya lus, Caradoc, Osprey, and Wanderer. The latter proceeds to England to be paid off; the Lapwing is having new decks, and the others are mostly refit- VOLUNTEER CORPS. THE LONDON SCOTTISH. A numerously-attended meeting of the members of this corps was held last night in the theatre of the United Service Institution, to hear the tale of the rise, progress, and present condition of their body, and to be made acquainted with the result of the deliberations of the committee in regard to the expenditure, rules, and dress to be adopted by the corps. The committee found an able exponent of its views in their commanding officer, Lord Elcho, who, dressed in a loose gray blonse, with gray trousers to match, with belt and shoulder strap, presented himself as a model for criticism to his men for the occasion. Lord ELCHO, on coming forward, said that the thanks of the meeting Were due to the Committee of the United Service Institution for permitting the corps to hold its meeting in so central a position. The London Scottish Volunteers owed their origin to a meeting held at the Freemasons' Tavern on 6th July last, and, although their progress had not been very rapid, still, on the whole, it was not discou raging: With regard to the present condition of the corps it was the opinion of competent judges, such as Lord Rokeby . and G. Hay, that they had made great progress in effici en ency, and he took this opportunity of thanking them for their continued attendance and attention to drill. The corps was becoming, he was glad to say, stronger, and although he was now only a major, he hoped soon to be a colonel, which event, however, could not take place, before 450 members were enrolled. He could give them a tolerably satisfactory account of their funds. They had collected £7OO, of which they had spent about .£lOO, leaving still £6OO in hand. Besides this sum they had promises of subscriptions, &c., which were as good as if the money were already in the bank, and which would give them a total 0w,360. The committee did not intend to be satisfied with this, but intended to trench still further on their liberality, and to introduce a regular begging system, —a kind of house to house vilitation, and had de termined to establish a Capital fund from donations, entrance fees, ac., the interest of which would go to liquidate the annual expenditure. He could not give them an accurate estimate bf what thatex penditure would be, butrat a rough guess he consi dered they ought to pay all their expenses for £5OO a-year. He then proceeded to'detail the steps he had taken to secure a good and safe practice ground, and commented on the difficulties of so doing in the neighbourhood of large towns. He had at length secured one from the Crystal Palace Company, who had behaved very liberally in the matter, as they gave the ground, together with ad mission to all the advantages-of the Palace, for ss. a-head annually so long as the Memberipresented themselves in uniform. They would be carried there and back for 4d., 6d. ' and 9c1., accordingto the 'Class of carriage by which they travelled. In the ground he had secured they would have three ranges,—one of 300 yards, one of 200 yards, and the third of 100 yards, so that three distinct parties could all prac tise at the same time. The cost of erecting butts, preparing the ground, and building shooting houses :would be £3BO, and £2O for contingencies, making £4OO, exclusive of targets, which would probably bring the total up to £5OO. The Pimlico Corps of Lord Grosvenor was willing to join them in taking this practising ground, in erecting butts, and in sharing the expenses, and he rather rejoiced in having an opportunity of bringing together various volunteer corps, as it would tend to diffuse an esprit' de corps through the whole body. (Cheers.) In rifle shooting,however,/onge range was everything, and, as the range he described was limited, he , was making inquiries of the Crystal Palace Company what the additional charge would be for taking them on to the chalk hills about Croydon and Kettering. These steps he hoped would meet their approbation, for he and the committee had really done their bed to promote their views. (Cheers.) The rules for the regulation of the corps, which are based upon those drawn up by the com mittee of the War-office and upon those of the Marylebone Volunteers, were then read by his lord ship, who interspersed them with numerous expla nations. In reading the rule relating to the esta blishment of prizes for encouraging rifle shooting his lordship mentioned that Lady Elcho proposed to give a Westley Richards breech-loading rifle to the best shot, and also informed the meeting that the Caledonian and Highland Societies were both willing "to come down handsome " for the same purpose. (Cheers and laughter.) In regard to the discipline of the corps he said that every man when he became a citizen gave up some portion of his liberty ; but every man when he became a soldier gave up more, because it was absolutely necessary that discipline should prevail. Now, volunteers differed from regular soldiers in this respect, as the same strict discipline was sot necessary, and in considering this point the committee had deter mined to do what was most difficult—viz., to tem per despotism with democracy, and this wonderful discovery they had. hit on in one of their rules, by which it was enacted that the despots were to be the field officers,.captains, and adjutants, while the democratic party were to consist of a council of honorary members, not to exceed the officers in number. In the matter of promotion they had adopted the French plan, which was a combination of the seniority and appointment system. He con cluded his remarks on the rules by expressing his obligations to the committee, between whom and himself the greatest cordiality had always existed. (Cheers.) He then moved the following resolution : " That the rules now read be adopted as the rules of the corps, and submitted as such for the approbation of the Go vernment authorities, with power to the committee to modify the same." tin g. Her Majesty's ship Tartarus, surveying vessel, arrived on the 14th. She will be paid off. Her first lieutenant and master will proceed to England to bring out her Majesty's ship Firefly, to be em ployed in place of the Tartarus. The mails for India were detained in Malta from the 14th to the 16th, waiting for the Delta, with the portion via Gibraltar., The Delta experienced very heavy gales immediately after quitting Eng land, which did her considerable damage, and though a very powerful and good sea boat; she could scarcely make two knots per hour daring the gale. Several very heavy seas struck her, carrying away her bowsprit and part of her railings. One sea struck her with such violence, that it lifted her heavy anchor from the cat-head, and drove one of the flukes through the deck. The vessel - proved herself perfect in all that a steamboat should be. She was two days late at Gibraltar, where she had to updergo repairs ; also at Malta. Her principal defect is that one of her valves is out of order, and the quantity of water that she takes in obliges her to keep her pumps constantly gain: On the 21st, the 2d battalion of the '23d- Royal Welsh Fusiliers are to have new colours given to them. The officers give a ball in the evening, and the sergeants have asked the sergeants of all the regiments in garrison to a banquet. ---- The resolution was carried almost unanimously. Lord ELCIIQ, in answer to a question, explained that the members of the council were taken from the honorary, instead of the effective members in order to obviate any clifficulties which might arisebetween an officer and a private who might possibly be in the council. He now came to the question of dress, in which all parties were interested. (Hear.) His •views were these—the question of dress turned on three things—cut, colour, and cost. What were the principles on which sportsmen and soldiers should be dressed Comfort and common sense. For the soldier is a sportsman, the difference being that the soldier pursues the biped, and the.sportsman a qua druped. (Laughter.) And this put him in mind of a sporting friend who wished to join this corps, " because," he said, "he could not go shooting on his own hook" if an invasion should at any time lake place. (Laughter.) To return from this di gression, he would ask them whether comfort and common sense had been the principles on which the British army had been dressed ? Comfort and com mon sense were not to be found in black leather , stocks, tight-fitting tunics, and Highland bonnets. Mr. Bernal Osborne had said that the principles on which the authorities dressed a soldier were the same as savages painted themselves—viz . ., to frighten the enemy. Now, he (Lord Elcho) wished to make them as comfortable and soldierlike as possible, but he would make them, comfortable first and smart afterwards, and for these reasons he was in favour of the introduction of knickerbockers. The knicker bockers were worn in olden time ; the French Chas seurs wear there, and they are worn in a modified form by the Zouaves. They combined the advan tages, of the kilt an d th e t rouser o f th e Zo uave . The ordinary trouser dragged on the knee, got wet, and became torn in briars and under wood—so much so that it was a common saying in the Highlands that a man in the kilt would walk five miles further than a man in trousers in a day. Now, with the knickerbocker he kept iris trousers dry and untorn, and tookthe strain and drag off the knee. Leather knickerbockers he considered too hot, and thought canvas ones better. As to the upper part of the dress, he liked something loose, not pinching like the tunic, but fitting like a shirt, easily ancrcom fortably. As to colour, some were for red. (No, no.) There was much to say for red according to some ; it was the national colour, and would help to distinguish friends from fops. But these persons forgot that red was also word by the French, Now IHE NAVY. The augmentation iv. Chatham dockyard ordered by the Admiralty a shoit time since has now been made, the whole of the additional mechanics, artisans, and labourers having been entered, with the exception of the shipwrights, a number of skilled workmen in that department being still required. The paddlewheel steam vessel Porcupine, Capt. H. C. Otter, was placed alongside the hulk Argo, in Hamoaie, on Tuesday, and on Wednesday she was taken into Keyham steam yard to refit. The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. Patey, at Plymouth, is receiving- tanks, and her stores are being stswed in the hold. The ordinary defects of the screw steam store ship Himalaya, Captain John Seccombe, at Plymouth, are made good ; but in consequence of the condition of her decks, and the lateness of the season for crossing the Atlantic, it has been detei mined to alter her destination froin the West Indies to Alexandria. She is diecharging ordnance stores and shipping dry provisions. , The paddre•wheel steam sloop "Hydra, 6, Com madder V. Hamilton, in Plymouth, is destined for foreign service shorty: On Thausday she was placed alongside the coal flepot:"Lavir*t, in the Sound. The paddle-wheel steam tender Avon, Second- Master George Day commanding, left Plymouth on Thursday for Falmouth to return 50 men bor rowed from the Russell, 60. The crew of the screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., at Plymouth, were inspected on Thursday by Port-Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.B. The crew of the steam frigate Emerald, 51,'Cap tain Cumming, will be paid wages at Plymouth. The screw line-of-battle ship Edgar, 91, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Erskine, second in com mand of the Channel fleet, arrived at Portland early on Thursday morning, under steam, from the westward. The Royal Albert, 121, flagship of Sir Charles Fremantle, got up steam and left in the afternoon for Plymouth, in order to go into dock and effect necessary repairs. On leaving the har bout. the Royal Albert saluted the flag of Rear- Admiral Erskine, which was duly responded to. The Blenheim, 60, Capt. Scott, is expected to leave Portland 'for her new station at Milford Haven in a few days, and is to be replaced by the Colossus, 80. The Dee, paddle, Master-Commander Pullen, sailed from Portsmouth for Woolwich yesterday. The Queen, 86, screw, Capt. C. F. Hellyer, has been taken out of- the steam basin at Portsmouth, and berthed alongside the Bellerophon hulk in the harbour to complete her outfit for sea. The Thetis (Prussian frigate), Capt. Jachtmann, has been towed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead. The Mutine, 17, screw, Commander W. Graham, at Portsmouth, will test her machinery and the al terations which have been introduced for the im proved ventilation of her fore stokehole on Tuesday next. The crew of the Asia, guardship of steam ordinary at Portsmouth, were paid money yesterday and granted leave ashore until the 28th inst. The crews of the- other ships in the harbour and the boys on board the Victory had also money paid them and leave granted ashore to enable them to visit their friends during the forthcoming festive season. Monday, the 2(;th, will be observed as a close holiday in the dockyard and other public establish ments at Portsmouth and Gosport. The following is an extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Simoom, dated St. Vincent's, De cember 1 : " We arrived here to-day--11 days from Ports mouth. Ship sailing well. We coal here, and then proceed on to the Cape. All well on board. Mail leaves for England in half an bOur." The Hero, 91, Capt. Seymour, at Spithead, is under orders for sea. Her crew have had leave ashore since she has lain at Spithead. The crew of the Melpomene, 51, at Spithead, are having leave ashore by watches. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty:—Commander J. K. E. Baird, to the Alacrity, commissioned ; and James Warren, acting third-elass assistant engineer addi• tional, to the Fisgard, for service in the Widgeon. The Adelaide, No. 5 transport, is shipping a powerful supply of guns, shot, shell, and a large amount of every necessary from Woolwich ,Ar senal, for the speedy subjugation of the Celestials. She is likewise shipping 800 tons of patent fuel brought alongside in barges. No. 6 transport, the Sir :William Peel, is ordered down to Woolwich Pier, on Tuesday next, to commence shipping a similar cargo. The following transports have been chartered by the War Department to ship military stores from 'Woolwich :—The Trio, the John Brooks, the Wolverene, the British Empire, the Christina, the Malabar, the Jenny, the Incardine, and the Symmetry. The War Department have issued in structions for the military guards to be re-estab lishee, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on the same duties as performed Drier to the Russian. war, the police force to rezpin in ch arge o f th e entrances as heretofore; the regulation to commence on the Ist of January. The main guardroom, at ;:.resent occu pied by Mr. Mall:1113u anl the assistant commis sioners of police, wiii is consequence be resigned to m ilitary. An appropriate building for that °ours° of erection adjacent 'to the police-station, qi be sera:min ted by a :_4emi turret, to contain_ the Arsenal bell. The entire labeerie ce blishment of the - • e esta Arsenal, with the exception of the storekeeper's department, were yesterday Reid their wecl's wages, and, with the sanction of the Se eretary of State for 'Par, the whole •of the departments, with . the Wednesday morning after Christmas, with the proviso that 10 hourg are to be,retrieved by the men at the rate of two hours on each of the succeeding five days of labour. The storekeeper's department will be unavoidably deprived of an equal privilege in con sequence of the emergency of continuing the ship ment of stores for China. - purpose is now in ch a.m. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1859, what you want in volunteers is some uniform colonr. 1 Gray harmonised well with other colours and. with the atmosphere, and was difficult to be distinguished at a distance. As for the invisible green or our re gular riflemen, it was so called because no green was visible, and for all purposes it was. the same as black—very easy to be seen—as easy, in fact, as -a rock.or a tree. The proportion of visibility between red and gray was shown by the fact that the red was hit 12 and the gray only 6 per cent. In a4di tion to his own opinions in favour of gray, the com mittee of volunteers on dress, appointed by Govern ment, after a deliberation of four hours, agreed to recommend a gray uniform trousers and leggings, great coat, and light forage cap with slanting peak. He now came to cost, which he considered a vital qnestion, because the success or failure of the whole movement would depend on it. It involved a ques tion of numbers and class ; for, whoever came to in- vade this country would be guided by the numbers of our enrolled volunteers. Now, if you have an ex pensive uniform you cannot hope to have anything like 600,000 men, and a small number such as 50,000 would not be sufficient to deter an invader. He pro ceeded to read a letter from the Speaker of the House of Commons in accordance with this view, and then went on to consider the more serious question of class. When this movement was first set on foot, he hailed it for the many social advantages likely to arise by its doing away with the old lines of demar cation, for he had found that the more people mixed together the more they learnt to appreciate each other, and to rub off those rough angles of charac ter which set one man against another. It was with these views that he had done his best to ob tain a cheap dress in order to get respectable arti sans into their ranks: (Cheers.) If this could not be effected the movement would be productive, he was afraid, of great evil. He wanted to see as many artisans as possibly could be obtained in their ranks ; and he would say, don't separate them into distinct corps. The only way you can avoid doing so is by having a cheap dress. Can you have a cheap and good dress ? As he stood there in a cap, blouse, trousers, and belts he cost about two guineas —a sum within the reach, he thought, of any ar tisan—(hear)—if not immediately, by quarterly in stalments of 10s. The first thing is to find out whether the material be good ; that it be not a mixture of devil's dust and shoddy.. To discover this, he obtained an unprejudiced opinion from one of the Government viewers, who gave it as his opi nion, after thoroughly examining the stuff, that it was impossible to obtain a cheaper, more durable, or better-looking material for the purposes re quired than that which composed his coat and trousers, as it would never change colour 'by ex posure to weather and would always wash. He had now shown them the possibility of getting a cheap and durable dress, in accordance with which he was glad to tell them that the Go vernment was having sealed patterns pre pared. A greatcoat was not absolutely necessary ; still it was so comfortable and warm that he did not think the equipment would be complete without it. The cost of the greatcoat would be from 30s. to 355. The whole sum for which the volunteer could equip himself would not exceed four guineas. In conclu sion, he proposed the following resolution : " That the uniform now exhibited be adopted as the uni form of the corps, subject to such modifications as may be deemed advisable by the council after examining the sealed patterns." The resolution was carried unanimously. A long discussion then arose on the comparative advantages of the flat straight peaked cap like the French kepi, and the cap with the slanting peak protecting the eyes from the oblique rays of the sun, which ultimately ended in A . division, when the flat peak was declared to be negatived. A' MEMBER (a working i man) observed that the expense of the dress would not deter working men from joining these corps, which would always fetch its intrinsic value, but the other expenses of the corps. (A Voice—What are they ?) Another discussion then took place on distinctive badges indicative of nationality, but the meeting declared itself against them. • LOrd ELCIIO said he wished particularly to draw public attention to the following circumstances. There was, as they all knew, an association called the "National Rifle Assoeiation," which held annual meetings and offered prizes for the encouragement of rifle shooting. He had reason to believe that her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort intended to offer prizes to be contended for by the association. With this knowledge he was much astonished to see another . association had been started,. Which re quested that subscriptions might be sent to Mr. Cave Thomas ; he would merely ask the public to give the Latin pronunciation to that gentleman's name, and say " Cave Thomas." After three cheers for Lord Elcho the meeting separated. INLAND REVENUE CORPS. An aajournea general meeting of the members of this corps took place at Somerset House on Thurs day evening—Mr. T. Sargent, assistant secretary, in the chair. A further list of donations and sub scriptions was announced,' and power was accorded to the committee to delegate two of its members to be representatives of the corps in the provisional council now being formed in different offices to take into consideration the formation of a Civil Service Rifle Brigade, and to prepare a draught of rules for the conduct and management of the general affairs of the brigade, to be subnntted for the approval of the several corps intending to furnish companies to such brigade. 'The number of effective members who have already joined is sufficient to constitute two entire companies,.and the names of upwards of 70thonorary members have also been received. CLERKEN WEL L. Last evening a public meeting was held at the Parochial Schoolroom, Amwell-street, Clerkenwell, in furtherance of the formation of a rifle corps for that parish—Mr. Blogg, churchwarden, in the chair. The CFIAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said the meeting had been convened in consequence of a requisition received by the churchwardens, calling for steps to be taken for the formation of a rifle corps for the above district. He had very great pleasure is acceding to the request which had been made by so many of the inhabitants. A letter from Mr. Dancombe was read to the effect that he con sidered the institution of rifle corps uncalled for and inexpedient. He hoped that no want of patriotism or loyalty would bo attributed to him, and others like him, who had no confidence in amateur rifle corps, or believed that at the present juncturotheir formation was impolitic, and more likely to create than to remove the very dangers they were in tended to remove, and he was convinced that there was nothing the Emperor of the French would not do to advance the interest and prosperity of Eng land. Letters were also read from Lord Elcho, Mr. V. Knight, Mr. Bodkin, and other noblemen and gen tlemen, expressing their regret at being unable to attend ; and also one from Messrs. Nicholson, an nouncing a donation of £25. The Rev. Mr. MAGUIRE proposed the first resolu tion, to the effect that the organisation of rifle corps being deemed expedient, the meeting pledged itself to use every effort to make it strong, efficient; and creditable to the parish. He said the movement was essentially a peace movement, and, as a minister of the Gospel, he did not conceive he was out of place in advocating it on that platform. Prevention was better than cure, and further, it was cheaper. The press had taken up the movement, and he did not con sider it red, but - was rather the reflex of public opinion. They hacl.not .to consigt the feelings of the French Emperor so much as the feelings of. the French army. There was an army of 800,000 men ou the look out, and where would they find so rich a prize as England ? If they would have Englishmen main tain her position, they must be up and doing, and it"was the riflemen who would enable her to main tain it, no matter what emergency might arise. Even if no foe were expected, the movement would give to the youth of England a more manly vigour, and recal in some measure the athletic sports of the ancient. Britons. Their pursuits were too sedentary, and it would give a more healthrtone to their cha racter. He considered that a money qualification ought to be entirely set aside, and, that the man who was the best shot Ought to have the right of membership. Prizes should be given upon the good old motto, Palmanz qui meruit fend. • Mr. GLOVER seconded the motion in a brief address. Mr. POWNALL supported the resolution, and said, the rifle would prove an ' efficient weapon in the hands of Englishmen. In that district they would have some difficulty in obtaining shoot ing ground, but he did not apprehend there would be any difficulty in getting ground for drill. There was, in fact, a piece of ground outside the prison walls which would answer their purpose very well. As to the expenses they would, no doubt, be considerable. The uniform would cost about £3, the belt 155., and the cap 12s. Then they would be obliged to join some other corps in order to decrease the expense. He did not advocate the formation of rifle corps from any fear of invasion ; on the contrary, he believed the French Emperor knew England much too well and was much too wise ever to'think of an invasion.. Let them all unite in one band for the good of the coun try, and uphold their individual blessings, and scatter them far and wide. Captain COLVILLt also supported the motion. pe said many military men believed an invasion quite possible, and it was also believed that a body of 200,000 men could be thrown on the shores of England in a single day. Mr. WARD said the present cost of uniforms prevented the working classes from joinina, the movement. He considered they o ug ht to have the same chance as other classes, and as their means ' would not permit Ahem to do so, the Government ought to come forward -- and find the me_ass. The motion was then carried u n animo u sly. Mr.llAmmoND proposed the second resolution : '% TI corps consist of ,two classes of members, en rolled and honorary ; enrolled ,members to consist of effec tive• rind non-effectivo members; hon orar y mem b ers t o b e admitted - upon payment of five guineas at one time, or ono guinea annually ; effective members to pay half-a-guinea per annum, and none-effective one guinea annually. Pay ment in advance." Mr. INGLIS seconded the motion. Dr. STEEL also supported the motion ; which was also carried unanimously. A resolution was then passed, appointing a com mittee to carry out the above objects, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. readily made available for purposes of defence. With a few Armstrong guns mounted at these points, it would be utterly impossible for an enemy to advance up the stream, or to attempt to land a hostile force. If, however, Woolwich is to be regarded as a for tified camp, and to have a system of defences equal in importance to those of Sebastopol, its strongest line of eircumvallation must be nearer to the town. Here, again, every advantage is provided by nature for the defence of the place. The Government esta blishments stand at the base of the highest bill in this part of the county of Kent, and from its sum mit the county in every direction is completely co vered. If an enemy should succeed in landing at any point of the coast b e t ween Dover and tho Thames, his advance must be up the old Dover road, and from the summit of ghooter's-hill this road is visible, stretching away in a direct line for nearly five miles. The ascent of the hill itself, for nearly a mile, is exceedingly steep, and it would be as im possible to force a passage up it, in the face of a 1 heavy fire from guns on its summit, as it would be • for a squadron of cavalry to charge up Snowdon Between the old Dover road and the Maidstone road a thick belt of woods intervenes—so thick and so extensive as to be impracticable for the advance of cavalry, and unsafe for that of infantry. The next point, therefore, at which an enemy could advance would be along the road leading from Maidstone ; and here, also, the ground is equally available for defensive batteries. The advance of troops along the road would be effectually checked —fir,t, by, flank batteries on Shooter's-hill; se condly, by directly opposing batteries on the sum mit of `wool wick-common ; and thirdly, by a bat tery which might bo constructed in a small Maine ion on the road leading to Eltham. Presuming that the enemy should land any where to the west of Dover, either at Romney Marsh or at Pevensey Bay, his only practicable mode of advancing so as to attack Woolwich would be along the valley of the Ravensbourne, and then along Blackheath. But here, again, he would have to advance in the face of batteries which, occupy ing a far greater elevation than his own position, would pour upon his forces a plunging fire of shot and shell, against which his own fire would be com paratively ineffectual. In short, instead of Woolwich being, as it has been asserted, impossible to de fend, it is more amply provided by nature with the groundwork for defences than any other maritime port in the kingdom. It maybe alleged that it would be easy for an enemy to bombard the Arsenal from the Essex hills, or to bring his batteries into the marshes and open fire from thence; but those who argue so forget that he would still be ex posed to the fire of batteries mounted on the Plumstead hills, and even from the town of Wool wich itself, hich completely commands this position. But no danger need be apprehended from any advance in this direction. The nature of the coast would prevent an enemy from effecting a landing anywhere between the mouth of the Thames and Harwich, which, if accomplished, would en tail upon him a difficult march of four or five days, and the risk of a sea passage from Cherbourg or Boulogne would be proportionally increased, by the increased distance the flotilla would have to steam. Instead of a run of a few hours, the flotilla which left Boulogne at daybreak would find itself at nightfall far from its destination, whilst its ad vance through the Straits of Dover would be sig nalled to every part of the coast long before it reached the shore. Whilst strongly advocating the necessity of im mediately constructing defences for the coast, and more particularly for our dockyards and arsenals, we feel bound to protest against any extravagant outlay for the erection of expensive stone batteries. Experience has shown that earthworks are quite as enduring, much more easily repaired, quickly constructed, and erected at one-tenth of the ex pense of the old works of defence. The White Tow erbofore Sebastopol fell into ruins after the first week's fire, but the earthworks continued to oppose for nearly twelve months the science and force of lie two greatest nations of Europe, supported by the armies of two minor States. After the experience acquired at Sebastopol, we should hardly deem it necessary to 'titter such a caution, did we not know that many of our old engineer officers are incapable of learning by any amount of expe rience, and prefer the costly and exploded mode of defence pertaining to a system that has long since passed away.--Steam Shipping Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 23. THAMES.—THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST.—Mr. King, a solicitor, applied to Mr. Solfe for a postponement of a case against a young man, named Barnes, who is charged, under the act of Queen Mary, with making a dis turbance and disquieting the congregationin the parish church of St. George-in-the-East._ Mr. Selfe—Oh. indeed. - Pray do not let us have any more of the St. George's disturbances. What good has arisen from the discussions here, I should like to know ? Mr. King said there were three summonses taken out by Mr. Howie, superintendent of the K divi sion, by order of Sir Richard Mayne, against three persons, for disturbing the congregation. One was disposed of on technical grounds, by an acquittal. The case against Mr. Bradford, a pupil teacher, was proved, and the magiStrate postponed his decision. The third case, against a person named Barnes, was postponed for three weeks. Mr. Bradford came before Mr. Yardley on Tuesday, and said he was going out of town, and the magistrate postponed his case for three weeks longer, and adjourned the sum mons against Mr. Barnes until to-morrow (this day). Mr. Selfe—Who are'you concerned for? Mr. King—For the clergy of St. George-in-the- East. Mr. Selfe—Are you really going on with these eases ? Mr. King—l am so instructed. Mr. Selfe—Cannot some concessions be made ? Mr. King—lf we make concessions, it is looked upon ks a triumph by the other party. Mr. Selfe said there ought to be no triumphs on either side. His object in postponing the case must have been obvious to every one. He adjourned the cases until the Tuesday after Christmas. Mr. King—No, sir ; until Tuesday last. Selfe—l intended to postpone the cases until the Tuesday after Christmas, in the hope that be fore Christmas there would be mutual concessions, and yeace would be restored. Mr. King—We cannot make concessions when the other side view it as a triumph. Mr. Selfe—l am very sorry for it. Mr. Weddle, the second usher, said the case against Mr. Bradford was postponed by Mr. Yard ley, at the particular request of the defendant, who said he was going to Yarmouth on business. Mr. Selfe—Then we are to have one case to-mor row and another three weeks hence. When is there to be an end to this ? Mr. King said a material witness could not at tend on Saturday, and he wanted a further post ponement. The material witness was at Sutton in Surrey. Mr. Selfe—Then he can be here to-morrow. Mr. King—He is visiting the sick and the poor, Mr. Selfe—ls he a physician P Mr. King said the witness was the Rev. Charles Fuge Lowder, the curate of St. George-in-the-East, and he would prove that he was annoyed and dis quieted by the conduct of Bradford in the church. Mr. Self° said the Rev. Mr. Lowder would come to town to do duty in the church on Christmas-day, and surely he could be at that court on Saturday afternoon. He did not see the necessity of the Rev. Mr. Lowder's evidence at all. He must be clearly understood as having no disposition to favour one side or the other. He had no bias in the matter; but he would say this, that if' there was a disturb ance in the church he should take it as a matter of course as a disturbance within the meaning of the statute of Queen Mary, whether the clergyman was annoyed or not. It must not depend on the nerves or moral courage of the minister, whether he was annoyed and disquieted or .not, by a brawl or dis turbance in a church. It depends on the act done. Some ministers would not be annoyed or disquieted by any row or brawl in a church. Mr. Maconochie, one of the curates of St. George-in-the-East, per haps would not. He should take .it as a matter of law—in fact as a matter of course that the minister was disquieted if there was a disturb ance in the church. He could not go into the case on Saturday unless Mr. Barnes was present, and he must be it formed the case was postponed until that day. He (Mr. Selfe), however, never meant the unhappy disputes in St. George-in-the-East should be revived in that court before Christmas, and he should be very happy if he never heard of them again. It was then arranged that Mr. Barnes should be communicated with, and the solicitor having thanked the magistrate for his courtesy, retired. " WANTED ---A FEW MORE OF TIIE SAME SORT." —Farini, the Dictator of Central Italy, has shown so much plu3k, sagacity, and energy, that one cannot help wishing had at this moment more men " tittscet ficrince.”— Punch. C> [ADVEttusumENT.)—Helloway's Ointment and Pills.— Safe and certain.—All who have tried these remedies have always resorted to them again when overtaken by illness ; by the recommendations of grateful patients have the enor mous sale and ruputation of Holloway's 91ntment and Pills been established. For all diseases affae — g the exterior or interior of the human body, a cure ii:ttertainly found in these noble medicaments ; whose action is impotent for evil, but wonderfully 'efficacious in cleansing, purifying, and improving the functions of everyorgan, always raising it to-its natural standard, and healthfully rectifying every secretion of the body. In female complaints, especially, they operate beneficially by having the ointment briskly rub'bed 'o4 do bottoo,l of tit c_stomach and back. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE. The services of this corps havd been accepted by her Majesty, and the corps has been accord ingly sanctioned as the 19th Middlesex Rifle VolunteerS. The maximum establislithent at pre sent sanctioned will consist of one captain com mandant, 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 200 men of all ranks, divided into two companies. Se veral other bodies of skilled workmen, however, are in process of- organization, with a view of joining the 19th Middlesex, and it is hoped that a battalion will be formed in a few weeks. The present strength of the corps is 130, all of whom are members of the college. The list of donations already received amounts to upwards of £BO, but funds will be much needed to help the men to pay for their equipments. General Sir De Lacy Evans has subscribed ten guineas, and has expressed his wish that working men might form a part of every rifle corps. Mr. Pritchett, gun manufacturer, of Whitechapel, has presented the corps with two admirable rifles. RAILWAY RIFLES. The services of this volunteer corps have been tendered to and accepted by her Majesty. Its order on the county roll i$ 20th. Up to this time about 150 gentlemen, principrlly connected with the Lon don and North-Western, Great Northern, and Mid land Railways, and the Railway Clearing-house have joined, and accessions to strength are of fre quent occurrence. The drills, held three nights per week at the Euston-square terminus, are numer ously attended, and the aptitude of the volunteers is highly spoken of. The commission of Captain Bigge, F.G.S., the commandant, has been signed; those of the subalterns are now before the lord lieuten an t. HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY. This ancient corps is receiving important acces sions to its numerical strength by an increase of 20 to 30 members every week. The extensive build ings devoted exclusively to the use of the regiment contain spacious halls for drill, and supported by a large annual revenue from property , held by te3 company in the neighbourhood, besides the annual subscriptions, afford all the advantages of a military club. AYLESBURY. A meeting was held on Thursday, in the County hall, for the purpose of forming a corps. Dr. Connel presided, and the members for the borough (Mr. T. T. Bernard and Mr. S. G. Smith) took part in the proceedings. About 30 volunteers were raised and donations to a handsome amount were promised. CHO RLEY. A meeting of the inhabitants of Chorley was held in the Session•room on Thursday afternoon, Mr. R. Parker in the chair. Resolutions favourable to the formition of a corps were passed unanimously and upwards of £2OO was subscribed. CUMBERLAND. A public meeting was held at Wigan on Thurs day to establish a corps for the town and neigh bourhood, Mr. R. Lawson, presided. It was an nounced that there were 19 effective volunteers; £BO had been promised in donations and £l4 14s. in annual subscriptions. The vOlunteer movement in the , Alston district has been successfUl since its commencement. Meet ings have been held in the surrounding villages, and the corps no 4 numbers 70 or 80 members. It is expected that the " Mountaineer Rifles" will be able to_raise two companies. At Keswick the donations amount to about £lOO with annual subscriptions of :£24. The number of volunteers for the " Skiddaw Greys" is 39, of whom 20 offer to equip - theinselves thoroughly, and 19 will furnish themselves with uniform only. In Carlisle the donations amount to £526 and the annual subscriptions to £2l. EAST YORK. The 3d company of the East York Volunteer Ar tillery is in course of formation at Filey. It already numbers 30 effective members, and is expected to reach above 50, and to be enrolled next week. Mr. W. S. Cortis has been recommended by the corps to the Lord-Lieutenant as commanding officer. ME FORTIFICATION OF WOOLWICH. Some strange statements occasionally make their appearance in " newspapers ;" in fact, the greater the canard the greater the probability that it will find a place in the columns of the " Morning Twad dler," whose editor, whatever his genius and how ever übiquitous he may be, cannot tell what is pass ing in every part of the kingdom at a given hour of the day . . Some ingenious penny-a-liner has recently bgen turning an honest penny, by manufacturing startling paragraphs about the abandonment of Woolwich Arsenal and its transferrence to some other site, till the good people of Woolwich give a kind of half-credence to the rumour, and already, in fancy, see the grass growing over the ruins of the Armstrong factory. The complete powerlessness of Woolwich in the event of any invasion has also been set forth in language too dogmatic to allow of its diftum being disputed. Unfortunately for the truth of these canards, the Goiernment is tied fast to Woolwich by a mortgage bond of more than fifteen millions of money, that being the value, on the lowest estimate, of the property which the Government has erected, in its naval and military departments, at that place; and as the War Department, instead of seeking to lessen this mortgage bond, is at this moment adding con siderably to it—first, by erecting new foundries for casting the Armstrong gun—secondly, by erecting an additional wing to the Royal Military Academy —thirdly, by building a magnificent hospital for marines and seamen—fourthly, by designing a new hospital for the Royal Artillery—and finally, by a variety of schemes which will in all probability in crease the bond to upwards of twenty millions of money—there is no prospect, immediate or remote, of Woolwich being ever abandoned as a naval and military station. The groundwork of this enlarged rumour, which has grown like the story of the "three black crows," appears to lie simply in the fact that there is a probability of removal of the Store Depart ment to Weedon, from the greater contiguity of that town to the manufacturing districts, and from the_necessity which exists for securing the whole area of Woolwich Arsenal for the manufacture of the munitions of war. The stores, which are im mediately in the custody of the Store Department, are chiefly the personnel of the army, and hare no relation whatever to instruments of offence and defence the manufacture of which belongs exclu sively to Woolwich Arsenal. It is possible, also, that a second but subordinate laboratory may be formed at some other town, the difficulty of procur ing "child labour" in Woolwich having already led to the employment of a number of boys at Devon port in the manufacture of cartridges, &c. If the Government had any serious intention of abandon ing Woolwich, it would be inexcusable to go on, as at the present moment, making expensive additions to buildings and machinery, and we are therefore justified in asserting authoritatively that Woolwich will remain, as it has ever done, the great manu factory of ordnance and of warlike stores. The argument assigned for this absurd story is, that Woolwich has been pronounced by competent military-authorities to be incapable of efficient de fence. The assertion is simply ridiculous f and were it not that Woolwich is at the present moment with out anyrdefences whatever, and that it has become a question of interest to ascertain the points at which its defences can be best constructed, we should at once dismiss the assertion as unworthy of further contradiction; as, however, the question of efficiently defending the greatest arsenal of the world must force itself soon upon the consideration of the War Department, we shall proceed to consider this im portant question. Unless we regard Woolwich as an outwork of the metropolis, it would hardly be worth while to devote a moment's consideration to the defences of the river Thames. The advance of an enemy's fleet up the stream might be effectually retarded by a few booms, or by sinking a couple of ships of the line across the main channel. Neither the batteries in Sea Reach nor those at Tilbury Fo: t would op ;bebuast a p t o s n o t] 3,, much part r o e f t Lo a n n g c t t e o a c a h t s b t r e o n et a n n a n v e a l l c f o o u r c i d e effectually blocked up in a few hours , as the cmouth of Sebastopol harbour was by Mensch t i o k° annoy noy or the Peiho by the Chinese, whilst it w ould be equally easy to run up earthworks at Purfl eet the enemy, if he should attempt to d estro y the barriers. Admitting,rudent t Admitting, however, that it mig ht erect batteries to cover the approach by p the river o , the hills. at Purfleet and Erith are wonderfully adapted by nature for the purp oses of defe nce. Both dominate the river at a ver y shor t dis tance from its shores—both comm and the land ap proachcs .on either side—and could, therefore, be THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN BROWN. (From the British Standard.) All the hopes entertained even of a respite for " Old. Blown" have proved. abortive. The Slave Powers do not deal in mitigated vengeance. Not only do they not know anything of pardon for anti slavery offences, but deprecate the postponement of the infliction of the penalties with which they visit those who dare to mutter an accent against their inhuman system. The present occasion has been sig nalised. by their ferocious promptitude. Governor Wise is a fit magistrate for the Virginians. Whips, chains, blooSionnds, death, and destruction arc among the most delightful objects that present themselves to his vision. We do not say that the governor is worse than the law ; we bring against him no charge of arbitrary infliction ; we only say that he is a worthy minister of the cruel and san guinary code of Slavedom. The arrest, condemnation, and execution of Brown have served to raise the Free States to an unusual pitch of humane and righteous indignation. Philan thropists, public speakers, the conductors of the press, have all vied in their expressions of wrath and disgust, and in their fervent hopes that the life of the.good, although, viewed in a legal light, err ing man, might be spared. So great has been the feeling called forth by the tragical event, that even ladies have seized the pen, and in wielding it have reflected great honour at once on the intellect and humanity of their sex. Some have addressed Brown himself in terms worthy of the age of martyrdom; and others have directly addressed themselves to Gover nor Wise. Wehave before us aletter from Mrs: L. M. Child, which would have done no discredit to the tongue or the pen of Daniel Webster in the days of his true glory. In that most masterly—we might almost say masculine—epistle we have an' acute ex amination of the whole question. Mrs. Child, for energy and effort, for many years past, has put to shame most of her male contemporaries. She has lost no opportunity of bearing her noble and. most womanly testimony against the system, and sum moning her countrymen to the battle of abolition, but never before did she reveal superior capabilities. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEG. 22. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Athens, enclos ing a translation of an order of the Greek Government admitting vessels arriving in Greek ports from Syria and Egypt, and having a clean bill of health, to free pratique. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, enclosing a copy of an order of the Board of Health at that capital, notifying that all the ports of Brazil are considered free from infection. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 23. MEMORANDUM. The next Examination of Candidates for direct Commis sions in the Army will be held on Wednesday, the Ist of February, 1860, and following days. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20. Corps of Royal Marines—Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Oates Travers to be Assistant Adjutant-General of the Corps; Captain and Brevet-Major Richard Carr Spalding to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Travers, appointed to the General Staff: First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Frede rick George Pym to be Captain, vice Spalding, promoted; Second Lieutenant Henry Eyre Russell to be First Lieu tenant, vice Pym, promoted. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Inverness—Sir John Ord, B art., to be Deputy . Lieutenant; Duncan Cameron, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant ; James Baird, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Baillie Baillie, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Gor don, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Eneas Ronald Mac donell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. County of Lincoln—Charles Seely, Esq., Joseph Shuttle worth, Esq., Robert John Taylor, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants. Ist Lincolnshire Volunteer Rifles—Francis Delaval Walsh, Esq., to he Honorary Surgeon. Ist Section of the Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers — John Benjamin Andrews to be Lieutenant. Ist Company of Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers—The Hon. George Waldegrave to be Captain; Vandaleur Barnet Crake, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; James Rock tho younger, Esq., to be Ensign. Ist Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers—Major Henry Bourchier Osborne Savilo, lrto Royal Artillery, to be Major Commandant. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lumley Buckley Williames, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lewis, resigned. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia — Henry Broomhead, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Doyle, pro moted ; Godfrey John Bective Tuite Dalton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Fletche-..., resigned. 2d Subdivision. of Berks Rifle Volunteers—Henry Richard Eyre, Eaq., to be Lieutenant. County of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps—James Cowan, Esq., to b e C ap t a i n ; H enry G ra h am Lawson, Gent., to be Lieutenant t David Noble Millons, Gent., to bo Ensign ; Andrew Hugh Turnbull, Gent., to be Ensign, vice John Ballantyne, promoted. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Richard Wil liam Johnson. to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Humphreys, deceased. Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbigh Militia—Thomas Lloyd, Gent., to be Lieutena n t. Renfrewshire Volunteer Company-Ist Company— Robert Burrell, Gent., to bo Ensign, vice Neill, promoted. 2d Company—Ensign Stewart Neill, of the Ist Company, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, resigned. 4th Company — James Tassie, Gent., to be Ensign. Warwickshire Rifle , Volunteers—Alfred Hill, Gent., M.D., to be Surgeon. 3d Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—John Reynolds Mac- Innes, Esq., to be Captain • Bas Field, Gent., to be Lieu tenant ; George Holford, Gent., to be Ensign. 13th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—James Bird, Gent., to bo Lieutenant. Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers-12th Company—John Fulton, Gent., to be Litutmant ; Archibald Pollock, Gent., to be Ensign. 13th Company—George Buchanan, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 15th Company—Alexander Bennet M'Grigor, Esq., to be Captain; James Morrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Thomas Grieve Wright, Gent., to be En sign. 18th Company—Robert Downie Wylie, Esq., to be Captain; John Wylie, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Lochhead, jun., Gent., to be Ensign. 21st Company—John Boag Esq., to b e C a pt a i n; J o h n R o b er t son , G en t., to be Lieutenant; Wm. Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign. 23d Company—Robert Buchanan Stewart, Esq., late Ensign, Bth Company, to be Captain • Thomas Leburn Arnett, Gent., to be Li eu t enan t ; Robe;t Baird Rodger, Gent., to be Ensign. _ . Glamorgansbire Rifle Volunteers— 4th Company, Ist Subdivision —The name of Lieutenant Herrmann, inserted in the " Gazette" of 20th inst., should have been Bern hard Gustav Herrmann. BANKRUPTS. Robert Walton Feast, and Henry Feast, oilmen, Vic toria-road, Islington, to surrender Jan. 3, at half-past two, and Jan. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Daplyn, grocer, Diss, Norfolk, Jan. 5, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Isaac Thomas Perrins, iron merchant, Dudley, Jan. 9 and Feb. 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Richard Castle, cattle dealer, W at tage, Berkshire, Jan. 2, at half-pa s t twelve, and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Patrick Birnie, livery stable-keeper,. Edinburgh. Thomas Henderson, grocer and spirit dealer, Auchen leek, Ayrshire. George Campbell , draper and clothier, Dundee. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day of December, 1859 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £30,757,625 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,282,625 Silver Bullion .... - V 0,757,625! £30,757,625 BANKING D' Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,0 00 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) ... . Other Deposits 13,31 24 Seven Day and other Bills 750,107 ,EPARTNLICNT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,925,157 Other Securities 19,586,996 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 719,115 £41,313,2 , 3 DI. 1 £41,313,283 ARSIIALL, Cashier. Dated Dec. 22,1859. AVERAGE. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 20th day of Dec., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain Per ev►t. From the British possessions in America 26s 7d Muscovado, the produce of tho Mauritius' 27s 81d Muscovado z the produce of the East Indies —s —d Average price of the foregoing 26s 8d THE CHELMSFORD BANK.,-We understand that at the close of the present year Mr. Edmund Round will retire from the banking firm of Messrs. Sparrow and Co. of - ibls town, and that ho will be succeeded by Mr. John Oxley Parker, of Woodham Mortimer, and Mr. Robert Wood house, of the firm of Messrs. It. Woodhouse and Co., East India merchants, London.—Chelinsforel Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Nothing can be more interesting than the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consti pation, and debility e ff ec t e d by D u B arr y' s delicious Health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. We give a few :—" Winchester, December 3, 1847- Gentlemen,--I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Ii evalento was procured has derived very great benefit from its use ; distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsib, and constipation of long stand ing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced Having witnessod the beneficial effects in the above mentioned case, I can with confi dence recommend it, &c. &c. John Shorland , late sur g eon, 96th Regment."—Cure 'No. 48,314: Miss Elizabeth 'Yeo man, Gateacre, near Liverpool—A cure of ten years' dys pepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability.—Cure N0.146,814—Mr. Sarni. Laxton, Leicester, of two years diar rhoOa.—Cure No. 52,612 —The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, ofmariy years n ervo us rritability,bile, and indigestion. In tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. ties carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Ediriburg7r, Raimes and Co.; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott ; at York, Raimes, (Blanchard, .and,Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. --- COUIVTRY MARKETS• LIVERIT 0 L--DEc. 23. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise since Tuesday last have been rather light. From foreign ports w 50 o have received 1,248 quarters of wheat, 2,350 qrs of beans, 1,9 qrs of Indian corn, 157 sacks and 6,877 barrels of flour. From Canada we have received 1,311 qrs of peas and 1,7 . 0 4 barrels of flour. The exports in the same time comprise 798 qrs of oats, 583 qrs of Indian corn, 418 sacks and 227 barrels of flour. The trade has been inactive during the week, and the prices of all articles remain. unchanged. We had a very thin attendance of millers and dealers.at market this morning, and wheat met a fair consumptive fi,fmaiill at no improvement in price, but more fi rmer than r 1 uesday's trade. Flour was more salevble. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, but readily supporte d late quotations. The amount of business transacted in Indian corn was rit• ther limited. Beans declined 6d on previous rates. WAKEFIELD—DEc. 23. The show of wheat was fair, and the re being a quiet, market, the quotations remain about the same as at last market. The business done in barley was steadY9 but prices as before. Beans the turn dearer. Oats, shelling, and other articles were all at previous prices. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b , E ssex , Suffolk, Alia Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s ; new, .43s to 51s; ditto, rea, old, 42s to 445; new, 42s to 41s ; Lincolnshire and York shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 41s to 445. Averages for the week : • Wheat 5,708 qrs., at ........ 45a Peas.. " 99 ........ —43 Beans Barley.... . ! I , ........ 39 a Oats 77" ,P ........ --a ltye s— 9, ........ sp oa 61 63 01 01 • EXETER—DEC. 23. The business to-day was dull at the following POO ° :--„, Wheat, white 5s Od to Gs Gd I Barley. ....... 4 8 Od to 48 Od 3 011 Ditto red 5s 3d to 5s Gd I Oats ...... .3 8 Odto Os Flour, fine, 32s to 338 ; seconds, 30s to 31s per sack. CATTLE. The attendance was sntall, and the market was poorly supplied with stock, with little business doing. pork car cases in tolerable supply. t . od Fat beef, p score, 10s to 11s0d Ewes, per lb .• • • 6,1 to 04 Pork carcases,do 8s 6d to 9sod W e thers, do. ..... od Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 4d per lb. d 0.... 61c1 to Od BRISTOL SUGAR--DEc. 23. The market has been rather qu i e t this week. Refi ne. " produce still sells freely at former rates. Rum continues extremely dull, but q uotations are unaltered. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. * TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE 'WEEK. gece ipto. Miles Opened. e _____,.,_----- ,, , Railways. ,______...-______, , a 185 8 . 1g59,, mg . lea-. .......„... x- , .. Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 •-•-- Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,114 % A i l Belfast and County Down 2O Birkd., Lanc., & Ches. June l7 490 "'"i 2,336 2,33 32 1 23 2 2° 5 1 2 1 ° 9 1 1 21 Blyth and Tyne 1,1 15 ' 6 31 f4O 6, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 94 Cockermouth & Workington 8 8 3 1 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 64 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 56 164;402;0506102: 1 2 : 22_ . . 9 :2 7 01 ; 22 1,0 35 2 ' 5 4 Dubin and Drogheda 63 63 12 Dub. l &Wi cklo w (in.Kingst ) 404 401 1, 3 . 0 1, 5 0 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath 1 74 1 74 552 1.009 958 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 - 890 905 East Anglian 674 674 2 46 22 06 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 489 24, 246 ..... East Kent 1 94 - -- E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 5 D. , 1 5,192 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 232 Forth & Clyde Junction . 1 294 294 923 676 F urness 0 1 6,4 5 Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1834 6,8- 23 480 Great Northern i ihr . c s a o t u N ti o in rillo i t l, S es co tn tiv r it d , ) n , i.ts , .., 283 283 4 ‘ , " 1 33, 4 22 5 66 8 6 2 3 7 0 1 i 2 51 1- 7 5-1 2 . 7r . „. 16 4 58 61364 Great Western Hull and Abe Inverness &deen June 55 55 2 01 Irish South-Eastern 254 255 231 352 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) 100 100: - 28:160 Lane. & Yrks.(in.lllackburn) 289 . 289 32,400 o p Limerick and Foynes 2f 26- 171 OS 360 4 Llanelly 4' 46; ..„,., 531 66, 552 London & North-Western . 7'91. /52 t ,, ,--'- 4 2 74 London and Blackwall 5 4 ~, 311 1 ;; 7 75 London & South-Western . 339 332 --- 12,41 0 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 2234 1904 12,993 7 0 L'derry and Enniskillen ~. 60 60 801 SO Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 45 45 672 9,525 Man.,Slieffield, & Lincolnsh. 1731 173 , 11054 , 78 6 874 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9 91 Ma port and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.We stn. of hind 177 177 3, 80 ' 1, 628 Monkland 52 52 1,532 2,40 1 . Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,21 24 %V. Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,11 T 1,3 0 Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor 50 50 1, ! 5,240 North British (in. Dalkeithd 154 149 5,4 1 1 38 350 North Devon 35 35 838 v 869 North-Eastern ) 746 7 354 -", 1119 ~ .45 North London 9 9 ''''"'6l3 6,911 N o rth Staffordshire 233 233 . 7, --- North-Western 464 464 -- - N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 10 } - 176 4,4159 Oxford, Wore., & Wolver lO2 94 087 176 Peebles lB4 184 17 7 1,7a4 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 ~.-, 2 ,, 2,69 S Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,96 0 6 33 1 103 I,_. Shrewsbury & Birmingham. . .294 294 , 2,2 a. Shrewsbury and Chester 6 1 3 Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 29i 291 823 . 2 0 2,82 8 'O2 South Devon 16 678 15, South-Eastern 306 302 , ;5 + 9j9 6,8 06 om South Wales 1714 1714 2 947 4 , :,... S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 6 , 5 20 7• 37 "' Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 54 54 4,5 I '3B9 740 Ulster 516 19 ' Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 251 25 1 -'- - - Warrington and Stockport. 10 31 242 327 1 210 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 77 1,3 45 -- '55( Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 2 74 274 3,463 3, 121 W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 39 50 610 a, 12 t Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 349 3 1 1 ) W'haven,Cleator,&EgTmnt. 7 7 . FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 804 761 Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 38,545 28,324,, Austrian B2B 673 241 2 ‘' l Beizian Eastern Junction 264 264 ~, 187. 5,231 1 Buffalo and Lake Huron ) Detroit and Milwaukie llOB lB5 1 1 0 8 4 1 i:8 9 4 83 2 2 9 , 0 71 I Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada BBO 880 3'454 0 11 ' Great Indian Peninsula 1944 1305 . ' on 1,77: ' Great Luxembourg l2l 122 ''' 7 79`4 l Great Western of Canada 345 294 7,° - 17 ' - Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 3,521 t Lyons and Geneva 142 142 4,302 6 381 I Madrid, Sarav,ossa &Alicant 310 284 0,788 ,-- . Maria Antonia' 2l 21 -- 46, 51 Northern of France 602 574 47,5n0 3 4 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 145 ~. 84 1 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn , 879 840 81,734 °°,„,.,., - Paris and Orleans ~ 922 922 49,394 tu,.....'''' Paris and Strasburg 1,032 1,016 - At , ' Royal Danish 69 69 367 I 1 - 6 1 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,274 '' - 91 Asa 15, 7 'I Southern of France 777 773 118,.- - 75: West Flanders D W. and N.W. of France- 7'!1?.711'27 .---• issB• 321 1,2 53 65 0 3, 421 633 423 314 789 28, 240 3 20 1,231 1,97 6 2,71 9.6 61 2,618 1,77 3 7,792 3,5 21 8,380 46, 666 549 1 660 40,399 - 4 - 3 5 1,411 2 15,7 33 3014 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. • - In the following table E signifies that letters are de01 1 " by evening mails from London, and 31 by morningll“.. by evening mall 113 r -- a from Lon d on, an d m o ra l Lib S gait DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of due, of Mails. Despatak• .2._%_......• --.----- Australia and Mauritius, via Jan. 1. So u th am pton Jan. 12, M Southamp. , Jam. 4 Ditto, via Marseilles ...., Jan. 18, /1 *********** Bahamas and Havana via New " ' bee. 21 York Dec. 23, E LiVerpOol.: „..''. ' 211, Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Dec. 28 , E Liverpool. v Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- China, Penang, and Singa- Jan. 5, sion, and St. Helena Jan. 2 pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 27 ,31 Southanip• - --.• Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, - India (Bomba y), via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles E Deyonport Jails I Dee. 25 via South ampton Dec . 27, 31 Si"thaulP• oyerdtio Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 4 , 741 Southamp. J.,, 5. ...u• 1 2 2 Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, Jan. 6 and F. Islands Jan. 9,111 SouthamP• Do , 21 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Dec. 27,31 South:null. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Dee' 25 Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Jan. 2, M Southanit,-. ''' _- Newfoundland Dec. 31, E Liverpooi. 28 United States and British N. Dec. 27, 31 Southan* . ae rdiso • America (by British packet) Dec. 23, E Liverpoo_ l• ----' Ditto (by U. S. packet) West deira, zu ea India , and California,Chili, Tene r ifei,oru j i g. la West Coast of Africa, Ma"- ' Grey- erpool.. -1 Jan. . town, New Granada, & c Jan. 2, 11 gout_ 11 Dec. 23 B LW • P ILK INGTON.—On theß 20 1 RthTiallst .ISoutlialaP• M. S. Pilkington, of a daughter ' . Wif e ALsTON.—On the 21st inst., at Odell Castle, Bed s ' the of Crewe Alston, Esq., of a daughter. CR , cm DER.—On eat , the 20th inst., at 3, Cornwallis-ereac of Clifton, Bristol, the wife of the Rev. J. H. Crovidat a son. .1, wife ,Lat Chevet Park, Lad,' KNox. —On the 15th inst., at Cahir, co. TipporarY. lu° of Lieut.-Colonel Knox, R.A., of a son. MARRIAGES. ,;,... LlTTLE—SummEns.—On the 22d inst., at St. Jamee%_,4 70 cadilly, Thomas Henry Little, Esq., of Birchwooat ..,_ Helen Matilda, youngest daughter of Thomas sine Helen Esq., of Mill Bank, Cradle Malvern. Malvern. WOLSELEY--BLENNEnHASSETT.—On the 6th ing., ill Rockbarton, county Limerick, Sir John Richard Wrolse; ley, Bart., of Mount Wolseley, co. Carlow, to Fo il° Annabelle, youngest daughter of the late Arthur Blew nerhaseett, Esq., .M.P., of Ballyseedy, co. Kerry. DEATHS. BAKER.—On the 22d inst., at 31, Grosvenor-plaaa, Batter Colonel George Baker, formerly of the 16th (Queen s i Lancers, aged 66. BATES.—On the 17th inst. , suddenly, at gingham, , 30' Peter Bates, aged 7 8 . CORNEY.—On the 22d inst., at Norwood, James Corner, Esq., of Little Britain, aged 77. MESsENG sn.—On the 21 st inst., Mr. Joseph M essenger, of Keswick, Cumberland, aged 33. • 0010 Moss.—On the 20th inst., at Otterspool, near L iverpool' • Win • Henry . Moss, Esq., aged 35. nea r NELSON.— On the 20th inst . , at Nelson, Grange, _,. 8.D., aged be Banbury, Oxon, the Rev. G. B. Nelson, ICentr OLIPIIANT.—On the 17th inst., at Blackheath, T. H. Oliphant, Es q ., aged 58. ' IDII - ei d. PEATT.—On the 18th inst., Mr. Daniel Pratt, o f Farm, Odiham, aged 61. ____............•01 LONDON : Printed and Published by MilltDO N o. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The San Oftice,rl 11,24 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the °anti Middlesex, Saturday, December 2,1, 1859.