The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-04 00:00:00

tn. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4 1856 1 111, 4 t bitt nf; rt,.. Naval and Wipitary Intelligence. The annexed• circular memoranda lute ju4 been issued from the Horse 'Guards : SUN OF I' ic; Six n' 'lO rk "TEnrse TT, - ;?. 25. "Commanding offilerg are hereby enjoined to pay par ticular attention to the instructions contained in the circular memorandum of the 19th of September, 1855, aid 14th of December, 1856, requiring returns of offi cers' services, and to transmit these statements with re gularity and despatch to the Military Secretary, Horse Guards. His Royal Highness the General Commanding. in-Chief holds commanding officers responsible that these instructions are in future strictly complied with. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FRAUDS. CLERKENWELL POLICE COURT. This afternoon William Snell, late a clerk in the em ploy of the Great Northern Railway Company, was again placed at the bar on remand, charged with appro priating a sum of money, amounting to about 1,0001. the property of the company, to his own use. _ "By command. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Hopwood. "Horse Guards, Nov. 26. "To the army at home and abroad, — "The following decision of the Secretary of State for War is, by order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chi e f, promu l ga t e d f or t h e information of the officers - of the army : " 'All officers having once paid their yearly subscrip• tions to a garrison library will be free of any library at the stations to which they may afterwards be removed, during that year, upon the production of the receipt of the paymaster receiving the money. "'By command, " G. A. WIMEERALL, Adjutant-General.'" "Horse Guards, Nov. 25. "Haversacks will henceforth be supplied to the army generally upon requisition to the Director-General of Army Stores from each regiment and depot, showing the numbers in possession, and also what are required to complete the establishment. Officers commanding regiments and depots will take steps for the completion of their men with haversacks accordingly. Corps in Ireland being already in possession of haversacks will retain them upon their removal from that country, in- stead of returning them into stores as heretofore. " By command, "G. A. WETREBALL, Adjutant-General." The following general order, effecting important changes in the composition and equipment of the Pio neer Corps of the British Army, has just been addressed to officers commanding stations and regiments : " Horse Guards, Nov. 29. "His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief having approved of a set of pioneers' tools as an experiment, regiments of infantry will be supplied with implements of the new pattarn on making a/ipiication to the Director-General of Army Si " The number of pioneers in increased to I3—thAt is, one pio: pioneer per csropany ; and the di rnents bstween ttism is shown in Mr. Huddlestone said at the last examination a com plete charge was made against the prisoner for appro priating a sum of 5001. ; but it will be recollected that, in the second case, it was thought desirable to prove that nothing equivalent to the two cheques which the prisoner was charged with stealing had been paid into the accountant's drawing account. He should call Mr. Reynolds, the accountant of the company, who had gone through the accounts, and he would state that after a ♦ery careful examination he could find nothing at all like it, Mr. Reynolds was then called, and stated that be could not find any entry of the kind. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Nothing like the two cheques for 281. 18i. and 231. 12s. Mr. Reynolds—No ; I am enabled to say that no such sums bare been paid into the accountant's drawing ac• count. After the evidence bad been read over, the whole of the witnesses were bound over to appear and give evi dence against the prisoner, at the next session of the Central Criminal Court, on two charges of felony. WATERLOO-BRIDGE COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held this aft , irucen et the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Qieen-street, W. Andereon, Esq., in the chair, when the report of the directors, of which the fol- lowing is an abstract, was read to the meeting : "The tolls received for the half-year ended on the 234 cf August last amounted to 10.573/. ss. 14., and those for the correspondieg ncriod to 10,1301. 15e. 7d. ; show ing an increase of 442/. 9,t. 64. At . the last meeting it was reported that, atter paying the current charges and expenses, and making a dividend of 4s. in the pound, there remained a balance of 1,094/. 10s. 6d. ; and at the present time, after paying the current disbursements, providing for the interest on the company's bonds, and making a dividend of 4s. in the pound in August last, there remained a balance of 1,492/. 18s. 6d." The re port further stated, that "the committee had much satisfaction in stating that notice had been given by the Metropolitan Board of Works that application was in tended to be made to Parliament in the ere ring session for leave to bring in a bill to obtain an Act of Parlia ment to authorise and empower the said Board to form and make a street from York-street in the borough of Southwark to Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. The prospect of such a desirable improvement being carried out, would prove most beneficial to the interests of the proprietors." The report was unanimously agreed to. tl,B. each regiment bas been pneer corporal and one istributiou of the imple the following table : The balance-sheet, which was — read to the mee ting, contained the following statemcnts INCOME. To foot toll received from 23d Feb., 1856, to this date 25,287 12 3 „ Horse toll, ditto 5,285 12 10 ----- £10,573 5 1 ~ Rents of arched vaults for half a year... 382 7 6 „ Ditto of London Gas Company 75 0 0 „ Ditto of Electric Telegraph Company „ Interest on Reduced 3 per Cents 2,3881. ls. 2d. Stock, the consideration for a lease of ten arched vaults.. „ Interest on Exchequer Bills ..... 35 16 5 206 3 10 £11,285 2 10 C•NTRA. By sundry expenses „ Income duty £1,57418 4 566 0 3 Total disbursements . ....... £2,140 18 7 By interest on bonds at 5,4, and 3i per cent (less income duty) „ Dividend of 4s. in the pound on 37,500 i annuities, due this half-year .... 7,500 0 0 By stook, surplus of this half-year £10,886 14 10 398 8 0 X 11,28 5 2 10 There is cash in the treasurer's hands of 6,2701. 19s. 5d., and Exchequer Bills 5,0001., which, after paying arrears of dividends, interest, &c., leaves a balance in reserve of 1,492/. 18s, 8.3, A SHAREHOLDER called attention to the fact that notices had been served for making a carriage-way over Hungerford•bridge, and for improving the approaches to the bridge, and asked if the directors had any information to give on the subject I The CHAIRMAN said he had no other information respecting it than that of the honourable proprietor's Such notices brad frequently been given, but not acted on, and he doubted if it would be so now. The SHAREHOLDER said that at the late meeting of the London and Sol:An-Western Railway, a statement was there put forth, :ts if by authority, respecting it. The CHAIRMAN said he had no information to commu nieve on it, and be doubted if tha Government would ente,rtaia the question. Messrs. Anderson, P. Jeakil s, Wm. Ruff, and J. J. Mills, the retiring directors, were unanimously re. elected. The meeting then adjourned. sistant Paymaster in charge, to the Edinburgh ; J. J. Hayward, Assistant-Paymaster in charge, to the Athoil; R. Taylor, Assistant-Payrnas.ter, to the Royal William ; Grantham Y. R. Rattray, Mate, to the Indus (for dis posal) ; D'A. A. Denny, Mate, to the Salamander ; A. 0. Macfarlane, Acting Mato, to 07 fridim ; E. D. Ael:, lom, Midshipman, to the James Watt ; G. H. J, Elii ott, W. H. C. St. Clair, A. Williams, H. D. Darns, F. W. B. H. Maxwell, W. L. Martin, A. H. Turner, G. F. Purdon, and H. T. F. Campbell, Midshipmen, to the Indus ; W. G. Scott and J. M. D. Elphinstone, Midshipmen, to the Indus (for disposal) ; C. M. Turner, H. S. Sandys. P. Starr, R. J. Ward, and L. A. Bills, Naval Cadets, to the Indus. FLAG PROMOTIOS. By the dea t h of Rear-Admiral Be N echey, which we recorded in our paper of yesterday, the following promo tions take place : — Rear-Admiral Peter Richards, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, becomes Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain the Most Hon. Marquis Towns heed, and (we believe) Captain the Hon. Arthur bun combe, not having served the time necessary to qualify them for the active list, will receive their promotions to the rank of rear-admiral on the reserved list ; and in this case Captain Sir James Clark Ross becomes rear-admiral of the Blue on the active list. By this promotion an appointment as aide-de-camp to her Majesty, and a good service pension, are placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The next three officers in suc cession to Captain Ross have neither of them served the time necessary to qualify them for the active list. Capt. J. Nias, recently dismissed from the Victualling-yard at Plymouth, consequently stands next for promotion to flag rank- PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. Shannon, 51, screw, Capt. William Peel, C,8., having ;aken six runs at the measured mile yesterday and again ;o-day (altering her trim occasionally) averaged a speed of 111 knots an hour, with and against the tide. She came into harbour this afternoon to receive her second screw. It will be placed this evening, and she will con tinue her experiments to-morrow. Plumper, 12, screw, Commander Wm. H. Haswell, has been stripped to the stumps, and awaits her p a y. books. The is alongside the dockyard jetty, where, doulyless, she will pay off. Agamemnon, 91, screw, in the ktearn-hasin dock, now that she is stripping off her old patched planks, shows the hard raps she got from the batteries at Sebastopol. Two or three 'very ugly ones are between wind and water, and her strong oak timbers are much splintered. She will be some time under the shipwrights' hands. Abyssinia, transport, Captain ifoull, Fisher, arrived to-day, at Soithead, from Malta, which she lelt.dct. 23, laden with 550 tons of clothing and provisions. She is ordered to proceed to Deptford. A nothcr change has taken place in this ever-varying clime. Up to 10 o'clock last evening the cold was very intense. Soon after the wind backed to SW, and a drizzling rain set in. This afternoon the wind got up to NE, with every prospect of another frost. I DEVONPORT, WEDNIEIDAT. James Watt, 91, screw, Captain T. V. Anson, at this his her machinery complete, and will be taken out this day ler the trial of her engines, the trial should proves ttistactory she will s.a 1 in a few (la's for Lisbon. Lucifer, seam tender, which arrived here on Sunday, with stores and supernumeraries from Sheerness, sailed yesterday for Pembroke. In the Sound—lmplacable and Satellitte. In Harbour—lmpregnable, Royal William, James Watt, Ajax, Cambridge, Imdus, Radamanthus, Sylyh, Avon, Nautilus, Confiancei and Zepher tugs, and the , Devon and Camel lighters. Our gallant Cammander-in-Cbief, Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, Bart.., K.C.8., completed his 75th year on NI t , !, day last, and we are happy to say, no:Nvitlislanditl he continues to evince an attention and mental activity in business that proves him truly a "heart of oak." In a recent inquiry the gallant veteran presided daily for five successive weeks, in which, during the most tedious and unpleasant, because personal, examinations, he displayed also the acuteness of a practised lawyer. Not withstand. iug this labour his duties as a commander-in-chief were never suffered to relax. ":;)",„ 11 7 '7 I F V A7?Tr Te ' 7 7 SHARE MARKETS --( This Day). ..-.1 4 , •.:011.11g.',ItelA'.( , t .-T'TEL-L,IG.tV.,. MITT. Two Y0t,,.. - Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday exhibited a firm feeling, and all prices were unchanged. .The sales amounted to 9 ,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Mart(et closed at a slight improvement on the current rates of last Week. The accounts from the continental wool markets represent trade as being quiet, but prices were Well supported. At Berlin there is an absence of animation, and the manufacturers, having effected large purchases at the fair at Frankfort, are ope rating only to a limited extent. During the week ending the 24th ult. the sales were estimated at 1 3 0 00 centners. At Breslau the market has been quiet, but those descriptions suitable for cloths and combed wools have been in good demand. For Silesian Wool also there has been a brisk i nquiry, and a' the finer qualities are scarce full Prices are current. The other markets are de ecribed as being quiet, as usual, immediately after the London sales by auction. Accounts from Belgimin state that the imports of Merchandise int() that country, in October last, Were 1 per cent. larger than those of the corres ponding month of the previous year, and 12 per cent. more than in 1854. Exports in the same Period exceeded those of the preceding year by 9 per cent., and those of 1854 by 8 per coot. The ialPorts showed an augmentation in raw cotton, W ° ol , leather, glass, oleaginous goods, wheat, flour, bran, and rice. The exports were larger as regards manufactured leather, linen, machinery, cotton tissues, cloths, &c. The first step towards the decline in the official , aloe of discount accommodati-nn to a reasonable figure has been t a ke n to-day. After a short sit ting compared with previous discussions in the ``parlour" of late, the Directors of the Bank of En gland have reduced the minimum to 64 per cent. Many expected that whenev-r a change determined upon, it would be to the eaten, 3 f 1 per cent., but the authori' ice have acted wisely 4 1 adopting a medium course, because the preju dicial effects of sudden and important alterations in t heirpolicyareuniversallyacknowledg e d. Unlessany %toward event occurs, the fall in money will now be gradual, but it is sincerely hoped that undue en cc) Uragement will not be given to speculation either 1 4 the commercial departments or within the pre focts of the Stock Exchange, which might, if " t rlied to an unwarrcntable extent, reproduce Ililecnivenience and mistrust. As the Directors have 4°W ered their terms, it, is reasonable to conclude th at the weekly balance-sheet, which will be pub -I,Zblfied to-morrow, is of a very favourable character, " r ing a further improvement in the va r i ous de partme nts of the esta'olishment. There has been a buoy an t mar k e t f or P u bli c h_ 7 eur ities, owing to the expectation th a t th e B an k i t clul d lower the terms of disco un t, b u t th e deal : have been checked by the announcement of a tige failure in the " House." Consols for tb h °b eY were 941 g, and f or J anuar y 951 g, yi : t When it was an n o unce d that th e f o lni mum wad reduced a rise to 94i 4 for the il l ner, and to 95f f or th e l a tt er ensue d. Th e " Three per Cents. have been 931 and the Zdttoed en , 1. Bank St oc k i s 2161 217 . the Bill s are fi rm a t s s . to Sc. premium, e Bonds are' 98i and India Bonds is. to 2s. Premium. The F ore i gn! Market, except for one or two se- N tities, is almost in a state of stagnation. Turkish e Per cents., h bwever, have risen to 96i I, and tbe hiAllier cents. ere about 104 Dutch 2i per ts. have ben dealt in at 65i to 66, and Belgian 4 i Per Cents. 'at 97. Sardinian Bonds are 881 dividend. ki t hefollowing are the nominal prices of Foreign °e/ c 8 :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Alexi 11 ' 22 i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., v 4 36 ; Russian 5 per. Cents., 106 8 ; ditto per k e tits ., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43i ; ditto di t b t:/ eferred: 241 24i ; ditto Certificates, 51f ; -t-aasiye e 17, e , 1 thii . a kit week's railway receipts, ascertained up -` 4 l', are in round figures as under : •.,e t l ix ,. 1856. 1855. ef or a ti , - l zestern totitts — vvestern itki.thmte'Wliestern 11,683 11,361 i 4l4l and ri ot% 1 ,, • 29.009 28,1 2 9 .fil .14 astern 4 "ohia n t:641,1t Northern bt 4411 tre and Yorkshire tji llt .: l4 nd Exeter 5,437 5,317 % - is er 41 Id Holyhead qo - "ester Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,159 10,037 444pitiLoncion O tfo t- a taffard r t Z,', v b f 0 rceß te r, and Wolverh 4,012 3,865 tgletlCunry and Chester '"'„orti, Ur gh and Gla , gow ut tatl,, t4 of France , hitastern of Canada 15,730 12,077 4 4. - I fiku.sactions in the Railway Share Market 1 44 4 7 e n limited, but previous rates have conti liliZ be well maintained. In one or two cases taco advance i tclvance may be reported. Great Western, i s lB ,, li tre and Yorkshire, North-Western, South itapirns and South-Eastern, have exhibited an 4 rt k r r e ltent of about ss. to 7s. 6d. per share. Srd n _ - 44 .. 4- xembourg advanced ss. to 10s., and Lora t ;4 4t T r y enetian, about 10s. The Canadian and ire 411di an lines ruled dull, but reached fully r rates. I %: ° it-st oc k B an k s h ares but Hale business has 6 5 n ci°llo . Bank of Egypt, however, improved , / 3, 114 Ottoman Bank 11. 44 7jacellaneous shares a slight improvement 1 4 1 , 6. 4140 taken place. Australian Agricultural 1 0t, t— all about 10s. ; R oya l M a il St ea m, 4, ° 11 . ; and Canada Government 6 per Cents. hitp rai 11 PUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES 1 . (From the Official List.) 4tr rtn,, - don, . 44* 216 17 184 St ook l de nt. t het (. I Reduced Annuities 1) 0 il'Ai OA 3 tit, Commie Annnities 4 11 13 " Pe t An n .it'es Dg A ,n . ,., .....„ ......... itto 4nn ities, expire sth Jan. 1860.,, 24 3o y expire 10th Oat., 185 A 21 ott o ,„ ears, kuitto 30 ears, „.Teare, expire sth Jan., 18 8 9 3 1-16 C R,,": 4 : 6 7l 4f e t Tpir e sth April, 885 . 18 l 4 k Stock far Acc0 nat..... • ..... * ‘.... . .... .. ... - . 11:11.te ru ":c!0r,.1 (Bth •Jan.) ......... 953 Rills, 2i , .. d e er - 5 g e ._ _ . ...... . .................. NZ'l,!!'n(2, ... .. .... Di Ponds 1858 34. ....... ............. 3 # h e, 1159 , ~ ~ per Cent 9B Pie~.. a nti It Ni RI LES OF FOREIGN FU NDS THI S DAY. b. _ . kbitt?Sonda, ; per Cent. (1 ,,k14,,,' 4 ,eit, 1852, 44 per Cent. 14'14; ;,-) Per Cent ` 4 ttig nf lPoount . ... 22/ Vitt - - 0 Bonds 5 per Cent., Cou. 1811 — 1, 111 1,1 t, t° o 3, 3 'r Cent It i "itt e - A 'Ond;, P lß e 22, t' St., 5 per (lent— 10'74 Mik k li Per Cent. .. 95 61 Ay-, Dingo ll4 s 5 per Cent. - .... • 88 3 x d Til I, ''..l . CPount' B9* x d h hte I;"'"ift, . per ('Put . ...,. . 434 t,,ultt n 'lel' Deferred, 3 per Cent. l it h l i cc oust D ot. h i e A nods, 6 p er cent t ,. 4 'it e t ' e conut . ‘'itt, Z i nteed, 4 per Cent. ' 'ant kll ttio. 2 .ee • • , e w ..., j f in Lc.. moT.: bit ' pe 11 r Cent., ex. 25 fra.nes — heal''', Aer Cent,. ex. 25 francs 4 ange, per Cen;., 12 Guilders 66 -';# Cr., i THREE O'CLOCK'. )344°1 (hronev i Acc outioJannary 8) " 95 943 # ..._ Tgt I ~‘• I(j I al ;t. I to it. I. 3t. !',i I .0 lai ) dl 5 n 1 All 8 1 9 I 5 I'o all y,) ail 20 di r.) 10AI tOi 8 It to I all '0 10 .0 5 'f! .411 !O '8 LO *ll ',O 10 5 all 0 l6 .0 4 LO 1 7:i 5 1 ail ;01 all [0 I 0 6 all 6 all 10 all Shr. 50 I 41 •LAILW4 ! a] 9 !Arabs. Idottng. Bost mr - .1 Rasta. jun3t it Bolfas, 1 Birmin z . wolverb Stour Vadivy ,„., 11 Pan; eA.I(I. 22 al 25 a] 1 ; Do. eltnah. & 11 do. St. Ili St. i 1( St. IA 5012 10 I a] .11 IBlaCkburn. .11 £25 (issd. at X .O : 0 Brio.tol and Bxete , ID Caledonian 0 Gil:ester ds frolylvA 11 Cork and BAudo7, 11 iCork, Black, dr a 0 ,ru wall 11 Do. A 50 15 al it. 1c ?,0 al St. 8 Do. B Dublinikßelfast.japc .11 Dun. P. & u..ine )0 Had I ill Eastern Connth. , ... )0 iDe., B. Stock ~ New East Kent a 1 lEast Suffolk 4 I Do. :618 it. II 0 al 4t. St. it St. It It. 11 it. 1( it 1 ( t. 1 A. 1t t. 11 ..) .. Ediu burgh at Giro, II Edinb. au(' Peeh:a:, lo Edin. Pith tir,Durvi 11 Furth & Clyde Jun /0 F‘ir,lc.4 . 1 0 Glasgow &S. Westru U Groat N. of Seotin,l 0 Great Northam 0 Do., A. Stock—. 0 Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.il, 1) Great Western..„, 3D, "tour Val. Rs Orli. 5tk......... 11 Irish , iouth-Et.ster n Lancaster & Carli 44 0., Thirds ...... i 2 Do. New Thirds., 00 - tip` it. I,' 23 dial .t. 10 ti Ls..wash.andYork, Do., War. tßitUng Ur 11 Do. South 1..0rt, ll ,London & Blackwa; Loud. Bright & 0 "Lond. and N. We!, .6 Da. Fifths 5i Do.lol. , kfth 2A Do. Eighths 96 London andS. Weit • ndrry 41 Col era, Lndndrry. & Enn Ifr.no.h.Gl) 3 & %iotropoli tan ...... . Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 1I LO I 1 LO 1 1 ) I 4, al' J. :iirrang.&Der Aid id. G. West. (Ira. •u. [Rif Shares._ , icwcastle& CarliPl gvvpt.Abezg. &Ha Jewry & Elnniskili qewry, Warrenp 01 and ftostretor. ~rfo:k . orthn.Conatifq: , North 1, -nvon Rail r Dock Stock A Stock ~ It. too 3t. i(NI ;t. I too „• , B Stock tl,Eastern-3aru! , •,., do. Eats :aio' 7: .do. 44„ N, r , • Leeds York forth L0nd0n...., • . &S. Wstrn., flan stmd, and r.lity , North Stafford:3l,i,” " , orth Western.., 0. Wcatrn.,T•7. Wore., V7f; 4 ,t. sw 3t. , O St. 1.0 .01 9 .0 2 this lay. 4 4 8i 9 50 34 - 40 5. 6; 10 28 3t. 109 5 l2s :5 3 8 all !CI los. X) 1 0 2s. 10411 N, 6 I al) - 37 112 1061 rl 108 - 75 81 3d 8 4 - 5i 'A 12 :0 all !O 79 :0 2g. 0 10s. Rumness done this day 4 i I 191 9 i i - - 11 221 - ?li 2 2ip 2? 23 21i -- 22 114 - .2 91 . 1 70i i f 70 4 97 # i i lit 1061 li 108 W 78 80 21 22 1 1 p 241 - 2 - 2sp 99 - 100 117 122 117 - 122 554 I 321 3 2i I 39 40. j 40 J St. 2 , 1 St St. 854 i 61 29 30 29 8 49 81 109 111 20 -20 h 22f -22 i 9 1 liP 21 • 2tp 7 - 71. 80 i 74 * 4 10 19i i aAO 31P 4 . p 6; si 14 34 —34 i 10 111 P 21 A 22/ 3 13 22i G} 6 pl 54 6 ..d 6i ikp loi iii 84 - 9 198 2 39 39i 8 9 544 65 52 Si 22 2 II 4 4 18 npl 79 22 5t I 241 I 10i 18 20 si 9# 91 4 4i orn 9§ 10 341 31$i lip 5 1 i 12i f 18k 26 OINT-RTO( ~~~ 1001 1f 191 i Rhymney Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mir'. St . r*,; SitinzbournekSbeer. 4 , ratt, ,oath Wales . 7rksh..& Riv.T.)o 4 a nes,Wok. kW Stockton & Darling . , do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 wktvu Rart<<. ; •sff Vale.. ... .3 ; Pref., No. ~ ,met4 Hay. o.Bt is Val- .); 4 1 7aterti. & Kinum, ~ t.erforridiLime' West Cornwall.. -st End of Lond nd Crystal Palac Do. 8., West London Do. Fii st Class Do. Second Class._ J, COLONI aL , :iaroeta, .nd Oan.lndia, g. 5 p. c Do. . . Ceylon A shares...— Do. B. do -q„ecar Eastern Bengal Lidial. A and B, Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. e Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. e. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ro. do. 41 , leelong Melbournel guar. 5 per cent... ' c d . Trunk of Canada )e. Cert. of Debsn, eon. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. a., do. It Tn. Pen. g. sp. c. Do New s guar. 5 p. c 4t.Westerno f 0511k1d Do. New D D o o .. B do (1 . 8 , " '76,1a 1313.1;e801: 1)0. do., '73 do no. do., '73, withoui option.. '!adra., guar. 4 ~ p.c Ik. do., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c Scind, , guar. 5 p. c Do St. indrew's and :Juebec (A.)..,. rokt utw m Ardennes ".eigian Eastn. June !niers tt)Graissi-sw c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. aeiHmeatsh „. . stern of France 'Euphrates Valley ... Eur. *t. Central of Fran e l 'rest Luxembourg... Italian Junction.-- bakt, Const. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca di Pist. 5 p. o.p. Lyons and Genova .. .V 3119 iv Veiliterrac Maria Antonia )). do. New ..... vvn lir atLiege Do. do,, 6 p. c. Pref Northern of Fran, qorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons,.., (Means Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati.. yal Danis). .... Royal Swedish ,niabre and Mouse )0. .5A p. cent. Pref qontbern of France ' , set Flanders i)c. 5A per c. Pref . &N. W. of Irrince Western of Austria west. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Za‘tani" 6 2 -- 3 IGN astritiasix, ..... Bank of Egypt Bank of London tiri. Col. C !:ritigh N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia , clhrtd. fink. of lndL, A.uatralia, Ay 01),na City .. . .......... Commercial of Lond. llng.Scot.&toas.Cht. Lon& Chart. Bk, of Australis Ditto New London and County Lud. &E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. N3W National Bank 'New South *Wmloc Pt )riental yk. Clorp„ Ottoman Bank Provincial of ilroler,LO too. Now • atilo T r; CY rjrticA of A.ust.r.,litk • De. NM C.' ' i rin of I,nmlor t 1 . ; Unity Mutual Was torn lik of Loa 181 13 9 17 14 92 94 594 60 39 40 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS ,hrA F;AJLevAI3, nod fr, -1 n 4. Matzo's; .. 1;A) Enckglianish 11"'O Clydosdaic • all Col. Stour Vy. 10(1 E. Lin. g. 6 pc. all E. Un. 11. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. b Neils. Direct 100 D. New....,, ali Glstr. On Fr all Hrtlpi. h - Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Share:. all Do. Shares, all Lon.& Gramm all Do. Prefereue 100 Lou., Til., 3; Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Loweal,ofi, 4 per cent: 4_oo Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Batn and Matlo,k all Middleabm' Rode.g 6 p.c. 100 Midid. ,!, 5} Newmarket Bury E. Gl.sp, aii N.dr al; Do. 6 per et. 11i Do, Fixeds c all Prest, ,vr - all Do. Shrs. .Ak 130 Roystn.& Hit. Shot Roth tg T 1 Goolog.t p.e all Shrews.&l3 er 10/ S. Stadordsh .41 Wear Valleygi 6 per cent all Do 3t. 1100 IWilts&nomrst .. ~aSI. 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This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a dealer in antique artictts and curiosities, carrying on business in Piccadilly, against the defendant, who occupies a bazaar iu New Oxford-street for the sale of similar articles, for a breach of warrantry. In September last the plaintiff purchased of the defendant a number of statues, vases, Btc., for which he gave 551., believing them to be bronze, but they afterwards turned out to be zinc covered with a coating of bronze. The defendant pleaded that no warrantry was given, and that the articles were sold as bronz3 Z, a well-known article in the trade. No fraud was imputed to the defendant, and the action was brought for the recovery of th e money paid anti the return of the articles. -- --- --- The jury return ed a verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) THAMES. EXTENSIVE :ROBBERY AT MESSES, MARE'S SIM BUILDING YARD,. —Henry ifighbrook and int Hedges, the former a deer in marine stores, the other a carman's servant, were brought before Mr. SeMe, charged with stealing 25 cwt.. of old rope. Mr. C. H. Ehiconer, formerly a Thames Police In spector, who apprehended the run-away bankrupt Spriggs in AustTal ia, said he represented the estate of Mr. C. J. Mar s, bankrupt, and he was requested by the assignees to et: au that 25 cwt. of rope had been stolen, and that he eh ould offer some evidence of the robbery, and the participation of the prisoners in the plunder, and then respectfu'ay ask for a remand. William Smith, messenger to the Court of Bank ruptcy, said tiaut about 20 minutes to seven o'clock last night he saw a van standing near Messrs. Mare's ship yard, a short distance from the Prince Albert public house. There was a large quantity of rope in it. H e asked the prisoner where he obtained the rope, to which he replied that he brought it out of Mr. Mare's yard, and pointed to the water's edge. He asked the prisoner if he bad any p ass for the rope, and he said none was necessary. He asked the prisoner where he Was going to take the mope, and his answer was to Cotton -street, and that his master would be there shortly, and he would give fall explanations. _ _ Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, asked the witness if the rope was not what is called old rope and shakings ? Witness—lA is old rope and shakings. Higb.,brook run and raised thee rope, and said if there was an;7thing on the cross he would drop a couter. Mr. Selfe---A. 4:outer ; what is that ? Witness—r don't know. Several polike-constables here uttered, " Ites a Bove• reign, your worship." Mr. Selfe s aid he was not quite educated its the mys teries of the siang language yet, and asked whist was the meaning of at tything on the cross. A police-co astable—lt means done on the Bly ; done wrongfully. ' Mr. Young: said—My client meant if there is any thing done wrong I will give you a guinea, and say no more about it. Mr. Falconer• said the rope was worth 144. per cwt., and there was 25 cwt. of it. Nothing was allowed to leave the yard without a pass signed by him (vrit floss). Mare's was quite sure the rope belonged to Mr. are's assignees. Mr. Selfe ss id he would remand the prisoners, on which Mr. You .ng offered bail for Highbrook, wh o , he said, was a re speotable dealer in Robin Hood•aakees Poplar, and ha I often assisted the police. Both prixonc re were liberated on bail. 2 "It it not necessary t::at the corporal Award carry this particular set of tools ; but in dividing them among the pioneers each man should, if possible, carry some tools with the use of which he is acquainted. "Tne whole of these tools are of the improved pat terns lately adopted for general field service, and in the event of their becoming broken or damaged on service, no difficulty will be experienced in replac:ng them at any Government tool store or depot. "It being important that the pione,r, from the nature of his duties, should be as little as possible burdened on the march, he will be no longer armed with a musket, but will carry instead a saw-backed sword, which wail serve both as a weapon and a tool. The weight of arms and ammunition from which he is relieved by this ar riaigement will more than counterbalance that of the tools, and will enable him without difficulty to carry his knapsack, !cc., like any other soldier. " As the nature of a pioneer force depends entirely upon the efficiency of the individuals composing it, his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief di rects that the practice which has prevailed in many regiments of making the pioneers a refuge for old and worn-out soldiers shall cease. " On service the pion eer , if an active, intelligent arti ficer, would be far more usefully employed in directing the labours of several other men than in working exclu sively hnnself ; and as, by the present arrangement each pioneer carries tools for one or more additional men, a portion of the force would, if competent, be always available in this capacity. "Commanding officers of regiments will therefore in future be careful to select as pioneers ablebodied, active, intelligent soldiers; and, as it is highly important to ren der available some of the skilled labour which each re giment possesses in its ranks, they should, as far as pos sible, be artificers and mechanics. The corporal should, in addition, be invariably chosen for his superior intelli gence. " The trades from which pioneers should be taken are principally carpenters, smiths, masons, bricklayers, or engine-fitters, and there sbould be at least two carpen ters and -a smith among the privates. - The mode of carrying the tools will be as follows : No. 1. The shovel, pickaxe, billhook, and awor"— the shovel being buttoned in its case, :pi suspended by the belt from the left shoulder, so as to hang a little in rear of the right hip, the handle being in rear of the arm, the knapsack is then pub on, and the studding-strap at• tached to the back of the shoulder-belt is pissed above the lower sling of the knapsack round the handle of the shovel, either once or twice as may be convenient, and under the right arm, where it is buckled on to the belt. " The pickaxe in its case is carried at the ' slope' on the right shoulder. " The billhook, in its case, is suspended by the waist belt in rear of the left hip, close to " The sword, which is in its front, and hanging down the side of the left leg. " 2. The spade is worn exactly like the shovel ; the axe is carried on the right shoulder similarly to the pickaxe. "The billhook and sword are in each, as has been explained. 3. The two axes in the ease are upended by the belt over the left shoulder, and hung on to the right hip, rather to the front, "The felling axe, kc., as already explained. " The saw is worn like the two axes on the right side. "5. The crowbar is carried at the slope' on the right shoulder, the point to the front. "The bag with small tools is suspended at the right side, like the saw and two axes. " In every case the soldiers' waist 13,31 t, with the sword frog supplied with tools, is worn over the belt from which the tools are suspended, in order to steady them and keep them in their places. "Gauntlet - gloves and aprons cease to form part of pioneer.' equipment. " Pioneers are to wear their beards and moustaches unshaven. G. A. WETIERALL, Adjutant-General." The attention of the Duke of Cambridge and the au thorities at the Horse Guards having for some time past been directed to the manner in which Staff appointments in the army are made, it is in contemplation to make an entire change in the system hitherto adopted. With this view it has been proposed that before any officer is ap pointed to the Staff he shall undergo a proper course of instruction, under officers of great experience, in the several duties ho will be called upon to perform. le order that none but really efficient officers may be se lected for the appointments, it is suggested that the ge neral officers, at each of the half-yearly inspections, be directed to call upon the commanding officers of regi ments to bring forward the name of any officer under his command who may have given proof of superiority in his profession over the other officers in the regiment. Should the General-Commanding-in -Chief deem the of. ficer ( after a preliminary exami na ti on ) so b roug h t f orwar d to his notice a fit candidate for a Staff appointment, his name will be placed on the list, and, sis vacancies occur, the senior efficer on the list will undergo a course of instruction, at the public expense, to qualify him for the staff : The establishment for instructi on i s p ro p ose d t o be limited to about fifty officers, and every facility will be given to the candidates for acquiring a per fect knowledge of their duties, without any expense to themselves. A prop e rly qu a lifi e d genera l o ffi cer o f gre at experience would be appointed to examine the whole of the officers in the establishment periodically, when the most efficient officer would be selected and appointed to the first vacant Staff appointment. The arrangements proposed are under consideration, and there is little doubt that, with perhaps a few modifications, they will be carried into effect, the School of Musketry at Hythe, which is conducted upon a similar plan, having proved of such advantage in bringing forward a most efficient body of officers as instructors in musketry. Yesterday morning the troops stationed at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, numbering about 1,400 men of all ranks, were assembled at these barracks for the purpose of hearing an order read from the authorities at the Horse Guards, directing the discharge fr.- m the army of 412 men belonging to various cavalry and infantry regi ments, the whole of which number had been previously conducted by the Chelsea Hospital Commissioners and pronounced fitted for further service. Ou the assembling of the troops the names of the men ordered to be dis charged were announced by Lieut. and Adjutant J. Pepe, who also made each man acquainted with the amount of pension awarded him. The troops to be die charged will all leave Chatham this morning. The following officers having passed their examination in the course of instruction in the use of the Enfield rifle at Chatham garrison have been directed to join their respective depots at the provisional battalion, viz.:— Lieut. E. Gorton, 29th Regt. ; Ensign J. Johnstone, 24th Regt. ; Ensign C. Bagnall, 53d Regt. ; Ensign W. Thompson, 78th Highlanders; and Ensign N. Penne father, 83d Regt. The following appointments were made yeeterday at the Admiralty : Capt. John Fraser, to the Pembroke (commissioned for Coastguard servioe); Lieutenant Loges A. Whimper, to the Impregnable ; Lieutenant G. L. Bridges, to the Cornwallis; R. Browne, Master, to,the Cornwaliis; W. Jeffry, Master to the Pembroke ; E. Goo d, Chaplain, to the linaunn ; W. Pearse, Second Master to the Antelope ; W. P. O'Briul, Paymaster to the Pembroke ; C. W. Ellis, Paymaster, to the Cornwallis ; W. Wills, Pay. master, to the Southampton ; J. E. Autley, Paymaster, i to the Meander ; H. G. Barlow, Assistant -Paymaster n charge, to the Pluto ; H. Prengelley, Assistant.Paymas .er in charge, to the Antelope ;F, B. Bedwell, As- INDIA. AND CHINA. Rear Admiral Seymour returned to Hong Kong from Japan on the 26th of September, and immediately shifted his flag from the Winchester, 50, Capt. Thomas Wilson, to the Calcutta, 84, Captain W. K. Hall. Sampson, 6, paddle, Captain George S. Hand, arrived at Hong Kong from England on the 10th of October, and had gone up to Whampoa with the Barracouta, 6, paddle, Commander Fortescue, in consequence of some irregularities committed by the Chinese authorities on a vessel flying British colours. Sybille, 40, Commodore Elliott, was also at Whampoa. Comus, 14, Commander Jenkins, encountered a heavy gale in the Formosa Channel, and had to throw over board 8 of her guns to save the ship. Niger, 13, screw, Captain the Hon. H. Cochrane, left Singapore for Hong Kong, Oct. 19. Spartan, 26, Cap tain Sir W. Hosts, Bart., arrived at Singarre from Sarawak, having on board Sir James Brooke, K.C.8., Oct. 22. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a great change took place in the state of the weather. Instead of a bright frosty morning we were favoured, for hours, by a fall of sleet and rain, which m ide it exceedingly un pleasant and highly diNagreeable for pedestrians to pass to and fro, not merely in the City, but also at the West-end, as well as through the Royal Parks. Owing to the admirable arrangements made by Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, the public, during the time the sleet and snow were falling, were kept by the icemen from ven turing upon the Serpentine in Hyde Park. Had it not been for the precautions thus taken, owing to the snow falling And rotting the ice so quickly, there is not the least doubt but a fearful sacrifice of life would have occurred. Owing to the admirable precautions adopted not the slightest casualty took place upon this river dur ing the day. The thermometer during Tuesday night indicated 28 deg., being 4 degrees below freezing point. At nine o'clock a.m. yesterday the glass registered 30 degrees, being 2 degrees below frost ; but at noon, when the sun was out, the mercury rose to 3 degrees above freezing point. The barometer during Tnesday night, and the greater part of yesterday, stood at 211.05 deg. The wind was from the east to the north-east. About 200 men and boys went upon the ice on the orna mental water in the Regent's-park ; hut owing to the icemen being continually employed in driving the people off, no accident of any importance occurred during the day. On the Long-water in Kensington-gardens not more than from 150 to 200 had the temerity to risk their lives upon the ice, and no accident worth re• cording happened up to seven o'clock last evening. The Royal Round-pond in Kensington.gardens was patronised by nearly 200 sliders and skaters, but al though some of the parties in disporting themselves- upon the ice were nearly ankle deep in water, no accident of a serious character occurred. Clapham-common and the Royal Victoria-park were not patronised by half the number of sliders and skaters as on the pre. ceding day ; and the Crystal Palace, advertised for affording accommodation to parties wishing to run no risk of being drowned by the breakage of the ice, had yesterday but few patrons. The water in the grea., basins of the fountains, it is stated by the directors, is not more than four feet deep, which will prevent any one, even if he should break through the frozen surface, from being drowned. About nine o'clock last night the weather suddenly changed to frost, giving every indi cation of its lasting for some considerable time. TEE METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS AND THE NEW STREET IN SOUTHWARK. Last night a public meeting of the inhabitants of Southwark was held at the Hope Tavern, Gravel-lane, Southwark, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposal to form a new street in Southwark, from the corner of Castle-street to the end of Stamford-street. Mr. Newman was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that it appeared' that the plan for a new street had been agreed to by the Metropolitan Board of Works, and bad received the sanction of Sir Benjamin Hall ; but it would be for the meeting to con sider whether they should not endeavour to obtain the plan recommended by Mr. Pennethorne, the Government engineer, and if they were agreed upon it they should go to the Government without delay. The plan proposed by 1 the Board of Works interfered with most valuable pro perty, and left comparatively worthless property un touched—it behoved them, therefore, to see that the best plan was adopted by the board of Works. Mr. REECE said the observations of the chairman were most appropriate, although he thought the line of Mr. wait Pennethorne was as circuitous as that proposed by the Board of Works. Still, as as it was a slight im ephn p no: r rett o tibigi v enhe e e::: ment, he should support it in preference to the other. He concluded by moving that a deputation should upon Sir Benjamin Hall, for the pu a rp s o: r e ee o t f in eu th p the line proposed by Mr. Pennethorne. Mr. DAY seconded the motion. Mr. KIBITZ/MITE Paid there was the re:. bourhood which ought not to pass without sorn a e he meant Ewes-street, which was nothing but onet le who e ba o f disease and crime. He would refer an doubted it to the Rev. Joseph Brown, the Southwark Police-court, fur a cert;ficAte of th e or to meter of this street. The pariah of St. Give s ° h a d cleared of a rookery, and why should not t his been away in a similar manner • Ho cow )1 , is be cleared Metropolitan Board of Works bad kept "led that the tions as to the line of new Street to all their inten tions themselves, or there would have been a strong manifee,,tat • the inhabitants against them. too on the part of Mr. ATRAWES said this plan of the 11:) , ,Ird of Works was calculated to deceive the public ; if it was adopted there was not a cabdriver in the uirtrivit, wh) would take it, but he would prefer the zu ,rte direct line of Stamford-street. • The resolution was then put and agreed 0 unani mously, On the motion c,f Mr. ATHAWES, seconded by Mr. HART, a deputation 1.,.as appointed to wait upon Sir B. Hall, ermshitin..r of Messrs, Parr, Purvis, KibblesOite, Reece, Day, Waring, and Painter, and a vote of thanks to the chair luau terminated the proceedings. CITT SEWERS .Yesterday a court was held, Deputy Peacock in the chair. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of the city of Londi , n, presented his report. The mor tality table for the week shows a great diminution in the average death•rate for the season of the year, although it exhibits the usually large proportion of deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs, which are excited by the damp and cold state of the weather. ROYAL BRITISH BANK. 4°l3 Rl' OF APPEAL—(THIS DAY). (Before the Lords Justices.) ) , t T. TORESON V. LEE. 1 411 : 4A ? -4271.8 ., on the t part of Mr. Harding, the official Peaumed the arguments this morning in sup i'l,l4(l- ', li e Appeal from the decision of the VicF-Ch . an- NZ; rho learned counsel went at great length into the "410rities bearing on the case, and considered that 1,413.11:4L1. ought to be allowed. 411 01 ti 411)804 followed on the ,amp eide r .and had not ded T uezi Qur fed left IF RA 100 102 lip 63 65 ..• 1 6 d 68 70 17i l 20i 21il 20 - 21 ... - ... 1 - 3p 0* ..... ... s•^l 38 _ 5 I d .1*- #P S 5 37 6( - 69 7 - 9 1.6 - i'd I 0 . 5 d 38i z 15 I Hi 1 5i 110 1041 sod 4 1031 2} 17i 13 1141 13j i 25i 5 5 1 1 6 41 3i ~i* 1g 70f 1 151 676 64 1 1 1 Rank. .'orporal Private •• Pr.vate •rivate .• • • .livate •• •• Private .... Private Private erivate Private Private tivate Private Totals .... I ••••••••• 13 LITERATURE. Little Dorrit. N VIII. By Charles Dickens. Although we heia now got t o th e en d o f t h e eleventh chapter of the second moiety of Little i)orrit, we cannot for the life of us guess our way out of the tangled labyrinth of the plot. Tatty coram, M. Blandois, Miss Wade, Harry Gowan— all the abominables of the book, including amongst the number Mr. Casby, Mrs. Clennam, and Me. Flintwinch, not forgetting, by the way, the princi pal members of the Central Dorrit Family, to wit, Tip, Fanny, and the quondam Father of the Mar shalsea—fairly puzzle us. It is impossible to con jecture what on earth they are all driving at. We look for a murder, at least, as a sequel to all this ominous and diabolic preparation. Poor Cavalletto„ we presume, is still waiting in his garret in Bleed ing Heart Yard —for something to happen I Young John is still pining, we suppose, in the Groves-- of clothes hanging out to dry ! The Patriarch still with his list shoes on the fender—twirls his thumbs down to the end of the chapter—until Pancks the Tug can muster courage enough to " do" for his Proprietor, avengingly, by cutting his hair off ! Sparkler is still feeling his pulse at his shirt collars ! Barnacle junior still wonder ingly goggles through his eye -glass at Clennam's wanting to know you know Blandois' moustache still goes up and his nose still comes down in an evil smile at everything and everybody ! Mistress Affery wanders about the grim old house-upon-crutches, with her apron thrown up over her white face—a ghostly appe al/wee dreading a ghostly appearance ! The Objecti on _ able dog, poisoned by Rigand, still rota some where at the " ooze and bottom "of one of the canals of Venice! Old Mr. Nandy, out from the Union upon holidays, still chirrups about Daphne and Phillis to the delight of the Plornish children ! Honest Daniel Doyce dreams still his matter-of-fact dreams about working out his pet invention in spite of all the tangling red tape of the dread Office of Circumlocution ! And so on, with all the rest of these vividly depicted and motley characters : nevertheless, out of the throng of them we cannot for the life of us, we repeat, see our way yet in any one direction. lye dotal know what is to come of it all. .1.1 seems to us for ell the world, to employ the language of one of Mr. Dickens's own characters (vide "Hard Times''), to use the phrase of Stephen Blackpool—" Aw a muddle'!" Scarcely any progress of any kind what, ever is wade in the present number. Arthur Clennam, fired by a sympathetic interest, takes up anew the abandoned hebby of his partner Doyce-- intent upon fercingit,if possible, at last, through the Circumlocution Office, in spite of all the Barnacles sticking to all the posts set up by all those who are, .ever and ever, despatch-boxing the compass in the cause of Misrule, though in the name or efood. Governmeet. In illustration of the course pursued by Arthur in his new enterprise, we come upon the following inimitable passage : "The waiting-rooms of that department soon began to be familiar with his presence, and he was generally ushered into them by its janitors much as a pickpocket might be shown into a police-office ; the principal differ ence being that the (Nee , : of the latter class of public laniriess is to keep the pickpocket, while the Circumlo cution object was to get rid of Clennam. Hewever, he was resnivi d to stick to the great department ; and so the work of form-filing, corresponding, minuting, irs morandum-ma6i g, signing, counter-signing, counter couner-Agnifig, referring backwards and forwards, and referring sideways, crosswise, and zigzag, recommenced. "Here arises a feature of the Circumlocution Office, not previously mentioned in the present record. When that admirable department got into trouble, and was, by some infuriated member of Parliament, whom the smaller Barnacles almost suspected of labouring under diabolic possession, attacked, on the merits of no indi- Narita! case, but as an institution wholly abominable and Bedlarnite ; then the noble or right honourable Barna cle who repre.ented it in the house, would smite that member and cleave him asunder with a statement of the qsantity of business (for the prevention of business) done by the Circumlocution Office. Theft would that noble or right honourable Barnacle hold in his hand a paper con taining a few figures, to which, with the permission of the house, he would entreat its attention. Then would the inferior Barnacles exclaim, obeying orders, "Hear, hear, hear," and " Read !" Then would the noble or right honourable Barnacle perceive, sir, from this little document, which be thought might carry conviction even to the perversest minds—(derisive laughter and cheering from the Barnacle fry)—that within the short compass of the last financial half-year, this muoh-ma ligned department—tcheers)— had written and received fifteen thousand letters—(load cheers)—twenty-four thousand minutes—(louder cheers)—and thirty-two thousand five hundred and seventeen memoranda. (Ts. henient cheering.) Nay, an ingenious gentleman con nected with the department, and himself a valuable pub lie servant, had done him the favour to make a curious calculation of the amount of stationery consumed in it daring the same period. It formed a part of this same short document ; and he derived from it the remarkable fact, that the sheets of foolscap paper it had devoted to the public service would pave the footways on both sides of Oxford-street from end to end, and leave nearly a quarter of a mile to spare for the park—(immense cheer ing and laughter)—while of tape—red tape—it had used enough to stretcb, in graceful festoons., from Hyde-park corner to the Gen e ral Post-offirm, Then, amidst a burst of official exultation, would the noble or right honour. able Barnacle sit down, leaving the mutilated fragments of the member on the field. No one, atter that exem plary demolition of him, would have the hardihood to hint that the more the Circumlocution Office did, the less was done, and that the greatest blessing it could confer on au unhappy public would be to do nothing." Au admirably humorous passage, this, occurring in the course of chapter viii., in which - we are told to our infinite amusement how "The Dowager Mrs. Gowan, is reminded that it never does." Chapter ix. affords us, through Arthur Clennam's eyes, a horrid momentary glimpse or two of Miss Wade and Tattycoram—miserable young female nondeseripts, the latter of whom first startles Mrs. Tickit with a ghost-like " Appearance and Disap pearance." Going in quest of them to the Pa triarch Casby's, Arthur has there a brief passage of arms with Mr. F.'s Aunt—enough by reason of its sheer extravagance to make the reader, as the saying is, fai r ly di e a -l aug hi ng t How many of these half-witted people Mr. Dickens has drawn to be sure !—.2lfiss Flits in " Bleak House," Mr. Dick in " David Copperfield," Barnaby liudge himself, the Mad Gentle man in " Nicholas Nickleby," and, now again t Mr. F.'s Aunt, last but not by any means least in her amazing ridiculousness. Chapter in which " The Dreams of Mrs. Flintwinch Thicken," opens threateningly with a description of the lurid surroundings of the House-upon- Crutches, and closes almost awfully with Arthur Clennam's retreat from the same house, leaving in it the murderer Rigaud, or, as lie calls himself latterly, Blandois, in grim conference with Mrs. Clennam and her old hung of a partner Flintwinch. Lastly, we have in chapter xi. another gentle, gen ial, tender letter from Dear Little Dorrit, giving thr e US a glimpse of the Gowans' life in Rome, whither they have been followed by excellent Father and Mother Meagles, and where Minnie gives birth to a little baby-boy. And so the number closes with an affecting glimpse of Domestic Felicity and Infelicity. MARKET NEWS. —(Thi s Day) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Dec. 4, la!Lk ---,,, Made np from the Returns of the Inspectors in the differenteities and Towns in England and Wake per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I ITN. I *ZINN. I rags. 611111 1 44s lid 24s Si THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. I 42s Od 1 45s 61 i WHEAT. 1 HANLEY, I 0 4T8. 1 11,/1:„ i DEANS. I PIA.I. Sa 64s 61 45s lid f 2Gs ld I 418 2d 1 46i 5d 44s QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. . Wheat, 109,10 G ; Basle y, 951,t26 ; Oats, 12,959; Rye, 266 ; B•lin• 411 s id 6,490 ; peas, 3,927 quarters. NEWGATE MEAT MARKETS. AND LEADENHALL.— The Sr rule 3s d etc arly, as follows :—Beef, from 8z lid to 43 6d ; on, 4d to 43 8d ; Veal, de Od to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3 a 6 d to 58 4d per 81138, by the carcase. ado general/5 t SOUTHALL, Dec. 3.—The supplies if stock wore on* moderate, and the trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beet, from 3s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to is Od; Veal, 4m Od to 48 10,1; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81b8, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 3.—Oar market was firm. at extreme rates. Beef, from 3s 2d to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 58 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od Pcrk. 4s Od to 58 Od p er 8 1 bs. Quar ter-old store pigs, 23 s to 28s 'sob. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow bay, 2110 s to 4? lOs ; clover do., 3l lOs to 51103; and straw, 11 58 to 11 9a per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ I2s to 4/ lOs; clover do., 31 109 to 518 s ; and straw , 11 58 t o 11 lOs per load. A bort supply. t.--/Teadow lisy,2/103 to 4/ 101; clover WIIITECLIA.Pg do., 3/ lOs to 10s; and straw, 1 / 4 s to 11 96 por l oa d. A m it e d supply and a steady demand. meeting of the General Mining a l l i f e l la ear nd l r held in Dublin on Monday, a new agreed to, as also • call of 10 per cent. wasan issue of 1,500 new shares of 10/. eaeh. It was resolved that the company should be registered under the Limited Lia- C Company the o o half biiities Act. Tae West India mail packet Plata left Southampton yesterday morning at daybreak. She was detained on Tue,zdtty until night, ;v:ititig for despatches from the Foreign-office. When the despatches reached the packet the weather was so thick that the steamer could not Pr oceed to sea. THE SLAVIC TRADE IN CDI3I —An American barque, I am sorry to say, landed a cargo of 600 African slaves last Sunday week at La Punta de Teja, some little dis tance above Cardenas, near the Rio de Palma, I believe. They were taken to the sugar estate of Senor Don Gre got io Menendez, of whom Senor Don Leon Manbartu is the Procurateur-Attorney, Senor Menendez not being in this island. Gener...l Concha, it is said, received 3 ounces (51 dols.) for permitting each of these 600 negroes to be landed, and his deputies 11 ounce (25 dots. 50e.) for each negro so landed.—Havannah, Nov. I—Correspondent of Charleston Qouricr.