The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK Adviees from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday clostd with extreme tightness, azid prices of all kinds were id. per lb. higher. The sales were 20,000 bales, 2,000 of which were tiaken for export and 4,500 on speculation. The JRailway Share Market closed steadily at the full rates current on Saturday. The oJlonial Produce Markets are exceeding quiet, as they close to-morrow for the Christmas holidays, and will not reopen until the 6th January. The Committee of the Stock Exchange having avcertained that the Great Northern Railway Com ps%ny have refused to register transfers of stock, accompanied by coupons officially signed by the re gistering clerk of the company, and by the secre tary, and for which stock certificates of due registration in the names of the sellers have been issued by the company's secretary, they have resolved unanimously, "That there being no secu rigy to the public under these circumstances, the committee will not recognise any further trausac tit ma in Great i\ orthern Railway Company's stock or shares, nor of the stocks or shares of those other oormpanies connected therewith ; and order that tbus name of the Great Northern Railway Company, and other such companies, be struck out of the official list of the Stock Exchange, so long as those transfers shall remain unrecognised." This resolution stands for confirmation on Mon day next. .The adjourned meeting of the Colonial Gold Company was held to-day to confirm the resolution P2lll ed at the former meeting for winding-up, which having been done the meeting separated. There is an active demand for discount accom -I:iodation in all quarters, and the quotations are fully supported. Even for the best descriptions of Pacircantile paper 6 per cent. is charged, while • second class bills ate not recognised except at a higher rate. Besides the amount required for the adjustment of outstanding accounts usual at the Preaent occasion, the demand for capital is in crew ied by the desire generally evinced by the coin- Hien ial public to keep good balances at their bankers at this period of the year. A further remittance of gold to Ireland was made yesterday, but the latest advices mention that the excitement, produced by the temporary run upon the . National Bank, at Tipperary and 'elsewhere, has nearly subsided. The market for public securities is very dull, in the absence of any speculative movement of impor tance. There seems a general disinclination to 'enter into largedealings, and no increase of business 1 5 likely to be experienced until after the expiration tthe present year. Consols have been as low as 93i 1, but they are now 931 The New 3 per Cents. are 93i to 94, and the Reduced 93i h. Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. premium, the Bonds 98i, and India Bonds 2s. discount. Bank Stock was 2171. Foreign Securities are very dull, and the few ransactions recorded have been at slightly reduced ates. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 to 95k, 1 1 tit the 4 per Cents. are at nominal quotations. Paniah Committee's Certificates are marked 6, usai an 44 per Cents. are 961, Brazilian New 111 midis 1)6, and Do. 6 per Cents. 100 i. Mexican sock is 21t. !The following ars the nominal prices of Foreign &fucks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; tat , 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto a ] 'er Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 4 .6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto . 44 por Oez ts., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42k ; ditto bet erred, 24 4 ; ditto Certificates, 6 4 ; ditto tag sive, 6 4. A. very limited business has been done in Railway I Sh wes, and quotations, in almost all instances, brr re shown a declining tendency. Great- It( 'stern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North /9:( Morn, North-Eastern Berwick, and South &adorn, have receded ss. ; Great-Northern I litiland and Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp ,,,f43l; 10s. Brighton, Edinburgh and G l asgow , and "Jo donian were dull at previous quotations. rttlis and Lyons have declined about 10s. to 155., 411 ( 1 Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Ca tnada about ss. a . c.int Stock Bank Shares have been very little ti e.* in, and, with one or two exceptions, prices sere nominal. London Chartered of Australia have !leoline , ' 55., and London and County advanced 10s. In Miscellaneous Shares business has ruled very inactive, and Electric Telegraph declined 1/. 4ational Discount Company are quoted 6. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Offirtal List ) :k Stock 4 lt Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 15,, q p e r rent. Annuities 1 ,..0ug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860._ 2 1';-16 ~,t'li.. Rands, £ lOOO Consols ?or Account Exeheqner Rills, lid. C''loo .......... 2800 'mall ~ .............. . . ...................... 4 p par Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 9Sk ~ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. untailian Fonds. 5 per Cent. lOOl Do. New, 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cent — "itt!o Small M exican,, 3 per Cent t Ditto Account .... 'llssi a p Ronda, 1822, I.! St., 5 per Cent lOB 7 Ditto 4i per Cant. .... ratnin n no u l F.. 1 p e r Cent• TDanieb Committee Cert. of Coup. opt fun , 6 5 5 k 11-1- 4.1, onds. 6 per cent .. . titto Account cDitto Guaranteed. I per Cent lO3 tnezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent ieende on the above payable In Lon'ler• THREE O'CLOCK. C nFola (Money) Ditto Account (January 1 10Tkr, FRED HOSPITAL, GEAT'S•INIC-ROAD. — The '',:mber of patients reliev,d at this hnsoital during the "k ended 20th December, 1856, is 2,472, of which 400 were neva cases. .„.REFEESENTATION OP SOUTHAMPTON.—SOUTHAMPTON , r"day.—Since our last notice election matters ha ve san progressing much in a similar way as heretofore, e ach of the candidates holding frequent meetings in the various wards, and personally canvassing the borough. The Success of Mr. Andrews exceeds the hopes that Were entertained by his friends. The subscription list f ee the payment of his election expenses is filling fast. This day Mr. Andrews resigned his mayoralty and paid the usual fine. Another mayor will be chosen in a few days, for which honour the names of Aldermen Dusau toy, Palk, and White, with Mr. Councillor Clark, are spoken of. The c i v i c chair will, no doubt, be filled by Mr. Alderman White. Tin INCOME Tex. —On Tu es d ay th e M ayor o f S wan - Nee convened a meeting of the inhabitants of that town, which was held in the town-hall, when resolutions for . the reduction and adjustment of the above tax were 'unanimously carried. NOVEL WEDDING BAILLIFAST.—A retired blue jacket Cave his daughter in marriage the other day at Hartle- Pool to a youngster. Amongst the creature comforts en the occasion was a dry old skate, whi c h t h e bride ' s father p ur chased on her birthday sonie 30 years ag o, and bad religiously kept it ever since for her wedding breakfast. THE EFFECTS OF WEARING CR/CNOLIN7.—Mme. de Ala.nteuil ' M sister of me. Fortoul, has just narro w l y h eaped a similar accident to that which caused the death of the Duchess of Fitzjames. Having approached fo p near the fire while wearing on e of the lar ge dresses Still so often seen, the skirt caught fire. Fortunately assistance was promptly brought, hut the flames were n ot extinguished until her arm and cbest had been burnt, though not very seriously. MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE.—LIVERPOOL, Monday.--:-Of it* specie brought by the British and North American Mail steam-ship Persia, Captain Judkins, which , v ar eised in the Mersey on Saturday morning from New 2 4 ;, °*11 , amounting to 836,923 dole., nearly one-half (or "9,868 dole.) was on account of merchants in Havre, and was, on her arrival, transshipped on board the Cunard lere vs - steamer Italian, Captain Harrison, which sailed this forenoon for Havre. iIoHN SABLEnt AGAIN.—In the office of the Master in Chancery on Saturday counsel, on behalf of Mr. Thomas Eyre, of Bath, applied to the Master to receive proof of a hill of exchange for 17,000/., dated Nov. 26, 1 855, ,Which was d rawn b y th e l a t e J o h n S adleir, accepte d by the, 'tanager of the Clonmel branch of th e Tipperary C onk, and en d or sed by John Sadleir to M r. E yre , The Matter said th a t f or the present h e s h ou ld only rece i v e the document as exhibited to him. It was a monstrous thing that this bill of exchange should have been accepted b ): the man ager i n N ove mber, 1355, s h or tl y before the !allure of the hank, for so large a sum as 1 7,0001., when he knew perfectly well teat Jehe Sadieir at teat time °Wed the bank 200 , 600/. or 250 , 0001, In his opinion ge ought to be indicted for fraud. SHARE MARK ETS—(This Day. ) UN - ES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) Xls,•‘l.l RAILWAYS. Lieus... I s'o ,n pans. Closing Prices Islay. 1 Business i this day ll w`'.• COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (B More Mr. Oommis-inner Holroyd.) raid ) , !?natny Prio. s this day. I;ufitneAs don( this day h I Bedford r.tl ci. Blot ;Ailey Bnckg.iaaisl: elyriosill! • • eol.Stour Vy. R. .in.J.Rpe E. Un. H. S •. tiarr. t Dire,t, Do. Glstr.4 Du Fi E Hrtlpl. Dk. z.z Railway London & L. &N. W. E,U &LC Ot..N E. Count. ICaldonlitf3. TOTAL BRITISH DANK • -ANOTHER APPEAL THREATENED. DIVIDEND MEETING. 97 - 99 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 -- 138 4 ... 44 To-day was appointed for a dividend meeting under this estate, and a great number of creditors, principally depositors, attended. There were very few disputed cases, most of those creditors, who were also share- holders, having agreed that their claims should stand over. Do Gt. Wes:,l Yk. New, Jkrw. Y. &NM Do Mr. Feysen.meyer, of Bedford-row, tendered a claim on behalf of a Mr. Gr.sold, who had proved his debt before Mr. Harding, the official manager, but had since gone to Australia. Some question, however, arisir,g, His Honour said that Mr. Grisold would not be pm. judiced by the case standing over, as there would soon be further funds in hand, and he understood that the aosignees intended to take the responsibility on them selves of asking the Court to direct that the whole of the mosey in their bands should be at once divided. Mr. Feysenmeyer said that he must urge his right to have a claim entered, so that the funds might be re• served, otherwise future assets might be frittered away in litigation. [i.i 109 1 Hull & Selby Do. Shr.rtiu. Do. Shams. 111 Lon.&(treenw ‘ ll Do. Preference )O Lon., Ti1.,1; 3t Do. Bark. Sh. )0 Lowestoft g:. 4 per cent. 10 Do. 6 per ct. .11 blanch. Bxt.n. and Matlock 11 Mlddlesbro' Redc.g 6 p.c. 1 1 8. Es.Bterl Do 124 - 13 224 - 234 12 - 114 1p Alto k, Do Norfolk, Do LAN. W. Midid, Stekton & Darlingt. Midland .. 2} -- Midld. iiraa t • ti Newmarket Bury E. G.spc all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 pc'r ct. all Do. Fixeds p c all Prest. k 11 Do. k Shrs. Roystn..k Hit iq Shot. Roth.art Gooleg.sp.c. Shrews.klier 0' 91 93 Hie Honour said that there was now no fear of that. En. Conn. E. Count. r + b 6 58 Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said they intended to divide every shilling they had, without making any deduction for expenses ; having a claim entered would affect the dividend, without benefitting the claimant. His Honour said he did not see any reason for admit ting a claim at the present time, and repealed that of Mr. Grisold. D 0... • 'Do L. &N.W Do at North 1 Lancs.sh & Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 132 135 Bi~ ~ B.}, S. Staflordsh. Wear Valloygi !),per cent 11 Do.. ) WiltP&Nomrst Mr. Feysenmeyer said he, of course, must bow to the court, but regretted the decision, as he should feel bound to appeal against it in another court. He ap peared as a creditor, and was entitled to have the claim entered. 33 34 89 91 lilt,West a. PREFERENCE SHARItr,. Proofs were taken up to one o'clock, bat no points of any importance arose. They were very numerous, but as the list had not been cast up, the amount could not be ascertained ; but it was stated that the dividend would be five shillings in the pound, and that another dividend might be 'expected a month after. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Thus Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. James S. Nightingale, a middle-aged, respectable man, was plaoed at the bar before the Lord M3yor, charged with robbing his employers, Messrs. Sterry and Co., dry-Falters, Cannon-street. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecutor. The prisoner was in the prosecutor's employ as ware houseman, and they having reason to suspect him, had a variety of things marked, amongst others some spices, and employed a detective to watch him. Last week he was seen to leave the warehouse and act in a 8118- pickius manner, and ultimately to go under an archway, when the policeman went up to him and asked him what he had. He replied nothing, but on searching him het found 63 nutmegs and a quantity of spices. He had some of the spice concealed under his trowsers, and two bags of ground ginger fastened round his legs, just under the calves. At his house several sealed packets of spice, marked, and in the same state as when taken from the stock, were found, and identified by the prosecutors. The prisoner was committed for trial. r.HE SUN, LO lON, TUESDA V EVENING, DEGEMBER 23 1856 damage, or be imprie( iced for 14 days, and advised Mtn to observe for the fatt 're a little more common sense, and to recollect that the -wor:d was wade for others as well as for himself. Francis Bennett is - as fined SA. for being drunk and disorderly at her :M:ojesty's Theatre on the previous night. William Pack, wl io described himself as a barrister, was next charged v 7th being drunk and disorderly at Jullien's bal masque.. Usher, 117 A, saisct about half•past 12 lagt night he saw the defendant by the side of the orchestra at her Majesty's Theatre wit h his hat off and his dress in great disorder. He was vtvry drunk, and had formed a ring, in which he was squ.s.•ing his fists at every one. Witness begged of him to desist and leave the house, which he refused to do. Witness then took him into custody. The usuai drunkard's fine of 53. was inflicted. ANOTHER CAME. —.John Renshaw and George Pike were charged with a like offence. Usher, 117 A, said he was on duty at four o'clock this morning when he saw the defendant creating a great obstruction at the barrier near the orchestra. Renshaw stepped in front and dropped some silver which he stooped down to pick up, and when he got up again he said, "D-- the police they are always in the way," and, without the least cause whatever, he struck witness a blow in the mouth. Renshaw was about striking him again, when a brother-officer came to his assistance and removed him from the place. Pike and some other young men subsequently rescued him from custody, and, after great resistance on the part of the friends of the defendant, he was recaptured, and with Pike conveyed to the station•house. Mr. Beadon fined the defendants 20s. each. LI lERATURE. The Bausehold Manager. A Practical Treatise. By Charles Pierce, Maitre d'Hotel. G. Rout ledge and Co. A practical pendant to the celebrated "works" of—the " Great Careme," of Ude, of Soyer, Web ster, Walker, Adams, Kitchener, and Francatelli ! Those masters of the menage —those chiefs of the cuisine—those wonder-workers in the production of the entrée, the entremet, the hors-d'aluvre, the Piece de resistance. Glorious creatures, who knew, or happily still know, some of them, almost in stinctively, how to discriminate between the tastes not merely of the glutton and the gourmand, but even the subtler distinction definible in those of the gourmet, the gastronome, and the gastroldtre ! Gifted beings, any one of whom might have pre sided over the banquets of Lucullus, or have occu pied, by the camp -tire of Napoleon the Great, the post of the renowned Laguipierre ! As evidence most conclusive and satisfactory that Mr. Pierce is in some measure qualified to walk respectfully (and at a proper distance from them) in the footsteps of these Lawgivers in the Art of Gastronomy, we con ceive the fullowiug brief extract from his Preface will be accepted by the generality as conclusive. "The Warrior General, " says Charles Pierce, who looks forward to the successful termination of his coming engagement, first with careful study and practised thought, views with prescience each possible exigency, and provides a means to meet it, strategically considering the country in which his scene of action is laid, and the appliances necessary in all respects to his victory." " And so observe the inference I—"and so with the noble Giver of a Feast." Admirable ! Mr. Pierce has entered upon his task with a true sense of its importance. He undertakes nothing more in the work under notice than—" to remove discontent and to create har mony in households"—only that ! And How ? " By pointing out the precise nature of the services required from each Domestic." Wherefore in his treatise will be found separate sections dedicated respectively to the Hall Porter—the gentleman in powder who reposes in a leathern chair during most of the twenty-four hours, airing his calves by the hall fire and his intellect by the hall newspaper. To the Usher of the Servant's Hall—the Gentle. man's Gentleman's Gentleman ! To theTootman —Jeames Yellow Mush of Buckley Square for in stance ! To the Waiter ; to the Steward's Room Boy ; to the Under-Butler—later on even to the Butler, whom we should have supposed altogether too august a personage to be schooled by Mr. Pierce or any one else, as our Mr. Murdles and the like might well have imagined by reason of their own personal experiences. Various other sections apply, moreover, to the Chasseur ; to the Valet ; to the Cook ; to the Steward ; to the Groom ; to the Courier ; to the Pastrycook ; to the Groom of the Chambers ; and to the Confectioner. How fully our author- recognises the dignity of the Cook in particular is shown by this notable memorandum in regard to his appearance. "It is usual," he says, " for the cook, when he has to present himself for orders, to do so in his full kitchen costume, with his jacket, apron, and cap, and not to remove his cap, even in the presence of royalty." How highly he estimates th,e value of punctuality on the part of the Invited, may be tinders' °Lid from the mere circumstance of his reviving the subjoined very notable anecdote : "The Prince Cambaceris, who was Arch-Chancellor of the French Empire, and one of the first gaitronomer:+ of the day, is related to have invited the Emperor Napo leon to one of his celebrated dinners, but finding .that half an hour had elapsed beyond the time of invitation, and yet no Buomaparte appeared, poor Carnbacb.6 4, in a state of indescribable agony, sent for his chef de cuisine, and ca'lad out in true military language—f Henri, Lave the entrentets —the entrées are annihilated !' The scale upon which our author in dulges his ideas of domestic economy may be conjectured, in some slight degree, from the circumstances of his calculating the ex penses of a little Picnic at a hundred and odd pounds sterling ; drawing out a B:11 of Fare iu another part of his treatise for a Buffet., or Stand ing supper for a Ball of Six Hundred. But then his work is designed, it should be remembered, with a view to the application of its hints upwards and downwards, from palatial festivities to chatropetre enjoyments. How wise, how tender, how delicious some of these hints are in their mere tendency ! Hints in regard to decanting wine—in regard to the mixing of a salad—in regard to the dainty sit (or rather science we should call it) of carv ing ! Let it be observed, for example, iu allu sion to the last-mentioned theme how lovingly he suggests " to those who wish it, the cook at once gives expression to his art by placing the joint on the dish in the proper form to be carved, giving it the first delicate touch of the carving-knife preparatory to being placed before the carver." Is not the book—obviously—one to be eagerly dipped into by any one who can lay a hand upon it, from the drawing-room to the kitchen, by those who, whether as employers or employed, have part either in large or in small establishments ? Assuredly—and as a work of this class, we commend it alike to high and low with all imaginable cordiality. England's Greatness ; Its Rise and Progress in Government, Laws, Religion ' and Soda Life, Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures, Sci ence, Literature, and the Arts, from the earliest period to the. Peace of Paris. By Joan Wade, V.P. Institut d'Afrique (Historical Section), Paris. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. A somewhat formidable title, suggestive of many volumes of no inconsiderable bulk ; nevertheless only appertaining to a single volume, which, by the way, might well have been divided into two. The subject, undoubtedly, is one admitting of great amplification, if not requiring it. The object of the writer, however, evidently having been to produce a work which should be read by the intel ligent public—the industrial as well as the more cultivated classes—he has wisely aimed at brevity and conciseness. People nowadays have not much time to follow in the wake of historical re search and philosophical inquiry. The precise character of the work, however, may best be ga thered from the language of the writer. "It is not," be says, "an abridgment of British history, or a briof narrative of political progress, with which every one is familiar, but a condensed embo diment in spirit and form of national development, as characterised by its most remarkable epochs, illustrated by individual traits and memorable transitions, and exemplified in the contemporary growth of art, industry, intellect, social life, and gradations. History, biography, science, and literature, in different degrees, have been laid under contribution to complete the national pic ture." No doubt can be entertained by the reader of the correctness of the latter statement. Per haps the most striking merit of the work is the broadness and variety of research discernible in it. The author is one of those who do not believe the progress of a people is only to be traced in the cus tomary ecclesiastical and political channels, and we think he was amply justified in following out his convictions. The result of the most compre hensive research is most likely to be in accordance with the truth. To proceed. We find him tracing the progress of England's greatness from the re motest period down to the present time, pausing at various epochs to recount the advance made, and to contrast it with that of other nations. As in a pa noramic exhibition, the Roman and Anglo-Saxon Domination ; the Norman Conquest ; the Baronial and French Wars of the Plantagenets ; the ob structions from the Papacy to Civilisation ; the Age of the Tudors ; the Religious progress to the period of the Reformation ; the Establishment of the Church of England ; the accession of _ the Stuarts ; Charles, and the Civ il War ;_remthe Com monwealth - monwealth ; the Protectorate of Oliver C the Ascendancy of the Puritans Restorationthe;llt of Charles 11., and the Accession of James o; his Abdication, a re made to pass before us so as to elicit the truths' they are calculated to teach. Then we have in review the Indestrial Progress of the Kingdom to the Revolution in Agrioulture, C on . merce, and Manufactures, with a notice o f t ee Population, Riches, andSociall.A:aspneactsooefoErgnegliani. d ' is, ra at that period. Ne xt come the Reign 111., Queen Anne, George accompanied by a re tros p ective summary of th e p rog ress made up to the conclusion osf of W.ll the latt e r reign, and followed bythe Accession of George III.; the R ev olt of the American Colonies ; th e Rise and Progress of England's Continental Alliances ; the Court of the Monarch, and the Manners and Social Life of the People ; the state of Science, Litera ture, and the Fine Arts ; the progress of National 1 1 Industry and the Useful Arts ; the French Revo_l_n tion ; the Death of Geo. M. ; the Reigns of Geo. i v . and his successors, up to the Treaty of Paris, to which succeeds a review of present aspects, and the exhi bitionan exhibiti on nature, ltusaandd creditable d of a very valuah clos lea e— h s d instructive alike to the research intellige nc e of the author. Differ as the reader may i n a more or less qualified d egree from some o f Mr. and the Wade's ungracious conclusions, it w ou ld b e somewhat to deny him this. In one particular all are likely to y be agreed, viz., the great less on which he educes from his s urge what sh e i s , o d f ar h k er free, grea t, stable, and prosperous , with of the pas t --to wit, England is a yet more brilliant future before her, becaus 3 er. This steadiness and acnadutuionutsriebd passa ges of her careut assur ed step in threading the caution, doubtless, are attributable many causes, prominent to among which is the genius of the people—itself formed or fostered by adventitious circum stances. Whatever credit, however, attaches t o us as a nation, the fact re- 50 .cg I 27! It 1;2 ; all 25 ! all at. 10 St. !10 6U j a: £0 al 50 I t 5t.11.01 20 al St. 101 St. I it t 6 I 8 25 1! 3t. 101 30 a, Ambg. !)c Jun Wolverh Stour C'Thesn'x. Jun,.' . ..,. I t DJ. Cl4.3sh. B Blackburn ,4'.l`yas gin; £25 (iid. at • and Exete 1 Ist cdoniau. 0 Chester ea Holyh , s: 11 Cork and Bando7. - ... . 11 Ccrk, Black, 4Pb 11 Cornwali .11 Do. A 8 Do. B Dnblin4BelfastJtm k :11 Dun. P. A Ab:.r. Jnc )0 East Arglism 611 Eastern Counties Tr.inn, A St Pe., B. Stock Do., Nevi . .7: East Kent 1() rasl 'East Suffolk 4 ! Do • Edinburgh 4 .41asp, 11 I Edinb. and Feeble!: • lEdin. Frtt tiDund .11 Forth & Clyde Jun • f Fun_ess. O Glasgow &S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlin, 'Great Northern .. r) Do., A. 5t0ck...,,, 0' B. Stock qt.i;th. AtWest.(lre rilreat Western Do. Stour Val. Ra Gna. Stk Irish South-Eastern t.nemiter & Oarlip 4i Do., Third 5........ 2 Do. New Thirds.., .00 Lanessh.andYorkr: Wet. Riding 1 , 1, ill Do. &Kahl or t 11 London '& Blackwe 10 Loud. Bright ADS.CF , 10 Loud. awl N. Wes , 0 5 .6 Do. Fifths . 4;D0.101.3h.,Mt58. Do. Eighths La London andl3. ill ill.,nrlndrr,.. & Ennis). N I +tnnelc.SilefA Line I 4etropoli tan ........ _ _ 1 Do. S. L. Rioardo't. arrangement..... ilciJitr .o. flirmng. & Der 0: fidlcl. G. Welt. ll' Lll Half Shares.. LI: 4 , 3wertstle& Carlif-) ill iwpt.Aberg. &art, 'ewry & . 1 ;owl", Warrenpf,,D kostraver: • ~rtellt .3. orthn.Conntle. t forth POV.II Rail. Dook Stock ..... )O A Stock. )0 • B Stock Eastern—Serve 1 do. Estensio, 6i +..d0.0.14..E.?ur, ‘.l ')o. Leeds 10. York forth Lonaon egad, an , ' City J , siortb Staffordsli, , orth Western., . & a. Wost rn. Wore., Woi, 9 1 Rhymney . Oentr. , Scot. N E.Abrdn St Do. Seot. Mid. St 2 -SitinabournekSheer. Devint Eastorn () °nth Wales 'lrkch. 4 Riv. Pe .11 4 , a're., wok. kwr jtkoktort & Darling .2' Do., do., 1.554 3 I Do., do., 1855 ioT.lrton a Hartle; ,t S VtLie ........ o. Pref., No. 1... 2 'lames Hay. D.& 1 ,11 Vele of Heath,..„ qaterfd. It K;lke llz , AraterforiaLimer 11 Wept Cornwxll.. 611 est End of Lond , - and Crystal react .11 Do. A ...... ....... ,n Do. B 71 , ,5t London 11 Do. First Class .11 Do. Second Class,. 11 Wlmhlnrir Arnrov k 53 63k 1 95 - 100 4i - 8 6 - 109 -• 113 10t - 108 #Ap - 75; 78 17 119 09 ill .02 1(4 61 - 63 9i - 10; 95 - 97 86 88 99 101 10 - 104 16f 17 10 10: 73 - 75 191 -- 20 94 -10. j 14i - 151 .. - 37 339 139 142 117 - 119 - 159 ... ••• ..... ••• 60 - ID L 37 -- 139 98 - 100 89 - :1 1 - li ••• .... 1 102 -104 92 —94 le - id ... .... . ia p 107 - 108 114 - 116 105 - 110 17 - ii 23 - 21 102 - 105 10h 101 27- 28), 2 - 8p GUILDHALL. A LORD IN TROUBLE. —A. short set grown man, dressed in seedy black, with a bald patch on the crown of his head, and wearing a moustache, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Rose, charged with illegally conveying a pint of gin yesterday into White Cross-street prison. He was described on the police sheet as Colvill George Colvill, 4, Park-road, Old Kent-read, gentleman. The prisoner is the same man who, about twelve months since, created some notoriety at this court under the name of Lord Colvill. Gibbs, officer at the prison, deposed that the prisoner was at the prison yesterday and went out again. He re turned shortly after. Witnessed asked him if he had anything about him, and he replied no. He then felt his pocket and found a pint bottle of gin in it. The in troduction of spirits into the prison is prohibited by the rules, whioh are fixed up in various parts of the prison. He had visited a prisoner named Cannon, who was dis charged last night. Mr. Alderman Rose—What have you to say to the charge? Prisoner—l did it at Cannon's request, who said spirits were allowed in the prison. It looks very much like a trap, because he did not come last night, and bail me out. Cannon's father is a bankrupt, and I am one of his creditors. Mr. Alderman Rose—That, would be all very well, perhaps, did we not know you. You can read, can't you ! Prisoner—Yes. Mr. Alderman Rose—The regulations are fixed up in the prison, and you must have known by that that what you were doing was illegal. (To Springate, the gaoler)—Do you know anything of this man ? Springate—Yes. I have known him for many years. When he was here on a former occasion he gave the name of Lord Colville. Mr. Alderman Rose—Have you reason to believe be an impostor ? Prisoner—No, lam not. I have voted iu two Scotch elections. I shall come into my property shortly. Mr. Alderman Rose—The act allows me to inflict a penalty of 201., or three months' imprisonment. As this is your first offence Springate—He has been in custody before on a charge of stealing a horse cloth. Prisoner—lt was not me, but a man called Radley. Mr. Alderman Rose—Eat as this is his first offence of this kind I shall fine him 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment. Prisoner—lf you will give me three weeks to pay it in I can do so. I shall then have received 501. Mr, Alderman Rome—No, you must pay the money now. The prisoner was then removed from the bar and , )eked up. BOW-STREET. SAVAGE ASSAULT.—DanieI Sallivan, a big powerful Irishman, was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with committing a violent and unprovoked as,=au]t upon William Draper, a market gardener, on the 16th instant. The complainant was this morning in attendance. His head was bandaged up, and ho still exhibited the appearance of having suffered severe ipj cry. In his evidence, he stated that on the 16th of D?e., at about ball-past four in the morning, he was walking in Long acre by the side of his cart, when the prisoner, who was in company with another man pushed against him (witness) with such force that he fell off the pavement into the road and narrowly escaped being run over by the cart. On regaining his feet he went up to the pri soner and asked him what he had pushed him down for, when he threw a large stone or brick at him which struck him on the forehead and felled him to the ground. The prisoner then took the whip out of his hand and struck at him several times on the head with it when he became insensible. The prisoner was eventually secured by police-constable 153 F. Ever since the as sault he had been, and was still, under the charge of the surgeon of Charing-cross Hospital. The complainant's statement was confirmed by seve• ral witnesses. The prisoner said, in answer to the charge, that the complainant struck the first blow. Draper called to his son for the whip, and on its being given to him he struck him three or four times. He then took the whip from the complainant, and gave him some of it himself. The constable said the complainant was a quiet and inoffensive man. The magistrate said it was a savage and unprovoked assault, and he should ultimately send the prisoner for trial, but he would remand him for another week in order to ascertain that a fatal result did not follow. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISTURBANCES AT JULLIEN'S BAL MASQUE.—John Arnott, a well dressed man, described on the charge sheet as a warehouseman, residing at No. 32, Stamford street, Was brought up before Mr. I3eadon charged with creating a disturbance and breaking several chairs at her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket. Inspector Richardson, of the A division, stated that last night he was on duty at her Majesty's Theatre, when he was called by a gentleman to remove the de fendant, whom, the gentleman stated, was occupying a seat to which he was not entitled, the seat being a bal cony st..at, and he having only paid for a dress circle seat. He went up and civilly :..quested him to leave, which he stoutly refused to do. Witness then fetched the secretary, who also endeavoured to persuade him to reasove to another seat. The defendant, how ever, persisted 1. in retaining his seat, and his conduct caused such a disturbance that two constables were ordered to remove him. The accused then became exceedingly violent, and broke several chairs, inflicting damage to the extent of 95., and after considerable trouble he was lodged in the station-house. The defendant said he had a perfect right to the seat he was occupying, as he had paid for it in the usual way. Mr. Beadon ordered the defendant to pay Ds, for the St. St. 3t. 111 3t. 3t. 11( 9t. 1 it. li 50 a 6! 1 164 1 St. I 23 I si sc: iii 20 I 1.1 94 - 96 7 -7, 88 88 73 75 LIO 125 10 112 69 60 65 70 74 54 64 54 64 96 97 7 , 11. i 112, 105 - - 105 20i 21 10k 1.0 io6i 107 d par 81i - 82 53 55 3i - - 52 34 - 39 . 40 83 81 4a 4 3 - 2+ 8} 184 5 604 96 •- 99 5e 5 0 11 29 106 108 26 2 , 4 70 72 48 49 14 ... 1 174 8 73 - 73 804 - 5 3 r 2 - 1 14 16 8 40 19i 25i 6 8 2 4 5 So - .. ...' ••• COLONIAL. •iotu buy, rsartmah., Con. India, g. 5 p. c. 11 Do. 1 - li 1 113 - 115 2 24p 21i - 22 12i 131 80 211 22i 1$ 24 - - 2sr 99 - 100 115 I '2o 115 - 120 08 110 20 - 20 - 22 1 1; 5' 2jr :GB . 11. 1i 1 2p P oh 5i 31i 324 9 10 4 - p ... • 3t 41 5 gi - 61 SAKI 9 3 - 16) ... ... 71 - 184 36t - 37 8 - gt 53i - 54 : 51 53 - 18 -20 i 1 - ii 9 - 9;4 St - 91 •- - Tv^ 44 - 41 96 - 10 33 - 34 i - lil BANKts 93 100 id . pal (12 64 .•• - ... ..• • ... 1, 67 69 17 - 18 19 20, 1 9 - 20 A - 3P ... _. ~, ..... .... • . ..., •••• . • 47 48 38 39 1 d ». ... .•• 35 - 37 65 - 67 7 -- 9 - 6;;; 4 a Ett. l 25 ft! M al it 11)1 t. 11 tY I 1 .i 0 A Bt. ;1; 10 ! St. St. i 0 St? I 20 I al 20 Al 50 tl 20 s] 10 al 5 al 5 10 I al 20 a' LO 20 10s. Ceylon A shares 20 1 Do. B. do 8 al I'4l a 20 I 2t I total .00 1 al 20 1 %1 -roorarr 1. Eastern Bengal ,11 , eugt Indian A and B, sp. 20A 20t 100 tOO ► 100 ► 20 20 a] 20 I 20 >p, . 41 20 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp . .ti Do. do. 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St 1 k New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. rod. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 di North. Deb, 4 p.c. sh )0 Do. Pref. sp. a. )0 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 )0 D. 5)1 per c.pf ,1847 )0 Do. Wv. )0 North Rriti sh A Do 7/. Preference ... le i. E. Pe ew, 4 p.a. ;! Do, do. do L 3 Do Leeds 6 p.c .No.l 9 Do. do. Qrr.,1848... Do.Torkll.& Pqr. 611 North Staffordshire. Dx,Wo, )0 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. al Scot. Cent. ,Now Prat 10 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe dl Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. at. )0 D0.d0., 3 p.c, pf, st dl South Devon 11 Do. flxed,44 per cent .11 S. Eastern (Roadie.: Ann.) of £1 03. 6d. 10 Do. 4i per cent 11 Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 10 3 Wales Gee. 4p. a )0 Do. do. 4i p. c.... 611 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar al Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c .5 Do. do. do dl Stock. & Fiartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 ... 11 W atoll& & Kilk. 6p c 3 MINES. till I.•Arqzlo Calitornis.n T Australian ill Baden (Gd.Dnchy 0! ill Rlainar. Iron & Coal 4 ilritish Iron o Brazillanlmp.(iseneil at 1;5 p ox .) 11 Do. Cocaes Cuialy .5 Do. St. Johr Del Rey 6 Clarendon Cons. in Co. of Jamaica al 'lebro Copper Colonial Gold al Copper Min. of ISmi all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent Copiapo . 2 all Fortuna 20 al; Gene a ' 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 4,1 all Great Polgooth. 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 all Liberty ............ .••• 3 all Linares. • • 5i 1 Lusitanian . 1 all Ilariquita •• 1 all Now Granada 1 all Nouveau. Monde 21 all IPontgi.Sil. & Le. Min 5 1 ' Port Philip 1 all Quarts Rock 50 all Ithymney Iron. IS all Do. New • 30 15i Santiago de Cuba , le. Sort. Cons. Min. Co, .11 South Australian...., ill Do. Scrip ill Do. 10 per cent Prei 4 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co, 9 Pin Croft A,ll United Mexican All Waller 1 all 1 al 1 al 28i * 1 al West Mariposa. Worthhz Mining of Amitre.li• 00000000 2 5 11 10 10 a l 50 41 106 St. St. do 41;., 20 1: St. to .1 a MISC 9 Australian Agri=lt. .kustraln. Royal Mail 11 terlin Wator Worki 10 *3rit. American Land -6 Canada o.Go.6p.c.Jan&julY 0 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug Do. 6p c. m ar Sept 11 Crystal Palace 11 Do. Preference. ~1 Jrystal Pal. of France Dnston Iron Oro 56 Eastern Steam )0 Electric Telegraph, , 611 Electric Teleg. of lr. 111 Eu.tlaus Cop Sm Co dl Gen. Ir Sc Col (14110 A on, Steam Nayigat. 11 leneral screw S , ,eare 5 London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus .0 Magdalena St. Nevi. ill vlediteran. Elec. Tel. 11 Meal can&S. tonerica. 5 Nat. Discount Co 1 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land._ di Do. Do. 3 Do. 8 p P iss at 1 d 1 Do. Do 103 j 80 New B. & N.S. Lauri N. S. Air. Gov. sp. c. D. I N. e. Australui3.l,.. 74 NrthAEuropeStem i)riental Gas. Do. "Now Shares Peel Rr. Ld. & MinrL Peninsular& Oriental Do. Now i 0 Royal Mail Steam ,11 Scot. Austral. Invest ill Ditto New al South Austral. Land 4ubmnr. Tel. Scrip Van Diemen's Land V,(4.6P.e,Ja.utiJn4 *i 7 2 30 - 4 15 - 17 P in 57 59 30 - 25 - 27 13 - 16 - - A 4 - 5 8 8i id $ 9 11 23 - 25 7 9 2} 2/ -1/ 3f - - 1 3 - i - } pos """ *do 'ir,ollB. 24 - 25 ••• ••• 4 5 40 45 128 - 132 113 114 2 - 21 51 - 5i 9i : S'a ..... - - li ll 6 6i Ad p 3i 3i 8 If) 3} - k • lip - p 1 it 3 i - - Op 15 - 26 3 4 - P 2 66 - 4 - 5 I 66 - 68 36 --- 14 38 1 t 16 't•.' 18 Bt. l.l 20 St. f. St. 10 St. 101 1 a: St. I.I St. 1.1 0 41 %I 0 I 88 i 73 2i 4 121 1 2 69i i 96 ! B 1 1121 tosb i 33i f Slf f 211 it. I( at. LC 0 & I Kt.. 11 8 , , - -A t. it ,ii Al ! ( 1, 11 St 11. 2(1 %I Al St 11 St. ill St. 91 St. 1( St. !Ii 1.24 al ci St., 11 St. 10 e4J. al 121 al 11 it. 101 At. 01 St. 101 St. 1101 10 'all 84 31 59i 6) 96; 7i 291 9 8t 73 i Sli St. 101 St. 101 84 St. 101 St. ilo 25 I a] 10 I al 14. ff, al St. 10 10 al St. 10 St. 10 131 121 i b 81 21 5i R 24# g i i 10 i i 1 A, 4:1 al 20 1 , 35 5 30 al L 1 40 I al 5 1 11 i i 7i 69i 50 100 1 1 25 ••• 74 3 99i 9) 834 1031 9321 1071 3 t i 130 29 1131 110 k 2k 93 i 6 li i SOUTHWARK. CONVICTION OP TWO FASHIONABLE SHOPLIPTra.. William Ji,hnson, and Elizabeth Mills, two well-dressed persons, were brought before Mr. Combe, charged with picking the pockets of several ladies in High-street, Borough. Mr. Smith, a shipbroker, residing in Brownlow-street, Holborn, said that on the previous evening, about eight o'clock, he was passing down High-street, Southwark, which was extremely crowded by females, who were enga, , ed in examining the Christmas stock in the vari ous shop windows, when his attention was attracted to the male prisoner, who was pushing about among the females in rather a rude manner, followed by his com panion. He immediately suspected their avocation, which induced him to watch them. He then saw the man put his hand into three different ladies' pockets, but he could not see what he took ,as the female prisoner stood behind him holding her dress and shawl out so as to cover him. Witness then went and called the attention of a police-constable, who also saw them put their hands into several ladies' pockets. Police-constable 492 A said he was on duty in the Borough at the time when his attention was called by last witness to the prisoners. As soon as the man saw him he ran up Kent-street and he lost sight of him. About half an boar afterwards, when witness returned round his heat, he saw both prisoners again among a crowd of ladies. Ho watched them himself and distinctly saw the man put his hand into three pockets, and the female covered him with her dress and shawl. He im mediately took him into custody, and in the confusion he could not find out the parties who had been robbed. The prisoners were searched, and on the female was found a pair of spectacles and a card case, and on the man two small memorandum books. The prisoners denied stoutly any knowledge of each other. They were respectably connected, and would not be guilty of such offences as those imputed to them. The magistnte, however, ascertained that they were notorious pickpockets, and lived in Pelham-street, Whitech2pel. He accordingly asked them whether they would prefer being tried by him, or go to the sessions After a little hesitation they both said that they would sooner have the matter settled at once. They would leave it to his worship to deal with them. Mr. Combe accordingly committed each of them to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. MA XET NEWS.—(This • 'ay ) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 43 ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 51; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s per load A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow . bay, 2/ 103 to 41 5s ; clover do., 31 los to 51 Os; and straw, 11 48 to 11 Ss per load. Trade rather dull. WHITEGRAPEL.—Mea(Iow lily, 2/ lOs tc 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ 10a to 51 ss; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Ss per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TlCA.—Thero has been a better inquiry for most qualities, and higher prices being asked by holders has in some measure checked business. Common congou realised 10d, and late in the day was quoted at 104 d per lb. SUGAR.. Very little business has been done in this article. Purchasers are deferring their operations until after the Christmas holidays, when prices are expected to rule rather lower. Tho market closes to-morrow, and does not re-open until Tue<Fly, the 6th Jan., 1857. The Re fined market has been very dull, and lower prices are cur rent. COFFEE.—A. good business has been transacted at full rates in both plantation and native Ceylon, the stooks in the hands of the retailers being very limited. 'lNF.—There is a good demand for all low qualities, and rather higher quotations have been current, owing to the smallness of the quantity cn offer. The better qualities have also been in more request, at about former rates. Rum. —The demand boa been very active, and previous prices have been fully supported. TALLOW. —The market has ruled firm, owing to the smallness of the Blocks on hand, being about 2,200 casks less than at this time last year. Prioes, as compared with those ruling at the same period in 1855, are fully Sc to lOs per cwt less. P.Y.C. on the spot 57s 9d to 58s, spring delivery fc7s 9d, Australian mutton 55s to 58s 6:1, and beef 54s to 57s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—('This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.N.W. ; light breeze. PORTSMOUTM, Dec. 22.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrived.— Liverpool Packet, from Rotterdam, for Messina, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, from collision of Beachy Head, on the 25th Dec., with a ship ; Migrator, from London, for Colombo. PILL, Dec. 22.—Wind W.N.W.-Bailed—Machonochie, for New Orleans. NEWPORT, Dec. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Carola, from Bristol, for Rio Janeiro ; Glen Tilt, Antwerp ; Herloffe Trolls, Copenhagen, both for St. Thomas; Souvenir, Nantes, for Sierra Leone. Sailed—Malabar, for Rio Ja• neiro ; Neva, Grenada. DOUGLAS, I.M Dec. 20 —The Brother, from Liverpool, for Newry, ran ou the rocks at Derbyhaven, is discharg ing, and is expected off. CARDIFF, Dec. 22.—Sailed.—Favourite, for Bahia. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21.—Wind W.—Sailed—Edward Bousted, for Rio Janeiro. REVEL, Dec. 12.—The Welcome, from Cronstadt to London, which put into Baltic Port on the 6th inst. leaky, has repaired, and is ready to proceed. The weather is mild and open ; wind S. W. LLANMADOCIC, Dec. 20.—The Fordmill, of Sunderland, from Cardiff to Malaga, ran ashore on Rossilly Bay on the 7th inst., with mainmast cut away. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.i LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.E. Arrived—Lebanon, (s.s.), from Trieste. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21. Wind W. Arrived—Boomerang, from Paraiba. Sailed—Edward Bonstead, for Rio Janeiro ; Snooma, Bremen. DUBLIN, Dec. 22. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Mary Russell, from Taganrog; Henry Ismay, Galatz. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind N. ; nearly high water ; fine. Arrived, Dec. 22—Pearl, from Quebec; Gesina, Stock holm. 23d—Kielmansegge, Hamburg; Enterprise, Mo gador ; Marianna, Forth, and Provetie Drentie, Danzig; Mieklestue, Soderhamn ; Elphinstone, Honduras, DEAL, Tuesday, 9.16 A.M. Wind N. by E. ; moderate. Passed, Dec. 22—Sylph, screw steamer, from London, for Bordeaux. Passed—Aria, from London, for Seville. Sailed—Candahar, Caduceus, Glearoy, Devonshire, and Jamaica. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MONDAY, DEC. 22. ENTERED INWARDS.—Prospect, from Odessa ; Ocean Ranger, Jamaica; Elizabeth Brown, Singapore ; James Wakefield, New York; Pyrrha, Aarhnus ; Violet, St. Michael's ; Symmetry, Ceylon ; Lady liinnaird, Madras and Cape of Good Hope ; Ellen, Sevillo. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Dao Aurelias, for Rotterdam ; Happy Return, Antwerp ; Myrtle, Seville ; Nelly, eve of Good Hope ; Surprise, Alderney; Harkaway, Auck land, N.P. ; Johannes Albertus, Batavia and Sourabaya Marnes, Port Philip ; Lime, Rio Janeiro ; Nepaul, Ade laide; Gleaner, Cadiz and Seville. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO. Elias, for Cadiz an d Se ville ; Francis 1., Lisbon • Sea Witch, ' Beypore and Bom bay ; James Holmes, Barliadoes ; Guiding Star, Adelaide; Heroes of Alma, Wellington and Canterbury Ardberg, Calcutta ; Ipswich Lass, St. Michael's; Negotiator, Gee long. M. Michelot, the celebrated comedian of the Theatre Francais, died on Thursday last, at his residence, Passy, In his 71st year. Michelot was, with Telma, Fleury, Mdlle. Duchenois, Mars, and Georges, one of the glories of the French stage. He was equally succ essful in tra gedy and comedy. His last great characters were the Jenne Mari, in "Henri III.," and Don Carlos, in " Hernani." The ruins of a Roman theatre have been discovered at Trigueres, near Montargis, in France ; it is 70 yards long from the back of the pit to the stage, and 60 yards wide. It could have easily held 10,000 spectators. The interior of the theatre is not yet uncovered. mains, and the people of Europe will do well to profit by it. To end well they must make a good beginning, and add patience and discretion to energetic labour. Having first laid the founda tions of permanent greatness they must proceed with forethought and deliberation, and ultimately the superstructure they desire will arise in all its majestic and time-defying proportions to reward their pains. Poems written in a Workhouse. By E. E. AL Pp. 52. Sullivan, Dublin. What was it Wordsworth sang?— " A Primrose by a mossy atone, A yellow Primross was to him, And it was nothing more." I Here is one--a sweet, fresh, dewy little primrose —blooming out between the chinks of the grey, old, mossy stones of au Irish workhouse. A col lection of verses veritably, we believe, what it pre tends to be—writteu (literally) in a workhouse I Twenty-two poems from the heart of a pauper child ; from her heart rather than from her head, for they display (not unnaturally) more feeling than rhetoric, evidencing more of sensibility than of skill in authorcraft Yet, for the most part, they are so true withal—so genuine, though so jejune— so real and unaffected in sentiment, though so un avoidably immature as literary productions, that we are tempted thus to speak of them and of their humble writer these few passing words—words at once of recognition and encouragement. E. B. M. the " poor girl of lo wly station" w h o h as written these gt P o ems,' written them in a workhouse (being her,,elf the offspring of a father and mother who are themselves at this moment workhouse occu pants), has recently, we understand (by a foot -note at p. 51), been admitted by the National Board Zef Education in Ireland—with a view to her having a short course of Training—into the Dublin Nor mal Establishment. Let it be hoped that the little wild-fl ,wer of fancy may not fade away in the transplanting! The Cabinet Lawyer. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. The seventeenth edition of this popular digest of the laws of England, extended and corrected throughout, with the statutes and legal decisions to Michaelmas Term, 19th and 20th Victoria—a work which should he in the hands of every intel ligent Englishman, not to guide him into law, but to enable him, according to Lord Bacon's celebratti wish, to keep himself out of it. In the Dictionary, besides corrections, several new terms and addi tional miscellaneous information have been intro duced, together with the alterations in the revenue laws and General Post•oflice regu'icions. In the Appendix will be fuund the tables of fees in the Superior Courts, the tables of costs settled by the Judge, allowances to witnesses, and the new scale of costs and charges in the County Courts. The work, in short, is as creditable to the editor (Mr- Wade) and the publisher, as it cannot fail to be serviceab:e to the purchaser. Every one will -find some useful information in it. Naval and Military intelligence. WOOLWICH, DEC. 22. Four of the goo-boats now at Woolwich Dockyard are ordered to be forwarded to Portsmouth. A detachment of Royal Artillery is under orders to leave this garrison for Ireland. A large number of men belonging to the late Turkish contingent service, whose claims have been examined and certified, were last week paid off at the Tower. Several officers of the Royal Engineers have, recently returned from a tour of inspection to various eminent en. i ieering establi.bments in this country, the object of which was to gain information with regard to aoy in ventions or improvements. A school for the education of the numerous boys em ployed at the Royal Arsenal has been opined in that establishment, and is under the supervision of the heads of the departments. At thi police-court this day a gunner, named WM. Wise, was committed for throe months for stealing pro perty from the kit of a comrade, named George Lovell. The iron steam-vessel Helper, Master-Commander Hodges, which kit ►Voo:wich with provisions and storeit for Madeira, and Lisbon, returned this day, and is now in harbour. The Butf,lo, steam-vessel, left the harbour this day for Keyhani yard, with sand and 17 bats—the latter hav ing been manufactured for the use of that establishment. CHATHAM, sac. 22. This morning tome surprise was created among the troops at Chit ham Barracks, in consf-quionce of an order being issued fur he immediate oleparture of the depots of the 12th Foot and the 45th Regiment to the camp at Colchester. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the whole of the troops belonging to those regiments were assembled on the general parade-ground for the purpose of being in. spected by Colonel H. Jerviy, Commandant of the Provi sioeal Battalion, l r :viously to their departure. The 12th depot were under the command of Major F. G. Hamley, and the 45th under that of Major J. B. Wheatstone, the strength of the former being 5 serjeaots, 4 corporals, 1 droinmer, 29 privates, and the latter 7 serjeants, 4 cor porals, and 50 rank and file. The appearance of the non-colornis , ioned officers and men on parade was extremely satisfactory to the inspecting field officer. Both depots will leave Chatham Barracks at an early hour to-mo: row morning ; the whole of the baggage and arms belonging to the depot companies having been for warded to CAcheittr this day. The depot of the St. Helena Regiment is attached to the 12th Foot. The first battalion of the 12th Regiment is in Australia, and the reserve battalion at the Cape of Good Hope; the head-quarters of the 45:h is also stationed at the Cape of Good Hope. An order has been given for the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, at this garrison, to be marched out into the open country in the morning instead of the afternoon, as heretotore. This new arrangement will commence to-morrow morning. Tile 18th Royal Irish Regiment bas given 110 volun teers to the following depots attached to the Provisional Battalion, the service companies of which are below their prescribed esitOlishment, viz.:-770th Regiment, 69 men : 52 1 Light Infantry, 28 men ; 85th Royal Sussex, 16 men ; 81st Regiment, 5 men ; 32d Regiment, 1 man ; and 45th Reginunt, 1 man. Tne whole of the above volunteers have been ordered to join their depots, at this garrison; immediately. A detachment of the Royal Marine Light Infatars consisting of 1 eerjeant, 1 corpora', 1 drummer , and I'4 privates, left this morning, and p ro ceeded to She!rness, where they embarked on board her Majesty's ship Me• lam pus, 42, Captain J. Borlase (1855). The ropery establishment in the dockyard is in full work, an order having been for warde d for the manufacture of several ' hundred tons of rope for the supply of the navy. DISSOLUTION OPISTRAT TH lON E MIDLESEX REFORM REG SODCIETY. insufficient to carry Yesterday afternoon an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above society was held ng at the offices, No. 6, Jermyn-street, St. James , s, for the purpose of considering the expediency et dissolving th e DONALD NICOLL occupied the ch • consequenceect. of the funds being society, the meeting the necessity o f air. He im pionruej u t s s i r t e. s d o u b p 0 n still to carry on the society, for it wbuld taking steps Middle , ex if it was allowed to fall to be a disgrace to ter supported. Mr. GAWTHORNE wished to know Piee.s* (Hear.) of the society were generally kno w they were, or else it would be h whether the objects t n. He could not think com mittee) said the committee had on operations until after that long as possible. There were Mr. MONTGOMERY ( chairma n e registration, but the committee kept the society alive as felt determined to carry The CHAIRMAN said the society • debt. Mr. GUNN was S O in at the Liberal interest , thoroughly and heartily sickened illiberal, that he h execrated in which he considered the most had c me to the c onclusion that it was not worth look' of 14,000 electors ing after There were upwards any longer. , • Middlesex, and they failed to sup. port a society whic i li n watched over their interests. Con temptible constituent 1 Every elector ought to be throughout the country. Dr. F, every p ublic assem bly ill r. --„PPS followed in a similar strain. ''' r • %-;OPPOCK, after detailing what had been done by the committee to keep the society alive, prooeeded to say that had it not been for the subscriptions of the com mittee the society would long since have fallen into pieces. As to returning members free of expense, that was impossible in Middlesex. The last election cost 4,0001., and it was impossible to fight it for less. H e was thoroughly disheartened with the conduct of the Liberal electors, and therefore moved—" That this meet ing, acknowledging with regret the impossibility of carrying on the Middlesex Reform Registration Society, even on the present economical scale, entirely from the want of funds defr the ire of rooms, the salaries of secretary a n d cler k k, and h the expenditure necessary to watch the r egistration and attend the revision, and no sufficient response having been made to the report of the committee of management, the only course left is to dissolve the society, leaving the books and papers in that the president of the care of the committee for use and reference wh en, electors,seCo nl a t: d e motion. stated ever the Liberal cause can be benefited thereby." Mr. POWNEY made a strong speech upon the apathy of the society and other noblemen we the l‘IrGE Middlesex EsiN as the electors themselves. The president, the Hon. Mr. Cavendish, M.P., had never subs cribed a f ar thing, and bad never attended a meeting. 1e thought enough had been done to show that the society would never be supported, and that it ought to be dissolved. Mr. WALKER moved, and Mr. LE BBET orr se conded, an amendment to continue • . the society, but it was nega tived, and the resolution was carried, the general opinion being that it would be t o the eternal dis g race of Middlesex that the soc i ety wa s dissolved. A vote to Mr. Donald Nicoll closed the proceedings. MAILS FOR INDIA, &C, , VIA MARSEILLES. -.-The mails for India, &e., v i a Ma rse illes, which are at present for from London on the morning of the following day (Monday), whenever the 10 t h or 26th of the month falls on a Sunday, will in future on such ()cessions be made up at this office, and despatched on the evening of Monday,—General Post-office, Dec. 19. •