The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY LNG, DECEMBER 13, 1856, RE:.YETVED SEA.ReII FOR THE FRANKLLV PRICE OF WHEAT. EXPEDITION. (From the DerVshire Courier.) On Wec'nesday evening a meting of Arctic navigators The price of wheat has suffered a heavy rlecli ne was hell at the Russell Institution, Great Coram-atreet, during the last few months. The average for t he for the purpose of considering the propriety of undertaking first week a new search f or Si r J. F ran kli n an d the missing expedi that in August was 77s 10c 1 a quarter , wh ifs for the week ending Nov. 22 last WAS 63e :31 tion tinder his command, information recently received in a quarter, being a fall of 143. 7d. a varier :n fc .ur this country having been deemed sufficient to warrant such months. Good wheat was bought on Saturday 1 ast an undertaking. There was a very numerous attendance. at Bs. a bushel (645. a qr.) and in f e rior at -Rs. o aid 1 Amoras e e those present were, Capt. Sherard Osborn, Lieut. 58s. - `Pim,, - Professor Creasy, Dr. M‘Cormick, Capt. Inglefield, The paiments of the agriculturists at this tit ne Dr. Hodgkin, Mr. Barrow, Dr. King, Mr. Findley, Mr. of the year have a tendency to promote freer sae.ell Sey,anour, Dr. Seaman. &c. and lower the price, but this cause has on 17 Mr. Bishop, member of the council of the College of Star a temporary, and not - very powerful, influem :0. geons, occupied the chair, in the absence of Sir R. I. Mur- Thus, last year, the price of wheat, which w -as chison, and in opening the proceedings briefly adverted to 763. 6d. at the beginning of October, had risen to the strong desire manifested, even at this remote period of 82s. by the last week in November. More acti .yetime, to ascertain whet,her any furth er t races of t h e unfor and extensive causes must o p erate to effect a c sn- tunate expedition under the com man d o f Si r J. Frankl i n siderable decline. Among the cau ses at p rey eat ' could be discovered.. Informati on h a d b een recently re operative in the direction of lower prices of gr.om .n in ceived in this cor.ntry, from whi c h it was b el i eved that the m ust be reckoned the large importations " from ex act spot had oo t b een ascerta i ned where the Erebus and A mer ica. These importations are, adout , tiess a Terror had b e en blocked in the ice. Upon that point the meeting was u ld be addressed by Dr. King, who had visited greatly facilitated by the opening of the Gran the Grea.t Fish River; after which some of the eminent Trunk Railroad of Canada. This gigantic under- 1 taking, which is now completed, connects the great Arctic. navigators present would doubtless, state their opi corn-growina regions of the North-Western States nicr es . (Hear.) . Dr KING observed that up to the present moment four of America, Wisconsin, and Michigan, with the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic, exteedingfrom Toronto e 1 expeditions had been despatched in search of the missing nearly to Quebec, a distance of 850 miles . j " sae i ships — two by sea and two by land, namely, by land through whole expenditure of the company up to use ats 1 Russia in the first case, and over the territories of the was, we are told, no less than 8,693,0801. Hudson's Bay Company in the other • and by sea by wa of Behring's Straits, and subsequently ' through , Barrow' y s Thera can be no doubt that this great under, Straits. In coming to any . determination with respect to taking has been and will be productive of a ,. p o o la , ,v t e , ta : e _ ful influence on the cheap supply of grain trm the course of future operations, it was worthy of remark north-west of America, and therefore on k: g i lish that in the one case navigators Would have the current with prices. them, and against them in the other. He deeply regretted As little doubt can exist that the prospedrity of that, Lieutenant Pim had been refused . permission by the the Canadian provinces w ill be extensively pro- Emperor of Russia to continue his researches by way of moted. by this gr eat national highway ; and that Kamschatka, and though th a t re f usa l was a ll ege d t o b e increase in the quantity of wh eat consumed in the from a desire to avoid r i s k, th ere was reason t o b e li eve Canaclas. that it had arisen from political m o ti ves so l e ly. I n s p ea ki ng The facii of a whole nation bein g p laced in a con - of the Behring's Straits expedition he could no t eu l og i se dition to consume better food, and more of it, i s too highly the names of Sir R. M'Clure, Dr. Armstrong, Dr. M'Cormick, Sir E. Belcher, and Captain Sh erar d some times not sufficiently taken into calculation in estimating the probable effects on prices of an I Osborn. The next expedition, namely, that of Sir John C. Ross, in conjunction with a land j ourney b y Si r J. Rich improved system of locomotion. At this time there is perhaps no British colony ardson, was conducted upon an excellent principle, but it manifesting a more rapid development of its mag- failed in consequence of the expeditions being too distant nificent capabilities than Canada. It will soon from each other. If the Great Fish River had been fol open a very wide mouth for the consumption of its lowed instead of the Copper Mine River, the results would own food. have been certain, as has been proved by the subsequent A letter headed " Corn Averages and Gold," discovery of traces at the Fieh River. But between the from Mr. C. M.Willich,whosc statistical researches discovery of the first wintering quarters of Sir J. Franklin are so well known and appreciated, has just ap- on Beechey Island and the discovery of the cache on the peared in the London papers. It contains much banks of the Great Fish River, four years had elapsed, and useful information on the subject to which it what had Franklin been doing during those four year? relates, and opens out other causes which operate He was either starved to death, or had been attacked by powerfully on the present and future price of the Esquimaux and carried into slavery with his compa wheat in this country. It appears, he says, that nions. In either case some traces must have been left, the average importation of wheat (including flour) and he firmly believed that by following up the Great Fish into England, during the last ten years, has been River traces would be found. So convinced of this wore LA millions of quarters annually. In 1854 we both Lieutenant Pim and himself, that on the preceding imported 5,586,218 quarters. Yet the average of d a y they had forwarded a memorial to the Board of Ad wheat that year was 725. ld. a quarter ! We paid miralty offering to organise a new expedition, which he no less than 20,133,660/. for our supply of foreign felt satisfied would succeed in settling the question for food. ever. The memorial to which ho referred was as follows : This letter supplies a clue to the reason of this "17, Saville-row Dec. 8, 1856. high price with enormous importation. Mr. Willich "My Lords,—Th a t season o f the yea'r is rapidly ap appends a table of the supply of gold obtained in preaching when the icy fetters o f th e A rct i c reg i ons are California and Australia since 1848, by which it loosened, and the Polar S ea i s open t o a f urther search for eeonf already e ea F d rank a l d in e expedition.. Gigantic exer tions that 105,950,7051. has been added in the , m but preh i e n . s tl e t n h e e s s a e v w as h t ic e i l i fo l i 3a ts s the toa s remains have eight years ending with 1855 to the quantity of gold there has been a want 3, :) ' co previously existing in the world. " Forthe present since been proved could only result in utter failure. It is year," he adds, " there is every probability that the needless to call your lordships' attention to facts in support produce will much exceed any former year." The of this view of the case, inasmuch as they are indelibly plc , e i to t n tr r ae eco e r s d i; supply of wheat may be large. Its price depends a v n e d b your f lordships are cognisant of them. found—death it is to be in a great measure on the supply of money also. deplored—of the a galla e n e t u The continued drain of silver to the East will, band—traces that point to the whereabouts of the r m iss o ino. Mr. Willich observes, render the adoption of a ships which sailed with so much glory to carry out the sci gold standard in France necessary. Of this there entitle survey propounded by your lordships. Since these can be no doubt. Unless France reduces the weight tracesha a ve fi l i e l e l e a n u f d ound your lordships have taken no steps r t e h - e e s n e s i v tracese to search, and until mos t yourw we of her silver coinage, the foreign drain, exports - towards, lorusnips shall follow up theutter tion being profitable, must continue. Were the venture respectfully to state our opinion that a stain is drain of silver to the East put a stop to, and the stamped on our national honour. We, therefore, implore consequent drain of gold from this country checked, your lordships to take into your consideration a compre we should see but one reason why the price of hensive plan, which we now lay before you, and which we wheat should not speedily recover, nor why wages r a n s at a t v a e in no c t ota e i n ns b efwithinore brought elements of success, such combined iiadr e y ff o o u r r t b and ' d nboy shotld not rise in full proportion, as they ought to tice. We propose to makea do. That reason is, that the arbitrary restriction l au d—by sea , th roug h B arrow ' s Strait and by sea Peel's of the circulating medium by making the B an k S oun d ;by land, across the continent of America and down Great Fish River— mee ti ng at t h e magnet i c po l e . Note convertible into gold at a fixed rate instead screw wn steamer, o e n xr u di o ti n on the it l is d. of at the market price of the commodity, must ever proposed to use a small bank canoes. exert a pernicious influence ou the productive in- ‘. In the first effort p made for j o t u h r e ne r y ecovery of Sir J. dustry of the nation. Franklin your lordships adopted the principle we are now One hundred millions of gold have counteracted advocating of a combined effort by sea and land, but the the evil tendency of Peel's Bill. But they have scheme unhappily failed in the details. The route selected not corrected, and cannot correct, a bad financial for th a that the of i journey t of the l d an t d o par f ty; was l far too distant from oeffort to in effectt!:osesr z ' principle. Sooner or la ter the country will, in junction - an:l 'e t a he e u x i p iha l pp l y n band of'tamdavn eff adventurers spite of Australia and California, suffer for the ob- o f w h om these expeditions were despatched, met their stinate perversity with which it clings to its absurd death with succour on either side of them. Oar land party and dishonest Money Lawn. on the contrary would in the Great Fish River be compa ratively near to the sea expedition, and more certain of effecting a junction. " \lre contend that it is essential that the plan of search should embrace a land as well as a sea party, seeing that previous land parties by themselves, and previous sea par ties by tnernselves, have invariably failed. Tho desirable ness of such a combination of search as we propose must at oece be apparent to your lordships, for it may be conveni ent for the land party to take passage home with the sea party, and vice versa, and with this end we consider that the two parties should comprise the fewest possible men. We would merely allude, in support of our proposal, to the successful surveys made by our forefathers—Davis, Baffin, Behring, and Hudson. " We are not surprised that the First Lord of the Trea sury should ignore the plan of search suggested by the Royal Geographical So c i e ty. i nasmuc h as that plan merely conteniplates another search in precisely the same man ner as a host of sea searches have been already made, un supported by land journeys, and affords no better pros pect of success than was attained by the plans which im mediately preceded it, and which resulted in the total loss of five of her Majesty's ships, one of which (the Resolute), has since been recovered by a miracle, and is now upon its return to this country. "The precise time of starting upon the land journey will be towards the end of February; that of the sea expedition will be the cud of Jane. By these means your lordships will not be hurried; and it is for that reason we have thus early addressed you. Most of the expeditions that have been despatched have been hurried at the last moment,and to this, we apprehend, is to be attributed in great measure their feiluro. " The precise time when both the sea and land parties will reach their respective wintering grounds, the precise fittings which each service will require, and the precise sum which each will cost, are well known to your lordships, and therefore need not be repeated. For these services we place ourselves at the disposal of your lordships. We are tried servants intimately acquainted with the services wo undertake to conduct. We are friends bound together in zeal and honesty of purpose ; and we are confident in each other, and earnest in our endeavour to press forward in all prudence to our rendezvous. In conclusion, we would state to your lordships that we are convinced that, in order to be successful, the united service, both by sea and by land, should be under the conduct of government. It was on a government errand, propounded by government, that Sir John Franklin sailed ; and to the care of the Govern ment his honoured remains should be committed.—We have the honour to be, my Lords, your lordship's most faithful servants, FIRE AT FARN WORTH PAPER MILLS. AP- About 20 minutes to four o'clock on Thursday morn • ing a fire was discovered by the watchman on duty in the extensive paper works of Mesers. John and Thomas Bonsor Crompton, Farnwerth, near Holton. it origi nated in the centre of the top room, in a four-storey building in front of the works. The building was 18 windows in length, and from sii to seven yards wide. The first floor was cecapied as a finishing room, and contained five hydraulic presses, and a considerable quantity of paper. The second and third storeys were used as rag stores ; and the fourth, where, the fire broke out was a place where females were employed cutting the rags into small pieces. As might he supposed, these rags burned with great fury, and, from the first, there was little hope of saving the buileing in which the fire originated. The works not being insured, Mesere. Cromp• ton keep three fire engines, and a number of their men are trained as an effective fire brigade, and everything was therefore done immediately to check the progress of the raging element. An engine from tho mill of Mr. Thomas Barnes, M.P. (Prestolee), and another from the paper works of Mr. Roger Crompton, of Kersley, were also speedily on the spot, and there being a plentiful supply of water from the river Croal on one side, and the reservoirs on the other, the works were providentially saved from destruction. The reflection of the fire had been observed in Bolton, and when a messenger arrived for the corporation engines Mr. Superintendrat Beech and the fire brigade were in readiness to start with two engines ; the Etna engine of Messrs. Ormrod and Hard castle, and their firemen, were also ready, and galloped at full speed to the works, which they reached a little before seven o'clock. They also renoered effectual eat in confining the fire to the range of buildings in which it originated. At the end of the building named there was a clock tower, with a bell at the top, and this was destroyed, the clock face indicating that it was stopped at 4.20. From this tower the fire spread to another rag loft, forming the angle of the centre building. It was four storeys high, and about eight windows in length, and here also, from the combustible nature of the mate rials, th e fire defied every effort to subdue it. At length the roof and the floors fell in, and the whole range of rag lofts lay a mass of burning ruins. the last - named buildi ng • Adjoining there is a machine shed, containing three valuable paper machines, and a portion of the burning materials failing upon the roof about one-half of it was destroyed but the m a chi ne s are very littl e injured. mn t .3i hi e ch first-named rag store there is a 24-horse engine, v i and a portion of, the walls adjoins the machine room, ab ana roof faliing through the flooring upon it , a t e ly it will not stao,paialylepot le damage is done, hut fortu rtion of the works, as they have water-power ' p ince. The fire was got under about seven o'clock, ils was entirely subdued. In the 2 n • hlock, anu at eight it ug rooms, on the lower storey, there wa a a Considerableti•ishi paper, but it wile nea,rly: , au wetout. quantity of fire was prevented from reachi ng the warehouse the behina, and also the brown paper finishing room, were considerable stocks of p aper. In o t m h , ege where there are a great number of hands e 1 mp.oyed, and, fortunately, mills there , there will be no stoppage of the Work _ . 4 The damage, it is thought, will be about 6,000/. Messrs. C Crompton are not insured, in consequence of the hi gh d • their custom being to ado pt every premiumrequire , precaut tol • t fire. Another account states that ... against r...i.essrs , their premises two Crompton keep on powerful fir • named the Royal and the Delug e , as well e engines, by a water- laht e`. • and t , force-pump, worked 2 these were immediately brought into play, and, unthr the able superintendence of Mr. Rideout, rendered great service spread of the flames to the adjacent buildings. preventing the the fire . . Jacent It is not known how buildings. d at from 5,000/. to 6 0001' and the damage is estimate . , ... , Work will be resumed in a few da3s.—.fianchester uardian. " RICHARD KING, M.D. " BEDFORD Pim, Lieutenant, R.N." Both Lieut. Pim and himself were anxious that every facility should bo afforded for an investigation of the plan here laid down, not only by those who bad taken an active part in previous searching expeditions, but by all who, either by scientific or geographical knowledge, might be supposed competent to form a correct judgment of the probabilities of success. He was happy to say that in consequence of the new light thrown upon the question, the opinion was almost universal that by a land and sea expedition they would at length succeed in discovering the fate of the missing ships,, and perhaps even of rescuing some of the survivors. (Hear.) That such might be the case was the opinion of Captain Austin, Captain Richards, Captain Inglefield, Captain Sherard Osborn, Dr. Hooker, and Dr. Armstrong, all Polar men ; and in farther confir mation of that opinion, he would read a letter from Admi ral Sir S. Beaufort to Lieut. Pim. It was as follows : " The one great object which should override all other con siderations, and on which I shall take my stand, is the still existing chance of rescuing from slavery the remnant of those noble fellows, and the payment of that debt which all civilised nations tacitly contract with those whom they send forth on enterprises of danger. Now, it will not be denied that a half of the whole force of the expedition is yet to be accounted for, nor that it is probable when the ships were abandoned that different parties took different routes. Nor, again, if they threw themselves on different parts of the long north shore of America, that the despatch of a s i ng l e H udson ' s Bay messenger, to the mouth of the c reat Fish River, can by any perversion of language be rareeacnekeedf, bu ni called an effective and adequate search f o r our m i ss i ng further e d cou ntrymen ; no r w ill it b e d en i e d t h at i f the i r b oats were w ,r retreat, ea pillaged, t , and m t u ti their hcerne havews had thrownn no possible oss ib le them selves on the mercya of the natives, w h o , if th e y s p are d their lives, woad assuredly extort from them some work in return, and would as surely watch that they did not es cape. Finally, when w 6 reflect on the charms of repose and safety after shipwreck a of a full stoma c h , after vainly boatwreck, an d on th e com f or t winkles, or scr a pi ng the rocks sifting th e san d s f or perri withrochks* for tripe de roche—and, again, on the facilit y ich sailors adapt th e m s elves to new habits, striki ng w examples ee of all w hi c h w ill b e f oun d i n ma ny of our voyagevoyagers,and p na rrative, he nnistbe a very incredulous in Kane's admirable person who doubts that at this moment several of our ua abandoned and almost forgotten countrymen aro sheltering themselves in snow huts, swa ll ow i n g morsels of frozen seal or walrus , ttryand at the same time chewing the bitter cud of th e i r co of gratitude, want of f aith, and want of honour."Thislet. want ter was from a man of t he hi ghest possible au th ority this subject. He (Dr. K.) hadaiways guarded himselfufrPr expressing any opinion upon the matter, but i n his ownm mind he thought it possible that there might be some !Jur -1 vivors. Sir F. Beaufort was perfectly right in thinking that the Esquimau' would not let them escape. If they got hold of a doctor or a blacksmith, he (Mr. King) was sure they would not, for they knew too well the value of such men. If, therefore, they had fallen into the hands o f the Esquimaux, and had coavinced their captors that they were of utility, there was not the slightest reason to de spair that they were still alive. (Hear, hear.) The object LIVERPOOL, Dec. 0 ,sners 12.—Tie Chipclipper: Gipaß pseg e Q y ride ailed hence tc-day for Melbourne, wi nd a large cargo. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPEND ITURE. —The puy . c income for the year ended the 31 s t of March, 1856, amounted to 70,552,1451. atrainst 64,091,57 11 . in 1855, and the expenditure to 93,149,3101. against 70,236,8171. A over in 1855. Thus there was an excess of exnen ire of income in 1855-56 of 22,597,1651., and an exc ess 6 ,145,2461. in the year 1854-55. The (..‘uVom o s (in 1855 -66) yielded 35,635,5521. ; the EsciFe, 5,210,084/. ; 5tamp5,7,063,610/.• assessed and land taxes, 3 , 136, 9 771 .; the incom e tax, 15:159,458/. (Against 10,922,2 6 7/ , in the year end e d the 31st of March, 1855) ; the post-office, 2,767,2011.; and Crown lands, 421,7151. The duties on spirits and wi nes remain very. stationary; those on malt, coffee, tobacco, snuff, and sugar have increased. The house tax yields 72a, 7 89/., and land taxes, 1,157,5251. The expenditure i n 1 8b5-56 included 2 863 353/. for col lecting the revenu e , 28,112,825/. for , the 2 public debt, 1,695,05 2 / , for the civil government 3 192 420/. for law and justice, 366,443 /. for diplomatic salaries, 47,461,1881. for the army, navy, and or d nance (against 28,321, 7071. in the preceding year), and 4 h ,2 e 00 :.m 00 y 0/. for the vote of credit (war with Russia). The army cost the country 17,395,0591., the navy 19,654,58 51.2 and the ordnance 10,411,5441. The civil list, privy purse, the salaries of the Royal household, and the pasr aents of the Queen ' s tradespeople include the sum total of 371,800/., an d t h e allowances to the several branches of the Royal family 151,'881. King Leopold epays into the exchequer 33,5001. out of his pension of 50 0001., after making sundry deductions for the dischargt annuities and pen sions to the establishment of the late Princess Charlotte. of the meeting was to invite discussion. He stuck him self up as a target to be fired at, and would be most happy to bear any kind of opposition, though he should certainly claim the privilege of replying to any objections which might bo raised. With respect to tbo lind:, , on Bay Cern pany's expedition to the Great Fish River, nobody knew better than Sir F. Beaufourt, who had been for half a century the hydrographer of the Admiralty, whether that could be called a search. He (Dr. King) denied that there was any evidence whatever that Captain Hudson, of the Hudson Bay Company, had ever reached the mouth of the Great Fish River. There never was a greater traveller than Thomas Simpson, bat what did he discover at Mon treal Island ? He BALL "On the 16th we directed our course with flags flying to Montreal Island, at which place we found a deposit among the rocks in a cache, which con tained two bags of pemmican, a quantity of chocolate, and various other things." If these things had not been washed away by the tide, nothing on earth would convince him (Dr. King) that the bodies of the 40 men who were said to have died near that spot could have been washed away without any record remaining behind. He believed him self that Sir George Back had never reached the Polar Sea by the great outlet of the Fish River, but that he had gone to some other point, and had never visited the cache discovered by Simpson. The question now to be con sidered was, whether the search, being confined to a limited area, it ought not to be pursued, and all doubts as to the fate of Sir J. Franklin and of the crews of the missing ships set at rest. He believed that the plan submitted td the Admiralty by himself and Lieutenant Pim contained elements of success such as no other plan had ever combined. All that was wanted was confidence in each other, and he solicited the co-operation of the meet- ing, because believed that the expedition now projected would set the question at rest for ever. (Hear, hear.) Lieutenant Pim said he had attended the meeting with feelings of sincere gratification, because he considered it a step in the right direction. The motive was to encourage inquiry, sift every particle of evidence, and send every one away with a truthful impression of the present state of this painfully interesting national question. After the clear and distinct manner in which Dr. King had opened tho subject, it was needless for him to enter into minute details. He took his stand on the broad ground that 138 public servants were lost in the Polar region, that many efforts had been made to find them, that by the merest accident a clue to their whereabouts had been at last ob tained by them, and not till then all further efforts had been abandoned. (Hear, hear.) Every one knew that they had obtained traces of Franklin, for which they had paid 10,0001. Those traces pointed to a circumscribed space within which the ships themselves would probably be found, for it must be borne in mind that a search had been made in every other direction, and every Arctic ex , plorer agreed that this spot could be easily approached by several routes. Why, then, did they hesitate ? They had offered a reward for a trace of Franklin ; they had paid 10,0001. for that trace; their experience in the Polar seas attested that the trace could be followed to a successful issue with less than the usual risk, and, strange to say, they stopped short when the object was within their grasp. (Hear, hear.) In his opinion they ought to settle all doubt about the missing expedition. Surely national hon our called for it, independently of the extreme impolicy of destroying the confidence of future navigators in the beneficent care of their countrymen at home. Eis own feelings in connection with this subject were these : Being a sailor he knew the habits of sailors, and he did not hesitate to say that he had always entertained a strong con viction that some of our unfortunate countrymen might be still alive, and in slavery to the Esquimaux. They knew that Dr. Kane, the intrepid and distinguished American ' traveller, had been on the point of throwing himself on the mercy of the natives, when he providentially escaped from his icy prison; and they also knew that Deese and Simp son had orders in case of necessity to winter with these people. His had been no common service in the arctic re gions. lie had suffered the extremes of cold, hunger, and thirst, and from experience he could :place himself in the position of our lost sailors. He felt that if their fellow-countrymen would stretch out a helping hand, some of them might yet be restored to their friends. His opinion was not singular, but was participated in by many of the most eminent men in the country. (Hear.) He entirely agreed with Dr. King that an unsupported expedi ' tion, by way of Barrow's Straits, must fail; that an unsup ported expedition down the Great Fish River must fail ; but that a combined effort by both those routes contained within itself elements of success such as had not hitherto been tried. Dr. King had read the memorial which they had conjointly submitted to the Admiralty. He need only repeat that he (Lieutenant Pim) had the utmost confidence that Dr. King would use every possible exertion to reach the magnetic pole, and he believed that Dr. King had the fullest confidence that he (Lieut. Pim) would meet him there. He felt convinced that the search would be at tended with success ; and if they could restore only one of those poor fellows to his country, they would be amply rewarded for every hardship and difficulty they would have ' to encounter. (Cheers.) Mr. FINDLEY wished to call the attention of the meeting to a geographical question with reference to this subject. By the position of the missing ships indicated on the map, it would seem that they must have reached Victoria Land, and it was alleged that they had gone through Peel's Sound; but Lieut. Brown had found that the Sound was filled with ice to the very !bottom, and had never been open at all . The coast of Parry Soand had been clearly defined by Mr. Wynn iat ; and if Sir J. Franklin's ships had really reached the spot indicated, without going through Peel's Sound, he was entitled to the me:it of discovering the North-West Passage, as the precursor of Sir R. M'Clure. Mr. M‘Cousercs having addressed the meeting, Dr. SEAM,IN, naturalist and historian of the voyage of the Herald in search of the Franklin expedition to Beh ring's Strait, considered that it was highly desirable that there should be another expedition and viewed with satis faction the present plan. Many of the public were pos sessed of sufficient Arctic knowledge to criticise the plan, but others wouldinquire what were the antecedents of its principal promoters. It was sufficient to say that both Dr. King and Lieut Pim were experienced Arctic travellers. Dr. King had accompanied Sir G. Back down to Great Fish River in search of Sir John Ross's party, any in the memorable expedition had collected such vast stores of in formation that he was entitled to the gratitude of the whole scientific world. When anxiety was first felt with respect to the fate of Franklin, Dr. King had suggested a plan, which, had it been at once adopted, would probably have ensured the safety of most, if not all, of the missing expedition, as the search would have been conducted on the very spot where it had been shown that part at least of the expedition had perished. It was melancholy to think that this plan had been rejected. It had beea urged upon the Admiralty again and again in vain, until facts had at length come to light which had completely borne out his view. Lieutenant Pim and himself were shipmates in . the first search after Franklin, by Behring's Straits during three seasons, under Captain Kellett ; he had performed a most arduous journey from Kot zebue to Norton Sound and back ; and when it was considered that the northern shores of Asia should also be searched, he was only prevented from carrying it out by the refusal of the Russian Government, the alleged reason for that refusal by the Emperor of Russia being the great danger which ho would have to incur. Subsequently, how ver, it transpired that the Emperor of Russia was influ enced by political motives, considering Mr. Pim as a spy sent to investigate the mysteries of Siberia. When the last Arctic expedition was fitted cut Mr. Pim joined the Reso lute, and had the good fortune to find Capt. M'Clure's party, thus becoming the link which connected the eastern with the western discoveries. Such were the men who now presented a plan for a renewed search for traces of the fate of Sir J. Franklin and his party. Therefore, if there were no other means of judging the merits of that plan than from their antecedents, it wool t still be entitled to re spectful consideration. Lieut. BitowN thought that the great error in all the searching expeditions arose from not paying a due regard to Franklin's instructions. By those instructions they would find that he was positively directed to proceed to Lancaster Sound, and then to the south-west. At that time the whole of Barrow's Strait was left as it was in 1819, and Victoria Land itself was supposed to be sea. Franklin en deavoured to carry out his instructions, and consequently had reached Beechey Island. He probably nex t endeavoured to make Cape Walker, and it was upon that point that the great diversity of opinion had arisen. It was supposed that because he could not make Cape Walker, he would go up Wellington Channel. He would never have left Beechey Island without leaving some record of where he was bound. He (Mr. Brown) did not think that Sir John ever went to the north of Barrow's Strait, but that, being unable to reach Cape Walker, he had endeavoured to get to the west of it by taking the lino of the ice, had got entangled in it, and had been unable to retrace his steps. He thought that Frank , lin, having abandoned his ships, went across the ice to King William and Montreal Islands ; and there never was a greater fallacy than to suppose that he went to Welling ton Channel, though it was not impossible that some of his men might have gone there. It was quite possible, in his opinion, that some of them might still be living among the Esquimaux. An expedition going through Lancaster Sound, which was open to the whalers five seasons out of ten, would probably clear up the whole question. Dr. KING observed, in reply to a question, that there was not the slightest fear of the safety of a land party sledging. There were ample means of forming caches,' and the lakes afforded so abundant a supply of fish that two fishermen would be quite able to lay in a store for 150 men ; and as the fish froze almost immediately they came out of the water, they would keep for years. Then, again, a couple of Indian hunters would supply all the game they required. It was his opinion, therefore, that as little ineumbrance should be taken as possible, which was also the idea of the late Sir J. Ross. Mr. M'Coneficir said he only wanted to show the advan tage of having a ship to fall back upon. Dr. KING then proceeded to notice the various points raised in the discussion in detail, observing that he had very faint hopes of finding any of the survivors of the ill fated expedition ; but there could be little doubt that such records would be obtained as would set the question at rest for ever, while, if there was the remotest chance of rescuing any of our countrymen, it was our bounden duty to do so. ' Some further discussion ensued, and a resolution approv ing of the projected expedition was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MILITARY COLLEGE, A DDISCOMB E. Yesterday the half-yearly examination of the gentlemen cadets of the East India Company took place at the college at Addiecombe, near Croydon, and the attendance of visi tors was unusually numerous for this .season of the year. The chairman (Col. Sykes, F.R.S.), the deputy chairman (R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.), and a large body of directors, arrived at the college shortly before eleven. The chairman took his seat at eleven o'clocic, supported by the members of the deputation; when the cadets were examined by Sir Fred. Smith, the public examiner, as to their proficiency in their various studies of mathematics, fortification, Sze., and their answers to difficult questions elicited groat approbation. The examinations as to Hin dustani, drawing, French, and Latin hail taken place pre viously by the public examiners, in the presence of the different professors, and the prizes awarded. There were 36 cadets brought forward. Of this number three were reported by the public examiner (Major-Gen. Sir F. Smith, K.H.) to be qualified for the engineers, viz.: —J. Herschel, R. C. Daubuz, and H. Macaween. Eleven were reserved for further examination. for the Engineers, viz. :—I. P. Westmorland, A. C. Padday, T. F. Dowden, 0. B. C. St. John, A. Le Messurier, D. H. Trail, A. H. Badge, W. Coningham, W. Merriman, F. Robertson, and J. Moxon xgrotat. Thirteen were reported qualified for the Artillery, viz.:—E. T. Hume, T. H. Moore, J. N. Martin, T. Ryan, A. Wynch, G. M. W. Sotheby, J. H. Knox, F. W. Burney, W. O'Brien, A. Walker, H. Girar dot, W. J. Cottam, and A. D. Butter. Nine for the In fantry, viz. :—H. A. &law, H. L. Marsh, C. F. James, G. Dukinfield, A. Younghusband, A. Shaw, E. W. Shaw, H. B. Edwards, E. Raikes, and David Graham. After the report of the public examiner and inspector of studies had been read by Mr. G. Cochrane, of the cadet department, the following diStribution of prizes took place : CLASS I. Julius Moxon (First good conduct)—The Sword. John Herschel--The Pollock Medal—First mathematics, first military surveying, second Hindustani and chemistry. Isaac Westmorland — First fortification and first Hin dustani. Robert C. Daubuz—Second mathematics, second forti fication, second military surveying, and second good con duct. Thos. F. Dowden—First military drawing. Oliver B. St. John—French and Latin. Geo. M. W. Sotheby—Second military drawing and first civil drawing. Arthur D. Batter—Second civil drawing. Hastings Macsween (Extra prize)—Gunnery, striking the flagstaff. CLASS 11. Keith Jopp—Mathematics, military drawing, military surveying, civil drawing, and third good conduct. Henry Thnilher—Fortification. Alexander Baillie—Hindustani and French. Robert Robinson—Latin. Alexander Cumming--gourth good conduct. CLASS M. Lewis Conway Gordon—Fortification and Hindustani. Joseph Brandreth—Military drawing and military sur. veying. James Browne—French, Latin, and mathematics. Charles Mant Civil drawing. THE POLLOCK MEDAL. The Chairman, in presenting the Pollock gold medal to Gentleman Cadet Herschel, said—Mr. Herschel, the inha bitants of Calcutta established, as a token of their high sense of the great and successful military services and pri vate worth of General Sir George Pollock, C. 8., this me dal to be presented to the cadet ranking highest in the scale of general merit and professional acquirements, and, therefore, worthy to re2eive this mark of distinction. It will be the means, I trust, of stimulating you to tread in the steps of that distinguished officer, with whose presence we are this day honoured ; and you will doubtless use every endeavour to maintain the reputation of the name you bear. _ THE SWORD FOR GOOD CONDUCT. Gentleman Cadet Moron, who had gained this prize by his general good conduct during the term, was pre vented, by severe indisposition, from receiving it in person. It was presented to his father, with the expres sion of the chairman's regret at the cause of his son's ab- sence. FORTIFICATION DEPARTMENT. After the cadets' dinner, the chairman and company in spected the models in the sand modelling hall, where the attack of Valenciennes, under the command of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, was explained by Cadet Daubeny. Three of the advanced works situated on the left bank of the Moselle, for the protection of Cob lentz, were described by Cadet Herschel ; and a new design, invented by Lieutenant Cook, professor of fortifi cation at this college, for a first-class citadel, with a cir cular tower, was explained by Cadet Padday. All the above models wore constructed on the scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot. There were also a four-gun battery and a direct double sap, on a scale of an inch to a fuot, and the model of a very heavy battery, the "Creek bat tery," at Sebastopol, on the scale of half an inch to a foot; together with a design for a tower for sea coast defence, which were briefly explained by Cadet St. John. All these models were beautifully executed and well described. MILITARY DRAWINGS EXECUTED BY THE GENTLEMEN Naval and Military Intelligence. Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., as Inspec ,or-General of Infantry, is to have the Army - Works Corps' officcs, in Whitehall-yard, for the accommodation of the persons attached to his department on the Staff. In our obituary of yesterday we announced the death of Lieut.-General Francis Miles Milman, which took place at his town residence, Berkeley-square, on Tuesday last. The gallant General entered the army in 1800, in the Coldstream Guards, and saw much service up to the peace. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General C. Crawford, in 1803, and was present at the battles of Roleia and Vimiera, and was attached to the same General's staff in the retreat of General Sir John Moore to Corunna, aid was engaged on the heights of Lugo and at the victory of Corunna. He subsequently joined the Coldstream Guards at Lisbon, and was with them at the capture of Oporto, and took part in the battle of Talmvera, where he was most severely wounded and saved from being burnt on the field of battle by a pri- vate soldier of the Guards. The deceased General was made prisoner in the hospital of Talaveru and detained in France until 1814. The gallant general ultimately rose to the com- mand of the Coldstream Guards. He was appointed colonel in chief of the 82 , 1 Regiment (the Prince of Wales's Volun teers) in Nov., 1850. His commissions bore date as follows: —Lieutenant, Dec. 3, 1800 ; captain, April 28, 1804; lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 25, 1813 ; colonel, July 22, 1830; major-general, Nov. 23, 1841 ; and lieutenant-general, Dec. 11, 1851. By the death of the gallant officer another regi ment becomes vacant, making no less than four at the dis posal of the Duke of Cambridge, viz., the 12th Lancers, the 55th, 74th, and 82d Regiments. It is intended to send a certain number of regiments to Chatham garrison every year for the purpose of enabling the officers and men to undergo a course of instruction un der the director of the Royal Engineers' establishment in pontooning, the construction of temporary bridges, as well as all descriptions of fascines and gabions, and the throw- ing up of earth batteries and intrenchments necessary to defend a camp, previously to their embarkation for foreign service. With this view arrangements will be made at Chatham for receiving about three regiments, each of about 1,000 strong, at one time, and as Boon as those have under gone the required course of instruction, which will occupy a few months, they will be relieved by other regiments. Her Majesty's steam yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday, to be refitted for her Majesty's service. The steam vessel Dasher was commissioned at Ports moutk yesterday by Commander E. G. Hore for service on the Channel Islands fisheries. f n d ii:eeli d tittl l ollog e ttfee w hnftn h haaaa ecenunie hauled a l ei. ctacro s a neu a t m tmtew ehht oe e aee Pluto,r fnaLrmd eeecaggunboat Woolwich enplvd tneibormona. having at osnjbf dwaacihssubse quently baua e ssn e rwee n naa. ( 1848) , l a t e q wsonatht ll fao ll ole e wsco l a hk i lryh s t eeB, e l odtasmihtrni l e a on j rin to enter the remainder of her crew, two-thirds are engaged. She is ordered to be ready for sea on inst. Her destination is the west coast of Africa. paddlewheel steam vessel Trident, one of the Government line of packets engaged in carrying the mails in the Mediterranean until that service was abolished, hav• ing been refitted at Woolwich, is under orders to proceed to the west coast of Africa. Commander Francis A. Close, having been appointed to the Trident, is engaging hands, the complement being nearly complete, and is waiting orders for sea. She was yesterday morning taken into No. 1 dock at Woolwich. The gunboat Growler and the police floating station Royalist were yesterday morning undocked at Woolwich. The steam yacht which arrived at Woolwich in Novem ber to be masted and fitted for service, and which was built for the • Emperor of Japan by Messrs. Green, of Blackwall, has been supplied with a couple of engines of 60-horse power, which were yesterday subjected to their first trial in the inner basin at WOOll6Oll. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, lieu tenant on board her lbjesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Magicienne, 16, Captain Nicholas Vansittart, has left that ship in consequence of the receipt of a telegraphic despatch communicated through the Ambassador at Con stantinople. The Prinae's departure was caused by the severe and subsequent fatal illness of his father the Prince of Leiningen. Prince Ernest was much esteemed on board —his seniority as lieutenant dates April 2, 1855; he joined the frigate May 29, 1856. Letters received at Plymouth from the Magicienne, dated Oct. 15, state that she was then going to the Isle of Serpents. The new 80-gun ship Meeanee was towed down from Chatham yesterday by the steam-vessels Lizard and Adder and moored at the docking moorings off Sheerness yard. She is to be taken into No. 2 dry dock for the purpose of being fitted as a screw line of battle ship. Her Majesty's frigate Lucifer arrived at Liverpool yes terday from Portsmouth, for the purpose of taking away the fittings of the various transports which have been taken up from the former port. The mail steam-ship Ireland, Captain Perry, which left Dartmouth at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, for the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies, put back to Plymouth Sound yesterday (Friday) morning at 9 o'closk. The new steam sawmills and the great storehouse at Pembroke are rapidly being erected, and will soon receive their roofs. The new building for oakum, as well as the new foundry, will prove valuable additions to the (lock yard. The dry dock is receiving still greater length to meet the increased size of our men-of-war. Further church accommodation is much needed at Pembroke, where at the dockyard church there are only sittings for about 230 men, not one-fourth of the number now in garrison. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty yesterday : Captain L. G. Health, to the Melainpus. Captain H. A. Story, to the Eagle. Captain James Willcox, to the Hawke. Lieutenant—Charles Forbes has been appointed to the command of the Bloodhound. Midshipman—W. D. X. Dolben to the Indus, for disposal. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—F. L. W. White to the Sphinx, W. H. Lloyd to the Impregnable, E. M Morgan to the Victory. Naval Aide-de-Camp—Captain George ! z it, V. King to be Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Miles opened. 1856. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1856. 1855. CADETS OF THE FIRST CLASS. Mr. Dowden (Ist prize)—Part of the island of Hong Kong. Mr. Sotheby (2d prize)—Balaklava. Messrs. Padday, Westmoreland, Bagge, and Le Mos. surier—Parts of the island of Hong Kong. Messrs. St. John and Girardot—Mequinenza. Messrs. Burney and H. Shaw—Balakia.va. Messrs. Ryan and Merriman—Sebastopol. Mr. Hume—Tarragona. SECOND CLASS. Messrs. Jopp (prize) and Stewart—Superior drawings from models. Fe URTH CLASS. Mr. Brandreth (prize)—Volcanic Mountains. Also several promising subjects in this and the junior classes. CIVIL DRAWINGS. Tho exhibition of drawings by the gentlemen cadets was exceedingly pleasing, and certainly an improvement upon those of former years. Indeed, some of the works wore of great beauty, and full of artistic feeling. There has also been a considerable advance in the photogi aphic depart ment. Amongst the portraits exhibited were Sir W. I'. Williams of Kars, and his aide-de-camp, Col. Teesdale; also Major-General Sir F. Smith, K.H., and several of the professors, besides views of the front and back of the man sion, and two beautiful specimens of the out-going term, containing the likenesses of 37 of the gentlemen cadets in each picture. There were also several separate portraits of the cadets, the printing of which has more the appear ance of mezzotint engraving than photography. First Prize—Mr. Sotheby. An artistic sketch in pencil and tinting of Windermere Lake, and a highly-finished landscape in water-colours. Second Prize—Mr. Butter. Two exquisitely finished pictures from "Macbeth." Third Prize—Mr. Jopp. A highly-finished figure draw ing. The landscapes by the Messrs. Padday, Dowden, Girardot, Jas. Coningham, &c., were much admired, as also were two figure subjects by the Messrs. H. Shaw and 0. St. John. This department, which is under the direction of Pro fessor Petley, excited the warmest admiration, and the dis play of pictures was considered to b 3 very superior to that of any former occasion. After the business of the day had been disposed of, the chairman, deputy chairman, and visitors proceeded to the mansion of Col. Abbot, where a splendid collation was pro vided, which having been disposed of, the company broke up at 5 o'clock, most of them returning to town by train. 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Newcastle, and South Wales • • ...... ..• • • • •"• orth Waterford rend Limerick .. ••• • • •• • • •• West Cornwall •• • •• •• • • Whitehaven Junction • • ••• • • • • 674 93 417 631 i 283 203% 388 25% 90 2864 161 637 Vei WU 261 17334 9XI 28 49814 1264 52 78% 149 233 - 87% 32 29% 57 3 4 289 111% 862 5,603 20,585 5.223 5,380 6,161 23,749 6,063 24,210 216 5,309 21,558 56,347 1,189 10,931 11,601 630 8,854 687 907 23 3,274 295 1,261 1,544 984 430 963 400 840 5,195 20,083 4,637 7,133 758 5.622 25,864 6,614 22,649 FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean. • • •• •• Monter= and Troyes •• •• •• •• •. •• • • Namur and Liege .. • • .......... • • • • Northern of France •• •• .• •• •• •••• •• Orleans and Central ............... Paris and Lyon s .... .. .. .. Paris and Rouen. •• c• •• •• •• •• ••.... •• Paris and Strasburgh .... ••••• • •• " Rouen and Havre— ...... • ••; •• • Western of France .. .• ...• •** • • •• 279 5 222 20,051 56,078 1,098 10,543 12,614 628 9,535 3,209 1,965 4 674 6,521 840 37,863 848 2,318 15,325 5,426 2,170 3,710 1,402 1,344 462 313 1,304 41,98 We (Glasgow Daily Mail) understand that Sir E. Bulwer Lytton has expr essed his intention of delivering, about E as t er , his inauural address as Lord Rector to the students of Glasgow University. How TO Busy A WARRlOR.—Charles Jackman, of the 33d Foot (the Duke's Own), on furlough, left Aldershot. Camp on the 2d inst., travelling by the Great Western Railway. On the train stopping for refreshment at Swindon he was taken insensible from one of the car riages, and died after a few minutes. An inquest was held on the 3d. On the sth he was conveyed in a cart to the churchyard at the New Town. Among the guests at the Queen's Royal Hotel chanced to be a clergyman ; and thus, though the unahrouded corpse was not admit ted within the church, the funeral service was read over the grave of a survivor from Sebastopol, the clasp and medal for which he wore. Those decorations are saved for relatives. TllB DOUBLE OURDER AT BOLTON. --, The:adjourned invest on the bodies of Luke White and Ei'zabeth his vife,, who were found murdered in their house at Bolton-upon-IXarne, near Wart!), yester day week, was held at the Cross Daggers public house, yesterday. From inquiries made by our correspondent beforehand, it was ascertained thet the police had no clue to any persons for the dreadful crime. Every effort had been made to discover the whereabouts of the offenders, but the efforts have so far failed. Mr. D. Astwood, superintendent of the D , ncaster po ice, gave evidence to the effect that every effort had already been made to discover the offender, but without success. ae also made come further statements which it would he gnwise at present to make public. The Groner then addressed a few observations to the jury, and concluded, by asking the constable of the vi lage several questions relative to the suspicion which had been said to attach to him, and they were very satisfac ' torily cleared up. After a little further conversation the the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or pereos unknown." "—rho deceased persons were highly respec'ed in the neighbourhood, and in addition to a reward of 1001, offered by government, the p, incipal inhabitants have increased the suin to 1551., fur the conviction of the murderers.;; From the London Gazette of Last Night WHITEHALL, DEC. 10. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Col. the Hon. Wm. Lygoa Paksnham, C. 8., her Majesty's royal licoace and permission that he may accept and wear the Cross of a Commander of the Second Class of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, which the King of Sardinia hath been pleased to confer upon him, in testimony of his approbation of his distinguished services before the enemy during the late war, WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, DEc. 12. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Troop Serjeaat-Major William Don to be Co not, without purchase, vice Still, promoted ; Cornet William Don to be Adjutant, vice Gil leland, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Montague Dettmar to be Captain, vice Wetherall, who retires; William Chaiue, Gent., late Lieutenant, Antrim Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Dettinar, promoted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Henry Smyth Bawtree, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice Todd, who ex changes. 4th Foot —Lieutenant John W. Laurie to be Instructor of Musketry. 7th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William John Frampton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Foster, promoted. 19th Foot—Ensign William Henry Moffatt to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Sackville H. IL Eaton, who retires; Arthur Westbrooke Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moffatt. 26th Foot—Ensign Edward Kempson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice klogarth, deceased. 29th Foot—Ensign Kenrick Verulam Bacon, from the 42d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant O'Loglin, deceased. 36th Foot—Captain Joshua Cnnliffe Ingham, from the 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Marshall, who exchanges ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Francis Kelsey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hawkes, promoted. 421 Foot—Kenrick Verulam Bacon, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Fife Allan, who retires ; Gentle man Cadet George Thomas Carus Moore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bacon, appointed to tho 29th Foot. 44th Foot—Lieut. Joseph Logan to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Streatfield, who retires. 46th Foot—Ensign Wm. Abbott has been permitted to resign his Commission. 48th Foot—Ensign Cornwallis Wade Browne to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Pennington, who retires; Robt. Yallop Stokes, Gent., to be Eusigo, by purchase, vice Browne. _ _ 49th Foot—Lieut. Clifford W. Chaplin to be Instructor of Musketry. 531 Foot—Ensign Richard Annesley Eyre to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Drought, deceased. 57th Foot—Capt. G. R. J. Marshall, from the 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ingham, who exchanges. 53th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Cooper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Petley, who retires ; Alinsign Win. Russell Russell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cooper ; Henry John Wynward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Russell. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Herbert Suckling, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Turner, pro moted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company. 77th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Randle Jackson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mant, promoted. 87th Foot—Captain James A. Ruddell Todd, from the Ist Foot, to be Captain, vice Bawcree, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Wm. Bradshaw, hum the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Reid, who exchanges. Ist West India Regiment—Thomas George Mawe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hemsworth, whose appointment on the 14th Nov., 1856, has been cancelled. 3d West India Regiment—Charles Masterman Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gun, de ceased. St. Helena Regiment—Win. Russell Nash, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rainier, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION. Lieutenant-Colonel Calledon Richard Egerton, from half-pay, 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant• Colonel, vice Alves, retired upon full-pay. Paymaster John Peter Hall, from the 14th Foot, to be Paymaster. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon Douglas Arthur Reid, M.D., from the 90th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bradshaw, who exchanges. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Harvey Rowe has ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for his services. BREVET. The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service on Nov. 2 i, 1856. in the rank of Lieu tonant-Uolonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1851. Lieutenant-Colonel David Elliot Mackirdy, 69th Foot.. CONIIIISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Kincardine—To be Deputy-Lieutenants : Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bart. ; Robert Burnett, jun., Esq.; Alexander Walker Mac Tier, Esq. ; Alexander Baird, Esq.; and Hercules Scott, jun., Esq. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Thomas Coningsby Norbury Norbury, 'late Captain in the Gth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Blayney, deceased. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia — Charles Francis Simms, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Frede rick, 'resigned . The Essex Rifles—Ensign Arthur James Fenn to be Lieutenant, vice Drage, removed to the Line ; Robert Ed wardes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Fenn, promoted. BANK OF ] An Account pursuant to e Act the Week ending on th Saturdi DOME DEP. Z I Notes issued . 24,34G,520 tNGLAND. rth and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for tythe 6th day of Dec., 1856. IIMIEST• Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities .• • • 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,871,020 silver bu11i0n........ £24,346,5 20 , .£ 24 ,316,520 q. MARSHALL, Chief CAShiOr. n'.1856. :PARTMENT. Dated the 11th day of DeCeTribe BANKING DE: Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 3,215,76 Bost ....d...ep. ...... Pubtic osit f. (in cluding, Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,870,709 oilier deposits ....•• 9,297,193 6, yen Day and other Bills ...„ 860,0021 Government seen rites (ineludg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......• • . 10,640,867 Other securities 17,3;9 715 Notes ..., • , 5,151,380 Gold and save) coin 614,678 33,70 6, 640 Dated the 11th day of December, 1 433,796,610 f• MARSHALL, Chief CasCier. *,1856. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. I:be Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 9, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 36 N Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritiu5........... 35 10 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Average of the above three descriptions 36 1 BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Denny Ruck, cheesemonger, Topping's-wharf, Tooley-street. BANKRUPTS. Robert Yellowley — Barnes, floor-cloth manufacturer, City-read, Dec. 29, at half-past eleven, and Jan. -tB, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Norton, Son, and El a m, New-street, Bishopsgat e. Frederic Treen Hunt, warehouseman, Watling-street, City, to surrender Dec. 23, at half-past twelve, anti Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Blakeley, Lincoln's inn-fields. Charles Pearson, shipowner, Camberwell, Dec. 20, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 24, at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street. buildings ; Messrs. Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Alfred Charles Ayres, surgeon and apothecary, Rams gate, Jan. 6, at one, and Jan. 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Nias, Copthall- court. Henry Mopsey, ironmonger , Castle-street, Falcon square, Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Smith, Wilmington-square. Samuel George Kidd, seed crusher, Kingston -upon-Hull, Jan. 7, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon-Hull. Carsick, official assignee, Hull ; Holden and Son, Hull. George Mountford, gr ocer, Worcester, Dec. 31 and Jan. 14, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;Rea, Worcester; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. John Parr, woollen draper, Wolverhampton, Dec. 31 and Jan. 14, at half-past tan, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Turner, Wolverhampton; Knight, Birmingham. Thomas Bale, builder, Kidderminster, Jan. 2 and 23, at th Birmingam Disct Court. Bit half-past eleven , tleston, Birminghat am ; e Saunders h and Son, ri Kidderminster ; Knight, Birmingham. Benjamin Richards, sailmaker, Newport, Monmouth shire Dec. 23, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict 'Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Richardson, Bristol. Major Kirk-up, brick manufacturer, Jarrow, Durham, Dec. 19, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 23, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hoyle, Newcastle upon-Tyne. William Fletcher Roberts, apothecary, Moreton-in- Marsh, Gloucestershire, Dec. 29 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Tilsley, Moreton-in-Marsh ; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. John Bowden, brewer, Victoria-grove, Brompton, Dec. 27, at eleven, and Jan, 27, at one, at the Court of Dank• ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Pawle, New-inn, Strand. SCOTOII SEQUESTRATIONS. James Adam, grocer, Coupar-Angus, Perth. Smith and Adzaus, general merchants, Brora, &Aber landshire. Wm. Brodie Janlee, watchmaker, Golspie, Sutherland- shire. . William liTue, grain merchant, Glasgow. (Country Market!. VERPOOL—DEc. 12. There was only- a moderate attendance this morning, and an indisposition w as shown for business in wheat and flour unless a concessi of lin price was made. Holders were firm. In some cases a decline of la to t2a per bushel upon wheat was submitted to, to sell ax ship. Flour and Indian corn no worse in valoo. Oats and oatmeal steady. Barley, beans, and peas supported late rates. 1,242 2,297 'Pir.AKEFIELD--DEc. 12. There was not a large attendance. Wheat being limited in sale, prices ga 1 - e way about 2s per qr. on the rates of last Friday. Co a tmon barley also lather cheaper, but fine samples firm. OS ts, beans, and shelling rather easier to boy. C fi7ELMSFO: ,D—DEa. 12. Our trade to-d, 9 . was very were unaltered. dull, but last week's prices Wheat, white, old „ . per S. 8. 1r.72 78 5. 8. Oats, per qr 24 30 Peas, Partridge 43 45 White 41 48 Boiling 42 49 Dun 90 44 Beano, Tick 44 48 Harrow ticks 40 41 Mazagan 40 44 Ditto, new nON red, old ......64 70 nee, r Barley .44 50 Chevalier .36 50 Grinding . ...... .....40 43 Halt ...72 76 Chevalier ..... 78 EXETER—DEc. 12. CORN.—Wheat, try 0.. to 8s ; barley, 4s bd to tls 9d; grinding do., 0: illto Os Od. Oats, 28 10d to 3s 2a. ' Beans, Os Ohlto 0 6 d. Yeas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 4< !..1 Od to 48s Od ; seconds, 42s Od to 441 Od per sack. CATTLE. —The snp ply was moderate. Best beef was sold at from Os Od to 10a Gil per score ; inferior, 8s 6d per score; fat calves, 6td to 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calveP, 121. to 181. ra ; butchers' calves, 6 e id to 7d per .Ib., rearin, calves —s to s each. sheep, ewes and lambs, 0/. Os to 01. Os per couple; ewes, 53d. to 6d.; wethers. ,6d 6zd ; lambs, —to Od per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; se'lond size, —s to ; slips, —8 to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per lb. Pork carcases from Os 6d to lOs 61 per score. BRISTOL SUGAR-DEC. 12. The only trams ctions reported for this week are a few second-hand parcels of Havannahs, Manillas, and Mauri tius, for which very full prices have been paid. Only on e sugar arrival to notice, viz., the Ilaria, from Demerara , the samples of which are not yet ready for market. Re finers' produce in ste sdy request at rather higher prices. In rum sales am limited to a parcel of Berbice at 2s 8d per S.`o AG MAR Peon of Co& per ton a s. d.l :ET.—DEc. 12. the close of the market. Wantland, ko. Walhand, Sre ... d• l• Hetton Russell's Hatton 19 0 Lambton l9 3 Kelloe 19 0 Leverson .......... ......... 17 0 Ships at m 4rkot... 7 I Sold .... 7 COURSE .O-F' E.XCHANGIL—YESTERDAT• .11 14 Gibraltar •• •• •• 72 Ditto, three months . . 11 171 A Leghorn 29 25 8° ftetterdatn . . Antwerp .............. .25 35 Mtlan .• •• -- Brussels .25 35 Venice.••••••••• kiainburgh ............• 13 7 1 A Naples ..... •• 42 ,1 Altona ••••••.• •• •• •• ••••• Palermo ••• • • ..... •• •• 13°1 ' Peril •• .. 25 30 Messina ... 1304 Ditto, three months ~. 25 6 7% Lisbon 814 Marseilles ••••.• . • • • • .. 25 70 , Oporto ••••••••• • •• • • •• Bourdeaux —1, Rio Janeiro ..... . —.. • • Frankfort-on-Maine .• 119% Buenos Ayres.... • • .... Berlin I, New York,6o days' sight Vienna •• .. ... 10 41 Philadelphia •• frie.ste ••••.•we •• •• •le a 10 42 Palm or surliest, ?X 0 5 . 9 Petersburg • 3754 Foreign Gold in Bars .E 3 17 0 Madrid . 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 C a diz ....... . . 49 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 B:ircelona , New Dollars ! Seville.. • • Silver In hare 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS• LYVERPOOL, DEO. 12. WS B STOOL Muni GE. --The Stock Exchange to-dsl 6 quiet, mild prices v 'ere a shade lower, except Caledonia° which were 31i— .uth Eastern, 224 A—Midland, 81 1, 1 4 Lancashire and. Yorkshire, 97t o—North British, '-vg —Great Western of Canada, 24k s—Eastern Countll 9t 6—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolns, 3Q—Dilt° Rhenish, g p.—R ayal Bank, 405. 811 tIIIINGH.A.M, DEC. 13. STOCK EX011.4.7i1 GE.—The business to -day wag liroit6cl; and prices the tu.- n lower. London'and North Vi r es were done at 105 ii—South Staffoi . ds, tern Stour Valleys , 621. 3,l6—Great Vireo' bfAITCHESTER, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHA 14G11.—The market to - daY Dowers, Eas t with the prices lunchan..ed. Midlands, 82i—m„,°"; —Manchester, Sbetheld p , and Lincolnshire, e`n London and Lancashire, 21 13-IG—Great Western, 6n — North Western, 105 t. was quiet, AS,EABURNE [When the date remains open until mail, via Southan evening previous.] for eking up a mail falls on a Sunday, them the tlayw follow ing; excep t in the case of the Indl e * npLort, hich, on su ch occasions, is made up sa ----- ---- roil Faof. ------. —___— m a de up at whence B Y ,,t the des- what When BY vi :i Vessel , expected i re 2 s ' .. Post •Offlc e . patched. -----"' ___.--- ----- —1 Ith,l7tli, &.} South- r . Alb sra. • Lisbon.- ••• • /m 2 7th of the ampton "mine Dec. 14 bra- Spain ..... • month. Gibraltar • • .) Gibraltar •.1 I of the 4th & 20th South- 4th and Ceylon •• .• S•M ~,,,, Indus i month. am P"" the India • • • • .• E M g a y l t p a t .. .. .. .. .. .. Mauritius month. ( viaCeyl on) 20th of JolefOb° ampton China 4th of lIIIP SI Penang Singapore Australia(via / 3 , South- ........ lam 4. • . Dec. 12 } Re a t South- Euro- al' the Cape) j ampton pean Dec.— Ps Cape of Good Hode land ' • Mauritius - w . s. j a m 25 Zng Ceylon India . . Lisbon I - 1 Madeira vo I CapedeVerds l I South- Tama. Jan. 12 Brazil ampton B uenosAyres I i Falkland Is lands West Indies . 1 ' (except Ha vana and ist and ,gagd r .4, of Honduras). , Atrat d and 17th South- 0 16.-•-• lone of the amp 51 Venezu -la .. ton the Grew Town.. month. I month- New Granada Chili.. • • .. Peru ••. • • • i California •• 16th of ga gdg" South- Atra to the l e o llonduras •• /m Dec. 17 .. 1 amp ton month. Is assau South- .. Jan. 1 SS Mexico .• • • isi I an. 2. •• • am pton ...... Havana • • • • s A n• 6 Candace • M a deira - Niger -- Teneriffe .. E Dec. 23 } mouth W C.of Africa - 15 Niaga ra B r itish North ) Liver- Europa Dec. America .. E Every Fri.s pool United StatesDec.9 Ericsseli United States Dec. 9 and Liver- Ericsson De • BritisliNorth E alternate pool i .., Wash- America .. Pnesdays. United States South - Fulton Dec• " ingtoA British North M Dec. 17 • • ampton .. Angic r America .. Ame -1 Liver- g. ---- n Jan. i Saxon '."." —..1 E Dec. 22 •• 3 p •ol rica Canada • • • • E-E' :-Mv , ------=r--_ ____------ It is stated in Berm that the Neuchatel quest tion will not be referred to the new Paris Conte rences, but to the repr,asentatives of the Powers resident in London, who ;signed there the protocol of the 24th May, 1852. Prussia, it is said, would prefer the Emperor of the French as arbiter to Lord Palmersto n. •--------=-- BIRTEM 01 A SOLI le•park► al. On the 12th inst., at 4, Oxford -square, ilya, wife of Alfred Bour ne, Esq.idfArYoo On the 11th inst. , the wife o Rev. PrOfo6llor 48, Margaret•street, Cavendish thequare. OF A DAIIGIITEI L ra S i On the 11th inst. , a t Putney, the wife of Edirit Jenkyns, Esq. 'llO Ol / On the 11th inst., at Laura-place, Clapton, birs. Smith. MARRIED. S. On the 11th inst., at St. Pancras Church, ift• , A ..' ji, Brown, of Adebide-road, ,Haverstock-hill, to Ml O5 Stansby, of Queen's -road west, Rstgent's-park. go Stan On the 11th inst., at Old Alresford Church,..'; Air Lieut.-Colonel G. H. S. Willis, 7th Regt., to Z l l l l it -so, gelina, eldest daughter of the late Georg? Gould 2 0 ii . Esq., of Brickendon Bury, Herts, and niece of Su Morgan, Bart., of Tredegar. DIED. .„ of O n :the 12 th inst., Josias Rogers Viroodfora, g s gt g of Stanley. H ouse , Forest-hill, for 44 years in the v I.4et •C°" , E nglnand. O the 11th inst., at Hans-place, Chelsea, ... 6 _ e Basil Burchell. relict of 17. On the 11th inst., at Nctting-hill, Martha, la , of Gresham, Esq., and mother a Air. Gresham, solicitor' Castle-street, Holborn, aged 91. ye s On the 10th inst., George Lindsay, Esq., for moll of Lloyd's, and Laurence Pountney-lane, sea 77' Rog On the 12th inst., the wife of Air. C. de 16-er er ' Hotel, Blackfriars aged 56. 13i k ' On the 9th inst ,at Forest-hill, J. B. Wilkinson,., iv. On the 9th inst., at Bedford -place, Old Kent.roaa C. H. Hackett, of 8, Savage-gardens, aged 69. LONDON • Printed and Published by MIIRDO 11001,:. of No. 112, Strand, grin ter, at Tice Sun, Otto' ty 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the call" of Niddlelex , Saturaxy, December 13, 1856. 115 37% 26 117 194 9114 6 3,332 1,025 2,135 5,472 10,540 4,804 5,351 12,475 4,954 152 29S 1,089 1,334 1, 12 474 973 3,133 759