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Bed Rnll WharF, Angel passsege, 93, Upper Thames street Lon don . E. C. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. L. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 3, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama. by Dion Potudeault: litlessirq. Barrett. Ff. frvinf.t. Fisher, Brittain Wright. Joht, Douse ; Ilr= Billington ; Misses M. Brennan. Macdonald, and Katharine ItOti gen% To conclude with the farce of TIOREOWFD PLUMES THEATRE ROYA L, II A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mrßriekstnne. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FAMILY JARS : Mr Compton ; Mrs E. Fitzwilliain. At a Quarter to Eight, tho New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, 1113 ; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwil j liam, Miss C. Hill, &c. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, W. Ilignold, Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA : Mr G. Belmore, Mr A . Stirlinz, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. N. Stephenson, Miss Rose Leolercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. Box-office open daily, from 10 tin 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. HOLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN . THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles ITorsman, Lin Rayne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur, ae. ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. Horsman, &e. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AMOßY SULLIVAN GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of Mr. H J. BYRON, THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Mr Fleury Neville, Miss Lydia Foote. At 7. 1 5. NOT SCCPA FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. J. Clarke, Parselle, .tc Mesdames Hughes, Berend, and Stephens. To conclude with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Ashley, D. Leeson, and Aliases Maria and Nelly Harris. At 7.45, HAMLET: Mr. Pechter; Messrs H. Marston. Stuart. Leeson, Ashley, &c.; Mesdames C. Leclercq, Elswortilly. and M. Bremer. 14 OYAL STRAND THEATRE . AA, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cla.rke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, INO; Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. 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SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden TIRE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, 3 rand. BESLEY, Mayor.—A Common Council , holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of Lon don, on Thursday, the 9th day of December, 1869. Resolved unanimously— " That a dutiful and loyal address bo presented by this Court to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, to con gratulate her on the safe delivery of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, and the birth of a Princess." Resolved unanimously— " That compliment , : of congra'.ulation be presented by this Court to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales on the safe delivery of her Royal High ness and the birth of a Princess." WOODTIIORPE. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. • 24th Ncvember, 1369. The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex change Assurance do hereby give Notice. that their Transfer Books will be shut from TUESDAY, the 14th of December next, to TUESDAY. the 4th of January following; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon; and that a Divi dend will be considered of at the said Court. ROBERT P. STRRT,E, Secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of submitting the following statement, showing the financial position of the Company: The CAprrat avail:Ale for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two MILLIONS ST - MU:LNG. The amount actually paid. up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: - " The whol; of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security- all have been most carefully kept, and there is not ono doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of tho Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Eamuel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABIL IVES AND ASSETS. Number, Net Valuel A of c,cumn- Anurance2. fated Fund Surplus, General Life As surances, less re-Assurances 13,844 £765,021 £942,643 £177,622 Children's En dowments 207 21,260 23,287 2,027 Annuities (Im-1 mediate and; Deferred) ' 421 137,514 156,345 18,801 Total 14,472 T 323,825 L £1,122,075 L£198,450 The valuation has been made at 3 percent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and ( xpenses are entirely held in reserve, and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable Purplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. JOHN H. IPLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. sole Lessee anal Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, Ti Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING. al 7 o'clock, FAMILY JARS. After which, EW MEN AND OLD ACR KS: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Ur G. Delmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr 1 ignold Nti s Furtado. fie. Followed by LOST AT SEA : %Tr G. Celmore, Mr A. Stirring, Mr Atkins, Mr W llignold, Mr C. Stephenson, Miss R. Leelereq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAT. Tnts EvRNINO. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F I.:Y. At NOT SUCH A FOOL AS TIE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And 'I lIE GOOSE WITIt TtiE GOLDEN EGt.,S: 31r J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. PRINCESS'S TII EATRE. THIS EVENING, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A (`TOED THING: Mr. Ashley and the Yisses "Tanis With HAMLET: Mr Fechter. Mr Marston, Miss C. Leclercq, M,ss Elsworthy, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tuts EVE,ING. at T' FE B TH ROAD At 7.-15. LOVE'S SACRIFICA: Mr. Berry Sullivan, Mrs. Derraann Vezin, clte. And STATE SECRETS. noTAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanherongh. mains EVENINa. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr C'arke. With THE TOODT,F.S. And ISO. Concluding with 'IIW CHOPS F THE CHANNEL. (In lITSTY MINSTRELS. SL Joules's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. Z')OLOGICAL C kRDENS, Reganfp-patk. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adwirsion, Is.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 641 ROYAL ALITAMBRA. PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from II to 4. f it 3--Arw -- Suit . , :fr LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 11, 1859. THE Protestant demonstration just held at Belfast is another striking proof that the party which pro fesses to represent the educated classes of the com munity does not always do honour to its pretensions. ' It was not the mark of an enlightened assembly to hiss and groan when the health of the Lonn-LIEu- TENANT was proposed. It is customary, no doubt, for popular meetings to rage furiously when the name of an obnoxious politician is mentioned. But the precedent of Hyde Park meetings and fixity-of-tenure demonstrations ought scarcely to be followed by the "educated party" on hearing the name of the nobleman who represents the QUEEN in Ireland. The representatives of British wealth and intelligence ought to set, not follow, an example in courtesy and moderation. Still more strange must be esteemed the Duke of ABERCORN'S comparison between the state of Ireland now and its con dition under his beneficent sway. That par ties should claim superiority for their own style of government is an ordinary and reasonable means of carrying on political warfare ; but statesmen out of office might advantageously leave the condemnation of their individual successors to other partisans, who have not held the same post. The Duke of ABERCORN'S comparison between him self and Earl SPENCER was in bad taste, and it was inaccurate. His Grace affirmed that the effects of the "message of peace " were agrarian murder's, insecurity of property, and an increase of aggressive bigotry. No doubt all these evils prevail, especially aggressive bigotry, which is particularly rampant at Protestant demonstrations; but each and all existed to an equal extent during the reign of the Conservative Ministry. There is much disturbance in Ireland during Mr. GLADSTONE'S Government ; there was more disturbance under the late Earl DERBY'S Government. The disaffection has risen to its highest point a year after the former took office ; the Fenian outbreak of 1867 was at its worst twelve months after the accession of the Conservative Ministry. We are now in the midst of alarms. Agra rian outrages have been numerous; seditious preaching is common; the whole nation has been insulted by the return of a convict as a member of Parliament. But in the latter half of 1867 occurred the Manchester murders, the tragedy at Clerkenwell, numerous raids in different parts of Ireland, and immense funeral pro cessions in honour of the "martyrs " at Dublin, Limerick, and Cork. The Duke of ABERCORN, though his term of office was marked by no very striking achievement, was a fairly good ruler ; but he could not prevent the Fenian insurrection. It is just as unfair to attribute the present disaffection to Mr. GLADSTONE'S attempt at conciliation, as to attribute the late rebellion to the lack of peace-making measures under the Tory Government. The latter, at all events, only followed the example of their predecessors. The evils in Ireland are the result, not of the doings of any single Ministry, but of chronic grievances which have neither arisen no can be dispelled in a brief space. town. ME SUN, _ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1869 The Duke of ABER CORN'S comparative review profits him nothing. In one respect, indeed, it is against him. When the Fenian rebellion took place, the Government found much sympathy and assistance from the Opposition leaders, and the whole nation was united in the effort to secure peace. The Con servative rejoicings over present troubles are a dis credit to the party. WE are now in possession of something like com plete details of the strange slave trade which has been lately carried. on between Australia and the South Sea Islands. This traffic looked inno cent enough at first. The Queensland planters found themselves blessed with more soil than they could cultivate, and they accordingly offered the natives of certain South Sea Islands favourable terms for a period of service. The picture they drew of life on a Queensland plantation appears to have materially resembled the glowing prospect laid before the country yokel by the recruiting sergeant. The disillusion, too, was equally complete. The natives found the reward small and the labour great. They had given up their idle lot on their pleasant islands—those bright spots which yield a subsistence without effort—for a life of bondage without any proportionate gain. They were beguiled, and even compelled, to leave their homes, and were no more able to quit the plantations to which they were conveyed than a Cuban negro. This slave traffic became so flagrant that at length the Queensland Legislature interfered. An Act was passed, stipulating that no Polynesian labourers should be engaged unless a missionary or other impartial person previously explained the bargain. This witness must see that the consent of the native was unfettered. Unfortunately, this measure did not put an end to the worst features of' the traffic. The missionary clause was set at nought, the natives were kidnapped, and the free engagement system developed into an unmistakeable slave trade. From July 1867 up to the end of last year we have a regular narrative of these infamous doings, nor is there any ground for believing that the traffic has ceased since the latter date. On some occasions the natives were induced to leave their homes, and were retained in Queensland after the expiration of the bargain. Other wretches were carried off bodily with out compact. There is one tale of a band who were hired for three months—as the engagement was re presented to them ; but they had not obtained their liberty at the end of three years. Two sons of an island chief were forcibly thrown into a boat and were never seek again. The Latona, a notorious offender, made two voyages, the crew induced twenty men to come on board by promises of tobacco, and imme diately carried them off. So far from diminishing, such information as leaks out respecting this trade represents it as on the increase. The business is profitable, and it is safe ; hence it is very largely sought after as an eligible mode of turning a penny. The Polynesian Labourers' Act—the measure providing the missionary super vision—has proved a miserable failure. Indeed, it is not at all clear that the Queensland authorities display any anxiety for its success. The Queensland planters are predominant in the colony. Their self-interest is not easy to set aside, and the tendency of men to take advantage of simplicity and ignorance is as strong now as in ruder times. The Act is systematically evaded. A slave trade is carried on by the inhabitants of a British colony, and a stigma is cast, not only upon our character as a nation, but more directly upon those missionary efforts of which our religious societies are justly proud. With what force can one white man preach the Gospel whilst his countrymen are guilty of deeds which reduce them to the level of the savage ? There can be no doubt of the proper course to be taken. The Queensland Parlia ment may mean well, but it has failed ; and it is the duty of the British Government to step in. The same means by which the slave trade of other nations has been suppressed must be employed against our own. The squadron which so long kept watch on the West Coast of Africa must now cruise in another sea. The Queensland slave trade - may be attended With less cruelty than the deportation of African negroes ; but it is wicked, nevertheless, and must be put down. TIIE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, Dec. 5. The ceremony of taking the oaths took place as men tioned to you on Thursday, and the allocution spoken by the Pope on the occasion will have ere this reached you by telegraph, having appeared in the Giornale di Roma on Friday. Its paternal tone does not ex clude a very clear allusion to " the projected attempts to trouble the discussions" and " the enemy who sows tares " is pointed out beyond mistake. There is also another passage which has caused a great impression—the Pope's reference to the Council as his last act on earth. He has never before alluded openly to the fact of his great age and the approach of that term which no Pontiff since St. Peter has reached. He is, however, in excellent health and spirits, and is perfectly confident of the issue of the Council. The ceremony took place in the Sixtine Chapel, which had been stripped of its benches in order to give room for the assembly. Nothing more splendid as a religious spectacle can be con ceived than was the coup The scarlet of the cardi nals, the violet of the Bishops, the rich and varied oriental costumes, coming out in the most brilliant relief of light and colour on the dim frescoes and time-worn arras back ground. The Pope entered at ten o'clock, vested in white, with the mazetta and stole, and as he crossed the threshold of the sacristry the whole assembly, moved by a sponta neous feeling of reverence, threw themselves on their knees. The Pope, 'who appeared deeply moved, gave the " Aspergis," and after having prayed before the altar for a few moments, ascended the throne, whence, in a clear and thrilling voice that vibrated through the vast hall like the sound of a clarion—(l write from the description of one who formed part of the assembly)—he read the allo cution. Cardinals Antonelli and Grassellini, deacons, (having taken their places right and left of the Pope), with Car dinal Carelli, secretary of the Briefs, the latter, by order of the Pope, read the names of the five Cardinals who pre side over the General Congregations of the Council, and then the names of the major officers, after which the Pope gave the blessing. - y. All the Fathers being then seated, a master of cere monies introduced Prince Orsini, in his costume as Prince Assistant of the Throne, and having knelt and kissed the Pope's foot, he took his place at his side. The rest of the officers having been then introduced, they knelt in a semi circle before the Pope, and Mgr. Jacobini read the formula of the oath about to be rendered to them. The Book of the Holy Gospels, supported by the two cardinal deacons, was placed on the knees of the Pope, and each officer in his turn laid his hand upon it, swearing at the same time. The oath implies strict secresy as to the proceedings the assistants may witness, so that I need scarcely say that save the public acts of the council, nothing of the manner of debate can be known. _ _ Cardinal Moreno consecrated the new Bishop of Chiapa (Mexico), this morning, in the Church of San Giaesino, in Augusta (Cons), having the Bishops of Guadaluxara, and Puebla de los Angelos, for assistants. A great number of persons were present at the ceremony. The whole Sacred College is now united in Rome, with the exceptions of Cardinal Cullen, who is daily expected, Cardinal Dounct, who will arrive for New Year's Day, and Cardinal Roisaeli, who is still too ill to leave Switzerland, and Cardinal Donald, whose age and infirmities are too great to allow of his taking so long a voyage. The Anglican deputation of clergymen is expected hourly in Rome in order to meet the Pontifical commis sioners appointed to consider and discuss the questions of Anglican difficulties. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world• wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called " The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGE WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING SATURDAY 30 miu past 7 0 miu past 8 SUNDAY 35 min past 8 12 min past 9 MONDAY 46 min past 9 .15 min past 10 TUESDAY 50 min past 10 20 min past 11 WEDNEMAY 50 min past 11 30imin past 12 THURSDAY 12 min past 12 34 min past 12 FILIDAY 53 min past 12 12 min past 1 NAVAL AND 1111LI7ARY INIELLIGENCL Yesterday the Ist Dragoon Guards, from Man chester, consisting of 19 officers, 500 men, and 380 horses, embarked at Liverpool on board the steamers Trafalgar, Windsor, and St. Patrick for Dublin. The wives and children of the soldiers left in ano ther steamer. 'At the same time the 40th and 80th Regiments embarked at Holyhead. The 80th, from Fleetwood and Liverpool, are relieved by the 35th from Aldershot. To-day the Falcon leaves Liver pool with 57 men of the 24th Regiment. It has been decided to make the 22d Company of Royal Engineers, stationed at the School of Mili tary Engineering, at Brompton Barracks, into a " telegraph company"—that is, the company will b specially engaged upon the national telegraphs when they are taken over by the Post-office autho rities. This has been expected for some time, and a few days since Captain C. E. Webber, R.E., arrived at Chatham from the Curragh to take CJM mand of the company. When the 22d Company arrived from the Cape a few weeks since it was composed of a very scanty number of non-commis sioned officers and men, a long fortign service hav ing gradually diminished its strength, so that at last it had become but a skeleton. The company will now be filled up to the required strength from the vari ous other companies at the head-quarters of the corps at Brompton, men of course being selected with a special reference to the duties they will have to execute in superintending the construction, re pair, or working of telegraphs, and fortunately there are numbers of men in the corps who have the spe cial knowledge required. Captain and Brevet Lient.-Col. C. H. Ingilby, late of the 11th Brigade Royal Artillery, has left Woolwich for Plymouth to join the -11th Brigade Royal Artillery at that station, vice Captain W. H. Watson, rt moved to the 10th Brigade, on service at Malta. An improvement long needed at Chatham for the accommodation of the Royal Navy, as for all using the river Medway, was yesterday brought to a successful termination by the handing over of a new and very substantial landing-place at the Sun Pier, by Mr. Lewis Whitehead, a townsman, who has collected subscriptions and carried out the work, to the pier Commissioners—the Local Board of Health. Hitherto there has been no proper means of landing at the Sun Pier at night, and come seafaring men have perished, it is feared, by accidents in attempting to land. Government officials have a right to use the pier but Admiralty Boards have declined to pay the coat of providing a landing place for use at night. However, for the purposes of this new landing, a very excellent float ing stage has been lent from Chatham Dockyard. The landing place having been made, the Pier Cotn missioners, who had not funds to provide it, hence forth maintain it. The following promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Com ma nders to be Captains— George D. Bevan, Arthur Morrell, James H. Bush nell, Charles E. Stevens, George Snares, Francis G. Suttie,. and Alexander Buller. Lieutenants to be Commanders—Howard Kerr, Uvedale C. Single ton, George J. G. Purcell, Lewis B. Solly, George 11Iorice, Richard Sheepshanks, John Shortt, Francis M. Ommanney, Francis Stirling, and Henry H. Washington. THE NOVEMBER METEORS. The Daily News publishes an interesting article upon the November meteors. Although in England we had no note worthy display, yet gradually news is coming in from various places which suffices to indicate that the earth passed in reality through a very widely-extended and tolerably dense portion of the meteor-stream this year. The evidence received from the eastern parts of the Mediterranean is so striking that it well deserves careful consideration. Let it be remembered, first of all, that the display in 1866 lasted but a few hours ; that in 1867 it was even briefer; while in 1863 falling stars were seen on - two nights in succession (in America), a fact which indicates that the earth was upwards of twenty four hours in passing through the meteoric stream. But now observe what Lieutenant Tupman reports from Port Said, in Egypt. As early as November 8 small meteors were noticed, whose motion, directed from the well-known "radiant" in Leo, shewed that they belonged to the true November meteor-stream. Again, en the morning of the 10th, between ono and four, meteors were observed to radiate from the constellation Leo at the rate of eight per hour. On the following morning they were still falling, but in fewer numbers; while on the 12th no stars were seen to travel from Leo, though manychooting stars, not belonging to the November system, wore observed. Here then we find that there had been a vast outlying branch of the November meteor system, so perfectly dis tinct from the main stream as to leave a complete gap —so to speak--which the earth occupied a day and more in traversing, and yet unmistakably associated with that stream, since the radiation of stars from Leo could bear no other interpretation. On the 12th, however, there was a lull, and even on the morning of the 13th very few stars were seen to radiate from the Sickle in Leo. The morning of the 14th was that on which the true display was expected ; and the event cor responded to the anticipations which had been formed by astronomers. The morning was not very deer—" half a gale of wind was blowing from the northward, and heavy clouds, continually passing, rarely left a third of the sky visible." "Nevertheless a brilliant display seas seen, of short duration, corresponding in this latter particular more with the shower of 1867 than any other recent showers. From half-past twelve to a quarter past one a.m., a largo portion of the sky being clear overhead at times, only two small meteors were seen, neither of which radiated from Leo. At half pact two the watch was resumed, and between large open ings in the clouds the shower was seen at its height. Most brilliant meteors, many of which illuminated the view around like flashes of lightning, often of a bright green colour, shot with astonishing rapidity at the rate of one or two every minute. This continued at about the same rate until four o'clock, when there was a sudden diminution in the numbers, and before five o'clock all was over." The news received from Father Secchi, at Rome, spews that the particular part of the November meteor-system which gave the brilliant display wit nessed by Lieutenant Tupman was the same which the Roman obsereer watched. Ho counted no fewer than 183 meteors in half-an-hour. Undoubtedly the most remarkable result of these observations is the confirmation they afford of the view recently brought forward by Mr. Alexander Herschel, that the November meteor-stream is not single. lie points to the existence of fewer than three distinct branches, of wh . ch the cen tral one is the largest. But at the part of the system cios,;ed this year by the earth the brr.nches russet be very much farther apart than at the portions crossed in the years 1866-1868. Lieutenant Tupman, in fact, recognised only two branches, of which the second was obviously the bright or cntral ono. And as his letter is dated November 15th, it follows that if the third outlying stream is as far separated from the middle one as the first has been slaewn to be, the earth had not yet reached it when the last observations were made. But taking only the results we have to hand, and noticing that the meteors belonging to the first stream were seen on four successive days, we have this astounding result, that the branch stream in question was no less than 1,700,000 miles deoa (measured square to the direction in which it lies.) Then cause a gap which the earth took more than a day in pas sing —corresponding to a distance of some 500,000 miles ; and then the earth plunged through the more compact central stream, whose thickness would seem to have been shout 70,000 miles only. These figures are surprising enough ; but when we consider the enormous exten sion of the meteor-stream, we are even more astonished. It has now been rendered all but certain that each of two great branches at least extends without break or interruption from the portion crossed by the earths in November, 1666, to the part crossed this year ; and knowing what we do of the path followed by the meteors, we are absolutely certain that the part traversed in 1866 is now about a thousand millions c f n:ii.cs away Irons us—is, in fact, passing not far from the orbit of distant Saturn. Along the whole of that rime mons distance these two meteor-streams extend with a depth varying from forty or fifty thousand miles to the enormous depths mentioned above, and with a breadth which, though unmeasured, may be safely assumed to exceed the depth tenfold at least. A sad case of death from starvation has just occurred in Newport. The deceased, Richard Williams, a man respectably brought up, but lately very much reduced in means, appliLd to the police in Newport a week ago for assistance. The Superintendent gave him a letter to the relieving officer, relating the particulars of the case. The latter official, however, refused to give deceased a ticket of admission to the workhouse without an order from the doctor. Before that order was obtained the man perished of hunger and cold in the public street. Police innocence has again resulted in the escape of a criminal through personation. While two women, one charged with drunkenness, and the other with housebreak ing, were being conveyed from a district lock-up at Liverpool to the main bridewell, on Thursday morning, they agreed to change their names. As the drunken people are called up first, the female housbreaker was enabled to get clear with a small fine, and it was not till the other woman's turn came to appear in the dock that the truth oozed out. The police are trying to recapture the housebreaker, and meanwhile her " friend in need" is retained in custody. The Queen has presented to the Steamboat Com pany, in whose boat her Majesty lately visited Loch Lomond, a bonze statuette of the late Prince Consort, to be placed on board the steamer Prince Consort, that on which her Majesty enjoyed her pleasure sail. The statuette and pedestal stand about 3i feet in height, the latter being of oak and walnut, with bronze tracery. The statuette represents the Prince in full llighlaud costume :—" Albert, Prince Consort. Presented to the Directors of the Loch Lomond Steamboat Company, in recollection of October the 4th, !86, by Queen Victoria." UNPLEASANT.—A. French contemporary tells a curious story of gf. photographer's revenge. "A Moldo- Walla,cbian Prince—whatever that may be—had his like ness taken by one of these scientific artists the other day, and was so dissatisfied with the unflattering result that he declined to pay for it. Thereupon the photographer had a large number of copies struck off, and offered them for sale as portraits of Tropmann. The success of the experi ment was prodigious ; the Moldo-Wallachian Prince awoke one morning and found himself —or, more strictly Speaking, Is is portrait--infamous'. • TILE ROYAL ACADEMY.--The academic year of the Royal Academy terminated on Friday, when the prizes won by the students were awarded. by the President, Sic F. Grant. It was the first "breaking up" celebrated in, Piccadilly, and admittedly in respect of the principal com petitions, a remarkable proof of the advancement that has been made by the young men of the English school in the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture. The presentation took plzu:e iu the large room of the Academy. Sir Francis Grant, who was loudly cheered by the students on taking the chair, expressed the great pleasure he felt at the ability the students had exhibited. He stated that so exceptionally meri torious was sculpture this year that the Council bad considered it de.irable to award an additional gold medal. The award of prizes w.ts then proceeded with. Travelling studentship, two years, for sculptors, Mr. Wills We may state here that the travelling student ship (the same prize) was won last year by Mr. Holl, with a painting entitled " The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away," but that gentleman, finding he was unable to avail himself of the advantages involved in the honour, placed it again at the disposal of the Royal Academy, who decided to offer it to sculptors. The subject was "Adam and Eve's Expulsion from Para dise." The " Historical " gold medal, for painting. " I. 7 lyses and the Nui se," was awarded to Mr. F, T. (Jo Ball, son of the Lelehrated painter of name. The competition, as in the sculpture, was strong, at least .one otle_r picture (being next to tit pize winner) shoving extraordinary merit. Two year; sgo Mr. Goodall took the Turner medal with a fine land -cape, entitled "Autumn,". The silver medal fur paintin::. ront the figure was not given; but fur the best drawing from the figure, Mr. F. T. Goodall was again succes3ful ; Mr (!uttna n coming second. The second prize fur modelling front the figure was given to Mr. ltrock. Mr. Mills was adjudges the medal for the best drawing from the antique Mrs. Howard Goodall taking the second, and Mr 'Bromley the third prizes in this competition. Modelling from the antiquo---1. Mr. White; 2. Mr. Winter; and 3. Mr. Stocks. The best copy of an old master was adjudged to have been made by Mr. Gadsby; the best restoration from the antique (the Tom of Hercules) by Mr. White. On the conclusion of the award of prizes the Academy was "broken up" until 1870. JUDGE, COUNSEL, .ND JURY AT THE MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Middlesex Sessions is occasionally a lively place. There were two very pleasant " scenes " there on Friday. The Assistant-Judge, Sir William Bodkin, had before him Charles Emmett, indicted for assaulting James Maloney It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor lives at 22, Little Wild-street, and about a fortnight ago, on a Saturday, he went into a public-house to light his pipe, when the prisoner accused him of having insulted him, which he denied, and left the place. He was followed to the street, where ho was struck and knocked down, and became insensible. A police-constable proved that he saw the prisoner strike the prosecutor, and knock him down, and his head came in contract with the kerbstone. The prosecutor was conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, being then in an insensible state, having a fracture of the check bone, and upper jaw, and one of his teeth was knocked out. Three pieces of the jaw had since come out, and he was still under medical treatment. A witness was called for the defence, who said there were about half a dozen men outside the public-house, that the prosecutor came up and struck the prisoner, and knocked his hat off, and then ran away down Great Wild-street and the prisoner after him. The prosecutor then fell and struck his head against the kerb. Ay did not see any blow struck, but merely saw him fall with his head in the way he had described. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.—The Judge : Do you think the man struck himself ?—The Foreman : We consider it was an accident. We believe the witness for the defence, who was upon his oaths.—The Judge: On what ground do you say you find your verdict of Not Guilty? --The Foreman : On account of the provocation the pri soner received in being asked for money, and on his refusing to comply, having his hat knocked off.—The Judge : Do you believe everybody who is upon his oath ? Exercise your common sense, gentlemen, and reconsider your verdict —The . jury then consulted together, and seemed to hesitate.---The Foreman : We have exercised our common sense, and we think it a very unusual thing for a judge to chal lenge the verdict of a jury. -The Judge: It is on your re sponsibility.—The Foreman: We adhere to our verdict, and we say that the prisoner is not guilty.—The prisoner : I claim the verdict.—The Judge: After the remarks which have pasted, you had better leave the box and retire to the other court,--The Foreman : As your lordship pleases. The jury then quitted the box, and a fresh jury was sworn for the trial of the other cases. At a later period of the day the Assistant Judge called up the prosecutor, and said he had been cruelly used and greatly injured. It was in the power of the court to make him some compensation, and he should order him to receive £2 in addition to his expenses. Meanwhile, in the " other court," a little squabble, just as unseemly was taking place. Charlotte Foster was in dicted, before Mr. Fayne, for stealing five boots, value lOs , the property of George Sagrott, and also with assaulting and beating Charlotte Sagrott. Mr. A. B. oily prosecuted ; Mr. Douglas defended the pri soner, who pleaded not guilty. It was alleged that the prisoner went to the prosecutor's shop in company with others, and when they left a pair of boors was missed.--Mr. Douglas cross-examined one of the witnesses, who answered rather cleverly.—The- Judge said he thought the witness was too strong for tho learned counsel—Mr. Douglas (warmly): Is that a proper observa tion for your lordship to make ? I hope you will refrain from those injudieisl remarks.—Thejudge: I merelysaid— Mr. Douglas : I say it is an observation which you have no right at all to make, and an observation which I hope you will not repeat. It is most improper to interrupt me when I was cross-examining a witness. It is done to em barrass mc.— The Judge : I don't embarrass you.—Mr. Douglas : It is done for the purpose.—The Judge : I said you were worrying the witness by embarrassing and ques tioning her iu all sorts of ways, and I said—perhaps it was hasty—that she was too strong for you. There was no harm in it.--Mr. Douglas : It was wrong and uncalled for, and most injudicial.—The Judge: I don't think it. --Mr. Douglas : Do you think that the witness ought to be defended ? I say it was a most improper observation for your lordship to make.--The Judge : Go on.--Mr. Douglas : Very well ; if you---.—The Judge : I will not say another word about it until you have finished.--Mr. Dortglas : Will your lordship promise me that 2—The Judge : I will not reply to such an impertinent observa tion.—The case then proceeded.—Mr. A. B. Kelly addressed the jury for the prosecution.—Mr. Douglas then addressed the jury for the prisoner and denied that he had asked one question unnecessarily. —The Judge: I said something about you worrying the prisoner.--Mr. Douglas : I know you did, but was it fair to shut the mouth of a counsel who was the mouthpiece of the priooner?- --Mr. Sawyer (clerk to the county solicitor) came in for Mr. Douglas, to attend some case which was coming on in the other court. While this was going on his loolshio said something which the reporter did not catch. Mr. Douglas : I dare say that was some inuendo.—The Judge : I said you might have gone.---Mr. Douglas: I am ohliged to you, hut I don't choose to do so until I have finished my address.--The Judge : Go on.—Mr. Douglas : My profession imposes a duty upon me, and as a man I have a duty to do.— The Judge: Will you have the kindness to go on? —The jury consulted, and said they were all agreed eocept one.---A juror said he had taken down the whole of the evidence, and he found a discrepancy in that of one of the witnesses, and in this he was borne out by Mr. Douglas.—The Judge : You must take my note of what took place.--Mr. Douglas : He (the juror) knows the evidence, as he has taken it down.--The Judge : He does not. He has got it all wrong. (To the juror): Do you want to ask the witness a question ?--Mr. Douglas : I object to this. The jury must be unanimous.—The Judge: Oh, everybody knows that. Mr. Douglas was about to speak.--The Judge : Sit down, sir; sit down (loudly). Mr. Douglas: Of course, I sit down. The case then proceeded. In the result the jury were locked up, and it was understood that one juror disagreed with the other eleven. The Judge : Then, under the cir cumstances, I shall discharge without giving a verdict, and the prisoner will be tried next sessions in the other court. Very few authors are so fortunate as the Rev. J. Oonyngham M`Causland, rector of Clonmore, near Drog heda. This gentleman is the author of a treatise on a Jew ish subject, entitled "The Hope of Israel." The pamphlet came under the notice of Mr. Peabody, who, in consideration of the "pleasure" whioh its perusal gave him, has bo qu eat bed to Mr. 31.Causland the sum of £2,000. THE WILL OF THE LATE MARQUIS OF WEST mixsTER.—Mr. Storey, barrister, of Overton, Torquay, assures us, " on the best authority," that nearly the whole of the late Marquis's Dorsctsbire estated is entailed on Lord Richard Grosvenor under his late father's will, sub ject only to his mother's (the dowager marchioness's) life interest in that estate ; and that during his mother's life time, Lord Richard Grosvenor will, in addition to the annuity also giveh to him by the will—viz., £2,000 a year now, and £I,OOO a year if ho marries—enjoy by arrange -' nt with his mother a considerable portion of the Dorset ire estate--an arrangement which the will has left the dowager marchioness entirely free to carry out.— Western 3-forniny News. AN OFFICIAL QUARREL IN TIIE UNITED STATES. -4t is stated by the American papers that a quarrel has sprung up between the Legislature of the new territory at Wyoming and Governor Campbell. No one seems to understand what it is all about, but if we may judge from the following account given by the correspondent of the Chicago Tribune at Cheyenne of the governor's first appear ance before the people of Wyoming, his position does not appear altogether comfortable :—" The Governor and hie suite," we are told, " arrived at Cheyenne late in the week, and on the following Sunday these gentlemen, as was their custom, appeared in their best clothes and long faces." The Governor inquired if there were services, and was informed by a citizen that they "didn't do that sort of thing out there much." On further inquiry his excellency learned there was " a sort of meetin'-house " up town, but it was not used often, " though they had spiled one of the best lots in the city to build it." Soon after breakfast a com mittee called on the governor, and informed him that there was to bo a big Sunday " Loss race," and they would like to have him to act as judge. The governor declined, bowed the committee out, and they at once held a con sultation, when it was unanimously agreed that, as th' governor did not like 'boss racin', they would arrange a prize-fight ; and the chairman returned and addressed his excellency thus :—" I say, guvnor, we have konklocded not to have a boss race, but to hey a prize-fight, and would like you to judge it." The governor again declined, with thanks ; upon which the committee retired in high dud on. All day long committees kept calling, inviting the g(ivei nor to twit-races, il' -fights, cockpits, and. other Sun Ly games peculi a t lie- frontier, when at length, i r worn out and di sg; A c il, his ea coilency put on his hat, and, accompanied by 'him eta if, w,!k0.1. out to stroll about the city and escape annoyance. Going above the town. the party entered a g:aveyard, and was su rpr i se d 4-.0 notice only a few gravestones put up, whil e s large number of boots were seen sticking -,ut of the ground. The governor inquired what it meant, and a citizen explained tc; him that when a man was hung 'ny the vigilantes they burial Lira so as to have the feet sticking out, while only tj2,4: who died naturally were `rnried in the regular w:y aTk4l twilled to gravestones The governor gave a look at the many boot-soles sticking op all around him, and then at the scattered head boards, and with a shake of his head left the place, evidently not favourably impressed with the peaceful and orderly character of tho People Ike Lad come to preside over' .»,0..~ ~,s/ 6711)11 tit . ' ,,5 , ,--_:-'`," - . 1 :7- -'-''' #ll rilattYll HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1 0 . Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. LATEST INTELL MENCS (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dec. 10. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PEIcEs. Gold closed at 123 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 124; the lowest, 123. Sterling Exchange on London 108}• 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1151• 1885 ll3i. " 1867 ll6l. 10-40 « Illinois l34k• Erie 261. Cotton—Mid. upland 2sla• Petroleum—Standard White 32ie• Flour, extra state, $5.20c. to $5.80c. Cora, ° II mixed, $1.12c. According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co 2° report the week's receipts of cotton at all ports have been 100,000 bales, and since the Ist °E September 1,007,000 bales; shipments to Engla ud ' 40,000 bales ; to France, 6,000 bales ; to the Continent, 14,000 bales ; and since the Ist SePt•+ 510,000 bales. Stock, 310,000 bales. Middling, llid., cost and freight per steamer. QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 11 . The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Cuba, fro' New York, arrived here at 4.30 this morning, wi til 23 cabin passengers. She landed all the Twi ll ' passengers, and telegrams, and proceeded for Liverpool at 4.45. All well. SPAIN. MADRID, DM 1 0 . In to-day's sitting of the Cortes a bill, granting_ _ pecuniary aid to those persons who were exiles before the late revolution,was rejected bY .l° l against 74 votes, not w ithstanding that the propo 3 was supported by the Government. politicals 871-ITE OF TRADE. MiricllEsTEß, Dec. 10.—The market for ship ping 3 eras has been very steady to-day, with a fair amount of business doing. For cop yarns for the home trade the market is fully better than that of Tuesday, buyers being willing to give the prices then quoted to a moderate extent. On Wednes day and Thursday our cloth market underwent no change from Tuesday so far as demand was con cerned, and quotations, for reasons sufficiently stated in late reports, continued to be rather firmly adhered to, but there seemed to be a ge neral feeling that some cause for weakness in prices was impending, and that when business was resumed buyers would be able to place their orders at something like the rates prevailing a week or ten days ago. This impression has been in a great measure dispelled to-day, owing to a d_- eided accession of firMuess and even animation i ► the market. There has been a revival, especially in the demand for shirting's for early delivery. The business has not been large, but the market may be quoted as closing with great firmness. LEICESTER, Dec. 10th.—Trade generally is un usually dull. There has been no activity in the wool market on account of people preparing for stock. taking. Prices remain firm, especially for lustre sorts, which are, if anything, the most in request. In worsted yarns there is really no thing doing, this trade being exceptionally flat even for this usually dull month. Many of the manufacturers are stock-taking in anti cipation of the last week in the year, which is the usual time here. Much machinery is standing, and many hands are out of work. A few small pur chases have been made in lambs'-wool goods and underclothing for immediate wants. No improve ment is expected, as the London and M anc h es t er warehouses are preparing for stock-taking. Consi derable improvement is reported in the heather and fancy cotton branches, and some good orders have been taken. Th e plain cotton hosiery trade of Hinckley is also improved ; nevertheless, manufac turers still have full stock-rooms. The undecided state of the cotton market operates against buyers desirous of placing their orders. The elastic web trade still continues in a very depressed state. Many hands are out of employ, and much distress will be experienced this Christmas. There is little doing in boots and shoes ; orders are very scarce, and only for sorting stocks. All factories are on short time. Leather is dull of sale, and easier in price for quantities. RAILTVAY TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending Dec. 5 amounted, on 13,569 miles, to £750,624, and for the correspond ing week in 1868, on 13,414 miles, to £725,635, showing an increase of 155 miles, and of £24,989. The gross receipts on 14 of the principal rail ways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week, on 9,895 miles, to £627,926, and for the cor responding week last year, on 9,754 miles, to £606,539, showing an increase of 141 miles and of £21,387. The increase on the Caledonian amounted to £679 ; on the Great Eastern to £682 ; on the Great Western to £2,053 ; on the. London and North Western to £3,338 ; on the London and South Western to £747 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £245 ; on the Midland to £5,671 ; on the North British to £2,106 ; on the North-Easternito £8,255 ; and on the Soath- Eastern to £69—total £23,845 ; but from this must be deducted £747, the decrease on the Great Northern, £23 on the Great Southern and Western, £9lO on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and £778 on the London, Brighton, and South Coast, leaving the increase, as above, £21,387. The receipts for the goods traffic on the above companies' lines amounted for the week to £402,172, and for the corresponding week last year to £378,539, showing an increase of £23,633. The passengers, parcels, &c., traffic on those lines amounted to £225,754, and for the corresponding week of 1868 to £228,000, showing a decrease of £2,246. The receipts on the 52 other lines in the United Kingdom amounted, on 3,674 miles, to £122,698, and for the corresponding week last year, on 3,660 miles, to £119,096, showing an increase of 11 miles and of £3,602. The total receipts for the week show a decrease of £9,632, as c,anpared with those of the preceding week, ending the 28th of November. BREAKFAST.— EPPS's COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND CoNI FORTING.—r he very agreeable character of this prepata tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazelle remarks : —" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the flue properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES EPPS and Co.,llomcoopathic Chemists, London. THE CAPE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 11, 11 a.m. The Union Company's steamer Dane, from th e . , Cape of Good Hope, has arrived. She brings passengers and 34 saeks of mails. There has been a terrific south-east gale at the Cape, causing a large loss of life and property. News from the diggings state that more diamonds and minerals have been discovered. FRANCE. BoußsE, Dec. 10.—Three o'clock—The mar l " ' closed as follows : 4 per Cent. End of mouth.,. It&Fan Fives 54 8° 3 per Cent End of month_ 72 90 Ottoman Loan ... 3 3 ° Credit Mobilier 212 50 Do. Debt... 94 '- Transatlantic 242 50 Spanish Threes ... 26 Credit Foncier - 1650 Home Debt...... Paris Gas 1627 50 Deferred ......... RAILWAYS, Cash. Orleans ... 960 Western Northern Strtuburg • • sBlt. Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5974 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 515 POLICE INI ELLIG EN CE.-7hts pay. ---~. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. the BEGINNING EARLY.— Benjamin Haswell, pot lad in f; employ of Mr. Charles Mackay, of the Star and Gar t e " Poland-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with rohbi" his employer. The prosecutor said that he engaged the prisoner 11( Thursday week as potman, and it was part of his duty tct: clean the counter of a morning. Yesterday his servgn,- g on clearing the prisoner's bedroom, found a bundle belopp ing to the prisoner, which contained, amongst othe r thiv ; 14 cigars and a bottle containing rum. On asking th'; prisoner whore he had got them from, he said ih 4t : s t bought the cigars for 6d. of a man in the street, an d t i . o he had purchased the rum ; and on his asking him ,°'-0 he got an empty bottle with his (prosecutor's) 1331130 it, he said that he had taken it to get some hair oil in He then gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and asked to have the e ll° settled at once. hard Mr. Knox committed him for three months Wi th labour. THAMES. "SUCKING TILE MONKEY" IN THE DocKS.- -- W i— ,tit Careless and Joseph Boyle, dock labourers, wor e broll),0 before Mr. Paget charged with drinking wine out Of co illiA l:6 in the St. katherine Dock. Each prisoner was detected with his mouth over t 13ibie, hung-hole of a cask of wine, drinking the wine throug: a tube, and there were others standing by the casks, 619;ng of whom had been drinking wine, and others 104"--f their turn to "suck the monkey," as this description of is called in the docks. Th e t u b e s were tak en fro the prisoners. Bath were saturated with wino. ;‘, Mr. Paget said that these offences were very s er ' - ,, 115 ; and the plunder of wine in the docks entailed a b l e : loss on the dock companies, on merchants, and ° t '' e go The only way to deter others from the commission of LP - 1. :, offences was to inflict the full punishment awarded 1 1 t t o Act of Parliament. It gave him pain to send r ac „%o prison for petty offences in the docks, but there Wn` 10 . help for it if property was to be protected and our c ° t , merce to bo carried on in safety. He had no doubt v b . ° ° 0 over the prisoners had. the tubes in their possessi for the purposes of plunder, and they risked their li b°r l f their characters, and their situations for a littlo ril° l33- tary gratification. For the sake of the labourers thenyi selves it was necessary to inflict severe punishme nts cases of this description. Pecuniary flues and slier" i'',-;13; prisonments had failed, and owing to the deterrninof he had expressed, and which h e was determined t°,c‘qtrbe out in all cases, petty offence; once so numerous 1 a n al docks; had grea.tly'decreased. The suffering in indiaS cases might be great, but the result in the /r b° ;::erl beneficial. He senten c ed eac h p r i son er to be illiP r- 0 , 12 aa one month and kept to hard labour. Ho thought 11 . cO .. very desirable to ha ve p r i n t e d no ti c es affixed in consPdtsci ous places in all th e d oc ks, t o warn the many tlions 3/5 labourers employed there of what the law was- a a st• Mr. Mumford, superintendent of the Londo n Katherine Dock police, said the suggestion of the --,„a trate was carried out a few months ago in the Docks'i; 0 that he would convey his Worship's recomme ndt t - 0° the directors and secretary of the dock coreP ll3 . l :, io; need scarcely add that the loss of wines and sp irits ' to the use of tubes, had been very great. WESTMINSTER. ate of St. A LAZY PAUPER.—John Kettle, a pauper '0; Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea, was charged w ith Deg r- d • t el n , to perform a task of work appoi n ted by the in 701.0-01'01_ of the Poor of St. Luke's, Ch e l sea , an d further ing 11b. of oakum, the property of the guardians. George Cannon, th e l a b our master an d porter, 63 m 1 1 , of tasked the pauper's down'yestorday morning w ith oakum, and in th e evening prisoner picke d 141 b. day , b adly, and had dest ro y e d or burned 11b. lie had tea dt o last week for a s i m il ar offence, but he and others seenleollti desire to set the authority of the guardians at defian ce ' pick as little as they could. Prisoner said he left the oakum under the seat. ? Mr. Selfo asked him why he had not picke d more Prison e r sa id h e was ill, and could not work. Cannon —The surgeon certifies that ho is ablebe" 14. Prisoner— I'v e got pains iu the loins, and am roPt n clo os Mr. Selfc—l gave you warning last week, and it tea not seem to do you an y goo d. You are sentenced to days' imprisonment. 111A1?KETS.—'1his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTO Dec. 11.—S a l es probably 12,000 bale N . s. The 111 steady. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, R AIt E, AND V•A i r, al° are the properties of Lacliplou,gh's Pyret i c Saline, cur:salits worst headaches, sickness, skin, or billiary affections. FlO palatable and invigorating. Sold by all Chemists.._ DI 0 COMI At the doing (xc( which beg the change there is a 1 the only f( Sham are day's closi Constructs and price better, at at 121 to: The ma] Five-Twel issue, 841 the Ten-F, 201, and I The trat ant, and tl 103. in Lo: 471 ; Lon( to 5927 L London, f: prem. ; C Austrian, and Agra A consit l'elegraph Illaintenau bargains become les; being :►n ii Cable is can is also in at fl to 1 Anglo-Me( A. fair b Securities, Five per I Zealand Six per C Cents., 111 114 to 115 is steady, 114; Gem tional Fina . The ha foreign sto( day") and The am day was £7 The Sile in specie. The stew in specie fi lars, viz., gold, £BO £26,600 ; £5,585 ; S silver, £l,l A coma change by Railway C inform you the ensuing during the tion to the of a divide] company a of income We are cheater, ha pears Assn] Letters tion in Ba Michelson houseman. £20,000. pression o abroad. At the r Steam Na. , dared of come tax. that, althc considerat time sine( goods can satisfactor At an Company passed in the undert French cl pointtnent as liquidat The Bc of the At which Mt yesterday interested. been take: viously an Chadwick tions, whi if success! as to coin The repor committee