The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

SIT,N,',,,.,LOND'ON: MONDAY EVENING,?' ...-.••••01.1.46.4••••.........r..............- back as if it had been a bar of wood, bending my breast against (the taffratl and lifting me over the side. I clung to the ninon , with my hands, and made up mind that I would' let myself be car ried away by the next wave. I found I was able to keep swimming, and the waves towards the shore helped me. In about 40 minutes I had reached within a few yards of the rocks. Here my danger, instead of lemening, was increased, as there were sharp rocks in front, as well as others laid bare in the trough of the sea, on which I ran risk of being dashed, while I could make no headway, ,as the wave that swept me in swept me back again with resistless force. At last a rope was thrown, which I unfortunately missed, but caught next throw, and was drawn through the surge. There was yet a gully between the rocks and the mainland, which I had to cross, and down this a strongcurrent was running. I entered it, but the rope gave way and I was swept down by the current and was on the point of being again cast amidst breakers, when I managed to lay hold of a jutting rock, and kept hold of it till 1 was drawn out by the people on shore. I then learned that the sea succeeding the one which carried me off swept away three of my companions, whom I believe to have been Robert Campbell, Captain Paton, and Caddis the fireman. When the next wave that dashed over the stern had passed away the other four men—viz., James Sp e ncer (the mate), J. M air ( second mate), W. Lawson, and Israel Muir, had also disappeared, and when the tide bad gained its height not a ves tige of the stern was to be seen. Only thre3 of the bodies those of Macmillan, Caddis, and the stew ardess, had been recovered when left." tary stores from Woolwich to Bermuda, the Storm. Nymph for Malta, an 4 the Swanley to ship ammu nition for Jamaica. THE ARMY. His Rc Highness the General Commanding in-Chief, caused the following general order to be issued on Saturday last respecting the admission of the orph an sons of officers of the Army, Royal Navy, an-d Royal Marines into the class of Queen's cadets at the Royal Military College, accompanying which are the regulations necessary to be complied with previous to admission at the college : " GENERAL ORDER. "Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 5, 1858. " Her Majesty having been pleased to approve of the accompanying . regulations for the free admission into the Royal Military College of the orphan sons of officers as Queen's cadet, his Royal Highness Abe General Com manding-in-Chief has tie satisfaction of promulgating the same to the army. " The Queen's cadets are to be the eons of officers who have fallen in action, or who have died of wounds received in action, or who have died of disease con tracted on service, and have left their families in re duced circumstances. " It will be seen that the number of cadets in all is 20, and those from the army are limited to 15, the remaining five being reserved for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. " It is his Royal Highness's desire, in the considera tion to be given to the numerous applicants, to select the most deserving. " With this especial object in view, his Royal High ness requests that in the case of an officer dying under the circumstances which render his son eligible for ad mission as a Queen's cadet commanding officers will, with the least possible delay, transmit to the Military Secretary a written statement according to the annexed form, showing the several particulars required. " The statement to be signed by the commanding offi cer, to be forwarded to the Military Secretary at the Horse Guarde, is to contain the rank and name of the deceased officer, whether he has fallen in action, died of wounds seceivel in action, or died of disease contracted on service, and has left his family in reduced circum stances. Any circumstances within the commanding officer's knowledge, affording information with regard to the deceased officer's family relations, are also to be given. "It is also desirable that any circumstences within the commanding officer's knowledge, affording informa tion with regard to the officer's family relations, should be stated. The data thus obtained will be the means of enabling his Royal Highness to make the best selection of candi dates, and thereby render this boon as beneficial to the army as possible. "By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. "G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General, " Regulations for the Admission of the Orphan Sons of Officers of the Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Marines into the Class of Queen's Cadets, at the Royal Military College. "1, These cadetship, of which there are 20 in all, are confined to the sons of officers of the army, Royal navy, and Royal marines who have fallen in action, or have died of wounds received in action, or of diseases contracted on active service, and who have left their families in reduced circumstances " Gentlemen cadets on this class are educated gra tuitously. "The nominations, with the concurrence of the Secre tary of State for War, are made by the Commander-in- Chief for the Army, in the proportion of 15 cadetships, and by the First Lord of the Admiralty for the Navy and Marines, in that of five cadetships, to whom applica tions are to be made. "2. No candidate can be admitted under the age of 15, nor above that of 17. "A baptismal certificate under the hand of the cler gyman of the parish where he was born, if in the United X.ingdom, or if the candidate was born abroad, such proofs respecting his age as may be satisfactory, must be tranernitted with the application for admission. " 3. In a case where the services of the father and the circumstances of the family are deemed such as to con stitute a claim, a candidate, ineligible for immediate admission on account of his not having attained the proper age, but being a promising youth, may, at the discretion of the Secretary of State for War, be allowed an addition to the compassionate allowance with the especial view of promoting his education until he is eligible for admission into the college. " 4. Testimonials of conduct in the following form must be produced frogs every master under whose tuition a candidate may have been during the three years ice mediately preceding his admission into college. " Ido hereby certify that was under my care and instruction from the day of 18 ,to the day of 18 ; and that during that period I had ri & son to be satisfied with his general conduct and application to his studies, as shown in the accompany ing papers relating thereto. " And I further declare that I never knew him to be guilty of any disgraceful misconduct whatever ; that his moral conduct, in my opinion, : justifies every hOpe that he will grow up truthful and honourable ; and that he was not removed from my care in consequence of any misconduct.' " Such certificate iu this form must also be attested and signed by the mother or other near relative of the youth, as follows : " 'I certify to the authenticity of the above testimo nial.' " 5. No cand.date can be admitted into the Royal Mi litary College who labours under any difficulty of articu lation, or under any other bodily or organic defect which may appear to incapacitate him for military service. " 6. A declaration is required whether or net the can didata has had the smallpox or cowpox, and whether be has had the measles sod scarlatina. Vaccination is per formed at the institution, but it is desirable that it should have been performed previously to admission. "7. Every gentleman cadet is at first admitted en a probate of 12 months; and if his conduct during any part of that period should be such as to render it obvious that his longer stay would be either hurtful to the institution or unprofitable to himself he will be removed from the college. "8. The following qualifications are required from every candi late for admission : " I. In English, to wrete from dictation. " 11. In arithmetic, he must be acquainted with the first four rules, simple and compound, and vulgar and decimal fix:Alone. 111, In algebra, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divi,ion. " IV. In languages, either in Lathe; French, or Ger man, to parse and translate a passage in some standard author, to be selected by the examiners. " V. In Geography, be must have a knowledge of the countie-, chief towns, and rivers of England, Scotland, and Ireland. " VI. He will be required to pilot the ordinary Re man character and italics with neatness and facility. "9. In conformity with the royal warrant, dated May 27, 1803, all gentlemen cadets are subject to the articles of war, and to such other rules and regulations as are or may be from time to time established for the mainte nance of good order and discipline. " 10. A weekly allowance of pocket-money, at the discretion of the lieutenant-governor, is received by each cadet, tot exceeding for an under officer 3s. 6d per week; for a cadet in the upper school, 2s. 63. per week ;and for a gentleman cadet in the lower school, 24. per week ; exclusive of the addition for good conduct operations. "This weekly allowance is provided fur the Queen's cadet by the liberality of the public ; no money is therefore to be sent to him between the vacation.. "The nature and discipline of the establishment require that these roles be strictly complied with ; ani it is requested that no debt contracted by a cadet with any tradesman in the vicinity of the college may be paid, as ouch a practice would be highly prejudicial to the indi vidual himself and to the institution, and would lead to severe censure. " 11.• The Queen's cadets to whom it would be a boon to remain at the college during the vacations, in conse quence of having no friends to receive them, are per mitted to do so, with the sanction of the Secretary of State for War. " 12. The period at present allowed to complete a young gentleman's education at the junior department of the Royal Military College is four years, which may be reduced in proportion to the age on admission to not lass than two years for young men passed 16 years of age at that time. " 13. With a view to the advantage of the service, and as an encouragement to young gentlemen educated at the Royal Military College, and a stimulus to their exertions, commissions in the army are given to all thoee passing examinations before the collegiate board, held twice a year for that purpose, who are recommended to the Commander-in-Chief; but although these commis sions, given by the Crown as the reward of application, can be obtained only in the way above stated, it is open notwithstanding to any young gentleman Attlee college to enter the army in the usual way, unless the com mander-in-Chief shall see cause to defer his admix-:ion into the service in consequence of his conduct being represented unfavourably in the reports called for from the governor of the college. " 14. When application is made to the Commander in-Chief for a commission in the army for a young gentle men who is at the Royal Military College, the Corn rnander-in-Chiet has directed that it may be so stated, otherwise the appointment (even though it may a ppeared in the Gazette) will be cancelled. " 15. is the Commander-in-Chief's particular corn mend that any gentleman cadet who may be discovered to use or to have in his possession any species of firearms or who shall be guilty of poaching upon private property with dogs, ferrets, or snares, or who shall be engaged in baiting of animals, shall be immediately removed from the college ; and the Commander-in-Chief has farther required the Governor specially t o report suc h i n di v iduals. " 16. No perquisites or presents of any kind are re ceived by the professors, or by any other person belong ing to the college, from either the gentlemen cadets or their hy :s , th paper friends.e7 . parent whi c h i s eu l i j i i ne d i s t o b e signed t or guardian of th e can did a t e , by st born must be produ ce d w h en h e at t en d s f o r exami nation ; and no candidate can be received into the c ollege un less he is accompanied by a par en t, guardian, or some other responsible person, to comply with the regulations of the college on his behalf." • " * CERTIFICATE.—These are to certify that I have attentively considered the regulationg for the admission o f Queen's cadets into the Royal Military College, and am willing to abide by them ; and I promise most une quivocally to remove my son or ward during the vacs dons unless otherwise ordered.—(The parent or guardian to sign,) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 9. MANSION-HOUSE.—John White, a well dressed young men, traveller to Messrs. Coulson and Son, linen manufacturers, of 6, Tower-street West, was brought before the Lord Mayor by Huggitt, the detective officer, charged with em bezzling the moneys of his employers. Mr. J. Thresher, salesman to Messrs. Taylor, carpet warehousemen of Oxford-street, said—We deal with the prosecutors. On the 29th September last I paid the prisoner on their account the cheque produced for 131. 10s., and he gave me the receipt at the foot of the invoice. The cheque has been returned to us from our bankers as paid. Mr. W. Coulson, one of the prosecutors, said— The prisoner was in our service as traveller, and it was his duty to obtain orders and receive money from customers on our account. He ought to have accounted to me for the cheque produced for 1314 108., but has not done so. The Lord Mayor—Have you reason to believe that you have other charges to prefer against him ? Witness—Yes, my Lord ; I wish the prisoner to be remanded, in order that we go through our books. J. Huggitt—l took the prisoner into custody last night, and told him I charged him with embezzling two sums of money belonging to his employers. I mentioned a cheqUe for 141. 10„4., and another for W. 17s. He said, " The cheque for ill. 17s. is right ; the other is 31. 10s." On the road to the station-house he said to me, " It's a bad job, Mr. Huggitt ; it would be no use to me to deny my guilt ; this has occurred through my keeping bad company, and I shall plead guilty to the charge." The prisoner was remanded. Charles White, a young fellow who is believed to have been in custody on a previous occasion, was charged with the following impudent robbery : J. Clinch—l am shopman to Messrs. Newell, hosier and glover, of 62, Leadenhall-street. Last night I saw the prisoner deliberately walk off with the coat and chair produced from the street door of my master. The coat was strapped to the chair at the time. He ran away with them as fast as he could, but I overtook him and gave him into cus tody. The value of the articles is 1/. 2s. 6d. George Lane, constable 658, said that the prisoner when given into his custody, made a desperate effort to get away from him. The prisoner, who admitted his guilt, was re manded for the purpose of being brought up in petty sessions. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknowledge the receipt of a cheque for 101. from le Salters' Company for the poor-box. MARLBOROUGII-STREET.—Assaurr BY AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY.—Colonel George Grenfell was brought up on a warrant, charged with two as saults, under the following circumstances : Mr. Dyer, of 90, Regent-street, jeweller and watchmaker, said that the defendant, a day or two ago, had purchased a silver watch at his shop. The watch was brought back again to be regulated, and the defendant took it away on Friday. An hour afterwards he returned with it and said it bad stopped, and that he must have his money back. The complainant told him be would make it per form correctly, or he would exchange it, but he refused to give back the money. Upon this the defendant struck him on the face with his hand. The complainant told his shopman, to shut the door and call a policeman, whereupon the defendant struck his shopman a severe blow with his fist, and got away out of the shop. The defendant said that the complainant had war ranted the watch which he had bought for keeping good time. He had given 61. for it. The watch, had, however, stopped four times. He took it back to be set to rights, and it stopped again within an hour after he had it. Ho therefore demanded the return of his money, and told the complainant he had no faith in his watches, and would not have any other in exchange. The complainant called him a madman, and he and his man got round him, when he just touched him lightly. They again came round him, and tried to prevent his leaving the shop, so he knocked the shopman down, and loft the shop. He hoped the magistrate would dis pose of the case at once, as he was ordered by the Government to Buenos Ayres, and was to leave town that night. The complainant admitted that the watch might have stopped, but it was a very good one for the money, and he would make it go correctly if he were allowed time. Mr. Bingham said this assault was neat of a very serious nature, but complainant had certainly made out his case, so be should fine the defendant 108. and costs. The colonel pail the money, and added it. for the poor-box. M ARYLEBONE. —CHARGE OF FORGERY. —Mr. John Horton, an undertaker, ttc., carrying on busi ness in South-street, Manchester-square, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having forged acceptances to bills. From the evidence, which was not gone into at much length, it appeared that Selina Short, who had resided in York-buildinn New-road, died, and that the prisoner was employed to conduct the fune ral. For his expenses he received a bill from Mr. Randal, Welbeck-stree',, Cavendish-square, the said bill, which purported to bear the name of deceas son as the indorser, turned out to be a forgery. t h e e re a d bs u en p e o e n, of b n ut ec o e n ss ly ary partially pro- The amount of the bill was 281 . Other cases of witnesses. The prisoner was remanded fo r a week. f ee r e g d e e r d y w w i in e nt William Soames, the landlord of Arms beer-shop, Alpha-place, Caledonian- CLERKENWELL.—DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF before Mr. Tyrwhitt, in answer to a A-tarrNkera.edu out by the police, which charged his house unlaw l f a u a l t ly , tohpeesnamfoer nottlie A rs theonPa, summons 1 aLI. appsoip c i l a: l A t having gfreshment of travellers. wakel i n g , solicitor, appeared for the him beini;. with fjoro h ht h a n v e dspelfeeioldfabnete.r on Sunday morning Police-constable 523 N said that on Sunday morn along with something passingclh, im the ed man askerd replied h ing last he w as on duty near the defendant's house, an d when in the Crescent-avenue, about half - past il under his arm . He stopped whenh " Nothing ;" but upon looking into th e j ug h e per ceived it was be er. On cross - ex amination by Mr. Wake ling , the con e, had he got caw under a man thot stab'e admitted that the jug was covered over with some meat and a cloth, and that he was not certain as to whether it was beer or ale that was in thejug, or whether the liquor was black or white, but ho thought it was black. behaved in a very rough way Wakeling, in an able speech, said that this was a case got up by the police, and was wholly in a manner which was quite without foundation. The policeman, when he He was sure that when his worship heard the evidence for the defence he would dismiss the summons, and also caution the constable hoW t stoppedtowards him, unjustifiable.ht h i m e , I I' and an , he acted for the future. There was no foundation for the police had visited the house only a few him. He then m i nu tes before, and the defendant who was out at a painter ll sc e e l t o lii d e ie t d ime, ha,dthe keys of the bar withwCloay , residing in Caledonian cre stated that on S un d ay morn i ng last he Henry h il was passing through the Crescent avenue having a jug under his arm, which had on the top of it a piece of meat, the whole being covered over with a cloth. The policeman stopped him, and telling him that be had spirits about him, pulled him about in a shameful manner, and dragged him to the defen dant's house, and beckoning the defendant's daugh ter, who was standing at a window down stairs, accused her of serving him with la.er. The police man nearly pulled him in half. (Laughter.) What 113 ha 1 in the jug was a little bitter ale, which he had obtained from his brother for a sick female in the house. Airs. Frances Sheriff said she followed the last witness from the butcher, and was certain t hat he did not go on the same side of the way as the defen dant's house is situate. She also spoke to the pole pulling the man about. r, Wakeling said he had other witnesses, but m". Tyr what said it was not nec.-ssary, and it was certainly no offence for a man to be cirrying beer on a Sunday morning. After cautioning the policeman, and telling him to be more careful for the future how he brought such cases before him, he dismissed the summons. ,ve .....—..- LAMBETH. AN --AIELANCHOLY CONSEQUENCES OF a n omnibus driver, INTEMPERINCE. who has been in custod y for —Sarah Bennett, the wife of a week, oil a charge of wilfully throwing h e r daughter, M ar y B e nnett, a girl of sixteen yea rs of ar.r(s, down stairs, by which the latter re or ived such injuriei on her head that it is impos3iblo she can n3cover, and her death is hourly expected, was placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton. Mr. Smithers, the master of Catnberwell work hous-, where the unfortunate sufferer lies, attended, and handed to the magistrate the following ingclicil cartiticate of the present state of the poor girl,:— " I hereby certify that Maryßennett is btill very ill, and has lost the sight of her right eye in conse quence of disease going on iu the brain. " THOS. K. KING, Surgeon. " Camberwell, Jan. 6, 1858." Io addition. Mr. Smithers, in reply to a question from Mr. Norton, said the poor girl was sinking as fast as she eoald, and that a few days must ter minate her suTerings. On hearing this, Mr. Norton remanded the pri g sonar for another week. JEALOUSY IND TUE KNlFE.—Arthur Taylor, a NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, The Ayr Advertiser gives a narrative compiled from the statement of John Lyon, one of the two survivors of this ill-fated steamer, of the circum stances attending the wreck. Mr. Lyon says : " I went below about half-past 12 o'clock on Sun day morning, when the steamer was midway be tween the Mull of Galloway and the Point of Ayr. At that time everything was going on well ou deck, although we had had a. very rough passage. At ball-past four o'clock our watch was again called by William Lawson, and I went on deck and found the morning dark, wet, and stormy. James Watt was steering; and in a minute or two Lawson cried out, 0, men, bear a hand up, or the ship'll be ashore 1' The second mate said Dear me, and us keeping so good a watch?' I then perceived high land and a light on our port-quarter. I asked what light it was, and Mair, the second mate, said it must be the Calf of Man. I said, This is a stupid job," and called out to Watt to heave the helm hard a-port, with the view of running the ye eel out to sea. The steamer was at this time going at the rats of 8 or 9 knots an helix; and I feel confi dent that had the helm been kept a port, we would have got safely out to s-a. The captain, however, at this time went astern, and, apparently confused at finding us in such sudden peril, told the helms man to keep his helm hard a-starboard. In a few minutes after this the vessel struck, stern on, on a sunken rock off Nharbyl Point, about a quarter of a mile from the mainland. On the first alarm the stewardess rushed on deck in her night-clothes. An ,attempt was made to launch the quarter boat, into which the boy M‘Guffie and the stewardess had gone; but one of the seamen having cut through the after-tackle, the stern fell, and the boy was precipi tated into the sea, and was never seen again. Miss Cameron we succeeded in bringing on deck. I feel persuaded that no small boat could have lived for a moment in such a sea. After beating on the rock for about twenty-five minutes—every sea rais ing the vessel several feet, and bringing her down again with a thump when it retired—sha parted in two, when her bow canted to the port side, and disappeared in deep water. As the captain, David B o lie, and J.,llies Camelly, were not seen after tei., 1 believe they must hate g me down with the bows. Eleven of tie were new lett on the stern quarter, out of these, James Watt, Macmillan (the chief engi neer), both of whom had provided themselves with life-buoys, and the stewardess, were soon swept away—Watt alone reaching the shore alive. Myself "Tle} Vett other s,,ea.n swvivors clung to the stern for -upwards of two hours, and at every sweep the sea made over, each looked anxiously around to see whetherany, of his companions were swept a wa y . Most oriny companions were in great distress of mind, h6oe having apparently entirely deserted them. They a t times cried loudly for help—acid their shrieks,. as well as those of the poor ste wat d ss off, before she was wasstill ring in my ears. but though the shore was crowded with they had boats, all hope frompeople, and sea was raging, and the rocks was . vain. The man re irregular and high, end no boat could have li w ve e w d h a minute iu the boiling surge. Captain Paton, me, and who remained comparati o vely was e i lose to the shore, resigned, said—' If you ever reach John, remember me to my poor wife and daughter for I an old man, and have little hope of being saved. I then cast off my sea boots and oilskin le(taing', retaining nothing on my limbs but my l wide canvass trousers. I would have taken off these too, but was afraid of being washed away in the act, before I got clear of them. I then took off my waistcoat and threw it high over the stern, as a signal to the people who crowded the shore. Hardly was this done, when a ter rible sea came surging up the incline of the deck towards the stern, and struck me on the The following is an outline of the service of the late Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Murray Mackenzie, of the Bengal Horse Artillery : Commissioned as second lieutenant Dec. 11, 1828. Appointed to Horse Artillery Dec., 1831. Escorted his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, Sir H. Fane, on his visit, in 1837, to the Maharajah Run jest Singh, In 1838 escorted the late Sir William M'Naghteu to the Court of Lahore. Volunteered for service with the army of the Indus. In charge of 4th Troop, 3d Brigade, on its march from Can dahar to Cabul ; also from Cabul to Bamean, ac:oss the highest range of the Hineico Koosh, with the whole of his ordnance equipment, notwithstanding the alleged and real difficulties which it was ex pected would prove insurmountable to the advance of the troops. Commanded the Artillery, under Brigadier Dennie, C. 8., at Bamean, on the 18th Sept. in the total defeat of t he Ameer Dust Ma homed Khan, at the head of an Affghan. and Uzbeg force. Brigade-Major, of the artillery division of the army of Sutlej at the battle of Moodkee on the 18th, and at Ferozeshah on the 21st and 22d Dec. 136eade-Major of the Ist Horse Artillery Brigade of the army of the Sutlej, and attached to the Rocket Battery at the Battle of Sobraon. Favour ably mentioned in their respective despatches by Brigadier Brooke, C. 8., and Brigadier Gowen, C. 8., successively commanding the artillery on the above occasions. Honourably mentioned in the public despatches of Lord Gough. Received a medal and two clasps for Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and So braon. • and also a medal and clas p for Mooltan and Goojerat. Lieut.-Colonel Mackenzie's commis sions bore date as follows :-2d Lieutenant, 12th December, 1828 ; Ist Lieutenant, 11th October, 1837 ; Brevet Captain, 12th December. 1843 ; Cap tain, 29th December, 1846 • Brevet-Major, 30th Dec., 1846 ; Brevet Lieut.-dol e 20th June, 1850. Was most severely wounded in the left arm on the ' 16th Dec., 1853, while superintending field officer of the artillery practice at Agra. In May, 1855, the arm was amputated above the elbow. Com manded the mounted branch of Gen. Sir Archdale Wilson's army on the advance on Delhi, leading it at the two battles on the Hindun, in the words of a distinguished eye-witness "with unsurpassing gal lantry," at that of Gazzeeoodeennugge tunede 30th May, three of the five heavy guns capr fell to the share of Col. Mackenzie's column, on which oc casion Gen. Wilson expressed himself well pleased. During the siege of Delhi commanded the Horse Artillery, of which five troops were present. He had also the honour of being appointed by Gen. Wilson superintending field officer of the heavy batteries. While holding these commands, he was on the 2d July severely wounded by a shell from the enemy ; he, however, remained wit h the arm y u ntil after the fall of Delhi, when he was sent to the hills for recovery, but died from the conse quences of the wound, which had never healed, at Simla on the sth Oct. last. In his despatch after the capture of Delhi Sir A. Wilson spoke of him. as " that admiral officer Lieut.-Cul. Murray Macken zie, commanding the Ist Brigade of Horse Artillery —of whose services I have been deprived by a wound which he received when in charge of the heavy batteries at an early stage of our operations." He has left a widow and five young children to la ment his loss just at the moment he would, no doubt, have receive.' some of the highest honours of the profession. Lieut. Kirkland, the commanding officer of the new battalion of the Northumberland sth Fusiliers, stationed at Newcastle and Tynemouth, which now numbers 1,000 bayonets, has received orders to hold the corps in readiness for service. The desti nation ofethe battalion is understood to be Malta, to relieve Alep 71st Highland Light Infantry, under or ders,teeprroceed overland to India. The order for ; the formation of. the battalion arrived in Nov., and l a the full complement of men was made up by the end of the year. Their conduct, both in Newcastle and Tynemouth, has been most exemplary. It is understood to be the intention to raise and organise a special and distinct corps of rifle instruc tors, in order to supply the whole of the regiments and depot battalions with efficient instructors in the use of the Enfield rifle. This course has been de cided upon in s ,nsequence of the awhorities of the War Department having been made aware that one instructor of musketry for each corps is by no means sufficient to carry out the duties attached to the office in an effic'ent manner. The head-quarters and staff of the eerps will, it is expected, be sta tioned at the School of Musketry, Hythe, that esta blishment having succeeded in giving a body of qualified instructors in musketry to the several branches of the service. The corps, there is every i reason to believe, will be formed at once, andordere have been issued from the Horse Guards for raising duly qualified volunteers, commanding officers of regiments and depot battalions having received in structions to give every encouragement to those nen-commissioned officers who may be desirous of offering themselves as candidates, provided they are eligible for service with the proposed corps. Volunteers must not have over 12 nor under 2 year s' service. As soon as the corps is properly organised an additional number of officers and non commissioned officers will be attached to each regi ment and battalion as instructors. The steam yachts forming the Royal marriage squadron at Portsmouth will move in a few days to the Thames. They comprise the Royal State yacht Victoriaand Albert, the Fairy, the Admiralty State yacht Osborne, the Ceracoe 31 gun frigate, the Diadem 32-gun frigate, &sc. The Curacoa wants about 40 men. The Diadem returned from her cruise in the Channel to Spithead yester day. She has been under sail only since she left on Saturday week, and has not put in at any place. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Vulcan, 6, Com mander John Secc3mbe, hauled along Portsmouth Dockyard jetty on Saturday to prepare for the em barkation of troops. We aro happy to state that Captain Casey, R.M. , who made an attempt upon his life on Wednesday night, is not 83 much injured as was at first sup posed. Capt. Casey, we are informed, had suffered for some days at Sheerness from severe ague and fever, audits a fit of d.eliriunajumped out of bed and seized a razor, but by theinterterence of his wife was prevented from inflicting any injury beyond a slight wound. It was, however, considered advi sable that he should be removed to the Naval Hos pital, w here he is II 3 W progressi n g favourably , an d it is expected that he will be able to rejoin his ship in the course of ten days or a fortn;ght. The following steamships are being fitted out for the steam reserve at Portsmouth ;—Marlborough, 1 31, Royal Sovereign, 131, Duke of Wellington, 131, Algiers, 91, Caesar, 91, Melpomene, 51, Arro gant, 47, Sidon, 22, and sundry smaller vessels. The sailing ships, Cospatrick, Captain C. Scot t, and Sir G. Pollock, Captain Withers,. are both ex pected at Portsmouth daily from the Thames, to embark detachments of troops—the former for the Cape of Good Hope, the latter for the West Indies. The Commissioners for the Improvement of Bar racks and hospitals (the Right Hon. Sidney Her bert, M.P., d:c.) in England will visit Portsmouth this day to inspect the barrack and hospital estab lishments at that station. By the promotion of Captain G. B. Shakespear, Royal Artillery, commending the Cadets' Company in the Military _Academy at Woolwich, to b 3 Lieut.- Colonel, as announced in the Gazette of Friday last the command of the company has dsvolvtd ou Cap tain E. A. Williams, 10th battalion Royal Artil lery. In relinquishing the duties of his late ap pointment Lieutenant-Colonel Shakespear was greeted with the congratulations and good wishes of Col. Wilford, the Governor, as well as of each individual member of the company, in testimony et their appreciation of his successful labours in the Shaky to the command o f t h e C a d e t s ' institution. Lieut.-Colonel 1854, on the promotion ' W The 1 h m e o tt. comspplenarysuince June,eede succeeded of' Lieut.-Colonel EardleY freight-ship Pearl was on Saturday char tered by Government for the conveyance of mili- ÜBiVING OF THE SARAH SANDS. - _ We (Belfast News-Letter) are enabled to give following extracts from the letter of an officer on board the unfortunate Sarah Sands, when burned on her passage to India :—Pott Louis, Mauritius, Nov. 24.—1 wrote you a hurried line yesterday to let you know of our safe arrival. I had then only time for a few words concerning our narrow escape. I will now try to give you a detailed account, as theernail has bee kt back till 4 o'clock this after noon. The fire, as p I told you, was first observ ed on the 11th inst., about 3.45 p.m., the storekeepear reporting to the third officer that he observeh smoke coming out of the after-hatch undeineat.. eras posted. where the Grenadier company The third officer immediately report e astl d ), who the cir cumstance to the captain (Ce went down below - , and, after seeing what it was, he came on deck, and . ordered the powder to be got out, steel) sail, the engines, shorten all helm hard a-port.' He then went down below, and taut and two charts, one of the returned with his se Indian Ocean and ons. , of the Bay of Bengal. He then ordered the boats to be lowered, the ladies, women, and children to be got into them, and the bo same be kept clear of the side of the ship. At th time he ordered roils to be made, which was done by our men, under' the superintendence of the chief officer, Mr. Welch, The conduct of the o fficers, dec., is beyond alt p raise. All this t im eour men were working cheerfte; ly at the all an d manning a line of buckets. We' kept all the skylights and ports on the quarter-dee.k shut, and had wet blankets placed over them, so a s to prevent ' the wind getting to t he fire • by this time, _. should say 6 o'clock, we had got all th e powder out of the port magazine, and es much as we were able out of the starboard one ; the men at last being unable to work, owing to the stifling effects of the smoke. We were nowdriven off t h e quarter-deck, and had to retire to a deck bridge just aft of the saloon. It was now remembered that the colours were in the aft part of the saloon , which had been quite forgotten in our anxiety to get out the powder. It was then that one of the quartdr-masters of the ship (Richmond) in the most gallant manner, volunteered to try and save the colours. He went down and succeeded in bringing up the Queen's, and, after giving it up, fell down fainting. As soon as he recovered he again insisted, with one of our privates (Wills), in trying to get the regimental col ours ; again he succeeded, and again fainted. The doctor was afraidglad , for so te me time, he would not recover , but l am to ll you he is now all right ag ain. About 8 p.m. we were driven off the bridge ; it was now quite dark ; for the first time the flames were visible coming up thb entrance to the monkey poop. The - captain now tried to set the mizen, in order to bring the ship's head to the wind, so as to drive the smoke and flames aft. Some o f our men went up the rig;; with him, and tried to set it, but it was of no avail, as some of the stays were already on fire. The cap tain now said he had little hope of saving the ship, but it behoved all to work to the last, and fall back inch by inch, and try to keep in the ship till daylight. The comman'ling officer now ordered buoys to be 'lashed to the rafts, and that, in case it should be ne cessary to take them, there was to be no confusion, and the men were to embark as much as possible by companies. The mizen mast now blazed fearfully the deck bridge was also in flames, and lighted up 4 the sea for a considerable distance round the ship. It was now that Mr. Frazer, the chief engineer, pro : - posed to cut away the deck, so as to allow the hose to be got down, to make a fight to stop the flames abaft the ship at this part ; it was this suggestion that saved us. About 11 o'clock we got the deck cut through, and almost at the same moment the mizen mast fell overboard, and shortly afterwards the most part of the quarterdeck fell in. About 11.30 a fearful explosion took place, caused by the powder that had been unavoidably left in the magazine ; for one moment all were thunderstruck, but tie men immediately returned to their work. Some of the men were now working the hand-pumps, some di _ iecting the hose of the donkey engine, and others shovelling the coals from the bulkhead and throwing water on them. It was down between decks that the most daring courage was witnessed. The men were sent down enveloped in wet blankets, and, even with this precaution, some of them coming up on deck feinted ; they were carried to the windward side of the ship, and, as soon as they recovered, jumped down again to their work. The flames were now gaining on u., and it was of the utmost import ance to get the ship's head to the wind. The main topmast-yard now caught fire, and also the bottom of the main-mast (the Sarah Sands has four masts). The chief officer, together with some of our men, went up the rigging with wet blanket;, and even tually succeeded iu getting out the yard, after it Was half burnt through. If this yard had been , burned all would have been lost, as th e shi p would ; haVe run before the wind. Till 3 a.m. on the 12th the fire increased on us, when our endeavours were blessed with success, and we gradually got the bet ter of it. At 6 o'clock we felt confident that the worst was over, but it continued smouldering till _ll a.m. There was 19 feet of water in the after hold, and it toek two nights and a day to pump ee this out. The explosion broke a large hole in the port side ; ti,is was filled up with sills, and then banked up with rubbish and planks. Even now we were anything but safe, being hundreds of miles from laud, without any chronometers, and only one mast which we were able to set sail on. We were blessed with the most favourable weather, having a fair wind till we arrived here yesterday', about 9 a.m. Great credit is due to Capt. Castle, as he brought us here, having to work the. whole by dead reckoning ; and, to show you what a spleit did navigator he is, ho made the Island of Ro(l 6 guez only one hour before he expected, hiving, steered many hours without even a compass. All the ship's officers behaved in the best manner. One third of the ship was burned to a shell. It seems a miracle that we were saved." THE RECENT WRECK OF Tfi 7i EARL 01 CARRICK STEAMER. JANUARY 18? hawker, was further examined on a charge of stab bing George Batchelor, a horse-keeper, and inflicting five dangerous wounds on his neck and right cheek, with a shoemaker's dressin g knife.' In this case it appeared that the prisoner was living in a state of adultery with the wife of the prosecutor, and the parties having met on the night of Friday week, a fight ensued, during which the prisoner was seen to have inflicted five wounds on k the prosecutor with a shoemaker's dressing knifo. _ The prisoner was committed for trial ; but the sur geon who attended the prosecutor not being in B A i s r h n t i i attendance, he will be brought up again on a future coven, d Derby ay. Grand. u pr. Ct. 10 Gt,. - pr.ct., THE MURDERER CHRISTIAN SATTLER. Grand Union 100 Is. Gd Kennt & Avn 40 Gs. &Livrp 100 251. iter..•. 'OO, 6/. :r &Nth 83 17.55. ltiorogh 143 701. 4fleld. 100 21. 10s. ...... 100 161. ... 100 The sheriffs have appointed the execution of this Leicesi culprit for Monday, the 18th of January, this being Loag Leicsthi rather earlier than usual in such cases. The exe cntion will take place at Newgate, as, although the .N'eath death of the officer and the committal of the pri- Oxfor senor took place in the county of Surrey, the exe cution, under the terms of the sentence, will take place at the gaol where the culprit was confined at the time of his conviction. The culprit, for a considerable period after his confinement in Newgate, expressed his entire dis belief in all revealed religion ; and although, at the request of the sheriffs and ordinary, he read por tions of the Old and New Testament, he stated that so far from what he found there altering his opinions, it only confirmed him in them. On Christmas-day, however, he expressed a desire to be present at the service in the shapel, and since then he has bean present on every occasion, and like wise appears desirous to converse with the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary, and there appears reason to believe that his deistical notions are passing away. The prisoner appears to have received a very geed education, but, according to his own statement, he was a spoiled child, and allowed to do almost as ho pleased, without any control being exercised over him, during his youth, and this had its natural effect in leading him into idle and disso lute habits. Upon the formation of the British German Legion, during the Crimean war, he re solved to come to this country, and he enlisted in that legion, and on acenuat of his superior acquire ments he was employed as clerk in the regiment, but was subsequently discharged. Since that time he has not had any regular employment, but has bed~ wandering about the country, subsist ing by - begging, and it is tes be feared that in more than one instance he resorted to dishonest practices, and for one of the acts of that description he was, as stated at the trial, sentenced to four months' imprisonment iu the gaol of Wisbeach. During the past week the prisoner has received a letter from his father, in which he exhorts him to endeavour to reconcile himself to his Maker for his awful crime, and also, among other mat ters, informs him that several of his comrades who had left the same place to join the Legion, had returned home with a considerable sum of money, and exhorts him to consider how different his position would have been if he had followed honest and moral . courses. The prisoner continues to persist in asserting that the officer was shot by accident, although he at the same time admits that he harboured an in tention to take his life from the moment that he was taken on board the Caledonia to be brought to England, and Thain had placed the handcuffs upon him. He says, however, that after Thein had left him in the afternoon of the 20th November he con trived to get possession of his pistol and load it, but his intention at that time was to destroy him himself. The officer, however, came in at the moment he was about to discharge it, and while he was sitting upon a folding stool in the cabin a struggle took place and he was nearly overpowered, and in making a violent effort to release himself , t h e p istol went of, and shot the deceased, but he declares this was accidentally done. The nature of the wound and the condition of the clothes of the deceased would to some extent confirm the statement of the prisoner, but the dying declaration of the unfor tunate deceased and the exclamations of the pri ; soner after the fatal occurrence, would tend to show conclusively that it is not the truth, and there can be no doubt that it was a deliberate and determined act of murder on the part of the prisoner. Although the prisoner has been constantly in formed by the authorities of the gaol that there is not the slightest probability of his receiving any commutation of the sentence, he still appears to entertain an idea that the capital punishment will not be carried out, and it is said that he has drawn up a long and remarkably well-written memorial to the Secretary of State, asking for mercy on the grounds above referred to. He appears to have no friends or connections whatever in this country, and he bas not been visited by any oge since he has been in Newgate. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAT AND FRIDAY EVENINt , • LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN, 8, 1858. CANALS, ••:; Dividend Names of V, Dividend Price. Companies. A per ------ -- Companies. Names of .o! Alifim. Pr ': co Annum. X X Ashtn &Oldb 93 71. p. et. Peak Forest. 75 51. Os. Birmingham 40 4/: Regent's.. •. 30 17s. 15% Coventry.. • • 100, 111. 190 Rochdale.... 85 Derby .. •• • • 100 6/. 15s. Stftrd &Wor, 140 281. GrandJunctn 100 21. pr. et. 47 I Stoarbridge.. i 4B 12/. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr, et. Severn and 1 Grand Union 100 79. Gd Wye Rail. j 2 8 11. 16s. Kcnnt & Avn 40 Gs. 61% Warwick & I 21. 24 Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 501 Birming. j 100 Leicester .. 'OO , 61. IWarwick &1 21 ' 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 Napton.. j 100 Loughtiorogh 143 701. Worcstr & j t ~, lOs. 18% Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. Birming. ' Heath •.•• 100 161. Wilts & Brlu 7s. Od. Oxford.. •• .. 100 106 Name of Company. Berlin .. ••• • . East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. h per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction • • Do. New ••• • • • Lambeth •. • .... • • • • • • New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • Do. Do, ... •• • Name of Company. LIST OF SCOTTISLI COMPANIES' PRICES. Name of Company. Bank of Scotland ... • British Linen Company Caledonian Bank .. •• . City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank .... C, , mmercial Bank • • Eastern Bank.. • • • • • • Edinb. 84 Glasgow.... National Bank ...... Northof Scotland Bank Royal Bank of S cotl. Union Bank of Scot. Western Bank • . Alliance Firo and Life.. British Guarantee . Caledonian Fire Insur. City of Glasgow Lite.. Colonial Life a• • •• •• •• Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Life Assoc. of deotland National Fire and Life North British 10na... Northern Assurance Co. Scottish Provincial .... Scottish Union Immo. Standard Life •• •• •• • • Dividend per Amcunt of Share. Annum. 71. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 53y/. p cent. 'leper cent. 61. per cent. 3%1. p cent. 6N, per cent. 5/.per cent Si. per cent. Si. por cent. 71. per cent. /.pr cent. 41. per cent. IN. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. oar cent. 51.0er cent. 61. per cent. GI. per cent. 71. per cent. 4 a. d. 100 C 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 'l%l. pr cent. 51. per cent. :T AND COK. Dividend per Annum. 100 0 0 /0 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 Amount of Share. 8. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 Paid. I Pr! E COMPANIES. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 2/. 6/. per cent. $l. per cent. [0!. per cent. 31. ss. 4/. 15s. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. . per writ. 51. Sl. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. SCELLAN Dividend per Juinum. 6'. rer cent. per cent. 81. pr cent. 11. 10s. W. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. pet cent 5/.per cent. 6/. per cent. ,Cl. per cent. 61. per eent. 2/. per cent. 71 pr. cent. 3%1. per cent 61. per cent. SI per cent. 51. p c and 101. per ot. &i 121. per cent , 51. per cent. I 21. 58. 51, per cent. 51. per cent. 6d. Si. per cent. 71. per cent. 4%1. pr cent pr p. share. 151. per cent. 71. per cent. pr cent. 10s. 6 per cents OAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British provincial Brighton •• ....•• City of London Equitable•. •• •• •• •• European •• • • Great Central.. •• •• • • Imperial .. •......, •• Ditto New • Ditto Debentures I Do. Continental 1 stCap Do. Do. 2d Cap Do. Do. 3d Cap i Do. Do. 4th Cap 1 Independent ... [Ando!, Parl. Preferen. Phcenix ••• •• •• •• •• Rateliff .• ...... • • Surrey Consumers .. • • United General • • •• •• Westm:ltster Chartered Ditto, New • • •• • • • • Western X Ditto B Name of Company• Acadian Charcoal Iron Airican Steam Ship . • Assam lea • • .•. • • •. Aucthn Mart •• Australian Agriculturl Australian Trust • • Australian Royal Mail Angio-Mexican Mint British Aniqricau Land Canada • • Do. 5 per cent Bonds Ditto, 5 per cent bds Ditto, 6 per cent. •• Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1374 Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1876 Crystal Palace • Ditto Preference Crys. Palace of France City Navigation Bonds Electric Telegraph Eng.BcAus. Cop. Smelt. Eng. Saris. Mag. T. Co. Equitable lleversionry Ditto New ........ Gen. Revers. & Invest. Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) Gen.SteamNavigation London Gen. Omnibus Hudson's Bay•• .• •• Flungerford .......... Lon. Ne. &Na. Mango. London Reversionary Mex. & S. AMeriCar. Nat. Discount Comp•• Gov.sp.c. Deb. Nor. Bri. Australasian North of Europe, Stm. Priee'sPatentCand.C o ['eel River.Land&Mi n. Pen. & Oriental Steam Ditto Nov •• ••• • • • Reversionary Int. Soc. Ditto New • • •• Royal `Sail Steam.... Scottish Aus. Invest. South Australian Land Trust and Loan Comp. Vais Diemen's Land.. 6 per Cent, MOOS 4 s. d, 100 0 0 18- 100 0 0 201 2 10 0 3/ 10 0 0 -i 10 0 0 12' 100 0 0 210 10 0 0 91 5 0 0 31 00 0 0 173 100 1 2 1 0 0 51 3 3 S 0 0 0 766 ao 0 0 --i 11 0 0116, 2 0 0 11 0\ 10 3 0 3 5 30 0 7 15 0 0 28 3 5 0 41 3 0 0 61 1 4 0 it 20 0 0 136, 1 0 0 11 2 0 0 12/ 1 1 0 0 l[l 7 0 027/ Paid. £ s. d all 150 e 0 all 12 10 0 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 4' 16 0 0 - 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Paid. C Pri, Z s. d. 2 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 32 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 all 5 0 0 ,00 0 0 100 - 0 0 22 10 0 too 0 0 all 14 0 0 all L Stock 5 0 0 100 0 0 all 17 10 0 10 0 0 all 20 0 0 6 0 0 ___ 5 0 0 28 10 0 ;OITS. Amount of Share. X s. d. 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 •25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Sto4k Stock Stock Stock 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 Stock. 5 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 4 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 21 0 0 1 1 110 5 0 5 0 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 5/. per cnt. si. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 4t. per cnt• 51. per cnt. 1,41. per cent. BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. £ s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 1 0 5 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Paid. X a. d. 100 all Pric e SUSPEOTED MURDER IN NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY. Yesterday afternoon the neighbourhood of Sandy lane (a low part of the town, inhabited by many Irish), was thrown into considerable excitement in c-msequeuce of a rumour that a man, named John Doughan, had been murdered by hia nephew, Michael Finnigan, a boy 16 years of age. Consi derable mystery kings over the affair, as none but the supposed perpatratorof the deed was in the house, at the time of its occurrence. Finnigan states that the deceased and himself had a few angry words, and a quarrel ensuod, which caused the deceased to seize coal rake, with which ho attempted to strike the nephew, who, seeing the threatened blow, struggled with his uncle, and got possession of the weapon. Whilst fighting, Finnigan states tha,t his uncle let go his hold of the coal rake and fell backwards, his head coming violently in contact with the bedpost which was standing in the house; and that the deceasedrose up, threwhimselfint the bed, and died instantly. Be coming alarmed Finnigan ran out of the house in an excited manner, several neighbours ran in, a surgeon was sent for, but life was extinct. Finnigan was speedily taken into custody. This morning he was brought before the Nottingham bench of magistrates and remanded until Tuesday. Au inquest upon the body of Doughan will be held. on Monday. The coal rake is 'very much bent, taken ears testi mony to a severe struggle having taken place. Hungerford...• •• Southwark ......•• Ditto New of 7% p.c. Water 100....... •• • • Ditto Old Ann. of a Ditto Nw ditto of V. Vauxhall • • ...• 1 105 per cent.) it. , 2s. Od. it. Ss. Od. 28s. DOCKS. I Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - -- - £ a. d. £ s. d. Commercial .........• 5/. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - 1 Do. Preference ft Stock. ft .---. i East and West India.. 61. pr rent. Stock. - •, Giand furry D. & Canal 41. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - D )1 o. Loan Notes .... 100 0 0 00 0 0 - Do. 5 per cent. Pref. 51. pr cent. 25 0 0 5 0 0 - •, London .• . • •••• • • • Stock. Stock. 100% St. Katharine ........ 41. Z. per cnt. Stock. „ _ 4 outhampton ........ 4 per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 - Victoria ............ 5/. Os per c. 20 0 0 20 0 0 i - Ditto New •••• •• • • 111 20 0 0 14 0 0 ' _ - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. _.------- ---- -_- .£ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .....• • • .... .. 7 1 . per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Allianza Bri ;. and For. 71.148.6 d. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16% ;1. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto Marine .•• • • - 1 0 0 al - A.thonoeum. ••••• • • • • • 155.0 d. &bs 50 0 ..1 515 0 16% Atlas . ... . ..... .• • • • • a .rgus hire ........... 41.7pLerocse.nt. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 -- 3ritish Commercial • • Ch u rch of England .• 71. 10s. 50 0 0 20 0 - • • 5/. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of London .. • • ClericLaied.& Gen• Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 41. per share 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County ...• - • • • • • • .•5 Crown .... .......... I/. 5 1 s 8 . s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 :0 0 0 0 - 6,4 Eagle .. ........ .. • • • • E qu ity and Law...... 5% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Europea n Life ...... ... 1/. 2 0 0 0 te l - 41. per cent. Ibo 0 0 4 0 0 - Fam ily Endowment ,• • General.. •• • • ........ 6 per cent. 50 0 all - Globe ...... .......... 51. per cent. Stock - . all -- G r esham:Life . ....... - 47 5 0 - 20 0 0 50 0 0 - D o . D 0......... - Guardian .. •• • • •..... Si. per cent, 100 0 0 20 0 0 49% Imperial Fire... • • .... 121. 1 1 er cent. 500 0 0 32 10 0 3 0 0 365 5 1 Imperial Life I. Indemnity Marine.... 5/.p. ct. &bs 100 0 0 13 0 0 125 Law Fire ............ 25 &2s bons. 100 0 0 210 0 3% S , Law Lite......... •... 211. per sh. 100 0 0 12 10 0 G 3 l Legal and General Life 45. per share 50 0 0 2 0 0 - I London . .... ... - London & Prov. Law .• 3s. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Marine ..... .... - - - Med. Inlaid & Gen. Life 4% per cent 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Minerva ••• • • • - ; Monarch .• ••.• - - f New Equitable - 1 Pelican - - 50 Phoenix - - 164 1 Professiona Life •..... 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 - Provident Liie ........ 12% per c. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life .....• - .... 7s. 50 0 010 0 7% - 274 Royal Exchange ....• • Ip.C. & bs . Stock. all 5 Sun Fire ........ •••• •• i% pc & bs. --- - PP r Ditto Life ..... 11.145. - - United Kingdom .... 41. & bonus. 20 0 0 510 0 - D Universal Life .• • ..... 51. & bonus. 100 0 0 10 Li Victoria Life ••.. - - 51. & bonus. - 50 0 - II JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. ,0 Dividend Amount le Name of Company per of Paid. Feet i 0 Annum. Share. La ___________ x B. d. £ s. d. 311 Australasia........... 201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 88 Dank of Egypt .... - - 25 0 0 18 15 0 - Bank of London ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 511 , British North American 9 per cent. 5 0 0 0 all I. Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust& Ch. 41. per cent. 20 0 0 6 0 0 - City - ff Colonial Commercial of London 7l. p. c. & la. 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 [5 - Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch 4l. per cent. 20 0 0 all 18 1 ri , Lond. Char. Bk. of Ans 5 l. per cent. ' 20 0 0 ,J Do. New ... • ... • • ' 111 London and County • • 101. p er cent.' 50 0 0 20 0 0 28 h a Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 - ..„, London Joint-Stock ..• 28 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 29 W' ) Londn sad Westminatr 186. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 4G Bi- Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 pc.& bs 100 0 0 35 0 0 ..- ,11t Ditto, New ...• •• • • f 1 20 0010 0 0 - Ditto ditto - ISO, Natioriul Bank - iat New ...oath Wales Orientui Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0 nd ~ 3,' Ottoman Bank ... . - 20 0 0 15 0 0 H IZ9 Provincial of Ireland Bl.p. et.&bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51 th e Ditto, New.• • ..•• • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - lecl 10nian...... •• • ....... 51. per cent. 25 0 0 South Australia .. -... 101 . per cant. 25 0 0 all all - 3 on. Union of Australia.. - 211. per cent. 25 0 0 all 51 ft ... 210 0 1' g o Union of HalllbUrg• •.. - 15 0 0 3 0 0 - ead Union of L0nd0n....... 151. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - jct., Unity Mutual .....• • • - 100 0050 0 0 - Western-Bank or Londn. - 100 0 0 50 0 0 - DEATH FROM STARVATION. On Saturday an inquest . was held at the Lamb and Flag, Holuerton, on view of the body ofJames Ghibbard, aged 67, a grainer.. Elizabeth Hymns, a married woman, No. 42, Long-alley, said that she had known the deceased nearly 30 years. He was latterly occupying a kit chen in a house in Skinner-street, Bishopsgate. He was in very distressed circumstances, and witness has often supplied him with tea and coffee, though she was scarcely able to do so. He had but a bit of a bed to lay upon, and complained of a cold at his chest. On Wednesday last his landlady would not have him stop, and wished him to be removed to the workhouse. Deceased did not like to bo re moved at night, and wanted to remain till the morning. 4le was removed away that night in a cab to the City of London Union Workhouse, Hotnerton, and he died on his way there. Witness went with him to the workhouse. Coroner—Was the deceased able to walk '1 Witness--No, sir, he was not able to stand. He laid down in the body of the cab. Ho died about the London-fields. He was removed about half past 7 o'clock. Foreman—Do you think it was dangerous to re move him ? Witness—Yes, I thought that it was removal in the cold wLich caused his death. It was very cold on the night he was removed. Rawlinson, summoning officer of the parish of Hackney, stated that he called upon the reliev ing officer of the East London Union, and he was informed that he gave an ordor for his removal. He also called upoullr. Fowler, medical officer of the district, who said he thought that the deceased was in a fit state to b 3 removed.. Coroner—He seems to have been improperly re moved ou a cold night. Mr.: Benjamin Clarke, medical officer of the workhouse, said. that the stomach and bowels of deceased seemed to have been thoroughly empty. The body WAS very emaciated. He had evidently been some tiroo destitute of common necessaries. Verdict, "Natural death by the visitation of God ;" and that deceased's death was a ccelerated by cold and privation, and that his removal in in clement weather wal, in the opinion of the jury, highly improper. ,cess. CLARIFYING. SUGAR BY SOAP. — This ne w p invented by Mr. Garcia, a sugar refiner, late of Louisiana, was brought under the notice of the Academy of Sciences at Paris by M. Basset a few days ago. I. is founded ,n the well-known property of lime which combines with fatty subAances, whether free or trans. funned into alkaline Ecoaps. When the saccharate of lime is hrorght into contact with a dissolution of soap of soda the sugar ii set at liberty, the lime combines with the acid!of the snap, and the soda remains in dissolution in the liqiid. Wen the clarification has been effected with an 'excess of lime, and the liquid has been skimmed a first time, it-must be allowed to cool below 104 deg. Fahrenheit, and the solution of soap is then poured in, the liquid. being gently stirred all the while. When the whole haEibeen well incorporated it is brought again to the boiling point, after which the temperature is suddenly lowered again by the suppression of the steam-current, and the; nnw scum is removed. The latter consists of a calcareous soap, which in rising to the surface bas cirried. awa y with it all the impurities and extraneous substanessicontained in the liquid, and has am excellent taste. This process requires no new apparatus, increases the beauty of the sugar, yields more, and is consequently more economical. Paid. X S. d. Price, STATE OF THE PEOPLE. (From the Derbyshire Coirier.) When an improved state of the money market is raising the hopes of commercial men, and im. parting increased confidence to trade in general, there is a large portion of the community who have, as yet, derived little advantage from the antici pated improvement of affairs. The pernicious effects of a monetary crisis, as they do not immediately reach the operative and la bourer, continue longer to exercise a depressing in fluence on his condition. The iron trade, which six months ago was in so firm and satisfactory a condition, is suffering greatly from the failures of many manufacturers, and the suspension of orders. The Times report from Bir mingham states that " in the vicinity of Oldbury, Bilstoo, and other country neighbourhoods, the roads ara crowaed with colliers and furnace-men out of work, or only partially employed." Of Birmingham itself, where the paper money system has been supposed to have met with so muck encouragement, we are told that " after all the dia. asters which within these few weeks have occurred n the neighbourhood and throughout the country, it may congratulate itself on having weathered the storm without any material damage to commercial credit." The banks are said to " have exercised great liberality and forbearance" throughout the late crisis, and in no instance, it is understood, " has their confidence been abused." The state of Nottingham is most lamentable. The number of inmates of the workhouse has increased since the last week in 1856, by 257 ; the numbers being in 1856 553, and in the last week in 1857, 810. The total number of persons depending on the Union in 1847 was, 4,950. The number now being relieved amounts to 5,786, being an increase of 836 persons. In Leicester, great numbers of the operatives ere out of employment. In Bradford, " the stoppage of machinery and working short time are telling with increased severity upon the labouring classes. ' The number of persons receiving parochial relief was at the close of 1856, 3,177, it is now 5,072 — being an increase of 1895. At Halifax and Kidderminster a little improve.. meat. At Norwich, " not half so many opera. tives at work as last year at this time." The state of Spitalfields is most wretched. Worse it is said than in 1847, though food was then so dear, and indeed worse than it has been at any time during the past 30 years, It is evidently the intention of Government to leave things to " come round" as they may. The poor man may pawn or sell his tools or his looin, or he may break up his home and come into the work house. There are many operatives in England at this moment, who l we not for many weeks had any bther food than bread with a little tea or coffee. Now these are the things which naturally result from a rapid and violent depreciation of prices caused by the working of Peel's monetary system. These are parts of the operation of the Bank Charter Act, which Lord Overston.e tells us 'X he " never took into consideration." But these are exactly things which, first and above all, a Government and a legislature is bound to take into consideration. The way in which every law will affect the working classes, the great body of the English people, should in every enact ment be the primary object of regard. If by any unexpected and extraordinary deprea sion of trade the great mass of the people are de prived of employment, and therefore of the proper means of subsistence, it is the duty of a Government, by extraordinary means, to meet the emergency. We warn the Government that the let alone '4 policy cannot be carried out with safety to the na tional institutions. • Our own opinion is clear enough that the exist g distress is the creation of panic-mongers and usurers. But whatever the cause, liberal grid im mediate assistance should be extended to the poor man, who, without any fault of his own, is reduced to a state of suffering and destitution. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET -JAN. 7. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior % 451 Wheat 50s Od 3Bs 7d ......... 25s 6d 1675 Oats 26s 6d_ 2ls 7d ... ...... 163 Od ' 1218 Barley 33s 6cl 2ss lld 40 Peas & beans 38s Od . 35s Oid 34s Od HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JAN. 8. win A.T. sansy I OATS. I BRAN O. First 46s Od 34a 6d 27s Od I 37s Od Second 3Bs 5d 27s 8d ) 22s 2d 134 9d. Third 29s Od 22 s 01 119 s 6d i 31s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 719 qrs., 599 sold barley „ 1076 qr5.,1064 sold oats ~ 424 qrs., 417 sold PP beans ft 93 qrs., 80 sold AVERAGES PER impritTAL QUARTER. OP 0 Wheat, 1/.113 --- 6 - 3-l2ths Barley, : 1/. 7 8 1-12tba Oats, 11. 2 2 3.l2ths Beans, 1L 14 9 9-12th ABERDEEN—JAN. 8. Potato oats 19s 01 to 20a Od 1401bs par bushel Common oats 188 Od to 18a fid Bere 23s Od to 25s Od s3lba Barley 23s Od to 25s Od Wheat, red (spring)3os Od to 33s Od white 2BB Od to 44s Od 621bs Oatmeal 15s Od to I.'B Od per boll. Flour 3fis Od to 39s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 5d to 8d Butter, p lb. I —d to is Oa ,1/ 4 Mutton, per lb. lsdto 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to Os 9a Lamb, do., Os 5d to Os 8d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6d • Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 8 Chickens,do.2s Od to 2s Gd - Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Is 61 to 2. Od t i t Salmon, per lb .........Os Od Ducklings,do 2s Od to 2s 61 r% Grouse, por brace Os to Os I Turkeys, each Os Od to Os 011 - Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, pr peck, --(1 to I.OC I Pab bi ts, each 7d to Bd. - Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt....86s to 100 1 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,14113....0s Od to 2s 2d Barley f10ur,141b.06 to is 84 Oatmeal Os Od to is 7d I „ dust, ..... Oa to Os 104 Ice. Beremeal ....0s Od to is 6d „ per lb 2d to 20 I Peasemeal... Os Od to 2 s 4 d Sids, Tel Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to Is Gd Fos , 4-lb. 10af...6d. 1 2-lb. loaf...lds Os DUBLIN, JAN. 8. os There was a moderate suyply of grain at market to-daft ' o and our quotations of Tuesday were fully supported. Os l7s In Indian corn rather more business doing. Os White wheat, 28s Od to 30s 6d ; red ditto, 24s Od to 28 0 Los Od; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 15 s to 19a Od; grind - Lis —a to —s ; oats, old, 12s 6d to 15s; ditto, new, --- 0 Os Od to —a 01; oatmeal, lls to 15s Od; bere, new, its to 151 1 ,o Od ; rapeseed, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, OS " Od to 22s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 315 0.1 to 32s 6d pig iis o i 480 lbs. ,t 105 4 LOCAL SHARB MARICBTA. 9 s LIVERPOOL, JAN. 9. o s STOCK EXCHANGE.—In the Liverpool Stock Exchange 13s there was an active business doing to-day. Blackburps* 17 s 98 —Eastern Counties, 14—Birkenhead, 691.1 70—Dutch is Rhenish, 3t d.—Loudon and North Westerns, 99 4--: 58 South Eastern, 22i I—East Lancashire, 92i 3—Great Northern, 10 i—North Eastern, Berwick, 24i-Trunks' 13i—Midlands, 941—Sheffields, 40i 41—Great Western Os 59‘--Canadas, 21i - Caledonians, 441 Price. LEEDS, JAN. 9. , STOCK EXCHANGE—There was a good business doin g' % at fair prices. Caledonian, pref., 9a—East Lancashire, VA ) Midlands, 93i i—Berwicks, 244—Craven Moor, 6s. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generallf dull, but prices must be looked upon as not quite so firto• . South Westerns, 91—London and North Western, S 1 Shropshire Unions, 48i —Birmingham Canals, 90. CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH RIDING SISSIONS.—Th e Hon. J. C. Dundas, the late cbairman of the North Riding sessiorts, having been compelled to resign in con' sequence of indisposition, his successor was elected PI • the Christmas sessions which were held last week J l , Northallerton. On the motion of the Earl of &flan" seconded by Lord Bolton, Lord Greenock was unapt' mously appointed chairman. Sir J. V. B. Johnstone/ M.P., proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Dundas, whi oll was seconded t y the Hon. Colonel Duncombe, M.P. , and carried by acclamation. BIRTHS. e a w t s B , E l a s c ci k . l2 , eoaft daughter. 14 h , DAY—On the Bth inst., at Beverley, the wife of the Rol' J. J. Day, of Beverley Minster, of a daughter. All th D e ßE W w if s o — of O H n e t U h r e y oh WY. in An t. dr ' ELwill—On the Bth inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Lieu' t K er e . ntf tenant-Col. Ekwyn, 8.A., of a son. MONINS—On the 7th inst., at Scarborough, the wife 01 Major Monijis, of a son. MARRIAGES. JACKSON—MENZIES —On the 7th inst., at St. John'flo Waterloo-road, Wiillam G. Jackson, of Marlborough' place, Old Kerpt-road, and Dockhead, to Eleanore, only daughter of Robert Menzies, Esq , Upper Staor ford-street. DEATHS. CETILD—On the Bth inst suddenly, Mr. Henry Child, of the Mano r F arm , Edgeware, Middlesex, aged 59. COLT-0n the 24th ult., at Hartford, U.S., Samuel Jarvilif son of Col. Sam. Colt, aged 10 months. DOSWELL—On the 9th inst., Ann, wife of Mr. Doswell, of Kingsland-orescent, aged 45. GATES—On the Bth inst., at Chichester, Jas. Gates, Esq'o aged 84. HENLy —On the 7th inst., Alexander Lewis Henly, onli sou of Robert Henly, Esq., of Middle-hill, Box, Wilth aged 20. MEW--On the 7th inst., at Buckland, near Lymingo l3 ; through accident from a gun, Edward Pearson, young son of Mr. Alfred Mew. SAUST —On the 7th inst., at 45, Great Portland-stree t) Merylebons, Charles E. G. Saust, Esq., aged 85. SMITH—On the 6th inst., at Florbling, Lincolnshire, B ail' jambs Smith, Esq., aged 81. —OO - - LONDON Printed and Published by KURD() YOT.II 4° of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at Thc Sun Office, 14° ; 112, Strand, in the Precinct of. the Savoy, in thi wool' of Middlesex, Monday, January 11, 1888. of g tact at 1 , and tep 1 of t me the flni put frot froi thr( line jun 4 the sun ♦en Om the] pro' the Ind not exi