The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-25 00:00:00

btrb Nbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening•) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEC. 24. Lord Panmure has received the following returns of casualties from General Sir Wm. Codrington, K.C.B. : Head-Quarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 7. NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON 3D DECEMBER, 1855. 18th Foot-4 rank and file wounded by a shell when on duty in the Dockyard of Sebastopol. W. L. PASENHAN, Adjntant•General. NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON 3D DECEMBER, 1855. WOUNDED, By a shell in the Dockyard of Sebastopol. DEO. 3. 18th Foot—Privates Thomas Sullivan, dangerously ; Sl.nanel Whelan, dangerously, since dead ; Owen Mac- Kevett, slightly; Edward Tully, severely. W. L. PAKENH AM, Adjutant-General. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Friedrich Wilhelm Jansen as Consul at Melbourne for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. NEW WRIT. The Gazette of this evening conbains a notice that the Speaker shall issue a warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for electing a member for the city of Lincoln, in the room of the late Charles De Laet Waldo Sibthorp, Esq., in fourteen days. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 24. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Jassy, report ing that the Imperial Government of the Sultan has per mitted the export of timber and salt from Moldavia, by way of the Danube, subject to the regulations, of which the following - is a translation, and which have been framed with a view to prevent the export of the articles in ques tion to Russia. ART, I.—Any person, desiring to export timber will be required, in the first instance, to make a declaration iu writing at the Custom House (Perialabie), at Galatz, in which declaration it will be necessary to name the port of destination. ART. IL—On receipt of this declaration the Customs will, through the Captain of the Port, proceed to verify : The quantity of timber to be exported. 2 l. Its quality. :id. The name of the vessel employed for the purpose of transport, and that of the captain. 4th. The flag of the vessel ; and . sth. The value of the timber to be exported. lll.—These particulars being obtained by the Cap taie of the Port., it will be necessary for the exporter to deposit at the Custom-house -Ist. A written security from a respectable merchant do mesticated at Galatz, to the effect that, in default of production at the Custom-house, at the expiration of five months, proof that' the said timber has been landed at the port indicated as its destination, the person so • guaranteeing shall be held liable for the payment to the Custom-bowie of a sum equivalent to double the value of the timber. A written declaration to the following effect : " e'er such quantity and such kind of timber which, according to my written demand, addressed to the Honourable Board of Customs (Hrialabie), bearing date the , I have shipped on board the ship , under the flag Captain, to the port of of such empire or kingdom, &c., I, the undersigned, do hereby engtge not to unload the said timber in any port other than the above mentioned, and under no circumstances in any port situate in the territory of Russia. To this effect, for the security of the Moldavian Government., I have this day deposited with the Honourable Board of Customs (Perialabie) the written guarantee of Mr. ,in tho manner prescribed. Moreover, in proof of the entire fulfilment of my engagement above mentioned, I undertake to lay before the Honour able Board of Customs, before the expiration of five months from the present date, a certificate from the Custom House of the port of destination of such tim ber, verifying that at such a date the said timber, in quantity and quality as before mentioned, has been truly discharged in the said port, from the said ship Captain . If at the above-named date I do not produce such certificate aforementioned in due form, such failure to producg such certificate shall be held as proof that the said timber has been exported to a prohibited port, and in such case the person who shall have held himself security on my nob- if shall be called riper, to pay the amount named it the bond. Art. IV.—Upon the delivery of snch a declaration, which must ho authenticated by the Board of Customs, the said Boas d shall deliver to the exporter a certificate in due form, in which shall be repeated the purport of the above-named declaration, after which the vessel shall bo at liberty to depart. Ai a guarantee against all infraction on the part of any vessel, proceedings will be adopted, as in the ease of ves sels ascending the Danube to their port of destination, 14The above regulations shall also apply to the exporta tion of salt. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 25. GOth Regiment of Foot— Lieutenant the Hon. A. C. J. Liddell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Earle, appointed to the Rifle Brigade. Rifle Brigade—Captain Charles William Earle, from the 6 lth Foot, to be Captain, vice Drummond, who re tires. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— The Hon. Charles Grimston, late Coldstream Guards, to ho Adjutant, from the 10th October, vice Prosser, re signed. Ist West York (Rifles) Regiment of Militia—Algernon Preston, Esq , to be Paymaster, vice John Matcham Isaac, resigned. Royal North Gloucester }regiment of Militia—John Gorman, Gent., to be Quartermaster. COMIISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Barks —Sir Charles Russell, Bait, to be De puty Lieutenant. _ _ _ Royal Wiltshire Militia—Samuel Ileathcote, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia —Second Lieutenant Reuben Frederick Mager to be First Lieutenant. [The following appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the Gaeette of Tuesday the 18th De cember last.] Royal North Lincoln Militia—Ensign Walter Stewart Brown to be Lieutenant, ♦ice Mason, appointed Ensign 82,1 Foot ; Ensign William Longstaffe, jan., to be Lieute nant, vice McDakiii, appointed Ensign, 42d Foot ; Ensign Charles Keyworth to be Lieutenant, vice Deane, resigned; Ensign Messing Thomas Laxton to be Lieutenant, vico Burton, appointed Ensign 14th Foot, BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Danks, timber merchant, Great Bridge, Stafford. BANKRUPTS. Gustav Hasse, merchant, Fenchurch-street, to surren der, Jan. 4, at 12, and Feb. 8, at half-past 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder inanbury ; Lawrence, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-cham bers, Old Jewry. James Woodroffe, licensed victualler, White Lion, Hol born, Jan. 4, at half-past 11, and Feb. 8, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Overbury and Peek, Old Jewry. James Thomas Murray, pianoforte maker, Lower James street, Golden-square, Jan. 5, at 12, and Feb. 8, at half past 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambe rs ; Linklaters and Hackwood, Sias-lane. Joseph Henry Wettone, stationer ' e - t Oxf rd s , Jan, 5 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.treea' Nicholson, official assignee, B 3 .singhall-street ; Scarman, Coleman-street, City. Charles Sharp, ironmonger, Albion -road east, Stoke Newington, Jan. 3, at tw o, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edw ards, official assignee, Sam brook-court ; Taylor, 8011isson, and Woodward, Bedford row ; Woodward, March, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Thomas Heywood and John Heywood, lace warehous e . mon, Wood-street, Cheapside, Dec. 29, at twelve, and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennoll, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; lason and Sturt, Gresham street, City ; Maples, Nottingham. Thomas Henry Ryland, wood turner, Warwick, Jan. 16, and Feb. 6, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Timothy Spriy, lace, manufacturer, Lenton, Notting ham, : Jan. 8 and 29, at half-past ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Brewster and Son, Nottingham ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Patrick Farrell, contractor, Broughton Works, Salford, Jan. 9 and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sala, Worth. ington, and Shipman, Manchester. John Newsome, woollen manufacturer, Dewsbury, Jan. 1 I and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the District Court of Leeds. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Chadwick, Dewsbury; Bar ret, Leeds. James William Gregory, grocer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 11, anzl Feb. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Bennett, Halifax; Bond end Barwick, Leeds. John Pattinsen, builder, Bishop Wearmouth, Durh am , Jan. 8, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upou-TYu" ; Kidson, Sunder:and. -; John Richardson, brewer, Cockormouth, Cumb er l an d, Jan. 8, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Steel and Waugh, Cockerreouth ; Watson, Newcastle-upon - 'Tyne; Bisehoft, C ox, and Bornpas, Cole ntan-strect, City. SCOTCH SEQUESTRA.TTONs. , Hugh Reid, accou ntant and builde r , A vr. n William Caldwell, draper, Coldstream. Duncan Maclennan, solicitor, Inverness. Matthew Henry Hunt, wholesale woollen warehouse man, Glasgow. CURIOUS POSITION OF A WEEN'S —Two saw . yors were cuttin g c , a log of Stettin oak, 2d inches squar e , at Slnde r l au d. About the centre of the log a inches i large hole was discovered, 10! inches in length by 7,; I, readth, fill e d w ith moss , f ea th ers , hair, &c., end con taining seven birds' egg 4, whi c h, f r o m their dim ". diminutive siz , 3, are considered to be wren's eggs. The tree, from , its immen se s i ze, i s supposed to be of about 150 years ' growth. The moss forming the wren's nest was aq fresh as if it had only been pulled yesterday.— Durham Chronicle. STABBING IN LIVERPOOL—On Saturday evening about fi ve o'clock three coloured seamen, named Parker Whitehead, Gilbert Sergeant, and Geoffrey Jackson were drinking in a low public-house in Ga,-coigne-street, Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, when they quarrelled about some women, and blows were exchanged. Sudd en l Whitehead y d re w a small d agger, and stabbed Jackson in the chest and Sergeant in th e b ack, the pOint of the weapon striking the shoulder-blade and becoming bent with the force of the blow. He W;l4 then seen to throw the dagger over a wall, where it was afterwards found. The injuries are not of a dangerous character. White Leal has been arrested and remains in custody, THE CURRENCY QUESTION. The following are the three letters addressed by Mr. Salt to the editor of the Times, with the reply of the Times thereto : Sir,-1 think your comments on my sayings at the meeting on the Bank Charter Act give me a claim for a space in your columns for explanation. You say that I " tantalise you with a promise of safe but inexhaustible riches," and you assume that a regulated issue of paper money would not give the honest labourer full employment at remunera tion prices. Thereon your imagination indulges in an amus ing picture of a Chancellor of the Exchequer hunted home by packs of countless thousands of Man chester spinners, Dorsetshire labourers, Spitalsfield weavers, distressed needlewomen, &c. Witty if you will, but pray keep in mind that a spice of wisdom would not mar your wit, and that all decent feeling of humanity must for a moment have slumbered, when you could enumerate so lightly classes whose very names call up recollec tions of suffering, neglect, and social crime too strong for words. But to return to your Chancellor hunt. What are the facts ? A diminished issue of money has invariably re duced employment and multiplied deputations, — set all the packs in full cry ; while an increased issue of money has invariably increased the em ployment of labour, put an end to deputations, dispersed the packs, and left the Chancellor sleep ing undisturbed in his form. During these re laxations of the money laws the deadly discords between the Government and the people have ceased ; even Chartism has been voiceless, and the governing and the governed seem to have forgotten each other's mutual existence. But you appear to doubt that such will be the result of an increased issue of legal tender. Let us see what will become of it. It will not be locked up, because, while it is so, interest is forfeited and capital also, as much so as if it did not exist. Therefore it will be made some use of. Now, the ingenuity of man cannot devise a mode of employing money without employing labour to that extent ; and if the issue of money be maintained, tie power that creates wealth will always effect its distribution, ministering equally to national wealth and individual happiness, and what you call one of my "delicious moments" will be so far perpetuated. But a fear crosses your mind. " Who," say you, "is to stop the floodgates ?" I ask, who stops them now ? The law ! Have we not 14 millions of legal tender paper issued on debt-14 millions of paper convertible into gold, without an ounce of gold to satisfy the promise ? You see, sir, that the system you uphold is not a pure and perfect chry solite. It is the law and not the gold that limits this issue, and closes your floodgates. Then comes the question—Why was this amount of inconvertible paper fixed at 14 millions ? Be cause it was needful for an indebted Government. But shall there be no honey for the people, and would it not be more creditable that the necessities of the governed should be considered as well as those of the governing ? Is it the end for which Government was created that it should take care of itself, and utterly neglect and damage the interests of the people ? You say " there is a force and simplicity in the words, I promise to pay on demand.'" Now, I will grapple with you on that point, and show that, taking these words in the sense used in the Bank of England note, they contain more of fraud, folly, rnd mystification than any words in human lan guage. The law assumes assigning to the promise to pay a definite quantity of gold; it fixes the value of the note. It does no such thing as fix that value. Abundance and scarcity are the only regulators of • value. By the issue of paper money, in addition to gold money, money is made more abundant ; abundant money creates confidence, investments are multi. plied, a vast quantity of bills at a date are created, this increased quantity of money and the increased rapidity of its circulation lower its value, till the exportation of gold and the withdrawal of the paper again lower the prices, and RO all trade is made an alternative of speculation and ruin • honest industry is sacrificed, and the watchers of thei turn of the market alone thrive, and this is the plain and simple meaning of " I promise to pay." Froni an inherent necessity the use of paper money has grown in proportion to the progress of commercial civilisation, till it bears a dominant proportion to the use of metallic money, that the metallic money, though it can disarrange, is power less to regulate. The fixing the price of gold by Sir Robert Peel's bill is pure Jack Cadeisin. If fixing the price fixes the valve, wily not fix the price of every thing t Why not fix the price of bread at id. the quartern loaf ? Simply because fixing the price does not fix, but merely disguises, the fluctuations ia the value of our legal tender—fluctuations which arbitrarily disturb and alter all other values. Hence the frequent ruin that has broken up our prosperity, disorganised ail its elements, and made our wealth, our insolvency, and our pauperism alternately the wonder of the world. Hence it is that the Times, awakened from its " delicious dream," has to guess and wonder whether we shall get over the 4th of each mouth without the suffering and humiliation of vast in solvency ; to watch with sleepless vigilance the condition of the gold in the Bank coffers, to be racked by hope and fear if the arrivals from Aus tralia .be delayed a week ; to be agonised by an east wind. All because we persist in staking our existence on the possession of gold, and at the same time in supporting a law that renders it impossible we should permanently retain it. I say the law prevents the possibility of our keeping possession of the gold. Gold money and paper money will not for any length of time circulate together at equal values. There are two distinct values in the coin—the legal tender value and the metallic value, and these Flo not coincide, but vary inversely to each other. Thus, supposing a large quantity of metal to be taken up by the Mint to be coined and issued, the bullion would become scarcer and rise in value, while the legal tender would become more abun dant, and fall in value. At Melbourne, when coin had become very searce, an ounce of coined gold actually commanded an ounce and a third of uncoined gold of equal fineness. While the monopoly we have assigned to gold raises its value as metal, the issue of legal tender paper, making legal tender more abundant, lowers the value of the legal tender. The price of the gold being fixed by the law which binds the Bank to take all the gold offered at 31. 17s. 9d., and to pay it out at 3/. 17s. Mid., this alternation in value of money is, for a time, only indicated by the rise in value of all other articles. This rise stimulates large exports. The importer looks around for his returns, all commodities have risen. 'We are under no engagement to supply iron, load, tin, or any other article at a fixed price, except gold. We thus bribe the foreigner to take our gold instead of our goods. The gold being gone the Bank is compelled to reduce her issues of paper. Eight hundred private mid joint-stock b an k s are i nstantly afflicted with the cramp, and seek to lock up the remaining money by increa s i ng th e i r reserves. Now, as unreduced debts cannot be paid by re duced money, this phasis of our system is equiva lent to a general decree of loss or insolvency against all who by commercial enterprise have been con tributing to the welfare of the country. Just at this moment the watchful Times advises caution, recommends . all to l im it th e i r transactions, which means limiting employment, which in limiting the life of the labourer. It is equivalent lc a procla!vation through theland,7ootherget ye to the workhouse or to your graves:' hebnemllye, is beginning to inquire into a system ecreas resource is left to the labou rer thrown out of em ployment by this fatal system. Even the press, the tardigrad e w press g c mercial civilisation. daily more incompatible with the advances of com. it s I c t o i m s c p a o t s e s ( ip c l i e i I m i s u i o c h n s l o o n f ge la r b t o o u b r i d industry do ivnt o b n a r a te c r l gold.—na wy, F r h e a is ettraderswei, to i l not n o, monopoly of tolerate this s barter bondage.f or The paper system, which the instincts and neces sities of the people have continually enlarged, ca n• not longer be permitted to rest on the narrow basis of gold, rendered unstable both by the law and by the increas e d r a pidity o f commun i ca tion with foreign States. A foreign loan or speculation, .a short harvest, a telegraphic despatch, anything, in short, may, by causing a sudden exportation of gold, derange our whole commercial system. I t carcely need recall to your mind how requent and fatal such panics have been, now fertile of insolvency, misery and crimes, and that in the depth of our ruin and the triumph of our prosperity the amount of our wealth was exactly the same,biitdisorganised by the f a ilure of our monetary system. It will be well for the T . in i es seriously t o consider whether it will be be coming its rank and character to be the first to err, the last to learn, in a. matter so deeply involvin g th e interests of civilisation and humanity. It is a vulgar error, that the value of legal tender money depends on the obligation of the issuer to redeem it in gold, or to redeem it at all, or to give any security whatever. The value of wheat depends on the fa c t th a t i t ministers to the great human necessity of satisfying hunger. The value of legal tender depends on its legal power of ministering to the equal human necessity of satisfying debt, and in both cases those THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25 1855, values will vary exactly in proportion to their abun dance and scarcity relatively to the wants of man kind. To satisfy debt is the sole function of money and the sole element of its value. Money ought not to be merchandise which can be melted and robbed of its vital function as the canceller of debt. Instead of " the promise to pay," which appears so simple and definite to the Times, it is payment which is more simple and definite still. The only problem to solve is to maintain it in such quanti ties as shall be in harmony with the just require ments of industry. ? Will the Government want a loan of 25 millions out of this remnant of circulation ? POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 24. The responsibility of the Times is great in proportion to its influence. It cannot think on these matters too deeply.—l am, Sir, very respectfully yours, THOMAS CLUTTON SALT. MANSION-HOUSE. —Thomas Coombe, a well dressed young man, 19 year of age, was placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of em bezzling money belonging to his employers, Messrs. Car lisle, Pitman, and Co. warehousemen, of Bow-lane. Mr. J. Pitman said—The prisoner has been clerk to our firm since he was 14 years of age, and we always re posed the greatest confidence in him. On searching our books, I find that prisoner has been in the habit of re ceiving in the shop sums of money and entering sums of a smaller amount than he received in his cash book. I particularly specify the sum of lls. 10d. which ought to have been entered 1/. lie. 10d. In this instance, there fore, the prisoner robbed us of a sovereign. I have at present discovered five different instances in which be has made fraudulent entries, and appropriated money to his own use. His :node of robbery has been so syste matic for a long time past that I expect, on further search, to be able to prove many other cases against him. Mr. E. Carlisle, another partner in the firm, gave evi dence of a similar character. What are the conditions we seek? The first and most sacred right we have to protect is that of the labourer to full employment. I have shown that increased money of necessity increases employment and sustains prices. A sufficient issue of legal ten der money will give full employment to labour, producing the greatest amount of national wealth, and the money that produces the wealth will al ways be able to effect its distribution, securing the greatest amount of national happiness. In 1853, with abundance of legal tender money, labour was fully employed in every branch through out the kingdom ; all the classes you have enume rated were happy, prosperous, and contented. Every man was his own Chancellor of the Exchequer. The air was everywhere resonant ‘s ith the music of gipsey parties of the labouring classes, there was joy and contentment throughout the land, and the workhouses were empty. The Bank of England, under the compulsion of the law, reduced its issues, and at the present moment the workhouses and gaols are altogether insufficient to contain the paupers and criminals ; our wealth and means of wealth being identically the same, the derange ment of our monetary system alone disorganises every interest. J. C. Knight, constable, No. 437—1 n consequence of information I received I went to the premises of the pro secutor this morning, and, on my arrival there, Mr. Pit man said to me, "I give this man into your custody, offi cer, for robbing us." I said, " What will be the charge against him ?" Mr. Pitman replied, "There are a great many sums." I said, " You bad better state one speci fic charge." Mr. Pitman said, "There is one clear sum of it. 11s. 10d., which the prisoner has altered to lls. 10d." The prisoner then said, " I hope you will pardon me, Mr. Pitman." Mr. Pitman replied, " Indeed, I cannot, as there are so many cases." The prisoner at first denied the charge, but almost immediately said, "I will confess all you have charged me with." Mr. Pit man said, " You have also torn some leaves out of our books." The prisoner replied, " Well, I confess I did, and I am very' sorry for it indeed. I have had my mother to keep. I will make the .noney up any way you think proper if you will let me go. Mr. Pitman said he could not do that. The Times has fulfilled many a mission of humanity and justice ; I still hope it will look more deeply than it has hitherto done into this all-important question, and that it will enter its powerful protest against the happiness of the people being longer made the sport of an obsolete theory.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. C. SALT. The prisoner, when asked if he had any answer to make to the charge, said, I am guilty, and am very sorry in deed for what I have done, .and I hope this will be a warning to all other young men. He was then remanded to a future day, when other cases will be brought against Lim. Jas. Higgs, a labourer in the service of the Hudson Bay Company, was placed at the bar on a charge of steal. ing thirteen marten's eking, the property of his employers. F. Farnier, a fellow-servant, said that on searching the prisoner as he was leaving the premises of the company in Fenchurch-Areet on Saturday afternoon, he found a marten's skin in his pocket, upon whi c h he gave him into custody. " Come, expound your riddle, Mr. Salt. What is the matter with the bank nolo ?" See the Times, Dac.l3. Sir,--I will answer your question, and solve the rid dle. In return, I claim of you the solution of a greater riddle Clan mine. What would have been the matter with the bank-note if the gold in California and Australia had not been dis covered ? What would have been the matter with the country under the effects of a law compelling the pay ment of all debts, public and private, in gold absolutely unequal to their discharge ? What would have been the condition of the editor of the T bites. even now agonised by the delay of a single vessel bringing a supply of gold, if none of them had arrived at all ? Police-constable No. 584, who took the prisoner into custody, said that on searching him at the station-house, he found 13 skins on various parts of his person, five being tied round his waist, three round each leg, and two in a sandwich-box. VVifliam Mitchell identified the skins as being the pro perty of the Hudson's Bay Company, and said they were worth from 18s. to 20 ,, . each. The prislner was remanded. Caroline Griffiths and Elizabeth Palmer were charged with stealing a goose in Leadenball Market on Saturday night. Wm. Er3wn, a servant in the employment of a sales man in the market, said—On Saturday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock I suddenly missed a goose, and saw the prisoners making their way through the crowd as fast as pssib!e, Griffiths " jostlin4" Palmer on the ,houlder for the purpose of expediting her escape. I overto )k them, and accused them of stealing the goose. They indignantly denied the charge, but I put my hand under the shawl of Palmer and found that she bad got the goose tucked under her arm as right as a trivet. (Laughter.) She then said she bad bought it at our shop for 75., which is not the fact. To these questions I want a Blear, fair, and specific answer, and not merely wit and literary banter. Sir Robert Peel's bill is univenally acknowledged to lave been a gigantic error, from which accident has only imperfectly rescued UP. Shad we correct or cling to the error and its consequences, and depend on future chances? I say the discovery of gold has only partially caved us ; even now we are suffering from intolerable mury, and from the contraction of our monetary system. Tinder this double effect our workhouses and gaols, which were empty, are overflowing. Is not that fact enottgb. But what is the matter with the bank-note ?—that is the question. Why, it is gone ! That is the matter, and a pretty considerable matter too, seeing our debts are not gone with it. Griffiths declared she had never seen Palmer in her life before the time in question, when she was stopped with her. It is . s - vi!d of you, sir, talking of my taking a Hansom cab, g,•ing to the Bank of England, and getting five sovereigns. I have not got the note ; hence my grief. A vast quantity of gold money has left the country ; the Rink of England has reduced its issues of notes from 25,000,0001. to 19,000,0001. Every bank in England-800 banks—has secured a portion of the 19,000,0001. to increase their reserves; the Government is exacting 100,000,0001. instead of 50,009,000/. of taxation, and you coolly tell me to take a Hansom and present my 51. note at the B ►nk. I tell you I have not got the note ; it is withdrawn ; destroyed. Why is it destroyed ?—for a goodly reason, forsooth, — because we have no gold money,—ergo we shall have no paper money ; and you ask what is the matter with the note ? Why it is dead—not sick, but dead. That is the matter. The Lcri Mayor--How do you know the goose to be the one you lost ? Witness—lt's a foreign goose, my lord. You can always tell a foreigner by the look of the wing, and the pluck is different from that contained in our English geese. (Laughter ) Palmer—l gave 7s. for the goose, my lord. The Lord Mayor (to the witness)—Should you have sold such a goose as that for 7s. Witness—The market value of the goose was Bs., Ss 6d., or gs. The Lord Mayor—But would you have taken 78. for that one ? Witness—Oh yes, my lord, it being an old one. (Laughter.) The female searcher at the station-house here stepped into the witness box, and said that she fund concealed on the person of Palmer ss. Gd. in good money and nine counterfeit coins, consisting of seven florins, a half crown, and a shilling. The prisoners were remanded in order that the officer might communicate with the authorities of the Mint. Now, I pray you, solve me the riddle how, with this remnant of feagnant money, wages and debts are to be paid I Soho me that riddle and you shall be immor talised. I will not waste your time nor the time of your rea ders by disputing whether tho price of gold is fixed ; the Bank of England, we know, is obliged to supply it at a fixed price, which is a sufficient fact for all but the most refined understanding•. Sir, in the coming session this subject must be die cused, and the Times cannot afford to be behind all its contemporaries, and almost alone to support errors so glaring as those of our monetary system. I know that editorial etiquette forbids the confession of error, but happily the hue of editorial thoughts can change even as the cameleon's. THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN MINT-STREET. OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Payne, the coroner of the city of London, held an inquest in the board-room of the Workhouse, Mint-street, Southwark, on the bodies of Lydia Robins, aged 33, a single woman, and her two children, one aged about three years, and the other born during the fire which took place on Thursday morning lash, at No. 25, Mint-street. In perfect anticipation of seeing you of another coloer, and in its newest gloss,—l am very respectfully yours, T. CLUTTON SALT. Sir,—You question me so directly through your cor respondent Mr. Hill, that you bind me to answer and yourself to insert the reply. So, unhappy Mr. Editor, it is your doom that I should still be your correspondent, and that this currency ghost, which you have so oftsn laid, should still haunt your columns, making them This case is one of a most melancholy character, and has created the utmost excitement in the neighbourhood. Eliza Power deposed that the deceased lived in the hack-room on the top floor of No. 25, Mint-street. On Thursday last witness slept in the same room with two of her ehildren, as her husband was absent. About two o'clock in the morning the deceased said, " My God, the house is on fire," and witness got out with her two chil dren on the roof of the house. The deceased was in the family way, and expected almost evcry hour to be con fined. The room was full of smoke, and she (witness) lost sight of the deceased on making her escape. By the Coroner—bid not know when the fire escape arrived. Mr. Hill is right in his demonstration that if four so vereigns weigh an ounce, the price of gold will always be 4/. an ounce, let the value of gold vary as it may. In all other cases price is the index of value ; in this case it ceases to be so, and only denotes quantity ; henoe the mystification and the fraud. The law binds us to pay our debts, not in an equivalent value of gold, but in a fixed quantity. Let us see h ow i t operates. _ _ Mr. Henderson said that the fire-escape was at the house before he arrived. We borrowed the biilk of our national debt at 60/. — in paper money worth about 401. in geld, or 10oz. of gold to the 1001. stock. We are bound to pay 250 z., and to pay in value 76 per cent, interest for 3 per cent. we agreed to pay ; and, when John Ball remonstrates against the wrong the callous usurer audaciously ex claims, " Why, John, are yon going to cheat your cre ditors l" and stupid, simple John agrees that the thing passes his understanding, and so the Reign of Fraud— the Reign of Fraud and Terror, is established. Mr. Hill says I have not pointed out any way of con ferring a definite value on mere pieces of paper. Mr. Hill has not read my letter. The value of regal tender paper is not special, as is a dock warrant, but uni versal in its minietratien to the great human necessity of cancelling debt, and therein has a value perfectly in dependent of the law that makes it convertible into a fixed quantity of gold ; inconvertible legal tender minis tering to an equal want will have an equal value. Its value as legal tender will vary, like all other articles of prime necessity exactly in proportion to its abundance or scarcity ; and to regulate its value it is only neces sary to regulate its quantity, which the present law deranges. How to regulate the quantity we wilt see hereafter. Conversion of money into merchandise is barter. Con• version of money into any one particular articl e i s a monopoly of barter, at variance with all sound principle, and having the additional trifling objection that it is a physical impossibility to convert all debts into one article. Robert Bygrave, the landlord of the house, deposed that he slept in the back room of the first floor. H e went to bed about 11 o'clock, and was awoke by the sound of a policeman's rattle. His room was full of smoke, and he ran down stairs with one of hips children, and was followed by his wife and another child. Before going down stairs he tried to g►et out at the back, but observed the kitchen on fire. The fire broke out in the kitchen. There were two doors to it. _ . _ By the Coroner—There was a kitchen belonging to the next house at the back of the kitchen of the house occupied by witness, and there was a copper place against the wall. The flue of that copper passed through the back of a cupboard in him kitchen. The wall between the rooms consisted of 4-inch brickwork, and woodwork let in between the bricks. Ho was of opinion the fire was caused by the flue of the copper being go near the cup board. He had not had a a fire in his kitchen for a long time. By a Juror—The next house was an eating-house, and the night of the fire was the first time of the shop being opened. There bad been a fire hi the copper, as the per sons cooked the joints in it they sold. Mr. R. Henderson, foreman of the D district of the fire brigade, deposed that he was called to the fire about 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, and on his arrival found No. 25 in flames. After the fire ho made an examina tion of the next house, No. 24 . There was a copper in the back kitchen, which stood against the wall, and was set in brick-work and cement, the back being fixed to the wall. The wall between the kitchens of Nos. 24 and 25 was what was called a brick-noggin, consisting of about 4 inches of brickwork and tim ber. He then went into Mr. Bygrave's kitchen (No. 25) and found a hole in the wall that he was enabled to put his arm through, and which led right into the fire-place or furnace of the copper in the next house. He produced a piece of wood partially burnt, which he discovered fixed in the wall, just below the hole he had mentioned. By the Coroner—He had no doubt the fire was caused by the piece of wood he had produced catching light from the furnace of the copper being so near. Mr. Thomas Cooke, of Sarah Anne-street, St. Mary, Newington, said he was a practical builder, and had examined the premises. He saw the copper alluded to by Mr. Henderson. The furnace extended to about 2 feet 6 inches or 2 feet 9 inches under the pan •r copper to where the flue began. The furnace was composed of four-inch tbrick work on the right side, or next to the kitchen, but on the side of th e wa ll th ere was mere l y the brick noggin partition. The fire was caused by the draught carrying the flame round the pan to where the piece of wood was found. By the Coroner—There ought to have been four inches of brickwork on the left-hand side, or next the wall. William Chorwan said that he had lived with the de ceased, Lydia Robins, hut was not marred to her. He left the house, No. 25, Mint-street, on Wednesday after noon, but (lid not return until Friday. Police-oonstable 75, stated that the fire-escape was about eight minutes before it arrived ; but the conductor could not get down the Mint, and had, therefore, to go through Lant-street. The conductor of the escape saw It woman and two children ou the roof of the house, and brought one child down by holding it by its clothes with his teeth, and another under his arm. The conductor of the fire-escape corroborated the evi dence of the last witness, and also that ho saved three other persons besides those described by the police-con stable. The only legitimate function of money is that it shall cancel debt ; the only qualification we can require in it is that it shall bo of steadfast ♦alue. Legal tender money regulated in quantity is payment of just value, and not A promise to pay. Forty years of alternate speculation and ruin, 40 years of torture under the effect of the Bank screw, have surely demonstrated beyond dispute that the issue or the withdrawal of legal tender money increases or diminishes the employment of labour, raises or reduces demand and the general range of prices. I myself am weary of what Lord Liverpool was pleased tl call the stern path of duty. Listen, most gracious Editor, to your amiable enthusiast. Let us boil our peas and finish our pilgrimage in comfort. The regulation of our syitorn by the exchange gives MI no timely warning ; the traits of mischief is all laid be fore it is possible to detect it ; there is no escap , from the explosion ; the withdrawal of the pipe' anoney simultaneously with the gold money is a doul,ie curso, and it comes like remorse, that punishes, but does not prevent our errors. I do know a better standard than gold ; for the pre sent I will only comply with Mr. hill's wish, and point out a better application of the gold standard. Deprive gold of its monopoly as a sole ultimate legal tender, and thereby restore it to its natural value ; cease to use it as a coin, and then it may servo as a point of comparison for your legal tender paper. Its rise or fall i trr n . Issree p n r aie i nn, c i rhd fi o aec t ie h lbsi e anh r l aaT t ns l o r c i ne n art g oi s mfl e e tu: a g laa u dlt e eet l , de na instantly ao ierlinlnepsra t a p u l or importations b of i r n e d a i c general e t e n e t: a i e l s ; m t p h o e r r t e a t w i a thenn be no gr oa t premium on the exportation' of gold, and if it is exported it will not in the least degree disturb our monetary s Y n s o t wewp.retend to fix what price of gold will be I a, j ust standard, nt dhseotragn distributionrpdeaaaprt paper rs ;t will amount sustain of I assume—that in any case the standard mast be made and that life and happi subservient to life and happiness, € ll ne Thatsps ( r ) n y u na s i e t not n ot limited labour,i ssn thesacrificedeboyfcirltee:atiatotilinstgte its value, and that a sufficient issue will insure the full prices national wealth, and will also cause the greatest amount oa regular range of propor tionate f Tnat itc happiness,tniotawith:lolco sustains t o production, securing honest indus try from oppression, and limiting insolvency to folly and vice. Happen what will the fall employment of labour must be secured ; this is at once the first duty, the first right, ' and the keystone of social order. I have assumed these things as sdf-evident axiom s ; if you can throw a doubt on thorn I am perfectly ready to inflict on you the tediousness of demonstration. The public will not read a long letter, and your space forbids one, or I could show in the regulated develop ymocunrt i o ln f a industrial d p r o e ss a - r s a o d f a;w for n of h hopethe pre s e b n r t i g t h h t e e r B t a h n a k n continues to lose its gold and withdraw its paper —usury triumphs ' and industry languishes. Can you tell me how far 18 millions of Bank issue is from panic point, and how near you will have the hardihood to approach Everett Carlton, a journeyman bricklayer, deposed that he set the copper. He did the work for a man named Frederick Cottle, who was formerly a chimney-sweep, but also took plasterinq and other jobs. Cottle showed witness the copper, and told him to set it iu as little compa , s as possible. He (witness) sounded the wall with his hammer, and thought it was composed of bricks. it never occurred to him that it was a brick noggin, although he ought to have knocked the plaster down to see whether it was or not. lie was extremely sorry after what had occurred that he did not ascertain whe ther it was a brick wall. The Coroner, in summing up, pointed out that the fire had evidently occurred through the negligence which the man CaAtoc owned to have been guilty of, and the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Everett CLrlton: The Coroner was about to commit Cathen to Newgate, but the foreman and another of the jury offer,d to be come tail for his appearance, and he was ultimately allowed to leave the court. Four English vesseig of war have remained Jr the Danish waters to look after some American craft known to be laden with war material for Russia. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Tagus, which left on the 9th inst. She has had baffling winds the whole passage. It is expected that her captain and crew will be turned over to the screw three-decker Marl borough. She is ordered into Portsmouth harbour, and will go in to-morrow or Thursday. She left the St. George, 120, Captain Eyres, C. 8., at anchor in the Tagus. Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Captain Trollope, also arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. She fitted out in February, 1853, for Behring Straits, to carry relief to the searching expeditions for Franklin which took that route ; she was frozen in those straits during the winter of 1853 ; victualled her Majesty's ship Ila terprise in August, 1854, and proceeded to Valparaiso, where she arrived on the 27th of November. She was there detained by the admiral commanding the British squadron on the Pacifig station, and sent to the Sand wich Islands with provisions for the squadron organised to proceed against Petropa,ulovski ; after having filled up the ships of the squadron, she left for Valparaiso on the 9th of June, and arrived there on the 13th of August, whence she sailed for Rio and England on the '''sth ; arrived at Rio on the 7th of Oct., having had fine weather the whole passage ; sailed from Rio, for England, on the 13th of October, and anchored i n P ort l an d- roads on the 17th inst., where she took shelter from strong Her Majesty's ship Albion, 60, Captain the Hon. James R. Drummond, which arrived at Plymouth on easterly winds in the Channel. She has experienced head winds the whole voyage home from Rio. She re ceived orders at Portland to proceed to Devonport, but the south-east gale was too strong to allow of her get ting her anchor.. _ _ The Retribution, 28 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral of the Blue Robert Lambert Baynes, C. 8., &c., commanded by Captain Thomas Fisher, arrived at Sheer ness f rom t h e B a l t i c , yesterday, at 9.15 a.m., and saluted the flag of the COM mander-in•Chief. The gallant Admiral's salute was re turned by the flag-ship Waterloo. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander R. B. Crat.vford, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Baltic. Her Majesty's screw-sloop Ariel, 9, Commander Maxse, returned to Svitheed on Sunday afternoon. The transport St. Inda, No. 11, from the Easf, in ballast only, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Vivid, 3laster-Commanding W. H. Allen, returned to Portsmouth yesterday from the Channel Islands. The Lady Anne sailing-transport No. 130, arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, and sailed yesterday for the Thames. The steam-transport Imps radar, No. 178, embarked alongside Portsmouth dock yard yesterday the 3d Light Infantry Regiment of the British German Legion, and will leave with them this morning for Scutari. The steam-transport Earl of Aberdeen, No. 30, arrived at Spithead yesterday even ing from the East with 'nvalid,, &c. The London clip per-built ship 'Wynauc, with cargo of tea, put in at Spithead for orders yesterday. She sailed from Foochoo on the 7th September. On the Ist of October, in lat. 13 N.,. long. 108 E., spoke the Chebucto, from Canton for Liverpool, 27 days out ; on the 6th of December, in Ist. 29 N., long. 26 W., spo k e t h e C rysta l P a l ace, f rom China for London ; on the Bth, in lat. 32 N., long. 23 W., the Ellen Wallis, from Calcutta for Liverpool. Saturday afternoon, left Gibraltar on the 20th of Nov. She encountered strong easterly winds all the passage, and was within a short distance of the port for five days previous to entering. All the supernumerary officers and men who assisted to navi g ate the Hihez nia from Plymouth to Malta hav e re t urne d by her. The Albion has a full complement of seamen, but no marines, they having landed on the Crimea and formed part of the marine battalion against Sebastopol. She is in a tolerably effective state, and after discharging her ammunition will go into Hamoazs. The Albion was put in commission la May, 1850. Her present captain has been five months in cornman,!. Admirals H. S. Dundas, Michael Seymour, and Baynes will strike their flagl until spring, when it is more than probable that all these valuable flag-officers will again proceed to the Baltic at the head of the im mense armament now being prepared for that service. The Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, Captain Hugh Dunlop, arrived at Sheerness on Saturday last from the Baltic, at 10.45 a.m., and sa'uted the flag of the Com mander-in-Chief. The Royal George remains in No. 1 dry dock, Sheer nese ; and the Amphion has been taken into No. 3 dry dock to have her defects repaired. The corvette Aracne, 18, Commander V. Inglefield, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday last for the West Indies. The steam•elosp Salamander, 6, Commander Geo. Mecham, sailed ou Thursday for the West Coast of Africa, and the steam-sloop Hecla, 6, Commander E. Aplin, tailed the same day to relieve homeward-bound vessels detained in the chops of the Channel. The steam-frigate Vulture, Captain Frederick Glasse, went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze tl refit on Wednesday. The screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Captain Geo. Ramsay, and the screw steam-sloop Con flict, 8, Commander F. T. Brown, went into Haa►oaze on Thursday. The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 21, Capt. J. Cock. burn, from the Baltic., was place'l in the basin dock at Devonport on Thursday ; when the water left it was found that she had carried away a portion of her false keel. The steamslood Desperate, 8, Commander R. White, was warped to the sheer hulk on Saturday, and had her inizenmast taken out, it having been found defective. The crew of the screw steamship Orion, 90, were paid wages at Plymouth on Friday, and granted three weeks leave of absence. The screw steam blockship Hogue, 60, Captain W. Ramsay, will be ready to leave Keyhant dock shortly. A portion of her crew having bad 25 days' leave of ab sence returned on Friday, and on Saturday the remain der left for a similar period. The Capt. Woodford J. Friday into l s i e a r n ! sw wentste a m f s r h o i ni p S H a a n in s p o a a r z e e i I , e 7 n l, Ply mouth Sound, where she will remain until the second week in January, and then proceed to Leith, and wait until the departure of the Baltic fleet in the spring. The new screw steamship Brunswick, 81, is to be com missioned at Plymouth by Captain Yelverton, at present in command of the Arrogant, 46. The bleckship Sea Horse is also ordered to be put in commission at that port. The screw steamship Duke of Wellington, 131, C ap t . Henry Caldwell, is, on arrival from Spithead, t o b e placed in dock al; Keyhana, Plymouth, for i ns p ect i on an d repair. Captain Sherard Osborne, who so gallantly distin guished himself durin g the operatio ns i n th e S ea of Awl', and Captain R. Lambert, also distinguished for his services in that sea, haue just arrived in London from the East. _ _ The gunboat Seagull, Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly com: manding, left Woolwich dockyard basin yesterday morn: ing and steamed down to the Arsenal !wharf, where she has been provided with her complement of shot, shell, and ammunition. The Seagull is armed with four (38 and 32-pounder guns and rwo 121 b. howitzers. She has embarked 30 empty shells, 3 crests of small arms, powder, tubes, fuses, small stores, &c., besides as m uc h live shell as could be stowed on board with convenience. She will be ready to proceed to Sheerness forthwith. Another gun-boat of the same species arrived yesterday morning at Woolwich from the contractor's yard, and will be coppered and fitted out without delay. The Bull frog and Carnation gun-boats at Deptford are taking in guns and stores from Woolwich Arsenal, and will be completed about Friday, so as to join the rendezvous at Sheerness. The Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander Petley, has arrived at Woolwich from Plymouth and Portsmouth ; and also the Vixen, Master-Commander Pyir, from the same ports. The Vixen fell in near Portsmouth with a barge heavily laden with cooking stoves, and being unable to proceed from stress of wea ther, the Vixen towed her into the Downs. She like wise put into Sheerness and lauded 20 supernumeraries for the dockyard service. Seventy-four invalids arrived yesterday from Ports mouth at Chatham, in medical charge of - Civil Surgeon Dr. Gibbon. Second-class Surgeon John Groves, as sisted by Francis Hide Forshall, inspected the men. The sick were taken into Brompton Hospital, the remainder to St Mary's Barracks. no above came home in the ship Canadian from Malta. The Medical Staff Corps, under Staff-Surgeon S. G. Byribury, to be raised to 1,000, is abuut 700 strong. An alteration has been made in the rate of pay ; the forcetis divided into two classes—the former comprising 300, termed first-class orderlies, with 2s. a-day and rations ; the second-class, 700, at ls. 3d. a-day, meritorious conduct alone entitles the inferior to pass into the superior class. The drauc7.hts from the provisional battalion depots at Limerick, Templemore, Fermoy, Birr, and Mullingar will embark at Cork in the course of th present week, to to join the service companies of their regiments at the seat of war. The total number consists of of S captains, 7S subalterns, 31 sergeants, 24 drummers, and 1,279 rank and fire. Intelligence has been received of the death in the Crimcia of Lieut. E. P. Marshail, of the Royal Artillery, son of Lieut.-Colonel Marshall, for many years Military Secretary at Gibraltar. He was only in his 18th year. The immediate cause of his death vas bilious fever. _ A recruiting serjeant from the 47th Regiment arrived in Waterford last week from Templemore, and obtained 33 volunteers from the County of Dublin Militia for the 60th Rifles, now at the Curragh. The following appointments, made at the Admiralty yesterday,appeared in our late edition last right : LIEUTENANTS AND COMMANDERS. Edward Ilardinge, to the Banterer. Ticcount Gifford, to the Bastard. P. Saurnarez, to the Carnatic. C. W. Martin, to the Bull Frog. PAYMASTER. G. F. Bateman, to the Brunswick. THE MILITIA. Volunteering into the Lino from the 4th West York Militia was going on last week at the head-quarters, Citadel Hull. About 80 men were attested during the week. Most of the volunteers hgve gone into the Royal Artillery, the Scots Fusilier Guards, and the Marines. The 4th West York has now furnished 480 volunteers to the Line since embodiment in January last, exclusive of the large number who left the regiment fur the Line after the first training in Leeds. The Clare Militia arrived in Dublin on Saturday, and embarked at Kingstown the same evening for En -*land. The Eost Devon landed in Dublin on SAturday, and arrived in Limerick the same evening, ( ‘. R E MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RALLWAYO. tberf teen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Bolfmt A:. Ballymena Wolverh- Stour Valley Birk o ihd. LartesL. dr Cheshire Janet Do. Chosh. £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ...... Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issil. at £45) 'Bristol and Exeter Cal °don i an. ........ Carm. and Cardigan Chester 4 Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, 4 Pass Cornwall Po. A Do. B Chietr Junction Du ol in & Belfast Juno Don. T. z A. 11.!;. Jim Do. East Ar g an ...... Eastern Counties East. Union, A Bat B, ;Roe* IDo., New A East Kent .00 .11 .00 1.00 fast Lancashire . 82s 100 100 Edinburgh & Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dundee Forth & Clyde JUR.% Furness I Do. Extension lGlasgow & S. West.'" Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck........ Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gus.. Stk.. Irish South-Elasl - crn. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds LAncash. andYorksh Wst. Riding 1.%) Liv.Crsby.&Southr t 'London & Blackwal iLond. Bright &Mist. !Lend. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths I Do. Eighths London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4 O Lndndrry&Colersin ,2 Lndndrry. & Fnnisk • Manch.Shef.& Linda Do. j Shares, No. ] Do., Man. & Liu. Un. Metropolitan ........ • Midland Do. Writing. &Derb) aidld • G. West,. (Ire, Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd Newry &Enuiskiller Newry Warrenpoini all 100 100 31 1k tOO 8 LOO too LOO and Rostrevor - Norfolk Northn.Counties Un 'North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. ?uroh Co. Leeds Do. York North London ... N.StS.Wstrn.,Harar stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Westrn. Juno Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Ox, Wore., & Wolv I Pc,rts - faouth o:,tish Central 9cottishMidland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern ' South Wales IS. Yrk.sh. Gt Riv. Dur Do "itaines, Wok. & Woi tockton Az Darli itoAtou & Hartlepl ' Call Vale . . . Do. Prof., No. 1 iliainee Hay. P.& R C.llyerstone & Lancs , Vale of Noath Viraterfcl. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall I West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A I Do. B , , West London Wimbledn & Croydon 1:11osing Prices yesterday 22 - 23 - 34 ... -- o• • - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 1 554 -55 j ii - ii - 76 11 - 12 8f - 9h 27 29 17 - 19 1.9 - 70 506 - 516 9i - 9i 166 - 176 80 - 83 6 7 88 - Bgi 74 - 75 120 - 122 102 - 104 52i •- 53 70 - 15 1 6 - 6 -- 7 PI 77 774, 6i - 6i 94 - 96 93i - 94} lA - 1 _( - g 3 - 85 - 86 8 - 7 6i - 5i 13 i - 24 - 63t - 644 36 - 38 - 0 i 11 ii - ii 281 29 ••• 67 - 68 - 81 5 - 11 - 12 44i 45i 92 - 97 ii : 4 4i - 54 22 - 24 101 1(3 72 74 42 44 I 1 12 57 58 31. 32 ii 3d 2d 33 - 8G ... -- .. 13 -19 i 4 1 *6 29 i • ES FOREIGN. Antwer Bittordana Do. 5 p. e.lgs. c on. in Sli. at par till '6 4 Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June Be zi ors Graissersac Bombay, Baroda , and Central Indi a,Serir Do. Demerara. Dutch Rhenish . Eastern of France Do. New Fast Indian, g. 5 p.c Do. Extension ' Do. do. do., '59, do CM. irk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence .St Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben„ con. into Stk. till '413 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsult guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions...... Great Lnxembourg, Constituted ShareE• l Do. Obligations GLIM stern o f Canada l Shares Do. New Do. Bde., payable'67, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do , . do., '73, without option & Toronte Do. 6 per cent. 'Lake Const. k Basle Liorre and Turnhout (Lyons and Geneva Lyons tit Meditcrran Its draz Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur ct,c Liege (wit interest) Do. (ex interest) , Yorthern of France, D 0.201. Sits Do. 20/. 3 p. o Bds (fmy. B. ez Am s. She.' riorwegia.nTrunkPrer Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronan..... ParisCaeu di Cherbrg Do Rome and Frascati ' Rouen and Havre Royal Danish RoyalFiwodish Do. Obligations igambro and Meuse._ Do. 5 p. cent. Pref iScinde Do. Southern of Frame St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).. West Flanders Po 5i per c. Prof_ Weatern of France_ D 0... Zealand JOINT-Si 'Australs.sin..., Bank of London : itri. Col. 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New Unign of Lontin 61, 73 - 8 3 --, i 1 3 - 2 0 I- i r 1 id 34f 35} 9 —lO p 21 211 9i - 8 16 - 17 62 67 82 87 3 3ip bh 5i par ip 31 -- 2i -- 24 - 241 28 - 2ip 98 - 100 115 - 119 116 120 104 -- 106 23 - 24 112 - 117 7] - iBl P 7 9 2 - 3 41 -- 51. 4f -- 44 Rsf 12 -- 123 ••• - .. 6 - .7 45 -45 i ii - 4fi ... - pm 196 -- 2 2i --24 8 -- 8 i - iP ... -- pm .311 : 4; 6i - 30 - 90 - 1 , 2 57 - 59 ii = i-d -A _63 -- 65, ••. 16A -- 17 I 15A -16 A 3 .. 2 d par 2p • v. ..... « • 39 - 41 33 - 39 53 - 54 ... - ... .. •••• ... 47) 42 7 8 - 7 9 30 6 31 Putnam dor e yester lay. 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 20i 20 20i Leo 20 20 20 16 20 20 20 20 20 20 tij I 100 100 100 20 20 Ali 51 931 631 41 Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. THE Two THOUSAED. sto 1 agat Yellow Jack (taken to IV.) DERBY. 850 to 100 agst Went worth (taken) 10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken to 1001.) 14 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken to 751,) 1000 to 60 agst Rogerthorpe (240 to 15 also taken) 20 to 1 agst Polinoodie (taken to 1004.) 30 to 1 agst Milton (taken to ill.) Country Markets. CIIELMSFO A liberal show of wheat to an abatement of from Is to 2, mitted to, with a dull sale at of all sorts is cheaper, and lit Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr.7o 83 new 69 82 old 63 79 red, new 6t 77 Barley 31 38 Chevalier 32 11. Grinding 27 :q Malt 71 75 Chovalior 75 79 ,D—Die. 21. -day, to effect sales in which 3 per qr. was necessarily sub• that reduction. Spring corn ,tle business doing. Oats, Poas, Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, Sze., :re( in the port of London, from the following poets, the 17th to the 22d Dec., Loth inclusive. R. R. per qr. . ..._..24 32 Partridge ........40 42 White _...41 fa Boiling Dun 39 41 Beans, Tick .41 45 Harrow. ticloi 44 46 Mazagan ..... 42 Ditto, new... 19 43 dyed from -.' t i' -a u% Pi 4 a 44 4 Colchester —l— -- 12 568 820 13 170 Harwich Leigh Mahlon 1952 118 : 550 1 MI 432 1 220 COLCHESTER— DEC. 22. The supply of wheat was not so large ; the condition is improved by the frosty weather, but the trade was not active, and last week's prices were barely supported for th• best maniples. Barley was plentiful, and may be noted is per qr. cheaper. Beans and peas were the turn in favour of the buyer. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wbeat, white, 804 to 868; red, 72s to 80s ; barley, 36s to 42s ; cats, 28s t o 343 ; b eans Mazagan, 42s to 41s ; middle and small, 4ts to 50s; pens, white, 51s to 56s ; grey, 44s to 465. KIRKCAL u Y -DEC. 22. We had fair supplies of wheat and oats to•da y, but small of barley. Generally sales were quick. Wheat and oats ware 6d to is per qr. higher than on this daces se'nnight; fine barley same as last day; inferior 6d cheaper. Wheat. Barley. i Oats. I Beans. First Second Third 63s Od I 35s Od j 26s Oct I Os Od :ANGE.-YESTEMIAT. Gibraltar .............. Leghorn .. • • • • •..... •• 30 LS Genoa .... 25 773( Milan Venice.... ••• • • • .. Naples •• •• ..... .. 44% Palermo 133% Messina •• •• 133% Lisbon ................ ss% Oporto ................ 53% Rio Janeiro . .. • • Buenos Ayres ..... • .. New York, 60 daps' sight Philadelphia • • PRICES OF ECILLICN, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Ccin •• 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ....... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ....... 0 5 1% COURSE OF EXC: Amsterdam 11 19 Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Rotterdam ............ 11 19 Antwerp .............. 25 50 Brussels ....•......... 25 50 Hatnbargh . ..... 13 10 Altona .. • • ............ Pari5........ • • .... 25 30 Ditto, tittle months .. 2 5 70 Marseilles ............. 25 70 Itourdeaux . ........ Frankfort-on Maine .... 119 Berlin ................ Vienna ...........• .... 11 18 Trieste ........•• • • .... 11 21 Vetersbarg .. • • •.1 e • • • • • Stadriel ........... .•.. 49% Cadiz • • Barcelona ........ • • .. Sevillo.• •• •• •• ••• • 4, SEABORNE MAILS. Of signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oast By tho night—and M by the morning—despatch.) - Day when made ill ; From w t a t Wh en COUNTRIES. in General Post- I Port due in Ofilc, London- . Dispatched. Enpland. A.merica(byririt.pack)N Every Friday •••• Liverpool ... Dec. 31 America. (by United SO packet) ..........N .• •••••• • • Liverpool.... Dec. 24 &morica (by U. States packet) .. .... ....N a• ••••-• • • Southampton Dec. 29 Australia (via South ampton) ........ M ••• ••• ••• • • • • Southall tpton Ditto (via Marseilles) N ..... • • • • • • ,Dover ...... Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N •• ..... „•• ... Uncertain Africa (West Coast) ..N 234 of the month .., Plymouth .. ,Jan 6 Alexandria ..........N 8 , 9 , 24 , & 3 0 of m•• Dover ....... k1exandria..........3114th & 20th of mon. 401ithaaptot B a h am as , „,, ...... „ m 117411 of the month lsouthamptm. • Belgium ~........../41 D allY•• Dover .... Daily Brazil .............. mi9th of the mouth.. Southall .ptoi, Jan. lb Buena; Ayres .. M 9th of the month ..I soot!) an , pton Jan. 15 Cape of Good Hope ..N i Various port. , Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde ...... N 9th of the month 'Southampton Jan. 15 Ceylon (see India) i Ceylon ~, ............N t Channel Isles— ~..N Mon.,Wed.,&Fritt.jfiontharnpton Tn.Th.Sat 24 & 17th of month Southainpton China ... . Once a month.... I Jan. 4 Constantinople ....., N ,8.13,t8,23,1t2a of 0 1 .—.... Constantinople „ .... „14th St. 20th of mon.'Snithatipton Cont. of Europe M & N "I'vvice daily ...... Dover ...... Teritirdlitty Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily.... • . Dover .. • • TW10011a11) Gibraltar .... ~.. „Iv 4, 7, 17, 20, 270 f rn. Southampton Greece (see India) 2nd & 17th of mon.Routbampion & Friday London ..... t7roytown .......... M tiarchurgh ..........N ,Tuesday ria , van „ h .... .. .... A.t land of the month 1 Southampton ,Jan. 1. Holland .. t.........agjDai1y... ..... .... i Dover ........Daily Honduras .. .. .. .. .. At tllta t Jibe month.,Sout hamptenll6thaniOn India (viaSoutliampt.)7,l4th tk, 20th of mon.' Plymouth .• J an . 4 (s i n m araa m es )Bi 9th3;2sth of montbtDover .• • • .• 1 India 17, & 27 of mon tD0ver....... bantam Is!ea (see India) 'l . , froland ........M & NITWiCe daily • • ....I Holyhead ,« Twieed3l4 Lisbon ..............M IL 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Jan. 15 ,adeire ............Ai 9th cf the month 'Southampton , fedeira ............N 23d of month •• i Liverpool ... Malta (see India) 1 Malta ..............N 18 , 1 b, &23 of mon. Dover ....... Jan. 4 Mauritius (soe India) Maur i t i us ..........N 14th of the month Mexico ............m 2nd of the month...Scuthamptran j Jan, 1 Naples."... .. •• •• ..N,6thlsth2Sthormort. Dover ......1 N ew G ranada ....../q 218; 17th of monthlionthamp'oni New Zealand •• .• .• • • • • lt3y private el ip .. Various ports 'Uneertall Papal States ........Nibth 1 stll2sthotmon. Dover .... ~ Peninsula ..........mithl7tb27thohnon. Southampton Porn . ....... m 2d tic 27th of raon. Southampton fort Natal ..........N BY private ship,., Various pertal7ll4lertille Sicily ,„,.... ...... .N s thlsol2sthofmon,jDover ...... I Tuscany ..,„.........N j sthlsth2sthofinon.lDover ...... V enezue l a .... . ... .. 14 2d & 17th olmontb'Southampton 1 &IS men Van Diemen's Land (soe Australia) ....,„ West Indies .... m i2d3; 17th of month Southampton 1& IR mom' ; .. Southampton' I& IR mei Whenany of these dates fall on a tianday, the wails will he de. watched on the following day, with the exceptisn of the Hills (Tie Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will bo dempatchnd the preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. BIItMINGHAM, DEC. 21. STOOK EXCHANGE.—This day has been observed as a holiday here ; tho brokers' offices have been closed, and no business whatever has been transacted. MANCHESTER, DEC. 24. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to -day has been steady, but Sheffield shares were rather easier to buy. Leeds, 77 —Eastern Counties, 8 lu-16—Dover, 17 3-16—Sheffield, 23i—Chester Guaranteed, halves, BZ—Ditto, 2/. shares, 13i. THE JUVENILE OFFENDERS ACT.—It appears to be the intention of Sir G. G re y t o b r i ng info immediate operation the act of last session for enforcing payment from the criminal parents of juvenile offenders towards the cost of their support in reformatories. We learn that Sir G. Grey has appointed Mr. W. Morgan, of Birming ham, a professional gentleman who has shown great in terest in the subject of the improved treatment of juve nile crime, the important functions of agent to the Secre tary of State, for the purpose of taking proceedings under the act. This appointment extends over the counties in cluded in the Midland, Oxford, and Western Circuits, and includes nearly all the principal reformatories at present established in Great Britain. The enforcement of contributions will be doubtless " a heavy blew and great discouragement " to the neglectful practice of too many parents whose offspring are now a burden to the State. BIRTHS. OM' A SON. On the 22d inst., at Euxton Hall, Lancashire, the Lady Emma Anderton. On the 24th inst., at 17, Inverness•road, Bayswater, Mrs. Francis Walker. OF A DAIIGIITER. On the 21st inst., at 44, Newington-place, Bennington. Surrey, the wife of Mr. Frederick Jas. Chester, solicitor. On the 23d inst., at Lansdowne-road north, Notting. hill, Mrs. George Bond. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at Mellor Church, George Horrooks, Esq., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, to Jano Anne, youngest daughter of Jonathan Jowett, Esq., of Longher Hall. Derbyshire. On the 19th inst., at Christ Church, Hall, Elphineton• Portalcs Robertson, Esq.. Bombay Civil Service, son of the lato Major-General Archibald Robertson, Bombay Army, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Humphrey Sandwith, Esq., M.D., Hull DIED. On the 21st inst., at Fryers, Sussex, the Ron. George King, aged 72. On the 21st inst., 5 - M aged 57. t. Uxbridge, r. Willi am Ramat), kl a t Shacewell, William Wood, Eeq., On the 22d inst. , aged 81. On the 20th inst., Captain Aston Knox, 45th Regiment Maims N.I. at Wo o l w i c h -common, the Rev. John • a Downes, incumbe n t o f S t. John ' s, Woolwich, and for many y e ars c u ra t e o f St. Philip's, Birmingham.tnk the 23d inst., On the 2 - (1 inst., at 28 , S t. Paul ' s -terrace, Islington, Mr. J am es Lloyd, for mer l y and for 2 , ) years in the service of the Bank of Engl an d , aged 63. W?. On the 24th i ns t ., at Poplar, Thomas Wardell, Esq., aged M. On the 22d inst., Mr. Aaron Valentine, eldest son of Mr. Elias H. Valentine, of 0, Shoreditch, aged 61. Lonnozi: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mee, No, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the aunty of Middlesex, Tuesday, December 25,1835. C` Establ ber, liabi seri' Capita: QSRAN' Robert COM Lo Cot Vacoss baini Freder Edwin August ParD Marzio Th. Ha In Pari amount 15s. per i gamatic the trot 150,000 dividsn The 1 15 per i It is the traf 98i to the stageme Out ( bave ha be appl The a joined 1 per sha of shar paid ui To the Geut of 41. es same, e paid th to the 1 anahaim to me. The and Co nu►ubei furnisli N. B. 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