The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Very few Peers were present. The Ministry were represented by the Earl of Malmes bury, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Duke of Northumber land, the Marquis of Salisbury, and Lord Colchester. The Earl of Derby was not present. On the Opposition Benches were—Lord Truro and Lord Stanley, of Alderley. There was a numerous attendance of members of the House of Commons in the gallery reserved for them, among whom we noticed Lord John Russell. The Earl of LONSDALE presented a petition from the Mechanics' Institute of Whitehaven, praying to be furnished with Parliamentary papers. THE MINISTRY. The Earl of MALMESBURY then said—My lords, in consequence of what took place in the House of Com mons last night, with respect to the resolutions moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and in consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Prime Minister, who has gone to see her Majesty at Osborne, I shall move that this house adjourn until Monday next. The house then adjourned. ' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Smith was brought up charged with having stolen ss. W. from William Apps, a countryman. The complainant, who had just arrived in town by railway at London-bridge, asked the prisoner, who was standing at the station, the way to Hackney. " I'm going that way," said the prisoner, "and I'll show you." As they walked along, the prisoner picked up a bag, which, upon examining, he said contained a gold ring, and he told the prosecutor that as they were together when it was found they would divide its value between them. The ring, which was worth about a penny, was wrapped up in a piece of paper appearing to be a bill for the article, amounting to 12s. 6d., and the prisoner handed over the treasure to the complainant for the ss. 9id. which was all the latter had. A nx i ous t o t urn th e trinket to account, the countryman displayed it before a pawnbroker, who pronounced it to b e d ear a t a penny. Next day the victim pointed out the finder of the ring at the station to a policeman, who, upon searching, found in the fellow's pocket two other rings, wrapped up in similar bills, and of just the same value. The prisoner said he had offered to return the com plainant his money if he suspected the genuiness of the gold. WORSHIP-STREET.—Two men named Thomas Penfold and Archibald M'Endrick, were brought up for final examination, before Mr. Hammill, charged with having been concerned in breaking into the premises of Mr. Samuel Wood, a pawnbroker, in High Holborn, and stealing therefrom a large quantity of jewellery and other articles, of the value of 170/. ; and Joseph Saun ders, a beer-shop keeper, in Worship-street, and Cathe rine Watts and Emma Wilson, two women of abandoned habits, were charged with having received different portions of the stolen property. It appeared that shortly alter twelve o'clock on the night of the 23d ult., as police-constable serjeant, E 120, was passing round his beat, he observed that the prosecutor's shop-door, which he had seen secure about an hour previous, was wide open, and having alarmed the inmates, it was discovered that the shop had been completely ransacked, and that a large amount of property, consisting of five gold and seventeen silver watches, sixty-eight wedding rings, a valuable diamond and a sapphire ring, and two gold brooches, had been carried off by the thieves. It was evident that the burglars had contrived to secrete themselves in the house before the closing of the shop, as neither the doors nor windows had been forced from the outside, and they had carried on their operations with such dexterity and caution, that although one of the shopmen occupied a bed under the counter, he was not at all disturbed, s and was found fast asleep on the entrance of the policemen. About three days after the robbery, Inspector Brennan of the G division received information which induced him to proceed to the house of the prisoner Saunders, and on questioning him as to whether he had lately received a quantity of jewellery, he at first denied that he had, but finding that the officers were about to search the place, he whispered to his wife, " You know where they are as well as Ido ; go up-stairs." The officers then followed his wife into an upper room, and saw her thrust her hand up the chimney, from which she pulled out an old stocking ; on securing and examining which they found it to contain a gold watch, fifteen gold rings, and a lady's pocket-book. The prisoner accounted for the articles by stating that they had been placed under his charge a few nights before, but on taking him into cus tody the officer Evans heard him enjoin his wife, in a low tone, to "say nothing." M'Endrick, and the two women were afterwards taken into custody by the inspec tor, who succeeded in tracing various other portions of the stolen property to their possession. Police-constable Garrod, N 213, stated that he appre hended the prisoner Penfold on the 3d inst., in Spital fields, and on communicating to him the nature of the charge, he replied, " Yes ; it is quite true, and I'll tell you all about it ;" after which he voluntarily entered into the following curious narrative :—Between four and five o'clock on the evening of the robbery, while passing through Holborn, he observed two or three men loitering about in front of the prosecutor's shop, and, suspecting that they were after no good, he determined to watch their proceedings. His intention, however, was speedily discovered by the men, who ordered him away, but he refused to leave, and one of them then said, " The fact is, we are about to do a job here to-night, and if you keep it dark we will give you part of what we get ?" After a short interval, one of the men stealthily entered the side-door of the house, which was accidentally left open, and shortly afterwards presented himself at one of the upper windows. He saw nothing more of the man for two or three hours, at the expiration of which time he cautiously opened the shop door and admitted one of his confederates, and after a considerable lapse of time they both came out and handed to him. a gold watch, three silver watches, fifteen gold rings, and the lady's pocket-book, to secure his secrecy. The prisoner added that he proceeded on the same night to the house of Saunders, which he was in the habit of frequenting, and he left the property under his charge. Several pawnbrokers were examined, who produced a number of rings, watches, and other articles which had been pledged at different times at their shops by M'End rick and the female prisoners, and the whole of which were identified by the prosecutor's foreman as a portion of the stolen property. The prisoners expressed their intention of reserving their defence, and were fully committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.—Three women of abandoned char acter, named Roach, Sullivan, and Gorman, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Combe, charged with assault and highway robbery. Mr. Henry Ward stated that he is a wine merchant, in the City, his private residence being at Peckham ; that on the preceding night he left the City about ten o'clock, but admitted that he was under the influence of wine. He proceeded over London-bridge, and when he arrived on the south side, in walking along Winchester street, near St. Saviour's Church, he was knocked down, and when he recovered himself he missed his watch and guard, and also a sovereign and a half in gold. He added that he was quite unable to identify the parties by whom he had been robbed. A watch and guard were produced which he identified. He further stated that in the morning he found , himself in the station-house, at the rear of that court, not being in a condition to proceed to his home after the outrage and robbery. Mary Reddington, an unfortunate girl, said as she was walking down Winchester-street she saw the complainant, who appeared to be very tipsy. He was followed by the three prisoners, one of whom (Sullivan) went up to him and thrust one of her hands into his waistcoast pocket, and pulled out a sovereign and showed it to Gorman. The latter immediately pulled out half a sovereign, the complainant made an ineffectual resistance, upon which Gorman, a strong and powerful woman, knocked him down. Roche then rushed forward and pulled his gold guard chain over his head, and snatched the watch out of his pocket. The three prisoners then made their es cape. Mr. Combo—Then you stood by and saw this gen tleman knocked down and robbed ? Witness : It was through me the prisoners were taken into custody. Mr. Combe--Have you had a quarrel with them about the livision of the pl un d er ? Wit ness : N o ; I rema i ne d inwalking ab out t h e streets until two o ' clock in the morn strgeeatnclthen went to the prisoner's lodging, in Mint men a t seven o'clock, an d saw th em th ere an d t wo with them mr. c ola • anything sa a— ab Well, w h a t t oo k p l ace t h ere ; was there Witnes s --icut the robbery on the previous night ? watch that you r'ot bed sa id, " Well, how about the gent's abuse me, and I last night ?" They all b egan t o left Policeoof the robbery. Mr. Combe— tu lere disappointed in your ex pectations of sharing on theenlunder, and that was the phriadsoners. reason you "peached" Witness—l thought that With not t been used well, Bard de robbery. 'although I had nothing to do Mr. Combe said that he had h h a s ha enough from the lips of this witness to justi the dock with the other prisoners, as hanviplacing her in in not to the assault and robbery. She had a d mitte n l sharingt it was beent privy in consequence of her disappointment the plunder that she gave the information to the in The witness was then ordered into the dock, and her three fellow prisoners seemed desperately ex asperated I against her, Downes (the gaoler) was compelled to stand I between them during the remainder of the examination, in order to prevent their laying violent hands upon her. Policeman Reed, 492 A, stated that while on duty that morning, at seven o'clock, near St. Georg e ' s Church, in the Borough, Reddington gave him infor mation of the robbery. He accompanied her to No. 7, Mint -street. She pointed out the three prisoners. On examining the room he discovered the watch and chain wrapped up in a piece of black gauze, the latter of which had been used as a mask to conceal the face. They were found in the bed between the bed clothes, and Gorman said that the bed belonged to her. The complainant was found soon after the robbery in the street, and assisted to the station-house.—The prisoners were remanded. - THE ORLEANS PROPERTY.—The forest of Breteuil, itaetredlayybnarneloongiinng, gto Ring L ou i s Phili ppe, was sold yes by auction, for 3,810,000 f., and the fine forest dem esne of St. Dizier was sold during the day to a rich capitalist of Rheims. " The demes nes o f A rc an d that Chatea Randun be uvilain, belongin g to the Prin ce d e J o i nv i lle, and of , queathed by Madame Adelaide to the Duke de Montpensier, are also, says t Nationale, on the point of being he sold. A con t rac t Assemblee has, signed for the former with the c it on i,s p asna y id,,cboneesnistianlr g eoafdyl andowners woo d- merchantsd PRICE OF BRISTOL BEER.—The price of b of ee o r n i e n h t a h if is - 1 sportsm en, and for the latter with' aiichf'o. , anti city is sixpence per pot. A difference only penny on a quart in favour of the consumer, it is calcu- 1 already h h e a o s e c ea on n s s id f e a r m ab il l y e w p i r u op h e ac t ey submittedi n France. re t i o g 11"13 t h ey re, these i lated, would arise if the malt duty were reduced accord- , sales, t them f or that purpose."—Galignani. ing to the Ministerial measure.—Felix Farley's Bristol i gations of the decree of Jan. 22, before the expiration of Journal, the delay granted THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER lB, 1852.1 LORD CARLISLE ON THE POETRY OP GRAY. The noble example which the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle afforded to the peers of England two years ago at Leeds, when he gave two lectures before the Me chanics' Institute of that town, has been followed by men of such exalted rank as the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Montagu, and others, and it is understood that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle will shortly rank amongst the same class of aristocratic teachers of the people. The Earl of Carlisle has laid the mechanics' institutes of Yorkshire under additional ob ligations, by delivering at Sheffield, on Tuesday even ing, a lecture on the writings of the poet Gray. The meeting was in the lecture-hall of the Mechanics' Insti tute, and in addition to the members of the institution, there were present a great many of the principal inha bitants of Sheffield and the neighbourhood. Amongst the audience we noticed Mr. James Mont . gomery, the poet ; the Rev. Canon Trevor, the Mayor (Mr. Matthews), Mr. Alderman Dunn (the President of the Institution), the Master Cutler (Mr. Hunter), Dr. Holland. Mr. Fisher, sen., Alderman Pye Smith, Mr. Henry Jackson, Mr.i Henry Newbould, Mr. Gains ford, Mr. John Newbould, Mr. Edward Smith, Mr. J. B. Brown, Mr. Badger (Rotherham), Mr. Alderman Carr, Mr. Solly, Mr. Bramley, Mr. Leader, jun., Mr. F. Hoole, &c. Alderman DUNN, who, as president of the institution took the chair, having introduced the noble lecturer. Lord CARLISLE then proceeded to read his lecture, the subject to which it referred being the poetry of Gray, an author, he said, who, in point of mere bulk, had proba bly written less than any other poet whose works were comprised in any collection of English poetry, but few had attempted a greater variety of styles, and these, too amongst the most difficult and lofty in the whole range of song. He had written odes which might be divided into the regular and Pindaric ; he had written elegiac verses ; he had written Latin heroic, Latin elegiac, and Latin lyric poetry ; he had written burlesque ' - he had written satire ; he had written epit a ph s ; h e had written a sonnet ; he had written part of a tragedy ; and all he had written was not only excellent, but nearly perfect in its kind. His leading characteristic and probably that which i n t er f ere d ma i n l y w ith hi s being a more prolific writer, was the nicety and purity of his taste. If he were forced to compare his style and genius with those of any other writer he believed he should select Virgil. He would back his own estimate o f the 1 poetical merits of Gray by the weightier authority of Sir J. Mackintosh, who said, "Of all English poets he was the most finished artist ; he attained the highest degree of splendour of which poetical style seems to be capable." He appeared to have laboured under an hereditary ten dency to gout, which closed his illustrious career in his fifty-fifth year, and which probably' gave to the whole of his sedentary and eventful life that disposition to a pen sive, but not morose, melancholy to which he frequently alluded in his correspondence, and which has left most distinct impressions even on his highly-polished and carefully laboured poetry. It was in that light he was represented in the following lines, written in a poem of the last century, " The Pursuits of Literature," by Mr. Mathias, a distinguished classical and Italian scholar : , " Go then and view, since closed his cloistered day, The self-supported, melancholy Gray. Dark was his morn of life, and bleak the spring, Without one fost'ring ray from Britain's king : Granta's dull abbots cast a sidelong glance, And Levite gownsmen hugged their ignorance : With his high spirits strove the master bard, And was his own exceeding great reward." Though the " dull abbots" of Cambridge were spoken of with extreme irreverence by Gray himself, he spent, by choice, the greater portion of the last twenty-nine years of his life at that University ; and with reference to the want of " one fostering ray from Britain's king," in the first place he not only had the option of becoming poet laureate, abut had received the office of Professor of Modern History (which he feared he had made a sine cure) in the University of Cambridge, if not actually from George the Third, at least from the Duke of Graf ton with the king's conveyed assent. He imagined, moreover, that Gray, who never was a distressed man, would have shrunk instinctively from all the common appearances of patronage, and it should be recollected that when he travelled with the son of the most power ful Prime Minister England ever had, be quarrelled with hini. One of the greatest readers, he was one of the most sparing of writers, and when he consented to the publication of his immortal Elegy, he requested it should be without his name, and expressed an almost ludicrous degree of horror at the notion of its being pub lished with an engraving of his own head prefixed to it. Lastly, and most conclusively of all, when late in life he authorised two editions of his works in England and Scotland, he expressly mentioned that he was to receive no remuneration for them. The same sensitive and fas tidious delicacy which pruned every expression of his pen, guarded every action of his life ; and they were told by his editor and friend, the poet Mason, that he even assumed an appearance of effeminacy and delicacy to ward off persons whom he did not wish to please. His existence, on the whole, was that of a scholar and re cluse, pursuing varied walks of learning, many of which he mastered, if not with the massive completeness of a German student, yet with the refined diligence of an English gentleman. In addition to his own captivating art of poetry, he was keenly alive to the excellencies of music, painting, and architecture ; and, though there would appear to have been no trace of his ever having been in love—(laughter)—his heart was open to the warmest emotions of friendship. Nor is it easy to re member a more congenial union of tastes and feelings than distinguished the too brief intimacy between him and his accomplished friend, Richard West. His affec tion for his mother was tender, constant, and practical, as proved by the inscriptio n w hi c h h e p l ace d upon h er tom "In the same pious confidence, Beside her Friend and Sister. Here sleep the Remains of DOROTHY GRAY, Widow, the careful tender Mother Of many children, one of whom alone Had the misfortune to survive her." He exhibited a most becoming tone of religion, and ap peared to have always spoken with the utmost repug nance of Bolingbroke and Voltaire. In one place h• thus pointedly described himself— " No very great wit, he believed in God." As a letter writer, he held a middle station between Horace Walpole and Cowper ; and with respect to his different notices of scenery, Sir James Mackintosh says, " I am struck by the recollection of a sort of merit in Gray, which is not generally observed ; he was the first discoverer of the beauties of nature in England, and has marked out the course of every picturesque journey that can be made in it." His descriptions of Italy placed the reader in the midst of it, and every word of them showed that the intention was to show off the scene, and not the writer. His Latin poetry was not uniformly out of the reach of even modern criticism ; they had it for the most part rather in small. fragments, as well as in a great variety of form, but it was on the whole extremely beautiful. The ode on " The Spring," his earliest English production, written in his twenty-sixth year, was as nicely polished and as carefully finished as almost any of his subsequent com positions. In it a hot noon is pourtrayed with much truth : " Still is the toiling hand of care ; The panting herds repose ; Yet hark ! how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honeyed spring, And float amid the liquid noon." (Cheers.) He did not feel called upon to pause over the next "Ode on the Death of a favourite Cat, drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes." (Laughter.) Having spent six years of his life as a boy at Eton School, they must excuse him for exclaiming with filial fervour— " Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade !" (Cheers.) He might mention that he felt so strongly the kind of identification which this brief ode gave to the muse of Gray with the memory of Eton, that upon a proposal being lately made that a collection of busts of the prin cipal worthies of Eton should be placed in the large school-room, he requested permission to present a bust of Gray. It might be stated that of the six last Prime Ministers of this country, four had been Eton men ; and not long after the poet had cast his desponding glance upon the boyish group assembled there, among those who disported on " the margent green" was Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. (Cheers.) The hymn to Adversity stood next, and amongst his unfinished poems was found one headed " An Ode on the Pleasures arising from Vicissitude." He now came to the two great odes which more particularly represented the varied, though not irregular structure and fervid tone of that form of composition not improperly termed Pindaric, and which signally developed the genuine ore in the poetic vein of Gray. It was to these and to one written later, and not unworthy to be associated with them, that they must mainly refer the expression in the stanza inscribed by Mason as an epitaph on Gray's monument in Westmin ster Abbey " No more the Grecian muse unrivalled reigns ; To Britain let the nations homage pay ! She boasts a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindir's rapture in the lyre of Gray." (Cheers.) " The Progress of Poesy" stood first, and was chronicled by genuine poesy herself ; though the next of the Pindaric odes, " The Bard," was far more generally popular, and familiar to their recollection. The noble lord gave several extracts from both poems, and entered into a spirited refutation of Dr. Johnson's harsh criti cism upon them. Having spoken in favourable terms of Gray's unfinished tragedy of Agrippina, he concluded by referring to "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," of which Dr. Johnson himself approved—of which General Wolfe on the night before the capture of Quebec, said, " Well, gentlemen, I had rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec ;" and which, at the request of the great American statesman, Mr. Webster, was read to him when lying upon his bed of death. THE LATE EDITOR OF " THE EDINBURGH REVIEW." The literary world and a wide circle of affectionate friends have sustained a serious loss by the death of Pro fessor Empson, which took place at Hayleybury on Fri day last. Few men of our time have discharged educa tional duties with greater zeal and conscientiousness. He considered it a high responsibility to form the minds and to direct the studies of young men, who might at some future time be called upon to discharge the duties of the magistracy and of the bench of justice in India. To those who have considered, with an admiration not unmixed with surprise, the questions in moral philoso phy, metaphysics, and the elements of general law, which are answered by the native students at the Ma hommedan and Hindoo Colleges at Calcutta, it is fully apparent that a new race of Asiatics is rapidly growing up, capable of appreciating the knowledge and capacity of the Europeans called to administer high civil functions among them. Any deficiency in the qualifications of the European civil servants, when compared with natives, will be a severe blow to a power which peculiarly rests on opinion. By no other were these truths more fully recognised than they were by William Empson. Acting on this conviction, no professor could endeavour more faithfully than he did to render his lectures efficient for their true end and object. Going far beyond common-place and elementary teaching, his lectures opened large his torical views, the principles of moral philosophy and of international law. Paley, Kent, Story, Wheeton, Wild man, and Sir William Scott, were his text books as much as " Blackstone's Commentaries." This was pecu liarly important where, as in India, local jurisdictions exist equal in area to European states, and where com plicated and ill-defined rights and systems, different re ligious faiths, contrasted ties of sovereignty, protection, and alliance, render' a knowledge of the differing princi ples of jurisprudence absolutely necessary as a guide through an otherwise impenetrable labyrinth. Those who will take the trouble of looking carefully over Pro fessor Empson's Examination Papers will perceive how well fitted was his system of instruction to convey the knowledge required for Indian magistrates and judges. He not only possessed knowledge, but the art of com municating it, and an art still rarer—that of obtaining and exercising influence over the hearts of his pupils. He showed a genial interest in the students of his class, which won their confidence and affection. In this he resembled his distinguished friend and fellow Wykemist, Dr. Arnold. An interesting proof of his success will appear from the following occurrence, which will not be thought trivial to those who have studied the characters of the young. The students at the East India College have been accustomed to celebrate the close of their term and of their studies by an annual festival ; but on the last examination, on learning the approaching end of their friend and imstructor—then suffering from the rupture of a blood vessel, of which, in a few days after, he died —they spontaneously gave up their accustomed festival, as being inconsistent with their anxiety and grateful affection for him. And well they might do so. Though in a most enfeebled state of health, and fully aware of the risk he ran in the cold College hall, he would not shrink from his duty as examiner, and within less than half-an-hour of the close of his functions he was struck with that fearful attack to which in a few days he fell a victim. Yet even during this rapid sinking by decay of bodily strength, he would not neglect the last duty he could perform to his young friends. He carefully went through his examination papers, and assigned to each student his rank and position. No man ever fell more truly in the field of duty. Succeeding to the professiorial chair of Mackintosh, occupying what had been the home of the gentle Mal thus, and having lived in intimate friendship with Lebas, if he did not possess the metaphysical subtlety and uni versality of the first, if he did not leave behind him so great a work as the justly celebrated Essay on Popula tion, if he was not a deep theologian, he surpassed Mack intosh in his industry and his enlarged and practical wisdom, and he equalled Malthus in his love of truth and courage in asserting it, and Lebas in his deep and sincere piety. In addition to his functions of Professor of Law, William Empson held another office, which is often a painful pre-eminence. He was editbr, as since the year 1823 he had been a contributor, to that leading critical journal, the Edinburgh. Review. His genial kindliness of nature rendered him an indulgent administrator of those functions to which he was officially sworn in the verse of Publius Syrus, "Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur." At all times he preferred praise to blame, and would rather have given a wreath of laurel than " Luke's iron crown." Those are indifferent observers who will not admit that refined criticism is not as much shown in discriminating praise as in severe invective. Indeed, the former requires greater skill and delicacy, and appeals to less vulgar elements of success. The generous feeling which distinguished William Empson as an editor was shown in his reception of an interesting and justly economiastic article on Robert Southey, whose opinions on many points, and on politics more especi ally, were so opposite to his own. We may observe, in passing, that in the case of the Tory poet laureate and his son, the Rev. Cuthbert Southey, well merited praise to the one, and the gift of a church living to the other, came from a Whig Review and from a Whig Lord Chan cellor, in acknowledgment of high literary genius ; while a bitter and discreditable attack appeared in that Quar terly Review which had derived its illumination from the brilliancy of Southey's genius. William Empson contributed upwards of 60 articles to the Review between the years 1823 and 1849, on law, the condition of the poorer classes, negro slavery, do mestic politics, poetry, and general literature and bio graphy. No questions appeared more congenial to his nature than those which denounced oppression and tyranny, whether political or ecclesiastical, and those which, in reviewing the lives of the good and the great, excited a train of moral feelings. One characteristic of William Empson's editorship is to be traced equally to the times in which we live and to his own nature and opinions. Religious pugnacity appears now on all sides. Our controversialists enter the lists with strange wea pons. Mitres and crosiers, and other offensive instru ments and symbols, stol en from mediaeval armouries, are flourished by vehement and indignant combatants. The population which lives between Carfax and Magdalen bridge seeks the help of the Romans against the inroad of what they consider the Saxon barbarians. The assist- ante of most able fellow-labourers was obtained by William Empson for this new contest ; and.his own mode of treating questions of this description is beauti fully shown in his review of the Life of Arnold, by Arthur Stanley, contained in the January number of 1845. Throughout this most able series of articles on religious topics the right of private judgment and the scriptural foundation of our faith have been well de fended ; and the assertion of freedom of conscience and freedom of inquiry has been made to rest on a founda tion of humble belief and of deep and unaffected piety. Such are among the many claims which William Emp son possessed on the esteem and gratitude of his con temporaries. In private life he was most happy in his associations. The friendships which he brought with hire from Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, and which were extended in the world, and completed among his estimable colleagues at Hayleybury, were un broken except by death. How he was loved and valued by those who knew him most intimately is shown in the delightful letters of Lord Jeffrey. To his intimacy with that most captivating man William Empson owed the completion of his family happiness in marriage. He was unchangeable in all his friendships. Pope concludes his penegyric on the minister Cragg by the emphatic words—" And he lost no friend." Never was a human being more entitled to Pope's praise than the subject of the preceding sketch. He died aged 62 ; and never did a calm and trusting death afford more conclusive evi dence of a life pure, useful, and benevolent.— Times. (Front the Scotsman.) With much pain we make an announcement which will be received with no slight nor affected sorrow through all the circles, and they were large and various, in which the editor of the Edinburgh Review and the son-in•law of Lord Jeffrey was known. Professor Emp son had long been in somewhat delicate health ; but symptoms of serious or immediate danger did not appear till about a fortnight since, from which period he gra dually sank till he expired on Friday last. This melan choly event took place at his residence at the East India College, Hayleybury, Herts, where Mr. Empson, we need scarcely mention, acted as Professor of Law, be sides carrying on, since the death of Mr. Macvey Napier, the editorship of the Edinburgh Review. Mr. Empson married the only child of Lord Jeffrey, and it was at Hayleybury that Mrs. Jeffrey's death took place soon after that of her illustrious husband. Besides his emi nent general abilities, Mr. Empson was a man of great scholarship in his profession and in metaphysics, and possessed of an exquisite amiability of character. ROYAL MARINES. The following promotions and appointments have taken place, consequent upon the retirement from the service of Lieutenant-Coionel John Tothill, who was promoted to that rank November 19. 1851 ; and Lieut.-Colonel James 'Whitcomb, promoted to that rank December 23, 1851—and both of the Chatham division. The retire ments, promotions, and appointments are dated the 13th instant : Brevet-Major John Tatton Brown, of the Chatham division, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed to the same division, vice Tothill, retired. Brevet-Major Edward Augustus Parker, of the Chatham division, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and ap pointed to the same division, vice Whitcomb. First-Lieutenant and Quartermaster Henry Chas. Pen rose Dyer, of the Woolwich division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Chatham division, vice Brown, pro moted. First-Lieutenant Wm. Barnham Thomas Rider, of the Woolwich division, to be C a pt a i n , an d a pp o inted to the Chatham division, vice Whitcomb. Second-Lieutenant George Gill, of the* Portsmouth division, to be First-Lieutenant, vice Dyer, promoted, and his division will be hereafter notified. Second-Lieutenant George Brydges, of the Artillery companies, to be First-Lieutenant, vice, Rider, and ap pointed to these companies. The following appointment has also taken place, dated he 14th inst. : First-Lieutenant John Elliott, of the Portsmouth division, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster at the Woolwich division, vice Dyer, promoted. A PITHY PETITION.—The Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, father of Mrs. Stowe, who had an original way of saying and doing things, once offered up the following pithy peti tion :—" Aud 0 Lord ! grant we may not despise our it. rulers ; and grant th e y ma y no t ac t so, t h at we can ' t help ER,OM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 17. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre derick Doveton Orme, Esq., now Paid Attaché to her Majesty's Legation at Frankfort, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Copenhagen. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Captain the Honourable Edward Alfred Harris, R.N., now her Majesty's Consul for Denmark and the Oresound, to be her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General in the Republic of Peru. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint James Baker, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Vigo, to be her Majesty's Consul at Barcelona. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Were Giffard Nicolas, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Mobile, to be her Majesty's Consul at Vigo. CROWN OFFICE. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Dec. 15. Borough of Lisburn.—Roger Johnson Smyth, of No. 32, Castle-street, Lisburn, in the county of Antrim, Esq., in the room of Sir James Emerson T ennen t, w h o h as accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of North stead. Dec. 16. Borough of Merthyr Tydvil.—Remy Austin Bruce, Esq., in the room of Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart., deceased. WAR OFFICE, DE0.17. 2d Dragoons—Andrew Nugent, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Twysden, who retires, Dec. 17. 10th Dragoons—Honourable Matthew Fitz Maurice Deane, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webster, promoted, Dec. 17. Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards.—Honourable William Francis Forbes, Page of Honour to her Majesty, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 17. 3d Foot—William James Newton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sidebottorn, promoted, Dec. 17 ; Wil liam Roger Snow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coussmaker, promoted. Dec. 18. , 6th Foot—William Charles Frind Burlton Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bartley, promoted, Dec. 17. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Bobert Hely Hutchinson Keight ley, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dixon, ap pointed Paymaster, Dec. 17. 22d Foot—Ensign John Holmes Houston Gamma, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Parks, who retires, Dec. 17. 24th Foot—Alfred William Adcock, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Bur ns promote d , D ec. 17. 25th Foot—Robert Chadwick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Hea, p romoted, Dec. 17. 30th Foot—Lachlan Macpherson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gibson, promoted, Dec, 17. 39th Foot— Thomas Westropp Bennett, Gent., to be En sign by purchace, vice Boycott, who retires, Dec. 17. 48th Foot—Richard Eyre, Gent., to be Ensign by pur chase, vice Bolton, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, Dec. 17. 49th Foot—John Maxwell Macneill, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Bond, promoted, Dec. 17. 52d Foot — Lieutenant Charles Cornwallis Ross, to be Captain by purchase, vice Corbet, who retires ; Ensign John Arthur Bayley, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Ross ; Ensign Arthur James Fremantle, from the 70th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bayley, Dec. 17. 55th Foot—Charles George Wingfield, Gent., to be En sign by purchase, vice Hume, promoted, Dec. 17. 59th Foot—Robert Staveley Shinkwin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, promoted, Dec. 17. 61st Foot—Ensign Robert Richardson Daly to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Kempe, who r e ti res —Ch ar l es John Griffiths, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daly, Dec. 17. 62d Foot—Bradney Todd Gilpin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adeane, promoted, Dec. 17. 63d Foot—Adrian Wm. Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hay, whose appointment h as b een cancel led, Dec. 17. 74th Foot—Robert Frederick Martin, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Yonge, appointed to the 61st Foot, Dec. 17. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Matthew White, from half-pay Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Keightley, appointed to the 7th Foot, Dec. 17. 79th Foot—Robert Francis Henry Macgregor Skinner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted, Dec. 17. 82d Foot—John Frederick Pilkington, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice L uar d, p romo t e d, D ec. 17 . 85th Foot—Captain John William Grey, to be Major, by purchase, vice Blackburn, who retires ; Lieutenant George Warde to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grey ; En sign John Athorpe, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warde, Dec. 17. 89th Foot—Barnes Slyteld Robinson, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Conyers, promoted, Dec. 17. 92nd Foot--Maunsell Mecham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thorold, who retires, Dec. 17. Rifle Brigade—Leonard Neill Malcolm, Gent., to be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tryon, promoted, Dec. 17. 3d West India Regiment— John Alexander Gordon Pringle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hnme, promoted, Dec. 17. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Henry Edward Watson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blackie, who retires, Dec. 17; John Codd Conington, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baker, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons, Dec.lB; Simpson Hackett Hobbs, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sillery, promoted, Dec. 19. BREVET.—Captain Orfeur Cavenagh, of the 32d .Regi ment Bengal Native Infantry, to have the rank of Major in the East Indies, Aug. 10. HOSPITAL STAFF.-William Collingwood Howatson. M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, Dec. 17. MEMORANDUM.—The commission of Captain William Ross-King, of the 74th Foot, has been ante-dated to 30th July, 1852, but not to carry any back pay. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery Brevet-Major Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice H. Williams, deceased ; Second Captain Murray Octavius Nixon, to be Captain, vice Shuttleworth ; First Lieutenant George Leslie, to be Second Captain, vice Nixon ; Second Lieutenant Edmund Penrose Bingham Turner, to be First Lieutenant, vice Leslie, Dec. 7. MEMORANDUM.—The date of the Promotion of the un dermentioned Officers has been altered to Nov. 11, viz.:— Lieutenant Colonel T. A. Shone ; Captain R. H. Crofton ; Second Captain G. Barstow ; First Lieutenant H. R. Porter. _ _ ADMIRALTY, DEC. 13. Brevet Major John Tatton Brown to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Tothill, retired on full pay. Brevet Major Edward Augustus Parker to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Whitcomb, retired on full pay. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Henry Charles Penrose Dyer to be Captain, vice Brown, promoted ; First Lieutenant William Barnham Thomas Rider to be Cap tain, vice Parker, promoted. Second Lieutenant George Gill to be First Lieutenant, vice Dyer ; Second Lieutenant George Brydgea to be First Lieutenant, vice Rider. DEC. 14. First Lieutenant John Elliott to be Quartermaster, vice Dyer. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. Sir Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, Bart. COurtena Throckmorton, Esq., Joseph A rnould, Esq., William Poi. lett Brown Chatteris, Esq., Head Pottinger Best, Esq., Henry Buckworth Powell, Esq., He nr y F o l e y, E sq ., J o hn Samuel Bowles, Esq., George Willes, Esq., William Geo. Mount, Esq., and Richard Fellowes, Esq., John Hughes, Esq. to be eputy- lieutenants, Dec. 8. [The following article is substituted for the one which appeared in the Gazette of Friday, the 10th inst.] : Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. - -- ----- Frederick Augustus Carrington, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 30. BANKRIIPTS. Robert Sewell Boultar, tailor, Westminster-road Lam. beth, to surrender, Jan. 1, at half-past two, and 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain, Gresham-street. Charles Jacob, merchant, Fenchurch-street, Jan. 1, and 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. William Wellington, builder Brimlley-street, Padding ton, Dec. 28 and Jan 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official ass i gnee , S am b roo k- cour t, ; Wilson, G res h am - s t ree t. malster an d mea l man, H un t on B r id ge, Hertford, J an . 1 an d 28, a t e l even , a t th e AbbotsßCoaSusg Samuel Lallia ß Bn-s a agt niall lrlteeeyert: PtcY• Pennell, official assignee, Basing rt hall-street ; Sanger, Essex-court, Temple ; Cowley, Wat ford, Herts. Willi a m Shoberl, publisher, Great Marlborough-street, Dec. 28, at two, and Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Court of B an k rup t c y. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. James, builder, Newport, Monmouthshire, DCLoaeß:c.en2a.jBnanicamilenlindPlieejJ:a:l2csia). assignee, Bristol ri at sto t l h ; e r ß hi rr ip to o l tt p s, i N sti e i w ct . New port ; Bevan, Bristol. John Atkinson, seed crusher, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 12 and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Shackles and Son, Kings ton-upon-Hull. Collingwood Tully. shipowner, Sunderland, Dec. 30, at twelve, and Feb. 11, at one, at the Newcastle District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compt on, Ch ur ch-court, Old Jewry ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e . Samuel Cole Harrison, linen draper, Sunderland, Dec. 24 and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Parker, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Rawson and George, Bradford ' • Wright, Sunderland. Christian Bruce Reid, brewer and maltster, Newcastle the Newcastle-upon-T yne Di s t r i c t C our t. B a k er , o ffi c i a l Dec. 30, at e l even , and Feb. 11, at twelv e , a t upon-Tyne, assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Sudlows, Torr, and Jane way, Bedford-row ; Hodge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Taylor and J. Wylde, Wood-street, Cheapside, flock, wadding, and mop manufacturers, Jan. 8, at half-past twelve—W. Taylor, Wood-street, flock, wadding, and mop manufacturer, J an . 8 , a t h a lf- pas t twelve—W. Yonge, Strand, watchmaker and jeweller, Jan. 8, at half-past one —J. Strevens, Bermondsey-wall, sail-maker, Jan. 8, at half-past eleven —G. Ball, Fenchurch-street, wine merchant, Jan. 8, at eleven —J. Darby, Dorset-mews, Dorset-square, horse-dealer, Jan. 7, at half-past eleven—S. B. Moody, Fenchurch-street, civil and colonial engineer, Jan. 7, at one—J. Sculthorpe, Brick-hill-lane, - Upper Thames-street, colourman, Jan. 11, at one—W. M. Harker, Little Moor fields, carrier Jan. 14, at eleven—T. Crocker, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, sail-maker, Jan. 13, at eleven—R. Wilson, Cambridge, grocer, Jan. 13, at one. In the Country. F. Wale, Leicester, draper, Jan. 14, at 10, at the Court, Nottingham—C. W. Williamson, Birmingham, baker, Jan. 10, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham —S. Boyle, Fen ton, Staffordshire, manufacturer of china and earthenware, Jan. 10, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—C. O'Neill, Birmingham, metal-dealer, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. C. Buchanan, Dursley, Gloucestershire, money scrivener, Jan. 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Moulton, Manchester, joiner and builder, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Staley, Stock port, grocer, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester T. Lawson, Lancashire, draper, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Ashworth, Bury, Lancashire, gardener and confectioner, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. . _ Edwin Gates. of Aylesford, Kent, grocer, final dividend of is. sd. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 23, and three subsequent Thursdays. Henry Mopsey, of 3, Union-street East, Bishopsgate, ironmonger, first dividend of 101 d. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 23, and three subsequent Thursdays. Augustus Alexander Lackersteen, of 2, Broad-street buildings, merchant, first dividend of ls. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. John Whittaker, of 5, Park-place, Mile-end-road, draper, first dividend of 3s. 9d. in the pound, payable at 18, Alder manbury, on any Monday. Mackness Branson, of Stratford, Essex, stationer, first dividend of 3s. 30. in the pound, payable at 18, Alder manbury, on any Monday. Joseph Mitchell, of Camden-street, Camden-town, car ' penter, first thvidend of is. 9d. in the pound, payable at 1 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Henry Medworth, of Wisbeach, St. Peter, Cambridge, grocer, second dividend of is. 2d. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Herbert Ashton and Stewart Spriggs, of Aldermanbury, warehouseman, first dividend of 6s. in the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, on Saturday, Dec. 18, and three subsequent Saturdays. Leon J. Nerinckx, of 44, Great P or tl an d- s t ree t , l aceman, second dividend of 14d. in the pound, payable at 12, Ab church-lane, on Saturday, December 18, and 3 subsequent Saturdays. Jame; Morison Wilson, of Eton, bookseller, first divi dend of 3s. Bd. in the pound, payable at 12, Abch - urch-lane, on Saturday, December 18, and three subsequent Saturdays. James Bateman, of Southampton -buildings, agent, second dividend of 2id. in the pound, payable at 12, Abchurch lane, on Saturday, December 18, and three subsequent Saturdays. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. IL Wilson, Cambridge, grocer, Jan. 13, at one—R. Whittaker, Landport, Hampshire, outfitter, Jan. 10, at eleven—W. M. Harker, Little Moorfields, currier, Jan. 14, at eleven—W. Wellington and R. Butterfield, Brighton, lacemen, Jan. 11, at one. In the Country. R. C. Sharp, Manchester, merchant, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. C. Pauling, Manchester, merchant, Jan. 10; at twelve, at the Court, Manchester — T. Staley, Stockport, grocer, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—A. and E. Newbold, Birmingham, drapers, Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— C. H. Canning, Birmingham, draper, Jan. 10, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—E. Nicholls, Stourbridge, Wor cestershire, licensed victualler, Jan. 15, at ton, at the Court, Birmingham—W. K. Broadhurst, Fen - ton, Staf fordshire, earthenware manufacturer, Jan. 8, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—R. Shelton, Wellington, Shrop shire, saddler, Jan. 10, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. R. Johnston, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufacturer, certificate of the second class, after three momths, from Dec. 14—M. Holmes, Bilston, Staffordshire, victualler, certificate of the second class—S. Boyle, Fenton, Stoke upon-Trent, china and earthenware manufacturer, certifi cate of the second class, after six months, from Nov. 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.. James Watling Knights, of Ipswich, and Mary Button, late of Rushmere, near Ipswich, farmers—Tho caas Benja min Smith and William Lundie Duncan, of Marsh Gate Paper Mills, Stratford—Charles Kenworthy d William Ogden, of Manchester, perchers—Hattil Foll and. Francis Turfrey, of Bristol, brewers—William Taylor and Samuel Taylor, of Halifax, Yorkshire, slaters—James P. Higgin son and Henry Parsons, of Liverpool, merchants—Richard Hawkins and George Furnis, of New-street, Dorset-square, New-road, watchmakers—William Knight and Edwin Knight, of Manchester, lime-dealers--John Charles Stivens, William Cooper, and Edmund Cooper, of Brie tol, makers and dealers in wines (so far as regards J. C. Stivens)— John Bennett and Abraham Bennett, of Bradley Mills and Huddersfield, woollen cloth manufacturers—Robert Whitaker and Hodgson Lewis, of Halifax, Yorkshire, wine and spirit merchants—John Gaskell and Thomas Frederick Taylor, of Wigan, Lancashire, attorneys— William Hodge Lucas and Rice Mennie, of East Stone house, Devonshire, timber merchants—Peter Dodd and Noah Turner, of Wheelton, Lancashire, g old thread manufacturers—Henry William Crowhurst and Charles Allwork, of Horsleydown, brewers George Chitty Meader and Charles Frost, o f 7, Idol-lane City', wine and spirit merchants—Berian D rew , j un ., and Amos Langton Drew, of 91, Blackman-street, South war k, cheraists—Wil liam indram and John Windram, of Leicester, bleachers —Edwin Sparrow and William Alfred Sparrow, of Liver pool, metal brokers—lsabel Wetherman and Mary Anne Wetherman, of Bristol, lace dealers—John Gardner, M.D., and George Edward Serocold Pearce Serocold—Michael Longridge, William Smith Longridge, Robert Berwick Longridge, Charles John Longridge, Henry Gordon Long ridge, David Lambe, David Lambe, jun., and Thomas Stirling Begbie, of Bedlington, Northumberland, engineers (so far as regards David Lambe and David Lambe, jun.)— Thomas Tilley and William Tilley, of 83, Watling-street, City, commission agents—Rudolph Appel and Friedrich Droege, of 43, Gerrard-street, Soho, anastatic printers— Jonathan Phillips Williams Griffin and Alexander Saun ders, of Plymouth, painters—Edward Challinor, jun., George Woolliscroft, and Charles Challinor, jun., of Sandy ford and Tunstall, Staffordshire, earthenware manufac turers (so far as regards George Wolliscroft)—Elizabeth Highway Waldron and Thomas Aston Waldron of Bel broughton, Worcestershire, scythe manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Walter Phipps, sen., of Birmingham, grocer's assistant —Jacob Beesley, of Asted New Town, Warwickshire, hinge manufacturer—Edward Hopwood, of Birmingham, coach spring maker—William Marshal, of Aston, War wickshire, clerk—William Townson, of Colne, Lancashire, licensed innkeeper—Benjamin Wood, of Lindley, York shire, cloth dresser—Samuel Brescomb, of Huddersfield, confectioner—John Davey, jun., of Exeter, boot maker— Frederick Charles Vaughan, of Cardiff, Glamorganshire, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John Leith, of Portnae.hOrnank, Rome-shire, merchant December 23 and January 13, at Al‘Ganow's Royal Hotel ; Tain. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made inthe week ending the 14th day of December, 1852, is 55s ].d per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Groat Britain. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account purouant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 11th day of December, 1852. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........ 34,970,670 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities__ 2,984,400 Gold coin and bullion 20,951,516 Silver bullion— .... 19,154 £34,970,670 £34,970,670 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 16th day of December, 1852. NANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ................ 3,077,217 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and . Dividend Accounts) 7,955,077 Other deposits ...... 12,507,244 Seven Day and other Bills .. ............ 1,444,938 Government securities (Includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13,962,688 Other securities .. .... 12,620,203 Notes • • .. ••• • • • .... 12,415,100 Gold and silver coin.. 539,485 £39,537,476 £39,537,476 If. MARSHALL, Chief C ashier. 1852, Dated the 15th day of December MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—A material increase has taken place in the home trade demand for Colonial this week ; merchants have dis played confidence and moderately supplied the market, yet at present there is no general improvement to notice in the value. Foreign sells more freely both for shipping and home consumption ; larger parcels have not been brought forward, and an impression exists there will be an advance shortly. A brisk demand has been experienced for West India from both refiners and grocers ; in all cases 6d advance has been obtained, low to fine brown selling at 30s 6d to 335, yellow 33s to 395, and refining 31s to 375. From Tuesday , to yesterday purchases were 2,466 hhds. &c., includ ing, at auction, 320 hhds Barbad oes , w hi c h wen t at steady prices, fine yellow at 38s to 39s 6d, mid to good 35s 6d to 37s 6d, crystalised 35s to 39s 6d per cwt. Stock of West India is 3,800 tons less than last year. To-day West India Sugar was in fair demand for home consumption. For the week the quantity sold has been 2,838 hhds, and there is a rise of fully 6d per cwt, At auction to-day, however, 100 hhds crystalised Demerara were taken in at 37s to 42s for mid to fine yellow, being rather above the valuation. REFINED.—For home consumption an extensive demand has been experienced for Refined Sugar, and there is an advance of Gd to is per cwt. The market has been nearly cleared, and the rates obtained were, for brown lumps 44s to 44s 6d; Titlers, low to fine, 44s 6d to 495, double 50s to 51s; Hambro Loaves, 45s to 50s, double 51s to 525; and Standard lumps at 45s 6d per cwt. The market is firm for British crushed sugar, and several parcels have been taken for shipping at 29s to 29s 6d. A good business is doing in Dutch at 24s to 27s 6d, and extra 28s to 28s 6d. Belgian has been sold to a fair extent at 24s to 28s for common to fine. Treacle is wanted for export at 15s to 15s 6d ; bastards 21s to 225, wet lumps and pieces 24s to 28s. In loaves many purchases have been made by exporters, and quotations are on the advance. Turkey, 1 to 541bs sells at 42s to 455; Hambro', 6 to 151bs, 32s to 355; fiittlers, 22 to 301bs, 31s; Prussian, 40 to 451bs, 30s ; Dutch made loaves, 6 to 101bs, 31s to 32s ; and Belgian 28s 6d to 29s 6d per cwt. To-day home dealers were desirous to operate in refined sugar, and rates closed firmly with a scanty supply. Brown lumps are 44s 6d, ( and low to fine grocery, 45s to 48s. MAURITIUS.—At auction 6,790 bags were disposed of, fine yellow at 36s to 38s, mid to good 33s to 35s 6d, low 32s 6d to 335, fine brown 31s Cod to 32s 6d, mid to good 28s to 315., inferior 25s to 27s 6d., common to fine refining 32s to 375, grainy 35s to 39s for mid to good. The value of better sorts is 40s to 425, white ditto 43s to 455, and brown 33s to 34s 6d per cwt. Stock is 1,000 tons less than in the previous season. Several parcels of Mauritius Sugar were sold privately. At auction 451 bags found buyers—low yellow at 32s 6d to 338, and fine brown 31s 6d to 32s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—In Bengal larger purchases have been made, and full terms are obtained excepting for white, on which there is a small decline. At auction 6,000 bags found buyers, Khaur at 26s to 275, mid to good date yellow 31s to 35s 6d, common to mid white Benares 37s to 38s, good 38s 6d to 395, fine to superior grainy yellow 39s to 41s 6d, ord to good 35s 6d to 38s. Stock varies little from this time last year. Penang is wanted, and keeps in small supply ; prices for brown rule at 28s to 31s, yellow ditto 31s to 355, greyish 35s to 365, and white at 36s 6d to 38s 6d per cwt. This afternoon the public sales of 4,000 bags Bengal sugar went with fair spirit at full rates. Bengres, fine white, realised 39s to 39s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 38s to 41s low to mid 36s to 37s 6d, and soft bro wn 26 s 6d to 275. Madras is wanted, and former prices are well sustained. At public sale, 7,700 bags selling for low to fine grainy yellow 34s to 39s 6d, whito 41s to 42s 6d, and soft yellow 28s 6d to 295. FOREIGN.—The prices required for brown Havannah are 20s to 20s 6d for numbers 9 to 10, yellow 21s to 24s for 10i to 16, white 27s 6d to 28s 6d ; Bahia, brown 18s to 18s 6d, white 19s Gd to 22s 6d ; and brown Pernambuco 17s to 18s. Duty paid parcels have been purchased with more free dom, and previous terms are fully supported, s u pply keeping- moderate. At auction 406 hhds. an d 102 b r l s . Porto Rico were all sold; fine yellow went at 39s to 41s, mid to good 35s 6cl to 38s 6d, co mmon 3 4s to 355; 796 boxes yellow Havannah, common to mid. 34s 6cl to 375, and 576 bags damaged Pernambuco, brown and yellow 28s 6d to 34s 6cl. Prices are not lower for Sugar at the markets on the continent, supplies being moderate. The Bahia crop is expected to prove a larg e one . T o -d ay a f a i r business was concluded privately in Foreign at rates rather above last week. None was submitted to public sale. COCOA.—West India is not to be obtained at a further reduction, and none has been submitted to public sale this week, but privately purchases have been limited. Trinidad, fine red at 40s to 445, mid. to good 35s to 395, low 33s Gd to 34s 6d, grey from 30s to 33s ; and Grenada 30s to 375. Consumption is yet favorable, but stock compared with last year shows an excess of 7,000 bags, and in prices little difference exists. Foreign has been purchased with cau tion, Bahia at 24s to 255, Para 26s Gd to 27s 6d, and Guay quill 35s to 365. Stock is much the same as last year. COFFEE.—For good ord the rates paid were 49s to 50s, fine to fine fine ord 51s to 54s 6d, low mid to mid 55s to 595, good mid to good 60s to 655, fine 66s to 70s, superior 74s to 84s, triage 42s to 48s, and peaberry 58s to 70s per cwt. Jamaica is wanted, but remains in scanty supply. Sales privately of low to good ord made at 44s to 475, fine to fine ord 48s to 535, low mid to mid 54s to 58s, better sorts 60s to 645, and Triage 40s to 46s per cwt. This afternoon Mocha Coffee was freely offered for sale, and the trade being reluctant to operate, prices declined 3s to 4s per cwt. Of 800 bales, 29 hf-bales, and 255 hf-frazils at auction a small portion only found buyers, mid to good small berry, clean garbled, at 74s to 78s 6d, long berry 76s 6d to 85s, triage 45s to 555, and black 30s to 355. In Plan tation Ceylon little was done privately, and at auction 75 casks, 40 bags went at easier terms, fine to fine ord at 50s to 535, other sorts 45s 6d to 495, triage 44s to 465. Of Malabar 127 bags were taken in at 48s for good ord, 200 bags Java at 495. Native Ceylon was purchased with reluctance pri vately, still good ord cannot be obtained under 46s 6d for new import. TEA.:--The currency for low to good ord is 10id to lOid, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf ltd to is Oid, strong to Pekoe sorts is id to is Bd, and new crop is 9d to 2s 2d. On the part of holders there is confidence. A fair sale prevails for Pouchong at &I to 9Ad, with not generally sellers at these teams. Oolong of good and fine quality much re quired at is 2d to is 9d, but in common to mid little has been done, still the currency is firm at 10d to is ld. There are still free buyers of Souchong, and rates incline upwards, fine to good realising is 4d to 2s, common to mid. ltd to is 3d ; of the former supply keeps small. Green teas have been in fair demand, and prices rule as follows :—Low to middling hyson is 2d to is sd, good to fine is 6d to 2s 10d, choice 3s to 3s 4d, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d to is &I, fine to superior is 9d to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to is id, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is ld, Hyson is 2d to 2s 10c1, fine 3s Od to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton ls to is 2d, Hyson 8s 3d to 2s 3d, and Hyson skin 8d to 10d. Caper is still not much required, but the currency remains at 10d to is •id for boxes, and Scented is to is 7d. A free sale prevails for Scented Orange Pekoe ; fine is 5d to is 10d, good is 3d to is sd, and common to mid lid to is 2d per lb, the market having a firm apyearance. Deliveries show an excess of 2,500,000 for home consumption, and 1,700,000 for exportation. In stocks little difference exists. To day the Tea market was inactive in consequence of the Ministerial defeat, and the parcels at public sale, amount ing to 18,000 pkgs, were withdrawn ; still holders generally are not disposed to accept lower prices, and common sound Congou with a prompt cannot be obtained under lOid per pound. - RlCE.—Cleaned rice is more plentiful, and the trade for the present being generally supplied, rates incline down wards, ruling for low to fine Patna 12s 6d to 17s 6d, first sort Carolina 325, second ditto 235, and American dressed 23s to 265. SPICES.—To-clay prices declined 5s to 7s per cwt. for Cassia Lignea at a public sale of 1,200 chests, low to fine quality selling at 107 s to 117 s. Of Pimento 1,000 bgs were in part disposed of at 4id to sAcl for mid to good. The market for Pepper is firm, and at auction 800 bgs Malabar realised 4d to 4Ad for heavy. Of Nutmegs 11 cs sold at 3s 8d to 4s for fine brown, and 47 cs Malabar Ginger sold at 32s for mid cultivated. INDIGO.—We quote Guatimala as follows :—Floras at 5s 3d to 5s sd, Sobres 4s 3d to 5s 2d, and Cortes 2s 8d to 4s 2d per lb. Supply is less than last week, and better sorts most wanted. Stock is 1,446 serons, and same time last year 444. TALLOW.—Few buyers are to be met with for spring de livery, and there are sellers at 44s 3d to 44s 6d. Home melted is more abundant, and can be obtained at 46s cash, there being a panic in demand. The public sales this after noon went quietly at a decline from the highest point of 3s to 3s 6d per cwt. OrLs.—This afternoon at auction 90 tons Sperm went al 851 to 861; 145 casks Sydney Cocoa Nut, 35s to 375, an( 156 tons Palm, 32s to 345. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDEL—In Demerara pur chases have been of importance, at the advanced terms of 2s 7d to 2s 104 for 38 to 40 per cent. over proof; indeed some parties will not accept these terms. Extensive sales have been made in Jamaica, chiefly by home dealers, and the upward movement continues :—choice qualities 36 to to 40 per cent. over proof selling 3s 10d to 4s 6d, fine 34 to 37 over 3s 5d to 3s 9d, goods 3s to 3s 4d, common to mid 30 to 34 over 2s 8d to 2s 11d 2 • whilst a further advance i s looked for supply k eep i ng on the decrease. Some business has been done in Havannah at is 7id to is 8d proof. Sales of Cognac best Brands of the Vintage of 1851 made at 7s ld to 7s 3d, 1850 ditto 7s 24 to 7s 4d, 1849 ditto 7s 6d to 7s Bd, older 7s 10d to 8s 4d, low to mid qualities 6s to 6s 10d. Geneva has been purchased with caution at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and fine 2s 8d to 3s. Gin 22 under proof 8s 4d, and ditto at 8s 104 per gallon. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal was dealt in with caution, and rates are barely sustained. Of 180 bgs Tene rife at auction only one half sold at 3s 7d to 3s 9d for Sobras, and black at 3s 10d to 4s per lb. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUNDS. Bath Subscription, Tuesday, Horse and Jockey, Kingsdown ; Friday, Priston—at half-past 10. Hon. F. Petre's, Tuesday, Axe apd Compasses, High Roding—at half-past 11. Pox HOUNDS. Atherstone, Monday, Burton-in-the Begus ; Tuesday, Birchley Hayes ; Thursday, Cricket's Inn ; Friday, Ullesthorpe—at a quarter to 11. Badsworth, Tuesday, Marr Village; Thursday, Went bridge —at half-past 10 ; Friday, Ringston-hill—at 11. Duke of Beaufort's, Monday, Yate Socks ; Tuesday, Bath Lodge ; Thursday, Stanton-park ; Friday, Shipton Moyne. Bramham Moor, Monday, Wyke ; Tuesday, Burn ; Thursday, Hook Moor ; Friday, Wighill-park--at half past 10. Burton Hunt, Monday, Normanby by Stow ; Tuesday, Wragby; Wednesday, Blankney ; Thursday, Hackthorn; Friday, Kettlethorpe—at 11. Colonel Conyers's, Monday, Leaden Rothing ; Wed nesday, Blackmore ; Friday, Hatfield-town—at half past 10. Cottesmore, Monday, Grimsthorpe Park ; Wednesday, Belton ; Friday, Langham—at 11. Craven, Monday, Froxfield Turnpike ; Tuesday, San delford Priory ; Wednesday, Chaddleworth Gate; Fri day, White Hill—at a quarter to 11. Mr. Deane's, Tuesday, C as tl e N eroche—at 10. East Essex, Tuesday, Birdb roo k H a ll ; Friday, Coke George—at half-past 10. South-Essex, Tuesday, Danton Blacksmiths ; Thurs day, Dog and Partridge, Stifford—at half-past 10. Essex and Suffolk, Tuesday, Layer-de-la-Haye Fox ; Friday, Hadleigh Town—at a quarter to 11. Earl Fitzwilliam's, Monday, Barnwell Wold ; Wed nesday, Stanwick Pasture ; Friday, Kennell—at 10. Mr. H. G. Greaves's, Monday, Burwell Village ; Tuesday, Fulletby ; Thursday, Brough-on-Bain ; Friday, Mavis Enderby—at 11. Herefordshire, Tuesday, Kilpeck Castle ; Friday, Scudamore Hill—at half-past 10. Heythrop, Monday, Heythrop ; Wednesday, Brad well Grove - Friday, Eyford— a t h a lf- past 10 . Mr. Hellier's, Albrighton, Monday, the Bell, Tong Norton ; Tuesday, the Plough, Weston Heath ; Thurs day, Hagley Tap ' • Friday, Boscob e l— a t h a lf- past 10. Holderness, Monday, Tickton ; Tuesday, Leckon field ; Thursday, Lowthorpe ; Friday, Raywell—at a quarter to 11. East Kent, Monday, Postling Lees ; Friday, Acrise Mill—at half-past 10. Ledbury, Tuesday, Somers Arms, Eastnor ; Friday, Colm Park—at half-past 10. Ludlow, Tuesday, Onibury—at half-past 10. Mr. Lumley's, Monday, Barnsby Moor ; Tuesday, Sandbeck Park ; Thursday, Barlborough ; Friday, Darl ton Bar—at half-past 10. Mr. Lushington's, Monday, Queen Down Warren ; Wednesday, Syndal ; Friday, Stone Style —at 11. Mr. Morgan's, Monday, Horse Bridge ; Thursday, Dunterton—at half-past 10. Pytchley, Monday, Great Harrowden ; Tuesday, Brixworth ; Wednesday, Oxendon ; Friday, Stanford Hall—at a quarter to 11. Rufford, Monday, Kelharo. • Tuesday, Gl a p we ll ; Thursday, Laxton ; Friday, White Posts--at half-past 10. Duke of Rutland's, Monday, the Three Queens ; Tuesday, Weaver's Lodge ; Wednesday, Piper Hole ; Friday, Byard's Leap—at half-past 10. Mr. A. Smith's Monday, Vernham Gate ; Tuesday, Oare Hill ; Wednesday, Wherwell Wood ; Thursday, Lower Wick Farm ; Friday, South Grove and Roche Coust—at 11. Southdown, Monday, George Inn, liailsham—at half past 10. _ _ Shropshire, Monday, Bicton Heath ; Thursday, fifth milestone on the Basschurch road-- at half-past 10. North Staffordshire, Monday, Croxden Abbey ; Wed nesday. the Three Crowns, Stoke near Stone ; Friday, Stone Heath —at half-past 10. Mr. L. Steere's, Monday, Rudgwick Poorhouse ; Wednesday, Burning -field House—at 11. Suffolk, Tuesday, Walsham Hall ; Thursday, Kirtling Tower ; Saturday, Rushbrooke Hall—at a quarter to 11. Surrey Union, Monday, Kennel ; Wednesday, Cranley Village ; Saturday, Leatherhead Downs—at half-past 10. Sir R. Sutton's Monday, Scraptoft • Tuesday, Stanton Wyville ; Wednesday, Swithland Village ; Thursday, Kibworth ; Friday, Six Hills—at 11. Sir Tatton Sykes's, Monday, Winmoor Build ; Wed nesdays, Kirkham Abbey ; Friday, Rillington, at half past 10. Tiverton, Monday, Dalverton Town ; Friday, Worth —at half-past 10. United Pack, Wednesday, Berriew—at 10. Warwickshire, Monday, Aiscot Park ; Tuesday, Mit ford-bridge ; Wednesday, Hickley House ; Thursday, Lower Criachurch ; Friday, Burton Toll-gate--at quarter to 11. Lord Elcho's, Monday, Learmouth ; Tuesday, Twizel House ; Th urs d ay , Hi rse l L aw T ol l ; Friday, Preston, by Dunse—at half-past 10. Mr. M. Ingram's, Monday, Brethy Park ; Wednes day, Snelston ; Friday, Blithfield—at a quarter to 11. Tindale, Monday, Whittington ; Thursday, Dilston— at half-past 10. Wheatland, Thursday, Cressage Park. HARRIERS. Brighton, Monday, Patcham ; Wednesday, Race course ; Saturday, Dyke. Breconshire, Monday, Mynidd Iltydd ; Friday, Cwynwillim. Brookside, Monday, Newmarket-hill ; Th u „d ay, Telscombe Tye—at half-past 10. Nort Gate- Mth at Tuesd half past 10 Hepscott ; Friday, Morpeth, . Newcastle and Gateshead, Monday, Coal Barn ; Thursday, Berwick —at half-past 10. Seaton-lane Stockton, Ends Billingharn and Hartlep oo l, M onday, past 10. ; Th'ursday, Wolviston — a t half- RAILWAY RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST NAME OF RAILWAY. BRITISH. Aberdeen ...... .......•••• . •• •• Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •• • • • • •• •• Belfast and County Down• ••• •• • •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter •• •• ..• • •• •• •• Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • Cork and Bandon • • • • • • . . Dublin and Belfast Junction •• • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.• • • • • ••• •• • • •. Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • •• • • •• •• Dundee and Arbroath •• • • •••• • • •• • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • • • • • • • • • • • • East Anglian- • . • • •• •• •• •• • 00000 •• •• East Lancashire .. Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. O • Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •• •••• " Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee."... Exeter and Creditors......... •• •• • • Furness Railway ... Glasgow, and SOuth-Western• • • • • • •• Great Northern and E. L. • • • •• • • • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Irish South Eastern .. •• • • • • .• • • • • • • Lancaster and Car1i51e.......... Lancashire and Yorksbire..• • • • •• • • • • Leeds Northern ................ • • • • _ _ Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. • • • London and North Western ...... ..• London and Biackwall .......••• • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. • • • • •• • • Londonderry and Enniskillen . . Manchester, Buxton, and M atlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • •• • • Maryport and Carlisle • ••• • • • Midland ..... ................ •• • • Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • • Newcastle and Carib •• . North British .• ................. North Staffordshire North-Western •• .. ••••• .. Scottish Central ......... Scottish Midland .. Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • .. Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union . ........• •• South Devon ...• • • .. . ••• South Itla.stern.• •• .... South Wales .. ........ 7 South York., Doncaster, and Goole •• 0 Taff Vale •• • • •• •• • • •• •• •• .• •••• • • •• 0 Waterford and Limerick „ „ • 5 West Cornwall ...... ............. Whitehaven Junction ........... York and Newcastle, and Berwick ..- York and North Midland ....... - rozEIGN. Dutch Rhenish Montereau and Troyes .......... • Namur and Liege .. • • .......... • Northern of France ............. Orleans and Centrals .. Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen. Paris and Strasburgh ............ Rouen and Havre Western of France . 73 3 1,106 18, 942 16,3 7° 10,0 38 4,9 06 7, 642 1,9 37 2,712 443% 577 240 ll Or ' * The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans an d Cent eaus and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.—DEc. 17. We have had now upwards of six weeks of extraorecog wet weather, preventing the husbandman from Pr °c o tso with his field work and sowing as usual. The 5-, e stiO from nearly all parts of the kingdom agree in reprl ion the land as in a greatly saturated st a te. SPec ul % an d the grain market has consequently r e vived this we i a kef l several large parcels of wheat and flour have be°l rater. since Tuesday at a slight advance on that cloY s hoff e There were few millers and dealers at our Corn Dt e per this morning. Holders demanded an advance,,,o ve ' d boh„' day of ld per bushel on American, fully 2d to ; 5(1 , 1) 4 - 01( 1 on the lower descriptions of Mediterranean who"'„iero 9 per brl. on flour, which was submitted to in the, l3:l 'd e clia; business done. As regards wheat and flour, tu A a quoted this day se'nnight has been nearly recover' re itPA y corn improved 6d, and Egyptian beans, from s ea " ( 1 ' per qr. Oats, oatmeal, barley, and peas were ea of sale. WAKEFIELD.--DEC. 17 . for th e We have a large arrival of wheat and barley v rieet former article there is a firm t ra d e a t l as t weeks Barley of good quality is quite as d ear , w hilst corOl i lower. Oats and shelling mak e full prices. 111 bee ' change. CET—Thge. 17. ke close of the market ti• 6 1 6 6 Riddell .. . ......... 14 0 Stewart's ...... 0 Hetton .................• •• ' l6 s Lumley ..................•••1y 9 Pensher. . ........... • '''l6 9 Russel's lletton •• •••" .... 1 6 Hartlepool .............. ••"15 Heugh ...... . .......... 6 South Hartlepool ..... ••• 0 Sold, 27. Peteniburgh.. ..... Madrid . Barcelona Miles opened, 1854. 26% 85)4 189 1 4 94% _.6)4 171% 285)6 188 315% 28 % 131 20436 279 COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at t] s. d. Hasting's Hartley 15 6 Longridge's W. Hartley 15 6 RavensworthW. Hartley 15 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 91 Wall's End, &e. Gosforth.. Harton Lawson ...15 ...15 Northumberland E. l4 Ships at market, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the `general by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what doa , COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London. Dispatched. 0 America (byßrit.pack.N Dec. 24.......... Liverpool .. America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Dec. 28 Liverpool •e• D ee ' America (by U States packet ............N Dec. 22 .......... Southampton I).c. 15 Australia (via South Dec Si ampton .. . 20th of each month Southampton 1 Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...• *Ditto (via Cape of Good SO. 3 0 Hope) 13th of December.. Plymouth rs a,s a Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Ply m outh •• " De e. l' Alexandria* ........N 19th&30th of mon. Dover • • ••• De 111,6 Belgium ............N Dover • ap., Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. S ou th am pton ",.„Is, Buenos Ayres ........15 9th of the month.. iouthampton Ice; California ....M .d & 17th of month Southampton l6 (Cape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the mo n th.. Pl ymo uth • n D o , l e Cape de Verdis 14thof the month.. Plymouth •• Constantinople*......N Ithl7th27thof mo .. D over .. •• •• e c. sat Central America —.31 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton 2u Tn 6 Channel 151e5........N Mon.Wed.&•Friday SouthamPtnn D ec , Chili— • M 2d & 17th ormonth Aoutbampton France s ........ M N Twice daily Dover .• •• •• De c, 1 5 0 Greece ...... 7thl7th27thofmon. Dover .. •• •• 1 , 03•101. Hamburgh . ....N Tuesday & Friday London ..• • • sa p.T th Holland Wednesday & Sat London •• • • • Dec , 'a Honduras .. Ireland India (viaSouthampt.)M 20th of themonth.. Southampton J . o. „ India (via Marseilles) N Bth&24th',ef month Dover ...• • • 16 India (via Cape of Good Dec. ‘ , 6 Hope) Mauritius N 14th of the month.. Plymouth .• • . Mediterranean (via ne • Southampton 2111 of the month , Southampton j ' a p, -e Ditto (via Marseilles).N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover ...• • • 1 Mexico 01. 2nd of the month. Southampton 4 Madeira M 9th&23dofthe mon. Southampton 9 Malta* 7t11, 1 7th,19th,27th, Dec. 03 t &30th of the month Dover ..... • Dee' Naples* ... ........N sthlsth2ithofmon. Dover ......pee. 1 6 Papal States*........N ithlsth2sthormon. Dover•.. • • • • Dec. l6 Peninsula 7 thl7th27thofmon. Southampton D ec. al Peru .......... ..M 2d & 17th of month Southampton De c. 6 Tuscany* sthlsth2sthof mon, Dover ...• • • ne e, ' West Indies ........M 2d & 17th of month Southampton - Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .......... odor ...1/; 10 * The mails for Australia via the Cape of G oo d Hope Are ° e_ t on the 2d of every alternate month. Thos e m ade „ thser!:,po and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles e , erw sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next year w ect sent in steamers. moo ' • The mails to those countries thus narked (*) are to t French packet to Marseilles. n til t Mails are also made up on the 2d of every alternate the Cape of Good Hope. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam ..... ....... 11 16% Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 18 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Brussels .............. 25 30 B =burgh ............ 13 5 Paris ...... ........ 25 12% Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Marseilles........ • • .... 25 32% Bourdeaux 7 .-A.NGE—YEsTERDA I • Gibraltar ........•• • • 30 e n ,'Leghorn • • • . 35 4 " Genoa • • • • ' • Venice .. •••• • ' • • 41' Naples ••• • " 1 94 4 Palermo ••• ' • 1 2 :14 Messina ..... • • • • • Lisbon • • • • • • Rio Janeiro .. • • • • • • • • Buenos Ayres 1. . • • • "),• t New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia •••• • • • • 1 :0 o% i PRICES OF 8ur..m05 3 ,, 1 7 0 Foreign Gold in Bars 0 04 Portugal Gold Coin • • 5 0 0 Mexican Dollars •• • • I t 4 0 17 New Dollars .. •• • • 0 5 Silver in bars .. •• • • Frankfort-on-Maine Berlin ..... Vienna .. -- . 119% 11 28 .... 38M 49% 50% Trieste Cadiz gt ATTEMPTED A EISASSINATION. —Last week ove a armed visited the house of Edward Egan, resiw' r joe' Cappamore, about a mile and a half from Clough g ° ; 0 1 st On entering, one of the assassins presented a 0 tio ot Egan, who with great dexterity seized the vi.e g , i r 1i 0 which, in all probability, was the means of savi i. l4 ' s po life. A scuffle then ensued, in which Egan (%": 0 0; now attacked by the whole party) was knocked- bbeo, received nine severe cuts on the head, a n d was etlrfal in several places with a bayonet ; but being a 1),°,,," man, he laid hold of a hatchet, and with all lu s w - A rdli dealt a heavy blow to one of the ruffians. The e ° ' demons stabbed him again ; and, not thinking thet a his finished their missson with satisfaction, they attae_nke p eat wife, and broke one of her fingers, and then deo . „7,, lied leaving their victim, as the imagined dead. Son ° fi t 011 in a very precarious condition. The only cause t - 01 11/ be assigned for this outrageous conduct is, th 3t . h de' had lately got possession of som e land from wh le gti faulting tenants had bee n ev i c t e d . S om e of the F o r are known, and will, we trust, ere l ong , be Wi de nable to justice.—Nenagh Guardian. BIRTHS. 0, OF A SON. V i i liVo ll On the 16th i ns t ., at Camden-road-villas, .---' id, OF A DAUGHTER. __e Of J. On the 15th inst. at Hanwell, Middlesex, the Irm - _...." C. Taylor, Esq late Madras Army. ____----------- .) MARRIED. On the 16th i ns t., at the Cathedral, Manchester' Cto°3ll-ti'illie John Bi c k erson Flanagan, H.M. 81st Regiraer it 'lor, °‘l‘ Anne, youngest daughter of the late Thomas %_.:1?..:.L...„../' DIED. 03° On the 16th inst , at the Parsonage, 31Sid enheaCi' •. 'wife of the Rev. Jamesi Al exan der Birch, aged 2 8 - 00 pro On the 16th inst., at Park-village East, Reg ° , _i t to• 0 Rowland Gibson, sq., barrister-at-law, of GraY....,° j, On the 16th inst., at St. Leonard's -on-Sea' . 133 ' 1 ' . Taylor, of Adbury, Hants. tri kra yo r , 1 1% LONDON : Printed and Published by WIRD" SO. ' O l of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offic e e , co oti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in Oho Aiiddlon; Saturday. 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