The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (Prom the Times of this day.) " When," says Mr. Henry Drummond, " are we to have common sense ?" Never, we answer, as long as we comprehends within . it the eccentric old gentleman who asks the quesne tioia. Many things can tell stories, Mr. Drummond can do. though seldom the purpose. He can make jokes, from which° the subtle essence of wit is only too apt to ev aporate in the telling, but to make a speech, one half of w hich does not contradict the o ther, to g ive a rational opinion, or to be consis tent to an y opinion whatever, are gifts which the gods who made him oratorical hare pertinaciously withheld. There is just enough of him left to make one aware of that which is lost. It is a ring of bells jangled and out of tune—an instrument which no longer discourses sweet music in answer to the hand of the musician—a picture where the colours are faded and the outline is defaced—an unweeded garden, where things rank and gross in nature have choked up the wholesome herb and the beautiful flower. Is there nobody who can whisper to Mr. Drummond that he would do wisely to abstain from the constant exhibition of infirmi ties which are not ordinarily made the subject of public display ? As long, however, as it is the pleasure of the constituency of West Surrey to return Mr. Drummond to Parliament, and to cheer him when he exhibits himself among them, so long is it our duty to comment on what he says, though we always do so with the feeling that the speeches of Mr. Drummond are objects more pro perly for medical than political examination. At present his mind seems bent with a morbid fixedness on a single idea—the necessity of vilifying and traducing in every possible manner the press of this country, and the Times in particular. He cannot propose the health of Prince Albert without representing him as the victim of anonymous slander, because, we presume, we have not shrunk from showing, with all moderation and respect, that the position he has taken up with reference to the invidious privileges of the Guards is one which a person moving in his elevated sphere would have done wisely to avoid. Then come the army and navy, the abuse of which is, we are informed, a lucrative commercial speculation—a speculation to which Mr. Drummondihopes that the people of England will put an end. Strange as it may ap pear, we do not doubt that these words are levelled at this journal, through the letters of whose corre spondents the exploits of our army and navy have been made known to the world—to whose exertions it is in no small degree owing that any portion of our troops has survived the dreadful miseries through which the incompetence of our departments condemned them to pass, and in whom the united services have ever found the warmest and most earnest advocates of their lights and interests. " Stand by your army and navy," says Mr. Drummond, "for the press know nothing about it, and do not evince any readiness to go and fight themselves." Stand by your Army and Navy, we my ; protect them from such friends as Mr. Drum mond, who, if consistent in nothing else, are, at any rate, constant in opposing every reform, advo cating every abuse, and bolstering up every inca pacity. But Mr. Drummond's masterpiece is when ho comes to speak upon the war, and thus it is that he expresses himself :--s" At the beginning of the war he thought it most dignified for this country to stand aloof, because he had no sympathy with tyranny on the one hand, or revolution on the other. The Emperor of Russia in desiring Turkey yielded only to the natural weakness which every farmer and every landowner feels ; he wanted more land, and, as he wanted it, be determined to steal it. Thus far Mr. Drummond is in favour of peace ; and now comes iu the constitutional infirmity, which renders every speech which Mr. Drum mond delivers a succession of zigzags. Although Mr. Drummond was disposed to stand aloof, and although the Emperor did no more than was na tural, Mr. Drummond was not for peace all the while, but for war, and that on principles of jus tice, policy, and humanity. Having qualified himself to admonish others by this ridiculous self contradiction, Mr. Drummond goes on to say that " the great guides and instructors of the public" —by which terms he is so kind as to designate our selves—have changed their tone, and now say we are at war "for the sake of civilisation." Is there any incompatibility in these two things ? We are fighting for Turkey, not because she is civilised herself, but because in her case the very principles of civilisation and of political society, the supre macy of right over might, and the necessity of checking the triumph of mere unbridled will over the conscience of mankind, are directly put in issue. Turkey is barbarous, but her cause is the cause of civilisation, and when we defend her fron tiers we are not undertaking, as Mr. Drummond insinuates, a crazy crusade for the extension of civilisation, but combating for the maintenaaco of that law and order which are the foundations of civilisation against the dangers with which they are threatened. This is what Mr. Drummond calls "war at any price." For ourselves, so far from considering war as an end, as these words, if they hare any meaning at all, seem to im ply, we have the greatest repugnance to it AS a means, and have only been induced to acquiesce in it by the conviction that by war alone can we avert greater and more pressing evils, while every price, except dishonour, should be paid for peace. We will not accept the challenge which Mr. Drummond in the full tide of his unbridled rash ness and folly throws out, and discuss with him the question whether this country be ready, in case of necessity, to carry on the war single-handed. No doubt, a gentleman of unsettled opinions and not very firmly established wits, is exactly the per son whom the shrewd and far-sighted Emperor of the French would take into his confidence, and it is therefore vain for us to dispute with Mr. Drum mond when he asserts that the Emperor of the French is ready to capitulate on dishonourable terms, and suddenly put an end to an alliance in which he has hitherto acted with such distinguished faith and honour, unless we are prepared to submit to the like disgraceful conditions. But as this, at present, is one of those peculiar revelations with which Mr. Drummond is known to be favoured be yond ordinary mortals, lie must excuse us from arguing on a hypothesis so insulting to our great ally, and happily, according to present appearances, so little necessary. We are re p roac h e d as advocates for war at any price because we have openly declared, not that we are opposed to peace, but that we h ave littl e con fidence in any conditions that are proposed to us by Austria. In this respect we find that Mr. Drum mond entirely agrees with u s , an d aga i nst Austr i a ho is prepared to contend, because Austria em bodies despotism in it s grossest form. To us the despotism of Russia appears yet grosser, and against that we are prepared to contend. I t is for Ms. Drummond to show why his course in so immea surably superior to ours. To be for war because he is in favour of peace, and to advise us to adopt the propositions of Austria because he has the most unbounded contempt and hatred for that Power, are conclusions natural to the understanding of Mr. Drummond, but it is really melancholy to read such stuff, and, find it interlarded with cheers and laughter. Such a spectacle ought to be painful and humiliating to those who select as their represen tative a person so manifestly disqualified for a great public trust, and seem to be totally unaware that they are doing all that in them lies to prove their unfitness for that influence in our representative government which it devolves upon them to exorcise. (Prom the Morning Herald of this day. ) When the Times and its correspondent " gerea tor" consider it necessary to enter the field of con troversy in defence of the Bank Act of 1844 it may be fairly assumed, we think, th a t a ser i ous a tt ac k upon that measure is anticipated. Wo have entered into this subject in our columns from the sincere conviction that the measure is one that claims the most profou n d a tt en ti on th a t can b e b estowed upon it in the coming session of Parliament. There is not an institution in our state, or a class or indivi duals in the indi rectly that is not directly of indi interesteilin:smtklieedmoney laws of the country. Why, it may be I do they exercise this uni versality of power 7.Simply because no man can do anything without money, The law has ordained that man may toil, labour, and drudge on through his earthly existence, and accumulate zuwiatte productions without limit ; but the this freedom to produce denies birahactlitaegpivoewserhitnol laws of f be in exchange. Can this be rational ? strict accordance with the fundamental la n civi lised society ? The introduction into our moon t code of a system of restriction such as the eouenatriyy very justly complains of, is based upon the narrow_ eat of prejudices ; and, like every other system continually wages war against the interests of s e _ eiety, it will give way before the growing intern g ' , Lice of the age. iuttoreturn to the Times and its correspondent, "Mercator,"whose letter it re-echoes in its leading , columns. This writer appears to have made a most important discovery when he states that "The trail© and commerce of a country are carried on, not by Mean s of its paper money or its circulation, but by m e state that, a, l n , sof When its capital ;" and he goes on to pressure falls upon the trading usually community, i tya rl arises from some disturl:- anee of the due proportion trading operations and between the extent of atieetob amount of capital by which those operations if neither the paper money oefa su c s ou ai n n t ed. ry, nor its c irculation, perform any pa r t in the trade and coin- , mere° of a nation, of what conceivable use can g parts of ou r monetary : I either of them be as formin THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN-INCA, DECEMBER 15, 1855. system ? Is there a merchant or a tradesman in London who would admit that our paper money. performs no part in the operations of our immense home and foreign trade ? The man who would make such an assertion amidst an assemblage of merchants would be put down as an arrant blockhead, and very justly so. " Changes in our currency laws, or fluctuations in the amount of our paper issues, can neither in crease nor diminish the amount of capital," says " Mercator but he admits that they may exer cise some slight influence over its distribution. This is the very thing that is wanted. No one complains that hands have ceased to - work, that human skill has ceased to devise and produce all the varieties of wealth of which it is capable. It is the absence of this distributive power to which " Mercator" refers that is the cause of complaint. It is the ciroulatiug medium of a country that is the great distributor of wealth, and when that is withheld by an absurd law, even abundance is changed into scarcity, and the people languish in the midst of superfluity. _ _ " Mercator" tells us that the Act of 1844 affords " a new protection against irregular and illegiti mate issues, and a new security for the conver tibility of the note." In every time of danger the act has been unable to afford the slightest security. In 1847 another lingering day on the part of the Government would have placed the bank-notes in a position of inconvertibility. " Mercator" then advancet another point equally infelicitous in its application. He says that as all the fluctuations in the amount of notes issued beyond 14,000,0001. must have direct refer ence to corresponding fluctuations in the amount of gold, by this means " a fixed connection is esta blished in the amount and value between the paper promise to pay in gold and the material power to do so." We do not hesitate to repeat that this is one of the weakest facts in the theory propounded with so much confidence. The Bank has never, in a single year, been able to maintain an invariable relation between its promises to pay and its " ma terial power to do so." What was the fact in 1847? In that year its material power to cash its notes in circulation fell as low as 33 per cent. In 1852 it held more gold than it issued in promises to pay. But what is the fact at this moment ? The circu lation by the last retu;•ns stood at about 19,000,0001., while the gold was about 10,580,0001., or about 55 per cent. But as this gold belongs equally to the depositors as well as the holders of bank-notes, the proportion is reduced to 30 per cent. " Mercator" admits that " if a country increases in population, in wealth, in enterprise, and activity, more circulating medium will probably be required to conduct its extended transactions." We have never contended for anything beyond this in the principle of issuing paper money. We look upon the increased issues of a paper circula tion as a consequence, and not as the cause of ex tended commercial transactions. The entire weight of the charge brought against the system of fixed issues, or issues fluctuating as gold fluctuates, is based upon this principle. If we are to admit that gold alone constitutes the true and only sure basis for issuing notes, then ought every banker to be prohibited from issuing a single note for which he does not hold gold in reserve. But commerce repudiates such a theory as in compatible with her increasing power. We quite agree with " Mercator," that " the extent to which the circulation should be increased is a very delicate and difficult question to decide," and we quite agree with him in thinking that it can only be safely entrusted to the community at large, acting in free and unrestricted competition. At the next inquiry into our money laws only grant the country this request, and we will ven ture to predict that it will remain abundantly satisfied. (Prom, the Times) Under the name of "Mercator" a high financial authority has taken the trouble to state a few simple truths on the currency. It has been com plained that we do not treat the matter gravely enough, so we are glad to have the doctrine laid down with a gravity of the most inoffensive and is reproachable kind. The commerce of a country is carried on, says " Mercator," not by its paper money or its circulation, but by means of its capi tal. When that capital is abundant, the money which forms a part of it, and the paper which re presents them both, will be abundant also. Any attempt to increase the quantity of paper in circu lation without just regard to the capital which it represents is sure to be followed by an aggravated pressure. In this respect there is no real difference between the case of an individual trader and that of the whole commercial community. A man may, indeed, under fortunate circumstances, in a time of great speculation, general credulity, and little canvassing of character, obtain credit beyond his means, get his bills into circulation, and, by a union of dexterity and good luck, actually come out with success. But this is only a case of fortunate rashness, not to say dishonesty. The great majority of such instances end in disap pointment and exposure. In the case of the whole nation any excess of this sort invariably works itself out to its legitimate results. It is a false and dishonest process, and it ends in failure and disgrace. So long as the paper—which must, of course, be of a representative and promissory cha racter—represents the true amount of the existing canital, and can faithfully redeem its promises, all will be right ; but as soon as it fails to do this then immediately ensues a discovery of the imposture, and a greater degree of suspicion, fear, and pres sure than before. If the circulation of a country is below the requirements of its capital and trade, it is in the power of every individual possessed of capital to supply the want as far as he is concerned. Gold is always flowing, by the inevitable laws of trade, to those places where it is dearest—that is, most in demand • and wherever it is, there also it may be represented by paper. The idea that the pressure at this moment felt in this country arises from the, operation of the act of 1844 is obviously disproved by the fact that ' the pressure is not confined to this country. It exists equally at all the great seats of commerce— at Hamburg, at Paris, at New York. It has led to the sudden suspension of specie payments in Russia. Probably there is no part of the world where it is not felt quite as much as here. The causes are only too obvious. Capital has been withdrawn from trade to an investment of a very different, a very unprofitable, very destructive kind. When a million of money has been em ployed in the production of food or clothing, or any other article in general request, not only does it remain, but it is augmented, and the owners, or they who represent the owners, are richer than they were before. They can obtain gold for their material wealth, and represent that gold by paper. But when that sum of money, or rather money's worth, has been employed in the clothing, feeding, and conveyance of soldiers, in ordnance, in ships of war, in the destruction of human lives, fortresses, ships, and food, then no thing remains unless it be a triumph of some moral and political consequence, but bearing only indi rectly on the physical welfare of nations, and en tirely incapable of being exchanged for gold or represented by paper. Every man, as well as every State, may spend his money productively or un productively. He does the former when he engages in trade with prudence and success, or whess7he lends his money to others who pay him for the use of it. He does the latter when he plunges into an extravagant style of living ; when he takes to castle building ; when - he rushes into a law suit on a point of honour ;, when he embarks in a bad speculation, or trusta lais money to foolish or fraudu lent projectors. When he has done this, he finds after a time that his money is gone, and he can give no account of it. No signing of documents, no tendering of papers, no issue of notes will redeem from the gulf what is irrevocably gone as far as he is concerned. That is precisely the case of the na tion. We have spent a hundred millions of money on a necessary, but to all material purposes, most unprofitable war. Our honour survi ves , b ut we have lost that much capital. Every man in the na tion shares and feels the loss. That is the principal which, s l c so a w rc e e v ly er, les e e xt f e o r r id oe s cause of the pressure ; beyond us, and touches with kept he o w u h t ol o e f t o l f i e w G a e r r .. States that have carefully Austria, Prussia, and. t many, though politically clear,arecomsmhaerre cially embroiled. Even the United States with us the consequences of a war with which they avow but little sympathy. The destruction of so vast a mass of capital is a fearful deduction from the capital of the world,—that capital which is the real means and only sound basis of commercial undertakings, and, we must add, of a paper cirou- Undoubtedly matters would be much more com fortable, not only for manufacturers and merchants, but for everybody else, if there were more money io the country ; that is, if there were either more gold, or more of those things which other nations will readily and constantly take for their gold. But a large issue of paper would not put us into this state. The paper once put into circulation would soon return to the Bank, and would be em ployed in draining from that establishment all its gold, to the uttermost sovereign, for the payment of those commodities which our fictitious and mo mentary wealth had induced us to order from abroad. The gentlemen who place the panacea for our distresses in a very expanded and elastic circu lation would not keep their bank notes in their safes, or at their bankers ; they would pass their notes as quickly and as widely as they cpornolede.B3Biust imaginectlionecslluigsilivte tis the e t notes, it is not "legalae a s taiantstte its n p reality. 0 a t to ty . tender," it is not any form of circulation, that these people really want ; it is accommodation; it is credit. They want to have their bills promptly and easily discounted. This is not a matter of circulation, except so far as that they have a vague idea they would get more credit, and more would be doing generally, if there were more money about of one sort or another. The monetary circulation is very much conceived after the idea of the blood that flows in our veins, and it is assumed that when there is plenty of it, and it runs freely, there must be health and strength. But they who think and talk in this way forget the purely representative character of all paper money. It will come back soon or late, just as the venous blood returns home through the arteries. When there is abundance of capital here and elsewhere ; when there is a certain demand for the produce of our soil or our labour ; when there is plenty of those things that we want in return, either for enjoyment or to supply our workshops and mills, then and then only can there be an abundant, and also a healthy circulation. It springs spontaneously out of such a state as we have described. It cannot be forced upon the people. The quantity of it is regulated by the wants of trade, and all that is above the demands of trade comes back quick to the issuer, and adds to the pressure. All this is so obvious from the financial history of the last few years, not to go further back, that it seems almost needless and ridiculous to have to state it over again. However, as " Mercator" has been at the pains to state the case for the benefit of these sages, we could not do less than call attention to his letter. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. I. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil liam Miller, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul-General is the Sandwich Islands, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean, to be her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-Ge neral in the Sandwich Islands and their dependencies. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. E. Caraher as Tice-Consul at Dundalk for the Grand Duke of liecklenburgh-Schwerin. DOWNING•STREET, DEC. 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Salmon, Esq., to be President of the Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica; Henry Cloete, 'Esq., to be a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and Capt?in Henry Charles Bird, to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon, during the temporary absence of John Armitage, Esq. CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 14. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Armagh—Joseph Walter McGeough Bond, of the Argory, in the county of Armagh, Esq., in the room of Ross Stephenson Moore, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEO. 14. 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 Charge d'Affaires in Mo rocco, stating that the exportation of olive oil will be per mitted for another year, dating from the 19th October last. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEI. 14. 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 Plenipotentiary in China, enclosing a copy of the Hong Kong Gazette, of the 6th of October last, containing the following notification of a decree respecting the exportation of rice and paddy from certain ports in the Philippine Islands : It has been officially announced to his Excellency, Sir John Bowring, that by a decree, dated Manila, 29th Au gust, 1855, the exportation of rice and paddy from the Philippines is permitted on the following conditions : Ist. That the exportation of rice and paddy be placed under no restrictions and formalities other than those which apply to articles to which the trade is free. 2d. That the exportation of rice and paddy be allowed in. the ports of Melilla, Sual, Currimae, Salomague, San Mi guel, Iloilo, Capiz, and Antigue. 3d. That no licence be required from the Supreme Go vernment, but that permissions be given by the adminis trators of the customs, where custom-houses are estab lished, and by the Governors of provinces where there are no custom-houses. 4th. That the exportation for foreign parts shall cease, if in any week the price shall continue during four con secutive days above eighteen reale, in the Manila, and above fourteen in the provincial markets; but it shall be free when for four consecutive days in a week, the price shall fall below these limits: _ _ sth. It is ordered, that a return of prices be made by the respective authorities on every Saturday evening. 6th. That on the last day of every month, a return of the quantities of 3 ice exported, and particulars of expor tation be made to the supreme authorities. 7th. That an official return of the prices of all articles of export be made monthly to the Military and Finance Intendants. Bth. That the prices which are to regulate the exports.. tion of paddy are 9 (nine) reals in the Manila, and I (seven) in the provincial markets. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. Whereas it is provided by the Metropolis Local Manage ment Act, 18 and 19 Vict., c. 120, s. 49, that " The mem bers first elected of the Metropolitan Board of Works shall meet at such time and place as one of her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State, shall, by notice in the London Gazette, appoint i❑ this behalf :" now I, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Baronet, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do, by this notice in the London Gazette, appoint that the said members first elected of the Metropolitan Board of Works shall meet on Wednesday, the nineteenth day of this present month of December, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at Burlington House, Pic cadilly. Given under my hand, at Whitehall, the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. G. GREY. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEO. 13. The Eight Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received a despatch from her Majesty's Consul, at Rotterdam, en closing a translation of a Notice to Mariners, issued by the Netherland Minister of Marine, relative to a vessel sunk in the Goereo Channel, of which the subjoined is a copy : No. 6. (Copy.) British Consulate, Rotterdam, 6th December, 1855. Sir,—l beg to hand you the translation of a Notice to Mariners issued by the Netherland Minister of Marine, and published in the Netherland Staats Courant, of 4th December, 1855, No. 287, relative to a vessel sunk in the Goeree Channel. I have, kc., (Signed) ' JAS. H. TURING. To the Secretary of the Board of Trade. (Copy.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Minister of Marine hereby gives notice, that in the middle of the navigable channel of Goeree, at a cable's length distance to the south of the black buoy No. 6, a brig has sunk in a depth of 3i fathoms at ordinary low water, the masts of which are still visible, and that the needful measures have been taken should the masts come out of the ship, to indicate the spot of danger by a wreck buoy, painted in black and white checks. Its bearings and soundings are three times the thickness of the steeple of Goereede to the east of the foot of the high sandhill, or exactly between the third and fourth dykes, the third dwelling-house within the Dirkland Sas, in the Goeree Harbour. In soundings, Goederceds, 5.W.41V., by unadjusted compass. The Hague, the 3d of December, 1855. For the Minister aforesaid. The Secretary-General, MULLER, WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 14. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet William Baillie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice G. P. C. A. Lord Stanhope, who retires. 7th Light Dragoons—Cornet Richard Newsham Peddar, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Hale, promoted. triaEiiggndhl:wttYbDpilyrara:Pallrkeehra steo' cons—Richard 9th Li g ht Dragoons -- Captain Anthony Molloy F awce tt, from the sth Foot, oo to :s b_e_ L C ie a u p t t e a n in an , t v j ice am T es ro ß w o e y r d , isiwihusoerexto bvei c e Lieutenant, ff inxm a n' changes. g b w y h who purchase, retires be Cornet vice Miller. to l b 6 e th C L orn i et, by purchase, vice Janie, P. W. Gwynne Holford, who has r etired . 3d Regiment of Foot—Ens ign F. Morley to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Hyndman, deceased ; Ensign L. E. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Morley, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 9th November, has been cancelled ; Ensign A. B. Letts to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lewis, whose promo tion, without purchase, on 16th November has been can celled ; Albert Pe ache y , Gen t , to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lett s. ns ign W. A. Nash, t o b e Li eu t enant, with- Richard Boyce, Gent., t o b e E ns i gn, w i thout purchase, vice Na sh. 10th 4 t t p h u F r c o h o a t se f 10th Foot —Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas John Tucker to ba Assistant -Surgeon. 17th Foot—Lieut enant S. H. Dyer to be Captain, with out purchase, vice B revet-M ajor W. A. Armstrong, whose ü b n ri d v e e r t th rs e u ßya rank has been converted i n t o S u b s t ant i ve ran k Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Ensign G. D. Webber to be Lieutenant without purchase ' vice Dyer ; Lieutenant Isaac C ol houn , from the Donegal Mili tia, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Webber. 23d Foot —Acting Assistant-Surgeon Chas. Frederick Morris to be Assistant -Surgeon. 25th Foot—Staff -Surgeon of the Second Class Jonas K. vice M`Gregor, promoted on Carr, M.D., to be Surgeon, the Staff. nartermaster Henry A. Berry to be Pay _ _ vice Benson ; Serjeant-Alajor Thos. Lumsden to be Quartermaster , vice B erry , ma 2 s B t t e h r, Foot—C2 appointed Paymaster. 29th Foot —Ensign F. S. Beim-sail to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Simmons, deceased ; Ensign W. Winn, from the 76th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Eckersall, promoted. 39th Foot —Ensign John Sharpies to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Robeck, promoted. 40th ( Foot -- Lieut . William O'Hara to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brodhurst, vilh'ise promotion, by purchase, on the 25th May, has been cancelled. 42d Foot —Ensign W. T. Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir P. A. Halkett, promoted. 43d Foot—Ensign Harry Gorton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dick, who retires. 50th Foot—Captain F. C. Trower, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Fawcett, who exchanges. 56th Foot--Himilton Finlay, EN., to be Paymaster, vice Lawson. 60th Foot—Lieut. C. D. C. Ellis to be Captain, by pur chase vice Salmon, who retires ; Ensign Frank Sadlier Brereton, from the North Gloucester Militia, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Parr, appointed to the Rifle Brigade. 62d Foot—Ensign A. G. Keen to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Templejnan, who has retired. 64th Foot—Ensign F. Du Bois Lulds, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twemlow, pro moted in the 7th Foot. 71st Foot—Captain Wm. Hope to be Major, without purchase, vice- Hunter, deceased ; Lieut. Otway Wemyss to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hope ; Ensign Robt. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wemyss ; Ensign F. H. A. Hamilton to, be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Lewis, whose promotion withput purchase, on 16th Nov., has been cancelled ; Ensign Francis Fawkes, from the Stirlingshire Militia, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Hamilton. 72d Foot—Matthew John Baillie, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Grant, from the Done gal Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Winn, appointed to the 29th Foot. 81st Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Herman Bicknell to be Assistant Surgeon. 8 id Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Frederick Stephen son, M.D., from the 81st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Clark, deceased. 84th Foot—Ensign A. Gibaut to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brackenbury, deceased. 88th Foot—Ensign Rowley Miller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted. 91st Foot—Captain W. T. L. Patterson to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, who re tires ; Lieutenant T. T. Lane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Patterson ; Ensign J. E. Burton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane. 92d Foot—Ensign John Crosland Hay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hon. A. Annesley, appointed to the Grenadier Guards. 95th Foot—Lieutenant William Braybrooke to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Dymock killed in action ; En sign H. G. Paske to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Braybrooke ; Ensign Joseph Gabbett to be Lieutenant by parchaze, vice Paske, whose promotion, by purchase, on Nov. 9, has been cancelled. . 97th Foot—The Christian names of Quartermaster Woodruffe are William John, and not Robert, as previously stated. Rifle Brigade—Ensign T. R. Parr, from th 3 60th Foot, to be Ewitgo, without purchase, vice Johnson, promoted. Ist West India Regiment—Augustus Sullivan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edmunds, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—George Hayter Macaulay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieu tenant Carter, who retires ; Martin Lyncb, Gent., to De Ensign, without purchase, vice Arbuckle, promoted in the 39th Foot. 3d West India Regiment—George O'Connell, Gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant R. L. Thurslay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brantley, who retires. Royal Canadi an Rifl e Regiment—Captain George Seton to be Major, by purchase, vice Holmes, who retires ' • Lieu tenant A. P. Kerr t o b e C a pt a i n , by purc h ase , v i ce Seton ; Ensign W. F. Marson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kerr. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—The commission of Serjeant Joseph Harris, appointed Quartermaster of Brigade, to be dated 19th August, 1855, instead of 7th September, 1855, as previously stated. BRITISH Swiss LEGION.—The second Christian name of Surgeon Oschwald, of the 2d Regiment, is Martin. BRITISH ITALIAN LEGlON.—Staff—Lieut.-Colonel W. L. Grant, King's Own Light Infantry Militia, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel; Captain Thomas Barrington, King's Own Light Infantry Militia, to be Captain. Ist Regiment--il Coutts Lindsay, Bart., to be Major Commandant. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALlON.—Paymaster Stephen Lawson, from the 56th Foot, to be Paymaster; Quarter. master Thomas Moore, from the 88th Foot, to be Assist ant-Quartermaster. UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major William A. Armstrong, of the 17th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oc tober, 1854. _ _ _ HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon James M`Gregor, from the 25th Foot, to be Staff• Surgeon of the First Class; Assist ant-Surgeon John Andrew Woolfryes, from the 10th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class. To be Assistant- Surgeons Assistant-Surgeon Michael Charles Tonnero, from the Depot Battalion at Fermoy, vice Hales, appointed to the 7th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon David Woods, from the 23d Foot, vice Jackson, appointed to the 13th Foot. The promotions of Surgeon John Charles Cameron, M.D., from the 37th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, and of Assistant-Surgeon James William Fleming, to the Surgeoncy of the 37th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 20th July, 1855, have been cancelled. Brevet—Colonel Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, com manding the troops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to have the local rank of Major-General while so employed. Erratum in the supplement, of the 27th Nov., to the London Gazette—For " I was also ably supported by Bre vet-Major Best," read Brevet-Major Bent. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Neville Smith and William Tibbs, Gents., to be Ensigns. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Astley Jephson, Gent., to be Ensign. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Ensign Peyton Sheals to be Lieutenant, vice Patten, ap pointed to the Ist Life Guards ; Ensign Thomas Conry Knox to be Lieutenant, vice Walker, resigned. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Lieute nant William Brookes to be Captain, vice Hopton, de ceased ; Ensign Andrew Pepys Cockerell to be Lieute nant, vice Brookes, promoted ; John Averley Lathbury to be Ensign, vice Cockerell, promoted. 2d Sonierset Regiment of Nlilitia—Richard Marker, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Clarke, resigned. let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Frederick Foster Tegart, Gent., to be Ensign. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Thomas Pollock to be Captain, vice Whitehead, resigned ; Nathaniel Edward Bruce Kindersley, Gent., from' the Madras Infantry, to bo Lieutenant, vice Pollock, pro moted ; Fitzhugh Bathurst Henderson, Gent., to bo En sign. 2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia— Lieutenant Wm. Hall Wilkinson to be Captain, vice Holdsworth, resigned ; Ensign John George Lloyd to be Lieutenant. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia— John Cadman, Gent., to be Ensign. 4th Regiment of - est York Militia—Henry Williams Pemberton, Esq., to be Captain, vice Chamberlain, re signed. sth Regiment of West York Militia—Godfrey Edward Allister Radcliffe, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Edward Taw, Gent., to be Ensign. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday the 30th of Novem ber last.] 6th Regiment of West York Militia—John Stansfeld, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Peare Stephens, shipowner, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Robert Blore, picture dealer, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, to surrender Dec. 27, at eleven, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Blytb, St. Swithin's lane. Samuel Proby Ekin, soda water manufacturer, Godman chaster, Huntingdon Dec. 21, at 11, and Jan. 22, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Sewell, Fox, and Sewell, Old Broad-street ; Hunnyhun, Huntingdon. William Insull, stationer, Dudley, Dec. 2G and Jan. 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore official assignee, Birmingham; Lowe, Dudley; Wright, Birmingham. William Wathen, upholsterer, Hereford, Dec. 29 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bodenham and James, Hereford; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Edwin Verdon Blyth and William Henry Goddard, mer chants, Birmingham, Jan. 7 and 28, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Reece, Birmingham. James Whittaker and John Ellison, ironfounders and millwrights, Church, near-Accrington, Lancashire, Jan. 8, and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Higeon and Robinson, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Turner, builder, Glasgow. John Davie Martin Brotherton, wood merchant, Wes Calder. Alexander Diey, coach proprietor, Regent-terrace, Edinburgh. John Allan and Co., merchants, Glasgow. Duncan Al`Nab, cattle dealer, Shirrabeg, Laggan, In verness-shire. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Staddon, Charlotte-terrace, Lambeth, boot and shoe manufacturer—E. Bryant,. Spring-garden-place, Stepney, carpenter—A. Michaels, St. George's-street in the East, tailor—C. Hawley, Wakefield-terrace, Islington, grocer— M. Cole, Brompton-road, Knightsbridge, and King-street, Regent-street, painter —J. Clark, Trinity-square, South wark, and Stangate, Lambeth, miller—C. J. Blake, Upper Sydenham, printer—M. W. Smyth, Drummond-street, St. Pancras, tobacconist—J..H. Wood, Grove-street, Camden town, carriers' clerk—J. Champion, Wargate-st roe t,Hoxton, paperhanger—W. Prust, Douro-cottages, St. Marylebone, builder—G. A. Seal, Blackfriars-road, assistant sheriff's officer—W. H. Burbidge, Union-street, Somers-town, baker —C. Virgo, Chatham, baker—W. Roberts, Th ree Colt street, Limohouse, potato dealer—W. Titford, Constitu tion-row and Acton-street, Gray's-inn-road, undertaker— R. Reeder, Three Colt-lane and Essex-street, Bethnal green, spring and axletree maker—H. Pearson George street and Kimpton-road, Camberwell, carpenter—J. 0. Clarke, Lansdowne-cottages, Islington, printer—S.Aaron, Manor house,Walworth, coffeehouse keeper—l. Levy, Old street, St. Luke's, general dealer—C. E. Bryson, Great Winchester-street, City, dealer in railway shares—D. M`Farlane, Duke-street, Aldgate, bread baker—A. A. Harris,Windsor-terrace, City-road, licensed cigar dealer— S. Samuel, Mansell-street, Goodman'a-fields, glass cutter— J. F. Winks, Queen-street, Pimlico, baker—E. Nelson, Johnson's-place and Ranelagh-road, Pi m li co, s t arc h ma k er —T. Waller, Lower Kennington -green, labourer—P. Got fried, Mildmay.street, Islington, baker—W. E. Burland, Crown-street, Finsbury-square, bonnet shape maker. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. David Halket, Herne Bay, Kent, ship owner —lst div. of 25., Dec. 13, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Stans feld's, Basinghall-street. Henry Oppenheim, Ramsgate, ship) chandler—lst div. of ls. Bd., Dec. 19, at Lee's, Aldermanbury. John Dawson, High-street, Shadwell, tobacconist- -Ist div. of 4s. Dec. 11, and any su b sequent Tuesday, at Pen nell's, Guildhall -chamb ers . Thomas G. Shaw and Joseph Lane, Old Broad-street, City, and Manchester, wine merchants-Ist div. of 2s. 6d., Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guild hall-chambers. Harriet Townsend, Charles-street, St. James's, poulterer —lst div. of is.' 4d., Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tues day, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. John Barrington Elworthy, Bridgewater, draper-Ist div. of 7s. ld., Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guild hall -cham hers. James Sivyer, Stratford, Essex, grocer-2d div. of ls, 10d., Dec. 21, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guildball-chambers. T. and E. Scully, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, wholesale cheesemongers-Ist div. of 3s. Bd., Dec. 11, and any sub sequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. Francis Blackwell, Peterborough, currier-Ist div. of 3s. 4d., Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pen nell's, Guildhall-chambers. - Turnbull, Forbes, and Co., Bread-street, City, mer chants—final div. of 1-10 d. Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. Joseph Brooks, Booking; Essex, wheelwright-Ist div. of ls. 3d., Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pen nell's, Guildhall-chambers. James Wilson Pearl, Milton-street, Dorset-square, horse dealer-Ist div. of 3d., Dec. 11, and any subsequent TueSday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. Charles Fred. Tibbs, America-square ship owner —lst div. of 20 s . an d i nterest, Dec. 11, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. Win. Piggott, G rea t Eversden, Cambridgeshire, general shopkeeper-Ist div. of qa., Dec. 20, and three subse quent Thursdays, at Graham's, Coleman-street. James Martyr, Union-street, Bo r o ug h, ironmonger-Ist div. of ss. ld., Dec. 20, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Graham's, Coleman-street. Peter Claussen, Newman-street, Oxford-street, manu facturer-Ist div. of 2s. 2id., Dec. 20, and three subse quent Thursdays, at G ra h am ' s , C o l eman - s treet. Ch P ar e Wednesday, at Whitm ore ' s , B a singhall-street. i m to b n le , K B en ro t, w w ne in , • G m r e o r s oh ve a n n o t r L s t i r s e t et d , iv ß . o o n f d sst.re7edt,. any Peter Ward, Harrington, Cumberlandshire, alkali manu facturer— Ist div. of is. 6d., Deo. 15, and any subsequent Saturday, Baker's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Young Lowson Marshall, Sunderland (separate estate), anytimber s me rchant-Ist a d n a d y , n a a t l div. Bak Tyne. of s 20 N s e . , w D o n e s c t . e l . s n , peonnd. Smith, Wakefield, Yorkshire, joiners —L. C. Martin and R. S. Lundio, Long-acre, wood-engravers- E. Howell and J. H. Morgan, Bristol, manufacturers of photographical plate holders—W. Coombs and Coombs, Bristol, grocers B. M. Kelsey and R. Kelsey, Godstone and Shere, Surrey, millefs—H. Sampson and W. Banks, Ilumworth Bleach Worth, Lanca,hire—W. G. Bolton, S. B. Merriman, and S. Dunning, Austin-friars, City, attorneys, so far as re gards W. G. Bolton—A. Eysson and C. M. Miller, Liver pool—M. Blowers, J. T. Blowers, and C. Barber, Read ing Berkshire, upholsterers, so far as regards C. Barber, BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 82, fvr the Week ending on Saturday the Bth day of Dec., 1855. issuE DEPARTMENT, Notes tuned .. •..... 24,439,525 £24,439,525 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities.- 2,984,9 0 Gold coin and bullion 10,439,625 Silver bu11i0n........ - Dated the 13th day of Dec., 18J BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest Public deposit E (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,416,231 Other deposits ...... 11,719,180 Seven Day and other Bills ........ . 923,444 £24,439,525 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. TARTMENT. Government securities £34,804,883 (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 10,264,376 Other securities ...... 18,141 269 Notes .... 5,759,185 Gold and silver coin .. 640,053 434,904,883 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 13th day of Dec., 18, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 11, 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America 37s. Ojd. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Average of the two foregoing descriptions ... 38s. 9d. BANK OF FRANCE. The following was the situation of the Bank on Thursday, Dec. 13 : _ Cit. Fr. e. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to•day 3,473,322 21 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 92,073,380 fr. 10c. are from the branch . banks 200,912,313 62 Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 34,332,236 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 41,396,100 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills 40,600,000 Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,188,783 88 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .... Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 831,709 45 Premiums on the purchase of matures 3,161 620 40 Sundries 920,284,409 48 DR, Capital Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobilibre 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 96,336,000 Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight - 5,709,838 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 72,398,825 04 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 23,108,642 -- Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 46,697 10 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills . 99,766 87 Sundries 920,284,409 48 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to•day 955,730 71 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 98,528,039 f. 91c. are from the branch banks 224,115,030 21 Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 39,484,036 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 58,080,400 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks.. Expenses of administration Sundries . 60,000,000 - 40,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 52,188,783 83 4,000,000 - 5,225,959 - 2,523,113 87 97,573 71 980,313,779 93 Miles Iteeelpts. opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1855. 1854. 18.55. -- BRITISH. ,E £ 115 Aberdeen .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • .... .: 2,721 3,133 37% Belfast and Ballymena •• •........... 754 759 17 Belfast and County D0wn............ - - 53 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,042 1,935 26'A Bolton, lilackbum, and West. York - - - - 117 Bristol and Exeter .. .•.....•• • . • • • .. 4,865 5,472 191' Caledonian..., .• .••• •• „ ............ 11,255 10,540 94 1 4 Chester and Ilolyhead ..... ..••• • •• .. 4,442 4,301 6U, Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... 119 156 20 Cork and Bandon .... •.• • • • • ~.. 255 295 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction .•.•• • • . 815 1,261 63 Dublin and Drogh e d a .. ••• . ......... 1,173 1,541 7 3 ,; Dublin and Kingst own • 645 695 •• 16% Dundee and Arb roa th .••••.• • • •• •• •• • . • • - - 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junctior 830 963 36 i Dundalk and Enniskillen •••• • - 287 400 67% i East Anglian...... -••••••• • • • • • • • - 773 901 93 East Lancashi re .. ••...•••• • • • • • • • ' 4,900 5,195 41 7 Eastern Counti e s and N or f o lk.. •• •• 3 20,709 20,083 Eastern Uni0n...... • • • •• • • • • • • • • i 142 Edinburgh and Glasgo w •. • ••• • • • 4,819 5,000 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ••• • • • 2,753 2,798 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • • . .. • • • • • • • • - - 22 Furness Railway ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • - - 183% Glasgow, and South-Western• •••• • .. 5,070 5,622 283 Great Northern and E. L. ••• • • • .... 23,777 25,864 213 31 Great Southern and Western (Ireland; 6 ,042 6,614 359 5( Great Western -••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 21,508 22,649 251% Irish South Eastern •••••••• • • • • • • • - - 90 Lancaster and Carlisle- • • .......... 5,045 f 5 222 270 % Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • ......... 18,607 20,051 - Leeds Northern ...• .. • • • • • • • . • • • • • . - - 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• •.. - - 553% London and North Western ......... 48,785 53.417 5 % London and Blackwall.• ••• • • • ...... 1,104 1,098 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 10,840 S 10,543 267 London and South We5tern......... 11,580 12,614 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 568 628 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - _-, 173 Manchester, Shoffield,and Lincolnshire 8,905 9,335 95y Manchester and South Junction.. • ... 1,13 648 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 25 8 8 1 1 6 8.! I 27,111 498% Midland •••••- • • • • • • 12634 Midland Groat Western (Irish) •• :: :: : ; 3 ,6 170 3,2,9 37 Monkiands • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • • - - 7851 Newcastle and Carlisle - ......... - - 149 North British • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4,457 4,707 - North Staffordshire •• • • .... •• - • ... - 47 North-Western •• • • •••••• • • • • • • •• .. 872 840 823 Q Scottish Central •••• • • • • ...... •• • ... 2,409 2,473 32 Scottish Midland •••• . • • ........, .. _ - 2934 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 887 1,242 48 Shrewsbury and Chester 30 Shropshire Union .. • . .• .. • • ~...... 813 848 57% South Devon --••..• • • .. • ........ • 1,873 2,318 289 South Eastern ...................... 14,030 15,305 16234 South Wales ....•• .. • • • • ... 4,398 5,426 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,894 2,170 39 Taff Vale .......................... 3,331 3,710 36 Ulster . • • • . .• .. . . .. - - 77 Waterford and Limerick •... BO4 1,344 2n4 West Cornwall ...• •. .. •• • • 450 462 12 Whitchaven Junction ...... 360 311 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - - F 89 Dutch Rhenish •• OREIGN.• 813 1,304 - Lyons and Mediterranean .......... - - - 3fontereau and Troyes .............. - - - Namur and Liege .. • • ...• ...... •• •• - - - Northern of Franco .. - - -- Orleans and Central .. - - - Paris and Lyons .... ••• • .. •....... - - Paris and Rouen. .................. - - -- Paris and Strasburgh • • ...• .• •• ..•• - - - Rouen and lisvre.• .... ..... ....... - - - Western of France •.....•••• - - [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Me wonderfully efficacious for the cure of Wounds. —Mr. Woodall, of Barlby, near Selby, was afflicted with an abscess at the back of his neck for a considerable time, and notwithstanding he was under the treatment of a most eminent surgeon in the neighbourhood, yet he could not, by the carious remedies applied, heal the wound ; he therefore determined on giving Holloway's Ointment and Pills a trial, and by these invaluable medi cines alone he has been perfectly cured, and is now in excellent health. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the worid ; at Professor Holloway's esta blishments, 244, Strand, London, and SO, Maiden -lane New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople; A, Guidi c y , Smyrna ; awl H. Hoods, ,Malta. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Jan. 4. G. L. Longfils, Pilgrim-street, Ludgate hill, mer chant—Jan. 4. J. V. Simpson, St. Swithin's-lane, City, and Herne Bay, Kent, bill broker—Jan. 4. C. M. Rigg, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars, apothecary—Jan. 4. J. Thomas, Catherine-street, Strand, and White Hart street, Drury-lane, newspaper proprietor—Jan. 4. W. Roxburgh, Liverpool, insurance broker—Jan. 8. J. G. Hopkinson, Nottingham, beerhouse keeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. 'tannic and W. Rannie, Portsea, Hampshire, mill wrights—J. Butler and F. W. Richardson, Woolwich, surgeons—J. Waller, C. E. Waller, E. F. Ede, and F. H. Ede, Wood-street, City, and Luton, Bedfordshire, straw hat manufacturers, so far as regards E. F. Ede and F. H. Ede—W. Groves and J. Longley, Leeds, contractors—N. Abrahams and H. Abrahams, Chertsey and Kingston upon-Thames, Surrey, aultioneers—L McLintock and J. Bufham, Barnsley, Y or k s hi re, stay manufacturers —S . R , Adish J. Macann, M. H. Wrigley, Liverpool, fruit mer. chants—J. Harcicastle and J. Hodgson, Bradford, York= shire, woolstaplers—B. B. 'Wheatley and G. E. Barlow, Manchester, silk manufacturers—G. F. Dimmack and D. North, Wolvermapton, ironmasters—G. J. Henly and T. P, Healy, Corrillam, Wiltakije, fanuelti7W. Clbrig ik#4 V. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. [A portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday :—] An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held yesterday at the Lon don-bridge Tavern, to receive the report of the committee of investigation appointed to investigate the position of the company, &c., &c. Mr. Anderson, chairman of the directors, in the chair. The reports have already been published in Tire Sun. The CHAIRMAN said the order in which it was pro- Posed to conduct the business of the day was,—first, a resolution would be submitted to them for the reception and adoption of the report of the committee ; secondly, the reception and adoption of the report of the directors; thirdly, to consider a resolution for authorising the direc tors to apply for a bill in Parliament, the principle o f which would be explained by the solicitor; and, fourthly, the election of shareholders to fill the vacancy in the Board of Directors. After some other remarks, he called on Mr. lONIDES, who proposed the first resolution, the reception and adoption of the report, said the com mittee were almost unanimous in arriving at that report. Messrs. Fuller and Price had abstained from signing it, yet they agreed in the main points of the inquiry, that the books of the company were accurately kept, and that no misappropriation or embezzlement of the moneys of the company had taken place by the officers, but they had discharged their duties attentively, honestly, and diligently. (Hear.) The hon, gentleman then'entered into the principal differences between the other members of the committee and these gentleme❑ relative to Mr. Fuller's scheme of life members, opening the Palace Gardens on Sundays to shareholders, the altering Saturday from a ss. to a is. day, &c., re marking that they considered it impracticable, but the shareholders could, if they thought proper, try the suggestion of altering the ls. day for a limited period. The committee also disapproved of the two reserved days a week. With regard to the election of directors, he dissented from taking gentlemen who were railway directors, to fill up the vacancies at their board. Sir J. Paxton at one time entertained the idea of purchasing the Rock Hills douse and grounds of the company, but finding many of the shareholders objected to it, he had abandored all intention of pressing his offer. Alderman WILSON asked if the directors were pre pared with proxies to carry any resolution they liked I because if that were so it was idle for them to remain discussing the subject. (Hear.) The report had been delayed, he believed, to enable the directors to get in proxies. The CHAIRMAN raid the question was irregular, and he should decline answering it. (Hisses.) A SHAREHOLDER said he thought the Chairman ought to answer the question. (Hear, and cries of "Turn them out.") Alderman WILSON said it would be ridiculous for them to remain here and discuss the question if it was to be decided by the proxies of absentees. The Secretary should answer the question. (Hisses, and cries of "Turn them out.") A SHAREHOLDER called on the directors to promise the shareholders they would not use any proxies if they had them. (Hear, and loud cries for the Secretary to answer Alderman Wilson.) The SECRETARY, amidst much confusion, arose and asked the meeting what question they wished him to answer ? (Confusion.) Alderman WILSON said that from all he had seenthat day he beliered all he had heard respecting the proxies was true. (Cheers.) He asked the Secretary whether or not he had not written to country shareholders to get their proxies to enable the directors to carry what ever resolution they pleased that day. (Hear.) The SECRETARY said it was true proxies had been de posited with him. (Uproar.) Alderman WILSON asked if the proxies had been for warded to him unasked for, or if he had applied for them ? (Hear.) The SECRETARY said he had made application for proxies to his intimate friends, but they formed but a small portion of the proxies he had received. (Hisses.) Mr. HORSMAN asked the chairman if he would pledge the meeting the proxies should not be used that day, but that in the event of a division taking place time should be given for the country shareholders to record their votes ? (Hear, and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said yes. Three weeks. (Cheers.) Mr. TERRELL having objected to the irregular form of the resolution to receive "and adopt" the report which was overruled by the chairman, called the attention of the meeting to the object for which the committee was appointed, that of forming a scheme for the future regu lation of the undertaking. The committee had, how ever, made no such recommendation, and all they sug gested was that three of their body should be directors. They admitted, however, there were certain suggestions for the future regulation of this undertaking, that would require ultimate consideration. The shareholders had a right to expect from the Committee, on their rejecting Mr. Fuller's scheme, to substitute another. (Hear, hear.) He moved that the report do lie on the table, and that another committee be appointed to devise such a scheme as was required for the effectual management of the property. (Hear, and "No, no.") Mr. Alderman WILSON seconded the amendment. No harm could result from the report lying on the table, and no good arise from adopting it. They would never have a dividend, nor the undertaking prosper so long as the present men remained iu the di rectory. (Cheers.) He thought they did wrong in leaving railway directors at their board who had been the means of carrying out mad schemes with which this company ought never to have been connected. (Hear.) If they bad four men connected with mercantile affairs to manage this undertaking as they would any other mercantile speculation, a profit would be made out of which the shareholders would receive a handsome divi dend. (Cheers.) He complained that the committee had not made a proper investigation of the accounts, and he was prepared to show, on a proper examination of the accounts by an accountant, that abuses would be shown to exist enough to cause the shareholders to make certain persons refund. (Loud cheers) He con demned the conduct of those directors who, after leading them into a larger expenditure than was ever intended, left them to get out of their difficulties the best way they could. (Cheers.) He asked the directors if instead of putting works up to competition they had not taken the contracts or supplied materials themselves and voted in their own favour at the board ? (Cries of "Shame.") Mr. LYON read a long speech, wherein he defended his former statements relative to the improper manner in which the accounts of the company were kept, and en tered into many details to prove them. The speaker, who was formerly cashier to the company, said he merited the of the directors, and was removed from his situation because he objected at the time to the manner in which they were managed. He made some curious statements respecting two loans opened in the books as " No. 1," and " No. 2," amounting to upwards of 40,0001., and the purposes to which the money was applied. He complained that the committee did not properly attend in their investigation to the charges he made at the , former meeting relative to the financial state of the undertaking. Mr. CONMELLEY condemned the conduct of the di rectors, and suggested a scheme, amidst much laughter, which he thought would relieve the undertaking from embarrassment, and prevent its being closed. Amongst other things he proposed that subscription lists should be opened in all the large towns in the kingdom, and if but two-thirds of the population subscribed ls. each a sum of upwards of 1,300,0001. would be raised. Apply to Government for a sum of money to make up the residue required, pay off the shareholders at par, and make the Crystal Palace national property, open to the public. He moved, amidst confusion, a vote of cen sure on tebhr ye t s h omt e mh e di eee trcfiehuncargt chairman and dadn o s aa c far u sne s tdmhh s ioeeoltndd,weirrieMtchtro.orpsFullerto that aitti oh r n o e, s we it a t bs o e nianodgt . asserted T b h y e Mfere.lFi feeling Fuller that tile stated t h a e registere s d v e s r h y ar l e a h r o g l e d e s r h , meeting was divided on his being heard, and much time was consumed in a disorderly demonstration for and against that gentleman. The fact of his being a member of the Committee of Investigation was urged in favour of his being permitted to address the meeting, but which was met with cries of "Divide " and "Adjourn." The question that Mr. Fuller be al lowed to speak was put to the meeting, and declared by the Chairman to be negatived. Dissent was expressed against the assertion of the Chairman, and the question was again put and carried, but the meeting would not hear him. At 20 minutes past five o'clock a motion for the ad journment of the meeting for three weeks was put and carried. Great excitement pervaded the meeting, which was the counterpart for uproar to that of the Eastern Coun ties Railway, held at the London Tavern that day week. DR. Capital 91,250,300 Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve innnobilibre Notes to bearer, in circulation - Do. of branch banks 102,123,800 —• Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 5,036,154 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 71,121,315 84 Various accounts-current 130,432,655 48 Do. branch banks 27,207,889 Dividends to be paid 584,612 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 39,133 90 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills 48,836 90 Sundries 4,865,746 16 980,313,779 93 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-DEC. 14. There was a good attendance to-day of town and country buyers, and a brisk demand for American red wheats, in which a large business was done at an advance of fully 2d per 701bs. on Tuesday's rates, while white and other sorts were neglected, and without improvement in value. Flour met with a slow sale at late rates, and the same may be said of oats, oatmeal, barley, beans, and peas. Indian corn in request, and considerable sales were effected at 415 6d per qr. for prime mixed American. WAKEFIELD-DEC. 14. There was a limited demand for wheat at is per qr. de cline, but factors did not press sales. There was also a de cline of is per qr. on barley and beans; oats and shelling were easier to buy. EXETER—DEQ. 14. CORN. In our market wheat may be quoted from Ifs 4d to lOs 0,1. Malting barley, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; grinding do., 0. Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 7d. Beans, Os Od to Os Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 58s Od to 60s Od ; seconds, 56s Od to No Od per sack. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10a0d per score ; cows and calve. 121. to 151. —s ; butchers' calves, 6d to 6id per lb., rearing calves —s to s each. Sheep, 54:1 to 64d. Lambs, —d to Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, —s to —s each ; 28s to 34s ; small, OOs to OOs. Rough fat, 5d per lb. Pork carcases from 9s 3d to lOs 3d per score. INVERNESS.—DEc. 11. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 76s 04 to 78s Od. Bar ley, chevalier, 40s Od to 41s Od; ditto, common, —fi Od to 04. Oats, :',2s Od to 33s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 25s Od to 26s 6d ; ditto second, 00s 04 to Os Od ; barleymeal, 16s 6d to 16s 8d ; peasemeal, 16s 64 to 20s Od; bran, per stone, Os 9d to 10d ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 60s Od to 62s Od ; 2d ditto, 53s Od to 55s 04 ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial 21 61 to 2s 8d ' - ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleymeal is 81 to 00s Od; peasemeal, is 8d to 2s Od ; let flour, 3044 cash, 3s 64 credit ; 2d ditto, 35 Od cash, 3s 3d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR-DEC. H. The market continues quite suspended, not a transactioi being reported for the last three weeks either in rum or manufactured sugars, and prices are cohsequently merely nominal. In rum sales continue to be effected at former rates, and the supply in first hands is now getting into s small compass. COAL BURKE' Prices of Coal per ton at t' .T.- DEC. 14 ;he close of the market. I Wallemid, /co. s. d. Hasting's Hartley lB 9 Tanfield Moor l7 6 Taufield Moor Butes 17 6 e. d. Russell's Hetton 22 6 South Hetton 22 9; Cassop 21 Hartlepool 22 Toes 23 • Whitworth lB 8 Evenwood 18 Carr's Merthyr , 23 Skiborwen Merthyr 23 I Wayne's Merthyr 23 $ Wallsend, &e. Heaton Morrison Eden Main .21 9 20 0 ~21 6 Framwellgato 2l 0 Haswell 23 0 lletton 23 0 Lambtott 22 6 Ships at market... 75 ISold ..... ..... . 36 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam ............ 11 17h Ditto, three months .. 12 Rotterdam ............ 12 LiTGE.-YESTERDAY. Gibraltar •••• •••••••••• Leghorn ..•..•.... .• 30 20 Genoa .......... 95 80 Milan •••• •••••• •••••• Venice•••• •• •••• ...... Antwerp .............. 25 52% 13russels 25 52% Hamburg' •••• •••••• • • 13 914 Altona •••••••••• •• •• •• Pari5........ ..•• .... 25 35 Naples . . 44% Palermo ...... 133 , 4 Messina ... ... 130)4 Lisbon .... 5314 Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• 153% Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ...• Buenos Ayres.... .• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 25 724 Marseilles ............. 25 72% Bourdeaux ~•• ........ Frankfort-on Maine .••• J 2O Berlin ••••••••••.••••• Vicuna•••• •• •• •11 •• •• •• I 1 19 Trioste•••••••••••••••• 11 22 Petersburg •••••••••••• 35 Madrid ••••••••••, •• .• 49% Cadiz 49% Barcelona •••••••••••• Now York,6o days' sight Philadelphia . • ........ PRICES OF MAIM PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 eg New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver In bars ...... 0 5 1%, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post 0810 1 sy the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) IDay when Mahe ui From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due 'n Office, London.* Dispatched. England. —..........—.. —..—.—......... .....---.• .Amertca(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday •.•• Liverpool . Dec.i 15 %merles. (by Unitcdlite. ' ' packet) .... •••• • •N - •ft •••••• • • 'Liverpool Dec. 24 sanerica (by U. States packet) ..........N es t• •••• —•• Southampt , n Australia (via South ampton) ...... M. —.•• •• • • • • Southamptoi• Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni Ditto (via Cape of Good; Hope) •• •• •• •• •• •,,N; Africa (West Coast)..N• 2 3d of the month.. Plymouth .. IDec. 6 9, 24, & 30 of in. Alexandria.......... 0, Dover ..... i Alexandria ..........m;4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ..... ....M 17th of the month Sontham • 'or Belgium . ........ ..Ni DailY ••••••• • • • • • Dover ...... ally Brazil ..............M 9 th of the month • • Southampton iDec. 15 Buenos Ayros ...... .• di 9th of the month.. S ou th amp t on D ec. 13 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port- Uncertain Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape, do Verde ...... N 9th of tbo month Southampton Dec. 15 Ceylon (sec India) Ceylon ..............N • Channel 151e5.... ...NIMon ~Wed.,&Frtl. S ou th ampton T u .Th . B s l Chi1i................ Ai 2d & 17th of month sonthampto, China .... .. Once a month.... Van. 4 Constantinople ....../518,13,18,23,&28 of n. Dover ...... Constantinople .. .. 14th & 20th of mon. Southemptor Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily ...• .. Dover .... Tnicedalli Egypt (see India) France . ..... .. Id & c Twice dailY •. . • Dover .... Tivieedaii Gibraltar ..........M i 4, 7, 17 , 20, 27 -f ui Southampton Greece Owe India) • Groytown .• ........ mj2nd & 17th of mon. Southimptid. Harahurgh .. ........ N, Tuesday & Friday London ..... flavannah ..........Ml 2 nd of the month Southamptoh Dec. 16. Holland •......:.. M DailY • • • • • • ••• • Dover ......• DAVI Hondurae ..........51 17to tithe month. So ut h am p ton 16 tho 1i n0l India (viaSouthampt.)sl 14th t 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Dec. 20 India (via Marseilles)lll 9th& 25th of month D over ...... 1 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........34 & N Twice daily ...... Hotr head ~. Twleedalis 17, & 27 of ni.,Southampton Dec. 15 Lisbon.. a s b d o e n i r . a . .. .. .. .. .... .... .... t 7 94 t 9, of the raontit'Sotrhamptoa Madeira ...... ..... is 2 3 4 of month •• .. Liverpool ... Malta (soo Indi a) Malta ............ ~. I, 8.18, &28 of mon. Dover .. Dec. 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........Jr 14ph of the month Mexico ............. li ind of the month.. Southampton Dec. 16 Naples .............. is 3thlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... New Granada ......> 21 & 17th of month Southampton New Zealand By Private et Ip • • Various port 17otiertatil Papal States ........ 1 , nth I ,ith2stholmon. Dover ...... Peninsula .......... N 7 thi7th27thofmon.,Southamptor Peru . ..... ........ r e id & '27th of mon., l tiouthampton Port Natal ..........N .2y private ship...lVarious ports Uneertau, Sicily , _II Sthlsth2sthollnon,lDo ver ...... Tuscany ............N • sty, isth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Venezuela... ...... im 2d& 17th of month Southampton 1 8;16 men Van Dienten'etano (se . . Australia) ........ . West Indies .. ~q.,,,t, i 7th o • month ,southammenit A.. i a —ee 'Southamptonl &IR me/ WI - en any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be dv spatched on the following day, with the exceptien of the nun:- (vi, iiouthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deepateii tr preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho tone of the market has beet quiet all day, closing flat at a decline on yesterday's prices, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 22i 3—Ditto, Sif per Cent., new, p. 3—Caledonian, 271—Midlands, 63i —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76/ South Eastern, 171 , 3s. 9d., t —London and North Westerns, 93i— Great Northern A Deferred, 94. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been' dull and inactive to-day, at prices rather under yester• d.y's. Leeds, 77 Sheillelds, 22i—Dovers, 17A—Mid• lands, 64—Great Northern A, MANCHESTER, DEC. 14. STOCK EXOKANGE.—The market to-day has been steady', but the business in rails was limited. London and North Westerns, 933 94,j--Midlands, 63k—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 73 84. DUBLIN, DEa.l3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, fee Account, Jan. 8,88 i i—New Three per Cent. Stock, h'—Ditto, for the Account, Bth January, 88i I I 13- , Midland Gt. Western and Royal Canal, (501. paid), 48} —Groat Southern and Western, 513--Ditto, 6 per cent. Pref., 7—National Bank (221. lUs. paid), 32—Royal Bank, 20A—Dublin and Wicklow, s;3—Waterford and Limerick, 19i—Grand Canal. 33—Bank Stock, 225—City' of Dublin Steam Co., of 1836, 25—Mining Co. of Ireland, 14i—Dublin and Drogheda, b 7 BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 14th inst., at Surrey-place, Old Kent-road, the wife of Mr. Henry Sowdon. On the 14th inst., at 14, St. Paul's-terrace, Canonbury park, Mrs. Thomas Alfred Burr. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 13th inst., at 35, Tavistock-square, the wife of Jacob M. Da Costa, EN. On the 12th inst., in Eaton-square, Belgravia, Mrs, Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklin Castle. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Andrew's, Thornhill-square, Henry, second son of Richard H. Jones, Esq., of Holford' square, to Emily Anne, youngest daughter of John Lewio Atherley, Esq., of Burlington-arcade, and Sarratt, Herts. On the 13th inst., at Eton College Chapel, the R e y. H. Wanklyn, rector of Fleetmarston, Bucks, to Mary Rad• cliff°, third daughter of William Evans, Esq., of Eta College, Bucks. DIED. On the 14th inst., at 14, Arundel-street, Strand, Major Henderson, K.H., and a Military K n i ght of Windsor, late of the 50th Regt. , aged 7 On the 13th inst. , at Roche Court, Hants, Frances, the widow of Sir J. W. S. Gardiner, Bart., aged 67. On the 13th inst., at Clarence crescent, Windsor, Fran' cis Robinson. Esq., of Richmond, Surrey, aged 43. On the 12th inst., Arthur John Green, Esq., architect, 150, Piccadilly. On the 12th inst., at Cheltenham, Henry Bayley Taylor, Esq., house surgeon to the bran c h di s p ensar y o f th e Ch e l' ten ham General Hospital. On the 4th inst., at 26, Eaton-square, Lancelot, the only son of Richard Charles Mellish, Esq., aged 10. On the 11th inst., at Dublin, ;Thomas Burgh Ferns, Esq., late Paymaster 99th Regt. On the 12th inst., at Brighton, Charles Shirley, Esq., of Midhuist, Sussex. 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