The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

EDINBURGH ART MANUFACTURE ASSOCIATION. The exhibition of this association opened yester day, and will remain open for four or five weeks. In extent it has far out grown th e or i g i na l idea of the committee, whose arrangements only extended at - first to five rooms in the National Galleries ; the demands for space were so numerous, and many of the articles sent in of such large dimensions, that the directors determined to extend the exhibition over the whole twelve rooms of the building, which promise to be only just sufficiently large. This ex tension of space will probably be of essential ser vice to the exhibition, by giving more room to the visitors, as well as to the articles exhibited. Nearly all exhibitions are so crowded in every respect, that half the effect of the objects is lost, and the condition of the atmosphere is such as to create weariness and inattention, even in the most stu dious visitors. The collection included nearly all those classes of articles, in the fabrication of which art forms, or may form, an element ; and these are classified as far as circumstances would permit. The largest area is covered by the class of house decorations, to which our neighbours across the Tweed give considerable attention. We cannot say that all the specimens are good, but many of them are extremely well executed, and some in excellent taste. The collection of jewellery, gold, silver, and electroplated ware is large, and includes contri butions from many well known firms, such as Hunt and Roskill; Lambert and Rawlings ; El kington, Mason, and Co. ; Mackay, Cunningham, and Co. ; Phillips Brothers ; Marshall and Sons, &c. _ _ In the class of fictile wares there are good selec tions from the productions of Minton, Copeland, Battam, Chamberlaine, and others, and extensive contributions by John Millar and others, of Edin burgh. Messrs. Whytock and Co., of Edinburgh, the well-known manufacturers of tapestry and carpets, have a small room to themselves, and make a very admirable exhibition, including one of T resse ll' s fringe looms, which will be worked in the exhibition. Another small room is devoted to a collection of miscellaneous productions contributed by the East India Company, and without which no exhibition would now be considered complete. It must be confessed, too, that the greater our experience in the matter of colours, the higher is our estimation of the mode in which the poor Indians throw to gether their brilliant colours, and mix them with gold, silver, beetles' wings, and other gorgeous accessories, in harmonious combination. A • case of books illustrative of binding, ancient and modern, deserves attention. It contains not only fine specimens of work, by the most celebrated binders of the present age, but some very curious old Bibles and other books ire wood, tortoiseshell, and other materials, in fine preservation. Many of these latter have been. contributed by private individuals ; and this is not the only department which private collectors have enriched. The Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Lord Chief Justice, Lady Ruthven, Lord Murray, Sir John M'Neill, Mr. W. T. Thomson, of Edin burgh, and other noblemen and gentlemen have contributed many excellent and some very cut ions examples of antique furniture, gold, silver, and plated ware, bronzes, arms, china, glass, tapestry, The Emperor of the French I,as allowed the agents of the association to select a number of fine specimens of porcelain and enamel from the show roomsat &yr, s, two fine pieces of Gobelins tapestry. "Christ in the Tomb," after Philippe de Cham pagne ; and "L'Antonnie," after Lancret ; a fine example of the " Ta.pis de la Savonnerie ;" and a fine tableau and several small pieces of the Beauvais manufacture. The collection of French manufactures is rather choice than large, but includes the following emi nent firms who have sent some of their finest works: —Rudolphi and Bachelet, in goldsmiths' ant jewellers' works ; Fowrdniois, Gueret, and Ribail her, and Mazaroz, in wood carving ; Carier, Deniers, Mene, and Cain, in bronzes ; and Defosse and Genouse, in paper decorations. In addition to these are beautiful specimens of parqueterie and inlaid work, by Orel:tier and Marcelin ; albums, bound by Despierres ; articles of the curious silver glass were invented by Grichois ; porcelain mosaics, by R,ivart ; and, lastly, photographs of objects of art, by Mr. Bingham, an Englishman, resident in Paris, and reputed inventor of the Colodion pro- C®3s. On Saturday evening the rooms were thrown open to the subscribers and their friends, and a very numerous and gay party of ladies and gentle men had a private view of the collection. We have no doubt that the public will appreciate the advan tage as much as the subscribers, and that the Ex hibition of the Art Manufacture Association. will be one of the lions of Scotland during Christmas. THE TRADE OF BIRNILNGHAIIL A meeting of the iron and coal masters of the Wolverhampton district was held at the Swan Hotel, in that town, on Wednesday afternoon, the purpose being to consider the propriety of reducing the wages of the thin coal and stonemen in that part of the country 3d. per day. A lengthened discussion took place, but no decision was come to, it being resolved to postpone any definite reduction on the subject for a fortnight. It is very likely, however, that the reduction as proposed will be car ried out, although the high price of provisions makes the trade reluctant to adopt a proceeding of that character, especially at this period of the year. But the scale of wages is so thoroughly disproportionate to the price of pig-iron, that it is scarcely possible for the contemplated reduction to be any longer postponed, having in view, too, the measure of a like character which is about to take place in Wales, as referred to under this head last week. At pre sent the contemplated reduction is confined to the district specified, so that the thick coal men in the Oldbury and Stourbridge district will not be af fected by it. The demand for pi g iron is said t o ' exhibit increased ani ma ti on , and mine pigs are quoted at 41. per ton, hut the instances are excep• tonal, anclfor a very superior make where that price is obtained, the average being about 3/. 15s. per ton, which, considering the labour scale,. and the price of material, is too low to be remunerative. As regards manufactured iron there has been no change this week ' • some of the w or k s cont i nue t{, be better off for orders than they were a few weeks since ; but, notwithstanding this improvement, the trade is fiat. It is true that there is a fair demand for finished iron generally for home use, and that. the shipping orders are upon the whole good ; hut a stimulant is wanted to impart to it as much ani - tn .a ztio n as i s desirable. The on l y prospect of ob t 'ling this at present is by reducing prices to the e xtent of 1/. per ton. This would, no doubt, be followed, b The high'Amoota pric e here has very much checked the eric or trade f or t h e l ast e i g h t or n i ne mont h s ; com etc not p su Y does it en a bl e th e i ronmas t ers th er e to try, but it iaelZfil•lP'Y with the trade in this coon- that quarter, whiZ ta the extension of works.. : ,r, upon v must ultimately have a v .try serious effect le l trade here. A reduc`, /0n cf , . prices will go far to it a stop to this. A declara tradetie,n of this natns,!s at the next meet; sg wed las orders f would be folio of the for z amount sufficient to secure a greet - -ro'ai the States of animation than has prevailed prices taking so wide a ran " tilr'e) and prevent cturing the last four mo nths. %a s. they ha ve d o s se admitted that 8 /. per to n e: is pretty gene . all price for all parties ; the raa.,, ae b t at'e is t he best nerally do better with a , . nled, ,_ ll . ritig ts- s a es ges kiad, whereas high pricks have a treantee treice of that various branches, and. iromnast es . lenoy to check not in the long rnn benefit t,s4,:themselves do prices; such as have occasional: i ‘ 'ipt,""rnporary high . . j (mailed d • the last few yearn,,' hut which have, i nva . using succeeded by whore than '.s correspoodinigatly been of depression s The yseliminary ineetinsr omfonnt ironinastera will take. place on the 24th hl etan t" Wolverhampton. A. strong feeling exists as te t tb a : desirability of a reduction to the extent of 1/. ',er ten ; sev era l o f the first-class makers are said to iss full of orders, and consequently, opposed to a ny alteration. In these circumstances, any opinio n as to w i nat their resolve is likely to be must he m are speculation. In. Scotch pigs there has not been any activity for sam e time past,. but present . rates are reported firm. All the Russian iron is sold, and ria 'more is 'expected this season beyond- what is on Its way for Sheffield houses. The . The rise in the - ice of coer announced last meek has been followed badvance in the price y an of brass r 3. 0 :O. per lb. The metal-rollers have also held a mee • meeting, at- which measures were agreed hen for .Or securing • more complete uniformity' as to i unimum nri f brass wire androlled m etal, genFimi 3thita i.: e9,S ) bieThiEherto prevailed. .lost .of the bra ss 's - branches affected and the Manufacturers in ()thee • town __ 0. 7 td by the rise in copper, both in the this w 4 e n e l k tble n district, have issued fresh circulars discounts. T a h o ss u e ouiug further reductions of their : ferent trad es ; ha of th course, vary with the dif the two advanceß is about.' average reduction, upon it is as high as 10 per 2 ; in some instances the former rate is cent. net ; for gas Lubins the part of the bout the mark. Ou factors there is mueli complaint of the amount of inconvenience and labour which fluctuations of this kind entail upon them. With respect to the future of per trade, the most reliable authorities o'it ,h of thq, smelters' circle incline to the opinion X be no furthei: adVa:ll o 4 in the psiee a t p ,.. t es , e i re 7:1 purpose, that of checking speculation, -I - " 6 --)having teen THE SUN, LONDON, TtritSDAY EVENIN G, DRCEMBEIi 11, 1856, gained. Here, however, we are not altogether free fromspeculators, who, anxious for anotheradvanee, are just now endeavouring to create an uneasy feeling on that score ; of course opinions from par ties so interested aro not of much value, but their promulgation may give rise to unnecessaryanxiety, which it is worth while, if possible, to allay. It is true that the consumption of copper is likely to in crease ; there will be considerable demand for wire for the American telegraph (in fact, large orders on that account have already been received here), and for some other purposes in connection with the trade of this town—the tube manufacture especi ally—the quantity being worked up is increasing ; but persons who are generally well informed un the subject are of opinion that the commodity is not particularly scarce, not more so than at the time of the unexpected fall last June. It may be noticed, too, that since the rise last week consumers have less difficulty in securing a supply for immediate use ; and inasmuch as this is not th e tim e o f y ear when, under existing circumstances, the generality of manufacturers would care to buy largely, no in convenience is likely to arise from orders of that kind not being accepted by the agents. It is, in fact, simply the indisposition to enter into contracts at present prices, wh ere th ese are k nown to b e o f a speculative character, which gives rise to the supposition that there is to be another advance almost, immediately. The smelters are reported to be pretty full of engagements for the next six weeks. The general trade of the town continues healthy ; the factors' travellers are finishing up remarkably good journeys in the agricultural districts, and, late as it is in the year, there are a great many orders in the town. In the fancy trades there is more animation than existed two or three weeks since, the consequence of country orders for Christ mas presents. It is only in a very few and unim portant branches that any languor prevails, and this may generally be traced to some unfavourable influence of an exceptional character, or to the season.—Birmingham Journal of Saturday. FRENCH POLICE CASES. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The Countess de Cassino, proprietor of the Cha teau of Monte Christo, whose name has lately been frequently before the public, figured on Saturday before the Imperial Court. She owed, it appeared, for a long time an upholsterer named Segretin 350 f., the balance of an account ; and he at length, finding that all his attempts to procure payment were vain, accepted a horse as security for it. After he had kept the animal some months, Mme. de Cas sino demanded it back, but he refused to give it up without payment, not only of the bill, but of the expense of keeping the animal. She, in conse quence, brought an action against him before the civil tribunal to get back the horse, and she stated in support of her application that he had agreed to purchase the horse for 1,150 f., 800 f. of which sum he was to give her at once, and was to retain the remainder in payment of his bill ; but that he had made the groom who took the horse to him drunk, and had then sent him home without the money and without the animal. But Segretin proved, to the satisfaction of the court, that the horse h.d been placed in his band as security for debt, and the court decided that he should retain it until the debt was paid, together with the expense of maintaining theanimal. On Saturday the Countess appealed to the Imperial Court against the deci sion, and she caused to be represented that it was very unlikely that a person in her position, pos sessed as she was of the Chateau of Monte Christo, of an hotel in the Rue de Hamborg, of another house, and of some building ground in Paris, as also of a vast quantity of splendid furniture, would ever have thought of giving a pledge for the pay ment of a paltry debt ; and that even if she had dune so, what she would have given would not have been a horse, but a picture or some other ar ticle, not living. She therefore contended the court must decide either that Segretin had pur chased the horse, and ought to be made to pay her for it, or that he illegally retained it, and ought to be made to restore it. Segretin, in answer to this, , declared that the lady's pecuniary resources were by no means as considerable as she represented, and that she paid her creditors either very ill or not at all • that as to the ho rse , s h e h a d g i ven i t him in pledge, and he was therefore entitled to keep it until he was paid. The court, finding that the countess could produce no proof of her allega tion about the horse, said that the judgment in favour of Segretin must be confirmed, provided that person would take an oath that the horse had been given him in pledge, and not purchased by him. Segretin at once took an oath to that effect. A concierge, named Chauveaux, of 5, Faubourg St. Jacques, was on Sunday tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police for illegally lending money on pledges, for fraud, and for usury. A journeyman clock-maker, named Lejeune, proved that, being in want of money during the illness of his wife, the prisoner lent him 99f. on deposit of clocks, tools, &e., of the value of 338 f. ; and that when he wanted to redeem the articles, the man impudently pretended that he had purchased them for the sum in question. Several other witnesses proved that he had cheated them in a similar manner, and others declared that he had charged them exorbitant in terest for small loans—one woman, for example, had paid 3f. for a loan of sf. The Tribunal con demned him to four months' imprisonment and 100 f. fine. An account was given in Sept. of a fire having broken out by night in a house in course of con struction at the corner of the Rues Bellechasse and St. Dominique, and of a man named Dussap hav ing been arrested as he was running away from the place. This man declared that being without lodgings he had gone into the house for shelter, .and had caused the fire by lighting some shavings in the cellar to warm himself. His tale was at first believed, but it subsequently turned out that he was a liberated convict, and that he had delibe rately caused the fire in order to steal some wine from a cellar and some workmen's tools. On Satur day he was brought to trial before the Court of Assizes for the crime, and as he made no attempt to deny his guilt he was convicted, though with, extenuating circumstances, and was sentenced to hard• labour for life. :, A man named Herbel w as on Saturday broug t .before the Court of Assizes of the s e i ne , on a charge of making use of seditious exp-A ss i ons aga i nst the Emperor, and wa s condemn:ed to a mont h' s imprisonment, 200 f. fine, and ;lie costs. A pretty girl, 17 years ef, awe,named Cho re ], was on Saturday tried by the Tribunal of Correc tional Police for robbery, and her mother and five other females were t'ifed for receiving her booty. The cir.cumstancea were rather singular :—The €':rl was in the sery ".-ilfet, 'see of a dressmaker named D and one day :she was sent on an errand, wi;:ia orders to be back in an hour and a half ; but she did not return Par three hours, and then s' ' -ed • de a h rriv in a cab, With a bottle of wine mi . ", " qu;:ce intoxicated ; she then - ii () d r eac arm, and r.aaic..filled with gold, and I`, a fi ll n,, (reth out t a t? o r d t ena o n , it, said that she would - ashe nafound , give each of her fellow workers lf. But tl•..e mistress, snatching it from her, remarked tl , t i f. .4 . was not enough, and she gave a piece 91. 20f. to each o f th e females, and kept one for herself ; afer which she returned the pursa, then containing 280 f. to the girl, and the latter cook it to her mother, who received it without scruple, and with its contents paid deb.s, alid made purchases. It subsequently turned out that the girl, instead of going on th e errand on which the mistre ss had sent her, had gone to the lodgings of a Polish gentleman, named Imaglo ws ki, whohad requested her t o visit him, and after stop ping with him some time, stole the parse, a pocket handkerchief, and two bracelets. The girl, in her defence, said that the Pole had given her the porte monnaie ; her mother, mistress, and the other ac cused alleged that they had really believed that she had found the money, and that they did not know that it was considered a robbery to appropriate money found. The Tribunal condemned the girl to a year's imprisonment ; her mother and mistress to four months', and each of the others to one month of the same punishment. A young and pretty woman, named Levesque, wife of a shirtniaker, was on Saturday tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police for adultery, with a c aptain in the army , w h o i s now i n Al ger i a. It PPeared from the evidence that the captain, after Paying her some , attention, and after writing verses ner honour, succeeded in seducing her, and , carried on an adulterous connexion with her for same time. Th his dishonour The husband, learning after awhile guilty „ np u ie r '.madc length th e termined to ofin - Ceived idea of eeparation,n repeated attempts to catch the ea lin fl agrante delicto, but in vain. At P b _a_ l 9 got tired of the woman, and de to pa r s e s a i l f L ) 0 11 . with her ; but she having went constantly -t o C d i dared' that she. for him could not bear the should lodgings. she waited for hin t in. the cafes and restauratits, in spite of his prohibitions The:captain or refused admission, but . and sahreet, followed him to behind soldiers or other,perspoped into his lodgings us who visited hire. He at last became so exasp erate literally that literally kicked her "out of doors, hut one day be -his brutality and humiliations t he irs spite of all tinned to cling . to him. Finding that ohmeahnadcon other means of escaping from her, be got erm n i: sion to exchange into a regiment serving in Xl:Yeria: The woman denied the truth of the charges avainst her, but the tribunal sentenced her to three rnianths' imprisonment. The letters. from: : Hamburg mention that diseount, whieb - has fallen to 4;, is now : 4 e. rate o f et nt. z Per h.R. LIVINGSTON'S AFRICAN DISCOVERIES. The members of the Royal Geographical Society held a special meeting last night to present tha society's gold medal to the Rev. Dr. Livingston for his discoveries in Central Africa. The society's rooms were crowded to excess. Among the members and visitors present were —Count Lavradio, the Portuguese Minister ; the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Major• General pox, Mr D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Major- General Sir G. Pollock, Mr. Tite, M.P., Professor Owen, Dr. Rae, the Arctic voyager, Sir H. Rawlinson, Col. Steele, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Gordon Cumming, Captain Vardon, and other African travellers. The proceedings excited unusual interest, and Dr. Livingston on entering the room was warmly greeted by the distinguished assemblage. The chair was taken at half-past 8 o'clock bs Sir R. Murchison, President of the society. The PRESIDENT, in opening the proceedings, said they were met to welcome Dr. Livingston on his return from South Africa to his native country after an absence of 16 years, during which, while endeavouring to spread the blessings of Christianity through lands never before trodden by the foot of a British subject, he had made geographical discoveries of incalculable importanc e , which had justly won for him the Victoria or Patron 's gold medal of that society. (Cheers.) When that hon our was conferred in May, 1855, for traversing South Africa from the Cape of Good Hope by the Lake Ngami to Linyanti, and thence to the west coast in 10 S. lat., Lord Ellesmere, their then president, spoke of the scientific precision with which the unarmed and un assisted English missionary had left his mark on so many important stations of regions hitherto blank. (Hear, hear.) If for that wonderful journey Dr. Living. ston was justly recompensed with the highest distinction their society could bestow, what must now be their estimate of his prowess when they knew that he had retraversed the vast regions which he first opened out to their knowledge ' • nay, more, that a ft er reac hi ng hi s nd starting point at Linyanti, in the interior, he had fol lowed the Zambesi, or continuation of the Leambye river, to its mouths on the shores of the Indian ocean, passing through the Eastern Portuguese settlement of Tete, and thus completing the entire journey across South Africa? In short, it had been calculated that, putting together all his various journeys, Dr. Livingston had not travelled over less than 11,000 miles of Alricau territory, and he had come back as the pioneer of sound knowledge, who, by his astronomical observations, had determined the site of numerous places, hills, rivers, and lakes, nearly all hitherto unknown, while he had seized upon every opportunity of describing the physical fea tures, climatology, and even the geological structure of the countries he bad explored, and pointed out many new sources of commerce as yet unknown to the scope and enterprise of the Britten Government. (Cheers.) The President expatiated at some greater length on the importance of Dr. Livingston's discoveries, and then, turning to the distinguished traveller, said it was now his dutyand his pleasure to present to him their founder's medal, as a testimony of their regard and admiration. He rejoiced to see on that night such a numerous as sembly of geographers and distinguished persons, includ ing several of the representatives of foreign Rations ; and, above all, he rejoiced to see there the representa tive of that nation (the Portuguese) whose governors and subjects in a distant region of Africa treated him (Dr. Livingston) as a brother, and without whose aid many of his most important results could not have been achieved. (Cheers.) Gladdened must all the hearts be of geographers present when they saw him attended at that meeting by several of their own associates—men who aided him in his earlier years—he (the chairman) alluded particularly to Col. Steele, Mr. Oswald and Capt. Vardon, who participated in his labours ; and he oould not conclude without congratulating Dr. Livingston most sincerely in being surrounded by men who were certainly the best judges of his merits ; and when he saw in that assembly many distinguished African travellers, *in cluding that English envoy who alone had been to Tirnbuctoo, and re urned (Dr. Barth), might not, he would ask, the Geographical Society be proud of such achievements ? (Cheers.) With such agreeable feelings as these he had now to present him (Dr. Livingston) with the society's medal as a testimony of the esteem and high admiration with which they regarded his labours. Dr. LIVINGSTON was received with much cheering. He said —.'lr. President and gentlemen, I have spoken very little of my own language for the last 16 years, and I hope you will kindly bear with my imperfections in speech-making. I beg to return my warmest thanks for the distinguished honour you have now conferred upon me, and also for the kind and encouraging expressions with which the gift of the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society bas been accompanied. Asa Chris. tian missionary I only did my duty in attempting to open up part of southern intertropical Africa to the sympathy of Christendom, and I am very much gratified by finding in the interest which you and nattier others express a pledge that the true negro family, whose country I tan versed, will yet become a part of the general community of nations, (Cheers.) The English people and Govern ment 'nave done more for Central Africa than any other in the way of suppressing that traffic which proves a blight to both commerce and friendly intercourse. May I hope that the path which I have letely opened into the interior will never be shut, and that, in addition to re pression of the slave trade, 'there will be fresh efforts made for the development of the internal resources of the country. (Hear, hear.) Success in this, and 'the spread of Christianity alone, will render the present success of our crui sers i n repression permanent. (Hear, hear.) I cannot pretend t o a s i ngle note of triumph. A man may boast wh en h o i s putting o ff his ar mour, but I am just putting mine on ; and, while feeling deeply grateful for the high opinion you hare formed of me, I f ee l a l so that you have rated me above my deserts, an d t h at my future may not come up to the expectations of the present. Some of the mein here of your society, Colonel Steele, Captain Var doe, and Mr. Oswald, for instance, could, either of them, have effected all I have done, You are not in want of capable agents. I am nevertheless only too thankful now that they left it for me to do, again thank you for the medal, and hope it will go down in my family as art heir -loom worth keeping. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LASOUCHERE said that the meeting had heard of the valuable, cordial, and friendly co-operation which the distinguished traveller had received from the gover nors of the Portuguese establishments on the African coast. No country could boast of having more greatly contributed to geographical knowledge than Portugal. The suppression of the traffic • in slave was an object of great solicitude to the people of this country, and it was our duty to repay to Africa the debt we owed her by promoting the interests of civilisation and commerce He bad great pleasure in moving that "the grateful thanks of the Royal Geographical Society be tendered through his Excellency Count Lavradio to the Gover nors of the Portuguese settlements in Africa, who had so kindly received and entertained Dr. Livingston." (Cheers.) Sir 11. RAWLINSON seconded the motion, which was carried uoanitnou-ly. Count LAVRADIO, who asked permission to address the meeting in the French language, expressed the pleasure he should have in discharging the agreeable duty im posed on him, Dr. Livingston had braved the greatest dangers and had eeposed himself to the greatest priva tions in the eto l eavour to render services to science, and to spread blessings of religion, morality, and civilisa tion a country hith erto un k nown and unvisited by -r.ureopeauss (Cheers.) The SEORRTARY theft read extracts from three letters written to the society by Dr. Livingston from different ,poiets in his travels —the first dated from Linyanti, on the river Chobe, in the interior, describing the country to the north ; the second from the Zambesi river, and the third from Quillirnane, in the Indian Ocean. The course taken by Dr. Livingston was traced by red lines upon large maps which hung upon the watts. Starting from the western coast of Africa, the red line follows the River Coanza in an east rly direction until it reaches the river liasye, which runs from south to north uatit it reaches Lake Diloto, a c essiderible expanse of water in the centre of the continent. Another river, the Leambye, continues the great chain of water communication towards the south until within a short distance of Lake Ngatni, when the river makes a sudden turn to the seat and tumbles over the falls of Lakai, the most picturesque scene in Africa. The river afterwards inakto a sudden bend, and flews in a northerly direction. It afterwards runs east again, and takes the name of Zambesi, passing through the towns of Tete and Sena, _until it emptie., itself into the Mozambique Channel at the town of Quil• limane, and in the adjacent Delta. Dr. LIVINGSTONE, being called upon by the ttresident, said that south of the 20th degree of south latitude the country was arid and contained very few rivers, but to the north of that line the country wive well watered, anti very unlike shat the centre of Africa was popularly re presented to be. The country which he had traversed, indeed, was covered with a network of waters, meet of which were l arge an d d eep, and never dried up. The natives belonged to the true negro family, having a good deal of very woolly hair, and being darker than the chuanas. They held their women in high estimation. and many of them became chiefs. If a man were asked to eo any where or to agree to any arrangement he geld, " I must go home and ask my wife." If she said " No," there was no possibility of cutting him to move. Wore es e sat in their councils, and while a BechtlADA swore by hie father, these negroes swore by their mother. Dr. Livnea stun related several amusing instances to show the hieh estimation in which these tribes their Women, Ile believed they deserved it, and he and his men had assays been kindly treated by the "reit" hex. The Country in most parts abounded with . e l e ph an t., buffaloes, aebraa giraffes, and oth er game, and he had shot three neer hr. telopes not yet knowr l in England. He had found it unnecessary to burd,,, himself with provisions hi tiro. veiling, for the an _ ir eals did not s eem t o k now a gun, would stand with. .n bow-shot o f h is weapon. I n the into ere kind to him, but he could not s a y the y i r t i n o p r r t o lo v e e p d e a co s ple ti. sv 0 apiroached the con fi nes of civilisation, The English - name b ee penetrated a long NVP'y interior, a'od the English were know n as " the tri e that likes the black man." Dula- 8 existed, but Vac. exportation of slave,. 'e tic slaveryeffecre wan the preseed. Nganii was no "d was l v a e k r e, y but y wh y at was left of a large lak e • was made near the j • akai falls, which allowed a free course to the Zemt ' hi 4 ch e e e fisted b efore the fissure The PRESID- eesi. ..) hitherto k- ,ANT asked what articles of commerce n i nt open e d .own to British merchants were likely toe P . tip to the British trader ? _4. LIVINGSTON said the new articles of commerce ae had found in the,c‘tur.e of his travels were chiefly r fibrous sub9.ances, some of them excessively strong, an one resembling flax, which were found in large quantities ou the north bank of the Zambesi. The sugar cane also grew ;boot tautly, though the natives•had no idea of the use of o,uga r ; and indigo grew wild all over the coun try' TinT.l were acres of it near the village of Tete ;tt was, in fact, quite a weed. Wax and honey, quinine and sauna, were also among the nattral products of the ountry. Then there were different metals, indludihg Very fine iron ores and malachite; from which doppet *aft extracted. 'there were also coalfields in Workicf, where gold was occasionally found. The people, indeed,' had been washing for gold from time immemorial, and were doing so still. Near to Tete there were no fewer than 11 seams of coal, one of which was 97 inches thick. The country Was sd fel-tile that in the gardens cdttitated by the natives a constant process of sowing and reaping went on all the year round. It likewise grew immense quantities of grain. Mr. Galton — , Mr. M'Queen, Cu). Steele, Capt. ltardon ) Mr. Brande, and Mr. Gordon Cumming—all of them travellers in Africa—bore testimony to the value of Dr. Livingston's discoveries, and to the tact, courage, and unwearied ardour with which be had pursued them. Professor OWEN also adverted to the interesting acquisitions to zoological science likely to accrue from the labours of the distinguished traveller. The meeting, which was one of great interest, did not terminate until near midnight. aiial and Military Intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge leaves town this morning for the camp at Aldershot to review the troops at present stationed there. The troops are ordered to march out immediately after breakfast, and to throw ont pickets. The officers are to meet the Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief at the railway station, and will attend on his Royal Highness to the camp for the inspection. _ _ Gen. Sir J. Simpson, G.C.P., Gen. Lord Rokeby, and Col. the Hon. W. L. Pakenham, C.B , who have been for some weeks engaged in investigating the claims for the Victoria Cross (the Order of Valour), have for a short time discontinued their meetings at the Horse Guards. We have reason to believe that their labours are com plete up to the 38th Regiment of Foot. The depot of the 40th Regiment will proceed this day from the provisional battalion, Chatham, to Cork, for the purpose of joining the depot battalion at Templemore. The following is its strength, viz. :—seven officers, nine serjeants, eight corporal s , th r e e d rummers, an d 1 1 6 rank and file. Sinee the 40th depot has been stationed at Chatham garrison it has given nearly 300 volunteers to other regiments which were below their required establishment, and 128 volunteers will also proceed with the 40th depot from Chatham this day for the purpose of joining the several corps in Ireland for which they have volunteered. The following are the officers who proceed to Templemore with the 40th Regiment :—Captain M. E. Smith, Lieutenant J. Armstrong, Lieutenant Gibson, Ensign J. T. Whelan, and Ensign F. Dudgeon. The bead-quarters are in Austraia. The authorities at the Horse Guards intend appointing a major-general to the command of the troops at Cha tham garrison, which has been decided upon in conse quence of the large increase of troops it is intended to station at Chatham for the purpose of being instructed in fortification and other engineering operations. A large number of volunteers from the 88th (Con naught Rangers) have arrived at the provisiouai batta lion. Chatham, for the purpose of joining the depots of the 26th (Cameronians), 35th (Royal Sussex), and 45th Regiments. The following changes and promotions have taken place in the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry : First-Lieutenant G. B. Heastey, of the Chatham divi sion, has been promoted to be Captain, vice Captain J. T. Astlett, who has reared on full pay, with a step of honorary rank ; Second-Lieutenant J. F. Crease of the Royal Marine Artillery, to be First-Lieutenant, vice Heastey. It has been determined to effect several changes in the mode of carrying on the duties connected with the barrack department of the army, the principal of which is that several barracks in a military district shall be united, and placed under the control of an engineer offi cer, who will make periodical inspections and be respon sible for the works required to be executed. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Dee, Master Commander Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth in the night of Sunday with two gunboats from the eastward. The Oonquestador, late laid up in ordinary in Saltpan Reach, yesterday left Sheerness, in low of two steam vessels, for Woolwich. She is to be laden with live shells, and to be returned to the Medway to be moored at Blackstakes for further orders. In pursuance of the newly-established garrison order the whole of the disengaged portion of the troops at Woolwich were yesterday morning reviewed on the Royal Artillery parade-ground by Major-General Sir W F. Williams, attended by Lieut.-Colonel C. Teesdale, the General's aide-de-camp ; Colonel Bloomfield, aide-de camp to her Majesty, a n d the garrison staff, and were Marched into the country in different directions, accord ing to the discretion given to the officers in command. The squadron of Royal Marines, under the command of Coi. Nolloth, Col. Walsh, Col. Fleming, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Fraser, proceeded across Woolwich• common to Blackheath, and back to quarters, led by the band of the reziment. The Royal Artillery, in tw divisional battalions, headed by the band, over Shooter's.hill to Eltham and Wickham, under the command of Colonel Franklin, Colonel Burrows. and the commanding officers of companies. The troop of Royal Horse A rtillery, preceded by their band, took the road to Eltham, and thence to Welling, and back to Woolwich, and were commanded by Cal. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding two troops (0 and D), and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Strange, C. 8., Major Gardiner, and Captain Hill. The field batteries, in charge of Col. Anderson, proceeded along the Old Dover-road for some miles, and returned by the same route to barracks. Major Earle, Royal Horse Artillery, who has been invalided for some months owing to a scalp wound, the result of a fall from his horse while on duty at a general inspection, is reported convalescent. The corps of Royal Artillery, having undergone a reduction at the rate of about yo men per week, consist ing of marked men and all those considered within the limits specified in the orders for discharge, are again placed on the peace establishment. The freight ship Marechal Pellissier, James Wilkinson, master, having shipped 50 tons—namely, 1,430 quarter barrels of ball cartridge from Woolwich Arsenal for Adelaide, has sailed far her destination. The freight ship Wellington, 403 tons burden, having been ordered down to Woolwich from the docks, was yesterday morning secured to the buoy of the Royal Ordnance department in order to receive about 20 tons of powder for Hong Kong. Her Majesty's ship Firebrand, from Sheerness, for repairs, was yesterday morning taken into basin at Woolwich. The following appointments were made at the Admi ratty yesterday : MaAer—Benjamin 114naud, to the Hawke. Surgeon 7 Eciward H. Cree, to the Eagle. Assistant-Surgeon--Peter Comrie, to the Hawke. LIE MAJESTY'S SHIP RE . 4OLUTE AND THE AMERICAN OFFICERS. 'PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15. Last evening the acting Port Admiral (Commodore Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8.) received au intimation from Osborne that her Majesty would inspect the Resolute on Tuesday, if she could be conveniently moved to Cowes Harbour for the purpose. Sir Thomas immediately communicated with the United States' Vice• Consul at this port, and M. Pappalaido forthwith telegraphed the intelligence to the American Minister. Fortunately Captain Harstein, of the Resolute, happened to be at the Minister's table at the time the telegraphic despatch arrived, and he consequently returned to Portsmouth by 11 o'clock this morning, when he proceeded immediately to the dockyard to have an interview with Sir Thomas Maitland, who had a steamer ready to take him out to the Resolute, which soon afterwards was towed down to Cowes harbour, where she remains awaiting the Queen's visit. Her Majesty's steam frigate Retribution, 22, Captain Barker, dropped down to Cowes this afternoon to salute on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the Resointe tomorrow. TEE ARCM' FJXPEUITION. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of The Sun : SIB,—An extract from the United Service Gazette, pub lkhed in The Sun of to.day, informs your readers that Captain Paterson, of the whaler Pacific, has in his posses sion three copper bolts and a g alvanised iron rod, which he bartered from the Esquim aux at Ponds-bay this past ettMlner, and which are supposed to have formed a part of the ships abandoned in the ioe by Sir E. Belcher in 1854. It would be an interesting and important fact to know if these bolts and the rod of iron bear the Go vernment mark or broad arrow. The mention by another whaling captain, that the Esquimaux had sledges made of bard wood, 13 ,- ,red with treenail holes, bears somewhat on my statement, that the nittiVes who had seen a portion of Sir John Franklin's party had not fallen in with his ships. Iu 1846-7 the natives of Repulse and Pelly bays had abundance of sledges exactly similar to those noticed above, made both of oak and pine, the wood of which, they said, had been obtained from a ship left many years before by white men bear /stee-ehel.le or Neitelli, a place often named by Flit. John Rose l his "Narrative and close to where hh Wit his vessel in MI This," wood tvit.o evidently a part of his vessel (the Victory), as It was too thin to haite formed the plAnkinpt of st ittijr like the Vury i abanslontd at or on Fury-beach in 141 11 ,0 In 1854 the Esquimaux I met with in the same igti' lities as in 1846-7 had very few wood sledges, and these were ettremelk old and thee ht Some of the spring were made of bone, but die majativ were of musk-ox skin, folded up on a little wet moss or mild, in the term of a 'sledge-runner, and then frozen. These last Ate never used wh en the Esquimaux can get wood, as in the (at which season the natives travel most) they are thawed and pa out of shape by the heat of the tiiid-day sun. In 1847 wood was not in great demand by the natives, because they had an ample supply for all their wants ; but in 1854, a small piece, sufficient for a spear handle, was valued more highly than a large dagger. The conclusion I came to was, that, if Franklin's ships, or one of them bad been found by the E s quimaux, they would have been equally well supplied with wood in 1854, as they here in 1847, if not better. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN RAE. London, December 15. ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION. - The Montrenl Herald states that the Arctic expedition fitted out by th e Hudson Bay Company was to have started from Great Slave Lake some time since. The object of this expedition is to visit the locality where, accorilin2 t intormation furnished by Dr. Rae, Sir John Franklin and his unfortunate couipanions perished, and t ascer tain more fully, if possible, respecting their sad fate. RUSSIAN NOTE ON THE REASSEMBLING OF THE CONFERENCES. The fiussidn dienintandnit Oh the V01gv. , ,l NO Isle of Serpents questions; wilith wa's mitde public last weak, was originally communicated to ()mint Vcfalewski, the Frendh Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the following nate, it which the French Government 'Pro invited to promote the reassethbling of the conferencee Monsieur le Ministre,—By order ol the Emperor, my aligiist master, I had the honour of addirecsing to your excellency a tote, under date of Sept. 19, repeating the invitation already verbally given, that you would be so good as to propose to all the cabinets that signed the treaty of Paris to reassemble their representatives in conference at Paris, for the purpose of definitively regu lating the questions which remain in suspense concerning the execution of the treaty of March 30. The Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, acceding to this request, did not fail to make it known to all the courts which had signed the treaty of Paris. A month having since elapsed, is expectation without any result, I have received orders to place before the eyes of your excellency the enclo-ei memorandum, which gives a complete summary of the sitnation of affairs. It states anew the high importance which the court of Rus sia attaches to a prompt and complete solution of all the points in dispute, explains the course this court has taken in order to legally arrive at this conclusion, and points out, lastly, the serious inconvenience which would result from any further procrastination. In fact, the demarcation of the new Aissarabian fron tier, defined in principle by a preliminary convention signed on the 30th of August, awaits a final decision only on two local difficulties that require solution, so as to complete the task along the entire extent of a line three-fourths of which are already traced. But it is not only the execution of the 20th article of the treaty of peace that has remained in suspense. This European transaction remains unfulfilled in more than one of its essential conditions. • In virtue of the 11th article the Black Sea is neutra lised. Its waters and its ports are formally and for ever closed against the milit rry flag, save the exceptions men tioned in the 11th and 19 articles. The 10th article in the Convention of the Straits an nexed to the treaty maintains the ancient rule laid down by the Ottoman Empire, whereby the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus are closed against foreign vessels of war so long as the Porte is at peace. Tue additional and transitory article added to the general treaty establishes that the stipulations of the convention aforesaid shall not be applicable to the vessels of war employed by the belligerent powers for the evacuation by sea of the territories occupied by their armies ; but it expressly declares that the said :tipula tions shall resume their entire effect ; so soon as the evacuation shall have been completed. Now, down to this day, three months after the evacuation by sea has been terminated, all these stipulations still remain without effect. Finally, the articles 23, 24, 2'l, and 27, relative to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, remain un• executed, by the fact that a foreign armed force is present in the Danubian provinces —a military occupation which is not in accordance with the regulations of the 31st article, concerning the entire evacuation of the Ottoman empire. The term of six months, before assigned for the carrying out of this evacuation, dating from the day when the ratifications should be exchanged, has expired. The expiration of this term now reminds all the con tracting Powers of the obligation, imposed upon them in common, to take care that the salutary work of a general pacification shall be maintained, which has be come a new pledge of prosperity and repose for Europe. The Emperor, my master, orders me to perform this duty, and to appeal with confidence to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, with the view of hastening the moment when the representatives of the Courts that signed the treaty, reassembled in conference at Paris, shall have to deliberate with Com mon accord for the faithful carrying out of all the stipu lations in the treaty which have hitherto remained unexecuted.—l have the honour, &c., (Signed) BRUNJO W. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Dee 15, EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal,}' AITCHESON V. LEE.-RE THE ROYAL BRITISH BANE. Sir Fitzroy Kelly (with whom was Mr. W. D. Lewis) read certain alternative proposals to be used in the management of the estate in this case (according to the result of their lordships' decision, to be given on Friday next), which had been prepared by the official manager to carry out a suggestion of the court, and to which it was said all parties assented. The learned counsel re• marked, however, that they could hardly be expected to become applicable in a satisfactory manner to the cir cumstances of the case, prepared as they had been with out a certainty as to the decision their lordships would come to upon the litigation which had been so recently before them. He expressed a hope that their lordships might be induced, out of the abundance of their know ledge and experience in both jurisdictions, to suggest some satisfactory system of administering the assets and calls in the way of corollary to their expected judgment. BE MARK BOYD -A BANKRUPT. Their lordships, at the sitting of the court this morn ing, delivered their views and decision upon this case, which was an appeal from t ,, e judgment of the commis sioner granting to the bankrupt a certificate of the first class, accompanied with observations exonerating him from all blame in point of personal conduct. Their lordships made an order recalling the certificate which had been granted by the commissioner, and dis charging the order made by him ; they then granted to the bankrupt a certificate of the second class only, with suspension thereof for five years from this day, and withheld personal protection from him till the Ist of February next. The suspension was directed prin cipally on the grounds, first, that tbe bankrur, in their lordships' opinion, had given an improper pre ference to the joint creditors of the stockbroking firm of Benjamin and Mark Boyd, by paying their debts after he was morally convinced that the firm had ceased to exist by the death of his brother abroad, and with a view, no doubt, of resuming his stockbroking business and connexion as soon as he should get the certificate which he expected ; and secondly, on the ground of misconduct as a director of the Royal Bank of Australia, by authorising the payment of dividends out of capital, long aft-r the business of the concern had ceased to be prosperous, and by concealing the real condition of affairs from the luckless share holders till the complation or their ruin became mani• fast to all. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN BE RRDTATH. The Court proceeded to hear objections to proof's, and on one of a bill for medical atte,idance. d p h t o u h g a d h t h t a n d a a t n i t o e p u p g o h r t t u n n o i t t y t o o f b e e xaadm m antil thei n i t n e His obnaobultrrut g it. Mr. Lawrence said that some inconvenience had arisen on a previous case—the case of Straban, Paul, and Co. —through the bankrupts having to be brought up at the meeting tor the choice of assignees, but probauly the claim might be allowed to be admitted as a proof, sub ject to inquiry, and the claim could be submitted to the bankrupt. His Honour assented to this course being taken. The proofs tendered were unimportan t and small in amount, the debts of the bankrupt being small. Mr. Lawrence said ther wa4 only one list for the choice of assignees, and it was proposed that Mr. Mowatt, the secretary to the Great Northern Railway Company, should be chosen assignee. Mr. %Vontner applied to the Court for an allowance to the bankrupt. His Honour considered that the allowance was princi pally intended to enable t he bankrupt to prepare his accounts. Mr. Lawrence said there was no o b jection to the allowance. It was said that the debts provable would 000/. • be about 5, a nd it might be estimated that the assets would reach 40,0001. ; and there was no doubt the bankrupt would render all the as.istance in his pow er to realise the es t ate fo r t h e benefit of his credit or e. An allowance of 31. per week was granted. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the week have comprised seven vessels—four to Port Phillip, one to Sydney, one to Adelaide, and one to Hobart Town, with an aggregat e capacity of 5,448 tons. The rates of freight exhibit rather less firmness. _ _ In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been little activity. The total number of vessels reported inward was 17J , b e i ng 94 less than in the previous week ; and the total c l eare d out ward was 117, showing an increase of 28, the number in ballast being 17. IADYEaTISEM.EYT.J SWIM ANTI HEARING SPECTACLES POWERVIL TELESCOPES, OPERA, PACE, AND PERSPECTI VE GrAssEs,—Messrs, S, and B. Solontons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Obseeve—opposite the Yorkllotel By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for va l ua b le and . extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Paceeourse, Opera, and Per: epective Glasses, to know the dist ances. Th ese telescopes possess such extraordinary . powers that some th ree an d a- h a l f inches, with an extra eye-piece, cgill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's co un t enance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 18 to 20 miles. They are of I ,:csur and ad sizes, with increasin g p owers accordingly.—The Bo i a : Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, tte w l y -i nven t e d , very sma ll . powerti: w9,istcoat-pocket glass, th e s i ze of a walnut, by whim: a person can -, be seen and known 11 miles distant; they answer ott7 purix ,,,, on the r ace - course, a n d a t th o opera h ouses , counts' eteimry, .au? ships ar e c l ear l y seen at 8 to 10 m il es. j they are i n fabi e 1 ,7 shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportstr en , gen ticft n , B .:mekeepers, and tourists. Opera, :ace-course, camp, ail 11 ,, t ,,,:oective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-eonstrtzt;it! ectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. reL f , „linable advantage derived .. from this invention is, that ;141,5s becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and v`rY aged persons . are enabled to employ their sight at, 1;11-6 most minute - etch less magnify. occu pation-tag can see with these lenses of a :Th ' uont ,c. chance. t tag power—and they do not require the trac t assistance. to the dangerous effects of further powerful Persons can be suited at the most remote part of th, world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacle., 1 4 letter, and stati ng th e di s t ance f ro m the eyes they can rel.. small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacl e s by stating their age. Deaf ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever ran be, produced. Being of the 'same colour as the skin, is not per oeptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in- the eats is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle treet, Piccadilly, Observe—opposite the York hotel. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant ta the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, io Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 29th day of November, 1856 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 12,683 A.shford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,700 Ayisimrn Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 32,457 Baldock Bank and Baidock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 32,746 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,375 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 32,376 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Cu Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—ll. M. and G. Tubb 14,225 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,768 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—j. L. Moilliet and Sons 8,567 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 6,611 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 77,918 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 14,967 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Seaiey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 31,514 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Moger and Son ... Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and 66,981 37,73$ 30,385 34,667 Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H 27,522 A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 11,160 63,836 and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Hardmg, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— 18,823 12,572 J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam- 2,645 15,811 bridge - -Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 48,398 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris 30,390 and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son. Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Haffleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 21,780 2,367 17,914 35,196 45,209 7,833 19,100 Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Promage Snead, and Co Derby Bailk, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 72,906 8,616 9,810 36,300 27,236 and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster 8,897 10,304 —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co levonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old .13 - Ank and Dorsetshire Bank, 78,914 87,399 8,537 Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Lisjieard—Robins, Fos- 46,241 ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far- ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 92,956 49,593 44,683 25,053 7,668 12,785 5,173 Keen _ _ •• Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and 4,704 14,410 28,550 31,061 15,935 20,001 54,195 Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexander and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, 5,392 29,492 19,887 20,965 64,436 and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End —C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and C 0.... ..... Leeds Union Bank, Leed4---W. Williams, C o Brown and . . LLeeiviceesstoerldßßanaknk, .iljeeicvvesetse_r—joaligneetusxaannddKciorb. LLiinchefioienldßßanakn,kt Lichfield—naPalmerliasonnd, Greene Lincoln Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co._ Loughborough Bank, Loughborough--Middle tonand Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank Lynn o a rf n o d lk Co liank, Lynn j Lynn ry Macclesfieldtg Regis—Gurneys s and Bank,'N ..acclesfield-13;;al hu; st ui;n a . n . d . and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nun n Marlborough Cu Bank, Marlborough and Wilts bOoldroußgahnkoldMßaralnbkoroaungdh)ld Bank, Marl and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner Hungerford Merionethshire 33ank ndCu Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co ....' . Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham. 14,566 25,53 21,751 42,489 nond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk :Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich--Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Na val Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. ............................................. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os Nlrestry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. ............................................. Old. Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching .............. Ox fordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank r‘nd Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. Pe:nzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... PelerbOrough Bank and Oundlc Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pe rubrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwcst—J. and W. Walters.. Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co R ea di n g Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, 9,325 5,320 52,3,56 36,524 29,153 27,143 92,848 28,290 7,21 3,225 38,451 13,414 14,526 2,450 8,832 16,926 24,896 16,205 26,835 50,560 20,531 20,196 48,048 92,905 10,761 3,017 18,386 8,365 31,648 12,413 30,881 9,610 11,235 • 47,988 • 10,813 9,642 12,518 20,276 and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, a•.nd Co. li l , ,chester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches tc'r—Day and Nicholson Roysu rs.n Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons lugb Bank, nka y ß e u —R gby—A. Butlin and Son Rye t. C. Pomfret, &Co . ,Z . Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Allaway an, 4 Macdougal Saffron Waldel; and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—,, e, libsons and Co 28,943 6,637 4,106 7,409 13,523 8,741 14,760 4,280 31,049 Country Markets. CHELMSFORD-DEC. 12. Our trade to-day was very dull, but last week's prices for wheat were unaltered. Beans and peas each is per qr. cheaper. Good barley maintains its value. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr. 72 78 I Oats, new Peas, red, old 64 70 new Barley 44 Chevalier Grinding 40 Malt 72 Chevalier 74 per qr..— Partridge White S. S. .24 30 ..43 45 ..41 48 Boiling 42 49 Dun 40 44 Beans, Tick 44 48 Harrow ticks 40 41 Mazagan 40 44 Ditto, new-- COLCHESTER— DEC. 13. A good supply of wheat, which was taken slowly at a decline of is to 2s on last week's rates. Malting barley a decline also of is. Beans, peas, and oats were slow sale, and rd to is cheaper. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, to 74&; red, 58s to 665; barley, 42s to 48s ; oats, 25s to 30s bean*, klazagan, 36s to 386 ; middle and small, 40s to 465; peas, white, 41s to 485 ; grey, 40s to 445. Hficial Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., in the port of London, from the following ports, fie Dec. 8 to Dec. 13, both inclusive. Colchester Harwich Leigh Mallon .41 1 p . ... . . cd ,y, -6. DI 0 , 74 -r e .= •••• 1 ; 4 0 1 ° - i 1 236 48 C 52 , 1 23 .10AL UARE .‘ioapo of Ilosl per ton ftt B. d. Buddle W. Hartley l7 0 Bebside's Hartley 16 9 Hastings' Hartley l6 9 tiosvard's West Hartley_ Netherton 16 9 Canfield Moor Butes 16 0 l'aufteld Moor l6 0 Elolywell .............17 6 Walker Primrose ..... .... 15 9 Longridge's Wst Harleyl6 9 Victoria 15 9 Wylaua Wal'send. t . Eletton lB 01 Russell's fietton , _lB 3' Ilartlepool Hetton lB 0 Kelloe. 18 3, South Kelloe ;eaham lB (i 1 Evenwood l6 31 Cowndon Tees l7 6, Hilda 16 9 Haswell 18 3 hips at market...l9! LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15. •q•OOK EXCHANGE.—The Stock Exchange to•dpq r it ,l doing a fair business. London and North Western, 1, 1 —North British, 10A Lancashire and Yorkshir e, c. d —Great Western of Canada. new, 21 Prer,* South Eastern, 22g 4—Midlands, 84—North Eas be ' - ' Berwick, 21. MANCHESTER, DEC. 15. 3TOO/1 EXCHANGE.—The market, was to-day ~ cluii4t as with the prices rather lower. Midlands, 82i t -- 22 I-- Lancashire, 22 3-16 g—Ditto, fifths, p.—Doves. Leeds, 97i t. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 15. mu ch Sroox EXORANGE.—The business to-day wa s t. improved, especially the transactions for the next aecouno Great Western Stour Valleys were done at at --- ' s , u „ u s Staffords, 3 16 dis.—Birmingham Bank, 33—Birraiug"" Old Union Mills, 15. SEABURNE MAILS. [When the date remains open until mail, vla Southa evening previous. for making up a mall falls on a SundaY , d is the day following; except in the case of the n o . Lipton, which, on such occasions, is Ina" - - evening previous.] FOR .....------------ . Wil" Made up at W hence 8 Vessel. vessel. the des- Y what ted Post Office. pa t c h ed.....••••••"". —.-- ---•---- Albion" Lisbon Spain - Gibraltar - 16 br Gibraltar 1 - 1 , Malta •• • • I 4th an d Egypt South- Ceylon • • [ India .... • • month. ampton mo nth. Mauritius , via Ceylon)../ ) A RIP° 0 20t the 0 f colo 0 i t . China Penang ed Singapore - • . I • n • d • u • s • • ' ran ' -** . J ACt Australia(via i South- Euro- D e c. the Cape) 3l Jan. 12 .• Cape of Good ampton Pen n Ho.,e .. •• • . Dart- 'WS. Jan. 25 England. Mauritius Ceylon India Lisbon...• 1 1 Madeira CapedeVerds 1 South- Tama r Jan. 12 Ti n° Brazil BuenosAyres I 31 I Falkland Is lands.... . ) West Indies (except Ha vana and It and ~,,d ii" Honduras). 2d and 17 th South- Atrato 16th of i n ,,,,, Venezuela Grey Town month. I month. New Granada , Chili .. •• • • Peru ••• • • • ) California • • South- 16th of ~gds• Honduras •'t. NI Dec. 17 •• i ampton Atrato the l e o .Nass au •• • . month. Mexico ••• • i M Jan. 2.... } ampton South- Tam 1 Havana • • • • Madeira • • • • !land°. W C.of Africa mou th Tene rifie .. f E Dec. 23 ..•} P ly - British North gi AO" . America .. E Every F r i.} Liver- Niger Jan. 6 -, Niaeara Dec. 15 United States pool - - United States Dec. 23 and ie igon Briti'hNorth E Liver alternate E r i c sson Dec. 19 °'' America .. Tuesdays. pool IVO" United States ' British North AI Dec. 17 ..} S outh- F u lton Dec. 13 WO America .. ampton A l l ; IY, Canada ....1 E D ec . 23 ..1 Liver- '.•T /line - Ll ea o rican M—Morning. 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Th vomiting fifteen or sixteen times, and sometimes oftenerce_ed fourth day after she commenced! your food lie,vomiting e;ith altogether, and she has not thrown up since ; ..,:.n..is improving wonderfully. WILLIAM MARTIM, 1, 3 ! ... : o f Supported by testimonials from the celebrated_r r:61:11.;;1; Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; 1 31 : . t igra m; Dr. CampbellGattiker ; Dr. Lord Stuart de Dec es; the DowagWerurzer Cored Co 'errespectable stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, an b Y it, afters)) abet persons, whose health has been reskeYd for all climate., means of cure had failed. Suitably P - ae 2s 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 61; with full instructions. In canisters, 11b. ; of Castle' slbs., 225.; 101bs., 335. The 101hs. mbs., us. ; 1211,5., 225.. super-refined:llb' , 6s. • nand, a nd Co., 77 5 on receipt of post..orqce order. Barry ... Co , Co., Regent-street, Londe') ; Fortnum, Maw cechnrchstre- to her Majesty, Pidesdilly ; also at 60, a — ,l lilbs. C r hill ; 49, Bishol * 333 and 451, Strand ;4, Cheap side ! 6E, orn _ _ treet . 63 •ss • 64. Lipper treker-s . gate-stroet; 55, Chariag-,ro • carnage Ig o : and 150. Oxiord-Qtroet. _,__..--- BIRTHS OT • NM On the 12th inst., at Carlisle, the wife of Lieut.-CAl' ail Erskine. On the 13th t., Bedgebur y-park, K e nt, Lad, 0 dred Beresford ins Hope, at prematurely, who only survi ved few hours. OF A DAITGHTEB. On the 14th inst.. at 21, Park street, Grosvenorsnotln the wife of Henry Bertie Watkin Williams Wynn , -_' l ,lll, On the 15th inst., at Christchurch -road, Brixton Mrs. John Montefiore. MARRIE D ' On the 11th inst. , at the Church of St. Co lavabo, "'ill.; gyleshire, the Hon. EgTolnOnt William Lagoal les, se the son of the Earl of Harewood, to Jessie ElizabetbL,b, youngest daughter of All Malcolm, Esq., of Poltelo7-",.. On the 13th inst., at All Saints' Church, Norwood, `), vid Murray, Esq., of Fl.M.'s Royal Arsenal, v• °° f the to Lucy, only daughter of James Huxley, 0" city. DIED. , Vila, On the 14 th inst., George Aveling, Esq., of `peat Acton, Mid dlesex, aged 77. Vtl. o On the 14th inst., at Mile-end, Richard FetleY, Egl i aged 7 5 . "• On the 13th inst., R R. M`lan, Esq A..A-• obt h of 36, Charlotte-street, Portlauciplace' , and 4, mou nt. Hampstead. iDi ado' ne ar On the 13th inst., at S p rin g -wood House, ar ..-- 11 field, John Starkey, Esq., aged 65. -cc ici° l ' On the 13th inst. at 3, Cumberlandstreet, tr square, Captain H. ' Murray E. Allen, R.N , e d .• „ris , On the 13th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, W. -T. E l "' Esq., aged 77. age O d n 7 t 6 h . o 13th inst., at Burr-street, Mr. joseph Cornici4 ~, r gb• On the 11th inst., at Hampstead, the Rev. A. -IfSt. vicar of the united parishes of St. Lawrence Jewry au Mary Magdalene, Milk-street, city, aged SS. 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