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

4!"fition St.T.S •01 7 1 , 'Te,T, Se,, 2 al, o'Clock. NAVAL APPOIIiTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments were made wt the Admi ralty thin afternoon : Lieutenant—Charles Forbes has been appointed to the cominana of the Bloodhound. Midshipman—W. D. M. DoThen to the Irdn9, 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 St, V. King to be Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) WHITEHALL, DEc. 10. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Col. the Hon. Win. Lygon Pakenham, C. 8., her Majesty's royal license and permission that he may accept and wear the Cross of a Commander of the Second Class of the Order of St. Maurine 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 Serjeant-Major William Don to be Cornet, 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 Chaim), Gent., late Lieutenant, Antrim Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Dettmar, promoted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Henry S m yth 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 Lien tenant, by purchase, vice Sackville H. M. Eaton, who retires ; Arthur Westbrooke Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moffatt. 26th Foot—Ensign Edward Kempen to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hogarth, deceased. 29th Foot—Ensign Kenrick Verulain Bacon, from the 42d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenan s t O'Loglin, deceased. 36th Foot—Captain Joshua Cunliffe 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. 42d Fout—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 Legan to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Streatfield, who retires. 46th Foot—Ensign Win. Abbott has been permitted to resign his Commission. 48th Foot—Ensign Cornwallis Wade Browne to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Pennington, who retires ; Tallop Stokes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Browne. 49th Foot—Lieut. Clifford W. Chaplin to be Instructor of Musketry. 53d 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. 58th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Cooper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pettey, who retires; Ensign Wm. 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 Bawtree, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Wm. Bradshaw, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Reid, who exchanges. Ist West India Regiment—Thomas George Mawe, Gant., 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—Wm. 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 Alva, 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 N0v.2 , 3, 1856, in the rank of Lieu tenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1851. Lieutenant-Colonel David Elliot Mackirdy, G9th' Foot. COHNIISSIONS 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 6th 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 Ea wardes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Feun, promoted. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Aeconnt pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, eap. 32, f, r the Week ending on Saturday the 6th day of Dec., 1856. 12311 S DETAILT3IENT. Notes issued . A 24, 34G,520 Government debt.— 11,015,11 Y, Other securit:es...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,571,t20 Silver bullion ........ £24,14i,520 £94,3 t 6,520 :. MAR ;HALL, Chief Cashier. r, 1856. Dated the 11th drty of Deet 'AtTMENT. Government s ecurities (includg.Des d Weight Annuity) 10,640,F (i 7 Other seeurilts...... 17,3;9 its Notes • . .......... 5,151,350 Gold and silver coin.. 614,67 e ,i33,795,f,40 MARSHALL, Chief Caatiler. 1n56. 7 1 , g 76' -2 , 7-,• 2 gy ;,• M ;1m r. a ~3 8 Service companLs I 2 8 10 6 6 47 21 32 768 4 Depot •••• • • • .• 4 4 4 .. 20 4 16 184 - - - - 12 1 2 12 14 10 6 67 25 48 952 %.••••••"%) 1,000 INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX. MEETING AT SOUTHWARK, YeEterdi:y a meeting of the inhabitants of the Do riugh of Southwark, convened by the High Bailiff, in accordance with a requisition that had been presented to him was held at the Town-hall, Southwark, to consider and adopt the most effectual means for the immediate reduction of the Income aad Froperty-tax. Mr. Pritchard, Esq., High Bailiff, in the chair. Amongst those present were Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Collinson, Mr. Vickers; Mr. Burrell, Dr. Challice, Mr. White, Mr. Newsome, &c. The HIGH BAILIFF having announced the object of the meeting, Mr. VICKERS proposed the following resolution : "That this meeting consider that the present Income• tax of Is. 4d. in the pound is, from its enormous amount, the mode of its assessment, and its despotic and inquisito rial character, most oppressive and unjust towards tho professional, manufacturing, and commercial interests of the country, and feel that its continuance beyond the sth of April next will be a violation of promise made at the time of its enactment, and a breach of good faith on the part of the Government." In enforcing the resolution he referred to the origin of the tax, and that peace having been proclaimed the Government ought to relax the tax. Mr. COLLINSON seconded the resolution, believing the time was come for the public to speak its mind on the subject and call for its immediate reduction. It would not be honest on the part of the Government to take advantage of any quibble between the time of the signa- ture and ratification of the treaty of peace to refuse the reduction of this tax. The resolution was carried unanimously. Dr. CIIALLICE moved the next resolution, and in doing so, said that the feeling of the borough was unanimous on this question, and they were determined not to support candidates to represent them on another occasion who did not use their influence to compel the Government, if necessary, to reduce the tax to 7d. in the pound. He moved the following resolution : " That the principle of taxing permanent and precarious incomes at the same rate is neither just nor equitable ; that the arbitrary mode of assessment, so repugnant to the feel ' ings of Englishmen, is productive of undue extortion on the one hand, and extensive coercion on the other, and has only been submitted to as a necessity for the maintenance of the national honour during the recent war ; and this meeting pledges itself to use every available means for procuring au immediate reduction of the tax to its original amount of 7d. in the pound." Mr. A. PELLATT, M.P., supported the object of the meeting, because the tax was only increased for war pur poses, and now that we had peace it slight to be reduced. A letter was read from Sir C. Napier, excusing his absence. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. DAY moved the third resolution, which was that Persons whose income did not exceed 1501. per annum ought not to be called on to pay this obnoxious tax, and that the first 1501. on higher assessments should not be chargeable. Mr. PAINE seconded the resolution. An INHABITANT suggested that an addition be made to the resolution, that as the tax pressed with peculiar hardship on those who had an income of 1501. they should be the first to be relieved, which was agreed !,.o, and the resolution, as amended, was agreed to. A resolution was then carried, forming a committee to carry out the objects of the meeting, after which a vote of thanks was accorded to tin chairman, and the meet• ing separated. MEETING AT PUTNEY. AWFULLY FATAL AND SUDDEN TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Putney and its vicinity having been announced to take place last night, at the National School-room, Putney, for the purpose of obtaining a speedy reduction of the property and income tax, a numerous assemblage took place. The object also of the meeting was for forming a district society to co operate with the parent society in London. Mr. LOaJOIT moved that H. H. Dodgson, Esq., should take the chair, which, having been seconded and unani mously carried, he did accordingly. The CHAIRUAN addressed the meeting upon the sub ject for which it was clnvened, and then read letters of apology for absence from sir. A. E. Dryden and Mr. Albert Jackson, after which W. H. LORD, Esq., rose fur the purpose of proposing the first resolution. Before proceeding to do so he made some preliminary observations, and then moved the fol- lowing :—" That looking at the Ministerial promises made at the time of passing the act of Parliament in creasing the income tax from 7d. to ls. 2d. in the pound, this meeting is of opinion that the confidence hitherto reposed by the professional and trading communities in the governing classes of thin kingdom will be shaken if the termination of the war is not followed by the speedy repeal of the tax, in its present and most oppressive form, on the sth of April next, and its total repeal in conformity with Mr. Gladstone's act." He then said be would briefly remark, first—[The speaker here became tremulous, and said he felt overpowered, and fainted. The windows were opened for the purpose of air, and some water was administered, and he was then carried out of the room, a medical gentleman (Dr. Wightman) being present, attending him.] When the sensation created in the meeting had in some degree subsided, Mr. Avis briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. BUOTT, the secretary of the London Society, then began to address the meeting, when he was interrupted by The CHAIRMAN, who announced, in breathless asto nishment, that Mr. Lord had ceased to exist the moment he was carried out of the room. At this juncture it is impossible to describe the sensa tion that followed this announcement, so truly verifying the words " In the midst of life we are in death." From this Ludden, lamentable, and unlooked-for event the pr ceedings of the meeting abruptly termi nated, and it was moved and seconded that the meeting be adjourned sine die, which was carried. The deceased gentleman was removed to a neighbour ing cottage. and laid upon a sofa, Dr. Wightman at tending. Before, however, he was taken into the house the medical gentleman declared the pulse had ceased to beat. Mr. Lord was about 65 years of age, was much re spected by the inhabitants of Putney, and has left a wife and two children to regret his 1083. In the course of half a❑ hour the body was removed to the residence of the deceased (by Mr. Dean, builder), 23, Terrace, Putney, where it awaits a coroner's inquest. BANKING DE' Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . ...... . .. 3,215,7 , 6 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, an Dividend Accounts) 5 ,8 70 . 7, % 9 Other depaiits ...... 9,297,19:3 Scum, Day and other Bills .. 860,002 £33,7J'6,610 :11 Dated thin nth day of December, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. 1 - he Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the roturns made in the week ending flee. 9 , 1856, ex c l us i ve of the Duties of Customs paid of payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Groat Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 3l Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 35 10 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 3B 92. Average of the above three descriptions 3t3 1.1 BINKEITPTCY ANNULLED. TooleyWillia street m Denny R uc k , cheesetuonger, Toi ping's-wharf, -. its will follow this rule, fated in paragraph 4 of "The 12th and 65th Reg instead of being exempted, as s the abne quoted memorandum. " By command. " G. A. IVETIEERALL, Adjutant-General." The following circular memorandum was issued yes terday, addressed to officers commanding regiments— cavalry, infantry, Royal Artillery, and Royal Engineers —and to general officers in command: — "Horse Guards, Dec. 4. "The proposal of his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief to establish a military school for music having received the support of all officers commanding regiments is the service, measures will be adopted with out delay to place the school in working order. "To meet the expenses connected therewith, 'com manding officers are requested to cause the sum of 51. to form a fund for the purchase of instruments, &c., and the annual subscription of 8/. for the support of the institu tion, to be paid into the hands of Messrs. Cox and Co., of Craig's-court, as soon as possible, to the credit of the Military Music Fund. " It is hoped that the institution will be ready to re ceive pupils on the Ist of January ; of this, however, due notice will be given. " The building in which the school will be temporarily established is capable of accommodating 100 men, and each regiment at home will, as a commencement, send to the Adjutant-General the names of two men, or one man and one enlisted boy cr lad, for instruction as musicians, bugle-majors, or trumpet-majors ; those in tended to qualify for the two latter appointments being men who have already acquired some knowledge of their instruments, or, should the commanding-officer consider any man, from his musical knowledge and general in telligence, likely to make an efficient leader, he may submit his name as one to be perfected as a bandmaster. "It is indispensable that the candidates selected should be of exemplary character, that they have musi cal ability, and be capable of tnrning their instruction to good account; and that the boys or lads should have exhibited a musical aptitude. Regulations for the conduct of the institution are in course of preparation, and will be furnished to every regiment and corps in the army as coon as they are completed. " By command. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The Assistant-Quartermaster-General of the Camp at Aldershot, Lieut.-Col. J. C. Kennedy, paid a visit to the Colchester Camp yesterday for the purpose of in specting the newly-invented canteen, which has been con,tructed by Mr. J. Redden, of Chatham. The build ing has elicited the warm commendation of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the other autho rities. The visit of inspection was made by Col. Kennedy with the view of ascertaining the desirability of adopting the plan of the canteen at Colchester for those which are to he erected in the permanent barracks at Aldershot. The reduction of the army is still proceeding at Chat ham, and during yesterday 190 non-commissioned offi cers and men received their discharge at that garrison. The troops selected to be discharged had nearly all re ceived wounds or were disabled in the Crimea. Before leaving Chatham each man was presented with 20 days' pay. The non-commissioned officers belonging to the 10th Hussars who have been selected for the Cape Mounted Riftls will embark this morning at Deptford, on boar 1 the Trafalgar, fur the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty's block -oaip Pembroke, GO, was com missioned yesterday at Portsmouth by Capt. Fraser for C iastguard service. Her Majesty's steam frigate Furious, 16 (paddle), was taken into dock yesterday at Portsmouth for repairs. Her Majesty's screw steamship James Watt, 91, Capt. T. V. Anson, having completed taking in her stores and provisions, steamed out of Hamoaze with topgallant yards across on Wednesday, and brought up in Plymouth Sound. She was appointed to sail yesterday for a cruise in the Channel to try her engines, previous to sailing for Lisbon. The steam transport Rhadamanthus sailed from Ply mouth on Wednesday afternoon with supernumeraries for Portsmowh, and is appointed to proceed thence to Woolwich. The screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Capt. Jas. C. Prevost, continues in Plymouth Sound waiting orders from the Admiralty. The frig=ate Spartan, 26, Capt. Sir W. Hoste ' Bart., on arrival from the Est Indies, is appointed to be paid off at Plymouth. At the monthly examination of officers to qualify for promotion, and of candidates for entry into the service, which terminated at the Royal Naval College, Ports re,tii,b, yesterday, the following passed in the order named :—Mates R.N. for Lieutenants. —H. F. Cleve lend, ...T,. B. Reid, V. H. Coming, R. P. Dennistoun, N. C. Eartcn, C. R. Gayer, and J. S. Rudd. Fez. Naval Cadets.—R. H. flamond, W. J. Ogilvy, Joshua Cole, H. Morris, C. Hobert, J. C. Montgomery, R. H. W. Cornwall, L. P. Willan, and C. J. Kent. A seaman of the Prus-ran corvette Frenolant having died at Spithead, his remains were landed at Portsmouth yesterday and buried with military honours. The band of the 20th Regiment headed the funeral procession and played the " Dead March in Saul." The officers of the ship and the chaplain followed. In consequence of the number of ticket-of-leave con victs who succeeded during the war in gaining admix. sion into the ranks of the Royal Artillery Regiment, and were detected in numerous cases of robbery and theft, the punishment of the lash has been of very fre quent occurrence at Woolwich for some months past, insomuch that " black Monday" bas become a quaint term in the garrison. The new week has been ushered in for months past by the garrison order to " muster all hands in the riding-school, to be present at the infliction of corporal punishment." Yesterday a private who had twice deserted, and who had moreover been con victed of high insubordination to his superior officer, was marched through the streets of the town in charge of an armed picket, to be conveyed to Coldbath-fields to un dergo six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, which punishment was awarded'him by court-martial. The continuAtion of the line of wall intended to en close the newly acquired premises attached to Woolwich Arsenal from the Plunistead-marshes, and which is to extend upwards of two miles in length, is ordered to be discontinued for the present in the proximity of the marshes, as experiments are being daily carried out, by means of machinery, for the purpose of testing the re duced strength (if any) of the returned stock of powder Provided for the late war. Notice will be given of the Admiralty termination of the experiments, when the works will be proceeded with. the The following appointments were made yesterday at Lieu pie, Becond.terciaasnetebri,yt,otothtehep.Pluemteb.roAkue Nv. T. t- w ll . - ,, L. C. R o bi nson, t o th e D as h er ; Li eu t . Augustus u J s touhsn J. B C a h r a i u p- . ston, second master, t o t h e wizar'd ; E. H. J. O'Neill, clerk, to the H er the J ames Watt He rmes ; C. F. Hotham, naval cadet, to ;C. S. Boardman, naval cadet, to the James Watt de Michell, naval cadet, to the 3thleonMarocnha;rc C. ; H. . Stone, t F o n . e 8, James Watt ; Ed war assistant-clerk, Arundel, assistant-clerk, to the assistant s ii'sthaini Phillips, clerk, Ps ass Welles leyerkto ; Arthur Hughes, w . p. Albin, assistant -el k a ssistant-clerk, to the Scourge ; er , to the Scourge. ........—_—_____ B NNICRITPTS Robert Yellowley Barnes,half-past- floor-cloth manufacturer, City road, Dec. 29, at eleven, at ourt o f ank, e u leven, and Jan. 28, at New- Guildhall-chambers 1 ) t- Pennell, official New-street, Bishopegate. , Norton, Son, and Elam, Watling-street, Frederic Treen Hunt, warehouseman City, to surrender Dec. 23, at twelve,half.pas-' 22, at two, at the Court of Banlcr u t and Jan. _arnaerwellicial assignee, Basinghall-street ; 1 ,, 1 .,1 cY• Johnson, inn-fields. 41 " 10 Y, Lincoln's -20, at Charles Pearson, ship owner, C b half-past cloven, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at f Dec.-.J the Court f Bankruptcy. Bell , official assignee, Coleman o buildingi ; Messrs. Lawrence, „Plows, an d Bo yer, -•,,treet- Old Jewry-chambers. Alfred Charles Ayres, surgeon and apothecary) pan"- gate, Jan. 6, at one , a nd Jan. 2 one, '7, at half-past at th e Court of Bankruptcy . Stansfeld, official assignee ; Ni as, Copthall-court. Henry Mopsey, ironmonger, Castle-street, Fal con . square, Jan. 13, and 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Smith, 'wit. mington-square. Samuel George Kidd, seed crusher, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 7, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Holden and Son, Hull. George MOuntford, grocer, 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, Wolverhanipton, Dec. 31 and Jan. 14, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Turner, Wolverhampton; Knight, Birmingham. , Thomas Bale, builder, Kidderminster, Jan. 2 an d 23, at I, If. past eleven at the Birmingham District Court. Bit tisr:,ti??,Biymipiham ; Saunders and Son, Kidderminster ; iat Birmingham. Be. • . Den Richards, sailraakar, Newport, IVonmouth shire, D ee , 23 and _ Dis trict Court. -Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol Miller,Dis official assignee, Bristol. Bristol ;Richardson, Major- K' k Jr 4 P, brick manufacturer, Jarrow, Durham, Dec- 19, at half-pmt the Newcastle-upon-Tyne eleve n , and Jan. 23, at half-past official assieas le - upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, .gnee, Nwt .castle - upon-Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle upon-TyneWilliam Fletcher Roberts, apothecary, Moreton-in- Marsh, Gloucestershire, Dec, 29 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. t. craman, official assignee, B r i s t o l ; Tilsley, Moreton-in -Marsh ; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. John Bowden, brewer, Vi c t or i a at Victoria-grov e Brompton, Dec. er 27, at eleven, and , Jan. 27, at one, the Cou r t o f Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assig nee, Ald New-inn, Strand. manbury ; Pawls, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. , James Adam, grocer, Coupar-Angus, Perth. Smith and Adams, general merchants, Brora, Suther landshire. Wm. Brodie James', watchmaker, Golspie, S u th erland _ hire. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1856, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.---This DAT. Arr.sterdam •••••••• • • • • 11 14 Gibraltar •• •••••• • • • • • • Ditto, three months .. 11 17 1 A Leghorn .. •. • • .... •. • 29 72 1 ,i Rotterdam •••.•• • . •• • • n 17N Genoa 000000 • • •••• • • 1,5 80 Antwerp .............. 25 35 ......•••••••••• rtrnssela 25 35 Venice...... •••• ilarril;argh ............ 13 71i Naples ••••.... AnGII3 ••••. • • ••• •••• •• ••••• Palermo •••• ..... • •••• 130 1 5 lenris••••.• •• 'Mk •••••• •• 25 30 MCSSilla .. l3O V a Ditto, tune months .. 25 67% Lisbon .. r.e/i)S`i .•23 70 Oporto 511 i ........ Rio Janeiro Franffort.-on-I , Jaine .... 119% Buenos Ayres.. •• • • .• .e •• •• •• • • •... New York,6o dare sight Vienna •• .... 10 41 Philadelphia - - Trieste •• 10 42 PRICES OF COLticm, rza oz. Petersbtuz 37!,4 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid .........., ..... 49 Portugal Gold Coin •. 0 o 0 Cadiz ......... 49 ,; Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 1 !?..troelona ............ I Now Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ....... 0 5 Naval and Military intelligence. The following, general order was promulgated yester- "Horse Guards, Dec. 5. " The British German Legion having been distanded in consequence of her Majesty no longer requiring their services, the General Commanding-in-Chief cannot permit that body to separate without expressing to the officers of the British army who were attached to it his Royal Highness's high appreciation of their services during the period they were employed in the force, to which, in a great degree, the high state of military efficiency at which the Legion bad arrived may be justly attributed. "By command of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. ` i G. A. WETIIMIALL, Adjutant-General." A circular memorandum was yesterday addressed to officers commanding regiments of infantry, exclusive of those in India and depot battalions, and to general and other officers commanding. The annexed is a copy "Horse Guards, Nov. 29, 1856. "The following distribution of the establishment of regiments of infantry is sanctioned by his Royal High ness the General Commandingin-Chief, instead of that prescribed at page 1 of the printed circular of the 13th ult., viz. : LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. to-day was LIVERPOOL, bEc. ii. Rroca EXollANGE.—TheaStock Exchange quiet, and prices wereol_h_d,selower. North British, 104—South Eastern, - ~ and North Western, 1-85th share°sfi,iT4-3DlittO--; 41-40ahnaleosa, now, d. B—Great Western of Canada, new, P , 2/ . 88. a ,. Midland, 824 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97i___, Lanc 7 s. ter and Pieston, 111 /. shares, p. 6i. LEEDS, DEC• 11. , . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions have been limited t o -day to Midlands, at 82 1 . 3 s . Od. to 821. Bs. 3 d., and North Eastern, Leeds, 18g. We are requested to state that the silver cup for DJ:l:inga at the Birmingham show was won by ! r ,. Donne, of Oswestry. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of public buniuese. THE OFFICE OF RECORDER. The LORD ALtvoa said he was requested by the Court of Aldermen to place before the Common Council a reso lution passed on Tuesday by the former, adopting the report of the General Purposes Committee of the Court of Aldermen, the purport of which was, that "the town elerk having laid before the committee for their informa tion a copy of a report from a committee presented to the hon. court on the sth of September, 1850, in reference to the duties of the office of Recorder, and also a report from the committee in relation to officers and clerks, presented to the Court of Common Council on the 17:h of September, 1850, on the reference to them to con sider the duties and emoluments of the office of Recorder, and this committee having attentively considered the duties set forth and defined in such reports, the com mittee were of opinion and recommended that the duties should remain the same, and they had caused a state ment of such duties to be hereunto annexed for the in• formation of the hon. court. The town clerk had laid before the committee a return of the number of courts held, and the number of causes entered and tried in the I Mayor's Court from the year 1851 to the present time, whereby it appeared that the Recorder's duties as judge of that court had very materially increased, and were likely still to increa..e, in consequence of the court having been thrown open to all attorneys to practice therein ; but, on the other band, the passing of the Criminal Justice Act (18 and 19 Vie., cap. 126), empowering justices at petty sessions to punish persons charged with larceny, &c,, summarily, had had the effect of reducing the number of days of the sittings at the Central Criminal Court. Under these circumstances the committee are of opinion that the salary of 3,000/, per annum, as settled by the Court of Common Council in September, I‘so, should not be altered." Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR said he thought any dictation by the Court of Aldermen respecting the salary of the Re. corder was trenching upon the prerogatives of the larger body of the corporation. The last report, which was dated 3d Sept., 1856, said—" As it appears from one of the documents laid before us, and numbered two, that the additions to the ancient salary of 1201. per annum to the Recorder have been made by the Common Council from the year 1739 to the present time, amounting to gether to the sum of 3,0001. per annum, exclusive of fees on cases laid before him, on behalf of the corporation, we abstain from giving any opinion on the subject of salary, the additions made to it resting with the Com mon Council." He (Mr. Taylor) thought this a very judicious paragraph, and would have been delighted to have accepted the present report of the Court of Alder men if it had been similarly worded. He believed every member was most anxious to do justice to one of the most important offices of the corporation, but they must have perfect liberty to consider all the circumstances of the appointment, and they must not have it dictated to them by the aldermen that 3,000/. was the salary to give to the Recorder. He therefore wished the report to be withdrawn. Mr. Alderman HALE said he had not the least ob jection to move that it be referred to the officers' and clerks' committee of the Court of Common Council to consider the anjount of salary. Mr. Deputy HARRISON urged that if the Common Council followed the course we took upon the last occa sion, in Sept., 1850, they could not do very much amiss. They should refer it to their committee of officers and clerks, to consider the duties and emoluments of the offic e of Recorder, and stay the election till the commit tee should have reported upon that subject. They should then communicate with the Court of Aldermen, and pro ceed to the election. Mr. ANDERTON asked when was the Recorder's resig nation sent in The LORD MAYOR—Ln.st Saturday week. ANDEPTON—Has his resignation been accepted ? The LORD MAYOR—•It has nor. Mr. ANDERTON—Then there is no vacancy. He has sent in his resignation, and the Court of Aldermen, for some reason or other, have not accepted it, and therefore we are not in a situation to proceed further with this matter. Look at the situation in which the sheriffs will bo placed at the Central Criminal Court on Monday next when the sessions begin. We have got only one judge at present for the sessions. Mr. Alderman iIIIMPHERY—The Court of Aldermen meet on Tuesday next to elect a Recorder. Mr. Baron Martin has kindly consented to do duty for the Recorder on Monday, Mr. ANDERTON—Then you ar3 going to elect a Re corder before you have settled his duties or his salary. It is preposterous. We are placed in a very difficult situation in consequence of the Court of Aldermen hav ing neglected to proceed to the election eooner. They have got one of the best judges that ever sat upon the bench in the person of Mr. Gurney, and yet, forsooth, the aldermen have been trying by every means in their power (as we understood) to have put somebody else in the place that he ought to occupy. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR then moved that the report of the Court of Aldermen, with the exception of the latter part of the last paragraph, relating to the salary, be entered upon the minutes of this court, printed, and a copy sent to every member of this court. Mr. Alderman BALE seconded the motion. Mr. Alderman WIRE said he could assure this court, on behalf of the whole of the members of that court, that so far from interfering or attempting to dictate as to the salary of the Recorder, it was most anxiously considered that the aldermen should use such expressions as would leave this court perfectly unfettered. The motion wr,s put and carried unanimously. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR then moved—•" That it be referred to the committee in relation to officers and clerks to con• eider the duties and emoluments of the office of Re corder to the City, and to report thereon previously to the election taking place in the Court of Aldermen of a successor of the present Recorder." After a short discussion, the motion was carried. THE CITY CEMETERY. Mr. Deputy PEACOCK, chairman of the Commission of Sewers, !sandal in a resolution of that body, passed on Tuesday, pursuant to the former report made to this court by the commission on the 17th July last, stating that they hod caused the requisite notices to be given for the application to Parliament this ensuing session to in troduce a bill to amend the act of the 15th and IGth Vic., intituled " An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis." Mr. Deputy PEACOCK moved, " That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Commissioners of Sewers, a petition be presented to Parliament." Mr. LANGHAJI moved the previous question by way of amendment. He was understood to say that the Commis. sioners of Sewers bad sought to deprive the clergy of London of vested rights by taking away from them fees attendant on the burial of the dead. The commissioners had been to Sir G. Grey since the matter was last before the court, and the Secretary for the Home Department had refused to sanction their plan. The ratepayers ought to be taxed with the expense of carrying a bill through Parliament which sought to deprive individuals of vested rights. Alter some discussion the amendment was put, and two hands (those of the mover and seconder) were held up in favour of it. It was, of course, negatived by a very large majority. The original motion was then carried. Adjourned. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 11. In a convocation held this day at 10 o'clock the Rev, F. J. A. Hort, M.A., Trinity, Cambridge, and the Rev, J. C. James, M.A., St. John's, Cambridge, were admit. ted ad eundem. Ina congregation held directly afterwards the follow. ing degrees were conferred :-:- B.D. Rev. John A. Cree, M.A., Fellow ... Magdalen B.C.L. IND M.A. Rev. Arthur A. Fanshawe ..... . . New College M.A. Rev. Joseph P. Steel Rev. Arthur Eden Rev. Charlet J. K. Shaw Merton James W. Taylor Rev. Henry W. Cartier Rev. William H. Templer Rev. John W. Marsh B.A. William 11. Milligan 'University Augustus John C. Hare University Edwin Lascelles Streynaham M. Master Balliol Henry Pottingcr Henry Scott George C. Harris, Scholar William C. Risley Exeter Edmund R. Coldby Exeter James R. Morton Exeter John Houseman Exeter Thomas L. 0. Davies Gerard Andrews Herklots Francis B. Shepherd Oriel Charles S. Harrington Oriel Edward Wanklyn Queen's Charles Frederick Dyer William B. Shepherd Charles Day James H. M`Cheare Lincoln George Hester Josiah Mitchell Edward H. Osborn, Demy John J. Evered, Demy Magdalen Edmund Nerrold, Demy Magdalen Joseph Tanner, Demy Magdalen Frederick H. Sutton Magdalen John Rogers, Scholar Brasenose Edward C. M'Clure, Scholar Joseph B. Litler, Scholar Brasenose James Furnival Horace Bentley James E. Shearman Charles T. Arnold Corpus Henry T. Hole Sidney Joyce, Student Christ Church George G. Jelf, Student Henry Longley, Student Christ Church Thomas S. Fardell... Christ Church William C. P01e... John Horsley Alfred Freeman Trinity John A. Whitaker St. John's David R. Thomas, Scholar William E. Jones, Scholar George Giitfith, Scholar John Morgan Jesus Hugh L. Jones Jesus Robert H. Walker, Scholar Wadham Henry M. Clifford Wadha in William H. Shorland Herbert B. Harington Henry G. Lawson Wadham William F. Rawdon Wadham Edward M. Weigall, Scholar Edward W. Hawkins, Scholar... Pembroke Horatio L. Todd Pembroke William H. Alexander Walter Fursclon Fortescue L. M. Anderson Thomas Dunn Worcester James B. Poulden Worcester Samuel Joy Worcester Jan Edwards Montagu Burrows Magdalen Hall George Godsell - In a Convocation held at 2 o'clock the statute apply ing to the Hebdomadal Council, a clause of the old sta tutes respecting the meetings of the Hebdomadal Board, and another statui,e merely formal were submitted and approved. A grant of 201. a year to the vicar of Home Cu!tram (a IJniversitr living), in increase of his stipend, and another grant of 25/. a year to the schools of the same place were also t , anctioned. Finally, a grant of 2001. towards the arrangement, classification, &c., of the geological collection left by the late Dr. Dockland to the University was proposed and approved. In a Con gregation which was held directly afterwards the two forms of statutes concerning the appointment of Museum Delegates and a Museum Curator, which were promo'• gatievrien. d i in Congregation a week ago, were carrie d without a d CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 11. The syndicate, appointed by grace, Nov. 2G, to con eider whether any and what alterations should be made in the previous examinations, have issued their report, which is very long. The principal alteration in the scheme of examination is as follows : " 1. That the examination shall begin on the Wednesday in the week before the end of the Lent term in each year. " 2. That the days of examination shall be Wednesday, Thursday , and Saturday, in the firs t week ; and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, h o urs of examination each day fro m Thursday, and Satu rda y in the fol lowing week ; and the 9 till 12 in th e morn i ng , an d from 1 till 4 in the afternoon . " 3. That every undergraduate shall be required to attend the examination in the Lent term of the year next after or next but one after that in which ho has kept his first term, according as the said first term be or be not a Lent term. "4. That two classes (each of them arranged alphabeti cally) shall be formed out of those examined, the first con sisting of those who have passed their examination with credit, and the second of those to whom the examiners have only not refused their certificate of approval. " 5. That the examination of the additional subjects shall beheld as follows :—viz, in Euclid on the Monday before the commencement of the general previous examination from 9 till 12 ; in algebra, on the same day, from 1 till 4 ; and in mechanics on the following day, from 9 till 1 9 . "G. That the names of those students who have passed the general previous examination, and have also passed the examination in the additional subjects to the satisfaction of the examiners, shall be placed alphabetically in one class. " GENERAL REGULATIONS. "7. That on or before Monday in the week preceding that in which the examinations commence the names of all students who intend to present themselves for the general previous examination, or for the examination in the addi tional subjects, shall be sent to the examiners iu two sepa rate lists by the pr electors of the several colleges ; and that no student shall be allowed to attend either examination whose name has not been sent to the examiners. "8. That to conduct the examinations there shall be eight examiners, four to lbe nominated in every year, — viz., two by the colleges which presented the proctors in that year next but one preceding ; and the examiners so nominated shall, if elected by the Senate, and also re-elected by the SenLte in the following year, hold their office for two years; provided that no one of such examiners shall also hold the office of proctor or pro-proctor at the time of the Lent examination. " 9. That the examiner nominated by the college which presents the senior proctor shall be nominated to examine in the additional subjects and in arithmetic during both his years of office ; and that the names of all the exami ners shall be proposed to the Senate for election at the first Congregation after the 10th of October." ASSIZE INTELIJGENCB. HOME CIRCUIT.- CHELMSFORD, DECAL Toe co:nmission for the county of Essex was opened here to-day by Mr. Baron Bramwell. There are 28 prisoners for trial, of whom 10 are charged with bur glary, 4 with arson, 5 with housebreaking, 1 with per jury, and the remainder are offences of the ordinary character. Mr. Baron Bramwell, in his charge to the grand jury, said that, although it was no doubt productive of some inconvenience that they should be called from their homes at this season of the year, yet he was sure that when they considered the number of prisoners in the calendar, and the great importance that those among them who were innocent should be set at liberty, and that those who were guilty should receive speedy punishment for their crimes, they would net complain of being assem bled together to discharge the duties that devolved upon them. A good many of the cases that were in the calendar were of a character that ought not to be com mitted to the assizes, and the obj-ct of having a winter gaol delivery was that cases might be disposed of that were not cognisable by the quarter sessions, and none others ought to have been committed except these cases which the quarter sessions had no power to try. He believed that an impression existed in some quarters that the crimiral business of this county might be dis posed of with advantage to the public in London. He should offer no opinion himself upon the matter, but he would observe that a commission was sittirg in London for the consideration of the subject, and if the gentle men of the county were desirous of offering their opi nions upon the question they would do well to commie nicate with that commission, and any suggestions they might make would no doubt be attended to, and receive all the consideration to which they were entitled. He perceived there were a good many charges in the calen dar against persons who had been discharged from custody upon what was termed a ticket of leave. He was not going to say anything either in favour of or against the system of granting tickets of leave, for, in point of fact, he knew very little about it; but he must say that it appeared to him that the granting of tickets of leave had very little indeed to do with the amount of crime that was alleged to be committed by the persons who received them. The fact was that when a person was sentenced to a certain period of imprisonment or other punishment, he was allowed, if he evinced contrition towards the end of the sentence, to escape a portion of his punishment. Undoubtedly, it happened that many such persons, after ob taining their liberty, committed other crimes ; but it ap peared to him that the same result would most probably have occurred if the prisoner had received a pardon, or had been sentenced to a shorter period of imprisonment, and what he desired to point out was, that the granting of a ticket of leave was not in itself any more likely to be productive of crime than either of the other proceed ings he had alluded to. It was possible that this system of granting tickets of leave, remitting a considerable por tion of the sentence passed upon a prisoner, might have the effect of creating a hope in his mind that he might be speedily set at liberty, and thus diminish the effect of the sentence ; or it might also have the effect of induc ing prisoners to make a hypocritical show of amend meat ; but what he wished to say was, that it appeared • to him that the mere letting a man out of prison before his time had expired had no more to do with creating crime than if the man had been actually sentenced to a shorter period of imprisonment, or had received a par don ; and it was exactly the same thing for a man to be sentenced to imprisonment for two years and discharged at the expiration of that period, or that, having been sentenced to a longer period of imprisonment, he should be set at liberty after he had undergone that portion of his sentence. He did not wish it for a moment to be understood that he was speaking in favour of the ticket of-leave sy3tem—it might or it might not be advisable to return - to the system of transportation, or that some other punishment should be substituted ; but whether the ticket-of-leave system was retained or abolished, he thought that either course ought only to be resorted to upon some ground that was reasonable and in accordance with common sense. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yomc. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE ) John Weavers was indicted for stabbing his wife, Hannah Weavers, with intent to murder or to do her some grievous bodily harm, on the 7th of August last. Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted ; the prisoner was not de fended. The prosecutrix and prisoner, it appeared, lived toge thee at Selby, and on the day of the occurrence she had returned from York, to which place she had been for the ' purpose'of receiving some small legacy in money. At night the prisoner asked her where the money was, and she said that she had " made it all safe before she left York." At the time when this took place the two were getting supper together, and instantly on the prosecu trix making this observation the prisoner rose from his seat, and aiming a blow at the prosecutrix's neck, cat her slightly just over the earotid artery, and immediately under the left ear, with the knife in his hand. There were two cuts, one apparently a stab, the other a cut wound, neither of them being really dangerous to life. The learned Judge summed up very carefully, and told the jury that they must not, because a wound bad actually been inflicted on so dangerous a place as this, necessarily conclude that it was committed with intent to do any of the acts named in the indictment. They must consider whether or not it was impossible that the prisoner, who was then eating his supper, being put much out of temper, used the knife, without any precise intent in his mind at the moment he did so. That even such a use of such an instrument as the knife produced would, at any rate, if used as the prosecutrix had described, be an unlawful act, and the prisoner had, at all event, rendered himself liable to be found guilty of • unlawful wounding. After some consideration the jury found the prisoner guilty of this last-named offence, and he was thereupon sentenced to be imprisoned for two years, with hard labour. LIVERPOOL, Dim. 11. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) lhomas Smith, a ticket-of-leave man, was indicted for burglary iu the house of Andrew Dobbie, at Manchester on the 7th of October last. Mr. Alfred Milne prosecuted, and Mr. E, Fenwick defended the prisoner. The prosecutor. who is the landlord of the Greyhound public-house in Ludgate-hill, Manchester, stated that his family retired to bed about half-past 11 upon the night in question, having first secured all the doors and windows of his house in the usual way, and that he was called up before 6 o'clock on the following morning, and upon going downstairs he discovered that the fanlight over the door had been removed, and a side-door of the house left open, and, continuing his search, he ascertained that the drawers of the till containing his money had been taken away from the bar. The evidence against the prisoner rested mainly upon the testimony of a little boy, who stated that he was going to his work a little before 6 o'clock on the morning of the 7th of October, and in passing the prosecutor's house be saw four men standing at the door; one of them (whom he distinctly swore to as the prisoner at the bar) lifted up a small boy through the fanlight, and, the door being opened by him from the inside, the prisoner went in and came out with a drawer under his arm, followed by the boy with an other drawer, and thereupon all the party ran a way. The witness was positive as to the identity of the pri soner, though he was standing 40 yards off at thp time he first observed them. His statement was c onfirmed in some measure by another witness, who saw the party for a minute or two, and whose attention had beeia tracted by what he thought must have been the noise of the falling of a chain inside the door. that out, the identity Mr. Fenwick having strongly urged of the prisoner bad not been clearlyu owing to the dimness of the light at t hat hour of the e morning. The learned judge summed uP,.?•° (l _ The jury found the prisoner gu!itri His lordship, addressi n g the p one of those gentleme n who, bayi risng said,—You are o ner, been transported f t o r r ou s ble v . en I e y s e e srs, have been se n t back a g ain to give us you were only discharged last July, and y ou were transported after being previously convicted fi ve times. The sen tence of the Court transported for the term of 20 years. The prisoner, who had protected his innocence, ex claimed, "Thank you, my lord !" POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 11. MANSION -HOUSE.—B. H. Montefiore was brought before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday, charged under the following serious circumstances. Mr. Ribton appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Lewis for the defence. When the prisoner was placed at the bar in the cus tody of George Scott, the detective officer, Mr. Ribton said he had so recently taken up the case that he was scarcely in a position to define the offence with which the prisoner would be ultimately charged. His instructions were so bare of facts and the prisoner had been ,o recently brought over to this country that he would merely call the witnesses, who had just arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, in order to afford grounds fora remand, and to give such evidence as would enable the Lord Mayor to judge of the nature of the charges which would ultimately be adduced against the prisoner. He was perfectly aware that the Lord Mayor had no jurisdiction in a matter which had entirely arisen at Cape Town, but he thought that upon hearing the evidence his lordship would be of opinion that such a prima facie case of offence was produced as would justify the detention of the accused for a few days, and thus give counsel an opportunity of going over the evidence, and submitting the case in a more tangible shape. The learned counsel then called the following witnesses:— Mr. T. Watson, of St. Peter's -chambers. Cornhill, said —I was a director of the Cape of Good 11Upe Bank. The prisoner came to me at the bank at Cape Town, and a bill was presented to one of the other directors. I saw it in the prisoner's hand, and be asked that it might be discounted. We communicated our suspi• cions to him as to the genuineness of the bill. He said he was suro the three bills belonging to the set of which his (the prisoner's) was one were genuine, and asked for the money. The chairman asked where the third of the bill was, as it was divided into sets, and the prisoner replied that he had endorsed the third of the bill in London, and it had been sent on to China. The chairman said that would be a sufficient reason for the house to decline discounting the bill. That was the sub• stance of the conversation, and the directors kept pos session of the bill. We understood the total amount of the set of three bills to be 5,300/. The witness, in cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, said ---I could not swear that I saw the bill in the hand of the prisoner himself, but it had been lying before him_ table, and had been produced by Mr. Thompson. Mr. C. Baring Young, of the firm of Baring, Brothers, of Bishopsgate-street, said—The bill produced is not signed by any member of our firm, nor was any set bills issued of which this is one. Mr. Lewis contended, upon the part of the prisoner, that his client was cleariy entitled to immediate libera tion, as no evidence whatever had been given against him as to the commission of any offence within thejuria• diction of the Lord Mayor, and cited a leading ca , e in favour of that view of the question by the Court of Appeal. Mr. Ribton said, he understood that be should be in a position to enter into another charge against the pri soner which would be clearly within the district of the city of London. The Lord Mayor said, he knew perfectly well that he had no jurisdiction over an offence which had been com mitted at the Cape of Good Hope, but as it had been stated in evidence that the bill was drawn in a set of three, and that the prisoner bad uttered one of the bills at the Cape, and at the tinao of such uttering had him self stated that he had endorsed one of the set in London and had sent it to China, it was but reasonable that the prosecutor should have the opportunity of making fur ther enquiries, and might find that the bill s,) endorsed in London was capable Gf being produced. The prisoner was then remanded. _ The Lord Mayor requested that the press would an nounce that the half-note of 46,497 was received and acknowledged by him, and that the donor would oblige by stating to what fund it was to be applied. His lord• ship also announced that he had received 1/. ls. from "J. G. Parthenon," per Sir Richard Mayne. GUIL D lIAL L. —Mary Anne Murphy, a respectably dressed woman, about 30 years of age, residing at 4, Ehiot'e-square, Old Bailey, was charged with obtaining goods and various sums of money by fraudulently repre senting that she was the niece of the Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, county of Cork, Ireland. Mr. Buchanan appeared on behalf of the prisoner. A clerk from Mr. Lfyatt's office said he appeared to prosecute on behalf of John Trant, of Elliot's-square, and Benjamin Gardner, of Clerkenwell-green, but i❑ the course of investigation other charges would be preferred by persons who had been imposed upon by the prisoner's representations. Prisoner—l am the niece of the Bishop of Cloyne and leer. John Trant—l first became acquainted with the pri soner about 14 weeks ago, when she came to lode at my house, No. 4, Elliot's-square, Old Bailey. When she came she said she had been to consult Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, and was very tired. My wife allowed her to lie down and rest. When she arose, about two hours after, she said she was entitled to a large sum of money, and that she expected Mr. Lewis would get it for her in a few days. She said she came from the county of Lime rick, and was the niece of the Bishop of Cloyno and Ross. She said her father's property was 3,0001. Prisoner-2,0001., not 3,0001. , Witness—She said it was 3,0001., and there was more property in the London Docks, consisting of beds and bedding, to the amount of 3001. She said Mr. Lewis bad her business in hand. I made no inquiry to ascertain the accuracy of her tale, but trusted to her own word, and my wife let her have ss. Upon the faith of her representations I allowed her to lodge in my house, and supplied her with food and money to the extent of my means. Sir J. Musgrove—How did you supply her with food ? Witness—The same that I had myself—breakfast, dinner, and tea. Sir J. Musgrove—Then she boarded and lodged with you._ Has she ever paid you anything ? Witness—No, sir. Prisoner—Why I paid you 10s. Sir J. Musgrove—ls that true ? Witnes3—Yes, sir; but I lent her much more than .hat. Sir J. Musgrove—Then, why did you say that sbe had paid you nothing ? Witness-201. would not cover my loss. Sir J. Musgrove—But this appears only a debt. Did you ever write to the Bishop to make any inquiry ? - Witness—No, sir. Sir J. Musgrove—Then you do not know that she bas not the claim to 3,0001. ? Witness—l went to Doctors'-commons. Prisoner—Yes, he went with me to take out letters of administration, and here is the proctors' bill of costs. Sir J. Musgrove—The charges here amount to upwards of 911. Mr. Martin (chief clerk.)—Then the property sworn to must amount to about 3,000/, according to those charges. Sir J. Musgrove—You may depend upon it you will get your money. Mr. Martin—What did she promisa you when she came into her property ? Witness—She said she would give me 201, and pay me what she owed me. Sir J. Musgrove—There is no case made out at pre sent, so you may stand down. Benjamin Gardner, described as a manufacturer of pork pies at Clerkenwell-green, said—l am the greatest victim in this matter, and my loss amounts to about 1001. She came to me and took my apartments at 14s, per week, and represented herself as the niece of the Bishop of Cork. Prisoner—That 'is not true. I said the Bishop of Cloyne and Ross. Witness—She said the Bishop of Cork. While she was with me she lived upon the daintiest fare, consisting chiefly of poultry, wine, &e., because she said she was afraid of being poisoned, and was therefore very parti cular in her food. She told me that Mr. Lewis had her affairs in hand, and, on going to that gentleman's office, I was informed by the clerk that her property was con siderable, there being 7001. worth of plate and other property in the docks, besides 2,5001. in landed property. I also went to the proctors in Doctors'-conunons, who had taken out letters of administration, and found they had been deceived by the prisoner's statement. When she came to me she was dressed very fashionably, and I have since found that the clothes were borrowed from a publican's wife for the occasion. She also told me that she was niece to Mr. Murphy, one of the Commissioners in Bankrupty, and, believing her story to be true, I was induced to advance various sums of money to her, and I even tried to raise about 901. for Ler to pay the prcc tors' charges. She has introduced persons to my house to corroborate her story, and iu one instance she brought a girl who, I have since learnt, was instructed by the prisoner to say that she came from a farm ad j•;ining the property in Ireland, and to treat her with great deference in order to keep up the appearance of her superior position. I have been very much duped. Prisoner—No such thing. The fact is you wanted to marry me to get my money. Mr. Buchanan—Are you a single man ? Witness—No, sir. On my oath lam not. She has been victimising persons iu the establishment of the Duke of Devonshire, and the p arties will came up if she is remanded. Mr. Buchanan—l think, Sir John, thi le sbiltaleofiE:ick. costa is an answer in itself to this case, as tere i - t o 751. for stamp duty, which the proctors , ssrs. id out k p e t r o t awnodo d such re spectable e ß e r p o e o e k t a s , b h e a proctors ve p s o n er in this way unle ss there was some foundation for a wou o l f d th n e o l t r act own for p t o l i c e the prisoner's claim. Sir John Musgrove—lt appears to me that in this case, as in the last, the money has been advanced upon the expectation of getting well paid hereafter ; b ut, at the same time, if the prisoner has been playing tricks, whether for her o wn g ain or as the result of insa nity , I the Bishop or o n i think it advisa ble to carry this in q uir y further, o that the public may be cautioned and the p risoner restrained from such depredatious. It is too importa n t a matter to be lightly she igh representedtlydisposedo h f, ers a e n l d f as as the th n e iec w e rt o n f eso has much expit e d t h roughout, I Kr. Gard ner ; it was Cor— k who appeared here exclaimed, " Not Cork —I shall r eman d her until Friday C I o s y i r n e J! and i‘i u Ro s gr s e s. v ' e ' quite rayg.ree with your w or s hip th a t (this day) for further inquiry. Mr, Buchanan—l it is a case of some importance. The prisoner was then removed. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. The attendance was very scanty, and the following bets only came under our notice : DEBBY. .2500 to 100 agst Lady Hawthorn 500 to 20 agst Goldfinch 500 to 20 agst Bird in-the-Hand 30 to 1 agst Glenrnasson (taken to upwards of 1001.) 900 to 30 agst Ackworth 1250 to 25 agst Henry VIII. 1000 to 20 agst Lawbourne WALTHAM ABBEY STEEPLECHASES.—DEC. I 7. The Abbey Stakes, a Free Handicap of 5 goys each, 1 ft in case of acceptance, with 20 added ; the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses ; the second to save his stake ; a winner after the declaration of the weights 141 b extra. Acceptances to be declared, by letter, on the 12th inst., to Mr. H. Littler. Five to accept, or no race. et lb et lb Tamworth l2 7 Penelope Emigrant Minerva ll 7 Flageolet .... 9 12 Jean do Quesne Hopeless Star Old Stringhault ll 6g by Cranebrook ... 9 7 Casse Cou Marmaduke Lilford Nicholas ll 0 Hopton Tom Perkins lO 12 The Pony Janus lO 6 Hymaly 9 5 Tbeodine Prince Plausible ... 10 4 Moonraker 9 0 Sir Charles Napier... 10 4 St. Julian The Serf lO 0 Thins Nathan ............... 10 0 Cripple Affghan ............... 10 0 Dashaway 8 7 Penman lO 0 Footstep Hernandez lO 0 Shiner Acceptances for the Steeplechase. The highest weight accepting being under list 71b, it is raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Age st lb Hopeless Star ... a 11 7, Rebecca ~ 10 0 Tom Gurney all 7' Ginger Janus alo 9 Honeycomb Theodine Pantomime British Yeoman.. a 10 0I Tortoise 4 8 13 The followitg horses are scratched for the Hurdle Race :—Minerva, Black .wan, Harry Lorrequer, Na than, Boadicea. Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-DEC. 9. The supply of fat beasts was good, but the demand WaS not over brisk. There were a few superior animals`; shown which realised high prices, whilst those of the in- . ferior sorts were heavy ale. The sheep pens moderately well filled, and prices unaltered. Calves again scarce.. Fat pigs a good average. The following were the quotations 2—Beef, 6d to 6:ld ;; mutton, 6:d to 7d ; lamb, —d to 0.1; veal, 7d - tc Si per lb. ; pigs, 108 6d to 10691 per score ; rough fat, 5s 6o to oa, per 14113.; hides, 4-1 d to 5d per lb ; calf-skins, 41d to 6 3 / 4 d, 14r lb. EDIN.I3IJRaII GRAIN.-DEC. 10. A fair supply of grain. S a l es h eav y. All sor t s or grain down. A-great proportion of the wheat in bad con dition. Wheat, on the top, lls down, and on the average 18 8d down. Barley, 2s 6d down on the top, and Is 91 down . on the average. Oats on the top 2s 91 down—on they average, 8d down. Beans on the top is Od down, and on.. the average, 03 5d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 7 0 6-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 5 3 1-12ths. Beaus -12ths. BOSTON-DEC. 10. A moderate supply of wheat, and the greater part out of" condition. Fine dry samples in request, at is to 2s per qr. decline—inferior neglected. Barley and oats as before. Beans and peas the turn cheaper. Prices :—Wheat, red, 48s Od to GOs Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 53s Od to 62s Od; extra, 658. Barley, 38s Od to 46a Od. Oats 19s to 275. Peas, 37, to 41s Od Beans, 43$ Od to 49s Oil per qr. NEWAFK—DEc. 10. We had a good attendance to-day, and a full supply of grain, which sold slowly. Wheat Is. cheaper. Wheat, white 60s to 675, red 58s to 635; barley, malting 44s to 465, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 31s to 375, 22st, 28s to 30s ; beans, 54s to 56s ; malt, 72st o 74s ; peas, 44s to 463 ; tares, 44s to 503 per qr. LOUTH-DEC. 10. The corn trade was remarkably dull today. Wheat de clined about 2s per quarter. Beans, no alteration. Oats and barley is cheaper. Wheat, red 55s to 645, white 613; barley 43s to 465; oats, 23s to 26s ; beans 42s to 96s per qr. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EA.STEIII7 RA.lLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending D3C. 6, 1856 £15,309 3 11 Corresponding week last year 15,341 19 9 Increase in 1856 £4 4 2 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-- Trailic return for the week ending Dec. 6, 1856.. £10,93 010 9 Corresponding week last year 10,543 4 11 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 392,161 16 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 368,008 12 10 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Nov, 30, 1856 £23,789 9 0 Corresponding week last year 25,863 1:3 11 - - LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 7, 1856 —.256,317 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 7, 1856 £4,954 0 0 ia'arresponding week last year 4,801 0 0 Increase in 1856 . . £l5O 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending Dec. 7, 1856 £21,558 611 Corresponding week last year CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Dee. 6, 1856 Corresponding week last year GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for tho week ending Dec. 7, 1856 £7os 17 7 SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date remains open until mail, via Southar evening previous.] for makinv up a mail falls on a Sunday, the mai the day Iollowlug; ritcept in the case of the India npton, which, on such occasions, is made up the FR oat Made up at the Post• Office. Whence des- patched. By what' vessel. When expected By whAt Vase!. Alham bra. Joio rabo 311) 011 Lisbon Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar .• Malta Egypt ..•• •• Ceylon •• India •• .. Mauritius lth,l7tb, 27th of the month. 4th & 20th of the mouth. (viaCeylon)J China Penang Singapore Australia(via the Cape)• • Cape of Good Hope .. • • Mauritius Ceylon India • . Lisbon.. • ..."1 Madeira .... CapedeVerds Brazil 3l BucnosAyres Falkland Is lands West Indiesl (except Ha- I vana and Honduras). 4th of 1 the month. I Dec. 12 ..1 Red jacket, "an. 5.... g l igland Jan. 9.... Magda• lend Venezu,la Grey Town.. New Granada Chili .. •• Peru •• California ••. 2d and 17th of the month. 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Polhill, Bengal Artule, r: 97. This aged lady was ono of the detenues of th .., peror Napoleon, n::.1 had resided with the same family' 11 1 ' Ve!enciennes for tho long 'dof 51 the p,tio ----".---...^.-.-".-"'"'.. LormoN : Printed and Publighed by 31IIRDO YOTJN,Ci. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottioet 14° ' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coun t ' . Middlesex, Fri thou December 12, 1856. South ampton South ampton South ampton South ampton Dart mouth South ampton South - ainP L°n South ampton South ampton Ply mouth Liver pool Liver pool &mine Indus Euro peen W.S. Lindsay Tamar Atria () Atrato Niger Dec. 14 4th and 20th of the month. Jan. 4 . • Dec.— Jan. 25 Jan• 12 tat and 16th of the mouth. 16th of the moat. Jan. 1 Jan. 6 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 19 Tyne