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Viirb Ktttio-n. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clocl•, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLon took his seat on the woolsack a few minutes before 5 o'olock. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND, The Earl of CLANCARTY adverting to a petition which had been brought forward on this subject, prayed her Majesty's Government to consider how, after a full enquiry, proper alteration could be made in the present system of national education in Ireland. The Earl of DERBY could assure the noble lord that without endangering the destruction of the present sys tem, he did not see any way of interfering with it, and this he could hardly think beneficial. He should be most happy, however, if it should be moved for to grant a committee of enquiry into the subject. The house then adjourned at 10 minutes after 5 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. FITZROY presented petitions from the civil service of the Crown, praying the house to take into consideration the Act relating to the Benevolent Fund, with a view to its alteration. Sir E. FILMER and other lion. members presented petitions praying for the repeal of the taxes on know ledge. Mr. F. MACKENZIE presented a petition from the Jamaica Association of Liverpool, complaining of dis tress in that colony, and praying the house to adopt measures of relief. Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition from the colonists of New Zealand, complaining of the conduct of the New Zealand Company, and praying the house to withhold its consent to the bill for paying that company a sum of money by way of compensation for surrender ing its rights to the Government. ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received a letter from the agents of the petitioners against the return for Clare, stating that it was not their intention to proceed with the petition. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from an indi lilual in Yarmouth, complaining that the Examiner of Recognizances had declared his recognizances, in the case of e Yarmouth election petition, to be objectionable, although a similar form had been passed in other cases, and praying the house to take the matter into its consi deration. The hon. gentleman gave notice that on Monday he should move that the petition be printed with the votes, with the view of calhng the attention of the house to the subject. The SPEAKER stated that he had received a report from the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the recognizances in th e cases o f D er b y and Pontefract were unobjectionable. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. Mr. HENLEY gave notice that on Monday he would renew his motion on the subject of Railway Amalgama tion, which fell through last night owing to his absence. CRYSTAL PALACE FUNDS. In reply to Lord SEYMOUR, Lord J. MANNERS stated that the Woods and Forests had not received the report of the Crystal Palace Commmissioners relative to the disposal of the surplus fund, but as soon as it was received it would be laid be fore the house. LAMPS IN PALACE-YARD.' In reply to another question, Lord SEYMOUR stated, that he had given directions for additional lamps to be placed in Palace-yard. LONDON BRIDGE. In reply to Mr. LAING, The NOBLE LORD said, Government were not respon sible for the present state of either London or Black friars Bridge. Sir R. W. INGLIS gave notice, that on Monday he would ask a question of the noble lord relative to the state of Westminster-bridge. LEOPOLD DE ROSE. Lord D. STUART wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the re sult of the inquiry undertaken by the Government into the case of Leopold (le Rose, a Polish officer, who was imprisoned in Wiuchester gaol at the instance of Cap tain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, R.N. Mr. WALPOLE replied, that the caseihad been fully inquired into, and ho thought the magistrate was justified in the committal ; but, had the magistrate been in possession of facts which had since come to his knowledge, he was satisfied the committal would not have taken place. CLERGY RESERVES. Sir W. MOLESWORTH wished to ask the Secre tary of State for the Colonies, whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to bring in a bill to enable the Canadian Legislature to dispose of the Clergy Reserves, subject to the condition that the stipends and allowances heretofore assigned and given to the Clergy of the Church of England and Scotland, or to any other reli gious bodies or denominations of christians in Canada, shall be secured during the natural lives and incumben cies of the parties now receiving the same. Sir J. PAKINGTON said Government had no such intention. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, Buildings, &c., whether the bill for the regu lation of Metropolitan Buildings is to b.:: introduced before Christmas, with a view to its being pressed to a conclusion this session. Lord JOHN MANNERS said he should not be able to bring in the bill till after Christmas. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. F. MACKENZIE, it agreed that the house at its rising should adjourn un Monday. was THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT The house then went into Committee of Supply, DI,. WILSON PATTEN in the chair, after which The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER imme diately rose to make his anxiously looked for finan cial statement. He said he trusted that at the present financial statement had to be made under very peculiar circumstances, the House would excuse him if he deviated somewhat from the usual formal manner in which Chancellors of the Exchequer laid the financial affairs of the country before the house. ,Though they had, for instance, on the present occasion, to consider whether it was possible to make such changes in the mode of levying the revenue as would contribute more to the satisfaction and welfare of the community, and whether such alterations could be . effected in our financial taxation as would remove from various classes a well-founded sense of injury and injustice, and principally whether they might not take that opportu nity of establishing the financial system on principles more adapted to the requirements of the time, and espe cially to the industry of the country, which was pre eminent for its capacity for labour. Still there were topics to be adverted to which were not strictly of a financial nature. (Hear, hear.) He also trusted the House would recollect that only two-thirds of the financial year had been completed. (Hear.) If he deviated from the usual course, it was from a desire to lay with clearness before the house the views of the Government, and the opinion of the country, and he asked them not to precipitately decide on their motives and policy, but to consider the state ment as a whole. (Hear, hear.) After the event of the general election, and after understanding that the principle of unrestricted- competition was permanently adopted, it became their duty to consider whether a commercial system could not he so harmonised as to remove the well founded dis content of the people, and to lay the foundation of a sys tem which would be more beneficial, and enlist the sym pathies of all classes of the people. It was but right they should consider the claims of those great interests who believed that by recent legislation they had received Peculiar injury, an d ascer t a i n w h ether they were just not—he alluded to the shipping interest, the sugar Planting interest, a n d the agricultural i n t erest. He trusted y would b e ena b led to come to an unanimous opinion as to their peculiar burdens and grievances, and to am rive at some p ermanent conclusion on which th financial system of the country could be based. H could concei ve no state of society more to be deprecated thanhanges of the law `Which un i versally contributed to the benefit of th e c ount intlear.) Having investigated the ease of the Shipping itriest, the Government were of opinion that, principally eequence of the repeal of the Navigation Laws, they wereo suffering at this mo ment under burdens which they* s h t t not to bear, and restrictions which impeded their induug thatr B(ffear, hear.) If it were the opinion of Parliament outicoth meet was thet h e CaS 3, he thought the better course Neousldeebif claims in a just and liberal spirit, and possible to remedy the complaints of an wereinfluential not -twit and worthy body. The Govern men , im poi , t amined the case of all those classes comprised under th had ax under p - pular name of the shipping interest. They complained that they were subjected to vexatious burden,: under the head of light dues, and of passing tall,. (Hear, hear.) They complained of the pre:- , ,eiit Pystein by which pilotage was carried on, and they made also a great complaint against what were called Ad g:ievances. (H ear , h ear. ) Th ey comp l a i ne d plainedalso ofthe circumstances under which individuals be longing to the mercantile marine were enlisted into the royal navy—(hear, hear)—they also complained of the present claims made on account of sa=vage —of the sums exacted for anchorag e , of the v restrictions pl ace d u p on them in the mann i ng of thei - puties levied o n marine insuraticZ'anelsA and of the s t am p on bills of lading. H ear, hear.) The Government believed that, with re gard to these complaints, the house adopted the recom mendations, which it would be his duty to lay before them to night—the claims of this interest would be satis fied. With regard to the light dues, it was their opinion that these complaints were in a great measure founded on fact. (Hear, hear.) It seemed quite indefensible that irrespective of the dues which were paid for lighthouses by the shipping interest should be called on to pay a large snm of money in the form of dues, which was in fact interest paid to the Trinity House for the purchase of private lights which had been long ago been improvi dently granted by Parliament or the Crown. (Hear, hear.) The Government thought also that all those sums levied under the name of passing tolls, were vexatious grievancrs and burdens to which the shipping of this country ought not to be subjected. They also thought that the shipping interest ought not to be called on to pay sums for the support of the charities of a con pore, . tion Taking these three points i n t o cons id era ti on, the Government were prepared to say, with respect to the light dues, that the tax upon the shipping interest ought to be confiaed merely to payments for benefits which it received, and they were prepared to relieve it from all that was paid for interest upon those loans for the purchase of private lights, and from the contribution to the charities of the Trinity House, and, finally, to re lieve it from all passing tolls. (Hear.) This settlement would probably cost the country about 100,0001. a year; but it appeared to him that the claimss were so just that it was impossible to resist them, and that they ought to have been considered when the Navigation Laws were repealed. The next point was the question of pilotage, a system which, he might say, was full of anomalies. There had been, upon a former occasion, though a long time ago, a committee of that house on the subject of the pilotage laws ; and, though he himself, in general, was very much disinclined to propose the appointment of committees, still, he thought that it would be eminently worthy of the consideration of the house whether or not a committee should be appointed to investigate the whole question of pilotage and ballast. And therefore it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to recommend that there should be a committee of enquiry and he did not entertain the slightest doubt but that the result of its investigation would prove most satis factory. He now came to remark upon those grievances which he had described as the Admiralty dues. The house was well aware teat a merchant-ship, find ing hrself upon a foreign station, her captain may be deserted without any ceremony with out any notice—and often without any cause, by any of the crew who may immediately enlist in a ship belonging to the Royal Navy that may happen to be on the station. That was a privilege which acted very ingeniously upon the discipline and general conduct of the mercantile marine. (Hear, hear.) He, for one, would certainly be most unwilling to propose any change which would affect the necessary powers of the Royal Navy ; but he was forced to believe that this was a grievance of a most vexatious character. Her Majesty's Government, therefore, intended to propose that no man quitting the mer cantile marine should receive his wages then due to him, until the rest of the crew had been paid. At present he could at a moment's notice, not withstanding his engagement with his master, hoist his red shirt on a royal ship and demand his wages. His master thereby not only lost one of his crew, but he was called upon to pay wages which were not due until the ship had arrived in port. It is proposed that any one availing himself of this privilege of enlisting in the Royal Navy, should not receive his wages until the rest of the crew were paid off. It was further proposed that if the Royal Navy should avail themselves of this privilege, that they were liable for any injury which might be thereby inflicted on the merchant ship. The next grievance which he would bring before them was the question of salvage. He believed that, under the present system, the mercantile marine were grievously afflicted. There could be no doubt, although the humanising feelings which actuated the Royal Navy had been much improved from what they once were— that still instances of a most oppressive nature continually occurred, and the Government pro posed that the whole system should entirely cease. He need say very little on the subject of anchorage. That was a regulation which, like salvage, depends en tirely upon the Admiralty, and the Admiralty were pre pared that all vexations of this kind should be con cluded—(hear, hear)--and from henceforth no merchant vessel would not be deprived in its anchorage by the superior claims of ships belonging to the Royal Navy. There was another subject of paramout importance to the mercantile interest, and that was the restriction which at present existed upon manning the merchant marine. (Hear, hear.) They thought these rest, ictions were in defensible, while they doubted whether even in practice they were beneficial. (Hear, hear.) The time had therefore arrived when these restrictions must en tirely cease, but their removal could only be taken into consideration in connection with the other subject of manning the navy. (Hear, hear.) The whole :subject would hereafter have to be considered, and something would have to be done to remedy the evils of a system which dismissed our seasoned seaman at a time when he was most qualified to do his duty to the country. (Cheers.) Government were awaiting the report of a committee which had been sitting upon this very subject, but they trusted when it was hrought before Parliament, it would be in a manner that should be satisfactory to the house and to the country. (Hear, hear.) He had now touched upon all the points of any importance which were embraced in the care of the shipping interest, except those which referred to stamps upon insurance, bills of lading, and charter-parties ; but the house would at once perceive that these were points that affected the general taxation of the country, and, therefore, this was not the moment when they could be fairly alluded to in detail. (Hear, hear.) Government however, proposed to deal with the question lightly, under three heads, they pro posed to reduce the taxation that was paid by the ship ping interest, under the claims of supporting the light houses of the country—namely, the interest upon debt which has been incurred, and the contributions to wards charities, and the passing tolls to harbours, which ships never enter. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He proposed to terminate these three series of unjust taxation, and they believed that object could be effected by the payment of an annual sum of 1,000,0001. (Hear.) There would th en b e l e ft f or the shipping interest to pay for such lights only which benefitted them. (Hear. hear.) The proposed—the second place to submit to the consideration of the house the whole question of pilotage, and they p ur p ose d i n addition, that the three admiralty: grievances of anchorage, salvage, and enlistment should be entirely terminated or subject to s-ich regulations as should deprive them of ttleir injurious influence. (Hear, hear.) They proposed that the subject of manning should depend upon the decision of Parliament ; while with respect to the last point, which question related to the army, they proposed that shouid be considered when the house came to ern sider the whole subject of revenue. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to consider the claims of the sugar producing colonies. Sugar had been the battle-field of parties, but they must form an opinion as to the condition of the colonies upon strict and naked facts, and not by any recollection of the past. They might deplore past legislation, and be of opinion that the conduct of this country towards the colonies had been inconsistent, and, moreover, occasioned great damage to sugar growers, but they had to decide to-night, what under the existing state of affairs could be done for them. There was no one more ready than himself to listen to the just complaints of any class, or none more ready to redress their grievances. He had often expressed it as his opinion that the conduct of the mother country to the colonies would occupy no embla zoned page in the history of England. The redress prayed for by the colonies was contained under the fol lowing heads : -I st.—Arrest of the descent of the duty on foreign sugar. 2 nd. — Reduction of the duty on British plantation sugar. 3rd.--The grant of additional loans to the respective colonies, for emigration and improvement. 4 th.—Permission to refine sugar in bond, for home con sumption as well as importation. sth.-.---Permission to use molasses in breweries. (Hear.) 6 th.—Equalisation on the duties on rum and British spirits. Under these circumstances he would find great difficulty in making such recommendations as were contained in the two first, but especially in this Parliament, which was re turned to support unrestricted competition. Even if he saw that ruin was falling on the sugar -producing colo nies, he would hesitate before having recourse to the im position of a differential duty to mitigate their sufferings. Was there such evidence of a rivalrybetween British and foreign producers of sugar as to justify the Government in proposing any special measure for their relief ? They were told this competition could not be endured, but what were the facts ? In the ten months ending Nov. 1251, the West Indies sent to this country, for home consumption, 2,251,000 cwts. of sugar, and in the ten months ending Nov. 1852, 3,940,000 cwts. From the Mauritius for the same period, there were entered for home consumption, as follows :-1851, 804,000 cwts., and 1852, 977 ewts. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) East India sugar, which in Nov., 1851, amounted to ',037,000 cwt., had in Nov., 1852, risen to 1,300,000 rt. Our united colonies in Nov., 1851, had sent 94.000 cwt. ; in Nov., 1852, they had sent 5,373,000. .r.) He now had to show whether he was called on to arrest the descent of the duties upon foreign , ADMIRALTY, DEC. 3. gar. The quahtity of unrefined foreign sugar in Nov., I The following promotions, dated 26th October, 1852, 351, amounted to 1,218,000 cwt. ; in Nov., 1852, it have this day taken place consequent on the decease, on 5a0 ;: d t : 1 8 L 1 1 :10, 1 0 : t e i0080 s h, e 04ein mounted only to 5'70,000 cwt. The quantity of refined the 7th October last, of Rear-Admiral of the Red, L ' o ;lian sugar was in Nov., 1851, 268,000 cwt. ;in Nov., Charles J. Austen, C.B. :—Rear-Admiral of the Whitey fif c: ries i w t . was 243,000 cwt. (Hear, hear.) It Peter John Douglas, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; .t 7 go h e irefore, that the general result of these Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., would be that there being in 1851 4,000,126 to be Rear-Admiral of the White • Captnin Sir Thomas ten.otired for home consumption, Herbert, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. foreign sugar, and in 1852, INDIA BOARD, DEC 2. isT ri o t y s e h i , n b a e n r d 814,000 185 cwt. of foreign sugar, the British production had increased, from No- ' A dispatch, from which the following is an extract, vember, 1851, to 1,250,000 cwt., 17 ear. Now, he might basedcllgtea'r) traitor, and h while foreign sugar had dehas been this day received at the East India House :- 600 000 cwt. (Hear, From the Governor-General of India in Council to the might be called a renegade--(aSecret Committee of the East India Company, dated Fort-William, October 25, 1852. ut he would ask if there was any gentle in the co - use who, with From the General Order, and the dispatches published these facts staring hies in the face, Could house, end on the 23d inst., you will learn with satisfaction of the (LEFT SPEAKING.) TilE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, DEC. 2. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Charles Robert Mitchell Jackson, Esquire, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay. the propping up of a prostrated industry, which, it ap peared was commrnding the markets of the British me tropolis, or could ask for a differential duty under circum stances such as these ? (Loud cheers from the Opposition.) Certainly such a duty could not bo asked for while an object, and if that object were to give a stimulus to the colonial market, it appears that that object had al ready been gained. To ask for a guarantee for a loan for the purposes of promoting immigration and the ge neral improvement of the country was an object in which her Majesty's Government would readily join, but he believed he.could show that they had not been slow in this respect. The subject of the immigration of Chiaese labourers to the West Indies was one Which had been urged on the consideration of the Government. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to read a dispatch which related to the efforts made by ehe Government Commis sioners to promote immigration, and from which it appeared that emigration ships had been dispatched by the present Government, and that the island of Tri nadad was about to import fourteen hundred labourers. He also referred to official documents to prove that the sums already allotted to the West India Islands, for the purpose of promoting immigration, were still unexhaust ed. Now, that being the case, how could her Majesty's Government be justly called upon to propose any fresh loans to encourage emigration to our sugar-producing colonies (hear, hear) although he believed that there was now at length a chance in the case of Trinidad, of the whole sums allotted to them being required. (Hear, hear.) He now came to the fourth point, which had reference to the bonded— refinement of sugar for home consumption as well as for exportation. He had given the subject his most earnest attention, and he remembered of old that his late lamented friend, Lord George Bentinck, had also most ably investigated the question. No doubt, herein a very great boon might be conferred in the sugar producing colonies. He did not think that he could put the case more clearly before them, than by supposing the year 1854 to have arrived, when all the differential duties on sugar would cease. It had been represented to them, that the saccharine matter in the foreign sugars, which was unrefined, was so much greater in amount than that contained in the colonial sugar ; that it had amounted to as great a difference in the case of the West India colonies as between 90 and 75 ; and in the case of the coarse East India sugars, to no less than between 90 and 60. Well, what was asked was, that the refining process may take place in bond, and that the duty might be taken upon sugar' in this state rather than in the coarse state. (Hear, hear.) There were objections, no doubt, to that arrangement, con nected with the revenue of the country, but he did not think considerations connected with financial arrange ments were sufficient to resist the claims which the present position of the colonies had upon them. (Hear, hear.) They had here an opportunity of conferring upon the colonies a great boon—a boon, too, consistent with the principles of unrestricted com petition. The Government was prepared to concede that boon, but, of course, it must be conceded subject to those conditions which were necessary for the security of the revenue. (Hear, hear.) He should not then allude to the subject of molasses, or to the duty on rum, because he did not believe the moment apposite. He would now refer to lar Cher point of t . • local taxation of the ,country. It was unnecessary for him to enter into any of those arguments with which the house was so familiar, as to the local taxa tion of the eauntry to show that there were objects of universal interest, which were, in fact sustained by taxation, not upon the general property— but upon a peculiar division of it. (Hear, hear.) The whole question had been dealt with so ingeniously by one who, though opposed to his (the Chancellorof the Exche quer's) policy, still had treated this subject in the most lucid manner--he alluded to Mr. Lewis. It could not be contended that the support of the poor was a matter of general, nay, universal obligation, and he thought, as far as the principle was concerned, the complaint on this head of a portion of the real property interest of the country which had suffered most by recent legislation, was ex ceedingly well founded. (Hear, hear.) There could hardly be a difference of opinion about that. Well, then, in the next place they had to consider what was the course to be taken with reference to that part of our taxation which was mainly levied for a purpose of general interest, but which was yet not levied upon the community at large. The local taxation of the country was a subject with which they were all familiar ; it resolved itself, in fact, into three principal rates, namely, the Highway Rate, the County Rate, and that great rate called the Poor Rate. (Hear, hear.) Upon the subject of the Highway Rate no less than six acts of Parliament had already been passed for improving or mystifying its operations, and now with the assistance of his hon. friend the Under Secre tary of State for the Home Department, who had di rected a good deal of attention to the matter, he was prepared to bring in a seventh bill, which he hoped, after the six experiments which he had alluded to, this mea sure would prove satisfactory to the house and the country. (Hear, hear.) He came next to the county rate—a small rate certainly, but still one which had excited a good deal of interest in connection with agriculture, and here he had no hesitation in declaring, on the part of the Government, that with reference to the collection and administration of this rate, they had no objection whatever to the adoption of the representative principle, if it should be the opinion of the house that the rate-payer was entitled to that control over the expenditure of the rate ; but there were two items in the rate to which that popular principle could not be well applied. He alluded to that portion of the rate which was directed to the maintenance of gaols and lunatic asylums, but tha time was rapidly approaching when the house must be called upon to deal with the whole question of punishments, for he thought it was becoming the most pressing question of the day, and probably that would be the proper opportunity for dealing with this porition of the rate, as well as of requiring the Government to take a more active part in the management of our gaols. (Hear, hear.) As regarded the county rates ; he therefore said frankly, lie was not prepared to recommend any change in that portion of our local taxation. (Heaa.) WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 3. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the Honourable Charles James Keith, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Fairlie, who exchanges, Dec. 3. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Herbert James Fairlie, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice the Honourable Charles James Keith, who ex changes, Dec. 3. 6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Grant Webb to be Captain, without purchase, vice Crowder, deceased ; Ensign Francis William Henry M`Cclelancl to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Webb, Sept. 24 ; Gentleman Cadet Lewis Blyth Hole, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Clela,nd, Dec. 3. 14th Foot--Gentleman Cadet Reginald Henry Gra ham, from th e R oya l Military Coll e ge, to be Ensign, vice Elwyn, superseded for being absent without leave, Dec. 3. 17th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Philip M 'Pher son, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Stoyte, appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Re cruiting District, Captain Oliver Paget Bourke to be Major, without purchase, vice M`Pherson, Lieutenant William A. Armstrong to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bourke, Ensign James Lawson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong, Gentleman Cadet Shadweil Henry Clarke, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lawson, Dec. 3. 42th Foot--Ensign Joshua Walter Bond to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Platt, who retires ; Ensign Edward Le Marchant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vrce Young, who retires, Dec. 3. 59th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Alex ander Campbell to be Surgeon, vice Macpherson, ap pointed to the Staff, Dec. 3. 82nd Foot—Lieutenant John Lawrie to be Captain, by purchase) vice Pardoe, who retires ; Ensign John Dalbiac Luard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vi ce Lawrie, Dec. 3. 85th Foot--Lieutenant Charles Ha m ilt on Aide to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Honourable J o h n E dmund Hovel Thurlow,' who retires ; Ensign Lord J o h n Henry Taylour to be Lieutenant, ,by purchase, vice Aide, Dec. 3. 97th Foot--Major-General Henry Adolphus Proctor, C. 8., to b e C o l one l, vice Lieutenant-General Si r H enry Frederick Bouverie, K.C.8., deceased, Nov. 29. STAFF —Lieutenant-Colonel John Stoyte, from the 17th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Magenis, deceased, Dec. 3. HOSPITAL STMT.—Surgeon Eneas Macintosh Mac pherson, from the 59th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the second class, vice Campbell, appointed to the 59th Foot ; Asssistant Staff Surgeon, John Thomas Watson Bacot, to be Staff Surgeon of the second class, Dec. 3. MEMORANDA.—The Christian names of Captain Bur ton, on half-pay of the 37th Foot, are Joseph Netterville. The alteration of the date of the Commission of Lieu tenant Robert William Benison, of the 99th Foot, which appeared in the Gazette of the 2nd of September, 1851, had reference to the Regimental, and not to that Officer's Army Date. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, _DECEMBER 3, 1852. capture of Prome, on the 9th and 10th idem, with but a triflng loss on our side. GENERAL ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL, Fort-William, Foreign Department, October 23, 1852 The Most Noble the Governor-General in Council has much gratification in publishing, for general information, dispatches received from Commodore Lambert and from Major-General Godwin, which report the capture and occupation of the city of Prome, after some resistance, and with comparatively trifling loss. The steam squadron and the boats of her Majesty's ships, conveying the troops upon the Irrawaddy, an chored off Prome on the 9th of October. A fire from the shore was silenced by the fire of the steamers and of the boats. The troops having been landed, drove the enemy, some three or four thousand strong, from the suburbs ; and on subsequently advancing to the great pagoda and to the heights beyond, they found the posi tion wholly abandoned by the Burman force. The Governor-General in Council desires to express in the strongest terms his obligations to Commodore Lam bert, for the care, the energy, and unwearied zeal which he has shown in directing the naval preparations for ad vance, and which have conduced so largely to the early and successful renewal of operations in the field. His lordship in council begs to offer his thanks to Captain Loch, and to Commander Shadwell, for their conduct of the service on the. river ; and to Commander Rice, for his direction of the body of seamen upon shore. His thanks are also due to Commander Campbell, of the Indian navy, whose merit has been acknowledged by the Commodore. The Governor-General in Council has viewed ,with high approbation the services of the officers and men, who, upon this occasion and for several months past, have been employed in boats upon the river, subjected to severe exposure, and engaged in harassing duties, which they have performed with the utmost alacrity and cheerfulness, and with conspicuous advantage to the public service. To the officers, seamen, and marines of her Majesty's ships, of the Indian navy, and of the Bengal marine, who have been serving upon the Irrawaddo, and to Commander Tarleton, who long commanded them, the Governor-General in Council is desirous of offering his hearty thanks. The Governor-General in Council has in like manner to assure Major-General Godwin of the satisfaction with which he has viewed the skill and judgment by which the Major-General enabled the troops to obtain posses sion of an important post, without delay, and with but little loss. To Major Mayhew, Deputy Adjutant-Ceneral ; to Major Allan, Deputy Quarter-Master General ; to Cap tain Smith, Interpreter ; to Captain Burne, Military- Secretary ; and Captain Chads, A.D.C., the Governor- General in Council tenders his thanks. Especially to Captain Christie and to Captain Welsh, of her Majesty's 80th Regiment, for the gallant manner in which they led their men to the attack, and to all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the force, the Governor-General in Council desires to give assurance of his cordial approbation. While thus congratulating the naval and military forces on the first result of their advance, the Governor- General in Council feels it to be due to the memory of an old and gallant sailor, that he should add a public ex pression of the deep regret with which he has received intimation of the death of his Excellency the Comman der-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships in the Indian Seas. Although Admiral Austen did not survive to witness the successful conclusion of the operations in which he had shared, the Governor-General in Council desires to record his admiration of the staunch high spirit which, notwithstanding his age and previous suffering, had led the Rear-Admiral to take his part in the trying service which has closed his career. The Governor-General in Council has been grateful for his services, and laments his death. C. ALLEN, Secretary to the Government of India. BANKRUPTS. Henry Capper, licensed vicualler, Gravesend. Thomas Corby, builder, Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico. Richard Cons, builder, Charlton. Richard Eaton Noble, plumber. John Edward Spicer, paper manufacturer, Chilworth, Guildford. Patrick Cowan, brass-foEnder, Skinner-street, Snow. hill. Thomas Wheeler, yr., cattle dealer, Cirencester. Richard Jones, hatter, Oswestry. John Edward Spicer, paper manufacturer, Alton ; Hants. Daniel Coe, Ardwick, Manchester, grocer. 'HANGS—Tsis DAY. Gibraltar Leghorn .. .... 30 65 Genoa 25 60 Milan Venice........, N Naples .. Palermo .. l2l Messina . ...... 121 1 Lisbon Oporto 531 Rio BuenosAyres ...... New York.6o day's sigLt Philadelphia ...... •• • • PRICES OF BULLION, PER OE. Foreign Gold in Bars 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin.. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ... • ~ 6 Silver in bars ...... 0 0 0 PRUSSIA. LAW INTELLIGENCE, EQUITY COURTS—DEC. 2. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ATTWOOD.-STARCH-GREEN ALMSHOUSES. This information was filed for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the Court to the erection of additional almshouses ; for a scheme for administering the charity ; and for the appointment of new trustees. The facts were that prior to April, 1810, grants had been made by the lord of the manor of Fulham, Middlesex, of portions of the waste l a nd gra t u it ous ly t o man y persons. In that year it was resolved to discontinue the practice, to take money from the grantees, and to vest it in trustees, who were to be selected from the copyholders—the funds, when accumulated, to be laid out in erecting and main taining almshouses. This having been carried into effect at Starch green, and 2,191 Three per Cent. Consols being now unapplied, the case was brought before the Court, it being stated by the existing trustees that the accounts had been regularly audited and allowed. Mr. Glasse and Mr. Nalder, fOr the relators, stater that the point as to which there was some doubt, whether the scheme should be prepared in the usual wa) by reforence to the master or to the chief clerk. It was also suggested that the parties might exchange drafts of respective schemes, and submit the points on which they might differ to the Court. was The Vice-Chancellor said he would not decide these matters until he had spoken to the other judges on the subject, Sir. J. H. Palmer suggested that under the 54th sec tion of the Equity Jurisdiction Improvement Act, the Court was empowered to give directions for taking the accounts, and that the books of the trustees should be taken as prinui facie evidence of their accuracy. He understood the other side had no objection to this course. The Vice-Chancellor considered that it would be pre mature, at present, to give such directions. The chief clerk, if necessary, would take directions from him, if he required them. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) FOGLIONI . V. MARTIN AND ANOTHER.-JUDGMENT. The Master of the Rolls gave judgment in this case, which he observed was a suit brought by the assignees of Emanuel Brothers, for compelling the specific per formance of a contract between Martin and Ritchie, and the firm of Emanuel. It appeared that Martin and another person, named Blogg, had been in business to gether, and had transactions with the Emanuels ; and Blogg having died, certain claims were made by the Emanuels upon his estate. These claims Martin and Ritchie had, as alleged, entered into a contract to make good, or purchase up. The contract, however, was de nied by Martin absolutely, who said he never approved of the deed, though he had read it, and certainly never executed it. The second defendant, Ritchie, admitted he had signed it, but alleged that the contract was neither valid nor legal, it being a contract at best for the sale of a right of action. The Master of the Rolls said that he could not, upon the evidence in the case, hold that Martin was a party to this contract, and therefore as respected him the suit must be dismissed with costs. The case of the other defendant was altogether different. He, on his own admission, signed the instrument, and the Court therefore decreed as against him, specific per formance of the contract, but without costs, as he had acted bond fide throughout the transaction. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—DEC. 2. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE THOMAS SEVERS. The bankrupt was a warehouseman in Basinghall street. His accounts commence in January, 1847, with a deficiency of 7,5601., and close June 8, 1852, with the following items:—Unsecured creditors, 12,7001.; liabil ities, 13,6971.; good debts, 1,545; property, 2,9401. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said they had no wish to oppose the application of the bankrupt for a certificate. Mr. Lawrance said, of the deficiency of 7,5601. in 1847, 6,8001. was owing to an uncle of the bankrupt's. That debt had not been paid, and the bankrupt's rela tions were large creditors. His Honour said the deficiency of 7,5601. had been satisfactorily explained, but he felt bound to mark his disapprobation of the bankrupt's expenditure by a sus pension of his certificate (second class) for a period of three months. IN RE MEDLEY. The bankrupt was a horse-hair manufacturer. His debt are from 2,000/. to 3,000/. There are no assets. The bankrupt is supposed to have departed for Aus tralia. Mr. A. A. Jones, for the assignees, said the bankrupt had failed to surrender to pass his examination, and the Court directed a proclamation of outlawry to be made at the usual hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK.—The Rev. Daniel Donovan, Roman Catholic priest of Webb-street,. New Weston-street, Bermondsey, was summoned before Mr. A'Beckeit, for committing an assault on Mary Murphy, an Irish woman. Mr. Watson, who attended on the part of the com plainant, said that she was recently confined of a child, and that while she was still labouring under indisposi tion from that cause the defendant called at her place of abode, in Palmer's-rents, Bermondsey, on Friday last, and inquired of her whether she had had her infant bap tized by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong. She replied that she had ; upon which the defendant told her that she had sold her soul to the devil, and, lifting up his umbrella, struck her a blow on the side of the head. He then left the room, but returned in a short time afterwards, and struck her three different times with the umbrella ; and not satisfied with having given vent to his feelings by such an attack on a poor defenceless' woman, he called the landlady, and, addressing her, asked her why she did not turn the devils out of her house (mean ing the complainant and her child). He then went away, and the result was that Mrs. Harrington, the landlady, a Roman Catholic, fearful of the consequences if she suf fered her unfortunate lodgers to remain there, eventually took the bed from under her, and she and her child were compelled to sleep on the floor of the room. He (Mr. Watson) did not wish to distort or exaggerate the facts, but he should prove that the conduct pursued by the de fendant on the occasion was as represented. The law, the defendant ought to be made to know, would not allow of his being suffered to use physical compulsion in a case which he imagined was opposed to the doctines which he promulgated ; and therefore, if the evidence produced bore out the statement of facts, he trusted the magistrate would have no hesitation in dealing with the charge in such a manner as would prevent the defendant in future from having recourse to such an unjustifiable attack upon a poor woman. He then called Mary Murphy, a young woman with an infant in her arms, who, on being sworn, said that she now lives in Palmer's-rents, Snow's-fields, Bermondsey, and that her husband is a labourer. That on last Sunday three weeks she gave birth to a child while lodging at the house of a Mrs. Harrington, in Ebenezer-place, Bermondsey. She knew the Rev. Mr. Dono van, the defendant, and he called upon her last Friday while she was sitting up by the fire with her child in her arms, and asked her if she was the woman that the man fell upon by accident when drunk, and she replied that she was. He then inquired if she had had a child christened lately. She said that she had, and he asked by whom, and she answered by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, the Protestant clergyman. The moment she mentioned Mr. Armstrong's name, the defendant struck her on the side of her head with an umbrella, and exclaimed, " Don't you think you have sold your soul to the devil ?" She replied that she did not think she had, upon which he walked out of the room. He returned, however, in about three or four minutes, in a passion. Mr. Watson—When he came back, did he say any thing to the landlady ? Complainant—He struck me three times with the umbrella, in the landlady's presence, and said to her, " Why don't you send these devils out of your house ?" The landlady at first said nothing in reply, but when he repeated the question, she then said that she would make her and her child quit the house. The defendant then asked her (the complainant) if any ladies had called upon her since her confinement, and she said "Yes," and he then inquired if they had brought her anything, and upon her replying in the affirmative, he asked her if she thought she was doing her soul good by accepting charity from them, they being Protestants. She said that she was glad and thankful for the assistance she received ; and he then advised her not to take any more from them, and left the room. Mr. Watson—Now tell us what the woman Harring ton did on the occasion ? Mr. A'Beckett stopped the complainant, and said that, as it was admitted the defendant was not present at the time, there was no occasion for introducing matter not strictly applicable to the case as it affected her. The complainant was then cross-examined by Mr. Salomons, on behalf of the defendant, and in reply to the questions she said that she was a married woman, but that she had not the certificate of her marriage. She was married at Pembroke, in Wales. She had relief from the defendant the third day after her confinement. He gave her a shilling. She had also relief from the nuns belonging to the convent in Bermondsey. Mr. Salomons : Of what religion are you I—Corn plainant said she was a Roman Catholic before her mar riage, but that since that event she had become a con. vert to the Protestant faith. Mr. Salomons asked her if she knew the different be tween the two religions Mr. A'Beckett said that putting such questions would only puzzle the woman, and that he had better only ask her those having reference to the alleged assault. Cross-examination continued—Will swear that she did not exclaim, in the hearing of any persons, that she would pitch the Rev. Mr. Armstrong to the seventeen devils. (Laughter.) She recollected the defendant having asked her where the father of her child was, and when she told him that she did not know, his then say ing that he did not believe her. He also said that she would be cursed for ever. Mrs. Harrington, the land lady, and another lodger were present when the de fendant assaulted her, and therefore she had not com plained to them, as they witnessed the transaction. Her husband did not fetch the defendant to her. She did not sing a song immediately after the departure of the defendant on the day he assaulted her. Mr. Watson having signified that that was his case, Mr. Salomons said the fact was that the complainant had practised a good deal of cunning fraud under the guise of religion. She was Catholi c an d P rotestant, just as it suited her to obtain what she required. She first received relief from Mr. Donovan and some lady nuns at Bermondsey, and afterwards imp ose d upon the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, by informing him that she had become a convert to the Established Church. This was a very I RACING FIXTI convenient way of exciting sympathy on her behalf, and I MA imposing upon the ministers of two different persuasions. But she had grossly aggravated the facts in her state. ment of the alleged assaults. Mr. A'Beckett said that it had been stated in the course of the examination that two persons were present who witnessed the alleged assault ; were they now in attendance ? as all the witnesses were ordered out of court in the first instance at the express desire of the parties. He (the magistrate) should like to hear their evidence. Mr. Watson, however, declined calling any witnesses, the complainant having described everything that oc curred. Mr. Salomons, on the behalf of the defendant, also expressed his intention not to call any witnesses, ob serving that in point of law it could not be denied that an assault had been committed, if gently touching the complainant with an umbrella could be construed into a breach of the peace. The facts were these—his client was sent for to relieve the complainant, and as he had reason to suspect she would not disclose where the father of her child was to be found, he questioned her closely upon the point, and it was evident she was telling false hoods, he rebuked her, at the same time gently touchily , her on the shoulder with his umbrella—this was the assault. And with respect to the language attributed to the defendant, he solemnly assured him that there was not one word of truth in it. It was obvious that the character of the complainant for veracity could not be much depended upon, more particularly as no wit nesses had been called to support her testimony ; he should, therefore, leave the case in the hands of the magistrate, Liverpool Spring... Coventry Spring.... Doncaster Spring... Salisbury AP] Croxton Park 6 Newmarket Craven ll York Spring l9 MA Chester 3 Newmarket Sec Sp. Shrewsbury Mr. A'Beckett expressed some surprise that no wit nesses were called on either side, and said that under the circumstances he should send the case before a jury without making any remarks himself on the subject, and for that purpose should order the defendant to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of 1001. to appear and answer the charge at the sessions., THAMES.—A poor man named Carpenter, a regis tered coal-whipper, was charged with leaving his family of three children chargeable to the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell. Mr. Sargeant said the defendant's children had been for some time maintained by the parish, and that 61. had been expended on their behalf, not one farthing of which had been paid by the defendant, who, he believed, was in a condition to partially reimburse the parish, and to support his children in future. The prisoner was a basket man, or foreman, and his earnings averaged 255. a week. The defendant said he met with an accident some time ago by falling into the hold of a ship, and was taken in an insensible condition to the Dreadnought Hospital, where he remained for several weeks, and he was not yet perfectly cured. While he was in the hospital-ship all his furniture was seized for rent, and his home broken up. He had no home in which he could shelter them, and the remuneration for coal-whipping was so very low that he really was unable to maintain them. / Mr. Sargeant said the parish did not require the 6/. already due, but it was considered that he was able to pay 6s. a week for the future. The defendant—That is as much as my average earn ings, and I am now ill and lame. I would gladly sup port my children if I could. Mr. Deering, principal clerk in the coal whippers' office, said it was quite true that the defendant had met with a serious accident. Since the defendant had left the hospital he was obliged to give up work for a week or two at a time. Their average earnings for the last three months h a d no t excee d e d 8 per week, and their labours were very heavy. Mr. Ingham was sorry to hear the wages were so low, and asked what were the earnings of the basket men ? Mr. Deering—ln no case did the earnings of basket men, who were foremen of the gangs, average more than 10s. per week. He had taken the accounts of three bas ket men, whose earnings were larger than ordinary coal whippers, and their wages averaged 9s. or 10s. per week. At present, the defendant, if in perfect health, might earn 11s. per week. Mr. Ingham—So it appears. How are they able to support their families and pay rent ? Mr. Deering—Many of them are in a wretched state, living upon insufficient food. I don't believe one out of twenty coal-whippers pay any rent at all. They can't do it, and they are obliged to go in debt wherever they can, and their children are running about the streets half naked and without shoes and stockings. Mr. Ingham said it was evident the defendant could not pay 6s. per week. He must pay 2s. per week, and when he was able and in full work give more. The defendant—l wish to support my family, your worship • but what am I to do ? Mr. - Ingham said it was a distressing case, and he was sure the parish offi cers did no t want the defendant wholly to maintain his children until he recovered his strength, but he must do something. Ascot Hampton Beverley, Hull, &;e Bibury Newmarket. Worcester... Carlisle (3). Liverpool... . 15 . 15 .ITCH JULY. RES FOR 1853. Warwick Spring, Kiplin Coates .. • • Northampton (2). Abergavenny ..... lvialton ............ _Newmarket F. S ..... ••• Y. 11 Bath ........................ Manchester (3)••..•" f,)l Epsom .................... NE. `,l Stockbridge ............. :34 Winchester .. ••• • • .... Newcastle... 1 9 5 Stamford ..... 5 Nottingham . 5 I Goodwood ... COUITTRY MARKETS. NEWARK—DEC. 1. 00 6 At our Corn-exchan ge t o -d a y we h a d a go od nt. e wbesli and a good supply of grain of all descriptions. 97s white, 44s to 48s, r e d 40 s t o 46 s ; b arley, gr inding; iSst j , 28s, malting 30s to 33 s ; oa t s, 24 s t 24 s to ; 265, 22s ' to 22s ; beans 38s to 42s ; peas 30s to 31.9 ; tares 40s malt 56s to 60s. per qr. DENBIGH—DEC. 1. 9,0 _9 There was an advance i n th e p r i ces a t t o -dsY °„ Wheat, 14s to 15 s ; b ar l e y. lO s t o lO s 6d ; oats 5 , 6( 1, Si" 6s 6d according to qua lity per h o bb e t ; t u b fresh ditto 10,1 d to lid per lb. butter, EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 1. t; We had a good supply of grain in to-day's m 5 l - 4 ready, and prices, as comp are d w ith th ose obtained . 1#'"; up. Wheat on the top is 6d and the average 9d .... . ° P:0.it5, h , on the top same as last week, an d th e average 7d d"'"•,, toP„ol the top ld, and the aver age 5d up ; b eans on same, and the average id up. Unsold, 84 qrs. w ije qrs. barley 50 qrs oats—and 9 qrs. beans. - pd Top of Wheat 64 ilb 52° oci Barley... 5711b 325 4cl - Oats .. . 44t1b 2 29 pd Beans 67 lb 39 Total Supply_and Sales. 74t 5 Wheat 1,181 qrs sold 1 , 19 . q rs Barley 1,801 qrs sold 1, 513 ,24rs 901 qrs Oats sold 126 ci ii Beans 124 qrs sold 11J AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 10 Average of wheat Ditto of Barley oul-gttlbl: Ditto of Oats - oto 0.1.- Ditto of Beans DUBLIN —Nov. . ° There was a very small supply of 3o wheat, a l iirb moderate one of oats and barley at market to -day' Oa ts ia met a brisk demand at an advance of 6d to 1 0 ' 10 5 , 1 prime quality were also 3d dearer, Malting 130 16 eve some cases a shade higher, but other descriPt i°ll lo , ,t i° 6 rather slow of sale, without any alteration in pri c _ e .lit corn held firmly, but the business done was ow'' following are the quotations : oto cl White wheat, 25s 6d to 26 s 6d ; re d ditt o , 240 ,peo barley, 12s 6d to 15s 6d ; oa t s , lO s 6d t o ll s 6d ; " - bA er 64 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal, lOs Od to 12s Od ;,„ flour, 14s Od. to 16s 6d per cwt ; Indi an cor n, 30s Od " per 480 lbs. CORK-DEC. 1. Brls. Curren ci ;" 0 8 White wheat 24s Od t o 24 s Od Os Od --4 66 Redwheat 21s 6d to 24s 3d) Ditto OO s Od t o OO s Od 23s 6-- A 00 ail Ditto Os Od t o O s Od 323 Barley l3s 6d to 14s 3d 4 a 59 Ditto 14s 3d to 14s 6d} 14s 3d -4 Ditto OOs Oct t o OO s Od Bere OOs Od to Os Od Os Oa 516 Oats 249 Ditto 9s 9d to lO s Oct} 9s 9,1 283 Ditto lOs Oct t o lO s 6d , ef t " 119 Pigs 29s Od t o 35 s 6d 34s 3d Per Quantity sold at the highest prices : to e; 4 barrels white wheat ; 7 red ; 29 barley ; ° oats ; 2 pigs. U:4 l Quantity of grain and num b er o f p i gs so ld l as t wee 7,7 ' Wheat, 1,234. Barley, 2,254. Bere, 0. Coat* Pigs, 1,186. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. sP ...... P ' lO .....* ':.••••• el' ' ...... 6P '......' 41° CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality Bos Third quality....... Fourth quality Fifth quality 66s Fifth quality ........ Sixth quality s6s Sixth qua1ity......... Return of cattle sold for week ending Nov. 27 Pigs, 538. Sheep, 95. Cows, 149. od , 1 66 • CORE.--Flour—First, 13s 6d to 14s Od ; extra', tbe , seconds, 12s to 13s Od ; households, lOs 6d to 11 0 61 `,.i 75 Od to lOs Od per c w t. M ea l—l n di an mea l, 78 r evg oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls ; wheat meal, lOs Od to 1 10 i c e i to, Indian corn, 71 lOs to 71 Is s p er t on . B ran, 41 170 ' O O5 Os Od per ton: Hay—Farmers, 23s Od to 32s Od ; t o ol, 27s ; dealers, 28s Od to 38s Od.; average, Os per toll.; Farmers, OOs Od to OOs Od; average, 00s ; dealers , f . 6 0 , to 24s Od; average, O s . p er t on . B rea d — Wh ea t e n loaf' got f, Od ; household ditto, 5d t o Od p er 41b . F res h but te t l . ,9e e o 10d per lb. Eggs, 6 s 10d t o 7 s Od per hundred. 103 4, 4 ' j. Cid to 7d ; mutton, 5d to bid ; veal, 4d to 6d.; ff' i fo l ; Od ; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb.— Fi s h, P a e to land, 101. Os to 11/ Os per ton ; S co t c h h err i n gs, „ 2°15 . Red, do., 24s per b r l.—P o t a t oes, wh i te, 8d to Oc'tijsi,'/ lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 17s god, 18s , 311 0 ,1( Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 o.p. 6s per imperioli, Hides, market, 22s to 28s ; Salted, 24s to 30s Per to l) e' skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 3 1 . r„4011, Fleece wool, 16s to 00s p er s t one . —H emp, 37/. "D o e ,j, ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pi ne , 31. 5s ; Y n e , 3/. Iss. per ton ; deal s , 15/. t o 18/ . per hundred. " 71. to 8/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 45s to 46s per el", 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per Dr , '" Peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. A P' • tNT signifies that th e ma il s are sent from the Gwen— ) by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] 10 .° Daywhen made up From wha t d pa COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London. dispatched. Do e. • America (byTirit.pack.N Dec. ..........Liverpool. •• • America (by United Ste. De' packet) N Dec. 14 .......... Liverpool .• • 4 America (by U. States ton pee packet ............ N • • • • SoulhamP- Australia (via South. 170' 44 ampton .. ?nth of each month Southampton Ditto (zia Marseilles) N 24th of the month Dover ..• • • • 3 1 *Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope ............N 11th of December.. Plymouth • • vec• i s Africa (West Coast) .. N 23rd o f th e mon th . ,P lymout h • • we. Alexandria' . . N 19th&30th of mon. D over .•• • •: 0 11 14 Belgium ...........N .. • ..... Dover . • •: '„ pee' 16 Brazil NI 9th of the month.. SobthamptOP pee' Boenor Ayres .... hi 9th of , he month .. southampton 9 rn Call!oia .. d & 17th of m on th Southampton 19 f Cape of Good Hope .. N 14th o f th e month. Plymouth • • .seir• i s Cape de Verds •t4thof the month. Plymouth • • pee. Constantinople.. .. N 7thl7th27thormo Dover .•• • • ; $$ Central America .... 'nd & 17th of mon. SouthamPt° i ' Channel Isles ....N Mon• Wed.& F r id ay Southampton pee• p a ti. Chili. 'd & 17th of m on th soutbamPtail I.o'o France M& N Twice daily .... Dover .•• • • • pee' ; 0 1 - Greece* ..... .N 7 thl7th27thofmon. Dover .. • • • • vet:purr Hamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Friday London . • • • • son.' l 6 Holland ----till Wednesday & Sat London •• • • pee dia l .' Honduras N 17th of the month. Southampton Ireland M & N Twice daily ..... . Holyhead •• • pec• India (viaSouthampt.)3l 2^th of themonth.. Southampton pec• India (via Marseilles) N 3th&2lth of month Dover .. • • • • India (via Cape of Good go'(' H0pe)....... •14th of the month Plymouth • ' se• Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month.. Plymouth •• • s Mediterranean (via D ec. e. 11 Southampton 34 20th of the month , sotithamptot' v Ditto (via Marseilles).N Rh& 24th ofmonth Dover .• • • •.; pee. i s Mexico ?lid of the month . SouthamPtet pee , Madeira 9th&23dofthe mon. Southampton 10 0,170,19th,27th, Dee' $ Matte.. .... •••• • • N :30th of the month Dover .. •• •• pee' i s Naples* . ........ N sth Pth 2s thofmon. Dover .•• • • • pee. Papal States'........ cthlsth2 s thofmon Dover ••• • VI pee. I Peninsula .......... M thl7th 2 7thofmon. Southampton pe e' Peru M 2d & 17th of month southampton m e. 1 Tuscany' stlllsth2sthof mon, Dover pee. West Indies .. 2d & 17th of month S ou thaMPW Van Diemen' s Land(see Australia • • • • ...../ ................ ...... - ;;;10: 8 * The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope sre o Of i , sf* on the second of every alternate month. Those Ina_c" - ell o " i eg 20th and 24th of each month via S tr o e u m tha s m in p g to ap n or an e, d M eet ' but A. la l e s am at er. nsOlit h 01 1 I/ ens : set a d u p s on the 2d of every aiternst e ,,,,,d - a 01 ' t ts h he e entyt C 3 a wbr p ayi e llllss o ba f aeilr G iesne o gn o al d t: Hope. - :-The mails which ought to 1) * ''' e a Pi the I T 4 h tl e i mwilsillsnottebtenedsisepeastuchnterdiebsethfoures t m he ar 2 k s e th d . el („) : tire ..... ~nnl 0 French packet to Marseilles. . d . u p Wi t° WEST COAST OF AFRICA. —The mails will not be n l . -- ___ .... .....e• 4th of next month. _....--- BIRTHS. „AO , OF A SON. On the Ist inst., a t St . G erman ' s- t err ace, 131f ‘ c- Mrs. Francis Warwick. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 2d inst., the wife of Mr. Hoffman, o f DOC commons, solicitor. MARRIED. Bad, On On the I s t inst ,at Clifton-church, Mr. . 13fien— of Clapham, Surrey, to Miriam, eldest daughter of Trapnell, Esq., of Brighton-park, Clifto DEATHS. Sir On the 26th ult., at Dowlais-h ouse, Glamorgaushired 6 s, Josiah J. Guest, Bart., M.P. for Merthyr Trivil.,,,, , 'AO' ~ Mr.J. On the 28th ult R u th e rford, of 23, J° aged 67. liff• On the Ist inst., at 1, Victoria -cottages, J. Pickering, aged 45. aork On the 17th ult., at Dunraanway, Cork, Lieut.- Shuldham, E.1.C.5., aged 7 4 New-crosg, oi London : Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 00ce, .L"°' or of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coilD Middleaex. Friday, Decatbor 3,185`1• DERBY SMITHFIELD—Nov. 30. e ve The supply of fat s t oc k t o -d a y was a bout the sv ;st high prices were asked for them and most of the larS were disposed of. The number of sheep was not 50 / 344 as on former occasions and a clearance was e ffected' n 50 scarce ; calves not nume rous . B ee f 4id to 5d ; Inn tw, s elre; to 6d ; veal, 5d to Wd per lb. ;pigs, , rough fat, 4s 3d pell4 lbs. ; hides, 7; 9d to Ss O d h er oc s, 2d per lb. ; 2d to 3d per lb. ip BOSTON—DEc. 1. ,icers Notwithstanding th e d e li very o f w h ea t from tioN t iqrs , at this market d ur i ng th e l as t wee k amoun ted to6,lr,fiele, we have again to report an immense supply of this A? as well as a large deli ver y o f oa t s, b eans , barley', 31 415 0 To-day wheat met a li ve ly d eman d, a t an advance cell' air 2s per qr. on last week' s quo t a ti ons . B ar ley sear asst' tamed previous fates. Oats and be ans in moderat e p er without material change in value. Peas about 1 ° P 4 iyelY cheaper. That the present yield of wheat is o l ce t ," large is now beyond a doubt. Wheat, red, 3 ' s t white, 41s to 465, extra 48s ; barley, 26s to 3 2 s ; oa to 19s ; beans, 32s to 38s ; p eas , 31s to 33s per qr. EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND. On Wednesday, a public meeting for the promotion of emigration to the above colony was held in the New Zealand Colonists' Rooms, 9, Adelphi-terrace. It had been announced that Mrs. Chisholm would be present, and that some interesting facts would be brought for ward connected with the Pacific ; and the consequence was that the meeting was numerously attended. The chair was taken by Mr. Frederick Young, in the un avoidable absence of Mr. Tollemache. The meeting was addressed by the chairman, Captain Robinson, Captain Hoseason, Mrs. Chisholm, Mrs. James, and Mr. Bur nand, the latter of whom read the following interesting extracts from a letter which had been received only a week ago, from a gentleman at the Canterbury settlement : "We are getting on here very well ; stock is pouring in, and land is being enclosed and cultivated in every direction. Houses grow up as if by magic all over the Christ Church district, and I may add that they are ge nerally of a better class than are seen in any settlement of New Zealand. The want of wood fuel and timber has not yet been felt to any extent ; and when the im mediate supply becomes exhausted, our cannel coal and the woods of Oxford, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, &c., will supply the deficiency. The coal has turned out even better than at first expected ; it ignites very readily, burns with a perpetual flame, diffusing great heat, not much smoke, no bad smell, and the residuum a mere nothing. In my excavations for the roads (the writer is a road surveyor), I have found excellent peat in several places and it is also found on the surface in large quantities. Some people, are planting a proportion of their land with forest trees, and before the blackened stumps of the clearings about Wellington are grubbed up or rotted in the ground, we shall have fine plantations. I believe all are agreed that at present this is by far the most prosperous and promising settlement in New Zealand ; and this as much for its natural advan tages as from any other causes. Sheep farming is becoming the rage ; and, to give you some idea of its profits, Mr. George Hart purchased 1,400 at about 1/. per head eight months ago. The flock, although the increase has been compartively small, is now worth 2,1001., and might be sold for that to-morrow ; and, in addition, the clip has given him some hundreds ofpounds. Others have been even more successful. I hear that people at home have got it into their heads that the country about Canterbury is swampy and undrainable. I can most positively state, from professional experience, that there is no portion of the district which is not easily drainable by the most ordinary methods, there being everywhere a good fall, and deep natural watercourses and rivers. A very large proportion may be kept free from water by ordinary ploughing and cultivation. I have myself raised this year a field of oats, something less than two acres, once ploughed. It was exceedingly wet flax, and toi-toi land. The crop was put in late from the difficulty of procuring seed, but the yield has been close upon fifty bushels to the acre. The yield in this country is thirty to thirty-five bushels.) We do not trouble ourselves much about the gold in Australia. I hope, however, our golden harvests will be quite as productive of real wealth. There is yet no prospect of the Sumner-road. The Governor proposed a makeshift road, which no one in a sane state of mind would venture a cart and horse upon. If you do not raise the money for us in England we shall have to wait a long time for it." . . . • • • • • • Mr. ALEXANDER CURRIE stated that the Australasian and Pacific Steam-packet Company intended next year to open steam communication between Southampton and New Zealand, via Panama, in fifty-five days. (Hear, hear.) The journey across the Isthmus had already been made in eight hours. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The Share market continues, to give way, and prices are a shade lower than yesterday. The following are the quotations :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and Birkenhead), 221. shares, 24 dis. ; Blackburn (late B. C. and W. Y.), 8 ; Caledoni an , 33R ; Eastern Counties, 13k ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 874 ; Leeds N or th ern (late Leeds and Thirsk),lB4 ; Lon don and North Western, 1274 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 324 ; Midland, 80k ; North British, 10 7-16 4 ; South - Easte rn an d D over , 24# ; York and North Midland, 31k. MANCHESTER, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a good business, an( rather higher prices :—Aberdeen, 178 ; Caledonian, 33i 11-16 ; Eastern Counties, 138 1-16 ; Kendal and Winder. mere, 14i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87i ; ditto Fifths, 3 dis. ; Leeds Northern, 18i 19 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 19 1-16 ; London and North Western, 128 ; Manchester and Birmingham Quarters (C), 1 1 1 c. p. ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 321 ; ditto New 61. Pre ference, 9-16 c. p. ; Midland Railway Consols, 809 ; South Eastern, 24 7-16 a 5-16 a Altrincham, 5-16 pre m . 7-16 ; Warrington and BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share Market opened a shade weaker this morning than it closed yesterday even ing. This afternoon the market was better and prices were firm. The business in railway shares was unimportant, and quotations about the same as yesterday. BRISTOL, DEC. 2, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The prices to-day were firm, with a fair amount of business doing. Bristols and Exeters were done at 110 ; Great Western at 974 ; Vale of Neath at 131 MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART, MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.—The numbers attending during the month of November were as follows :-5, 581 persons on the public days, and admitted free ' • 728 persons on t h e students ' days, and admitted as students, on payment of d. each, besides the registered students of the classes and schools. COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam ll 17 Ditto, three months ll 1114 Rotterdam Antwerp .. . • Brussels Ham• urg .. • Altona .••• • • • • Paris... ....... ........ 25 22% Ditto, throe months .. 25 42% Marse:lles .. 25 42% Bourdeaux .......• • ... Frankfort-on-Maine ...: 120 Berlin ........ Vienna .. Trieste. 11 41 Petersiturgh 38 Madrid. Cadiz Barcelona Seville The Chambers were opened on the 29th by Royal Commission. After attending the performance of divine service in the cathedral, the deputies of both Houses assembled in the White Hall of the Palace, where they were met by the Ministers, in their state uniforms, who took their place to the left of the throne. The Tribunes were but thinly attended ; the throne was covered, as usual, when the King does not open the Session in person. M. Manteuffel, the President of the Cabinet, read the Royal address. The most important paragraph is as follows : " It is to be regretted that the treaty concluded with Hanover on the 7th of September, 1851, and approved of by the Chambers during the last session, has not met with that general adhesion which was calculated to in sure, through the development of the whole Zollverein, a future rich with prospects for all branches of industry and commerce. But as his Majesty's Government firmly holds the object in view, even so does it consider itself confident, henceforth as heretofore, in the full approbation of the country, if it will not assent to the maintenance of the present cir cumscription of the Zollverein, under conditions which would endanger the interests of Prussia, as well as the prospects and salutary development of the whole Zollve rein. (Here the Minister was interrupted with loud and general cheers.) ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. At a monthly council, held at the rooms of this society in Hanover-square, Lord Ashburton in the chair, the following report on the subject of the society's prize for the discovery of a substitute for. Peruvian guano, not ex ceeding in value 51. per ton, was unanimously adopted : "I. TE11.3.15 OF THE PRIZE.—A thousand pounds and the gold medal of the society will be given for the discovery of a manure equal in fertilising properties to the Peruvian guano, and of which an unlimited supply can be fur nished to the English farmer at a rate not exceeding Si. per ton. 11. CONDITIONS OF CoNtITTITION, agreed to by the committee at a meeting held on the 10th of November, 1852 : " 1. That in the offer a I,odo/. and the gold medal of the society as a prize for the discovery of a manure equal in every respect in its fertilising properties to Pe ruvian guano, the 1 ,0001. shall be offered in one undi vided sum. " 2. That the standard of such Peruvian guano shall be assumed to be the average result obtained by Profes sor Way, the consulting chemist to the society, and published in his paper is the 10th volume of the Journal, pages 205-208. _competitor claiming the prize shall sen‘d"inThwiatht eachhissample a chemical analysis under seal, together with such practical proofs of the successful ap plication of the manure to growing crops of grains, roots, and grasses as he can produce duly certified by growers. That such samples of manure shall be liable to be sub jected to all such further tests, and for such period of trial, as the Council may deem requisite. " N.B. All claimants shall, on application made to them by the secretary, be expected to supply, free of ex pense to the society, such quantity of their respective manures as may be required for trial. "4. That no claim for the prize will be entertained unless the claimant can satisfy the Council that an un limited supply of the manure at a price not exceeding 51. per ton will at all times be within the reach of the agri culturists of the United Kingdom. "JOHN V I LLIERS SHELLEY, Chairman." - It will be recollected that the prize originated on a proposition made by Mr. Fisher Hobbs and other active members of the society in consequence of the result of the discussion on the Lobos Islands. AUSTRALIA AS IT IS ; ITS S E TTLEMENTS, FARMS, AND GOLD F IELDS . B y F . Lancelott, Esq., Mineralogical Surveyor of the Australian Colonies, &c.—This is the best book on the new El Dorado —the best not only in respect to matter, style, and arrangement, in all of which merits it excels, but eminently the best, because the latest, and the work of a man professionally conversant with those circumstances which are charming hundreds of thousands annually to the great southern continent. The last 20 years have been prolific of works upon Aus tralia, but they are all now obsolete as accounts of a country which _ " Casts its old skin yearly like a snake." Every one who takes an interest in Australia would do well to possess himself of Mr. Lancelott's work, which tells everything of the social state, of the physiology, and the precious mineralogy of the gold country.—Standard. LANDSLIP AT BRISTOL. —Yesterday morning a land slip took place at the back of some premises in Maudlin street, in this city. It a pp ea rs that the land in question was recently purchased by a gentleman, who discovered that there was a valuable iron mine beneath the soil, and iron ore has been extracted from it to the value of several thousands of pounds. Several men have recently been en gaged in making extensive excavations on it, and whilst at work yesterday morning the land suddenly slipped, bury ing them in the ruins. One poor man, named Harper, had his arm 'broken, and was conveyed to the British Infirmary. The others were rescued, without having Sl,latained any in jury of consequence, LO ND 0 grt,,ICE I AL s 11 AILW A y t°4 oll c° SA.I „ precisely wise , , tr,4er., the te `4lCorth pherp • Lam atio3Zusto Siti\lAl ItTb h , NT. avlg N.,./ ( It it °men it that tp 4 aY tt beat 4 44 Runt title a , 4 o e t li 'Y Sty the jrb3 isti' to the 017 ty Ititlityli t( if t 4 1 th t th ' celthe tatr fitter s s a f fr oord , f114,.'t Lor d hlti," he Of 4 entitled -- hi ' fli. )llt Ca Pita), 275,1 t Si r •ord Tp e a nie3 11 01 ar 14, 1. p rv , Th o ain Vi Tho, '44 a les. r s. ba\ AI ' Plan a, b I tni w Sejt the tta s e. ,..et b e t, %fit cation 1 7 th 11 W arM 11.511 k. ri) iket- 6 ' A u , s of th, °'",2l-1b( Dire c t b o e et 4 44 :men :len gakin , g , to ex ay co oreente ti Dat ed this R 5 for St etinber. 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