The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-04 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TILE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The effects of the recent severe cold, and probably also of violent change, are still more prominently developed in the return of deaths for last week than they were in that which preceded it. In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths of 1,677 persons Were recorded in London ; in the two previous weeks there were respectively 1,289 and 1,548. In the second week of December the mean temperature of the air was 28.6 deg. ; in the last it was 45.3 deg. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the ten weeks corresponding with last week was 1,324 ; but as the deaths contained in the present return occurred in a population which has increased, they should be compared with the average raised proportionally to the increase—namely, with 1,456. The 1,677 deaths of last week, therefore, exhibit an excess amounting to 221 over the aver age mortality in London in the last week of the year. The comparison would have shown the re sults of the late meteorological changes if the deaths on which inquests are held had been registered in previous years with a uniformity equal to that which has now been obtained. In the last three weeks the deaths from pulmonary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, were successively 279, 430, and 470. The number last mentioned exceeds the corrected average by 176. Bronchitis, which carried off 260 persons in the previous week, was fatal last week to 278; pneumonia rose from 135 to 151. The deaths from phthisis (or consumption) in the two weeks were 186 and 154, showing a de crease. The mortality from small-pox increases slowly but steadily ; the deaths under this head last week were 46, of which 18 occurred to persons 15 years old and upwards; 9 occurred in the Small pox Hospital ; 3 in the sub-district of London-road; 4in that of Lambeth Church (2d part). On the other hand, scarlatina was less fatal; the number referred to it being 65, to diphtheria 12. The deaths from whooping-cough rose from 35 to 50. Two in fants were murdered, and no less than 19 were suf focated, all or most of them in bed. The number of such deaths is greater than usual; and the negli gence of parents, to which they are in some instances to be attributed, may be supposed to be more com mon at seasons of festive indulgence. Last week 5 persons died from intemperance, 3 from delirium tremens. Ten nonagenarians died in the week, 3 of whom were 97 years old, and one 99. Of bricklayers 4 died in the week, of bricklayers' children 8 ; of carpenters 8 died, of carpenters' wives 3, of carpenters' children 14 ; of masons' wives 1 died, of masons' children 2 ; of painters 9 died, of painters' wives 5, of painters' children 6 ; of plasterers 3 died, of plasterers' wives 3, of plas terers' children 5. Last week the births of 1,035 boys and 923 girls, in all 1,958 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,595. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean hoight of the barometer in the week was 29.132 inches. On Sunday and Monday the mean daily barometrical reading was below 29 inches. The barometer rose from 28.50 inches on Monday, the lowest reading in the week, to 29.67 inches on Sa turday, the highest reading. The mean tempera ture of the air in the week was 45.3 deg., which is 8.4 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average through. out the week, and on the last three days this excess was as much as 10 deg. and 15 deg. Ihe lowest point attained by the thermometer in the week was 34 on Tuesday ; the highest 56.5 deg. on Saturday. The range of temperature in the week was there fore 22.5 deg. The mean daily range was 8.8 deg. The ranges of temperature on Christmas-day and the next day were only 5 deg. and 6 deg. The temperature of the water of the '1 Names was 38.7 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 2.1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 93; on Sunday and Monday the degrees were 99 and 97, closely approaching complete saturation, which is represented by 100. The wind blew almost constantly from the south-west. Almost an inch of rain fell, about half of which fell on Christmas day and the day subsequent ; and of the remainder there was more or less on each of the five other days. Lightning, generally from the west, was frequently seen on the evening of Wednesday. THE GAS CONSUMERS OF PIMLICO. A public meeting of the gas consumers of Pimlico was held on Monday evening in St. Leonard's-hall, St. Leonard-street, Pimlico, for the purpose of sup porting the delegates from the parish in their ap plication to Parliament to protect the gas consumers against the combination of the gas companies, who have formed a monopoly. The chair was taken by ; Sir J. V. Shelley. In explaining the objects of the meeting, he observed that he had no wish whatever to do anything injurious to gas companies. He wished to give them a fair commercial profit, and to protect gas consumers from paying for gas which they did not really consume. That was really what the people of the metropolis wanted, and it was no wish on their part to screw down the companies in any way whatever. He might observe that two committees sat on the subject, but owing to a change of Government and other circumstances the question was really never sifted at all. With respect to the observations made by Mr. Burke before the President of the Board, he had to say that only one witness was examined, and they had many others ready to show how the quality of the gas had been deteriorated. The com mittee, however, decided on hearing no more, and so the matter stood. He and Mr. Locke, the member for Southwark, were the only persons who fought the battle; but it was considered that it was too late in the session to go further, and so the matterended. The difficulty they had now to contend with was, that the Government did not feel themselves war ranted in bringing forward a measure on the evi dence taken ; but a bill had been prepared which he was ready to bring forward in the next session of Parliament. There were many complaints made of the present system, and as the gas companies had agreed to amalgamate, it was only fair they should also be put under one system; and when inventions were discovered which created a great decrease in the cost of production, the gas consumers should have the benefit of it. The question upon which the committee split was, that as it was agreed that in the event of frost or any other circumstance increas ing the produce, the companies should have a refe rence to the Board of Trade, but the same privilege was refused to the gas consumer, in case he could show a decrease. • Mr. F. BERTOLONT (a delegate), in moving a reso lution in support of the delegates, mentioned that the amount paid for gasin the metropoli s a t th a t p er i o d was two millions, and the fact was that it was now a matter of necessity. He complained of the abomina ble gas now furnished to the consumers, and of the system practised of calling for deposits before the gas was furnished. The other delegate (Mr. Dowden) was compelled, he was sorry to say, to be absent on the present occasion, but he might tell them that he was most zealous in the cause. No other trader or company had a right to a monopoly in the sale of any article, and he did not see why the gas companies should possess a privilege which no other class en joyed. He called on them to sign the petition prepared on the subject, and contribute towards the expenses which must necessarily be incurred. Mr. WALTON seconded the motion, and hoped that in any measure introduced the purity of the gas supplied would be taken into consideration as well as the price. In many cases that now sup plied did great injury to their furniture, and in cases of paintings and gilding, absolutely destroyed them. 'The CHAIRMAN read a few of the heads of the bill, one of which applied specially to the purity of gas to be supplied, and to do away with the exist ing practise of not supplying the Incoming tenant until the outgoing paid his arrears. Mr. JERE I VITAHCLARKE supported the resolution. He believed the quality of the gas supplied was in many instances of an excellent quality, and he thought, in that respect, they had nothing to com plain of. -What he and other consumers wished to have remedied was, riot to be placed at the mercy of companies without any appeal or remedy what ever, no matter what may be the price charged. By having only one set of pipes running through their streets, instead of several as on former occa sions, there was no doubt whatever a great advan tage was obtained, and unquestionably, while go o d and pure gas should be supplied, they ought to give the companies a fair remunerating profit. lle was very happy to hear that St. James's parish subscribed £300; St. John's, in which he resided, put down £lOO, and although it was said subscrip tions of this nature wee not legal, hp , believed that what was customary would soon beCome law. He ca lled on all to assist by every means in their power the present undertaking. After a short discussion, the motion was agreed to. Mr. MITCHELL moved the next resolution, which was to the,effect that . a copy of the first, with the petition, be transmitted by their chairman to the Secretary of State. He, enumerated various in= :"stances where, as an owner of house property, he was compelled to pay up the arrears of refractory tenants, or else the gas would have been cut off by those monopolising companies. The resolution, having been seconded . by Mr . JONES, was passed. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. SEASONABLE ADVICE. A Roman Catholic journal of sufficiently national tendencies has begun to open its eyes to the follies and mischiefs which have been perpetrated under the guise of Irish agitation, conducted on the old profesional system, as inculcated by the accredited masters in the art of humbug. A revival of com mon sense like this is something to begin the new year with. Speaking of Ireland in the past tense, the journal thus moralises : " Monster meetings, covering her hills and filling her valleys, have frequently assembled to join in a pompous and solemn recital of her many misfor tunes, and to relieve a deep-seated national grief by copious floods of oratory. Such is the historic pic ture of that phenomenon in Irish modern life which is designated by the title of ' Irish political agita tion.' It is nothing more than a tissue of feeble, lachrymose demonstrations, which have all ended in a bottle of smoke. Irishmen, as everybody knows, are ruled by a Government which is representative in its conception and form. The elements of this Government are not exclusively English, they are Irish also. Ireland's share in the representation is not complained of as inadequate. It is generally admitted to bear a fair proportion to the popula tion and to the commercial and agricultural status of the country. Therefore, to Ireland is clearly conceded, by the very provisions of the constitu tion under which she lives, the full and ade quate power of righting herself. Having such a power, she need not approach the Throne or Cabinet of England with weeping eyes and a throbbing heart. She has 105 places in the House of Commons, in which each and every one of her representatives may boldly and fearlessly take his stand and insist upon justice being, done to his na tive country. It is, therefore, quite evident that Ireland is not trusting to tears and to abject suppli cation as the only constitutional means through which to seek and hope for her political regenera tion, but that ample and efficacious means to this end are placed within her grasp by the very provi sions of the British constitution. All that remains to Ireland, then, to do is, to see to the proper use and application of these means. Would that she had done so hitherto, instead of wasting her strength in tears and ineffective demonstrations.' AID FOR GARIBALDI. The Cork Examiner of yesterday has the follow ing statement :—" On Wednesday, the 21st ult., an American bark, C. B. Troit, Captain Scull, 316 tons, and ostensibly consigned to C. B. Dennett in London, for Colt, the celebrated small arms manu facturer, arrived in Queenstown, carrying a some what remarkable cargo, being no less than 23,500 muskets, with furnishings, contributed by American sympathisers to Garibaldi. When the vessel left the States there was no knowledge of the resignation of the famous guerilla, but to avoid mistakes the cap tain was directed to call at Cork for orders. ft was in pursuance of these instructions he came here, and learned that the consignee of his cargo had rus ticated himself in the island of Sardinia. In conse quence of the change of circumstances, the vessel has been desired to wait in her present locality until the issue of the Congress be known. When she first arrived in the port officers were, as usual placed in charge, but on the proposal of the captain to lock and secure the hatches, which was done, the precau tion was dispensed with. Some change, however, appears to have occurred in the opinion of the au thorities, for the Custom-house officers have been again placed on board, as if the ordinary course were not deemed sufficiently secure. We cannot afford an explanation, but simply give the facts." REPRESENTATION OF YOUGHAL. Rumours, which have for some time been rife respecting a severance of the connection between Mr. Butt and the constituency of Youghal, have found a resting place in the cork Examiner, which thus cautiously touches upon the substantial reasons which are likely to create a vacancy in the repre sentation : "If the statement which we have received, on the authority of a gentleman resident in London, is to be relied on, it is probable that the electors of Youghal will be called on, ere very long, to make a new selection. It is said by the gentleman re ferred to that Mr. Butt, who has been lately called to the English bar, has been just appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon. We do not in any way commit ourselves to this statement ; we simply say that it was sent to us this day, by the father of the writer of the letter; and that, from our knowledge of the writer, his high personal character, and his means of information, it is quite probable that what he states may be correct. At any rate, we think it our duty to give the statement publicity, were it only to prepare our friends in Youghal for a contingency which, whenever it arises, must deeply affect their interests." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1860 of men. In domestic and social life she found the English very admirable and praiseworthy. The love of money, however, was great. The Scotchman would love his bonnie lassie, because she was bon nie. The Irishman would love his lass for her beauty and accomplishments. But John Bull would rather love her if she had gold in her purse and lands for her dower. Observation had shown her everywhere that money inspired affection. The gentry and nobility of England for the most part practised the most refined and the most wicked arts of gallantry. To win the affections of a young and artless girl and leave her to misery, was a matter of boasting at their clubs. At some watering place the villain would begin his campaign. The poor girl would be flattered by what my lord would say. She has read in novels of condescension on the part of the high-born to love such as herself, and she expected to become a great lady. In this way she became an easy victim. These things were the fashionable amusements of the wealthy in England. In fact it was a common pastime with them. She had seen in New York papers advertisements for wives, which she regarded as nets only set to catch some foolish girl. To see the reign of the mighty god Cupid in all his greatness and glory, they should visit a winter watering place in England, where liver-diseased people, as yellow as their guineas, went to recruit their health. Here daughters, espe cially such as were somewhatpassee, were bargained off to the old gents who had returned from the Indies with gold and disease. John Bull at home in England, and Brother Jonathan at home in New England, were the same beings modified by local changes. The only difference was in the external drapery of character. The fondness of the people here for nicknacks existed also in England. The woman's rights agitation was also prodigiously English. It had existed in England more than 50 years ago, and many men had figured in the move ment then, as that smart old lady, Wendell Phillips, was ambitious of figuring now. John Bull at home was a pretty clever fellow, in the Yankee sense of the term, fond of beef and sherry, and very agree able when he was disposed to be so. The people of England were generally free hal that prejudice concerning this country which the writings of Dickens and others like him would be supposed to convey. While she had been in England she was not unjustly accused of abusing Americans, because she said that states were permitted to interfere with the rights of cities. (Applause.) Such a thing was not known in Europe. The Lord Mayor of London was as important in his city as th e Q ueen . Th e stories of ignorance in the rural districts of Eng land were as false as the tear-starting tales of the horrors of slavery in the South of the United States. England and America, she thought, were fast becoming more and more united. If Americans would visit England, and Englishmen America more frequently, less discontent and rivalry and greater harmony would exist. The lecture was concluded at about half-past 9 o'clock, and the audience departed seemingly well pleased with their entertainment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 3. MANSION-HOUSE. Michael Loftus, a tall, stalwart young fellow, whose features were well bronzed from exposure to an Indian sun, and who was described as a discharged soldier from the Ben gal Artillery, was charged with being drunk and damaging a gas branch at the Vine Inn, Minories. Mr. Ogle, landlord of the Vine, said the prisoner went there the night before, accompanied by two other men and a woman, the former being, as he said, his friends, and the latter his sister. The others were sober, but the prisoner was not so, and, after staying a little while, he became obstre perous, and created a great disturbance, upon which his friends and sister went away and left him there. Witness followed, and asked them to take the pri soner away with them, but they would not go back to the house, and when witness returned he found the prisoner still acting with great violence, and consequently requested him to leave. This he re fused to do, and, catching hold of a gas branch over the bar, he swung himself upon it till he pulled it down, after which he attempted to wrest the beer engine from its fastenings, and, finally, leaning on the bar, he clutched witness by the col lar and attempted to drag him over, at the same time swearing that he would murder him. The Lord Mayor—Well, he must pay ss. for the damage or go to prison for seven days, and I hope he is the last discharged Indian soldier I shall have before me. The prisoner paid the money (which Mr. Ogle handed over to the poor-box) and was discharged. GUILDHALL—Mr. Riley and his son Charles were charged under the following circumstances:— The evidence in this case went to show that Mrs. Cole, the complainant, whose husband kept the Rose Inn, in the Old Bailey, was in the bar parlour when the defendants came in with a couple of labouring men, and by direction of the elder defen dant, the two labourers, with considerable•violence, turned her out of the house, while the younger de fendant thrust her daughter out at the back door with such force that she fell and dislocated her shoulder. Sir R. W. Carden said it was quite clear an as sault had been committed, but it was under such circumstances that he should be obliged to send it to the sessions to be disposed of. He therefore re commended an amicable arrangement, and ad journed the case for that purpose. John Mitchell was charged with assaulting seve ral women with a hammer. Police-constable 219 said he saw the prisoner rushing out of Fan n-street about 11 o'clock at night, crying " Murder !" and several persons in pursuit, calling out " Stop him." He took the prisoner back to No. 7, Fann-street, where he found a woman bleeding very much from a severe wound on the head, which he was informed had been inflicted by the prisoner with a hammer, which one of the per sons who followed the prisoner gave up to witness. The wounded woman, whose name was Mary Ann Rogers, was then taken to the hospital, and it was not likely she would be able to leave for some time. Sir R. W. Carden said it was a very serious as sault, and he therefore remanded the prisoner. BOW-STREET —Mr. Jardine has received the following letter, which he handed to the reporter in the hope that it might afford a timely caution to working men out of employment, who, in their na tural and laudable desire to get into work, are apt to become the dupes of designing persons, and thus to be deprived of what slender resources they may have. The writer gives his address : "Clapham, Jan. 3. " Worshipful Sir—Being out of regular employment, I answered an advertisement in the _Daily Telegraph of Thurs day last for 'industrious young men,' who were directed to apply by letter to Messrs. Bro wn an d Co., r eceiving the Newsrooms, 76, Strand. You may judge ; my surprise on enclosed letter in answer, requi r i ng 2 s. i n postage s t am p s , to be remitted before any inform a ti on i s g i ven as to w h o are the parties, or what is the nature of the situation offered. I believe it to be nothing more than an attempt at swindling small sums of money from the unfortunate poor who are out of employ. This consideration induces me to trouble you, believing that if publicity is given to the matter, through the press, it will be the means of putting many a young, man upon his guard.—l remain, worshipful sir, your obe dient servant. " W. J. WEBB." The enclosure above alluded to, was addressed to " Mr. William James Webb," at the address stated in the letter. It was as follows : 76, Strand, Dec. 31, 185). " Sir,—l shall exact.for the advice and information which I shall give, which is founded upon experience, the remit tance of 2s, in postage stamps. Reply to Messrs. Brown and Co., 76, Strand." Mr. Jardine observed that the only way of meet ing such systems of imposture was that suggested by the writer—publicity. It was vain to think of criminal proceedings unless there was either a false pretence or a conspiracy. There was clearly nothing in the letter that amounted to an assertion of fact, consequently no false pretence could be alleged. If several persons were engaged in it, then it would be a conspiracy to defraud ; but most fre quently these things were carried on by one person alone, which was probably the case in this instance, and if so there could be no conspiracy. But pro bably the publication of the letter and enclosure might induce many a poor man who was eager to get employment to hesitate before he handed over his last 2s. to a correspondent, of whose real name, -address, and occupation he was kept in profound ignorance. WESTMINSTER.—WiIIiam Burdett and Wm, Perry, described as well known " cracksmen," were finally examined, charged with entering the dwell ing -house of Mr. G. Langley, 38, Halsey-street, Chelsea, and stealing a quantity. of miscellaneous property. The prisoners were committed for trial. A communication was received yesterday morn ing from Mr. Paynter, stating that he was much better, and hoped to be well enough in a day or two to resume his usual magisterial duties. It is there• fore probable that the Hon. Hugh Rowley's case will be brought on without delay. WORSHIP-STREET.—Emma Laing, a neatly dressed young woman, of about 18, was charged with wilfully uttering a forgery. Samuel Robinson, barman at a tavern in High street, Shoreditch, said—The prisoner entered our wholesale department at eight o'clock last night, and presented me a note., stating— "Sir,—Please to let the bearer have half a gallon of the best old brown brandy.—Yours, IL BROOKE. "7f, Downham-road, Kingsland " .1 knew nothing of the prisoner, tout served her with what the letter specified, and asked her if she would have the bottle sealed; she said that was of no con sequence, and, opening a purse, handed me a £lO ARMING THE IRISH. It is announced, without any circumlocution, that a GoVernment circular has reached Cork authoris ing the formation of a volunteer corps, to be com posed of the civil servants in the employment of the Crown, such as Custom-house, Excise, and Post office officials. It is added that invitations have been given to parties in public employment, such as those of telegraph and railway companies and banks, either to associate themselves in a corps, or if not sufficiently numerous, to join s uc h a b o d y as m i g ht be formed by th e civil servants. INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION. A curious correspondence is published between Mr. M'Mahon, M.P. for Wexford County, and Archdeacon Fitzgerald, parish priest, in reference to the late acceptance by the former of the junior briefs of the 'Woods and Forests Department. Mr. M' Mahon, as a leading light of independent oppo sition, thus explains : " Temple, Dec. 23, 1859. " My' dear Archdeacon,—Lest your Christmas day's enjoyment might be diminished by having a thought lurking in your mind that I de ceived you, and sold the country for the consi deration of the chance of a few briefs for the Woods and Forests, I sit down to set your mind at ease. Wolverhampton is a town in Staffordshire, which has the laudable custom of returning, free of expense, two very decided and advanced Liberals. At the last election it invited Sir Richard Bethell down, and returned him free of expense. A client and friend of mine took an active part in his re turn, and Sir R. Bethell professed himself greatly obliged to him. When the vacancy in the post of Counsel to the Woods and Forests arose, my friend wrote to the Attorney-General, asked it for me, and got it by return of post—expressly and entirely in compliment to himself, and without:the slightest re ference to my political position. I got it—not be cause I was connected with Wexford—but because I was connected with Wolverhampton ; and there is not a shadow of a ground for suggesting that it in any way compromises my political position and in dependence, or that the Solicitor to the Woods and Forests could have any more claim to direct my votes than any other solicitor who chose to give me a brief. If he were to do so, I should at once de cline his business. Now, do you think that in reason or common sense I was bound to reject an advantage thus honourably acquired? But I will not argue it with you—l leave myself entirely in your hands, and if you decide against me I will at once inform the solicitor that his briefs must be taken elsewhere. Wishing you a happy Christmas and merry New Year, and many pleasant returns of both, I 'am yours devotedly, "P. M'MAHON. " Ven. Archdeacon Fitzgerald, P.P., &c." The following is the concluding portion of the Archdeacon's letter in reply : " There has been, since the death of Primate Crolly in 1849, so much of treachery and false hood, of perfidy and political corruption, on the part of the Irish representatives, that all trust in public men seems nearly extinct in the minds of the masses of our people. The men of Wexford know you too well to dare to doubt you. Honest Tom O'Shea will not doubt you, nor will the good Arch deacon, his brother, nor Aylward, nor Cahill, his fellow-labourers in the good cause. George Henry Moore will not doubt you, nor will John Dwyer of Doon. But to the masses of the people, to tens of thousands, your explanation of your casual connec tion with the Woods and Forests will never reach. The error will go abroad, that you have accepted office under circumstances tending to compromise your Parliamentary independence ; and the popular faith in public men, and in the policy of indepen dent opposition, will be weakened. It was your undoubted right, as I said before, to accept the briefs in question, since they did not in the slightest degree touch on your Parliamentary independence. In the full consciousness of upright meaning and choice, libert intentio n , i n a ll t h e bona ides of stainless integrity and hon our , you exercised your right of free action, free and unf e ttered j u d gmen t. B u t the Apostle p ronounced—' Take heed lest by any means that of yours become a stumbling-block to them that 3 are weak ;' and again he says—' If meat make my brothe r to offend, I will never eat meat while the world standeth? Hence it is, in the spirit of the Apostle, with great diffidence, indeed, of my own judgment, but after most careful consi &ration, that I beg to suggest to you, since you left me the option, that you refus e to accept those briefs, which must be, after all, to one in your long prac tice, matter of little importance. By so doing you will compel even the malignant and the base to sur cease their vile and venal slanders, and all will ac knowledge you in your true character and under your true colours, as the sternly honest patriot Patrick M'Mahon, the trusted representative of Wexford, or rather of Ireland—with all the caution and wisdom, with all the information and ability needful to the sustainment of that high and proud position." THE ROMAN CATHOLIC LAITY. The Wexford pro-Papal demonstration, which came off on Sunday, was attended by a fair sprinkling of the respectable Roman Catholics. Among the speakers were Mr. Redmond, the borough member, and a supporter of the Derby Government ; Mr. Anthony Cliffe, justice of the ;peace and deputy lieutenant ; and Sir James Power. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE. The funds are somewhat better to-day. Consols were not dealt in for money, but for the next account were done at 95, an advance of -1--buyers. New Three per Cent. Stock, 951 for rsoney and account equal to the high rate obtained on Satur day—sellers. Railway shares were rather inactive, and the business done was limited. Dublin and Belfast Junction realised 441, an improvement of 1, with buyers at the close. Dublin and Wicklow were firm at 51 f„ the former value. Midland Great Western half shares brought 271, and left off sellers —no alteration. Waterford and Limerick were done for account at 26*, a decline of 4buyers. In preference shares the dealings were—Dublin and Drogheda 5 per Cents. (No. 3), at 27, the last price —sellers ; and Great Southern and Western 4 per Cent. Stock, 991 the higher quotations being I in advance of the preceding rate—buyers. Bank stock and shares were languid ; nothing was done, evcept in National, which changed hands at 61, the previous value—sellers. LOLA MONTEZ ON ENGLAND. (Trona the New York Herald of Dee. 21.) Mozart Hall was crowded on Thursday evening by a very numerous and respectable audience, to listen to a lecture on the subject, "John Bull at Home," by Lola Montez, who has lately returned from a visit to Europe, where she dissected Ameri can life, American customs, and American peculiari ties, for the edification of English audiences. Last night she reversed the picture by presenting a New York audience with a detailed and humorous view of English peculiarities. Her pictures of English life embraced a very diverse and extensive field, and were characterised throughout by that humour and piquancy for which the fair lecturer is so celebrated. Long before the advertised hour tke doors and ticket office were besieged by an eager throng seek ing admission, and as the time for the lecture ap proached every seat was occupied, and extra chairs and benches were in groat demand. Nearly 3,000 people were present, a fair proportion of whom were ladies. Both the gallery and the body of the hall were densely crowded, and the passage ways between the settees were filled with those who had arrived too late to obtain seats. Almost precisely at eight o'clock the lecturer ap. peared amid the plaudits of the audience, and took her place behind the stand on the platform. She was neatly attired in a dress of black velvet, re lieved at the neck by a white lace collar. Her hair bore a charming negligee which did not seem out of place. She seemed to be in the enjoyment of excellent health, excepting a slight paleness and attenuation of the features, probably the result of the hardships and severity of her recent voyage. After bowing in response to the applause of the audience she began her lecture : She hoped she would not be abused for what she had to say of the English character. Abuse at no time had formed part of her design. She hoped no one would accuse her of injustice or prejudice if she took a peep at the comical side of John Bull's cha racter. They might laugh at his innocent pecu liarities, but it was a well-known fact that they often laughed most at those they loved the best. In England she had many and warm friends. She had met with a hearty reception in British cities. To abuse the English character to Americans, or the American character to Englishmen, would be like abusing the father to the son, and the son to the father. The newspapers here have not ceased to call England the mother country, and why cease to call her so ? All their troubles, no matter of what nature, could never wipe out the fact that their being was received from Old England. They might tell her that German and other elements pre dominated, but still the type of everything . was English, and bore the marks of English origin. They might have enlarged and improved the fabric of human skill, but the same spirit and type existed. This fact had escaped the attention of English tra vellers. Mr. Dickens, for instance, had only been used to looking at things in aridiculons light. So much had been written in England about that Am e rican " institution"—the spittoon—that her opinion on the matter was looked for. She had confessed that the spittoon was a feature of this country, and site furthermore confessed her admiration for the institution. If there was no spittoon in a room the American would open the nearest window and spit out, to the detriment of any cloak or dress within 20 rods distance. But spitting into a tin box, or even out of the window, was preferable to slyly and secretly spitting into one's handkerchief, like the English. In nations so much alike as England and America, it was hard to find peculiarities so opposed as to distinguish them. Hence writers were in com pelled to note some peculiarity very triflingits character to make the distinction. The charac teristics of the human race were the same every where. As to the formation of character from the character of government, she had been led to be lieve, from what she had seen, that the national character arose, not from the political nature of the government, but from an inherent moral impetus given by political revulsions. The English have ever been the most busy and active nation on the globe, which peculiarity also marked the American. It was no metaphor to call England the workshop of the world. The driving, busy Yankee was very like the English. No part of the United States was so like England as New England, with its mann. factories and machine shops. Nowhere so many people live by their wits as in England. The smartest thieves and pickpockets, and those who taught the science of burglary, were all English. But they should not limit smartness to rogues alone. It ran through all classes. There • was hardly a paper in the United States which did not count among its corps some Englishmen. It they went to England they would find that all the smart men had not come to this country. The first idea which would imp ress a v i s it or t o E ng l an d was the fewness of idlers. Th ere was a b us i ness an d professional air in everybody's sts p and countenance. The Eng lish were essentially a doing people. It was gene rally. supposed that the Yankee character was an original oue. She argued that the Yankees were not old enough as yet to p ossess a new and original national character. Th ey h a d on l y improved and modified that which they had received from the mother country. The blending of diverse national characteristics in this count r y would work out a nationality unsurpassed and unsurpassable. The different sections of this country bore distinct marks of the people who originally settled them. The great nationality of England was a eompound of greaPt nationalities which have all been worked into one mass by the force of time. The whole people were characterised by th e di ff erent marks which distinguished each of the original nations composing them. The way in which New England wrested the land from the aborigines was so thoroughly English that they could not help smiling at it. Their proceedings for that purpose were charac terised by English forms. For instance, they had "resolved that the land was God's, resolved they were God's people ; therefore, that the land be longed to them," and they took it. (Laughter.) Now, nothing was more English than that. No thing was more amusing than to see the manner in which the English laugh at New England peculia rities, which peculiarities were essentially English. Nowhere in the world did she know of so much offi cious intrusion in the business and private matters of strangers as in England. It exceeded even the prying curiosity of New England. She had, during her late larisit to England, received about five hundred letters, asking her assistance to make all kinds of fortunes, in every conceivable manner and in inconceivably short periods of time. (She here read several speci mens of these letters.) She had received half a bushel daily of such missives—infractions on the national modesty of which England boasted. Eng land was full of modest adventurers—men who lived by their wits and by their modesty, She had been told that among the unfortunate Mormons two to one of them were Englishmen. The disposition towards Mormon doctrines was confined not merely to the lower classes. The aristocracy also shared it. The English were now busy meddling with aboli tionism, while they were at the same time fostering the cruel system of coolieism and committing atro cities on the poor natives of India, the horrors of which it was impossible to convey. In her famous letter in England on slavery she took occasion to intimate her desire to see nations minding their own business, and if she had lost her head in Eng land for so saying, she would at least havehad the pleasure, so inestimable to every woman, of speak ing out her mind. (Applause and laughter.) As to medical quackery, nowhere was there so much of it as in England. The teachers of quackery . in this country whtnn s sire e h r a e English.done e known, An and eminent Nvh o English o l d M.D.) d with a diploma from the Royal College of Londo n, bearing th e s i gnature o f Si r A s tl e y C oo per, which signature purported to have been made two years after the demi se o f th at gent l eman , t urne d u p in London, during her visit, as an ostler with a pa tent machine for subduing refractory horses. She had seen all England pl astere d w i th placards o f a certain kind of lozenges, whose healing powers were mast wonderful and of love powders, by which to subdue the stoutest and coldest heart, en abling the paorest of women to marry the richest Bank of England note, No. 70,389, and dated Oct. 3, 1859. I didnot particularly notice the note, but took it. to Mr. Griffin, my employer, who at once said it was a false note, and I then saw that it was so myself. I returned to the prisoner and told her so, and she replied that a gentleman had met her at the Eastern Counties Railway, who asked her to get it changed for him, promising to give her a fourth of the note and the brandy for her trouble, and that she was to meet the gentleman again at 10 o'clock. She did not advert to the order for the spirits when she said this, and, though the name " R. Brooke" is endorsed on the note, she did not write that or anything else in my presence. I then went out to procure a constable to give her into custody, and the prisoner remained quietly stand ing at the counter till I returned with one, Mr. Bumsted, inspector of notes at the Bank— The note produced was shown to me by the last witness and by my order it was stamped " Forged,' and so returned to him. It is a counterfeit note, and a very badly executed counterfeit. The prisoner had no statement to make in addi tion to that she had before given, and she was re manded for a week. THAMES.—Capt. Thomas Anderson, master of the American ship Devonshire, one of the regular packets trading between London and New York, who was accompanied by Mr. Massey, agent for American shipping and outfitter, of Upper East Smithfield, opposite the St. Katharine Dock, came before Mr. Yardley fcr the purpose of refuting the statement made on the previous day by a Mr. Cole, of York-street, Blackfriars-road, that his re lative, James Matthew Humphreys, a seaman, had been ill-used by the second mate of the Devonshire, and cast off the riggings by him and drowned. Mr. Yardley said there was a statement made that a man named Humphreys had been ill-used and cruelly murdered on board the Devonshire. That statement affected the second mate of the vessel. Capt. Anderson said that he was also accused of kicking the man on the first day he came on board the ship at New York, and that was not true, and he wished to make a full explanation. Mr. Yardley said, as an ex parte statement had gone forth to the prejudice of Capt. Anderson and one of his officers, he felt bound to hear all he had to say. Capt. Anderson said the deceased, Humphreys, worked his way out to New York as cook of the American ship Southampton, of which he (Captain Anderson) was chief officer. He. was afterwards appointed to the command of the Devonshire, and upon mustering the crew on the day he sailed from New York he was very much surprised to find Humphreys among them, and was still more astounded on hearing from the chief officer that Humphreys had been shipped as an able seaman. He said to Humphreys, " You know you are lot a seaman at all," and he admitted he was not, and that he had imposed upon the agent who shipped the crew. There was no alternative but to take the man to London, because the ship was under way, but he gave particular directions that Hum phreys should not be allowed to go aloft, or do anything that would expose him to danger. Nothing particular occurred until the Bth of Decem ber, when it was blowing very hard, and the men were reefing sails. Notwithstanding he had forbid den Humphreys going aloft, he got upon the top sailyards, went over the backstays, fell overboard, and was drowned. Mr. Yardley—You mean to say that owing to his want of skill he tumbled overboard accidentally and was drowned. Captain Anderson—That is so, sir. It is not true that he was cast overboard from the rigging, and that no attempts were made to save him from a watery grave, as stated yesterday. A life buoy was thrown over to him by the chief mate, the ship was brought to, end everything possible done to save him, but the wind was blowing a gale at the time, and the ship had great weigh on her, and it was impossible to save him. He had been before the American consul, and satisfied him no blame at tached to any one as regarded the man's death, and that he went aloft against express orders to the cori trary. ELOPEMENT AND ROBBERY. A case was heard on Saturday before the Mayor of Swansea, Mr. T. E. Thomas, and a full bench of magistrates of that borough, which excited a very unusual amount of interest. Elizabeth Thomas, a respectably-dressed and good-looking female who is the wife of Mr. D. Thomas, landlo r d o f th e Jersey Arms Tavern, Orange-street, in that town, was charged, in conjunction with Chas. Holloday, a pho tographic artist and concert singer, with having stolen between £3O and £4O in gold and silver, a a gold watch and guard-chain, gold Geneva watch and chain, silver hunting watch, several silver spoons, articles of jewellery, &c., the property of the husband of the first-named prisoner, and they werefurther charged with having forged and uttered a certain order, purporting to be an order of the said Daniel Thomas, whereby they had defrauded the trustees of the Swansea Savings Bank of the sum of £9O. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Thomas and his wife had been married for nine years, and that nothing had occurred to mar their domestic happiness until about Midsummer last, when the male prisoner came to the town, having been engaged to sing at a series of concerts given at Mr. Buskins Music-hall. In some way he be came introduced to Mrs. Thomas, whose affections he succeeded in estranging from her husband. It happened that Holloday had some knowledge of the - photographic art, and in order that he might not have to leave the town he set up as a photo grapher, visiting Mrs. Thomas frequently, and re ceiving clandestine visits from her at his rooms. In the early part of October they both absconded from Swansea, and it was then found that the arti cles enumerated, together with several boxes of bed linen, clothing, and a variety of other articles, had been carried off by them from Mr. Thomas's house, and that, moreover, they had presented two orders professing to be signed by the husband, Daniel Thomas, on the faith of which Mrs. Thomas was paid two sums of £6O and £29 14s. Upon receiv ing intelligence of the flight of the guilty parties, Mr. Superintendent Dunn, of the police force, in stituted inquiries ; and in consequence of informa tion he had been able to collect, he in the course of last week went to London and put himself in com munication with Police-sergeant Lockyer, of the Metropolitan Detective Force. In the course of their investigation they were induced to go to Mrs. King's coffee-house, Seymour-street, Euston-square, where they succeeded in apprehending the male prisoner, who almost immediately upon seeing the Swansea superintendent said " I know very well what you are come for," and immediately produced to him a purse containing £l5 10s. in gold and Bs. in silver.. The officers told him they must search him, and Mr. Superintendent Dunn was about to do so when he produced a silver pencil-case and some other articles. In his pocket was found the silver hunting watch which had been stolen from the house, and a gold chain, to which was at tached a sovereign, gold seal, gold key, and gold snap. At the request of the officers he agreed to take them 'to where Mrs. Thomas was, and he then conducted them to Gotha Cottage, Coburg-place, Old Kent-road, telling them as he prOceeded with them that 'Mrs. Thomas had given him all the thin gs which were found in his possession, and had bought the gold chain for him whilst he was in Swansea, of a jeweller named Kerry, carrying on business in High-street in that town. On reaching the cottage already named the constables went up to Mrs. Thomas's bedroom, where seeing them she said, " Ah ! I know what you are come for. I have been expecting you." In the room they found the bed linen, &c., and Mrs. Thomas handed them a gold watch and chain. The prisoners were then taken by rail to Swansea, and while on the road the man Holloday said, " I'll make a clean breast of it. I did get a man to sign the order to get the money from the bank. I wish I had told you this last night, for where you got the black box from is a purse containing 50 guineas." In consequence of this communication, the superintendent, after he had deposited the wife at the Swansea lock-up, returned to London with Holloday, and went with him to 3, Cirencester-place, Marylebone. They saw a person named Smith, to whom Holloday said, " This is the superintendent of police from Swansea. lam come to get the purse I left with you." Smith then ~ handed them a purse with 50 sovereigns , and said, I used the £2 10s. as you told me;" to which Holloday said " Yes, it's all right." To support the charge of forgery, Mr. J. W. Jones, actuary of the bank, produced the forged orders, and identified Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas as the person - to whom he made the payments of £6O and £29 14s, and a man named John Brown, alias Curtis, who was a singer at Buskin's Concert-hall, clearly proved the complicity of the man Holloday. He stated that the signatures both of Elizabeth Thomas and Daniel Thomas were made by him at the request of the male prisoner, who, having induced him to stay with him at his lodgings, asked him to write them on the order, stating that he did not want to do it himself for a reason, The magistrates considered that as one of the etocu ments was not completed the charge (It forgery could not be sustained, but ultimatcly they co rn ., mitted both prisonera for trial, CONSUMPTION 'NOV./UTILE ? Invalids labouring under Consumptive Maladies, and families who have .suflered from the ravages of Consumptio, (and what family in the empire is there who has not to deplore a loss caused by this scourge of the human race ?) will find a satisfactory answer to the question, " Is Consumption In surable," in an original article by Dr. DENIM CRONIN, 31. D., 3.5, Bruton -street, Berkeley-square, W. Published in the" Household Physician," in numbers, one penny each by G. Berger, 19, Holywell-street, Strand. From Ito 9 now ready, !ALLEGED BRUTAL 111URD - ER ON THE HIGH SEAS. On Monday, at the Hull — Police-court, .William Lorensen, a seaman, 18 years of age, attended be fore the stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Travis, and made the following deposition upon oath :—" I am a seaman on board the Dutch schooner Maria. She arrived in Hull three or four weeks:ago, from Mar seilles. She sailed from that port to Hull ; she sailed from Malta to Tri es t e , and thence to Marseilles. They had on board one able seaman, two ordinary seamen, the cook ) the mate, and master. The cook's name was Fritz Lausman, and he was shipped at Hamburgh. His age was 16, and he had never been to sea before, and the day after he left Hamburg he was sent aloft to furl one of the sails. He was very much frightened, and only partly did the work. When he came down on the deckithe captain:and the :mate beat the lad. On that occasion he got ten lashes with a rope's .end. Whenever Lausman could not work he was beaten, and the captain and mate had a violent hatred against him after the first beating. He was beaten a day or two after the first time because he could not remember the names of the different ropes. On that occasion he got 20 lashes with a cane. He called out terribly, and there were marks all over him. The captain and mate beat him many times afterwards. On the last day he was beaten he got 80 lashes, but the captain threatened to give him 160 lashes. The day before he died he was not beaten ; but they tied his head between his legs. Then they put a piece of wood behind his neck, and another behind his knees, then tied both pieces of wood together, having first made the deceased bend double. In this state they threw him about the deck, and the mate threw chains upon him. On ton or twelve different days he was treated in this way, sometimes twice a day, remaining so tied for half an hour, and sometimes for an hour. The captain also made him drink urine ; but this the witness did not see. The captain hungered the deceased. When he was tied up, and the chains were upon him, he cried out that he could not breathe, and could endure it no longer. The day before he died the chains were upon him for half an hour—from the time he was tied up to the time he was liberated. He was tied up at half past five, and at midnight he was ordered to go to the pump. When he got hold of the pump he fell down and never spoke again. He died about ten o'clock the next morning: That was on the 13th of August, and the vessel was off a small island belonging to Sicily. In the evening, when the sun went down, deceased was thrown over board in his sleeping clothes. There were marks all aver the body, except the chest. There were also many small holes and wounds. The body was coloured red and blue. About four weeks before deceased died on one day he got first ten lashes, then twenty, then forty, and then eighty. The face of deceased was so swollen with blows that he could not be recognised. Sometimes he had to take off his clothes and receive lashes on the bare skin." The Danish consul and the collector of customs at Hull were corresponded with by the magistrate, and the case is to be further inquired into. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 3. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel W. Talbot as Consul at Dublin for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Phillips as Consul at Sydney for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a De spatch from her Majesty's Minister at Naples, enclosing a translation of a Royal Decree, imposing a light due of four grani per ton on native and foreign vessels in all the ports of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, for the purpose of meeting the expenses of maintaining lighthouses upon all the dangerous points of the coast. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—The undermentioned Gen tlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz. :—Edwin Mar shall, Charles Edmund Baker Loacock, Henry Gordon Palmer, Marcus F. Henry M'Causland, Thomas Jessen, Simon Simpson, Christopher Wm. Townsend, Francis Foster Barham, George Augustus Noyes, Henry St. John Cole Bowen, Edmund Hill Wickham, Robert J. P. Saunders, Vincent Wing, Seymour de Lacy Lacy, Morton Lawrence Porter, Frederick Schack, Henry L. Williams, Wm. Reynolds Stirke, Pringle David Barclay, Henry Graves, Thomas John Jones, Richard Tracey Millett, James Lancaster Bell, Henry Edward Baines, Henry T. T. Sandes, James Robert Yule, Robert T. Farquhar, John Younger, Thos. Mulrenan, Charles John Deshon, Francis Chas. H. Hallett, Wm. Francis Nelson, Hugh Fife Ashley Brodie, Edward Ireland, Richard William Chute, and George Mackenzie Bent Hornsby. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Francis Edward Cox to be Captain, vice Stokes, placed on the Seconded List; Lieut. Charles John Darrah to be Second Captain, vice F. E. Cox. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, with temporary rank—Henry John Wolsteyn Gehle, Charles Wm. Whinfield, Studley Vidal Smith, Archibald Lewis Buckle, Peter Godfrey Tarbet, Wm. Henry Patten, Wm. Henry Collins, John Herbert Smith, Albert James Hopper, Wm. Masterton, Reginald Frank Morris, George Harris, Louis John George Ferrier, Stephen Weston Jenner, Arnold Charles Wallinger, Henry Robinson, Augustin Charles Colin Mackenzie, and Edward Harvey. MEMORANDUM.—The next examination of candidates for direct Commissions in the Army will be held on Wednesday, the Ist of February next, and following days. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Brecknock—George Phillip Beaven, Esq., M.D., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Collingwood Ibbotson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Charles Powell, promoted; Augustus Shakespear Oliver Massey, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Philip Chetwode Browne, pro moted. Kent Rifle Volunteers, Bth Company—John Scott Rus sell, Esq., to be Captain; James Hiscutt Crossman, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Wm. Morphew, Gent., to be Ensign. sth Middlsex Rifle Volunteers—James Childs, Esq., to be Captain. _ ToN;•er Hamlets Ring's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Arthur Ussher, late a Lieutenant in the Water ford Artillery, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, promoted. Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps—Lieutenant James S. Cattlow, of St. John's College, to be Captain of the 4th Company; Ensign Charles M. Harvey, of Christ Church, to be Lieutenant of the Ist Company, vice Catt low, promoted ; Ensign Eyre W. Hussey, of Christ Church, to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company ; Serjeant Walter P. Gepp, of - Merton College, to be Ensign of the Ist Company, vice Harvey, promoted ; Colour-Serjeant Wm. M. Hale, of Balliol College, to be Ensign of the 2d Company, vic•Hus sey, promoted; Serjeant Windham Thomas, Viscount Adare, of Christ Church, to be Ensign of the 4th Company. 4th Company of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers—Nathaniel C. Curzon, Esq., to be Captain. Cornwall Volunteer Corps-4th Company Rifle—John Samuel Hawk er t o b e Captain ,• Ch r i stop h er Childs to l be Lieutenant; Joh n S o b ey to b e E ns i gn. Ar tillery—Arthur Au s t en D av i s t o b e S urg eo 4 Section t Artillery--Francis Pu c k e y t o b © S e cond L 3d . l ie ck ut t Ist Company eonbaen h Second Company Artillery—Ri c h ar d Treffry I(ern. cis Lieutenant. Ist S u bdi v i s i on Rifles— tEonbsign. e Lieutenant ; Richard James EdwardFra John Hext Symons to be shire Rifle Volunte ers —. (late Captain in th e 12th 3d Company of the Hann' Richard H ug h S m ith Barry ; Esq• Royal Lancers) , to be t rs-Ist Lanarkshire Artillery oun 9e . Company John Wilkie, Est to be Captain; i.ni janamßeasnnpatuynnleopSteKwit, Gent to e First Lien Kirk wood, Gent., to bmeorSiznondLieuttoenabe Captainnt.2d;j ohn Company —James Mitford • , Req., Samuel WD o wall, Gent., to b e Fi rst Lieutenant m D on a a m l d, Gent., t ob Second Esq,, t o be ca Lieutenant ; ptain ;; A3DdlueCnx°caamundeParnYB7ies Reid Stewart, Smith Baird, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; George , Russell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers-2d Compahy John M'Mieken Pagan, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Surgeon. 12th Company James Gilfillan Anderson, Esq., to be Captain. 17th Company—William Auld, Esq., to be Cap tain ; James Wyllie Guild, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; George Cunninghame Monteath, Gent., to be Ensign. 19th Com pany—Richard M'Culloch, Esq., to be Captain ; Alexander Buchanan Dick, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 28th C ompany —John Latham, Esq., to be Captain ; Daniel Reid, Gent., to be Lieutenant; James Boyd Thomson, Gent., to be Ensign. Glisgew Northern Battalion of Lanarkshire Volunteers (consisting of the 4th, 6th, 7th, Bth, 12th, and 13th Cora panies)—John Tennant, Esq., to beLieutenant-Colonel ; James Fyffe Jamieson, Esq., to be Major. Ist Regiment o f Royal Cheshire Militia—John Orred, Gent., to be Li eu t enan t, v i ce Hicks, resigned. 7th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—John Hamilton, Esq., to be Captain. 18th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Liout. Robert John Ti n l e y t o be Captain. 2d Company Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers —John Smith, Esq., to be Captain; John Paterson, Gent., to be Licit° • nant ; Alex. Gilmour, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia--Lieut. -Colonel George Palmer Evelyn to be Lieut.-Colonel Commandant. South London Rifle Volunteer C orps —Captain John Boucher to be Major-Commandant ; Henry James Stephen son, Esq., to be Captain; Ensign Alexander Lodwick Irvine to be Lieutenant; Edward Dresser Rogers, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; George I'haro, Esq., to be Ensign; John Russell Clipperton, Esq., to be Ensign • Alex. James Scratton, Esq., to be Ensign ; John Thoma's Griffith, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon. Joseph , Tille BANKRUPTS. llorsemon y lice nsed victualler, St. A n d rew ' s - roa d, ger-lane, Southwark to surrend er , Jan. 11, and Feb. 15, at t we l ve, at the Court of BanllruptcY• George Batters, starch manufactur r , Hatcham, Surrey, Jan. 12, at 12, and Feb. 17, at one- at the Court of Bank ruptcy. , David Richards, draper, Tred egar , M onmout h s hi re, Jan. 13 atut Peb. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Sully, shipowD ß r, Cardiff, J an . 16 an d F e b . 1 4, at eleven, lei; the 13risttil District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Lees, coal merchant, Glasgow. Henry Morris, commission agent, Edinburgh. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Pills.—Disorders of the Head.—During winter head complaints are ap to afflict the old, unhealthy, and debilitated. Giddiness, dimness of sight, or a fixed pain in the hen 1, demand instant attention, or serious consequences will soon follow. For this class of Diseases, Holloway's Pills are unrivalled, both for warding off the premonitory symptoms, and likewise relieving the graver diseases, Apoplexy or Paralysis, which often come on after repeated warnings have been neglected, or when the early symptoms have not been removed. They improve di gestion and purify the blood. Many testimonials daily bear witness to the curative properties of these Pills,, which cannot do harm, but must invariably produce beneficial results by expelling all impurities tivra the entire system. (111( TT? 1' MARK TS LIVERPOOL -JAN. 3. The arrivals from Ireland are liberal of oats, oatmeal, and flour, but light of other articles. From foreign ports and from Canada there have been reported 14,097 quarters of wheat, 1,900 qrs of barley, 5,616 qrs of beans, 10,723 qrs of Indian corn, 4,633 sacks and 14,211 barrels of flour. The exports comprise 401 qrs of wheat, • 390 qrs of peas, 470 qrs of Indian corn, 860 sacks and 270 barrels of flour. The trade has been moderate during the week, and the prices of most articles remain unchanged. Weather mild and open. We had a thin attendance of the trade at the market this morning, and wheat met a limited consump tive emand at no improvement in our quotations of last Tuesday's rates. Flour was again restricted. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, and both supported late quotations. The amount of business transacted in Indian corn was ra ther less, and the turn in favour of buyers. Beans declined 6d on previous rates, and peas without alteration. Barley brought former prices in the sales made. SHEFFIELD-JAN. 3. The attendance at our corn exchange was moderate to day. We are fairly supplied with wheat, in which a very fair trade was effected at a decline of 6d per load (2s. 4d. per qr.) for inferior qualities. Beans 6d lower, gray peas 2s, and bl ac k oats is c h eaper. Fl our and other articles were at last Tuesday's prices. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 16s 6d t o 18 s Od )1 fl White • 18s Od to 20s Od /) New red • 17s Od t o 17 s 6d 1) New white ), lBs Od to 19 s 6cl Beans ,/ l7s Od to 20s Od Peas, per qr )1 )7 42s Od to 48s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ 37s Od to 4280 d Oats 17 22s Odto 283 Od Millers' prices for flour—le 6d, is Bd, and le 10d per 141 b. BRISTOL—Jaw. 3. At the market to-day there was a fair attendance, and the prices of barley and wheat remain unaltered, although holders of wheat wore offering it at is per qr less money. Oats rather dearer. LEEDS—JAR. 3. The transactions in wheat and'barley are without much • change in value, but a dull demand. Beans at a decline of is from last week. Oats and other articles unaltered. Jan. 12, M Jan. 18 E, Jan. 20, El t Jan. 4 ,Ei IJan. 5, El iJan. 4 M' Jan. 10, Al !Jan. 4, M Dee. M Jan. 4, M Jan. 10, E, IJan. 12, 31 ,Jan. E. Jan. 9,11 l Jan. 7,31 i Jan. 4, M 1 Jan. , E Jan. 17. M Jan. 6, E Jan. 6, E Jan. 11, E IJan. 23 E Port of Despatch. Southamp. ILiverpool.. Liverpool.. Devenport ?Southamp. Southamp. Southamp. IJan.l7, MI Southamp. 1 Southamp. louthamp. 4uthamp. ;outhamp. ISouthamp. ILAverpool.. outhamp. Iverpool.. iSouthamp. _ IJan. 11 IJan. 10 Jan. 16 A JOKE FOR THE LADIES.—An editor of a paper lately informed his readers that the ladies always pull oif the left stocking last, This, as may be supposed, created some stir amon g his fair readers, and while in positive terw► they denied the statement, they insisted that he had ne business to know it even if suck were the fact, and pro nounced him no gentleman. He proves it, however, by e short argument—" When one stocking is pulled off, there is another left on ; pulling off this is taking the left stock. ing off last."—.American Paper. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—EPPS'S (Homoeopathic Chemist) COCOA--This esteemed preparation is sold by the prig' cipal grocers at is. 6d. per lb., in llb., Ob., and Ob. packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, Homo° pathic chemist, London." [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Thorley's Food for Cattle is nos beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, breeder, and, feeder of stock. Two years of unremittinf care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high ground as a benefactor to these interests; and notwithstaad' beg the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest. Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to it. influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this, he happily suc cee d e d ; an d success prompted a very nature' desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ar plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Bet lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manif es t e d an in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed s e t a o tt r l e e ly at b a po ch n e i a ts pe effi r r e a a t e e y than fan b c yTh g e employment he possessed artificial food, The tests to which this food ha' b oaunrn ee dadw n fiad s ilt u iintt b ei j ongni e llii c eo te sfs d have proved its perfect admissibility as s cheat addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as le realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the tins• usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, become° I ap p a rent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the preset unprecedented l ow pr i ce of wheat has induced its very gene', ral use, in prefe rence to any other of the usual a r ti c l e s et food ; it is, h owever, much questioned whether wheat is nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainif it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, beside' possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonia and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their o ther, food, materially assists. th e i r di ges ti ve p owers — a ma tt er O f great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that the nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, cense' quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive organs ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial in restoring to good working condition horses which 11.0° been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or er• naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects ate' undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling the yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest superiority over every other kind of compound er menu. factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such hie been its marked success, that at all our great cattle show* Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their catty on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the princip ' prizes, whilst cards of c ommen d a ti on h ave b een awar d e d' the patronage of Royalty, of our princip a l nobility, the efntourth leading gingentleman agriculturists, mus t prove great to pursue his onwar. clergy, n a c n i t d e of course ; and he may confidently rely, in producing of highly-favoured a cempound, on a continuation of sue~ high and 4ietinguished patronage. BIRTHS. AINSLIE.—On the Ist inst., at Corfe, near Taunton, 03 0 wife of the Rev. Alexander Colvin Ainslie, of a dialer ter. CHA➢IBERLIN.--On the 2d inst., at Catton House, Norfolk Mrs. Chamberlin, of a daughter. HUTTON.—On tb e 3d inst., at Belair House, Dulwich, the wife of C. W. C. Hutton, of a son. STANHOPE.—On the Ist inst., at Borbury Vicarage, th* wife of the Rev. Berkeley Scudamore Stanhope, of * daughter. NEWCASTLE-UNDER LYNE-JAN. 2. A fair show of wheat at market, which met a moderate sale ; but we make no alteration upon the quotations of last week. Malting barley at late rates ; grinding de scriptions meet a heavy demand. Oats firm, at late rates. Beans a small show, and at full rates. NORWICH CATTLE —Disc. 31. Our market to day exhibited a fair show of store cattle, comprising Scots, shorthorns, Devons, arid Irish. A fair clearance was effected, although there was not a numerous attendance. Scots, 4s to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Irish, 34 to 3s 6d; Devons, 4s 6d to 58 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts scarce, at Sa Od to 9s Od per stone. A firm sale. Sheep—There were good supplies of sheep in the pens. Fat sheep, 8s 6d to 9s 6d per stone, and well sold. Pigs—A poor supply. Store pigs, 25s to 40s ; fat pork, 78 6d to 8s Od per stone. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. tters are despatched by morning malls. Next Mail due. Jan. 10 Jan. 4 IJan.l9 Jan. 4 Feb. 1 overdue Jan. 12 overdue Dec. —_ Jai. 12 I.lan. 10 Jan. 4 overdue Jan. 4 an. 10 - In the following table E signifies that let by evening mails from London, and 31 DESTINATIONS. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York . Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-I sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa-1 pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States an.d. British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) West _Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, dm Despatch of Mails. MARRIAGE S. CROWDY—WHITEHOUSE.—On the 29thult., at St. mary'h Chester, George Crowdy, Esq., of the India-office, to Anne Dutton, eldest daughter of the Rev. E. F. White house, incumbent of Saltney-cum-Lache, Cheshire. PHILP—DowsE.—Con the 2d inst., at St. Saviour's, We', wick-road, H arrow road, Edward F. Th orn , on l y son !f the late Edward Dakin Philp, Esq., Stipendiary Magna' trate, Jamaica, to Jane Philp, second daughter of W. 9 ' Dowse, Esq., barrister-at-law. DEATHS. BEILBY.—On the Ist inst., Thomas Beilby, Esq., of Canir hill, Birmingham, aged 79. BOYD.—On the 2d inst., Walter, third son of Alexander Boyd, of 105, New Bond-street, aged 15. CARRUTHEILS.—On the 20th ult., at Bath, Emily Mara' anne, third daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Carruthers, Re' tired List Madras Army, aged 15 ; and, on the 21st ult.r Isabella Helen Coleman, second daughter of the abOY O O aged 181—both of typhus fever. Cox.— On the 29th ult., at 2, Brixton-rise, Sophia Co* aged 72. GARRARD.—On the 2d inst., at Salford, near Evesham, th e Rev. S. E. Garrard, vicar. HARDY. —On the 31st ult., at 12, Cumberland-terrac e ° Hyde-park, John Hardy, Esq., aged 83. HOLLAND.—On the 30th ult., at Spring-grove, Helen, th e wife of Richard D. Holland, Esq., of Duke-stre" Bloomsbury. lIMPREVILLE.—On the 2d inst., at Green.hithe, ICe ll4 Captain S. C. Und r eville, R.N., aged Gt. :40NDON : Printed and Published by Mt) RDO y0u 14 31 of No. 112, Stra n d, Printer, at The Sun Office,. No. l' o f Strand, in the Pr ec i nc t o f t h e S avoy, in the coun ty Middlesex, Wednesday, January 4, 1860, pur tech trie the T 1 Ntri/ Eon Will are sten Wino litre ♦alih the 1 gteke taeu of t f shot - food seas led. &Tea it. Test eultt 448 t Rail Pava by w I- ' Chop Ties, en abl Thi , best 1 Sot street Mess other princ N.l "LE the b G Axo Just T , tw. ne Revi, th e A healt inedi OUre. • the 7 Plain and e sente CA publi dottly or p a !rou t of /I f the p publi 1 J' of the on al firmit from Dr. ITIPM entit whici Corn Eigh BE4 SD tiVe 1 SR Relit t of SI .SE nick) mice I SE bilit] ',ark Trea Two