The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooic The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed tamely but firmly, and prices were the same as last quoted. The sales were 7,000 bales, of which 5,500 were American ; 300 Pernam and Maranham, 6d. to 60.; 400 Egyptian, 50. to Bd.; 700 Surat, 311 to 44d.; and 50 Sea Islands, 10d. to 15d. per lb. There was a steady feeling in the Railway Share Market, and prices were higher than on Saturday. The treaty of commerce with Mexico, which was recently entered into by the Prussian Government in its own name and that of the Zollverein States, st. having been submitted to them separately, has just t• 'been ratified, and measures taken to expedite the 50 .same to Mexico for the ratification of that republic. 50 According to a list of items imported into these 20 fitates from the West Coast of America the largest 10 number came from there, and the treaty referred 10 to wilt still further increase the importations of 50 Mexican produce. The general receipts of the 25 Zollverein, published by the Prussian Customs' de- r t. partment, for the three quarters of 1855, are as 20 follows :—Amount of import duties, 18,479,630 S ti t •thalers ; export duties, 169,135 ditto ; and the 25 duties levied upon goods for transit, 169,135 do. 25 Business on the Paris Bourse, yesterday, is re- st : :ported as having been dull, especially in the Share i 0 :Market, where stocks were offered at reduced prices l o t * • without buyers. The French 3 per Cents, declined 50 per cent. for the account, and money bargains 20 sere concluded at 5 centimes less than the previous I . o t. ay. The proposed French Budget for 1857 has been a gain reported upon after receiving certain modifi cations at the hands of the War Minister and the 4inister of the Interior. The latter Minister has i ncreased his demand for a credit to 140,837,000 rancs, being an increase of four millions over : the credit of 1856. Amongst other matters to - eceive aid from this increase, it is intended to a ssist emigration from the central departments of t he empire to the French col.onies, also to extend t he system of electric telegraph lines. From the I statement of the Minister of Public Works there are now 11,000 kilometres in activity, and 200 offices open for public communication. The exten sion of the lines most urgent are projected to Varna and Bucharest. The distress already noticed amongst the poorer 25 st. classes in Prussia is on the increase, and the Go- 2 5 vernment have resolved to obtain the sanction of 4,2 r the Chamber to apply three million tha lers (about 1.? 900,000 sterling) of the loan of thirty millions for st. their relief. 50 25 The advices received from Jamaica mention that 00 a motion had been brought forward in the House of Assembly upon the Tonnage Dues ques • tion, and various opiuions had been expressed upon the subject by the merchants and others. It was considered among all classes that a material re duction of the impost, or its abolition, would be beneficial to the interests of the colony. Not withstanding, however, so much was said about a reduction of taxes, kc., the revenue of the island was still insufficient, and an endeavour was being made to curtail the expenditure. The sugar market was quiet but firm, and the quotations were expected to advance. The last instalment upon the English Loan, amounting to 1,600,0001., has been paid to-day, and notwithstanding the recent liquidation of the 10 per cent. on the New Turkish, the Money Market is not expected to be influenced to any im portant extent in consequence. There will no doubt be an increased demand for accommodation, however, and yesterday afternoon full rates were charged ; still a large portion of the above - instalment has been provided for some time past. The creation of such an additional supply of Con sols as will at once take place is not likely to affect the quotations, as it is already absorbed, and pro bably held by that class of persons who subscribed or bought for a permanent investment. The English Funds present a dull appearance in the absence of speculation, o: any foreign intelli gence of a nature to affect them. Until the close of the year the market will probably continue ex ceedingly quiet, unless any unexpected political event occurs in connection with Count Esterhazy's progress. Consols have been 88; to 89, and are now about 89 buyers. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 4s. discount, and India Bonds 7s. discount. The New Three per Cents. are 89k to 89k, and the Reduced 88; to 89. Bank Stock is flat, at 209. Foreign Securities are rather more active, and the market continues steady. Mexican Bonds are 20, and Peruvian 75. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have advanced to 48, in consequence of a cor respondence reported to have taken place 18 between the Minister of Finance and Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Committee of N Bondolders, on the subject of a more ao equitable recognition of the Bondholders' claims, 20 Spanish Deferred are firm at 21 , and the Passive 100 2° at 7i to 7i. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 83i 25 to 84k, and the New Scrip 3i to 2i discount, which 25 is in both cases a slight decline. Buenos Ayres 1100 are quoted 57 ex dividend. tho The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7 ; 5 Mexican, 1911 to 19i ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto 5 Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per 5 Cents., 47 to 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; 20 ditto 44 per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish Three per 4 Cents., 394 to 401 ; ditto Deferred, 20i to 21i ; ?A ditto Certificates, ‘q to 5 ; ditto Passive, 7k to 7g. 204 In the Railway Share Market the principal Lou' feature has been a rise of about 2 per cent. in Great Loo Western Shares, owing to the closing of a large too " bear" account. Most of the other shares main tain the improvement of yesterday. In Brighton, 2 0 South-Eastern, Eastern Counties, and Caledonian 100 . a further enhancement has taken place. Scarcely a 22,0° bargain has been recorded in the foreign market, to and the colonial lines ruled dull, at previous quo- 2 ° tO tations. 20 Mining Shares are inactive, but a moderate 3U business has been done in Joint-Stock Banks, at l io n full rates. Union of Australia and Bank of London are 10s. higher. 16 St. St: St. St. qt. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. t From tli.e Oficial List. i nn,inest done. Bank Stock 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Shut New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3} Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 16 5-16 i Consols for Account .. 89 8i Exchequer Bills, lid. 1000 .... .. Small Ditto Bonds, ISSB, 3. per Cent.. 97- „ 1559 It PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cont. (Rothschild's) Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent ....................... Ditto Account ..................... ..... Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, S, St — Ditto 41 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per CeLt. ..... ..•• Sp Inish Deeds, 3 per Cent ... Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 2N- 11. Ditto Passive Spini-h Committee Cert. of Coup. DA fun. 4i p 0 TulitiOi Bonds, i per coot — Ditto for the Account B4 31 4A 3i 4 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Deferred, ll per Cent. . .... Dividends on the ahoy. payable In tnndon. TH REE O'CLOCK. . - . 48 Consols • ..... Ditto for the account Jan. 10 ......... 881 x 20 6 20 18 100 100 100 20 EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. — The Board of Trade 20 whose attention to the state of th is railway hail been 25 called by the Town Council of the city of Norwic:i, have appointed Lieut.-Col. Wynne, R.E., to inspect the line be- 100 tween London and Norwich. The danger, apprehension 10 of which is so strongly entertained, will thus be Guarded 5 and the Board of Tr? 1-, by att,titlipp• t h e in, I .J t ir,;elitations of thn ,;;a . bf ve shown most laudable alaciity in tbe thscharge of a public i a 5 duty. Col. Wynne is an officer whose report will satisfy the public mind, and remove all doubt. 50 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. itn I Rtmwtlt, Prics2 this (14y. WOI kberlieen •• •1,6 ~,.,., 22 - ' 43 3: I Arabg. Nottng. Boat and Butt. ini ct„. all telfast & fiallywon. all - liming. VC°lve:b Stour Valley . 29i girl e ihd. Lancsl.. 4 ClacsliiTCd jlalet , all 00. Chew. g Birk. £5O and £25 Cons 19 Do., £20...—•••• ••• •• - all rsiytn Tyn origius £25 (issd. at 100 3ristol and Exotc•: 100 61s. 'arm. awl Ca. , digs'. al. Chester & Holyhoao. all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, & Pra 18 Jornwall all Do. A •• 8 Do. B 1i W' Junction 45 •fin,AinallelfastJune all Dm:). P. & all Do. 1.00 Fast 11:glian all izastona 3i - 7i - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 55 -55 i 11 - 12 51 - 41 61 - 11? 3 , 12 sd - 8i 27 - 29 17 - 19 100 'ast. Union, A Stl 100 Do., B. Stout 8A Do., New A 7i East Kent 100 , last Lancashire 100 Edinburgh do Glasgol all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth 4Dunde 9 Vorth & Clyde Jtn% all Furness all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow& S. West , , • all Great N. of Scotind. 1(X) Groat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 100 Do., B. Stock 1 1)0 (It. St h . &Vest. (Ire ) 100 G:cat Western 100 Do. Stour Val. RA' CO - 70 50 - 51 9 - 16, -17 h 77 - 79 6i - 7 88 - 89 71 - 76 120 - 122 102 - 101 52k -2i Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Oarlisle TM Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.andYerkFl 1)3., Wet. Ridinr, Uri all Liv. Ore y Sz.Sonth.pt all London & Illsokwa.l 100 Lon d. Be ght 5.C9 4 • 100 TAmd. r.n4 N. WeAn. 16 ! Do. Fifths 5 !Do.lol. 2iDo. ...... , . 100 London and S. West n 47 Do., £5O :38 Do., £4.0 all Lndildrry & Colors i all taidnclrr7. Enn'.3lr 1001Taneh,Ftiof. TA nel• all Do. Shares, No. 425. Do., Mar.. ?,/, Lin. 1 Metropolitan 100 100 Do. Bin - ring. all Airild. G. West. (I'm.. all 03. Half Shares 111 S‘.lw• - ..g.‘stle Oarli6sle all Nwpt..kberg„ 8.3 Newry PT, Ennli3kiliel all Nowry WaTrenpoini 7 - 6 - 75 6 - 7 6- 7 7 771 - 77 • •• """' • F/1 94 - 96 94 - 9.4 - - _h. 74 - 6 6 22~ +- Z3~ i . id 64 64 36 38 i 7 ii ald 7 Ef, cq3 r r 41 - 43 I"Torr,re: 3 lorthn.Cr.lintle F .00 North t3iitifi,...... all North Devon, No. 1 ail Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 1 2 A Deferred._ all Do., A B Guateer: 1.00 N.l Guar: E as t er n—Boriviol , 20 Do. do. Ertensi on 13 Do.do. 2.82 - 29 67 • 6 8 8 3 / 4 - 8 5 - 4 3 / 4 1 1.1 3 / 4 - 12 44 45 3 / 4 92 - 97 stl ID(); Leed5........ .... Fai IFJ York 100 North London 3/ ip NALS.Wstrn.,ll - enr • stead, t‘.ncl City 17A Noel; Staffordsldr , :., al' - North Western.„.... all N. Sr, S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester_ 4 - 4i - 5i 00 OT; Wore., k Wolv. 8 '( , rtsalonth its o Central „ 14 '4eottishllidland.... 100 ,ltrepshire Un'on 22 - 24 102 72 74 42 14 11 12 564 311 —31 i 5 3d 2d pal a'l 'i,nth Dcvou 1. M ?oath Eastern all .south Wfdes 13 " 4 . Yrksh. & Ely. Dur 5 Do.. ltaines,lVok &Wok a'l tockton & Darlin 16 lto7kten & Hartlepl IN gaff Vale IN Do. Prof., No. 1. 21i rharnes Bay. P.& I. ii : 36 Ulverstono & Lanes all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. tic Kilkenny All Waterford&Limerlel all West Cornwall. 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A 3 Do. B all West London. all Wilabledn&Croydon ... 19 ~ 20 ... - ... 4 . 6 B 1 sinews doy this day. FOREIGN. all ntwerp&Rotterdam 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till'64 10 Ardennes .. 4!! 3elgian Eastn. Juno, 10 Beziers to Graisseesac 4. Bombay, Bare da, , anal Central India,Seric all Do. all Demerara 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. sp. c 10 Do. EY tension all Do. do. do., '59, do 20 Od. Tk. of CanadaAis ell ,Do._ St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. ...... 70 Db. Cert. of Doben. eon. into Stk. an Do. Comp. 6p. a., do. 10 Gt. Central of Fran , all Gt. Indian Pei:insult guar. 5 per cent.... I Go. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Estersiono.•.. 13 Groat Luxgrabourol Constituted Shsrok all Do. Obligations....... all Gt.WegtornofCanad Shares Do. New , . ..0 (Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62. p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Dc.. do., '73, witkont option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Const. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 10 Lyons and Genova , 14 Lyons & Mediterran all Madras . :. allai'? D Ma: o riai N d e o A7n N t e o w nia ~.... all 'Namur & Liege ( qiti, interest) all Do. (cs interost) all Northern of France. all D0.'20/. Slis all Do. M. 3 p. o Bds (fmy. B. & Aro s. S.ks. • all NorweglanTrnutPre 1.6 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ...... all Paris and Orleans all ;Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen taCherbrg. all Do 5 Ronao and Frascati all Revlon and Havre all Royal Danish 5 iloyalSwodish ...... , all Do. Obligations all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5} p. cent. Pref ss. Seindo all I D 0... all ISouthern of Franoo 16 1 8t. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . ell West Flanders all Do 5i per a. Prof 18 Western of Franco all Do all Zealand 10 20 20 20 Ii - 8 3 2.1 3 - 20 par i i 4d. 35 - 351 9 -10 p - 21.11 P .. -- •.. 9 -- 8 16 - 17 62 87 82 87 3i 311 , 5 51 id IP •.• - ••. 3} - 3 t - 2.1 - 24 2 -21 p 98 - 100 115 - 119 116 - 120 104 107 22i - 23 112 - 117 ON -.'. ••• 6 -. 7 - pl 18i - P 2 - 3 4 - 35i -35 A 12 - 126 6 - 7 45 - 45 ii 7- a. ..• - ••• ••• is- 2i - 8k - .•• ••• .... p ... ... ... -- pm Si z 4 4 29i - 30 18 - 19 BA NK 91 - S 3 57 - 59 1 ci 7 'al .., -- .e. 166 - 17 \ 16 17 36 d I par -- 2p elm .... ... ... .. «. 38 - 40 38 - 39 53 - 54 ..-- .t -10 Ct. 73 - 75 8 9 30 ei 31 JOINT-4' ,sll ‘r.strahliA. 1 50 Bank of London al] tri. Col. Bk.& Ln . C all . trit6b N. American 5 (Aiartd. Bank of Asir. 4 Chad. Br.k. of India, Australia, & Chirp 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lend r,ll Eng. Sc ot. b, :no. Cht all Lond. Chart. Bk. Australia 5 Ditto Now 20 1 r.. ,, rd0n and County 50 Lnd.& , ,E. Bnkg. Corp. 10 London Joint stock. 20 Loud. & 'WeEtatinater 35 National Pro.of Log 10 Do. New. 22A National cf Trelmid.. all . New South Walea....! all Oriental Bank of Corporztiou • La 7rt.winekl of Ireland all Do. New .............. 1 Royal Anstraln.likg. Till 50 :Royal British.- , • )-* .-. ...!. • , ~I.a• ,a,. • 1 ali tiniou of Autitraras... 7t Do. New 10 Unl9ll 9. London 1 ---- - P, 5 5 10 20 Tilt sUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV ENING, DECEMBER 18, 1855. LAW INTELLIGENCE----erhis Day.) l op' ,;_: , ft." i 4 ill 5- -- -. 4'1." t 444 ZA 4 Z 4 11 CI 11 . 4 , ki" .i COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE LATE FRACAS AT WINDSOR TIIKATRE.-NASiI V. Iv 50 HOC St. LORD ERNEST VANE TEMPEST. .SUN 4'FFICR, Seven o'Clock. TIJil was an action for trespass arising out of the late assault on tho plaintiff by the defendant at the Windsor WOLVERHAMPTON RACES (This Day.) Theatre, in Sopternbi:r last. Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Grialt'es were counsel for the plaintiff; the Attorney• General, Mr. Skinner, and (BY ELECTRIC! TELEGRAPH) SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Mr. Finlay Eon for the defendant. Mr. Jamas opened the case, and called the following, witnesses : Ploughboy .. Other two dite not pass post. lIURDTZJIE RACE. Mr. Albert Nash depoeed—l was legsee of the Wind sor Theatre. It wag of importance that I should have Harry Lorreqn er Sally Bourton the patronage of the military stationed there. On the evening of the 21st September last there was a benefit at the theatre for Miss C.)nway, one of the company, under the patronage of the defendant. Lord Ernest Vane Tempest was behind the scenes of the theatre that night, but I did not think there was any harm is it. It was a usual circumstance his being there. I believe two of his brother officers, Captain Webb Smith and another gentleman were standing by the side of him ; they were both strangers to me. I performed only in the after-piece. After the conclusion cf the first piece a message was brought to me in my dressinß room, in consequence of which I gave certain directions to Mr. Rogerson, my stage manager. I received a second message from Miss anily Stuart, a member of the company, and in consequence of that I went to the ladies' dressing-room, where I saw the defendant. Miss Stuart was also there. The room was lighted with gas at the time, but before I got to it it had been put cut. I requested the defendant to leave the room, to which he replied by making use of a very bad expression, tell ing me at the same time to go to hell. I again requested him to leave, hut be refused. The performance was de layed in consequence, and the audience were noisy and impatient. Finding I was unable to induce him to leave, I turned to one of his brother officers and asked him to endeavour to get the defendant out quietly, as I did not want a disturbance. He laughed, saying " Get him out yourself." I again requested the defendant to leave the room, and he again refused, on which I threatened to send for a policeman, and remained during the time walking in front of the door—Miss Stuart, who was partly dressed for her pare, and the defendant remaining in the room. At the sight of the policeman the de fendant left the room, and I went to my dressing-room and finished dressing. About 10 minutes after some one came to my room and knocked Tea ran. JUVENILE STAKES. Prince's Mixture Cripple AUTUMN yIANDICAP. Alonzo Kildare colt — Master Slender Fora ran. £4O YL A.TE. at the door, and said something. About 10 minutes after I had finished dressing, and left the dressing-room to proceed to the stage along the back of the back scenes. It was quite dark. I met the defendant there, who said, " Nash, I want to speak to you." I said, " The curtain has been down long enough ; I'll speak to you afterwards." Ho laid his hand gently on my shoulders, and said, " come along, I want to speak to you." I said, " No, my lord, the curtain has been down quite long enough, and I'll speak to you afterwards." I en deavoured to pass him, but he tightened his hold of me, turning me round, and forced me to the top of a pair of stairs leading wider the stage. He held mein that posi tion that I was powerless, and he said, "Now, you young devil, yon have dared to give me in c ha rge of a policeman, and I'll break your infernal neck." Think ing I should be killed if I was thrown down, I cried out "Murder." He then threw me down the stairs, and followed me there. My prompter, named Rogerson, hearing the noise, came to the bottom of the stairs, and I fell against him. I fell first against his shoulder, and then on the ground. The defendant was afterwards expelled, and I gave orders that he should not be again re-ad mitted. After the conclusion of the performances I heard the defendant's voice as if proceeding from behind the scenes. I played in the third piece notwithstanding the knocking about and bruising I had received. I heard the defendant say " I'll kill the young devil if I can find him." I endeavoured to avoid him if possible. The defen dant bad been behind the scenes for a long time, and after the audience had departed I considered it was my duty not to leave the theatre. I had never given the defen dant permission to go behind the scenes. The theatre up to this time had been progressing favourably. I had employed some portion of the band of the regiment who played up to the time of the major's bespeak, which was after this occurrence, and after that they refused to play. Cross-exert:tined by the Attorney-General—l am 30 years of age ; about seven years ago I was the manager of the Deptford Theatre. On the night of the fall of Sebastopol the officers gave a bespeak, and by some mis take the officers' box was filled and I asked them behind Dbe scenes. The defendant did nc.t go into any of the ladies' dressing rooms in my presence: I never said to Rogerson, who came to remonstrate with me for allow ing defendant to go into the ladies' dressing room, "Never mind, its only a lark." I only allowed those I knew to go behind the scenes. My stage manager never remonstrated with me for permitting improper persons (females) behind the scenes. I never allowed smoking there, but I have seen drinking there. I have no recol lection of being remonstrated with by Mr. Eager, su perintendent of police, and that he would complain to the Mayor of Windsor of the condu3t permitted behind the scenes. A person named Webber, connected with the amateur performances of Windsor, had made such a statement because he refused him admission behind the scenes. I have been incapacitated from going on the stage to perform but on three occasions. My father is an attorney, and has the conduct of this action. My mother was my check taker. I will not swear a disturb ance arose other than one of the three nights stated with my mother respecting my drinking. I did not pull her out of the box to get at the drink. Indisposition of an actor was often made an excuse for an actor's absence on account of intoxication. It was the usual excuse. On one occasion he rushed from the theatre in my stage dress, and went through Windsor-street to my house. The witness was examined at much length with refer ence to his pecuniary position, and the effect the fracas had on his continuing the theatre open, but the Attor ney-General was stopped by Lord Campbell, who said he understood the special damages were withdrawn. Mr. James said he should press that point, because from this fracas with the defendent the plaintiff's theatre had been ruined. Witness—l spent 101. i n fitting up Nineteen-twentieths of the coun try the theatre. managers opened a theatre without money, I p a id for my gas nightly, be cause the company would not trust me. Cn ono occa sion the property man l en t me h a lf-a-crown to pay the railway fare to Wickha m , b u t i ns tead of going there I went to a public-ho use an d spen t it. I have not repaid it. He might have go t me a b e d at another public house and put t n e i n t o it th at n i g ht. The audience were not Kept waiting the first night of the season for want of gas. My mother paid for it. The audience did not one night leave from the band re fusing to play because they had not been paid. O n one oc casion the audience had to leave because Mr. Rogerson went forward and said, " I was drunk," and I went and said I was not drunk. Lord Campbell said he thought enough had bean said of the plaintiff's general habits. Witness's examination continued--MY rent was 31. a week I have paid two weeks out of six. Some of the per formers had been paid, and others had not been paid. The night this fracas occurred I was as sober as ever I was in my life. The first night he struck me the house was full. I don't remember of Rogerson, the stage ma nager, and Torment - , the property man, renionsttaticg with tne respecting the manner in which the theatre was conducted. Re-examined—Defend an t had been in the halA of coming behind the scenes for a few weeks. Drink was brought into all theatres during the acting. Defendant bad been there when drink was brought in. Miss Emily Stewart, actress of Windsor Theatre, was to have performed on the night of the 21st September. I and Miss Conway dressed in one roon'. The defendant followed me into the dressing -room after I had sung a duet, after the first piece. Only the dresser and myself were then in the room. I remonstrated with him, and begged him to leave the room. He said he would on one condition—that I would go to supper with him at the barracks. I said, " Not on any conditions." I left the room and went to the stage-manager and com plained to him. Mr. Rogerson desired the defendant to leave. He said be would if I promised him on my soul ' to go to supper with him. I replied "On no account." 11. refused to leave, and I went outside the room and there saw Mr. Marsh, and I begged him to entreat Lord Vane to leave the room. A policeman, I believe, had been brought to the theatre, and then Lord *Vane walked out of the room. Thu witness was cross-examined by the Attorney- General, but nothing material was elicited. Several other witnesses having been called in support of the plaintiff's case, Mr. James then addressed the jury on the plaintiff's case, and was fellowed by The Attorney-General, who addressed the jury for the defendant, contending no damage had been inflicted on the plaintiff, and that the action was brought to recover damages for an assault that had been already adjudi cated on that the law would not recognise. Lord Campbell having summed up, The jury retired, and shortly after returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 251. THE HOUSE OF EpfORE : A FAMILY HISTO RY .— Th ere is great originality in this novel, as well as great power. "The House of. Elmore " is a thoroughly suc cessful work. Our admiration is extorted by the strong f ee li ng of the book, by the familiarity it displays with the subtleties and depths of human nature, by its wealth of incident, the point and spirit of its dialogue, the graphic matter thrown in the back ground of every scene . A few of the situations are certainly redo-drama tie, but not more melo-dramatic than many in the work of our most favoured novelists. But the strongest praise we can give to " The House of Elmore" is to say that from the first chapter to the last it excites a pro found interest."—Sunday Times. RACHEL GRAY. BY JULIA KAVANAGH. 1 VOL.— This new tale from the charming pen of Mies Kavanagh will be heartily welcomed by readers of all classes as one of the most attractive hooks of the Christmas season. Some of the characters of the story are new to the world of fiction, but all of them as old as human nature. The narrative moves on with a quiet resistless force, which acts as a spell upon the reader, and fills us with a desire, as in a dream, to rise to take our part in the drama which is being acted around w. Rachel Gray herself, her terrible father, little Mary and her papa, and the wonderful Frenchwoman who fills en under-ground cellar with the atmosphere of Parisian gaiety, are a few of thu personages who live in these pages and call firth smiles and tears from young and old. "Rachel Gray" is a sweet tale of human life, as full of bright lights and rich shadows as a fire-lit room M Christmastide, MISCELLANEOUS. lanstral'a.n gric•At. Aust,rala. Royal Mai Berlin Water Worlu Brit. American Lan , C7„nn.(l%. Canada Goy. 6 p. ci Jan. f. , ..Da July ..... 1.174a1 Palace...—. Do. Pi - ofvr, , nee Orygtal Pal. of Franc , Dayton Iron 0re..... elaetern Steam En.&Aus Cop San Ce Electric Telegraph... Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Iron Sc Collie: 'Jen. Steam Naat,-a , .. Genend Screw Stew/. 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Tne prisoner pleaded guilty. The father of the second wife, in answer to the court, said that his daughter was in business in the Cornmer cial•road when the prisoner became acquainted with her. They parted in September last, and he then found that the prisoner had been paying his addresses to a third woman, and was about to marry her, baying borrowed money from her, as well as he had from him (witness.) The Recorder, on looking over the depositions, said that he found upon the examination of the prisoner be fore the magistrate that they bad examined his first wife upon oath against him. She was not a competent witness, and should not have been called. It was doubtless an error of the magistrates' clerk, and as county magistrates were not generally members of the legal profession, and so well versed in the law as the metropolitan ones, he (the Recorder) made this remark publicly for the guidance of the county magistrates. The prisoner was sentenced to 12 months' imprison ment. The committing magistrate was E. T. Busk, Esq., Edmonton. Sam,ilel Sherrill and Jamcs Groves surrendered to take their trial, for conspiring with a man not in custody to give a false character upon the behalf of a prisoner under conviction at the Middlesex S;.!ssion3. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Sleigh defended. It appeared that upon the 13th of Sept. a man named Lee pleaded guilty to a street robbery, and called three witnesses, of whom the prisoners were two, to give him a character, which they did, stating that he was a man of great respectability, that they had known him for some years, and gave the address at which they alleged they bad known him. This proved to be entirely false; and Mr. Bodkin, who was presiding as judge at those sessions, sentenced the prisoner Lee to six years penal servitude; and an inquiry, which resulted in the present indictments, was directed. The Recorder, after hearing part of the evidence, decided that the charge of con spiracy could not be maintained, and directed an acquittal. The prisoner was then indicted upon the same facts for perjury, and the trial was proceeding when we went I 9i to press. 68 71 87 101 i 42i 574 1 i The indictments against the Rev. Dr, Vaughan, the late incumbent of St. Matthew, Brixton, have been re moved by certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench. NEWSPAPERS SENT VIA PANAMA. GENERAL POST OFFICE, December, 1855.—1 n conse quence of the great expense which is incurred in con veying newspapers in the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, it is found necessary, in order to cover the payment made for this service, to levy, in addition to any postage now chargeable, a transit rate of twopence upon every newspaper forwarded in the British mails by that route. The following is a table of the rates Which will in future be chargeable on the newspapers in question ; and it must be observed, that such rates are in all cases required to be paid in advance : To any British Colony, via Panama Bolivia } 3d. Chili Ecuador Peru Sandwich Islands, vies California 4d. California and' when not specially ad- t 44. Oregon I. dressed via the U. States f ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—MonAy. The room was thinly attended, many of the members having left town for the Wolverhampton race meeting. The early plrt of the afternoon was chiefly occupied in discussing the painful subject of the death of Mr. J. P. Cooke, better known on the turf as Mr. Pell, the owner of Pole Star. A very strong sensation was ex cited by the coroner's inquest having resulted in a ver dict that "the deceased came by his death in oonse quence of poison wilfully administered to him byWilliam Palmer," a person who has for several years been well known in sporting circles. During the remainder of the afternoon little disposition was manifested to transact business on coming events. The quotations at the close were as follows : CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 80 agst Coroner (taken) THE Two THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Fly-by-Night (taken to 251.) DERBY. Bto 1 on The Field (offered) 10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken to 1000 14 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken to 250 17 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken to 251.) 20 to 1 agst Artillery (offered) 20 to 1 agst Porto Rico (offered) 33 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (offered) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) ONDON, Dec. 18.—Wind this day at noon, 8., fresh breeze and fine dry weather. PORTSMOU Hi, Dec. 17. —Wind E,S.B.—Arrived—Ca roline, from Quebec ; Thames, Hydaspes, and Zebra (s. tpt.'s), Constantinople, and left for Deptford ; H.M.Str.'s Geyser and Conflict, Baltic. Sailed—William Hammond, for Portland, Plymouth, and Swan River ; Sala mander, Coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind E., strong.—Arrived — Aurora, from Batavia, for Gothenburg ; Mary Garland, Guayaquil, for Hamburg; British Banner, Port-au-Prince for Bremen. QUEENSTOWN, Doe. 17.—The barque Florentia, of Lon don, from Dalhousi e , w as a b an d one d on th e 3d inst., being waterlogged ; the master and eight men have arrived here in the ship Carwas ; the remainder of the crew aro on board the ship Go:Ito°, for Plymouth. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Arethusa, from Caernavon ; Llangothland, Sunderland ; Wonder, (s.), and Reindeer, Jersey ; Ata lanta, (s.), Havre. Sailed.—Alliance, (a.), for Havre ; Despatch, (s.), Jer sey ; Matthew Thompson, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrive L—Express, from Mobile. Sailed.—Queen of England, for Melbourne; Bon Accord, Balaklava. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 16. Wind E.S.E. Arrived.—Galarim, from St. Marla ; Vision, St. Jean d'Acre ; William and Mary, Syra ; Beta, Calcutta. WATERFORD, Dec. 16. Wind N.N. Arrived.—Evantlies, from Newfoundland ; Granfe Syra. • DUBLIN, Dec. 17, Wind S.S.W. Arrived.—Daring, from St. Üb©s ; Douro, Syra. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.54 a.m. Wind E. ; tido, high water ; weather strong and cloudy. Arrived, Dec. 17. —Queen, from Marsala ; Spare Bauken, Gottenborg ; Sally, Guernsey. Arrived, Dec. 18.—Meld Marie, from Neue Diep ; Q ueen , Landscrona ; Dolphin, St. Michael's; Louisa, Eva, Reaper, Isabella and Jane, Prince Albert, John Wesley, and Cor sair, Guernaey ; James Bates and Caleb, Gottenborg ; Vil lager, Seville; Louisa, Stockholm; Charles Louis, Bogense ; Magdalene Sophia, Salkel 1. Sailed.—Haltwhistle, for Geelong; Stately, Adelaide. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.25 a.m. Wind E.S.E., strong. Anchorod.---H.M.S. Deo, from Portsmouth, for Woo] wick. W OECESTER.—Monday, the 24th instant, will be kept as a holiday here, shops 311 closed, &c., thus giving trade assistants the opportunity of visiting their friends for three days. We believe the on. Mr. Byng has this week been appointed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the South-Eastern Rail way.—Herapath,'s Journal. THE LATE MR. COWLING.—The Deputy High Stew ardship of the University of Cambridge, which has be come vacant by the death of Mr. John Cowling, barrister•at-law, is, it is said, likely to be conferred upon Mr. John George Shaw Lefevre, M.A., of Trinity College, assistant clerk of the Parliatner ts. Mr. Lefe%re, was senior wrapg:er in 1818, and is a younger brother of the Speaker of the House of Commons. The post of standing counsel to the University has also become vacant by the death of Mr, Cowling. 21 k 153 24i i 7 1 1 57i 8 65 6 49 8h 50} 74 4} NI 1 Little Torn Cock Sparrow Indian Queen DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIR W. CODRINGTON. (Front the Gaztits of this Evening. ) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEC. 18. Lord Panmure has this day received a Despatch and its Enclosures, of which. ;the following are copies, ad- dressed to his Lordship by General Sir William Cod rington, Sebastopol, Dec. 4, 1855. My Lord,—The enemy continue to fire occasionally, and sometimes heavily, on. parts of the town. They must have expended a considerak le quantity of valuable ammu nition without causing 'au any loss or inconvenience. The enclosed Casualty Return is the first of the sort I have had occasion to report to your Lordship. It may seem unimportant to refer to the state of roads and weather here, but their condition affects the essen tial communications and cvell-being of the army. The winter broke upon us suddenly on the 26th and 27th with snow, and has varied with gales and rain ; and a very deep state of the ground hag damaged all commu nications. Constant presence of labourers and constant attention are requisite, and are being given to the road, which, from a peculiarity of soil mud condition, was worked into holes, but which is and will continua to be of the greatest service to the army and its supplies. I have, Szo., W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. P.S.—I beg leave a'.so to forward the weekly report of Dr. Hall, the principal Medical Officer, by which your lordship will perceive that the general state of health of he army continues favourable. W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. Enclosiire 1. NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON THE IST DECEMBER, 1855. 7th Foot-1 officer wounded, by bursting of a shell in Sebastopol. W. L. PAKENFIAM, Adjutant-General. (Enclosure 2.).. NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON lwr DECEMBER. WOUNDED. DEC. 1. 7th Foot—Captain Lord It. Browne, slightly, by burst ,ng of a shell in Sebastopol. W. L. PAKENHAM, Adjutant-General. (Enclosure 3.) Head-quarters Camp, Crimea, Dec. 4. Sir,—l am glad to be able to point out a continuance of the favourable state of health of the army. The weather has been boisterous, wet, cold, and changeable, which has occasioned an increase of catarrhal affections, and added some cases of catarrhal ophthalmia to our list ; but the admissions under this head have de creased nearly one-half during the present week, and it is to be hoped by care and removal of those labouring under the complaint to the monastery that the disease will not extend. There has been a decrease in the number of admis sions from fever, but an increase of mortality, confined chiefly to the Land Transport Corps, as 14 out of the 19 deaths that occurred during the week took place in that branch of the service alone. This corps has a heavier sick list than any division of the Army, which is not to be wondered at, as many of the Europeans have recently arrived in the country, and are not yet acclimated, and the natives bear fatigue, and the vicissi tudes of weather, like that which we now have, but ill. The following show the ratios of sickness and morta lity during the week : per cent. The admissions to strength have been ... 2.01 Deaths to strength .. 0 . 07 Exclusive of Land Transport Sick to well Exclusive of wounds and injuries J. HALL, Inspector• General of Hospitals. General Sir William CodriEgton, K.C.8., Commanding•in•Chief. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS. (Front this Night's Gazette.) ADMIRALTY, DEC. 14. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., Commander•in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea : Royal Albert, Kazatch Bay, Dec. 1, 1855. Sir,—l request that you will lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the enclosed copy of a letter from Captain Sherard Osborn, of the Vesuvius, dated the 24th ult., informing me that, a 3 the formation of ice bad commenced in the Sea of Azoff, and as he had been informed by both 111'. Gopcevitcb, the Austrian merchant, charged with the shipment of corn in Austrian vessels, and by the Runian authorities at Mariaupol, that all chance of neutral vessels obtaining cargoes this year was at an end, he had withdrawn to Kertch with the squadron under his orders, after assuring himself that no merchant vessels remained in that sea. I have so frequently had occasion to bring the merits of Captain Osborn under your lordships' notice, that it is perhaps unnecessary, on the present occasion, that I should say more than that he has maintained his high character up to the close of the service upon which he was employed for six months, and he brings under my favourable notice the gallant and zealous support he has received, from first to last, from the officers and men under his orders.—l am, (Signed) EDMUND LYONS. Read-Admiral and Commander in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, Vesuvius, off Kertcb, Nov. 24. Sir, —Being now, in accordance with your instruc tions, on my read to rejoin your flag, I have the honour to report the close of operations in the Sea of Azoff, and the proceedings of the squadron in that sea subsequent to my last letter, dated off Ghei-k, 7th Nov. On the 7th I received your instructions, with notices relative to neutrals quitting the Sea of Azoff on the 20th Nov. The weather became most severe, and I could only succeed in serving the notices upon the authorities on shore at Mariaupol. But on the Bth Nov. the shipping anchored off Ma ria,npol were duly warned, and on the 9th those off Taganrog likewise. A gale of extreme violence from the eastward blew continually from that date until the 18th Nov. I then immediately served a notice upon the neutral shipping in Berdiansk, There, from Mr. Gopcovitch, as well as previously at Taganrog and Mariaupol, we learnt that the Russian authorities had kept the neutrals in quarantine ever since their arrival, and that the likelihood of cargoes being procured was almost at an end. A. Russian officer at Mariaupol laughed at the idea of the neutrals believing they would get wheat this year, and told Commander Kennedy, whom I sent in there with a flag of truce, that the neutrals must stay the winter. Under these circumstances, looking to your wishes and instructions upon the subject, it became a cause of great anxiety for me lest, by the sudden commencement of winter, or intentionally, the neutral vessels should fail to quit the sea on the 20th November, 1855. I, therefore, as the ice bad begun to make and the temperature to fall rapidly after the 13th, despatched all the squadron to Kertch except the Ardent, Snake, and Clinker, and with the m p ro ceeded up the Gulf of Azoff. We arrived off Mariaupol on the 19th and found all the neutrals had sailed for Kertch, and on the 20th I sighted Taganrog and found the roads empty, all the vessels that were there having likewise left. The ice already extended on either hand some miles from the shore, the Don app eare d t o b e frozen, and bo every urh o o d indication wa s a pp of ar w en i t. winter having set in in that neig h- At Mariaupol the river or harbour was frozen, and much ice lined the coast as far down as Thelosarai Light house ; the temperature at midday as low as 29 deg. Fahrenheit. From thence I separated the squadron so as to ex amine the whole coast from Glienitch to Enikale Light house, most minutely, and not a single boat of the small est description was to be seen. In surrendering into your bands the prominent posi tion in which you have been pleased to employ me for the last five months, that of Senior Officer of a detached squadron, allow me, sir, to express, most respectfully, my deep sense of the honour you conferred upon me, and the grateful recollection of the unvarying kindness, confidence, and consideration I have experienced at your hands ; without it I feel I never should, as I trust I I have, succeeded in carrying out your views and instruc- tions. Next to that let me again remind you that my anxiety to execute your pima has Mr be= AA easy task, supported as I hare over been by the f,:fllanl_ and znio7 8 ext-rtions of every officer and man sErving in this squad ron ; I know not how sufficiently to express my appro bation of their conduct. And it is rot the INFs pleasing part of my duty to assure you of the. kindly co-op-ration I have ever re ceived from the ofßc.rs of the Frciach Navy ....Trying in Vie Sea of Az , tY. Among those more especially known to me, I feel justified in mentioning Lieutenant Clone, commanding the Bra-I(bn ; Lient/maot La Juehette, Felton ; and Lieutemint Vi&d, of the Caton.—l have, (Signed) S. OSIIORN. itear.Adroiral Sir Adinnn , l Lyons, Bart , &c., &c., &c , G.C.B. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 15. The Queen bas been pleasod to approve of Mr. Albert Pillsbury as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for tneUniteci States of Amorica. IVAR-OFFICE., DEC. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent upon the death of the following officers :—General Sir John Brown, died Nov. 1G; Major-General F. Mark ham, Nov. 21; Lieutenant-General James Lindsay, Dec.s. Colonel John Cox, hAlf-pay unattached, to be Major- General ; Lieutenant-Colmiel Frederick Paul Haines, half pay unattached, to be Colonel ; Major William Clarke, half-pay unattached to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain William Radcliffe, 84th Foot, to be Major. COMMISSIONS S [GNED BY LORD . -LIEUTENANTS. Royal North Lincoln Militia— Walter Stewart Brown, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Mason, appointed Ensign &W. Foot ; William Longstaffe, j nun, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice McDakin, appointed Ensign, 42d Foot ; Charles Key worth, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Deane, resigned; Messing Thomas Laxton, Gent.,to be Lieutenant, viceßar ton, appointed Ensign, 14th Foot ; Robert Henry Owston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brown, promoted. 7Gth or Inverness-shire, &c., Highland Light Infantry Militia.—The Hon. Simon Fraser to bo Lieut.-Colonel, vice Thomas Gordon, Esq., deceased. East Kent Militia.—Lieut. Duncan Invorarity to be Captain, vice George, deceased ; George Ross Soden, Gent., to be Ensign. let or Royal East Middlesex Militia.—William Vovers, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stone, promoted. Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Rifle Mi litia.—Alexander Thom, A.M. M.R.C.S.L., to be Sur geon, vice James Wiehart, resigned. Worcestershire Militia.—Boddam Castle, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Vale, promoted. Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia.—Francis MaaNaghton Leslie, Gent., to ho Ensign. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. INDIVIDUAL'S SHARE OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY, WHEN CLAIMABLE UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY. Department of the Accountant-General, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 18. Notice is hereby given, Navy Agents and all other persons interested threin, that no share or shares of any prize money, bounty, salvage, or other moneys payable and distributable to and amongst the of and crews of her Majesty's ships and vessels of war, will be paid nuder any power of attorney, now or hereafter, executed by any two or more of the officers and crows of any of her Majesty's ships and vessels of war, unless the persons who shall have executed the said power are the executors or ad ministrators of some deceased person entitled in distribu tion. The above-mentioned regulations, established by the Lords of the Admiralty for the purpose of preventing an individual's share of prize or other moue; s, as aforesaid, being paid in distribution under a power of attorney made by two or more persons, having been referred to her Ma jesty in Council, in accordance with the directions con tained in the Act of the 17th of Victoria, cap. 19, see. 13, her Majesty was pleased to approve and give her sanction to the same by her Order in Council, bearing date on the 7th December, 1855. Agents and others claiming to receive, by virtue of a power of attorney, the share of prize or other moneys of any individual entitled in distribution, are hereby in formed that payment will be refused unless such power of attorney shall have been executed by that individual alone, or by the executors or administrators of some de ceased person entitled in distribution ; in conformity with the existing practice, now sanctioned by her Majesty in Council. NOTICE TO MARINERS. East Indies —Light at Singapore. The Government of India has given notice that, on the 17th of March last, a fixed light was shown on the Govern ment Hill Flagstaff at Singapore. Tho light is bright ; it is placed at an elevation of 226 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather at a distance of about six miles. It stands in lat. 1 deg. 16 min. 15 sec. N., long. 103 deg. 51 ruin. 15 Rea East of Greenwich, according to the Ad miralty Charts. Raffles Light on Coney Island. Although no official information has been received re specting it, the mariner is cautioned that there is every reason to believe that a fixed bright light, named Raffles Light, is ettablished on Coney Island, near the western entrance of the main strait of Singapore. The light should be visible in clear weather a distance of 12 miles, except in the quarter from N.W. by W. round northerly to E.N.E. By command of their Lordships. JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographio Office, Admiralty, London, 21st Nov. ' 1855. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : Indian Ocean, No. 748 a. ; Singapore Strait, Sheet, No. 2,403 ; China Sea, No. 1,270 ; also Horsburgh's East India Directory, Vol. 2, p. 271, (7th Ed.) ; and East India Light house List, Nos. 52 and 53. NOTICE TO MARINERS. United States of America. The United States Lighthouse Board has issued the fol lowing notices ; Fog Bell at Fig Island Lighthouse, Savannah River. A fog bell has been placed in the lighthouse on Fig Island, in the Savannah River, Georgia, which will be bounded in foggy weather. Vessels wishing to know the position of the Fig Island Light in a fog will sound their bells or steam-whistles, when they will be answered by the tolling of the Fog Bell. Buoys for Cape Romain Shoals and Bar at Bull Bay. A first-class Nun Buoy, painted with white and black perpendicular stripes, and a black flag on staff, has been placed in 15 feet water at low tide, in the Slue Channel, Cape Remain Shoals; Capoßomain Light bearing W.N.W. N. ; north point of Cape Island, N.Vg .by N. This Buoy must be passed close-to on either side. Courses from the Buoy out of the Slue Channel S.W. by W. and N.B. by E. Also a second class Can Buoy, painted with black and white perpendicular stripes, in three fathoms water, at low tide, off the bar at Bull Bay. Bull Bay Light, W.N.W.; south point Racoon Key, N.N.W. aW. This Buoy must be passed closed-to on either side. Bell Boat off Charleston Bar, South Carolina. An iron Bell Boat, painted with black and white per pendicular stripes has been placed outside of Charleston (South Carolina) main ship bar, in five and a quarter fathoms water at low tide ; Charleston Main Light in range, bearing N.W. northerly ; Rattlesnake Shoal light vessel ' , N.E. by N. ; Sullivan's Island outer beacon, N. by W. IW. Length of mooring chain, 32 fathoms. The bell is mounted on a mast, and rung by the action of the sea. Masters of vessels, pilots, and fishermen, ars particularly requested to report at the Custom-house, or Lighthouse Inspector's Office, should they see anything wrong with this boat. [All courses and bearings aro magnetic.] By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrograpber. Hydrographer Office, Admiralty, London, 23d Nov., 1555. These Notices affect the Admiralty Chart :—North America, East Coast, Sheetl7, No. 270. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Mediterranean Sea.—Light at Cents—Coast of Africa. The Spanish Government has given notice that on the lit of December next a light will be established on the summit of the hill named Cerro de los Mosqueros, on Al mina Point, at Ceuta, on the North Coast of Africa, at the eastern entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar. Tho light will be a bright first-class, revolving once a minute. It is placed et an elevation of 476 English feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather at the distance of 27 miles. The lighting apparatus is catadioptric of the first order, of the system of Fresnel. The tower stands in lat. 35° 53' 44" N., long. 5° 17' 12" West of Greenwich. By command of their Lordships. JOEIN WABILINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 22d Nov., 1855. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : Mediterranean, No. 2158 • Gibraltar to Alicante, N o . 1186 ; Ceuta, No. 252; dibraltar Strait, No. 142. Also Mediterranean Lighthouse List (edition 1855), No. 216. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Mediterranean Sea.- - Harbour Light at Nice. The Captain of the Port at Nice has given notice that ou the Ist July a now Light, to replace the former Light. was established at the extremity of the outer mole of the harbour of Nice, in the Gulf of Genoa. The light is a fixed bright light, varied by rod flashes every half minute. It is placed at an elevation of 80 Eng lish feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather at a distance of about 12 miles. The lighting apparatus is catadioptric; and of the fourth order of the system of Fresnel. On rights when the entrance to cannot the h a rbour . is rendered dangerous on accoun t o f the heavy swell, the light ill be extinguishhd, in order to sign if y that vessel at such times enter the harbour , but must seek e shelter at Villa F ran c a on the East or An tibes to the West, accord ing to the direction of thend. By comman d of their lordships, J. WAsHrsaTo llydrographer. Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, Nov. 24. Ad iralt Char+ • IT s the following m y . 8 . This notice a ect 2158 ; Cape Roux to Monaco, No. Mediterranean, Palamos to Ventimiglia, 152 • Villa FranoNso: Nov. 153; No.'1182; Mediterranean Lighthouse List (ed. 1855), No. 60." ____......, BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert John England and Thomas Augustus Garrard, druggists, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Belcher, hatter, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, to sur render Jan. 1, at one, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court ; Crafter, Blackfriars-road. Benjamin Hainsworth, common brewer, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dibb, Atkinson, and Piper, Leeds ; Frodsham, Liverpool. Francis Bake Webster, blanket manufacturer, Heck mondwike, Yorkshire, Dec. 28 and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Iveson, Heckmondwike ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Charles Robert Thompion, wine merchant, Old Broad street, Jan. 2, at two, and Jan. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Lawrarce, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Nicholas Andrews and Thomas Andrews, ironmongers, Gateshead, Durham, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past 12, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; T. and W. Chafer, New castle-upon-Ty no ; Hoyle, N ewcas tle-upon-TYne• Thomas H. Tayl or , cabinetmaker, Birmingham, Dec : 31, at half-past ten, and Jan. 21, at bulf - P ast twelve, at the Districtßirmingham Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chaplin, Richards, and Stubbin, Birming ham. Joolatilk James Petty, grocer, 8i1d 911 1.- S t aff --- 911151 A ire i Jan, 4 and 25, at the Birmingham District' Court. Bittleston, asi:gnee, Birmingham ; Waterhouse, BiLton ; JameB, B ; r.iugham. R o b er t trge Webb, drarer, Stafford, Dee. 31 and Jar. 91, at bait-past ten, at the Birmingham Distriot Court. B..ttl:•ston. offie:al assignee, Birmingham ; Pinehard and S!lelton, Wolverhonpton ; Hodgson and Alien, Binning. ham. Wm. Pearce Liliicrapp, furrier,Davies-street, Berkeley squa:c, Del. 29 at half-past eleven, and Feb. G. at twelve, at. the C>urt of Bankruptcy. Nicbulaon, official as;igneo, Dn.singhall street; Davies, SW', and Campbell, War w ick -Arcot, Itegcn'- Arc et. Waliaan Cooper, bailder, Nouhead, Pet-1119m, Dec. 24, aal Feb.. 6, at eleven, nt the Court of Bankruptcy. :Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Minet and S - nitb, New Broad-btreet. Jeremiah Challenger Wocster, fancy catinet manufac turer, Long-lane, West Smithfidl, Dec. 29, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 2, a.t twelve, at the Court a Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, B Na)l , :r, and Robing, Tolcenhotr a s s e i fy g a b J, l. l s i t e l n e c e l t on;. SCOTCH SEQITESTRATIONS. Sklnucr, Notman, and Co., ruere h ants, Gl asgow, D ec. 23, at two, at the G!nbe hotel, Glasgow. David Brown Watson, coach Propr i etor, Glasgow, Dec. 9 8, at one, at the Globe HAel, Glasgow.. COURSE OF Nal - MANGE.— S DAY. msterdran ........... 1I 174, Gibraltar Ditto, three months .. 1 Legtorn 3O 15 Rotterdam ............ 11 19\ Genoa •...... 23 SO Antwerp ................ 50 Milan •••••••• • • • • • • • • Brussels 25 50 I Venice • • tiamburgh .• .• ••.• • • • • 13 9 1 4 Naples .• •• •**• •• 44 !4 Altana ...• •• • • •• ••• • • • Palermo •• • • Paris.. Ditto, three months .. 25 72 Lisbon ...... ...• Maneilles ........ 25 721 Oporto • • 53% Bour.leaux .. • • ........ Rio Janeiro...... • • .... Frankfort-on Maine • 119 X Buenos Ayres.... • • .... Berlin ................ Now York,6o days' sight Vienna • • .... i 1 14 Philadelphia •• . ... Trieste •• •• 11 16 PRICES OF RIILLICN, PEES Petersburg ............ 5/ ad rid • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cadiz ........•• .... Barcelona •• •• .• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••••••• 34? Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 49 ':, Portugal Gold Ccin .. 0 0 0 4914 Mexican Dollars .... 0 Q 0 f New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 - I Silver in bars ...... 0 0 0 NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty this afternoon : COMMANDER. J. F. C. Hamilton to the Calcutta. LIELTENAti T. G. W. Carter to the Ariel. NAVAL CADETS. J. R. H. Yorke, to the Colossus. C. S. W. Willis, to the Duke of Wellington. THE PEACE RUMOURS. The following is from the Times' (Second Edi tion) Paris- correspondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— "The difference which existed between the French and English Governments relative to the conditions on which they would make peace with Russia are, as I mentioned in a previous letter, ter minated, and the propositions which Count Valen tine Esterhazy will have to communicate to M. de Nesselrode are such as are considered accept able by England and France. I cannot state in a positive manner what was the real gro end of difference ; whether, as sonic say, it referred to a "material guarantee" of permaThart character, or .to a war indemnity ; but it is not doubtful that for some time the Eng lish Cabinet, or a portion of it, was unwilling to accept a settlement on the terms which this Go vernment deemed sufficient. It is, however, cer tain that the difference, such as it was, h as now disappeared. The person who lam told was the principal promoter of the arrangement in question is one who has not as yet, I believe, been mentioned in this part of the affair—namely, the King of Sar dinia. Such at least is said in one or two political circles. The arguments he used turned on the difference between England and France—the one insular, the other continental, and the greater fa cility for the former to stand out for conditions of a more ample kind than would satisfy this country. I mention the fact of this Royal intervention as it circulates in the quarter I refer to, and I refrain from entering into particulars, as these are hardly guaranteed by sufficient authority. My letter of yesterday informed you of the mission entrusted by his Government to Count Esterhazy. It would be useless to speculate, or even to hazard a conjecture, on the result. The most experienced, the best informed, and the most clear-sighted men are divided in opinion ; but the majority incline to the belief that Russia will not accept the propositions of which the Count is the bearer, and if she persevere in the determination expressed not many weeks since, I fear that opinion will prove to be correct. Austria is not the first that has, after a certain interval of time, made renewed attempts towards an arrangement. It is not long since Baron Wertber, the Prussian Minister at St. Petersburg, had a long and ani mated conversation with M. de Nesselrode on the same subject, and, though the representative of such a Sovereign as Prussia is blessed with, spoke, it is said, with surprising boldness. The temerity of a friend, an associate, if not of an ac complice, is pardonable when it does not go beyond words, and M. de Nesselrode listened with patience to the end. When Baron Werther had exhausted all his own rhetoric, as well as the borrowed elo quence of his master, M. de Nesselrode replied, ' Russia will not accept such conditions ; Russia will never treat while there is a single foreign soldier on her territory !' Baron Wertber again pressed the subject ; he dwelt on the danger of a change of policy among the German States of the second order ; spoke feelingly of the visit of the Bavarian and Saxon Ministers to Paris ; of the impression made upon them by the Emperor and his Minister for Foreign Affairs ; of the effect throughout Germany of the Emperor's speech at the Paris Exhibition ; in a word, he made use of every topic likely to touch the mind or heart of the Ifussian, but the reply was still the same, and M. de Werther retired from the con ference unsuccessful. This, I presume, will be denied in the Russian organs in Prussia or Bel gium, as was the mission of M. de Munster, or the anxious impatience with which M. Stackel berg's return to Vienna was expected. I have it, however, front too good an authority to have much doubt of its general correctness. To this unwonted liveliness of Prussia is attribut able, perhaps, the rather unexpected interventi on of stria. We know how nervous Austria is at any supremacy obtained by her rival ; and as Prussia, uneasy at what was going on i n th e north, had ventured to be courageous, Austria decided on going beyond her. It was i n th a t temper she made the overtures to M. do Bour queney which were submitted to the French and English Governments, which have been made the subject of seine discussion between them, which are now adopted by them, and which will soon be brought before Count Xesselrode. On the question of any previous understanding be tween Austria and Russia much doubt is enter tained. But we may venture to put the question whether Austria would press on Russia proposi tions slae does know will not be accepted, either wholly or in part., or will submit to the same rebuff encountered by P r ussia ? M. de Buol has had conferences with Prince Gertschakoff on the point, and I have reason to believe that the language used at them was such as, from any other Power, could only be followed, in case of failure, by acts of vigour. Whether she will do „these acts is an other question. It is believed at Vienna and elsewhere that France is more desirous of peace than England, and this desire, perhaps too clearly and too often ma nifested, may add to the obstinacy of Russia, and produce its effect on Austria. France has, no doubt, great resources at her command to carry on the war, but her Government would act wisely not to appear to seize with eagerness the first chance that presents itself making peace. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). EAY MARKETS. SMITHIPIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 6/ 03 clover ditto, 4115 s to 61 15s ; and straw, 11 4s Od to 1/ 103 Od per load. Trade sturdy. 01111BEBLAND.—lioadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ 6s cloveT do., 4/ 153 to 6; 153 ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 104 per load. Both hay and straw ruled steady, at full quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 6/ Os; clover do., 41 15s to 7/ Os ; and straw, 11 4a to 1/ 103 per load. A slow trade. TEA.—The Commonrket c h o a n s g firm. ma COLONIAL ruled d a . nd prices have SUGAR. —There have been no transactions of any impor obueiernealsist.eedad9sl tame to report, prices remaining m uch the same as last week. COFFEE.—The market has been steady and previous rates were fully supported in the few transactions that took place. RICE.—The demand for this article has been dull and prices were barely maintained. Rum. —There has Leen a firmer market in conseque nce ,000 of the Governm ent having taken 2[5 gallons for the con tract, and prices ran g ed from 2s 11,i,d to 3s 2'.d per proof i gallon. TALLOW. —There Las been but little variation to note in the tallow market for the last few days ' A consider able amoun t of s p eculative business has been a t price chiefly in favour of buyers. At, transacted, h ea viness was exhibited, and snore dispositionz't°r period a se ll on the part of holders. The closing evinced to 683 to 67e 9d for delivery ; Jan quotations arc— u 645; J une , 6:' s 9;1_,. on the spot, ary to March, 07s ; April, 683; sh,(,i., 693 ; South American, 6Th 3d. Australian beef, 65s 6d per cwt. Owinz to the final instalment of 10 per rent. ou the English loan of 16,000,0001. being payable to-day, there was a very active demand for money at the Bank of England yesterday, In the general di;count market the tendency win rather towards ease. The amount of the instalment will, it is miderstJod, be limited to about 1,000,000/., payments to the extent of 600,C001. having been made in Anticipation. T A