The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

B ANK OF TURKEY. DIRECTORS. Russell Ellice, Esq. Wm. Gladstone, Esq. H. G. Gordon, Esq. M. E. Rodocanachi, Esq. A. Alleon, Esq. i iA. Baltazzi, Esq. T. N. Black, Esq. A. Alahverdi, Esq. B. Cricozzo, Esq. C. S. Hanson , Esq. P. Hava, Esq. A. P. Mavrog o rdato, . Z. Stefanovich Schilizzi, Esq. I G. Tubini, Esq. Bedros Aga. B. Tubini, Esq. (Gerant). Notice is hereby given that the,Officesreet of , E.C. Londoll. Agency are removed to No. 64, Moor,ate-st A. WILKIN, Secretary. Loudon, December 12, 1860• 1860: IMPERIAL TURKISH SIX PER CENT. , LOAN. (Sanctioned by special Firman of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan.) Messrs. T. Mires & Co., the Contractors for a Turkish Loan, have instructed the London Agency of the Bank of Turkey to receive subscriptions on account of the 125,000,000 Francs, or £5,000,0c0 sterling, offered to the public at Paris, London, Antwerp, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Hamburg. This Loan will be redeemed at Par by means of a sinking fund, in 36 Years, in half-ye trly drawings, the first drawing to take place in June, 1861, and the obligations drawn will be paid at Par, on the Ist July following, with interest. Special revenues are assigned for the payment of interest and sinking fund, which revenues were farmed last year for £1,282,560 sterling. This amount will be sent in equal monthly remittances to the Contractors, or their representa tives. The above amount exceeds the requirements, and the balance will be handed over to the Turkish Finance Minister. The Contractors, with the approval of the Turkish Govern ment, have appointed four Commissioners at Constantinople to receive the Revenues ; as well as four at Paris ; and the London Directors of the Bank of Turkey, to see to their ap plication. The duties of this Commission will be confirmed by an Imperial Firman. The Loan will be represented by obligations of the Turkish Government of 500 Francs, or £2O sterling, bearing Interest, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, at either London or Paris ; and these obligations will be issued at the price of 312 50 Francs or £ l2 10 s. s terling, and will be redeemed at the rate of 500 Francs, or £2O sterling. Interest to commence on the Ist January, 1861. Obligations of a larger denomination may be had, if re quired, These obligations will be issued on the followin g condi tions, calculated on the price of issue, viz. 20 per cent. as deposit on application. 16 ~ within 10 days of allotment. 16 „ before the 30th January, 1861. 26 „ 9/ 28th February, 1861. 16 If 31st March, 1861. • 16 „ , 30th Anril. 1861. Any parties desirous of paying* their obligations in full will be entitled to a deduction of 4s. at the time of allotment. On default of payment of any instalments at the tim e named, previous payments to be forfeited. The deposits on application will be carried to the cre dit of eac h Subscriber, and, in the event of such deposit exceeding the amount payable upon allotment, the balance will be im mediately returned. The Drawings of the Obligations will be conducted in the usual manner, in the presence of the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte, in London or at Paris. the Contractors of the Loan or their representatives, and a Notary Public. The numbers of the Obligations drawn will be advertised in one or more of the da il y papers In London and ad Paris. Applications for allotment to be sent to the— Agency of the Bask of Turkey, 61, Moorgate-street ; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Mansion-House• at. ; Union Bank of London, Princes-street. Forms of Application may be obtained of the above, or from Afessrs. J. Hutchinson and Sons, Angel-court; Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court. FORM OF APPLICATION, Imperial Turkish 6 per Cent. Loan in Obligations, payable to bearer of 500 Francs or £2O each, Issued under the Special Firman of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. To the Agency of the Bank of Turkey. Gentlemen,—Having paid to Messrs. the sum of , being a deposit on Obligations In the above Loan, I hereby request you to allot me that amount of Obli gations, and 1 agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, subject to the terms of your Notice. Name Address Profession or Business Date CONTRACT FOR HALF BOOTS FOR THE ROYAL MARLNES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 10th December, 1860. frITE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be readyto treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, all such quantities of HALF BOOTS, as shall from time to time be demanded, for the use of the Royal Marines, under a contract tor twelve months certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns of the Half Boots may the seen at the Marine Office, New-street, Spting-gardens, been the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock. No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose ; and which may be obtained on ap plication to this Department. Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of the conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen in the said Department. No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and hear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der for Half Boots ," and must also be delivered at Somerset howse, signed by two responsible persons. engaging to be come bound with the person tendering in the sum of £5OO for the due performance of this Contract. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the 3lanlrement of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. The sensation created with the public on the first represen tation of Balfe's New Legendary Opera was most enthu siastic. Continuous applause marked its progress from the rise until the fall of the curtain. The demand for places daily at the Box-office to witness this great musical work of our topular English Composer, places the Management in the roud position of announcing the performance of BIANCA , HE BRAVO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. CorH, A. St. Alhyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lvall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Orchestra of Eighty Performers. Chorus of }'ifty Voices. Concluding with a DIVERTISSEMENT.—Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward Murray. Doors open at 7 ; commence at half-past 7. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. At Christmas a Grand Pantomime. Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA pyNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENTNG. BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. Mi , s Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirhyall; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. St. Albyn, &c. - - Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Tla'f -past. TH EATRg-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. L oo m, Mr. J. B. Baekstone. TFTTS EVENrcr; the performances will comlnenee with AN UNEQUAL MATCH. lifessrs. Bucirstone, Compton, Farren, Chippendale. dopers, ; Miss A. Sedgwick, hiss falLot, !..:rs. E. Fitzwilliam, Ace. After which, JENNY LIND AT LAST. Jenny, Miss Rose - Howard. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclercqs. Commence at 7. OYAT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lowlee and Manawer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with SUSAN SMITH. To be followed by, at 8 o'clock, THE CORSICANBROTHERS. Supported by Messrs. rechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Solo Lessee and Directress, liadame CELESTE. - THIS EVENING, THE PE I'S OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. George Loder. Principal characters by Mr H. Neville. Mr. John Rouse, Mr. J. Morris; Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, Misslludspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. After which, a new Drama, entitled HANDY ANDY. Messrs. Campbell, Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers, Butler, and John Drew; Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Miss M. Ternan, and Miss Neville. Followed by the near drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters b♦ Mr. -Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Villiers, r 4 r. G. Vinimr, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clifford, Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of the length of the entertainments. A . IIRLI- 4 HI", NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. :4, 4 Em. _ Pr.,prietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. it o b e sZ,tr for a limited number of nights of Mies Agnes every ev L,and Mr. Dion Boneicaulf, who will appear Collect - f t ;`,,,g l ' Z ,‘ in the highly successful Drama of "The THIS EVRN.,,,, G. AN UM', I( orriTOMER. Messrs. J. L Selby, . Toole, C. Thorne. , and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. After il w i ll ii i i e n h zt , 'Pollj, vac,9LLEEN BA.WN. D. Poncicanit, D. is.Friisslsiel.'gr fir tobertso n 7R9% Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. auss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Km Chatey. hich• TUT 111 After NV • and _,F , r) BABY. Mr. Killington, Mr. J. L Toole, Miss x:5...1.F.,, Door s open at halt. Belly. Bog -office ope „ i 6 —Cornm en ce at 7. No chary 4 ;"%7T ( l l i 0 till 5. Phitheatre boxeg, ..c2 2s. ; r Z 1 4n,,, , , ;,1 13!1 . 00 ... ny,, m 45._, p ron t;o3!:!,.Zl. Circle Stalls, Is. Private Orchestra StallS, sg , Pit, i• " A Pit Stalls, 20. ; ' 1 ; Gallery, 6d, 0 , / w t . :l aver—Mr. W m R Actin- _______--------2_7ith. t:„ A STLEY'S ROY -AL , A \ MPI - 111 — i — ipl:: -- ~ r Jr. Wm , Proprietor and 3rgt ), - • • AC;TRE.- Astounding sensation created by the Lions and Tirut:. Tamer. great Miss Rebecca Isaacs every Evening, Notice.—There will be no half-price durinz the en, ,, , ,,,, . ment of the Lions. except far children under ten ye ar , e ot age, and then to Pit and Boxes only. . This Evening:, a new Spectacle, entitled TRE LlON e ntitAF. CONQUEROR ; or, The .Death Jungle, expressly tor the " The Groupe introduction of the Wonders of the World. of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, 3fr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in t he Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri ish Artistes. Concludinz with the First Ac' of VIE DA ITG FIT.ER OF THE REGIMENT. Marie , R i ss Rebecca Isaacs. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-oftice open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. Wrter. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. THE CATTLE S H O W AND CANTERBURY HALL. C. MORTON becr,s to inform visitors to London that the above HALL, with its Maixnificent Gallervof Modern Paint imrs, by all the best masters, is OPEN EVERY EVENING at 7 o'clock. GRAND SELECTIONS FROM BELLINI'S NORMA AND FLOTOW'S MARTHA. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. MISS RUSSELL MADAME MARIA. MISS TYRREL MISS WILKINSON Atr. HENRY lIERBERT and Mr. BERNARD. Conductor Mr. JONGIIMANS. The COMIC Department comnriseg Messrs. A. B. Hollings worth, J. Blanchard, G. W. Pell, Charley Fox, and E. Mar- Shall, in his transformation song, "THE DOMESTIC DRATgA," personating Rye different sharaotere. Tll3 WEATHER.—Finx Omer, Dic„ 13, 0 60, THIIRMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 33--lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon.( BA.uourrEu-30.15 ; still rising. WIND—North -Easterly ; fresh and cold, with dull hazy' weather. Rain came on suddenly yesterday afternoon — but now again the indications are frosty. HIGH WATER ATLONDON BRIDGE. ram DAY. —Morning, lh. L 59mternoon, 2h. 22m. TO-3101tROW.-MollliLlg, 2h. 45m.—Afternoon,: 3h. Bm. -- - o.ras of Th e FOUCHE of Prussia is STIEBER the Police Director. In his grasp r ather than in then p the chief among the responsible eve n of his Royal Ministers of the Crown, rather than in the g rasp Highness the Prince Reg ent, are ga th e red together the converging reins of that so-called Constitutional Government. ' He is virtua ll y above all authority or administrative. w h a t soe ver, either judicial More accurately than Sir JOHN FALSTAFF could exclaim, on the accession to the throne of Prince Hal, his late boon-companion, " The laws of England a re at my c ommanding !" far more accurately might M. STIEBER declare the laws of Prussia to be at h i i behest upon an emergency. It is only .. lust now, in fact, that the reality of this suprenZ ) and super-eminent autho rity appertaining the Prussian Police 1 , 0 Director has—upon a b ' t .;mewhat extraordinary occasion—been rather glai-inglY demonstrated. Allusion being here made, elf course, to the sudden close put mysteriously to the tl 'ial of another Prussian official, to wit, the Public Prose - ,ntitor, the tee` else SCHWARCK. The : tions of this said official—official now, however, 1' longer, M. SCHWARCK having been dismissed from 1 his post very summarily, not to say ignominiously —were becoming so inconvenient (to say the least of it) upon the occasion of this trial that—wonder ful to relate—the trial itself was abruptly termi- nated ! And how terminated ? By the premature acquittal of the all-powerful Police Director afore said. M. STIEBER, in fact, was acquitted honour ably (?) at the end of these astounding proceedings. M. SCHWARCK on the contrary was, as we have said, summarily dismissed ! The Police Director got the better (almost as a matter of course it will now be understood—in Prussia!) of the Public Presecutor. And this actually too after suck revelations ! Revelations of a character so flagrant and outrageous that the illegality of the arbitrary acts authorized by M. i STIEBER on the part of his subordinates in their treatment of our fellow-countryman, Captain I MACDONALD, sinking by comparison into absolute insignificance when compared with the mass of illegalities on the part of the Police Director now brought to light opportunely or inopportunely as the case may be regarded by M. STIEBER'S antagonists or partizans. For example, has it not now been " proven" that within an interval of no more than eight months' duration, dating namely from July, 1855, to February, 1856, the enormous number of 387—close upon 400—illegal arrests and detentions have been brought home to this energetic FOUCHE of the Berlin Administration ! Seven days being moreover the shortest period of imprisonment noted in this dark catalogue of illegal detentions ! Added to all which detestable violations of the law relating to persons, there have been numerous other scarcely less detestable out rages perpetrated at the instance of this police inquisitor, with a view to the strangling of the freedom of public opinion as expressed (surely in the boldest instance yet upon record, in a very moderate way) by the press of Prussia. Gladly do we note, however, sufficientry significant indica tions that the press of Prussia is not quite so readily tobe silenced as M. STIEBER appears to have imagined. Instance the Cologne Anzeiger, that upon the very morrow of its condemnation, reverts to a manly discusssion of the pro ceedings, for thus discussing which it has been so very recently condemned. As incorrigibly in different to reproof, in truth, is this same out spoken and irrepressible Prussian contemporary of ours, the Cologne Anzeiger, as even the unblenehing Liberator himself when—the Speaker of the House of Commons having formally notified to him the stern reproof decided to be pronounced against him (the Liberator) by that branch of the Im perial Legislature—O'CoNNELL rose, and pulling I his wig over his ears as the indication of a long speech coming, began thus, with oily accents and his eye twinkling, " Sir, I have listened atten tively to every word that has fallen from your lips, and I take leave to say to the House at once that I don't feel in the least reproved, &c." It is precisely thus with the Cologne Anzeiger. It has hardly been twenty-four hours under sentence of condemnation—when it is at it again ! However much STIEBEB. may be backed up by the authorities at Berlin, and more or less throughout the chief part of the Prussian Sovereignty, we take it for certain that the policy of which that unscrupu lous °facial is the willing instrument cannot much longer be persi3Lcd in nowadays with con tinued impunity. The Police of Naples was scarcely more an outrage upon the spirit of the age, the laws enforced against the Press through out the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were scarcely more monstrously in defiance of the genius of this latter half of the nineteenth century than the Police and the Press policy sheltered and fos tered now for years and years past, so perversely under the shadow of the mantle, so t o speak, of the nominally, and for the most part only nominally, Constitutional Government of Prussia. For the continuance of this haughty and grinding system, to whom can the Prussians look as responsi ble? Not assuredly to that poor maundering fauseant now dreaming away the last days of his life in the galleries and gardens of Sans Souci—most melancholy of all misnomers in the motley nomen clature of the royal palaces of Christendom ! No, not to poor FREIDERICH WILHELM IV. can his people now look as upon one in these matters in any way responsible. It is elsewhere they must look, it is el sew h ere they will in e vitably sooner o r `later look t o di scover an d arra i gn th e rea l possessor \l of this resp ons ibili ty. L et the P r i nce Regent therefo re see well to it—and this betimes. Sir C. i i rrt nsu vELTAN was recalled for an act of high civil bordin ation, he has been some time in England, and at __ length he has publi s h e d a pamphlet in justification of his conduct. His ow n views of the neces s it y of the course he to the p u bli c , i adopted have never y et bee n given an d it is of co urse buc En g l ish fa 1 13=r- a 3, to give him a p a tient hearing. It may well be th a t hi s v i e ws were rig h t , but that his mode of Compel ling attentio n to them was wrong; So wron g that the recal of Mr. WILSON, perhaps of Lord CANNING also, or the recal of Sir C. TREVELYAN, were the only alternatives. On the latter point there can hardly be a doubt. If the man Was . 4. 4 4 44 % tto • • I,„W - ..,f , ,„„ • • _(•) • .;; 4 'RR THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1860. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1860. morally right, yet as an act of administration it NVI.S utterly impossible to retain a subordinate Governor whoin the face of the public opposed and thwarted the policy of his Chief. Sir CHARLES says himself that he knew the consequences might be serious to himself, but that the time allowed for any effective action was so short, that he was driven to a decisive ci 'urse. Lei - us then hear, impartially, what Sir CHARLES has to say in defence of a step which compelled his removal from a sphere in which it is acknow ledged he was usefully labouring, and of his thwart ing the measures of the Government of which he was a subordinate. It is, as might be expected, in substance that the Calcutta policy was so adverse to the interests of India, and that the Governor in Council was disposed to press it forward with such indecent haste, that he was compelled to make himself the METTIUS CURTIUS of the occasion. His first object is, however, tacitly to .meet the allegation that he was influenced by personal jealousy towards Mr. WILSON; such insinuations, indeed assertions, have been distinctly made ; but he certainly shows that the policy to which he made himself a martyr was one he had earnestly recommended before even a rumour had reached India of Mr. WILSON'S appoint ment as Financial Member of the Legisla tive Council. At the Governor's request he had afterwards furnished a second and a third state ment of his views, before it was at all known what course Mr. WILSON intended to adopt. This should certainly be conclusive against the supposition that Sir CHARLES was influenced by anything like a personal pique in his choice of a policy. The next points are the difference between the policy of Mr. WILSON and the Council, and that advocated by the Governor of Madras ; and the importance of that difference. On the latter point, indeed, hinges the whole question of justifica tion ; if, the difference were not of the highest moment, it must be owned by Sir CHARLES IRE 17ELYAN himself that he ought to have bowed to the decision of his official superiors. The difference then between the two modes of bolancing income and expenditure, may be described in principle in a single sentence. Mr. WILSON relied chiefly on new taxes—Sir CHARLES TREVELTAN on reduction of expenditure. It is argued that these two modes were, to a great extent, incompatible with each other. If new taxes to a large amount, and of an irritating charac ter, were impota, a large army would be the more necessary to suppr;.'ss insubordination ; but no reduction of importance could be made without getting rid, to the utmost paaible extent, of the vast native army—an army which is doubly costly, involving, besides its own charge, the expense of a larger and yet more costly European army to watch it. The facilities for disbandment are shown to have been unusually great, the numerous Irre gulars raised for the occasion of the mutiny expect ing it, in accordance with precedent, while the demand and rising pay for labour rendered the soldiers willing to return to civil life. We are told that if the plan of disbanding regiments, instead of merely reducing the numbers in each, had been * largely adopted, the saving would have been enormous ; since not only would the very expensive staff of European officers have been disbanded with them, but all - the separate arrange ments for depots, barracks, and commissariat, so very costly in India, would have been also saved. The common plan of merely reducing the numbers of men, but retaining the regiment, is but another mode of creating places and patronage. It would be useless, we fear, to touch the writer's figures as to the state of the Indian Exchequer; but we must say that, unless his statements respecting the reduction of army expenditure in India, principally by disbanding native regiments, can be met, he does make out a very strong case for his view, that more would be done for the content ment and security of India by this course than by imposing new taxes. If the disbanding of the native forces were not only safe, but popular—if, as Sir PATRICK GRANT, who should well know, cal culated, nearly 11,000 European troops, and nearly 100,000 native troops might be dispensed with—if the great boon wanted was an efficient police and administration of justice, then Sir CHARLES has a very strong case in favour of economy as opposed to increased taxation. Mr. WILSON was indeed de sirous of reducing the army, but his taxes, with their tendency to provoke discontent, would necessitate the retention of a large army. We come then to the taxes themselves. Look ing at the subject after the event, we find Bengal and Oude submitting to the income tax, and from Madras itself we do not hear complaints; but Bombay, according to the last accounts, is determined to offer a passive resistance. There Lord ELPHINSTONE had warned the Govern ment, we presume privately, how unpopular the taxes Atuld be. We may indeed well suppose that a Schedule D which demanded two per cent, on incomes of £2O and upwards would not fail to create a more general outcry, and be far more un popular than its parallel in England. Another provoking circumstance was that the taxes were cumulative, frequently, on the same individual, since he must also pay a tobacco tax, and a license to trade descending as low as one rupee (25.) per annum. Tobacco, hOwever, is grown as commonly by every peasant as cabbages with us, and it would be impossible to levy the duty with out the most odious excise supervision. That tax has, however, been given up, and a license to trade in tobacco takes its place; while, instead of the taxes remaining cumulative on the same individual, paying for a license exempts from the Income-tax. Thus, in some important points, the original proposals of Mr. WILSON have been seriously modified. Whether the importance of the crisis demanded of Sir CHARLES TRETELYAN the course he adopted, is of course a question which his own conscience alone can fully answer. He says that being in charge of 30,000,000 of her MAJESTY'S subjects, he considered the new taxes unnecessary, therefore unjust, liable to be productive of grave public evils, and that the Governor and Council of Bombay con curred in his opinion ; that he felt it therefore 'a duty to obtain time to get the opinion of her MA IESTY'S Home Goverrnment on the subject. That the Governor and . Council suspended the standing orders which would have given him an opportunity for publie discussion, and that he was thus driven to a course which would compel his masters to pause. We have here, of course, but an ex parte case, very ably stated. In due time we shall have the other side. Till then we must decline expressing any decided opinion. To two incidental remarks on the Income-tax, we beg to call the attention of Mr. GLADSTONE, of Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, and of all who, like them, support that tax partly in the interest of trade and partly to irritate the people into de manding economy—Sir C. TREVELYAN observes that "an Income-tax always diminishes the produc tiveness of other taxes ;" and in regard to economy he remarks, what is matter of undoubted history, " The vote which abolished the English Income taxin e e t u t v h e e t o end he o fl long n h ; c F O French of w e a c r o n w o a m s y t h s e u bimmediate entered on." If Mr. BRIGHT be so eager for dimi nished expenditure as he professes to be in every speech, let him cut off that easy resource of our tax-spenders--the Income-tax. TEE QUEEN'S VISIT TO OXFORD. OXFORD, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty visited this University and city for the first time since her accession to the throne this day, but rather in a private capacity, as no demon stration was required either on the part of the University or city. It was generally understood that the object of her Majesty's visit was a com plimentary one to the University authorities, by way of recognising the attention paid to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and as a parting compliment on his leaving the University. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Prince Louis of Hesse, Lord Charles Fitzroy (equerry to the Queen), Major Du Plat (equerry to the Prince Consort), the Duchess of Atholl, and the Hon. Miss Cathcart, arrived in Oxford by the Great Western Railway at 11.25. They were received by the Prince of Wales, Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. The Oxford City Volunteer Rifle Corps attended as a guard of honour, and presented arms on the arrival of her Majesty. The Royal party at once proceeded to Frewen Hall, and shortly after paid a visit to Christ Church, Magdalen College, New College, the University Museum, Bodleian Library, Divinity Schools, Con yocation House, Examining Schools, Sheldonian Theatre, and the New Chapel of Balliol, and Exeter College Chapel. The Royal party then went to Frewen Hall, the residence of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, where they partook of lun cheon, after which they visited the Radcliffe Library. About four o'clock the Royal party pro ceeded to the Great Western Railway Station, where the Oxford City Rifle Corps again attended as:a guard of honour and presented arms on the arrival of her Majesty: _ _ _ Soon after four o'clock her Majesty and suite left Oxford amid the deafening cheers of some thousands of people. Throughout her Majesty's progress through the University and city nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of all classes. ADELPHI THEATRE.—The Prince and. Princess of Leinengen visit the New Adelphi Theatre to-morrow (Friday) evening. _ _ _ THE PRINCESS ALICE.—We can positively con tradict a paragraph, originating in a weekly paper, and - -.opied into several of the daily journals, announcing that :he marriage of the Princess Alice with Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt had been definitively settled to be solem nised in London during the ensuing season. This alliance will not take place until 1862, when the Princess Alice will have attained the age of 19 years. The Duke of Athole leaves town this morning on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir G. and Lady Broke Middleton have left Shrubland Park, where they have been entertaining a select circle of friends for several weeks, and have arrived at Broke Hall for Christmas. Miss Coutts' dinner and evening party, announced for this evening, is unavoidably postponed. Mr. D. C. Blair and the Misses Blair have left Fenton's Hotel for Southampton. Mr. Henry Howard, of Greystoke, and Mrs. Howard, have arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Thornbury Castle The Earl of Jersey, who has been seriously indisposed for some days past at Eton, is, we are glad to [earn, progressing favourably towards recovery. Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining a succession of visitors during the last fortnight at Norman ton Park. The company has included Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, his Excellency the Minister for the Nether lands, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister, the Earl and Countess of Camperdown, Lord and Lady Lyveden, Lady Howard de Walden, Viscount Campden, Hon. Mr. Cal thorpe, Hon. Mr. Ellis, Hon. G. H. Heathcote, M.P., Scc. Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Eugenie yes terday honoured the establishment of Messrs. London and Ryder, of 17, New Bond-street, with a lengthened visit, and was pleased to select a variety of their novelties in jewellery, &c. Her Imperial Majesty expressed herself much gratified with a fine marble bust of Proserpina, by Hiram Powers, the American sculptor in Florence, now at their establishment. We read in the Dwinfriets _Herald: "The Em press Eugenic, on. latoly visiting Scotland, eonlescended to honour our townsman, Mr. J. Campbell Gracie, by accept ing from him a genealogical tree of her Majesty's ancestors, the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn and Conheath, from whom her Majesty springs direct—as shown upon the tree cora • piled by him." The China Mail, via Marseilles, is due in London to-day. The Shanghai dates of this mail should be Oct. 22. Shanghai is the nearest mail packet station to Pekin. The vague rumour circulated yesterday, of some application having been made to the Bank • for special dis count assistance, is ascertained to have been entirely with out foundation. It is now said to have originated in the directors having been engaged in the consideration of some business communication from the Government. It appears that the belief in the capacity of the New York money-market to supply bills on England at a heavy rate of discount for any amount of specie that may be shipped thither is beginning to subside, and That instead of £200,000 being despatched yesterday, according to the anticipations expressed, the amounts were £49,490 by the Fulton, from Southampton, and £7,631 from Liverpool, by the City of Manchester. The East Indian Railway Company have notified their desire to borrow £1,500,000 on 5 per cent. debentures at par, redeemable in five years, with an option to the holders to demand a renewal for a second term of five years. The payments are to be 25 per cent. on allotment and 25 per cent. in each of the three subsequent months. This will complete the sum the company are empowered to borrow on debentures not convertible into shares. The previous £1,500,000 were issued in July last, when Consols were at 931. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emi gration Commissioners will receive tenders to-day (Thurs day) for a ship to proceed to Sydney, New South Wales, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such day as the Commissioners may appoint between the 10th and 20th of January. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Poultry Show attracted a large number of visitors yesterty, the north wing of the boilaing,in which it is held, being quite thronged, and the demand for catalogues incessant, Many sales were effected, to an amount considerably in advance of former years. The show will be continued to-day and during the week. THE EASTERN FISIIERIES.—The autumnal her ring fishery has been prosecuted diving the past fortnight with considerable success. In the course of next week most of the boats will "make up" for the season, and it is ex pected that the value of the fish taken will average £5OO for each boat. REMARKABLE MILDNESS OF THE SEASON —A Devizes correspondent of the Wiltshire Mirror says he has at present growing in an open border strawberries in various stages, from the fresh blossom up to fruit just ripening, and has recently gathered ripe fruit upwards of two inches in. circumference from the same bed, being the second crop pro duced this season. A RARE EAGLE IN CORNWALL.—AI2 immature specimen of the spotted eagle (aquila nteviu) was shot by the steward of Mr. F. Itodd, of Trebartlia-hall, in a large covert adjoining the open and extensive moors near the Cheesewring and Kilmer. The wings, wing -coverts, scapu laries, and shoulders are marked with oval-shaped spots of different sizes ; these spots denote the bird in the first and second years' plumage, the spots wearing out with age. It is nearly one-half the size of the golden eagle. Weight, 41b. 100. ; length, 27in. : extreme width, sft. Sin. BANKRUPTCIES THIS YEAR.—It appears that the bankruptcies gazetted during the eleven months ending November 30 number 1,141, being at the rate of 1,245 per annum. The average of the previous ten years has been 1,090, so that the rate this year is somewhat above the average. The number of bankrupticies gazetted in the Liverpool district this year has been 63 ; in the Manches ter, 57; in the Birmingham, 185; in the Leeds, 100 ; in the Bristol, 88; in the Exeter, 45; in the Newcastle, 31:; and in the London, 569, These figures are below the ave rage as regards Liverpool and Manchester, and above the average in the other districts, especially in the London and Birmingham jurisdictions. THE CHARTERHOUSE,—Yesterday being the anni versary of the Founder's Day, there was a great gathering of Old Carthusians within the walls of the quaint old build ing in. Oharterhouse-squat e. Divine service was performed in the chapel at 4 o'clock, the sermon being preached by the Right Rev. Dr. G. T. Spencer, Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral ; late Bishop of Madras. Afterwards the annual oration was delivered in Latin in the large hall by Mr. James Butler, who dwelt mainly upon the events of the last year, especially those which had reference to the Char terhouse. In the evening a large number of Carthusians dined together under the presidency of the Venerable Arch deacon Hale. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MEETING. —The half yearly meeting of the East Indio Company was held yes terday at the India-house, Leadenhall-street. Colonel Sykes occupied the chair, and having explained the steps that had been taken to obtain from the Government funds and premises for carrying on the affairs of the company, considerable discussion ensued as to what course should be pursued, and it was agreed that a committee should be formed to consider and report on the best means of obtain ing the required accommodation. Mr. Jones then moved the following resolutions :-1. That the application of the revenues of India to the defrayal of the expenses of the Chinese war is a violation of the Act of Parliament which transferred the government of India to the Crown, is an evasion of the control of the Commons over the supplies, and an injustice to the people of India. 2. That the prin ciples of paper currency proposed to be adopted in India am false in ,entinerelal l,vlicy , discreditable is practice, and dangerous to the dignity of the Crown. After some discussion the motion was withdrawn, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NORFOLK.—The woman Emma Rayner, on whose life such a determined attempt was made a few days since at Lynn, by Robert Ward, a man with whom she cohabited, has sufficiently recovered to make her statement before the magistrates. It appears that Ward said just before the commission of the outrage, " Are you going to get married f" to which she made the evasive reply of" I don't know." He then said to her, " Before you shall marry anyone else I will do so," at the same time drawing something across her throat. Tho woman states that she thought at first that he had touched her with his finger only, but immediately afterwards she found that blood was flowing from her neck, and she then called out for assistance. The prisoner, who merely said in defence, " I didn't do it with intent to do any harm to her," was committed for trill at the Nor wich Spring Assizes. WRECK OFF PADSTOW.—PADSTOW, Dec. 12. Last night, about 9 o'clock, the schooner Primrose, of Bude Haven, laden with a cargo of coals, on entering Padstow harbour, ran on the Doomed Bar Sand. The night was pitchy dark, but the crew were heard from the shore,crying out for help. The coxswain of the lifeboat of the Real National Life Boat Institution, with a crew of eight men, himself included, immediately the information reached him, launched the lifeboat end proceeded to the vessel. In the meanwhile, however, a boat from elsewhere had arrived and taken off the crew. The vessel still re mained aground, and as there was a heavy ground sea running when she struck, and the coxswain thinking the services of the lifeboat might be needed during the night to carry off a warp to the vessel, if she should again float, kept the lifeboat and her crew there until three o'clock this morning. This valuable lifeboat, during some heavy storms and terrific seas, was instrumental in saving +he , crew of seven men from the French brigantine Gonsalve of Nantes, and five men from the sehooner Frede rick William of Ipswich. The walls of a large building forming part of a vast liquorice manufactory, belonging to MM. David and Fouset, near Uzes, in the south of France, gav e , waYs men had days ago, and the roof fell in. Although a numb er of had just commenced work, none were killed, but 12 were injured, and.two seriously. The fall is ascribed to the high wind having so shaken the woodwork of tha roof, as I to cause the walls to rock and give way. E:T NEWS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) GAETA; DEC. 8 (via Marseilles.) The bombardment of Gaeta has recommenced. During the night shells reached several buildings, and even the hospital. The Queen hurried from one battery to another, encouraging the soldiers. The King insisted on her withdrawing to the casemates. The fortress of Gaeta energetically returned the fire of the Sardinian batteries. NAPLES, DEC. 8. It is asserted that England, France, and Russia have requested the Xing of Naples to cease his fruitless defence. It is announced that Victor Emmanuel has designated General Cialdini for occupying Rome in the event of the departure of the Pope. An Englishman, formerly in the service of Garibaldi, has been assassinated. ROME, DEC 8. Colonel Masi has evacuated Orvieto, which, it is said, will be occupied by the French. The enlist ments for the new Papal army are being actively DEPA.RIURE OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of the French left Claridge's Hotel at eight o'clock last evening on her return to Paris. Her Imperial Majesty, with the members of her suite, left the hotel in a private carriage, and arrived almost unobserved at the railway station. Mr. Teulon, one of the directors of the South Eastern Railway, with Mr. Eborall, general mana ger, and Mr. Knight, superintendent, were in attendance to receive the Empress, and conducted her Imperial Majesty to a reserved first-class com partment in the ordinary night mail train. The Empress was accompanied to the station by the Duke of Atholl. The fact of the Imperial presence was not known to the general public on the platform until just previously to the mail leaving, when a few persons approached the carriage in which the Empress sat. As the train moved out of the station a loud out burst of cheering bade the august traveller " God speed" on her journey homeward. Just before the train started the Empress spoke 'from the carriage window to Mr. 'Claridge, who had attended her Imperial Majesty to the station, and expressed her great satisfaction at the com fortable privacy she had enjoyed while under his roof. The Empress was to sleep last night at the Pa vilion Hotel at Folkestone, and embark in the French Imperial yacht La Reine Hortense this morning for Boulogne. FOLKESTONE, THURSDAY MORNING, Her Imperial Highness the Empress of the French, after passing the night at the Royal Pavilion Hotel, embarked at 10 a.t i. this day on board the Imperial Government steamer for France, amid deafening cheers. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA'S PLACE 01? REFUGE. The Moniteur Armee gives the following par. titulars in reference to the spot whither the Em. peror of China is reported to have fled : Moukden is not in Tartar) , properly so called, but in Mandchouria. The country of the Mand choux forms part of the interior provinces of the empire, and comprises three departments. The first is that of Ching-King, having for its chief town Moukden or Foung-Thean ; the second Ghirin, with a chief town of the same name ; and the third is Sakhalien-Oula Khoton, with Tsi- Tsikar as its capital. It is in the country of the Mandchoux that are to be found the most devoted partisans of the Tarta7-Mandchoux dynasty, which effected the conquest of China in 1644, and still reigns over that vast empire. Mandchouria is separated from the province of Petchi-li, in which Pekin is situated, by that of Laotang. Betwe en the two last-named provinces are the high moun tains of Than-Yen, which are of difficult access, and must have protected the retreat of the Emperor. Moukden is about 400 kilometres (5-Bths of a mile each) from Pekin. If the Emperor had retired into Tartary properly so called, he would have had to make a journey across Mongolia of 1,000 kilometres (625 miles), and pass through some provinces the in habitants of which are completely hostile to him. We may add, in order to explain the English do spatch, that at Hongkong, Shanghai, and in the ports on the coast inhabited by Europeans, all the Chinese posses-:ions which have been formerly conquered by the Tartars and by the Tartar Mandchoux—sueh as Mongolia, Mandchouria, Dzoangaria, Daouria, and Chinese Turkestan—are all comprised under the general and usual name of Tartary. Moukden was the residence of the Sovereigns of China until 1644, the period of the conquest, It comprises two distinct cities—the Imperial ono, which has e. cir cumference of four kilometres, and a magni ficent palace; and the other, which surrounds the former, 12 kilometres round, is enclosed by a wall much more considerable than that of Pekin. The population of Moukden does not now exceed 500,000 men. The city contains very fine temples, and magnificent buildings of all kinds. MAZZINI AND lIIS ASSOCIATES. Mazxini has arrived in Lyndon. He has established an association with the following objects :—" (a) To attain national unity by aiding with all its strength the practical completion of the programme of General Garibaldi, the unity of the nation, with Rome as its capital ; (b) to as semble and express, by all possible legal means, the wishes of the country as regards its external and internal arrangement ; (c) to promote the political and social education of the working classes. One centre of the association is in Naples, till it can be trans mitted to Rome, the natural centre of Italy. All Italian citizens may be members of the association, who accept its programme, and are net excluded on ac count of immorality. Besides the direction, there shall be three distinct sections, according to the pre-esta blished threefold intention, each presided over by a MOM her of the Central Council, elected by the Direction and by the Central Council. 1. Section to aid the fulfilment of unity according to the programme of Garibaldi. 2. Sec tion to assemble and express the wishes and will of the country. 3. Section to study the political and social good of the working classes. From these sections shall issue, according to need, secondary and spe cial commissions. Every member of the association shall pay a monthly contribution ; a carlino for the work ing man, for the others never less than six carlini. The treasury of the Association, increased by extraordinary offerings, and under the charge of a financial commission, of a cashier, a collector, and an accountant, to be presided over by a member of the council. Every province shall have a filial central committee, founded upon the same rule; every city a secondary filial committee, or a simple delegate, according to the importance of the population. All the acts, of the Society shall be published ; periodical accounts shall be circulated of the financial conditions." Punch is this week particularly racy and humorous. The principal illustration—is it not Tenniel's P —sets every one upon the grin : Queen Victoria to the Empress Eugenio " How friendly ! Why don't your husband call in this quiet way P " Then there is that capital sketch—cleverly and boldly pencilled—,(l o , pitting a regiment of Our Volunteers as they will certainly never be seen by the invading enemy; namely, marching away from us as we look at the picture, carried on. Half the Neapolitan army who had taken refuge in Roman territory have quitted the country. Most of thenijoined the insurrectionary bands in the Abruzzi. Many of their officers have joined ths army of King Victor Emmanuel. Sixteen Bishops of the Marches, five of whom are Cardinals, have protested against the presence and the measures of the Sardinian Commissary in those provinces. PERUGIA, DEC. 12. The decree of the Marquis di Pepoli, suppressing all the religious orders, makes an exception in favour of some orders which have deserved well of the country. The same decree entrusts the Government with the charge of the religious treasury. The convents of Umbria have been closed, with the exception of several establishments to be con verted into hospitals and schools. Pensions -are granted to the members of the religious orders which have been suppressed. Rentes to the amount of 100,000 lire are assigned in favour of some charitable institutions of Umbria; the surplus remaining in the religious treasury will be applied to religious works and public instruction. PALERMO, DEC. 8 (via MARSEILLES.) The Lieutenancy Council has officially demanded the maintenance of distinct laws for Sicily until the assembling of the Italian Parliament. ROME, DEC. 8. 6sneral Guyon is expecting orders from Paris to occupy Orvieto. The band of volunteers commanded by Colonel Masi has invaded Onano. The Pope is dissatisfied with the conduct of several bishops of Umbria. The Papal party in Rome is much discouraged. Mgr. Merode is occupied with the formation o: a new army. The infliction of capital punishment has no arrested the reactionary movements in the Abruzzi PERUGIA, DEC. 12. The religious orders have been suppressed and the convents closed. Other measures in favour of public instruction and charity have also been decreed. The state of things at Naples has improved. BERNE, DEC. 12 According to private advices received here, General Michel is to make the necessary arrange ments for disbanding the foreign battalions sent from Gaeta to the Papal States by King Francis 11. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 12 The English Mission in St Petersburg having been raised to the rank of an Embassy, Baron Brunnow, Minister Plenipotentiary of Russia at the Court of St. James's, has been appointed Am bassador to the same Court. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 12.—Stock has been rather offered, caused principally by the arrival of the English funds with lower quotations, and prices are a little lower. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 75c; Mobilier, 766 f 25c; Orleans, 1,383 f 75c; Northern, 990 f; Mediterranean, 907 f 50c; Austrian 507 f 50c; Lombard, 483 f 75c. The following we the last quotations :- 44 per per Cents 96 75 , Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 85 ' Bank Shares 2940 Credit Mobilier 765 Do. Account 767 50 Credit Fonder 9lB 75 Belgian 4t 9B 25 Piedmontese Fives BO 50 Roman Austrian .. — Spanish Throes .. 5O Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1385 .. 1382 50 Northern 990 .. 991 25 New ditto 9OO .. 900 Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50 .. 910 Geneva 3BO .. 385 - Southern s 22 50 .. 522 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Low bard , 483 75 .. 485 The municipality of Naples have decreed a statue to General Garibaldi, to be erected in one of the public squares, to be called after him. It has also decreed medals of honour to those of the National Guard who have distinguished themselves during the late memorable events. Advices from Lemberg, in Gallicia, state that the anniversary of the Polish Revolution was nilida the occasion of a fete in that town, at which the Poles and the Ruthenians fraternised. The national hymns of the two people were sung at the theatre, and promises of union and fraternity exchanged. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHA MPTON, DEC. 13. The Peninsular and Orien tal Compan y 's ste amer Alhambra, Captain Stew art, has arrived with the above mail, 11 passenge rs, and £7,356 in specie. She experienced heavy north easterly gales on the passage. Th e Alhambra spoke the Ceylon off O por t o on the Bth inst. The steamer Iberia, bound from Lon don to Oporto, was lying in the harbour of Vigo, unable to enter the Douro on account of the bad d wea ther. The A merica n brig Volante, the steamer were also lying (eight days from Lon on), and several s mall ßritannia shipsin Vigo harbour wind bound. Her Majesty's yacht Osborne sailed from Lisbon for England on the 6th i nst. The Channel squadron was to sail for England on the Bth inst. At Lisbon, on the 7th inst., exchange on London, three months, s omas quoted 541 ; Paris, 5.27 ; Am sterdam, 422 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa, 526 ; Three per Cent. R entes, i nterest pa id to D ec . 31, 461 ; Deferred, 371 ; Coupons, 451, ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 560 ; Bank of Oporto, 258 milreis. The Paris Savings Banks during the last fort night received 982,442 f., and reimbursed 741,922 f. The receipts of the Caisse de Retraites for the aged, during the same period, animated td 58,545 L AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, THURSDAY. The Cunard screw-steamship Palestine, Captain Muir (chartered by the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company), from Portland Maine on the Ist, has arrived and landed all mails. Her news has been generally anticipated by the City of Baltimore. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Atrato, Captain Woolly, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 37 passengers, 1,475,978 dole. is specie, and a general cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 29th ultimo. The Shannon was to sail on the sth instant, under can vass, accompanied by the Trent. There are no mails from Porto Rico, as, in con sequence of the severe weather, the Teviot was unable to communicate. All was quiet at Chili. The Copiapo silver mines continued to yield well. News from Pera indicates an open rupture with Bolivar. The United States Minister has not succeeded in arranging the difference with Peru, and had demanded his passports. Tranquillity had been established in Guayaquil. A severe shock of earth quake had been felt. The Pole Star from Liverpool and the Forest King from Swansea had arrived at Valparaiso. Her Majesty's steamer Vixen was to leave Callao for England on the sth inst. Santa Martha was still in the possession of the Government forces. The Commander of her Majesty's ship Cadmus had attempted to enter the city of Carthagena, but was refused admission. The Governor thought that he intended to attack the city, and ordered all the English residents to be executed immediately the first English shot was fired. Business was, dull at Valparaiso. Specie scarce. A rise in the rate of interest was anticipated. Silver bars (pure), were quoted 10 dols. 871 per mare. Exchange on Lon don, 60 days, 43;d. per dollar. Freights to Eng.. land, 555. The yellow fever has abated at Jamaica.. The weather at Trinidad and Demwara favourable to planters. At Barbadoes the crops were promising. 4' Exchange, 30 days, 490 dole. ARMY CLOTHING, 4s. The annexed circular memorandum addressed to the army at home and abroad, except India, hag been promulgated from the Horse Guards, fated the 7th inst. : " The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that regi' mental boards of survey, held to examine and report upon annual supplies of clothing issued by the War-office to re giments of infantry, may be instructed to fix 10 per cent. of the different articles of clothing on men of the partieula sizes marked on the tickets attached thereto, and specially to report whether the tickets correspond with the actual 815• of the garments. " By command, " JAMES YORKE SCARLET; Adjutant-General." The foll Owing circular memorandum, addressed to the army abroad, dated Horse Guards, 4th inst., was issued yesterday " The General Commanding-in-Chief, with reference No the Horse Guards circular, No. 65, addressed on the sth September last to the army at home, desires tb,at officer. commanding regiments abroad will also furnish, on the lit of every month, to the Adjutant-General, a noi canal listo prepared on War 'office form, No. 959, of soldiers registered for discharge by indulgence at their own request, with the date of application in each case. " By command, 6 ' JAMES TORRE SCARLET; Adjutant-G aural." STATE OF T.RAD.E. LEICESTER, Dec. 12.—There is still a falling in the demand for hosiery goods, a thing by no means uncommon at this season of the year. In consequence of this many of the operatives is Leicester and the adjacent framework knitting districts are unemployed. This depression is, how ever, only expected to be temporary. Wools are held firmly at high prices. In yarns there is 120 important alteration. NOTTINGHAM, 12th.—Most branches in the lace trade continue very quiet, and a montia must tran spire before any marked improvement can take place. A little is doing in plain'goo ds, but hardly an average amount of business. The foreign buyers purchase only in limited quantities, but those connected with the home department are doing about an average trade. Cr•tton fancy good s are a dull sale. There are a few muslin orders In the market. The silk lace trade is without change. Very little is doing in hosiery, but manufacture rs are of opinion that this dull state of things wal not be of long duration. A more settled state of affairs in America would materially increase the demand. In both departments stocks are being kept low, and both the lace-making and fran3e' work-knitting operatives are indifferently era' ployed. 'Yarns are selling at late rates. TBIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. INfERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 52s 7d) barley, 39s 2d ; oats, 22s 5d ; rye, 35e Od ; beans, 41 0 9d ; and peas, 45s Od. Tint SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 56s 9d ; barley, 40s 6d ; oats, 23 s 2 d ; rye, 35 s 2 d ; beans, 49 s 6d . peas, 45s sd, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,1 99 ; barley, 85,615 ; oats, 12,244 ; rye, 186; beans, 2,758 ; Pea* 2,067 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was seasonably well, but not to sal heavily, supplied with beasts, in somewhat improved con' dition. All breeds sold briskly, at an advance in the quota tions, compared with Monday, of 4d per 81bs, the general top figure being 5s 4d per 81bs. The show of sheep was only moderate, and the mutton trade ruled firm, at very full prices. A few very inferior Downs realised 5s 8d per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was tolerably good, changed hands slowly, at late rates. There was more doing in pigs, at very full prices ; but milch cows were much neglected. Per Sibs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots &e. 5 2 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 3 8 S eco nd quality do. 3 10 4 6 Lambs, Os s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 6 P me. S' thdown do 5 4 6 Largo orse. calves 3 8 4 ; Prime small do 4 6 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 Small porkers 4 8 Id to Os Od. Suckling calves, 19s to 23s 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. 1,850 Sheep an d lambs ts 3,682 C a lves Pigs . 4OO and quarter .old store pig" FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts 910 Sheep 190 Calves Pigs - MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEA.DENHALL.—SuppIies Of meat ar on the increase, and the trade is inactive, as follows ;" — A , Beef, f rom 2 s 4 d to 4 s 4d ; mu tt on , 3 s 2d to " 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; po rk, 4s Od to 5 8 2d per 81ba. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 12.—Moderately good supplies of s toc)t on . offer here to-day, and the trade generally riled stea d y , follows:—Beef from 3s 6d to 5s 2d , mutton, 4s Od to 5s 6d ' lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 43 Rd ; pork, 41 2 d to as Od per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 12. Each k;nd of stock on offe r . here to-day changed hands freely at the annexed price! Beef, from 3s 6d to 6s 4 d : mutton , 4 s Od to 58 6,, lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, Od to 5s Od per Sibs; suckling calves, 15s to 19s ; quart 4 old store pigs, 23s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l 4 to £lB 5s each. RAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Ss Od ; do., £3 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 14s per loos" Trade dull. CUMMRLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Ot; clover, £3 Os to £5 8 s Od ; and straw, £1 103 to £1 189 per load. Trade very inactive. W H ITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od 1 clovei, £3 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £ llos to £ll4 per load. A dull trade. EARLY RISING.—I do not believe in the pleasant' ness of turning once more in one's bed, when the house i 0 once astir. The sense that one ought to be np, and must b° up presently, must spoil the luxury of bed completely. Fea r ruins everything in these small matters as in greater. once heard a young lady of twenty or thereabouts complain' ing of the misery of having to get up in winter. She did not rise early ? No. She did not use cold water ? 0, n of She had a good fire ? Yes. While I was wondering, where? then, the hardship lay, she explained that it spoiled all o be t e comf( rt in waking to t hink of crossing the room from t.h bed to the fire. Suc h p eo p le can know nothing of the sat faction of a good circulation, and the vigorous exercise Of the frame, by which the winter is made a pleasant season in its own way.--Once a Week,. At the usual weekl y meetin g of t he board of guardians of the Cit y of London Union' held in the board: roo m in Mary. Axe, Mr. Prescott was e l ec t e d chaP lWfi the room of Mr, Pocock, "•••.•....._,. ~,, TAI There N maportanc The B today, d discount The A With £2l _ A fail Iverpoo were ate bales. 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