The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-04 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. the whole of the force may prove useful as bYingers, and that for every recruit brought to any of the e nlisters , and Intermediately or finally approved, you will be respon• sible that they should receive the bringing money esta blished by regulation.—l have, &c. The officers commanding the three depot batta lions at Chatham garrison.received orders from the War-office on Saturday directing them to hold in readiness all the available non-commissioned offi cers and men, under their respective command; to embark during the present month for India, fur the purpose of reinforcing the regiments now serving in the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies. The three battalions can furnish upwards of 1,500 troops for India whenever the order for embarka tion may arrive. The whole of the troops at Chat ham now awaiting embarkation are equipped with the Enfield rifle. Upwards of 1,600 recruiti enlisted during the past week for regiments serving in India ; this does not include the volunteers for the East India Com pany's European troops—nearly 400 for the last named service having been enrolled during the same period. The following Captains have accepted the ret;ra ment of 18s. per day :—Ralph Barton ' John Simpson, G. C. Macdonald., and George Brown. There are, however, still three vacancies on the retired list. The Diadem, 31, screw corvette, Capt. Moorsow, C. 8., left Spithead on Saturday aternoon on a cruise. The Victor Emmanuel, 91, new screw t wo-decker, was taken out of the steam basin at Portsmouth on Saturday, and will probably be taken out for trial this day. The 51-gun screw frigate Imperieuse takes the vacant place in the steam basin, to be ad vanced for the steam reserve. The Lady M'Naghten steamship, Captain Cow, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Gibraltar with convicts whose terms of penal servitude have ex pired. She landed them and sailed for Deptford. It is reported that Vice-Adrairal of the Blue Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., will succeed Admiral Lord Lyons in command of the Mediterranean sta tion, and that the Royal Sovereign, 131, will relieve the Royal Albert, 121, as flagship. The screw storeship Industry, laden with naval stores for Gibraltar and Malta, is- ordered to sail from Woolwich to day. Master Commander Allen has removed his pen nant from the Banshee and resumed the command of the Vivid after repairs at Woolwich. The crew have been granted Eight days' leave, prior to join ing special service. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty : Thomas Warr, Second Master, to the St. Vincent; W. Nichol, Acting-Assistant-Surgeon, to the Vic tory; and C. W. King, Clerk, to the Fisgard. "B. H.4I.WES." MR. LANGSTON AND MR. CARD WELL AT The annual Druids' gathering took place in the Town-hall, Oxford, on Friday evening under the presidency of Mr. John Bacon. Mr. Langston and Mr. Cardwell, the city members, were present, and Mr. C. Neate, late M.P. and Professor of Political Economy in the University of Oxford, the Mayor, and many of the leading inhabitants of the city. The health of the city members having been drunk. Mr. LANGSTON returned thanks, remarking that when he had the pleasure of addressing them on a formor occasion he assured them that he should feel it his duty, as their representative in Parlia ment, to do all that lay in his power to carry out a system of economy and retrenchment in the army and navy. At that time there was no apprehension whatever of a European war ; no one—he believed not even the Ministers of the Crown—had any idea of what was likely to happen in India. It might appear to them a most extraordinary thing that the authorities in this country should have been so perfectly unprepared that an army con sisting of 100,000 men should break out into open mutiny without the Government having any knowledge of it. That such a state of things should exist was most extraordinary, The country had yet to learn what course the Govern ment pursued, and whether or not they had really done their duty ; but without further adverting to that subject the question to be decided was, on what principle was our Indian empire hereafter to be governed d It was well known that her Ma jesty's Ministers had announced their intention to propose a great alteration in the present system of administration in that country, and he sincerely hoped that they would so well consider the question as to be able to propose a plan which would place the future Government of India on a firm and solid foundation. That subject would, no doubt, occupy so much of the time and attention of Parliament in the forthcoming session that he was greatly afraid the measure which Ministers had promised for a reform of the representation of the country, and which so many of his constituents were anxious to see effected would be necessarilypostponed. They had been assured by the Government that they would be prepared to introduce a measure having in view su;h an alteration in the national representation as, in their opinion, was desirable fur the country at large. He eiecerely hoped that such a measure would be brought forward, and although there was no chance of it baing carried so far as to become the law of the land, no doubt the subject would be fully discussed and the Bill be laid upon the table of the house so that it might receive a careful consideration. (Hear, limn) One other event had occurred during the past year which would, no doubt, be long re- membered, besides the mutinywhich had taken place in India. That event was one of a very serious nature to the whole nation, because it had inflicted great losses upon persons connected with the t►ade of the country,—be alluded to the difficulties and disasters which had fallen upon the monetary and commercial classes. They were aware that that subject had been referred to a committee of the House of Commons, and as it was one in which his right hon. colleague (Mr. Cardwell) had taken a leading part no doubt he would be placed . . upon that coalmittee. He hoped their united labours would result in producing such a measure that hereafter the banking and commercial interests of the community would be placed upon a firmer and safer foundation. (Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. E. CARDWELL on rising met with a most enthusiastic reception, the cheers from all parts of the hall being again and again repeated. He said ho returned them from the bottom of his heart his sincere thanks for the honour they had been kind enough to pay the members who repre sented them in Parliament,—to the chairman for the manlier in which he had proposed the toast, and to the company for the manner in which they had been kind enough to receive his name. It was, indeed, as the Chairman had truly told them, one of the principal characteristics of this noble people and this free Government that men exhibited all the properties which belonged to civil conflict on the occasions of conflict, but on occasions of peaceful intercourse they could all meet in a spirit of common friendship and individual feeling to discuss and consider those subjects which were the common property of Englishmen and the common interest of every subject of the Queen. (Cheer 3.) The year which had passed had left upon the mind and heart of Engl'tnd deeper traces of sorrow than any year that we had ever ex perienced or had ever read of. He could not bear to dwell on those occurrences, and if he was able he would erase them from his memory, for events had occurred which had not only afflicted but disgraced humanity. Let them rather turn to other things and other subjects which arose from the same transactions, and let them contemplate the magnanimous courage of their soldiers acid the un paralleled fortitude displayed by English nrn and English women, which had been unexampled in a!1 the nations of the world. (Loud cheers.) In former years there were no pages of our history on which we dwelt with more enthusiasm than those which recorded the victories of Clive and Wellesley—the days of Plassey and Assaye. That reminded him of some old lines he had learnt in his younger days which ran thus : " Shout, Britons, shout, " For the battle of Assaye ! " For that was a day, " When we stood on our way, " Like a lion turned at bay, " And the battle cry " Was ' Conquer or die.' " (Cheers.) But, had they not seen those painful, yea, harrowing events which had taken place in the year that had just closed. They should remember that a few men, scattered over a large district, had firmly held their own against the sudden mutiny of a united army, trained by ourselves in the use of the weapons of Europe An warfare, and who had used them, above all and more than all, with a cruelty which unfortunately seemed to be the dis tinguishing chameter of Asiatic warfare. They should remember. alse, that the city of Delhi was for several months besieged by an army scarcely so numerous as a garrison, while it was defended by a garrison far more powerful in point of num bers than the besieging army. Then, again, they had witnessed the advances of Havelock—(loud cheers)—when every day there was a conflict, and every conflict a victory. (Renewed sheers.) The names of those who had accomplished those achieve ments had become household worth on the hearths of every Englishman, and it was almost impossible to particularise in one speech the names of those who were .now invested, in all time and history, with the panoply and reputation of heroes. But it was not martial courage alone which constituted the most striking achievinent of this eventful year. Great as had been the victories of our soldiers iu battle there was one other virtue that seemed to he the attribute of our race, which he thought had been exhibited in a still more remarkable degree. He meant the patient suffering, the firm and steady endurance of those who, having no weapons in their hands—men, women, and children, who, when there was nothing for them but to endure the ex the religion which we professed. And it was in that spirit of justice, of mercy, and of truth that the Government of the Queen of England over 200,000,000 of an alien race : must be administered. (Cheers.) His hon. colleague had alluded to ano ther subject which in the course of the past year had brought sorrow upon this land—he meant the collapse of the commercial community, which I a reduced great houses from apparent prosperity to immediate distress, and had been the means in some parts of the country of throwing honest work ing men out of their accustomed occapatiotis, de priving them of the wages of their labour, and exposing them to those trials which had bean re current in our commercial history. But he hoped and believed that scarcely any district had been less affected by the calamity than the city and neighbourhood of Oxford, and he was sure that if the committee which had been appointed by Parlia ment to investigate the causes of that calamity should have it in their power to suggest any means by which its recurrence in the future could be pre vented, there were no persons who would more de serve encouragement than the honest tradesmen and labourers in their efforts to discourage to so called facilities of commerce, too readily afforded— than the citizens of Oxford whom he hud then the honour to address. Let them hope that the Govern ment of the country might be effectually promoted in the year which was then opening, and that other nations, emulous of our commerce, would follow in the same course, and that their better government, where liberty was combined with loyalty and order, might be greatly extended over other nations of the world. (Cheers.) He had lately had the privilege of visiting a country which in the late war was our cordial ally—he referred to Sardinia, where institu tions similar to our own were working with succes.4, where our commercial policy had been adopted, and where, although bounded by France on the one side and Austria on the other, that commercial policy was firmly maintained. (The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers.) FACILITIES FOR RECRUITING. The military authorities have addressed the fol lowing circular to the staff officers of pensioners in the several districts in the United Kingdom, with the view of affording increased facilities for raising men for the Queen's army : " War-office, Dec. 28. " Sir,—lt being considered advisable in the present emergency to raise men for the service of the regular army by all available means, her Majesty's Government bate determined for this purpose to require the aid of the pension staff; and I am accordingly to inform you that Lord Panmure r.ckons with confidence on your cordial co-operation and assistance in carrying out these views. " Beating orders will be sent to you, empowering your staff and quartermaster-sergeants, and such of the pen sioners in your district as are worthy of being selected for this duty, not exceeding six in a first-class, cr four in a second-class district, with one at each of the out sta- tions, where he can be empbyed with advantage—to raise recruits for her Maje€ty's service within the limits of your district. You will be pleased to instruct the persons em ployed on this duty not to enlist militiamen, ex,:ept under the terms prescribed by the circulars from this depart ment, and to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Mu tiny Act as regards enlistment. " DITTIES.—I am to add that while employed on this duty you will act under the immediate orders of the General-Csmmanding-in-Chisf, in the same manner as a sub-division officer on the recruiting service of the army, subject, by order of the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War, to the inspection and military oontrol of the inspecting field officers of the recruiting districts within which your head-quarters are situated. "ItzwARD. - -You will be allowed the reward of 5p., allotted under like circumstances to officers of the army. str, Aar 071 RECIIIIITIIIIMT —The area of recruitment will be confined to the limits of the pension district su perintended by you. " MILITIA. VOLUNTEERS.—The Secretary Of State for War will not demand the payment of the canal 18s. 6d. for a substitute from those Militia volunteers who, upon enlistment, shall declare themselves to belong to the Militia, provided that these men have attended one training with their regiment, or shall have been six months upon the r, 11 of their respective regiments. " MOlll2 OT PROCEEDING.—The regiments for which the pensioners are to recruit will be intimated to yon by the inspecting field officer of the district, who will also furnish you with full instructions as to the terms of enlistment (age, standard, bounty, and bringing money), and as to the transfer of recruits to the district head. quarters, or to their respective regiments or depots, as the case may be. " CONDUCTING OF RECRUITS.—Tho recruits will be conducted the herd-quarters of the recruiting district by pensioner', who will be furnished with the usual routes, and will receive the usual allowance fur such duty. " ADVANCES AND ACCOUNTAEILITIES.—The district paymasters will be instructed to put themselves in com munication with the staff officers of pensioners within their districts, to make them the usua! advances, t) put them in possession of the usual form of accountability, and to make monthly settlements with thew. " RESPONSIBILITIES OF SA3III.—A3 a preliminary to carrying this project into execution, you w;11 notify to' this office your consent, and that of the selected pen sioners, to being employed upon this duty ; which con sent, it is to be disi,inctly understood, will impose upon them the responsibilities to which all poraon; employed on the recruiting service aro subjected by the second clause of the Mutiny Act. " His lordship deems it right to direct that you re mind the pensioners that, while the remuneration for the enlistment of recruits who shall be intermediately approved is most ample, still there is a certain risk in recruiting operations, as the necessary principle in such matters is that no remuneration or individual expenses are sanctioned in the case of recruits who do not pass medical examination. " It is contemplated to employ the suroone of the disembodied mili;ia for the neceesary cue lical ex tali nation of the recruits, and that their remuneration be that sanctioned for such duty when performed by private practitioners ; but where there are no Militia surgeons a private medical practitioner may be obtained on the usual terms. "I have, ttc. B. HAWES." With the above the annexed instructions are forwarded : "Sir,—l am directed to request your attention to the following instructions, with reference to the circular of the 28th inst., relative to recruiting by pensioners. "1. In your selection for this object a preference is to be given to enrolled pensioners, but others may be taken if yet know them to be particularly well adapted for the duty. Non-commissioned officers and privates with medals or honorary distinctions should also have a preference. " 2. None are to be selected but men of good character and trustworthy, and you will warn them that in the event of their being found guilty of any fraudulent prac tice connected with these duties they will be liable to suspension of pension, in addition to any other penalty that may be awarded. " 3. You will furnish the inspecting field officer of the district with a list of the men whom you recommend for this duty, and who agree to undertake it : and in the event of their not being successful, or proving otherwise ineligible, you will suggest such changes among them from time to time as you may think expedient. _ . "4. The clothing - of the enrolled men may be issued tremity of suffaeng, still exhibited a power and to them for this duty, and those who are not enrolled dignity of character unexampled in the history of may be provided temporarily w i h an y s p are suits in our country, and which was so eloquently ex store, on which there are no claims ; when the experi- preised by the poet in the lines— meat ha* been found successful sew clothing will be <" how sublime a thing it is issued. To suffer and be strong." "5. This clothing should always be worn when thee lie believed.that example had not been lost upon men enlist a recruit or brine him up for medical inspec- t h e continent of Europe. Two years ago it was the Lion or to be attested. ' fashion, and justly so, to run U 3 down among the "8. You must be careful that an advance made to these pensioners for the nations of Europe, but the example that hail been exceed a month's peneio.,, i, - , Purpos e d. o i f i y recruiting does not exhibited during the year 1857 had, he believed, Money you consider likely to be due t tO a t t h o anyin their estimation by the quali approval raised our country 4.7. The pay and marchin g all owance e t m o ' who brings an enlisted recruit for intermed'a pensioner dicta or final empire . . approval will be the same as in the case in the East. They nowmwthe Commander similarly employed. of Militia staff in-Chief intrenched in the capital of the insurrec "B. To prevent unnecessary medical inspection h tion, of the pensioners employed should be directed to :aett'fy the arrival of reinforcements. having joined his gallant comrades, and he himself by personal inspection before enlis.ing a reo i , Re hoped that tho:;e reinfo rc ements, wets now awaiting that there are no visible impediments to hie being pals u a t i arriving in India, would be sufficient to enable him . into the service. "9. These pensioners ::how'd each be provided with a to restore order and re-establish our supremacy in thenameof the Queen of England. (Cheers.) Tuose measuring tape, on which the minirnuin height is marked, eve nts would indeed imp , , s 3 upon them, at his lion. and to avoid the chance of rejection care should be taken collea gue that ail recruits brought from a distance are at least a nitude had told th em a d.utyof no ordinary wag ; but he believed if they ransacked thepagds quarter of an inch above that standard. Capacity of of history they would find it a duty that was un cheat must alio be attended to, that recruits may not be paralleled lathe histo , of tt. human race. They were callaeldienu rejected for being too slight, "10. As many of the pension diAricts are too far people, pofruouato Jovrn ' ilearly 200,000,000 of from our ielieion, from the head-quarters of the inspecting field oflic.ir for anoudr race, from our language, recruits to be brought there without con-iderable expense tablish among them a from our laws, and to es- to the public, you will be informed by that officer w lie- Eii ,, and. He would notPrl ' wf o a %7 l,. tid e r e t at l r i l y il se o , er them the nbty h referring egress 4.l,f,,e. x.. :. roi a in o g t that there are any rigiments or depots nearer to you to al tLe difficulties tha't plishmeut of that great uedertaking, hut thole which are in want of men, and where recruits should be were two things which he was sure would command taken in preference, "11. You will as much as possible relieve your staff were and also the vartermastcr- , ergeaet, if you the approbation of all Engli,hinen as the bas;s of have one, from their other duties, in order to facilitate I our policy. In the first place, th a t i t was the dui their obtaining recruit s , b ut you will make them aware of all Government, and should be their e'def oby that the time thus placed at their disposal must be sea- I jest, to promote the welfare and prosperity of the lously devoted to that duty. country and the people who lived in it ; and, in "12. To the other men who are selected you will ex- the second place, with regard to the subject of re plain that, as no daily pay is assigned for recruiting, they lig-ion, that while on the one hand they should not will only be expected, by accepting that employment to attempt to prop Tato our pure and holy faith as exert themselves during their spare hours, when it may prove a source of profit to them, but that any want of M the ahomet propagated his—that was by farce an d success on their part will lead to their services b e i ng di d - sword—while they should scorn the bise policy continued, and others selected for the duty. of attempting to preach a hollow and hypecritical . " You will transmit a list cf the men selected to this profession of our opinions by unworthy influences, and department, and also cause a copy thereof to be hung up justice . . so, on theother hand, he believed that• t is your office, and you will inform the pensioners gene- mercy and truth were the essential attributes of rally, on the first occasion of payment, that, though the curl : wise and just Government, and were attri tea also which were inseparably connected with privilege of enlisting recruits must be confined to these, bu LETTERS FROM INDIA. The following is from Calcutta. The refusal of government to avail itself of the offer to raise a troop of horse is a remarkable fact : You will have heard of the result of the applica tion made by the Indigo Planters' Association to government for compensation for losses during the rebellion. The reply is as stiff and heartless as most other things emanating from the government, and comes to this :—" The Governor-General in Council is not prepared to admit the claim which the sufferers by the late disturbances intend to pre fer." This short and sweet negative to men who have lost their all by the utter neglect, stupidity, and mismanagement of this government, is worse than was generally expected, as it cannot be doubted for a moment that government, instead of losing, will benefit immensely by the rebellion, from the great number of confiscated estates, resumed Jygeers, discontinued pensions, (Isc. When it was seen how unable government was to protect pro perty, S— offered his services, and proposed to raise 300 Sowers or Irregular Cavalry to act in concert with 50 Europeans or Sikhs, as you will see by the inclosed printed paper, copy of a letter which he addressed to the Hon. F. J. Halliday, the lieuten int-governor. These Irregulars he proposed to raise from his ryots, whose relations were known to him as respectable and trustworthy, and who had lands and interests in his own villages. And the objects he proposed were t-Ist. The capture of Babon Cowar Sing, and his brother Umar Sing. 2d. The capture of mutineers and disasters, a consi derable number of whom were lurking in his dis trict. 3d. The capture of prisoners who were liber ated by the mutineers ; and 4th, the general protec tion of the district from marauders. Up to this date, three weeks after the proposal was sent in, uo answer has been given to it, and the meantime Cower Sing and Umar Sing continue at large spreading terror and ruin wherever they go. All the remaining property of the Europeans has been reduced to ashes, and the fine districts of Behar and Shahabad continue in a state of anarchy and misery which it would be difficult to describe. The sth Irregular Cavalry, after beating and nearly destroying Capt. Rattray's Sikhs at Bore Gyah, same to the Gyah station, looted it (a second time), burnt the gaol, and came towards Doudnugur, looting all the country round without the least op position ; they encamped six days at Doudnugur, burnt to the ground severalfactories, looted several villages, and the seventh day crossed the Some, &c. Had the Lieutenant-Governor accepted the proposal of S— in time, all this probably, or a great deal of it certainly, would have been averted ; the sth Irregulars would not have crossed the Soano unopposed as they did, and the chief rebels might have been captured long ago. Instead of encour aging and appreciating the services, good feeling, and. the co-operation of Europeans, they are all treated as 5 has been ; not even an answer deigned to a highly meritorious proposal. I have described this as an example of how things are managed by Messrs. Halliday, Beadon, and Co. Although Delhi had fallen, or been re-taken, and Lucknow relieved, do not imagine things are get ting on better ; the whole country is under mined, and in one moment explode in a more fearful manner than the fire' explosion. We have lost the charm that kept the country down—the opinion, the esteem, the prestige is gone, because the governing classes have done all in their power to bring all Europeans out of the ser vice into contempt. Those "interlopers," the " sweepings of Europe" (as the native Government tutor and curator of the infant rayabs of Bengal styled them), the natives have been taught to de spise, and that feeling, which the civil service in particular has so sedulously ex eated and encouraged, has now recoiled on the Government. But this, I am sure, will not alter the views of the present Go vernment. To conciliate the natives at any cost is the order of the day. To humble the Europeans and exalt the natives, in spite of all that has happened, is the unmistakeable determinaton of the present, Government. Moonshee Ameer Ali was appointed deputy coma , irsioner of the Pa.tna division, aro created a Khan Bahadoor. A man who was deeply implicated in the Patna conspiracy during the Punjaub war, and who was, together with other canspiratov, imprisoned in Arrah, has lately hie a appointed a magistrate of Sasseram and of the Shahabad district, and is shortly to receive a khelat (a robe of honour) from Government of 10,000 rupees value. His name is Shah Kuberoodeen. Another Mussulman named Azemoodeen lloosseicu Khan has been entrusted v ith the settlement of the confiscated estates of BalaJo Cowar Sing, an d in stead of settling the estates with the European suf ferers, the fellow is doing what is most congenial to his feelings, and excluding Christians ! Till when is this miserable infatuation to last ? I fear till we have a Queen's Government, and the miserable civil service clique now in power is extinct. I trust you will do what you can in England to get us compensation and a change of government, for we can expe4 nothing good from the present one. Mr. W. Taylor, our late Commissioner of Patna; was suspended on the ostensible ground that he ordered the functionaries of Tirhoot and Gyah to leave their stations and concentrate at Patna, " when there was no ground fur such ill-judged panic." The fact is that there was imminent danger of losing their lives, and Mr. Taylor acted as every man of good judgment and humanity would have acted; but the real reason of his removal, and I may say disgrace, was that he was very severe to the mu tineers and to the bad and dangerous I e )ple of Patna; and inputting down conspiracy and intrigue against Government, Mr. Taylor carried the le ws into effect, and bung those who deserved it. Since his successor, Mr. Samuels, and his deputy, Ameer Ali, all such punishments have ceased. With this example no one dares to punish the n dives. The following is from one of the first firms in Calcutta : Calcutta, Nov. 23. Operations are now being carried on according to the more ordinary rules of warfare, and victories will be not only gained at less cost, but bet‘er im proved than it was possible to do with the small and imperfect organised forces hitherto available. Tho want of cavalry has especially been felt, but it is now partially supplied. The pacification of the central provinces has been effected with muchvigour and promptitude, and communications are already opened to the Upp .r Provinces, though w e d ou if confidence is as yet sufficiently b t matured to indece the wealthy natives t) disinter their buried trea sures. The large body of mutineers we referred to on the 22d ult. as assembling at Banda, despairing probably of raising the Rewah country, cro-sed to wards Oude, and suffered a complete rout on the the line of the Grand Trunk rood. There are some icings in Ceetral India, but rae her ' we appr e h en d social disturbances among tribes who readily "(Nett to a predatory life thin political movements. Apprehensions are entertained by some that the war must he followed by a famine. Wo trust that at the worst this evil will be partial. We hear from reliable informetiou, chiefly from nat,ve sources, that even in the provinces whicbhave b7en the chief seat of the disturbances the country lees neither been ravaged nor deserted, so the mischief is confined to the line of march of the mutinous forces, and though they have generally plundered all that' was within their reach, the field of their depred at i ons has been l i m i te d . Th ere are said t o be very larg e s t oc k s of gra i n i n B are illy, i u th e nort h of Oud e , which have not been touched. The de struction o f - o n" on. this way is a Work of one Property has been very gree, but agri culture has e Indeed, ravaging a country in th e greath 1 discipline beenid re laxed, and would b e t lebour, not likely to b ' undertake n b y troop e uct rather of a ruthless and powerful general than of a lawless soldiery. The' writer has lately travelled through a considerable part of the country within 500 or 600 miles of Cal cutta, including the large cities of Mirzapore, Benares, Patna, and the fort of Allahabad, gather ing from very many sources much information regarding the progress of the revolt and the actual state of affairs, and is strcngly confirmed in the general views previously expressed in our circulars. The heart of the country never was in the rebellion, though in the central provinces our rule was looked upon universally as a thing of the past. The mu tineers threatened death to any sheltering Chris! inns and to this must be ascribed the general refusal of villagers to shelter fugitives. The cruelties and rob bery in the districts were the work of Goujars and other ruffianly outoasts. who have been equally ready to plunder and murder sepoys w h en they were making off in small parties with their ill-gotten gains. Manifestations of ardent loyalty were not to be expected, and the predo minant feeling in the minds of most natives was, doubtless, the selfish desire to keep themselves out of harm's way, but had they entertained any hopes of ameliorating their condition by a revolution, the waste and greed of the Sepoy mutineers for plunder of all kinds will have convinced them of their error. Except in the immediate neighbourhood of the mutineers a man may safely pass now in almost an y part of the country, carrying arms only as a pro tection against any casual plunderers who might be emboldened by the relaxation of the civil power to attack a defenceless traveller. The great difficulty will now be that of obtaining the me ins of trans port, the scarcity of which will not only exercise an injurious effect upon the trade of the Upper Pro vinces especially, but may lead to much suffedng in districts where the crops may have been deficient. The struggle is, however, by no means over. The forces finally collected in Oade are very numerous and must be desperate. The numberless and inde scribable atrocities perpetrated by them-forbid the offer of any terms, and it is a far more arduous task to deal with such a body than to defeat an army. We do not, however, share in the opinion that the pacification must necessarily be a work of years. With the means now available all will de pend. on the policy adopted. Our conviction is that the power, usefulness, and prestige of our name have been frittered away—we can find no better expression—by weak over-refined schemes of government ingeniously framed in the bureau by men far better skilled in weaving theories than in judging of men and things. A dissertation on go vernment would be out of place here, but the inte rests of this country and of Great Britain alike re quire that the policy under which so great a dis aster has taken place should be vigorously reviewed. Why is there so marked a difference between the government of the Punjaub and that emanating from Calcutta 1 The answer, we think, will be, that there the magnitude of the danger was recog nised, reward andipunishment were promptly meted out, a lead was taken, the masses moved in our favour. Here the danger was, as far as possible, ignored ; pardon and conciliation were talked of before our power was established ; and a native lawyer of no local standing made to represent government at a time when nothing but the indo mitable courage of a small band of British troops could have saved the district and convinced the classes naturally averse to war and all violent change, that safety might yet be on the side of the exiting government. The difference is what might be expected from the different systems and those who aro at the head of them. Much bitter and indiscriminating abuse has been published from this city, which meets little approval here, and far less in the Mofussil, where the condemnation of all parties is more justly levelled not only against individuals but against the system, and the principles upon which Indian government and re formation has been attempted, and statesmen and the public at home also will find much to reconsider in the opinions heretofore generally received 011 this subject. ROW TO GOVERN INDIA. (From the Times. ) The Punjab has again set a noble example to the rest of India. Sir John Lawrence—the man who crushed every sepoy in his own province and pro vided Sir Archdale Wilson with the means of achieving the like success at Delhi—has now taken the decisive step of liberating Christianity from its disabilities and relieving the profession of the Gos pel from stigma or prejudice with the limits of his government. Our Calcutta correspondence con tained on Friday last a notification issued by Mr. U. Montgomery, one of the officers engaged in the administration of the Punjab ; and admirably, be yond doubt, was the document calculated both to expose the defects of our past policy and to show the facilities of improvement. It deserves to bs remarked that the ordinance, which we, shall pre sently describe, appeared more than four months ag,), that is to say, before the prospects of the mu tineers had been visibly demolished by the capture of Delhi ; and that up to the date of our last de spatches it had produced not a symptom of popular animosity. Sir John Lawrence, therefore, in act ing upon such principles, took counsel only of his own true foresight and daring, and his policy, even at this crisis of religious emotions, has been at tended with entire success. It is surprising how much, and yet how little, the decree really ordains. It conveys not the smallest menace to native faiths, and yeti t raises Christianity from depression. It offersno favour, no bribes, no allurements to converts, but it pro but dep caste retensions of pre miies that they shall not be sufferers for the sake o the truth. It carries no interference with caste f p e say, " can no r r t e 'j n ti e d e i . ces, " The it syst e m of caste p , it longer be permitted to rule in oar services." Th o i nst it u tions of Brahminism may remain precisely as they are ; they will not be touched or threat ened by any act of authority, but for the future they will not be allowed to govern the p o li cy of a Christian Administration. "Soldiers and Government servants of every clam must be entertained for their merits irrespective of creed, class, or caste." We shoul d be utterly at a loss t o imagine how such principles as those could be im peached, even by the most resolute adv oca t es of t ra diti on ary policy, if the language of th e docu ment before us did not reveal a tact of the most significant kind. The truth is that the "neut ra lit y " hitherto professed by the Indian Governm en t i n re li g i ous matters has been no neutr a lit y at all. aw T True a el policy y unknown butnk n neutrality, it t e i tdb before. is evident, t theseTii avowedly i n t ro d uce expre sse d i n tho Tito is old d neutrality was a deliberate proscrip tion of Christianity for th e sake of keeping Hindoos quiet. F rom a really neutral Government Christianity h a d a right to expect exactly the same treatment as Brahrainism or Mahomedism, whereas it received nothing of the kind. It was placed under positive disadvantages, and visited with political penalties. The state ments of Mr. Montgomery's circular leave no room for doubt or cavil upon the point-. "The native Christians, as a body, have, with rare exceptions, been set aside. I know net one in the Punjab (to our disgrace be it said) in any employment under Government ; a proposition to employ them in Ilse public service six months ago would assuredly have been reeeived with coldness and w ou ld nut have even been complied with." We should lik e very much to v e hear how principles chapoliey as ti could be just fled n on r of indifference which heve been described as constituting the only safe rule for the government of India. Chrisdanity has not been treated with "indifference ;" it has been re garded with disfavour, and the simple proposal of Mr. Montgomery to advance the interests of native Christians equally with those of Mehomedans and Hindoos in respect of public employment under a Christian Government is not only announced as an important "change," but will probably be regarded in some quarters as a perilous and unwarrantable experiment. We must express our ell cid ed opinion that the doctrines of justice now recognised by the Gaverunient of the Punjab are not only—as nobody could deny—righteous in themselves, but directly calculated to strengthen our position and establish our rule hi the empire of India. If ever there was a policy convicted by its fruits it is surely that which, as opposed to the policy of Christian freedom we have pursued for a century in our Indian dominions. No arguments or lute • rences can overrule or invalidate tlis one great fact, that after all our efforts in the way of dt ference and compromise we have failed so utterly in con vincing the natives of our intentions that they have at last risen against us in murderous ferocity on the identical grounds which we so laboured to remove. The very principles and the very system which were devis e d a nd maintained for the sole purpose tnided by an i nsurrec ti on o f the most desperate of preve n ti ng i usutree ti on have le, last been at character. Nor can it be said that a century of security may be set off aeainst six months of mutiny. Security was never our lot. Th er e was no p rid during thi s ti me a t wh i ch revo lt s we re hot appre lionde7l. Tho ex pl os i on o f 1857 is but the final catastrophe of a s y stem w hi c h a l w ays rendered ca t ,strephes probable. Th e regu lating principle of Indian administration was the dread of I:elepoy re bellion. If s uc h an d suc h i nnovat i ons we re attempted the "native a r my" could not be di vended upen.• Of course the nati ve army diecernacl its power in the apprehensions with w hi c h i t i u spirod its millets, and , the consequenc es h ave b een wi t nese ed in the till- ' limited concessions which were made to its preten sions, and made in vain. If an accurate list could detected, or suppiessed in be published of th e mut i n i es, g reat or little, which have been anticipated, India during the l as t 50 years it w ould be seems how uselesswas our system o f . p a cification for any pur nose but that of encouraging th© arrogance of the military Brahmins. We say, too, that these results were natural. How far the apprehensions of a Hindoo for his caste were ori g inally sincere we canno t p re t en d to determine, but we havo at all events taken the very worst way to appease or remove them. In reality, as every Christian knows, they were ab solutely groundless. The fear of compulsory con version entertained or professed by Hindoos could never by any possibility have existed if the na ture of Christianity and the principles of Chris tian government had been fairly brought before their eyes. It would be as reasonable to suspect us of cannibalism as of proselytism by force. Ignorance alone could have engendered these ter rors, and this ignorance we perpetuated by keep ing our religion out of sight. All that Hindoos saw was that we were afraid of their suspicions, and this itself was enough to give those suspicions currency. They might have believed in the es sential peacefulness of Christianity if they had been familiarised with its character, but they could not believe in the sincerity of rulers who, instead of professing and explaining their religion, were willing to disguise, and even discourage it, under terror of revolt. lieligious differences they could not understand ; religious truth they were not permitted to comprehend ; and they credited us therefore with the only alternative which presented itself to their minds—the religious fanaticism of crusaders. The very problem before us could only have been created by a combination of unnatural im pressions. There is nothing to show that Hindoos under any other rulers, although those rulers were often bigoted professors of a proselytising creed, were ever troubled with these frantic alarms about their caste. The - ke is no example in any other part of the globe of the Briiiih Government having been embarrassed by any fear on the part of a subject population that we should turn crusaders. In British India alone have Hindoos become rebels through religious agitation, and Protestant Chris tianity been charged with the attributes of Mahomedanism. Why should Lord Canning have been more an object of dread than Aurungzebe or Tippoo Sahib ? Why, should we, who never dreamt of crusading anywhere, and whose national faith would not admit the idea of compulsory baptism, be suspected of these terrible designs in our Indian Empire ? If we had been suspected of any political aggressiveness the impression would have been natural enough. If Hindoos had always been ready to run mad upon the subject of their caste, we could not be turpris id at faring is other conquerors of India had before us. The embar rassments, however, and the perils to which we were exposed are so totally without warrant from prece dent, and so utterly opposed to the reality of things, that nothing but a false policy could ever have produced them. We first invested our own subjects with preponderant military power. We then showel ourselves perpetually anxious lest this power should be turned against us. When Brah minism thus discerned its opportunity and claimed excessive consideration for caste prejudices, we de ferred to these demands, as we must needs, under the circumstances, have deferred to any, until at length our constant deprecations produced an im pression of our insincerity, and we suffered under the imputation of designs which we never enter tained, but which we had been incessantly forced to disavow. This policy has now borne its fruit. It has not secured the submission of the native army, the only object to which it was directed ; but it has invested u s w ith a f a l se a nd discreditable character, and has threatened the safety of our oriental empire. Certainly it is high time that such a policy should be changed. OUR MOYETARY PROSPRCTS-PRODU CPIRS AND CONSUMERS. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) The nation commences the year 1858 with very different prospects from those which we had in 1857 We have elsewhere referred to India. The mutiny which in the past year caused so much surprise and apprehension is, we may hope, in a fair way of being entirely suppressed. But our home prospects pre sent many features of anxiety and doubt. The commercial storm has lulled. The wrecks of many edifices of commercial power and magnitude lie in ruins, and it will take years of patient toil and energy to restore them to their former state. By a convulsion such as .that through which we have passed a great national loss is occasioned. Every one above the level of the shallow writer of the Times' city articles knows that the rise in the rate of discount, bad as it is in itself, is one of the minor evils of a large contraction of the circulating me dium. A far greater is the ruinous depreciation of the price of all commodities. This an avowed and necessary principle of the Bank Charter Act. Prices are-forced down in order to attract gold to the country iu exchange for our .cheap goods. Now in our market of depreciated goods and produce the foreigner buys excellent bargains. Take, for exam ple, West India produce, which has, in some cases, depreciated more than 50 per cent. The foreigner buys this produce at its reduced price. He benefits, the British producer or merchant loses. But if the process of depreciation be traced out, it will appear that in reality scarcely any persons at home gain, while many lose. By far the greater part of the English people ' are interested in production. Nearly all may be classed among the producers. This is the case with the great agricultural body. Out landed proprietors all belong to the class of pro ducers. The tenant farmer is an agent of the no bleman in raising and selling the produce of his estate. It is some time, indeed, before a deprecia • tion of agricultural produce affec's a landlord. But it is plain that everything which lowers the value of the land itself, either to sell or to let. The manufacturers in the busy hives of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Scotland belong to the producing class, and in general all persons engaged in business ate directly or indirectly interested in the welfare of productive industry. Now all this large body of persons suffer by un natural depreciation of prices, such as that caused by a monetary crisis. They benefit to a trifling extent as consumers. Their sugar, broad, anti clothes may be cheaper. But they lose to a very great extent by the diminution of their fair profits. In many cases there is a complete stagnation. Profits altogether cease. This is now the case with many of those who deal in articles of luxury —jewellers and artists. The working classes are seriously injured. Bread is cheap. But their wages are reduced. In many cases they receive no:waees. Cheap:food without money to buy any is no help to the poor man, and the country loses immensely by the cessation of labour. A hundred thousand industrious and able-bodied man cease to produce anything. They still consume. They must be maintained out of the national stock, or their own past savings. But all their strength, skill, and industry are thrown out of gear, and remain unproductive. There is a small class which gains by a deprecia tion. This is the class which consumes, without producing. The person of fixed income, the an nuitant, the pensioner, the Government official, gain by the low price of all they have to purchase. The fundholder, provided he be in no way con nectel with the producing classes, gains. And above all, the trader in the money market, the capitalist; who watches the bank reserve, who knows enough of the operation of the Bank Charter Act to foresee when the contraction of the cur rency will enhance the value of his article—to him the ruin of commerce, and the prostration of pro ductive industry opens an abundant harvest. The Usurer, who by means of money dealers can take advantage of the artificial dearth of money created by Peel's Bills, gets his eight or nine per cent, for his money, or buys securities depreciated below their honest worth. _ Thus the " bard calculator," a cunning, but of ten a very ignorant and narrow-minded creature, the drone of the industrious hive of England, obtains his thousands of profits, to enable him t o d o w hi c h the nation per ioclicallyloses millions. At this pre sent moment this process is in operation. Peel's Bi1!s have turned us into a nation of cannibals—one usurer devours a thousand industrious traders. THE PRESS, THE PULPIT, AND THE PETTICOAT.—The first Fpreads the news, the second spread 3 religion, and the last spreals—all over the pavement. 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IMPORTANT CAUTION against thr fearful daggers of spurious imitations : —The Vico-Chancel lor, , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the Nth March, 1851, against Alfred Hooper Novill, for imitatiu "Da Barry's Rwalonta .rabid Food." PRICES OP SHARES. Prom the Official List. PUBLIAHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY .EVENIN LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 1, 1858. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry... • Derby .. • • • • GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester .... Leicstr &I , Ttb Long ht,orogh Macclesfield. Neath .. • • • . 0xf0rd...... Dividexd per TA Annum. 93 71. p. ct. 40 4/: 100 11/. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 61, pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 69. 100, 251. iOO 5/. 83 1/.55. 143 701 . 100 21. 109. 100 16/. ,100 Name of Company. Berlin ....... east London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... • • Do. New ...... Kent.... • . ...... .... Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex .. Do. Do, .. •• • • Name of Company. Efungerford .... •• .... Southwark ...... .. Ditto New of 734 p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial •• .• •• •• . Do. Preference East arid West India.. Grand Surry D. & Cana] 1)o. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .. •• • .•• •••• St. Katharine ........ Southampton •• •• • • • • Victoria. • • • ••• •• •• •• Ditto New .;•• •• .. Namo of Company. tilbton ....•• • • •• • • •• tillianza Bri:. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Athenmum .......... Atlas .. Argus Life ... • • .. .• • • British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London ••• • • • Clericl.Med.ft Gen. Life County .............. Crown .....• • • • • • • • • Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment; General.• • • • • • . • • • . • • Globe Gresham:Life Do. Do.. Guardian ............ Imperial Fire.... Imperial Life „ Indemnay Marine.... Law Fire •• •• •• .• .• • • Law Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law Marine... •• ...... • . Med. & Gen. Life Minerva ........ •• .• Monarch .• • • • • • • • • New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •• •• Phoenix Profesaiona Life • • • • • Provident Life.. • • • • • • Rock Life.... • • • • • • Royal Exchange Finn Fire...... • • • • • • •• Ditto Life ...•• •• • • • United Kingdom ...• Universal Life .• • ..... Victoria Life •• ••• • • • Name of ComPan7• A.ustralasia. • • • • • • • • • • Bank of Egypt .. •• • • Bank. of London .... • • British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City ..... ..... Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .. • • .... London and County Lon. & Eastn. linkg. C. London Joint-Stock Londn and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto. New Ditto ditto Natio•trd Bank New .- oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New... •• •• 10 nian.........• • • • • • • South Australia • • - • • • Union of Australia - - Union of Hamburg • • . • Union of London...—. Unity Mutual • • • • Western Bank of Londn, Names of Companies. Dividend per Annum 'Peak Forest. Regeut's • • • • IRoclutale .. • • I Stffrd &WorL Stonrbridge.. Severn and 1 Wye Rail. Warwick & B irming. Warwick & 1 Napton.. j Worcstr & Binning. j ,Wilts & Briu WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Pric e 51. per cnt. tii.per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4i. per cnt. 51. per cut. ,41. per cent. BRIDGE: Dividend . per Annum. Amount of Sitars). lOs per cent.' 11. I2s. Od. U. Vs. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%7. per mt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. MANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. qi. p.c.& bs. 15s. 04. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. IL per share 1/. 18s. 53. 5 1 4 per cent. I/. 41. per cent< 6 per cent. 51. per cent. V. per cent 121. per cent SE. p. et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons, 214. per sh. 4s. per share IBs. & bs. 4% per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6sl per cent 51p. ct. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 12% per c. 7s. p. c. & bs 1% p. c & bs 1/. 14s. 41. & bonus. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. IINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 1401. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. & be. 41. per cent. 51. percent. 9, 401. per cent. 6!. per cent. 28 per cent. I 8 per cent. 19C.8cbs il.per cent. 20 ,7 . per cent. 101. per cent. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 811. per cent. .... 15/. per cent.) .£ u. 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 1 61 6 0 I 5 1 8 X a. 0. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 X s. d. Stock. o 'too 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 :PANIES. Amount of Share. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 1500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. I 20 0 0 100 0 0 B &NYS. Amount of dhare. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 ' 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 • ' 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 'l5 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. Z a. d. all 12 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 71 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 - 9 9 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 51. Os. 17s. 281. 121. lOs Li. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. X 1. d 100 •11 Pric Paid. Z s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 n 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 47 b 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 7/. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 187/0s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 .0 21010 s Caledonian Bank ..... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 03/ 158 City of Glasgow Bank 51, per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -1 Os Clydesdale Bank .... 5541. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 111 7s Commercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2201 0 Eastern Bank.. •• •• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/ Os Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3541. p cent. 5 e 5 0 0 31 Its National Bank ...... 656 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 179,10 North of Scotland Bank 51, per cent 20 0 0 210 051 lOs Royal Bank of Scott. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 140 i's Union. Bank of Scot... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 741 Os Western 8ank........ 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% Lpr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/ Os British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 01/1 Is Caledonian Fire Insur. . 10,•per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61• per cent. 25 0 0 3 0 OAI Os Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 071 7s Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 510er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Is Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 0611 ss National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 1119 s North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 37/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 13s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 17s Scottish Union Insrnc. 754/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 13s Standard Life ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 , 7 0 0 271 5s GAS-LIGEIT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - £ s. d. £ s. d. British Provincial .• •• 71, per cent. 20 0 0 all 23% Brighton •• .... •• .. .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - City of London ...... 2/. per cent. 150 0 0 150 5 0 - Equitable.. •......... 2/. 50 0 0. all - European .... .••• • .. 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Great Central ........ 8/. per cent 10 0 0 . - 11 1 4 Imperial .. •......... 10/. per cent. 50 0 0 - 70 Ditto New ... - 53 0 0 12 10 G - Ditto Debentures.. - Stock 100 0 0 200 Do. Continental 1 stCap. 31 ss. 50 0 0 42 15 0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. SO 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 4/. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 all 50 Londov Parl. Preferen. 4/. per cent. 25 0 0 - 2714 Phoenix ............. 55 per cnt. 60 0 0 52 0 0 47 Rateliff..... ........ 5/. 2G 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - United General .• •• •• i6s 0,1 per sh. 50 0 0 - 20 Westminster Chartered 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 50 Ditto, New .... •• .. - 50 0 0 10 6 0 - Western A - Ditto B MISCELLANEOUS. ------. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ' - - 4 ii. d. X ii. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam sea •• -• •• .... 61. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart.. •• .... 2 1 41 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Agrlculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 25% Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austrattan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all 214 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11.10 s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... • • .... •• .. 61. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bends 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Dtte, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. • 50 0 50 0 4% Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 354/. per cent - - - Electric Telegraph - Eng.&Xus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all 154 Eug.&iris. Slag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable iteversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - Ditto New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and I/. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all 3% Iludson's 8ay...... •• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Hungerford ...... •• - Loa. No. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/. per cent. 15 0 0 all - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 50 0 ali N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5l. per cent. - WO 0 0 Nor. Uri. Australasian Ed. 1 0 0 all - North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 ..... Price's Patent Cand. Co - 29 0 0 all - l'eil River.Land&Min. - 50 0 all 24 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all Ditto New ..... - 50 0 0 10 0 0 15t4 Reversionary Int. Soc l%l. pr cent 100 0 0 all Ditto New ........ 45 4 /• pr cent. 100 0 0 26 0 0 - Royal Rail Steam.... 1/, p. share. 100 0 0 of 0 0 - Scottish Aus. Invest. 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 A ll South .4.ustralian Land 7/. per cent. 25 0 0 a 345 4 Trust and Loan Comp. 7 54.. Pr cent. l 20 0 0 5n 0 0 ..--• 1 7 ,13. Diemen's Land.. 10 s. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - 6 per cent. Bonds 6 per cent, - raid. X a. d. MILITIA RIOT AT BURNLEY. Between eight and nine o'clock on New Year's eve a number of men belonging to the Dublin Militia, now lying in the Burnley barracks, com menced a disturbance in the town. We understand that it had been bounty day, and they had spent a good deal of time in beer-houses. Most of them were in a state of intoxication, and when they turned into the streets they became violent, attacking in discriminately all who came within their reach. The picket, with the assistance of the police, got a num ber of them to the barracks. Shortly after, the picket returned, and, dividing, visited several parts of the town. The more serious part of the disturb. ante then began. The conduct of the several divi sions of the picket was of a much more violent charac: er than that of the men who had been taken to the barracks. One of the windows in front of the Thorn Inn was completely smashed ; several panes in the windows of the market and smoking rooms of the Bull Inn were broken. These wiudo A s front Market-street, and exhibited lights, and in many parts of the front streets where this was the case the windows were broken. One gentleman, who was sitting in the smoking room of the Bull Inn, very narrowly escaped a thrust from the bayonet with which the window pane was broken. In Yorkshire street, a young man, named Nutter Barritt, who was returning home with his father, about half-past ten o'clock, was stabbed in the shoulder and hip. Another young man, a collier, in the employ of the Cliviger Coal Company, was wounded in several places in the head, and between the thigh and body. During the disturbance in Yorkshire-street, Mr. John Berry, butcher, whose shop faces the entrance of the street, had his front window completely smashed. One of the inhabitants had taken refuge in his shop, and was followed by the militia, who drove their bayonets into the door, and then broke the window. A man, whose name we could not learn, further than that he goes by the alias of " Toathree,” was stabbed at the top of New Mar ket-street. A considerable quantity of blood on the pavement marks the place. We have heard of se veral others having been wounded; we do not learn, however, that any of the wounds are dangerous. T elpicket returned to the barracks about 11 o'clock, but we understand that a considerable force turned out armed, about one o'clock in the morning, to fetch in stragglers. The town was much excited yesterday morning. The magistrates met at the Court-house, at 11 o'clock on Friday forenoon, to deliberate upon the means to be adopted to prevent a recurrence of the disgraceful scenes of Thursday night. Captain Mac lonald, the officer• in command of the militia, was present. The reporter was not admitted, but we learn from good authority that the officer ac knowledged that the men were most unruly and nearly unmanageable. Had it not been for the assistance of Mr. Carsewell, the superintendent of police (whose conduct under the circumstances the captain highly extolled), and the force under him, it is highly probable that much more serious conse quences would have ensued. After the disgraceful conduct of the militia in the town, from one to two hundred of the inhabitants, armed with blud geons and other we pons, proceeded up Westgate, in the direction of the barracks, apparently bent on attacking the militia. They were met by Mr. G. Hansfield, magistrate, Mr. Carsewell, and others, and dissuaded from their purpose. .The bayonetting andsmashing of windows was much more extensive than was at first supposed. Fifteen or sixteen persons appeared at the court-house while the magistrates were sitting, who had • been more or less injured by the bayonet. One man was stabbed in the head and hand in Westgate ; after making his escape they pursued him, and when not able to come up with him they threw their bayonets after him, one of which be secured. The conduct of the militia is described es perfectly wild ; they howled, struck their bayonets in the causeway, and one of them sharpened his bayonet on a door step, calling to his comrades to do the same, and give it to the English. A number of the militia have been in jured, and it is stated, will be handed over to a court-martial as soon as they are recovered. The men are to be c o nfi ne d t o barracks.—Manchester Guardian. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JAN. 1. Best. Current. Info) LEIZIOC 446 Wheat 44s 3d 3ss Old 228 6d 1707 Oats 26s 6d 2ls OM ......... 18 , Od 1..)50 Barley 33s Od 2ss 6] 45 Peas & beans 39s Od 362 6d --- HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET —JAN. 1. WHEAT, EARLSY I OATS. 1 •BBANII. First 46s Od 34 8 61 I 27s Od 1 37s Od Second 3BB 5d 1 278 8d / 22s 2d 134 9(1 Third 29 s 01 I 228 01 119 a 6d I 31s Od, Total qua n tit y o f w h ea t i n mar k et, 71 9 qrs., 599 sold barley ~ 1076 qr5.,10641801d oats ~ 424 qrs., 417 sold beans 91 90 qrs., 80 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, U. 18 5 3-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 7 8 1-12th* Oats, ... 11. 2 2 3.l2ths J Beans, U. 14 9 9-12th SP , ABERDEEN-JAN. 1. Potato oats 19s Od to 20s Od 1 401bs er bushel Common oats 18s Odto 18s 6d Bere 23s Od to 25s Od 1531ba i Barley 23 s Od t o 25 s Od Wheat, red (spriug)3os Od to 33s Od 1. 621bs ~ white 2Bs Od to 44s Od Oatmeal 15s Od to I , 's Od per boll. Flour 38s Oct to 39s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 8d I Butter, p lb. s 10d t o i s 01 Mutton, per lb Cd to 8d Eggs, p doz. is Od to is 41 Lamb, do., Os Gd to Ofi 8,1 1 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 61 Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 8d I Chickens,do.2s Od t o 2 c 61 Pork, perlb...Os Odto Os Od Ducks, do., ls Oct to 2e. 0.1 Salmon, per lb Os Od 1 Ducklings,clo2s Od to 2s 61 Grouse, per brace.....os to Os Turkeys, each 3s Od to 3s 63 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, pr peek, —d to 121 Rabbits, each ' 8d to 94. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt....80s to —a Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen -(1 to 124 RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 2d I Barley f10ur,141b.03 to i s 8d Oatmeal Os Od t o i s 7d J ~ dust, Beremeal , —.Os Od to ls Cd I , per lb 2d to 2d Peasemoal... Os Od t o 2 s 4d Sid ' s, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to Is Gd 4-Ib. 10af...6d. 12-lb. 10af...3d. DUBLIN. JAN. 1. There was a poor attendanco, but a very firm market. We repeat our quotations of Tuesday. • White wheat, 28. Od to 29s Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 27s 6d: ditto new, —3 Od; barley, malting, 158 to ISs 6d; grind. ing, —s to ---8 ; oats, old, 12s Gd to 15s; ditto, new, —g Od to --s Oct ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Gd; bere, new, 113 to 154 Od ; rapese d, 23s Od to 258 Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 16s Od to 2A Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 323 6d per 480 lbc. LOCAL SHARB MARKBT.S. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2. • STOCK EXCHANGE.--In the Liverpool Stock Exchange there was nothing doing to-day, and prices must be looked upon as merely nominal. Caledonian, 428 38—Holyheads, 18 1 -6—London and N. Westerns, 994 t—Ditto (i shares), 12—Esuit Lancashire, 92i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951 dis.—Sheffielos. 40i—Alidlands, 924—North Eastern, Berwick, 248—South Easterns, 21i 2—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12i—Great Western, 58. MANCHESTER, JAL 2, STOCK EXCHANGE—There was an active demand, and there was a larger business than usual for the day of the week. Sheffields, 391 Midland., 92 i—Eastern Coun ties, 12--Truuks, 13—Dovers, 21 13-16 Londons, East Lancashire, 921---Leeds, 941 i—Great.Luxemboarg, 8 —Canadas, now, A p, BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 2. SToci EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generally improved, though few transactions took place. Groat Western Birmingham Prof , 9 —North Staffordshire, 2t d Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed, 69 70. LEEDS, JAN. 2. STOOK EXOFIANGE.—The market to-day again active. Midlands, 92 A —North Eastern (Leeds); 27i —Doyen, at —Eastern Counties, 12—London and South-Western, 96 —North Eastern, (York), 43A .-.-434 A—Ditto (Berwick), 248 —Eastern Union B, 71. BIRTHS. COCHRAN—On the Ist inst., at Swakeleys, near Uxbridge, the wife of Captain Thomas Cochran, R.N., of a son. ELLIOE—On the Ist inst., at 18, Wilton-crescent, the wife of Robert Ellice, Esq., of a son. HUSSEY—On the 2d inst.. et 53, Lower Grosvenor -street, the Non. Mrs. Hussey, of a son. MosEs—On the 2d inst., at Fern Lodge, Claphani,park, the wife of Edward Henry Moses, MARRIAG ES. Esq., of a daughter. HOBHOUSE —ERODRICK —On the Ist inst. at S. Cathberre Church, Wells, the Rev. Edm un d g u ith o n o o, vicar of S. Peters in-the-E as t , Oxford, second son of the late Right Hon. Hen r y H u b honso, of Hadspon, Somerset, to Mary Elizab e th , second daughter of the late General the lion. John Bredriek. DEATHS.' 1........- BENNETT--On the Ist inst., Mr. Edwin Bennett, o f th e House of Lo r d s, aged 4G. BARTLETT—On the 31st ult., Mr. John Bartlett, of 83, Drury-lane, aged 77. FELL OWES—On the 30th ult., at Langston° C o tt age, near Havant, Si r J ames F e llowes, M.D., F.R . S ., L. and E.., aged 86, FROST —On the 31st ult., at Clapham, the Rev. R. Frost, late Cloaca' Secretary to the British and Fore'gn Bible Society, aged 58. MARTIN—On the Ist inst., at 24, B eau f ey-terrace, Ma i daw vale, Captain James Martin, 11.E.1.C.5., age d 76 . SKYNNER—On the 31st ult., at his residence, 42, Morti• iner-street, Cavendish-square, Robert Skinner, Esq., conveyancer, agod 74. LONDON; Printed and kuhliahed by MU Elly YisUIV • of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mice, NO 112, Strand, in the Preeinet cc the Savoy, in the coals' Y of Middlesex. Monday, January 4, 18L8. Price. Qrs. TFIE SIN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANIPARY 4, 1858. 8834 19D Pal& Paid. Price, Price, Price, 16% 49 1 A 365 125 _3 7% 277 Price. Woit may vide, attai ands bad Chl4 Mr, the( corn, Emp Th May Rath Ti tie to or of±h nun