The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-24 00:00:00

E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. LOWESTOFT SHIP-YARD. The Dirtctors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company are pre pared to RECEIVE TENDERS from panics who may be willing to RENT the SHIP-YARD at LOWESTOFT far a period of 21 years. The terms , and conditions upon which the above ship-yard will be let may be obtained on and after the 29 th i nstant upon application to the undersigned, or to the station-masters at either of the follow ing statioits—viz., Lowestoft, Yarmositla, Ipswich, and Harwich. Tenders must be lodged at the Secretary's Office, Bishopsgate Sta tion, not later than 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, the Bth of January neat. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any tender. Bishopegati Station, Dec. 22, 1855. 2) By order. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. MADAMS JENNY GOLDSCIIMIDT-LIND. EXETER-HALL. —On THURSDAY EVENING next, December 27, 1555, Haydn's Oratorio of THE CREATION will be repea ted. principal Singers—Madame Goldschotidt, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Lawler. — Handers Oratorio of THE MESSIAH will be produced en MON DAY Evening, Doe. 31, in which Madame Goldschaildt will slag the -incipal , oprano part. The Chorus and Orehestra will consist of more than 600 performers. onductor, M. Benedict. Prices of admission. Stalls (Numbered and Reserved), One Guinea; Uunreserved Seats (Body of the Hall), 10s. 6d. ; West Gal lery, lOs. id.; Area (under West Gallery), 7s. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Correct Books of the Oratorios aro given with the Tickets. Application for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. • Due no•ice will be given of the first Miscellaneous Concert. R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated by :0 instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, and a moving Panorama of the beautiful Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at 8. A representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mlle. Rachel, as Camille is Les boraces, with other new featares, have been added to the above entertainment. During the Christmas Holidays Mr. W. E. Woodin will give two morning performances only—Saturday, Dec. 29, and daturday, Jan. s.—Polygraphic-hall, King William•street, Charing-cross. TI/EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucketone. On WEDNESDAY IrEXT w'll be performed THE LA' OF LYON'S. Claude Molnotte, Mr. Howe ; Colonel Dames, Mr. Chippendale; Beausent, Mr. W. Ferree; Pauline Desehappelles, Miss Reynolds. After /which aNew Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled TIIE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FE AST ; "j 1 the Genius of the Spring. /LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cnims fats. On WEDNESDAY NEXT will be presented THE HEIR-AT-LAW. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pante• mime, entitled. HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, tke Enchanter. Ilarlegnin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Milne ; Paitaloon, Mr Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Phcebe Beale. RIYAL OLY ‘IPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Afanaaer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. On WEDNESDAY NEXT will be performed THE JEALOUS WIFE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston. After which will be produced a New and deubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TIIE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. THE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EYE:XING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN COL'I6TI.6B RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, General Steispaper and Advertising Agents, 26.5, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. On WEDNESDAY NEXT will be performed MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLE? To conclude with a Grand Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime, to be called JACK AND THE BE CI STALK; er, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apaear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. On WEDNESDAY NEXT will be presented TIIE FLOWER GIRL. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. KOYA.L 3TELND TUEATIOs. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be presented SALLY SMART; or, The Clockmtker's Hat. To be followed by DOMESTIC DISCIPLINE. To conelede with HARLEQUIN SLACK-EYED SUE ; or, All in the Downs and garded as a treatise rather than a lecture—to the attentive consideration of our readers and the public generally. It will well repay perusal. The evil has arisen from the defective state of the stamp law. A large revenue being de ri►ed from stamps on bills of exchange and pro missory notes, it became essential, for the sake of revenue, that cheques which pressed rather closely thereon should be limited in their funo tions. The chief conditions thus imposed were, that the cheque should be made payable to bearer, be payable on demand, be drawn on a banker whose place of business was within fifteen miles of the place of issue, and that they should not be post dated. If any of these requisites were wanting they virtually became bills of exchange, and required a stamp proportioned to the amount. Some relaxation was granted last Session by an enactment, that if a cheque had a penny stamp affixed it might be drawn at any distance from the place payable, and on any party, whether a banker or not, and made either t. bearer or order. This latter very salutary enactment was, however, neutralised by the proviso that the party by whom it was payable was not bound to inquire into the authenticity of any document. All he had to look to was the genuineness of the order to pay, or, in other words, that the signature of the drawer was correct, but the incidents of all unstamped cheques remained precisely as before the passing of the Act of last Session. It will from this appear that there has been a constant struggle between a very injurious law and the universal desire of commercial men to obtain complete security in matters which now form a very considerable portion of the national currency, and without which it would be impossible to carry on business for a single week. The mere fact stated by Professor LEVI, that the transac tions passed through the Clearing House, to which only twenty-six firms have admission, in a single year amounted to nearly a thousand millions of pounds sterling (974,580,0001.), will show the vast importance, the vital consequence, of a well-defined and strictly-ascertained law on the subject, a law, too, that will impose additional difficulties in the way of any person improperly dealing with these valuable instruments of ex change, and which will accommodate itself to mer cantile practice, and the wants and wishes of the commercial community. This can be done by giving practical efficiency to the special endorse ment or crossing, and assimilating the cheque in these respects to a bill of exchange payable at sight. As it has been decided by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that they are not fitting subjects of taxation why should mischievous regulations be enforced, which were only originally adopted for the sake of revenue, and compelling a much heavier stamp than that which was so recently and so energetically objected to. It would be seen in our third edition of Satur day last that on that day the newly-constituted Metropolitan Board of Works proceeded to the election of a permanent Chairman, and that Mr. THWAITES was appointed to the office by a con siderable majority. The candidates put in nomination, and who were voted for were ten in number, the principal ones being Mr. ROEBUCK, Deputy HAERISON, and Mr. THYAITES. That the former was not elected has caused some degroo of disappointment in cer tain quarters, We cannot, however, confess to any participation in the feeling. Entertaining the highest respect for the independent spirit and unquestionable abilities of that gentleman, we were by no means prepared to recognise in him the fittest person for the office, nor to concede that because he had "done the State some service" it was the duty of a popular Board to elect him. No doubt certain advantages might have been ob tained by his election, but in our humble opinion the selection of a shrewd business man, of conci liatory manners, was mare in accordance with the spirit of the bill, and most likely to conduce to its successful working. The rejection, therefore, of Mr. ROEBUCK on the ground that whatever ser vices he has rendered the public in a Parliamentary capacity ought to be acknowledged in another way, and that to convert so important an office into a reward for services elsewhere, of a different nature, was inexpedient, has our entire approval. The delicate health of Mr. ROEBUCK, irrespective of the above objection, also and very naturally had its weight with the members of the Board, who reasonably apprehended the possibility of his breaking down under the great labours and re sponsibilities attached to the office. The contest ultimately lay between Deputy HAR RISON and the now Chairman. Which of these gen tlemen is best fitted for the office we cannot pre tend to say, nor what the result might have been had Mr. HARRISON come earlier into the field and taken it with more vigour ; but beyond a tinge of apprehension that Mr. TIIWAITES is so far com mitted to a particular scheme of drainage as to demand an effort on his part to free himself from bias in the consideration of the general question, we see no cause to question the discretion of his supporters. In point of fact we are disposed to regard him as much the sort of individual re quired—the right man in the right_place. Of his ability and energy there cannot, we should ima gine, be any doubt, and unquestionably few men have paid more attention to the subjects with which ho will have to deal than he. He is a per sonable man, too--can talk, and talk sense—and is not at all likely to compromise the dignity and importance of the office he now holds by petu lance or want of courtesy and dignity. That he and Mr. Deputy Bantus(); both business men, should be at the head of th e poll, is a g oo d symptom, from which we are disposed to prognos ticate very favourably as to the future career of the Board. Under the chairrnanshiLinplocifeMorf. iv Tita we look tosedeaetrhetogtrke hearts o f a ll eat local self-government so true Englishmen triumphantly vindicated. The Board have now a splendid opportunity for use fulness before them ; not only is it in their power by wise resolves and vigorous action to ameliorate the condition of the inhabitants of the metropolis, but also to set such an example to similar bodies, if it all lethargic or illinformed, and to Govern ment itself in this country, as the latter will find it difficult not to follow. Immense as may be the beneficial results in these directions, the conse quences of palpable success will not be confined to this country, for the example of the Board will furnish a powerful and most effective argument to the opponents of bureaucracy abroad, an ar gument they will not be disposed to neglect, and whic hmayu s lt y i s m te a m. tely deal a death-blow to that demoralising We are i n f ormed that Mr. May succeeds Mr. William Ley as first clerk ass i stant of the House of Commons, I I I on that gentleman' s resignation Mr. May is the auth or of the able treatise on Pad' * ut t l l n f n once Itthgreat autho r ity on ar to notice with liPractice, which we have had occasion m ore a; T we ll•deserved commendati on , the subject of which it treats.— in e F UN ERAL OF COLONEL SIBTRORP Is LINCOLN, Satur day.—The:rereains of Colonel Sibthorpet7oerro?terred to 8t concourse 2autert fromhl Nor thern day in the family vault at Canwick coin. The body arrived by rail at the G pr r o e Station at one o'clock, and the funeral the station to Canwick was followed by agreat cae of people. The deceased Colonel was attended :hien last resting-place by his two brothers and four sons, som e other relatiyee, hi s tocatits, and family depepdaute, , Davy Jones's Locker. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPIIITLIZATRE. Lowe and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The successful Equidrarne called ROOKWOOD ; or, TURFIN'S RIDE to YORK. After which the SCENES In the CIRCLE. To conclude with a RISIBLE FARCE. On Boxing Night (first time), an unheard-of novelty !—an Eques trian Comic Pantomime. called Harlequin and St George and the Dragon, or the geven Champions of Christendom ; introducing 100 horses, ponies, and other quadrupedal artistes. The anima's trained and the equestrian effects invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. s illox-offlee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director, Sir. W. Cooke. ;un. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGg. THIN DAY—Morn. 16 min. aft. 2—Evening 37 mil aft. 2 To-Notißow—gorn.s7 min. aft. 2 —Evening 73 mil. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFIOE, Dec. 23. THERMOMETER, IY THE. SHAD& 45 - highest since noon yesterday. 23 -lowest this morning and during the night. 48 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.66. Warr., S.W.—Fresh. A. sudden change came on to• wards morning, with thaw and smart rain. Afternoon mild and sunshiny. DECEMBER 21. 49—highest sine, noon yesterday. 1,1 —lowest this morning and during the night. 17—this day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29 . 52—n0w up to 29 70. WIND, S.W. Light, with fine, mild, sunshiny weather, tl • f in) • Ant LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1355. The commercial community has recently been considerably excited by the result of an action to recover the amount of a cheque specially crossed to particular bankers, and cashed, as asserted by the defendant, without due caution. No imputa tion whatsoever was cast on the bona fides of the defendant. It was admitted that he had given the party full value in the confident belief that he was a respectable person, and fully authorised to dispose of the document. It appeared, how ever, that he had merely been entrusted by his employer with tite cheque for the purpose of being paid in to his own bankers, Messrs. DIXON and Co., to whom it was specially crossed, and that he had embezzled a considerable portion of the amount. The question then turned on the nature and effect of the specific endorsement, or crossing in favour of a particular bank ; and the decision of the Lord Chief Justice that such an operation does not affect the negotiability of the cheque, or create any obligation on the parties on whom it is drawn beyond that of paying it through a banker, has created considerable alarm. The security that was supposed to belong to this peeuliar forni of the promise to pay is found to be, to a great extent, if not altogether, wanting, and merchants and traders find that they are far more dependent on the honesty of their " y oung men " than they ' lv had previously supposed. The decision above re ferred to is strictly - in accordance with the prin ciples which we enunciated in 1852 in reference to the lead i ng cas e of BELLAMY v. M.A.RJORIIIVNIES, and there is but little doubt that it will be sus tained in any appeal that may be made. But it is equally certain that the effect will be very pre judicial to the best interests of the nation, an d that a Legislative remedy, which can alone re move the admitted evil, is urgently required. Professor LEONE LEVI has taken advan tage of the sensation thus occasioned to deliver a very interesting Lecture on the subject of com mercial law, a report whereof will be found else where in our impression. It was no ordinary occasion, being the closing lecture for the season, at the King's College, by its Professor of Com merce. The subject was therefore most appro priately chosen, and it will be doubly bene ficial, for while it teaches a salutary caution as to the actual state of the law, it also shows tle glaring deficiencies thereof, and the nature of the required modifications. We earnestly com mend this excellent trectax—for it may be re- . THE SIUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24 1855. for them in the military kitchens on the left bank of the Kars-tchai. "On the same day (28th of November) the fortress was occupied by our troeps under the command of Colonel de Saget, and the Russian standard was hoisted on the citadel. " Thus, with the surrender of Kars, the last remnant of the army of Anatolia, which in last June numbered 30,000 men, has vanished. The Mushir Massif Pasha, Command, r-in-Chief of that army, is himself a prisoner of war iu our hand-, without counting eight Pashas, a great number of superior and subaltern officers, including the Eng lish General Williams and his whole staff. in the fortress we took 130 cannon, and a great stock of arms." On the 28th of November General Mouravieff issued the following order of the day to his troops : . _ . _ " WIDER OF THE DAY TO THE DIVISION OF THE CAUCASUS. "CAMP OF VLADI-KARS, Nov. 16 (28), 1855. " Companions in arms I congratulate you ! As Lientenant of our Sovereign I thank you. " At the price of your blood and your labour the bulwark of Asia Minor has been placed at the feet of his Majesty the Emperor. The Russian standard floats on the walls of Kars. It proclaims the victory of the Cross of the Saviour. "The whole of the army of Anatolia, 30,000 strong, has vanished like a shadow. Its Com mander-in-Chief, with all his Pashas and officers, and the English General who directed the defence, with his Staff, aro our prisoner's. Thousands of Turkish prisoners, who return to their homes, will proclaim your deeds of arms. "No inventory has, as yet, been made of the vast stock of arms and Government property at Kars ; but, without counting the cannon and flags captured by us in the course of the cam paign, 130 new cannon will enrich our arsenals. Numerous flags will wimn the holy tompt.E o f Russia, and recall the memory of your constant warlike virtues. " Companions in arms I thank you again ; from the first man to the last. "Brave comrades ! I also thank you again in my own name. I owe to you the happiness of procuiing a joy to the heart of our Monarch. You have this year achieved what you prepared to accomplish ix the course of the two preceding years. "Unite your thanksgiving with mine to the God of armies, who in his impenetrable secrets now gives us victory in the very hour of trial to which we have recently been put. May faith in Divine Providence maintain the martial spirit within you, and double your strength. We will undertake new labours with hope in the protection of the Almighty. "MOURAVIEFF, Commander-in-Chief, Aide-de-Camp General.' "TRIESTE, DEC. 21. " Advices from Constantinople of the 10th, received here, state that the remittance to the Ottoman Minister of War of the money realised by the Turkish loan in France and England had caused a rapid rise in the value of piastres. " The capitulation of the town of Kars was not officially known at Constantinople. " The Russians are preparing to take the of fensive this winter in the Crimea,. "The Sultan objected to the establishment of a police force organised by the consuls of foreign Powers. " Advices from Smyrna of the 12th of December state that the English squadron under the orders of Rear-Admiral Stewart was preparing to leave for Malta." "BERLIN, DEC. 21. " The Prince de Pless, President of the Chain ber of Peers, is dead. " Count Munster has not brought either an autograph letter or any propositions whatever from St. Pesersburg." he has distinguished himself repeatedly since the commencement of the war, and can already boast of 18 wounds, not counting the loss of a few fingers on his left hand. The plundering propensities of the Abasians have been so strongly developed lately that Omer Paella, after having had corporal punishment administered to two of them, has sent back the rest in disgrace. 15TH.—The whole camp was struck this morn ing at daylight, and we marched through an un dulating well-wooded country to Chaita, where wo found the still smouldering embers of the Russian barracks and storehouses. The growing confi dence of the population was testified by the fact that the inhabitants of some of the houses by the roadside had not quitted them upon the approach of the army, although they could not be induced to minister to our wants, protesting that the Russians, before leaving, had appropriated all their live stock. Omer Pasha had given strict orders that no force was to bo used in procur ing supplies of this nature ; but I found, in the course of my own foraging expeditions, that in many instances the fowls said to be in Mus covite hands were snugly stowed away in some obscure outhouse, and upon the production of some bright silver sixpences, and the assurance that I was an Englishman, a Christian, and no Turk, were readily parted with. In the neighbour hood of our camp was a picturesque old ruin, pro bably of Genoese construction, built in an oval form, about 150 yards long by 100 wide, with three towers, two of which were in a very tolerable state of preservation, and a picturesque old archway. The main body of the army is expected to reach this place to-morrow. 16r11.—Marched for three hours to the Chopi. The country became more beautiful as we advanced, and a lovely view burst upon us as we reached the river and saw the Monastery of Chopi perched upon a bank about 300 feet high, overhanging the stream. We ascended the steep hill, and, pitching our tents upon its summit, revelled in a glorious prospect. Immediately below us all is bustle and activity. The artillery is fording the river, and the opposite plain is alive with troops, pitch- ing their tents or collecting round their camp fires. In the night we were alarmed by the firing of can tinn , as far na wa could make out, in the direction of Skeuder Pasha's brigade, which is now two news in advance ; but, as this turned out not to be the case, on the following morning it was attributed to Mustapha Pasha, whose troops are not very far distant, in a south-westerly direction. 17rit.—We made a short march to-day, and soon after leaving Chopi struck into the macadmised road which connects Redout Kaleh with Kutais and Tiflis. 18TH.—Continued our march along a magnifi cent road ; the bridges, however, were almost uni versally destroyed ; and, xotwithstanding th e ac tivity of the Turkish artillery horses, and the ex cellent way in which they are managed, there is occasionally some difficulty in getting the guns across the ravines and muddy streams with which the road is intersected. ZIEWIE, Nov. 19 This morning a spy was brought into camp in Mingrelian costume, who turned out to be an aide-de-camp of Mockrausky, the Russian Com mander-in-Chief. When the fact was ascertained beyond a doubt Omer Pacha ordered him to be shot. The unfortunate man met his fate with the utmost courage. The corpse, attended by a priest in full canonicals, has just passed the tent to re receive Christian burial. It is reported that we are to march the day after to-morrow, in which case we may hope to reach Kutais in two days from that time. was easy of access on undoubted securities at 10 to 12 per cent. per annum, where the maturity does extend beyond two or three months. The stock market was quiet, but firm. The State loans press ing upon the market had carried prices down to a very low point. The Bank statement was con sidered favourable. In exchange there had been a large business done in sterling, mostly by bankers, who raised their prices to 9 per cent. at the close. Bills on Par.is were quoted at of. 214 e. to sf. lBic. The prices of cotton had risen ic. to ic., with a firm market. Flour was quoted at a decline of 62ic. per barrel on the prices current on the 4th inst. ; there was also a downward tendency in the provision-market. There was no new feature to notice in the iron-market. Freights were decidedly firmer to great Britain. At New Orleans, on the 10th, cotton was unchanged. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, and prices wore in favour of buyers. Fine barley supported previous rates, but all other articles moved off heavily, at drooping currencies. On the continent scarcely any business has been done on English account, but large shipments of produce con tinue to be made from the United States. With the exception of barley, the arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were limited. From abroad, we received 10,511 quarters of wheat, 19,873 oats, 3,209 beans, 2,420 peas, 1,310 tares, 5,767 linseed, 6,812 rapeseed, 243 sundry seeds, 2,700 sacks and 4,097 barrels of flour. A very moderato supply of English wheat was on sale to-day. The demand, however, for all kinds was in a de pressed state. A few picked samples realised about last week's prices, but nearly the whole of the remainder were unsold at the close of the market. Foreign wheat was excessively heavy, and the quota tions were nominally unaltered. Floating cargoes were very dull. Fine malting barley sold at full quotations, but other kinds ruled heavy and rather cheaper. Malt moved off slowly, at the late decline. oil rata were steady. at last Monday's prices, but new samples were a dull inquiry. Beans moved off heavily at 23 per quarter less money. The sale for peas was heavy, at about is decline. ' Flour moved off slowly, apparently at stationary prices CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex It Kent, Red .... new Qs to 79s Oltto— •• .... old 73s 84s, Ditto, White new 59s 84s, Ditt0........ old 77, 905 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 78s 84s Ditto new ...... 62s 804 aye —Old •• •• —8 —3l New sns b2s Barley—Grinding... 36s 46a Malting ......... 404 42s Chevalier.... . . 44s 45s Milt—SuffolkandNor folk............ 74, 823 Crown ............... 64s 70s KingstonandWare 783 80s Malt—Cheyalter .. •• 803 to 82s Oats Yorkshire and Lincoinsk.,Feed 253 30b Potato Yonghal and Cork . Black _ Cork, White ..... 26e Scotch, Feed..... 273 34s Beans---Tick ••••• •• •. 408 453 Pigeons...... 41: 53; Peas—Grey . 403 44s Maple. 433 45s White .. . /504 Ais „ Boilers 50s 55s Floor—Town-made... 738 755 Suffol: •....... •. 5Si 605 Btocktn & Norfolk 535 60s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep, Lambs. Calves. Pigs Antwerp Rotterdam-- 360 ... 1,016 ... ... Havre — - ... 8 ... LATEST NEWS BERLIN, DEC. 23. Austria has communicated to Prussia the pre liminaries agreed upon by the Western Powers, and called upon her to advocate their acceptance at St. Petersburg. The official Dresden Journal states that Russia has expressed her willingness to accept the pro posal for the future neutralising of the Black Sea, subject to modifications in the interest of Europe gen erall y. The Kreuz Zeitung says :—" It is not true that, as an English journal has announced, the demo lition of the . Russian fortresses in the Black Sea is ,f the conditions of peace put forward by the ono Allis tion by serve COM De.tt burg i rn,' ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 23. a ukase of the Emperor Alexander 11. grants ndemnity to the civil and military func aies of Poland who, in 1830, were dismissed Ise Insurrectional Government, or refused to it. its ukase, moreover, authorises all individuals promised in political affairs to re-enter the co of the State. numerous assemblage was present at the Te n which was this day celebrated at St. Peters for the surrender of Kars. fter the departure of the allied fleets from the ic, the Russians at once began a very ani- d coasting trade. THE FALL OF KARS. 3 Paris papers of yesterday publish the fol- lo ~ telegraphic despatches : " ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 21. " ruder date of the 28th Nov., Gen. Moura vie nnounces that the Russians made at Kars 16 0 prisoners, among whom were 8,000 nizams sh regulars) and 8,000 naffs (irregulars), 17 ndards, 130 cannon, and 16,000 muskets. G . sl Mouravieff dispensed with making the h wko formed part of the garrison march pr, m." Invalide Russe announces the capitulation s in the following terms:— Ile indomitable courage of the brave troops of ne Caucasus has been crowned with complete sue , s ts. ' On the 16th (28th) o f N ovem b er , th e f or t ress of n's surrendered to Aide-de-Camp-General M' Pieff, Commander-in-Chief of the detached cc. f the Caucasus. te Mushir Vassif Pacha and the whole gar :e prisoners of war in our hands, with eight .s and a great number of superior and sub cn officers, and the English Genera', Wil lams, all his staff. 'We have taken 130 cannon an a large stock rras in the fortress." 'he Invalide Busse also publishes the official lrt of General Mouravieff of the capitulation of s. The report is dated Quarters of Vladi* s (17th) 29th of November : ' After the assault on Kars of the 17th (29th), September, the Turks, momentarily encouraged, expected to see our troops retreat, and were astonished to see, on the contrary, that the blockade became stricter than ever, and that our camp was turned into regular organised quarters, receiving daily provisions of every description. The besieged still founded their hopes on the arrival of aid from Erzeroum. In fact Voly Pasha, coming from Trebizond, had. attempted to advance on Kars, but at each attempt he was met by General S nisloff's detachment, which threatened his rear. Our patrols skirmished with those troops, keeping them in a state of alarm as far as the vicinity of Erzeroum. Meantime the pro visions at Kars were diminishing ; the cold wea ther was coming on ; snow had fallen on the Saganloug ; cases of death from weakness for want of nourishment occurred in the garrison, de sertion increased, and despondency became gene ral. of rep Kai Kai " All these circumstances decided General Williams, who directed the defence of Kars, to surrender the fortress. " On the 12th (24th) of November Major Teesdale, General Williams' Aide-de-Camp, waited upon General Mouravieff and handed to him a letter, in which General Williams asked leave to proceed on the following day to the camp to enter into conference, to which Genertl Moura vieff gave a verbal reply to Major Teesdale, telling him that he would be happy to see Gene ral Williams the following day, the 13th (25th) of November, at noon. " On the 13th (25th) of November, at the ap pointed hour, General Williams presented himself to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Caucasus, as Plenipotentiary to negotiate in the name of the Mushir Vassif Pasha, Commander-in- Chief of the Army:in Anatolia. Having settled the conditions for the surrender of the place, those conditions were signed by General Williams, and approved by General Mouravieff. " General Williams was to return next morning to our camp to bring the definitive reply of the Mushir ; the regulation, however, of affairs in side, and the announcement to the garrison of the surrender of the fortress, which the leaders re ceived with agitation, rendered his presence necessary in the fortress. Ho sent his aid-de camp to explain these circumstances. " Oa the evening of the same day Major Tees dale brought the full powers given by the Mushir to General Williams to draw up the final conditions of the capitulation of Kars, with the list of the Pashas of the army of Anatolia shut up in the fortress. " On the 15th (27th) of November, in the after noon, Gen. Williams arrived at our camp with his staff and three Pashas, and signed the final condition of the surrender of Kars. "On the 16th (28th) of November, confor mably to the stipulations agreed upon, the remain der of the army of Anatolia, which had formed the garrison of Kars, were to leave the fortress, carrying their muskets, with flags flying and drums beating ; but at the request of the Turkish commanders themselves, the whole army left their arms piled, and placed their ammunition in their camps, leaving only a small Turkish guard until it should be relieved by our men. " Although it had been arranged that the Turks should be assembled at 10 o'clock in the morning, tE ra n v g i l e i ff fsh , o officers. near the ru i ns o f t h e v i llage of Gimbel, it was not till 2 o' c l oc k i n the afternoon that the Mushir of the a rmy of Anatolia presented himself to General A h l e ou er s. accompanied Our by tr G oo e p u s were erallTi d ll r ia a m wn a and up in line of battle on both sides of the Kars-tchai. The colours of the Turkish regiments were then brought to the front of our lines by a detachment of Toula Chasseurs, and received with the bands playing and repeated cheers from our troops. " A portion of the Turkish army, consisting of the older and most feeble of the men, soldiers on unlimited leave (Redifs), and militiamen (Bashi- Bazouks and Lazes), altogether about 6,000 men, were sent back to their homes after the capitu lation, with the obligation not to take up arms against his Imperial • Majesty during the whole course of the present war, and were accompanied the first stage by a military escort. After the defile of the Redifs, the Commander-in-Chief re ceived a deputation, cconsisting of the most notables inhabitants of the town. "Having passed along the front of the line of the Turkish regular troops who surrendered pri soners, to the number of from 7,000 to 8,000 men, General Mouravieff ordered the repast to be given to them which he had previously prepared Vladi signifies fortress• THE RUMOURS OF PEACE. The Frankfort German Journal contains the following : " It is quite true that new stipulations have been added by Austria to the Four Points, which will serve as bases fur negotiations during the winter months ; these stipulations take into considera tion the advantages obtained by the Allies through the fall of Sebastopol. These propositions were first submitted to the Emperor Napoleon, • who, desirous of a lasting and honourable peace, list ened to them favourably, and succeeded in recom mending them to England. If we a re we ll in formed, Sir Hamilton Seymour and Viscount de Serres took with them to Vienna the consent of their respective Governments, who refused, how ever, all mediation from neutral Governments. Subsequently, however, the Emperor Napoleon consented to waivo this question of form, and prevailed on Lord Palmerston to do the same." The Bourse Gazette, in a letter from Vienna, of the 17th, says : " Sir H. Seymour is treated with the greatest distinction hero. Ile has daily interviews with Count Buol. The language of Sir Hamilton is constantly pacific, and it is said that he is charged with the task of advising the Porte, through its ambassador here, to accept the terms agreed upon by Austria and the Western Powers." OMER PACHA IN MINGRELIA. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) TURKISH CAMP, SUGDIDI, Nov. 14. The anniversary of the terrific storm which swept over the Crimea last year finds us still encamped at Sugdidi, under a cloudless sky and a bright sun. Our commissariat arrangements have involv e d a delay hero of a few days. It is not to be wondered at that, with the inadequate means of transport which our almost bankrupt Government places at Omer Pacha's command, he should find some diffi culty, now that he is 40 miles distant from his nearest depot upon the seacoast, in provisionin g a considerably larger army than that which nearly died of starvation within six miles of Balaklava, when England was straining every nerve to sup ply it. Hitherto we have not been able to calculate upon receiving any assistance from the people of the country through which we have passed, and, al though confidence is gradually beginning to be re stored among the Mingrelians, and theyaro bringing meat and vegetables in small quantities into camp for sale, still in our onward progress we must de pend entirely upon our own commissariat for sup plies. It is to be hoped that before very long our depots of provisions will be moved to some line upon the coast nearer the scene of operations, and that we may be enabled to draw our sup plies either from Anaklea or Redoubt Kaleh. Even now the roads to those places are reported free of Russians, and the force which was watching Redoubt Kaleh when I visited it two months ago has now retired. We may therefore hope soon to see the Rhion made available for pur poses of transport, and it would be a most valuable effort on the part of the British Government to assist the operations in this quarter, if it would place at the disposal of Omer Pasha two or three steamers of light draught to tow flat-bottomed boats upon the river. The water is deep to within a few miles of Kutais, but the principal obstacle to its naviga tion is the bar at the mouth, upon which there is a little over six feet of water. I rode down to the old fortress of Ruchi a few days ago to look at the ford by which Skender Pasha crossed the river, and to command which we had erected two small batteries two days before the battle of the Ingour. It was matter of congratula tion that Omer Pasha did not attempt the passage here with his whole army. Although the ford was not commanded by any Russian artillery, the thick woods had been made available in every direction for riflemen, and an abattis had been thrown up at every angle of the narrow road which winds up a steep hill past the old castle. For more than a mile there was scarcely a point which was not swept from some stockade concealed in the woods, and which we only discovered in the course of our ex plorations. The castle itself is a picturesque old Genoese ruin, of great extent, and its ivy-grown towers, surrounded by massive loopholed walls, rise high above the surrounding forest, and form a charming feature in the landscape. Skender Pasha had only two men wounded at this point while the river was being crossed by us lower down. Two days afterwards he passed over, to find the opposite shore deserted. This veteran warrior has now moved on a day's march in ad vance to a village in which the Russians had stored magazines and 'provi s i ons, w hi c h th ey h ave n ow blown up and a b an d oned. Skender Pasha i s we ll qualified to com man d t h e advance d guard of the most dashing caralry soldie rs h i the Turkish army; FRANCE. Rather unsatisfactory despatches have reached Constantinople from Omer Pacha. The Asiatic campaign, probably, cannot be continued with sue ce3s, unless the Allies forward the generalissimo fresh troops, stores, and means of conveyance. An Imperial decree promotes Sir Joseph 011iffe to the rank of Officer in the Legion of Honour, and nominates Mr. Taylor a Knight in the same Order, both having► been members of the Jury of the Uni versal Exhibition. The Moniteur contains several decrees announc ing nominations in the Legion of Honour, promo tions in different regiments, and confering 36 mili tary modals. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 23.—The Atlantic has arrived with advices from New York to the 12th, and 500,000 dols. The steam-ship St. Louis, from Havre and South ampton, arrived at New York on the 6th ; and the Ariel on the 9th inst. The America, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston on the 6th. The annual Message of the President has not arrived, Congress not having been able, after 45 ballots, to agree upon the appointment of a Speaker. Upon the last vote being taken, Mr. Banks, Re publican Know-nothing, obtained 106 votes, but 112 being the number necessary to a choice, the Senate adjourned without having elected its repre sentative. At the conclusion of the 34th vote, a proposal that the House should proceed immediately to the election of a Speaker viva voce, and if, after the roll had been called three times no member should have received a majority of the whole number of votes, the roll should again be called, and the can didate then receiving the largest number of votes, provided it be a majority of a quorum, should be declared elected Speaker, was negatived, after having caused much excitement. Advices from Washington state that it has been ascertained, beyond the possibility of cavil, that a despatch has been received from Mr. Buchanan, relative to the Crampton difficulty, the tenour of which was, that the British Government, in a courteous but positive manner, declined giving such explanations as have been demanded by the United States' Government regarding the alleged violation of the neutrality laws by British agents. The Governments of San Salvador, Honduras, and Costa Rica had strongly protested to the United States' Government against the recognition of the present Nicaraguan Government, and de clared themselves resolved to exterminate foreign adventurers who might invade their soil for revo lutionary purposes. The Government having received information that an expedition against Nicaragua was being organised in New York had taken steps to pre vent it. Affairs at Kanzas had assumed a serious aspect ; a demand made by the Governor of the country to the Federal Government for the assistance of troops had been refused. Under date of the 6th inst. it is stated that 400 or 500 men, accompanied by artillery and 1,000 muskets, had passed through the town of Independence for the purpose of the maintenance of order. By the arrival of the Transit steam-ship Nor thern Light, with $362,301 in specie and gold dust, advises had been received from San Francisco to the 20th ult. Among the passengers was Col. Parker H. French, accredited Minister from Nicaragua to the United States, in lieu of Mr. Marcoleta recalled. Colonel French is said to be vested with ex t raor di nary powers, to enable him to settle immediately the dif ficulties existing between the United States, Eng land, and Nicaragua. He brought with him the ratification of the new treaty made by his Gover ment with Colonel Wheeler, United States' Minister at Grenada. The accounts from the mines were generally very flattering. The new discoveries in Table Mountain were con tinuing to create considerable excitement, and the whole region had already been taken up in claims. It was reported that several fine diamonds had been found in the tunnels of the mountain. The Indians in the north were continuing their depredations upon the whites, while those in the south were taking the cue from their more north erly brethren, aid were beginning to show signs of dissatisfaction. An engagement had taken place in RowN River Valley between 400 of the United States' troops and volunteers and 300 Indians, in which the Americans were compelled to retreat, with the loss of 18 men. Two citizens of Monterey—the Hon. Isaac B. Wall, Collector of the Post, and T. S. Williamson, an officer of the county, had bees assassinated on the highway in a spirit, it was supposed, of revenge. The murderer, who was pursued, killed two of the pursuers. *The banking-house of Sanders and Brenham failed on the sth inst. The debts due to their de positors the day before the failure were $84,000. Mo assets were found. Mr. Sanders had been Collector of the Post, and Mr. Brenham mayor of the city. The town called Canon City has been entirely destroyed by fire. The entire loss was about $30,000. The dates from Grenada are to the 24th ult., and from San Juan del Monte to the Ist inst. The order of things inaugurated by the new Go vernment had produced the most happy effects, as evidenced by the revival of trade and agriculture, and the return of a number of families to their de serted homes. Colonel Parker H. French bad resigned his saat in the Cabinet, as Minister of Hacienda, and was duly appointed Minister Plenipotentiary, with ex traordinary powers to the United States. From the New York commercial accounts we learn that symptoms of a returning stringency in the mousy - market TIM apparent , though capital Nicu Dicp BO 1,725 Liarlinen Gluckstadt - ... T0ta1.... 783 3,522 ... 21 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 1,076 ... 1,558 155 9 1853 876 4,058 226 5 1852 304 2,157 250 1851 4Ol 2,343 332 11 1850 lB4 945 ... ... 186 ... Owing to the severity of the weather, last week's imports of foreign stock into London were only 4,326 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received 2,828; in 1853, 5,165; in 1852, 2,711; in 1851, 3,094; and in 1850, head. There was a very limited supply of foreign stock in to. day's market, and its general quality was inferior. The arrivals from Ireland last week, direct by sea, were 40 boasts and 120 pigs. The show of Irish stock this morning was confined to 20 beasts and 120 sheep via Liverpool. Nearly the whole of the supply of beasts in to-day's market was the refuse of last week—the first arrivals being only 70 from Scotland and 400 from the northern and eastern districts. As there wore scarcely any butchers in attendance, the beef trade was excessively heavy, and prices were nominally 4d. per 81bs. lower than on Monday last. We wore very scantily supplied with sheep, which met a very dull sale, at about last week's currency. In some breeds not a single transaction took place. The few calves in the market commanded no attention, and prices were nominal. There was no demand for pigs. Per Sibs to sink the offal,. s. d. s. (1.1 e. d. s . d. Enferlor Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 f PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 8 4 Olarge crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime largo oxen 4 2 4 6iPrime small do 4 8 5 0 Primo Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 'Small porkers 4 C 5 C Second quality ...3 8 4 2 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. 1 FORSIGN SUPPLY. jjeasts 1,158 i Beasts— •• •••• . 129 Sheep ..• •• ..•• —.. .. • .. 5,7i0 Calves .................. 4 Sheep _ 48u A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec, 25, 1854, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Dcc. 24, 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Dec. 25, 1854. 1 e. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 310 4 6 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 8 4 10 1 Prime Scots, dle ... ... ~. . 5 0 6 21 I Dec .24,1855 a. d. s. d ,3 4to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 4 10 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 4 0 Primo coarse woolled ditto ... ~. 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 5 0 Largo coarse calves ... ... ... 4 2 Prime small ditto ... ... ... ... 5 2 3 10 4 4 4 10 5 2' 0 0 1 5 0 5 81 13 4 3 6 8 4 2 114 4 4 8 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 40 4 6 14 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 seat small porkers 4 2 4 6 Beasts.., 1,200 Sh ee p 7,940 Calves... ... 94 Pigs 212 Surrmss mi SALE, Dec. 21, 1853.—Beasts, 1,612; she, 7,600; calves, 130; pigs, 220. December 27, 1852.—Beasts, 2,271; sheep, 9,50); calves 190 ; pigs, 210. 3 11 4 4 46 5 0 7,000 25,500 200 310 NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. Immense supplies of country-killed meat —over 50,000 carcases—have boon received up to these m ar k e t s s i nce Monday last. The whole, including a large supply slaugh tered in the metropolis, has sold at high rates. To-day the supplies were very limited, and so little business was transacted that the quotations were almost nominal. Per Blbs by the carcase. 0. d. s. d. Beef, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling Do. prime large.. 3 10 4 2 J Do., prime De, , do. 5ma11....4 4 4 6 Veal Fork, largo 3 10 4 4 Pork, small s. d. s. d. 32 3 6 ,3 8 4 0 42 4 6 3 8 4 10 4 6 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate business doing in good hops, at full prices. All other kinds are dull, at our quotations. The supply in the market is extensive. Last week's imports were 25 bales from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 61 Os per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 31 Os to 41 15s ; Sussex, 21 16s to 4110 s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDB. Coastwise and by land carriage, the arrivals of potatoes since Monday last have been but moderate. The demand is inactive, as follows :—York Regents, 1003 to 110 s ; Kent and Essex, do., 90s to 100 s ; Scotch do., 80s to 90s; do. cups, 80s to 90 ; middlings, 55s to 655; blues, 805 to 90s ; Lincoln's, 80s to 90s per ton. WOOL. There is a moderate business doing in English wool, and last week's prices are well supported. All foreign and colonial qualities are very dull, at barely late rates. The imports since Monday last have been 500 bales from Loam. ceston, 59 from Antwerp, 600 from Adelaide, 700 from Algoa Bay, 305 from Bombay, 90 from Gluckstadt, and 25 from Antwerp. The following aro the current rates of English wool : Down togs, is ld to is 3d ; half-bred hoggets, is Id t o i s ; do. wethors, is Od to is 1 d ; Kent, fleeces, is ld to is 10; combing skin, 10d to is ld ; Down ewes, is ld to i s lil ; Leicester fleeces, lld to is Old; flannel wool, is Od to Is 2d ; blanket wool, 9d tole Od per lb. SEEDS. Since our last report the demand for linseed has not im proved, and the supply in the market has been tolerably large. All other seeds move off slowly at about stationary prices. In cakes only a limited business is doing. rfirme,white,por bush. 22s to 255 Carraway (new) •..... 423 443 Swede • ...• •• —5 Corlande: •• •• • • 248 : 3(. 's' Mustard, •. .12s 20s llempseeo , per quarter 543 60 3 White, new.. •• 8s lis Linseed, Eng.iowing •• —s —c Tares,Winter, new •.6s 6d 786 d Crushing • • • • 783 84 Old.• •••.• • .• • • —s —s Baltic .. .• .. •• • Canary, per quarter .. 63s 68s Odessa ••.•••• • .• —5 —a lye grass.. •... ••• • • • 24s 30s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— CloYer, Red Eng . (cwt.) —3 —A English .. —l4/ 10s 15 Os White .. • • .....• —s —s Foreign,per ton 13110 s 14'10s Foreign Red.... •• —s —A Rape Cakes, pr ton 71 10s 8/ Os White.... —s —s Rapeseed, New, pr qr.. 10s 94s Trefoil, n0w........ • • 40s 46 it TALLOW. Since Monday last our market has been very inactive, and prices have been with difficulty supported. Today the demand is heavy, at Os per cwt. for P.Y.C. on the spot. Town Tallow, 64s 6d nett cash. Rough fat, 3a 7d per Blbs. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1845. Stock this day .... 64,2.0 Price of Y. C I 3 3 6 7 %9 0 1 d to Delivery last week .. 2,262 Ditto from June I .... G 20425 Arrivals last week.. l.0;2 Ditto from Junel.... 90.551 Frio WO7lll !..2 6 . s3 s 6 ' l 1 48,322 44,3G3 32,705 k 10,679 45s Od 58s 6 Qto 645 64 to 68s Od CO 455 3d 58s 94 I—s 8(1 —s Or; 1,569 2,289 1,647 1,507 60,310 61, 625 I 47,179 76,246 3,43 464 1,465 2,045 68,504 82,613 43,884 48,210 471 34 55i 64 650 64 671 chi THE RUGELEY MURDER. DEATH OF MR. PALMER. A gentleman of high position in the City received this morning a letter from Stafford, announcing the death of Mr. Palmer, surgeon, of Rugeley, committed last week, j :o' to Stafford gaol, charged with the murder, by poison, ofirJi,7rD Mr.io4k, a young gentleman connected with the trill. The tiaino letter states that Mr Palmer abstained from " taking food from the time of his committal to his death'. LAW INTELLIGENCE -(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gou'bourn.) IN RR DAVIDSON AND GORDON-APPLICATION TO ANNUL THE BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Linklater said he appeared on the part of the assignees in this case, relative to a petition that bad been filed by Mr. Gordon to annul the bankruptcy. The bankrupts were the traders tried last week at the Old Bailey, and convicted of frauds perpetrated by them as merchants carrying on business in Mincing-lane. His Honour said of course he was obliged to receive the petition. He thought on the face of it it was not in tended seriously, but to di►ert the assignees from the prosecution they bad instituted against the bankrupts. Mr. Linklater said the assignees were willing that the bankrupts should surrender and afford the assignees in formation rerpecting the estate. His Hoacur—Very well. Mr. Linklater said there could be no question now but that the bankruptcy was valid. His Honour said if he understood rightly, the notice■ of adjudication did not bear on the question recently ; argued in the superior court, but the notices to surrender. , It was not the fact, as was generally supposed, that the former notices bad not been properly served. Mr. Linklater said the first conviction was quashed on the ground that two copies of surrender were not left at the place of business of the bankrupts, and not that of the adjudication as was erroneously supposed. The learned judge who tried the prisoners ha , ' exculpated Mr. Humber, the messenger, from all blame in that im• portant mistake. It was the duty of the solicitor to the assignees to prepare two notices of adjudication, which was done in this case, and for the messenger to prepare - r the notices of surrender and leave there at the bankrupts' • , place of business ; but in this instance he unfortunately , left but one. His Honour—lt was a very singular and very unfor- tunate mistake. Mr. Linklater said there were other indictments to be preferred against the bankrupts besides the three ordered by this court, which would come on for hearing on the 18th of Jan. : one for defrauding Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., of SO,OOO/. In all the sums obtained by the forged warrants, &c., amounted to about 150,0001. At present it was doubtful what was the best c iurse to pursue with the bankrupts, and he suggested that the matter should stand over till the 24th of Jan. • His Honour said that could be done. Mr. Linklater said it was hoped now they would be able to ascertain what had become of the money said to ' c have passed through the bankrupts' hands. At present there appeared to be a deficiency of 300,0001., and the assignees were anxious to know what had become of it. His Honour—Yes. It was very desirable the whole of the circumstances connected with this estate should be thoroughly investigated, and be acceeded to the appli• cation. The consideration of the petition was adjourned till the 24th of Jan. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —{This Day.) SOUTHWARK. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.— Catherine 'Brien, A • poor miserablel-ookiug female, about twenty.two years of age, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with causing the death of her infant child, Mary Ann O'Brien ' nine months old, by expos i ng i t to the wea ther, and neglecting to give it proper sustenance. Police-constable 507 A stated that he was on duty : about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in Charlotte street, Blackfriars-road, when he was called in at Dr. Adcock's to take the prisoner into custody. She was in a very deplorable state, and had with her a dead infant. Witness took them both to the workhorse, - where the prisoner had souse warm clothing given to her, and afterwards conveyed her to the police-station, , and charged her with causing the death of her child. , She told witness that she bad been out all night, ex posed to the weather, and that she was making her way from Westminster to St. George's Workhouse, where she had been delivered of the child. It was not dead when on Westminster-bridge, but believing that it was dyirg when she got into Charlotte-street, she called on Dr. Adcock, who treated her with great kind• nets and humanity. Dr. Adcock said he resided at No. 8, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, and a little after i three o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner came to him and asked him to look at her child, which she - held huddled up in her arms. She said it was alive, but he found it was dead and quite cold. He was of opinion that death was caused by exposure to the wea• tiler, and not having proper sustenance. Mr. A'Beekett said that as Dr. Adcock expressed hie opinion that death was caused by exposure and neglect, he should remand her for a week, so that in the mean. time the inquest, which is fixed for Thursday or Friday next, will have been held. THE ROYAL PANOPTICON. The advent of Christmas has induced the committee o the Panopticon, Leicester-square, to provide a special ' programme of entertainments adapted to the character of this mirthful season. On Saturday evening there was a rehearsal of the entertainments provided for the Christmas season. The bill of fare was ample and varied. It commenced with an exhibition of Heincke's diving apparatus and the subaqueous electric light in crystal cistern, accompanied with oral explanations —an apparatus by means of which the diver is enabled to re main for hours under water, end the weight of which contrasts marvellously with that of the old-fashioned bell, being only 12Ibs. Next came a musical melange, including performances on the organ —an instrument of extraordinary power and varied capacity—from Tancredi and the far-famed Prophete, songs by Miss Bessie Dalton, glees by the Orpheus Glee Union, comprising eight voices, flute solos, &c. This was followed by a series of dioramie and photographic illustrations, designed to form the pictorial portion of an entertainment, entitled "John Chinaman at Home," to be presented by Mr. Leicester Buckingham at the commencement of the new year, and something else being substituted for it in the interim. Among the best scenes exhibited ar, , representati ons o f the Emperor reviewing he; guards, opium smokers, l a di e s playing cards, and a display of Juggling. We have a series of dioramie views representing the stories of Whittington and Puss in Boots, the narrative portion being given by Mr. L. Buckingham, with organ accom paniments by Mr. E. T. Chipp. The first story is con. veyed in twelve gigantic and, of their kind, admirable views, in which Whittington's life is traced from the door of a village ale-house to the banquet at which he entertained King Henry V. His ambitious dream in the garret, and its sudden dissipation by the intruding rats ; his maltreatment by his master's cook, and the King of Barbary's dinner, with rat accompaniments, are very humorously given ; and, enlivened by the narrative part, which is full of punning comicalitiee, the entertainment maintained unabated interest to the close. " Puss in Boots" is represented in eleven views, some of which are strikingly excellent ; and in Puss's visit to the Castle of the Magician, occasion is taken to hit rather severely a certain wizard, wheat, magic has latterly prevailed, at least, to keep him rather prominently before the public. The final scene—the Marriage of the Miller's Son and the Princess—is very finely given, and with the aid of a grand organ accompaei ment from the music of the Midsummer Night's Dream, rises somewhat above the comic tone. The evening's programme terminated with the playing of the luminous and chromatic fountain under the dome, which is really . a splendid display. This, for an obvious reason, can only be seen at night, but then it is alone worth the shilling charged for admission. The water rises gradeally from the ground floor till it reaches the top of a dome 90 feet high ; it is made resplendent in its ascent by beautiful electric hues shot from above ; and in its progressive descent it assumes in its rapid and varied transitions of colour the appearance of showers of precious stones. The effect is really magical. As a whole the exhibition may be pronounced a happy union of art and science with amusement, and cannot fail to prove satisfactory to the visitor. HAMBURG, Dec. 20.—The new Russian loan, issued at 82, has been done at 81, without having been quoted at the Bourse. That of 1854 is now at 79. GALLERY OF ILLIBTRATION, RICOZNT•BTREET.—The admirable dioramic representation of the Events of the War, painted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, has just received further additions, with the view of rendering it as complete a picture as possible of the great events it nateci fro is m also drawings atu ic by e of c ouch illustrates. The new pain tin g s are t wo in number, " Sebastopol after th e Bombardmen t , " and a view of Kinbourn. The view of Sebasto p o l in its present state is most interesting , a s its correctn ess is guaranteed by the picture of being of Kinbourn its in M circumstance ajor T u p p of e r• and, as th e last important conquest bythe a lli es , appropriately terminates the series of views of the " Events of the War." - THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Saturday. The British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Canada, Capt. W. J. C. Lang, sailed from the Mersey, at 11 o'clock this forenoon, with the usual mails for the American continent, 86 passengers, and a fell cargo. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Saturday. The Royal Mail ship Earl of Sefton, Capt. Noble, of Piikington and Wilson's White Star line of Australian packets, sailed from the Mersey last night, for Mel bourne, with the usual bi-monthly mails for the Austra lian colonies, 170 passengers, and a moat valuable cargo, chiefly fi ne go ods, on freight. The succeeding mails will be carried out by the Oliver Lang, of the Black Ball line on the sth proximo - Thi stock; Mcxi Three Conte ditto Cents f ; di to N. In way the tl yance West , Forei tentic Mi: ing n 3 por ( New 3 04viAol Excl PRIG; Ditt. Spanir. Ditt Litt Ditt Tnrki, I)itt Pitt Pitt Dutch Ditt Yef were place in CO] wentb ventu exerti the ri ice or nue b . ♦entu 1 Ball Ditt c Pitt ] Ar and 1 Alice Nevi tar. Sai Pope tue, l Wi Ar Pearl Eclip Cant Alma Off Wi Ar Ellen do 6,( at an