The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal West India Mail packet La Plata, Capt. Weller (Admiralty agent, Lieut. W. Seaward, R.N.), arrived at Southampton yesterday with the West India mails. ,The following are the dates of the advices by this arrival :--Vera Cruz, Dec. sth ; Tampico, 3d ; lia,vannah, 9th ; Greytown, ; _ _ Carthagena, 11th ; Jannica, 11th ; Deniarara, 10th ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barhadoes, 111th ; Ani igna, 13th ; Dominica, 14th; SP. Thomas, 17th ; St. Lucia, 13th ; St. Vincent, 11th. The freight on board consists of specie to the amount of $1,119,583., of which $1.2,000 are on account of Mexican dividends. Th e s p ecie consists of $151,122 value in silver, anti $ 55,621 value in gold. In Jamaica the public health had much improved, although there was still considerable tendency to febrile indisp os ition in the intermitte nt form, and many fatal cases had occurred. The legislature had been engaged in a plan brought forward by Mr. Jiosack fur completely revolutionising the financial system of the island by abolishing the he editaments tax on the assumed value of landed property, and substituting new taxes, chiefly on exports. The mole in which it is proposed hereafter to levy 23,700/., which is the sum found equal to the net parochial wants of the island, is variously distributed. It is proposed to levy in the first place a tax of 3s. per hogshead on sugar,which, on 30,000 hhds., is calculated to yield an annual revenue of 4,5001.; on 16,000 puns. of rum, at 2s. 6d., 2,0001. ; Gd. per head on 100,000 breeding stock of all kinds, horned stock, mares and followers to be paid by way of licence, 2,5001. ; 9d. per bag on 50,833 bags of pimento, 2,9101; on 6,666 tierces of coffee, at 6s. 6d., 2,166/.; ou minor articles of ex port not enumerated, 8001. ; by a registration tax on houses, rateably according to annual value, if and above the value of 201. per annum, 3,7761. ; by additional duties on soap, say 14. per box on 30,000 boxes, 1,5001. ; on tobacco, '2,516/. ; by an additional 3d. per gallon on rum consumed in the island, 3,0001. ; total, 24,6681. Amount required 23,7101.; surplus, 9581. The resolutions, affirming the principles, as well as most of the detaqs, of this scheme, were successfully carlied in committee of supply on the evening of Dcc. 1. In British Guiana the public health was good, and the weather all that could be desired ; vege!ation was most luxuriant, and the cane crop ise a most satisfactory condition. The following are the ex ports for the last fortnight:—Sugar, 2,084 hhds. 128 tro. 185 brls. 1,235 bags ; rum, 1,047 puns. 294 hhds. 205 brls. The Legislature was convoked in extraordinary season on Nov. 26, when the proposed introduction of sepoy mutineers into the colony, and the affairs of the Demerara Railway were prominent topics in the speech of the Lieutenant-Governor. Subse quently, after a long discussion on the former sub ject, the house passed the followirg resolutions :- 1. That looking to the great resources of the colony and to its capabilities of employing an unlimited amount of labour, and to the need which exists of an additional number of people to maintain even the existing cultiva tion, and also to the expreseed ger eral desire that large nutnbera of those engAged iu the East India rabellioe should be transported from the country, this court an ticipates that when the present unhappy stru.rgle shall have terminated, and British supremacy once more firmly established, there will be found at the mercy ef the government a very large number of mutineers who have been led or forced into the revolt by others, but who, neverthaess, have not been actively concerned. 2. That in the event of the East India government being disposed to transport, at its own expense, such persons fur life to the West Indies, this Court i 3 of opi nion that many sack persons, exslusivo of their wives and families, might be safely and advantageously received into this colony, with their wives and families, in such numbers, and upon sech terms and conditions, as her Majesty's government and the Governor and Court o' Policy of this colony may hereafter frame with that view. 3. That on ascertaining the views of her Majesty's government and that of the East India C)inpany, this Court pledges itself to make the necessary financial pro vision for carrying out the foregoing resolution. 4. That his Excellency the Lieut.-Governor be re quested to communicate these resolutions to the Right Hon. the Secret.iry of State for the Colonies, for the information of her Majesty's and the East Laths. govern ments. These resolutions were not adopted without a strenuous opposlion by a small minori . y. The subject of the Demerara Railway Company was discussed on Dec. 1. All were agreed that it was " an undertaking advantageous to the interests of the colony, and consequently deserving of sup port." In the beginning of November the sea broke through the eastern wall that protects Demerara, and the adjacent estates. The lighthouse and the district of King,town are in great danger of being submerged. The King's House is already gone ; the barracks must go next. At Porto Rico they are fitting out slavers with the most sanguine expectations. A company has been formed, and pledges itself to supply the island with 8,000 slave 3 immediately. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON, DEC. 1 During the fortnight the prices of all American tuffs had considerably declined. The market, which for many weeks bad been almost bare in consequence of the cessa tion of shipments from the States, became supplied by the cargoes of several vessels, the greater number of which arrived in one day ; and this fact naturidly sauced a heavy fall in the market vadtte. Great activity had prevaled, however, and the bulk of the cargoes had changed hands. Heavy rains had prevented the bringing down of produce to market, and there had been very Jittle done in consequence in this branch of trade. Sales of Irish butter at 161 d. Sales also reported of 25 fisky. and 50 firks. at 17d. Sales of beef, 50 half-barrels at 68s. pe - half-barrel. Sales of 600 boxes of candles, Smith and Curlett's at 10. 1 ,1. per lb. C..ffee is quoted at 36 , . to 40s. per 100113 s. In freights the only transaction reported is for New Ycrk at 4 dole. for wood. Sales of and R. Tennent's dcul - ile strong ale at 118. 61. per doz. quarts ; pale ale and brown stout at Bv. to 83. 6.1. ; pints inquired for. 30 barrels porter at 7s. 6d., and 30 barrels pale ale at ls. Soap—No sales. Sugar sells at from 183. to 223. according to quality. Exchanges—On London : Jamaica Bank, 90 days, per cent. prem. ; mercha,nta i per cent, die. to par. Advices from Valparaiso are to Nov. 15. The steamer Constitution (insurrrd in England) was lost on the bar of the river Maule, passengers and crew saved ; the cargo, which consisted of provisions for the destitute inhabitants of the district, was lost. Congress is stilt in extraordinary session, and progresses slowly with its labours. A law autho r,sing the raisin.- of a loan of 7,000,000 awls. complete the Valparaiso and Southern Railroads has been passed, large grants have been made to wards the erection of custom✓-houses, wharves, and other puhlio works. The works of the electric telegraph betw,:en Santiago and Talca are progresdng, and will Le completed in a short time. The Cbilian war steamer Esmeralda sailed with secret orders for Cobija, for the purpose, it was surmised, of claiming an American vessel seized by the Bolivian authorities in the port of Santa Maria —tha right of sovereignty over which is in dispute b tween Bolivia and Chili. The affair of the seizure of the Sportsman is not yet settled by the American uritister. Mr. Philip E. Barnes has been recognised as e. nsul of Denmark in Coq'urrnb'• The GernrAn residents in Valparaiso have re solved so establish a church and school—the Eng lish and American residents have already done so. An interesting report on an exploring expedition to the Lake of Nahnetuapi, has been published by order of the government. PERU. Advises from Callao are to the 27th November. The following is from the Callao Mercantile Ship ping Ga:ette of that date : "The market is very dill', and has been so for a long time. Merchanis and tradesmen find a very great depres aloe, and a still greater scarcity of money not only in this city, but everywhere else on this coast, owing to a series of continued revolutions, which ruin this ancient and rich country. Flour is scarce and has risen in price ; owing to very limited supplies from Chi i, which support this country, this necessary and staple article of food is per qil in bond, 8 dol. S.at beef and pork scarce, and in great demand—prices are quoted by holders—Pork, psr barrel, 32c. ; beef, per barrel, 25c. ; ditto per tierce, 33c. ; rice, per bag, 1801 b., 14c. General produce has a small tendency to an crease. Freights are almost speed ; very little had been done. Charters have been made a week vast at the following rates—Europe, 31. 12s 6d to 31. 15s Great Britain direct. United States trio charters) 16 dole. West Indies, Si. 10s. To load at Iquique, 31. A RICHIIOND DINNER THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. —We find, in the Lan,downe manuscript;, that about Christmas, 1509, certain officials of the Court of King "Henry VIII. dined together at the village of Sbene, now called Richmond, and that at the end of the enter tainment my host of the Star and Garter, with wavy salutations, handed them the following bill :—Fur bredv, 12d.; ale, 3s 41 ; wyne, 10 '; two loynes moton, 81; rearibones, 6d ; powdred beef, 5d ; two capons, 23; two geei - e, 14d ; five conyes, 15d ; one legge moton, 51b weight, 41; six plovers, 181 ; six pegions, 51 ; two dcz,2 larkes, 12d ; salt and sauce, 6d ; linter and eggs, 10d ; wardens and quynces, 12d ; herbes, ld ; spices, 2s 4d ; flour, 4d ; wt,i;ht cornea and cruses, 6d ; which summed up gives exec ly 1/. sterling as thn total ex• penises of this aldermanic bast. Many a party, gentle and simple, has since that time dined at the Star and Carter, but none ever got E 0 many substantial things fur their 20 , . a's the suljecte of young King Henry VIII.- 7 he Statesman. rr.E SilN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANTTARY 1, 1858. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. POLICE IN T.—Dee. 31, Pimlico, since last March. About a fortnight ago that gentleman missed a great quantity of plate, and table and bed-linen, when the prisoner admitted that she had pawned the property, and gave him 31 pawnbrokers duplicates relating to it. The accused pleaded gully. Mr. Arnold observed that in consideration of the facility which had been afforded the prisoner to dispose of the property, he should only commit her for four months' hard labour. MANSION-HOUSE. —Samuel Smiti• a man under 20 years of age, belonging . to tt. .e K troop of the Royal Horse Artillery , and Sr, r- ,ionWertheimer, under the follow iang;:enierreritilndisetaat wore brought ' up reGllii.3, said—l found the ig in Irongate-lane, and upon asking the priFsoranielersislil'alstayn, i c g o h n t s t q a u b a l them. what was the matter, Smith said he belonged to th!, Royal Horse Artillery, and that In had sold his regimentalclothes toWertheim er, who refused ko give them up. I took the pri soners into custody—Smith on the charge of deser tion, and Wertheimer on that of having purchased the regimental clothes. 1 afterwards searched Wer thaimer's house, but did not find the clothes. The Lord Mayor—Did Wertheimer say anything to you when you took him int) custody? Witness—He denied ever having seen the other prisoner in his life till that moment. Smith—This man (Wertheimer) bought the whole of my regimental uniform of me for is. I after wards wanted my things back again, and then he turned round and said he didn't know me. I was carrying my clothesin a bundle near the Shoreditch station when ho stopped me and asked me if I had anything to sell. I told him what Lay bundle con sisted of, and he gave me I.s. for it. Wertheimer—l declare most positively that I never saw this man Smith till last night, when he came up to me and demanded his clothes back. I told him then, and I tell your lordship now, that I ',ever purchased his clothes at all. It must have been somebody else. The Lord Mayor—There is no evidence against you except the statement of Smith, and you are discharged. Smith will be remanded, in order that the authorities at the Horse Guards may be com municated with. William Jones was charged with uttering coun terfeit coin. The prisoner, on the previous evening, entered he Three Crowns public-house, Old Jewry, and called for a pint of bear, in payment for which he tendered a florin. This the barman immediately detected to be bad, and returned it to him. The prisoner said he knew where be had taken it, and must get it changed. He then g , ve the barman a half-clown in its place. The barman handed him back two shillings and some coppers in change, when the prisoner objected to one of the shilling, which wasa little worn, and anther was given him. After standing at the bar for a minute or two he was observed to raise his hand to his mouth, and directly afterwards he threw down a shilling, and said, " Look here, you have given me a bad one." The barman, finding it a "shocking" bad one, re turned it to him, accused him of having run' the changes, and 'expressed his determination to give him into custody. He went to one door to estl a policemen and during his absence the prisoner was observed by a gentleman standing at the bar to. raise his band to his mouth and swallow something. He then attempted to rush out at the other door, but was seeurel and given into eu,tocle. Upon searching him only Is. and four pieces in copper were found upon himphe no doubt having swal lowed both the bad florin and bad shilling. The Lord Mayor—What answer have you a te make to this charge, prisoner 7 Prisoner—Why, I took the florin somewhere and didn't know it was a bad one ; the barman himself gave me the shilling. The Lord Mayor—Where are the florin and the shilling gone to I Prisoner—Well, I suppose, my lord, they fell down in the scuffle and got kicked into the street. The Lord Mayor—Barman, did he speak to you in that gruff voice when be first came to your hou:e ? Burman—No, my lord, he spoke plainly enough. Prisoner—Why, you see, my lord, I've been locked up in a cold cell all night, and if that won't make a man speak a little gruff I don't know what wilt. "Tn consequence of circumstances which have re cently taken place in connection with the issuing of i ecessaries to those troops under orders to pro ceed to India, the whole subject is now under the consideration of the authorities at the Horse Gua , ds, several very important alterations for the b inefit of the soldier being undersocit to be in con templation. It has for some time past been ob served that there has arisen a feeling of dissatis faction in the mind of the soldier who is about to embark for India in consequence of what is con sidered the unfair treatment to which he is sub jected in comparison with his officer, who proceeds in thesame vessel. In.p.ddition to having to pur chase his sea kit, which amounts to within a few shillings of 21., the soldier on embarking for India is placed under a stoppage of 6d. per diem for rations, exclusive of beer money, whereas the officer is allowed free rations on board, except in the case of those returning to England on " private affairs." It is now proposed to provide the troops gratui tously with sea necessaries, and to place them on the same footing as the officers with regard to their rations. The Admiralty steam vessels, Vivid, Mater Commander Allen, Black Eagle, Master Com mander Petloy, and Banshee (not in commission) are ordered to be got ready with all despatch, to form a part of the squadron which will convey the Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia from England after the marriage of their royal high nesses. The launch of the Gannett screw steam-sloop, of 11 guns, at Pembroke Royal Dockyard, took place on Wednesday, at Pembroke, about 5 o'clock in the evening, in a most satisfactory manner. On being afloat, she was taken in charge by Mr. Mat tyn, assistant master-attendant of Devonport, where, on being jury-rigged, she is to be navigated, and placed in commission. The following are her dimensions :—Length between the perpendiculars, 151 ft. ; ditto of keel for tonnage, 131. ft. 21 in. ; breadth extreme, 29 ft. 1 in. ; ditto for tonnage, 28 ft. 9 in. ; ditto moulded, 28 ft. 3 in. ; depth of hold, 15 ft. 10 in. ; burthen in tons, 577-i- ; horse power, 500. Orders for disembodying the Pembroke dockyard battalion, in common with other yards, arrived here this week, and the force has been disbanded accord ingly. The adjutants are placed on half-pay, and the men are allowed to retain their present clothing. Orders have been given to complete the Calossu4, 80, screw steamer, and the Argus, 6, paddlewheel steamer, now in dock at Chatham, so that those steamers may be undocked during the ensuing month. An Admiralty order was yesterday received at Woolwich by COMMOC 7e Shepherd, superintendent of the dockyard, ordering the uniforms to be pre sented to the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Dockyard Brigade. The order also specifies that Lieutenant and Adjutant Christie is to be placed on half-pay, and the whole of the brigade is to be forthwith disbanded, the stores, &c., to be returned to the depot. The whole of the numerous staff comprising the officers and crew retained on the books of the re ceiving ship Fisgard, beating the flag of Comm dor° Shepherd at Woolwich, was yesterday paid off, forming an aggregate of 600 officers and men, all of whom, with the exception of Masters Mug ford and Williams, removed to the half-pay list, retained on the establishment for the eneuino. five 0 years. The Captain r Le e l n o y c Government fromcrbo tank-vessel urgforGoree, putT, c i si nt % Plymouth on Wednesday evening, one of her crew having been injured by a fall from the bowsprit. He is under the charge of Mr. Francis Fox, sur geon, and is progressing favourably. CLERKENWELL.—Augusta Leigh, a respect ably-dressed woman, residing at 10, Park-place, Liverpool-road, appeared in answer to a summons taken out against her by the parish authorities of St. Mary's, Islington, which charged her with as saulting Susan Dan. Mr. Wakeling, solicitor, was present on behalf of the defendant, but no particulars were gone into in consequence of the illness of the poor girl, who is confined to her bed in the workhouse infirmary, and the absence of a medical witness. The case was then adjourned for a week, but in consequence of the continued illness of the girl, and the fear b?- fora that time arrived she would die, Mr. T 5 rwhitt, accompanied by Mr. Mould, the chief clerk, and Bayliss, the chief usher, attended at the Islington workhouse, for the purpose of taking her deposition. The injured girl, who was confined to her bed, and presented a frightful appearance, having had the oath administered to her by Bayliss, in answer to the questions of Mr. Spading, the solicitor to the trustees, stated as follows :—I was formerly in the set vice of Mrs. Leigh, and while there she was continually ill-using me. About a fortnight since, on a Monday, the defendant struck me on the head with a polar, and hurt me very much. The day before she struck me on the eye with her hand. Be cause I upset a bath she struck me on the lower part of the body with a chopper. The defendant also hit me over the head with a poker on the Thursday before, and before that she hit me in the area with the same weapon. She also hit me seve ral tins s with the hearth-broom and other brushes. The cuts on my head were all caused by my mis tress, who has ill-used me all the time I was in her service. Thera was another servant in the house, but she never struck me, nor did I ever fight with her. In answer to questions put by Mr. Wakeling, the poor girl said she, never complained to Mrs. Leigh about the other servant ill-using her or giv ing her a black eye. The other servant and her self hal not agreed to accuse Mrs. Leigh of cum in,' the injury. There were four person s living in the house, but she did not tell them of what had occurre I because she wps kept in the kitchen. Mr. Hicks, the relieving officer for Islington, called at Mrs. Leigh's, but she did not complain to him at all about the matter. The defendant told Mr. Hicks that Ellen, the other servant, had given her (the complainant) a black eye, and that they had been fighting together, but that was not true. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case was a very serious one. He should remand the furth©r hearing for a week. Mr. Wakeling applied that bail might be taken. His client would be forthcoming at any moment to meet the charge. Mr. Tyrvrhitt said he would accept two respon sible sureties in the sum of 501. each, and herself it: 1001. for her appearance that day week. THAMES.—John M'Grath, a tall and powerful man, aged 26, who has been repeatedly in custody for assaults and robberies, was charged with the following robbery Captain Pearson Campion said he was master of the ship William Pitt, of Hartlepool, lying in the river off Limehouso. On Weinesday night be was on his way to his ship, and pulled out his watch to look at the time. The prisoner at the same time came up acd snatched it from his baud and ran away. Ho ran after the prisoner, and, without losing sight of him, saw him stopped. The watch was worth 41. lOs. illiam Barnes, a watchman in the Regent's Canal Dock, stated that he saw the prisoner run into Noah's Ark-alley, Limehouse. The prosecutor was running after him. He stopped the prisoner, and the prosecutor said to him, " You have stolen my watch." The prisoner said nothing to that, and was given into custody. . . _ UNIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT IN SCOTLAND. The prisoner was remanded, in order that thie authorities at the Mint might be communicated with. An influential public meeting, presided over by Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of Eng'and, was held in Edinburgh on Wednesday, to promote the cau,e of University reform in• Scotland. Among these who took part in the proceedings were the Lord-Advocate, Sir E. Colebrooke, M.P. ; Mr. Stirling, of Keir, M.P., Mr. Baxter, M.P., and other gentlemen. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the meeting : " 1. That the Universities of Scotland, in their present condition, do not afford sufficient encou ragement to the attainment of high excellence in literature and philosophy, and that it is matter of national concern that they be strengthened and im proved, so as to enable them to meet the exigencies of the times, and enter successfully into competi , tion with other great schools of learning. GUILDHALL.—AIbert Stokman, described as a clerk, was charged with stealing a gold watch and chain and various articles of jewelry. Alfred Stokman, a printer's brassrule cutter, said —The prisoner is my cousin. On the 22d of this month I received a letter from Mr. George Hay ward, a friend of mine at Portsmouth, stating that the prisoner had stolen a gold watch and chain and other property, and requesting me to give him George into custody if I saw anything of him. Tue priso ner called upon me yesterday, and I gave him into u e s o t r o g d e y. . Hayward, I 0 1n f 6 - 1, s if , he knew anything of Mr. S month, but he pooh-poohedt. Mary'sth ec s g t e r street, P f r ob o b tti ing that gentleman. I telegraphed to sir. Hayward, who is now present. Mr. George Hayward said—l am a publican, at 68, St. Mary's-street, Portsmo uth. The prisoner called at my house for the first time on the 6th of the present month. I did not s ee him until after he was in bed, when I went up to his room, and he said he called upon friends of mine in London, but I had no knowledge of him. As he was m Led, I could not turn him out, and in the mova ing he left, and did not return until the evening. He retniiued at my house until the morning of the 9th, when he purposed coming to London. I went up to my bedroom for my overcoat, intend ing to accompany him as far as Landport, and he returned to his bedroom on the same floor. I put on my hat and coat and came down stairs, leaving my gold watch and chain and some trin kets on my dressing table and the room door open. While I was putting ray coat on the prisoner came into my room to speak to me, and I went down leaving him in the room, but he followed me almost immediately after, and eventually took the train to London. When I returned home I missed my watch and chain, and afterwards found them pawued with a Mr. Hawgood, of Landport, and the'pawnbroker described the person pledging them in every respect corresponding with the prisoner. The prisoner denied the charge. Alderman Cubitt said there was sufficient evi dence to justify him in sending the prisoner to Portsmouth to be dealt with. The priioner said he Was not guilty, but Mr. Yardley committed him for trial. SOUTHWARK.—Wm. Elliott and Wm. Fisb, alleged to be the proprietors of the Temperance Loan Society, 15, New-cut, Lambeth, were charged wi:h commit log an assault on Mr. Walter Kirk, of Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons. The complainant stated that he was clerk to Messrs. Newton and Son, solicitors. lie was ac quainted with a young widow who had recently been left with three children, and a few days ago she obtained a situation in a gentleman's family its Lancashire, but had not the means to proceed to her destination. On S iturday last she informed him that she had applied for a loan of 31. at the Temperance Loan Society, at 15, New-cut ; that she had told the persons there that she was going to a situation in Lancashire, and could give no other security than her own. She gave her address, and paid ls. out of the only half-crown she had in the world for inquiry money, and was told that she should have an answer on Saturday morning. Wit ness at once saw through the affair, society, s not likely that any one, much less a loan would lend 31. without security to a woman who was going nearly 200 miles in the country. Finding that no person from the, loan society called on Saturday, he was persuaded that the poor widow was done out of her shilling ; consequently on that evening wit ness went to 15, New-cut, where he found " The Temperance Loan Society" held in the kitchen. Mr. Combs, asked him what was his object in going there Witness replied that he considered the widow had been done out of her shilling and lie went there to get the names of the parties, with a view of suing them in the County Court. lle acted merely on public grounds to prevent the frequent impositions practiced by loan societies. It was between 5 and 6 when ho knocked at the door, which was opened by a young woman. Ho then inquire I of her for the proprietors of the Tempe rance Loan Society, which was held in that house. She left him at the door, and another woman came up from the kit chen, and on his asking her a ques tion of the same kind she attempted to shut the door, but ho put his foot against it to prevent her. One of the defendants then came up (whom he be lieved to be Fish), and having seized witness tried to push him from the passage. Witness told him he had called to ask a civil question, and lie . did not intend to go until he got an answer. Fish then struck him a blow on the chest. The other defend ant then came up from the kitchen and used a vulgar expression to him. He immediately struck witness a violent blow across toe nose, and he fell on the pavement bleeding very much. He was par tially stunned from the fall, and his elbow and knee were bruised. Witness immediately went to the Tower -street Police-station, and, having shown the bruises inflicted on him, a police-constable accom panied him back to the defendants' house and ob tained their names, after which he took the present proceedings. Ho was positive that the shilling was obtained with not the least intention of granting the loan. Mr. Combo said it was evident to him that there was something like a conspiracy between the two in carrying on the lo in s ,ciety, and whoa Mr. Kirk went to make inquiries about the poor widow's shilling they assaulted him. He should commit them both for trial at the ensuing sessions. Bail was accepted. George Fox, a smart-looking young fellow of s warthy complexion, was charged with picking pockets in Sr. George's Church, Southwark. James Wills, the b ad.le of the church, stated that just as the congregation was leaving church on the previous night he saw the prisoner very indus triously pushing himself among the crowd. Sus pecting his avocation he watched him, and saw him distinely put his hand into several ladi towards him, and caught him with his hand in a lad y 's pocket. Witness asked the lady whether she had lost anything, and she examined her pocket and replied in the negative. He, however, handed the prisoner over to the custody of a constable, after he had made a desperate struggle to get away. With( ss added that there were frequent robberies at the doors of the church, and it took his utmost vigilance to keep the thieves away. Mr. Combe asked the prisoner whether ho would prefer being tried by him, or going to the SOSSI , II to 100 tried by a jury ; if the former he must plead guilty. The prisoner, in an impudent tone, said he was guilty, and lie wished to he dealt with at once. Mr. (limbo coannitted hint to ihe House of Correct;ou at Wandsworth for three months with hard labour. "2. That while it is desirable that Measures be adopted with a view to raise the slandard, and t increase the efficiency of professional instruction, it is in the highest degree important that these ob jects should be effected in such a manner as to pre serve the distinctive character of the Scottish Uni veriitieF. "3. That it is expedient that an increase be made to the endowments of such of the existing professorships al are not at present adequately maintained, and also that retiring allowances be provided to aged and infirm professors. "4. That it is expedient that new professor ships be established in some departments of pub lic instruction of obvious utility and importance, which are not at present provided fur. "5. That it is desirable that the graduates of each University should have some share in its government ; and that they should, by this and other means, be led to retain a permanent in terest iu its prosperity and advancement. "6. That it would tend greatly to the benefit of our Universities were an improved system of examinations adopted, with a view better to test the progress of the students, and to enhance the value •f degrees. "'T. That in order to give additional value to University degrees, as well as to increase the efficiency of professorial instruction, where that may be found necessary,_ some endowments are desirable for assistants to the professors in cer tain of the existing chairs, such assistants to be selected from among the graduates. "8. That the Association for the Improvement and Extension of the Scottish Universities has already been the means of calling public atten tion to the defective condition bf these institu tions, and that the favour with which the views thus advocated have been received, both in Eng land and in Scotland, justifies the hope that, at DO distant date, these efforts may lead to most beneficial practical results." MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Thomas Moore was brought up for final examination charged with several acts of embezzlement. The first charge was for embezzling a check for 81. 63., drawn by Lady Carteret in payment of a bill due to Mr. Jones, estate agent, Park-street. Lady Carteret, 13, Chesterfield-street, Mayfair, said on the 24th of November she sent a check in a. letter to Mr. Jones, of 72, Park-street, and shortly afterwards she received by. post a receipt which she now produced. Frederick Jones, estate agent, 72, Park-street, said the prisoner was formerly in his service as confidential clerk, and [was authorised to receive money on his account. It was the duty of the prisoner immediately to pay over to him all moneys ieL:eived. He had never received a letter from Lady Carteret enclosing a check for Si. Gs., nor lied. he sent any receipt for such sum. After the pri soner had left his service he had suspicions of his , honesty, and he went to Ealing, where the prisoner lived, and in a drawer he found a letter from Lady Carteret, referring to a check for 8/. Gs. The ro ceipt sent to Lady Carteret was in the prisoner's handwriting, and the amount for which it purported to be a discharge had never been paid over to him by the prisoner, nor was there any entry of such payment in the books. There was another amount of 101. 10s, received frcm Mrs. Dwell, which the prisoner hid received and not accoutre 1 for. Mrs. Bevell, 34, Glocester-terrace, Hyde-park, said about the 14th of October she paid 101. 10s. to the prisoner on account of Mr. Jones. George Cox, head clerk to Messrs Drummonds, pail the check drawn by Lady Carteret in favour of Mr. Jones to some man, but could not identify the prisoner. Po'ice-constable Wells, C 172, said when be took the prisoner into custody he said it was a bad jo b, and I e admitted having received three accoun ts, and that he had kept the money. The third charge was not proceeded with. The prisoner was fully committed on two cases. James Fitzgerald was charged with stealing 861. Gd., the property of his mister, Hypolite De hors, lamp tnanufactur.r, 35, Gerrard-street, Soho. Hypolite Dehors said the prisoner had been in his service as porter fi r about three years. On Tuesday, the 22d of Decemb er , he told the prison er to get from Mr. Passant a check for 7 61 . , to got it cashed, and, with a sum of money, 10 /. 7s. 6J., which he also gave him, to pay the whole am ount to a tradesman named Hessen. The prisoner went ont, but never returned, and witness gave infortna ken to the police. John Hee , sell, oil thererlant, Old Droad-s±reet, sa;(1 the prisoner had not plid him any money. E Imund Scholetield, clerk to Me4Ars. Prescott and Co., said a check was presented for 76/., and the am 'tint was paid to the presenter in gold, be cause gold was required. e-.:sergeant Glass, C 3, said he to ele the priso ner into custody at No. 9, Tower-street, fur stealing 801. 7s. 6.1. The prisoner, when at the station - heuse, said he had lost the money and was afraid to return to his master. He asked the prisoner why he got the check cashed all in gold. The pp snier said he did not ask fur gold at the bankers The prisoner was fully committed. A FORMIDABLE ENEMY.—A correspondent of the Mofusstlite, writing from Oude on the 6th ult., makes the following report of a strange affair in which our troops had been concerned :—" The troops, however, encountered a much more formidable and enterprising enemy on their way back to camp, and I am ashamed to say the 9th Lancers turned tail ; both officers and man fled in utter contusion, while the Artillery abandoned their gun., and bolted like mad, but without avail, for the enemy pursued them to camp, which friend aid foe entered at the seine time, the latter getting among the tents and having the audacity to attack our whole force which had turned out in great alarm to cover the retreat of the Lancers and the others when they were seen running in such esild despair ! The kilted Highlanders did not on this occasion display the courage for which tlsoy are famed, for, if anything, the 93 . 1 sought shelter from the attacks of the victorious enemy with m ;re aolity than their breeched comrades, though I confess that being less protected they suffered more. The sailors of the Naval Brigade also, strange to say, showed the white feather, and topped their booms' with the rest, uttering naughty nautical tj tculations in the extremity of their terror. There is no mistake about it, our fellows were utterly routed, and the enemy cont;nued to hover around the camp for some time, without our daring to molest them, and ultimately they retired in good crier, and with very trifling loss." Don't be alarmed or in dignant, good reader; imagine what you would yourself have done if attacked by a swarm of bees ! While the force was returning from the Alumbagh to camp one of the Lancers was tempted to poke his spear into a bees' nest, and the result is above deccribtd. Bombay Gazette, Dec. 4 [ADVERTISESIENTI—Du Barry's delicious Revalenta A rabica Food saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and cures indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual constipation, nervousness, biliousness, and liver complaints, flatulency, distension, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, hysteria, neuralgia, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, eruptions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, cough, asthma, con sumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness (luring pregnancy., after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spasms, cratups, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquiet:Ale, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dis like to society, unfitness for study, loss of memory, delu sions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, i ndecision, wretchedness. It is, more over, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor in terferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish fur lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of dips. tion, an d nervous a nd muscular energy to t he most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the c elebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. A n d r ew Ure ; Dr. Shorlan d ; Dr, Naive , ; Dr Lo'r,u Stuart Caa 'Pholl ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wilmer ; Dr. lEgiam ; do Decies; the Dowager Countess of Cast e stuart ; Major-gout ___,. Thomas King, and many other respectable 0 persona, whose health h as b ee n r estored by it, after all Ahei means f cure had failed, Suitably on receipt of Post-Oface structions. In canisters Repent street,- gers o f London.spurious imitations : Us ; 121 b, 22i • - The 12lb • packed with full in , 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. Gd. ; 510, order,—Barr Du Barry, & Co., canisters are sent carriage free, 77, fearful R empearANT CAUTION aviust the lor , Sir William Page Wood, —The V.ce-Chaneel ,, 10th March, 1854, against Alfre g d ra l granted an Injunction on the " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic FooPde)Novill, for imitatin [AnygwrisgmENT —llolloway's o.ntrnent and Plll4 have been placed by the common consent of mankind at the heal of internal remedies. They save thousands annually from falling a sacrifice to dyspepsia, dysentery, diarheel, coni,tipation, liver complaints, &c , a fact at testtd by myriads of witeesses. No sufferer from scorbutic affewion has ever failed to Experience relief from them. G.meral weakness and debility, the pre mcnitors of vital decay, are replaced with vigour a:,41 healthy action in every organ throughout the entire system by the restorative and tx'iilirating influence of this life-sustainiug vegetalmL preparation.—S.,ld by all Medicine vendors throughout the world, at Pielas , sor Holo way's Eitablsliments, 244, Strand, London ; and 88, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. SLampa, Con stantinople A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E, Muir, Malta. WESTIIINSTER.—Either Miley, a Middle aged woman, was finally examined, charged with ste ding a great quantity of silver plate , tab!e linen, and other articles, the property of her master. Prisoner had been in the service of the Rev Albert Augustus Isaacs, of 24, S!anloy-street, PRIG From the Official Lat. rUBLISTIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRTD. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 29, CANALS. THE I3IPRISONED ENGLISH ENGINEERS AT SALERNO. VA) following is a copy of the oil apers relative to the imprisonment of the engineers, Watt and Park, at Salerno, which ware yeAtrday printed by order of Parlloaneut : ACTING -CONSUL BARBAR TO THE EARL OF CLARENDOK. (Received Dec. 5.) (Extract.) Naples, Nay. 28, 1857. I have the honour to report to your lordship that on the 25th inst. I proceeded, together with Mr. Park, to Salerno to visit the two engineers. On reaching that town 1 applied to the Attorney-Ge neral, in order that he would issue the necessary orders to the prison authorities for our admission, and I availed of the opportunity to express to him my regret that when 11 of the crow of the Cagliari had been released from prison the engineers Watt and Park had not been included, and I requested to be informed when the trial would come on, He replied that they were not released, because a letter of Miss Whyte's of a serious nature had been found on Watt, or in his cabin on board the Cagliari, which had been conveyed to him from the shore at Genoa Park, and that he could not state when the trial would commence. Oa entering the prison where the two engineers were cenfincd I strictly examined them both on the subj-ct of the letter in question, and I am happy to say that the Attorney-General's report to me was completely false. Park never took any litter on board, and Watt never received one. Park assured me that some days since Le was brought before the Attorney-General, where he found already waiting there one of the insurgents, who was brought to give his evidence. This individual deposed in favour of Watt and Park, completely exo aerating them from any complicity in the affair of the seizure of the Cagliari, and stated that he (deponent), wi h others, had forced a notice upon Park by holding daggers at his:throat till he took it ; that the notice was to the effect that if he did his duty no harm would hap pen to him (Park) and his companion ; but if otherwise they would forfeit their lives." That both engineers were then forced down the engine-room, and one of the insurgents stood over them with a pistol, while another, also armed, stood at the top of the engine-room pre pared to fire on the engineers if the insurgents perceived anything to rouse their suspicions. Park further informs that when the witness bad stated thus much, the Attor ney-General, who had apparently taken down the depo sition as it was uttered, had purposely so altered the wording that on reading it to deponent he refused to sign it, as the Attorney-General had contrived to make the deposition against the engineers, instead of a com plete acquittal. The deponent insisted upon that page of the procs being torn out, and the Attorney-General finally, but reluctantly, did an. I was informed at, Salerno, by good authority, that en the 19th Oct., when the engineers were pronounced to have been lawfully arrested, the President of the Grand Court was very desirous of setting the engineers at liberty ; but the Attorney-General insisted that it should be otherwise. 'lnclosed, I have the honour of transmitting a state ment which I have drawn up from the reports of Watt and Park, ma le to me in the presence of the father of the letter, who has signed it with me; it is too full of the misery which the poor men have suffered to require any comments from me. ENCLOSURE. Statement drawn up by Mr. Acting-Coisul Bsrbar from the report verbally made to him by Henry Watt and Charles Park, Briiish subjects, late engineers of the Sardinian steamer Cagliari, now . coofined in the prison of Salerno, near Naples, and testified by Mr. Charles Park, father of the fore-mentioned Park, who was likewise present. Watt and Park were landed from the steamer Cagliari at the end of June last, together with the captain of that ship, her crow, and passengers. The captain, engineers, and passengers were at once conveyed to the Vicaria prison unbound, but the crew were handcuffed. As soon as they reached the prison the engineers, as well as the others, were desired that if they had any papers they would give them up. Watt had none. Park gave up' his pocket-book,iwherein he had a copy of a note which the insurgents had forced upon him when they took posses sion of the steamer shortly after leaving Genoa ; the original remained on board. This note was not signed by any person, nor addressed to any one, and was worded nearly as follows, viz : " We have resolved to free our country from the yoke of slavery under which we have so long suffered, and we call upon all upright men to aid us. If you do your duty, no harm shall befall you ; but if otherwise your lives are sacrificA." They (the engineers and others) on arriving at the prison were stripped naked by the police or prison authorities, and in that pozition were jeered at by them . . . After allowing them to dret , s again the two engineer?, with the passengers were conveyed to a prison on the ground floor, consisting of two small room., which were very damp, with one email iron-barred window, which looked into the prison yard. Through this window the sun never entered, and scarcely were they able to distin guish daylight through it. To the misery of damp and bad ventilation was added one greater—viz., that, in lieu of watercloset, a wooden tub was placed in the middle of each room. These two tubs were emptied every evening, if the engineers paid some person to do so, but not otherwise. They were never washed, and the stench, especial) , at night, whin the small barred window was closed, was very great ; and their health soon began to suffer. These two men were kept in those rooms duringthe three hottest months in the year —viz, July, Aug., and Sept. They were taken cut of them when required by the police authorities to submit them to an interrogatory. On such occasions they were handcuffed before leaving the room, and brought back in the same manner. Park mentioLs that on one occasion they c nducted himthrough damp undergrAind prisons before bringing him to be interrogated ; and from the manner of the men who guarded him, he understood that the intention was to intimidate him. The atowana ) mad, to them by the Neapolitan Government is—black bread of a ♦ery bad quality, and soup of so nauseous a nature that they turned always from it in disgust, and four grani per day each (less than 2d.) in money. Money was occasionally sent to them by myself and some English engineers resident at Naples, by which they were enabled to buy better food. Their beds consisted of boards supported on wooden trestles, with ono mattress stuffed with bad tow, mixed with bite of straw. They suffered much from vermin. In the beginning of October they, with the captain and crew, were removed from the Vicaria prisons to those of Salerno. The manner this was effected was as follows : The police handcuffed Park, and passed a leather strap besides, through both arms ; they attempted the same with Watt, but he resisted the indignity as long as he had strength, but being overpowered, he was hand cuffed and strapped in the same manner as Palk. They were then tied together, and put into a carriage into which three gendarmes likewise entered. The windows of the carriage were drawn up ; and thus suffering from the tightness with which they were bound, they were forced to perform at a slow pace a journey of about 30 miles by night, in a carriage hermetically closed. They begged repeatedly that a window might be let down for the sake of air. Their request was net complied with. When they reacho 1 the prison of Salerno the crew of the Cagliari were placid in two rooms—one a large airy room, the other smaller, but well ventilated. The captain and the tao en;iseers were put into a small room immediately under those occupied by the crew, which belonged to the gaoler. The morn being situated very low, and the space occupied by their three bobs leaving them little space to walk in, Vie captain commenced suffering from bowel complaint ; Watt has threatened insanity ; and Park, who enj eyed very good health before his imprisonment, no es suffers from fits. A petition was sent by them to the Attorney-General, begging that they might be placed in the same rooms with the crew, which was granted one day before our going to Salerno—namely, on the 24th of November. They hove now a certain space to walk in, in the larder room of the two. " Since their arrival a Solerno the engineers have fre quently been conveyed from their prison to the tribunal to be examined by the Attorn:y-General. Oo these oc casions they have been paraded through the streets of Salerno, strongly guarded and handcuffed. They have repeated'y begged that they might be q a-ed the pain and humiliation of nandcuffi, but their prayer has always been refused. The handcuffs are made of iron. Park states that for several days after they reached Salerno the marks were still visible on their wrists and arms, from the tight ness wiLla which they were bound when they were taken from Naples to Salerno. " The small sum of four grani per day, allowed to each man by the Neapolitan Go vernment, enables them to pay for the hire of their beds. " The beds are of a better description than those they had at Naples. "The company to whom the Cagliari belongs allows 22 persone, helps about 12e. 2d. daily to assist the crew in their subsis tence. but this small sum, having . to be divided among may speedily b e "The earnest prayer of the engineers that they until within the l b as r t ou l g O them but very little. been confined for five the without teiog allowed, months onthe onethem in theoccasion, prison wtetn Nledtt: to tr isaele. any They o one, excepting already an engineer e.ple s moments ; and, if this just prayer is not immediatelya the undereiened, fear to which are likely to befall these we complied with, we, upon the consequences (Signed) LEWIS J. Ze r l en ei A r t, Act i ng C c la ig ar u l a e l s i, Pnoesvrki,lnlat.e nerneer of the CHARLES PARK , British s e t nio.ri 'a'laer of Nails, Nov. 26. pi waned at Salerno. SMOKING NOT ALLOWED.—On Wednesday last, while Lard Stanley was being conducted over the norther. docks and works at Liverpool, Mr. Charles Tomer of. fered a Havannah cigar to his Lordship, a• d both having provoked the perfume consequent on ignition a police man suddenly appeared wit—" No smoking allovu3 I here, Sir." " Nonsense," said Mr. Turner, " lam the chairman of the dock committee." "Then," responded the constable, " you ought to know better than to vi' ate the law—you niust not smoke here." The policeman applied fur and obtained a sninnaons against Lord Stanley and Mr. Turner ; but Major Greig, on Saturday, applied to Mr. Dixon, then on the bench, and obtained permission to withdraw the suromors. The rumour, however, is that the constable was an un conscious instrument in perpetrating a hoax; for his cor rect sense of duty was practised on by Mr. Alderman Bold, who, with the other members of the committee, enjoyed the joke.—Liverpool Poet. AREA. Y EYENIN 857. . I d; Dividend Names of t. Dividend , ~,..p . Names of f,. per Companies. g per ''' 'e ' Companies. cd A nnum. Price. .= w Annum. m --- -- Z Ashtn &OM 93 71., p. et. Peak Forest. 79 5/. Os. Birmingham 40 , 4/: 88% Regent's.. •• 30 173. 16 Coventry.... 100 11 1. 19) ,Rochdale..•• 85 41. 80 Derby .. •• •• 1 00 6/. 15s. Stffrd &Wore 140 281. Grand.lanctn 100 21. pr. et. 47 Stonrbridge.. i 45 121. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. et. Severn gpdl Grand Jnion 100 7s. 6d Wye Rail. j 26 11. 16s. Kennt & AVT: 40 61. 6% Warwick &7 j 100 21. 24 Leeds &Livrp 100 25/. 501 1 Blrming. Leicester.... 100 5/. Warwick &I 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 Napton..j 100 2i • LoughLorogli 143 701. Worcstr & 1 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. Birming.j 78 10s. 16% Neath ...... 100 161. Wilts & Brkt. 7s. Od. Oxford...• .. 1.00 106 Name of Company. Berlin ...... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... • • Do. New •• •• • • •• •• •• • . •• •• .. • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex .. • • .. Do. Do, .. •• . • Name of Company. flungerford .......... Southwark •• Ditto liew of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... .... • • • • Ditto Old Ann. of AL Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .......... 1)o. Preference East and West India.. (band Surry D. & Canal Do. Loin Notes _ Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London ..• • • •• • •• • • St. Katharine .• •• .. .. Southampton ........ Victoria ••••••• • • • •• Ditto New • • .... • • Name of Company. Albion kilianze Sri:. arid For. Ditto Marine ..... • A.thenceum Atlas ........ Argus Life ......... British Commercial Church of England • • City of London .. • • Clerici.Aed.& Gen. Life County .• .... •• • • • • Crown' .• •• •• •• •• •• Ea.gle ....... •• • • Equity and Law European Life Family Endowment General G10be...... ...• • • • • •• Gresham:Life Do. Guardian Imperial Fire... • • Imperial Life Indemnity Marine .... Law Fire Law Lite.— Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law• • Marine... • • .. • • • • • • • • Med . & Gen. Life Minerva • • •••• • • • • Monarch • a • • • • • • • • • • New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Phcenix ... •• • •• Professional Life • • • • .. Provident Life........ Rock Life Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire .• •••• Ditto Life United Kingdom Universal Life .•• ..... Victoria Life •....... Blame of Company. WATER-WORKS. Dividend per AIIIIUM. 51. per cnt. 6t. per cnt. 4/. percent. 51. per cent. 41. per cnt. Si. per cut ,41. per cent. BRIDGE! Dividend per Annum. Paid. I Prio I Os per cent.) 11. 12s. Cd. 11. Ss. Od. 28s. DOCKS, Dividend . per Annum. U. pr cent. GE. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 119 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 5/. Os per C. 'RANCE CO Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 148. 6d. ;1. p.c. & bs. 15s. 0(1. & 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5/. spr ct.l4bs. 4/. per share, 11. 18s. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent (21. per cent 143. st.p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 2V. per sh. 4s. per share 18s.& bs. 14 per cent st. per cent. 51, per cent. 6 4 per cent 51 p. ct. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent 12)4_ per c. p. c. bs p : c & Us i 1 14s. Al. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & honor INT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. £ s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 )00 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 GO 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. £ s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 .PANIEd. Amount of Share. £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 ..1 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 ' 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 00 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 ,100 0 0 ANKS. Amount of share. a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 1 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 oe 0 0 oo 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 ,I ao 0 0 I too 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. 1 rri, A s. d. £ s. d 100 all Z s. d. Paid. I P Z s. d. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 71 20 0 0 8 14 0 0 11 £ s. d. 50 0 0 9; 11 0 0 ' 11 25 0 0 - all 15 0 16 25 0 0 50 0 20 0 20 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 19 50 0 6 50 0 all 4 0 0 47 5 0 - 50 0 0 - 20 0 0 4E 30 0 0 36! 2 10 0 11 13 0 0 1 2' 210 0 12 10 0 6: 20 0 - 12 10 0 - 2 0 0 20 0 0 - 20 0 - 40 0 - 10 0 - 10 0 - o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 18 15 0 50 0 0 Australasia. • • • • .• •• •• Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London . . British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City.... Colonial ... .......... Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. B k• of Aux. Do. New .. • • .... London and County .• Lon. & Basta. Brikg. C.' London Joint-Stock Londn cind Westininstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New Ditto ditto National Bank New -oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland !Cll. per cent. Ditto, New. • ...... 10nian................ South Australia . -• .. Union of Australia.... Ditto .............. Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual ........ Western Bank or Londn. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 43. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. & bs. 4/. per cent. 51. percent. IN. per cent. 6!. per cent. 28 per cent. 18'. per cent. 16 p.c. & 155 Si.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. p. ct.dtbs. Si.per cent. M. per wt. Cit. per cent. 311. per cent., all 60 0 50 0 0 51 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 - if 0 21 50 0 0 - 10 0 0 21 20 0 0 4 , 35 0 0 10 0 0 - 50 0 - 22 10 0 - IS 1. per cont.! 15 . 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 l' 30 0 - 10 0 0 2 50 0 0 - 50 0 0 - LIST OF SCOTTISEt COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- -- --,----. X s. d. £ a. d. Rank of Scotland .... 7/. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 18710 s British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/0s Caledonian Bank .. •• . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 15s City of Glasgow Baak 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - i Os Clydesdale Bank •• - 5)4/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 :1, 78 C)mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 1 500 0 0 100 0 0 2201 0 Eastern Bank.. -- - 61. per cent. 125 0 0 10 0 0 10i O s Ediub. is I Glasgow.... 3341. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 3/ Ils National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 179,10 Northof Scotlandßank 5/.percent 'lO 0 0 210 051 108 Royal Bank of Scott. .. 51, per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 I4ol's Union Bank of Scot. •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 741 Oa Western 8ank........ 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /. pr cont. 100 0 0 11 0 0 171 Os British Guarantee . .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 Its Caledonian Fire Incur, 10,. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/ Os City of Glasgow Lite.. W. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 041 Os Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 071 7s Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28/ Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/.oer cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Is Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 15s Nationa., Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 1/ 19 s North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 13s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 17s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7% 1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 olt 13s Standard Life •• .. -•• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 27/ 5e GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ' l aid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - £ a. d. 4 s. d. British Provincial .... 71. per cent. 20' 0 0 all - Brighton .• .... •• •• .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - ' City of London .. •• •• 2/. per cent. 150 0 0 150 0 0 _ Equi table.. •• •• .. •• .. 2/. 50 0 0 all - European .... . - - tlreat Central .• ...... 8/. per cent 10 0 0 - 11% Imperial ...• ........ 10/. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Ditto New - 50 0 0 12 10 6 - Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 0 0 200 Do. Continental I stCap. 31 ss. 50 0 0 42 15 0 - 1)o. Do. 20 Cap. 4/. 154. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 4/. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent Londov Parl. Preferen. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 - 27;4 Pheenic Ratcliff•• •• •..•••• •• 51. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers - United General - 20 Westminster Chartered 7 por cent. 50 0 0 - 50 Ditto, New .... •• •• - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Western A. - 10 0 0 all -- Ditto B . ...... MISCELLANEOUS. • Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---; - £ a. d. X a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam 'tea •• .. •• - - ill. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart........ 2 1 41 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Av riculturi - 25 0 0 19 0 0 2554 Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austra,tan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British Amorican Land Si. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... •• ........ 41. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 119 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - I) tto, 6 per cent. •• 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Nnvigation Bonds :I,il. per cent - - - Klectric Telegraph Eng.& Sus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. ,00 0 0 DO 0 0 - Ditte New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and 11..00 0 0 00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - Gen.StetunNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all VA 'lndexes ilay 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Itungerford - Lon. Ne. &Na. Mango. - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 o all - Alex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp.• - 25 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 3t D N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Al. per cent. - - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all North of Europe, Stm. 0 1. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - PricJ'sPatenteand. Co - 29 0 0 all - l'ecl River.Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all 2% Pen. & Oriental Steam 7/. per cent 50 0 0 all 73U Ditto New .... •• • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Ikvcrsionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent 100 0 0 all _ Ditto New •• •• •• •• 4, 2 /. pr cent. 100 0 0 28 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam. ••• it. p. share. 100 0 0 se 0 0 55 Scottish Aus. Invest. Isl. per cent. 1 0 0 all - South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - • Trust and Loan Comp. N... pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Vas Diemen's Land ' 103. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - 6 per cent. Bonds 6 per cent - 1 - -- Country Market:. MANCHESTER -- DEC. 31. A fair attendance this morning, and a more hopeful feeling appeared to prevail. There was a batter inquiry for wheat, and the best runs of both English and American must be noted the turn dearer. In some instances rather more money was asked for flour, but the transactions were CC.' limited at about the rates of last week. Oats and oatmeal met a slow sale, and both have been rather cheaper. No particular change was observable. NEWARK—DEc. A good attendance, and prices similar to those of las• 1 week, except for wheat and barley, .which Were a shade dearer. Wheat, white 56s to 5Ss, red 50s to 545; barley, milting 3U to 425, grinding 36s to 375; oats, 24st. 32s to 368, 22st. 24s to 28s ; beans, 46s to 4Ss ; malt, 60s to 72s ; peas, 440 to 46s ; tares, 56s to 60s per qr. LOUTH-DEC. 30. An inactive trade in corn to-day, with little variation in rates, but a downward tendency. Wheat, 41s to 45s ; extra, 51s ; barley 33s to 3Ga ; oats 20s to 23s ; beans, 40s to 455. BOSTON—DEo. 30. The wheat trade to-day was in a rather inactive Ptitto. The few sales passing in wheat were at a reduction of le to 2s. Spring corn a slow sale, and on easier terns. Prices :—Wheal, rod, 40s Od to 48s Od; new, —s to —s ; . white, 464 Oil to tiOi Od ; extra, 51s. Barley, 26s Od to 38s ry, 01. Oats 18s to 255. Peas, 33 to 41e Od. Beans, 34e - 0,1 to 41s 0,1 per qr. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—DEC. 30. Large supply of grain to-day, and sales heavy. With the exception of wheat other graius wore cheaper. Wheat, on the top, la Od down, and on the average 04 3d down. Barley, 3s Od down on the top, and 04 7d down on the average. Oats on the top were Os 6d lap, and on the average 0,4 6d down. Beans on the top 2s Od down, an l 0,, the average Os 2d down. AVERAGES rEu IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 0 1 1-12th. Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 1 7 2-12ths. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1306 qrs sold 1077 qrs Barley 2074 qrs sold 1763 qrs Oats 2003 qrs sold 1585 qrs Beans lB5 qrs sold 155 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.—DEC. 29. A fair supply of fat beasts to-day, but the demand was limited ; higher prices were asked, and beef was a little better sold. Sheep in small supply, and well sold. There was a good supply of fat pigs, and the sales heavy. Fat calves numerous. The following woro the quotations :—Beef, sid to Gid mutton, 7d to 71d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 74d to 01 pet lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to Us 3d per score ; rough fat, 5s 0 i to Us t per 141 b. ; hides, 41d to 6 1 d per lb ; calf-skins, 6d. to 7.1 ) per lb. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. :e. LIVERPOOL, DEM 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Liverpool Stock Exchange continues to improve daily, and closed this afternoon aka , dily at the following rates :—Eastern Counties, 11 15-16 ,% 12—East Lancashire, 92i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 944 ' 951—London and North Westerns, 991 —llitto (i shares), dis.—Sheffields, 404—Midlands, 921—North Eastern, Berwick, 24 South Easterns, 218 2—Grand Trunk of - Canada, 121—Great Luxembourg, 7 15-16. MANCHESTER, Dn. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE—There was an active demand, and there was a strong market, though business did not close . 1 -A at the highest rates of the day. Union Bank, par—North ' Union A, 220 , 2 —Leeds, 941 i—Sheffields, 401 6f — lands, 926 fl a i—Dovers, 2115-16 21-4—Eastern Coun ties, 11 15-16 Londons, 98i—East Lancashire, 026—Trunks - 126 9-16 B—North Stafford°, 2i d. 13-16—Canada New, d. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 31. --- STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business in the market generally firm. Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 81—South Staf• fords, 9—Midlands; 92 LEEDS, DEC. 31. STOOK EXORANGE.—The market to-day again active. Midlands, 92} 92 91i i.92—North Eastern (Lends), 27a — Ditto (Berwick), 24-2—Ditto (York), 431--London and South-Western, 96l—North Western, 7 13-16—North Staffordshire, 21 dis.—Dovers, 21/—Birmingham and Derby, 653. [ADVERTISEMENT.] KIDNEYS, BLADDER, i t. Bright's thformat disease, on • and certain other chronic affecti ons the Second origin Edoift - Bladder in both sexes their connection w i th th e Stomach D ior i l a'be P te r s ic , e Al 2 b B u .— rniPnorariat, i7 o oa f rl t h eKidne ys and and Liver, and only successful mode of cure• By Dr Denis Cr coin, 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley square.—" A very able work upon diseases affecting a large portion of the population."—Weekly News. ice. Smith and Co., 52, Long-acre, EAST INDIAN STATISTICS.—We extract the following -- statistical details from a blue book (just issued) contain. ing a mass of tabular information relating to the colonial — &c., possessions of th e B r iti s h emp i re (part 2). The total population of the British and other States in India amounted at the last returns to 180,367,148 souls, ins .8 eluding 97,763 562 in the govErnineet of Bengal, 22,437,297 in Madras, and 11,720,042 in Bombay. 'Bl4 Thus the population of th e B r iti s h S tates was 1 31,990,901 The population of the native States included 38,702 206 in Bengal, 5,213,671 i n M a d ras, and !81,4 4,460 ; 370 in Bombay, making a total of 48,376,247 ; souls. In the french and Portuguese territories is there were 517,149 souls. The total area of the territories thus peopled was 1,465,322 square miles. In 1854 there were apprehended for offences in Bengal 101.781 persons ; in the North-Western Provinces, 104,196 ; in Madras, 207.890 ; and in 32 k' in Bombay, 73,262 persons. The total number of fsx, British troops employed in India (British) in 1855-56 24 amounted to 279,148 (including 25,825 Royal and 253,328 Co.'s troops) against 280,633 in 1854.55 and 40 282.236 in 1853-54. The number employed in Bengal 7i,, (1855-56) was 167,796 ; in Madras, 63,241 ; and in - Bombay, 48,111. The 279,148 soldiers employed in the 2 _ last named year (1855-56) i nc l u d e d on l y 47,782 Euro _ peens against 231,276 natives, and the same alarming disproportion is noticeable in former years. In 1854-55 the revenue of India amounted to 2 6 ,133,0501., and the -- expenditure to 27,748,7211., leaving a net deficiency i c e. (after deduction 3,011,7351 for "home charges") of 1,620,3061 The revenue of Bengal was 11,691,344/. ; that of the North-Western Provinces, 6,264,268/. ; that ios of Madra., 4,929,346/. ; that of Bombay, 4,950,347/. ; ,ais and that of the Punj sub, 1,307,745/. The items of the re 15s venue have b een g i ven i n f ormer returns. The charges in 7 , 1854-55 included 2,500,3581. for civil and poitical este. i 0 blishment , , 2,395,2201. for judicial and police charges, 3,035,9151. t er th e 4 10 39 ,8 , 7 1 3 7 , 9 5 1 2 . 51 for for m ar m in il e it a ar n y d (s of of war) cha rges ; lOs ' • terest of the debt, and 2,595,9201. f or h ome I's c harges, making a total expenditure in India (1 7, and in England of 30,753,4561. Th e d e b t of os " India in the year 1854-55 amount e d t o 6 1 , 65 3,5284 its and the bond debt in England to 3,915,5921., os the whole debt amounting to 55,531,120/ ., and the in ?: terest thereon to 2,189 4331. In the same year, 1854-55, os 25,325 vessels of 3.25'2,256 tons entered into and cleared s out from porta in British India (exclusive of the native l 9 s 158 craft engaged in th e • coast i ng trade), 4,728 Britiik /e s vessels of 1,822,157 toes so entered and cleared in 13a that year. The total value of the imports by sea 17 s into India in th e year 18 54-55 was 14,770,9271., I3s / 5 , and that of the exports 20,194,2551. The imports from the united kingdom alone were valued at 9,853,6461. ; from Arabia and Persia, 1,027,7651. ; from China, 1,287,6781, ; and from Penang, Singapore, ice. and Malacoa, 543,6861. The imports from America were only 162,1301. The importi included 328,1911. of apparel, 216,1181. of books and stationery, 1,274,0981. of cotton twist, and y arn , 5 , 40 3,2741. of cotton goods, 251,0581. of malt liquors, 260,2201. of copper, and 218,6741. of iron ; 312,3041. of wrought metals of all kinds, 288,7721. of war stores, 142,6921. of t:C3 sea stores, 129,3961. of precious stones, 197,5101. of silk goods, 143,9781. of spices, 125,2251. of spirits, !00 101,712/. of tea. 109,0121. of tobacco and cigars, 240,8741. of wines, 171.0651. o f woo ll en goods, 126,3031. of lin• ehinery, 39,8461. of ice, and 191,2631. of fruits, &o. The exports from India to Euglat.d were 7,630,9411.0ut ,o of 20,194,255/ The general list of exports included 17'4 1,426,1491. of indi go dy es , 1,231 , 1531 . of rice 213,6141. of gunnies and b ags , 223,2411. of jute, 3,694,8171. of opium, 457,7141. of saltpetre, or nitrateof potash, 646,0894 of seeds, 460,3091. of raw silks, 248,5571. ol Bilk goods, 355,8271. of skins and hides, 820,7981. of sugar, and 111,5501. of timber. Such is a summary of the statistical tables relative to our East Indian empire. BntTIIS. GRIAIWADE—On the 31st ult., at Clifton Cottage, Tule*. hill, Brixton, Mrs. S. Grimwade. HASLEWOOD —On the 29th ult., at 13, Abbey-place, St. J ohn's-wood, the wife of the Rev. Ashby Blair Hasle wood, incumbent of St, Mark's, Hamilton-terrace, of a daughter. duNN—On the 29th nit., at Bright m on d , au t g h h e te w r i . f e of Loftus J. Nunn, Esq., Captain 99th R eg t., o f a BOR. PETTIWARD—Ou the 30th ult., a t Finborough, Suffolk, the Lady Frances Pettiw ar d, of MARRIAGES. BUSS —CARON—On the 29th ult., at St. Pancras, the Rev. Alfred J. Bus s , 8.A., curate of St. Olave's, to Leonia, only surviving child of the late Colonal Caron, and of Mrs. Caron, of Bartholomew - place, Kentish. town. Southampton row, Russell- sg m u a a r t e i i d a a g , DEATHS. e x d vif 7 e L of Mr. Coo. BcußTonoziOsonntthhee 2 3 9 1: 11 11 1 1: : Mr. John Brooker, of 5, Cuthbert, of Fore-street, Cripplegate, aged 55. - DuNN--On the 2 )th tilt., at the Old Kent-road, Surrey, 3% Mr. He nry D unn, Into of Saffron Wald en , aged 44. - PRETTY—On the 30th ult., at 31, Bayham-terraea, Cam 'M.D., only sou ull ofN C w w . T io,wielt ‘ ty .J . oh E li sq l . l , o 7 t , iso li n o r i r i Z zn E .r , uqa . 4, it„gentis. _ _ p % 1 k, 3t SMYTH - 2 011 the 29thult., suddenly, at 43, Sackville-street, - George Beatty Smyth, Esq., M.D., aged 44. - M‘DoNALD—On the 29th ult., at 3, Sylvestor-row Hack - ney, Mr. James M'llonald, aged 70. , ;Si WlLLlams — On the 28th ult., at Islington, Miss Henrietta 73Si Williams, aged 52. 15% LONDON Printed and Published by AIUItDO YOUNG, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at 27/c Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in Um Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Friday, January 1, 14 8, . .1' Paid. Price t ~. c: c' r +~ °' A. 5... ~ r r